Chapter 187: Back to Reality 6
"You..." Zheng Dongli looked at Yu Xiao speechlessly, and after a long while, he managed to utter, "You look very much like me when I was young."
"Okay, I'll help you check it once for free." After saying that, Zheng Dongli sighed deeply, and said with some heartache: "My fee is very expensive."
Zhou Siheng's funeral was very simple. He was sent to the funeral home to be burned into ashes, and then buried in a place that had been prepared. He had no family, and his friends had already died. Zheng Dongli invited Yu Xiao and the other two to go to the cemetery together on the day of Zhou Siheng's burial, so that this old man who liked the hustle and bustle could leave happier.
Yu Xiao refused, because she must have returned to the hospital by then.
Zhao Lan and Zhou Xiaozhen knew why Yu Xiao refused, and they expressed their willingness to go.
Yu Xiao lowered her head and looked at the heartbroken dog lying on the ground. She felt that this world was really magical.
When she was in the hospital, the former director, Zhou Siheng, wanted to be discharged from the hospital, so he tried his best to let Zheng Dongli voluntarily become the director. If Zheng Dongli had not created the Laojun Talisman, the director that Yu Xiao met might have been Zheng Dongli.
Unexpectedly, the two of them became friends after being discharged from the hospital, and Zheng Dongli handled Zhou Siheng's funeral. Who could have thought of this in the hospital?
"What should we do with this dog?" Yu Xiao asked.
Zheng Dongli thought for a long time and said, "My uncle can only take care of it first."
His uncle was standing next to him. Hearing this, the skin on his face was stretched, and he said with wide eyes, "You kid, don't you know what kind of character your aunt has? If I dare to bring this dog home, you should be ready to choose a Feng Shui treasure land for me."
Zheng Dongli looked helplessly at Yu Xiao and the other two. Yu Xiao immediately said, "I can't do it, I'm still studying."
Zhou Xiaozhen also refused, "I can't do it either, I want to participate in the Olympics."
"I can't do it either." Zhao Lan shook his head and said, "My work is very busy and I often travel. I have raised cacti before, but they all died, and raising a dog is even worse."
Zheng Dongli sighed, lowered his head, and just met Wangcai's sad dog eyes.
"I really don't like dogs." Zheng Dongli said entangledly, "Especially big black dogs."
He decided to take Wangcai in for one night, and take Wangcai to the party tomorrow to ask if anyone is willing to keep a dog.
The party was scheduled for noon the next day. Yu Xiao and the other two slept until about nine in the morning, and then prepared to go to the restaurant downstairs to eat something. After a short rest, they set out for the party.
In the car, Zhou Xiaozhen looked at Zhao Lan, who had exquisite makeup, and felt a little envious. "I should also put on some makeup." Yu Xiao,
who was not wearing any makeup beside her, comforted her, "What's the matter, I don't have any makeup either."
"But you have hair." Zhou Xiaozhen said.
Yu Xiao: "..."
"But... you have a wig." Yu Xiao reluctantly comforted her.
Zhao Lan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said faintly: "You are so young..."
The meeting place they agreed to was the Forbidden City. When Yu Xiao saw this meeting place, she was a little dumbfounded. Later, Zheng Dongli explained that because many people have never had the opportunity to come to Beijing, they wanted to take this opportunity to visit Beijing's tourist attractions. Visit the attractions during the day and have dinner together in the evening.
After getting off the car, they walked towards the Meridian Gate. There were many tourists here, and people were standing in groups here and there. It was hard to tell which ones were here for the party.
Zhou Xiaozhen put her arm around Yu Xiao and asked as she looked at them, "Sister Xiao, do you see any familiar faces?"
Yu Xiao was staring at them carefully, "…Not at the moment, or maybe they look different from the ones in the hospital, I didn't recognize them."
Zhao Lan said, "Let's find Zheng Dongli first."
Zheng Dongli knows everyone, so it's a sure thing to find him.
They searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone. Zheng Dongli might not have come yet, so the three of them went to the entrance to wait for people.
There were more than just the three of them standing at the entrance. To their left stood a group of middle-aged and elderly people wearing red hats, to their right and in front stood a group of foreigners wearing green hats, and to their right stood a few people without hats.
Zhou Xiaozhen whispered in Yu Xiao's ear: "Are they the ones without hats?"
"I don't know." Yu Xiao stared at those people carefully, trying to find familiar shadows on their faces.
Maybe because the gaze was too obvious, the man also felt it and began to whisper. Yu Xiao's hearing was now extraordinary. She clearly heard the boys discussing whether the girl who was staring at them wanted to chat up with them, whether she liked one of them, and who the one she liked was...
"No." Yu Xiao retracted her gaze and said, "I don't know if it was me who came to the party, but there was no one I knew."
Zhou Xiaozhen said in disappointment, and at this moment a hand patted Yu Xiao's shoulder.
Yu Xiao turned around and grabbed the hand, and then pulled it to his side, and the man immediately staggered.
The person whose hand was twisted by Yu Xiao exclaimed, "What a skillful female fighter!"
Yu Xiao looked closely and exclaimed, "Lu Xun?"
The person holding the camera and preparing to come over to rescue Lu Xun immediately stopped and looked at Yu Xiao in shock. Yu Xiao also saw him, "Luo Jin?"
Luo Jin nodded at Yu Xiao with the camera and said with a smile, "Do you know us?"
Yu Xiao was stunned, and then he remembered that they had no memory of being in the hospital, and now they did not know him. Yu Xiao stuttered, "Ah... I..."
Then she decided to divert her attention, let go of Lu Xun's hand and asked, "Why did you pat my shoulder?"
"Just to say hello." Lu Xun said aggrievedly, "The video of the three of you squeezing wine bottles with your bare hands at the night market became a little popular on the Internet, and many people know you."
"Oh." Yu Xiao thought to herself, so that's how it is.
Yu Xiao explained, "Oh, Brother Zheng mentioned you to us."
"Really?" Lu Xun smiled and said, "Brother Zheng doesn't have any photos of us, but he mentioned us to you. How could you recognize us?"
This is a really good question, which stumped Yu Xiao.
Yu Xiao thought hard, but couldn't come up with any reason for a while. Fortunately, Zhao Lan saw her embarrassment and helped explain: "Oh, that's because Brother Zheng said that you two are the most handsome among all people, so we recognized you."
"Ah? Hahahahaha..." Lu Xun laughed loudly, "Brother Zheng just likes to tell the truth. Actually, we are not that handsome. We are just a little more handsome than 99% of the people in the country..."
Luo Jin, who was standing by, was also smiling, but when he heard Lu Xun's shameless speech, he couldn't hold on to his smile.
"My name is Luo Jin." Luo Jin asked, "What are your names?"
Luo Jin and Lu Xun looked the same as when they were in the hospital. Yu Xiao was still a little excited to see his acquaintance again, but he had to pretend that he didn't know them and reintroduce himself.
After the introduction, Luo Jin asked, "Are the others not here?"
Zhao Lan shook his head, "I don't know, we don't know the others."
Zhou Xiaozhen asked Yu Xiao in a low voice, "Are they really the most handsome?"
"No." Yu Xiao also answered in a low voice.
"Wow~" Zhou Xiaozhen was instantly excited, "Won't I be able to see a lot of handsome guys today?"
Yu Xiao said nothing. She thought that although there were a lot of handsome guys in the hospital, they would probably have aged after being discharged. Among the people she knew, it seemed that only Luo Jin and Lu Xun were relatively young.
"Let's take a group photo." Lu Xun took the camera from Luo Jin and said, "Actually, I just got off the car and saw you from a distance. I couldn't even see your faces clearly, but I knew you must be the ones who came to the party today. I don't know if you feel this way, but I feel very friendly when I look at you."
He poked Luo Jin beside him, "Old Luo, do you feel this way?"
Luo Jin frowned and said slowly, "A little bit."
"Could it be that there is some special feeling between those of us who have awakened superpowers?" Lu Xun said, and then felt something was wrong, "Why didn't I feel anything when Brother Zheng came to my house?" It
's better not to continue this topic. Yu smiled and said, "Don't you want to take a group photo? Let's take a group photo."
"I'll find someone to take a photo for us." Lu Xun said and looked to the side, but at this time, only the Little Red Riding Hood Tour Group and the Little Green Riding Hood Tour Group were standing around.
He whispered to a person next to him with her back to him, "Auntie, can you take a photo for us?"
The aunt turned around and revealed a face in her forties that could not hide her charm. She looked Lu Xun up and down and said in an unfriendly look: "How old are you this year, young man?"
Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, "Twenty... twenty-eight."
The other party asked: "You are twenty-eight years old, do you still think you are very young? Call everyone auntie?"
Lu Xun: "..." Lu Xun broke out in a sweat.
Yu Xiao: "!!"
Zhao Lan: "?"
"Sister." Yu Xiao stepped forward and held the aunt's hand, "Are you here to attend the party too?"
The other party was stunned, and then looked at them with scrutiny, "Are you here too?"
"Yeah!" Holding the other party's hand, Yu Xiao was very excited, and almost blurted out "Sister Qinglang", "That... what's your name? Why did you come with a tour group?"
"My name is Yu Qinglang." The forty-year-old Yu Qinglang looked at Yu Xiao with a smile, "My family runs a travel agency, so I came with the tour group. What's your name, little sister?"
"My name is Yu Xiao."
"Hiss." Yu Qinglang frowned, and Yu Xiao asked quickly: "What's wrong?"
"Hmm... nothing." Yu Qinglang looked a little strange, "I seem to have dreamed of this name."
Just as he was talking, a voice came from not far away, "How are you, friends over there!"
Turning around, he saw Zheng Dongli leading a group of people towards him, holding a small flag in his hand. A closer look showed a line of words written on it - Recovery Squad.
"Brother Zheng!" Lu Xun waved at them.
Zheng Dongli looked up and said with a smile, "You guys have already gathered."
"We were just about to take a group photo." Yu Qinglang took off her hat and straightened her newly permed hair, "Old Zheng, do you want to join us?"
Zheng Dongli was quite curious, "How did you two know each other?"
Lu Xun immediately smiled brightly and said, "Brother Zheng, I didn't expect that you would be so nice to us..."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiao's heart began to ring. If Lu Xun told others, wouldn't she be exposed? So she walked forward immediately, bumped into Lu Xun and interrupted him, then looked at Zheng Dongli and the people behind him and said, "Are these the seniors? Brother Zheng, why don't you introduce them quickly?"
Zheng Dongli's attention was diverted, and he began to introduce them to everyone, "These three are the three new girls I just mentioned."
Everyone behind him laughed, "I know, they are very famous now."
Yu Xiao took a close look at the people behind Zheng Dongli and found that they were all strangers. She asked a little disappointedly: "Is everyone here?"
"Some people don't want to come." Zheng Dongli said: "Some people haven't arrived yet."
He first introduced everyone to each other, and then asked everyone, "Should we go in and play first? Or wait for people here?"
"How many people haven't come yet?" Lu Xun asked.
"There are still two people." Zheng Dongli said.
Someone looked at the sky and said: "It's noon now. If we don't go in and play for a while, it will be dark, and the tickets will be bought in vain. Let's go in first. We can call and contact people when they come. What do you think, Brother Zheng?"
As the planner of this gathering, Zheng Dongli must consider the feelings of most people, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's go in."
Zheng Dongli held a small flag and walked in front. The healing team entered the Forbidden City from the Meridian Gate in a mighty manner.
Except for Yu Xiao and the other two, everyone else thought they had awakened supernatural powers. It was the first time for everyone to see so many people of the same kind, and they were all very excited and curious. They would have endless things to say to any stranger.
The first time Yu Qinglang saw Yu Xiao, he put his arm on her shoulder affectionately and whispered to her, "What do your friends call you?"
Yu Xiao: "They all call me Xiaoxiao."
"Then I'll call you Xiaoxiao too." Yu Qinglang said, "I think we are destined to be together. I'm not lying to you. I really dreamed of someone named Yu Xiao in my dream before."
"Really?" Yu Xiao said calmly, "What did Yu Xiao look like in your dream?"
"I don't remember." Yu Qinglang was a little regretful, "I usually forget my dreams when I wake up, and I can't remember the content of the dreams at all. But when I saw you, I felt a kind of... very familiar feeling, so I think we are destined to be together."
Yu Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, we are very destined to be together."
Zhou Xiaozhen was listening with great interest to the two uncles behind her who were discussing how she was found by Zheng Dongli.
"At that time, I had just awakened my superpowers and felt so awesome. I dressed myself up, covered my face and went out to act as a tiger warrior. After a few days on the street, I was found by Brother Zheng and knocked down with one punch..."
"No, I'm not. I'm timid. After I found out about my changes, I didn't dare to tell anyone. Later, I heard that boxing in the city was profitable, so I went..."
"How much money did you make?"
"What money? I had just beaten up two people that night when I was found by Brother Zheng. Brother Zheng found me and told me the situation. I thought to myself that we really can't be too conspicuous in our situation. What if we are caught for research? So I ran away without asking for money..." "
Ah, then how do you make money now?"
"I worked on a construction site after I returned, and now I'm a foreman..."
It's not the peak tourist season, but there are still a lot of people in the Forbidden City. After walking in, there are people everywhere, and it's hard to find a place without people to take a photo.
Zhao Lan looked around with great interest. She said, "If I had known that we were going to come here, I would have bought a few sets of Hanfu and we would have worn them inside to take pictures."
"That's what I said." Zhou Xiaozhen looked at the young ladies in front of her who were wearing Hanfu and taking pictures beautifully, and she was extremely envious. "Look at them, they are so beautiful."
Zhao Lan finally took advantage of the fact that Yu Qinglang was drinking water and had no time to occupy Yu Xiao, and approached Yu Xiao and whispered, "Can I take the photos in my phone to the hospital?"
Yu Xiao didn't understand, and said, "Yes."
"Then let's take a few more photos." Zhao Lan said, "You can take a look when you are bored in the hospital."
Yu Qinglang, who had drunk some water, came over immediately, "What are you whispering about?"
"We are going to take a group photo." Zhao Lan said, "Sister Qinglang, do you want to join us?"
"Okay." Yu Qinglang called out to Zheng Dongli loudly, "Old Zheng, come and take a photo!"
Zheng Dongli was talking to Luo Jin. When he heard the voice, he turned around and said with a smile, "Come on!"
A group of people stood together, discussing who to find to take a photo for them. At this time, Zheng Dongli's phone rang, and he answered it, saying, "Xiao Tang, we've already gone in... We haven't walked far, you can go in and see... Anyway, you should come in first."
Putting down the phone, Zheng Dongli said, "Let's take pictures."
Yu Qinglang asked, "Is Xiao Tang here too?"
"Yes." Zheng Dongli said, "Xiao Tang happened to be on a business trip in Beijing, and he came here when he heard that we were going to have a party."
"Hey, so many people are out, and they don't even bring a selfie stick." Lu Xun said, "I'll go grab someone to take a picture."
Lu Xun randomly grabbed a big brother who was passing by and asked that big brother to take several photos of them. After the group photo was taken, Yu Qinglang pulled Yu Xiao and wanted to take a photo of them together.
When she was in the hospital, Yu Xiao heard that Yu Qinglang had a boyfriend, but she had been in the hospital for so long that she had forgotten her boyfriend's name. She was a little curious whether she and her boyfriend were together.
"That one." Yu Xiao smiled brightly at her phone. After taking the photo, she asked, "Sister Qinglang, are you married?"
"Yes," Yu Qinglang said.
"Oh." Yu Xiao didn't know how to start the question, "What, you and you... I heard that when you were sick, you had a partner who couldn't leave you. What happened later? Did you two get together?"
Yu Qinglang looked puzzled, "Who couldn't leave me? Oh, I did have a partner at that time, but he secretly kissed me a few times after I got sick. After I recovered, I almost beat him to death..."
Yu Xiao: "Ah?!"
"Ah what?" Yu Qinglang rolled her eyes. "I knew my body had changed at that time, so I was very angry and hit him. I slapped him so hard that he flew out and bled all over. I was so scared. Fortunately, we were in the hospital at that time and he survived because we rescued him in time. I ran away because I was afraid that his family would ask me to pay for it..."
"Wow!" Zhou Xiaozhen exclaimed beside her, "So handsome! Sister Xiao, look, here comes a handsome guy!"
Yu Xiao turned her head subconsciously. There was a group of people gathered in front, and she could only vaguely see a man in a blue suit standing behind them. She was looking over there carefully, and suddenly the man turned his head and looked straight at Yu Xiao through the crowd.
"It's Xiao Tang." Yu Qinglang beside him also saw it, and she said, "I know Xiao Tang. When he recovered from his illness and showed his abilities, he was only fourteen years old, still a child. Alas, time flies so fast, twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and even Xiao Tang is almost forty."
Zheng Dongli brought Xiao Tang over and introduced, "Old Yu, you know them, these three are the newcomers I told you about, they just came out of the hospital a few days ago. The youngest one is Zhou Xiaozhen, and she's still in high school. Her name is Zhao Lan, and this one is Yu Xiao."
"Hello, my name is Tang Xingyin." Tang Xingyin, who is in her thirties, is no longer as gloomy as she was in the hospital. She doesn't look much different, just a little more mature and stable. He extended his hand to Yu Xiao, with a faint smile on his lips, "I think you look familiar."
Yu Xiao shook hands with him and smiled, "I think you look familiar, too."
"Strange." Zheng Dongli said, "Why do so many people think you look familiar, Xiao Yu?"
"Haha." Yu Xiao laughed dryly, "Maybe I have a common face."
"No." Tang Xingyin said seriously, "I don't think you are ordinary at all. There were a lot of people there just now, and I saw you at a glance."
"That's right, Sister Xiao, you should be more confident." Zhou Xiaozhen asked, "Why are you wearing a suit when you go out to play?"
"Oh, I came to Beijing for work." Tang Xingyin said a little embarrassedly, "I didn't have time to change clothes after the meeting, so I came here."
Tang Xingyin looked around and asked, "Isn't Brother Teng here?"
"Xiao Teng hasn't arrived yet." Zheng Dongli said, "He called me earlier and said he was stuck in traffic."
Yu Xiao asked, "Who is Brother Teng?"
"He's the same person as us." Zheng Dongli said, "His name is Teng Jingzhi. He and I found Xiao Tang together. They have a good relationship and felt familiar with each other as soon as they met. By the way, just like you two just now..." "
Sister Xiao."
"Sister Xiao?"
Yu Xiao came back to her senses and Zhou Xiaozhen shook her arm, "What are you thinking about? Why did you suddenly become dazed?"
"Oh, I..." Yu Xiao didn't know what to say, so she might as well say that she was happy. She knew very well that in the hospital, Teng Jingzhi's mobile phone was still in her hand. At this time, there was a living Teng Jingzhi in the real world, which meant that he was discharged from the hospital. Some people are forever annihilated in the world of the dead, while some people can still be saved.
"I'm happy." Yu Xiao said, "I'm happy to see you all, very happy."
Everyone had a great time together today, and in the evening they decided to find a hotel to eat first, and then find a place to sing and chat.
When they were leaving in a taxi, Zheng Dongli patted Yu Xiao's shoulder and whispered, "We'll take the same car later."
Yu Xiao glanced at him, and he said, "I have something to tell you."
Yu Xiao had a bad feeling in her heart...
In the car, Zheng Dongli and Yu Xiao sat in the back seat together, and there was no one in the passenger seat.
Zheng Dongli didn't say anything, and Yu Xiao didn't want to bring up the topic, because she felt that this topic must not be one she liked.
Sure enough, not long after the car drove out, Zheng Dongli said, "You're hiding something from me."
Yu Xiao didn't deny it. She said, "What you said is true. We're not that familiar with each other. Isn't it normal for me to hide something from you?"
"You're hiding something from me about us." Zheng Dongli turned his head and stared at Yu Xiao with his eyes sparkling.
Yu Xiao couldn't help but lean back, "What's the matter?"
"You know all of us, right?" Zheng Dongli said, "At least you know Lao Yu, Xiao Tang, Lu Xun and Luo Jin."
Yu Xiao was about to deny it, Zheng Dongli said, "Don't deny it, Luo Jin has already told me. You obviously haven't seen them, but you called out their names, and you lied to them that I mentioned them to you."
Zheng Dongli's eyes flashed with a gleam, "I know best whether I have mentioned them, so how do you know them?"
Yu Xiao: "..."
"Now that I think about it, you also acted strangely when we first met." Zheng Dongli narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the scene that night, "When I said that I was very familiar with the Laojun Talisman, your first reaction was to ask my name. Why? Is there any relationship between me and the Laojun Talisman?"