Chapter 116 Ambition and Night Road
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
"Comrade Liu, I'm very interested in your experience." Yu Zhile broke the silence, "Also, I really want to know how you can apologize to me properly."
Liu Shuyi turned to look at her, his expression frozen.
Sheng Lanyue smiled more and walked over to open the door for her.
Yu Zhile handed him the orange soda and sat down on the wooden chair, ready to watch the show.
"Yu, Yu Zhile, I'm sorry. Although I didn't know about it last time, I don't mind if you want to blame me." Liu Shuyi lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes. "At the same time, I apologize to you on behalf of Gu Rong and Xia Jian."
Yu Zhile clicked his tongue and placed the glass jar on the small wooden table, making a bang.
Liu Shuyi shrank his body and took a step back, seemingly startled by the sudden noise.
"Apologize sincerely." Yu Zhile smiled and shook his head, emphasizing his words. "Isn't it that you are cutting off the beginning and the end of the matter, so that Aunt Xia will misunderstand and come to my house to cause trouble?"
Liu Shuyi raised his head suddenly and denied: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Don't you know? But I can easily guess what you are thinking." Yu Zhile walked towards her and lightly dusted her shoulders.
Liu Shuyi's reaction was even more intense than before. He took a big step back and bumped into the bushes.
"You wanted to teach Fang Zhuo a lesson through Xia Jian, but you learned from Gu Rong that the truth had been revealed. You were worried that it would affect your work at the Provincial Military Region Art Troupe, so you couldn't wait to find Sheng Lanyue."
"Last time you saw Wen Wanbai participating in a party at my house, you also learned that he was promoted to the Beijing City Art Troupe."
"You think he used Wen Wanbai's connections to win sympathy and get a chance to transfer to the Beijing Art Troupe."
Yu Zhile suppressed his smile and connected all the things together.
With every word she uttered, Liu Shuyi gripped the hem of her clothes more tightly.
"To be more precise, even if Fang Zhuo wasn't there, you still had to do this scene." Yu Zhile looked her straight in the eyes, "Because your original goal was the Beijing Art Troupe, and Wen Wanbai showed you a shortcut."
Liu Shuyi sneered, completely throwing off his usual disguise.
"Yes, I didn't expect that the person who understands me the most is you." She smiled, "I want to become the chief dancer of the Beijing Art Troupe. In order to achieve my goal, I will do whatever it takes."
Liu Shuyi's temperament at this time was completely different from usual and more aggressive.
Yu Zhile asked: "Even if I step on someone's back——"
"Yes, even if I have to step on someone else's corpse, I won't hesitate." Liu Shuyi interrupted her and said coldly.
From the moment Yu Zhile entered the room, Sheng Lanyue became as quiet as a transparent person.
Hearing her words, he asked softly, "Is it worth it?"
"Sheng Lanyue, his family is well-off, his ancestors were in politics, his parents have a certain say in the literary and artistic circles, so he doesn't have to worry about his future since he was born."
"Yu Zhile, you are just a country girl, but you were taken to the provincial capital by Yu Peilan and He Youan, and you were spoiled unconditionally. You have everything you want since you were a child. If you want, they are even willing to give up everything to pave the way for you."
"You have been blessed with so many things that your peers cannot even dream of since you were born. What qualifications do you have to ask me if it's worth it?"
After saying that, Liu Shuyi started laughing, and then her laughter became louder and louder, with tears coming out of the corners of her eyes.
"If Fang Zhuo's matter gets to the provincial military region, what do you think they will think?" Yu Zhile spoke up.
Liu Shuyi stopped laughing and responded, "Gu Rong said that, and Xia Jian beat him up. Does this have anything to do with me?"
She threw down these words and turned away.
Yu Zhile and Sheng Lanyue looked at each other and remained silent.
After a long while, the water droplets on the wall of the soda bottle silently flowed onto the table and accumulated into a small puddle.
Yu Zhile took the soda and took a sip. The gurgling sound he made when he was almost done drinking broke the silence.
Sheng Lanyue burst out laughing and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see something."
Yu Zhile didn't understand what was going on, so he followed him into the house and walked into his room on the second floor.
Sheng Lanyue pulled out a large suitcase from under the bed, unzipped it, and found the suitcase was full of books.
"Where did you get it?" Yu Zhile sat down on the ground, picked up a book and started reading.
Sheng Lanyue also sat cross-legged on the ground and said with a smile: "Guess?"
Yu Zhile looked up at him, they smiled at each other, and then lay down on the ground tacitly.
"After I go to Beijing, I'll give this box of books to you for safekeeping." Sheng Lanyue held up a collection of poetry. "The theater is showing The Red Lantern at night. Let's go and watch it after dinner."
Yu Zhile watched with great interest and responded randomly, "Yeah, yeah."
Afterwards, the two of them read quietly until the sunset glowed into Sheng Lanyue's bedroom.
"It's almost time." Sheng Lanyue closed the book and looked at the time.
At this time, a voice came from the first floor: "Lan Yue, your father and I are going out. We won't be home for a few days. The money and camera are on the table. Don't stay in the cool at night."
Immediately afterwards, the sounds of doors closing and cars starting were heard one after another.
Yu Zhile stood in front of the window, watching the car getting smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared from her sight.
"We have known each other for so long, but my uncle and aunt's enthusiasm for work has not diminished," she said with emotion.
Sheng Lanyue shrugged and said nothing.
The two had a simple meal at a nearby state-owned restaurant, took flashlights, and headed to the theater.
After watching the model opera, it was already dark, so they went back to Sheng's house to get their books and cameras.
Taking photos is a necessary process for Yu Zhile's birthday every year. In previous years, he would go to a photo studio with his aunt and uncle. This year, most of his family members were there, so Sheng Lanyue specially borrowed a camera.
The nightlife in the provincial capital is much richer than that in Haidong Town. In addition to watching model operas, there are also night movies and study groups.
It was nearly eight o'clock and there were still many people on the street, lighting up the streets with flashlights.
The two chatted about the content of the model operas and walked along a road where no one else was.
Yu Zhile suddenly felt something was wrong. She seemed to hear the footsteps of a third party.
"It seems like someone is following us." She lowered her voice.
Sheng Lanyue's expression froze, and he suddenly stopped moving forward at the same time as her.
As she expected, there was a sound of several people suddenly stopping.
Afterwards, the two of them remained calm and continued walking forward, changing the topic to discuss countermeasures.
"Boss, they found us." Someone shouted, "They are discussing countermeasures. We can't let them escape."
Hearing this, Yu Zhile and Sheng Lanyue started running.
"You bitch, you made us run everywhere because of the police." The shrill-voiced man said angrily, "Chase him, chase him, don't let him go."
Two beams of light swayed wildly in the darkness, accompanied by the sound of chaotic footsteps.
Yu Zhile and his companion ran as fast as they could to the nearby police station, but they were blocked halfway because of the large number of people on the other side.
"You've done us a great disservice, and you won't have an easy life either." The shrill-voiced man swept the flashlight across the two of them, and the beam finally stopped on Yu Zhile's face, "Brothers, go!"
Six or seven people rushed towards them from all directions.
"Find a chance to run." Sheng Lanyue handed the flashlight to Yu Zhile.
Although he is a cultural and artistic soldier, the regiment commander he follows is very strict in all aspects, so his physical fitness is not bad.
Yu Zhile suddenly had an idea and threw the flashlight towards the shrill man, hitting him accurately in the middle of his nose.
The intense pain made his eyes go black, and he fell backwards, with the flashlight falling out of his hand and onto the ground.
With two clangs, the two flashlights hit the ground, the batteries fell out, and the entire environment fell into darkness.
"Who are you? If you don't speak, I'll hit you."
"You hit the wrong person! I'm not that bitch!"
"Ahhh, someone grabbed my feet. There's a ghost. There's a ghost."
Yu Zhile quickly bought a pair of glasses to enhance night vision at the Intermediate Mall, pulled Sheng Lanyue away from the hooligans, and walked lightly towards the police station.
Seeing the lights of the police station, they both breathed a sigh of relief, and Yu Zhile put the glasses into the small warehouse.
Two people, one old and one young, were on night watch in the institute, chatting while looking through documents.
"Master, where do those little hooligans on West Street usually go?" The young man felt frustrated.
The old policeman laughed and said, "Are you still thinking about what happened during the day? Those little hooligans have no fixed place to stay and are hard to find."
"No, I'm going out on patrol now. I'm going to catch them!" The young man stood up and slammed the table. "Let them know the consequences of bullying veterans!"
Then, he put on the handcuffs, took out a flashlight from the drawer, and just as he walked to the door, he bumped into Yu Zhile and the other person.
"I want to report a case. Someone wants to kill us." Yu Zhile said calmly.
The young police officer looked at the two men's calm expressions and asked in confusion: "Ah? Are you sure?"
"I stopped them from bullying veterans during the day, and they came to me for revenge." Yu Zhile explained the reason simply and straightforwardly.
Upon hearing this, the two police officers became serious, put on their weapons, locked the door and set off immediately.
When the four returned to the scene, the shrill man was yelling frantically, "Hurry up! Find her for me! I'm going to break her nose! I'm going to make her suffer."
"Don't move." The master and disciple shouted at the same time, blocking the way from the front and the back.
The group fled in all directions like birds and beasts.
Yu Zhile and Sheng Lanyue were blocking their way on both sides, and the strong light made it impossible for them to open their eyes.
In the end, all eight hooligans were caught.
After taking the statement, Sheng Lanyue first sent Yu Zhile back to the cannery’s staff quarters before turning around and going home.
Yu Zhile took a few deep breaths in front of the door, put on a smile, and then knocked.
"Are you having fun? Why don't you let Xiaosheng come up and sit with you?" Yu Peilan opened the door for her.
The rest of the family was listening to the radio and looked up when they heard the sound.
Yu Zhile smiled and said, "It's too late. Let him go back first. He will bring the camera over tomorrow."
"Okay, go take a shower, the water is still hot." Yu Peilan responded, "Everyone should go to bed early tonight."
Yu Zhile came out of the bathroom. Everyone in the family had gone to bed and left a small desk lamp on for her.
She turned off the lights and slept on the outermost side. The steady breathing of the two people inside made her breathe a sigh of relief.
As she closed her eyes and prepared to go to sleep, Xiaoyun's voice rang in her mind.
[Host, your account's operating status fluctuated more than half an hour ago. ]
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
