Ding Ruola watched as the bus drove away. Bi Shuang's face grew increasingly blurry until all that remained were the taillights of the bus.
The noisy crowd had changed once again. Ding Ruola looked at these strange faces with a sense of melancholy. She was filled with fear about tomorrow.
Just as she got home, Fang Siyan came to the shoe cabinet and took out a pair of slippers for Ding Ruola. Ding Ruola looked down at the man carefully arranging the slippers.
"Old Fang!"
When Ding Ruola spoke, she dragged out the last syllable. Fang Siyan already sensed that this was not a simple matter. He stopped what he was doing, stood up directly, and pulled out a wet wipe from the side table to wipe his hands.
There was still water from the wet wipe on his hands. The smell of the perfume in the water made Ding Ruola frown slightly.
She glanced at the wet wipes on the table.
"Old Fang, don't buy this brand anymore!"
Fang Siyan was a bit at a loss. Last time, it was Ding Ruola who personally chose this brand.
Although Fang Siyan didn't know what troubled Ding Ruola, based on past experience, in her current state, the more he did or said, the more mistakes he would make.
The best thing to do now was to sit quietly beside Ding Ruola.
"Why am I so useless?"
Ding Ruola stared at Fang Siyan, waiting for the man to answer.
Fang Siyan thought to himself—you might as well just kill me!
The girl stared at the man for a long time. His silence made the girl lose her patience. She left the sofa and went back to her room.
The brown file bag on the table caught Ding Ruola's eye.
Only then did she remember Li Qianmo's instructions.
Was it still too late to go out and apologize after losing her temper?
Ding Ruola held the file bag and looked at it for a long time. She thought she should find a calm moment for the two of them to do the test together.
The girl herself didn't understand what had come over her today. When she saw Bi Shuang leave, she felt uncomfortable.
Fortunately, she had added Li Qianmo on WeChat before.
Ding Ruola briefly described her situation and held her phone, waiting for Li Qianmo's reply.
[Qianmo: It might be evening phobia!]
She wondered if this disease name was just made up by Li Qianmo.
Ding Ruola was half - believing and half - doubting. She even checked on Baidu and sure enough, there was such a strange disease name.
The cause was simple—it was because of the evening!
Li Qianmo told Ding Ruola that she just needed someone to accompany her.
The desolation of the evening and the departure of her friend had accumulated these negative emotions and made Ding Ruola emotionally unstable.
Ding Ruola looked at the long paragraphs of text from the man explaining the situation.
She felt much better now. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Old Fang! The door isn't locked!"
Fang Siyan knew the door wasn't locked, but considering Ding Ruola's current state, if he just walked in directly, would it lead to another story?
The man walked in, holding a bowl of congee in his hand. But Ding Ruola had no appetite for food now. She could only ask Fang Siyan to put the congee on the side table first.
"What's this?"
The man pointed at the file bag on the table.
Ding Ruola panicked. She couldn't let Fang Siyan know that she had secretly gone to see a psychologist.
Nervous, the girl jumped off the bed directly and hugged the file bag in her arms. Her exaggerated movements made her look even more suspicious.
Fang Siyan naturally noticed Ding Ruola's abnormality, but now was not the time to expose her. He just smiled faintly and said a joking remark casually, skillfully changing the topic.
"Old Fang, I'm sorry. I don't know what got into me today!"
The girl casually stuffed the file bag under the pillow. She knelt on the bed, looking down at her intertwined fingers, pouting. Her breathing became heavy because of nervousness.
She didn't know why she couldn't suppress these negative emotions when facing Fang Siyan.
"Ruoruo, I understand. People often feel inexplicably sad at times, but you have to..."
"I!"
Ding Ruola wanted to explain further, but when she saw Fang Siyan's expression, her mind went blank.
"I don't know!"
These four simple words summed up Ding Ruola's current situation.
"You should rest well!"
Fang Siyan knew that Ding Ruola must be hiding something from him, but since the girl was unwilling to say it, he could only bear it.
Back in the study, Fang Siyan leaned back in his chair. He half - closed his eyes and looked at the documents on the table, as well as a quarterly report mostly circled in red pen.
"Bai Lijingming is being too greedy!"
Fang Siyan picked up the paper, glanced at it, and then threw it directly into the trash can beside him.
On the day Bi Shuang started working at Pandora, she invited Ding Ruola out for dinner.
For convenience, Bi Shuang set the dinner at Li Yan's place so that Li Yan couldn't use work as an excuse to skip this dinner.
At first, it was a normal dinner, but when Bi Shuang came back from the restroom, she seemed like a different person. She sat alone in the corner, drinking alcohol silently.
Ding Ruola couldn't bear to watch. She quietly walked to Bi Shuang's side and asked if she had met someone just now.
Sure enough, Bi Shuang had met Qin Hongyu while she was in the restroom.
Li Yan and Bi Shuang were like brothers. He had heard about Bi Shuang's relationship before. When this scumbag came to his territory today, he naturally wouldn't let him go.
He immediately sent someone to investigate which private room the man was in.
"This room? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
When Shi Zhi saw the room number, his face looked a bit ugly.
There was also a person in there who couldn't be offended. Would it be a bad idea to just barge in?
While Shi Zhi was still hesitating, Li Yan couldn't control his inner anger. He directly led his people and rushed over.
The door opened. Qin Hongyu was kneeling on the ground. Judging from the situation, he should be begging the man who had women on both sides.
That high - and - mighty man was Bai Lijingming.
Ding Ruola was afraid that something might happen. When Li Yan led his people out, she quickly followed behind.
The people who came with Li Yan were all cowards. The moment the door opened, only Ding Ruola and Li Yan were standing in front of the door.
Bai Lijingming took the cigarette from his mouth and glanced down at Qin Hongyu.
The man was very sensible and immediately raised his hand, palm open.
The ash from the cigarette fell into Qin Hongyu's palm. Qin Hongyu had prepared himself mentally and was waiting for the most painful moment.
Ding Ruola standing at the door couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. She could only vaguely see Bai Lijingming pressing something on Qin Hongyu's hand.
Bai Lijingming raised his hand, and the lights in the room came on. The music stopped the moment the lights came on.
Only then did Ding Ruola see the situation in the room clearly.
There were a lot of women in there. It was really an eyesore.
"Do you want this guy?"
Bai Lijingming lowered his eyes. The man on the ground was already trembling.
Qin Hongyu knew that this was going to be an extraordinary night. It must be that his ancestors had committed some sins and now he had offended these people.