Chapter 4 Your Heart Is Out of Reach 03
"What are you doing here? This is not the place for you." July walked down angrily, as if blaming me for interfering with her affairs.
"I came here with my friends." I replied with a smile.
"Go away, I have something else to do." She rubbed her nose bridge in annoyance, took out a cigarette from her bag and started smoking, looking so skilled.
"Are you referring to going to accompany that old man? I know you are sad. Wouldn't Grandma Zhuang be sad to see you like this? Zhuang Qiyue, could you please not be so depraved!" Seeing her like this, I don't know why I got angry all of a sudden.
I was worried that my friend would beg others for help and that something bad might happen to her, but in her eyes, I was just a hindrance and shouldn't have come.
"Fallen?" July seemed to have heard some funny word.
"Isn't it?" I asked her, pointing to the hall across the wall where people were singing and dancing. "That man with gold-rimmed glasses is a toad wanting to eat swan meat! Last time he came to pick you up for dinner, he even touched your back. What do you like about that pervert?"
"Toad? Pervert?"
July repeated these two words and looked at me laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten her back.
"You are not allowed to speak for him." I was angry and annoyed, thinking that July wanted to blame me for belittling the person she liked. To be honest, I couldn't find a few positive words to describe that person even after searching through the Chinese dictionary.
"Oh my goodness." July laughed so hard that tears were about to come out. She threw away the cigarette she had just taken a few puffs of, came over and patted me on the shoulder. She wanted to explain to me, but she couldn't hold back her laughter.
When she had laughed enough, I waited quietly for her answer.
"Xiao Weiyang, do you know what is the only thing people can do when they are not strong enough?" she asked me.
I shook my head.
"It's dependence." Qiyue looked at the shadow reflected on the floor with a fixed gaze, and said, "People who are not strong enough need to parasitize and depend on others in order to survive."
"But you can't, you can't..." I couldn't say it out loud. You can't sell yourself out, you can't use yourself as a price. Your smile, your happiness, they're all fake, I can see it.
"He and I are not what you think." Qiyue looked at me with a friendly expression, "Boss Ji... No, the 'toad' you mentioned is a famous businessman with a not-so-clean background. I can't afford to offend him, but I definitely have my own bottom line. On the one hand, with Sister Hong's support, he doesn't dare to act rashly."
July approached me and said in a voice that only the two of us could hear, "The woman you saw when you came in is called Jin Li. She has connections with many gangsters. She was the one who caused the accident that happened to grandma this time." There was a hint of ruthlessness in July's voice.
"Who is Lao Biao?" I asked.
"Working for Toad." July answered coldly.
"Huh?" I was a little confused.
Wait, the last sentence, the woman’s last sentence was “the one who wants to get you.”
I covered my mouth and suddenly understood.
That is to say, in order to get someone, the bad guy played the good guy in public and the bad guy in private. Qi Yue not only did not dare to offend him, but also pretended that she knew nothing, begged for his help, and tried to deceive him.
That person is really despicable to a certain extent.
"Don't be in a daze. There's a handsome guy over there staring at you. His eyes are about to fall to the ground." July lowered his head slightly and nudged me with his shoulder.
"Don't make fun of me. I'm not that charming. If you want to see something, you should look at it. Besides, I...oh, that's my friend..." I saw Fang Xuyu standing not far away with a worried look on his face, looking towards us intentionally or unintentionally, and my tone immediately weakened.
"Okay, sister has something to do, so I can't accompany you." July patted my shoulder, smiled softly and walked away.
"But..." I wanted to catch up with her, but she turned her head and gave me a reassuring smile, then waved her hand, "Don't worry, I know my limits. Thank you, sister."
I watched her walk away. When she passed by Fang Xuyu, Qiyue threw him a wink. Fang Xuyu frowned at her, then walked towards me with an unhappy look on his face.
"Who is this woman?" he asked unkindly.
"My friend." I said even more unkindly.
"Fang Weiyang, I noticed that your circle of friends is quite messy." There was something else he said.
I responded sharply, "Yeah, yes, it's complicated to begin with, and adding you makes it even more complicated."
"So, you admit that I'm your friend?" He showed a suppressed smile on his face.
"Whatever you want." I replied to him with the same words he used last time.
Fang Xuyu looked at me with a look that said "I've become more capable", but I ignored him and went back to the hall. After figuring out what happened to July, I thought about how I could help her.
I sat on the lazy sofa in the corner, swinging my feet, pointing at the "toad", and tentatively asked Fang Xuyu: "Can you help me get that person's information?"
He followed my gaze to the man, looked at him carefully for a few times, and answered with certainty: "No."
"Can't I?"
"I advise you not to provoke."
"Why are you all so afraid of him?"
I watched Fang Xuyu stand up and try to leave, so I quickly chased after him and asked. He stopped, looked at me with disdain, and said seriously, "Because some people have done things that are worth your fear."
I saw that he didn't seem to be joking, so I had to shut up. There was no point in staying here any longer, so I wanted to take a taxi back home. Fang Xuyu sent me back home without saying anything.
After returning home, I made some food and went to the hospital to visit Shen Huai and my mother. My mother's condition was stable, and I felt relieved.
On the seventh day after Grandma Zhuang’s death, I went to find July.
July was not at home, so she called me to go to the cemetery. When I arrived at the cemetery, I saw a person in plain white clothes sitting in front of Grandma Zhuang's tombstone , burning paper in the brazier next to it.
According to custom, July should prepare meals at home on the seventh day of the lunar year, but I didn't expect her to be here.
"Why didn't you go home?" I bent down and placed the chrysanthemums in my hand in front of the tombstone. There was also a bunch of white daisies next to it.
"I've arranged for Zhuang Nan to be at home." She looked haggard, completely different from the person she was in the hall a few days ago. "Grandma probably doesn't want to see me."
"Grandma will go to heaven." I squatted down to help her burn paper, watching the flames rise high and the burning ashes blown away by the wind. "She won't blame you."
"But I blame myself," July murmured, "I can't forgive myself."
Her sad voice mixed with the sound of the wind hit my heart again and again. My throat felt bitter and I couldn't think of a word of comfort.
I sat with her in silence until the phone in my pocket vibrated.
Seeing the "A" jumping on it, I was a little curious about why Lin Jiaxuan called me at this time. I walked a little further away and answered the phone. I heard strange voices coming from the inside, as if there were several people, noisy and unclear.
"Hello? Lin Jiaxuan? Is that you?" I realized something was wrong. The voice on the other end of the phone sounded empty. Someone was laughing, and someone was cursing, as if they were fighting over something.
"Lin Jiaxuan, where are you?" I asked a few more questions.
"...Hand me the phone, are you looking for death?" Just when I thought the signal was bad and was anxiously about to hang up and call again, a male voice came from the other end, as if someone was answering the phone.
"Girl, what a coincidence! You didn't expect it to be me, did you? How are you? Did you eat well? Did you sleep well? This way we can all get in touch. I have to go buy a lottery ticket."
A series of questions jumped into my ears like pouring beans.
"Xue Ye?" I recognized the owner of the voice and thought of their professional characteristics. The next second, I changed the subject and shouted at him rudely: "How did Lin Jiaxuan's phone end up in your hands? What did you do to him?"
"Oh, oh, oh... that's too much." Xue Ye sounded like he was laughing, and suggested with a hidden meaning in his words, "Oh, you ask him. Fortunately, he won't die. Do you want to come and see?"
Xue Ye seemed to kick something, and I heard Lin Jiaxuan groan weakly in pain.
"Don't touch him, I'll come over." My heart was in a knot. After listening to Xue Ye's address, I quickly hung up the phone and ran down the mountain.
I ran so fast and was so distracted that I didn't even hear July's calls from behind.
