"Gao Feng!"
When Zuo Yi and Gao Feng walked out of the Regent Hotel and stood by the roadside to hail a taxi, Guo Yao staggered over.
She looked very disheveled. Her makeup was all smudged, and there were obvious traces of tears on her face. Her smudged eyeshadow made her look like a clown. Her hair was disheveled, and she was carrying a bag. One of her high heels was nowhere to be seen.
Guo Yao's expression was very complicated. Shame, anger, and despair intertwined, making her originally pretty face contort.
Gao Feng turned around and looked at her, his eyes full of disappointment and pain.
Zuo Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm going to smoke. You talk to her."
No matter how strong Zuo Yi was, he could not help his good friend solve emotional problems, let alone such a thing.
No man would be able to tolerate this!
Gao Feng nodded in silence.
Zuo Yi walked along the sidewalk for a distance, then stood by the roadside flower bed. He took out a cigarette and lighter from his Space Ring and lit one for himself.
Zuo Yi was not addicted to smoking, and he rarely smoked, but sometimes he would light one.
After taking two puffs, Zuo Yi occasionally looked back at Gao Feng.
With his ability, even at such a distance, it was easy for him to hear the conversation between the two of them.
But Zuo Yi just watched from a distance and had no intention of eavesdropping.
A few minutes later, before Zuo Yi finished his cigarette, Gao Feng came over alone.
His eyes were red.
Zuo Yi silently lit a cigarette and handed it to him.
As a friend, there was no need to say or ask anything at this time. A cigarette was the best comfort for him.
"Thank you."
Gao Feng took the cigarette and took a deep drag. He swallowed it into his lungs and exhaled.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
He choked, choked to the point that his heart was torn and his lungs were torn apart. He choked to the point that tears flowed out!
Zuo Yi glanced at him and took the cigarette back from him. He did not want his good friend to choke to death.
Gao Feng smiled bitterly. "That, that's too much."
Zuo Yi raised his head and took a puff of his cigarette, ignoring him.
"Old Zuo."
After a while, Gao Feng asked, "Can you accompany me for a few more drinks?"
His voice was very hoarse.
"No problem."
Zuo Yi replied without hesitation, "Drink as much as you want. I'll arrange the place."
He put out the cigarette in his hand and tossed it into the trash can beside him. He reached out to stop a passing taxi and pulled Gao Feng into the car. "Sir, please take me to Jingyuan Apartments."
Gao Feng looked at Zuo Yi in surprise, but he didn't ask.
When the taxi arrived at the gate of Jingyuan Community, Zuo Yi said to the driver, "Sir, please wait here for about ten minutes. You can pay the bill. Thank you."
He then said to Gao Feng, "Wait for me in the car. I'll be back soon."
Gao Feng couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?"
Zuo Yi smiled and said, "My daughter is at my teacher's house. I'll be back soon."
Gao Feng felt guilty. "Then I'd better go back by myself."
He had calmed down a lot by now.
"No."
Zuo Yi said, "You have to wait for me. I said I'd accompany you to drink, so I'll do it. My daughter can stay at your teacher's house tonight."
After saying that, Zuo Yi opened the door and got out of the car. He walked to Liang Xuemei's house.
When he arrived, he knocked on the door. It was Shang Yulin who opened the door.
The time was just right. It was not past eleven o 'clock.
Shang Yulin was surprised. "You're so punctual. I thought you weren't coming. I was about to call you."
She let Zuo Yi in and said in a low voice, "Bao'er is already asleep. Why don't you let her sleep at my place?"
"Okay."
Zuo Yi nodded and said, "I'll take a look at her and then leave."
If other people encountered such a situation, they would call Shang Yulin and tell her. But Zuo Yi couldn't.
Zuo Yi had promised Bao'er that he would pick her up before eleven o 'clock. Of course, he had to keep his word.
Keeping one's promise was a very important virtue. No matter how small the matter was, breaking one's promise would cost a lot of faith.
Only when he came over could his promise be considered fulfilled. Then, there would be no problem letting Bao'er stay here.
At this time, Liang Xuemei had also fallen asleep. Zuo Yi didn't disturb his teacher's wife. He followed Shang Yulin quietly to her boudoir.
Shang Yulin's room was decorated very cozily. Although she usually showed a strong side in the martial arts club, her real character could be judged from the bedroom decoration in her own little nest.
The air conditioner in the room was turned on, and the temperature was just right. The little girl was sleeping on the bed, covered with a thin quilt.
Teck was lying on the edge of the bed. When he saw Zuo Yi, he immediately wagged his tail in a flattering manner.
Pipi was squatting on the bay window drowsily.
Zuo Yi sat down on the edge of the bed and gazed at his favorite little person with the faint light of the table lamp. His heart was full of tenderness.
He lowered his head and kissed Bao'er's forehead.
"Okay."
Unexpectedly, the little girl was awakened by the kiss. She half-opened her eyes in a daze and said, "Daddy."
"Uh …"
Zuo Yi said softly, "Baby, Daddy still has something to do. You sleep here tonight with Sister Yulin, okay?"
Bao'er nodded and said, "Okay."
"Good girl."
Zuo Yi couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her again, saying, "Go to sleep."
Bao'er closed her eyes and fell asleep again.
It seemed that she slept more peacefully.
Zuo Yi continued to sit for a while, then got up and said to Shang Yulin, who had been standing at the door, "Senior Sister, sorry to trouble you."
Shang Yulin said softly, "Don't be so polite to me!"
After a pause, she said, "My mother likes Bao'er very much, and so do I. If you have something to do, you can go. I'll take her to the martial arts club tomorrow morning. Don't worry."
Zuo Yi nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go."
He left Shang Yulin's house. When he returned to the gate of the community, the taxi was still there.
Zuo Yi opened the door and got in. He said to the driver, "Go to Swallow Alley."
Swallow Alley was a famous snack street in Hangzhou. It gathered all kinds of snacks and delicacies from all over the world. It was rich in variety and cheap in quality. When they were in college, Zuo Yi and Gao Feng came here from time to time for a meal. After graduation, they often came here.
Still in the most familiar barbecue restaurant, Zuo Yi ordered two to three hundred meat and vegetable skewers and asked the waiter to send three boxes of West Lake beer.
After sitting down, Zuo Yi picked up two bottles of beer, unscrewed the caps, and handed one to Gao Feng. "Here!"
The big bottles of West Lake beer were their favorite. The taste was good and the price was cheap. Zuo Yi didn't lack money, but he drank this familiar taste.
Gao Feng took the beer and clinked bottles with Zuo Yi. "Cheers!"
A large bottle of beer was filled to the brim. The two of them drank it all in one gulp!
"Awesome!"
Gao Feng put down the empty bottle, wiped the foam on his mouth, and said, "Lake beer is still the best!"
Zuo Yi smiled. "Now that I'm back, we can always come here to drink."
Gao Feng was silent.
After a long time, he said, "Old Zuo, I broke up with Guo Yao."
Zuo Yi nodded. "Okay."
If he didn't break up with such a woman, how could he keep her?
Gao Feng swallowed and continued, "I plan to resign tomorrow and go to Spring City."
"Spring City?"
Zuo Yi was surprised. "Why there?"
Gao Feng wasn't a native of Hangzhou, but Spring City wasn't his hometown either.
"Zhao Lili is there."
Gao Feng's answer stunned Zuo Yi. "You plan to get Zhao Lili back?"
"No."
Gao Feng shook his head. "I won't look for her. I want to live in the same city as her."
Zuo Yi didn't know what to say.
Zuo Yi already understood that from the beginning to the end, Gao Feng's heart had never truly forgotten his ex-girlfriend.
Perhaps after he married Guo Yao, had a child, settled down, and started a career, time would wear away this hard-working and engraved relationship.
But Guo Yao betrayed him.
Gao Feng smiled bitterly. "Old Zuo, don't you think I'm stupid?"
"Yes."
Zuo Yi gave an honest answer. "You're not just stupid. So I won't persuade you. Drink."
He opened two more bottles of beer.
Outside the alley, someone was busking, playing the guitar and singing sad songs.
"An outstanding person like me should have lived a brilliant life. Why am I still floating in the sea of people after more than 20 years?"
"An intelligent person like me has long said goodbye to simplicity. Why am I still using a relationship in exchange for a body full of scars?"
"A lost person like me, a person like me who is searching, a person like me who is mediocre …"
Gao Feng gulped down the beer, and tears flowed unconsciously.
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Note: The lyrics at the end of the article are from Mao Buyi's "A Person Like Me".
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