Invade the World

  Chapter 328 Three people run away from home

  The narrow alleys, under the squeeze of the space caused by the wanton piles of debris, turned into genuine small roads, sometimes unable to accommodate several people passing by, so the three of them had to walk side by side.

  But because of this, they are more confident to get rid of the group of guys-the alleys of the old city are spread in all directions, intricate, like a huge maze, even the locals are easy to get lost in it.

  For example, this is like a chase scene in a police movie, a chaotic and outdated neighborhood.

  Of course, for Lin Xingjie, who has been in the old city since childhood, this place is like a bigger "home", and he is familiar with wherever he wants to go.

  This road is said to be long and not too long; it is said that it is short, but it is prolonged because of the staggering pace of the three people.

  Under the cover of the quiet night, when they walked slowly to the vicinity of a certain alley, they found that no one was catching up behind them, and their mood was slightly relaxed.

  In front is the junction of the old city and other cities, the brightly lit city center.

  They will not stop here. At this point in time, let alone hiding in nearby neighborhoods, any place within the entire city is no longer safe.

  There is definitely no bus to take at this point. So Zhu Qingyue took to the street, preparing to take a taxi.

  In a short while, a yellow pickup truck drove from a late-night intersection, dazzling high beams illuminating the wet ground, and two beams of light moved between the lush forest roads and a closed rolling door.

  In recent years, the rental industry in large and small cities in China has not been luxurious enough to use private cars as public vehicles, and cheap models such as Xiali have not yet become popular.

   Therefore, most people can see this kind of boxy yellow minivan, the so-called "faced". It first began to be popular in the capital, and then began to be popularized all over the country. For a period of time, you can see them in the streets and alleys of Jinjiang City.

  The driver put out the cigarette in his hand, and saw three young men and women standing at an unobtrusive intersection under the dim street light.

  They do not seem to be very old, they are all the same age, only high school age.

  The boy standing in the center dropped his head and was supported by two female companions beside him, as if he was drunk late at night and just came out of the shop.

  The driver did not turn off the engine, and the young people quickly got into the car.

Xu Xiangyang hadn't fully woken up at this time, his head was dizzy, and he walked as if stepping on a cotton candy. This state is not good for no one to look after, otherwise I am afraid that he will fall down soon; what's more, of the two girls, no matter what No one meant to let go--

  So, they naturally maintained the same posture they had when they walked while supporting them. In short, Xu Xiangyang was sandwiched between Lin Xingjie and Zhu Qingyue and squeezed into the car. At first glance, he thought he was a hostage held.

And, even after getting in the car, I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional. The two Lin Zhu’s arms holding the boy’s arm didn’t mean to loosen, they still hugged tightly—by the way, they didn’t hesitate to tighten their bodies. Put it on, leaning his head slantingly on his shoulder.

  No one wants to sit in the front passenger seat.

  This posture is normal for couples who are in a hot relationship, but if you change to three people, one man, two women, it is a bit confusing.

Approaching the millennium, today’s atmosphere is not as conservative as it was a decade ago, but even the well-informed driver uncle is a bit dumbfounded after noticing this scene, he can’t help but follow the rearview mirror. Repeatedly looked at the scene in the back row.

The lights inside the car were dim, and the driver saw two young faces that looked like flowers, surrounded by the boy who seemed to be asleep. For a while, he only felt that this person could hug right and left at a young age, and the subjects were still long. He was so beautiful and very enviable. Compared with him, he was so old that he had lived to the belly of a dog.

   "Where to go?"

  After all, he is not the kind of driver who can pick up customers casually.

  The long-haired girl yawned and did not speak; Zhu Qingyue gave the answer after thinking for a moment.

   "...Go to the train station first."

  Although she and Xu Xiangyang had just returned from that place a few hours ago, if they wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of those guys, naturally they had to choose to go far away; and if they wanted to leave Jinjiang City as soon as possible, she could only think of this way for the time being.

  ……

  The engine starts, and the car runs smoothly on city roads. The speeding tires ran over the pond and made a "sizzling" sound, just like the echo of a shoe sole stepping on thick fallen leaves; from time to time, there were splashes of water hitting the car windows heavily.

Some shops were affected by abnormal phenomena in the city, and the wind and rain were not a good day for business, so they closed their doors early; however, most people actually did not realize this, otherwise, They may not be able to call a regular taxi driver on the street.

  Communications in most parts of the urban area have been disrupted; and, the residents living in the old urban area have witnessed huge visions like a tornado or even a tsunami.

  But when the car passed the city center, Lin Xingjie and the others could still see the brightly lit scene: shops and tall buildings lined up, neon light flowing in the noisy crowd.

   Even if it is just an ordinary coastal city, a place that will not be specially marked on the world map, the people and things it covers are still extremely vast, so vast that a person can't understand it in a lifetime.

   "It seems that there is a shortage of people on the street today. Is it a holiday?"

  The driver sighed with emotion, but no one talked to him, so he closed his mouth in embarrassment.

  There was silence in the rear compartment.

  There are large raindrops on the car window glass, and the dazzling light falls on the water stains. As the vehicle jolts, it drags out a brilliant color light toward the rear of the passengers' field of vision.

  It is like splashing water-soaked paint on it, leaving traces that are blurred and colorful.

  Lin Xingjie carefully placed Xu Xiangyang's head on the backrest of the car, and then adjusted his sitting posture a little so that he could be more comfortable when leaning on him.

  In this process, the long-haired girl firmly held the boy's arm and refused to let go. Because of maintaining this posture for a long time, Xu Xiangyang's hands naturally inevitably sink into her clothes, like a seat belt strangling her chest and abdomen...

  Zhu Qingyue curled her lips, a sudden uncomfortable feeling arose in her heart. In the past, she really rarely had this kind of emotion - or, even if it did, she would treat it as unaware. Because she knows how absurd the goal she wants to achieve is, and if she wants to achieve it, some things are more important than being jealous.

  Until tonight, Zhu Qingyue let go of this almost self-abuse compulsion.

  So, why on earth? Why is it today? Why now? Why can she let go at this moment?

  She didn't think of a reason. No matter how clever the brain is, it is impossible to thoroughly analyze the self-psychology; in other words, the reason itself does not matter.

  Zhu Qingyue secretly glanced at the long-haired girl who seemed to be dozing off on the shoulders of boys. She felt that the two people's minds might not be too different, and both felt that it didn't matter.

  Thinking of this, she couldn't help but stared at Xu Xiangyang with a bewildered face. After seeing him appear completely unresponsive, the girl sighed secretly, her eyes gradually softened.

  Can't blame him, right?

  This guy has always been color-hearted and courageous. It is rare to have time to enjoy the warm fragrant nephrite of the two of them at the same time, but always can't seize similar opportunities.

  Especially Xingjie.

  Compared to some time ago, her attitude has been significantly softened. If Xu Xiangyang, who has been trying to repair the relationship between the two after breaking up, noticed this, she would definitely be overjoyed...

   Thinking about it, Zhu Qingyue’s gaze began to fall slowly. She stared at the round outline drawn by the boy’s arm under the other party’s clothing, and was reluctant to move it for a while.

   Lin Xingjie noticed her weird look, and she shrank back subconsciously. But she quickly straightened her chest out, like a demonstration, deliberately holding Xu Xiangyang's arms tighter.

   "What are you looking at?"

  The squad leader raised his eyes from his chest again, and turned to her pupils and the corners of her mouth.

  The flashing light passing by outside the car window occasionally fell on the faces of young girls like feathers, illuminating their faces in a flash,

   "You seem to be a little different from the past."

"Yes?"

  "Didn't you notice? You hugged so tightly for fear that he would run away. It's not like you are treating your ex-boyfriend."

   "You are no better than me."

  Zhu Qingyue doesn’t need to look down, knowing that the other party is right.

but……

  She tightened her arms and laughed a little bit maliciously.

  This kind of thing, I have long been skinless and uncomfortable, the person who really feels uncomfortable is the other person.

   "——But, I didn’t turn my face with Xiangyang?"

  Short-haired girls tilt their heads and deliberately put on a cute expression full of confusion, which actually increases the hatred level by ten percentage points.

   "Why? You still want to start all over again? You regret it too late. My relationship with Xiangyang is not what it used to be. You may have been left behind."

   "It makes sense."

  Lin Xingjie nodded lightly, her face calm, not only that, she even said astonishingly:

"A few hours ago, while worrying about losing control of my ability, I was wandering around in the city, and then I saw you two walk into a hotel together... Why, did you go to open a room? bed?"

  There is a traffic light ahead, and the driver’s brakes are obviously a little hurried. I don’t know if it’s because they heard the conversation between them.

  Sir, the squad leader was taken aback.

  She didn't expect that the other party would bump into this incident by accident, and she didn't expect that the other party would say it so carelessly and calmly.

  It is one thing to like to make jokes, Zhu Qingyue will definitely not lie on this kind of issue, otherwise it is just fighting in inappropriate places, it is meaningless other than hurting each other——

  She shook her head and replied seriously.

"No. It's just that Xu Xiangyang and I had just returned from the station at the time, and we were soaked and wanted to find a place to stay. And as a result, we both ran into there before we even had time to change our clothes... That A member of the group."

   "It sounds so hard... By the way, you seem to be skipping class today."

  Lin Xingjie put her hands on her knees, leaned forward slightly, staring at the girl who was separated from him with piercing eyes. She hugged the boy's arm tightly just now, but the movement of letting go was also very neat.

   "Also, your grades will drop so much?"

   "Yes, because I was not feeling well during the Chinese exam that day, I handed in the paper before I had time to write the composition."

   "That's a shame... Wait, are you showing off?"

  "How come it is. As the saying goes,'learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat'. Maybe in some time, your grades will surpass me?"

"Humph."

  Lin Xingjie curled her mouth, and regarded the upward arc of Zhu Qingyue’s mouth as if she hadn’t seen it.

   "Then why do you have to take Xu Xiangyang to go with you?"

   "It's nothing, but I suddenly wanted to run away from home. With him by my side, I have a bottom line."

   "Ah, do you always look at your family members upset? It's the kind of feeling that you have lived under the same roof for a long time, but the more you look at it, the more annoying..."

  Lin Xingjie didn’t ask her the specific reason for leaving that home, and didn’t mean to blame her for her waywardness. Instead, she used an empathetic tone to affirm her actions, which made Zhu Qingyue a little bit jealous.

   "That's right, that's why."

  She nodded solemnly.

"and after?"

   "Later, I regretted it later."

The squad leader loosened his arms, and took the opportunity to pass his hand through Xu Xiangyang's barrier, grabbed Lin Xingjie's little hand, and said with a smile.

   "——After all, this city has you, Xiangyang, and Sister Lian... I don’t want to be separated from you easily."

  Lin Xingjie did not break free, she just silently stared at Qingyue’s face, and then turned her head to look at Xu Xiangyang’s face.

  After a while, the girl said softly:

   "Don't get me wrong, Qingyue. I'm not used to anything yet, let alone compromise with anyone."

  "……"

Zhu Qingyue blinked without answering.

   "As for you ran away from home..."

   "You should consider it as a drill. Look, right now, isn't it just a chance to come and run away from home with the'three people'?"

   Lin Xingjie shook her head. When she wanted to say something, she suddenly stopped. Her eyes turned to the front.

  The driver was no longer thinking about taking care of the young people in the back seat. He was anxiously tapping the steering wheel with his fingers and twisting the button of the car radio from time to time. However, no matter which channel he switched to, he could only hear the noise of “Shusha”.

  I don’t know when it will start, but the taxi has stayed in place for a long time, lining up in a long line of traffic on the viaduct, advancing at the speed of a tortoise.

  It was still in 1999. It was obviously late at night when the traffic volume was scarce, but the road ahead was stuck in an unprecedented blockage. This car was like a sardine packed in a can and could not move on the bridge.

  The long-haired girl rolled down the window glass, poked her head out, then retracted it after a while, and said with a serious expression.

   "Qingyue, things are a bit wrong. Maybe someone made arrangements in advance."

   Lin Xingjie whispered. She spoke very vaguely to avoid being noticed by unrelated people.

   "...our thoughts were guessed."

   "Well, it seems so."

The squad leader sighed and patted the back of the driver's seat lightly.

  "Master driver, please put us down here."

  (End of this chapter)