Chapter 13: My Company Doesn’t Keep Waste (02)




Lin Siya cried for half an hour, crying up and down. She thought that after crying for so long, this strangely dressed woman next to her should have said a few words of comfort to her. But the other person actually kept smoking next to her, glancing at her with a faintly saddened gaze, causing her to stop crying.
  
  Her crying sounded like a one man comedy when being watched by a non mainstream bumpkin woman who was possibly brain-dead.
  
  Lin Siya squeezed the soaked tissues in her hand, and before she could ask the woman in front of her for some tissues, she actually handed her a pack of tissues. Lin Siya wasn’t polite, and immediately accepted the tissues. This woman had been watching her as a joke for so long that it wouldn’t hurt her to accept a pack of tissues.
  
  ”I’m leaving.”
  
  ’Goodbye, non-mainstream old-fashioned country bumpkin! We will never meet again!’
  
  Ah Xin responded with a low, “Yeah.” That unbothered tone, as if the other party was just leaning on the railing for a while, completely forgetting that she had made a long discussion with Lin Siya about how her death would affect the running of this city.
  
  Lin Siya didn’t want to talk to this kind of person, but there was one thing in particular that she wanted to say, raising her head and shouting at Ah Xin, “Your looks were a bit of an eyesore to the city, I suggest you change your hairstyle! You are dirty and ugly, did you not know your aesthetic has expired ten years ago, big sister?”
  
  After saying that, her heart has eally soothed over. Lin Shiya has unrestrainedly drawn a line, at any rate, she has a bad temper. People hate her, she couldn’t endure the hatred, inside her mind, it was difficult for her to bear it for a lifetime.
  
  Ah Xin lazily leaned against the railing, looking at the woman in front of her, the gray layer in her eyes seemed to fade away, and there was a little more radiance, the corners of her mouth gently curving up. When Lin Siya thought that Ah Xin would dislike her, she smiled, a very small smile that didn’t really look good with the heavy makeup face.
  
  But Lin Siya was stunned when she looked at those eyes full of warmth and her small smile, there was only one feeling she felt this time, this smile was small, but it was really warm, like a beam of light in the darkness shining straight into her cold and lonely heart, as if it was illuminating an avenue full of sunshine for her.
  
  ”Ok.”
  
  Hearing Ah Xin’s reply, Lin Siya really didn’t know what to say, why was this all-knowing adult’s voice sounded so gentle and her smile so infectious. Shouldn’t this kind of person who dressed like this be fierce, come over to her, pick up her collar and viciously say, “I don’t like your look, I want to beat you up.”
  
  Lin Siya pursed her lips and buried her head, not looking at the eyes that were actually somewhat pretty, “Oh, I really have to go.”
  
  ”Ok.”
  
  Ah Xin answered her softly, Lin Siya took a deep breath and turned around a little dejectedly, thinking of herself. What a mess she was, she was mad enough to think that she wanted to jump off and get hit by a car. She smiled sadly and she felt a little bitter.
  
  ”You’ve lost one of your sandals.”
  
  Lin Siya had just taken two steps when that familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her, she stiffened and lowered her head, and really saw that she was only wearing one sandal, her eyes were busy sweeping around, and she heard Ah Xin, “You dropped it below.”
  
  Lin Siya grabbed the railing and look down, she saw the familiar sandal in the grass below, her face reddened, and she covered her face, too embarrassed. With all this traffic, there wouldn’t be any driver willing to stop and let her pick up the sandal in the bushes, right? She should have gotten too excited and accidentally dropped it.
  
  What’s more, she who was wearing pajamas, was brought here by the officer in a daze, didn’t take her cell phone, and have no money on her. Now she has also lost one of her sandal, and she would have to cross an unknown number of streets to get back to her residence?
  
  Lin Siya’s eyes were red and tears were in her eyes as she looked at the sandal that was laying peacefully in the grass, ‘Even my sandal was bullying me!’
  
  ”Big sis Yuan, I bought it.”
  
  Chen Yi really didn’t understand why Ah Xin cared about this mad woman. But she remembered that this woman almost killed herself just now, she didn’t have much to say, there was a saying, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda.
  
  Ah Xin picked up the pocket and took out a new pair of sandal, red colour, very ordinary, the price is ten yuan[1], such a pair of plastic sandal, of course, wasn’t as good as the one worn at Lin Siya’s feet.
  
  Lin Siya looked at the sandal handed in front of her, it is a bit ugly, but at least it is a pair, she politely said a thank you, and bowed her head to replace her sandals herself. Actually, this woman with bad taste was quite nice.
  
  ”My name is Lin Siya, what’s your name?”
  
  ”Yuan Xin.”
  
  Lin Siya frowned, she felt this name was familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had heard it before, “Thank you.”
  
  ”You’re welcome.”
  
  ”I actually didn’t think about dying.” Lin Siya laughed bitterly, “I don’t know why before, as I was looking at the vehicles moving on both sides, I suddenly couldn’t think for a moment. Perhaps, it’s because I suddenly felt I was abandoned by the world and become a bit lonely.”
  
  Ah Xin nodded, her smile fading, “Let’s go back.”
  
  Lin Siya stopped talking, what was she doing talking so much with a stranger? She was ready to say goodbye again and leave, remembering that she didn’t have money, and looked up at the woman who become more pleasant to look at.
  
  ”Can you…can you lend me ten yuan?”
  
  She had never borrowed money from anyone in her life, and she was such a mess that she probably didn’t care that the woman in front of her had seen the most messed up side of her.
  ”I’ll pay you back next time, and pay you double.” Lin Siya assured, “I won’t cheat you.”
  
  Ah Xin said, “I know, let me order a taxi for you.”
  
  Lin Siya was so touched that she almost cried, she never thought that she could meet a good person when she was so down and broken. As she was being escorted to the taxi, she looked at Ah Xin and said seriously, “Actually, you’re not ugly, if you take off your makeup, your look must be good, it won’t affect the city appearance at all.”
  
  Ah Xin didn’t mind this, she followed and got into the passenger seat as well. Lin Siya got slightly confused and quickly figured it out, l said, “Actually you don’t need to send me, I… I won’t cheat you.”
  
  ”I just happen to be on my way near your residence, too.”
  
  Ah Xin’s words shut Lin Siya up, ‘On her way, huh, what a coincidence!’ When the taxi drove to her neighborhood and Ah Xin followed her in, she turned at the woman who had been following her.
  
  ”I’m home, you don’t need to follow.”
  
  Ah Xin nodded, “Ok.”
  
  Lin Siya was a bit depressed, she was already at her own apartment building, why was this woman still following her, ‘Do I really seem like someone who couldn’t figure things out?’
  
  ”I’m really at home already.” Lin Siya pointed at her door, “I’m staying here.” She remembered that she owed Ah Xin money and said, “Since you’re here, wait, I’ll get in to give you money.”
  
  Lin Siya rushed to the door and subconsciously pulled out her keys from her pocket, her whole body stiffened. She was taken away in her pajamas, no cell phone, no money, and naturally, no key.
  
  ”Sorry, I can’t return your money, I don’t have my key.” Lin Siya’s heart was a little hard, even the lock also bullied her, her eyes red, holding her arms as she squatted at the door, soon after, she heard footsteps coming, and a man carrying a toolbox came up to her room.
  
  ”This is the fourth floor, number seven, right?” The man asked.
  
  Lin Siya didn’t answer, squatting on the ground with her head down, she heard Ah Xin’s voice, “Hey, locksmith, help me to open her door, she forgot to bring her key.”[2]
  
  Lin Siya raised her head up sharply, tears soaring down, and looked at Ah Xin with a complicated gaze, as if asking, how can you be so thoughtful?
  
  ‘Is this woman really a good person, and will meeting this person used up all the luck I have had in my life?’