Chapter 41
Chapter 41 – Missing
Yin Ze stared at Gao Yu Lan and smiled . “It’s alright as long as you admit that you love me . ”
She blushed and poked him . “Big rogue . ”
“After seeing your roguish behavior, I feel my capabilities are actually very limited . ”
“Nonsense . ” Gao Yu Lan accidentally hit him too hard on his face leaving behind a red handprint and she hurriedly used her hand to rub his face . After thinking for a while, she asked . “That time when I hit you, was it painful?”
“Of course it was painful, if not how could you leave such a deep impression on me . ”
“So you’re still considered very weird . If it was me who met this kind of drunkard who hits people, I’m sure I would have left . Who would have remembered him?” Although the drunkard was herself, Gao Yu Lan still said honestly .
“It wasn’t like that, Lan Lan . That time, I thought I was going to collapse under pressure . In fact, I knew that opening a restaurant and a book bar at the same time was too rash of me . I knew my financial status was not solid enough to simultaneously support three business investments . But that time my brain was burning and I was determined to open the best shop in the best location . It was just to let that devious woman, who bullied my sister and me, know that my mother’s children are not so easily struck down . ”
Gao Yu Lan knew he was referring to Yin Shu’s mother and thought of the suffering he had gone through . She could not help but feel heartache for him .
Yin Ze continued to say . “And my sister, she was finally able to lead a normal life after much difficulty . I couldn’t prevent it when she was hurt and I was determined to give her a better life to make that scum see that she was leading a very good life . So, Lan Lan, you can see people are so greedy . At that time while I was walking, I was thinking about ways to improve my shop’s business . I was thinking about why I should persist in holding on to the two shops and the reason I couldn’t afford to lose . If the shop closed down, my sister would definitely be worried . Would she fall back into depression? Would she blame herself for dragging me down as well or were all these the reasons that I gave myself for refusing to admit defeat?”
Gao Yu Lan understood . At that time, she told her parents city has many big companies, has a good economy, a lot of work opportunities, and high salaries . If she works there for a few years, it would be better than struggling in C-city for ten years . In her heart, this was what she told herself and with all the good conditions laid out, city seemed so much better than C-city .
However, when she was alone in city, on her way alone to and from work and during the holidays, she quietly watched TV and surfed the internet by herself, she had also thought over this . All the good things she had said about city, did she look for those reasons to give herself the means to escape?
“The two of us were treading the same path, Lan Lan . Although you were so drunk that you couldn’t speak clearly and when you shouted you wanted to leave, that was what I also had in my mind . I also wanted to leave and go to a place where nobody knows me . I was tired, I had held on for several years and during the most bitter and most desperate times, I was still enthusiastic and energetic . But that day, I suddenly felt very tired……I wanted to escape too . ”
“But I felt that no matter where I go, I wouldn’t be able to escape . ”
Yin Ze kneaded her hand . “Yes, my heart still cared and no matter where I go, there was no escape . But you made a sad situation into such a funny matter . I, who was obviously in a bad mood was so affected by you that even my temper dissipated . So the impression was very deep . Even after a few years, occasionally I would think about the girl who waved a can of beer and fought for the bench . While she scolded others, at the same time, she said she was so miserable……I always wondered how she is doing now . ”
“How good can she be? That girl is still so miserable and after getting drunk, she still goes around grabbing men . ” Gao Yu Lan said with self-depreciation . Fate is indeed wonderful . The first time she met him, she was drunk . The second time she met him, she was also drunk . It was also so embarrassing on both occasions .
Yin Ze laughed loudly . “It seems anything sad that concerns you will turn out to be funny . ”
“How is it funny?”
“After you lost your love, you became a female rogue . After you lost your job, you became a female bandit, why is that not funny? You didn’t realize that after you had snatched Mantou at that time, I saw you seriously pretending to be pitiful in front of the police, it was so difficult for me to hold back my laugh . That time, I was thinking the girl was so interesting . I have not seen the girl for three years and she had become even more interesting . ”
“I was so pitiful and had experienced such an unfortunate encounter…… . ” Gao Yu Lan was about to teach Yin Ze to have compassion for others when she heard her cell phone ring .
She pushed his head to make him get up and Yin Ze was reluctant . He dilly-dallied before he slowly moved away with a grimace but after he had sat up, Gao Yu Lan did not move . He looked at her suspiciously and said . “Are you going to answer the phone? If not, I’ll continue to lie down . ”
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Her face had turned green and she waved her hand repeatedly . “No, no, I can’t move my leg . ”
“Can’t move?” Yin Ze knew she would not joke about this and had a fright . He reached out to touch her leg . “What’s the matter? Cramps?”
“Numb, numb……can’t move . ” With a sullen expression, she cried and rubbed her legs with her hands . “It hurts… . . It hurts……” The ringing had stopped but she still had not stood up .
He was dumbfounded and helped to massage her leg . While kneading, he said . “Is your body made of tofu? My head is not that heavy to put much pressure on your leg to cause numbness . In the future, if I put pressure on the important points, what are you going to do?”
Her legs started to feel uncomfortable with an itchy and stinging sensation and she wrinkled up her face like a steamed bun . “Are you telling me an indecent joke?”
“Yes, it’s indecent but it’s not a joke . ”
“Ha, ha, . very funny . ” Gao Yu Lan bared her teeth at him and finally managed to stand up . She limped towards her room to look for her cell phone to see who had called her .
Yin Ze called out to her behind her back . “I’ll lend you my crutches……it’s free . ”
“Hateful . ” With the numb feeling in her legs, step by step she slowly made her way into the room .
The caller’s number that showed up on her phone was unfamiliar and she returned the call . While waiting for the call to go through, she slowly walked back to the living room and sat down on the sofa . Yin Ze who was sitting next to her fawned over her by kneading her thighs . The phone was finally picked up at the other end .
“Hello…… . this is Gao Yu Lan speaking . May I know who called me just now?” While she was talking, she reached out to slap Yin Ze’s hands away .
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The person on the other end squeaked out two sounds and then stopped which made Gao Yu Lan frowned . It was already so late in the night and this person called just to mumble a few words? What is this? Just as she was about to feel impatient, she heard a voice from the other end . “Lan Lan……I’m Yang Yang . ”
She was taken aback . “Yang Yang?”
Yang Yang was formerly one of her good friends but ever since after that incident, because of her ‘shamelessness’, pretentiousness’, and ‘sinister mind’, Yang Yang, like all her other friends, had sided with Zheng Tao .
The disadvantage of being childhood sweethearts was that they had mutual friends . So when they were confronted with a dispute, the friends were left with no choice but to take sides .
And Gao Yu Lan was the shameless bad woman with one foot on two boats . therefore on her side, she only had herself, a lonely shadow .
After such a long time, why did Yang Yang call her now?
“Lan Lan, I’m sorry . It’s a long time since we made contact . ” Yang Yang said carefully in a small voice .
When Yin Ze saw something was not right with Gao Yu Lan’s expression, he pulled her into his arms . When she looked at him, her heart calmed down and she asked . “Yes, it’s a long time we have not met . Why are you looking for me?”
“I, I…… . ” Yang Yang mumbled . “I asked several people before I got your house phone number and then I got your phone number from Uncle Gao . ”
Yang Yang did not answer her question specifically and Gao Yu Lan frowned . Why did Yang Yang try so hard to get her phone number? She asked again . “Then why are you looking for me?”
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Yang Yang was silent for a while and said . “Lan Lan, it’s like this . Chen Ruo Yu is also in city . ”
Gao Yu Lan wrinkled her eyebrows tighter . So what if Chen Ruo Yu was also in city? Yang Yang continued to say . “Lan Lan, we’re sorry for what happened that year but you were also clear about the situation then . We couldn’t say anything . Ruo Yu had tried to speak for you but at that time Zheng Tao was very sad and his other friends felt that it was unfair to him . If we had said more, we would have become targets and be publicly criticized . ”
Gao Yu Lan quietly listened to her .
The matter happened so long ago, what is the use of saying all these now?
“I know it is meaningless to say all these things now when we didn’t do anything for you back then…… . ” It seemed Yang Yang was able to guess what Gao Yu Lan was thinking but Gao Yu Lan interrupted her . “Since you know it’s meaningless, why talk about this?”
“Yang Yang, actually what is your purpose in calling me?”
Yang Yang was silent for a moment and then said . “Lan Lan, Ruo Yu had disappeared . Can you take into consideration we have been old classmates for such a long and help to look for her? That time she really wanted to speak up for you but under those circumstances, you also knew everybody saw what happened between you and your male classmate . Zheng Tao, he…… . I mean in that situation, if Ruo Yu had carried on speaking up for you, she would have been chastised and everyone would have attacked her, so she didn’t say anything . We…… . since she was already like that, of course, we dared not say anything at that time . ”
“What did you say?” Gao Yu Lan had a fright .
“I said at that time, Ruo Yu was really on your side . No matter how you handle love life she had always considered you as her friend . She wanted to speak up for you but she really could not do anything to help you at that time . She was also afraid everyone would ignore her and scold her . She cried in front of me and told me she didn’t do anything to stand by you . She didn’t do enough for you as a friend and said she was very sorry for what happened . ”
“No, I don’t want to listen to all these . You said she is missing?”
“Yes . ” Yang Yang said clearly . “Ruo Yu had missing . Her family couldn’t contact her for several days . Before this, she mentioned that she wanted to change her handphone number, but she did not give the new number to her family . Her family tried to contact her on her handphone for several days but failed and they don’t dare to make a police report indiscriminately . So, we thought of getting an acquaintance in City to look for her in her workplace . ”