Chapter 14: Inescapable Relationship
Tan Xuan didn't like to save other people's mobile phone numbers, and he regarded the words of frequent contact as a courtesy, because the people who called him were passengers who needed a car, and other people rarely contacted him. Of course, some people wanted to contact him but couldn't.
Leaving the gate of Su Cheng's community, Tan Xuan officially became busy. He didn't lie when he was eating just now, he still had to continue taking orders. Although he made a lot of money following Qian Bo these two days, he didn't do any serious work, and he was also nervous. It's better to do your own job.
Tan Xuan worked until about four in the morning but still hadn't received any new orders. He wasted a lot of gas money after driving an empty car for nearly an hour, so he went home directly. It was still his habit. After eating breakfast outside, he went back to sit quietly for a while and then went to sleep. He resumed his original work and rest time, and everything went according to plan.
Normally, Tan Xuan should have slept until the afternoon, but he was woken up by a series of phone calls before noon.
"Hello, who is this?" Tan Xuan picked up the phone without even opening his eyes. Although it was annoying to be woken up from a sweet dream, he didn't dare to get angry, in case someone was using the car.
Tan Xuan was not angry, but the other party was anxious.
"I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, Tan Xuan, you bastard, you haven't saved my phone number yet?" The person on the other end of the phone was furious.
Tan Xuan didn't know who the caller was, because the voice was hoarse and hard to identify. He could only roughly tell that it was a woman, but when he heard the address, he immediately guessed who it was. He closed his eyes and said, "It's you. I saved your number. I was sleeping and you woke me up. I didn't even look at who called before answering the phone."
"Asshole, it's already this time and you're still sleeping. Why aren't you dying of sleep?" Xiao Di cursed angrily, his voice much lower than the first time.
Tan Xuan was very helpless after being scolded. He turned over and changed his posture and asked, "Sister, you called me just to scold me. Are you done scolding me? I will hang up after you finish scolding me. If you are not satisfied with scolding me, then you can continue to scold me. I will not hang up the phone. You can scold me and I will continue to sleep."
Xiao Di did not continue to curse, but asked weakly: "Tan Xuan, do you have any other way to replenish your body? I really can't drink chicken blood, it's too disgusting."
As he spoke, there was a sound of retching over the phone, as if Xiao Di felt very nauseous when he mentioned Chicken Blood.
Tan Xuan slowly opened his eyes and said impatiently, "If you can't drink it, I can't do anything about it. Just take care of it slowly, and it will be fine in a few days."
"Tan Xuan, please help me. I feel worse than yesterday. I can't muster any strength. I know you must have a way. I really couldn't see those things last night when I used your method. If you are angry because of what I said last night, then I apologize to you, please..."
Tan Xuan could not tell how sincere the other party was, but he could hear the weakness in the other party's tone. He was not unfamiliar with this situation. After all, Xiao Di was not the first person to have this experience. There were many people who brought this upon themselves. Only by letting her suffer a little could she remember this lesson. She would feel worse in the next three to seven days, and it would take at least half a month for her condition to slowly improve. Of course, this also varies from person to person. People with weak constitutions would suffer a serious illness, which would last longer.
"Well...if you can't drink the cockscomb blood, I have no other way to make you get better quickly."
"You do, you must have a way." Xiao Di didn't believe that Tan Xuan had no way. He had never told the truth since he met him.
"I didn't, I really didn't..."
The two people on the phone kept repeating these two sentences, one was sure that the other had a way, and the other was vehemently denying it. But one voice became clearer and clearer, while the other voice became quieter and quieter.
“Tan Xuan, you bastard!” Xiao Di suddenly raised her voice, and then her tone suddenly dropped, as if the shout just now had used up all her strength. She choked and cursed: “You bastard… You bullied me and refused to admit it, you are not a man… You watched someone die without helping, you are not a human…”
Listening to Xiao Di's crying, Tan Xuan lost all sleepiness. " Don't talk nonsense. What are you saying? I'm neither a man nor a human being..."
"I blame you, I blame you. Otherwise, how could I do this? If you were a man, why wouldn't you dare to admit that you did this to me..."
Tan Xuan only now realized that he should not reason with women, because they are unreasonable at all. Unfortunately, he realized it too late. After being cried for a long time, Tan Xuan finally gave in.
"Big sister, please stop talking. I really can't solve your situation, but I'll tell you about someone. Go find him and he will definitely be able to solve your problem. I guess it's just a matter of a talisman."
"Really?" Xiao Di stopped crying immediately and said anxiously, "Then take me to find that person quickly."
"What do you mean I should take you to find that person? What does this have to do with me?" Hearing that he was going to be dragged along, Tan Xuan quickly pulled himself out, "I'll give you an address, you go by yourself, and you pay for it yourself."
"You... I finally walked back from the market. I used up all my strength just now to get the chicken blood. Now I can't even go downstairs, let alone drive. How can I go by myself?"
"Find someone to accompany you. If you can't drive, just take a taxi." Tan Xuan gave Xiaodi some "considerate" advice.
Xiao Di did not appreciate it and said angrily, "Who can I turn to? My brother is a policeman, how could he believe such a thing? I dare not tell my family. I moved out of my home with great difficulty. If they knew I was like this, they would definitely not let me move out."
Tan Xuancai didn't want to listen to her complaints, so he reminded her again: "Go find your friends. If that doesn't work, just take a taxi."
"You're just a taxi driver, I'll rent you, come pick me up quickly."
"What do you mean you rent me? How can you talk like that? I haven't started taking orders yet , you should find someone else." Hearing that he was being talked about again, Tan Xuan immediately refused.
"You bastard, if it weren't for you..."
"Okay, stop it." Before Xiao Di started to complain, Tan Xuan immediately admitted his mistake and said, "Send me the location and I'll pick you up right away."
"good!"
Xiao Di was quick. He hung up the phone immediately and sent the location.
Tan Xuan packed up simply and drove out without even eating. There was no other way, Xiao Di's messages kept urging him, and he really didn't want to wait any longer.
Tan Xuan was really providing a door-to-door pick-up, because the elevator where Xiao Di lived was broken, and she was now top-heavy, and it would be easy for her to roll down the stairs if she walked up, so he had to go upstairs to pick her up.
Xiao Di lives in a one-bedroom apartment, with a bathroom at the door and a kitchen on the balcony. The bedroom is connected to the living room, with a simple soft partition in the middle. The living room is very compact. There is a desk next to the sofa, on which is a large computer case, keyboard, headphones and other items placed in a mess. There are three large monitors on the wall. Tan Xuan doesn't know if she can see all the screens with one pair of eyes. There are snacks and takeouts on the coffee table that have not been cleaned up, and a bowl with blood stains. There is also a yoga mat next to the treadmill on the ground. Tan Xuan doesn't know where to start. He can't believe that this is a girl's place.
Looking at Xiao Di again, after just a day and a night not seeing him, he looked much more haggard, his face was pale and bloodless, and his body seemed to have lost some weight. The short-sleeved shirt he wore was loose on his body, and he looked spiritless.
As if seeing the disdain in Tan Xuan's eyes, Xiao Di explained with a wry smile: "Come in, I really don't have the energy to clean up, just find a place to sit by yourself."
"You live here alone?" Tan Xuan did not sit down after entering the room because there was no place to sit. There were still some personal clothes on the sofa that Xiao Di had not put away.
Xiao Di glanced at Tan Xuan vigorously, then sat down on the sofa with a shaky step, "Why, do you still want to do something bad?"
Tan Xuan sneered, "You are so unruly. You look worse than a ghost now. What can I possibly intend for you?"
"You bastard!" Xiao Di threw a pillow casually, but unfortunately she couldn't throw it very far because it was so light.
"I, a bastard, still have to take you to see a doctor. Why don't you find someone who is not a bastard to take you? It seems that your relatives and friends are even worse than bastards." Tan Xuan said as he threw the pillow back into Xiao Di's arms.
"My brother was busy with work and didn't know I was sick."
Tan Xuan just wanted to have a good time, so he didn't want to listen to her trivial matters. He said, "Hurry up and change your clothes. You're not going out wearing this, are you?"
It would have been better if he hadn't said anything. After Tan Xuan finished speaking, he was driven out by Xiao Di because the girl needed to change clothes and it was inconvenient for him to be here. So Tan Xuan waited outside the door for nearly half an hour until Xiao Di changed into shorts.
Xiao Di was indeed very weak, and Tan Xuan half-supported and half-carried her downstairs. When the two got into the car, both the one who was supporting her and the one who was being supported were sweating. No one spoke this time, and even if Tan Xuan accidentally touched a place that shouldn't be touched, Xiao Di didn't make excuses.
Xiao Di was very brave and followed Tan Xuan without asking where they were going. Along the way, Xiao Di did not argue with Tan Xuan anymore, not because she did not want to, but because she did not have the energy to do so.
Tan Xuan drove straight to the city hospital, but he did not go to the hospital because Xiao Di's condition could not be cured by the hospital. Instead, he went to a street behind the city hospital.
This street was full of shops selling funeral clothes and wreaths. The doors of the shops on both sides were open, and yellow paper and paper-made decorations were placed in front of the shops. There were not many people on the street. Although it was midsummer and it was noon, Xiao Di felt cold just by looking at it.
"You brought me to a place like this?" Xiao Di asked in confusion. She thought that asking for talismans should be done in a temple or something like that, but she didn't expect to come to a place like this. This was not a place to treat living people, so she immediately felt it was unreliable.
"Yes, that guy here can make you feel better soon."
Tan Xuan ignored Xiao Di's tone, drove slowly and looked at both sides of the road. He seemed not to be very familiar with the place. Finally, under Xiao Di's scrutiny, he drove the car to a store and stopped.
"We're here." Tan Xuan turned off the car and unbuckled his seat belt.
Before getting off the car, Tan Xuan told Xiao Di: "Don't talk nonsense no matter what you see. It's best not to talk. Don't make a fuss no matter what you see."
"Okay." Xiao Di looked into the store through the glass and didn't see any difference from the store next door. However, after being reminded by Tan Xuan, he felt even more nervous. He didn't even have the strength to open the car door.
