"What are you thinking about? Drive slower." Yang Xue looked at me and said angrily.
Without thinking, I replied directly: "I'm already very slow, don't you want to get there quickly?"
Yang Xue listened to me and didn't look at me anymore. Instead, she looked out the window, watching the scenery passing by. She slowly said, "There's no one I want to see over there. Drive slower, even slower... It doesn't matter."
I deliberately joked, "I'm helping you act today, so why don't you give me some money?"
She turned her head and looked at me..and said: "So what do you want?"
I thought about it and said helplessly, "I really don't want anything. It was just a joke."
After a moment of silence... Yang Xue spoke again: "Then tell me if you've made up your mind. I'll try my best to satisfy you. By the way, where do you live now?"
I replied, "I live in Zhu Wei's house. What about you? That house has been returned. You have to find another place this time."
She glanced at me and said calmly, "No need. I've already made an agreement with Lao Meng. I'll clean up the unused small storage room in the store. We'll decide where to live and whether to rent a house next year."
I was silent. The storage room was tiny, about the size of two dorm bunk beds. It wasn't even big enough to be used as a warehouse, so I used it to store unused items. It smelled of dust and old items, making it a real hassle to clean.
I couldn't help but ask, "Are you being too hard on yourself?"
Yang Xue smiled calmly and said, "There's nothing wrong with working part-time. I think it's pretty good. At least I can save a few hundred yuan. Any savings are good."
I fell silent again after hearing that. After a while, I received a call from Chang Yue. I slapped my head, wondering why I forgot to reply. I received her message while eating breakfast this morning. I replied that I was leaving immediately. Later, she sent a few more messages, but by then I was already immersed in the sadness of parting, so I didn't reply. Later, when I went to Yang Xue's house, I didn't take out my phone to check it.
I swiped to answer the call...her angry voice came through...
"Where have you been? Have you gotten on the bus? Do you still care about me? You haven't sent me a message all day, and you didn't reply to my messages. What on earth are you doing?"
I could hear her anger and quickly explained, "I didn't mean to. I was a little sad saying goodbye to Mom and Dad this morning... Then my husband drove the car over to me... I was driving the whole time and couldn't focus on replying to messages. I'm sorry, honey."
Chang Yue was silent for a while. Then he said, "Okay, I can basically accept your explanation. So where are you now?"
"It's probably still a few hours. I drove slowly and picked up a colleague on the way." I answered honestly.
"Male or female?"
I said, "It's the girl who called me last time."
"Okay, drive slowly and be careful. I'll deal with you when you come back." Then he hung up.
I sighed helplessly and subconsciously turned to look at Yang Xue..
Yang Xue was leaning against the window, looking out without saying anything.
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After four hours of running around, it's almost half past six.
We finally arrived in the city..
I took Yang Xue to Qingcong and helped her carry her suitcase up. She took out the key hidden in the password box at the door and opened the door.
I came to a storage room... I looked around... The smell made me feel drunk, and I immediately shook my head and said, "No, we can't live here."
Yang Xue glanced at me and said, "Please help me go to the storage room behind the bar and pull my box over. Then you can go back to accompany your girlfriend. I can clean it up myself. I'm not that delicate. You'll get used to it after living here for a while."
After hearing this, I felt a little hesitant, but I still walked to the bar and called Zhu Wei. Zhu Wei's voice came out.
"What are you doing? I'm at home right now. Why don't you come back?"
"I want to discuss something with you."
Zhu Wei said impatiently: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you acting so stiff?"
I said, "Yang Xue is back. I've given up the house I had before. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Can I stay at your house until the holiday?"
Zhu Wei was silent for a moment, then said, "That's not a big deal, but if you bring a woman here, everyone will see her everywhere. What will Chang Yue think? How do you think about things? You're usually quite smart, so why are you so dumb now?"
After listening to it, I felt a little depressed. It’s really inappropriate.
Zhu Wei's voice came again: "It's up to you to decide. I don't know anything, but you'd better think it through. Or call Chang Yue and see what she thinks. I'm hanging up first. I'm going to take a bath together. Goodbye, you central air conditioner." Then there was a beeping sound...
I picked up a cigarette, smoked it, and then dialed the phone. Chang Yue's voice came through.
"I still have two hours until I get off work. Are you there yet?"
I said, "I'm here, at Qingcong. I heard they'll be open tomorrow."
Chang Yue smiled and said, "That's fine. Come pick me up later."
After hearing what she said, I felt even more conflicted. After hesitating for a moment, I said somewhat embarrassedly, "Can I discuss something with you?"
"What's the matter?" Chang Yue asked curiously.
I gritted my teeth and said, "Yang Xue is here for work and doesn't have a place to stay for the time being. I was thinking, could you stay with us for a while? We have a vacant house anyway, is it okay?"
Chang Yue was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Are you serious?"
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