Their booth was right next to the dance floor, and there was another row of booths against the wall. Lin Shumei's eyes were glancing around aimlessly, trying to use her clever little brain to think of some other topic to divert the current situation in the noisy environment.
As a result, I accidentally saw a big one.
In the corner booth diagonally opposite, a young couple was hugging each other and kissing passionately.
The ambient lighting was actually quite dim, but every time the disco ball turned, a beam of ambiguous light would sweep over. From Lin Shumei's perspective, it was extremely clear.
It’s not that I haven’t seen movies before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a reality show.
Even after dating her senior for a year, they only held hands and hugged, never kissed. This was thanks to her ex-boyfriend's self-proclaimed prudery.
Lin Shumei's eyes suddenly widened, and Xu Xuejun thought something had happened. He wanted to turn his head to look, but Lin Shumei suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Brother Xuejun!"
"Hmm?" Xu Xuejun looked at Lin Shumei's hand on the back of his hand and raised his eyebrows.
Lin Shumei shrank back in embarrassment, and in a flash she thought of a topic that was a million miles away. After she finished speaking, she felt that her brain might have gone crazy.
"When...are you coming back to the village? Then we can take a ride back together!"
Ahhh, Lin Shumei, are you sick?
Xu Xuejun couldn't help laughing, and then quickly covered his mouth with a soda bottle.
"Okay, when will you be back?"
"Um... I've been wanting to go back these past couple of days. My dad called me a couple of days ago and said I was heartless. Mom and Grandma aren't home, and I haven't been back in half a month."
Lin Guoqing has had a hard time recently. His son and daughter-in-law are living a happy life, while his mother and daughter-in-law are in Shanghai taking care of their daughter and granddaughter. He can't just give up his work, so he just sleeps in the factory every day with no one around.
Even Chen Chunhua called and asked her to go back and see her father and talk to him when she was free, otherwise she would look so pitiful.
Xu Xuejun also remembered what his father had said about Uncle Guoqing's current miserable condition. He wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so, and in the end he just coughed and drank all the Coke in the bottle.
"Ahem...yes, you should go back to see Uncle Guoqing...and I miss my grandma too, so let's go back together!"
What does it mean to shoot oneself in the foot? This is what Lin Shumei did.
But could she still refuse? Of course not, wouldn't that make her look even more guilty?
The two of them inexplicably decided in the dance hall to go home together on the weekend.
Lin Shumei held her almost empty Coke bottle and sipped it, feeling a little annoyed that her IQ had short-circuited today.
Seeing that the two people on the dance floor were not going to get tired for a while, Xu Xuejun ordered two more bottles of Coke. When he came back with the Coke, his view finally met that corner, which was the corner that Lin Shumei was shocked by but didn't want to look at.
Oh, by the way, it has been so long, but those two haven’t separated yet.
It's so sweet.
Xu Xuejun held back his laughter and handed the Coke to Lin Shumei, then raised his head to signal over there,
"You just didn't want me to see the kiss over there?"
Lin Shumei:!!!
"There's nothing to be shy about. You're not a child anymore."
Lin Shumei: Does this have anything to do with children?!
Xu Xuejun actually wanted to say something: if you've already graduated from college, haven't you ever been in a relationship? If you've been in a relationship, who wouldn't kiss?
However, he didn't dare to say this in the end, for fear that Lin Shumei would think he was a pervert.
In the end, the two of them did not go to the center of the dance floor to dance. After Wu Hua and Guo Kai came back from the middle, the four of them sat and chatted for a while before going out.
Wu Hua and Guo Kai were still chattering about their brilliant performance on the dance floor just now, saying that it was a pity that Lin Shumei and Xu Xuejun didn't go up, it was only five dollars!
Lin Shumei just kept making noises, not mentioning that she and Xu Xuejun had just made an appointment to go home together.
Go home together?
It's so embarrassing to say these four words.
***
During the May Day holiday this year, the country officially implemented a two-day weekend system.
The provincial capital is not far from Sihe Village, so Lin Shumei thought that if she worked quickly after get off work on Friday night, she would be able to get home in the evening.
In the past, Xu Xuejun would take the bus from the city to Su County, and then take a boat from Su County back to Sihe Village. It was a bit troublesome, but the whole process was legal and he didn't have to worry about being slaughtered.
Lin Shumei...she said that when she left the provincial capital before, her parents would pick her up in a car, or her third brother would drive to pick her up, or she would take the train directly to Shanghai to visit her sister.
If you think about it carefully, this young lady has never gone back all by herself. Nowadays, the only one who can enjoy such treatment is her, the little princess of the Lin family.
Because she was used to taking the car, she didn't really want to take the bus. The bus was different from the long-distance coach. If you bought a ticket for the long-distance bus, you would definitely get a seat, but it was different for the bus. Not only would you not have a seat, but you would also have to be squeezed by other people.
She won't do it in the middle of summer.
"How about we take a taxi?" Lin Shumei suggested. She was afraid Xu Xuejun would find it too expensive, so she quickly booked the entire place. "I'll pay for it!"
Xu Xuejun is also a good person to talk to, and he didn't think this suggestion was outrageous.
"It's okay. We both want to go home. There's no need to take advantage of you. We'll split the fare in half. The key is to find a reliable taxi."
The economy has developed rapidly in the past two years, and the number of taxis in the city has increased a lot. After get off work, the two stood at the intersection and could see taxis passing by from time to time.
He just stretched out his hand to stop them, and shook his head immediately when he said he wanted to go to Yue City.
Xu Xuejun tried hard to explain to every driver that it was Yue City, but in fact it was Shanyin County on the edge of Su County, or a village close to Su County.
But the drivers still refused.
"Su County is far enough. It's already late. I'll take you there soon. Not only will I come back with an empty car, but it will be midnight when I get home!"
The public security is not that good these days, so there are not many drivers willing to drive at night. Even fewer people drive back and forth at night in the suburbs, and some people won't do it even if they are paid extra.
Xu Xuejun and Lin Shumei didn't expect that it would be so difficult to get a taxi back. They stood at the intersection from five o'clock to six o'clock, but no driver was willing to take them.
Just when the two were about to give up the idea of going back today, a driver of a car finally nodded, but he had a bad conscience.
"It's extra money. In addition to the return empty car fare, you have to add another hundred."
Lin Shumei: "!!! I've already paid for the empty car fare, and you still want another hundred? Are you killing pigs?!"
"Then get out of the car! Take it or leave it! It's such a long way, who would be willing to drive there if it weren't for the money?"
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