Chapter I
Shanghai, Peace Hotel, 1st Floor, Far East.
Today is the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Wager Securities. Fang Qi, the chairman of Hoege Securities, wearing a moon-white off-the-shoulder dress with a smile on his face, stood elegantly at the door of the Jasmine Lounge, looking at the guests, and this resplendent gold, his heart was both emotional and proud.
Yang Fan, Fang Qi's assistant, with short hair and a suit, hurriedly walked over, leaned over to Fang Qi's ear and said softly: "Miss Fang, Mr. Qiao hasn't arrived yet." ”
"Go and find it!"
"Yes!" a deafening sound of music sounded upstairs, drowning Yang Fan's answer into the air. Fang Qi frowned and looked upstairs, Yang Fan hurriedly leaned close to his ear and said, "Upstairs in the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, there is a wedding banquet in the evening." Looking at Fang Qi's puzzled eyebrows, Yang Fan hurriedly explained: "It should be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the custom here in Ningbo is to hold weddings at night." Fang Qi listened, nodded, and said, "Go to the stairwell and take a look, he is probably there." ”
"Yes. Yang Fan hurriedly turned around and walked towards the stairwell on the 10th floor.
In the stairwell on the tenth floor of the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, Jiang Yongsi stood behind the fire door leading to the balcony of the hotel with a white wedding dress, looking at the boiling sky outside through the crack in the door. For a long time, maybe only for a moment, Jiang Yongsi still gently closed the door. As soon as the hand was released, it was like a sigh, and the hem of the skirt fell to the ground, illuminating the entire dimly lit stairwell.
"Nice wedding dress!"
"Who? is it a human or a ghost?" Caught off guard, Jiang Yongsi found a man standing around the corner, wearing a suit and holding his arms, leaning against the door, looking at her with a smile.
"The first time I saw a bride hiding in the stairwell listening to the corner, what, could it be that she discovered her husband's secret before the wedding?
The man was not annoyed when he looked at Jiang Yongsi, but he was interested, and teased: "Life is full of surprises, so what are you going to do now?"
"Divorce!" Jiang Yongsi stood on the stairs, tugging at the hem of her skirt tightly with both hands, looking down at the man with a stubborn face, although there was still sorrow on her face, her words were categorical.
Seeing that the man was slightly stunned, Jiang Yongsi walked down with the hem of his skirt, approached the man, took out the pocket square towel in the man's suit jacket, gently shook it apart, folded it into a line shape carefully, and then put it back into his jacket pocket.
"To participate in a banquet, it is more solemn to fold it into a line, and the natural type is too loose. Jiang Yongsi gently patted the heart where the man's scarf was, raised his head, and smiled sadly.
"Your suit is not bad, either!" Jiang Yongsi lifted the hem of her skirt, pushed open the door next to the man, said lightly, and smiled, but the man saw heart-wrenching sadness on her face.
"If you really get out of the marriage, you can consider me!" the man flickered and teased with a smile in the back.
"Okay, you wait for me!"
Seeing that Jiang Yongsi didn't go out without looking back, the man was also amused by his prodigal style just now, so he couldn't help but shake his head, turned around and walked downstairs. As soon as I walked a few steps, I could hear the sound of "kicking and kicking" high heels below, it was Yang Fan.
"Mr. Qiao, I can be regarded as looking for you, hurry up, Fang Dong is going to present the award!" Yang Fan saw Qiao Younan, breathed a sigh of relief, took three steps and made two steps, stepped forward and pulled Qiao Younan to the Jasmine Lounge, complaining as he walked, "I'm scolded again!"
As soon as Qiao Younan walked into the Jasmine Lounge, he heard Fang Qi standing on the stage and delivering the last speech, "Thanks to all partners, customers and colleagues from all walks of life in the past five years, Voge can have today's achievements without everyone's support and help! Let us look forward to the next five years, ten years, and twenty years together!"
Qiao Younan stood by the door, and also applauded with the crowd, Fang Qi had already seen Qiao Younan's figure, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, and continued: "Here, I want to thank the best partner who has been with me all the way, Qiao Younan! Without him, there would be no achievements for me today, without him, there would be no today's Wagge! Let us welcome the hero of Wagger, Qiao Younan, with warm applause!"
Qiao Younan smiled and walked towards Fang Qi, but in the midst of applause, he clearly heard someone talking quietly behind him.
After graduating from Harvard Business School in 08, he was directly recruited to Goldman Sachs, and in 11 years he jumped to Blackstone, returned to China single-handedly, and opened up the real estate fund market for Blackstone, raising more than $12 billion in just one year. 12 billion! Why do you think she thinks so much of Qiao Younan?
"Heishi still regards Fang Qi as a great hero! In the past few years, China's real estate market has not only risen at the speed of light, but is almost about to ascend to heaven! Don't look at Fang Qi's delicate and delicate, he speaks softly and gently, and he can be very ruthless!"
"That's it, but Fang Qi is also a well-known cold beauty in the circle, and she can mix well under her, but Qiao Younan is the only one!"
"I heard that this Qiao Younan is Fang Qiyang's little white face!"
"Qiao Younan has been riding a rocket in the past few years, I said, if he and Fang Qi don't have the same leg, why did all the good things happen to him?"
"Isn't it written in the media, what does it mean to be a poor but beautiful man-"
Qiao Younan listened, but smiled, stood on the rostrum casually, and stood beside Fang Qi, Fang Qi smiled and applauded, while pretending to approach Qiao Younan inadvertently, and whispered: "Where have you been?
Qiao Younan habitually touched his nose, smiled and whispered, "I went to see a bride!"
Although Fang Qi was puzzled in his heart, he just smiled, half spoiled and half reproached, and said: "Nonsense!" As soon as he looked up and saw the square scarf in Qiao Younan's pocket, he said casually: "Today's square scarf is beautiful." ”
When Qiao Younan heard this, he looked down and said with a smile: "It's also the bride's fold!"
Fang Qi obviously didn't believe it, and said half-angrily: "Okay, it's getting more and more serious!"
Qiao Younan touched his nose, smiled, and didn't speak, but couldn't help but gently pat his pocket square, as if he could still feel the temperature on Jiang Yongsi's hand.
Between the staggered plans, time passed in the blink of an eye, and Qiao Younan and Fang Qi stood at the door of the Jasmine Lounge, making final greetings and farewells with the guests. Finally walked again, Qiao Younan turned his neck and said, "My neck is stiff when I stand this day!"
Fang Qi was happy, he seemed to have drunk too much wine, his cheeks were a little red, he reached out and touched Qiao Younan's neck, and laughed slightly: "I feel quite soft and warm." ”
Usually Fang Qi is not smiling, there are few such gentle and cute, Xu is drinking too much wine, Qiao Younan couldn't help but hold Fang Qi's hand, Fang Qi smiled slightly, but gently and naturally took off Qiao Younan's palm, patted the back of Qiao Younan's hand with his backhand, and said with a smile: "It's always so childish." Qiao Younan was naturally disappointed in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he could only pretend not to understand and laugh at it.
After so many years, the two of them are still playing dumb riddles like this, no one has ever pierced this layer of window paper, Fang Qi is unwilling, and Qiao Younan doesn't dare!
For a moment, the two were speechless, standing together, slightly embarrassed. Qiao Younan was racking his brains thinking about what to say, when he suddenly heard a woman's heart-rending shout from upstairs: "Jiang Yongsi, you stop for me!"
I saw Jiang Yongsi running down desperately with the hem of the wedding dress, followed by a man in a suit, who seemed to be the groom. Before Qiao Younan could react, a group of people followed behind him, shouting and rushing down. Qiao Younan hurriedly pulled Fang Qi aside, subconsciously protected Fang Qi behind him, watching the chickens and dogs jumping, Qiao Younan always felt that this wedding dress was a little familiar with the bride, and suddenly remembered the conversation in the stairwell, did he really regret the marriage?
A group of people crossed the border like locusts, chasing the bride and disappearing, looking at Fang Qi in shock, Qiao Younan comforted: "It's okay!
"What the hell is going on?" Fang Qi frowned and said dissatisfied.
"The bride regrets her marriage! Look, I didn't lie to you! There is really a bride!" Qiao Younan pouted in the direction of the gate, and the pride on his face was like a child finally proving to adults that he was not lying. Fang Qi was amused by Qiao Younan's serious and cute face, shook his head lovingly, and said, "You, sometimes you really look like a child!
Fang Qi turned around and entered the Jasmine Lounge, Qiao Younan looked at the direction where Jiang Yongsi disappeared, and suddenly he was full of curiosity about this bride.
"Jiang Yongsi!" Qiao Younan silently remembered the name in his heart.
Jiang Yongsi carried the wedding dress, ran all the way lifelessly, and finally left the hustle and bustle and angry shouts behind, panting and walking to the fountain, before he sat down, the water spray performance happened to start, accompanied by a cheerful song "Two Tigers", Jiang Yongsi was instantly drenched into a soup chicken.
Seeing this, Song Zhiyu hurriedly took off his suit, draped it on Jiang Yongsi, and asked with concern, "Yongsi, are you okay?"
Jiang Yongsi couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only laugh while waving his hand at Song Zhiyu, saying that he was fine. Song Zhiyu held Jiang Yongsi and pulled her hair wet with the pool water.
"Yongsi, I'm sorry, today's wedding is like this, I'm afraid that Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang will not be able to explain it. ”
Jiang Yongsi's smile instantly froze on his face.
"Well, why don't you ask me why I don't want to get married?"
Song Zhiyu didn't speak, but gently wiped the drops of water from Jiang Yongsi's face. Looking at Song Zhiyu's relaxed face, Jiang Yongsi suddenly realized that he didn't want to understand if he didn't ask, as long as he didn't understand, he wouldn't be responsible, after all, it was her Jiang Yongsi who wanted to withdraw from the marriage.
Jiang Yongsi looked at Song Zhiyu's eyebrows and asked unwillingly, "Zhiyu, have you ever loved me?"
Song Zhiyu's hand trembled slightly, lowered his head, and gently took Jiang Yongsi into his arms.
"So, have you ever loved me?" Jiang Yongsi knew that this question was stupid, but she couldn't help it.
Song Zhiyu didn't speak, just hugged Jiang Yongsi's arm tightly.
"Yes!"
"Yongsi, I said that as long as it is your decision, I will not object! ”
"I'm asking you, did you ever love me!" Jiang Yongsi pushed Song Zhiyu away, just looked at him, Song Zhiyu pursed his lips, sighed, and lowered his head.
To be silent is to escape.
Jiang Yongsi's heart fell like a scale. Tears fell disobediently, and she reached out to wipe them, but she couldn't wipe them away.
"Yongsi, you know, I've never lost my temper with you, as long as it's your decision, I've never said no, and it's the same this time, my parents, I won't say anything about you, don't worry. ”
"I saw you with her at the entrance of the stairs. ”
Song Zhiyu was taken aback, and the tenderness on his face disappeared immediately, but he was anxious to distinguish: "She has no malice, she just wants to see me one last time before getting married, Yongsi, don't blame her! I hope you don't hurt her!"
Jiang Yongsi looked at Song Zhiyu coldly, but wanted to hear how he else explained.
"Yongsi, you listen to me, she has no malicious intentions, I know you are a person who does not admit defeat, but this matter really has nothing to do with her, if you want to blame, blame me, okay?
Jiang Yongsi smiled, and the whole person was shaking when he laughed!
Since Jiang Yongsi met Song Zhiyu, he has never lost his temper once, and said a heavy word, I remember that when the two parents asked about the marriage contract between the two, Song Zhiyu just smiled faintly and said to listen to Yongsi. It's been three years, and the two get along day and night, Song Zhiyu will always be gentle and rational, and he will not be surprised by changes. Jiang Yongsi also convinced himself that he was such a personality and such a person. But it wasn't until now that Jiang Yongsi understood that Song Zhiyu was not heartbroken and anxious, just because he didn't need to be in front of himself! At that moment, Jiang Yongsi suddenly felt that he was really stupid, stupid to home.
"Give you back!"
"Yongsi, this is our wedding ring, you-"
"Her surname is Lan, so you specially picked a ring with blue diamonds, so you really have a heart!" Jiang Yongsi didn't want to hate, didn't want to complain, but she couldn't help it, such humiliation, such deception, Jiang Yongsi had no way to calm down. Although he said it a hundred times in his heart, it is good to gather and disperse, and to have grace, but at the last moment, Jiang Yongsi still broke out!
"We've been together for three years!
Song Zhiyu blushed, frowned, and muttered for a long time, but at the end he just said: "Yongsi, don't be like this, you make me a headache like this." ”
Jiang Yongsi's heart was like ashes for a moment.
"Yongsi, where are you going? I'll send you!"
Jiang Yongsi didn't turn around, took off his high heels, held them in his hands, looked at the sunset in the distance, and straightened his back.
"No need, I'll go my own way!"
Under the sunset, Jiang Yongsi wore a wedding dress and walked step by step towards his future in his own shadow.
In the distance, the clouds are scattered and the sky is long.