"You smell so strongly of alcohol...are you planning to get yourself drunk?" Lin Mengxi took my hand that was pinching her face, then fanned her nose and said.
"Why are you here?" I confirmed that it was not an illusion... I woke up a little and quickly raised my seat... and looked at her.
Lin Mengxi's eyes were filled with anger. She pretended to be fierce and said, "I heard from my brother that you didn't go back and drank a lot of wine here. I just came to see if you died from drinking. If you did, I would collect your body. I can't let my ex-husband die on the side of the road."
After listening to her, I looked at her helplessly and a little confused. I didn’t know how to respond.
Lin Mengxi looked at me like this... She sighed, and her eyes, which were originally filled with anger, gradually softened... She slowly said: "I just saw you get on the bus, and I hesitated for a long time... I originally thought that since it had come to this... I shouldn't meet you again, but I couldn't help it... I walked over here unconsciously. When I was halfway there, I thought that you drank so much... Your stomach must be very uncomfortable, so I bought you a cup of hot drink at the milk tea shop next door to help you sober up." After speaking... She handed me the cup of honey water that she had been holding... The outside of the cup was still warm from the temperature of her palm.
I took the honey water and took a sip. The sweet and warm feeling flowed down my throat, and I felt a lot better. Then I looked at her and joked, "If I really died here, what would you do?"
Lin Mengxi slapped me on the chest and said angrily, "Can you not say something so unlucky? Bah, bah, bah, children's words are innocent."
I looked aggrieved and muttered, "Didn't you say that first?"
"Let's go... I'll take you to the hotel. Fasten your seat belt." Lin Mengxi said as she fastened her seat belt.
"No, I'll stay here. I'll go back tomorrow when I sober up."
Lin Mengxi looked at me helplessly... then played with the ring on her ring finger. I could tell at a glance that this was the ring I wanted to give her before, but I didn’t see her at the time... Lin Feng took it away and said he would give it to her later. It seems that he has already given it to her.
Lin Mengxi forced a smile at me... that smile was uglier than crying. After a while... her eyes were red and she choked and said, "I like it very much... I really like this ring, but I couldn't let you put it on me personally..." As she spoke, she gently stroked the ring... her eyes were full of attachment and reluctance. She hesitated for a long time... as if she had finally made up her mind, then pulled hard... took the ring off her finger, and took out the box that originally contained the ring from her pocket... carefully put the ring back in, and then handed it to me, with a hint of determination in her action.
I shook my head and didn't take it: "If you don't want the gift I gave you, you can do whatever you want with it."
When Lin Mengxi heard what I said, tears immediately flowed down her face. She cried very sadly, crying and shouting, "I don't want it! I'll give it back to you... I'll give it back to you!"
Zhou Yi turned over in the back seat and said drunkenly, "Don't give me anything..."
"Get lost and go to sleep." I said unhappily.
"Okay." Zhou Yi said, turned over again and lay down.
I looked at Lin Mengxi's appearance. I took out a tissue and gently wiped the corners of her eyes, but I didn't care about my own tears. I just let them flow quietly.
Lin Mengxi didn't reject my move, she just quietly let me wipe her tears...but her crying didn't stop, and her body was trembling slightly...
After a long while, Lin Mengxi's trembling body calmed down. She put the ring away, looked at me with red eyes, and said, "I'll take you back. I'll come back later, and we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on. You can't refuse! This is my decision."
"What about your family?"
Lin Mengxi said: "It's okay, Lin Feng will take care of it."
I asked.. "How about I open a hotel now?"
Lin Mengxi shook her head: "Go to sleep, it's fine like this. I'm sleepy. I haven't had a good rest for two days, and I don't have the energy to toss and turn."
Lin Mengxi just stayed with me like this and leaned on the steering wheel... I felt a little distressed. This young lady really has no airs at all. How could I have deserved this? Thinking that if I really was with her, she would suffer with me... it was even more painful.
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The next day, I woke up around seven o'clock... said goodbye to Zhou Yi, and Lin Mengxi and I drove back... to the city where we went to school before.
We spoke very little along the way and had almost no conversation. Lin Mengxi was the one who rushed to pay for gas, food and drinks, saying that she didn't want to owe me anything.
I felt sad because Lin Mengxi didn't owe me anything, but I owed her something...which I couldn't pay back.
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Around three in the afternoon...
As soon as we arrived at the city center where the love locks were hung, Lin Mengxi said, "Put me down here... We still have a long way to go. You can walk on your own. I won't accompany you."
I parked the car politely, turned around, and asked in confusion, "Why? We'll be there in a while."
Lin Mengxi got out of the car, closed the door, looked at me through the window, and said, "I want to take down the love lock... It's no longer necessary now. I'll go home directly after I take it down."
I lowered my head, my eyes were empty, my heart ached slightly, and I said, "Can...can you not tear it down? I want to keep it..."
"Why don't you tear it down? There's no point in keeping it. What if your current girlfriend wants to go there someday and runs into that person? It would be unpleasant."
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