In my absence, Huang Li suddenly called me: "What are you thinking about?"
Only then did I come to my senses, smiled faintly, and replied: "I didn't think anything of it. I just saw the sunshine outside the window and it felt a little long gone. It seemed like the weather hadn't been so good for a long time."
Huang Li then turned to look out the window, narrowed her eyes and said, "It seems good, the weather is really suitable for going out to play!"
"Then you go out and play, I'll take a nap later." Huang Li's mother immediately agreed.
Huang Li glanced at me, and then said to her mother: "Then let's go out together. I'll help you go downstairs for a walk and bask in the sun."
"I'm sleepy. I want to sleep for a while. You and Xiao Chen can go for a walk and help me put down the bed."
Huang Li said nothing more. After rolling down the hospital bed, she helped her mother cover the quilt, and then said, "Then I'll be back soon. If you need anything, just ring the nurse's bell or call me."
"I know." Huang Li's mother said and closed her eyes.
I knew she wanted to leave time for me and Huang Li so that I could tell her about taking her away.
After her mother fell asleep, Huang Li and I left the ward together.
We went to the garden downstairs of the hospital together. The sunshine was particularly good today, and it was very comfortable to shine through the leaves.
We walked side by side slowly, and she was the first to ask me: "When are you going back?"
I didn't answer her question, but asked her: "You haven't had a good year this year, okay?"
"It's okay, I don't care whether it's the Chinese New Year or not," Huang Li said with a shrug.
I have been struggling, not knowing how to speak to her, and fell into silence again.
She asked me again: "What about you? Your hometown should be more lively than the city, right?"
"It's not bad," after a pause, I finally said to her, "Lily, how about you go to Chengdu with me?"
"Ah?!" Huang Li suddenly stopped and looked at me strangely.
Then he turned to me and asked, "Why are we going to Chengdu with you?"
I smiled lightly and replied: "Go and live in Chengdu! Let me tell you, Chengdu has a lot of delicious food and a lot of fun places."
"No, why are you so sudden?"
"It just occurred to me suddenly, but you won't be able to leave after your hotel opens."
Huang Li suddenly gave a wry smile and said, "Don't mention it, the hotel matter is probably in trouble."
"What's wrong?"
"Not to mention the lack of capital, even suppliers have suspended supply. I don't know what happened. Suddenly no one has any reason to believe in me. Those who invested in me also suddenly withdrew their investment. I
We are all confused.”
Of course I know the reason. This is what her mother said. When you are good, others will come to fawn over you, but when something happens to you, it will be too late for them to hide from you.
When Huang Li's father was not in trouble, there were naturally many attentive people around her, but when her father was in trouble, of course those people avoided her.
I frowned and asked her, "What about the hotel?"
Huang Li shrugged, sighed and said, "I'm also confused now. It's about to open, and the decoration has been completed, but the start-up capital is gone."
"How much does it cost?"
"It's impossible to say for sure. One to two million, five to six million is possible. The main reason is that the supply channel is cut off and there is no way to operate it."
I sighed heavily and said, "I didn't expect so many things to happen to you in just a few days. It's really not as good as God!"
Huang Li seemed to be in a good mood. She smiled and replied: "It's not as serious as you said. In fact, it's just this matter."
"Your mother is also sick now, and something like this happened again at the hotel. Isn't it serious?"
Huang Li shrugged her shoulders calmly and said: "I think it's okay! My mother's illness is not a serious matter. The doctor said that she should take good care of herself and there will be no problem. I have to blame myself at the hotel."
"Why do you say that?"
Huang Li smiled bitterly, looked outside the hospital, and said, "Let's go for a walk, I want to smoke a cigarette."
"Aren't you ready to quit?"
"I just quit. It's okay to smoke once in a while."
As we talked, we walked out of the hospital gate, and then she asked me for a cigarette. After I lit it for her, I lit one myself.
We sat on the steps outside the hospital gate, looking at the people coming and going in front of us, and the traffic flow was lost.
I asked her again: "You just said that the hotel blames yourself. Why is that?"
After Huang Li took a puff of cigarette, she slowly said to me: "I guess I offended some scum in society when I was a member of society. Now that they know I don't want to be a member of society anymore, they started to take revenge on me.
They want to force me to continue to hang out."
It seemed that she still didn't know the truth of the matter, so I had no choice but to echo: "Then what do you think now?"
"I said I won't mess around anymore. If they want to mess with me, I will. Why don't I just admit defeat?" After saying that, Huang Li smiled bitterly.
I saw some tears in her eyes, and she deliberately turned her head away so that I wouldn't see them.
She always pretends to be so strong in front of me, but in fact she is softer than anyone else.
After a while of silence, I spoke to her again and said, "Then come with me to Chengdu."
Huang Li looked at me with a strange look again, and after a while she said: "Why so sudden? You make me very strange, do you know?"
Huang Li really stumped me when she said this.
At this moment, I really don’t have a good reason. I can’t just tell her the truth, right?
Then she would be even less likely to leave with me. After thinking about it for a while, I replied: "Just treat it as a fun trip, and I'll take you to eat Chengdu snacks."
"I think something's wrong with you?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "I said I like you, do you believe it?"
"What?! What did you say? Say it again." Huang Li looked at me in surprise.
I took a strong drag on the cigarette and said again: "I said, I like you. Come with me to Chengdu."
This time, Huang Li immediately fell silent. She looked at me with blank eyes, as if she had heard some news that shocked her.
I didn't speak anymore until she didn't reply to me.
The gentle wind blew gently across my face, and the sound of an ambulance roared from a distance.
It wasn't until the ambulance drove into the hospital that Huang Li finally said, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know, I am single now, and you are also single. Is it okay if I like you?"
"Why do you like me?"
"How can I tell you this? Anyway, just come with me."
"Is this true?"
"Yeah." I nodded heavily.
Huang Li still looked at me strangely. After a long time, she said: "I really think something is wrong with you. Did my mother say something to you?"
I was afraid that she would realize it, so I hurriedly said, "Your mother said something to me."
"What did she say?"
"She said you also have feelings for me and hope we can be together."
"So, you said you like me because my mother said so?"
"Well, because I didn't know what you meant to me before, but now I know, and I can open up."
Huang Li suddenly smiled bitterly, smoothed her hair that was blown by the wind with her hand, and then said: "Isn't there someone who has always lived in your heart? Can you still tolerate me?"
"You are right. An Lan is indeed a knot in my heart, but after so long, I still have to come out. I also need to start a new relationship. This is not called transference. I want An Lan to be with me.
If she can see it in the sky, she also hopes that I can open my heart."
What I said is true. I have not completely come out of it yet. I also want a new relationship to completely step out of An Lan's shadow.
With Huang Li, maybe it's not a deception, I want a real relationship.