Unexpected entanglement
It was a rainy evening, the cold wind was whistling in the city with fallen leaves, Su Ran and Lin Yue were standing at the entrance of the Municipal Maternal and Child Hospital with umbrellas, the crowd was bustling, Lin Yue's face was slightly pale, her eyes fell on Su Ran.
"Su Ran, I'm pregnant."
Su Ran was slightly startled, then widened her eyes and said: "Go find the person who made you pregnant, why did you call me out?"
"I have only had close contact with you this year, who else can I find if not you?"
"I said that I only had this thing with you this year, do you believe it?"
"Su Ran, are you still a man?"
"Everyone is just playing around, don't blame me when something goes wrong. If you want me to be responsible, you have to show some real evidence, don't think that I can be a father without knowing it."
After a moment of silence, Lin Yue said to Su Ran: "The child has been removed, where is the evidence."
Su Ran was a little annoyed: "Do you think I'm easy to bully? You have removed your child, then what?" He raised his hand, then put it down helplessly: "Then you told me that the child was mine. Are you pretending to be naive or thinking I'm stupid? Lin Yue, we are all adults. Can you be more reliable in doing things?"
Lin Yue bit her lip and looked at Su Ran. After a long time, she said: "You don't want to take responsibility, right? I'll go to your company tomorrow."
"Damn, are you really that serious?" Su Ran said angrily.
Lin Yue bit her lip tightly, but Su Ran felt that she was like an actor with poor acting skills. They met in a bar and had a one-night stand afterwards. If a woman who often hangs out in bars said that she had had a relationship with only one man in a year, it would be stupid for Su Ran to believe it.
Su Ran didn't want to get entangled with her anymore. He took out his wallet, took out all the hundred-yuan bills in it and handed them to her: "Don't you just want money? Take it, don't bother me in the future."
Lin Yue didn't say anything, nor did she argue anymore. She nodded and turned around to walk into the hospital with an umbrella. It seemed that there were still some fees that had not been settled.
Looking at her lonely back in the rain, Su Ran suddenly felt an indescribable emotion in his heart. Although he didn't believe the child was his and was annoyed with Lin Yue's behavior, he felt that she must be having a hard time at the moment, otherwise she wouldn't come to him like this.
Su Ran was silent for a long time, and finally shouted: "Wait."
Lin Yue looked back at him.
Su Ran took out a bank card from her wallet and handed it to her: "This card can be overdrawn. You just had surgery, buy some things to replenish your body."
Lin Yue didn't take it: "No, it's enough to see that you have a responsible attitude. I came to you because I don't want to be slept with by someone for no reason, and then get pregnant in a muddle."
In the bar, Su Ran drank while waiting for Lu Chen, the only close friend and colleague in this city.
Since the first time he walked into this bar, Su Ran has seen too many lonely souls. Men and women drink here, or are silent, or pursue the so-called "drunken life and dream death" with desire in their eyes.
In fact, when night falls, when the soul is lost in this feast, it has fallen into a drunken life and dream death.
Su Ran gradually regarded this place as a harbor for his soul. He loved the dancing people, the swaying lights, the colorful drinks, the smell of perfume and tobacco, and the intoxication of forgetting everything, as if he could bury the pain of the past.
He lit a cigarette, tore off the film on the cigarette box, covered his eyes with it, looked at the flickering lights, and his body swayed with it. Through the light and shadow refracted by the film, he seemed to see his muddle-headed life, and couldn't help but be a little dazed.
Lu Chen took away the film in front of him, and Su Ran's world became clear in an instant.
"What's the matter with you looking for me so urgently?" Lu Chen put down his briefcase, took out a cigarette from Su Ran's cigarette box and lit it.
"Borrow some money, I was blackmailed."
"Did you get the girl pregnant again?" Lu Chen said as if it was normal.
"Fuck you again, this time I was really blackmailed."
"Who blackmailed you this time?"
"Why are you asking so many questions?"
"I always lend you thousands of dollars, at least let me know who blackmailed you?"
"Lin Yue." Su Ran said angrily.
"That print model?"
"It's her. She said she's only been with me for a year, do you believe it? Lu Chen, if this happened to you, would you believe it?" Su Ran was so excited that her fingers kept tapping on the table.
"This can't happen to me. Besides, she wouldn't cheat you out of this little money. She took all the promotional posters for our company last month, and the remuneration alone was not small."
Su Ran interrupted Lu Chen with disdain: "Look at her usual consumption. Is that remuneration enough for her to spend for a month? Now that she has no money to solve the problem, she thinks of me, the scapegoat. I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have introduced her to the company out of kindness. She made a lot of money. Now she's cheating me. Do you have any conscience?"
Lu Chen ignored his anger and asked in a low voice: "Did you and her take any measures at that time?"
Su Ran thought about it for a long time. He was drunk at the time. I can't remember whether I wore a condom or not. After a long while, I said, "If I did, I wouldn't say I was cheated."
Lu Chen looked at him suspiciously, and sighed for a long time, "Su Ran, we have been friends for so many years, and sometimes I really want to persuade you. I know that Jian Wei's breakup with you is a big blow to you, but it has been two years, and you don't have to ruin yourself like this. Youth is fleeting, find a good girl and live a stable life."
When Jian Wei's name was mentioned, Su Ran subconsciously paused before saying, "Don't worry, I'm living a good life."
"You don't lack troubles, right?"
Lu Chen counseled Su Ran for a long time, and Su Ran dealt with it impatiently. In the end, Lu Chen left a sentence "Mud can't be helped on the wall", and left angrily, even forgetting about borrowing money.
Fortunately, Su Ran has been in the bar for two years, often bringing friends to spend money, and is familiar with the boss, so I will record the money for this time.
Walking out of the bar, holding an umbrella and walking on the wet street, Su Ran really felt lonely. After working hard in this city for many years, he gained only endless emptiness and loneliness. In order to get rid of this feeling of being followed by a shadow, he put on a mask of disguise and sought comfort in indulgence.
But no matter how he struggled, Jian Wei would never come back.
Su Ran walked for a long time in melancholy before returning to his residence. This is an old community, and there is not even a property. I heard from the old people in the community that the community was built in the early 1990s. The traces of time are all over every building. They are close to each other, as if comforting each other and resisting the long loneliness.
Su Ran held a cigarette in his mouth, took out the key, and walked towards the building where he lived. This building is the only one in the community with creepers. Every summer, the south-facing wall is green. If buildings also have genders, this building is like a cold woman, exuding a faint sadness.
To Su Ran's surprise, there was a red Audi Q7 parked downstairs. In his memory, he had lived here for two years and had never seen such an expensive car.
He didn't think much and walked into the corridor whistling. When he arrived at the top floor, he found that his door was ajar. He remembered that he had locked the door when he left. At first, he thought a thief had entered. After calming down, he remembered that he had not paid the rent for two months. It was probably the landlord, Lao Li, who came to collect the rent.
When he opened the door, the landlord, Lao Li, and a strange woman were sitting on the sofa. On the coffee table was a bunch of Audi Q7 car keys. There was no doubt that the car belonged to the strange woman.
Su Ran couldn't help wondering: How could Lao Li, an ordinary landlord, bring such an elegant woman to this simple house? This was really puzzling.