"308, is it here?"
Lin Miaomiao looked at the adjacent room number, 309, it should be right.
Deng Xiaoqi nodded.
"Then I'll knock it." She shook the sleeves of her sweatshirt, took a deep breath, and said to calm down.
Deng Xiaoqi nodded again.
Lin Miaomiao raised her arm and knocked on the door.
Dong dong dong...
Dong dong dong...
As footsteps approached, the door clicked open.
"Huh."
Lin Yue pretended to be surprised and looked at the girls with different expressions outside.
Lin Miaomiao's expression was relatively calm, while Deng Xiaoqi had a straight face and crossed her arms, looking like she was filled with hatred.
"I want to talk to you."
"What to talk about?"
Lin Miaomiao was a little angry: "What are you talking about?"
After saying that, she took Deng Xiaoqi's hand and walked inside.
You must know that Lin Yue had just done a big job on the Ferris wheel. The students who had been holding back for months were staring at him. They were going to talk about him and Deng Xinhua at the door. In less than half a minute, Everyone in the building, including the teachers who were resting in their rooms, would come down to watch the fun.
"Hey, don't force your way in. It's inconvenient."
Lin Miaomiao and Deng Xiaoqi entered the room and found that it was indeed as inconvenient as he said.
The air conditioner vents were blowing hot air, and the room temperature was very high, but this was not important. What was important was that on the big bed where he was supposed to sleep alone, there was a pair of...white lace over-the-knee socks, and they were wrinkled. The ground is bunched together, and it seems that someone has passed through it.
Who would wear this?
When Lin Miaomiao's face was about to turn red, she suddenly noticed that the sound of water running in the bathroom stopped, and then a woman asked: "Lin Yue, was there someone knocking on the door just now?"
This voice...
Lin Miaomiao was still listening. Deng Xiaoqi, who was standing behind her, froze on the spot, her face dull, and she turned her head mechanically.
Click.
The bathroom door opened, and a woman wrapped in a bath towel and wiping her head with a towel came out.
Their eyes met, as if someone had pressed the pause button, and everything in the room was frozen.
is her!
It's really her!
Deng Xinhua.
She said she had nothing to do with Lin Yue. Does that mean it doesn't matter? Even a fool can see what they did just now, right?
The daughter was slapped and was trying to break off the parent-child relationship. The mother didn't talk about looking for her or trying to find ways to ease the situation, but she was still in the mood to do such dirty things with the pretty boy.
This suddenly destroyed all her illusions.
"Deng Xinhua, I hate you!"
Deng Xiaoqi wiped away tears and opened the door and rushed out.
"Xiao Qi."
Deng Xinhua didn't expect such a thing to happen at all. In the current situation, it was no different than being hit by her daughter.
"Xiaoqi, listen to my explanation."
She wanted to chase after her, but then realized that she was only wearing a bath towel, and it was still March outside, so the temperature was a bit low. After thinking for a moment, she said nothing, grabbed the clothes that had fallen to the floor next to the big bed and put them on her body. One set, shouting "Xiaoqi" and chasing him out of the hotel.
It was only then that Lin Miaomiao came back to her senses, but Lin Yue had already closed the door again, walked to the chair by the window and sat down. As if nothing had happened, he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and smoked it. Put it in your mouth, light it with a lighter and take a puff.
"You...why are you still in the mood to smoke?"
She was not disgusted with the smell. On the contrary, she felt that it was a long time since she last saw him. After all, she had not seen him for more than two months. Even the utility room diagonally opposite the radio station no longer smelled of cigarettes.
"Why can't you smoke?" Lin Yue asked, "You are not a disciplinary committee member or a life teacher."
Lin Miaomiao pointed to the white stockings on the bed and said with a blushing face: "You and Deng Xiaoqi's mother... you... do you know what you are doing? You... why are you so... shameless!"
In the end, she didn't hold it back and poured out the resentment in her heart.
Lin Yue lit a cigarette in the ashtray, lifeless, and said calmly: "Of course I know what I'm doing."
"Then let me ask you, is this the right thing to do?"
Lin Yue smiled: "Who are you to me? Friend? Relative? Elder? Is it your turn to teach me what I should and shouldn't do? Besides, I am 19 this year and have long been an adult. Deng Xinhua is not married either. , what should I do with her? It is neither illegal nor moral. Even the school rules of elite middle schools do not stipulate that falling in love will lead to expulsion. The teacher only said that it will affect learning and does not encourage such things, so you tell Me, where did I go wrong?”
Lin Miaomiao was stumped by this question. She opened her mouth again and again, getting angry and raising it again and again, but she could never find a rebuttal statement.
"If it's because of Deng Xinhua's age that you think we're not a good match, then have you ever heard of a saying that young people don't know how good their aunt is and mistake girls for treasures. If it's because of Deng Xinhua's identity, then it should be Deng Xiaoqi who scolds me for not wanting to Face, it shouldn’t be you, so I don’t understand where you stand in making irresponsible remarks to me.”
"I...I..." Lin Miaomiao hesitated several times: "You disappoint me so much. I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
"Then what do you think...or what kind of person do you expect me to be?"
This question stumped Lin Miaomiao again, because as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Only when you have expectations for a person will your mood fluctuate due to the psychological gap. Let me ask you about the things Lin Yue did, scolding Lin Da Because he was a dog, he slapped Wang Sheng's male sister, kicked the vice principal's chest, and trained Li Daokui to behave like a grandson. Then sleeping with Deng Xinhua... what's the big fuss? Besides, there were already rumors in the school that they had an inappropriate relationship, and Lin Yue also often used the words "I am your little dad" to mock her best friend Deng Xiaoqi.
Yes, it is something that is logical and cognitive, and should be accepted calmly. Why do I feel angry and sad?
She was already confused, but Lin Yue did something that made her even more confused.
"You? Are you disappointed in me? So about this photo, should I also be disappointed in you?"
photo?
What picture?
She looked closer and saw Qian Sanyi's head buried in her lap in the middle of the phone screen, while she was touching the No. 1 Scholar's head with her hand.
"This...this...how..."
"After Deng Xiaoqi ran away under the Ferris wheel, someone posted it to the class group. Don't you know about this?"
"I don't know...I really don't know."
Lin Miaomiao became anxious and hurriedly explained: "I went to chase Xiaoqi, and I didn't even pay attention to what the people in the class group were saying."
"Now you see it." Lin Yue pressed the unfinished cigarette into the ashtray, crushed it twice, stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and asked you to leave: "I think you still want to Explain your relationship with Qian Sanyi to everyone how you want to, or you can choose not to explain."
"Lin Yue, listen to me, things are not what you think. Qian Sanyi and I... have nothing to do with each other. He has a fear of heights. I was comforting him at the time."
"Then I also pity Deng Xiaoqi's mother. I invited her to my room to comfort her. Do you believe this?"
It turned out that Deng Xiaoqi and Deng Xinhua left the room with a lot of noise, alarming the students who had gone back to the room to rest after being tired from shopping. As soon as he opened the door, people around him heard Lin Miaomiao's voice, so why didn't they come over and take a look?
Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, the thin and chirping Wen Hao appeared first in the field of vision, and Lin Miaomiao stamped her feet anxiously.
She thought Lin Yue had misunderstood her and wanted to explain her relationship with Qian Sanyi, but in the current situation, would he listen to the explanation? Another question is why she is so eager to prove her relationship with Qian Sanyi to him? What would other students think? Will she misunderstand her...
"Lin Yue, I really..."
She saw another boy coming to the door and looking at her curiously, not understanding what happened between her and Lin Yue.
"well!"
She stamped her feet and walked outside with a confused and anxious expression. She paused briefly when passing the door, looked up at him hesitantly, and then left quickly.
"What are you looking at? Just stay there."
Lin Yue glared at the two people at the door and closed the door with a bang.
…
That night, 10 o'clock.
Tang Yuanming was almost anxious because Lin Miaomiao came to him and said that Deng Xiaoqi hadn't returned to the room yet. She didn't answer her phone calls and didn't reply to her WeChat messages. This...don't let anything happen.
The history teacher was very puzzled. After all, his ex-niece called him in the afternoon and told him that Deng Xiaoqi was with her and disappeared after turning her face away. She also heard that she was worried that her best friend would commit suicide.
He asked her what happened in the afternoon.
Lin Miaomiao refused to talk at first, but after his repeated questioning and intimidation, she finally lost and told the scene she saw in Lin Yue's room.
Tang Yuanming was confused.
Although he heard that Lin Yue had done a lot of things under the Ferris wheel, in order to avoid intensifying the situation, his idea was to go back to Jiangzhou and talk to this guy again. But who knew that he really slept with Deng Xiaoqi's mother.
Let’s not mention who takes advantage and who suffers in this matter. The person who witnessed his mother sleeping with a male classmate would be so devastated. Just thinking about it makes one’s scalp numb.
The photo of Lin Miaomiao and Qian Sanyi circulated in the class group, and several teachers joined forces to suppress the matter. Now the matter of Deng Xinhua and Lin Yue has exploded again.
It was a matter of honor for his cousin, so he didn't dare to find anyone else, so he told Cai Ying about Deng Xiaoqi's disappearance, and the two went out to search together.
They walked around the ancient town until they met at the entrance square. During this period, they found nothing. Cai Ying suggested that Lin Yue search together. One more person would be more helpful. Besides, this was basically the trouble caused by him.
Tang Yuanming thought about it, so he called Lin Yue, but before he could explain the purpose, the other party told others that he had been found and that he was with Deng Xiaoqi. However, when he asked where he was, he did not give the specific location, but only said that she was safe now. , don’t worry, it made the two of them confused and didn’t know what he was doing.
At the same time, on the bluestone bridge in the middle of a river on the outskirts of the ancient town, Lin Yue used his fingers to pick off the moss on the handrail of the guardrail, stretched it out and flicked it off. There was a figure sitting three meters away from him, with his legs on the ground. On the outside, you can jump into the cold river as long as you press the guardrail hard.
She had been sitting on this deserted bridge for almost half an hour.
"Where is my mother? Let me ask you, where is my mother?"
"She has returned to Jiangzhou. I asked her to go back."
Deng Xiaoqi suddenly lost all hope.
The daughter broke into her mother's dirty deeds and ran away. The latter gave up pursuit after a while, and went home because of the pretty boy's words. So in her heart, what does a daughter mean? Not important at all, right?
"Why do you think your mother does this?"
Hush, Lin Yue took a puff from his cigarette and blew out a wisp of blue mist into the night sky. The red light from bright to dark illuminated his fingers, and there was a trace of moss left on his fingernails.
He is facing inside the bridge, and she is facing outside. If the content of the conversation is not considered, the whole picture is quite literary and artistic.
"..."
Deng Xiaoqi didn't speak, gritted her teeth and stared at the water, not knowing what she was looking at. It was obviously dark and not even a reflection could be seen in the water.
"When she calls me after the new year, you will be the one making the noise."
The night wind blew by, blowing Deng Xiaoqi's hair around and scattering the ashes accumulated on the front of the cigarette.
"You know what we're talking about? She's begging me."
This sentence suddenly aroused Deng Xiaoqi's curiosity, she tilted her head and stared at his profile.
"I heard that you are going to take the entrance exam for the Chinese Theater Academy. Do you know how many acting undergraduates graduate from the Chinese Theater and Beijing Film Academy every year? More than 100, but how many of them can make a name for themselves in the entertainment industry? Do you think those A senior with some resources will kindly help his juniors? Do you think that a director facing the demands of big bosses and sponsors will risk his career to provide promotion channels for newcomers? Before asking others, think about what you can give them. What value do you contribute?”
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"Don't you particularly hate the things your mother does? Then the mother must go all out to help her daughter achieve her wish, so as not to follow her own old path. Then let me ask you, sacrificing your appearance for the chance to be on camera and seducing the rich for money, Who is nobler than whom?”
Deng Xiaoqi knew what he meant. If a grassroots person with no background wants to enter the entertainment industry, it might be okay to make a living, but if he wants to become famous... no one will support him? She prides herself on being beautiful, which is both her asset and her weakness. Once she is like those actresses who accept unspoken rules, then she will become the second best to Deng Xinhua. The difference is that her mother is a wealthy woman in Jiangzhou. In the human world, she wanders in the entertainment industry.
Lin Yue said: "There is a woman named Wang Jinghua in the capital. People in the circle give her the nickname Hua Jie. Your mother asked me to go to the event and wanted her to accept you as her goddaughter. If you have this relationship and you work hard enough, even if Without the blessing of being a graduate of a famous school like China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy, there is no problem in hanging around in various roles."
A female high school student, who is Wang Jinghua? How much do you know about the industry? Just watching the actors on the TV screen was so exciting that I had the idea of learning how to act and become a star. But she is not a fool, and she understands the meaning of the above words - if she and Wang Jinghua have a godmother-goddaughter relationship, in the future all the gods will give her some face, and she will definitely not worry about no filming.
"How do you know Wang Jinghua?"
Her first thought was "He's lying", but when she recalled what happened at the New Year's Day party at the elite high school, she felt that it was... not impossible.
"Your mother wants to get close to her for you, so she also has someone she wants to get close to, and I can help her achieve what she wants. Are you satisfied with this answer? To put it bluntly, the basis of all behavior in this world is exchange, so As the person seeking help, what is there that attracts me? You wouldn’t be naive to think that based on our relationship, I would do this for no reason, right? Originally, according to the principle of equivalent exchange, you should be the one to please me... ...In other words, your mother chose to sacrifice herself to protect you. Now you know the reason why she came to show her courtesy as soon as I landed. But the funny thing is that the daughter is just living in her own narrow cognition and must cut off The relationship between mother and daughter, even jumping into a river to seek death. For people like you who threaten your parents with short-sightedness, having you in this world is not a big deal, and having you in the world is not a big deal."
Lin Yue threw the cigarette butt into the river and walked towards the bridge.
"If you don't return to the hotel within an hour, I will call the search and rescue team and ask them to go downstream to retrieve the body."
His back quickly disappeared behind the curved willow tree.
A gust of wind blew by, and Deng Xiaoqi rubbed her skin with goosebumps with her hands, turned around slowly, and jumped off the guardrail. She didn't know whether she was cold or frightened, but her calves softened and she squatted on the ground, thinking. Thinking about what he had just done and what he said, I couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.
Almost ten minutes passed.
She stopped crying, stood up by touching the guardrail, limped and walked towards the hotel in a very embarrassed manner.
At the same time, Lin Yue was blocked downstairs in the hotel by Tang Yuanming and Cai Ying.
"Where's Deng Xiaoqi? Didn't you say she was with you?"
"right."
"What about her?"
"I said she was safe at the time, and I didn't promise to bring her back."
"You, you." Tang Yuanming was angry and anxious, pointing at him and saying: "You caused trouble for me as soon as you came back. Do you know that your parents know about the matter between you and Deng Xiaoqi's mother...Deng Xinhua?"
(End of chapter)
