71 Don't Talk, Kiss Me
When Zhang Chenling heard Li Yuan's words, her head exploded.
It turned out that it was not her hallucination just now. The person standing under the sycamore tree was really Grandma Ouyang!
She was extremely upset. If only she had been more careful and gotten up to go out and take a look!
But there is no medicine for regret in the world. The most important thing now is to find the person back.
"Then let's split up and search!" Zhang Chenling quickly calmed down. "She shouldn't be far away!"
"Okay!" Li Yuan calmed himself down and ran to the side of the road, swept aside a shared bike and straddled it. He turned around and shouted, "I'll ride north, and you guys drive south! Let's search along Xiangyang Road first. If we can't find them, call the police!"
"Okay, I'll call you later!" Zhang Chenling and Xu Zhiqian quickly got into the van and drove in the opposite direction of Li Yuan.
It was past ten o'clock in the evening and there were still many pedestrians along the road. Xu Zhiqian kept his foot on the accelerator and drove slower than usual. Zhang Chenling, who was sitting in the passenger seat, almost leaned on the windshield, her eyes scanning both sides of the road like radar.
"...I don't think this will work," Xu Zhiqian said a few minutes later, his voice filled with anxiety. "There are so many forks in this road. It's hard to say which one Grandma Ouyang turns into randomly. It's a complete waste of time to look for a solution this way. Why don't we contact Li Yuan and call the police!"
Zhang Chenling didn't say a word.
She didn't hear what Xu Zhiqian was saying at all.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier separating her and Xu Zhiqian into two worlds. In her world, there was only the voice, appearance and smile of Grandma Ouyang.
No!
She suddenly realized that the wrinkled face that appeared over and over in her mind, the slightly rough voice of "daughter", "my good daughter" that echoed all the time... everything did not belong to Grandma Ouyang.
But it belongs to Chen Hongmei.
So, was it Grandma Ouyang who was missing, or was it Chen Hongmei who was missing?
She tried her best to shake her head, to get rid of that face and the curse-like call, and refocused her attention on the flashing neon lights in front of her, but she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest.
She had to hold her chest tightly with her hands.
Xu Zhiqian's words fell to the ground without even a sound.
"...Did you hear me?" He turned his head and saw her twisted and painful expression. He was so scared that he stepped on the brakes.
Zhang Chenling was suddenly shaken awake, and immediately returned to normal. She stared at Xu Zhiqian and asked, "Why do you keep slamming on the brakes today?"
"If this keeps going on, I'm going to go crazy..." Xu Zhiqian muttered, snatching the phone from Zhang Chenling without saying a word, "Find Li Yuan, call the police!"
Before I could hold the phone steady, the phone rang suddenly.
It’s Li Yuan!
Xu Zhiqian answered the call directly on hands-free mode, only to hear the other party yelling: "Auntie, oh no, Sister Ling, I remember! The last time grandma got lost, the police found her at the entrance of Dexing Hall! You guys are closer there, can you go over there first? I'll meet up with you in a while!"
"No problem, we'll go to Dexing Hall now!" Xu Zhiqian answered for Zhang Chenling, "If grandma isn't there, we'll call the police!"
Dexing Hall?!
Zhang Chenling leaned back heavily in her seat.
That’s right, Grandma Ouyang’s daughter, Li Yuan’s aunt, loves to eat the braised pig’s trotters from Dexing Restaurant the most.
In the past few days, the dish she ate the most was the braised pig's trotters from Dexing Restaurant.
Sure enough, when the car drove a few minutes away from Dexing Hall, they saw Grandma Ouyang walking briskly on the trail.
Although she was old, her legs and feet were very nimble, and she was dressed in black. If it weren't for her gray hair, she would almost blend into the thick night and be extremely difficult to recognize.
Xu Zhiqian stepped on the accelerator and caught up with her and stopped the car.
Zhang Chenling jumped out of the car first and blocked Grandma Ouyang's way. After hesitating for half a second, she called out, "Mom!"
Grandma Ouyang was obviously caught off guard when a roadblock suddenly appeared and called her "Mom". She stared at the woman in front of her with wide eyes. In addition to indifference, her eyes were more alert. "Little girl, you recognized the wrong person. I am not your mother!"
"You are my mother, and I am your daughter!" Zhang Chenling tried to awaken Grandma Ouyang's recent memory and said with a smile, "I gave you a bath yesterday. Did you forget?!"
"No, you are not my daughter!" Grandma Ouyang shook her head, her tone very firm. "My daughter is younger than you, prettier than you, and may have a higher education than you. There is a certain gap between you and her. Little girl, I am telling the truth, don't be angry..."
The smile on Zhang Chenling's lips gradually stiffened.
"Please make way!" After the barrage of criticism, Grandma Ouyang pushed aside the hand in front of her and walked forward, mumbling, "Buy a pig's trotter. My daughter can eat it when she gets home from get off work..."
Her eyes followed Grandma Ouyang, but Zhang Chenling stood there, motionless.
In the past few weeks, Grandma Ouyang mistook her for her daughter, and she took advantage of the situation and mistook Grandma Ouyang for her mother. She enjoyed this fake mother-daughter relationship.
She once thought that Chen Hongmei had borrowed Grandma Ouyang's body to return to her and renew their relationship.
Even though she once hated Chen Hongmei so much.
But she had never told anyone that after Chen Hongmei turned into a handful of ashes, her hatred for her suddenly faded away. The moment she walked out of the funeral home, the hatred was gone with the wind.
Deep in my heart, there is only endless longing and regret.
The sudden death of her loved one without her having the chance to say goodbye left a wound in her heart that will never heal.
The appearance of Grandma Ouyang and Li Yuan made the wound heal miraculously. She couldn't tell the difference between "daughter" and "aunt" after hearing them. She didn't want to tell them apart, so she cosplayed as Grandma Ouyang's daughter and became addicted to it.
Unfortunately, even if the fake show is real, it will eventually come to an end.
That stubborn figure walking away was almost exactly the same as the one in my memory of Chen Hongmei.
But Zhang Chenling was determined not to deceive herself anymore. Grandma Ouyang was right: she was not her daughter.
Grandma Ouyang is not Chen Hongmei either.
Chen Hongmei is gone and will never come back.
All of this, like a dream, like dew and lightning, is over.
The great magician and a few others hurriedly left the young master's house, which briefly affected the atmosphere of the party. However, the young coser artists soon found new fun.
With the dark red curtains in the living room as their backdrop, they started posing and taking photos like crazy.
"Eggplant~"
Although she could hear bursts of laughter, Ni Yue's mood was not affected at all. She was a little worried.
"What's wrong? Are you worried about Sister Ling?" Chen Yuang beside him was observing her expression.
Ni Yue nodded. As an outsider, she saw it all the more clearly. "Grandma Ouyang's illness is actually quite serious, but my cousin pretends to be her real mother. I feel sad for my cousin, and..." She hesitated for a moment and shook her head. "Forget it, I won't say anything!"
He turned around, picked up the cup and took a sip of Ecuadorian rose.
What's more, what she wanted to say was: she felt complicated after discovering that her cousin was having an affair with Xu Zhiqian.
How to say it?
In the past, Ni Yue might have felt that Xu Zhiqian was not worthy of her cousin, even though the former had such a brilliant resume. However, in Ni Yue's eyes, there was always something missing between him and her cousin.
However, ever since being assigned to the same team as Xu Zhiqian, commuting to and from get off work every morning and evening, Ni Yue gradually discovered some hidden strengths in him. For example, he was incredibly attentive, always perceiving clients' subtle needs and remembering their habits and characteristics, even remembering which clients were left-handed. Furthermore, he had a special fondness for animals and would help clients feed their dogs, rabbits, and birds.
I have to admit that he is a gentle and delicate person, and he complements my cousin very well.
However, when Ni Yue thought that if the two of them were really together, he would become a light bulb and lose his cousin, a close friend, he couldn't help feeling sad.
"Let's go outside and talk things out!"
She was daydreaming when Chen Yuang suddenly snatched the cup from her and pulled her hand out of the young master's house.
When he walked outside the gate of the community and saw people and cars coming and going on the road, Ni Yue came back to his senses and asked, "Where are we going?"
Chen Yuang turned around abruptly and stared at her fiercely, his eyes filled with anger, as if they were about to burst into flames. "Is Xu Zhiqian really that good? ... Whether it's King B or Xu Zhiqian, it's just me who's not good, right?"
"?" Ni Yue was surprised. Did he just say something?
Yes, just now at the young master's house, she muttered to herself in a trance: "Actually, Xu Zhiqian is also very good!"
He never thought that what he said unconsciously was heard by Chen Yuang, a thoughtful person.
She sighed silently, not knowing how to explain.
The next second, a look of pain appeared between her brows, and she suddenly realized that her wrist was hurting.
"Is it so painful to be with me?" Ni Yue's hurt expression made Chen Yuang even more hurt.
Driven by the remaining male dignity as small as a fingernail, he turned his head to look at the ground, unwilling to look into her eyes again. After hesitating for a moment, he made up his mind, "Okay, I'll let you go now and never bother you again!"
Then he reached into his trouser pocket to look for his key, but there was none.
I felt up at my shirt pocket, but nothing there either.
I searched through all the bags hanging around my waist, but still couldn't find it!
...Ni Yue initially thought that he was delaying on purpose, but as she watched him touch her body from head to toe, and the expression on his face changed from arrogance to panic, with no trace of acting at all, she was sure that this was true - the key to the handcuffs was lost!
But she was not in a hurry at all.
Chen Yuang is more anxious than her!
Obviously, he was afraid that Ni Yue would misunderstand that he had deliberately hidden the key, and then think of him as a scumbag who was pestering her!
Ni Yue suppressed the smile on his face and silently admired his anxious look.
"Wait, don't be impatient!" After calming down for a moment, Chen Yuang remembered, "I have a spare key in the desk drawer of the youth hostel. How about you come back with me to get it?"
"It seems there is no better way?" Ni Yue rolled his eyes at him, pretending to be unhappy.
"Then I'll take a taxi now!" Chen Yuang took out his mobile phone to call an online taxi.
"etc!"
But Ni Yue stopped him. Chen Yuang was confused and asked, "What?"
Ni Yue pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly.
She just remembered that after Xu Zhiqian and her cousin sent Grandma Ouyang and her grandson away, they might do some things that adults should do under the influence of alcohol. It was expected that the two people would not be willing to spend money to go to a hotel, and her cousin would not dare to take him home. So the most likely place for them to go was the Scream Youth Hostel.
Well, maybe those two people are hugging each other and screaming right now!
...The picture in his mind not only became concrete, but also came with sound effects. Ni Yue's face suddenly turned red.
Turning her attention back to Chen Yuang, she hesitantly suggested, "How about we walk outside for a while?"
Wait until they finish their work before going back.
"...Oh?" Chen Yuang couldn't believe his ears when he suddenly received good news. It turned out that Ni Yue still had feelings for him. His situation was better than he had imagined.
Suddenly I became optimistic again.
So, he took Ni Yue's hand again, and the two of them walked silently westward along Nanjing Road.
Autumn is approaching, and there is a hint of coolness in the night wind.
The chaotic thoughts in my head were quickly blown away by the wind.
Ni Yue no longer thought about his cousin Li Yuan, Grandma Ouyang, and Xu Zhiqian's family, and no longer ruminated on the unpleasant experiences of the past.
All of this has nothing to do with her at this moment.
At the moment, the only person related to her was Chen Yuang who was tied to her side.
She moved her wrists unconsciously and heard the rattling of the handcuffs, which made her feel a little sad.
That's right, at this moment, she was sure and certain that she liked Chen Yuang. No matter what happened in the past or what would happen in the future, at this moment, she only wanted to be tied to Chen Yuang.
"Oh, Ni Yue, there are some things I think I need to make clear first!" Chen Yuang suddenly stopped when he came under a huge billboard.
In the light of the billboard, Ni Yue looked like a goddess sculpture, her cheeks as clean and flawless as white porcelain, and her lips, which he had kissed countless times, were faintly glowing... Chen Yuang swallowed unconsciously.
The next second, he cleared his mind of all thoughts, coughed, and said, "Last time, I didn't ask for your opinion beforehand. It's my fault. I beg for your forgiveness! Although I don't want to defend myself anymore, I want to say that I really didn't mean to hurt you. Please believe me, the person in this world who least wants to see you cry is me! Besides, there's nothing between me and Isabella. She's the daughter of one of my mom's best friends, and she already has a boyfriend..."
"Don't talk!" Ni Yue suddenly interrupted Chen Yuang.
He was stunned. "Oh?"
"Don't talk..." she repeated in a low voice.
Then, she slowly approached, reached out and grabbed the collar of his straight uniform, and slowly pulled him towards her.
Until their lips almost touched, she closed her eyes and sent her honey-like gentle breath into his mouth:
"Kiss me."
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