Bamboo horse is not a gentleman

Chapter 24

The beauty smiled, and the unhappiness of the past few days seemed to dissipate, and the relaxed atmosphere of the journey returned.It takes about two and a half hours from Lucheng to Anqing. The prosperity of the big city is gradually fading away, and the quaint small town is quietly approaching.

After getting off the train, Xia Weiwei called a taxi, and the three of them went all the way to the reserved hotel.Compared with Lucheng, the distance between Anqing's urban area and the suburbs is not that far, and the taxi stopped in front of the hotel very quickly.

The three of them dragged their suitcases and got off the taxi. It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly on the top of their heads. The spring was lazy, and the little duck meat they ate on the train had long since been digested.
"Mumble..."

The whistling sound from Yuan Qing's stomach rang out very unsightly, completely destroying the atmosphere of the still water and deep flow in this ancient city.

Anqing has not changed much in recent years.

Even though the Diane Express Hotel is full of modern atmosphere, next to the hotel is a restaurant surrounded by green trees, rockery, blue tiles and white walls, carved beams and painted buildings, full of ancient flavor.

Yuan Qing was sleepy and hungry, and didn't know whether to go to the hotel to have a good sleep, or go to the restaurant to have a big meal first.Forget it, just stay where you are and wait for those two to make a decision, lest you say something wrong and spoil the atmosphere that has finally calmed down.

She yawned and raised her eyelids to look at Xia Weiwei and Lu Bai, only to find that the man's expression was cloudy and stormy.

"Why this hotel?"

Lu Bai's thin lips were tightly pursed, and his voice was heavy and cold, which usually happens when he is extremely angry.

Xia Weiwei replied with a normal face: "The organizer changed the location temporarily."

"You should have told me sooner."

"It's just a hotel, it doesn't matter where you live."

"I won't live here."

"The participants in this event are all the best in the literary world. As far as I know, many platinum online writers and well-known traditional writers have lived here. If you insist on acting alone, there is no guarantee that the reporters of "Metropolis Daily" will not Give you little shoes to wear."

"Yuan Qing, let's go."

Lu Bai's indifferent voice rang in Yuan Qing's ears, and the dispute between the two of them would always end in carrying his own splint.That's right, it's just a hotel, why did Lu Da's writer get so upset?Yuan Qing lowered his face, after all, he didn't want to add fuel to the fire, and questioned Lu Bai.

Seeing that she was still in a daze, Lu Bai simply raised Yuan Qing's hand, walked quickly to the street corner, waved his hand, and stopped a taxi.

Yuan Qing was stuffed into the back seat of the car by Lu Bai, but Xia Weiwei cried out behind her:
"Lu Bai, you are so selfish and cruel. For more than ten years, for you, I gave up taking care of the family business and devoted myself to being an assistant with a low salary. No matter in business or life, I hope to serve you and us. future plans, but you push me away hard every time!"

Lu Bai's expression froze for a moment, then he turned his head and said lightly:
"Xia Weiwei, I have said something a long time ago, you should find your own future, and my life does not require you to make such sacrifices."

What a cruel man!

Even the taxi driver couldn't help but let out a "tsk" and rolled his eyes at Lu Bai.

Yuan Qing felt a pain in his heart, as if Lu Bai was not rejecting Xia Weiwei, but himself.If one day I accidentally confessed to him again, would the man say "I don't need it" just like now? !

Lu Bai silently sat on the passenger seat, the taxi started instantly, Yuan Qing quietly turned her head, and looked at Xia Weiwei's pale, tear-soaked face in the rear window, getting farther and farther away from her...

After a while, she recovered her voice:
"Which hotel are we staying at?"

"Shall I go to your house first?" Lu Bai asked after being silent for a moment.

Just out of Longtan, and into the tiger's den.

In fact, it's not that exaggerated, it's just that it's more timid to be close to the nostalgia.

When Yuan Qing was still living in the dilapidated rental house, sometimes in the middle of the night when he couldn't sleep, his mother's face would appear in front of her eyes, with a gentle smile and firm concern, carefully holding the steaming medicine bowl, But because of the age, the scene was blurred and yellowed like an old photo.

Every time, it would make her eyes wet.

"Master, please wait a moment." Just as he was full of sadness, the speeding taxi stopped suddenly. Lu Bai got out of the taxi and went straight to a high-end tobacco shop. After about a few days A few minutes later, two gift boxes came out.

This time, Lu Bai did not sit back in the passenger seat, but came to her side:
"I've already bought the gift for your stepfather, and it's up to you to choose the gift for auntie."

"En." Yuan Qing responded, then turned her head and looked out the window, afraid that Lu Bai would shed tears because of this action of ironing her internal organs.

Wang Yuqian and her second husband lived in an ordinary husband's house. The house that she shared with Yuan Qing's biological father had long since been sold for nothing. Except for repaying debts and paying Yuan Qing's tuition, the rest The next one is used for the younger son to study.

Yuan Qing and Lu Bai entered the third building of the complex with large and small bags each, and went straight up the narrow stairs to the fifth floor. Standing in the narrow corridor, Yuan Qing hesitated for a moment, but still pressed the doorbell.

The doorbell rang for a while, and the door opened. A middle-aged man with a beard and a cigarette was standing in the hallway and watching them.

"Dad, Dad." Yuan Qing called out in embarrassment.

"Well, you're here?" The appearance of his stepdaughter didn't make Xu Huping happy. He looked indifferent, neither unhappy nor polite. He just stepped aside naturally, turned and walked in.

"Hello, Uncle Xu."

The polite and magnetic voice suddenly sounded, making Xu Hu's footsteps pause, and he saw two exquisite gift bags. He quietly stretched his eyes and stretched into the open bag, which contained five well-packed cigarettes. , two bottles of French red wine and white wine, I couldn't help but feel happy, and my face softened a lot. I quickly made a calculation in my heart, and came to the conclusion: it will definitely cost tens of thousands!
"Ah, Xiao Lu, you're here too." Xu Hu smiled and said in an official tone, and quickly took the two gift bags, "It's fine if the person comes, why bother to bring such an expensive gift?"

Lu Bai smiled, with respect and humility in his deep eyes:
"Uncle Xu, Yuan Qing and I are both working out of town and haven't come back for many years. These gifts are nothing more than Yuan Qing's filial piety as a daughter, and they are completely deserved."

Xu Hu was obviously happy:

"It's still Xiao Lu who can talk, hahaha, your Aunt Wang has been waiting for you all the time, now it's time for dinner."

Wang Yuqian came out of the kitchen wearing a new cotton padded jacket, and saw at a glance that the daughter she had been thinking about day and night was much thinner than the last time she came back, her round chin was pointed, her face was a little pale, and she didn't have the hydration in her memory at all. She couldn't help but feel sad for a while, and she almost couldn't help crying because of the deep guilt and longing.

Yuan Qing was most afraid of seeing her mother's expression like this, which would make her heart choke so hard that she couldn't breathe. Fortunately, under the gaze of her stepfather, Wang Yuqian controlled her expression and forced a smile:

"Qingqing and Xiao Lu are back, you haven't had lunch yet, I cooked a table of dishes, and now it's time to eat."

"Thank you, thank you mom."

Such unfamiliar politeness made the mother and daughter's heart ache involuntarily, and then they restrained themselves.

(End of this chapter)