Book 4: The Return of the King
Chapter 20
The three of them arrived at the hotel where SP was staying .
Ai Qing took out her cell phone and called Solo . She knew that Solo should
have already checked in by now . After a short wait, it was Gun who answered
the phone . “Ai Qing?” Gun’s voice was a little coarse .
“Han Shangyan?” She was surprised .
“Is Xiao Bai with you?”
“Yes . Should I give the phone to him?”
Ai Qing said and passed her cell phone to Dt . Gun and Dt began to talk on
her and Solo’s phones . Gun only spoke briefly to Dt . The first thing he said
was, “Let me borrow your girlfriend for ten minutes . Let her come to Solo’s
room . ” The second one was, “Xiao Bai, though I’m your cousin, over here it’s
my best buddy in my lifetime .
Sorry, do me a favor . ”
Dt didn’t even make a sound before he hung up the phone directly . He gave
the phone back to Ai Qing . “Han Shangyan is in Solo’s room . He wants to talk
to you . Go up now, I’ll wait for you here .
His words came as a surprise to Ai Qing . Yi Qian patted her shoulder, he would
be staying behind too .
She turned around, about to go in .
“Wait . ” Dt spoke suddenly .
She turned her head back .
“Give me your backpack . I’ll hold it for you . ” Dt pointed to her backpack .
Ai Qing blushed and handed him her backpack, then she took the elevator all
the way up to the twelfth floor .
Gun’s young girlfriend, who had only appeared a few times during competitions,
was hugging her own backpack outside Solo’s room . She nervously
nervously reported to
Ai Qing in a low voice as soon as she saw her . “Seven bottles of beer and two
and a half bottles of hard liquor . ” The girl pointed to the room after she spoke,
“Han Shangyan wouldn’t let me go in . He’s inside with Solo . ”
“Uhm, he told me to come up over the phone . ” Ai Qing patted the young girl’s
shoulder and comforted her in low voice, “Don’t worry . Both of them have a
good tolerance for alcohol . ”
The young girl still looked quite worried . She took out her cell phone . “Can
you save my number? If everything’s alright after you go in, could you send me… . . .
just send me a period . ”
Amused, Ai Qing saved the girl’s cell phone number before she knocked on the door .
The door quickly opened . There was light inside .
She
.
She walked in and closed the door… . . . hotel rooms had one disadvantage .
Once you walked in the room, you saw everything inside the room . It wasn’t
like at home, where a person could hide in the bedroom or study . But right now
she had a full view of Solo lying on the sofa with his face covered by one arm and
Gun leaning on the side of the sofa smoking . It was as if time had pulled back and
dragged her back to that day in ‘05 .
Han Shangyan seldom smoked unless he was especially irritated .
“Gou Gou……” Han Shangyan raised his head . His eyes were bloodshot, she
couldn’t tell if it was because he had drunk too much or was too emotional . “Come
over here . ” He slowly waved his hand .
She walked over to him and asked lightly . “Is he ok?”
“He’s “Is he ok?”
“He’s fine . ” Gun’s dark glazed over eyes stared at the door . “We won our first
championship right in Beijing . ” Ai Qing felt a lump in her throat . She raised her
head and looked at the night view of Beijing through the sliding door . “I’m sorry… . . .
Han Shangyan . ”
This was what she really wanted to say to Han Shangyan after suppressing it
for so many years .
The view of the city was filled with light .
When they first came to Beijing, they were just like Taotao’s team today, though
perhaps in a worse state, since the living standards now is much higher than before .
That was the beginning of the peak of Han Shangyan’s professional career at the time .
“Ai Qing . ” Solo suddenly spoke with his face still under his arm, “I’m sorry . ”
His voice was soft and weary .