Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Good morning.
Su Tu hung up the phone and turned back with forbearance: "Is it interesting?"
Cheng Huai seemed to not understand. He pushed up his glasses and thought for a while before asking doubtfully, "Is it boring?"
"But I remember you always having fun acting before."
She said she was acting.
But who started it first, and who got into the role first?
It seems that one of them has to go crazy first before the other can appear calm.
Su Tu didn't want to be the former, so he put his hands in his pockets and clenched his palms to suppress his emotions.
After a pause, he asked sincerely, "Everyone says I've been waiting for you all these years, so you just believe it?"
The voice was cold and if one had to describe the emotion in it, Cheng Huai could only detect a hint of irony, and the relaxed look immediately disappeared.
He frowned: "..."
After a long pause, he asked conservatively, "Then can you explain why you have been single for so many years?"
It's not like he didn't give her some time.
There were so many people in the school, and it wasn't him who asked her to reject them. After so many years abroad, they didn't even have any contact information.
But she still stood firm.
In a sense, Su Tu understands him better than anyone else.
He values self-respect and always likes to leave room for maneuver when speaking, so the meaning of this sentence is basically equivalent to: Isn't it?
He said she had fun acting.
indeed.
There have been quite a few.
Just like now, he actually took it seriously.
Isn’t it funny?
But Su Tu is not in that mood now.
Her face was cold, and she couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Have you ever considered that it's because I've met someone like you that I've lost trust in all men?"
Now she felt that she was the more ridiculous one.
She uses the lessons she learned from others to discipline those who truly care about her, not allowing them to make even the slightest mistake. Once she finds anything wrong, she will immediately activate her self-protection mechanism and spare no effort to drive the person out of her world.
But who can never make mistakes?
Doesn't she herself have flaws and make frequent mistakes?
This insight was like a blow to Cheng Huai's head, which made his head ring loudly. When he came to his senses, he looked like a humiliated and paranoid person again.
"What did you say!?" he said fiercely.
Su Tu clutched his phone, which began to vibrate again. He had never been so eager to defend himself: "Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years!"
"Such a simple truth, don't you understand?"
She had already prepared herself to be alone, and when one is alone, what others say or think is not that important.
Not only does she not care, she can even watch from the sidelines, watching those people talking about it with relish, how interesting is that?
But it’s not possible now.
Because she seemed to have really found someone who was willing to accompany her through three meals a day and four seasons, so she had to wash off the mud on her body with her own hands before she could walk towards him cleanly.
Her resolute gaze was sharp yet soft, like a thin blade that kills without shedding blood. Only when she withdrew her gaze did Cheng Huai feel the pain in his chest in disbelief, and his brows became ferocious.
As if he was going to die and wanted to take someone with him, he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her against the wall, demanding, "Who do you say is a snake?"
“Who bites who!?”
Who on earth had pushed him into this position, step by step, where he was unable to move up or down?
Now the play is halfway through and everyone believes it to be true. She just casually says that he is a snake and is ready to run away with others?
Then what is he!?
The sudden force gripped his shoulder blade until his arm became numb. Su Tu couldn't feel for a moment whether the phone in his pocket was still vibrating.
I don't know what expression or mood the person on the other end of the phone has. Will he start to feel disappointed in me because of what just happened and never come to see me again...
She was extremely anxious and just wanted to go to a quiet place and explain things to people seriously.
But she was too weak and couldn't get free after struggling for a long time. She could only take a deep breath and force herself to calm down.
Then he raised his eyes angrily and warned word by word with the most primitive argument: "Do you need me to remind you how we divided it... Uh -"
"How dare you—"
Cheng Huai grabbed her throat and pulled her back with all his strength. The tranquility under the lens was suddenly torn apart, replaced by an increasingly fierce and violent cruelty.
The back of his head slammed against the wall. Su Tu only heard a buzzing sound, and then his vision suddenly fell into darkness.
She tilted her neck back, her fair face suddenly turned red, her pupils gradually lost focus under the force, and her dilated mouth and nose became increasingly unable to absorb oxygen.
Just before I was about to suffocate, I vaguely heard the sound of a door opening.
A woman came out of the private room and was about to go to the bathroom to touch up her makeup. When she looked up and saw the scene in front of her, her makeup bag fell to the carpet.
He opened his eyes wide for several seconds before uttering a trembling voice: "What... are you doing?"
Cheng Huai finally came back to his senses and suddenly raised his arm to the side.
He looked back at the woman in front of him with a grim expression. He could hear the rapid breathing coming from behind him, but for some reason he didn't even have the courage to look back.
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Su Tu was completely limp and ran quickly while holding onto the wall.
Finally, he closed the door tremblingly and tried four times before he successfully hung up the security chain. But he was still not sure, so he grabbed a handful of hangers from the closet and hung them on the door lock one by one.
After doing all this, he stood there in a daze for a while before finally losing his strength and sliding down the door panel little by little.
There was no light in the room.
She huddled in the corner with her knees hugged. The phone in her pocket vibrated for a long time before her brain slowly sensed it. By the time her body reacted, she unlocked the phone and saw the screen.
It shows 16 missed calls.
Before I knew it, the phone rang again.
She pursed her lips and just as she answered the call with trembling fingers, her eyes suddenly became wet.
She wanted to ask for help, wanted him to pick her up right now, wanted to say sorry, she was too harsh on him before.
But when he opened his lips, he was shocked to feel a dull pain in his throat and couldn't utter a single syllable.
She opened her eyes in horror.
The other side was also silent for some reason.
Before hanging up the phone just now, she just said that she had something to deal with and would call him back later.
So Shi Shu actually didn't know whether it was right for him to keep bombarding her with phone calls. He just felt inexplicably uneasy and couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
But even when the call was connected, my anxiety did not ease.
He didn't know where she was and she refused to answer after asking several times.
I don't know why she went to the office to discuss the plan, but suddenly went out with someone else.
I don’t even know what she meant by her sudden words “I’ve thought it through” after she calmed down.
She didn't give him any instructions, so he wasn't quite sure what to do.
Keep pestering me.
It’s better to just let it go.
After a long while, he sighed and said in a deep voice, "Is it done?"
Su Tu tried again: "..."
Still no sound.
She quickly got up, turned on the indoor light, went back to the bedroom to find the mineral water, tilted her head back and took a few gulps before finally choking and coughing.
Then he held the phone away and tried again in a low voice.
There was sound, but it was strange.
He could definitely tell something was wrong.
She frowned suddenly, not knowing what to do.
Shi Shu heard a series of rustling sounds in the receiver, and then suddenly there was no sound. He thought she had answered the call by mistake, but she didn't mean to hang up.
I just quietly waited for the trial after being discovered, but I didn't expect to be hung up directly.
He sat in the car with his eyes lowered, not knowing whether this was her answer.
The next second, a video request suddenly popped up on the screen.
He was stunned: "..."
My fingertips trembled for no reason, and I clicked to answer the call with trembling hands. A depressed and depressed face instantly appeared on the screen.
It's gone in a flash.
Su Tu only let him look for two seconds, and after confirming that he was fine, he switched to the rear camera a little embarrassedly. While letting him see the situation in the room, he typed: [I am in a bad mood now and don’t want to talk]
Shi Shu also typed: [Why? ]
Su Tu ordered: [Speak]
Shi Shu: [? ]
Su Tu: [I want to hear your voice]
“…”
A bit weird.
Shi Shu's mind relaxed a little, but his voice was tense: "Listen, what?"
Su Tu: [Either is fine]
She suddenly became overbearing: [Don’t hang up the phone tonight, I want to be able to hear it all the time]
Shi Shu was rarely stumped: "..."
How can I keep hearing?
Recite?
After a pause, he hesitantly asked again: "Where?"
“…”
The picture stopped.
It was so strange. She was actually quite scared just now, but after receiving his call, she lost her focus and forgot to care about her fear.
When I heard his voice, I unconsciously felt at ease and calm little by little.
She pursed her lips, turned around and lay on the bed: [On a business trip, in H City, there is a project to be inspected, I will be back the day after tomorrow afternoon]
[It's really okay, it's just that things are a bit complicated. I'll explain it to you once I think it through, okay?]
She wanted to explain to him, but her main purpose was actually to prevent him from misunderstanding or getting angry.
But she herself was a mess now, and she wasn't sure if she could organize her words well. She also hadn't figured out how to balance the project and the house.
If she told him everything now, not to mention whether the situation would be irreversible, she could foresee that he would definitely not let Cheng Huai go.
He is a public figure and has a long career ahead of him. Regardless of right or wrong, such things cannot have a good impact on him.
So she could only perfunctorily respond like a scumbag: [Stop thinking about it and wait for me at home, okay?]
She actually wanted to say that there was really nothing between her and Cheng Huai, and that she would definitely cut off her entanglement with him as soon as possible, but the reality was that not only had she not finished the previous project, but she was also very likely to be dragged into another project.
Of course she would find a way, but it would be a bit too naive to rush into making promises before she had figured it out.
If that's the case, from his perspective, it seems like he's no different from a scumbag who doesn't want to get married and keeps dragging it out using work as an excuse.
Although if I don't say it, the effect won't be much different...
She was a little annoyed and didn't know why her luck was so bad. She met the most hypocritical person at the age when she was most vulnerable to being deceived.
I don't know why I'm so useless. After putting out the fire outside, I can't find peace of mind in the backyard...
Even though this was unfair, Shi Shu still didn't embarrass her: "Okay."
Su Tu's heart sank.
Suddenly I wanted to hug him like a small animal, even though his size didn't look like a small animal at all.
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Shi Shu has always been a man of few words.
Later that night, when there was really nothing to say, Su Tu suddenly had an idea and began to encourage him to sing.
Sometimes he suffered from throbbing pain in the solar plexus.
After repeated negotiations, I finally got myself the opportunity to recite. I searched for a few bedtime stories on the spot and began to recite impromptu with an expressionless and flat voice.
Perhaps the contrast was too strong, Su Tu couldn't help giggling as he listened. Until he fell asleep, the low and gentle voice lingered in his ears.
When I woke up the next morning, I subconsciously checked my phone, but found that the call had been hung up in the early hours of yesterday morning.
She was stunned for a moment, remembering that he was in the car last night.
Then you may need navigation, there may be no signal when entering the elevator, or it may just be out of battery. There are indeed many possibilities for needing to hang up.
But I still felt dissatisfied through the screen.
I wanted to say good morning to him.
If you don’t want to listen, forget it!
She got up from the bed dejectedly.
Just after I finished washing up, there was a knock on the door. I looked out through the crack and saw Cheng Huai standing at the door with breakfast.
Seeing the hanging security chain, his expression suddenly froze, but perhaps realizing that his behavior yesterday was a bit extreme, he didn't care in the end, and just mentioned breakfast and persuaded: "Open the door."
"I didn't eat last night. Eat breakfast before you go. Don't let your blood sugar get low again."
Su Tu said indifferently: "No need."
"Please keep working and call me when it's time to leave."
After saying that, she closed the door and even gave up the idea of going to the restaurant upstairs for dinner, because she didn't want to have any chance of seeing him when she opened the door.
However, half an hour later, the door was destined to be knocked.
It's time to go.
She had to open the door.
My mood was ruined early on, but overall I was still calm.
She stood at the door, her eyes met, and she raised her hand and slapped the face that was more than disgust could describe: "Pa——"
With a crisp sound.
Cheng Huai suddenly turned his head away.
Su Tu didn't have much strength, and even after using all his strength, his glasses still hung crookedly on his face. His palms were a little numb, but his expression was not relaxed.
"Any questions?" she asked indifferently.
Cheng Huai gritted his teeth.
After a long while, he finally turned around with suppressed and restrained emotions, but he still refused to give in. He just avoided the question and said, "Let's go if you're happy."
This is considered a consensus.
Su Tu nodded and said nothing more.
He turned and walked straight to the elevator hall, then walked silently down to the lobby. He walked out without delaying a moment, but suddenly he caught sight of a figure sitting quietly in the reception area, and his entire body froze...
There was a dark complexion under Shi Shu's eyes, and his face looked a little haggard due to the long and unknown wait, but the aura of him as he stood up and walked towards her was very firm.
"Have you had breakfast?" he asked with his eyes lowered.
Su Tu looked at the stubble on his jaw and shook his head blankly: "..."
She didn't even know how he got here.
I only said it was in H City, but didn't mention the specific address...
Shi Shu nodded disapprovingly, then picked up the breakfast he had just received: "Soy milk buns."
"Is that okay?"
Su Tu thought he had adjusted his mood, but when he realized that he was actually here, his nose couldn't help but feel sore.
After a long while, he pursed his lips and hummed softly.
After she took it, Shi Shu took out a small medicine bag from his pocket, handed it to her and said, "Remember to take your medicine."
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