Chapter 48: The Ten-Year Covenant
If one day, I'm too old to work, and I want to travel the world.
Twenty-year-old Lin Xiangwan once said to Chu Di that she won a scholarship that day and invited her benefactor to a meal for the first time in her life.
Looking at herself that year, Lin Xiangwan only felt that she was so simple that she was almost stupid, she thought that Chu Di was not good to her, just because he was impatient, and like many rich gentlemen, she felt that she could do whatever she wanted after paying money, she thought that as long as she was patient enough, even if they would not love each other, at least they would not kill each other.
So when she said these words, she did not hide it at all, she wanted to share her joy and anger with him, and if she could, she would also listen to him.
But the answer he gave her was a sneer, and one more sentence, what do you mean by this, are you complaining that I am not generous enough? You don't have to work now, as long as you lie down, I will give you a lot of money, what are you not satisfied with?
He always uses one sentence like this, ruining all tenderness. Seeing Lin Xiangwan embarrassed seemed to be his biggest hobby, at that time, Lin Xiangwan didn't know that what Chu Di did was for a reason, but later he found out, and his heart was cold.
Being able to sit down and have a good chat like today is a precious time for them.
Is it only after such tempering that people become tolerant, and the scars and missed time are the best proof. Smart people learn from their gains and losses by looking at the gains and losses of others, and only stupid people stubbornly don't hit the south wall and don't look back.
"Do you remember this?" Lin Xiangwan sighed slightly, "I thought you had forgotten a long time ago." If she could, she also wanted to be calm with him, who would want to stand up all the hair on her body like a hedgehog every day?
"I forgot. But that day, I flipped through Ye Nan's homework book and read the diary he wrote, and I remembered it. He said that he wants to study hard now, and in the future, he wants to become an architect, or a Go player, so that he can make a lot of money, so that you can live a carefree life and no longer worry about money. If possible, he wants to fulfill your heart's desire and let you go where you want to go without any constraints. It's embarrassing to say, these things shouldn't have been worried about a kid like him, but because of my mistakes, you have been subjected to a lot of pressure that you shouldn't have to bear. Lin Xiangwan, I don't ask you what to promise me now, I just want to ask you, if there is really a day when we can leave everything and go to the ends of the earth together, then would you like to go with me?"
Although Chu Di's tone did not change as usual, it sounded a little more gentle to Lin Xiangwan, if he could be accompanied by someone, of course it would be better than going to the end of the world alone, but the other party was him...... She didn't know how her answer at the moment would have a profound impact on the future, so she didn't answer directly, "It's so serious, it's obviously a long time later......"
"Actually, it's not a long time, you think that Ye Nan is in the second grade of primary school now, and in another four years, he will graduate from elementary school, three years in junior high school, and three years in high school, as long as he is admitted to college, you don't have to guard him all the time. It's only ten years, and I don't need you to answer me now, but if you can think about it, I'll be satisfied. ”
Chu Di has been thinking about it these days, what Lin Xiangwan said before, she always said that he only thinks about himself, and only considers his interests, and never thinks about her from her point of view. In fact, he couldn't understand why she would say such a thing, he had obviously hollowed out his mind to be good to her, and he would give him whatever she wanted, even if she wanted the stars in the sky, he would find a way to get it for her, but why was she still not satisfied.
It wasn't until he saw Xu Mingfei and Baili Tong that he understood what he was wrong with.
What you think is good, what you think is the most precious thing may not be what she needs most for the other party, and what she wants is never those bells and whistles, but the most insignificant things in ordinary life.
To be good to her is to think about her, do what she wants to do, not exaggerated, not show-off, maybe for people like them who are used to high-profile, it is not easy to do some obscure little things, but he is willing to learn from scratch, he is willing to treat her with this almost cautious attitude, to manage this relationship, because he thinks it is worth it.
Letting go of Xu Mingfei may mean that he will break with Baili Tong, which means that he will lose thousands of assets, but so what? Money can be accumulated through continuous efforts, and the wealth accumulated to a certain value is just a change in numbers, for Chu Di, no amount of money can buy back Lin Xiangwan, she is indispensable to him, he can't live without her.
"I ......" Lin Xiangwan felt embarrassed, she should promise him, not for anything else, just for him to beg her with such a humble attitude, just for a decision ten years later. Ten years is not a long time, but it is not a short time, even if she agrees now, when the time comes, he may have nothing to say.
But what is just a nod in imagination has become extremely difficult in reality, Lin Xiangwan hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't nod.
Chu Di was disappointed in his heart, but he still maintained a gentlemanly smile on his face, "It's okay if you don't agree......
"I'll consider taking a look...... If only for travel...... When Ye Nan doesn't need my mother to accompany him all the time...... If we haven't already made a noise. Lin Xiangwan replied without saying a word, always feeling that he had done something unacceptable.
The stiff smile instantly turned into ecstasy, Chu Diqiang suppressed the excitement that wanted to hug her tightly into his arms, and nodded eagerly, "Of course! We must wait for Ye Nan to grow up, and then we will go out together." "Until then, please let me wait for you.
The sound of car horns outside the garden broke the quiet atmosphere in the garden. Chu Di glanced out, "Oops, I'm afraid we're leaving here, and a creditor has come to the door." ”
Lin Xiangwan turned his head, and more than a dozen black commercial vehicles were speeding towards the direction of the train station, "That won't be ......"
"Except for Baili Tong, who else would be so crazy, I think he should have discovered Xu Mingfei's traces, so he sent someone over. All we can do now is pray for Xu Mingfei. ”
In fact, Baili Tong's madness is far beyond everyone's imagination, the first time he found out that Xu Mingfei was missing, he sent someone to block all ways to go out from H City, when Baili Jia's men transferred out the video of the train station, looking at the three familiar figures on the image, Baili Tong was completely out of anger.
He didn't have time to settle accounts with Chu Di, but personally drove to the destination where the train ticket Xu Mingfei had bought, and before the train entered the station, he sent people to surround the entire town station. What Baili Tong didn't expect was that Xu Mingfei was not in the car.
Xu Mingfei knew Baili Tong too well, so she got off at a small stop in the middle of the car, and disappeared into the vast sea of people like a drop of water dissolving into the sea.
When Baili Tong turned the entire carriage upside down, and still did not find the slightest trace of Xu Mingfei, almost the entire train and the people who had not left on the platform heard his angry roar.
However, Lin Xiangwan didn't know all this.
Lin Xiangwan came home, and from three o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the evening, she barely cleaned up the room that was smashed, fortunately, Ye Nan and Xiao Zhen went to participate in the summer camp organized by the school, otherwise she really didn't know what Baili Tong would do to this little ghost after such a rude smashing of the house.
The ones who did it were all Baili Tong's subordinates, and Aunt Zhang didn't run into this group of thugs because she went out to buy vegetables, but when she came back, she was really frightened by the messy appearance in the room, and after reporting 110 in a trembling manner, until Lin Xiangwan and Chu Di returned home, she sat in the corner of the room in a daze.
Chu Di paid Aunt Zhang a whole month's salary, let her send her home, and told her that she didn't have to come over in the past few days, Baili Tong would never give up if he didn't reach his goal, and if he couldn't find Xu Mingfei, he would definitely transfer all his anger to others, and he didn't know what outrageous actions he would do, so there was no need to implicate unrelated people.
"You say, when he regains his senses, will he compensate us for the loss of the room?" Lin Xiangwan threw out bags of slag and complained to Chu Di.
Chu Di helped up the overturned kitchen counter in the kitchen and replied with a smile, "Probably not, he is used to being stubborn, he will definitely not feel that he is wrong, a thousand mistakes, they are all other people's faults." ”
"How could you be friendly with such a person, you should have known that you shouldn't have been in this kind of nosy in the first place, and it was thankless. Although it was cleaned up all afternoon, the room was still miserable, and Lin Xiangwan had the heart to suggest to Baili Tong's subordinates that instead of smashing everything so hard, it was better to light a torch here, maybe they could still ask for some insurance premiums.
"Who said that I was good with him? We are just a cooperative relationship, no matter what? If you knew that Xu Mingfei had become like this, I could have helped her, but I didn't make a move, and in the end, it was not me who was unlucky?"
He's right...... Lin Xiangwan was speechless, "Am I not unwilling? He is so rich, why does he have to get along with us?"
"Even if you can't get by, you're underestimating Baili Tong too much. Chu Di smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Listening to Chu Di's words, as if this matter was not over yet, Lin Xiangwan's heart lifted.
Chu Di waved his hand, as if unwilling to answer the question. "Don't think about it so much, it's a blessing or a curse, if he really plans to toss us, there is a way to make my life worse than death. ”
As he was talking, the beep of the mobile phone came from under the sofa, Chu Di lay on the ground and took out the mobile phone to take a look, and his face immediately became gloomy and ugly.