Chapter 38: Childhood Sweethearts
Although Zhou Huaiyan is right, I still feel that I can't lift my energy, because after what happened last time, I also found out that what I want is not to take Zhou Huaiyan out to show everyone a "we love each other very much", I only want one thing, that is, Zhou Huaiyan loves me.
Sincerely, the kind of love that will miss me in my heart.
But I also know that this is impossible, thinking about it carefully, I haven't done anything good to Zhou Huaiyan, and I still threaten him with Gu Wanxin and his family at every turn, so that if he can still fall in love with me, I still have to wonder if there is something wrong with his brain.
But at this time, I can't find a place to work hard, no wonder Zhou Huaiyan said that he can't feel my "like" for him, even if I intend to be good to him in the past two years, he is not very willing to accept it, and as soon as he doesn't accept it, I will use force to let him accept it, so the result is that Zhou Huaiyan has always thought that I hate him, so I teased him like this.
So he should know now, I like him, will it be a little different?
I don't know the answer, but Zheng Yuanqiao thinks that Zhou Huaiyan did this to stay in the company, and he reminds me to beware of Zhou Huaiyan.
Shen Changying also said such things, but I was a lot more relieved to have Zheng Yuanqiao here, so I comforted him with a smile and said, "Isn't there still you?"
Being so relied on by me, Zheng Yuanqiao should be proud and proud in his heart, and being trusted and relied on by his boss like this is also an affirmation of his ability, and his face also showed a slight look of pride, but his tone was still cold, and said, "I will pay attention." ”
I smiled and thanked him, the actual person in charge of the company now is Zheng Yuanqiao, maybe I have to be more careful with him than beware of Zhou Huaiyan, if one day he can't get used to me as a boss, it's not impossible to find a way to snatch the Gu family from me.
But I'm not unprepared at all, in the past two years, in addition to Gu's, I have also slowly developed other industries, don't put my eggs in the same basket, in order to hide that I am a business idiot, I did spend effort.
Time flies quickly, and soon it is the day of Zhou Huaiyan's welcome party, Zhou Huaiyan did not leave the company, then I must go, at least I have to show my face, I thought about whether I am not in the country, but I can escape such a time, but I have to admit that I am still very curious in my heart, how Zhou Huaiyan plans to "cooperate" with me.
So on the day of his welcome meeting, I packed up and went to the company, and when I went to the company, I knew that because of Zhou Huaiyan's "welcome meeting", the company was already full of anticipation, because Zhou Huaiyan's identity was special, it was originally just an employee's welcome meeting, basically invited the whole company, and the hotel was also very large, and I don't know who paid for it.
"I heard that it was initiated by the Administration Department and the whole company participated. Zheng Yuanqiao told me.
I sat in the office, looking through the glass at Zhou Huaiyan and his colleagues talking and laughing, I really don't know how happy he was smiling at this time, he didn't know how the whole company people came to participate in this welcome party.
And Zhou Huaiyan's first step to "cooperate" with me was to come to my office in advance to pick me up.
"It's almost time, do you want to clean up?" he said with a flat face.
Naturally, I had nothing to clean up, but I was still quite curious about his state of mind at this time, and I couldn't help asking, "You look quite happy?"
"Of course," Zhou Huaiyan replied without any scheming, and he laughed as he spoke, "They are very good to me." ”
That's because you're my husband!
But as soon as Zhou Huaiyan said this, I realized another problem, now everyone in the company knows that Zhou Huaiyan is my husband, doesn't that mean that his colleagues also know that the work I arranged for him is actually inconsequential chores?
What would my husband think if I arranged such a job?
"Zhou Huaiyan, I was really wrong," the more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was really wrong, so I said to Zhou Huaiyan: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have forced you to come to the company, I was wrong, you ......"
I wanted to say you should go, but before I could say anything, I could tell from Zhou Huaiyan's expression that he knew what I wanted to say.
I was stunned, too, what I didn't figure out until now, he should have thought about it a long time ago.
His expression was clearly a gloating of "why bother in the first place".
Since he knows everything, then I won't talk about it.
Two years ago, I really thought I got what I wanted, and I got my wish, but now, I know that at that time I actually laid a situation for myself that is difficult for me to escape, Zhou Huaiyan will not love me, but I am unwilling to let him go, I don't want to become a person who has nothing to do with him.
Because of the large number of people tonight, the girl from the administration department directly chartered a bus, although I am the boss of Gu's, but in fact, there is only one employee who is really familiar with Zheng Yuanqiao, so I still resist taking a car with them.
"Why don't you come up?"
I don't know if Zhou Huaiyan saw my reluctance, anyway, his tone was quite innocent when he said this.
I took a deep breath, and at this time I couldn't allow me to retreat, and just as I was about to go up, Zhou Huaiyan's hand suddenly came to me: "Come." ”
I was stunned for a moment, I was really shocked, Zhou Huaiyan would actually stretch out his hand to me, but soon I reacted, oh, this is what he called "cooperation".
I felt a little awkward in my heart, Zhou Huaiyan was always reluctant to put on a stinky face when I was forced to participate in some activities before, and only then did I know that he could also behave so naturally.
And the result of Zhou Huaiyan's natural performance is also obvious, watching Zhou Huaiyan lead me up, the eyes of the employees in the same car looking at us changed.
"The relationship between Mr. Gu and Brother Zhou is so good, I'm so sour," one of the younger girls said directly: "Why don't I have such a sweet love?"
"What's the hurry," Zhou Huaiyan seemed to have a good relationship with this little girl, and he said to her: "You can definitely find someone who likes you." ”
"Then thank Brother Zhou for his auspicious words," the little girl smiled, she was happy as soon as she was comforted, and she didn't seem to care much about it, and soon gossiped: "How did Brother Zhou and our Gu always meet?"
Just now it was "Mr. Gu", and now it is "our Mr. Gu", and the little girl's ability to set up is not small.
"Oh, childhood sweetheart. And just when I was distracted, Zhou Huaiyan replied to her lightly.
I was stunned, and immediately felt that something was wrong, so I gently pulled Zhou Huaiyan and warned him with my eyes not to say it.
But he said to me with an innocent face: "What, am I wrong?"
Of course wrong, it was Gu Wanxin who was his childhood sweetheart.
I never thought that Zhou Huai would disgust me in this way.
"Really?" At this moment, the little girl made a fuss again and said, "That's really romantic, my favorite type is childhood sweethearts, growing up together, I think it's very touching." Brother Zhou, did you go to the same junior high school and high school, and did you start falling in love at that time?"
The more I listened, the darker my face became, why haven't I seen this little girl? When did my company recruit such a nonsense little girl? I won't open any pot like this, and I'll let Zheng Yuanqiao quit her when I go back!
Yes, what this little girl said is tantamount to Ling Chi for me, because what she said is not wrong at all, isn't the most attractive thing about childhood sweethearts being able to grow up together?
And these are exactly what I didn't have, but Gu Wanxin had.
In this way, I am even more sure that Zhou Huaiyan deliberately said such things to disgust me, and he relied on the fact that no one else knew about it, and regarded me as a stand-in for Gu Wanxin!
"It's not. ”
And just when I was about to get angry, I heard Zhou Huaiyan say this.
"Huh?" The little girl who was fantasizing infinitely was also stunned.
"She wasn't the childhood sweetheart I grew up with, and we had to separate when we were younger. ”
Zhou Huaiyan said this sentence when he looked at me and said it so suddenly, which made me stunned and couldn't help but heat up.
So what's going on? He's really talking about me?
"How could they be separated?" the little girl asked cautiously, although she saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, but she still couldn't suppress her curiosity.
In this way, the carriage also quieted down, quietly waiting for Zhou Huaiyan to explain.
I couldn't help but feel a heart of anticipation, and it was only then that I realized that maybe Zhou Huaiyan insisted on coming to the welcome party today, for some other purpose.
"Because I didn't perceive her difficulties at the time. Zhou Huaiyan said: "I only cared about taking care of the new sister, but I forgot that she also had just lost her mother at that time, and I blamed me for not understanding it at that time, and I didn't know what the new sister and stepmother meant to a family." ”
Zhou Huaiyan's words were extremely informative, and the others also looked at me with wide eyes when they heard it, they should have heard for the first time that I was a child who was abused by my stepmother.
The look in my eyes was a little pitiful for a while.
It also hurt my self-esteem as a boss!
"Later, I had to settle abroad with my parents, and before leaving, I was worried about whether she would bully my new sister, and said a lot of things I hoped they could get along well," Zhou Huaiyan chuckled at this, with a little self-deprecation, "I don't know what kind of hell she will experience next." ”
Zhou Huaiyan said this, I can also hear that he is talking about me, his words surprised me very much, I always thought that Zhou Huaiyan did not believe everything I suffered in the Gu family at all, and he was indeed lying before, I didn't expect that he had already figured it out.
Also, Gu Sizhen's words are full of loopholes, Zhou Huaiyan can understand that they are lying as long as he thinks about it carefully, and now that he can believe me, I am actually very moved.
"Later, when I learned about her death, I was really surprised and regretted that she was still so young and ......"
"Okay, don't say it!" I saw that Zhou Huaiyan was going to say it from beginning to end, I hurriedly stopped him, Zhou Huaiyan looked at me with some puzzlement, probably wondering why I didn't let him say it, I looked at the expressions of the people who ate melons, and sure enough, the expressions on their faces had changed from moved to shocked.
It was only then that Zhou Huaiyan understood a little bit of my reason for interrupting him.
And I interrupted Zhou Huai's banquet at this time, and the people who ate melons were listening to the excitement, so they naturally refused to let him stop, and hurriedly asked: "What the hell is going on?
I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when I said this, I was fabricated and died by my own family, such a fantastical thing, let's not talk about it to outsiders.
"No, you heard it wrong...... Zhou Huaiyan couldn't speak, so I had to explain, and after explaining to them with a smile, I stared at Zhou Huaiyan's eyes again, and warned him not to say it anymore.
Zhou Huaiyan seemed to be in a good mood and laughed, and also said to me with his mouth: "Got it." ”
I was relieved.
Fortunately, at this time, it was almost time to arrive at the hotel where the welcome party would come, so I didn't talk about anything anymore, and a car of people got off one after another.
I sat in front of Zhou Huaiyan and was the first to get off the bus, Zhou Huaiyan's words in the car made me still very concerned, and after getting out of the car, I asked him: "When did you know?"
Zhou Huaiyan naturally knew what I was asking, he turned his head as if he was a little embarrassed, and said, "Actually, I have known for a long time, Uncle Gu, there is something wrong in what they said. ”
Indeed, if you want to tell a lie, you need to use a lot of lies to make it round, Gu Sizhen and Gu Wanxin have long had loopholes when they lied in front of Zhou Huaiyan, and Zhou Huaiyan only needs to think carefully to know who is lying.
But even though he knew that I was the one who was bullied the most, he waited until now to tell me that he already knew.
What's the time difference? Is he a buffer to test if I'm a good person at all?
I snorted softly and said, "If you know everything, why do you always do that to me?"
I couldn't help but be angry, Zhou Huaiyan knew that I was the most pitiful one, but he still always said that I was wrong, thinking of his cold words to me before, I couldn't help but have a sour nose.
But in the face of such a reproach from me, Zhou Huaiyan just raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really, you are not wrong at all?"
As soon as Zhou Huaiyan said this, I remembered that I was still admitting my mistake to him just a few hours ago, and it seemed a little wrong to say that I was not wrong at all, I blushed a little, then, wasn't that I being forced by you to be anxious?
When Zhou Huaiyan and I were talking a few words outside the car, everyone else was ready, and when they saw that we were still standing in place, they came over to call us.
"Let's go. Zhou Huaiyan said a word to me and walked in front of me.
I stood there and watched him walk a few steps, and when I saw his back, I remembered that I didn't seem to have seen much of his back, but more that I walked in front of him and let him follow me, and I hadn't followed him like this yet.
"You wait for me. I called out to him, trotted over to catch up with him, and shoved my hand into his palm.
Perhaps feeling the touch of my hand, Zhou Huaiyan turned his head to look at me, and I smiled at him too, while also holding his hand tightly.
Zhou Huaiyan's appearance today was unexpected by me, and it also made me feel that it seemed that it was not impossible for me and him to be possible, at least during this time, I finally let him understand that I am not a bad person, even if I do some things that are not very good, I have reasonable motives.
As soon as I came out like this, I was in a good mood when I attended his welcome party again, and when I held hands with him on stage and talked to everyone, I also had a smile on my face.
I took the stage and said that I hoped my colleagues would take more care of him, and everyone agreed, and the atmosphere of the whole venue was very good.
"Why doesn't Mr. Gu drink?" Suddenly, the little girl in the car said to me, "Aren't you used to drinking?" I ordered a low-alcohol fruit wine, it's delicious, do you want to try it?"
The little girl was unintentional, and she just took advantage of the atmosphere of the scene to say it, but it made me stunned.
Indeed, such a good atmosphere, you can't say it without drinking, and there are also people who have drunk at the next table, guess the boxing, and call them brothers, whether it is work or personal things, they are all said along with the alcohol, and the words that are usually suppressed in the heart and feel embarrassed to say it, take this opportunity to say it, but also promote the relationship between colleagues in disguise.
The men poured the high-degree wine directly, and the women did not lag behind, ordering a low-degree wine to drink pleasantly, so that I was a little abrupt when I didn't touch the wine from beginning to end.
And Zhou Huaiyan, who is the protagonist today, was also persuaded to drink a little wine.
I paused, and Zhou Huaiyan, who was sitting next to me, also stopped, and I noticed his change and sat up straight silently.
The sudden change in the atmosphere made everyone else realize that something was wrong, but the little girl who said this did not realize it, and she was still trying to recommend the wine she drank to me.
"Xiaomei, you little girl is really ......" Finally, a sensible and older aunt stopped her.
The girl named Xiaomei was still in the clouds, and the aunt smiled shyly and said, "It's not surprising that your little girl's family doesn't understand." ”
"I don't understand anything, why can't I drink......" Xiaomei was still unconvinced, but she stopped talking to herself and looked at me in surprise.
It turns out that she doesn't understand at all.
I smiled softly, never in a long time had I proudly said to them, "Yes, I'm pregnant." So I can't drink with you, I'm sorry. ”