Chapter 70: Dust to Dust, Earth to Earth
It snows in the north and in the south. The biggest difference this year and last year is that the south has become more like the south. This winter does not have as much snow as in previous years, but the rain has increased, so it is another late night when it rains...
In Huifang Hotel, the boss and the boss were missing, leaving only me who was sober and Fang Yuan who was drunk. There was also a transaction that he proposed but had no specific form. He said that he would exchange a secret for me to let him go...
I didn't answer him, but just wondering what kind of fear he was under, so that he made such an unequal request that sounded ridiculous. Why should I let him go for a secret, sacrifice the rights and interests of the investor and Mi Cai's plans for so long?
So, I said to him: "Fangyuan, there is no secret that can be exchanged for the soul that has been sold, so don't try to make a deal with me. I can listen to or not listen to the secret you call. My life will no longer be affected. You should understand this more than anyone else."
Fang Yuan looked at me drunk, and then fell into a daze. He seemed to be listening to the sound of rain outside the house, or thinking about some thoughts. He finally lowered his head, raised his head and drank a whole glass of white wine. He drank it together with the last bit of expectation for me... Then, his condition became very poor, and he was at risk of getting drunk at any time.
The rain kept falling, hanging on the eaves like curtains. I felt a little depressed in this closed space, and finally said to him again: "Don't be so utilitarian, and don't just talk about conditions in everything. Some things I am indeed kept in the dark, but it does not mean that this is the capital for you to negotiate with me... I think what you should think most now is how to learn to be a dignified person in this bottom-line world... I'm leaving, you can continue to drink."
After saying this, I held up my umbrella and left here, and continued to look for a bite of food that could fill my stomach on this wet street. I seemed to see my shadow falling into the rain, and was mixed with the lights in the alley, and still extended to the "Huifang Hotel", which made me heavy, as if I wanted to stop me from leaving here... I suddenly realized: It turned out that there was a burden in my heart, and my burden was in the "Huifang Hotel" behind me.
In the end, I left here in the rain. The burdens that have always existed in my heart could not hold back at this moment, because I have already cultivated a thick skin and a hard heart in this world full of right and wrong!
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The next day, the rain was still drizzling, and the whole city became sad in this unstoppable rain. The dense dark clouds were like faces that needed venting, glaring at everything on the ground. After a simple lunch, I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window... I was inexplicably anxious, but I couldn't release it. It was not until Yan Yan came to my office that I barely entered the work state.
Yan Yan and I had another hour of communication this time. Because of the bad condition, I felt exhausted, but I had already made it in my heart. After the conversation ended, she would talk to me about Fang Yuan’s preparations again... I know that she was still thinking about her old love with Fang Yuan.
However, this time I misjudged this matter. Yan Yan had no intention of talking about Fang Yuan’s recent experience. After looking at the time, she said to me anxiously: "Zhaoyang, let’s talk about this today. I have to go to your marketing department to talk to Director Li about next year's advertising plan. I must rush back before three o'clock. Xiaohua has been eating breast milk recently...!"
I was a little surprised, and then I suddenly realized that Yan Yan's focus of life had already shifted to Xiaohua. Fang Yuan might just be a somewhat pitiful passerby in her eyes...
I finally showed the first smile of the whole day and said to her: "Go, Director Li is in the office now. You guys should hurry up and I will hold a monthly summary meeting with the marketing department later."
"Well, it's only half an hour at most!" After Yan Yan finished speaking, she hurriedly left my office with her handbag, and then pushed open the office door of the marketing department director next door. At this point, in such details, I really felt that Yan Yan had completely let go of her relationship with Fang Yuan for nearly ten years and her marriage life!
I lit a cigarette, and I couldn't tell what it felt like, but I must be happy for Yan Yan because her persistence in personality allowed her to gain a perfect family life!
Yes, I never doubt Yan Yan's personality. This can be seen from the fact that she gave up everything and took care of Jian Wei for several months like taking care of her relatives. Sometimes, even the one she loved the most, I probably wouldn't be able to do as much as she never left Jian Wei. Of course, Jian Wei also gave her her advertising company after waking up. However, while she worked hard, she also gave Jian Wei 30% of the company's shares, so that Jian Wei could continue to live a very comfortable material life...
Maybe, I can say that there is a kind of sisterhood, called Yan Yan and Jian Wei!
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After smoking a cigarette, my mood gradually calmed down, but the rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind did not stop. It blew the trees on both sides of the street, so that the whole city looked like there was no fulcrum, and it was also falling and swaying with the cold wind and rain...
At some point, the door of my office was pushed open, and Fang Yuan stood in front of me in a mess. He must have spent a hellish night. I looked at him without any expression, but he looked at me with repentance...
I calmly waited for him to speak to me, and saw what other reasons he would use to convince me to give him a way out that was not actually in my hands.
He seemed to have an emotion that needed to calm down, and then took out a box of wrinkled cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, and put it skillfully into his mouth, but his hands ignited were trembling...
I suddenly remembered Yan Yan, who was still talking about work in the next market department. She and Fang Yuan were both in my company at this moment, but they didn’t know each other’s existence. This seemed to be the end of fate. Perhaps, they never dreamed that they would meet like this now, but they didn’t meet each other!
Fang Yuan snatched out the smoke in his hand, his eyes were a little wet, but I couldn't be sure of it. I will not forget whether his soul was also repenting in tears. It was him in front of me that made me realize the truth that behind human nature is the white clouds and cage dogs.
Is this the truth? Maybe it is not the truth, it is the overdrawing of trust, the helplessness of the world... So, I can stand in front of him indifferently!
The rain still did not stop, and the wind blew the corners of my clothes through the window without a tight gap, blew the corners of my clothes and messed up his hair. He finally swallowed his saliva in pain and said to me: "Zhaoyang...I came today, I just apologized to you. It was me who trampled on our friendship for so long... I am not worthy of asking for your forgiveness, but I still hope you can forgive me, because I don't want to make such a mistake anymore, nor do I want to be sorry to Mi Lan anymore. It was my uncontrollable mistaken hand that made her shed our child... Now I just want to live a good life with her and make up for all the things I once owe her... Maybe, we will have another child, and I will definitely cherish it with my life..."
I was in a complicated mood and suddenly felt a little relaxed. After all, Mi Cai's behavior of acquiring the equity of Wansen in Aisa Investment yesterday fully demonstrated her concern for Mi Lan, the sister. For Mi Lan, having Fang Yuan who cherishes her wholeheartedly after repentance is the greatest happiness, rather than the death-losing thing that is about to be seen in front of me. I think this is also the ending that Mi Cai hopes to see... But who can be sure that this is not the delaying strategy implemented by Fang Yuan with Mi Lan as a shield?
I lit a cigarette for myself in anxiety...
Fang Yuan said to me in a low voice again: "I know you don't want to believe me now, but time can prove everything. I hope that in a few years, you will agree with me, and I will also have the opportunity to call Mi Cai and you as Mi Lan, sister, brother-in-law...!"
The entanglement in my heart made me tired. I closed my eyes and suddenly fell into darkness around me. I heard Fang Yuan again and said, "Zhaoyang, the matter of Jian Wei being pushed downstairs was done by the people around her, but he didn't deliberately want to kill Jian Wei, it was the person he hired to fail... That's all I can say, if you are willing to give me another chance... The evening after tomorrow, I will wait for you in our university cafeteria, and we will have a few drinks like before... To be honest, I have always envied your musical talent. If you want, I want to hear you sing the song "seasonsinthesun" for me."
"seasonsinthesun"?
Before I could recall when I sang this song for him, he had left my office, and my world became quiet again... I subconsciously turned around and looked at the world outside the floor-to-ceiling window...
Two minutes later, I saw Fang Yuan and Yan Yan walk out of the office building together, and they actually met by chance!
At this moment, a red Audi r8 rushed over from the lower left of the office building, with the targets being Fang Yuan and Yan Yan. This terrifying sudden appearance made my mind blank. In a daze, I saw Fang Yuan pushing Yan Yan away from her side, but I couldn't avoid being hit by the car and fell under the pillar at the door... Blood suddenly mixed with the turbid rain and flowed to Yan Yan's feet...
The world suddenly became a silent movie... All those who witnessed this movie had a distorted expression...
I finally woke up and recognized the car that belonged to Milan...
What exactly stimulated her to go to this extreme?...I swear, this encounter between Fang Yuan and Yan Yan was not intentional, they just met by chance, but by chance...
I stumbled downstairs, but the cold wind blew a breath of dust returning to the ground...
Chapter completed!