Chapter 9 Duckweed 04
It was indeed Weiwei standing at the door of the bar . She was thinner and paler than before, with longer hair. She stood at the door, but her eyes had lost their former liveliness. They were drooped, and her pupils were dark. No one could tell what she was thinking.
There were a bunch of people sitting in the bar, and except for me, no one was very familiar with Weiwei, of course, Ji Yusheng and Leng Yuting, who had fought with Li Wei before, were not counted. Others had almost no intersection with Li Wei.
Mosquito didn't come today because she had her own bar to manage.
I took Li Wei to our table. Li Wei smiled at everyone. I saw Ji Yusheng's face turned pale and Leng Yuting's face turned black.
Weiwei is a thorn in their side, and I don’t know if she can be removed.
Xiaoba and his friends asked Li Wei for travel gifts in an ignorant way, but Li Wei rejected them one by one.
Weiwei had never been to France, so how could she give them any gifts? The guys withdrew their hands in dismay, calling Li Wei stingy.
Weiwei was not angry, she just sat there drinking, with a faint smile on her face that didn't suit her very well.
"Li Wei, why have you lost so much weight? You weren't that fat before, but now you're just skin and bones. Is that person not giving you food?" Ji Yusheng suddenly asked the drinking Li Wei half-jokingly and half-seriously.
Leng Yuting's hand froze in mid-air, while Li Wei choked on a mouthful of wine and kept coughing.
"Haha! I guess it's because I walked too much and didn't get enough rest, so I lost some weight." Li Wei said, continuing to weave new lies.
Ji Yusheng's face turned even paler than before. He took a sip of wine with a stiff expression and said nothing more.
Leng Yuting, however, could no longer sit still and said with a grim look that she wanted to go to the bathroom. Everyone vaguely guessed that something was wrong, but no one pointed it out.
The atmosphere gradually became heated. Xiaoba and the others would come up to Weiwei from time to time to ask this and that. Everyone was asking about Li Wei and her boyfriend's trip to France. Li Wei kept trying to make up lies for herself, but it became a bit exhausting, so she had to say that she wanted to go to the bathroom.
The people at the table were a little disappointed and continued playing. After a while, the atmosphere became tense again because Leng Zimo came.
It was really surprising to see Leng Zimo, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly appear.
Leng Zimo had no intention of drinking, so he pulled me out of the bar as soon as he arrived, and didn't let go until we were outside. He stood in front of me, looking at me, without saying a word.
I was confused by his attitude, but without any secrets, I no longer had my previous concerns and looked at Leng Zimo shamelessly.
He still looked clean and tidy, and the black windbreaker made him look a little aloof and cold.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" I asked him with a smile.
Leng Zimo had no expression, he just suddenly bent down and bowed deeply to me.
"I'm sorry!" he said.
I understand what he means. Isn't he just apologizing to me on behalf of his sister?
"Okay, I got it. I accept your apology. Let's go in. A table full of people are still waiting!" I laughed and hit Leng Zimo, saying calmly.
But Leng Zimo was still bent over, motionless, and kept saying "I'm sorry" dozens of times. Then his voice changed a little, as if he was choking.
I felt annoyed and asked Leng Zimo what he wanted to do. If he wanted to say sorry, why didn't he just say it over the phone? Why did he rush over here? Wasn't he very busy? I heard he was going abroad and was busy applying for a visa.
Leng Zimo suddenly squatted on the ground, grabbed my wrist, and seemed to be crying.
"Why are you crying?" I was a little flustered and reached out to pry Leng Zimo's hands away, but he held them even tighter, then simply hugged my waist and put his face on my legs.
I have never seen Leng Zimo so willful and childish. I was angry and helpless.
"Leng Zimo, what do you want me to do? What do you want to do by pestering me like this?" I asked weakly.
Leng Zimo said, "Ai Ye, let's date! Before I go abroad, let's date for a while and don't think about anything, okay?"
I got angry and sneered, "We'll break up after a while. You go abroad and I live mine, right? Leng Zimo, do you want to play love games with me? Why do you think I will agree to you?"
Leng Zimo was neither angry nor annoyed. She just stood up, put her arms around my waist, put her face against mine, and her tears were all on my face.
"Ai Ye, let's fall in love! Promise me, let's go out together!"
My mind was in a mess and I let Leng Zimo hold me, not knowing what to say.
In fact, we both know that there is no ending for us. Leng Zimo wants to date just to make this unclear and ambiguous situation clearer, and perhaps to comfort each other.
But what does it matter if we are still together? Those who should leave will leave, and those who should leave will leave. Nothing can be changed.
"Let me think about it. I'll consider it for a few days and then tell you." Finally, I pushed Leng Zimo away, said a few words, and walked back to the bar alone.
Leng Zimo was still standing there, motionless, trembling towards my back.
Still crying? Why does he have so many tears! I am even more annoyed!
When I got back, Weiwei hadn't come back from the bathroom yet.
Ji Yusheng kept pouring wine on himself. Leng Yuting sat on the side, looking at him with a gloomy face, but did not stop him.
I asked Xiaoba and the others, "Why hasn't Weiwei come back yet?"
Xiaoba said: "Sister Weiwei came back just now, but she said she had something to do at home, so she left first."
I tried to call Weiwei, but the call went straight to voicemail.
I thought maybe she wanted to be alone, so I didn't look for her again.
At midnight that day, I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly received a call from Weiwei.
On the phone, Weiwei was crying.
She said: "Ai Ye, what should I do? I still can't bear to let go..."
I asked, "Weiwei, what happened?"
Then she told me that Ji Yusheng talked to her in the bar.
It turned out that not everyone believed her lies, including Ji Yusheng.
The news that Li Wei's father Li Guangming was in trouble was reported by all local media. In fact, anyone with a little bit of brains can think that after this incident, Li Wei would not have the money to go to France. Ji Yusheng ran to Li Wei's hometown to find her as soon as he saw the newspaper, and learned from Li Wei's neighbors that Li Wei was in prison.
However, Ji Yusheng did not look at Li Wei, because he knew that Li Wei did not want him to see her in such a miserable state.
Li Wei said: "Ji Yusheng asked me if I had a hard time this year. I told him that no matter how hard it was for me, it was not as bitter as when I saw him and Leng Yuting together."
Li Wei said that when Ji Yusheng heard what she said, he cried and said to Li Wei: "Weiwei, I still can't let you go in my heart, but I can't be with you."
Ji Yusheng told Li Wei that after he learned that Li Wei was in prison, he used alcohol to numb himself for a long time. During that time, Leng Yuting was always by his side. Once he was drunk, something happened between the two that shouldn't have happened, so he had to be responsible for Leng Yuting.
What a ridiculous thing, why does this kind of thing always happen again and again?
I felt sorry for Li Wei, so I asked her, "Weiwei, are you going to get Ji Yusheng back?"
Li Wei cried and said, "I won't do it no matter how much I think about it. Since Ji Yusheng has decided to be responsible for Leng Yuting, he will definitely be responsible. What hurts me is why he chose Leng Yuting! If it wasn't Leng Yuting, you wouldn't..."
Li Wei didn't continue speaking, but I had already guessed what she wanted to say.
If it weren’t for Leng Yuting, I wouldn’t have been injured so badly.
But that's fate, full of countless unexpected jokes.
"Weiwei, go to bed early! You have to remember that no matter what happens, you still have me."
"Yes, Ai Ye, I still have you."
Li Wei hung up the phone crying, but I couldn't sleep.
Looking at the darkness around me, tears actually rolled down my eyes.
Unfortunately, I don’t know how far I can go with her…
