Chapter 37:

Zhang Man opened his mouth in surprise, can he really kiss a dolphin?
The trainer explained the steps in her ear. It turned out that it was not a real kiss, but it was just a close one. She bent down slightly, and Beibei raised her small head cooperatively.
Zhang Man looked at its round head and was a little bit embarrassed. Who knows that the little dolphin is very enthusiastic, and he slammed into it with a small mouth, only a short distance away.
Zhang Man also cooperated, pouting.
However, the audience in the stadium seemed to kiss this action.
They cheered and raised their phones to take pictures.
...
When he returned to the seat, Zhang Man was still in a state of excitement, pulling the boy's sleeve and talking endlessly: "...I thought it was just a hand shake. I didn't expect to kiss the little dolphin. Li Wei, you just gave me this Have you taken a picture?"
"No shot."
The boy put his coat on her lap again, his voice was hard, and it was in stark contrast to her non-stop chattering.
Zhang Man turned his head to look at him, his face hidden under the baseball cap, his expression could not be seen clearly.
She held him carefully: "What's the matter?"
Why does he seem to be suddenly unhappy?
"It's okay."
The boy's voice was dull, and he coughed slightly to cover up the strangeness: "It's over, let's go out."
The two of them walked out with the crowd. The narrow passage was crowded with people. The young man put his arms around her waist and protected her to the exit.
At this time, the hall was leaving. Amidst the noise, a seven or eight-year-old girl in the passage, with her mouth flat, asked her father timidly, "Dad, is the brother in the hat sitting next to us just now? Do you like little dolphins?"
The man touched his daughter's little head and picked her up: "How did the nanny know that the little dolphins are so cute, how can anyone not like them?"
The little girl’s voice was trembling, she buried her head in her father’s shoulders, grabbed her father’s collar, and murmured milkily: "I just know! That brother just doesn’t like it. He just looked at Bei Bei's eyes are so fierce and scary, woohoo."
...
After watching the dolphin show, it was time to leave the aquarium. Zhang Man was led out of the aquarium by the boy and was surprised to find that the snow outside was knee-high.
The snow is getting more and more arrogant, and it can't be described by the goose feather snow. The dense snow covered most of the sight, and the wind was blowing hard. Zhang Man couldn't even open his eyes when he went out. The sea next to it has become foggy, and the horizon of the sea is not clear at all.
Blizzard is coming.
In fact, when it's snowing here in Z City, people generally don't use umbrellas. The snow is not like rain, and it doesn't melt quickly. When you enter the room, it will be clean after a shot.
Teenagers are also used to not holding umbrellas.
But today, he unscrewed a large transparent umbrella and walked into the wind and snow with his arms around her shoulders. The footsteps of the two people stepped on the snow with deep and shallow footprints.
He hugged her so tightly that she didn't get even a little bit of water.
Zhang Man suddenly felt a little trance, and remembered some fragments in his mind.
The day of the previous sophomore year, January 10, was also Li Wei's birthday.
She didn't go out to play, sitting at home, pulling the curtains and turning off the light, lying on the bed ambush not wanting to move. It was not until the evening when Zhang Huifang brought Zheng Zhi back for dinner, she went to the living room. It was only then that a blizzard was falling outside the window.
She turned on her mobile phone and wanted to call Li Wei's house, asking him what he was doing on his birthday, but she forced herself to stop thinking.
How does he celebrate his birthday, what does it matter to her?
Maybe someone would have given him it a long time ago, so she would have to worry about it.
There are things she never knows anymore, such as how he celebrated his birthday that year.
Or is it not at all?
Under the transparent arched umbrella, Zhang Man's hand gently wrapped around and hugged the boy's waist.
Fortunately, fortunately, this year his birthday, this winter with snow still falling, she was by his side, under his umbrella, in his arms, walking with him step by step in the snow in the sky .
...
The ticket to go back was at seven o'clock, which was only more than an hour away. The two stood at the crossroads at the entrance of the Aquarium, standing to take a taxi.
This year, taxi-hailing software is not popular all over the country. If you want to take a taxi, you can only make an appointment by phone or stand on the side of the road and beckon to stop the car.
The two waited for more than 20 minutes to get the taxi. The middle-aged driver in his 40s and 50s lamented the blizzard outside and said that he didn't want to take orders in such bad weather if he didn't go on the road.
However, to make matters worse, when the two hurried to the long-distance station, they were told that today's schedule was cancelled due to heavy snow.
Zhang Man looked helplessly at the increasingly violent snowstorm outside the window, and suddenly remembered, maybe he could take the train back.
She immediately turned on her mobile phone and checked the train ticket timetable. The latest train ticket back to City N must be tomorrow morning.
In other words, they both have to stay in City Z for one night, and the cake she gave to Li Weiding in City N can't be taken.
But, how do you stay... Zhang Man bit his lower lip, pinched his sleeves, and involuntarily began to flush.
In winter, the day was very short, just after seven o'clock. The day outside was completely dark. At this time, the car lobby was full of people, all travelers who bought tickets but couldn't go back.
In the waiting hall, there is no separation between the seats and the seats. Several uncles directly occupied two or three seats alone, curled up and started to sleep, obviously intending to spend the night in the waiting room.
It's a pity that Zhang Man and the others rushed over early, and there was no more seat to take. The two stood under the central air conditioner in the waiting room, thinking about countermeasures.
Although air-conditioned, the floor tiles in the waiting room were still cold, and Zhang Man shivered from time to time with the cold rising from the soles of his feet. Upon seeing this, the teenager pulled her over, put her hands in her hands, and warmed her.
She has a cold body, and it is definitely unrealistic to sleep on the ground for one night in such a cold day.
Zhang Man thought about it for a long time, and felt that she could only go to the hotel. She blushed, and then she thought, the big deal is to live in two rooms.
"Why... go to the hotel?"
Upon hearing her proposal, the boy coughed slightly, his voice a little dull: "Yeah."
The two did not speak again, and walked out awkwardly. Obviously, one day, holding his hand and hugging him will gradually become natural, but it is still very embarrassing to mention going to the hotel.
Zhang Man swears that she really didn't want to be crooked, but... this topic is really strange for a couple of sixteen or seventeen.
She walked to the door and suddenly remembered: "No, Li Wei, do you have an ID card?"
She herself didn't have an ID card. She did it before the college entrance examination in her previous life. If she didn't have an ID card, she wouldn't be able to stay in a hotel.
The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, and replied helplessly for a long while: "I have, but I didn't."
He lives alone, and it would be troublesome to not have an ID card, so in the second year of the junior year he took a certificate issued by the welfare institute to get an ID card.
All this is an accident, he has never premeditated, so...neither did he bring it.
He was calm, opened his umbrella and hugged her: "Manman, let's go to the hotel and ask, maybe some hotels don't need it. The later the time, the harder it will be to find."
The long-distance bus station is at the west corner of the city, far from the city center. There are not many large hotels, but there are a bunch of express hotels with signs nearby.
The two went to the nearest one, and the sign read "Jinshan Express Hotel". Pushing open the door, the decoration inside is the unique golden KTV style of this era, very tacky.
At the front desk is a young woman with heavy make-up, in her twenties, with fiery red hair and a very beautiful profile. It's a pity that the makeup is too heavy and it has a slightly dusty smell.
She was leaning on the recliner watching a soap opera that was very popular this year, and Zhang Huifang was following the new one every day.
When she saw them coming in, she was not very enthusiastic, put her legs off the tripod and sat a little more straight.
The woman took out the list blankly and pressed the automatic ballpoint pen without looking at them: "Good luck, two standard room guests have unsubscribed, do you want it?"
Li Wei nodded: "Well, we need both."
He is not short of money, as long as she is at ease.
"ID card."
The young woman said mechanically, this job is like this from beginning to end, repeating these few words every day, like a repeater.
Zhang Man was a little embarrassed: "I didn't bring..."
The young woman finally raised her eyes and glanced at them lightly. Seeing how they looked, she probably judged their age.
But apparently she can encounter many such things in a day. She coldly put down the list and pen, lay back on the recliner, and pointed to the door: "Go out and turn left and go up the stairs. There is a small hotel on the third floor that does not require ID cards. Adults can live."
Her tone was plain, but the last three words "underage" were aggravated a lot, and her tone rose up, obviously deliberately making fun of them.
Zhang Man's face flushed...she immediately pulled Li Wei's sleeve and walked out, not daring to look back.
She was taciturn in her previous life, didn't like to socialize, and shrank in her closed life power every day. In fact, she had always been a thin-skinned person in her bones.
How can I stand this joke.
She even wanted to go back to the station just one night, but the blizzard and the cold temperature outside the door dispelled her.
Li Wei looked at her flushed face, a little funny, squeezed her palms to soothe her, took her to the left, entered the next unit door, and walked upstairs as the woman just said.
This building is obviously a private house, very old, like an old house built in the 70s and 80s. The lights in the corridors are too dim. Zhang Man took a closer look and found that the handrails and light bulbs were cleaned.
There was a big sign on the third floor with "Yunbin Guest House" written on it, and the boy led her in.
This place is much simpler than downstairs. The two tables are put together to make the front stage. A potbellied old man is facing the computer and playing with the landlord. He hears someone coming in. He raises his head and glances at the two of them, his turbid eyes bring some enthusiasm. Smile.
Much more enthusiastic than the female receptionist downstairs.
"Young people come to stay in the store? There is only one big bed room left, can't you live?"
Zhang Man's scalp numb, the big bed room... She looked up at Li Wei, and shook her head slightly.
The old man was obviously very good at his words and expressions. It seemed that they didn't want to live anymore. His face became cold and he said faintly: "Today is a blizzard, and the hotels near the station must be full."
He stretched out his voice again: "Besides me, basically everyone needs an ID card. Children can't live."
He again emphasized the three words "children".
Zhang Man was completely numb.
Isn't it a double room...
"live!"