My 26-year-old Female Tenant

  I stepped into the elevator with my front foot, and Jian Wei followed me in with my back foot. I didn't say a word, but endured the tearing pain.

   "Zhaoyang, I know this practice hurts your self-esteem, but..."

  I interrupted Jian Wei: "But I am a pile of mud that can't support the wall. I don't have the ability to make money at all. It was like this a few years ago, and it's still like this now."

   "Don't be so presumptuous, okay?"

   "Isn't that true?"

   "No... I don't think you know yet: the theme of the broken life you proposed has been officially used in the planning, and now all the plans are developed around this theme!"

  I frantically pressed the button of the elevator, and walked out before the door was fully opened. The recent series of encounters have made it difficult for me to calmly listen to what others have to say.

  Jian Wei grabbed me again, she almost choked up and said to me, "Zhaoyang, don't be like this, okay? I just hope you can live a better life, I'm afraid to see you struggling hard."

My emotions were surging, but I remained silent. Finally, I took away Jian Wei and took my hand, and said to her coldly: "If you really hope that my life will be better, you wouldn't even have a baby three years ago. He didn't even give me a reason, so he said the word "breakup..."

  …

   Walking out of the office building where Simei Advertising is located, I once again experienced the emptiness of being alone. At this moment, I don’t know where else to go?

  I have no face to go back to Xuzhou, because at this time I am even more downcast than the last time I went home, and I can no longer count on my father and mother to save my broken life.

  Suzhou makes me feel suffocated, suffocating every second, I wish I could escape from here.

  Beijing, there are Robben and Le Yao in Beijing, but subconsciously I want to find a place where no one knows me, so I can have a quiet time.

  But now I don’t even have the money for a short trip, I’m once again trapped to death in this cage of reality, I’m so depressed that I’m going crazy!

   In desperation, I finally called Le Yao, and she answered after a while.

   "Zhaoyang, why did you call me suddenly?"

   “…lend me some money.”

   "Ah!... Didn't you just step into the bourgeoisie yesterday?"

   "You know what? I'm a **** clown!"

   "Who played with you?"

   "If you don't want to sprinkle some more salt on my scar, just don't ask, okay?"

   After a while of silence, Le Yao said, "How much do you want?"

   "Ten thousand."

   "What can you do with so little money?"

   "I want to start a trip by myself. Isn't 10,000 yuan enough? Then you can lend me 20,000 yuan."

   "Ten thousand is enough, twenty thousand is afraid you will stay outside for a long time, you will come back eventually, and live in a world you hate."

  I sighed, and said for a while: "You are right, let me borrow ten thousand."

   "Well, tell me where you're going?"

"It does not matter."

   "But it's important to me!"

   "How do you understand this?"

   "I am your creditor, I must know your movements to prevent you from absconding with money!"

   "What a reason!"

   Le Yao said firmly, "I don't care, if you don't tell me where to go, don't expect me to lend you money!"

   "Is it fun to threaten me?"

   "Don't you say I hung up the phone!"

   "It's really annoying!" I complained, but I was thinking about where to go, and finally said to Le Yao, "Xitang, I'm going to the ancient town of Xitang for a month."

   "Why Xitang?"

  A mottled memory was circling in my mind, but I didn’t want to tell Le Yao why he went to Xitang. I just said: “Don’t ask so many questions. If you don’t want to borrow it, just hang up your phone.”

   "Borrow, borrow, borrow, you give me your bank account number immediately, and I will transfer the money to you right away."

   "Okay, thank you then."

After finishing the call with Le Yao, I texted my bank card number to her, then called Ban Dae and told him that I was going to Guangzhou for a while, and I might have to change my phone number. Contact him again.

  After that, I resolutely took out the calling card from the phone, broke it off, and threw it into the trash can, so my world was quiet in an instant.

  …

I ushered in the last ten hours of my stay in Suzhou. I went to 4 places in total. First, I went to the moat to smoke two cigarettes. Then I went back to the old house and sat alone on the wooden horse in front of the convenience store for a while, and finally came to Zhuomei's building.

  At about 6:00 in the evening, Zhao Li finally arrived after get off work, and then returned the car keys of the Alto Little Prince to him.

  Zhao Li was very puzzled and asked: "Zhaoyang, are you leaving Suzhou again?"

   "Well, otherwise I would be reluctant to return the car to you."

   "You're going to kill me!"

   "It's just a bit dirty, go wash it, and then apply car wax to make sure it's as good as new!"

  Zhao Li shook his head and smiled, and said: "You are still a pit as always!"

   "It's really not a trick this time, the car has already filled up the gas for you."

"real?"

   "Welcome to check."

   "Come on, trust you once."

I smiled, but subconsciously raised my head to look at the giant billboard on the top floor of Zhuomei, and felt that I should leave, because I didn’t want to meet Mi Cai after get off work with some pain and embarrassment. At this moment, I don’t think we should Appearing in each other's world, because my city in the sky has collapsed, so I don't even fantasize about being with her.

  …

I walked towards Zhuomei's back building, but when I passed by "Seaview Coffee", I saw Fangyuan and Mi Lan sitting at the window. Fang Yuan also noticed me immediately, but Mi Lan didn't notice. Me, because her back is toward my side.

  Fang Yuan gestured to Mi Lan to wait a moment, then walked out of the coffee shop and met me.

  He handed me a cigarette, smiled and asked me: "Are you here to wait for Mr. Mi to get off work?"

  I replied in the calmest tone: "No, we broke up."

   Fang Yuan's expression was incredible.

  I smiled and said: "You have always looked down on us!"

   "Didn't think so soon!"

"One day we will break up. The reason is that there are more external catalysts... In fact, I have understood a few years ago: love without material guarantees is just a loose sand after all. The tighter the grip, The faster you fall, the more painful it will be!"

  Fang Yuan was silent with a sigh.

  I took a deep drag on my cigarette, looked at Mi Lan who was sitting in the coffee shop, and asked, "Why are you hanging out with her for fun?"

   "The relationship between superiors and subordinates, it is inevitable to exchange some work matters, and drink coffee from this shop by the way."

  I had nothing to learn about Zhuo Mei anymore, so I patted Fang Yuan on the shoulder and said, "My buddy is gone."

   "Where are you going this time?"

   "A place where I can rest with memories."

"When are you coming back?"

  While walking, I said to Yuan Yuan: "I'll come back after repairing that city... I won't come back if I don't repair it!"

   "You're still so nonsense...!"

  I didn't respond to Fang Yuan again, because he never believed that there must be a city hidden in the sky in this world!

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