Two days later, one morning.
After completing the discharge procedures and reporting to the police station, Lin Momo embarked on a journey to Haishi with Shi Guang.
With the May Day holiday approaching, the highways are packed with traffic.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the SUV, Lin Momo looked at the cars rushing past like a river of locusts and asked Shi Guang beside her, "How long will it take to get to Hai City?"
She thought she would take the high-speed rail or a plane, but Shi Guang said she would drive there instead.
Lin Momo had forgotten about this; Shi Guang was on a road trip, and she couldn't very well ask him to tow the car to Haishi.
"It should take at most three days to get there." Shi Guang turned to look at her, offering extremely considerate advice. "If you feel unwell, just let me know. We can rest at a service area or just get off the highway. You've just been discharged from the hospital, and the doctor advised you not to overexert yourself. Don't push yourself!"
"You're so long-winded!" Lin Momo blurted out, her impatience barely concealed.
Lin Momo, who had always been independent and self-reliant, had never been cared for so meticulously before, especially by someone she had just met. To be honest, she always felt very awkward about it.
She came from the countryside and was the kind of child who was raised by her parents with little care. She didn't receive much love from her parents growing up, so her emotional world was very poor and she lived a very rough life.
The mother, who had shared hardships with her father, passed away just as the family's financial situation was beginning to improve.
Less than a year later, after the pain of losing his wife, the listless father remarried a woman with a young daughter and started a new family with renewed vigor.
From then on, she became the superfluous person.
From grief to acceptance, and then to letting go, no one knows what a dark period of her emotional journey she went through. No one cares, and no one can truly empathize.
Fortunately, she was about to graduate from high school at that time. Children raised in a free-range environment are not so fragile. Their temperament has been tempered by life and reality to a point where they are resilient enough, or rather, their nerves have become numb. They relied on instinct to stubbornly get through that dark period.
Later, he managed to get into a second-tier university in the city, and after graduation, he found an ordinary clerical job.
During that time, he could only go home a few times a year. When he did go back, he would eat and stay at his grandparents' house, and at most he would go to his father's house to say hello, maintaining a superficial harmonious relationship.
This undoubtedly fostered Lin Momo's aloof and sensitive personality.
She appears easygoing and harmless on the surface, but it's very difficult for outsiders to get close to her. She instinctively feels uncomfortable whenever someone tries to get close to her or shows her unusual concern.
Lin Momo admitted that Shi Guang was excellent. Not only did he fit her aesthetic preferences, but he also had enough patience and tolerance for her. He was the most ideal boy she had ever met.
But this outstanding man clearly belonged to a different social class from her, and she still had the insight to see that.
It's normal for rich people to want to have some fun, but if you take it seriously, you'll lose everything.
Lin Momo is neither love-obsessed nor does her values follow her physical appearance; she is incapable of doing anything crazy for love.
On the contrary, she is the kind of person who is more rational than emotional, and she won't plunge headlong into the sea of love just because she is young or simply infatuated.
Even though time is indeed a prince charming.
Even though my heart is as firm as stone, Lin Momo occasionally feels a stirring of emotion.
But Lin Momo had no expectations of him, not at all.
She didn't want him to have any expectations of her, simply because she couldn't give any response.
As the saying goes, a short pain is worse than a long one.
Since it's destined to end in tragedy, it's better not to start at all.
*
Feeling slighted, Shi Guang smiled nonchalantly and said, "What's wrong? You seem a bit down. Okay, I won't bother you anymore. Let's listen to some music."
As he spoke, he turned on the stereo.
As the soothing and melodious violin concerto played in the car, Lin Momo's heart gradually calmed down. She leaned back in her seat, closed her eyes, and began to enjoy the music.
As she listened, she actually dozed off.
"Lin Momo, wake up." Shi Guang patted her hand and called softly.
Lin Momo woke up groggily and asked, "Oh, have we arrived yet?"
"Not so fast, we've reached a service area. Do you want to get out and rest for a bit?" It would be a long time before we reached the next service area, and Shiguang was worried that Lin Momo's body couldn't handle it, so he decided to get out of the car and rest before continuing on our way.
After understanding the situation, Lin Momo didn't hesitate for a moment. While unbuckling her seatbelt, she replied, "Let's go."
Entering the service area lobby felt like stepping into a food court; it was quite crowded and noisy.
After eating something and resting, the two continued their journey.
The two traveled day and night, and in order to take care of Lin Momo's health as she recovered from a serious illness, they would stop at each service area to rest.
What was the most embarrassing thing that happened along the way?
Nothing beats finding lodging for the night.
With the May Day holiday approaching, the number of people traveling by car has increased dramatically, and hotel rooms in service areas are almost fully booked. On the first night, the two of them faced the awkward situation of having to squeeze into one room.
Fortunately, it was a double room with two beds.
Lin Momo felt quite uncomfortable at first.
However, seeing that Shi Guang was even more uncomfortable than her, walking almost with his hands and feet moving in unison, and his ears were visibly red, Lin Momo suddenly relaxed for some reason.
I even felt a strange urge to laugh.
Does this mean that Shi Guang, despite his tall and imposing appearance, is actually a simple, innocent boy at heart, who gets shy and nervous in front of the woman he likes, and is someone she can trust?
Although she tried to suppress her laughter, it was immediately noticed by the restless time.
Shi Guang's face flushed red, and he hurriedly said, "Lock the door, I'm going to sleep in the car."
Before the words were even finished, the tall, shy boy had already darted to the door, ready to open it and slip away.
"Come back!" Lin Momo hurriedly called out, "Aren't there two beds? It's not like there's not enough room. If you don't get enough rest at night, how will you drive during the day?"
Hearing this, Shi Guang withdrew his hand from the doorknob, forgetting his embarrassment, and turned around to ask uncertainly, "You, you don't mind?"
Lin Momo slowly opened her suitcase and took out her toiletries bag, pretending to be calm as she said, "Safety is the most important thing when traveling. There's no need to be so fussy. Besides..."
With that, she stood up, picked up her toiletries bag, and walked towards him, staring into his bright eyes as she asked, "Would you ever try anything with me?"
"Of course not!" came the resounding reply.
Lin Momo smiled and pushed open the door to the bathroom.
Lin Momo, who had no makeup on, didn't need to remove it. She finished washing her face and brushing her teeth in five minutes, and then washed her feet before dragging her tired body out of the bathroom.
Sitting in a car all day, even though it's just the wheels that are moving and I'm not exerting any physical effort, is still quite tiring.
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