Chapter 12: night talk
After returning from the cemetery, Shen Xi was in a bad mood.
Not wanting to go back to the hotel alone, Shen Xi strolled along the bustling commercial street in Zhongjing in the twilight. At this time, Shen Xi couldn't help but miss the former group of friends, not their people, but the feeling of being accompanied.
The night gradually enveloped Zhongjing, Shen Xi casually found an inconspicuous bar, nestled in an inconspicuous corner, and began to drink alone in silence.
When Shen Xi couldn't remember how much she drank, a man dressed as a waiter snatched the glass from his hand and looked at him disapprovingly, "Guest, you have already I drank too much, I can't drink any more."
Shen Xi was already in a daze at this time, and she could not fall down by relying on a breath of energy, and she didn't understand what the other party was saying. Looking at the wine glass in his hand, Shen Xi subconsciously went to fight, but was suppressed by the other party, "Guest, where do you live? I'll call a taxi for you."
The other party seemed to have said a lot, but Shen Xi could only hear the words "where to live" clearly. Faintly aware that the other party seemed to have good intentions, Shen Xi forced her head up, but in a trance, she felt that she saw Fang Luowei, so she couldn't help but say, "Fang Luowei, so you are here."
After saying one sentence, Shen Xi lost consciousness and collapsed on the sofa, not seeing the surprised expression on the waiter's face and muttering to himself, "Strange, how do you know my name is Fang Luowei."
Fang Luowei carefully looked at the drunk man. Under the dim light, the man looked like he was only in his 20s, and he looked very handsome. Xu was drinking because of the alcohol. The man's face was flushed with red, and his brows were tightly wrinkled. It was obvious that he was not in a good mood at this time.
After watching for a while, Fang Luowei did not find the slightest impression of the man in his memory, so he had to keep his doubts in his heart.
Seeing that the man was completely drunk, Fang Luowei bent over and found the man's wallet and mobile phone, trying to see if he could find any clues about the man, and the last time he was looking for someone to take him back.
"What are you doing?" A deep voice came from behind.
Fang Luowei was startled and turned around abruptly. Several men and women dressed as guests were standing behind him. The person who asked the question was a slender man at the front, who was looking at himself with a cold face.
Fang Luowei blinked and explained, "This guest is drunk, I'm seeing if I can find any clues to send him back."
Xu Shifang Luowei's attitude was very sincere, and these men and women easily believed his words. The man who asked the question first stepped forward, glanced at the drunk man with mixed eyes, leaned down and carefully picked him up.
Fang Luowei said subconsciously, "Do you know this guest?"
The tall man nodded, turned to look at his companions, "I'll take him back, you can play by yourself."
When the few companions heard this, they all showed disappointed expressions on their faces. One of the girls who looked petite hurriedly asked, "Ming Xuan, are you coming back?"
The man known as Ming Xuan shook his head, "No, I have to go home at night."
The disappointment on the girl's face was very obvious, but Li Mingxuan seemed to be completely invisible, and left here with Shen Xi in his arms.
Fang Luowei stared blankly at the man holding the drunk man away, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly chased out, "Wait a minute, the wallet is still with me."
Li Mingxuan walked out of the bar with Shen Xi in his arms. When the night wind blew, Shen Xi felt a chill, and instinctively moved towards his nearest heat source. Li Mingxuan looked at Shen Xi who was constantly squeezing towards his arms, helplessly tightened his arms, and hugged him even tighter.
Carefully put Shen Xi in the passenger seat, Li Mingxuan got into the car, leaned over and carefully helped Shen Xi fasten her seat belt. Just as he was about to drive away, Fang Luowei just chased after him, "Wait a minute, my wallet and mobile phone are still with me."
Li Mingxuan looked at the young man trotting over and thanked him politely, "Thank you."
Fang Luowei smiled and waved his hand, looked at Shen Xi with concern, "This guest drank too much wine at night, you'd better feed him some honey water when you send him back , so he will feel more comfortable."
Li Mingxuan nodded, indicating that he had written it down, and then drove to the direction of the hotel.
The drunk Shen Xi was very quiet, not as noisy as other drunk people, but fell asleep with her eyes closed. Li Mingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, that's fine.
He originally had a dinner date with a few classmates who used to be abroad. Somehow one of the classmates mentioned that there is a good bar here. Thinking that it was still early, Li Mingxuan did not refuse and came with them, but he did not expect to meet Shen Xi here.
Seeing Shen Xi drunk in a bar on the street alone, a strong emotion surged in Li Mingxuan's heart, like sympathy and pity, just like when he was in the hospital today, when he saw Shen Xi in his uncle In the indifferent words, the mood when he was calm was forcibly supported.
Li Mingxuan sighed and looked sideways at Shen Xi. The neon at night hit Shen Xi's face colorfully through the car window. Shen Xi seemed to be affected by the light, and she began to sleep unsteadily, turning her body left and right to try to avoid the light outside.
Li Mingxuan quickly parked the car on the side of the road, took off his coat, and covered Shen Xi's face. Shen Xi stopped twisting and fell asleep.
The two returned to the hotel, Li Mingxuan took out the room card from Shen Xi's wallet, hugged Shen Xi all the way back to the room ignoring the gazes of the people around him.
Carefully put Shen Xi on the bed, took off her coat, Li Mingxuan covered the quilt for him, was about to leave but suddenly thought of something and turned towards the living room.
A few minutes later, Li Mingxuan came over with honey water. Helping Shen Xi up, Li Mingxuan carefully handed the honey water to his mouth. Xu was really too thirsty, Shen Xi closed her eyes and drank all the honey water in one breath, then lay down and fell back to sleep.
Li Mingxuan smiled wryly, made another cup and put it in front of the bed, finally glanced at Shen Xi, turned off the light and left. Behind him, Shen Xi slept unknowingly.
After all this tossing, the time has already pointed to the early morning, Li Mingxuan carried the jacket in his hand and drove directly back to his home in the western suburbs.
What surprised him was that his mother, who was used to going to bed early, didn't rest today, sitting alone in the living room watching TV, as if waiting for him to come back.
"Mother!" Li Mingxuan said unexpectedly.
Shen Bixue smiled at him gently and stood up, "Hungry or not, there is porridge in the kitchen."
Li Mingxuan was about to stop, but saw Shen Bixue suddenly look over, "Are you drinking?"
Li Mingxuan quickly stopped her mother and explained, "I'm not hungry, and I don't drink. I met a drunk Shen Xi in a bar and got the smell when I took him back to the hotel."
Shen Xi attracted Shen Bixue's attention, she sat down with Li Mingxuan and sighed, "Shen Xi is also a poor child."
Li Mingxuan sat next to her mother and reassured him, "Shen Xi is already an adult. I think he is much more sensible than before after returning to China. Mother doesn't need to worry."
Shen Bixue shook her head with a wry smile, "I haven't cared about Shen Xi in these years, so I don't have the nerve to say anything about worrying. It's just that I'm getting older, and when I think about it, the Shen family is really sorry for him."
Li Mingxuan knew that her mother was always thinking about it recently because of the reporter's reports, so she comforted her, "Grandpa left a huge legacy to Shen Xi, enough for him to live without food and clothing, mother don't think too much. many."
Shen Bixue smiled bitterly, "Is money enough?"
Li Mingxuan didn't speak, Shen Bixue sighed and said slowly, "Everyone said that Shen Xi has a bad personality, that he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and that he is a **** without learning and skills, But why did he grow up like this, you must understand. Without the connivance of the Shen family, without our indifference to Shen Xi, how could he have become like this. "
Shen Bixue looked at Li Mingxuan, "I still remember how small Shen Xi looked when she was just born. Sometimes think about it, if it wasn't for your uncle's preference for Shen Ji and Shen Cheng, too much If he wants to leave the Shen family to Fang Yun's son, he will not tolerate Shen Xi so much. And if Shen Xi is not the grandson of the Han family, your grandfather doesn't have to worry about what Shen Xi will think when he grows up, and defaults to your uncle The attitude of nurturing Shen Xi.
Or maybe I can ignore the thoughts of your grandfather and uncle and take more care of Gu Shenxi, and he may grow into a different look. He may like to read, he may become excellent, and of course he may still not be motivated as he is now, but at least he doesn't have to stay in a hotel alone, or get drunk in a bar and no one cares. You ask Shen Cheng, does he dare to do this? Don't say your uncle, Shen Ji will have to break his leg. "
Li Mingxuan listened silently to what his mother said, he didn't know what to say at this time. The mother obviously didn't need him to speak, she just wanted to find someone to talk to.
"I have kept these words in my heart for too long." Shen Bixue smiled apologetically at Li Mingxuan, "Since your grandfather died, I don't know who to talk to. Your uncle doesn't Having said that, I don't want to say anything about your father, but I finally caught you today and let me have a good time."
Li Mingxuan laughed softly and held Shen Bixue's arm, "Mother, don't worry, I've been listening."
Shen Bixue smiled bitterly again, "Your grandfather always regretted it before he died, he should not have promised your uncle and Han Rou's marriage. In this way, Han Rou will not die young and early, Han Rou will not die at a young age. There won't be so many tragedies at home."
Li Mingxuan said softly, "Life and death are up to your life, these have nothing to do with grandpa."
Shen Bixue shook her head, "You don't understand, he really regrets the decades of friendship between your grandfather and Mr. Han."
Speaking of this, Shen Bixue let out a long sigh, "Speaking of your uncle, my mother really doesn't understand. If he really thinks about Fang Yun, he shouldn't agree to marry Han. Rou. Since he is married to Han Rou, he should take the responsibility of a man, but he has another woman outside. Your uncle said that he really loves Fang Yun, what does Zhou Mingmei mean? Could it be that he raised someone who looks like Fang Yun? A woman is true love? What does he ask Shen Ji and Shen Cheng to think?"
Li Mingxuan smiled bitterly when he heard this. Although he couldn't comment on the elders, Shen Ji complained a lot about his uncle because of Zhou Mingmei. If you think about it, it would be a shame for anyone to change it.
Shen Bixue patted Li Mingxuan's arm, "After saying so much, mother has no other meaning, just wants to say that you and Shen Ji have a good relationship, you persuade Shen Ji. No matter what, Shen Xi He is his righteous younger brother, and now that Shen Xi is like this, it will not hinder him. If he has a good relationship with Shen Xi, your uncle can also take care of Shen Xi, save your grandfather There is no peace in the underground, and this group of reporters is making up the newspapers every day. You take care of Shen Xi when you have time on weekdays. After all, the Shen family owes him. "
Li Mingxuan flashed Shen Xi drunk in the bar and nodded.
Shen Bixue glanced at the time, smiled and hurried Li Mingxuan to sleep, "Let's rest early, I also went to bed."
Li Mingxuan kept watching his mother walk back to the room before turning towards the kitchen, saying that he was really hungry for a long time. It's just that neither Shen Bixue nor Li Mingxuan noticed that at the corner of the stairs, Li Mingfei stood there thoughtfully, not knowing what to think.
Shen Bixue returned to the room only to find that Father Li had not slept and was leaning on the bed with glasses to read documents.
"Are you back?" Father Li put down the document in his hand.
Shen Bixue nodded, Father Li smiled, "Have you talked to your son?"
Shen Bixue glanced at Father Li, and Father Li lay down while taking off his glasses, "Let me say, Dehan is a good businessman, but it's hard to avoid confusion when it comes to women."
Shen Bixue did not speak, and Li's father continued, "Don't think too much, let Dehan go, anyway, it's his son, he doesn't feel bad about who else can he point to." Speaking of this, Father Li suddenly thought of something, "What's the name of the nurse who looks like Fang Yun you mentioned today?"
"Chu Qianqian, a 21-year-old girl."
Father Li looked suspicious, "Don't Dehan have any ideas?"
Shen Bi gave Li's father a white look, "How is it possible, the two are so different in age."
Father Li shook his head, "It's hard to say."
Shen Bixue was too lazy to refute, so she turned off the lights and went to sleep.
After half a sound, a faint sigh sounded in the darkness, "Fang Yun!"