Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 47 Thinking of a Friend

Standing on the roadside, Ni Manhua and Lu Guanhai looked at each other.The streetlight illuminated the two people from behind, and their figures looked a little pitiful.

Lai Hongtu also put down Ni Manhua's suitcase. Seeing Ni Manhua pull the lever in his hand and shake it, Lu Guanhai took the suitcase over: "Let me get it."

Ni Manhua was a little embarrassed by Lai Hongtu's convulsive behavior. He originally agreed to send Lu Guanhai home, but in the end, he was left halfway with him.Ni Manhua complained: "My uncle is just unreliable. He always comes up with whatever he wants. I have been tricked by him a lot over the years."

"He seems to be in a real hurry. I don't blame him." Lu Guanhai walked closer to the road: "There are not many cars at this time. We can just stop another car and go back."

Lu Guanhai was optimistic. Soon, they stopped a taxi with an empty license plate. When the car stopped on the roadside, Ni Manhua was still secretly happy when he saw no one in the car.

Ni Manhua doesn't like carpooling with others, and sitting crowded with strangers will inevitably lead to physical collisions, and the driver will take a detour to pick up the passengers who got on the bus first, wasting time.

After getting in the car, Ni Manhua and Lu Guanhai sat in the back row. Ni Manhua asked the driver the price to go to her house, and the driver said to use the meter.

In fact, using a meter is the most fair way. The price is calculated according to the distance. In the past, there were more private cars at the airport to pick up passengers. Now, Ni Manhua felt a lot more relaxed when he took a serious taxi.

But after a while, Ni Manhua was resting with his eyes closed when he heard Lu Guanhai questioning the driver: "Master, is your watch wrong? The starting price is five yuan, and we have only been on the bus for two minutes, and it is already ten yuan?"

Ni Manhua opened his eyes. The driver had his back turned to them, as if he hadn't heard.

Lu Guanhai reached out and patted the driver's shoulder: "Master, have you changed this watch? The price shouldn't jump so fast, right?"

The driver slammed on the brakes and said impatiently: "If you don't want to sit in the car, pay me ten yuan."

Lu Guanhai probably thought that the driver's attitude was so arrogant, so he frowned and said, "Aren't you afraid that we will file a complaint against you if you change your watch privately?"

"If you like to vote or not, give money to get off."

The driver's attitude was extremely bad. Lu Guanhai wanted to say something more, but Ni Manhua stopped him.It's only ten yuan, so there's no need to entangle him here.

Ni Manhua paid and pushed Lu Guanhai out of the car.Lu Guanhai went to the trunk to get his luggage, but he didn't expect his hands to touch the trunk lid. The driver saw Ni Manhua got out of the car and closed the door, and he kicked the accelerator and drove away.

Lu Guanhai subconsciously took two steps forward, and Ni Manhua exclaimed, "My luggage!"

After shouting this sentence, Ni Manhua suddenly realized what all that happened just now meant. This was exactly the same scene as that year, except that there was an extra Lu Guanhai beside him.

I didn't expect that she had calculated so much, there were so many small things that deviated from the original track, and some stories would repeat themselves.

Lu Guanhai took out his mobile phone from his pocket: "I remember the license plate number of that car, call the police."

The last time Lu Guanhai came from his hometown, he was the one who called the police. It was he who accompanied Ni Manhua to the police station to make notes, and he accompanied her home in the cold wind. It was still the same this year.Ni Manhua was already very familiar with the next process. He arrived at the police station, took notes, provided clues, and then thanked the police uncle and left with the comfort.

But unlike the previous nervousness and frustration, apart from the initial shock, Ni Manhua felt very relaxed afterwards, as if it was no big deal. She just took a walk and encountered some strange things.

When he walked out of the police station, there was a kind joke from the police uncle behind him: "Just stand at the door and stop the car. I will see that no one dares to cheat, but you two have nothing to be cheated now."

Lu Guanhai turned around and responded. Ni Manhua looked at Lu Guanhai's silly look and suddenly laughed.Ni Manhua laughed so loudly that people who didn't know would think that she was so happy because she had encountered something worthy of celebration.

Lu Guanhai obviously didn't predict her reaction and asked in surprise: "Why are you laughing? We have experienced such a tragic thing..."

"Then should I cry?" Ni Manhua put his hands in his pockets and twirled on his toes like a child.She looked at Lu Guanhai's face and suppressed a smile: "I just thought of a friend."

"what kind of friends?"

"He also accompanied me to the police station. It was also at night. I was defrauded of my money and luggage by a black driver."

"That's a coincidence. It means that you should try not to go out alone at night in the future. It's easy to be unlucky."

Lu Guanhai said as he took off his down jacket.He saw that Ni Manhua's nose was red from the cold. She loved to be beautiful and would not let herself get too bloated even in winter.

Ni Manhua noticed Lu Guanhai's movements, and quickly reached out to hold his hand: "What are you doing? Put on your clothes."

Ni Manhua's hands were cold, but Lu Guanhai's were warm.Ni Manhua felt the heat and took his hand back somewhat uncomfortably.

Lu Guanhai stopped, but he didn't button up his clothes. Instead, he said, "It's windy now and it's easy to catch a cold. You put on my clothes first and give them to me when you get back."

Ni Manhua looked at Lu Guanhai and saw that he had indeed worn a lot today, including a thick down vest underneath his down jacket, but Ni Manhua still buttoned up Lu Guanhai's clothes himself: "I may not catch a cold. But if you give me your clothes, you will definitely catch a cold, believe me."

Lu Guanhai lowered his head and watched Ni Manhua help him put on his clothes. He was so obedient.

"Why must I get sick? Am I so weak in your eyes?" After putting on his clothes, Lu Guanhai asked Ni Manhua, then took off his hat and scarf, and quickly put them on Ni Manhua : "I won't take off my clothes, you keep these on."

Ni Manhua lowered her head and glanced at the gray scarf she was wearing. It matched her clothes quite well.

Perhaps because he was afraid that Ni Manhua would refuse again, Lu Guanhai put on the hood of his down jacket and pulled the zipper to the top, covering his chin.Ni Manhua started to laugh again. The clothes he wore today were really bulky and warm enough.

But Ni Manhua didn't want to tell Lu Guanhai that she was able to say what she said just now with such certainty because she had experienced it.

It was on this night that Lu Guanhai gave her his clothes. After returning home, he had a fever for three days and stayed in the hospital.

Three days later, Lu Guanhai woke up after his fever subsided. After another two days of observation, he shouted to be discharged.School has started, and the college entrance examination is imminent. One more day of delay in schoolwork will be a loss for Lu Guanhai.

But when Lu Guanhai was hospitalized, Ni Manhua didn't visit him for a day, because his parents refused to let him, saying that the flu was frequent and it was easy to get infected if he went to the hospital.So Ni Manhua could only hide in his room and secretly call Lu Guanhai.

Lu Guanhai didn't wake up for the first three days, and no one answered the phone, so Ni Manhua kept calling until the fourth day, when the call was connected, and when he heard Lu Guanhai's hoarse, nasal voice, Ni Manhua suddenly fell asleep. Cried out.

(End of this chapter)