Our Days Together (3)

  When we ran to the entrance of Lumin's school, it happened that their school was just dismissing classes. Students were walking out one after another. Yang Can had sharp eyes and caught sight of Lumin in the crowd at a glance.

  He shouted loudly and ran over there.

  This was the first time I saw Yang Can so anxious, I exchanged a glance with Wei Xingyun and followed him running over.

  Lu Minran listened to us and was also shocked, "My goodness, how did she have such a big nerve?"

  "Stop nagging, think of a way to ask around and see where they can go." Yang Can said.

  "Follow me." Lu Minran led us to turn around and run into the campus.

  That was our first time stepping into Sanzhong, but at that time we were all anxious and didn't have the mood to appreciate the campus, which is also Xia Bing and Zhuo Er's alma mater.

  We followed Lu Minran to the basketball court, she signaled us to wait outside, and quickly ran into a group of boys playing basketball, anxiously asking questions.

  After a while, she rushed back, "I heard that Zhou Shuangshuang and others went to N city. They gave me a phone number, I remembered it in my hand."

  City N is just next to our city, it's only a two or three hour drive, I let out a slight sigh of relief, fortunately they didn't run far.

  "What should we do now?" Lu Min asked anxiously.

  Tell the teacher? Tell her parents? Neither is a good idea, as they haven't noticed anything yet. Telling them will only make things worse.

  "I'll go to N City to find her." Yang Can said decisively.

  "I'm going too!" I chimed in immediately.

  "Going to N city?" Lu Minran hesitated, "I've already told Dad and Mom, tomorrow morning's train, going to Guilin..."

  "It's okay, just the two of us will be enough." I patted her.

  Wei Xingyun, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly spoke up: "I'll go with you."

  To be honest, although they were once classmates, Wei Xingyun and Zhou Shuangshuang had little intersection, he was able to run together with us to Sanzhong, which was already very meaningful. At this time, he actually wanted to go to N City with us, which really surprised people.

  "You're going too? Uh... no need..." I said hesitantly.

  "Let's go together, just the two of you, I'm worried." Wei Xingyun interrupted me.

  Lu Minran suddenly bumped me and signaled me to shut up. "Alright, it's settled then. The three of you go together, and notify me if anything happens."

  "When are we leaving?" I asked.

  Yang Can glanced at his watch, "It's not yet six o'clock, should be able to catch the last bus, let's go now."

  Wei Hangyun nodded slightly.

  Several people took out all the pocket money from their bodies, gathered together, and there were more than 230 yuan. Lu Min had a lot of money on her body, and more than half of it was hers. The money is not much, but the round-trip fare to N city is already enough. We looked at each other and ran to the side of the road to start making separate phone calls back home.

  The excuse I came up with was that I had a lot of homework to do, and I had to go to Zhou Shuangshuang's house tonight to finish it together before the holiday started. This reason sounded plausible, and after my mom reminded me a few times, I pretended to be impatient and brushed her off.

  Hung up the phone, and Wei Xingyun beside me looked at me with a smile that was not quite a smile.

  "Your acting skills aren't bad."

  I chuckled and hypocritically imitated the characters on TV: "Too kind, too kind."

  What's this? It's all because of your own efforts!

  As we boarded the bus to N City, Yang Can quickly found a seat and sat down in frustration, no longer speaking. I exchanged a glance with Wei Xingyun and sat behind him.

  After sitting down, I took a stealthy glance at Wei Xingyun. He seemed to sense my gaze and suddenly turned his head around, giving me a faint smile.

  My originally panicked heart suddenly calmed down.

  At that time, we were really young, didn't consider anything, didn't think about the cost or consequences, three people, with over 200 yuan, relying solely on our passion, set out on an unknown journey.

  My first non-travel trip with Wei Xingyun started under such circumstances.

  At eight o'clock in the evening, we set foot on N city's land for the first time.

  The first thing after getting off the bus was to call the phone number that Lu Minran had asked her to come.

  The phone connected, and a lazy voice came from the other end, asking, "Hello?"

  I suddenly decided to tell a lie.

  "Hello, I'm looking for Zhou Shuangshuang."

  "Who are you?"

  "Oh, I'm her elementary school classmate," I said in a cheerful tone. "Yesterday she told me that she's coming to N city and will look for me to play, gave me this phone number, how come she's not here?"

  "Oh, nothing, just wait."

  Yang Cang quietly gave me a thumbs up.

  "Hello, who is this?" came Zhou Shuangshuang's suspicious voice from the other end of the phone.

  "Two by two, is me."

  "Who's this? Heaven, how did you get this number?"

  "Don't ask anymore, I'm in N city now, where are you? I'll come find you."

  "How did you get here? You're not looking for me, are you? My god, what are you doing all the way out here..."

  "Let's talk about it when we meet," I interrupted her, "Tell me your address."

  Hung up the phone, because the money in hand was not dared to be used indiscriminately, we did not dare to take a taxi, and had to rely on our mouths to keep asking for directions, before finally finding the place that Zhou Shuangshuang said.

  It was a five-story private house, which looked somewhat old.

  "Mengmeng, you stay here, I'll go up with Wei Xingyun. If we're not back in half an hour, you quickly go and report to the police." Yang Can arranged.

  "No, I made the call, but two boys went up instead. How could anyone else open the door? It must be Wei Xingyun waiting for us upstairs." In my heart, I didn't want anything to happen to Wei Xingyun.

  "I'll go up with you." Wei Xingyun said simply and clearly.

  The three of them were at a stalemate, none of whom was willing to wait alone downstairs. Finally, Yang Can gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, let's just go up together. I don't believe there will be any more danger."

  "Knock knock knock", I knocked on the old iron gate, and before long, the door inside opened. A blond young man with a careless air stood in the doorway, "Who are you looking for?"

  "I'm looking for Zhou Shuangshuang." I said cautiously, "We are her good friends."

  A blond young man opened the door and shouted inside: "Atang, looking for your wife!"

  As soon as the door opened, the environment inside stunned us.

  In the smoky room, two card tables were set up, each surrounded by four or five young people, almost all of whom were shirtless, holding cards in one hand and cigarettes in the other, with tattoos of fierce beasts on their backs and arms.

  A figure rushed over, Zhou Shuang looked at me with a panicked face, then looked at the two boys behind me and asked with a pale face: "How did you guys come here?"

  Her boyfriend looked up at this time and also found us. When he saw me, he frowned and stared at Zhou Shuangshuang.

  Zhou Shuangshuang took a step back suddenly.

  I was burning with anger, grabbed her wrist and said "Let's go."

  "How dare you!" Her boyfriend suddenly put down his cards and slammed the table hard. "What right do you have to take her away? Duoduo, come back."

  Zhou Shuangshuang bit her lower lip and looked at me with a pitiful expression.

  Yang Can suddenly stood out, pulled her over and said with disdain, "Zhou Shuangshuang, this is what you call a new life?" He didn't say more, just added, "It's better to go back with us as soon as possible."

  "What do you mean by that?" The blond young man who had just opened the door suddenly asked, "From what I heard in your words, it seems like you look down on us?"

  Zhou Shuang looked at us in a fluster and turned around to explain, "It's not like that..."

  "What's wrong?" her boyfriend said impatiently, "You were fine when you weren't here, but as soon as you arrived, you started making a fuss about leaving. Now you've even called someone over. Do you think this is something where you can just leave whenever you want?"

  "What do you want?" Wei Xingyun stepped forward, blocking our way.

  "Hey!" Someone at another table suddenly put down the cards in his hand, turned around and said, "Did I hear that wrong? Is someone provoking us?"

  Zhou Shuang's eyes widened and she was on the verge of tears. "You've misunderstood him, he wasn't being provocative..."

  Wei Xingyun stood up straight, looking at them with a calm and composed expression.

  His attitude infuriated them, and suddenly someone pushed open the stool and walked over.

  I don't know where I got the courage from, but I stepped forward two steps, stretched out my arms and blocked them in front of Wei Xingyun's body. "What do you want to do?"

  "Move!" The next moment, Wei Xingyun's hand landed on my shoulder, "Make way."

  "No way!" I said stubbornly, then turned my head to look at the few people in front of me. "Let me tell you, my brother is Zhuo Er. When I came, I already told him, he'll be here soon to pick us up."

  Actually, I'm not sure if it's useful to show off Zuo Er's name in N city. I just think that since Zhou Shuangshuang's boyfriend and Zuo Er are from the same school, at least he should know who Zuo Er is.

  "His father is Zhuo Tiancheng." I immediately added another sentence, if Zhuo doesn't work, his father will do, right?

  Didn't think it would actually work. The crowd opposite hesitated for a moment, and someone said, "Who are you kidding? Will Zhuo Er come to pick you up?"

  "She didn't lie, her surname is Xia, Xia Bing you know, that's her brother," Zhou Shuangshuang's boyfriend suddenly said, then he looked at Zhou Shuangshuang, "You really want to go with them and not be with me anymore?"

  Zhou Shuangshuang looked at us in a fluster, then looked at him, and I hastily tugged at her hem.

  After a while, she finally said in a low voice: "I'll go back with them first, but, but..."

  "There's no need for that." Her boyfriend waved his hand and sat back down, picking up the poker cards on the table. "You guys go ahead."

  When all the people saw him sitting down, they too sat down.

  Wei Xing Yun quickly pulled me and Zhou Shuang up and walked out.

  The iron gate behind us closed heavily, and Zhou Shuang burst into tears with a "wow". The three of us looked at each other and smiled, everything was understood without saying a word.

  Zhou Shuang's purse and luggage were still in the same place, we certainly wouldn't let her go back to get them, so that night, we sat in the waiting room at the train station all night.

  Zhou Shuangshuang would burst into tears from time to time, Yang Can always accompanied her, bowing his head and patiently comforting her. I fell back in my chair, feeling a lingering fear in my heart.

  What if they don't know Zhuo Er, what if they don't believe me, what if they fight...

  The more I think about it, the more worried I become. I turn around to look at Wei Xingyun beside me and ask, "Wei Xingyun, what if they were going to fight just now?"

  Wei Xingyun, who was meditating with his eyes closed, opened them and smiled at me, "Don't worry, I won't let you get hurt."

  My face suddenly flushed with heat, and I hastily covered it with my hand, but Wei Xingyun had already closed his eyes again.

  That night, the waiting room's temperature was not high, but my heart remained warm.

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