The driver did not say anything else. He started the car and drove along the navigation route towards the airport.
It was very quiet in the car. Leng Nuan leaned back in her chair and stared out the window. She closed her eyes as she watched.
Her expression was very calm and there were no fluctuations on her face. However, when the driver stopped the car and told her that they had arrived, she opened her eyes and realized that her eyes were wet. When she got out of the car, she glanced at the rearview mirror, she saw that her eyes were red.
After entering the airport, Leng Nuan quickly checked in her boarding pass and luggage. After passing through the security check, she waited in the rest area for less than ten minutes before the broadcast began to inform her that the flight was boarding.
Leng Nuan got up and before she went to the boarding gate to line up, she took out a paper clip from her wallet and poked open the SIM card slot on her phone. She took out the SIM card from inside and held it at her fingertips for a moment. Then, she forcefully broke the SIM card into two halves, she casually threw it into the trash can that happened to pass by, put the phone into her bag, handed the boarding pass directly, and entered the boarding passage.
After sitting on the plane for about fifteen minutes, the cabin rang with safety instructions.
Soon, the flight attendant began to check the passengers’seatbelts.
Not long after, the plane slowly moved. After about ten minutes, the plane’s speed became faster and faster. When the plane took off into the air and there was a slight sense of overweight, she sat by the window and looked out the window at Leng Nuan the whole time, tears fell like rain.
..
Lu Benlai only returned home at 11 o’clock at night.
He had drunk and did not drive. He directly asked someone to send him to the entrance of the residential area.
Following the small path in the residential area, Lu Benlai took a few turns before walking to the building where he lived.
The security guard on duty on the first floor was still Xiao Chen. When he saw him, he called out, “Mr. Lu.”
Lu Benlai nodded slightly. Just as he was about to swipe his access card for the elevator, he realized that he seemed to have forgotten to bring his access card with him. He could only stop and say to the security guard, “Please swipe the elevator for me.”
“Okay, Mr. Lu…”after Xiao Chen responded, he took the access card from the table and walked toward the elevator, lu Benlai, who was following behind him, spoke in a familiar voice,”… Mr. Lu, have you been drinking again today?”? “No, not as much as yesterday. Yesterday, you were completely drunk. I called you several times, but you didn’t respond… If your girlfriend hadn’t sent you back, I’m afraid you would have found a place to sleep yesterday…”
“Girlfriend?”Lu Benlai caught the sensitive words.
“Yes, it’s Miss Leng. Didn’t you say that she was your girlfriend? You even told me that if she came, I had to let her pass…”
He had indeed drunk too much last night, so much so that when he woke up this morning, he could not even tell what day it was.
Not only did he not remember how he got home, but he also did not remember when he took off his clothes… in his blurry memories, he remembered that he seemed to have done something with a woman, but his home was empty, other than him, there were no other clues. He thought it was a dream… but now Xiao Chen told him that Leng Nuan had sent him home yesterday..
Thinking about it, Lu Benlai asked again, “When did she leave last night?”
“Well… why did she stay upstairs for two or three hours before she left… Oh, right, before she left, she left me something to pass to you. If I didn’t mention what happened last night, I would have forgotten about it…”
