Chapter 253
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Left all alone, Jin Qingling could not hold back her tears anymore and they rolled down her eyes freely. Her mind felt like a mess with plethora of thoughts rushing in it. The guilt was overpowering her thoughts and more tears rolled down her eyes. She sobbed silently all the while as she walked out of the private room and went towards the elevator. Her emotions were all over the place and she found it hard to control herself from crying.
As she passed the hallway, her eyes fell on the map of the building which said that the building also had a bar on the eighth floor. Not really in her right mind she stepped into the elevator and pushed the button to the eighth floor.
As she stepped out, she could hear faint music coming from the other end of the hallway and she walked towards it directly. She was greeted by earsplitting rock music playing inside the bar, with people dancing like crazy on the floor even though it was just an hour past noon. BUt well, Yang town was popular for its tourism, so it was no wonder here. She looked around and went straight to the bar counter to occupy an empty table that was not very far from it.
"A bucket of your strongest beer." She ordered when the waiter approached her. The waiter looked at her for a second, wondering if he heard it wrong. Sensing him still standing there, Jin Qingling looked at him and thought he had not heard her she repeated her order. "A bucket of your strongest beer."
Judging from her appearance that was nowhere close to other rich customers that visited the bar, the waiter asked politely. "Miss, that beer is quite expensive, are you—"
"A bucket of your strongest beer. I won't repeat for the fourth time." She was feeling very annoyed and couldn't help getting a bit rude, which was not her usual behavior.
Soon after a bucket of beer was placed in front of her along with some complimentary snacks, which she didn't touch. She grabbed the first bottle and started gulping it down without any pause, which gave a burning sensation in her throat, followed by her stomach. Not caring about it, she continued chugging down her drink to forget the sorrow of her aching heart.
She wanted to run to Wu Zihao and hug him tightly, but she was bounded back by her debt to Gen. She was lost and didn't know what to do. In her bag her phone kept ringing and but she was way too engulfed in her emotions to realize it.
"Waiter! Another bucket!" She placed her third order in a slurry voice.
"Miss you have already consumed ten bottles and you don't look in the condition to have more. Are you sure you want another bucket?" He asked a bit arrogantly. What actually worried him was that if she would be able to pay the bill because her clothes didn't look very expensive and the beer that she had consumed was very expensive.
"None of your business. Just get me the order!" Jin Qingling snapped at him as she wiped her tears. Feeling the constant vibration in her bag, that was next to her thigh, she fumbled inside it to pull out her phone and slam it on the table. "Stop vibrating!" she screamed at the phone, before getting back to chugging down another bottle that the waiter had just placed in front of her.
"What should we do now?" The waiter that was serving Jin Qingling asked another waiter after seeing that she had passed out after creating such a huge bill and judging from her clothes and bag, it didn't look like she could afford it.
Gen had been worried sick about Jin Qingling's whereabouts since the afternoon. She was supposed to pick up Xiao Li after school but she didn't even arrive there and at last her teacher had to call Gen to take Xiao Li home, because Jin Qingling was not even answering anyone's call.
"Where are you, Xiao Ling?" Gen murmured as he got in his car after inquiring about her at every place that she did and did not frequent. This town was new for her and there weren't many places that she visited. It was past one at night and he still had no clue of her whereabouts even after looking for her at every possible place that he could think of.
Not able to figure out where to look for her next, once inside the car, he lit a cigarette for himself while thinking, where to go next and at the same time, tried his luck by calling Jin Qingling again. Not expecting her to take his call, he was both surprised and relieved when she finally did answer. He straightened his back and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth to speak. "Jin Qingling wher—"
His words were cut short when he heard a man's voice from the other end. "Mister do you know the woman to whom this phone belongs to?"
"Of course I know her, but who are you?" he asked suspiciously.
"Mister I am the manager of the Wild Cat Club and this miss is lying here drunk. She is not in the state to go back on her own, can you please come to pick her up? It's time for us to close."
"I will be there soon." Gen hung the phone and threw the cigarette out of the window to drive off to the club. It took him some twenty minutes to reach the club, that was about to close and had no customers in view. He directly went straight to look for the manager who took him to Jin Qingling. She was drunk beyond her senses and had passed out on the table, looking a complete mess.
Gen walked to her and frowned looking at the number of bottles on her table, they were more than fifteen bottles. He had never seen her drinking so much as she had always been a careful mother aware of her responsibilities to her daughter. When the waiter brought the bill for him to clear he couldn't help asking. "Did she drink all of this alone?"
"Yes, she has been drinking since noon." the waiter replied as he passed the bill and Jin Qingling's cell phone to him.
Gen was in a hurry because Xiao Li was alone at home. He immediately cleared the bill and picked up Jin Qingling in his arms to take her home.
He gently picked her up and carried her out of the club to the parking lot. Making sure she doesn't bump her head anywhere, he helped her at the shotgun seat before going to sit in the driver's seat himself. Sensing some movement, Jin Qingling started crying again.
Hearing her sobs, Gen immediately went close to her to calm her down but the words that she spoke next, froze him in his place. "Zihao, I knew you will come back for me."
Gen felt like a bucket of cold water had been splashed on his face to wake him up from his dream. His bubble that he had been living in for such a long time, popped ruthlessly and he would be lying if he said it didn't hit him. It hit very hard indeed.
She still loves him, he thought to himself. He knew she did, but he had been ignoring it by making himself believe that she has moved on, which was not true. Before he could react, Jin Qingling held his hand that was on her shoulder tightly and after wiping her tears, started saying the words that he never wanted to listen to. "Zihao, I am sorry, I am sorry. I still love you please don't leave me here."
The pain and frustration inside him wanted to pull his hand back but Jin Qingling was holding onto it for her dear life, not willing to let it go at any cost. Left with no choice, he tried to calm her down with a halfhearted effort. "Jin Qingling I am not Wu Zihao, it's me Gen."
However, it seemed like she was listening to nothing that he said. Her eyes were still closed and she was unaware of her surroundings. All she saw and listened to was, Wu Zihao in her dreams. She continued murmuring the same thing until she finally fell asleep quietly and Gen pulled his hand back.
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Left all alone, Jin Qingling could not hold back her tears anymore and they rolled down her eyes freely. Her mind felt like a mess with plethora of thoughts rushing in it. The guilt was overpowering her thoughts and more tears rolled down her eyes. She sobbed silently all the while as she walked out of the private room and went towards the elevator. Her emotions were all over the place and she found it hard to control herself from crying.
As she passed the hallway, her eyes fell on the map of the building which said that the building also had a bar on the eighth floor. Not really in her right mind she stepped into the elevator and pushed the button to the eighth floor.
As she stepped out, she could hear faint music coming from the other end of the hallway and she walked towards it directly. She was greeted by earsplitting rock music playing inside the bar, with people dancing like crazy on the floor even though it was just an hour past noon. BUt well, Yang town was popular for its tourism, so it was no wonder here. She looked around and went straight to the bar counter to occupy an empty table that was not very far from it.
"A bucket of your strongest beer." She ordered when the waiter approached her. The waiter looked at her for a second, wondering if he heard it wrong. Sensing him still standing there, Jin Qingling looked at him and thought he had not heard her she repeated her order. "A bucket of your strongest beer."
Judging from her appearance that was nowhere close to other rich customers that visited the bar, the waiter asked politely. "Miss, that beer is quite expensive, are you—"
"A bucket of your strongest beer. I won't repeat for the fourth time." She was feeling very annoyed and couldn't help getting a bit rude, which was not her usual behavior.
Soon after a bucket of beer was placed in front of her along with some complimentary snacks, which she didn't touch. She grabbed the first bottle and started gulping it down without any pause, which gave a burning sensation in her throat, followed by her stomach. Not caring about it, she continued chugging down her drink to forget the sorrow of her aching heart.
She wanted to run to Wu Zihao and hug him tightly, but she was bounded back by her debt to Gen. She was lost and didn't know what to do. In her bag her phone kept ringing and but she was way too engulfed in her emotions to realize it.
"Waiter! Another bucket!" She placed her third order in a slurry voice.
"Miss you have already consumed ten bottles and you don't look in the condition to have more. Are you sure you want another bucket?" He asked a bit arrogantly. What actually worried him was that if she would be able to pay the bill because her clothes didn't look very expensive and the beer that she had consumed was very expensive.
"None of your business. Just get me the order!" Jin Qingling snapped at him as she wiped her tears. Feeling the constant vibration in her bag, that was next to her thigh, she fumbled inside it to pull out her phone and slam it on the table. "Stop vibrating!" she screamed at the phone, before getting back to chugging down another bottle that the waiter had just placed in front of her.
"What should we do now?" The waiter that was serving Jin Qingling asked another waiter after seeing that she had passed out after creating such a huge bill and judging from her clothes and bag, it didn't look like she could afford it.
Gen had been worried sick about Jin Qingling's whereabouts since the afternoon. She was supposed to pick up Xiao Li after school but she didn't even arrive there and at last her teacher had to call Gen to take Xiao Li home, because Jin Qingling was not even answering anyone's call.
"Where are you, Xiao Ling?" Gen murmured as he got in his car after inquiring about her at every place that she did and did not frequent. This town was new for her and there weren't many places that she visited. It was past one at night and he still had no clue of her whereabouts even after looking for her at every possible place that he could think of.
Not able to figure out where to look for her next, once inside the car, he lit a cigarette for himself while thinking, where to go next and at the same time, tried his luck by calling Jin Qingling again. Not expecting her to take his call, he was both surprised and relieved when she finally did answer. He straightened his back and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth to speak. "Jin Qingling wher—"
His words were cut short when he heard a man's voice from the other end. "Mister do you know the woman to whom this phone belongs to?"
"Of course I know her, but who are you?" he asked suspiciously.
"Mister I am the manager of the Wild Cat Club and this miss is lying here drunk. She is not in the state to go back on her own, can you please come to pick her up? It's time for us to close."
"I will be there soon." Gen hung the phone and threw the cigarette out of the window to drive off to the club. It took him some twenty minutes to reach the club, that was about to close and had no customers in view. He directly went straight to look for the manager who took him to Jin Qingling. She was drunk beyond her senses and had passed out on the table, looking a complete mess.
Gen walked to her and frowned looking at the number of bottles on her table, they were more than fifteen bottles. He had never seen her drinking so much as she had always been a careful mother aware of her responsibilities to her daughter. When the waiter brought the bill for him to clear he couldn't help asking. "Did she drink all of this alone?"
"Yes, she has been drinking since noon." the waiter replied as he passed the bill and Jin Qingling's cell phone to him.
Gen was in a hurry because Xiao Li was alone at home. He immediately cleared the bill and picked up Jin Qingling in his arms to take her home.
He gently picked her up and carried her out of the club to the parking lot. Making sure she doesn't bump her head anywhere, he helped her at the shotgun seat before going to sit in the driver's seat himself. Sensing some movement, Jin Qingling started crying again.
Hearing her sobs, Gen immediately went close to her to calm her down but the words that she spoke next, froze him in his place. "Zihao, I knew you will come back for me."
Gen felt like a bucket of cold water had been splashed on his face to wake him up from his dream. His bubble that he had been living in for such a long time, popped ruthlessly and he would be lying if he said it didn't hit him. It hit very hard indeed.
She still loves him, he thought to himself. He knew she did, but he had been ignoring it by making himself believe that she has moved on, which was not true. Before he could react, Jin Qingling held his hand that was on her shoulder tightly and after wiping her tears, started saying the words that he never wanted to listen to. "Zihao, I am sorry, I am sorry. I still love you please don't leave me here."
The pain and frustration inside him wanted to pull his hand back but Jin Qingling was holding onto it for her dear life, not willing to let it go at any cost. Left with no choice, he tried to calm her down with a halfhearted effort. "Jin Qingling I am not Wu Zihao, it's me Gen."
However, it seemed like she was listening to nothing that he said. Her eyes were still closed and she was unaware of her surroundings. All she saw and listened to was, Wu Zihao in her dreams. She continued murmuring the same thing until she finally fell asleep quietly and Gen pulled his hand back.
Left all alone, Jin Qingling could not hold back her tears anymore and they rolled down her eyes freely. Her mind felt like a mess with plethora of thoughts rushing in it. The guilt was overpowering her thoughts and more tears rolled down her eyes. She sobbed silently all the while as she walked out of the private room and went towards the elevator. Her emotions were all over the place and she found it hard to control herself from crying.As she passed the hallway, her eyes fell on the map of the building which said that the building also had a bar on the eighth floor. Not really in her right mind she stepped into the elevator and pushed the button to the eighth floor.As she stepped out, she could hear faint music coming from the other end of the hallway and she walked towards it directly. She was greeted by earsplitting rock music playing inside the bar, with people dancing like crazy on the floor even though it was just an hour past noon. BUt well, Yang town was popular for its tourism, so it was no wonder here. She looked around and went straight to the bar counter to occupy an empty table that was not very far from it."A bucket of your strongest beer." She ordered when the waiter approached her. The waiter looked at her for a second, wondering if he heard it wrong. Sensing him still standing there, Jin Qingling looked at him and thought he had not heard her she repeated her order. "A bucket of your strongest beer."Judging from her appearance that was nowhere close to other rich customers that visited the bar, the waiter asked politely. "Miss, that beer is quite expensive, are you""A bucket of your strongest beer. I won't repeat for the fourth time." She was feeling very annoyed and couldn't help getting a bit rude, which was not her usual behavior.Soon after a bucket of beer was placed in front of her along with some complimentary snacks, which she didn't touch. She grabbed the first bottle and started gulping it down without any pause, which gave a burning sensation in her throat, followed by her stomach. Not caring about it, she continued chugging down her drink to forget the sorrow of her aching heart.She wanted to run to Wu Zihao and hug him tightly, but she was bounded back by her debt to Gen. She was lost and didn't know what to do. In her bag her phone kept ringing and but she was way too engulfed in her emotions to realize it."Waiter! Another bucket!" She placed her third order in a slurry voice."Miss you have already consumed ten bottles and you don't look in the condition to have more. Are you sure you want another bucket?" He asked a bit arrogantly. What actually worried him was that if she would be able to pay the bill because her clothes didn't look very expensive and the beer that she had consumed was very expensive."None of your business. Just get me the order!" Jin Qingling snapped at him as she wiped her tears. Feeling the constant vibration in her bag, that was next to her thigh, she fumbled inside it to pull out her phone and slam it on the table. "Stop vibrating!" she screamed at the phone, before getting back to chugging down another bottle that the waiter had just placed in front of her."What should we do now?" The waiter that was serving Jin Qingling asked another waiter after seeing that she had passed out after creating such a huge bill and judging from her clothes and bag, it didn't look like she could afford it.Gen had been worried sick about Jin Qingling's whereabouts since the afternoon. She was supposed to pick up Xiao Li after school but she didn't even arrive there and at last her teacher had to call Gen to take Xiao Li home, because Jin Qingling was not even answering anyone's call."Where are you, Xiao Ling?" Gen murmured as he got in his car after inquiring about her at every place that she did and did not frequent. This town was new for her and there weren't many places that she visited. It was past one at night and he still had no clue of her whereabouts even after looking for her at every possible place that he could think of.Not able to figure out where to look for her next, once inside the car, he lit a cigarette for himself while thinking, where to go next and at the same time, tried his luck by calling Jin Qingling again. Not expecting her to take his call, he was both surprised and relieved when she finally did answer. He straightened his back and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth to speak. "Jin Qingling wher"His words were cut short when he heard a man's voice from the other end. "Mister do you know the woman to whom this phone belongs to?""Of course I know her, but who are you?" he asked suspiciously."Mister I am the manager of the Wild Cat Club and this miss is lying here drunk. She is not in the state to go back on her own, can you please come to pick her up? It's time for us to close.""I will be there soon." Gen hung the phone and threw the cigarette out of the window to drive off to the club. It took him some twenty minutes to reach the club, that was about to close and had no customers in view. He directly went straight to look for the manager who took him to Jin Qingling. She was drunk beyond her senses and had passed out on the table, looking a complete mess.Gen walked to her and frowned looking at the number of bottles on her table, they were more than fifteen bottles. He had never seen her drinking so much as she had always been a careful mother aware of her responsibilities to her daughter. When the waiter brought the bill for him to clear he couldn't help asking. "Did she drink all of this alone?""Yes, she has been drinking since noon." the waiter replied as he passed the bill and Jin Qingling's cell phone to him.Gen was in a hurry because Xiao Li was alone at home. He immediately cleared the bill and picked up Jin Qingling in his arms to take her home.He gently picked her up and carried her out of the club to the parking lot. Making sure she doesn't bump her head anywhere, he helped her at the shotgun seat before going to sit in the driver's seat himself. Sensing some movement, Jin Qingling started crying again.Hearing her sobs, Gen immediately went close to her to calm her down but the words that she spoke next, froze him in his place. "Zihao, I knew you will come back for me."Gen felt like a bucket of cold water had been splashed on his face to wake him up from his dream. His bubble that he had been living in for such a long time, popped ruthlessly and he would be lying if he said it didn't hit him. It hit very hard indeed.She still loves him, he thought to himself. He knew she did, but he had been ignoring it by making himself believe that she has moved on, which was not true. Before he could react, Jin Qingling held his hand that was on her shoulder tightly and after wiping her tears, started saying the words that he never wanted to listen to. "Zihao, I am sorry, I am sorry. I still love you please don't leave me here."The pain and frustration inside him wanted to pull his hand back but Jin Qingling was holding onto it for her dear life, not willing to let it go at any cost. Left with no choice, he tried to calm her down with a halfhearted effort. "Jin Qingling I am not Wu Zihao, it's me Gen."However, it seemed like she was listening to nothing that he said. Her eyes were still closed and she was unaware of her surroundings. All she saw and listened to was, Wu Zihao in her dreams. She continued murmuring the same thing until she finally fell asleep quietly and Gen pulled his hand back.
