Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Twists and Gifts
Before the bus stopped, Su Ran rushed out of the bus impatiently, looking around anxiously, waiting for the taxi to arrive. However, things did not go as planned, and the passing taxis were all full of passengers.
Su Ran felt more and more that his encounter with Xu Tianna was not a wonderful fate, but a torture that was difficult to get rid of.
Finally, a taxi slowly drove up, and Su Ran hurriedly got on the car and drove non-stop towards the farmer's market. He remembered that there were small vendors selling insecticide powder there, and the insecticides in the supermarket often failed to kill cockroaches, so he hoped that the vendors had not closed their stalls at this time.
But when he arrived at the farmer's market, it was pitch black in front of him. Not to mention the small vendors, even the shops inside were all closed. Su Ran was full of melancholy. Although he had tried his best, it seemed that he was destined not to be able to buy insecticide powder this night.
In desperation, he had to settle for the second best and went to the supermarket to buy a bottle of insecticide in an attempt to get away with it.
When Su Ran arrived at the old house, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. After more than an hour of tossing back and forth, he was exhausted. He just hoped that Xu Tianna would not notice that he brought insecticide instead of the insecticide powder as promised.
He knocked on the door, and soon Xu Tianna came to open the door in pajamas, and seemed to be chewing something in her mouth.
Su Ran asked curiously: "What are you eating?"
"Cherries." Xu Tianna replied.
"What are cherries?" Su Ran was puzzled.
Xu Tianna seemed quite satisfied with Su Ran's keeping the promise today, and patiently explained: "Cherries are cherries. Go wash your hands first, there are still a lot of them there."
"Are you going to treat me to food?" Su Ran asked.
Xu Tianna nodded, and Su Ran immediately went to the bathroom, with a hint of joy in his heart. Xu Tianna's attitude towards him was obviously improved at this time, which made him deeply realize the benefits of being a reliable person.
When Su Ran came out of the bathroom, Xu Tianna had already placed the box of cherries on the sofa in the living room. She was holding a book, reading and eating, with an elegant and leisurely look.
Su Ran sat down next to Xu Tianna and looked at the box carefully. The box was very exquisite. He realized that these were genuine cherries imported from Chile, not the smuggled cherries in the supermarket under the banner of import. This box was worth at least thousands.
Su Ran grabbed two cherries and stuffed them into his mouth, saying to Xu Tianna: "You said we all have one nose and two eyes, why do you live so luxuriously?"
"What?" Xu Tianna looked at him with some confusion.
"I said you live luxuriously. I haven't eaten such expensive fruits since I was born." Su Ran said, picking up two more cherries and throwing them into his mouth.
"A friend gave them to me." Xu Tianna replied casually, and her attention returned to the book.
"Then tell me, why don't any friends give me such expensive fruits? In the final analysis, your class is corrupt, extravagant, and a big borer of socialism." Su Ran finished speaking, and then grabbed several more cherries and put them into his mouth with hatred.
Perhaps Xu Tianna was in a good mood, she did not argue with Su Ran, but just said: "If you like it, you can take it back and eat it."
"You must take it back." Su Ran said, standing up from the sofa, and found a convenient bag to pack the box.
At this time, Xu Tianna put down the book and asked Su Ran: "Have you bought the insecticide powder?"
"If you haven't bought the insecticide powder, would I have the nerve to come?" Su Ran replied.
Xu Tianna nodded in agreement and said: "If you dare to come to me without buying it, it's harassment."
"I bought it, I bought it, what harassment, ruining my reputation." Su Ran pretended to be "impatient" and took out the bought insecticide from his briefcase, ready to cover up the truth.
Xu Tianna stared at the insecticide, frowned and said, "Didn't you say insecticide powder? This doesn't look like it."
Su Ran panicked and said quickly, "Of course not, this is the latest insecticide developed, it is very effective in killing cockroaches."
Xu Tianna looked at him suspiciously and said, "I read in a book that cockroaches are very resistant to drugs, and ordinary insecticides have no effect at all."
"Don't be dogmatic, this is not an ordinary insecticide. I'm not bragging to you, just this bottle in my hand can kill all the cockroaches in this house, it's simply inhumane." Su Ran said nonsense.
Xu Tianna still looked unconvinced and said, "Why do I feel like you are such a charlatan?"
Su Ran felt a little guilty, but still pretended to be angry and said, "I am doing this for your own good. The insecticide powder is very toxic. If you are not careful, you might poison a mouse or something. Don't you feel disgusted?"
Xu Tianna was frightened by him and hurriedly said, "Then don't stand there. Do what you should do."
"Do you want to come in and watch?" Su Ran asked.
Xu Tianna shook her head repeatedly. Su Ran turned around calmly and walked towards the bathroom triumphantly. At this moment, he felt a sense of pleasure similar to regaining a city. He secretly said happily, "Silly girl, come and expose me again, come on."
Su Ran said goodbye to Xu Tianna with the cherries she gave him. It was already eleven o'clock. He knew that it would be at least twelve o'clock to return to Robben's place, and he couldn't help but sigh that this was such a tossing night.
Before leaving, Su Ran told Xu Tianna: "Don't use that bathroom tonight. There are too many toxic substances after spraying insecticide."
"Got it." Xu Tianna replied.
Su Ran asked again boredly: "Can you hold it in tonight? I feel terrible. I usually have to go to the bathroom several times a night."
Xu Tianna frowned and said: "Why are you talking so much?"
"I'm worried about you?" Su Ran said.
"I won't stay here tonight." Xu Tianna's words aroused Su Ran's curiosity again. From her words, Su Ran was almost certain that she had other residences in this city. But why did she have to buy this place and live there?
Su Ran didn't ask after all, because he knew Xu Tianna wouldn't tell him. He asked last time, and he also understood that even if he knew the answer, it would have no practical meaning to him except satisfying his curiosity. Now he is used to doing meaningful things, so he doesn't ask any more questions.
Su Ran took a cherry out of his pocket and threw it into his mouth, then said to Xu Tianna: "Then I'm leaving. If you have any problems in this house or the community, call me."
"Yes." Xu Tianna responded.
Su Ran coughed, and the sensor light in the corridor lit up, and he turned and left.
"Su Ran, wait." Xu Tianna shouted.
Su Ran turned around, looked at her with surprise and asked: "You don't plan to let me stay? The bathroom here can't be used, I can't hold it."
"Take your guitar." Xu Tianna said, turning back to the house where Su Ran used to live and took out the guitar.
Su Ran didn't want to take the guitar from Xu Tianna. After a long silence, he said: "I told you to find someone who knows the business. This guitar can definitely be sold for a good price. I don't have the money to pay you back now."
"I asked you to pay the money that day because I was angry with you. Take the guitar. It doesn't belong to anyone, only to you and Lin Yue. At least it's a memory." Xu Tianna said calmly.
Su Ran asked in surprise: "How do you know that this guitar is related to Lin Yue?"
"Your name and her name are engraved on the guitar." Xu Tianna replied.
After a long silence, Su Ran avoided the guitar standing in the corner and whispered: "I don't want it anymore."
Xu Tianna smiled: "You can lose a guitar, but you can't lose that memory in your heart, so why deceive yourself?"
Su Ran said no more.
"Take it." Xu Tianna put the box containing the guitar outside the door and then closed the door.
Su Ran returned to Robben's residence with a heavy heart with the guitar that was lost and found. He happened to meet Robben and a seductive woman with him at the entrance of the corridor.
The woman took off her helmet and stepped off Robben's modified track motorcycle, and then Robben took off his helmet.
Su Ran immediately realized that this was the female companion Robben brought back.
Robben hugged the charming woman and introduced her to Su Ran: "Su Ran, this is my friend Lily."
Su Ran smiled and said: "It's okay for you two, right? How about I stay in a hotel?"
"It's okay, I won't stay overnight, just a little while." Robben said.
"Okay, I'll sit downstairs for a while, you help me take the guitar upstairs." Su Ran said.
Robben took the guitar, patted Su Ran's shoulder, indicating that it would be done soon, and then hugged the woman and walked upstairs. Su Ran sat at the entrance of the corridor, opened the cherries brought back from Xu Tianna, and ate them again. While he was eating cherries, he was thinking about a lot of things. The return of this guitar made him feel mixed emotions, and the past with Lin Yue came to his mind like a tide. The heavy responsibility at work and the complicated relationship with Xu Tianna also made him feel unprecedented pressure. He didn't know how to face all this in the future. He could only sort out the tangled thoughts in his heart alone in this quiet night, trying to find a direction in the confusion, but the answer seemed to be looming in the endless darkness and was elusive.