C1 If You Want to Get Lost Then Get Lost!
"Scram! You reek of alcohol! Don't get too close to Yang Yang!"
The silence of the morning was broken by a bone-piercing sound.
The inside of the dilapidated residential building was dark without any light. The woman's hair was disheveled and her face was pale. Behind her, a small head could be seen. Her round black eyes stared fearfully at the man and woman standing in front of the door.
"Mom …"
Su Yun turned and chased the child inside, "Yang Yang, you go back, quickly!"
The man whose eyes were bloodshot and reeking of alcohol looked at the scene and ridiculed, "Go back there? This is daddy's fucking house, if you want to get lost, get lost! " He grabbed Su Yun by the collar, "Did you hear that? Take this little bastard and get lost! "
The man seemed to have gone mad, scaring Zhou Yang as he hid behind Su Yun.
"Zhou Chengbin, are you crazy?" Yang Yang is still a child, how can you say that?! "
"What is it? Did I say something wrong? "This little bastard …" He paused, held onto the door frame and studied Su Yun's face. Suddenly, he laughed, and meaningfully dragged his words, "Yes, he is still a child, what about you? "You f * cking ate laozi, but you still have the guts to tell me to f * ck off?!"
The argument was too loud, causing the people around them to clamor.
Grandma Wang, who was next door, pushed open the door and ran out to pull the rack.
"Zhou Chengbin, why are you drinking like this again?" Stop being so drunk, apologize to A'yun, and let the couple quickly go back to their room. "
Su Yun's eyes were filled with tears, "Aunt Wang is fine, quickly go back, I'll send Yang Yang to kindergarten."
After saying that, she turned around and grabbed the wallet on the shoe cabinet. She dragged the trembling Zhou Yang out of the house.
Grandma Wang was still screaming behind him, but the man beside her revealed a ferocious sneer and cursed in an unclean manner, "Damn it."
"..."
Jingcheng was still sleeping at six o'clock.
The pair of figures, one big and one small, wandered aimlessly in the deserted alleyway.
Zhou Yang was too thin, and even holding his tiny arm felt like his hands were about to touch her. Su Yun lowered his head to look at the little guy who was at a loss.
She squatted down, gently stroked Zhou Yang's head and said, "Yang Yang, tell mom, can you take care of yourself by yourself?"
Zhou Yang was frightened by her words. "Mom, where are you going?"
"Mom's not going anywhere. Mom has to go to work, or dad will chase Mom away." Then she thought about it and corrected herself, "Daddy won't kick Mommy out, he'll just lose his temper. Mama will entrust you to kindergarten all day long, let teacher accompany Yang Yang, we meet once a week, OK? "
"I want my mother!"
In her arms, she threw herself into the arms of a scrawny little body, causing Su Yun to sob.
Forget it. Yang Yang's body was too weak, no matter who she gave her to, she wouldn't be able to rest at ease.
But very quickly, the little body withdrew from her embrace and asked with tears streaming down her face, "Does this mean that dad and mom won't argue if Yang Yang stays in the kindergarten?"
Without waiting for Su Yun to speak, Zhou Yang seemed to have made a huge decision, his small hands clenched into fists, "I'll go."
The kindergarten was far away, and it was almost time for class when the two of them got there. Su Yun quickly completed the procedures for Zhou Yang and thanked the dean repeatedly.
Everything happened very quickly. Time passed by in the blink of an eye.
Su Yun walked out of the kindergarten, turned his head to look at the pair of eyes that were unwilling to part with him, and finally steeled his heart and left.
At Shunfeng Express.
It was not even eight o'clock yet, and the package had already surrounded the door to the point where there was nowhere to go.
Su Yun quickly checked the goods, and before he even had the chance to speak, he had already started work in the electric tricycle.
She's the worst performer here.
Because she was a woman and because Zhou Yang's health was too poor, she had to go to the hospital at all costs. That was why she always held him back. The money they earned was barely enough to feed the mother and son. Zhou Chengbin was still the only one who could make ends meet.
Back when she had applied for the talent market, whenever she introduced herself to others as a former graduate of Nanjing University, the interviewer would look at her with extreme suspicion and ask her for her graduation certificate.
Su Yun did not.
So she couldn't find a proper job.
Luckily, Shunfeng, who was at the door, was looking for express delivery. Originally, he didn't want a girl, but he couldn't resist her coaxing and accepting it.
But she hadn't expected to be so tired. Even though she was already used to living a life of hardship, a woman wouldn't be able to bear such hardships. She still had three days of time before the assessment. If she didn't work hard, she would lose the job she was looking for.
"..."
"Haiyuan District, 6th Building 2502." Su Yun took a packing case and subconsciously read it out when she was waiting for the elevator.
It was so luxurious that even the overhead lights in the corridor were dazzlingly ornate. The floor was made of marble, and there was a red carpet on it that was covered with dark lines. It was very soft to the touch.
She vaguely remembered that she had been to the same gorgeous place before, but she didn't want to think about where.
The elevator reached the 25th floor.
She knocked on number 2's door, but when no one answered, she remembered that she should ring the doorbell.
After three rings, the door opened.
The sleepy man pushed open the door with a dark expression. Just as he was about to speak, he raised his head and met Su Yun's dazed eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the winds rose and clouds surged.
Neither of them spoke first as time froze. The past that should have been buried in dust five years ago surged up like a geyser.
"You …"
"Sir, here's your express delivery." Su Yun could barely finish her sentence as her voice trembled. She threw her bag out and rushed to the elevator as if she was escaping.
Behind him, a loud shout could be heard: "Stop!"
She did not stop.
Her fingers desperately pressed the down button, but the elevator seemed to be going against her, stopping at the highest level and not coming down at all.
Her hand seemed to poke a hole in the elevator button.
"I told you to stop, didn't you hear?!" The man rushed out.
He was still wearing his pajamas. His hair was messy and his handsome eyes were blood-red.
As he got closer, Su Yun instantly felt an unquenchable rage.
An elevator! Why isn't the elevator coming down?
She did not realize that she was sweating profusely, her hair sticking to her face, her lips trembling.
"Su Yun!"
With a furious reprimand, everything came to a standstill. Her movements, her heartbeat.
Su Yun looked at the tightly closed elevator door in shock. She felt a ton of weight on her chest, the pressure making her unable to breathe.
The man's hands were clenched tightly as the veins on the back of his hands bulged. His patient expression was reflected on the elevator door, as if he was about to tear her apart with his bare hands.
Su Yun clenched his teeth, took a deep breath and found his voice with much difficulty: "Sir, is there anything else?"
"Escaping what?"
Why are you running?
Su Yun asked himself, but could not find the answer.
"Sir, you misunderstood, I did not run away. I just... "He's in too much of a hurry."
"What time is it?"
"I still have a lot of work to do, so I have to hurry..."
"I'm asking you, what time are you in?!"
Su Yun trembled as his eardrums began to ache.
"I'm asking you a question, answer me!"
She forced herself to turn around, to hide all the unnecessary emotions, to look at him with an extremely calm expression.
A thorn appeared in his throat.
"Xi Yucheng, long time no see."