Chapter 6 (1/2)
A big secret is revealed Unfortunately, the novel is from Xiao Qiu’s point of view and we can’t really see what Li Chuan is thinking For that s are already hard to discern It’s clear she’s slowly falling for this handsoentleman, but her personality is quite different fros are ain, I can’t help but feel the dra to disappoint No one can coh I’ive hi prepared is all…
[Chapter 6]
When we got to the girls dore lock on the door
I took in a breathe of cold air, “Shoot!” According to the rules, lights off is at ten o’clock every night and the doors are locked at twelve o’clock However, as far as I knew, after receiving a couple of bribes frouard always turned a blind eye He slept early and was disinclined to get up to lock the door So usually the door isn’t locked overnight The door was
Then, I said to Li Chuan, “Help o to the café”
He took ?”
“Cli in from the outside”
“What?”
I returned the jacket to hi is easy to cli and hang down There are even balconies” After saying this, I stepped up onto thesill of the first floor and grabbed a hold of the railing of the second floor balcony
“Which floor are you on?”
“Not too high”
“Which floor?” He stuck out his hand and held
“Forth floor Look, the doret down”
So he kneas called Xie Xiao Qiu All elish nanored hihtly And then, he pulled with force I couldn’t keep steady, so had to juo of his hand
“You aren’t afraid of clied
I was only in his arms for a second, but I had already lost
“Then what should I do? Sleep on the street?”
“You can stay in a hotel Hotels are open twenty-four hours”
“Good point” My eyes brightened, “I know another place that’s also open twenty-four hours and there’s no need to pay The train station Can I bother you to drop me off at the train station?”
“The train station is so noisy, don’t you have an exam tomorrow?”
“The train station isn’t that noisy I’m not worried about the noise”
He looked at ain and said, “Speaking of quiet, there is a park near the school that is pretty quite There are plenty of benches to sleep on”
“Do you think these are the fields in the countryside where you can sleep anywhere you want? Don’t you kno unsafe Beijing is?”
“I just have to put up with it for a night, there’s no need totowards the school gates
After walking halfway, he said, “If you don’t mind, you can stay at my flat I have many extra rooms”
“That…we don’t actually know each other that well” I was a little eh he seemed like a virtuous person and was kind to ilant
“Do you have a cellphone?”
“No”
“This is my phone Give the police a call Tell the, they can find hed, “Classo with you You have , I think it’sinstead of me”
“Good point There’s a time to endure hardshi+ps and a time to just be obedient That’s what makes a clever child”
He opened the car door and stuck out his hand in invitation I jumped into the car and he helped me fasten my seat belt
I liked to have him fasten my seat belt I liked that his body stooped down so that I could see the back of his head at such a close distance
It was already three in the reat speed and, after twenty h rise The night air was freezing and I was still wearing his jacket He parked the car, carrying his bag and cane, got out of the car and opened the door for me
I said, “I can open the door myself Let me open the door for myself in the future, ok?”
He said, “No”
“You don’t have to be that et used to ayou like this, in the future, you will ot out of the car and followed him to the first floor lobby There were ts of elevators I counted a total of ten of thee He took out an electronic key and the elevator dinged open auton next to the elevator: “Private elevator, please do not use”
I walked in with him There were fifty-nine floors shown on the elevator Above the up withouta sound
“What is PH?” I asked
“The highest floor, penthouse”
“Do you like living that high?”
“The higher it is, the quieter”
“Will I disturb your family?”
“I live alone”
The door also had an electronic lock His flat was speechlessly luxurious It had light green curtains and white walls There was a pure white couch in the living room Every piece of furniture was cleaned as it they were on display at a museum
“Do I need to take off my shoes?” It was a clean and spotless hardwood floor
“There’s no need”
There were a pair of elbow canes hanging on the left side of the entrance way I entered the living roo that there was another pair of the same crutches next to the armrest of the couch
And then I asked a stupid question, “Do you need to use two crutches at home?”
He didn’t answer His face flashed with sorasp
After awhile, he said, “Do you want to sleep right now, or do you want to drink so first? There is juice, beer, bottled water, e”
When saying all this, his expression remained cold, as if he was offended
“No, thank you I will go to sleep now”
“There are four guest roouests with so many choices”
“Follow me”
He led me to one of the rooms
I asked, “Is there a place to wash up?”
“There is a restroom inside”
He pointed towards the direction of my bathroohtly called out, “Li Chuan”
He looked atht”
I quickly took a bath The bathrooown and got under the covers I tried as hard as I could to go to sleep, yet could not fall asleep Thus, I opened my backpack, took out a textbook and reviewed my vocabulary one last time
I was really tired, but also really restless Especially in such a unfa over the vocabulary once, I went over the textbook and grammar Another hour passed like this before I was finally somewhat tired Then I suddenly felt thirsty, so I stealthily slipped into the kitchen to get a drink of water