Chapter 80
Song Huaian was found to be fine after a preliminary examination, but he valued his life very much and insisted on staying in the hospital for observation just in case.
Jiang Wan went outside the ward to call Cao Qing and then returned. Song Huaian, with gauze wrapped around his forehead, was leaning on the bed and said to her with a smile, "Thank you for accompanying me to the hospital, Jiang Wan."
This smile was a bit strange, and Jiang Wan knew that he must have misunderstood something.
She took out the phone she had been carrying all the way from her bag and handed it to Song Huaian: "Now that you're awake, do you want to call your family?"
"Also, the guy who hit you just now left his number on your phone. When you are free, you can contact him to discuss the claim."
Song Huaian was the only one staying in this ward. He listened to Jiang Wan's explanation one by one and said with concern, "Okay, I know everything. You should get some rest. You must be exhausted from running around all night."
Jiang Wan frowned. She picked up her phone, checked the time, and also checked the WeChat message she sent two hours ago.
Still no reply.
"I don't need to rest. I'm leaving now. If you need anything, you can ring the bell to speak to the nurse."
"Leaving now?"
"It's past curfew time now." Song Huaian reminded her.
"I still have something to do." Jiang Wan didn't intend to elaborate.
"What's the matter?" This person kept pestering him for some unknown reason. Jiang Wan felt as if he was being blackmailed after kindly helping an old man who had fallen on the side of the road.
Jiang Wan probably knew that Song Huaian had some thoughts about her. She thought about it and felt that it was necessary to explain everything clearly: "I helped you today purely because no one was willing to accompany you to the hospital at the bar just now. So if you have time to stay here and ask me to stay, you might as well think about why your interpersonal relationships are so bad. Also, I don't need to report what I do."
Jiang Wan didn't say it, but Song Huaian guessed it. He had just seen it at the door of the bar.
Song Huaian blurted out: "Are you going to look for Lu Jiyu?"
"Doesn't he know he has a girlfriend? Wake up."
Jiang Wan picked up her bag and said, "Thank you. I'm awake. I think you might be the one who's not awake right now. Have a good rest."
She turned and walked out, and Song Huaian's unwilling voice followed her: "He's just a pretty boy, you're giving up your reputation for him!"
Liu Nian sat opposite Lu Jiyu and asked for a cup of hot milk.
"Long time no see. I was busy with internship some time ago and didn't have time to look for you."
Lu Jiyu was still standing. He looked down at her condescendingly and said in a flat tone, "What's the matter?"
Liu Nian smiled and said, "If there's nothing wrong, I can't look for you."
When she smiled, the waiter brought her hot milk. The waiter glanced at her and said: What a beautiful smile.
Lu Jiyu had no intention of reminiscing with her, but in order to make clear some things that he had not said before due to courtesy, he still took the chair and sat down again: "I'm waiting for my girlfriend."
Liu Nian's smile gradually faded. She turned her head and glanced out the window: "Is that the girl named Jiang Wan?"
"Don't worry, I haven't deliberately investigated her. Everyone has heard of the beauty among the freshmen in the School of Management."
"I just saw it at the bar. A guy she came with was injured and got into an ambulance, and she left with him. I guess she can't come today."
Lu Jiyu didn't say anything, just sat there and watched her speak.
Lu Jiyu's silence began to make Liu Nian feel a little uneasy. He was different from when he was in junior high school. When he looked at people, the youthful pity in his eyes faded, and was replaced by sharp insight.
He was like a spectator, watching her being proud and making a fool of herself on the stage she had built.
Liu Nian's composure just now faded away at a speed beyond her control. She always thought that she had the upper hand because she was three years older than him, but she forgot the uninhibited nature of Lu Jiyu. He was not afraid of anyone at all. It was his politeness and upbringing that made him a good boy, otherwise he would not bother to give anyone a good face.
More importantly, he also has the capital to be unfriendly to others.
Lu Jiyu raised his head: "Are you done?"
"Then I'll be leaving first."
"Is there something special about Jiang Wan? School has only been open for a month, and rumors about her are flying everywhere. First, she accompanied a male classmate to surgery, and now she's accompanying a senior to the hospital. Lu Jiyu, do you like this?"
Lu Jiyu's indifference finally forced out Liu Nian's deepest self.
She is no longer the gentle and considerate senior schoolmate, nor is she the outstanding student praised by college teachers. She is still the poor female student who was trapped in the mountains more than ten years ago, with no food to eat and facing the risk of dropping out of school.
Lu Jiyu leaned slightly on the back of the chair, one hand resting on the table and the other on his knee. He looked directly at Liu Nian without much emotion: "Let me correct you, I don't like this. I only like her."
"And," he continued in a casual tone, "I've never had any interest in you. I know who was behind the trouble at Lu Lin's restaurant last time, and there are also some rumors about Jiang Wan. Since you came to see me today, I'll remind you not to hurt the people around me. Otherwise, I guarantee you will regret it."
Liu Nian's heart sank, and her hand touching the glass subconsciously tightened.
"Please stay away from my life." Lu Jiyu said the last words, picked up his mobile phone which had automatically turned off due to lack of battery, and stood up to leave.
This is not a request.
This is a warning.
Lu Jiyu was the kind of person who would give him a few days' break if he provoked him, and deal with it if he could, or wait a few days if he couldn't. But if it involved someone close to him, he wouldn't show any mercy.
It was already past twelve o'clock when Jiang Wan came out of the hospital, and almost three hours had passed since they came out of the bar.
The hospital was about forty minutes away from the bar, and she thought about it and decided not to go there.
It was past curfew time and Jiang Wan couldn't return to the dormitory. After sending a message to Cao Qing to report it, he found a hotel on his phone and planned to stay there for the night.
Lu Jiyu still didn't reply to her WeChat message.
I don’t know if it’s a fight again or what. Jiang Wan was so upset by Song Huaian’s matter that he had no time to think about it.
After a quick wash at the hotel, she lay down on the bed with her clothes on and fell asleep. Because the hotel environment was average, Jiang Wan hadn't slept well. She woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of rain outside the window.
Jiang Wan sat up in the darkness, the sound of raindrops hitting the window outside being particularly clear. She picked up her phone from the bedside table and checked the time. It was one in the morning. She had slept for less than two hours, but suddenly she was completely sleepless.
Jiang Wan leaned against the headboard and browsed through his friends' updates, then clicked on Lu Jiyu's profile picture.
He still didn't reply to WeChat.
A vague bad premonition quietly spread in Jiang Wan's heart at this moment when everything was quiet.
She called Lu Jiyu directly, but was told that the phone was turned off.
Now Jiang Wan no longer hesitated. After packing up simply, she picked up her bag and walked downstairs. As soon as she arrived at the hotel entrance, a taxi was already waiting for her there.
The city was not deserted at one o'clock in the morning, and was filled with the prosperity left over from the previous night.
Jiang Wan called Lu Jiyu's roommate Fang Cheng in the car.
The call was picked up quickly, which was a bit beyond her expectations.
"Has Lu Jiyu returned to the dormitory?" Jiang Wan asked straight to the point.
Fang Cheng got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. He was still a little dazed, so he held the phone in front of him and squinted his eyes to take a closer look. Yes, it was really Jiang Wan calling. It was not a scam or a scam.
"Oh, he didn't come back today. Are you looking for him?" He didn't have time to think about it and just responded instinctively.
"It's okay, thank you." Jiang Wan hung up the phone.
On the other end of the phone, Fang Cheng was staring at the black screen of his phone, thinking while walking back to the dormitory. At a certain moment, he thought - damn it!
He knelt on the bed and yelled.
Lu Jiyu and Jiang Wan???
His roommate, who was sleeping soundly, was so frightened by his shout that he threw a pillow at him: "What the fuck? Don't be so naughty in the middle of the night!"
Never mind, it doesn't make any sense to you nerds.
The traffic on the road was much thinner, and the taxi driver sped along the empty road, and finally arrived in only two-thirds of the usual time.
Just as Jiang Wan expected, the cafe had closed long ago and was completely dark inside, with only a neon sign outside illuminating a small puddle at her feet.
Jiang Wan turned and walked towards the bar across the street.
The bar was busier than when Jiang Wan came on work nights. Men and women were chatting, laughing, and hugging. Jiang Wan went straight to the bar to find the bartender. She pulled up a photo of Lu Jiyu on her phone and showed it to him: "Has this person been here since the ambulance left?"
The bartender obviously recognized Jiang Wan. Firstly, she was beautiful and easily recognizable, and secondly, the girl followed the ambulance.
"Oh wow, it's you! Why are you back? Did you want to drink?" He didn't answer directly, but started a conversation. Jiang Wan then showed the photo to a girl who had just walked by him.
"He, he has been here, but it seems like he just took a look around and left." The girl leaned over and stared at Jiang Wan's phone for a while, then silently took out her own phone.
The bartender saw her intention and said disdainfully: "You're filming this secretly too."
The girl then reluctantly put away her phone. Seeing Jiang Wan turned around and walked out, she kindly added, "When he left the house, I saw him walking towards the bus. I guess he took the bus home."
Jiang Wan said thank you and pushed the door open.
The rain outside had just stopped for a while, but now it started to drizzle again.
Almost all the shops along the street were closed. Jiang Wan didn't bring an umbrella and walked along the eaves of the shops towards the bus stop.
But the rain kept getting heavier.
Jiang Wan inevitably got soaked. The dim yellow light cast by the street lamps along the road also made the rain soaked. She walked for about ten minutes before reaching the bus stop.
Looking at the empty bus stop and feeling the cold wind, Jiang Wan suddenly reflected on why she felt that Lu Jiyu was waiting for her?
Who knows, maybe he's sleeping soundly somewhere right now.
Everything could be attributed to that inexplicable feeling of unease. Forget it, Jiang Wan patted the water off her body, took out her phone and prepared to take another taxi back to the hotel. But as soon as she opened the taxi app, she felt as if some force was pulling her. Jiang Wan seemed to feel a certain gaze coming from the front of her.
Jiang Wan couldn't help but look up.
On the wide midnight street, a few cars, eager to return home, occasionally sped by. The world was so quiet that the only sound was the splashing sound of water from the puddles crushed by the car tires.
The endless raindrops draw a cool and lingering rain curtain between the sky and the earth.
The person sitting at the bus stop opposite was staring at her through the thin curtain.
The cold wind lifted her half-wet hair.
Jiang Wan stared in that direction and tilted her head slightly. What swept over her first, rather than surprise or other emotions, was confusion, actually confusion.
Confused he was waiting for her.
It's always been there.
Jiang Wan couldn't quite figure out what the feeling that rushed into her heart at that moment was.
Granted, maybe it was because she had never been in such a situation before in her life.
She walked around to the sidewalk in front of him and walked all the way to him. During this short distance, she could clearly hear the sound of rain falling slowly and methodically. She looked up at the deep blue sky, but at this moment she clearly felt a certain feeling.
Why does the rain seem to be stopping?
"Coming?"
Jiang Wan stood in front of Lu Jiyu, the two of them keeping a distance of two or three steps. Lu Jiyu didn't show any surprise on his face. Instead, he calmly sat down next to him and gave his seat to Jiang Wan: "Do you want to sit?"
Jiang Wan didn't say a word. The wind and rain behind her rushed towards her with the cool air of the early autumn night.
Lu Jiyu seemed a little helpless, raised his hand and gently pulled her in: "You got caught in the rain."
His hands were very cold. Jiang Wan instantly got goose bumps where he held her.
Lu Jiyu seemed to know this, and he quickly let go. But Jiang Wan directly reached out and touched his shoulder, and the fabric there was already soaked.
Seeing this, Lu Jiyu could only look up at her, then tried to force out a heartfelt smile: "It really took a long time to wait."
In the dark night, his eyes, soaked in rain and night, seemed particularly lively and had a certain indescribable sexiness.
He was almost a completely different person from the one he had just been in front of Liu Nian.
Jiang Wan had never seen Lu Jiyu in such a miserable state.
Not only was he soaked, but even his hair was covered in raindrops, dripping down onto his eyelids. A beam of high-beam headlights shone over him, making his already fair complexion even paler.
"Why didn't you reply to the message?" Jiang Wan finally spoke, his voice was indeed cold.
"My phone is out of battery, I didn't see your message." Lu Jiyu took out his phone from his pocket and showed it to her.
"Why didn't you go back to the dormitory if you couldn't wait for me?"
"My phone is out of battery and I can't go back without any money."
Jiang Wan didn't believe it: "If you stop at the bar and ask people to borrow money to go back to the dormitory, I guess they will be happy to give you a ride home directly."
Lu Jiyu smiled and wiped the raindrops from his nose: "Thank you for thinking so highly of me."
"But." He stopped laughing and said seriously, "I said I would wait for you, and I will definitely wait for you."
"I must wait for you this time." He said it again stubbornly. Jiang Wan understood Lu Jiyu's subtext. He was apologizing for what happened last time.
He must wait for her, Jiang Wan can understand.
What Jiang Wan couldn't understand for a moment was why she appeared here.
Human beings have long known that there is no such thing as unswerving commitment in this world, but they are still powerless in the face of sincerity.
"Lu Jiyu."
"Um?"
"Lu Jiyu."
"Um."
"Lu Jiyu."
"I am here."
She recites her lover's name over and over again, just to confirm on a dark night in her life that she really loves him.
Jiang Wan lowered her head and looked at him. When their eyes met, she suddenly felt that it didn't matter if all the rain in the world fell at that moment.
"Lu Jiyu—" She called his name again. Her cry was not passionate, lingering, or urgent, and certainly not coquettish, but those who understood her would understand everything about her.
So this time, he responded by raising his head and giving her a kiss.
Lu Jiyu put his hand on Jiang Wan's waist and gently brought her into his arms.
The boy tilted his head back and gently kissed the girl who was leaning over. The night was shattered, and the love melted into two pairs of eyes that were as clear as before.
On a night of heavy rain, when the whole world turned into a painting with rich colors——
On the deserted streets—
They were the only ones kissing lightly.
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