chapter 32 pay day

After sitting at the entrance of the corridor and waiting for nearly forty minutes, Hayden was not done yet. I was a little overwhelmed by the cold autumn wind and wanted to go up and urge him. As soon as he stood up, the woman named Lily walked down from above, and the air was filled with the strong smell of perfume. "Is it done?" I asked, tucking my clothes. Lily glanced at me and said dissatisfiedly: "If it weren't for you, I would have spent the night here tonight." "Hayden has several bars to run to tomorrow, so don't bother him." "I don't understand why two men live together,"Lily said to me still unwillingly. "I'm just going to stay here for a while, and I'll move out when I find a house." I explained to Lily with some regret. Lily nodded and then said, "I forgot my wallet. Give me 50 yuan for a taxi." I was a little surprised: "Why didn't you ask Hayden just now?" "I just forgot, and I'm too lazy to go up again, so stop nagging and hurry up."Lily made another gesture to me asking for money. "You are not a young lady, are you?" Lily rolled her eyes at me and said, "Have you ever seen a gay lady who only paid 50 yuan?" "That's right." I said and took out my wallet from my pocket. I searched for a long time but couldn't find the 50 one. Lily directly took out a 100 face value and waved it in front of me, as if I slept with her. After Lily left, I felt that living here in Hayden was not a long-term solution. After all, it was inconvenient and far from the company. I still had to continue looking for a house. When I returned to the house, the smell of dissipation still seemed to linger in the air. I subconsciously looked at the bed, but the quilt was still folded. "I didn't do it on the bed because I was afraid that you would be uncomfortable sleeping."Hayden explained to me. "Thanks for your hard work" Hayden smiled: "It's not hard. It's the same whether I'm sleeping or standing." I put the cherries I brought from Penelope on the table and said to Hayden: "This is a gift from a friend. You can try it." "Oh, it's imported from Chile. Which of your friends is so extravagant?"Hayden said, picking one up and throwing it into his mouth. I didn't answer for a long time, and realized that calling Penelope a friend was a bit wishful thinking. In fact, we are at best better than strangers. At least Penelope is very bored of me most of the time. "Just a friend." I responded vaguely. This was originally an innocuous matter, and Hayden didn't ask any questions. He took out the guitar from the guitar case, plucked the guitar strings, and asked me with an intoxicated look on his face: "Aren't you going to use this awesome guitar to pay off your debt?" Why did it come back to you again?" "She gave it back to me again." I replied truthfully. "Who is she?" "Should I write a fucking book to answer you?" Hayden smiled at me with a look of understanding and said: "Calm down" and finally stopped questioning me. Then he plucked the guitar strings, and the song "Cinderella" floated out from the ten-square-meter attic on the autumn wind at night. The night was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water. Hayden and I were lying on the bed, each with a cigarette in his hand, the same daze, the same silence. A gust of wind suddenly blew hard outside the window, immediately dispersing the smoke that filled the house. I struggled with the wild wind and took a deep breath of cigarette and exhaled heavily, and the smell of tobacco began to fill the room again. I finished the cigarette quickly and put it out in the ashtray. I finally asked Hayden: "Ben, what are you thinking about?" "Miss you."Hayden said and took a deep breath of cigarette. I teased: "Didn't you just sleep with Lily?" Hayden smiled and put out the cigarette in his hand, took another one from the cigarette case and lit it. After a while, he said: "I don't know how she is doing now." "If you miss her, just contact her and care about her as an old friend." "You and Emily broke up for more than two years, do you dare to contact her?"Hayden asked me. "Why are you messing with me and Emily?" "The same principle applies. Nothing can be changed if we contact you. Just think about it this way." "I just feel aggrieved for you. Obviously I still love her, and I was obviously forced by her parents, but in the end, she left a bad reputation of betrayal in her heart." "As long as she lives a happy life, my grievance is nothing." I also lit another cigarette, took two puffs and fell into silence, and did not encourage Hayden to contact the Beijing girl. "Go to sleep, it's almost dawn."Hayden put out his half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray and said to me. I looked out the window, as if I had seen through all the darkness before dawn. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Human life is really an unsolvable problem, right and wrong, true and false. The next day, I spent another busy day. This kind of busyness was something I had never experienced in the first two years in the company. It was mainly because Wesley's work temporarily fell on me, but this is not a bad thing. If I am lucky enough to be the leader of the planning copywriting team, then now is a process of adapting in advance. In addition to a busy day, I have other gains. I finally got paid today, so when I was about to get off work, I planned how to spend this month’s salary. After thinking for a long time, I decided that the first purchase of the money would be used to treat Penelope to a dinner. I still remember how annoyed she was when I tricked her into attending Wesley's wedding in the name of dinner a few days ago. There is no doubt that I did this carelessly, so I must invite her with the most sincere attitude for tonight's meal, firstly to apologize, and secondly to thank her for the scene she played with me in the bar the night before yesterday. The drama prevented me from feeling ashamed in front of Emily. I found Penelope's phone number and dialed it. She answered it after a while, her tone was still very calm, and she said: "Hey, are you okay?" "Would you like to treat you to dinner tonight as a favor?" I said very sincerely. "Which of your friends is getting married this time?" I was a little speechless. She always choked me to death with such calmness. She paused for a while and then said: "This time is really not a friend getting married, but I just want to treat you to a meal." "Oh, forget it today." I was a little disappointed, but I still persisted: "Come on, I paid my salary today, and I thought of you first. If I'm so kind, don't refuse." "My car has been sent for maintenance. It's not very convenient to take a taxi here. Maybe next time."Penelope finally gave me a reason not to come this time. "This is easy to handle. I have a car. I will pick you up. Where are you?" "Do you have a car?"Penelope asked doubtfully. "Yes, it's about the same as your car. Just give me some face. I'll take you to an interesting restaurant tonight. I guarantee you'll like it." Penelope thought for a while and finally replied: "Well, I'm at Willow Bank Scenic Garden, come over." "You live in Willow Bank Scenic Garden" I sighed, because this is a very high-end community in the local area. Penelope probably went to live in Willow Bank Scenic Garden Jingyuan because the bathroom was sprayed with insecticide yesterday and couldn't be used. "Why are you asking so many questions?"Penelope said and hung up the phone. I smiled and didn't care about Penelope's attitude. I had already expected that she had other houses in Suzhou. Putting my phone in my pocket, I said to Aidan who was still busy next door: "Aidan, let me borrow your Alto Prince tonight." Aidan raised his head and looked at me warily and asked, "What do you want to do?" "Fill up the gas when you're done, hurry up." I said impatiently. "You said so, don't play tricks on me."Aidan said, taking out the car keys from the drawer and handing them to me. It was getting dark, so I drove Aidan's Alto towards the "Willow Bank Scenic Garden" community. This time I really didn't fool Penelope. The car I was driving was indeed similar to hers. Hers was called Audi, and mine was called Alto is also an eye-catching purple color.