After get off work, she came out of the magazine office and found He Youdong's car parked not far away. He stuck his head out and called her name: "Du Siqiu!"
She folded her arms and looked at him with strange eyes, unable to figure out the purpose of his visit.
His voice was lazy: "I don't eat people, so what are you afraid of?"
"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm just guessing what your purpose is in coming to me."
"Does it count as a purpose for my boyfriend to pick up his girlfriend after get off work?" His facial features were sharp and angular in the sunny afternoon.
She nodded to express satisfaction, opened the car door and got in: "Boyfriend, are you really going to help me act in a play?"
"Tell me, what kind of play is it?"
"My ex-boyfriend is getting married the day after tomorrow. Can you accompany me to the wedding as my current boyfriend?"
He had already guessed that it was related to her ex-boyfriend.
"Then what?"
"That's it, there's nothing more." She said softly.
"Okay. But I have a condition."
"you say."
"We can break up after at least three months." He explained: "Otherwise, I won't be able to get through with my mother either, and she will blame me for being frivolous."
He said that his mother hated people who played with their feelings. It was probably for this reason that he was forced to admit his relationship with her last night.
She agreed to his request and added a sly sentence in her heart: But you are so frivolous!
Their "alliance" was settled, he acted for her, and she helped him deal with his mother.
He asked without hesitation: "Why did you join in the fun when your ex got married?"
"He invited me himself, so I had to go." She said, "He didn't make it easy for me, and I didn't bother to be polite to him."
"Maybe he didn't mean any harm."
"If you knew how much he hates me, you wouldn't say that. He will only be happy if I am unhappy."
"In that case, you are taking advantage of him too much."
Her eyes lit up: "Why, do you have a better idea?"
"I won't do anything about bad people's marriages."
"I know, just say it and I'll do it."
"Listen carefully, using yesterday's oath to ridicule the decadent current situation is the best way to humiliate the promiser."
She was dumbfounded, this guy was really full of bad ideas, but what he said was a good idea. As for the vow he made yesterday, the only evidence was the love letters Peng Tao wrote to her when he was in college.
So let's do it, she decided to find an opportunity to review their love letters at his wedding to give him some color.
Extreme love breeds hatred, that's probably it. She always used this reason to comfort herself and feel confident.
This day will come soon.
Du Siqiu put on the rose purple dress and silver pointed-toe stilettos that she borrowed from Feng Xue. She carefully put on light makeup and put her hair in a bun, exposing her smooth and delicate neck just right.
He Youdong leaned against the car door and looked at her from a distance. She also looked at him as she walked, and she saw that he was wearing a regular black dress with a white shirt. He didn't even have a decent bow tie, and only opened his collar casually.
A small piece of skin under the neck was exposed. It was obviously not carefully retouched, except for the chin which was a little blue from shaving. For a moment, it had a strange feeling of being sloppy with a little bit of elegance.
As soon as she entered the venue, she saw countless beautiful women carrying parade and LV bags, all wearing brand-name goods. They were all fashionistas. Du Siqiu felt dizzy, as if she had entered a fashion exhibition in the wrong place. She regretted it endlessly.
If I had known better, I wouldn't have embarrassed myself by coming here.
At this time, she had no choice but to divert her attention and criticize He Youdong's clothes: "What? You are dressed for soy sauce."
"What I wear is not important, your love letter is."
"Uh...it seems to have been left in the car."
"Du Siqiu, I think you have a thief's heart but not a thief's courage." He showed a charming smile and walked to the parking lot in a good-tempered manner.
Du Siqiu was furious, who wouldn't be brave anymore!
She huddled in the corner drinking soda water alone.
A middle-aged man in a white suit came over to strike up a conversation. His swollen face was shiny. "Is this lady alone?"
She laughed, not knowing how to get out of this embarrassing situation.
Seeing that she was silent, he shamelessly sat down and handed her a business card: "Here, this is my business card. Please give me your advice."
She glanced at him but remained silent.
"Come on, miss, give me some face." He said, caressing her arm with his fingers intentionally or unintentionally, with a lewd smile on his face.
She immediately stood up and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Don't do anything."
The man looked embarrassed: "Look, why are you taking this seriously? I just want to make friends with you."
"Mr. Wu, I finally found you." During the stalemate between the two, Yao Yundi walked towards them. Her originally exquisite facial features had been modified and made even more beautiful.
The man immediately put on a gentle expression: "Hi, Windy, are you okay?"
"Everyone is looking for you to toast, so don't even think about escaping!"
"Hey, do I look like this kind of person? Come on, let's go now." He glanced sideways at Du Siqiu and walked in front with a puffy belly.
At this time, Yao Yundi, who had been ignoring her, smiled and nodded to her. She actually came to help her out. She stayed where she was, her mood was too complicated to describe.
She only cared about competing with Peng Tao, but what about Yao Yundi, she was as innocent as she was, but she forgot that what she did would cause emotional harm to this woman.
Should she give in to avoid hurting innocent people?
"Take your things." He Youdong came back from the parking lot and handed her a stack of envelopes.
"Oh, thank you." She said dullly.
He touched his nose and said, "Are you sure the guest should go up and read these things when speaking? Isn't it too vulgar?"
"Hey, who allowed you to peek?"
After she scolded her, she also laughed. Words like "for the rest of my life", "I will never regret loving you", "forever", these words are indeed Peng Tao's favorite words.
She said stubbornly: "Forget it, I won't go. It will save me the embarrassment." She thought about why she was so useless and didn't even dare to fight back.
"As long as you figure it out."
"Hey, you are the bad guy, and you are also the good guy."
He smiled and turned to get the cocktail.
Then she caught a glimpse of Peng Tao walking towards her holding Yao Yundi's hand. The music at the venue was romantic and dreamy, but when it flowed into her ears, it turned into crazy rock music, shouting back and forth. She waited for a long time and avoided it for a long time.
, this moment finally came.
Yao Yundi's beauty can be said to be as beautiful as thousands of red lotuses and white lotuses. Du Siqiu felt inferior and fell to the ground like an eggplant beaten by frost. Peng Tao had a false smile on his face. She could see clearly that it was not a coincidence.
The kindness was not the show off of the winner, it contained emotions that she could not understand. The scene was more harmonious than imagined, and there was no bitter competition.
Of course, Yao Yundi doesn't know her identity yet, and she feels inferior to Yao and has no ability to argue with her. This is just a kind of nonsensical peace, nothing more.
She dealt with Peng Tao, the sweet couple, with a pale face. He Youdong's eyes on the other side were casually cast over her, while she drank his wine heartlessly, looking like she was watching a good show. She glared at him angrily.
At one glance, this unloyal guy! He pretended not to notice and winked at her with a smile. The two of them were almost fighting with their eyes.
Peng Tao on the side quickly noticed. He stared at He Youdong and asked her: "Then...isn't that He Youdong? Do you know him?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce him, he is my boyfriend." She felt that she had lost so thoroughly that she was not in the mood to compete with Peng Tao anymore, so she spoke in a calm tone.
He Youdong stood there and nodded slightly as a greeting to Peng Tao and Yao Yundi. Du Siqiu still expected him to say something, but he walked away alone, quietly walking among the crowd, shaking hands with all the potential customers he considered.
They chatted and exchanged business cards. She rolled her eyes secretly, seriously doubting the purpose of his trip. Was he interested in helping her or just making connections?
Yao Yundi's eyes fell on He Youdong, and after a while he unconsciously exclaimed: "What a talented person."
Peng Tao smiled a little unnaturally: "You are quite capable, Qiu... Du Siqiu. Now everyone in the company knows He Youdong from the customer department. He is a celebrity among our bosses."
Only then did Du Siqiu get some clues. It turned out that Peng Tao and He Youdong were in the same company, and they were probably in a competitive relationship. No wonder He Youdong was so angry that he refused to even say polite words to him.
She sat back down, drank a glass of orange juice, and ate a plate of dessert and fruit salad. Her stomach was soon full and bulging.
She also wanted to drink some wine, so she looked around and poured herself two glasses of sherry. She poured a few sips into her mouth. It was better to try it. The liquid mixed with grapes and brandy was so smooth.
It immediately emits a mellow and sweet taste on the tip of the tongue, which is much more pleasant than ordinary foreign wine.
He Youdong came over and said, "It's nothing to drink to drown your sorrows."
"Ha, the page of broken love has been turned over a long time ago." There was a faint doubt in her eyes: "I actually breathed a sigh of relief when I actually saw him get married."
Because even if he is not married yet, his future bride will not be her. It seems that she has been sincere to him, but has never made any plans to marry him.
He Youdong shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand it at all: "You can do whatever you want, just don't get drunk."
"Hey, I started drinking with my dad when I was seven years old. It's hard to get drunk." My father is a heavy drinker. He is said to be able to drink alcohol without getting drunk. He is very good at making wine. He never deliberately takes her to drink, nor does he take her to drink.
To stop her from following. On the other hand, my mother, when she saw her drinking once, would always scold her endlessly, saying that if the girl's family became an alcoholic, someone would marry her in the future. So, when she drank, she felt a little bit like a hide-and-seek. My father always laughed.
She is cunning.
Those past things have gone too far, but her feelings towards her father have always been a bit complicated.
Seeing that she was half-closed and silent, He Youdong moved to sit next to her: "What are you thinking about? Are you really drunk?"
"Believe it or not, I can drink a thousand cups!"
He complained about her mercilessly: "The key is that your drinking is simply not good enough."
"Come on, let's go back early." He Youdong held her arm. He had already seen her crazy ability in Shenzhen last time, and now he was afraid of her.
Her eyes gradually became blurred: "How could you just leave like that? It's so rude...Hey, look at that guy, he's so stupid. I guarantee he'll be fun. Ha, just wait and see...
"
She seemed to have begun to have a seizure. Before He Youdong could react, she had broken free from his grasp and suddenly rushed to the side of a middle-aged man at the next table, the same Mr. Wu who had just chatted with her. She was playing a prank on him.
She grabbed his hair and pulled hard, and the man's wig fell off, revealing only a shiny bald head.
The guests at the same table all snickered.
The man became angry. He stood up and snatched his wig back fiercely. With a livid face, he shouted: "What are you doing! You are sick!" He raised his magic palm and was about to slap her in the face.
At this time, his hand was suddenly grasped tightly by a stronger force, and his bones felt so painful that they felt like they were about to be crushed. Du Siqiu looked back in confusion and saw that it was He Youdong.
He Youdong Fenyin was warning him secretly that if there was a fight, he would definitely suffer. But he still respectfully apologized to him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, she was drunk. I apologized to you on her behalf."
Du Siqiu leaned against He Youdong, giggling without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The middle-aged man had a ferocious face and repeatedly twisted his soft wrist. He couldn't swallow this breath in his heart, and he didn't dare to fight back, so he could only glare at Du Siqiu angrily: "Yes, yes, it's bad luck for me!"
The two returned to their seats. Du Siqiu was still laughing: "He Youdong, you were so handsome just now!"
"Still smiling!" He Youdong's eyebrows frowned slightly: "I owe you or something."
Not long after the banquet started, Du Siqiu had already fallen asleep on the dining table as if there was no one around. There were three other people at the same table with them. Those people unabashedly looked at the drunk and unconscious girl with strange eyes and even whispered to each other.
Her expression was ambiguous. He Youdong was unlucky again, he almost dragged her out of the wedding venue. Every time Du Siqiu got drunk, he had to help her clean up her mess.
He woke her up in the parking lot: "Don't move here, I'll go back and get the car keys."
The cold wind blew across her face, and her head suddenly became clearer, but it was still in chaos. She should have known that she shouldn't have drank too much just now. She was so annoyed that she slapped her head, not noticing Peng Tao's presence at all.
He stood in front of her and said quietly: "Du Siqiu, I never thought you would really come to my wedding."
"So, if you don't want me to come, why do you give me an invitation?"
"Nothing, I'm just curious about how much gift money you will give me."
"Not much, just a hundred yuan, the hundred yuan you gave me." It was the hundred yuan she asked him for back that day. She stopped and said: "From now on, you and I will not owe each other any more. Groom, please hurry up."
Go back."
His face turned livid and he said sternly: "Du Siqiu, actually I have always wanted to ask you, have you ever really been sincere to anyone in these years? Do you think you have really loved me?"
She didn't even remember that she had committed any heinous crime that deserved him to be so worried. Why did he humiliate her so relentlessly? She looked at him confidently: "Okay, please tell me clearly today, what is wrong with me?"
Can’t help you anymore?”
"You're not sorry for me." It took him a long time to hold back an old-fashioned sentence: "You're not sorry for me, you just don't love me."
These words came again, and she suddenly felt impatient: "Peng Tao! I beg you, don't talk to me like that, you are not qualified." She leaned against He Youdong's car, her face turned pale.
"Let's go home." He Youdong came to her at some point, opened the car door and pushed her in. Peng Tao sneered and walked to the wedding venue as if nothing had happened.
The night is getting darker, and the car windows are filled with flowing neon lights and a steady stream of vehicles.
She was silent, and He Youdong was silent as well. He often contacted clients, and he especially understood that talking requires the right time. He thought she was in a bad mood and didn't want to speak, but he didn't expect that she fell asleep carelessly again, and the lingering influence of the alcohol was not there.
Her thick eyelashes trembled gently with the rise and fall of her breathing, like a butterfly dancing at any time. He glanced at her inadvertently and suddenly forgot about time.
Until Feng Xue's call came in: "Hello, Qiuqiu."
He said awkwardly: "It's me, He Youdong. Du Siqiu is drunk. I'm preparing to send her home now."
"Oh, then please help me tell her that I am on a business trip in Zhuhai and will come back on a cloudy day." After that, he added: "Remember to help her into the bedroom to sleep, be sure to remember!"
"Why?"
"Qiuqiu often sleepwalks at night."
In fact, most people sleepwalk in childhood, but he did hear that a few people may also sleepwalk in adulthood. However, Feng Xue's explanation still made him wonder, what is the relationship between sleepwalking and sleeping in the bedroom, and why
Does it have to be in the bedroom?
He Youdong turned on the light in the living room and took off Du Siqiu from his back. Following Feng Xue's request, he helped her to sleep on the bed in the bedroom. Of course, that was his bed. He did not dare to go through her bag privately.
Looking for the key, he took her to his house to spend the night.
He gently covered her with the quilt and said silently in his heart: "Du Siqiu, you used my one-day performance time to become my temporary girlfriend for three months, but in the end you got an unsatisfactory result... Now you
Do you regret it?"
He carried a quilt to the living room, curled up on the sofa and fell asleep quickly. In the middle of the night, he dreamed that his cat jumped on the kitchen stove to steal food, recklessly knocked over the wooden jar of seafood sauce, and made a dull sound.
It was a dull thud, not harsh, but he suddenly woke up.
Through the moonlight outside the window, he saw that the bedroom door was open. It turned out that the banging sound in the dream was the sound of her opening the door. She seemed to be unable to see clearly, and she groped awkwardly in the dimly lit living room corridor.
He Youdong guessed that she got up to go to the bathroom, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said softly, not to scare her: "Turn on the light, the switch is on the wall to your left."
She didn't answer, and continued to walk forward quietly, her hands constantly touching the left and right, as if she was looking for something. He Youdong suddenly became a little awake, and when he took a closer look, she found that her eyes were not fully opened.
, like a sleepy little animal, her eyes are blurred. It seems that she is really sleepwalking.
He didn't quite understand what to do when a person is sleepwalking. Some people say that you can't wake up a sleepwalking person, otherwise it will scare her. Others say that it's okay if you wake up. Anyway, it's difficult to wake up a sleepwalking person, even if you wake up.
He would just feel confused and inexplicable. So in the end, there was no need for him to wake her up.
He hurriedly stood up and put on a white shirt, intending to go over and carry her back to the room. This was probably the simplest and most direct way. He walked over slowly, and before he picked her up, her hand touched his waist.
, then arms, shoulders. In just a moment, it seemed that she had found what she was looking for. Her two hands hugged him tightly, caught off guard. Her body was soft, with a strange feeling similar to dependence.
Emotions are buried in his generous chest.
He Youdong saw this quirk of hers for the first time, and he held his breath and couldn't move. He heard her repeating the same word inarticulately: "Mom...Mom...Mom..." After saying that, she tilted her head and smiled with satisfaction, and
Quiet and simple under the moonlight.
He didn't mind, he just stayed there and let her hug him for a long time, feeling a strange warmth radiating from his body.
That was the first time he forgot the loneliness deep inside his heart. This chapter has been completed!