When the song ended, all the strength in my body seemed to be drained away. I turned around with limp legs and saw Cui Yingying sitting cross-legged on the sofa, looking at me with sleepy eyes.
I apologized a little and said quickly, "I'm so sorry to wake you up."
She yawned and muttered, "You've been howling like a ghost for a while, and it's hard for me to wake up. Brother, you're just asking for trouble! I miss my family so much, but when they call me, you're so cold and mean. What's the point?"
I looked embarrassed and replied to her unhappily, "Did you hear everything? You are a young girl, what do you know?"
Cui Yingying pouted unconvincedly and retorted: "Brother, I don't think you and Miss Shen are really in love with each other. Maybe it's because there are thousands of insurmountable obstacles that make you feel uncomfortable."
These words were like a sharp dagger, piercing my heart directly. I was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute. I could only fall into silent contemplation.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, she became interested and continued, "Look, Lu You and Tang Wan were such a perfect match back then, but they were forcibly separated by Lu You's mother. But before they separated, they didn't seem to be very affectionate. Instead, after they separated, the two poems 'The Phoenix Hairpin', one about 'wrong, wrong, wrong' and the other about 'difficult, difficult, difficult', have been passed down through the ages. There's a saying that goes, 'The discernible parts of the words are blood and tears, and the blurred parts are thousands of years of sighs', which makes me sigh."
I waved my hands impatiently and interrupted her: "Cui Yingying, don't contact me like this. How can my trivial matter be compared with Lu You? Okay, you seem to be very sleepy, so let's drive back quickly. I'll leave the car at your place and pick it up tomorrow."
Cui Yingying perked up, picked up the water cup and gulped down a glass of Sprite, her eyes lit up instantly. She stood up, came to my side, and suggested excitedly: "Brother, I'm not sleepy at all now, how about I rock with you for a while? You're sweating all over, vent all the unhappiness in your heart, and you'll feel better naturally."
I smiled without commenting and said, "Sure, as long as you're not sleepy, I'll risk my life to accompany you, a 'crazy girl', to have some fun for once."
When Cui Yingying heard this, her eyes lit up and she ran to change the music like a happy little deer. Soon, Gao Yaotai's powerful "Fireworks" exploded in the house. The drum beats were like heavy hammers, hitting my eardrums again and again, and transmitting to my depressed nerves. As soon as this infectious melody sounded, my body began to sway to the rhythm uncontrollably and unconsciously.
Cui Yingying turned around, walked a few steps to the table, grabbed a bottle of mineral water, and with her other hand, took out a pink pill from a small tinfoil bag. The words "CK" are clearly engraved in capital letters on the tablet. She came close to me and pretended to put the pill into my mouth.
My heart tightened, and I turned my head away recklessly, with a wary look on my face, and asked, "What is this?"
Cui Yingying twisted her waist slightly, her face flushed with excitement, and she shouted in my ear: "Brother, this is a candy to cheer you up, eat it with confidence!" After that, she tilted her head back and swallowed one piece herself.
Seeing her like this, I hesitated for a moment, but finally swallowed the pills with mineral water.
Then, the shaking floor and dazzling lights intertwined, and Cui Yingying and I threw ourselves into the dance floor, completely letting go of everything, swaying wildly, and releasing the depression and restlessness in our hearts.
Soon, my heart was beating like a drum, pounding against my chest, as if it wanted to break free from its restraints.
The music around me became increasingly deafening, and every note seemed to be real, hitting my nerve endings hard; the light also became dazzling and blurry, with rays of light and shadows weaving and interweaving in my vision. Time seemed to be manipulated by an invisible giant hand. It no longer flowed smoothly, but paused all the time without any regular pattern.
My eyes were blurred as I looked at Cui Yingying dancing wildly in the dance floor. Her figure was sometimes clear and sometimes blurry. Every movement of hers was wrapped in a fatal attraction, like a surging wave, impacting my senses wave after wave, completely igniting the excitement hidden in my heart and making the blood in my body begin to boil and surge.
Cui Yingying seemed to sense something and noticed my burning gaze. Her originally agile and jumping dance steps gradually slowed down, and she swayed her waist and slowly swayed towards me. After getting close to me, she deliberately twisted her hips and touched me lightly again and again. The subtle teasing instantly broke through the last line of defense of my rationality.
In an instant, I couldn't control myself any longer. As if driven by an irresistible force, I suddenly stretched out my hands and hugged her tightly in my arms. Then, I pressed my lips against hers without hesitation, kissing her madly and eagerly...
I don't know when, an unbearable thirst woke me up from the chaos. My throat felt so dry that it was about to smoke, and every time I swallowed it was painful. My muscles felt as if they had been hit repeatedly by a heavy hammer and were extremely sore. An indescribable feeling of emptiness that penetrated deep into my bones swept over me like a surging tide.
I groped unconsciously, grabbed a mineral water bottle with half a bottle of water left on the coffee table, tilted my head back, and gulped down the water. In the blink of an eye, I had drunk up all the water in the bottle.
When I recovered from my shock, I looked around and saw that the entire room was in a mess, with clothes scattered all over the floor and empty wine bottles lying all over the place.
The flashing neon lights were still shaking wildly and tirelessly, and the interweaving of light and shadow added a bit of confusion.
Cui Yingying was curled up on the sofa in dishevel, sleeping soundly, with messy hair and a tired face.
I held my head with both hands, trying to make sense of my chaotic thoughts and recall what happened last night. Soon, those fragmented memory fragments were pieced together in my mind like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, and the pictures gradually became clear. In an instant, emotions such as regret, self-blame, and dejection surged into my heart like a flood that broke through a dam, almost suffocating me.
I subconsciously raised my wrist to look at my watch, and the hands pointed to a little after five in the morning, the darkest hour before dawn. Looking at the dial, a deep sadness overwhelmed me like a tide, and it was difficult to suppress it. I slowly reached out my hand, untied the watch strap, took off the watch that carried countless memories of the past, and put it carefully into my pocket as if I was holding a fragile treasure.
I knew in my heart that from this moment on, the last trace of connection between Shen Mengzhao and I had been completely severed. The breath and precious items she once left in my life will become a thing of the past and will no longer be able to accompany me.
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