888: Chapter 878: Two Freaks 888: Chapter 878: Two Freaks As if possessed, Li Jinfang whispered to Eliza, who was about four or five meters away from him, “Hi.”
Eliza didn’t notice that Li Jinfang was greeting her; she was still staring blankly at the merry crowd.
Li Jinfang had no choice but to raise his voice and call out to Eliza more loudly, “Hi!”
When Eliza heard Li Jinfang’s greeting, she turned around abruptly like a startled kitten, her eyes wide as she saw him.
Realizing Li Jinfang was indeed staring at her, Eliza immediately turned and ran, barefoot, quickly disappearing through the rear door and gently closing it behind her.
Li Jinfang gave a bitter smile, then continued to gaze at the empty cup in his hand.
As the gates of memory opened slightly, his eyes immediately blurred again.
Li Jinfang suddenly shook his head, murmuring to himself in a low voice, “I need to find something to do.”
He couldn’t afford to be idle, either engage in high-intensity training, training so hard that his mind goes blank, which would be best, or going on missions would also suffice—fighting, dangerous and tense battles that leave no room in his mind for anything but the fight.
Li Jinfang tried to distract himself by thinking about battles to forget about some things, but the merry music kept reminding him that he was alone now, and would always be alone, although not in everything, since he still had a group of brothers and sisters.
But in matters of intimate love, he was destined to be a lonely man.
Doomed to loneliness for life, until death.
Li Jinfang had resigned himself to this fate, his head bowed, letting his tears drop into the cup in his hand.
Li Jinfang couldn’t dance, but watching the dancing people, he couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like to dance with someone, knowing there would never be another chance.
The only person he ever wanted to dance with had died, dying in his arms, dying in his heart, and taking his heart with her.
“Hi.”
While Li Jinfang was lost in memories, trying to complete the first dance with someone in his imagination, he suddenly heard an extremely faint voice.
Li Jinfang didn’t look up; he put his hand on his forehead, a bit flustered, and after quickly wiping his eyes with the back of his hand, he turned to see Eliza, tense and standing two meters away from him, poised to flee, and he said solemnly, “Hi, why did you come back?”
Stammering, Eliza replied in an increasingly softer voice, “You greeted me; I couldn’t be too rude.
Hi, hello.”
After forcing out the greeting, Eliza turned and ran again.
The corners of Li Jinfang’s mouth twitched slightly, and then he lowered his head again.
However, he didn’t hear the expected sound of the door closing.
Looking sideways, he saw Eliza holding the door but not entering; Li Jinfang sighed and pointed with his left hand to a chair about two meters away.
Li Jinfang didn’t expect Eliza to come over, so he lowered his head again.
After a while, however, he noticed a pair of bare feet out of the corner of his eye.
Glancing sideways, he saw Eliza sitting on the chair, still staring blankly at the lively crowd but in a typical self-protective posture, arms crossed over her chest, shoulders hunched.
Not knowing what to say and having nothing good to discuss with Eliza, Li Jinfang averted his gaze and kept his head down, staying motionless.
Time passed, and Li Jinfang’s eyes blurred again.
It was then that he suddenly heard a gentle voice say, “Sir, would you like another drink?
Martini, champagne, cocktail, or whiskey, or should I get you a beer?”
Seeing only the legs of the waiter, Li Jinfang did not look up.
He lifted the empty cup in his hand and said in a deep voice, “If possible, please fill up my champagne, thank you.”
“Alright, sir, please wait a moment; I’ll get the champagne.
Beautiful lady, do you need anything?”
Li Jinfang turned his head and found that after the waiter had greeted her, Eliza had stood up and run back through the rear door.
After a moment of stunned pause, the waiter shrugged his shoulders, and said to Li Jinfang, “Please wait, sir, I need to get the champagne.”
After taking a few steps away, the waiter muttered under his breath, “What a pair of weirdos.”
As he waited for the waiter to leave, Eliza slowly, as if sneaking around, quietly crept back to her seat and resumed her position, looking at the lively crowd with her arms wrapped around herself.
Li Jinfang lowered his head and remained silent; after a moment, he saw the waiter’s legs and heard the attendant’s gentle voice saying, “Sir, your champagne.
Let me pour it for you.”
Li Jinfang shook his head, saying, “Please leave the bottle here, thank you.
Excuse me, sorry, and please wait a moment.”
It was indeed rude to speak without looking up.
After apologizing, Li Jinfang, without raising his head, slightly turned it toward Eliza, who, looking anxious and ready to run with her hands on the chair, asked, “What will you drink?”
After a moment of confusion, Eliza stood up but eventually sat back down and replied softly, “Water, thank you.”
“Please bring her a glass of water, and don’t talk to her, or she might get scared and run away.”
The waiter didn’t respond, placed a bottle of champagne and a glass of water on the round table between Li Jinfang and Eliza, then walked away.
Moving a bit further, he murmured again, “They really are a couple of weirdos.”
Li Jinfang ignored Eliza, placed his left hand’s glass on the table, took the champagne bottle, filled his glass, and downed the champagne mixed with his own tears, then whispered in a voice only he could hear, “Lizhe, it really doesn’t taste good.”
As he was about to pour himself another drink, Li Jinfang heard Eliza’s faint voice beside him, “What are you drinking?”
Eliza had initiated conversation, which surprised Li Jinfang.
He held the bottle with one hand and turned his head to look at her.
He saw Eliza holding a cup with both hands, bowing her head just like him, staring at the cup in her hands, but not daring to look at him.
“Champagne.”
Li Jinfang muttered, seeing that Eliza had no intention of speaking further, he poured himself another glass and downed it in one go.
That’s when he heard Eliza softly ask, “Is it good?”
“It’s not good.
Haven’t you tried it?”
After a moment, Eliza’s chest heaved several times as if she had mustered the courage, then whispered, “I haven’t tried it, I only drink water.”
Having not tried it, although in a different language, meant the same thing, which stunned Li Jinfang for a moment.
After maintaining silence for a long while, Eliza finally whispered again, “Can I try what champagne tastes like?”
Li Jinfang looked at Eliza, only to see her place her empty cup, which she had finished drinking from, on the table and gently pushed it towards the center, but she did not dare to look at Li Jinfang, still bowing her head.
Tears uncontrollably started streaming down Li Jinfang’s face because someone had once said to him, wanting to try what champagne tastes like.
Li Jinfang picked up the bottle, slightly choked up, “Yes, but you can’t use a water glass.
You need a proper champagne glass.”
After pouring some into an empty champagne glass on the table, Li Jinfang gently pushed it towards the center, then repeated the gesture of bowing his head.
After a long while.
“It tastes good, thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
As if nothing had happened, Li Jinfang immersed himself in memories again, and just then, the lively dance music suddenly stopped, followed by Little Donnie shouting loudly, “Let’s get hyped up!
Guys.”
The gentle orchestral music transformed, accompanied by a burst of intense drumming.
Driven by both the live band and the DJ, a vigorous beat began that made people sway, and the party finally returned to its proper lively nature, turning from an unsuitable dance to a disco.
The invited beautiful men and women started twisting with the music, and Gao Yang, after enduring the torment of the dance, not liking or adapting to the chaotic atmosphere, seeing people like Frey and Rafael enjoying themselves, especially Andy He, who seemed as natural and joyful as a fish in water, Gao Yang just wanted to quickly get out and take a break on the side.
Just as Gao Yang was about to leave, he realized that Li Jinfang was not among the reveling crowd.
He carefully searched and, under the professional lighting flickering, he could not locate Li Jinfang.
“My dear, wait for me on the side, I’ll be right back.”
After instructing Yelena who was beside him, Gao Yang grabbed Cui Bo who couldn’t dance but was energetically dancing cheek-to-cheek with a beautiful woman, and loudly asked by his ear, “Where’s Toad?”
Cui Bo stopped in his tracks, looked confused, and said, “I don’t know, oh my Curtis, that kid might have pulled something again.
Quick, let’s go find him.”
Gao Yang and Cui Bo immediately squeezed out of the crowd, and just then, Jack, encircling a beautiful woman with one arm and holding two beer bottles in the other, stopped Gao Yang and shouted, “Buddy, I absolutely love this party.
It’s perfect.
Here, have one.”
Gao Yang took a beer bottle from Jack’s hand, drank it all in one gulp, and after Jack laughed heartily and went back to dance, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd with Cui Bo.
Little Donnie held a beer in one hand and a wireless microphone in the other, dancing alone when he saw Gao Yang and Cui Bo.
He shouted, “Hey, what are you two up to?
Come on, guys, let’s have a drink!”
Gao Yang grabbed a cup of alcohol from the stand next to Little Donnie, downed it in one gulp, and while coughing loudly, exclaimed, “F**k, vodka!”
“Yes, vodka.”
As Gao Yang’s head started to spin slightly, he snatched the microphone from Little Donnie and shouted, “Have you seen Toad?”
“No, where could he be?
Let me see.
Oh, there he is.
Do you see?
F**k!
My God, that’s Eliza!”
Gao Yang followed Little Donnie’s pointing hand, then saw Li Jinfang sitting in the corner, and Eliza by his side.
Little Donnie was completely stunned, muttered in disbelief, “How is it possible?
Eliza would only hide in her room in such a situation.
I thought she was in her own room.
F**k, they are actually talking?
How is this possible?
My God, Toad is pouring her a drink?
How is this possible!”
Little Donnie was about to walk towards Li Jinfang and Eliza, when Gao Yang quickly grabbed him and shook his head, “No, don’t bother them.”
Little Donnie paused for a moment, then with a look of realization said, “Right, right, absolutely don’t disturb them.
Let them be for a while.
Hey, Rabbit, come, let’s have a drink.
What would you like?” (To be continued.
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