Chapter 5: The Dream Shatters Like the Deep Sea 03
In a few days, Ning Qiyuan will go abroad to handle the transfer of schools. I will see him off at the airport.
"It will take me at least half a month to come back. Tong Shuchen, you'd better not do things that you shouldn't do behind my back, or meet people that you shouldn't meet." Standing in the airport lobby, Ning Qiyuan said to me bluntly, with an irresistible tone.
I couldn't help but laugh and asked him, "Have you chosen a school here?"
Ning Qiyuan kept me in suspense and answered me nonchalantly: "You will know when the time comes. Anyway, I will stay in Li City and won't go anywhere else."
When he said this, his eyes were fixed on me, with an indescribable tenderness. I couldn't help but indulge in it and reached out to hug him. I said, "Don't worry, when you're not around, I'll eat alone, go to class alone, and miss you alone."
"That's the best." Ning Qiyuan hugged me back very hard, resting his head on my shoulder, and reminded me, "Don't be polite when you have dinner with Lin Xiang and the others later. That restaurant is owned by their family."
"Okay." I nodded.
When the boarding time came, I didn't say anything more to him. I watched him enter the boarding gate before leaving the airport to keep the appointment.
This meal was treated by Lin Xiang and Lin Zhan to thank me for protecting Lin Zhan in the bar that day. I wanted to refuse, but I couldn't resist Lin Xiang's insistence.
Half an hour later, I arrived at the restaurant where I had an appointment with them. Lin Xiang and Lin Zhan were already there.
I just sat down to drink a sip of water when Lin Xiang, who was sitting opposite me, came over slyly. She stared at my face for a long time and said, "Sister Shuchen, Brother Qiyuan is going to be away for such a long time. You are still in the honeymoon period, and you didn't even kiss goodbye at the airport?"
I choked and Lin Zhan quickly handed me a tissue.
I said thank you, took it and wiped my mouth, and when I felt better I said, "Lin Xiang, you are a girl."
But Lin Xiang didn't have the reserve that a girl should have. She shrugged her shoulders, looking nonchalant, and handed me the menu: "Sister Shuchen, you order the food."
Although Ning Qiyuan told me before that I shouldn't be polite, I was not so shameless and did not feel comfortable ordering too much. I just ordered two dishes at random, returned the menu to Lin Xiang, asked them to order what they liked, and went to the bathroom alone.
It was the peak lunch hour, and there were quite a lot of people in the restaurant. Even the restroom had to queue up. I had no choice but to wait outside. I took out my phone out of boredom and wanted to send a message to Ning Qiyuan, but when I looked up, I saw a familiar face in the transparent mirror. I was stunned for a moment, and quickly put away my phone and chased after him. When I saw that the face was really Li Anran, my steps became faster. Because I found that the girl next to him who was holding his arm was not Jiang Sijin at all.
Seeing that they were about to leave the restaurant, I hurriedly called out, "Li Anran!"
Li Anran stopped walking and looked back at me, with a flash of surprise in his eyes. Then, he calmed down and smiled at me: "Tong Shuchen, what a coincidence."
I chased after him, staring at his hand, trying to keep my tone calm, and asked him, "Who is she?"
Li Anran glanced at the girl next to him, then smiled and said, "Tong Shuchen, who she is is none of your business."
"It's none of my business, but it's Sijin's business!" I was a little angry, because I had never seen Li Anran speak so coldly, "You betrayed her!"
"Hey, please don't speak so harshly. An Ran didn't betray anyone. It's your friends who are pestering An Ran." The girl next to Li An Ran suddenly said, with an extremely arrogant tone.
"Go back to the car and wait for me." Li Anran said softly to the girl.
The girl looked at me, turned around and left proudly.
"Tong Shuchen, I hope you won't meddle in other people's business." Li Anran said to me with a cold face, completely lacking her usual gentleness. "Although you are Sijin's friend, I think it's better for you not to tell her about this matter, so as not to hurt her."
"Li Anran, aren't you hurting her by doing this?" I raised my voice in anger, "You are dating her while being with other girls. Do you know that she..."
"Tong Shuchen!" Li Anran interrupted me coldly, "Just pretend you didn't see me today. If you are still Sijin's good friend, don't tell her what you saw today." After saying that, he turned and left without hesitation.
I never thought that I would see such a different Li Anran today. I suddenly remembered what Yan Yin had said to me before, and I couldn't help feeling a chill in my heart.
Sijin...what should she do...
I stood there, at a loss as to what to do.
Because I saw such an unexpected thing, after hurriedly finishing my meal, I rejected Lin Xiang and the others' suggestion to go to the movies together and went back to school alone.
On the way, I called Jiang Sijin and wanted to tell her what I saw in the restaurant. But when the words came to my lips, I didn't know how to say them. In the end, I just changed the topic and asked her if she had told Li Anran about that matter. I thought that as long as Li Anran knew that Jiang Sijin was pregnant, he would definitely take responsibility.
"Not yet." Jiang Sijin said weakly, "I called him before, but he told me that he was out of town these days."
"Out of town?" I couldn't control my anger and raised my voice a little, "Did he tell you that? Don't you suspect he was lying to you?"
Jiang Sijin on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and asked me in confusion: "Tong Shuchen, what's wrong with you? It seems that you have a lot of opinions about him..."
"I..." How can I tell her what I just saw? How can I tell her that Li Anran lied to her! She now has his child...
"Are you having your period? Or are you unhappy because Ning Qiyuan left today?" Seeing that I didn't say anything, Jiang Sijin teased me on the phone.
But I was so sad that I wanted to cry. How could Li Anran bully Jiang Sijin like this? How could he do this?
I took a deep breath and asked her, "Did Li Anran say when he would be back?"
"Just one or two days." Jiang Sijin replied.
"If...if he comes back and finds out and bullies you, you must call me right away. No matter what I'm doing, I will rush over to vent your anger."
"Tong Shuchen, what you said is very strange. Can Li Anran bully me? It's good enough that I don't bully him, not to mention that I'm different now." Jiang Sijin said proudly. I can almost imagine what kind of expression she would have at this moment. "Okay, I'm a little tired, so I won't talk about it for now. I'm going to sleep for a while. I have classes in the afternoon."
Having said that, without waiting for my answer, Jiang Sijin hung up the phone.
I stood on the street, holding my phone in my hand. My heart was getting heavier and heavier. I had never been so difficult to decide before. It was a dilemma to tell her or not to tell her. I also began to understand that some things would hurt people whether they did it or not.
