At 10 a.m., the long-distance bus arrived in Pingcheng.
Because Zhao Shiyan and Li Mengyao both got up early, they didn't chat too much after getting in the car and started to lean on each other to catch up on their sleep.
Because today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are relatively few passengers on the bus. Only after arriving in Pingcheng did more people buy tickets and get on the bus.
At this time, both of them had woken up. After getting out of the car for a while, they got back into the car again.
Li Mengyao quietly looked out the window at the people lining up to get on the bus, with a melancholy expression and no desire to chat.
Zhao Shiyan remembered what he promised Ling Zhi before leaving. After hesitating for a moment, he took the lead and broke the silence between the two:
"By the way, Mengyao, can I tell you a story?"
Li Mengyao retracted her gaze from the window, smiled and nodded, but didn't say much.
So, Zhao Shiyan told the story about Han Qingyue that he heard from Ling Zhi.
From Han Qingyue coming to Lingzhi's laboratory, to confessing to Lingzhi and leaving, and finally to her joining the Intelligent Sensing Business Group of Kexun Company, Zhao Shiyan talked about it in detail.
Li Mengyao didn't have high expectations for Zhao Shiyan's story at first. She was still thinking about other things, but halfway through hearing it, she became more interested, especially after learning about Han Qingyue's true story.
When she found out her identity, she was really shocked.
"So Qingyue is now working at Pingcheng Kexun Company. When Lingzhi paid New Year's greetings to her last night, he accidentally learned that she was still busy in the company. He was very surprised at the time!"
"Well, Qingyue is also a hard-luck girl, but to a certain extent, she is also lucky. Thank you for telling me this, Shi Yan."
"Ah? Why are you thanking me? It's just an ordinary story. I just have nothing to say."
Li Mengyao smiled:
"I know it all, Shi Yan, you just want to comfort me with Han Qingyue's story. Compared to her, I still have you with me, but what about her? She can only work in the company alone.
"
"Of course, I don't know if it's appropriate to call her a 'person', but I guess if it was Ling Zhi and Shi Yan, you wouldn't care about her specific identity, right? No matter who she is,
You will all communicate with her sincerely and treat her as an equal. Am I right, Shi Yan?"
Zhao Shiyan felt very happy. No matter how many times she chatted with Mengyao, she felt very comfortable. One of the important reasons was that Mengyao understood her.
"Yes, yes! And let me tell you, I actually talked to Qingyue. At that time, I really didn't realize that she was a robot. I felt so amazing at that time! But this is natural, right?
Otherwise, Qingyue wouldn’t have been able to stay in Lingzhi’s laboratory for so long without their true identity being discovered..."
Thanks to Li Mengyao's understanding, Zhao Shiyan started talking again, completely forgetting his original intention, but what does it matter?
When the two of them were together in private, it was often Zhao Shiyan who was speaking and Li Mengyao listening quietly.
For Zhao Shiyan, having a good listener will keep her excited.
For Li Mengyao, when Zhao Shiyan was speaking, she felt most at ease, because she could feel from Zhao Shiyan's words that she was cared about.
After a while, Zhao Shiyan had finished speaking. She looked at Li Mengyao's profile and felt that Li Mengyao's complexion was much better. So she finally couldn't suppress the evil thoughts in her heart and pinched Li Mengyao's little face.
"Ah! Shi Yan, what are you doing!"
Li Mengyao screamed softly, her face turned red. She resisted symbolically, but in the end she still couldn't escape Zhao Shiyan's clutches.
Fortunately, Zhao Shiyan stopped. She took Li Mengyao's hand and whispered to her softly:
"Meng Yao, look, you are born with a graceful figure and long flowing hair. Many people would envy you with such good conditions. You can't be sad, otherwise, it will be a pity.
Do you have a pretty face?"
"I also feel very sorry about your parents. I don't know how to advise you better. I only know that you are you. What your parents are like will not affect my opinion of you at all, nor will it affect us at all.
The relationship between the two."
"I know you too well. Once you have something on your mind, you will feel that you are in trouble and a drag on us. I guess you have never thought that you don't want to be friends with us anymore because of your parents' affairs.
Bar?"
Li Mengyao was startled, and she shook her head subconsciously, but the confusion at that moment did not escape Zhao Shiyan's eyes.
Zhao Shiyan wrapped his arms around her and "threatened" her:
"You can't run away, otherwise, I will lock you in my house and let my mother watch you. But don't worry, I won't keep you in the house when the time comes. I will let you go out for some fun.
You don’t know how to buy a ticket anyway, so you can’t escape even if you want to!”
Li Mengyao couldn't help but replied:
"Shi Yan, I...I know how to buy a ticket! Although I have never bought one before, I can easily learn this little thing!"
Seeing Zhao Shiyan looking at her meaningfully, Li Mengyao suddenly panicked:
"Well, no, no, it's not what you think. I never thought about escaping. But you can't lock me up in your house. How will I work? Coach them..."
"Stop, stop, stop! Mengyao, where did you think you were going? Oh! If I had known better, I wouldn't have teased you. It would be more interesting to tease Ling Zhi."
Seeing that Li Mengyao was a little confused, Zhao Shiyan continued to comfort her and said:
"I'm really just joking, but my feeling of not wanting you to escape is true! Even if one day you really feel uncomfortable being around us, then you must make it clear to us and never say a word
If you don’t say anything, just disappear.”
Li Mengyao was a little dumbfounded:
"How is that possible? I wouldn't do that!"
"Yes! You are so good at it! Didn't you just run away from home without saying a word? It's entirely possible for you to do such a thing!"
Zhao Shiyan looked at Li Mengyao with a scrutinizing eye, as if he would lock her into a small dark room if he disagreed with her.
"Then...that's different, Shi Yan! How old was I back then? My head was hot and I ran away. I really suffered a lot later. I don't want to taste that feeling again.
Twice!”
Li Mengyao showed an unprecedented solemn expression and began to swear seriously:
"Shi Yan, I will never run away again! What happened to my parents this time also made me realize that running away will never solve the problem. I will never do anything as childish as before!"
"I don't believe it. What if you run away?"
Zhao Shiyan seemed not to let her go yet.
Li Mengyao blushed. No matter how smart she was, she could not resolve Zhao Shiyan's crazy questioning. She simply said regardless:
"Oh! Anyway, you and Ling Zhi are so powerful, no matter where I go from now on, you can always find a way to find me, right?"
After hearing this, Zhao Shiyan nodded with satisfaction:
"Haha, you are very self-aware, Mengyao. This is more or less the same. It's good that you know."
Li Mengyao finally breathed a sigh of relief. After such a fuss, the fog in her heart also dissipated a little, but...
"Family..."
These two words suddenly flashed through Li Mengyao's mind, but she soon shook her head, feeling that it was a bit unrealistic.
For some verbal agreements, it is enough to understand the other party's intentions. If you take it seriously, you will lose!
However, she still secretly hid these two words deep in her heart. What if she encounters a shooting star in the future?
So you still have to have your wish. Whether it can come true depends on whether the stars in the sky will favor you...
There are more and more passengers on the bus. Pingcheng is a big city. If it were normal, there would definitely be no empty seats on this bus.
But today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the bus is still not full after all.
After the last passenger got on the bus, the driver started the car and drove the bus full of passengers towards the north again.
At 5 o'clock in the evening, we are still 10 kilometers away from Bincheng.
The passengers in the car were sleeping in the dark at this time, but Li Mengyao and Zhao Shiyan had already rested in the morning when there were fewer people, so they did not fall asleep like others at this time. Instead, they were scrolling through their mobile phones and showing each other from time to time.
Take a look at the interesting news you got.
"Hey girl, where have you been?"
Zhao Shiyan turned her head and saw a young man talking to her across the aisle. She responded impatiently:
"Qi Shi, what's wrong?"
"Qi City? My family is also in Qi City, what a coincidence!"
"oh."
Seeing that Zhao Shiyan's response was not very positive, the young man did not give up and continued to talk shamelessly:
"Well, we are fellow villagers. You are also going to Bincheng to transfer, right? How about we go together later?"
"No."
The young man didn't want to give up and continued to be warm and cold, introducing himself for a while and asking if they were together, which made Zhao Shiyan lose his temper:
"Are you annoyed? Can you shut up!"
This time he calmed down, and he never spoke again until he reached Bincheng.
After getting off the bus, Zhao Shiyan took Li Mengyao's luggage and went to transfer. He hurriedly hurried along and finally caught up with the upcoming bus to Qi City.
Zhao Shiyan turned around and saw that the snarky young man was not catching up with him. He felt relieved that the road would finally be cleaner.
After setting off again, the two of them ate some dry food in the car and began to close their eyes and fall asleep in the dark night.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the bus finally arrived in Qi City.
After walking out of the bus station, Zhao Shiyan saw his mother Wei Hong riding on her little electric donkey and waving to him. She quickly pulled Li Mengyao over and said excitedly:
"Mom, it's rare that you come to pick me up, hehe!"
"Who said I'm here to pick you up? You didn't pull the suitcase! I'm here to pick up our guests."
After speaking, Wei Hong pointed to a shared bicycle lane not far away: