Chapter 16(3/6)
Li Chengxiu's eyes were empty: "Soon."
Shao Qun said happily: "Just call me when you want to move, I will prepare a place for you... Uh, don't worry, don't live with me, everything is based on what you mean, okay? But you have to let me take care of you."
Li Chengxiu refused to comment and turned around and went upstairs.
Shao Qun looked at his thin back almost obsessedly, his heartbeat as fast as a drumbeat.
Thinking that Li Chengxiu might be able to return to him soon, he was so excited that his fingertips were trembling slightly.
After Li Chengxiu entered the house, she sat down on the sofa and took out a thick book from her briefcase.
It was a second-hand book, which he bought for three dollars at the book stall on the way off work.
Although it is second-hand, it looks 90% new. The original owner may not have read it much. The background color of the hard book cover is very bright, with a few gold-toned large characters "English Speaking Quick" on it.
Li Chengxiu couldn't help crying when she looked at the cover.
He didn't know what he bought this book. He knew that he didn't have the courage to travel across the ocean with Li Shuo, but when he saw it by the used book stall, he thought, maybe, maybe, maybe English is not that difficult, maybe the United States is not that difficult.
But it is actually very difficult.
What guarantee does he have? Can he and Li Shuo last for a long time? What should he do if he loses the only support power?
Where did he get the courage to exile himself to the edge of the cliff?
He cannot lay the foundation of his life on others, otherwise the person will leave and he will fall to pieces. This is the lesson he learned from Shao Qun.
Li Chengxiu, who had never been willing to throw things around, threw the book into the trash can as if he had to make up some decision.
He picked up the teacup, couldn't help but kiss the tip of its nose, and said to himself, "I'm sorry, I'm going to move again."
The little teacup pushed his face with his claws and whined.
Li Chengxiu was almost sick when she moved. Even when Teacun saw him packing things, she felt like she was feeling and was very emotional.
Li Chengxiu felt so uncomfortable when she screamed at it, but she had no choice.
After packing up as quickly as possible, he sat on the coffee table and wrote his resignation letter.
Li Chengxiu has always been a very efficient person and never procrastinate when encountering things. When he went to the company the next day, he quit his job.
For Li Shuo's sake, the boss did not make things difficult for Li Chengxiu in such hasty resignation.
When he got home, Li Chengxiu called Adrian first and told him that he was going home. If he didn't contact him, he would not worry.
Adrian knew about Li Shuo, but he didn't know that Li Chengxiu had no home to go back. He thought that Li Chengxiu planned to go home before going abroad, so he was quite happy for him: "I'll go to the United States to play with you."
Li Chengxiu was stunned for a moment. He knew that he had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, and agreed bitterly.
After quitting the phone, he sent Li Shuo a long text message.
"Brother Li, I'm sorry, I can't go to the United States with you. I'm thirty, and I don't have that courage to start over in a strange country. Thank you for your long-term care. I can't repay you, I can only say thank you. I remember everything about your kindness to me. I have caused you a lot of trouble and hope you can forgive me. I plan to leave Shenzhen. After I leave, Shao Qun will not make things difficult for you or not, and will do it well to everyone. I let you down your kindness. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please don't worry about me. I have a relative who is doing business in another place, and I will go to him. Brother Li, I'm sorry, I can't say goodbye to you in person. I hope you are well and I hope you can forgive me."
Li Chengxiu pressed it to the end, her fingers were shaking out, and her face was covered with tears.
How hopeful he would have met Li Shuo first, so everything would be different.
After sending the phone, Li Chengxiu took out the phone card.
Early the next morning, he took a small teacup and a few luggage to the long-distance bus station.
Li Chengxiu didn't actually go too far.
He had no relatives to join, nor had any destination at all.
He was afraid that the little teacup would be tired after being slammed in the car for a long time, so he went to Guangzhou first.
He first found a small hotel and settled in, and then planned to go out to find a house tomorrow, find a place to stay, and then start looking for a job.
As for whether to find an accounting job or work back to his old career, he was very hesitant.
He has had some experience in accounting now, but it is far from the experience of a chef. Considering the recent problems such as making a living, it is indeed more reliable to find work in a restaurant.
After thinking for a long time, Li Chengxiu decided to write two resumes and try them out. He would do which one he could find first.
The little teacup was stuck in the car for more than two hours, and was in a bad mood. He lay on the bed with half-drooping eyelids, looking weak. Li Chengxiu brought the dog food to its mouth. After smelling it, it turned its head aside.
Li Chengxiu thought it was tired, so he rubbed its neck and massaged it for a while, then spread the nest for it and let it sleep.
This hotel is not clean, and one window is broken, and it is not closed tightly, leaving a four-finger-wide crack, which is whizzing in. Although the weather is warm now, it is still a bit cold at night.
Li Chengxiu pulled the curtains tightly and lay on the bed exhausted, staring at the yellow ceiling with her eyes open.
He has to do everything again.
He had to find and adapt to the residence and work. It was like in the past ten years, he had just lived but gained nothing.
He couldn't figure out why his life was so difficult?
This hopeless feeling was so uncomfortable that he suffocated him. Li Chengxiu couldn't help but wonder in a daze, why did he live? It was so tiring and nothing good to live. Why did he live?
Just as Li Chengxiu was rushing to find a house in Guangzhou, Shao Qun was almost crazy.
He waited for Li Chengxiu's phone call for several days, staring at his phone every day and almost popped his phone out of a hole, but he didn't wait.
He gradually felt that things were not right. He didn't have much hope that Li Chengxiu would call him, but since he promised to move out from Li Shuo, at least give him a letter.
He didn't dare to look for him rashly, and Li Chengxiu still resented him now.
But after waiting for several days, Shao Qun finally couldn't wait any longer and drove over.
I found the place where he lived and rang the doorbell for a long time, but there was no reaction inside.
Shao Qun slapped his head suddenly and thought to himself that he was anxious and confused. Li Chengxiu must still be working in the company at this point.
He thought about it and was unwilling to wait in the dilapidated place where he and Li Shuo lived together, so he simply drove to Li Chengxiu's company.
As a result, when I got there, I found out that Li Chengxiu had resigned several days ago.
Shao Qun's head buzzed, and a chill rushed directly from the soles of his feet to his forehead. The bad premonition immediately lingered in his heart and could not be removed.
He returned to the car like he was running for life, and almost drove back to where Li Chengxiu lived.
He simply stopped urging the doorbell. He pressed it for five or six minutes without any reaction inside. Finally, he simply knocked on the door with his fist, and shouted, "Li Chengxiu! Li Chengxiu!"
The security system in this community is very good. Shao Qun's big noise finally aroused the suspicion of the security department on the other end of the monitor. Two people came up in less than a while.
The two little security guards had typical southern figures. When they saw that Shao Qun was tall and big, they didn't feel comfortable, so they asked him what he was doing, which would affect other residents.
Shao Qun gasped, his face looking ugly: "I'm looking for my friend."
One of the security guards looked at the door number, tilted his head and recalled it for a while, and then used the intercom to call the security department: "Did the 1818 residents move out a few days ago? Who was on duty that day?"
A reply came from the other side: "I moved away. I left early in the morning on the 12th. Xiao Wu was on duty and helped him carry a piece of luggage."
Shao Qun's face turned pale and asked unwillingly: "Where has he been?"
The little security guard said "Ouch": "Boss, how could we know about this?"
Shao Qun swayed downstairs, feeling his legs shaking.
He got into the car and called Xiao Zhou and asked him to find Li Chengxiu.
His mind was in a mess and his speech was a little unscrupulous. The fear that Li Chengxiu might have disappeared was like a cloud pressing ruthlessly on his head. He felt cold all over his body and his chest was so tight that he could not breathe.
He thought for a long time, remembering someone who might have clues, he flipped through the contact person and finally found Adrian's phone number.
Adrian had already deleted Shao Qun's phone number and answered it without any warning.
Shao Qun didn't talk nonsense to him and whispered: "Adrian, where has Li Chengxiu been?"
Adrian was stunned on the other end: "Shao Qun?"
Shao Qun said impatiently: "Where has he gone?"
Adrian then reacted and sneered: "Cheng Xiu and Li Shuo have gone to the United States."
Shao Qun's mind was blank, and his heart suddenly felt a sharp pain. It took him a long time to come back and said in a trembling voice: "No, it's impossible, he said he..." Shao Qun remembered the scene that day. Li Chengxiu only said that he would move out from here. He didn't expect that Li Shuo would really throw away his career here and trick Li Chengxiu away.
Adrian sneered: "Shao Qun, just accumulate some good deeds for yourself and don't bother them. It's time for them to get married when they are in the United States. If you still have some feelings for Li Chengxiu, why not wish him happiness."
"fart!"
Shao Qun suddenly roared, scaring Adrian.
Shao Qun hung up the phone, his fingers trembled and flipped through the phone book, and immediately called a friend: "Help me check the list of departures to the United States these days, is there anyone named Li Chengxiu in it..."
After a while, Shao Qun found out that Li Chengxiu had not left the country at all, and even the airlines did not have his information, so he had never even taken the plane.
Shao Qun was in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he felt relieved. At least Li Chengxiu did not go to the United States to reunite with Li Shuo. But on the other hand, Li Chengxiu disappeared out of thin air. China is so big that finding someone who has no traces and no relatives and friends is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Shao Qun regrets the past now. He shouldn't have forced Li Chengxiu that day. He didn't expect that he would just force someone away like this. Where would he go to find him now?
Shao Qun sat in the car from noon until dark, and he had never moved. In this narrow and dark space, he tasted loneliness and regret alone.
He had never been so panicked. When he invested billions of dollars in, he could not see that he could not be so frightened and scared as he is now. The fear of losing Li Chengxiu was almost defeated.
Suddenly his phone rang, and Shao Qun picked up the phone suddenly, looking forward to something in his heart.
There are a string of strange numbers on it, and they were called from abroad.
If he remembers correctly, the area code is the United States.
Shao Qun pressed the call button, and the other end was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "I am Li Shuo."
To be continued...