He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, one arm was enough. Lu Shengyao pressed close to her light blue pajamas, buried his face in her neck, and rubbed it silently. If this kind of tenderness was in a different time and place, how intoxicating would it be?
Yi Tongxi felt that she was a little cold-blooded, but she had not reached the point of being hard-hearted. She turned around, hugged Lu Shengyao's neck, and rubbed his hair with her fingers: "You look very sleepy, go back to sleep for a while, okay?"
"Where are you going?"
"It's time to go home," she said. "Oh, can you give me some money? I don't have any money on me, and I can't even take the bus."
Lu Shengyao reached out and handed her the wallet on the bedside table. Yi Tongxi opened it, originally intending to take ten or so yuan, but a thot flashed thru her mind, and in the end she still took out a hundred yuan.
"Is that enough?" he asked.
Yi Tongxi nodded and leaned over to kiss his lips. "Thank you. I won't pay you back."
Lu Shengyao's gloomy face finally relaxed a little, and there was even a hint of comfort. Yi Tongxi saw it in her eyes, sighed secretly, put on her coat and left.
It was only three or four in the afternoon. She walked out of the hotel, bought a bottle of mineral water in the small shop next to it, and didn't know where to go. So she took a bus, sat in the back row by the window, and was in a daze. Her mind was blank. But it was good to be blank.
She knew how disheveled she looked now, with her hair disheveled and her spirits low. Think about it, who would run out on the street in their pajamas and slippers during the Spring Festival? A mental patient? And she probably had a dirty smell on her, because she had just done something bad and hadn't taken a bath yet. In short, she was dirty, but hopefully no one would notice.
She pushed open the window and let the cold wind blow on her face to keep herself awake.
The bus went on and off, from the city to the suburbs, the passengers were just passers-by, and finally there was no one left, only she was sitting in the back row, crossing the river, to the terminal station, and then changed to another bus back to the city.
The sky darkened just like that. When crossing the bridge, you could see two rows of streetlights winding along the riverbank. The ferry at the dock sounded a melodious and empty whistle. The food stalls on the shore lit up their signs. The New Year was not over yet, and the fireworks and joy were still there.
I don't know which stop it was, but a group of students in their teens got on the bus. They were boys and girls, and they had just come out of a KTV and were discussing where to go for dinner.
The boys were full of hormones and easily excited. They probably hadn't sung enough just now, so one of the boys took the lead and the others echoed him, singing "Onion" with great emotion.
It is easy to imagine how much the uncles and aunts around them disliked them, and they glared at them one after another.
易童西也不大喜欢那种在公共场所喧哗的行为,但今天不知怎么,倒觉得这几个学生异常可爱,异常讨喜,看他们活得多么肆意,多么张扬,真令人羡慕啊.
就是选的歌太过苦涩了,她默默跟着哼了一段,老泪差点纵横.
不多时,少年们下车,四周恢复平静,她的心又跟着变空了.
巴士离开江边公路,转入街市,穿行在一栋栋商品楼房之间.又过了许久,易童西在离家不远处的十字路口下车.
此时华灯初上,霓虹如霞,她在人群里有些茫然,努力辨清方向,然后走上天桥.
车流在桥下穿过,风吹得很冷,她裹紧外套,恍惚间抬头,看见了万家灯火.
那一刻仿佛被整个世界的温柔抛弃了.
万家灯火.如果有人体会过这种感受.
***
易童西不想回去面对乔默,因为不知该用哪种方式对待她.
好在没过两天,乔默搬了出去,她开始张罗自己的店铺,也许开个小水吧,或者料理屋,投入当然不如三姨的火锅店那么大手笔,她没那种精力和野心,做生意纯属打发时间,反正她现在有的是钱.
走前那天夜里,乔默坐在客厅抽烟,有那么一瞬,易童西仿佛看到另一个三姨,心下狠狠跳了两下.
没人想过她会变成这样.虽然这样极美,从头到脚都是风情.但这种美令人不安.如果你的想象能力有限,需找个参照,让易童西来讲,只要你见过封神榜里的温碧霞,就该知道乔默的风情是怎么回事了.
原来,她不是李哪吒.是苏妲己.
***
年后,各个工作单位陆续开工上班,易童西没有叫易禹非去公证处过户房产,现在没有,以后也不会再干这种蠢事.
那天一时气话,她后来回想,实在太过冲动,像个走投无路的可怜虫,脑子一热就口不择言了.其实没必要的,大家迟早都会各奔东西,无论易禹非曾经承诺过什么,就算他说过永远不会跟她疏远这种话,她也该认清现实,找准自己的位置,然后好好生活.
对陆盛尧也是一样.开学后,她和陆盛尧继续勾心斗角地谈着恋爱,请原谅,形容词有些混账,但对易童西来说,勾心斗角是维持新鲜感的秘诀,她对陆盛尧的喜欢就在于这个人能够让她花费心思去周旋和应付,虽然累点儿,但总比无聊要好.
七情六欲,各取所需,感情不就是这样吗.
日子也这样不咸不淡地过着.三月底,黎衫生日,她和男友老邓请客,一大帮人,从中午吃到傍晚,然后成群结队去酒吧接着厮混.
一个大卡座,围了十几二十个男女,易童西跟老邓他们玩骰子,输了就让陆盛尧代喝,她有点坏,故意乱喊几局,陆盛尧本来酒量就不好,这下直喝得没了脾气,摇摇晃晃起身,往洗手间方向走.
他离开不到半分钟,黎衫凑到易童西耳边说:"还玩儿呢,曾雪跟上你们家小陆了,你不去瞧瞧?"
"曾雪是谁?"
黎衫嘴角一抽:"我们隔壁宿舍的,跟陆盛尧是高中同学.诶,我说你到底有没有关注你男朋友啊?"
"当然关注,"易童西说:"这种事情防不胜防,全靠自觉."
"所以你不打算过去看看?"
易童西微叹:"等一会儿再说吧."
没想到这一等就是二十分钟,那两个人不知干什么去了,居然还没有回来.黎衫的眼神越变越微妙,易童西有点不是滋味,起身前往洗手间.
老天保佑,别让她经历那种剧情.
穿过舞池,从吧台另一侧出去,走廊灯光变幻莫测,她感到晕头转向.如此氛围,加上酒精的怂恿,道德被麻痹,欲望被打开,人们容易放纵,容易意乱情迷.这就是夜店的好处,大家都可以做禽兽.
还没走到尽头,只见一对男女贴在墙上接吻,易童西瞧那外形,很有几分眼熟.
她上前两步,定神打量,确认以后,不由一声冷笑.
说真的,要是旁边有床,这两人应该早就滚在一起了.
她摸出手机,心想要不然拍个照,或者录个像,传给三姨,让她看看这个小白脸是怎么背着她在外面乱搞的.
臭男人,吃软饭又乱搞,果然不是什么好东西...
正当此时,梁骁怀里的女人偏过头,朝这边撇了过来.那一瞬间易童西看清了她的脸,顿时僵在原地.
乔默.
天,这是幻觉吧?
她感到五雷轰顶,脑子一阵晕眩,然后变成空白.双腿也不听使唤,本能地转身,带着惊愕的她逃离了现场.
开什么玩笑?开什么玩笑?乔默?她在搞什么?
疯了吗?
易童西回到卡座,此时曾雪已经回来了,陆盛尧却依旧不见踪影.她心烦意乱,不准备继续待下去,拿上自己的包,走到那头问曾雪:"陆盛尧呢?"
对方大概没想到她会直接来问这个,明显吓了一跳,说:"他...在外面吧."
易童西跟黎衫打了声招呼,片步不停地离开了酒吧.