Chapter 39
Xia Weining said as she put on her clothes, "Let's go look for him in places like bars, internet cafes, and game halls. I'll go over there and join you guys now."
Sheng Huaizhou was puzzled, "How did you know she was in these places?"
"I..." Xia Weining thought for a moment, "I can't explain it in one sentence, trust me."
"I'll arrange for someone to look for him now. You can rest at home."
Sheng Huaizhou could hear her heavy nasal tone.
"Okay, tell me when you find it."
Xia Weining was very uneasy. She held her cell phone and waited for news, her heart already in the clouds.
"Sheng Huaizhou, you must find her."
She was afraid that her friend would continue to be entangled with the young man and would go down a path of no return.
"Forget it." Xia Weining sighed. She couldn't sit still any longer. "Let's go find it together."
After getting dressed and going out, Xia Weining went to several Internet cafes and bars that left a deep impression on him, but he couldn't find Zhao Lin anywhere.
She held her waist and gasped for breath, looking at the name of the Internet cafe and fell into deep doubt.
Did she remember it wrong?
Zhao Lin had never been to such a place.
I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart, thinking that this girl must have met some bad guy.
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. I quickly slapped my face to stop my crazy and unreasonable imagination.
She continued to look for a few more stores, but still couldn't find Zhao Lin.
Just when she was at her wit's end, Sheng Huaizhuo called.
"Zhao Lin has been found. She's at the police station. She wants to see you."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
As soon as I arrived at the police station, I heard sounds of beating and scolding coming from inside.
"If you don't learn your lesson at such a young age, I'll beat you to death."
"Hit me, hit me." Zhao Lin's sobbing voice could be heard. "You guys don't care about me anyway, just beat me to death and everyone will be at peace."
The police tried to dissuade him, "Why don't you just say it nicely?"
"I can't tell her. Police comrades, please move aside. I'm going to beat her to death today."
"Nonsense." Sheng Huaizhou scolded sternly, "What do you think of the police station?"
"Comrade police officer, what do you say we should do? I can't control her."
Xia Weining felt her throat was itchy and she coughed slightly. The sound made her unable to continue listening, so she simply walked in.
Everyone turned their eyes to her, but she didn't care and walked straight towards Zhao Lin.
The weather is still very cold now. Zhao Lin is wearing a thin JK skirt, black stockings, a big hair and smoky makeup. Her overly mature outfit makes Xia Weining stunned.
No one would associate the person in front of them with a junior high school student.
"Where did this outfit go?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Xia Weining's voice. Zhao Lin looked at her weakly with a hint of apology in her eyes, then quickly lowered her head.
"Who is this?" asked Zhao Lin's father.
The principal quickly replied, "This is a teacher from our school. Zhao Lin just called her out."
"Oh, teacher." The parent sat back down, crossed his legs, and said, "Tell me, what did you say to my child?"
"I didn't tell her anything."
"You didn't tell me that she, a little kid, would go to a dance hall and touch those things?"
Xia Weining frowned upon hearing this. "You went to the dance hall and touched contraband?"
Zhao Lin lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look at her at all.
"You're crazy!"
Xia Weining roared, causing a strange sensation in his throat, and he kept coughing while patting his chest.
"Stop pretending here, you're an accomplice."
Xia Weining looked at the parents coldly, "What did you say?"
"If you're not an accomplice, why did Zhao Lin call you here?"
"Zhao Lin, raise your head." Xia Weining ordered directly: "Raise your head. If you dare to do it, why are you afraid to admit it?"
"Go ahead and lift it, who's afraid of who?" Zhao Lin glared at her. "Are you satisfied now?"
Xia Weining smiled miserably, "You actually hate me? Why did you call me here?"
"Drink some water first." Sheng Huaizhou handed the water to Xia Weining, "Don't get too excited."
"I know."
Zhao Lin suddenly burst into laughter. "I'll tell you why I called you here now."
After she finished speaking, she wiped her face with the back of her hand, and the black eye shadow immediately spread across her face, making her makeup look messy.
"Do I look like a lunatic or a clown to you?" He said with a somewhat dejected tone, "It's okay. This is me, a bad girl, a troubled girl. I'm useless, so please just leave me alone, okay?"
Xia Weining stared at her intently, "You promised me before that you would study hard."
"But I really can't do it. I don't like studying or going to school." Zhao Lin was emotionally devastated. "I feel sick and uncomfortable when I see books. It's more painful than killing me."
Her words shocked everyone present, but that wasn't the end.
Zhao Lin suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and prayed, "Please, let me go."
"What are you doing? Get up."
"All of you, get out of the way." She struggled and cried, "Everyone should be responsible for their own life. This is the path I've chosen. What happens next is none of your business, so please stop me."
Xia Weining felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart. She looked at Zhao Lin calmly, "You're right. Everyone is responsible for their own choices. But I can't let you continue to make mistakes when I know you've chosen a path of no return."
"How do you know this is a road of no return?"
"You dropped out of school so young, you're not old enough to get married and have children, you're not even old enough to work in a factory. Tell me, what can you do?"
"I..." Zhao Lin couldn't say anything.
Xia Weining stepped forward and said, "Don't do anything that will make you regret it."
"The future is too far away, I don't want to regret it now."
She is now determined to drop out of school.
Xia Weining suddenly thought of something, "Don't you have anyone you care about? Family, friends."
"You've seen my family. They'll just feel ashamed of me."
"What about friends?"
"People like me are just a scourge to good students. Who would want to be my friend?"
"There is one person." Xia Weining said with a firm look, "She will always be your friend."
"who?"
"Xia Li."
Zhao Lin suddenly smiled. "Xia Li is a good person. People like her will have a bright future. Someone like me, covered in mud, shouldn't get involved with her."
Xia Weining was very heartbroken, but no matter what she said, she couldn't change Zhao Lin's determination to drop out of school.
Neither before nor now has she been able to help her friend, and she has watched her walk the same tragic path over and over again.
Xia Weining fell into a silence, a terrible silence. She seemed to have lost the strength to speak. She was exhausted both physically and mentally, and a feeling of powerlessness slowly swept over her body.
After leaving the police station, she wandered aimlessly on the street.
The school quickly completed Zhao Lin's withdrawal procedures and introduced new regulations that students must be accompanied by their parents when taking sick leave, which put an end to the matter.
"You're back!"
Sheng Huaizhou returned to the community at night. There was a place in front of the corridor where the lights were difficult to reach, and he walked over as usual.
Suddenly a weak voice came, which scared him and made his heart beat fast.
It was scary, terrifying, especially when he suddenly shouted when he was completely relaxed.
When I got closer, I found out it was Xia Weining.
"What are you doing here?"
"Wait for you."
"Wait for me?" Sheng Huaizhou found it incredible. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Here." Xia Weining suddenly smiled and held up a plastic bag containing beer. "Drink with me."
"You can't drink this if you're sick."
"I'm not sick." She shook her head and smiled foolishly, "I'm fine."
Sheng Huaizhou: ...
Why does it feel like she is drunk?
It wasn't a good idea to just sit here, so he patiently coaxed her, "Can you go back first?"
"You have to drink with me when we get back."
"Okay." Sheng Huaizhou couldn't resist her, "I'll drink with you."
"That's better." Xia Weining stood up and patted his shoulder. "My legs are weak, you carry me."
"Xia Weining."
There was a hint of warning in Sheng Huaizhou's tone.
"What?"
"Don't be so arrogant."
"My legs are weak, you carry me..."
Sheng Huaizhou sighed helplessly. Not wanting to listen to her anymore, he simply picked her up by the waist.
This method really worked. Xia Weining was so frightened that she lost her voice and her body instantly flew into the air. In order to feel safe, she could only put her arm around his neck.
The distance between the two was constantly broken. Xia Weining stared at him, looking at his Adam's apple. Her body gradually heated up and her cheeks turned as red as a ripe apple.
She didn't know how things turned out like this, she only knew that her heartbeat quickened, as if forming some kind of resonance with his heartbeat.
Sheng Huaizhou actually didn't feel good either. He did it on impulse at the time, and the subsequent series of reactions were beyond his intention.
Sheng Huaizhou put the man down and opened the door, "Come in."
"Oh, okay."
Xia Weining looked left and right, not daring to fix her eyes, and felt an inexplicable sense of guilt all over her body.
Sheng Huaizhou opened the door and went to drink water, then hurriedly packed up his things. In short, he wanted to pretend to be very busy.
Both of them were trying to hide their embarrassment in their own way.
The room fell into an eerie silence. No one spoke, but they were always secretly checking each other's expressions, and they were caught doing so many times.
This makes it even more embarrassing.
Sheng Huaizhou felt that he should break this situation first, and reluctantly gave an awkward smile.
"Still drinking?"
Xia Weining looked at the wine in his hand and shook his head, "No more drinking. Drinking makes you drunk easily."
"That's fine, you can't drink now."
"Um."
Sheng Huaizhou sat on the sofa, picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, and said to Xia Weining, "Come and sit down."
"good."
At this moment, she was even more reserved than the first time she came to his house.
"You were waiting for me just now because you wanted to talk about Zhao Lin?"
"Yes." Xia Weining did not hide it, her eyes slowly began to redden, "I feel very sorry and annoyed."
"What does this have to do with you?"
"I didn't talk her down."
Sheng Huaizhou was speechless. "We've done everything we should do, but she's determined to drop out of school and even threatened to commit suicide."
"But." Xia Weining paused and reorganized her words, "I should persuade her."
"???" Sheng Huaizhou was very confused, "What on earth are you talking about?"
"It was my job to keep her on the right track, and I didn't do it well."
"Xia Weining, you really impressed me."
"What's the meaning?"
"It means don't feel too responsible for other people's lives. Just do your best."
"But……"
"There aren't so many buts. You just think too much. Respect others and let yourself go."
Xia Weining lowered her head and said nothing. She knew that Sheng Huaizhou was right, but she needed time to digest and convince herself.
Seeing her abnormal behavior, Sheng Huaizhou's doubts grew even stronger. "How did you know Zhao Lin would be in a bar or internet cafe?"
Xia Weining chuckled and brushed it off, "Don't students skip classes these days and go to these places?"
"Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple, what else is there?"
Xia Weining tucked her hair behind her ears. This action was her subconscious reaction when she was panicked.
Naturally, it did not escape Sheng Huaizhou's eyes. He thought of her name again, Xia Li or Xia Weining?
Although he had doubts in his mind, he decided not to ask. It didn't matter whether she was Xia Weining or Xia Li.
He has this confidence.
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