Chapter 589: This is not love at all

Chinese people like to set off firecrackers, and Chinese people who do business like to set off firecrackers even more.

Especially during the Spring Festival, anyone with a little business at home has to set off ten thousand or eight thousand loud firecrackers.

If they don't, they won't feel at ease doing business in the coming year. If they encounter any small setback, they will suspect whether they were not pious enough in worshiping the gods during the New Year, or if they didn't set off enough firecrackers.

So when night fell, the firecrackers in Chinatown rang out in a mess, scaring many tourists from other places into screaming, thinking that the local gangs had suddenly had a gunfight!

After all, there were many halls in Chinatown, and they would have small disputes from time to time. Several lion dance halls had already sparked gunpowder smells just now, so it wouldn't be strange if they started fighting now.

And Xia Zhemin and Ruan Shujun, who had just finished setting off firecrackers in the Chaozhou hotel, ran into people setting off firecrackers outside as soon as they went out.

Ruan Shujun was scared out of her wits and screamed repeatedly. After the two hid together for a while, they turned around and went back to the hotel.

Looking at their affectionate appearance, it seemed they were still feeling the aftertaste after the wind and rain, so much so that they didn't notice at all that there were a few people across the street watching them silently.

Li Ye raised his hand to check his watch. Less than fifteen minutes, excluding preparation and cleanup, the rate of fire was really not slow.

But young people are young people; they can fire in bursts.

Sister Zhen mocked Jiao Yaqiang: "Now you believe it, right? Look at their posture of being unable to stop. Whoever ruins their good deeds, she will definitely be anxious with whoever it is."

"Sigh~, when Ruan Shujun and I came together, she wasn't like this..."

Jiao Yaqiang sighed, smiled and said: "Forget it, everyone has their own aspirations. It's hard to persuade a ghost looking for death with good words. Let her go!"

Sister Zhen despised Jiao Yaqiang: "You should have been like this long ago. You help this one and that one all day long, as if there is no one you can't help. In fact, in the end, it would be good if you could manage yourself well."

Li Ye heard deep sarcasm and helplessness from Sister Zhen's words.

There are always some people in the world who possess the beautiful virtue of "being happy to help others," but in disappointment after disappointment, they finally see the essence that indifference is the most common nature between people.

Jiao Yaqiang's "being happy to help others" might eventually harvest a few rare friendships, but at the same time, it will also harvest more disappointment and helplessness.

"Old Jiao, the lion dance parade has passed. What are you still watching here?"

Just when Sister Zhen was complaining about Jiao Yaqiang, Liu Dongsheng, who borrowed money from Jiao Yaqiang, appeared from nowhere with several classmates.

Sister Zhen immediately said: "Firecrackers were going off everywhere just now, so we hid here for a while. Where are you going?"

Liu Dongsheng smiled and said: "We are going to watch a play. When we came, I saw a stage at the street corner. It's probably about to start now. Are you going?"

Jiao Yaqiang walked away: "Of course. When I was in the country, I always felt that Peking Opera was difficult to watch, but after coming to the Lighthouse, I like it more and more..."

Everyone walked to the street corner with great interest. In fact, not everyone can understand the art of Peking Opera, but it is a unique program of the Chinese family!

Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou, what is performed is history, and what is reflected is life.

However, Wen Leyu, who was walking behind, pulled Li Ye's hand and pursed her lips at Liu Dongsheng and the others in front.

Li Ye nodded, indicating he knew.

Liu Dongsheng and the others were actually "stalking" Xia Zhemin and Ruan Shujun just now. I believe a piece of gossip about these two people will soon spread on the UC campus.

After all, "gossiping" is a collective self-taught skill of the Chinese people!

"Hey hey hey, I'll tell you something, you must not tell anyone else..."

"Mm-hmm, I won't tell. I will definitely keep my mouth shut... But if the bottom of the bottle falls off, don't blame me~"

When everyone arrived in front of the stage at the street corner, it had indeed started, but what was being sung was not Peking Opera, but Cantonese Opera.

In Chinatown in San Francisco, there are far more old immigrants who speak Cantonese than new immigrants, and most shop merchants also speak Cantonese, so Li Ye and the others could understand.

Although the babbling lines were even harder to understand, everyone was still watching very intently.

After all, after today, it will be difficult to see this kung fu of long robes and water sleeves again~

But before Li Ye and the others finished watching one play, a strange voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Hi, Zhen, I finally found you... You made me search so bitterly!"

"..."

Li Ye and the others turned their heads and found a white man holding a bouquet of flowers, looking at Seeing Zhen Rongrong in surprise.

Li Ye looked at Seeing Zhen Rongrong in surprise, only to find that Seeing Zhen Rongrong was equally surprised and subconsciously took two steps back, distancing herself from the man.

Then Seeing Zhen Rongrong asked coldly: "Kadir, what are you looking for me for?"

The white man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Oh, I just arrived in San Francisco and heard that you had been looking for me for some time, so I went to the school to find you immediately, but your classmate said you came to Chinatown for the parade, so I came to find you. Zhen, I have always..."

"Mr. Kadir, it wasn't me looking for you a few days ago, but Ruan Shujun looking for you..."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong interrupted Kadir's words and then explained: "Ruan Shujun is sick, but you disappeared, so she was very anxious and asked me to look for news of you."

"Oh~, is Ruan sick? That's really unfortunate..."

The man named Kadir said regretfully: "Since we parted last time, I lost Ruan's news. I called your dormitory many times, but no one answered..."

"No one answered? Are you sure no one answered?"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong's face was already very bad. These days, Ruan Shujun had been lying in the dormitory all day, looking forward to Kadir calling her. How could no one have answered?

"Yes, yes, you and Ruan are both too diligent. I have never seen girls as beautiful and diligent as you. Oh, I came to San Francisco today just to spend your traditional festival, the Spring Festival, with you..."

"..."

Facing Kadir, who kept talking endlessly, Seeing Zhen Rongrong endured her nausea and finally said in a voice: "Sorry, I want to spend the festival with my friends. Please leave!"

Kadir was stunned, his eyes wide open, as if he couldn't accept being rejected by a Chinese girl at all.

After a while, he said in disbelief: "Zhen, aren't we friends?"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong answered decisively: "I'm sorry, no. I'm not familiar with you."

"Oh~, Zhen, you are really heartbreaking."

Kadir looked bitter, spread his hands, and looked innocent.

However, the next moment, he asked: "Then can you tell me where Ruan is?"

Damn it.

Even Li Ye, who had seen all kinds of scumbags, almost exploded with profanity.

You want to give flowers to Seeing Zhen Rongrong one second, and go find Ruan Shujun the next. Are you not even acting? Is it so straightforward, so anxious?

"I'm sorry, I don't know."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong's chest was already heaving with anger, so how could she tell Kadir?

"Alright then! I'll go find her myself, but I want to tell you sincerely, Zhen... you misunderstood me."

"..."

Kadir took the bouquet of flowers and walked into Chinatown. Today, basically all Chinese people in San Francisco would come here to play, so finding someone would definitely be in Chinatown.

And after Kadir left, Seeing Zhen Rongrong suddenly cursed in a low voice—"I misunderstood your mother's foot."

"..."

Li Ye, Wen Leyu, and the others all looked sideways, watching Seeing Zhen Rongrong, whose face was flushed, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Being able to force Seeing Zhen Rongrong to curse, that can be considered strange enough.

However, before a Cantonese opera was finished, something even stranger happened.

Two police cars suddenly stopped at the entrance of Chinatown, and several policemen ran inside in a hurry.

"Did something happen?"

"Let's go, let's go, everyone go watch the fun... Where is Old Liu? Where is Liu Dongsheng?"

Only then did everyone realize that Liu Dongsheng, who was watching the play under the stage just now, had disappeared at some point.

Wen Leyu quietly looked at Li Ye again. This time, she also didn't notice when Liu Dongsheng disappeared.

Li Ye whispered: "He left just before and after Kadir. If the police went to the Chaozhou hotel, then you should understand what's going on, right!"

Wen Leyu said in surprise: "Why?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Do you remember Sister Zhen said that Liu Dongsheng pursued Ruan Shujun? Love is deep, hate is deep. Love is something that is easily transformed into hatred."

"..."

Wen Leyu was stunned for a while, shook her head vigorously and said: "That's not love at all; it's selfish possession." ===== CHAPTER 590 =====

Wen Leyu was stunned for a moment, then shook her head vigorously and said, "That is not love at all; it is selfish possession."