Chapter 4: People from far away live in my heart 05
After Jiang Sijin left, I returned to the dormitory. When I am alone, I always think of many things unconsciously. I remembered what Ning Qiyuan said that day, and that sudden kiss.
I touched my lips and felt as if his temperature was still there, so hot that it was almost burning.
He already has someone else by his side. No matter how much I like him, there are some things I just can't do.
Perhaps, never seeing him again from now on is the best option.
Thinking of this, I felt a sour feeling in my heart.
What I didn’t expect was that at almost 11 o’clock, I received a call from Ning Qiyuan.
As soon as the call was connected, he said, "Come down, I'm downstairs in your dormitory."
I never expected him to call me, and I was still a little confused, so I asked, "Now?"
"Yes." Ning Qiyuan's tone left no doubt.
I answered, hung up the phone, put on a coat and hurried downstairs. Sure enough, Ning Qiyuan was standing downstairs of the dormitory building, with Lin Xiang beside him.
I froze in my tracks, and could barely move. I didn't know how to face them.
As soon as Lin Xiang saw me, she immediately ran over and asked me anxiously, "Sister Shuchen, when did Lin Zhan break up with you?"
I avoided looking at Ning Qiyuan under the streetlight, thought for a moment, and replied to Lin Xiang: "Around 7 o'clock, what happened?"
"Lin Zhan hasn't returned to school yet. He didn't answer my calls. He has never been like this before. Sister Shuchen, did he tell you where he was going when he left?" Lin Xiang looked at me expectantly, hoping to get an answer from me.
However, I didn't have the answer she wanted. After dinner, when we left the restaurant, Lin Zhan hailed a car and left. I had no idea where he was going.
"Don't worry, Lin Zhan should be fine..." I couldn't finish the rest of the sentence .
Lin Zhan was in a very low mood when he left, and he hasn't returned yet. Maybe...
"What happened to you before?" Ning Qiyuan, who had been silent, suddenly walked towards me.
I still didn't look at him, looking elsewhere, and answered truthfully: "I had a meal with Sijin and her boyfriend. Lin Zhan never gave up, so Sijin had to use this method to force him back."
As soon as I finished speaking, Ning Qiyuan turned and left, still saying, "Lin Xiang, let's continue looking."
"Okay." Lin Xiang followed.
"I'll go with you." For some reason, I said this, feeling a little nervous.
Ning Qiyuan suddenly turned his head and glanced at me. Under the dim street light, his figure was hazy. He looked like a person in an ink painting. Then, he looked away and said nothing.
I didn't know whether he agreed or not, so I just followed him silently.
It was only after I left the school that I realized that Ning Qiyuan had driven here.
After getting in the car, I asked Lin Xiang: " What are the places that Lin Zhan often goes to? Let's go to the places he often goes to look for them first."
Lin Xiang thought about it and said several place names in succession. Ning Qiyuan immediately decided to start looking from the nearest place. I reminded Lin Xiang to continue calling Lin Zhan.
I called several times, but no one answered Lin Zhan's number. But when we got off the car at the first location and prepared to look for him, Lin Xiang's phone suddenly rang. It was Lin Zhan calling.
Lin Xiang quickly picked up the phone and yelled, "Lin Zhan, where the hell have you been!"
I was shocked by Lin Xiang's behavior. She was totally different from what I had seen before. I couldn't help but glance at Ning Qiyuan, but my eyes met his. My heart skipped a beat and I quickly turned my head away.
The person who called didn't seem to be Lin Zhan. I don't know what the other party said to Lin Xiang. Lin Xiang's face became worse and worse. Finally, she just said "I'll be there now" and hung up the phone.
"Brother Qiyuan, Sister Shuchen, Lin Zhan actually went to the bar. When I find him, I will teach him a lesson." After saying that, Lin Xiang hurriedly got into the car.
I was about to get in the car, but Ning Qiyuan said, "You go back."
"What do you mean?" I turned around, my hand holding the car door a little stiff.
Is he chasing me away?
Without waiting for his answer, I immediately said, "Let's find Lin Zhan first. After all, he disappeared after we separated, and I can't just ignore him." After saying that, I sat down in the car.
"Brother Qiyuan, hurry up." Lin Xiang also urged him.
Ning Qiyuan didn't say anything else and sat in the driver's seat.
The bar where Lin Zhan was was a bit far away, and Ning Qiyuan drove for more than 20 minutes to get there. At this time, the bar was crowded and the area was full of cars, so Lin Xiang and I had to get out of the car to look for him.
When I was 20 years old, it was the first time I went to a bar, a place where all kinds of people gathered. The deafening sound made me feel like the whole world was shaking. I could hardly hear any other sounds except the heavy metal music. The dim lights also made it difficult for me to see the road ahead clearly.
Lin Xiang and I split up and I tried hard to find Lin Zhan among the crowd in the hall.
At this moment, there seemed to be a sound of something breaking, followed by a girl's scream. I immediately looked in the direction of the sound. When I saw that the person who was hit by the wine bottle was Lin Zhan, I was shocked and immediately pushed through the crowd and ran over.
"Lin Zhan!" I called his name loudly.
Lin Zhan seemed to have heard it and turned around to look at me. I immediately saw that his face was covered in blood and I was so scared that I forgot to breathe.
The man who hit him was still cursing and kicked Lin Zhan again.
Lin Zhan lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.
I rushed over to support him, covered his bleeding forehead with my hands, and called his name. He seemed to be stunned by the beating and could not respond to me at all.
I turned around and glared at those people: "Why are you hitting people?"
"Stop meddling in other people's business and get out of here!" the leading man said angrily, "This kid dared to tease my girlfriend. He must be tired of living!" As he said that, he and several people behind him surrounded him and were about to start fighting again.
I was protecting Lin Zhan and had no idea what to do. I looked around and saw that Lin Xiang had also noticed the movement here and ran over while calling me. I looked up and saw an empty wine bottle next to the bar. I picked it up and smashed it without thinking, facing those people with the broken end and yelled, "Don't come over here!"
"Sister Shuchen! Lin Zhan!" Lin Xiang was so scared when she saw the injured Lin Zhan that her voice trembled.
"So you are in the same group! Then none of you will have a good life!" The man said viciously, and rushed towards us rudely with those people.
I immediately stepped forward to stop them, turned around and said to Lin Xiang, "Take Lin Zhan and go first!" As soon as I finished speaking, they grabbed my hair and slapped me in the face, making my ears buzz.
"Tong Shuchen!"
"Sister Shuchen!"
I fell to the ground, feeling pain all over my body, and Ning Qiyuan's voice was clear in this noisy and chaotic environment.
"Anyone who dares to touch her again will probably spend the night in the police station!"
