At this time, there was a knock on the door. Although Hu Xiaoying was relieved by her drunkenness, she was still sober after all. She quickly calmed down and wiped away her tears. Except for the redness of her eye circles, it was basically invisible.
The door was unlocked. Liang Jian called out and the waiter came in.
The waiter came in and asked them if they wanted to order. Liang Jian glanced at Hu Xiaoying who turned away, rejected the waiter, and prepared to pay the bill and leave.
"If you drink, I'll take you back." Liang Jian said.
Hu Xiaoying did not refuse. The two of them left the teahouse and walked to the parking lot. But after walking a few steps, Liang Jian felt something was wrong, as if someone was following them. He turned around and saw people walking in groups on the road, but he didn't see them either.
Suspicious. Liang Jian didn't think much and continued to walk forward. After walking a few steps, Hu Xiaoying, who was wearing high heels, suddenly became unsteady on her feet and fell towards Liang Jian. Liang Jian subconsciously reached out and hugged her.
Suddenly, a white light lit up behind, accompanied by a clicking sound.
Liang Jian looked back alertly, and saw a man putting a small digital camera in his bag. When he saw Liang Jian looking towards him, he ran away. Liang Jian raised his foot and wanted to chase after him, but Hu Xiaoying whispered.
Huh, the foot he just stepped out had to be taken back. Liang Jian asked eagerly: "What's wrong? Did you twist your foot?"
With a hint of anxiety on her face, Hu Xiaoying said, "Leave me alone and go chase that person."
Liang Jian glanced at the direction in which the man fled just now, and there was no trace of that man. There were alleys all over here. He probably hid in one of the alleys, and he could still be found somewhere.
Liang Jian said: "Forget it. It's just a photo, what are you afraid of!"
Hu Xiaoying refused and said: "You have been in a lot of trouble recently. One photo might be the straw that breaks the camel's back! You can't be careless."
Liang Jian shrugged and said, "That person ran away a long time ago. I can't catch up even if I want to. How are you?"
Hu Xiaoying moved her ankle helplessly and said, "It seems to be twisted."
"Then let me take you to the hospital." After Liang Jian finished speaking, he helped her walk to the car. Hu Xiaoying followed him and said, "No need. I have Yunnan Baiyao over there, just spray a little and it will be fine."
"Where do you live now?" Liang Jian asked smoothly.
"Jiangzhong Hotel." Hu Xiaoying replied. "What about the future?" Liang Jian asked again. Hu Xiaoying thought for a moment and said, "I haven't decided yet. Maybe I will consider buying a house here."
"Well, that's fine." Liang Jian nodded. As he spoke, he had already arrived at the car. Liang Jian was about to open the door when Hu Xiaoying suddenly said: "I looked at houses some time ago, and one of them is pretty good."
Liang Jian opened the car door and asked, "Where is it?"
Hu Xiaoying did not move, looked at him, and said: "It's in the community next to your house."
Liang Jian was shocked and looked up at Hu Xiaoying. Her eyes were very clear, so clear that there was only one color left. That was the color of hope. But Liang Jian did not dare to face it. He avoided looking and said: "
The environment there is good, you can consider it.”
Liang Jian did not refuse, but he also did not show any joy. This made Hu Xiaoying feel uncomfortable. A trace of self-mockery appeared in the corner of her mouth, and she silently sat in the car.
Along the way, neither of them said a word. Liang Jian wanted to speak, but every time the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything. Hu Xiaoying, on the other hand, kept looking out the window without saying a word.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of Jiangzhong Hotel. Liang Jian got out of the car and helped Hu Xiaoying. After getting off the car, Hu Xiaoying did not move. She looked up at Liang Jian and asked, "Are you going up?"
Liang Jian replied: "I will take you to the door."
Hu Xiaoying nodded. The two of them were silent and walked side by side into Jiangzhong Hotel. When they passed the front desk, the waiter on duty looked up from behind the bar and looked at them with an incomprehensible look.
Liang Jian pretended not to notice and helped Hu Xiaoying into the elevator. In the elevator, Hu Xiaoying relaxed her body and leaned gently against Liang Jian's body.
"Tell me, if I had agreed to your proposal, would we be very happy now?" Hu Xiaoying suddenly said softly. There was a dull pain somewhere in Liang Jian's heart.
He looked at the numbers and jumped up one by one. The sentence was stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it out. Hu Xiaoying smiled and said, "I was delusional."
"It's me who's sorry for you," Liang Jian said. Hu Xiaoying left his body and said, "You're not sorry for me. It's because I didn't catch you. It's me who lost you."
After the words fell, the elevator door opened with a ding. Liang Jian wanted to send Hu Xiaoying out, but Hu Xiaoying refused and said, "Just send it here. You can go back."
Liang Jian refused: "I'll take you to the door."
Hu Xiaoying looked at him, and Liang Jian looked at him too. After a few seconds, Liang Jian spoke, with almost a hint of pleading in his tone: "Let me take you to the door, okay?"
Hu Xiaoying finally softened her heart. How could she be so cruel to him?
In the dark corridor, the dark red carpet seemed to have no end. Liang Jian hoped that it would have no end, so that he could keep walking without having to face the problems that were already coming his way.
Next to her, Hu Xiaoying looked down at the dark red carpet under her feet, with a gentle smile on her face. It seemed that what was under her feet was not the carpet of a hotel, but the red carpet of a wedding venue. In her ears, his faint breathing became a sound.
He sang the ups and downs of the wedding march, intoxicating her heart.
However, no matter how long the road is, it will always have an end.
Liang Jian and Hu Xiaoying looked up at the log-colored door at the same time, then looked at each other, and then avoided each other.
"I'm here." Hu Xiaoying whispered. Liang Jian hummed and said, "Then you go in." Hu Xiaoying lowered her head and took out the key card from her bag, pasted it on the electronic lock, and with a click, the door opened with a click.
Hu Xiaoying put her hand on the door handle and turned to look at Liang Jian: "You go, I'm going in."
Liang Jian said: "Okay." However, the hand holding her arm did not loosen. The two looked at each other, and each saw the struggle, restraint, and pain in each other's eyes...
At this moment, he and she don't want to think about anything. They have been separated for so long and have been suppressed for so long. At this moment, they just want to use the most direct way to have each other, melt each other into their bodies, and never separate again.
Maybe God is jealous of Liang Jian, or maybe God pities Hu Xiaoying and Xiang Jin... Hu Xiaoying's cell phone rang. Liang Jian didn't want to stop, and Hu Xiaoying didn't want to stop either. But the phone seemed unwilling to give in, and kept ringing again and again.
It rang stubbornly over and over again. Finally, the desperate burning passion was completely extinguished by the ringing over and over again.
Hu Xiaoying glanced at the number displayed on her phone, walked to the balcony, and glanced at Liang Jian before picking up the phone. Liang Jian looked at her, and through the glass door, he couldn't hear what she was saying, but occasionally,
She would always look at him.
The world outside the balcony is a beautiful night scene with dim lights, and inside the glass door is oppressive darkness. Liang Jian thought about his impulse just now. Only when the impulse faded away, the passion was gone, and only reason remained, did he understand what he had just done.
What an adventure it was. There were cameras in the corridors of Jiangzhong Hotel, and Liang Jian knew this.
But when he hugged Hu Xiaoying just now, it wasn't that he didn't expect it, he just didn't want to pay attention to it.
Looking at the graceful figure outside the glass door, reflected in the colorful lights of the city, Liang Jian felt a tearing pain in his chest. He turned around and walked out.
Outside the door, when Hu Xiaoying turned her head again, in the dimness, the figure that made her feel at ease was no longer there. In the middle of her words, she suddenly stopped and froze there.
"Xiao Hu? Xiao Hu, are you listening?"
The increasingly impatient voice on the other end of the phone pulled Hu Xiaoying back from her thoughts. She hid the sadness and disappointment in her eyes and replied softly: "You are listening, Secretary Hua, please continue talking."
…
Liang Jian ran out of Jiangzhong Hotel as if he was running away. He was afraid that if he waited a second, he would not be able to help but turn back. It was not until he got in the car and closed the door that his mood finally improved.
The phone beeped twice. It was a text message. Liang Jian thought it was Hu Xiaoying, but when he picked it up and looked, it was Xiang Jin. Xiang Jin asked him: "Are you replying?"
Liang Jian paused for a moment and replied: "I'm back. What's wrong?"
Xiang Jin replied: "You're not fully recovered yet, so you shouldn't rest too late." Liang Jian checked the time and saw it was already ten o'clock. He put down his phone and drove home.
When he arrived at the door of his house, Liang Jian received a text message from Hu Xiaoying.
You never answered me. If I had agreed to your proposal, would we have been equally happy?
Liang Jian stood at the door of his home, looking at the few lines of words on the phone screen without moving. Inside the door were his wife, children, and family. And on the other end of the phone was the woman he loved deeply.
Liang Jian already had the answer to the question of how to give up. However, knowing and implementing are two different things.
Liang Jian suddenly remembered a movie, Zhou Xingxing's Westward Journey. In Westward Journey: The Marriage of the Great Sage, Fairy Zixia finally said this when she died: The person I love is an unparalleled hero, and one day he will step into the world.
You came to marry me under a colorful cloud. I guessed the beginning but not the ending.
Liang Jian is not an unparalleled hero, and Hu Xiaoying is not the Fairy Zixia. They are just two people who love each other. Once, she thought that even if he was married, he would still love her, and she could still accompany him quietly and love her.
He, that's fine.
He is married, but she...
She guessed the beginning, but not the current situation.
In this world, there are always many things that change when we are at a loss, so fast that we cannot react at all. Just like Liang Jian did not expect that Xiang Jin would suddenly become pregnant. Things are always like this, and they will never change.
Give you time to prepare.
Liang Jian sighed and replied: "Yes."
After all, he still couldn't bear to hurt her too much. Although he knew that such an answer would give her many false hopes.
But, this is not the hope in his heart. If time goes back...