chapter 27 Don't let me see you in Suzhou

I left Hengdian early the next morning, returned to Suzhou in the afternoon, went to the company as soon as possible, and then reported the situation to the manager Kyle, and the incident of shooting a promotional poster for i just followed Maya to me. The promise was resolved. This evening after get off work, I sat in the office for a long time without leaving. After leaving the house where I had lived for more than two years, the panic of having nowhere to go has been haunting me. In fact, habit is really a terrible thing. My current pain is entirely due to habit. I am used to the love that Emily once gave me, and the warmth and comfort that that house once gave me. I don’t understand what’s going on all these years. Why do I always lose the most precious things in my life and gain so little? Maybe I know the answer, but I don’t want to admit it, so I comfort myself: Now I finally see some hope at work. Progress at work will definitely make life easier in the future, so pack up and prepare for a new life. After leaving the company, I did not look for a new house, but decided to live with Hayden for the time being. At least at night, two equally lonely and frustrated men could talk about music and this nonsense of life. I was wandering around the street alone and was bored, so I decided to go to the bar to find Hayden and have a few more drinks. As soon as I left, I immediately hailed a taxi and went to the bar where Hayden was singing. When I came to the bar, there was still the familiar feasting and bustling crowd, and I just found a relatively quiet corner and sat down. Hayden came to me with several bottles of beer, sat down opposite me, handed me another bottle of beer, and said: "I thought you were isolated from here, why are you here again?" I looked around and said jokingly: "Come here to breathe in some decadence. I have been a little too proud of myself recently." Hayden touched a wine bottle to me and asked with a smile: "You are used to living a hard life, what's wrong with living a proud life?" I also smiled, raised the bottle and said, "This is the realm of life. Comrade, you have to slowly learn to drink." Hayden smiled and shrugged, took a sip with me, and then asked me: "You went to Hengdian yesterday to find Maya, right?" "I hid it so closely, how did you know?" I asked in surprise. "I chatted with Maya on WeChat today, and she said you went." "Actually, I went to Hengdian for work reasons. I wanted to set up a counter in our department store. If I had to appoint Maya to shoot promotional posters for their products, this chore would fall on me." I said again. Take a sip of beer. "No wonder Maya said she was happy for nothing. Maybe she really thought you were here to find her at first." "Even if we make a special trip to find her, it would still have to be on the weekend." Hayden nodded and didn't ask any more questions. The two drank another bottle of beer. After chatting for a few words, Hayden left. It was soon time for him to perform on stage. More and more people came to the bar looking for entertainment. I was still sitting in the corner, drinking and losing consciousness. The last night with Maya also seemed to appear in my mind, so I It's a bit sad, and it's hard for me to understand, but it's real. On the stage, Hayden and another resident female singer sang a song he wrote himself. Applause broke out intermittently. My attention was finally attracted, and I snapped my fingers to the rhythm of the music. Hayden is actually a very talented folk singer, but he is too strong-minded and unwilling to write some commercial pop songs, nor to participate in bad auditions, so he has been singing in bars in obscurity for these years, living a miserable life. , but he himself doesn’t seem to care much about this hardship. He often says: You don’t have to be famous to play music, but you must have perseverance in your heart. We've only been together for several years and I don't know what his persistence is, but it doesn't affect my appreciation of him. Amidst the music, the phone vibrated in my pocket. I still snapped my fingers to the rhythm. I took the phone out of my pocket and connected the call without looking at the number. The call was from Wesley. He seemed to have heard the noise in the bar and said to me: "Maxwell, you are fooling around in the bar again." "Have a good time on your honeymoon and don't worry about your brother's leisure." I said and stood up from my seat, swaying with the rhythm of the music and the crowd. "Which bar are you in? I'll go find you." "Didn't you go to Sanya with Zoey?" I asked doubtfully. "It has been raining heavily in Sanya these days. We will go there in a few days." "Go back in a few days. Is your wedding leave enough?" "We can't play for a few days. That's enough. Don't talk nonsense. Tell me which bar you're in." "Suhe Bar, come on, I'll buy you a drink." "Then you have to prepare more money. Zoey will also go, as well as Emily and Brian." When I heard the names of Emily and Brian, my heart trembled. I was stunned for a long time and cursed: "You are stupid for getting married. Why did you bring them here?" "Why are you so excited? The five of us haven't gotten together for several years. Besides, you have a girlfriend. If you call us to get together, you won't have to think about the messy things in the past." "Who did you hear that I have a girlfriend?" "Emily, if you don't have a girlfriend, I won't be able to take Emily and Brian to make you unhappy. I have this sense of propriety." Only then did I remember that on the day of Wesley wedding, I had indeed lied to Emily that Penelope was my girlfriend. I didn’t expect that this lie would hit me in the foot like a stone lifted by me. Can't even hide. In a daze, Wesley said to me again: "Actually, it was Brian's intention to hang out with you. We are all brothers who came from college. Don't make yourself unhappy because of emotional things. We are all in pairs now. , wouldn’t it be nice to get together together?” I didn't know what to say, so I stayed silent. Wesley reminded me again and said: "Remember to ask your girlfriend out. I heard Emily say: She is so beautiful that even Emily thinks so. Zoey and I really want to broaden our horizons." I was about to say something, but Wesley had already hung up the phone. When I heard the beep sound coming from the phone, I was dumbfounded. The bar was still noisy, but I was restless. I couldn't run away because Wesley around me was talking about it. The worst thing about this was that I recklessly said that Penelope was my girlfriend that day, but at that time, In this situation, I was really like a drowning person in urgent need of life-saving straw, so I can quite understand what I did at the time, but what should I do now? After being at a loss for a long time, I finally decided to call Penelope. If she still had some sense of loyalty, she would definitely come to my aid. I took out my phone and found Penelope's number, but couldn't press it for a long time. I still remembered that when we moved out the day before yesterday, we had a fight because we didn't buy insecticide powder, and then she forced me to pay the debt. I was embarrassed. I left the guitar and almost ran away. Isn’t it too unmanly to call her now? "It doesn't matter, I'm just a scumbag in her eyes anyway, so what's the point of talking about integrity?" I muttered something, and then with the reputation of being a scumbag, I got bold and pressed the dial button. Listening to the dial tone, I was a little nervous. This nervousness was well-founded. I was worried that Penelope would ridicule me for my lack of integrity, and I was even more worried that she would not be willing to go to the rescue. After a while, the call was connected, and I heard Penelope's unsmiling voice again: "What are you calling me for?" "Jianhu emergency." "Are you ready to jump into a river or lake again in case of emergency?" I was choked to death by Penelope, and after a while I said: "This time I am not jumping into the river. Do you remember that last time at my friend's wedding, I told a woman that you were my girlfriend?" "How dare you mention this?" I immediately followed Penelope's words and sighed: "Oh, isn't this just the thing that got me into trouble? My friends all said they wanted to meet you, and they are already on their way here. Come to Suhe Bar to save me." " “Jesus can’t save people like you.” "Please don't harm me. It's really urgent. If you didn't come, I would really be ashamed of myself today." "Who cares about you" "I beg you, okay," I said eagerly, as if someone had to lower his head under the eaves. Penelope replied unmoved: "Just wish yourself well." I got angry and said, "You are the reincarnation of Master Miejie. Do you have any sense of loyalty? Don't let me see you in Suzhou in the future." The phone was suddenly hung up, and I was completely stunned when I heard the "beep" hang-up sound.