Chapter 349 Breakup

For five days, Lin Zhou stayed in the ancient city, ignoring the company and refusing to go home.

I sleep in Lin Hai’s house during the day and go to the bar to get drunk at night.

At first, Gao Cheng and Lin Hai were there for him, but later Gao Wen had severe pregnancy symptoms and needed Gao Cheng's care at night. So only Lin Hai was left to accompany him every night.

Every time he went to the bar, he did nothing but drink. If he met someone who tried to strike up a conversation with him, he would take advantage of the alcohol to scold them.

"What are you trying to achieve? You're putting yourself through this for a woman! Is it worth it?"

Lin Hai once again tried to persuade him earnestly.

Lin Zhou lay on the table, his eyes half open and half closed, mumbling incoherently as he counted the wine bottles scattered across the table: "1, 2, 3, 4... One more today. Tell me... Have I made it?"

"You've really made it!"

It was impossible to persuade him or accompany him. Lin Hai had to drive him back. He couldn't drink and could only watch him get drunk.

"You said you came here just to drink. Can't you drink inside? Why did you have to come here?"

Lin Zhou was probably completely dizzy, and after counting the wine bottles, he lay down motionless.

He sighed, picked him up, hung him on his shoulder, and carried him back.

But as soon as he stood up, Lin Zhou groaned softly, fell back reluctantly, and lay on the table again, mumbling something in his mouth.

Looking in the direction of his finger, Lin Hai finally understood.

There would be a singer performing in the center of the bar's dance floor at 10 o'clock. He hadn't paid much attention to it in the past few days. The girl singing on the stage had an expression and temperament between her eyebrows, which was somewhat similar to Tian Xin when she was playing the piano.

"Why are you doing this?"

Lin Hai lit a cigarette and leaned back on the sofa, listening to the low, mournful and tragic singing from the stage.

"I can't find the reason to be strong - I can no longer feel your tenderness - tell me the end of my heartache - is there an end there -"

The girl sang hysterically, and Lin Zhou hummed along.

Lin Hai couldn't stand this kind of talk and felt inexplicably upset. Just as he was about to drag Lin Zhou away, his cell phone rang!

During these few days here, his phone hardly rang, except for the first day when an employee called to bother him and he scolded him.

Who would call at this late hour?

"Hey, are you awake? Answer the phone!" He patted Lin Zhou's shoulder.

Lin Zhou lay there motionless, his words still slurred.

"Hey, answer the phone! Lin Zhou!"

"ah……"

"Telephone!"

The third time he heard the call, he finally moved.

He reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone, took a quick look at it, and hung up again!

After a while, a text message came.

Lin Hai glanced at it casually. The text message only contained a short sentence: "Are you free tomorrow? Let's talk."

Lin Zhou woke up instantly, got up from the table, looked at his phone several times, but still couldn't be sure that it was from Tian Xin.

He called her countless times these days, but she either hung up or turned off her phone, and she never replied to his messages.

"Yes, yes, answer the phone!"

He called again.

The call was picked up after just one ring.

"Hello..." He whispered a single word, his hands trembling. As he opened his mouth, he felt as if he had a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say a single word. He only felt a knot in his throat, a surge of emotions, and he was extremely sad!

Tian Xin was silent for a long time before she said the first sentence: "Are you... asleep?"

"No!" he blurted out.

"Oh, tomorrow... find some time to chat! I have something to tell you!"

“…”

silence!

Silence again!

"Well, I'll hang up now! See you later..."

"Don't? Don't hang up!"

He held the phone at a loss, begging like a helpless child: "Don't hang up, don't hang up... Talk to me, Tian Xin, please, don't hang up..."

"Where are you?"

“…”

"It sounds very noisy to me, where are you?"

"Where else could it be? A bar!" Lin Hai answered the phone with discontentment, "Hey, you're really funny. Even if you don't want to accept his proposal, there's no need to torture him like this! Can't you just give him a straight answer?"

"What happened to him?"

"Getting drunk every night and going to bars for excitement..."

"Don't talk nonsense..." Lin Zhou snatched back the phone and immediately explained guiltily: "Don't listen to him, Tian Xin, I... I'm going back now! Tomorrow, tomorrow morning I'll pick you up in the village, we... we'll go... anywhere, it's up to you!"

Tian Xin did not agree immediately and remained silent for a while.

Finally, she seemed to sigh: "Stop drinking and go back early!"

"Okay, okay, I'll be back soon! You should also go to bed early, tomorrow..."

Before he could finish his words, a "beep, beep, beep" sound came from the other end and the phone was hung up!

The nightlife in the ancient city is lively and bustling.

However, Lin Zhou couldn't wait a moment and had to rush back overnight. Fortunately, he could see Tian Xin early tomorrow morning.

The car sped along the highway. He lay in the back seat, sometimes lucid, sometimes confused, but he couldn't help feeling secretly happy in his heart.

This phone call instantly dispelled the haze that had been clogging his heart for days. He felt refreshed and his mood became brighter.

"I'll drop you off in a bit, then I'll be back! I have a meeting tomorrow morning!"

"oh!"

"Tomorrow you..."

Before he could finish his words, the phone rang again!

Lin Zhou sat up with a start, took out his phone, and looked at it. His face quickly darkened. He hung up without answering the call and lay back down.

"Who is it?" Lin Hai asked in the rearview mirror.

"My dad!" he sighed.

"It's been several days, you can't be so stubborn with him!"

"Don't worry about it!"

"If you ask me, you should go back and admit your mistake to him. After all, your father doesn't have a bad impression of Tian Xin. If you treat him better, maybe he'll agree!"

Lin Zhou snorted coldly: "That's not his style!"

As the two were chatting, his cell phone rang again.

Lin Zhou lay still, glanced at his phone, and handed it to Lin Hai: "If you answer it, just say I'm drunk and can't answer the phone!"

“Who is it?”

"Who else?"

Lin Hai reached out to take the phone and pressed the hands-free button!

"Where have you been, you bastard? Why aren't you answering the phone?"

An angry curse came from the phone, which scared Lin Hai and he almost threw the phone away!

"Hello, Uncle Lin, it's me——"

"Oh, Xiaohai! Where is Lin Zhou?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Lin Hai glanced at the rearview mirror: "He...had dinner with someone today, drank some wine, and fell asleep!"

"Asleep? Where? How drunk was he that he couldn't even answer the phone?"

"I really can't answer it," Lin Hai smiled and explained, "I just sent him back and he fell asleep! Uncle, if you have something urgent, why don't you tell me first and I'll tell him when he wakes up tomorrow. If that's not convenient, then wait until he wakes up and I'll let him get back to you."

"Okay, I don't have anything else to do. Don't worry about him, just go about your business!" said Lin Zhenhua.

"Oh, okay, okay, bye, uncle!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhenhua placed his phone on the bedside table and glanced at Li Qingning beside him: "Look, I told you, nothing happened. You're the only one who's suspicious all day long. Why are you worrying about him?"

Li Qingning snuggled into his arms and said coquettishly, "Oh, look at what you said. Even if he is not my biological son, he is still your flesh and blood. How can I not care about him?

"This brat has no manners every time he sees you. You should try to avoid him in the future to save yourself the trouble!"

After Lin Zhenhua finished speaking, he lay down and fell asleep.

Li Qingning nodded in agreement, but rolled her eyes in her heart.

"Humph, they say being a stepmother is difficult, but your son doesn't like me at all!

In that case, don't blame me for being cruel!"

She turned around, took out her phone and quickly sent a text message: "He's been drinking tonight and probably won't wake up. I've left the key under the carpet at the door, go ahead! Seize the opportunity!"