Xiangcheng has been a famous tourist attraction for nearly a hundred years. Even as the New Year is approaching, many people still come here to visit. After all, Spring Festival family tours have become popular in recent years.
There were many passengers who got off the bus with Lingzhi and his party. Many of them lived in the provincial capital, and some of them continued to ride to surrounding towns. But in any case, their homes were right in front of them. However, Lingzhi and the others
The journey is far from over.
"Mengyao, let's put our luggage in the hotel first and go out for a walk in the evening."
After leaving the train station, Zhao Shiyan preached to Li Mengyao.
"Well, Shi Yan, we have to stay here for one night because we need to transfer, right?"
"Um, yes, yes, that's it."
Zhao Shiyan's eyes flickered, but Li Mengyao did not notice this. She would not have any doubts about what Zhao Shiyan said.
Besides, the tickets were all bought by Zhao Shiyan. Zhao Shiyan could leave whenever he said, and all he had to do was follow her.
The three of them walked to the nearby subway station, preparing to take the subway to the reserved hotel.
And just as they were about to step into the subway entrance, their eyes were invariably attracted to a middle-aged man sitting on the waterproof steps of the subway entrance.
The middle-aged man was dressed in tatters, his hair covered his face tightly, and it seemed that he had not washed it for a long time.
He sat blankly on one side of the steps. Although he did not affect the pedestrians around him, he frequently attracted the attention of the people around him.
"Shi Yan, is that man a beggar? Why is he dressed in such shabby clothes?"
Li Mengyao asked softly.
Zhao Shiyan observed it for a few seconds and shook his head:
"It doesn't look like it. He is said to be a beggar, and he didn't reach out to ask for money from the people around him. But if he is not, I don't understand why he is sitting there alone."
Li Mengyao nodded. She had the same doubts as Zhao Shiyan. She hesitated for a while and asked Zhao Shiyan and Ling Zhi:
"Um, Shi Yan, Ling Zhi, I want to ask him what kind of difficulties he encountered, is that okay?"
Zhao Shiyan and Ling Zhi were both a little surprised. Although they both knew that Li Mengyao was kind-hearted, they were not ready to help anyone they met, so they didn't know what Li Mengyao was thinking.
Fortunately, Li Mengyao expressed her inner thoughts in time:
"I didn't want to help him, I just wanted to ask him what difficulties he encountered."
"I still remember that when I first arrived in Huacheng, I was not familiar with the place, and there was a period of time like this. At that time, I once had the idea of committing suicide, and I also thought that if someone came over, even if it was just to chat,
That’s all, I’m willing to live one more day.”
"Although someone did talk to me later, but that person was not a kind person, but it really gave me a little courage to live at that time."
Li Mengyao looked at the middle-aged man and murmured:
"I can't tell you my specific feelings, but I have a hunch that maybe he is like this too? Does he have the same thoughts as me at that time?"
Li Mengyao looked sad, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes. Ling Zhi smiled softly and comforted her:
"We all know your experience, so you don't have to force yourself to tell it. Just go ahead and follow your own ideas. No matter what decision you make, Shi Yan and I will accompany you to the end. Whatever you say is right
Right, Shi Yan?"
"Yes! That's right! Even if you really want to help him, what if we change the train tickets?"
Li Mengyao burst into tears and smiled:
"That's not a big deal. I really just want to ask him. I won't do anything unnecessary."
In this way, with the encouragement of the two people, Li Mengyao slowly walked towards the middle-aged man.
"Hello, may I ask, uncle, have you encountered any difficulties?"
Li Mengyao stood in front of the middle-aged man, knelt down and asked softly.
Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan stood beside the middle-aged man and Li Mengyao, shielding them from the sight of pedestrians around them.
The middle-aged man raised his head with difficulty, glanced at Li Mengyao, then turned to look at Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan, and finally lowered his head, not saying a word from beginning to end.
Li Mengyao did not insist on asking anymore. After waiting for another minute, she sighed, stood up, and smiled at Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan:
"Forget it, let's go."
After saying that, he walked straight into the subway entrance without waiting for Ling and Zhao to ask questions.
Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan glanced at each other, said nothing, and hurriedly followed Li Mengyao.
On the subway leading to the hotel, Zhao Shiyan looked at Li Mengyao sitting beside him and didn't know what to say.
Ling Zhi thought about it for a moment and tentatively suggested to Li Mengyao:
"It doesn't matter. When we come tomorrow, we will definitely pass by here again. We'll ask him about it then."
Li Mengyao's eyes lit up, she glanced at Ling Zhi with grateful eyes, nodded with a smile, and accepted Ling Zhi's proposal.
In fact, both Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan knew that although Li Mengyao said she would not really help the middle-aged man, she might not have any troubles in her heart.
At this time, what friends need to do is not necessarily to help her solve the problem, but to put herself in her perspective and think about what she may be thinking. As long as she can feel that her friends are caring about her, this is enough.
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...
This time Zhao Shiyan booked two rooms as usual, one for her and Li Mengyao, and one for Ling Zhi himself.
Originally, Zhao Shiyan was joking and suggested booking just one room, but he pretended to be pitiful and said that rooms were tight during the Chinese New Year, and all other hotels were full. The only one with a room had only a double bed room left.
As a result, Ling Zhi saw through the lie at a glance!
Zhao Shiyan also muttered and complained that it was not like the three of them had never slept in the same room.
How can it be the same!
Ling Zhi complained to Shi Yan at that time.
Fortunately, Zhao Shiyan knew that he was always serious, so after teasing him briefly, he gave up and did not really ask him to sleep with them.
"Mengyao, let's go to the night market. Anyway, we have nothing to do at night."
Zhao Shiyan lay on the big soft bed in the hotel for a while and said to Li Mengyao who had just washed her face and walked out of the bathroom.
"Okay, okay, then let's call Ling Zhi together."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two girls heard the door being knocked. Through the door, Ling Zhi's voice came in:
"Are you ready? If so, let's go have dinner together now."
The two girls looked at each other, smiled, and responded to the door:
"I'm coming!"
...
The night market near the hotel was very lively, and the three of them didn't plan to have a proper meal. They just ate whatever they saw, eating while walking, and were half full after a while.
"Hey! Look, Lingzhi, there seems to be a balloon-tying activity over there! Let's go play!"
Ling Zhi shook his head angrily, took out a piece of toilet paper from his bag, and wiped the oil stains left by the candy cake on the corners of her mouth:
"I just know how to play. Look at you, you don't even pay attention to your own image."
"Hey, you're here, come on, come on!"
At Zhao Shiyan's insistence, the three of them gathered next to the balloon booth.
Seeing the two girls walking in front, the onlookers around them were quite disdainful, thinking that they were here to give away money.
But five minutes later, when they received the prizes from the store, the surprise in everyone's eyes was clear.
Zhao Shiyan hit the stick 10 times in total, hitting the target 8 times, while Ling Zhi hit the stick 9 times. Both of them were unskilled at the beginning, but later hit the stick almost every time. This is not unrelated to the fact that they usually move the pole manually after long-term training.
"Oh, but can we take these two big dolls back?"
Ling Zhi looked at the two girls holding a little bear in one hand and a panda in the other, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.
"It's true, our luggage is not light to begin with, so it's a bit cumbersome to carry this. Alas! I have a solution!"
I saw Zhao Shiyan holding Li Mengyao's hand and walking to a mother and daughter, explaining to them, and then happily gave the prize in his hand to the mother and daughter, making everyone around them extremely envious.
The mother and daughter were very surprised because they got two dolls out of thin air. They thanked Zhao Shiyan profusely, but Zhao Shiyan stopped the other party's attempt to pay him the money in time and quickly walked away with Li Mengyao.
After walking all the way, just when Zhao Shiyan felt that he couldn't eat anymore, a magnificent building appeared in front of the three of them.
"Xiangcheng Sports Center."
Ling Zhi looked at the name on the building and read it slowly.
"Oh? There are quite a few outdoor billiards here!"
Ling Zhi looked around and saw several billiard tables placed side by side in the square in front of the Xiangcheng City Sports Center. From time to time, passers-by would go up to play two shots. He didn't know whether they were playing in a ring or something.
"Open-air billiards is quite rare. But if you think about it carefully, the Xiangcheng City Sports Center has hosted dozens of Snooker World Opens, so it shouldn't be too strange that the billiards culture is relatively popular around here.
"
"That's it, let's go and see it together, Ling Zhi."
"Um!"
The three of them got closer and found that they were basically Chinese-style tables, and English-style tables were relatively rare.
I randomly picked a Chinese pool table and saw a young man hitting the ball with a cue. After watching him try a few times, Lingzhi realized that he was probably solving the end game.
I saw a white ball placed at the bottom pocket on the right, a No. 1 ball near the middle pocket on the right, and a No. 2 ball placed in the right side bank of the upper half of the table. From the looks of it, he was trying.
Let the white ball reach ball 2, because ball 1 blocks the white ball's direct path to ball 2.
"Okay, Qin Fei, you have tried it three times. It's time to give it to others. Does anyone want to give it a try?"
The administrator in charge of this pool table reminded.
Qin Fei was a little unwilling:
"Since no one else is here to try it, I might as well let me practice more."
"Who said no one would try?"
The administrator licked his lips at Ling Zhi and the other three. There were actually a few other people around, but the administrator didn't even look at them. He seemed to have decided that they were here to watch the fun.
"Hey! They are here to watch the excitement anyway. Do you really want to try it? This is very difficult!"
Qin Fei asked Ling Zhi and the others.
Ling Zhi smiled and looked at Zhao Shiyan, and then said to Qin Fei: