He had been wearing a mask today, so Tang Miao hadn't noticed it. But now, he took off the mask, and Tang Miao saw at a glance where his upper lip was broken.
That spot looked like it had been bitten by something, and a small scar suddenly appeared on the originally smooth lip. The scar was not big, nor was it deep, at most it was just a skin break. But because He Xiao's whole body was intact, that spot seemed particularly conspicuous.
After Tang Miao asked this question, her eyes were fixed on the area around his lips. She seemed to want to find out something from the scar. He Xiao lowered his eyes and looked at her. There was concern, inquiry, and confusion in her eyes. Apart from that, there was no emotion that the scar had anything to do with her.
The scar became lighter in color because of his pursing. He Xiao looked at Tang Miao and said, "It's nothing."
After He Xiao finished speaking, Tang Miao looked away from his lips and looked into his eyes. He Xiao had also been looking at her, his eyes as calm and indifferent as ever. The two looked at each other, and Tang Miao withdrew her gaze and said, "Oh."
After He Xiao asked, Tang Miao came back to her senses and remembered her business. She picked up the hot compress tool in her hand and asked He Xiao, "Nothing. I just want to ask if you want to apply it to your fingers."
Yesterday, before he blacked out, Tang Miao remembered applying the massage to He Xiao, and he said it was quite effective.
After Tang Miao finished speaking, He Xiao took a look at the hot compress tool in her hand. The tools were ready, and there should be a herbal bag inside. When she lifted it up, it also brought some herbal fragrance.
He Xiao glanced at the hot compress tool and said, "No."
Being rejected by He Xiao again, Tang Miao was not so uncomfortable. Originally, He Xiao should have been a little dissatisfied with what she did last night, and applying finger massage was a dispensable thing, so it was reasonable for him to refuse.
Tang Miao held the hot compress tool, lowered his head and did not move for a while.
After he rejected her request for hot compress, she did not leave immediately. He Xiao stood at the door, looked at Tang Miao who lowered his head, and asked, "Anything else?"
Before he finished asking, Tang Miao looked up at him and asked.
"Did I do something to you yesterday?"
When the woman asked him this question, she had already raised her head completely. She looked up at him with some uncertainty in her eyes, but at the same time, she was also more apologetic. When she raised her eyes, they even seemed to sweep across the corner of his lips. When she swept across, her eyes slightly dodged in panic, and then she pursed her lips slightly and asked.
He Xiao looked at her, his eyes didn't change.
She probably still didn't remember it, so she asked him this question.
Although she didn't remember it, she should have realized from his abnormal attitude towards her today that something must have happened between them yesterday, which caused his abnormal attitude towards her.
Whether on the way to the high-speed railway station, in the high-speed railway station, or on the high-speed railway to Pucheng, she didn't ask anything along the way. Until now, after they were separated in their own rooms and thought calmly, she decided to come and ask him. After asking, whether he said it or not, she should apologize to him.
He Xiao looked at Tang Miao. After she said that, she apologized to him without waiting for his answer.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have drunk yesterday."
"Last night I only remember taking you back to my room and applying hot compress to you. I don't remember much about what happened afterwards."
"I may have been bolder than usual after drinking, and I may have done something excessive to you. Whatever I did, I apologize to you."
"Please don't take it to heart. I'm drunk, so what I say and do may be outrageous. Don't take it seriously."
At this point, she even smiled shyly. After she finished laughing, she looked up at him and promised with a smile, "I will never drink again."
She finished what she had to say.
After she finished speaking, she regained her former spirit and became the gentle, quiet, ordinary woman. She looked at him with a smile that still contained some apology, but more of a quiet and gentle smile.
Just like when they usually met and she chatted with him.
They were still friendly neighbors, she would ask him for his band's autograph, would chase their band at music festivals out of convenience, and would apologize to him when she realized that she might have done something excessive, no matter what it was.
The relationship between the two was closer than before, but it ended there.
She looked at him with a bright light in her eyes. Even though she had apologized, she still hoped to get forgiveness from him and thought he should forgive her.
He Xiao lowered his head and met her bright eyes.
When their eyes met and she began to shrink back a little because his gaze became increasingly profound and lasted for too long, He Xiao said.
"It doesn't matter."
Tang Miao raised his eyelashes.
The look in He Xiao's eyes when he looked at her had returned to its former indifference. The feeling that the abyss was sucking her in had disappeared in an instant, making Tang Miao even wonder if she had seen it wrong.
He Xiao said "It's okay" and didn't say anything else. But Tang Miao looked at He Xiao standing at the door and felt that something was wrong.
"That's good..." Tang Miao murmured.
"Is there anything else?" He Xiao asked.
Tang Miao was interrupted, her eyes moved, and she said, "No."
"Then I'll take a rest." He Xiao said.
He Xiao's words made his meaning very clear. Tang Miao looked at him, came back to his senses, nodded, and said, "Okay, you take a rest."
After Tang Miao finished speaking, He Xiao said nothing more and closed the door.
Tang Miao stood at the door of He Xiao's room, watching He Xiao disappear behind the door from his sight.
Tang Miao: “…”
As the door of He Xiao's room closed, the only voices in the corridor also disappeared. Tang Miao stood in the quiet corridor, looking at the closed door in front of him.
For some reason, she felt that coming here to find He Xiao seemed to have the opposite effect of what she had expected.
Thinking of this, Tang Miao pursed his lips slightly, and then returned to his room with a heavy heart.
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After Tang Miao returned to the room, he went to bed and slept for a while.
Because she was worried, she didn't sleep very well. At about six o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Miao was woken up by the phone in her room. When she heard the phone ring, she answered it.
"Ms. Tang." It was Qi Yuan.
"Hello." Tang Miao sat up from the bed.
"You didn't sleep, did you?" Qi Yuan asked.
"No." Tang Miao smiled and looked out the window. It was now past six o'clock. Although the sun had not yet set, the sky was already covered with red clouds. The fiery clouds were burning by the river, which was particularly gorgeous.
"That's good." Qi Yuan said, "I called to ask if you want to have dinner together tonight. I heard there's a good grilled fish restaurant by the river. I wanted to ask if you want to go over there and eat together."
There is a Pujiang River running through the middle of Pucheng. In addition to water transportation, there are also a lot of river seafood, and naturally there are many delicious restaurants. Qi Yuan and his friends would collect these foods wherever they went, and then eat them together.
This grilled fish restaurant over here was also found by them.
After saying this, Qi Yuan said to Tang Miao in advance: "By the way, there will be a few other band members joining us at that time. Do you mind?"
Tomorrow is the opening day of the Pucheng Music Festival, but today, the bands invited by the festival have arrived one after another. Several bands have good relationships, so today they have arranged to have dinner together and drink some wine. This way, they can have a day off tomorrow and it won't affect the performance.
After hearing Qi Yuan's words, Tang Miao said, "I don't mind."
After saying this, Tang Miao added: "But I won't join you for dinner."
Tang Miao had actually made up her mind when she woke up this morning. Although she did come here with the roar, she thought carefully and realized that their band came here to work and they also had their own social life. It would be a shame to bring her along as a burden all day.
Besides, she is an adult and can take care of herself, so she shouldn't bother He Xiao and the others. As for the others, it's enough for them to know that they are in the same city as her.
After Tang Miao finished speaking, Qi Yuan said that it was no big deal, and that eating together would only require an extra pair of chopsticks. Just like last night, Tang Miao didn't want to go with them, after all, they had finally finished their band's performance and had a separate space to relax and rest, so why would she go with them? But He Xiao asked her a question at the time, and she agreed on impulse. And today, even if she didn't go, He Xiao probably wouldn't say anything.
"No. Just have fun." Tang Miao said.
After Qi Yuan's persuasion, Tang Miao did not change her mind. Qi Yuan also roughly knew that Tang Miao felt a little embarrassed that she was drunk yesterday, and she also felt that it was not good to trouble them or interfere with them, which would affect their interest in the dinner.
He and Tang Miao had only known each other for a short time, but Qi Yuan could tell from the few interactions that Tang Miao was a person who was not willing to cause trouble for others. Perhaps chasing their band to the music festival was the most troublesome thing she thought she could do to them.
As for Qi Yuan and the others, it was actually nothing. Tang Miao was He Xiao's neighbor and friend, so it was just a piece of cake for them to take care of her. It didn't bother them too much at all.
However, since Tang Miao insisted, Qi Yuan also respected her decision. After Tang Miao finished speaking, Qi Yuan told her a few more words. Tang Miao responded one by one, and Qi Yuan hung up the phone.
The phone call ended and silence returned to the room.
After Qi Yuan called her, he obviously contacted He Xiao next door. The hotel's soundproofing was not very good, and the ringing of the phone next to the wall could be heard. But after the phone stopped ringing, He Xiao's voice could no longer be heard.
It was unknown how long Qi Yuan had been on the phone. Tang Miao leaned on the bed. Not long after, she heard the door opening next door.
The sound of the door opening next door was heard, and Tang Miao looked towards the door.
The bed in the room was not far from the door, but no sound from outside could be heard. Tang Miao looked at the tightly closed door. Whether inside or outside the room, it was deathly silent.
Tang Miao's breathing slowed down in this silence.
In this silence without even the sound of breathing, Tang Miao waited for a while and heard the sound of footsteps on the carpet. The footsteps followed the carpet in the corridor, accompanied by her increasingly low breathing, and finally disappeared.
I don’t know how long it took, but even the sound of footsteps could no longer be heard in the air.
Tang Miao turned around and looked out the window. The fiery clouds in the sky were burning even brighter.
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