Chapter 4: A man saves a woman
Loud ear-shattering music, crazy obsessive dance, Lu Qingxiang came to the bar, he exchanged all the wealth left on him for all kinds of wine in front of him, ridiculously, after drinking cup after cup, his mind became clearer and clearer, the last but also the most ruthless sentence of his girlfriend, oh no, his ex-girlfriend, kept reverberating in his ears: "If you can't sign a single contract today again, don't come to see me!"
Because of the alcohol or his pain, Lu Qingxiang laughed out, and louder and louder, his girlfriend must have known that he could not succeed, she deliberately spoke harshly to have a reason to break up, he did not even need to call her to inform the results, she must have toasted in the arms of the newly acquainted rich man to celebrate her singleness.
They had been together since they first entered college, they were a couple that everyone envied, until three years after graduation from college, Lu Qingxiang considered himself to have the excellent condition of having an academic degree from a prestigious university and three years of work experience as a department manager in a world's top 500 company, he came out to start his own business, with a sensitive sense of the future development trends of the world, he invented a set of intelligent systems which can be applied to small and large home appliances and even be used in the manufacture of robots, but due to the high cost, investors could not be found, his ideals could not be turned into reality and were difficult to promote.
At the same time, his actively supportive girlfriend gradually lost motivation, after working hard to be promoted to account manager in the company, she hooked up with the youngest rich second generation on the board of directors. Qingxiang tried to retain, the girlfriend was shaken, but his talents were nothing compared to the wealth, two years of struggle, entanglement, apology, forgiveness, cheating, abandonment, they were both tired, girlfriend gave him an ultimatum today, when Manager Xue said he was not interested in his projects, their first love of ten years ended completely.
"Hey, handsome guy, are you lovelorn? Buy me a drink." A charming beauty sat next to him, her hand slid upward from his elbow joint to his shoulder and stopped, her whole face came to his ear and blew on him.
Lu Qingxiang slapped off her red lips that smelled strongly of alcohol in disgust and said, "I'm not lovelorn, I'm broke!"
The beauty's face immediately changed and walked straight away.
He shook his head and laughed coldly, huh, women, all greedy for money, they pretended to be gentle, considerate and virtuous, It was all for the sake of getting a man with potential, when you can not meet their requirements, they just kick you away.
He touched his pockets, they were empty, all his money had been spent on alcohol, Qingxiang poured the last drop of alcohol in the glass into his mouth, got ready to go to the restroom to wash his face to cheer up and return home, after all, he had not even money for a taxi now.
When passing the door of the second-to-last private room from the restroom, a female voice screaming from inside made Qingxiang unintentionally glance in from the round window on the door, the girl's face was a bit familiar, her mouth was painfully opened by a fat and thick hand which was pouring wine into her, looking to the left, the owner of the fat hand was none other than Manager Xue, and she turned out to be the girl who was sitting next to him without saying a single word this afternoon, and there was another old man on the right side, Qingxiang put his ear to the door and heard him say: "I made you lonely last night, tonight you can really become the owner of the house, aren't you happy? You have never slept in such a soft and luxurious bed, right? There will be something more comfortable waiting for you next, I guarantee you to soar into the sky for the first time, Ha ha ha ha!"
He recognized that the voice was not Boss Deng's, it should be a big client that Xue had taken privately, he was not a nosy person, he turned around and wanted to leave, again, there was a cry for help from the girl in the room, Qingxiang clenched his fists, kicked open the door of the room, with the stamina of the alcohol, plus all the anger of being lost in love and business, he hit Xue in the face, he punched hard one after another, and at the same time he knocked the other old man, who was approaching him with a bottle of wine, down to the ground, then he grabbed the girl's hand and fled the scene.
They fled to a park near the bar, Ganqi held her hand on a big tree and vomited violently, in just two days of coming to Shanghai, so many firsts had already happened, first time living in a big house, first time going to a cafe for coffee, first time going to a bar, first time being poured with alcohol, and almost losing her first time.
After vomiting, she raised her head, wiped her mouth with the tissue handed over by Qingxiang, reached out to him, and said:"I didn't have time to shake hands with you this afternoon, hello, my name is Gan Qi, thank you for saving my life!"
Qingxiang was a bit surprised: "You remember me?"
Gan Qi nodded:"Of course! Otherwise, why did I seek help from you?"
So It turned out that she saw him turning his head outside the door and decided to ignore her at that time, the cry for help was so loud because it was for him. Qingxiang thought she was not too stupid, replied coldly: "I was not saving you, I was just taking out my anger on that fat old man! "
Being so disturbed by her, Qingxiang completely sobered up, he clapped his hands and was ready to go home. Gan Qi saw that it was already dark, her only backpack was held by Xue, she was wearing the golden dress and golden high heels that Xue forced him to wear, the very thin sling was feeling like it would slip off at any time, the skirt barely wrapped around the hips, the 7-inch heel of one shoe was broken in half during the run just now, she was even more embarrassed than when she first came to Shanghai with only 5,000 yuan, she followed Qingxiang lamely, when she saw that he walked faster and faster and didn't look back, she immediately threw away her shoes and ran over to him with her bare feet, she grabbed him tightly with her index finger and thumb and choked weakly: "I, I have no money, nothing, my luggage is detained at Xue's."
Qingxiang glanced at her and returned without emotion: "Sorry, I don't have any money either."
"No, I am not asking for money, I am..." Gan Qi immediately defended, but she couldn't talk anymore, she did not want money but she had no place to go, the whooshing cold wind in the park made her feel cold and scared, she did not know what to do, she could only keep following him.
Almost home, Qingxiang was immersed in the resentment of his failure all the way, he thought that Gan Qi had been driven away by him long ago, he looked back, unexpectedly, she kept a distance of two meters and followed him from a distance. This journey was estimated to be 5 kilometers, her bare feet were worn out and bloodstained, her weak body was shivering, Qingxiang was still not moved, but he thought that he was responsible for her in this situation, it would be better to send her back to Xue tomorrow.
Qing Xiang brought her to his small apartment with one room and one living room, not clean and tidy, but very distinctive, electronic products were placed everywhere, there were robot dogs, robot cats, and all kinds of unfinished robot men and women, she wondered if the arms on the bed and the thighs on the sofa were from the same person, all the switches in the home were voice-activated with intelligent management. Qingxiang saw her looking obsessed, deliberately mocked: "This place can't be compared with your mansion, huh?"
Gan Qi ignored it and continued to visit, Qingxiang brought a box of medicine kit for her to treat her injured feet and gave her a lady's pajamas and a pair of lady's cotton slippers, saying: "Go and take a shower, you can use all the feminine products in the bathroom."
Qingxiang thought decisively, even if she didn't use them, he was ready to throw them all away, his ex-girlfriend would probably never set foot in this place again, and would never wear these cheap clothes and use cheap cosmetics again.
Looking at the toothbrushes and towels for couples and a wide range of bottles and jars in the bathroom, Gan Qi concluded that Qingxiang had a girlfriend, and all his indignation was related to her.
After a quick shower, Gan Qi came out in her pajamas, her hair was still wet with a few drops of water dripping on it, Qingxiang was in a daze for two seconds as if his girlfriend was still by his side, he immediately adjusted and resumed his cold tone:"You can sleep on the sofa tonight,I brought you a blanket. "
After that, he walked into the room and closed the door.