Chapter 3: Social Brother
At the crossroads, people were walking around with high school students who had just finished school. Chen Shuya and Ning Yan were holding grilled squids in their hands, eating while strolling leisurely.
Suddenly, Chen Shuya remembered what she had just picked up in the classroom and asked, "Are there many people who like Cheng Xiang?"
"Cheng Xiang?" Ning Yan chewed the grilled squid and thought for a while before continuing: "I don't know, but it's normal for girls to like him. Who doesn't like a handsome social guy?"
Social guy?
Chen Shuya immediately imagined Cheng Xiang collecting usury. No, no, she shook her head. This was the underworld.
What does that social guy look like? Suddenly, a young man in moccasins and tight pants broke into Chen Shuya's mind and started dancing in a social way.
No, no, Chen Shuya was shocked by this imagination. Before she could catch her breath, Ning Yan beside her pulled her arm and said, "Isn't that Cheng Xiang?"
Looking in the direction of Ning Yan's finger, the person standing outside Chow Tai Fook was Cheng Xiang, but he was wearing different clothes from the one he wore at school.
He was not only tall but also well-built, wearing a white shirt with his cuffs slightly rolled up, and a silver watch on his slender wrist.
He was holding a bucket of oil in his right hand, and at first glance he looked like a good family man.
Ning Yan couldn't help but praise: "He is really handsome."
He is indeed handsome, but the first word that comes to Chen Shuya's mind is: "sultry."
After dawdling on the road with Ning Yan for a while, it was getting dark when they got home. Chen Shuya walked into the house. The house was very quiet. Cai Yan was sitting on the sofa, browsing her phone.
Chen Shuya licked her dry lips and slowly moved to the sofa and sat down.
Cai Yan raised her head and looked at her: "You're back, do you want anything to eat?"
The more concerned she was, the more upset Chen Shuya felt and her eyes became sore.
Chen Shuya shook her head and wanted to say something happy, but her eyes caught a glimpse of the wounds on Cai Yan's body. The depth of the wounds, some shallow, were shocking.
Noticing her gaze, Cai Yan pulled down her rolled-up long sleeves to cover the wound.
"Did he hit you again?"
Chen Shuya spoke. Her voice was not loud, but the silence in the room made her voice unusually clear.
"No, Yaya, he......"
Before Cai Yan finished speaking, Chen Shuya interrupted her, her voice trembling: "After so many years, why are you so determined not to get a divorce?"
"Divorced, what will you do?"
"But I don't want you to think about me. Can you please live a good life first before worrying about me? Even if I become a stray dog today, if it can make you happy, I will change."
Chen Shuya yelled at Cai Yan angrily, tears welling up in her eyes. Cai Yan smiled faintly and spoke in a gentle tone.
"But how can your mother be happy if you become a stray dog?"
Emotions surged towards Chen Shuya from all directions . She could no longer hold back and tears started falling. She wiped her tears away, stood up and rushed out of the house.
She is 17 years old. Since she can remember, her parents have often quarreled . Her father is an extreme person. After a quarrel, he will smash things to vent his anger. He smashes everything: bowls, mobile phones, TVs, tables, anything that can be smashed, and he will also beat people.
She was very afraid of this sound, from the bottom of her heart. Every time she heard this sound, her heart would beat faster and her whole body would tremble.
She advised her mother to divorce, but every time her mother agreed, she would not divorce, and then she would live with her father who had accomplished nothing, and then they would quarrel, over and over again.
Chen Shuya sat down in front of the empty flower bed, unable to calm down. She covered her face and sobbed. The night wind ruffled her hair.
After a long time, she felt someone stepping on her feet. She looked down and saw it was a golden retriever.
Chen Shuya squatted down, touched the golden retriever's head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you lost?"
She lifted the golden retriever's chin and looked, but didn't find the collar.
The golden retriever was very obedient, sitting there and letting Chen Shuya touch him. She pouted, hugged the golden retriever and started crying: "Don't you have anyone who wants you?"
On the side of the road, Chen Shuya was hugging a big dog and crying loudly, regardless of her image. People passing by couldn't help but step away and look at her as if she were a madman.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Shuya finally stopped crying, and a familiar voice came from above her head: "Someone wants you."
She trembled and slowly raised her head, only to see Cheng Xiang looking at her with a playful expression.
Chen Shuya wiped the tears from her face and stood up awkwardly: "Is it your dog?"
Before Cheng Xiang could answer, Jinmao tactfully walked over to his legs and sat down.
Cheng Xiang looked at Chen Shuya's red and swollen eyes and smiled calmly: "No matter how much Chen likes my dog, she won't be so excited that she cries like this."
Realizing that she had lost her composure, Chen Shuya looked away and said stiffly, "I didn't."
Cheng Xiang understood, patted Jinmao's head, turned around and walked a few steps. He turned his head and saw her standing in the cold wind with red eyes looking at him. He stopped.
"The book you wanted to read last time is available. Do you want to buy it?"
After receiving Cheng Xiang's complete words, Chen Shuya nodded.
There were many roadside stalls, and the aroma went straight into Chen Shuya's nostrils. She was crying so hard just now that she didn't feel hungry, but now she realized it belatedly.
The golden retriever walked in front, sniffing left and right. Cheng Xiang and Chen Shuya walked side by side. She glanced at him secretly, and he walked forward with an indifferent expression.
"Ahem." Chen Shuya couldn't help but break the silence: "Are you hungry? Otherwise, I'll treat you to something to eat."
As she spoke, she pointed to the sausage stall next to her.
Cheng Xiang looked at her quietly, without saying a word or moving.
Chen Shuya blinked, expecting him to speak. The next second, Cheng Xiang spoke: "Are you hungry?"
An awkward atmosphere suddenly filled the air.
Since she didn't answer him, he guessed it. He raised his chin and said, "Go buy it. I'll wait for you here."
Chen Shuya skipped to the stall and made the number five: "Boss, five grilled sausages."
She calculated that she and Cheng Xiang would each have two, and the puppy would also have one.
Just as she was about to pay, Cheng Xiang stopped her and said, "The dog is missing. Go find it."
Chen Shuya looked sideways and indeed did not see the puppy. She nodded and replied, "Okay, wait for me."
After searching for a while, I finally found the dog behind a flower bed, cuddling with a white Samoyed.
"Let's go. I'll ask my father to buy you a beautiful wife someday." Then, she picked up the golden retriever without saying a word and went to find Cheng Xiang.
Before I reached the stall, I saw Cheng Xiang coming over with a plastic bag in his hand.
Chen Shuya hurried over and put the puppy in her arms on the ground, asking, "Have you paid?"
Cheng Xiang handed her the plastic bag in his hand, stared at her for two seconds before speaking softly, "I'm not a robber."
Chen Shuya laughed dryly twice, took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it to Cheng Xiang. She looked at him, the street lights reflected in her eyes, with light in them.
He didn't take it. After a long while, he said, "No, just consider it as the money for the porridge last time."
It was reasonable to give her five sausages as compensation for breaking her bowl of porridge.
