Chapter 67: Departure
When Zhou He, Cheng Wei was standing in front of Shu Hua's shop smoking a cigarette, he was dressed casually, and he wore a black cap on his head. Even so, it still attracted the attention of many girls passing by. Some people even stopped to buy a few flowers.
Zhou He's face was still wearing a mask, she glanced up and walked over quickly.
probably didn't expect her to come so quickly, Cheng Wei didn't even raise his head, just smoked without a match.
Zhou He walked in front of him and stopped, and asked expressionlessly, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Wei dusted off the cigarette ash in his hand, looked around, and said with a smile: "Are you sure you want to say it here?"
Zhou Yi didn't speak. Shu Hua was still busy at this time, she didn't go in to say hello, and after more than ten seconds, she turned around and walked to another street.
As if she had specially drawn a line, she walked quickly and kept a distance from Cheng Wei.
Cheng Wei didn't care, and followed her slowly with a cigarette. When he came to a secluded place so far away from the school, Zhou He stopped, looked back at him, and said, "Say, what's the matter?"
Her voice was low, emotionless.
Cheng Wei put one hand in his trouser pocket, slowly spit out the smoke, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Don't want to find someone to drink with you?"
He said this without a clue.
Zhou Yiyi didn't react when he was in power, and only after a while did he remember Qi Jingran's slap. She looked up at Cheng Wei and said expressionlessly: "Mr. Cheng is quite well-informed. After a slight pause, she continued: "Mr. Cheng has also seen this joke, can I go?"
Cheng Wei pinched the cigarette butt in his hand, laughed lowly, and said, "Xiao Ahe, you are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." I'm really here to drink with you. β
"Thank you Mr. Cheng, I still have something to do, and I don't want to drink. She said she was leaving.
Cheng Wei sighed, and said slowly after Zhou He turned around: "Then are you interested in talking about your senior brother's company?"
That's probably what he's trying to do this time.
Zhou He's footsteps stopped, turned to look at him, and asked, "What does Mr. Cheng mean?"
Her eyes were wary and defensive, and her tone was not so friendly.
Cheng Wei chuckled lightly and said, "Xiao Ahe, are you too nervous?
Zhou He didn't speak, just pursed his lips and looked at him.
Cheng Wei didn't go any further, raised his wrist to look at the time, and said, "Find a place to sit down and talk." β
Zhou Ji didn't know what he wanted, and was silent. Cheng Wei seemed to be sure that she would not leave, and called someone to drive the car over.
He actually took Zhou He to Lao Cao's noodle restaurant, which was past the peak at this time, and the store was deserted, and Lao Cao was not there.
The employees at the time of Zhou He's time are no longer there, and they are all newcomers. She didn't know anyone. However, Cheng Wei should have come here often, so the waiter politely called Mr. Cheng and took them up to the second floor.
The noodles with side dishes were quickly delivered, I don't know if Cheng Wei ordered it or what, and also sent a bottle of sake and two small wine glasses.
After Cheng Wei sat down, he didn't directly enter the topic, but said: "The south wall is to hit it by yourself, and you will know how to turn back when you are disheartened after hitting it a few more times." β
His tone was understated. This obviously refers to Qi Jingran.
Zhou He didn't know what he wanted to do at all, paused for a moment, and said lightly: "Mr. Cheng seems to be quite experienced." β
When she said this, she looked at Cheng Wei.
The expression on Cheng Wei's face did not change, and the hand that poured the wine did not pause, and said with a low smile: "That's it, after all, I have eaten more salt than Xiao Ahe, you have eaten." β
His tone was slow. I can't see anything.
Zhou He looked away and didn't speak again. She was originally going to come out to eat, but she didn't be polite at this time, and picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodles.
There were only the two of them on the huge upstairs, and Cheng Wei was lazily eating noodles and drinking wine, and he didn't talk anymore. It's quiet.
Zhou He suddenly had a sense of trance.
Cheng Wei looked at the traffic outside the window from time to time, and only looked at Zhou He after a long time, and asked, "Why did the company resign?"
He didn't know about it, and Secretary He didn't tell him. He found out later.
Zhou He didn't raise his head and said, "It's not suitable." β
She said it simply and crisply, Cheng Wei didn't continue on the topic, and picked up the wine glass again and drank it slowly.
His figure was lonely, and although he was sitting opposite Zhou He, it was as if he was separated by a whole world. Under the orange light, there was a warm halo around him, and Zhou He remembered the scene when he first met him.
The noodles in the bowl had been eaten, and she sat still. Cheng Wei poured the wine and pushed it in front of her, she picked it up and drank it slowly.
Time seems to stand still in this moment.
The sake has a lot of stamina, and Zhou He drank a few glasses unconsciously. I didn't drink it anymore. Cheng Wei called her over to talk about Xu Yuanning and Senior Brother Qiu's company, but he drank glass after glass of wine, obviously not planning to say anything.
Zhou He was silent for a moment and said, "Didn't Mr. Cheng want to talk about Senior Brother Xu's company?" β
Cheng Wei didn't speak, and turned his head to look at her. chuckled lightly and said, "Xiao Ahe, what's in a hurry?" He raised the wine glass in his hand, raised his wrist to look at the time, and said, "It's still early, how many more drinks will you have with me?"
He said as he poured wine into Zhouhe's cup. Half of the face is not very visible in the shadows.
He was a little different tonight, Zhou He paused for a moment and picked up the wine glass.
The wine is soft, and the brain becomes dizzy unconsciously. Cheng Wei didn't know what he was thinking, and sat for a long time before he turned around and looked at the dazed Zhou He. took out a business card and handed it to Zhou He, saying, "Let Senior Brother Qiu go to talk to him." β
It's looking for work for them.
Zhou He's mind couldn't turn at this time, and Cheng Wei put the business card in her bag.
He didn't say that he wanted to send Zhou He back, he stood by the window and smoked.
smoked a few cigarettes in a row, and when he turned around, he saw Zhou He crawling on the table and falling asleep, so he took out the phone and called someone to come and send her back.
The person who sent Zhou He came over quickly, and after the person left, Lao Cao came up from downstairs and said, "Mr. Cheng, are you going to the airport now?"
Cheng Wei didn't speak, and only nodded after a while, snuffing out the cigarette butt in his hand. With Lao Cao downstairs, he got into the car that had been parked on the side of the road in the morning.
Zhou He was finally sent back to Shu Hua's hut, she was so drunk that she was unconscious, and Shu Hua fetched water to scrub her and she didn't wake up.
The business card given by Cheng Wei was given to Senior Brother Qiu after thinking about it again and again, but I don't know if Xu Yuanning guessed the source of the business card or what, and there was no follow-up.
Zhou He heard Professor Xu talk about it half a month later, and only then did he know that Cheng Wei was no longer in Yucheng. I heard that he went back to a foreign country, and the focus of his business was not in Yucheng in the first place.
Zhou He was a little stunned when he heard it, it turned out that that day, he came to say goodbye.
Her emotions were mixed for a moment when she began to hear them, but they were soon but lighter. Actually, that's pretty good. This is undoubtedly the best ending.
She didn't go to Lao Cao's noodle shop again, nor did she go to the apartment again. Life is back to before, simple and peaceful.
She is still busy, because Xu Yuanning and Senior Brother Qiu have to be busy with the company's work, Professor Xu's project, and almost all of what Xu Yuanning can do is for her. In the school home and Xu Yuanning company three points and one line running.
Qi Jingran left after the confinement, and Zhou He never saw her again, nor did he hear anything about her.
Aunt Qi didn't mention her anymore, and the things about her in the house, including the children's little clothes, were all put away in the utility room, as if she had never appeared.
During this time, Yucheng's tourism industry developed in full swing. At once, several companies settled in Yucheng. These include the Han family and Tan Ziran's family in Kyoto.
Rumors began to circulate in the house that this side was going to be demolished. The government plans to tear this side down and do a project. It is said that there is a nose and an eye.
After living in the yard for so many years, Aunt Qi is reluctant. But the house is old, and it is not as comfortable to live in as a new house. She sighed as she began to plan for the future.
If the house is demolished, buy the house near Zhouhe's school. When the time comes, when you have money in hand, you can let Zhou He continue to study in graduate school. It's convenient to go home and live, and you don't have to go back and forth so much.
The main thing is to think about being rich, and Zhou He doesn't have to work so hard.
Every inch of this yard is familiar. Zhou He was reluctant to demolish, and told Aunt Qi that it would be better not to demolish, so she lived like that, which was more spacious and free than living in the elevator room.
The government has not issued a document, but it is just a rumor. Aunt Qi quickly put this matter behind her and began to make homestays and private dishes.
Qi Jingran's room below was also changed by her, adding a carved hollow wooden wall to separate it from the living room and kitchen, and changed it into a room and rented out.
Time flies quickly, and it is late autumn in a flash. After the scorching heat of summer, the weather began to become cloudy and rainy. A lot has happened in these months.
Xu was not happy to start a business, and Senior Brother Qiu broke up with that Miss Qiao. A big man cried so much that he pulled everyone to KTV to sing and drink.
It was Miss Qiao who insisted on breaking up, and Senior Brother Qiu flew over to see her, but he couldn't get it back. She brought her new boyfriend to meet Senior Brother Qiu.
Senior Brother Qiu was not the only one who was drunk this night, everyone except Xu Yuanning and Zhou He was drunk.
It was late at night, and it was unrealistic for so many people to get back to the dormitory, so Xu Yuanning opened a room in the hotel next door, gave a tip, and asked the waiter to help get everyone over.
A group of people were drunk, but Senior Brother Qiu was still struggling, and when he arrived at the hotel, he woke up again, and pulled Zhou He and Xu Yuanning to get drunk with him.
He cried so much that Xu Yuanning had no choice but to go downstairs again to buy wine. There were only two people left in the room, Senior Brother Qiu and Zhou He.
Zhou He poured him a glass of warm water, but he didn't drink it. raised a pair of misty eyes to look at Zhou He, and asked with a wine hiccup: "Little junior sister, at that time, were you also like me now, and you were about to die of pain?"
Zhou He didn't expect him to ask such a question, and he didn't move for a while. After a while, he said softly: "Senior brother, no matter how deep the pain is, there will be a day when it will be forgotten." People always have to move forward. β
Senior Brother Qiu nodded understandingly, and after a while, he looked at her again, and asked with a blank eye, "Then are you still in pain now?"
His eyes were pure, and he just looked at Zhou He, waiting for her answer.
Zhou He looked at the lights of thousands of homes outside the window and said, "It doesn't hurt." It hurts a lot and becomes numb over time. β
Senior Brother Qiu nodded, leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes. He said that he wanted to drink, but Xu Yuanning hadn't come back yet, but he had already fallen asleep first.
Zhou He sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his figure thin and lonely under the light.
At the end of November, Zhou He received a special invitation. Miss Han's birthday party, invite her to attend.
It was not only she who received the invitation, but Xu Yuanning also received it. It is said that invitations were widely distributed and celebrities from all walks of life were invited to this birthday party.
Zhou He obviously got this invitation because of Li Peiyuan's light.
On such occasions, it is natural that you can't just wear it to fish in troubled waters like you did last two times. Since it was stained with Li Peiyuan's light, naturally he couldn't lose his face.
Although Zhou He couldn't spend a lot of money to buy big-name dresses, he still found an experienced senior sister, went to the mall to re-select a new dress, and dressed up to avoid embarrassing Li Peiyuan.
Li Peiyuan was busy that day, and Zhou He went over with Xu Yuanning. The Han family came from Kyoto, and Xu Yuanning also had to be entertained on such occasions. It's eye-catching to follow him. Zhou He was reluctant to attract attention, and when he arrived at the door, he separated from Xu Yuanning. I went to say hello to Miss Han first.
Miss Han is even more beautiful today, a white lace dress, beautiful and elegant without losing gentleness. She was considerate and attentive to Zhou He, afraid that she would be uncomfortable, so she called a young girl and asked Zhou He to find her if she needed anything.
She is busy as today's birthday star, so Zhou He asked her not to worry about herself and go busy with her business.
Miss Han really couldn't pull away, said sorry, and hurried away.
On such an occasion, Tan Ziran, who was pregnant, actually came. She wore a long loose skirt and flat shoes, and her belly was bulging, but she didn't show much affection.
She was like a little virtuous wife, and when she arrived, she let Professor Ren go to socialize. She didn't know many people here, and when she saw Zhou He sitting in the corner, she walked over quickly, and said in surprise: "Ahe, you are also here." β
Zhou He politely called Mrs. Ren at this time.
Tan Ziran's face froze, but the address between them was awkward. She ignored the past and asked, "Why are you here too?"
"Miss Han sent me an invitation. Zhou He said.
Tan Ziran nodded and said, "I saw your little uncle just now." After a slight pause, she asked gossipily, "Is your little uncle going to marry Miss Han?"
Although she is about to become a mother, she is still a girl's innocent gossip.
Zhou He didn't know much about it, and of course it was impossible to reveal anything to her, and said, "I don't know very well. β
Tan Ziran didn't care if she didn't say anything, her hand dragged up the double chin that had grown during this time, looked around, and said mysteriously: "If you want me to see, she and your little uncle may not be successful." β
Zhou He paused slightly as he drank water from a teacup.
Tan Ziran said to herself again: "This Miss Han, don't look pretty, but the marriage is very unhappy, I heard that it is Kefu." This is not the first time that the Han family plans to get married, and there are several times ahead, but every time there is no news not long after the news comes out. That's why she hasn't married now. β
Her awareness of gossip is very strong, and she said mysteriously: "I also heard that she used to have a fiancΓ©, but she had a car accident not long after she got engaged, and then disappeared." The statement of dissolution of the marriage contract was unilaterally issued by the Han family. Your little uncle grew up abroad and may not believe this, but you need to warn him. β
She said it clearly.
But Zhou He didn't believe this, and when he saw her looking at her, he had to politely say thank you to Mrs. Ren.
She screamed awkwardly.
Tan Ziran didn't care, she was probably hard to come out of once, and she was very lively. After the gossip, she stood up and asked Zhou He what she wanted to eat, and she went to get it for her.
She was wearing flat shoes, but it was dangerous for people to come and go. Zhou He said no, but finally stood up and said, "You sit down, I'll get whatever you want to eat." β
A smile appeared on Tan Ziran's face, stuck out his tongue, and said, "Let's go together." At home, my aunt didn't let me move much, so I had to take this opportunity to move my hands and feet. β
She must be much more confined at home, wanting to taste everything she sees. After several reminders from Zhou He, he finally took only a small piece of cake.
When she sat down again and ate a small half of the cake, she suddenly said, "Ahe, my brother came to Yucheng to open a company." When you graduated, I told him, "Would you like to go to work in his company?" He is not as messy as outside, and he is very free. β
She thought about the wording, and tried to describe the job prospect in a better way.
Zhou He didn't appreciate it, and said, "No thanks." β
Tan Ziran was a little disappointed, and wanted to say something, her lips moved, but in the end she didn't say anything.
With this stubble, Zhou Ji didn't do it anymore, and got up and left on the pretext of going to the bathroom.
She didn't want to be on such an occasion, so she washed her hands in the bathroom. Knowing that no one would pay attention to him, he planned to go to Xu Yuanning and tell him that he would go first.
Back in the hall, she saw Xu Yuanning at a glance. But he was with Professor Ren. Professor Ren was leading him to greet someone, and he didn't know what he said, so he reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
Zhou He was originally going to pass, but now he didn't go again. Just about to turn around, Li Peiyuan came to her side, he saw her for the first time tonight, looking at her attentive dress, smiled slightly, and said, "Our little Ahe has grown into adults." β
He knew that she was bored here, looked at the time, and said, "Are you tired?" Why don't I take you upstairs to rest, Yuan Ning has drunk, and I'll send you back later." β
His gaze passed through the crowd and landed on Xu Yuanning and Ren Yurong.
Zhou He originally planned to leave, but now he can't say anything. said, "No, you go and get busy with you." Later, I'll take a taxi and take Senior Brother Xu back. β
Li Peiyuan's gaze was retracted after a while, he looked at Zhou He with a slight smile, and said, "Are you going to be polite to me?" Yuan Ning will drink too much later, and you won't be able to help him go upstairs. β
He didn't seem to have any wine at all.
Zhou He couldn't shirk anymore, so he had to respond.
Li Peiyuan stood for a while, and someone told him to go and get busy.
This birthday dinner was very lively, and Xu Yuanning drank a little too much as Li Peiyuan said. Later, he hid in the corner to rest.
Zhou He originally wanted to take him away, but he thought that Li Peiyuan had told him, so he had to stay.
At twelve o'clock, the crowd gradually dispersed. Li Peiyuan was finally okay now, and helped Xu Yuanning to the side of the road, while he went back to the parking lot to drive.
Xu Yuanning was so drunk that he sat on a chair on the side of the road and fell asleep. The coat brought by Zhou He covered his body for him.
I don't know if it's a traffic jam or something in the parking lot, Li Peiyuan hasn't come back. Zhou He was about to take out his mobile phone to call him and ask, but as soon as he took out his mobile phone, he saw Miss Han, who had come out to deliver the guests, lying on the side of the trash can and vomiting.
She vomited so much that no one followed.
Zhou He hesitated slightly and walked over. Handed her a tissue.
Miss Han slowed down for a while before standing up, squeezed out a smile, and said thank you to Zhou He.
The makeup on her face had fallen off a bit, and she wasn't as radiant as she had been at the dinner party. A pale face showed a slight tiredness.
There was no waiter here, Zhou He hesitated slightly, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Miss Han shook her head, and was about to speak, when she vomited again.
She didn't know how to drink like this as soon as she was a birthday star, and Zhou He's heart was a little puzzled. went back to the place where Xu Yuanning was sitting, fetched water, and handed it to her.
It took a long time for her to stand up this time, and she didn't want Zhou He to hand her water. After saying thank you, he staggered to the hotel.
Xu Yuanning is still asleep, and Zhou He is not with the past, nor is he with the past. At this time, Li Peiyuan drove the car over, she hesitated for a moment, walked over quickly, and said, "Uncle, Miss Han seems to be very drunk. I vomited and went into the hotel alone, do you want to go and have a look?"
Li Peiyuan's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't speak, he took out his mobile phone and dialed it.
He didn't know who he was calling, so he hung up the phone after a few simple orders. didn't go in, helped Xu Yuanning into the car, and then said to Zhou He: "It's not early, go back." β
There was no expression on his face that resembled worry.