"Well, there's still something to be done. I'll be back in a minute."
Guess that what he said for a while needed to work until the morning, but she was nobody to him. It was not suitable for her to say anything to concern. However she still pretended to be polite and said, "Go back earlier. I'll hang up first."
"... Hmm." The man was quiet, but his tone was inexplicable and reluctant. It seemed that he was not satisfied with her answer.
After Cathy hung up the phone, she suddenly remembered her rented house. She also wanted to call back and ask some questions. Then she thought that he was still busy. She resisted.
Let it go! She would ask him next time.
When Cathy returned to the compartment, she saw the drunken people crouching around and laughing happily. Even if some were not drunk, they were all red-faced and bloodshot, lying on the sofa to rest.
"How much did you drink?" She shoved a little girl in surprise.
The little girl hugged her waist, giggled and dazzled. "Hey hey... Cathy, you, you...should drink too."
"..."
There was a twitch in the corner of Cathy’s then she turned her head to look at Aaron. "I think you'd better unsubscribe the KTV compartment..."
“They drink too much. You’d better hope they I just don't spit. How can they sing?”
"Well, I didn't expect them to drink so much." Aaron held the forehead. He was able neither to cry nor to laugh. As he had drank a lot his handsome white face was blushing.
Cathy probably was the only one who didn't drink.
"You check out, I'll wake them up for you, or you won't be able to leave soon."
"Well, all right."
Suddenly a fear surmised in her heart, as if the one she had just seen was the real Aaron. What about the other one?
Aaron smiled at her. In the night, his eyes were very bright. "Well, I'll show you the way. There's an intersection ahead. You can just put me there."
Cathy looked at the laughter and her eyes were in a trance. She turned her eyes back to the front and started the engine. "Okay."
The car travels smoothly on the road, and there was no sound in the quiet car filled with light alcohol.
The strange feeling had been lingering in Cathy's heart.
She could not help but looked at Aaron through the rearview mirror, pretending to casually ask: "Is it too much to drink?"
Maybe it's really drink too much. People who were drunk must be different from themselves on usual.
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