Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 284 Journey of Despair

For Natalie, who came to China for the first time, the experience of these two days is rare, and it can be regarded as an eye-opener. Met so many people!Especially yesterday when it caught up with the weekend, the streets full of people were probably only comparable to the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York.

In addition, what China has shown is quite different from what is known in the materials and media, especially those classical cultures that make girls very curious, not to mention Angela, who is very good at being around China. She translated for her in detail, so after hearing that Hangzhou has been the capital of China for more than a hundred years in history, I naturally agreed without thinking.

But what puzzled her was that Angela had never been to China, so why did she know so much about it?Just because grandma is half-Chinese?Natalie also asked her, but she always smiled triumphantly and didn't answer. After a few times, she didn't bother to ask anymore.

The car was speeding on the expressway. This 6-seater station wagon was rented from Shanghai. At the same time, there was a Chinese driver, about 40 years old, very talkative, and often had a ride with the co-pilot. Pu Guanshui was talking. The rare thing is that he can speak English, but he is very lame. Simple communication is fine, but he can’t understand if he talks too much and too complicated. Natalie originally wanted to chat with him, but in the end Still gave up.

"Angie, can you tell me more about Hangzhou?" Natalie suddenly asked while staring at the scenery outside the car window, but she didn't get an answer for a long time. She turned her head and found that Angela sitting next to her was staring straight ahead , but his eyes were out of focus, and he seemed to be in a daze again.

The reason for saying again is because since she decided to go to Hangzhou, Angela started to be in a daze occasionally, asking her what's the matter, but she always smiled and said it was okay.

"You're in a daze again, Angie." Natalie frowned and pushed the girl.

"What?" Angela finally came to her senses, and looked at Natalie in confusion.

"You're in a daze again!" Natalie repeated with an emphatic tone, and then she folded her arms and looked at her seriously: "What's wrong with you? What's on your mind? Normal people don't go in a daze for no reason!"

"Then just treat me as something abnormal." Angela shrugged and spread her hands.

"Angie!" Natalie rolled her eyes, "Don't always interrupt the conversation like this!"

"Okay. I'm actually thinking about it." The girl glanced at the two bodyguards in front of her, and suddenly pressed it close to her ear ambiguously, "How about we take a shower together tonight and sleep in the same bed?"

A blush flashed across Natalie's face, and she gave Angela a hard look, while the other party shook her hand playfully: "Okay, I'm joking, I heard your question, don't worry, wait until Hangzhou I’ll explain it to you while I’m on the tour, some things can’t be understood until you see the real thing.”

Glaring at the girl again, Natalie closed her mouth and stopped talking. The atmosphere suddenly became a little dull. She couldn't help but sneak a glance again. Angela had already put away her smile at this time, still absent-minded and out of focus. Looking forward, although she concealed it well, Natalie could still see her gloomy look, and those words just now were just trying to draw her attention away.

What's the matter with you, Angie?Natalie thought silently, a sense of anxiety spread in her heart that she had never felt before.

Before noon, the group finally arrived in Hangzhou.After staying in the West Lake State Guesthouse for a short rest, Angela couldn't wait to go to other places.And the destination is neither a scenic spot nor a famous place, but a small town in Xiaoshan District, Pulin Town!

"A Chinese friend of my grandma was born there. When I was learning Chinese with my grandma, I heard her talk about the situation there. Now there are relatives living there, so I think since I have the opportunity, I will go and see it. Not bad." The girl explained her decision in this way.

"Is there? Is there any friend of the old lady who was born in Hangzhou?" Pu Guanshui asked this question. He might just say it casually, but Angela immediately put her hands on her waist and shouted with brows: " I know what you want to say, yes, I promised my father that I will only travel in China for a few days, but I didn't say that it was only within the scope of Shanghai. If I return to Shanghai and leave by plane within the specified time, even my father can't say What should I do!"

Regarding this, Pu Guanshui could only raise his hands high, and dared not speak anymore. Although Natalie, who had a panoramic view, was amused by Angela's behavior, she felt that she was making a fuss out of a molehill. What happened?

With a rented car, it is very convenient to go anywhere. Besides, Xiaoshan District is not far from the West Lake, but only a few 10 minutes away, but the closer it is to Pulin Town, the more restless Angela seems to be, not only often in a daze , At the same time, the unconscious small movements have not stopped, for example, she is pinching her fingers repeatedly now.

Natalie, who had been observing her carefully, couldn't help but frowned slightly. From a psychological point of view, it seems that this should be called unconscious anxiety disorder?But how could this happen to Angela?Was there something here that made her anxious?The girl suddenly wanted to laugh. She felt that she seemed to be thinking too much. One can become a psychologist after reading two psychology books.

At this time, Angela called something in Chinese, followed the driver on the steering wheel and drove onto a street. Following the girl's command, the car turned around the town several times and finally stopped on the side of a quaint street. down.

As soon as we got out of the car, the hot rays of the sun shone down, and with the thick clouds, the ground was sultry like a steamer. This neighborhood is a mixture of ancient and modern, but it gives people a very harmonious feeling, perhaps because the town Few foreigners came, and their group had to be watched a few more times.

But Natalie's attention was all on Angela at this time. She didn't understand why she seemed to know the way and directed the car to move forward, but now she was not happy at the destination, but was in a daze Looking around, there was still panic hidden in front of it, as if seeing something terrible, if Natalie hadn't been caring about her, I'm afraid she wouldn't have seen it at all.

"Angie, what happened?" the girl pulled Angela and asked in a low voice, the inexplicable anxiety in her heart was getting stronger and stronger, as if she would lose her if she was not careful.

"It's nothing, I just came here to see what kind of place Pulin Town is like that old lady said, and if possible, I would like to meet her relative." Angela was laughing, but why It looks very reluctant.

Before she could ask any more questions, the girl had already strode forward, and Natalie could only follow quickly, with the two bodyguards still following behind.Along the way, Angela's anxiety and fear hidden under the calmness became more and more serious. After walking back and forth in a short distance of more than a hundred meters, she began to pant slightly, her hands clenched into fists, her joints were tense. It was a little pale, and she muttered something from time to time, but unfortunately it was all in Chinese. Natalie couldn't understand it at all. When asked what she was going to do, she always replied that she would talk about it later, so although the girl was worried, she didn't know what was going on. Can't do it either.

It wasn't until the fourth time when they turned back to this street that a middle-aged woman who had been observing for a long time finally stopped them, and after talking to the other party, Anji's eyes lit up, and she immediately regained her spirits and quickly Talking with the other party, the previous anxiety and depression were almost wiped out, it was like...grabbing a life-saving straw!The middle-aged woman was startled at first, probably not expecting that the other party was so fluent in Chinese, but after a few words, she became very enthusiastic, pointing at the buildings on the street, which seemed to be the meaning I am most familiar with here.

But Natalie still can't understand a word, she has never been so upset, she is not bad in terms of language talent, don't speak French, she can even communicate in Hebrew smoothly, But she can't speak Chinese, not to mention those weird patterns that make people's heads look big, but she can hear several different pronunciations for the same thing-she doesn't know how many dialects there are in China.

Natalie didn't want to eavesdrop on anything, she was just worried about Angela, she just wanted to help her, and the idea was so strong that she was surprised by the feeling that she didn't know what to do with herself and Angela before this .

Are they friends?of course!But who would half force and half seduce their same-sex friends to have sex?So hate her?of course not!She's the smartest girl she's ever met who knows herself best and walks the talk!

Conflict but not conflict, right?Why am I always like this to her?Natalie suddenly felt that it was very appropriate to describe herself with the "cutting and messing up" that Angela explained to her a few days ago. This idea flashed in her mind, and then she noticed that Pu Guanshui wrinkled slightly His brows and eyes lit up. He is also of Chinese descent, and he can speak Chinese well. The girl immediately pulled him: "Ryan, what are Angie and the others talking about?"

"Oh? Oh! The lady is asking the lady if there is a family named Zhang living in No. 71 of this street." Pu Guanshui translated for her in a low voice, "The lady said no... Miss Ask her to think about it, she said that she is some kind of employee of the sub-district office—probably meaning that there is no family with the surname Zhang on this street, and everyone with the surname Zhang lives in the south... She also said that the surname Zhang is a common surname, She won't remember wrongly... She also said that there is no No. 71 on this street for a long time, and the houses over there were bulldozed more than ten years ago..."

Natalie didn't have time to think about why Angela asked these questions, and what it had to do with her previous strange actions. She only saw that because of these words, Angela's thumb had already pinched her index finger deeply, and the hidden fear The sense of anxiety and anxiety seems to be gradually amplifying, and the calm appearance that has been maintained is about to collapse. Under Ruoda's sun, her face is getting paler and her body is shaking gently, giving people an illusion that she is slowly walking into despair .

Finally the girl said thank you—the only simple Chinese that Natalie could understand—and walked back.

"It seems that there is no one I'm looking for here. I probably remembered it wrong, so let's go back." Angela said with a smile, quite calmly, as if it was no big deal.

Before everyone could speak, she turned around and walked towards the car. Natalie hurriedly followed, determined to ask something, but Angela's body shook suddenly, and she almost fell down. He held her up.

"Sorry, the sun is too big, I'm a little dizzy." Angela held her steady, with a self-deprecating smile on her pale face, completely ignoring that the sun had already retracted into the clouds at this time.

"It's nothing." Natalie shook her head lightly, looking at her broken eyes, she felt uncomfortable for a while, and swallowed the words again.

The car started again and drove out of town. After returning to the car, Angela seemed to have lost all her strength. She slumped on the seat and leaned softly on Natalie's body, closing her eyes and not hiding herself.

Natalie patted her on the shoulder lightly, without saying a word, there was rumbling thunder outside, and the sky that had become gloomy seemed to be about to rain...

When the torrential rain really fell, it was already night, and the raindrops made a crackling sound on the lake, and lightning bolts tore through the night sky amidst the muffled thunder, eclipsing the brightly lit Hangzhou city.

In the steaming bathroom, Angela closed her eyes and raised her head to face the nozzle, still relying on the hot water sprinkled on her perfect carcass, she remained motionless. After a long time, she turned off the water flow, took a towel and gently wiped herself clean.

Pulling back the curtain, the girl was about to get a bath towel when her eyes suddenly fell on the glass mirror in front of the sink. The mirror was covered with water vapor and was blurred, only a figure could be vaguely seen.

Angela walked over slowly, put her hand on the mirror, and then wiped it a few times, a beautiful Caucasian girl was soon revealed in the mirror, with long moist golden brown hair hanging down softly, and her delicate face was impeccable. Picky, full breasts, slender wasp waist, round buttocks, it is simply a masterpiece of God, such a stunner is enough to make every man crazy, but those bright and emerald green eyes that have always been shining with seduction, Now it was ashes, like green spots on a corpse.

The girl looked at herself in the mirror, staring blankly, the place where the palms overlapped on the mirror was icy cold, and then, without warning, tears flowed down.

She slammed her mouth shut, refusing to let herself make a sound, holding on to the sink and trembling desperately, her beautiful back arched into a painful arc, but tears gushed out like a river that broke its embankment. The cheeks rolled down from the back of the hands, and when it landed on the skin, it was as hot as magma.

Angela slowly slumped down on the cold floor, holding her legs and still raging with tears, and the hand covering her mouth was sobbing no matter how much she never took it away.

"God! Angie, what's wrong with you!" Natalie yelled when she heard the noise and broke into the bathroom, and hurried forward to help her, but Angela couldn't pull her up, and instead wrapped her arms around Natalie With a slender waist, she buried her head in her chest and sobbed even louder.

"Okay, Angie, I'm here, don't worry, I'm here, we're all here." Natalie hugged Angela sadly, patted her back and pulled the towel to cover her.

Finally, after her tears wet her chest, she finally stopped sobbing, and then she went to the room with Natalie's support. As soon as she sat on the sofa, the girl curled up, as if she felt a sense of security nothing.

"Did something happen?" Natalie looked at her with pity. Angela, who was a year older than her and taller than her, looked so weak and helpless at this moment, even in New York four years ago , In the bathroom of the police station, she is not so fragile, like a deer lost in the black forest.

The girl didn't answer, just shook her head slightly.

"If you have something on your mind, you can tell me, I won't tell others."

But she still just shook her head, Natalie sighed, and didn't know what to do for a while, if she could tell her all the thoughts, I believe it would be much better, but now she...

"Nat, can you leave me alone?" Angela suddenly said softly. She buried her head between her legs, her expression was invisible, but her tone was full of exhaustion.

Natalie bit her lips, and finally nodded: "Okay, then I'll take a shower first, and I'll be right back."

Immediately after standing up, he added: "Don't do stupid things!"

The girl still didn't respond, Natalie smiled wryly, looked at her again, and went into the bathroom.

At this moment, Angela raised her head. After a moment of numbness, she got off the sofa and came to the floor-to-ceiling windows and opened the curtains. The torrential rain outside kept beating on the windows, leaving watermarks one after another on it.The girl gently pressed her face against the glass, it was icy cold, although the dense raindrops did not hit her body because of this, but the scenes during the day had already hit her heart, full of holes, she did not feel any pain at all. Imagine, the final result will be like this.

"Angie!" Natalie's voice sounded from the side. She came out so soon, obviously worried about her.

"You know what, Nat," she said slowly and in a low voice.

"what?"

"I don't remember how many years it was, 20 years? Or 30? When my parents and I came here to play, it is also now. The environment of West Lake has not been damaged too much. It's so beautiful..." Unknowingly, the corners of her mouth curled up.

"Angie..."

"Shh, don't interrupt me, let me think, let me think again," she closed her eyes, "I have put these things in the deepest part of my memory, I thought I had forgotten them, but now they appear Before my eyes, it is so clear that I can even remember the details of fishing, as if it happened yesterday...but...what's the use of that?"

Angela suddenly opened her eyes, turned around, and looked at Natalie with scary eyes: "I remember very clearly, my family, my parents, everything about me, including my life here, The move in 98, the car accident after that, staying at home for 8 years, all of this is so clear, but what's the use! What the hell is the use! Did this really exist?!"

The girl waved her hands frantically, walking around the room hysterically: "No! Nothing! Not a single trace! Nothing at all! Why! Why!"

"Calm down, Angie!" Natalie stepped forward to grab her.

"Don't touch me!" the girl screamed, knocking her hands aside, "Who the hell am I! Dongliang Zhang?! Angela Mason?! Chinese?! American?! Men?! Women? !"

"Angie! Listen to me!" Natalie carefully stood in front of her with her hands raised high, "No matter what happens to you, no matter what you encounter, please believe that there is always a solution. If you want, you can talk to me. I'll discuss it, and there will be a solution!"

Angela was gasping for breath, she looked at her blankly, the anxiety and worry on her face were so conspicuous, tears came out again suddenly, the girl covered her face fiercely, and sobbed: "This is just a dream, Right, I was just dreaming, right, it was just a dream..."

Natalie hugged her sadly. Although she didn't know why she was like this, the pain and helplessness shown by the girl made her feel as if a knife had been stabbed in her heart.

"Don't worry, it will be fine, I promise, you will be fine." She could only comfort her like this.

Suddenly, Angela picked up Natalie and pressed her to the ground before she could react.

"Angie!" Natalie grabbed the girl's shoulders in panic, trying to push her away, but Angela's kisses had already rained down on her face and neck.

"Don't reject me, okay? Nat? Please, don't reject me, please." Natalie couldn't bring up the idea of ​​rejection in any case, and finally sighed softly in her heart. , and then relaxed her body, followed by Angela kissing her lips!