Chapter 56: One person’s broken heart hurts two people.
The voice was unfamiliar, but Ye-eun immediately knew who it was. She took a deep breath and said, "Is it Kim Jin-ah? Didn't Ji-ryong come to look for you?"
Jin Zhener on the other end of the phone seemed even more surprised than her, "Looking for me? But I've already gone abroad."
They were silent for a second, then spoke at the same time.
"Ouni, where is your home address? It's raining heavily and I can't contact him."
"No wonder he called me so many times before."
As soon as she landed and turned on her phone, she saw a dozen missed calls on the other phone. However, when she called back, the other party did not answer. In a hurry, she could only ask her classmates for Yien's phone number.
Hearing Ye-eun's question, Jin Jin-ah paused for a moment, and when she spoke, she reported her fake address to Ye-eun with a guilty conscience, "Um, Ye-eun, I'm sorry, I don't actually live there. I was in a complicated mood at the time... I don't know why I lied."
When Yien heard the address, she stuffed her umbrella and money into her bag, and was about to go look for someone when she heard these words. In fact, she was a little angry at that moment. Why would you lie?
However, the voice of the sister on the other side was gentle, and there seemed to be a sob in her voice because of guilt. Yeen was silent for two seconds, then turned around and stuffed her bath towel from the bathroom into her schoolbag.
She said while zipping up her pants: "Ouni, you don't have to say sorry to me. I'm not the one who was deceived. When you get in touch with him, just tell him yourself."
Jin Zhener, who was on the other side, heard the thunder coming from the phone and seemed to be frightened by the thunder. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, "I'm really sorry."
Even though Ye-eun told her that she didn't need to apologize, she couldn't help but blame herself when she thought about how both of them were hurt because of a lie she told.
Ye-eun ran downstairs with her bag on her back, and said the last words to her before hanging up the phone: "Don't cry, unnie. I'll send you a message after I find him, and you two can talk it over. If you meet someone you don't like in the future, just reject him directly."
After all, she didn't know how they got along. As a friend who grew up with Zhilong, she would naturally stand on Zhilong's side when she heard that the other party gave a fake address. However, perhaps there were more details that she didn't know.
Yien could actually think calmly at this moment, and she couldn't help but admire herself.
What's more, with Kim Jin-ah's gentle and unrefusable personality, if she meets a silly man like Kwon Ji-yong, she would at most not be able to hear the rejection in other people's tone. If she was cheated, she would probably just hide and cry secretly. At most, this song is a tribute to her lost love.
But if you meet an unreasonable boy, you may not know who will be hurt more.
Jin Zhener squatted in the corridor of the airport, ignoring everyone's gazes. She swept her eyes across the unfamiliar environment, but her tears flowed faster because of the familiar language on her phone. She whispered back, "Yes, Ye Eun, you...be careful when you go out at this time. My phone is on. Call me immediately if anything happens."
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, the weather was gloomy, and the sudden rainstorm made the already old neighborhood look even more terrifying.
The ground was full of potholes and the rain was pouring down. When the rain hit the depressions on the ground, the huge impact of the water flow rushed forward, carrying with it the silt and dead branches and leaves.
Even though Ye-eun put on a raincoat and held an umbrella, the double insurance still had water drops flowing down her neck, which only had a gap exposed.
When Ye-eun raised her hand to stop a car, cold drops of water slid down her neck to her collarbone. Because taxis are expensive at night, and it was raining heavily, Ye-eun was soaked and the driver asked for a higher fare. She thought to herself that if Kwon Ji-yong didn't reimburse her this time, she would beat him up even if he cried miserably when she saw him.
After getting in the car, she lowered her head and continued to try to call Quan Zhilong. However, this time the phone rang with a notification tone, "The other party's phone is turned off. Please call again later."
The driver looked back and the girl's face looked very familiar. It was clearly late at night and it was raining heavily, so he should have been 100% focused while driving, but he couldn't help but look at the rearview mirror again.
These stares scared Yien every time. When she met the other person's eyes again in the rearview mirror in the car, Yien's heart twitched and her throat became a little dry. She lowered her head and quickly recalled the license plate number she had just memorized when she got on the car, and gave it to her sister in the dormitory.
The other party was still awake and replied quickly. Knowing that Ye-eun was out at this time, I was anxious and angry, and bombarded her with messages.
Yien raised her eyes again and sure enough, the driver was stealing glances at her again. She was so scared that her hair stood on end. Just when she was thinking about calling her sister to give herself courage, the other party suddenly said, "Um, are you the girl who is very popular on the Internet recently? What's your name? G-Dragon? Can you give me an autograph?"
Although I don't understand why a girl is called this name. But when he saw that this name was written on his daughter's notebook and that this girl was her current background on social media, the driver nodded his head, knowing it was definitely her.
When I asked my daughter what the name of the little girl she liked was, she said impatiently that she didn't know. Look, now your dad has taken your idol's autograph back from you!
"Ah? Okay...ok." Yien's heart was relieved a little, but when she saw the other party holding the steering wheel with one hand to take out paper and pen, Yien stared at the front of the car, and her heart sank again. Uncle, you are really scary!
Ye-eun lowered her head and wrote "G-Dragon" naturally. The driver took it and smiled with satisfaction. Working the night shift actually brought her an unexpected surprise. Her daughter must be very happy!
But when she met the real "G-Dragon", Ye-eun was not so happy.
Because the other party was still holding the rose, standing stupidly in the open air, with the heavy rain still hitting him.
Quan Zhilong tilted his head back, hugged the flowers, and everything from his hair to his clothes and shoes was soaked. The bright red rose in his hand had been beaten into a wilted state, and the love letter inside the rose had been beaten into a transparent state by the rain.
There was a violent storm with lightning and thunder. The wind was like a sharp knife, blowing up countless tiny smoke, dust and fallen leaves. The rain fell to the ground like a waterfall, stirring up more dust.
The sky seemed empty.
However, Quan Zhilong shed tears and felt that his heart was colder than the wind and emptier than the sky.
He looked at the buildings where the lights were turned off one by one, and choked up as he called out again, "Zhen'er! Are you there?"
Yien stood not far behind him holding an umbrella. She felt relieved but speechless at the same time. Isn't this rain dirty? Wouldn't you choke if you just raise your head and open your mouth to yell?
Seeing the last light of the building he was shouting towards finally go out, Quan Zhilong's tears mixed with rain slid down his chin. It went out, all went out...
"He must think he looks like the main character in an idol drama, right?" Ye-eun looked up and made sure that no one saw this embarrassing scene before she stepped forward and held the umbrella over his head.
The rain above my head disappeared, replaced by a thin sheet of cloth. Such a thin piece of cloth blocked all the water. Quan Zhilong was stunned for a moment. The moment he turned around and saw Yi Eun, the grievances of several hours suddenly burst out. He held the withered rose and cried like a child, "Wow, Yi Eun! I'm heartbroken. She didn't answer my calls and didn't reply to me."
While crying, he bent down and straightened Yien's raincoat which was slightly tilted, and then he pulled the rose. As he lowered his head, the water on his hair, eyelashes and cheeks all splashed onto the rose. The bright red color of the rose in the afternoon had turned into dark red. Quan Zhilong looked at the flower, his face covered with tears. He felt that this dying rose was as shattered as his own heart.
"She ignored me for hours." Quan Zhilong cried, and the wet clothes stuck to his body, bringing a chill, but it was far less than the coldness in his heart. "She didn't answer the phone. I called for so long but no one replied. She said she would be home today."
Quan Zhilong, who didn't know which floor Kim Jin-ah lived on, could only shout foolishly from below. From the initial ecstasy to the subsequent anxiety and confusion, and then when the rainstorm came, he stood there for several hours and no longer knew why he was still standing there.
Ye-eun doesn’t know either. She stared at Quan Zhilong crying heartbrokenly, then turned her head to look at the house next to her that was clearly sheltered from the rain, and heard the sound of raindrops hitting her umbrella. Between comforting and complaining, she chose to take shelter from the rain first: "Does a broken heart have to be exposed to the rain to show the pain? Should we go there to take shelter from the rain first?"
The rain fell down along the eaves, one string after another like pearls.
Kwon Ji-yong was squatting in the corner with a rotten rose at his feet, wrapped in Ye-eun's bath towel, and holding Ye-eun's cell phone tightly in his hand.
He was talking on the phone with Jin Zhen'er who was far away in a foreign country. He lowered his eyes, not knowing what the other party said. The tears that he had originally controlled came up again.
Yien was too lazy to listen to their conversation. She held Kwon Ji-yong's phone, which had been soaked in water and could not be turned on at all. She squatted at the stairs and pressed the phone against the sharp corner of the stairs, trying to pry open the back cover to let the water drain out.
As for love, it’s enough to just tick a box in life. Is real money important?
Yien wanted to find a mobile phone repair shop right now to ask if the phone could be salvaged. After all, it was quite expensive.
She put one foot on the stairs and the other foot on the ground, held the guardrail with one hand, and used the other hand to push the back cover of the phone with all her strength. Finally, her hard work paid off.
Yien laughed, but when she saw that all the parts inside had been soaked and rotted, she froze again. It was hopeless, this phone was absolutely hopeless.
Putting the back cover of the phone back on, Ye Eun squatted next to Kwon Ji-yong and threw it into his pocket, hoping that he wouldn't find an excuse to say that he broke it.
When Kwon Ji-ryong heard Kim Jin-ah's words "You will probably never return to your country", his heart sank. He even felt the pain in his heart spread to his body. His left side also sank along with his painful mood.
He choked up as he listened to Jin Zhener apologize to him, his eyes red, "It's okay, everything is going well abroad."
The rain seemed to have subsided a little. Quan Zhilong looked at the dim scenery outside and said with tears in his eyes: "I wish your future will always be a vast landscape."
Jin Jin-ah's choked voice also came through, "Well, I wish you and Ye-eun all the best."
After hanging up the phone, he lowered his head in silence. He felt like he was stuck in a pool of stagnant water, and even his breathing sounded painful.
The motionless appearance is like a breathing sculpture.
Yien was confused for a moment. Is she really that sad? Do you want to comfort yourself? But more importantly, could you please return my phone to me?
The water kept dripping down. Ye Eun, who had already witnessed the miserable state of Kwon Ji-yong's phone, couldn't help but think, if my phone also broke, there would be one more person who would be saddened by your broken heart!
She was about to speak, but Quan Zhilong took the lead. His voice was hoarse and his tone was serious, "Ye'en, can you lend me your phone to record my inspiration?"
“???” It seems that you suddenly stopped moving because you had an inspiration in your mind? Ye-eun's expression turned speechless. She grabbed the other person's collar along with her own towel and said, "Remember this in your mind first, and then go back and write your song."
Since the other party still wanted to write a song, Ye-en didn't hesitate. She looked at the rain hitting the ground outside, and her mind was full of the day when Yiping went to find her father.
This kind of scene actually happened in my own life. Yi Eun lowered her head seriously, looked into Quan Zhilong's swollen eyes, and said without hesitation: "You have to reimburse today's car fare. Also, since I came out so late to see you, you have to bear my living expenses for the next week."
The corners of Quan Zhilong's mouth twitched. The pain in his heart was doubled because of Yien's cruel words. He was thinking in his mind how much living expenses he had left. However, Ye-eun had always been in charge of the money, and he had no idea of his own financial situation. "Do I... still have money to buy a phone?"
Ye-eun calculated Kwon Ji-yong's savings in her head, and her face changed drastically when she met his expectant gaze. She shook her head frantically, "I won't lend it to you! Absolutely!"
He lowered his head without saying a word. He pushed forward to free the back of his collar from Yien's hand, and silently pulled the bouquet of roses that he had almost plucked bald, and sniffed.
He said nothing, but placed the torn rose petals one by one on the ground, arranging them horizontally and vertically to form a few words, "Loyalty to Each Other".
The dark red color of the rose looked like flowing blood on the broken petals, which was simply terrifying in Yeen's eyes.
She put on a mask of pain on her face and choked up, "Quan Zhilong, you bastard!"
Why when you break up, it's me and my wallet that get hurt!
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