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"..."

Lu Yang didn't speak immediately; he looked down at Li Xixue.

She stood there, her high heels clicking on the ground, her weight shifted to one side, her face flushed, and her expression serious.

"Carry me on your back."

Li Xixue repeated it again, as if she wanted a hug.

Lu Yang sighed, then squatted down in front of her.

Honestly, it's hard to refuse a drunk person who makes such a request with that expression.

Moreover, if we let her continue to make a scene, there might be even more trouble to come.

Li Xixue held onto his shoulders and slowly leaned down.

She rested her chin on the back of his neck, wrapped her arms around his shoulders, and clung to him.

Lu Yang stood up and put his hand behind his back.

Li Xixue remained silent.

I lay there, pressed against his back, feeling warm and comfortable.

Lu Yang could even feel her breath hitting his back.

They walked for a while.

We finally arrived at the car.

Lu Yang tried to put her down, but Li Xixue's hand wouldn't let go.

"We're here," he said.

"Um."

"You can get down now."

"Um."

But it just wouldn't move.

Helpless, Lu Yang had no choice but to help her off his back and lean her against the car door.

He reached into Li Xixue's pocket and felt around.

Why are you touching me?

"I'm feeling for my keys, my keys!"

After Lu Yang finished speaking, he remembered something.

I don't have a driver's license yet.

As for Li Xixue...

She leaned against the car door, her eyes half-closed.

In her condition, she can barely stand, let alone drive.

Fine.

Li Xixue sensed his stillness, raised her eyelids to look at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Take a taxi."

Why are you taking a taxi?

"I don't have a driver's license, and you've been drinking."

Li Xixue frowned, as if she was processing those words.

After a couple of seconds of processing, he nodded: "I can drive!"

"What the hell are you driving?!"

Lu Yang couldn't help but retort.

Is she on her way to heaven?

Li Xixue snorted and said nothing more.

Lu Yang took out his phone and opened a ride-hailing app.

Li Xixue tilted her head to one side and squinted at him.

"What are you doing?"

"Take a taxi."

Lu Yang clicked "confirm" and then put his phone back in his pocket.

"Let's go upstairs and wait."

Li Xixue didn't move.

Lu Yang glanced at her.

She looked down at her feet.

The heels of her high heels were very thin, and as she stepped onto the concrete ground of the parking lot, she swayed slightly.

Lu Yang sighed.

He walked over and squatted down with his back to her.

"Come up."

Without hesitation, Li Xixue lay down on it.

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, hung on his back, and rested her chin on his shoulder.

Lu Yang stood up and walked outside.

"Lu Yang".

"Um?"

"When you carried me on your back, I was so tall."

"..."

Lu Yang did not reply.

The two returned to the lobby on the first floor.

The night breeze is blowing.

In November, the evenings in Linjiang were already a bit chilly.

When the wind blew, Li Xixue shrank her neck and buried her head in Lu Yang's shoulder.

Lu Yang stood at the door waiting for his car.

The hotel entrance lights were bright, shining on the two of them.

Lu Yang glanced at his phone; the driver would arrive in one minute.

at this time.

Li Xixue moved.

She raised her head and tilted it upwards.

Lu Yang felt her chin leave his shoulder and her neck tilt back.

What are you doing?

Li Xixue did not answer.

She tilted her head back, looking up, her eyes slightly shining.

Lu Yang followed her gaze and looked up.

The city sky was hazy, with few stars visible.

A few scattered ones hang between the gaps in the tall buildings.

"I want to see the stars."

Li Xixue's voice came from behind, muffled.

Lu Yang was stunned.

"What?"

"Star."

Li Xixue repeated herself and slowly said, "I want to see."

Lu Yang turned his head and looked around.

The hotel entrance, the main road, the tall buildings, the neon lights.

"You can't see any stars here."

"I can see it."

Li Xixue pointed upwards and said, "There's one over there."

Lu Yang looked in the direction she pointed.

There is indeed one.

There was only one, not very bright, all alone.

"You saw it, so what?"

Li Xixue did not answer his question.

She withdrew her hand and wrapped it around his neck again.

"I don't want to go home."

"Didn't you just say you were going home?"

"I've changed my mind."

How many times have you changed your mind tonight?

Li Xixue snorted.

"I want to see the stars."

"..."

Lu Yang was also somewhat puzzled upon hearing this.

Why look at the stars so late at night?

You know, there are skyscrapers everywhere here, so you can't possibly see any stars.

But Li Xixue didn't care.

She lay on his back, her head tilted back, her eyes squinting as she looked up.

"That one is gone."

"What's missing?"

"That star from just now."

Lu Yang looked up.

Indeed, that lone star from before was obscured by clouds at some point.

"It's covered by clouds."

"I want to see, can you ask the clouds to move aside?"

"..."

Lu Yang was speechless for a moment: "No, do you think I'm Sun Wukong?"

"Isn't that right?" Li Xixue retorted.

For a moment, Lu Yang was speechless.

At that moment, the taxi arrived.

A black ride-hailing car was parked in front of the hotel.

The driver rolled down the window and peeked out.

Then he saw a man in a suit with a woman in a red dress on his back.

The driver paused for a moment.

Lu Yang put Li Xixue down from his back and helped her into the back seat.

As soon as she got in, she shrank back inside, leaning against the car window with her head pressed against it.

Lu Yang followed him inside and closed the door.

The car started.

Li Xixue tilted her head, her forehead pressed against the car window, her eyes fixed on the outside.

The city lights swept across her face.

Strands of light.

"I can't see it."

She muttered something.

Lu Yang turned to look at her.

"What can't you see?"

"Star."

Row.

I still think about it.

Lu Yang glanced at her.

To be honest, he was a little hesitant.

It's almost 10 o'clock now, and this woman is so drunk, normally we should just take her home and let her sleep.

But she was leaning there, her face flushed, looking out the car window.

Well, how should I put it?

She seemed to be looking forward to it.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang sighed, his heart softening again.

So he spoke up: "Master."

"Um?"

"Are there any places around here where I can see the stars?"

The driver glanced at him in the rearview mirror.

"To see the stars?"

"right."

The driver thought for a moment and said, "It definitely won't work in the city; the lights are too bright."

"What about outside the city center?"

The driver thought for a moment and said, "If you're talking about lots of stars... there's a park in the east of the city. There aren't many tall buildings and few streetlights, so you can see quite a few stars at night."

"Is it far?"

"It takes about twenty minutes to drive there."

Lu Yang looked down at Li Xixue.

She pressed herself against the car window, drawing circles on the glass with her finger.

twenty minutes.

Can she hold on for another twenty minutes?

Lu Yang said, "Let's go there."