Chapter 64: Empty Number
The next day, Chen Ningning called Shen Xiyu back.
According to her, as soon as she opened her mouth, Pei Wei asked her if Shen Xiyu asked her to inquire. Although Chen Ningning vehemently denied it, Pei Wei still evaded her by saying that "I haven't been in contact with him much recently."
That night, Shen Xiyu opened the dialog box with Liang Qi as usual. It was all green, with only a few messages from the other party. She kept scrolling up.
During the winter vacation, when the two of them were staying at home, Liang Qi would sometimes call her to wake her up.
When the two of them first got together, Liang Qi would secretly send her mushy messages at night and then quickly withdraw them, but in fact, she saw them every time.
After discovering that the two of them lived next door to each other, Liang Qi often asked her to come over for dinner, using excuses like he had ordered too much takeout or cooked too much.
When Lao Fangtou asked him to tutor her in chemistry, Liang Qi would list her weaknesses and ask her to focus on reviewing them.
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Shen Xiyu was stunned for a long time, letting the phone screen go out by itself. She raised her hand tiredly to cover her eyes.
Until Hotpot came over with its tail raised, stepped between Shen Xiyu's legs as he sat cross-legged, and his warm body nestled there quietly.
Shen Xiyu opened his eyes and thought the hot pot looked so cute. He instinctively picked up his phone and took a picture of it.
She returned to WeChat again, her finger lingering on the photo of the hot pot for a long time. She wanted to send it out, but she felt that it would definitely fall into oblivion.
I sat there for a long time.
Shen Xiyu mustered up his courage and typed a sentence into the dialog box.
——Magrim: Tell me the truth, will you come back?
Her fingers were circling the hot pot irregularly, without saying a word, with no expression on her face, she was guarding a cat and a sentence, not knowing what to do.
Five minutes later, the message I sent received a message saying "WeChat has been cancelled".
Shen Xiyu's hands were shaking a little, and he almost couldn't hold the phone.
She forced herself to calm down and called Liang Qi again.
As expected, there was also a robotic female voice on the other end saying "The number is no longer in service". Shen Xiyu persisted and continued to call again and again, even though he knew it was a call that would never go through.
So, did you break up?
She raised her face and tried to hold back her tears, but they flowed down her temples. Shen Xiyu wiped the tears away.
Although she had expected it, she never thought it would come so suddenly. Although she had never trusted anyone from the beginning, she kept warning herself that everything was temporary, not to expect too much, not to have illusions about the future, and not to rely on him.
But Liang Qi told her again and again that she could believe in herself, and used actions, words, and time to make seemingly firm promises to herself.
How could I have believed him so easily? I had been waiting for him to break his promises and then tell myself, see, you were right.
How could I believe it later? It was so obviously false.
Shen Xiyu knew that he must have his own difficulties, but things certainly did not happen overnight. Then why did he never say a word when he could have told him so many times? Like a fool, he had to ask his friends about it and let them watch him get anxious.
The two people seem to be the closest people, but from beginning to end it was Shen Xiyu who opened her heart. She realized later that Liang Qi had no temper and no truth in front of her, and he just played the role of a perfect lover.
Liars, they are all lying to her.
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After returning to school on the weekend, Shen Xiyu was in a daze during the mock exam. Although he repeatedly warned himself not to let these trivial matters affect his mood, he was still inevitably affected.
When the results came out, Old Fangtou called Shen Xiyu to his office.
"Twenty-eighth in the grade." Old Fangtou threw the report card in front of Shen Xiyu, "How did you do in the exam?"
"It's my problem, teacher. I will adjust myself." Shen Xiyu lowered his head.
When Old Fang saw that she was in a bad mood and had a good attitude of reflection, he changed from being the bad guy to the good guy. He liked Shen Xiyu very much, but it was unreasonable for her to have such a significant drop in grades. He felt that it was necessary to give Shen Xiyu a warning, but since she knew it was her problem, he needed to encourage the student in a timely manner.
"The college entrance exam is just a few months away. I know the pressure is high, but don't let other things affect your state of mind. No matter how big the problem is, you can only deal with it after you pass the college entrance exam."
"Um."
Old Fangtou picked up the thermos and took a sip of the chrysanthemum tea. "A few days ago, I told Chen Ningzhou that Liang Qi wanted to drop out of school and wanted him to sit next to you. He said he wanted to hear your opinion. What do you think?" He put down the cup. "The teacher thinks he can help..."
After Shen Xiyu heard the first half of Old Fangtou's sentence, her ears started buzzing and she didn't hear the rest of his words clearly. She asked Old Fangtou a little rashly, "Liang Qi wants to drop out of school?"
The interrupted old man explained in a good-tempered manner, "His family has other plans for him, and he won't be coming anymore. There just happened to be an extra seat in our class. If you don't mind, I'll let Chen Ningzhou sit at the same table with you."
“…”
Shen Xiyu didn't hear what the old man said anymore. She had only one thought in her mind.
Liang Qi is going to drop out of school, and Chen Ningzhou knows about it.
After school, Qin Yiyan stopped Shen Xiyu who was about to leave with his schoolbag, "Don't go, have you forgotten, I'm going to treat you tonight, I'll treat you to prawns, isn't that nice of you?"
Shen Xiyu walked outside without stopping. It was already past nine o'clock. As soon as school was over, everyone ran away faster than rabbits. There were not many people in the classroom.
"Hey, is she deaf?" Qin Yiyan asked Zhang Zhi beside him puzzledly.
Shen Xiyu walked very fast, and the four people chased her all the way out of the school gate.
Chen Ningzhou ran two steps quickly and caught up with Shen Xiyu, "We're having dinner, aren't we going?"
"No, you guys go." Shen Xiyu said coldly.
"Really not going? Then what are you eating tonight?"
"I won't starve to death."
Chen Ningzhou was a little annoyed by her attitude. He reached out and grabbed Shen Xiyu, forcing her to stand still. "What's the matter?"
"Do you really have to ask?" Shen Xiyu didn't break free from his hand, but looked up at him, "Do you really have to ask?"
"You tell me."
"You knew Liang Qi dropped out of school, so why didn't you tell me?"
Chen Ningzhou looked at her bewilderedly. Qin Yiyan and the others caught up a few steps behind. Seeing the two people confronting each other, Dai Meng asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Neither of them answered her question. Shen Xiyu fiercely shook off his hand and stared into his eyes. "Tell me, why?"
"I..." Chen Ningzhou stammered and couldn't answer.
When he first learned about this, he wanted to tell Shen Xiyu, because he was basically certain that Liang Qi must have kept this matter from Shen Xiyu, otherwise, given her personality, she would definitely not mention this person again.
But on the way back to the classroom, he ran into Qin Yiyan first.
Chen Ningzhou thought for a long time and decided to ask him, "Do you know about Liang Qi dropping out of school?"
Qin Yiyan was obviously shocked. He didn't expect him to know. "Where did you hear that?"
"Old Fangtou said he was going to drop out of school and asked me to sit at the same table with Xi Yu," Chen Ningzhou said. "So is this true?"
Qin Yiyan saw that he already knew, and there was no point in saying more, so he admitted it directly, "Well, he has something going on at home."
"Does Xi Yu know about this? As far as I know, they haven't broken up."
Qin Yiyan hesitated for a long time and spoke with difficulty, "She doesn't know, don't tell her."
Chen Ningzhou could figure out who was hiding this from Shen Xiyu with just his toes. "Impossible. If we keep it a secret like this, it will be exposed sooner or later. What do you think will happen if she knows that we are in partnership and don't tell her?"
"Brother, Liang'er was wrong to do this, but you know what kind of person he is. He must have had a reason for not telling Xi Yu. Liang'er wouldn't hurt her. So, can you please help him this time?"
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Looking at his expression, Shen Xiyu already had the answer in her heart. She didn't want to be unreasonable and vent her anger on others. Intellectually, she knew that this was only a matter between Liang Qi and them, but emotionally, she couldn't help but be angry with Chen Ningzhou. The two of them had been friends for more than ten years, yet he helped Liang Qi hide such a big thing from her, and just like others, he saw her running around like a headless fly.
She even remembered that when they were chatting a few days ago, they talked about where they would go after graduation. Chen Xiyu also said that Liang Qi and the others would probably go to Western Kazakhstan. Zhang Zhi and Dai Meng were still making a fuss, but at that time Chen Ningzhou already knew that he would probably not come back, but he still chose to lie to her.
Shen Xiyu suddenly felt very bored. He felt like those impotent and furious people. It was so disgraceful and shameful that he ended up like this with his long-time friend for a man.
The blood in her body suddenly turned cold, and she didn't want to question him anymore. Shen Xiyu took two steps back and wanted to leave.
At this time, Qin Yiyan suddenly spoke, "Xi Yu, I told him not to tell you, don't be angry."
Shen Xiyu was about to leave, but Qin Yiyan bumped into her and she turned around again.
"You think I don't know?"
Shen Xiyu thought he was very funny. She could understand no matter how much he helped Liang Qi. After all, to be fair, Qin Yiyan had a much better relationship with Liang Qi. But he just hid it from her. It would be fine if everyone knew it, so why did he have to remind her again and again.
"He can't get away now." Qin Yiyan explained, "He will come to find you when he comes back, Xi Yu."
"Did you know that he has cancelled both his WeChat and phone accounts?" Shen Xiyu asked calmly.
"I, I know." Qin Yiyan didn't dare to look directly into Shen Xiyu's eyes.
"He asked me to wait for him to come back, so tell me what happened to him?"
"I can't tell you, Xi Yu, I really can't tell you." Qin Yiyan shook his head. "Believe me, he's doing this for your own good. Trust him again."
Chen Xiyu wanted to sneer when he heard this, "How touching! You want me to wait for him without knowing anything, is this what you mean?"
Qin Yiyan was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, he found that he had no way to refute Shen Xiyu's words.
"It's not your fault. You're my friend, and his friend as well. It's just between us, and I don't want to embarrass you here." Shen Xiyu paused, "But I shouldn't say 'us', right? He never trusted me at all."
Qin Yiyan wanted to speak up to defend him, but was stopped by Shen Xiyu before he could even open his mouth.
"If it's convenient, please tell him that we're done."
After Shen Xiyu finished speaking, he left without stopping.
Chen Ningzhou glanced at Qin Yiyan who was hanging his head, then turned around to chase after Shen Xiyu who had already walked away.
Dai Meng and Zhang Zhi were left bewildered and messy in the wind. To be honest, they had received too much information and were both confused.
However, seeing that the three of them were in very bad condition, and Shen Xiyu was still angry, even though Chen Ningzhou and the other two had already left, leaving only Qin Yiyan as the insider, they did not ask any more questions.
Zhang Zhi wanted to ask, but Dai Meng slapped him in the face and made him swallow his words.
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