Chapter 10
Translator: Yiyi
Uploader: ryu
At nine o'clock in the evening, Peng Hui sent him a photo.
In the photo, the lighting was ambiguous, and there were four or five men and women sitting in the booth of the bar. At a glance, he saw that the woman sitting outside was Xu Ruoning.
She held a cigarette between her fingertips, and there was a man sitting beside her. The man spoke very close to her ear, leaning against her ear, and the corner of her lips smiled.
Peng Hui sent another message at the bottom: "... Where did you two go? Why is she here with another man? I thought you two were dating." Xie Yicheng sent a single word:
[Location? 】
Peng Hui sends the location.
Xie Yicheng seldom goes to bars, he doesn't like this kind of place, because alcohol and tobacco can paralyze people's nerves, but he likes to stay awake all the time.
He remembered ten years ago the moment he walked through the door of the bar.
The reunion with Xu Ruoning was also at the bar.
At that time, the case was over, and a group of people went to the bar to celebrate. He had just sat down in the booth when he looked up and saw her, wearing a yellow wig and heavy makeup on her face, singing an English song with a microphone.
He actually recognized her at a glance, because her eyes were so special, and there was always a tenacity between her brows that refused to admit defeat.
It rained heavily that night, and all his companions left; only he was sitting in the car, waiting for her to come out.
Not long after, Xu Ruoning came out; she was drenched in the rain without an umbrella. Xie Yicheng stopped in front of her, took the umbrella from the car, and handed it to her.
It was also at this moment that the street lamp above his head illuminated his field of vision, and he saw the girl in front of him crying, with tears all over her face and her eyes red.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over, asking, "Where do you live? I'll take you home?"
Xu Ruoning didn't answer, she obviously had a lot to say, for example, "thank you," "no need," or "don't care."
But she said to Xie Yicheng with tears, "Today is my birthday."
Those bright eyes showed a soft and fragile side at the moment. Xie Yicheng stared in a daze, the rain hit the umbrella surface, the surrounding rain was a little noisy, a car honked at him behind him, he was holding the umbrella, his joints were twitching from the force, and he said to Xu Ruoning, "Get in the car first."
Xu Ruoning was completely soaked, and before getting in the car, she looked at her dripping clothes and said, "I'm covered in water."
"It's okay."
He took a towel from the back seat and handed it to her. After getting in the car, he turned on the heater and air conditioner, and then took a tissue and handed it to her.
"Thank you." Xu Ruoning wiped her face and neck with a towel, and she wiped her nose with a tissue.
Xie Yicheng drove to the cake shop and got out of the car to buy a cake for her. It was raining heavily, and his umbrella was tilted to protect the cake in his hand. When he got in the car, half of his shoulders were wet.
Xu Ruoning looked at the cake in his hand and asked, "Are you going to celebrate my birthday?"
Xie Yicheng wiped his shoulders with a tissue, turned his head to look at her, and asked, "Do you have any other gifts you want?"
"hmm."
He didn't hear clearly, so he asked again, "What?"
"Can you cook noodles for me?" She sniffed, her voice a little nasal, "My mother used to cook noodles for me on my birthday "
Xie Yicheng put his finger on the steering wheel, and after a while, he replied, "Yes, but I'm not very good at cooking."
He brought Xu Ruoning back to his temporary place and made a bowl of noodles for her in the kitchen.
When he picked up the car keys and was about to take her home, he heard Xu Ruoning ask him, "Can I sleep at your place tonight?"
He turned around and asked, proving his point, "You know what you're talking about? Do you?"
Xu Ruoning nodded, "I know."
Xie Yicheng stood there for a while, took out his ID card from his wallet, and handed it over, saying, "This is my ID card; please report to your family; if something happens to you, let them call the police and arrest me."
Xu Ruoning glanced at the ID card, then at him, and then smiled lightly.
"What if something happens to you?" she asked.
It's not that he didn't understand her; he just thought she was joking.
He didn't know until eleven o'clock at night, when she directly opened the door of his room, came in, and climbed onto his bed.
She wasn't joking.
They had a long and intense night, but when he awoke the next morning, there was nothing around him.
From then on.
Xu Ruoning seemed to have completely disappeared from his life, and he had never met her again.
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