Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 16

The Spider Tower and the Climbing Wall are next to each other. After work, Shen Tingwei searched the surroundings carefully but he was not able see the necklace. He thought that it probably fell into the sponge pool under the climbing wall.
The sponge pool is filled with powder and light gray high-density sponge blocks. Finding a necklace is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Shen Tingwei rummaged in the sponge pool for an hour and a half, until it was too hot to bear, so he climbed the edge of the pool to dig out.
The central air conditioner of the venue is automatically turned off when it is off work. The trampoline park has a fully enclosed isolation net for safety. Although the venue is spacious enough, the air does not circulate for a long time. It will be inevitable feel boring after a long stay.
The lukewarm season is bothersome and the fleece-lined spring workwear is too thick. The time to change to summer clothes is still far away. In view of the fact that the boss does not come here often, many employees will secretly put on black sweaters that are thinner than the work clothes. The store manager understands that everyone is hot and simply turns a blind eye.
Shen Tingwei had no clothes to change with, so he could only change the two sets of tooling he got when he joined the job every day.
The weather in April was already to degrees and the indoor temperature was even higher. A thin layer of sweat dripped from the tip of his nose. The sleeves of his sweater were pulled high. He sat by the pool and pulled his neckline to breathe.
Chang Kai took out a bottle of sports drink from the freezer, walked over and sat down beside him: “Uhm, please drink this.”
“Thank you.” Shen Ting took the bottle. He wiped the sweat that fell on his temples with the back of his hand, twisted the cap of the bottle and took a big mouthful his eyes still fell on the sponge pool for a moment.
“Sorry, Weiwei, I’ve delayed you from geting off work.” Chang Xingxing felt a little embarrassed, “How about I invite you to dinner later?”
“No need.” Shen Tingwei shook his head. The corners of his lips drew a gentle arc, as if to comfort her. “I’ll look for it since if a child comes to play tomorrow it may be scratched and it will be more troublesome then.”
“It’s also…” Chang Xing answered in a low voice with her eyes down. She casually kicked away the sponge block close to the pool wall, “Is there a possibility that it fell here? Why don’t we take out the sponges and look for it again? ”
“I’ll looked on other places.” Shen Tingwei screwed the bottle cap on and put it aside. He jumped in again from the edge of the platform, turned his head, raised his face and said, “Let’s remove it first, maybe …”
Shen Tingwei’s line of sight seemed to be refracted by the dazzling light and his voice stopped. Probably because of his frequent use of electronic products his eyes were a little astigmatism and it was a little difficult to see things for a long time. His thin and long eyes narrowed slightly. He really saw the pendant where the broken light flickered.
“Huh? Maybe?” Chang Xing looked at him suspiciously and was about to jump in while she was talking but Shen Tingwei hurriedly stopped her.
“Wait a minute, don’t move!”
Chang Xin was stunned by him. The leg that was stretched out was stuck in the air. She didn’t know whether to fall or retract it, so she could only foolishly keep this position of jumping or not, looking at him: “Why? La?”
Shen Tingwei took a step forward and walked towards her with a pool of sponge blocks, stretched out his hand and twisted the thin chain stuck in the seam of her leg: “Is this it?”

Chang Kai followed his words and looked downn but unexpectedly hervcenter of gravity was unstable and she fell down suddenly with two terrified exclamations from her mouth: “Hey—”
Shen Tingwei pulled the chain out with one hand. The black shadow above his head caught him guard off. He didn’t have time to dodge.
Chang Xing was very thin and had no flesh all over her body. It didn’t actually weigh much when she fell on him but Shen Tingwei’s temple ached suddenly. He originally raised his hand to protect Changxing but when his head slammed into the soft sponge, he immediately felt a dizziness that it almost made him faint. The intense discomfort caused his half-raised hand to subconsciously clench.
Chang Xing’s forehead slammed against his collarbone, she bared her teeth in pain and moved her forehead away from him. Feeling okay again: “I’m sorry for knocking you over.”
After waiting for the ringing in her ear to stop for a while, Chang happily patted Shen Tingwei and asked him with a smile, “Hey, Weiwei, why don’t you get up yet?”
When she turned her head, she saw that Shen Tingwei was still in the same posture, half-sunk into the sponge pool and motionless. Frowning in pain and cold sweat is dripping on his forehead.
Chang Kai was taken aback and quickly got up: “Weiwei?”
After being called for a few times, Shen Tingwei didn’t answer her. Chang Xing was frightened and hurriedly grabbed the phone from her pocket to call an ambulance. Before she could take the phone out of her pocket, someone tapped her wrist lightly.
Shen Tingwei’s bloodless lips were still tightly pursed into a line and his eyes were closed. After a while, he retracted his arms and put them in front of his eyes. His breath sounded a little weak: “I’m fine.”
Chang Xingxin’s heartbeat was about to pop out of her chest. She patted him on the arm in a hurry: “I’m scared to death, I thought I killed you! Are you okay? What’s wrong or what? What’s the matter?”
She dragged Shen Tingwei’s arm, trying to pull him up. Shen Tingwei gently broke free.
“Take it easy.” Shen Tingwei’s lips moved twice. After a while, his eyes slowly opened and his eyes were a little dark, “…I just felt a little uncomfortable.”
Chang Xing was terribly worried: “Why? Have you been feeling unwell recently? Have you been to the hospital for a checkup? No, let’s go check it out this Saturday. How can you be like this?”
Shen Tingwei replied casually, “Yes,” He sat up slowly with the remaining strength he has and put the necklace he has been grasping into Chang Xin’s hand: “Let’s call that customer, ask someone to come and pick it up.”
Chang Xing said yes but she couldn’t help to raise her hand to touch his forehead. Then, she touched her own: “You might be suffering from heat stroke. I’m also feeling a little hot. Why won’t you wear thin clothes tomorrow? The boss isn’t here anyway.”
Shen Tingwei’s face was still a little pale. The heart palpitations that had subsided for half a month came up again inexplicably. His heart was so tight that he couldn’t breathe. He said to Chang Xingxin: “I see. Let’s go, it’s time to get off work.”

Shen Tingwei locked the door. Chang Xingxin had already finished calling the customer and was squatting on the curb looking down at the phone with her head down.
“Ready to go?” Shen Tingwei called her.
Chang Xinyue responded but she didn’t move her fingers were still dragging on the screen.
When Shen Tingwei came in, Chang Xin happily stood up and put the phone in front of him: “Wow, this necklace is from Bulgari and the official website is almost 80,000 yuan!”

After speaking, she felt lucky again. She patted her chest and let out a long breath: “Now, I don’t worry about losing such an expensive thing… Fortunately, this young lady is a good person. We have also found the necklace, if not my annual salary is not enough to compensate…”
Shen Tingwei had never heard of this brand but when he heard the exaggerated price, he suddenly felt that the necklace in his pocket was a little hot, so he took it out from his pocket and asked, “When will the customer come to pick it up?”
“She said the she’s currently eating nearby and she will be here around nine o’clock.”
Shen Tingwei nodded his head and said, “I’ll come to deliver it later at night. You live far away, so it’s inconvenient to make a trip.”
“Okay.” Chang Kai put her phone in her pocket, looked up and glanced at the side of the road, grabbing Shen Tingwei’s arm, “I’ll treat you to some skewers. You’ve searched for the necklace in my place for so long today.”
Shen Tingwei said, “No, you can go. I have something to do today, so I have to go back early.”
“Don’t you live in the staff dormitory, what will you do?” Chang Xing looked at him suspiciously, dragging his arm and urging, “Let’s go, it won’t take long to go back after eating.”
Shen Tingwei still refused.
Chang Xing happily glanced at him, sighed inwardly and said that it’s fine.
She knew that Shen Tingwei’s financial situation was a little difficult.
When she listened to her colleagues on the stadium chatting before. They mentioned that the place where they work has arranged dormitories for non-local employees. Shen Tingwei also lives in there.
When he moved in, he didn’t bring anything with him and they had never seen him order takeout or play games. They thought it was because he didn’t like it, so people didn’t take the initiative to ask him. But the last time Shen Tingwei’s roommate went back late, he happened to see Shen Tingwei cooking some noodles in the kitchen and asked him as to why he does not add sauce, he answered he does not have anything to add in it.

She’s not a particularly soft-hearted person but it’s heartbreaking to hear this.
Young people are generally easy to fall into debt crisis. If Shen Tingwei is having such a hard time, it would be easy for people to guess whether something happened to him.
Logically speaking, the two of them have a good relationship. To the point that: ‘If you need something. I will be willing to help’, but Shen Tingwei has never mentioned anything like borrowing money to her.
After the two separated from the intersection, Shen Tingwei walked slowly along the sidewalk for a while. The temperature dropped a little at night. Occasionally, he walked faster and the refreshing evening breeze hit his face but the palpitations did last long. In the past, the panic in his heart problems became more and more serious.
Hesitantly, he took out a handful of change from his trouser pocket and counted it. In fact, there is no need to count, except for the few dollars spent on transportation on the day of job hunting and the necessary expenses a few days ago, the money he has was scarced to begin with.
He stopped in his footsteps. His eyes fell heavily on the small shop on the street.
“Fifty-nine for the electronic, fifteen for the test paper.”
The pharmacy’s female clerk raised her eyes from her mobile phone and when her eyes moved to Shen Tingwei’s face, her expression changed from indifference and became a little softer. She glanced outside the door pretending to be indifferent.
“Just a test strip.”
Shen Tingwei answered in a low voice unnaturally. He took out fifteen dollars from his pocket and put it on the counter.
The gentle expression on the female clerk’s face disappeared in an instant. She rolled her eyes and took out a box of pregnancy test strip from behind the counter and threw it on the table. “Great, let your girlfriend try it a few more times. Preferably in the morning.”
Shen Tingwei put the box into his jacket pocket and politely thanked her. When he turned to leave, the female clerk behind him turned up the volume of the TV series, spit out abruptly and raised her voice to scolded: “Bah, scumbag!”

Shen Tingwei just pretended that he didn’t understand what she was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai. He kept pushing the door and quickly disappeared into the night.