sinovels Chapter 33 Walking in the Rain
Chapter 33 Walking in the Rain
The butler opened the door respectfully and handed over the umbrella.Qin Qin took it and propped it up, and walked into the rain.
The rain came suddenly, without any warning.In the evening, the sky was still full of red clouds. After nightfall, the big raindrops hit the ground one after another, forming a vast ocean in an instant.
Lightning loomed among the clouds, and occasionally a streak pierced the sky, illuminating the darkness.The rain curtain separates everyone into individual individuals, and there is a world under an umbrella.
When he opened the car door, Qin Qin stopped and subconsciously looked back.
He thought that he would never take the initiative to step here in this life. The three-storey villa was hidden in the night in the wind and rain, and the appearance was blurred and unrecognizable, but the interior decoration became clear in his mind.
Once, coming here was his worst nightmare.Over the years, he tried various ways to avoid coming here for New Year's Eve, but none of them succeeded.
Now, finally, the last time.
Thinking of never having to come to this place again, his first reaction was not relief.
The wind is stronger.
The construction time of the villa is so long that it cannot be traced back. It is not the new simple European style that is trending now, but the French architecture of the imperial style.After the ravages of time, the walls have become mottled and old, and the elegant and solemn momentum has faded, showing a decayed and loose inner quality.In the storm, there is a sense of fragility.
He is very clear that it is not nostalgia.Every time he leaves, he always walks cleanly and without sloppiness.If he wanted to get to the bottom of it, then he still had a hint of gratitude for this place.
After all, it was here that he met the most important person in his life.
The conversation in the villa just now came to mind again.
——Heh, didn't you agree with me in the end?
—He is different from you.What he loves is the meaning of the diamond, but what you love is its value.
——The significance of diamonds lies in their value, otherwise why don't people buy glass?A meaningless diamond is no different than glass.Since you refuse to admit it, I will also give you a choice.Refusal will ruin Ye Lan's career.Agreeing, it will destroy Ye Lan's love.How would you choose?
--I reject.Without a career, he would have no interest in living, and without love, he would not be able to live at all.
Qin Qin looked away, opened the door and got in the car.He has been delayed for too long, thinking of Ye Lan's mental state before going out, he slammed the gas pedal to the bottom.
Running all the way downstairs, Tan Qin didn't have time to open an umbrella, and rushed into the corridor in the rain, and walked up the stairs holding his restless heartbeat.
When he reached the door, Qin Qin was startled.There was a young man squatting on the ground, poking his phone viciously, and kept complaining: "Damn Alan, where the hell have you gone! Wait until I find you, wait until I find you and see if I don't press you!" on the bed……"
Tan Qin felt that he had seen him somewhere, but couldn't remember: "Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"
The man was startled, jumped up and took a step back, and when he found Tan Qin, he patted his chest in horror and said, "I'm scared to death! Can you stop suddenly appearing behind him! Aren't you the handsome guy in the bar who is ascetic? What's your name? Oh yes, Max! I'm Robin, my Chinese name is Fan Yue, do you remember me?... No, why are you here?"
Qin Qin pointed to the door behind him with his eyes: "This is my home."
"Ah? What the hell? Did I go wrong?" Fan Yue muttered, then looked at the house number, "That's right! Isn't this Ye Lan's house?"
"...It's also my home."
"You..." Fan Yue's eyes widened suddenly, "Living together? No, didn't Ye Lan say that he was with that male god?"
He looked Tan Qin up and down, and after a while, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face: "I'm so fucked up, are you his male god?"
Qin Qin bypassed him, found the key and inserted it into the lock.Hearing the sound of unlocking the lock, Fan Yue stared at him in horror, unable to speak for a while.
Tan Qin's expression softened a little, he raised his head to look at him, his eyes were indifferent, he didn't intend to open the door to let him in at all: "What's the matter with you?"
These words were like lighting up a firecracker that had been misfired for a long time. Fan Yue jumped up suddenly, hugged Tan Qin's shoulders tightly and shook desperately, and let out an earth-shattering roar: "Alan! I can't contact him anymore. Ahhh!"
Qin Qin was stunned, Ye Lan was still at home when he went out, how could he not be able to contact her?He pushed Fan Yue away, quickly opened the door, and rushed in.
The furnishings of the living room are clear at a glance, there is nothing on the bed, pillows and quilts are scattered all over the place, only Rocket Raccoon squeaks uncomfortably in the cage.
Tan Qin stood in the entrance, the blood in his body suddenly cooled down, his fingers lost strength, and the key fell straight down and hit the floor.
Fan Yue followed behind him, and looked with his head: "Oh, you guys even raised hamsters—"
"Where did he go?" Qin Qin interrupted him.
"I... I don't know either!" Fan Yue shrank his head, "I saw that he was on the news again, so I wanted to call him to ask him what was going on, but his phone turned off... He used to be busy. It never shuts down when it’s muted, I thought it was weird so I took a look, but no one opened the door for me when I yelled loudly..."
"Do you know anyone else who can contact him?"
"No, I am the only close friend of Ah Lan. He is actually very lonely..." Fan Yue thought for a while, "Oh yes, and his mother! But I don't have his mother's contact information?"
Tan Qin didn't continue to ask, he stood silently, lowered his eyes, hiding all his emotions: "I know, let me fight."
Fan Yue jumped up excitedly: "Oh, that's great, hurry up!"
Tan Qin glanced at him coldly, and Fan Yue fell silent immediately.Tan Qin took out his cell phone and dialed a number: "It's me. Please call your girlfriend."
The other party seemed to ask something.
Tan Qin took a deep breath, and struggled to utter every word: "Ye Lan is gone."
After chasing out the door regardless, Ye Lan realized that there was no place for him in the huge imperial capital.
He didn't know where he wanted to go or where he could go.He didn't want Ye Ying to worry, nor did he want to cause trouble for Fan Yue.Walking along the straight road, the pouring rain poured down, the sky and the earth became blurred, and the direction of the road ahead could not be seen clearly.
The rain slid down the corners of the eyes, winding down the cheeks like tears, sticking the upper and lower eyelashes together.The pajamas were soaked through and hung heavily on her body.The rain flooded the soles of the shoes, making it impossible to move an inch.
Ye Lan dragged her legs numbly, the extended road seemed to have no end, under the rain, even the future became confused.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he finally stopped exhausted.
The rain was heavier again.Ye Lan didn't understand why there was so much rain, did all the clouds this year stop at this moment, turn on the faucet, and wash away the sins of the world to their heart's content.
Panting slightly, he sat down against a shady tree by the roadside.The pajamas clung tightly to her body, like a second skin, like soft armor.He looked up and recognized the place.
This is the small single room that Ye Ying rented near the primary school when he first entered primary school.
He has lived here for nine years, from the first grade of elementary school to the second semester of the third grade of junior high school, and he is almost perfect.
Ever since he worked for Ye Ying, the busy work forced him to sleep directly in the warehouse. Later, the jewelry workshop provided food and shelter. In the end, he never came back here.
A bolt of lightning broke through the night sky, bright as day, illuminating Ye Lan's pale face.
The window of the small single room has the curtains drawn, revealing a little light yellow light, occasionally a figure shakes, and the back is projected on the curtains, like a shadow puppet show.
The whole world was filled with the sound of noisy rain. Ye Lan sat in the muddy water, staring blankly at the balcony of the small room, her eyes were distracted, like fireworks that bloomed and collapsed.
Which family lives here now?What stories do they have?Are they all happy in the same way, or do they each have their own suffering?
Ye Lan recalled in a trance that when she was a child, she followed Ye Ying up the crowd hand in hand, with a steaming meat bun in his hand. Ye Ying turned her head and smiled at him.
Counting the past 20 years, only the nine years in this place really belonged to him.Only when he lives here is he completely happy.Life is hard and difficult, but Ye Ying will always find a way to fill his stomach. He trusts his mother wholeheartedly, and there is no overnight trouble.
He remembered that in this small private room, he had experienced a real happiness, which was not very different from other happy children in the family.
He has a family and a mother.
But why do you want to fight?If he hadn't fought back, wouldn't he have dropped out of school, entered high school smoothly, and if possible, entered a better university and graduated with a job?However, he knew clearly and sadly that with Ye Ying's financial situation at that time, it was impossible to allow him to go to high school.
The nine-year compulsory education only goes to junior high school. After the third year of junior high school, Ye Ying can't afford high school tuition, and it doesn't make any difference whether she drops out or not.Anyway, he couldn't have the opportunity to continue studying, the only way out was to help Ye Ying make money to ease the money crisis.
Ye Lan was too clear, so when Ye Ying asked him, he couldn't say no.Since it will happen sooner or later, it might as well accept the reality quietly.
Sometimes Ye Lan would think that the happy time in her life ended when she dropped out of school in the third year of junior high school.
Sometimes he felt that the hardships and dangers in his life began when Ye Ying gave birth to him.
It would be fine if I hadn't been born. If I hadn't been born in the first place, there wouldn't be so much grievance and pain.
Maybe it's not too late to end all this now, Ye Lan thought dimly.The sluggish brain turned, looking for a way to escape.
For the first time, he felt that being alive was such a heaviness. This heaviness was different from the previous fatigue. It was a heaviness that would crush and suffocate people, and he could no longer bear it.
A car approached at the turn of the intersection, and the bright high-beam headlights were particularly glaring in the rainy night.Ye Lan supported the tree trunk and stood up, squinted her eyes, and staggered towards the middle of the road.
Chasing the light, where there is light, you can reach heaven.
The watery ground was wet and slippery, and Ye Lan's shoes tripped over the curb, like a kite with a broken string, and fell powerlessly towards the speeding car.
The ear-piercing sound of brakes almost pierced the eardrums, and the car still rushed forward at high speed due to inertia.At the very moment, the car made a very small turn, brushed against Ye Lan's skin, and slammed into the side hard.
The loud sound of the car hitting the green belt pulled Ye Lan out of his memory, and he rushed towards the crashed car, panicked.
The crashed car seemed similar, and the moment Ye Lan saw the familiar license plate, Ye Lan thought she was in hell.