Chapter 594: A Supper
Robben and I sat on the sofa drinking the sandy pear soup brought by Mi Cai. Mi Cai sat on my office chair. Looking at the documents she brought, her brows were furious. She probably encountered something unsuccessful, but it was not convenient for me to ask her at this time.
Robben had only half drunk, so he placed the soup bowl on the coffee table and lit a cigarette for himself, as if he drank this bowl of lung-moistening soup just to have a life to smoke a few more cigarettes, which made Mi Cai look at him angrily. At this time, the smoke in the office was indeed a bit heavy, which was a torture for Mi Cai, but Robben couldn't control these and still sucked and spit them out.
I didn't want him to continue to indulge in Wei Manwen's leaving, so I changed the subject and asked him: "Have you any work arrangements recently?"
"There is another concert in Shanghai before the New Year."
"Please stop your emotions first. Don't neglect your work matters. Smoke less cigarettes. The concert is about to start and your throat should be properly protected."
Robben ignored my advice, but looked up at Mi Cai, snatched the cigarette in the ashtray and said, "You ask your assistant to bring the girl here, we'll go back first."
When Robben talked about the girl, I felt sad again. It seemed that the people who could take care of her had gone away. She could only let her follow Robben, a man who was not very good in life. Although I also wanted to take her in, Mi Cai and I were too busy after all, and there was no condition to take her in at all.
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Robben had already left with the girl, and only Mi Cai and I were left in the office. She asked me, "What's wrong with Robben?"
"This matter is a bit complicated, let's talk about it slowly when you go home."
Micai nodded, then began to help me pack my desk and prepare before leaving. I was thinking about where to eat later, and until then, we had not had dinner.
Without any warning, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and then Jian Wei appeared in front of Mi Cai and me. She was carrying a convenient bag containing a transparent lunch box in her hand. The lunch box was steaming porridge, but the atmosphere had condensed like frozen... At this moment, Jian Wei became an uninvited guest!
A complicated expression flashed across Jian Wei's face. She smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I'm a little rash... Well, I just passed downstairs and saw that the lights in his office had not yet been turned off. I bought him some midnight snacks." As she said that, she picked up the bag in her hand, shrugged, and said, "I don't know that Mr. Mi has come back... It seems that she can't use it anymore."
Although I knew that Jian Wei was telling the truth, I was willing to do so. She just said that she would come over to get a document or talk about her recent work plan. The midnight snack was eaten by her own, so she didn't have to be as embarrassed as she is now, which made me feel at ease.
Mi Cai looked at Jian Wei, but said to me: "Zhaoyang, you haven't eaten yet. Do you want to try the late-night snack sent by President Jian?"
A woman like Mi Cai who struggles in the mall will not speak too clearly, nor will she lose her demeanor on the scene, but I have already heard the emotions from her words... and then I feel that I can't handle the scene at this moment, and it seems that no matter how I answered, it is not right.
Jian Wei put the midnight snack on the coffee table and said, "Zhaoyang, it is not too difficult to choose whether to taste midnight snack or not. I still have something to do. I will put it here. If you don't taste it or not, you don't have to be burdened."
Jian Wei just kept the burden and left... But in Mi Cai's eyes, I saw the troubles I was about to face.
After a while of silence, I finally said to her: "Since I bought it, don't waste it. Let's eat it together, okay?...It's just a late-night snack!"
Mi Cai's eyes were filled with tears: "During the days when I was not here, how many times did she give you a night snack like this? What did you say in this office?"
At this moment, I saw sensitive fragility in her eyes. I understood that after a woman handed herself to a man for the first time, her mood would undergo a drastic change, and she would not tolerate the impurities in her feelings.
My heart thrust and clenched her hand tightly, and said, "We didn't happen, she just occasionally gave me some midnight snacks, and then talked about things at work... Please make sure you believe me, okay?... I really won't be the kind of man who hangs on two boats. I swear, she and I are already a thing of the past... Now, I only love you, and I will only love you in the future!!"
Mi Cai seemed to be trying hard to restrain her emotions. I used my hand to wipe away the tears in her eyes and hugged her tightly into her arms, not giving her space to think about it. Every tear of her was burning my heart, fearing that I was really not a man who could give her happiness.
Mi Cai whispered to me: "Sorry, the pressure at work is too great, making me sensitive and suspicious... I should believe in you, believe that you are the man I can entrust to my life."
"Well...!" I responded heavily, and the idea of leaving the company surged in my heart again. However, at this time, I could no longer leave. I was responsible for the company and the trust of many employees. And that "literary and artistic road" was not something I could abandon. I felt that my soul had merged with this road. It was made with my hard work and dreams.
Mi Cai left my body, walked to the side of the coffee table, picked up the lunch box left by Jian Wei, looked at it and said, "It is my favorite yam and red date porridge. Let's go home and eat it hot. It looks good!"
Seeing her forced smile in order not to burden me, my heart hurts again, but I understand that these complicated emotions are indispensable when experiencing love. They mean that we love each other with true heart and do not look at each other's joys, angers, sorrows, and angers. Therefore, her joys, angers, sorrows, and happiness are closely related to me and affect my emotions.
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When we returned to our residence, we no longer talked about the storm caused by the midnight snack, but talked about Robben. I told Mi Cai about the causes and consequences of Wei Manwen's return to the small mountain village, and then told her about her feelings... Finally, it was revealed again that Robben and I are two independent individuals, and everything he was encountering would never happen to me.
After listening to my story, Mi Cai was very calm and felt heartbroken when she left... Unfortunately, we talked about their stories. If we knew Wei Manwen’s thoughts, would we still fight for her happiness again... I don’t know where, whether she is still running around on the journey, or has already settled her feet in a city and started her new life, but she will definitely be happy for the current me and Mi Cai... She will always bless us in her heart, which is what she promised me!!
Chapter completed!