Chapter 64: Two Slaps
On Monday, the company held a general meeting of shareholders, and Xu Zhengfeng transferred the equity to me, and I am currently the largest shareholder of Zhongzheng Group.
The shareholders' meeting was carried out in an orderly manner, and I listened quietly, although I did not know everything about the company yet, but I also knew that the company was running well. Xu Zhengfeng has been conscientious and conscientious in the past few decades and has managed Zhongzheng Group very well.
After the meeting, I went back to the office, and just wanted to ask Assistant Lin to help order a fast food, someone knocked at the door, and it happened to be Assistant Lin who came in.
She walked up to my desk and said, "Mr. Xia, Mr. Gu from Changhe Group is here to talk about the ecological park project. β
I was stunned, raised my head, and said, "Please come in, Mr. Gu." β
Assistant Lin has been with Xu Zhengfeng for more than ten years, is a veteran employee of Zhongzheng Group, and she mentioned to me the project of the ecological park, Zhongzheng Group and Changhe Group cooperated to develop this project, and the person in charge of this project is Gu Feng.
The door soon opened again, Assistant Lin greeted Gu Feng in, I stood up and walked to the sofa, Gu Feng nodded at me, I raised my hand: "Please take a seat." β
"Mr. Gu, do you want something to drink?" asked Assistant Lin.
"Coffee, unsweetened, thank you. He said.
He likes to drink coffee, only milk, no sugar, and it hasn't changed for so many years.
Assistant Lin went out, and the office fell silent all of a sudden.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and I picked up the papers on the table and flipped through them.
Assistant Lin walked in with coffee, the aroma of the coffee was strong, and the smoke curled up, which quickly dispersed.
It's black and doesn't slip away, and there is no milk.
He took a sip of his coffee, as if frowning, his face was light, and he didn't say anything.
I didn't eat breakfast in the morning, and I was hungry and had a little stomachache, so I frowned slightly and stroked my stomach with my hand.
He looked at me, looked at his watch again, and said, "Let's go eat first." β
I touched my nose and mumbled.
There is a Cantonese restaurant downstairs, and he asked for a private room, and he ordered. The dishes came up quickly, such as steaming seafood porridge, steamed fish with fresh color, and green and fresh choy sumβall of which I liked to eat.
The seafood porridge is fragrant and soft and glutinous, and I feel a lot more comfortable after eating a bowl.
After eating, I realized that he didn't move the chopsticks, so I asked, "Why don't you eat?"
He looked at me and said in a calm tone, "I'm not hungry. β
"Oh. I lowered my eyes, flicked the cabbage sum in the bowl, picked it up and took a bite, it was crisp, tender and sweet.
"Choi sum ......" was delicious, and before I could finish speaking, his phone rang.
He glanced at the phone, frowned slightly, and hung up.
Soon, the phone rang again.
He looked at me, answered the phone, got up and walked to the window.
I heard a female voice on the phone, a very sweet voice, a little familiar.
He quickly finished the phone and sat back.
"Girlfriend?" I felt my throat run dry, and looked at him with a smile on the corner of my mouth.
He was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while: "Xia Qing, Xiaofei and I are going to get engaged." β
He said it very lightly, but every word seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and it made me dizzy, and I struggled to put each word together, and after thinking twice, I realized what he had just said.
I smiled and said, "Congratulations." β
There was also half a bowl of seafood porridge in the bowl, I ate a few bites, the seafood porridge was cold, the taste was a little fishy, I ate a little urgently, and I felt a faint pain in my stomach.
With a "bang", my hand accidentally touched the water glass on the table, and the glass shattered to the ground, and the water spilled all over me.
He stood up in a hurry, and I got up in a panic and said, "I'll go to the bathroom." β
I hurriedly asked the waitress where the bathroom was, and she pointed me in the direction, looked at me again, and said, "Miss, are you okay, your face is very pale." β
I shook my head and hurried to the bathroom.
Maybe I walked too fast just now and I felt like throwing up.
I propped up the sink, the white marble countertop was hard and cold.
It took a few breaths to suppress the feeling of wanting to vomit.
I picked up a handful of cold water and patted my face, the cool water slid into my collar, it was so cold that I shivered.
I looked at the man in the glasses, his face was pale and his eyes were red. I took a tissue to wipe off the water on my face, squeezed the water on my clothes, and wiped it little by little with a tissue for a long time.
When he returned to the box, Gu Feng was smoking, and the smoke surrounded him, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
Suddenly, I remembered that day I saw him in Qingshan Temple, the green smoke curled, and his outline was faint in the smoke, and when I saw it later, I found that he was so thin, like a freshly quenched sword.
As I walked over slowly, his face became clearer, and I noticed that he was thinner, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes and protruding knuckles of his cigarettes.
He puffed out his cigarette and said, "I'm sorry." β
I smiled and said, "It's okay. β
Once upon a time, I loved the faint smell of tobacco on him. I don't like cigarettes, I don't like people smoking in front of me, only the faint smell of tobacco on his body fascinates me.
I sat down, and the waiter had cleaned the broken glass and replaced it with a new cup, and the hot water in the cup was emitting a faint smoke.
I took a sip and it was a little hot, and it was so hot that my tongue hurt a little.
"My grandfather is not in good health, and he hopes that I can get married as soon as possible. He said the cigarette case was a little out of shape when pinched in his hand.
"Oh," I replied, glancing up at him, "still eating, I'm full." β
He shook his head and said, "Back to the office?"
"Can I talk about that project another day, I'm a little uncomfortable and want to take a leave of absence in the afternoon. I whispered.
He looked at me for a long time before he said, "I'll send you back." β
I shook my head and said, "It's close, I'll just walk back." β
In the end, he drove me back.
I thanked him and got out of the car, and the heat came rushing in, and the sun was shining brightly so brightly that I couldn't open my eyes.
I staggered, hurried to the door, rummaged through my bag to find the key, turned it so fast that the contents spilled out at once, and I hurriedly squatted down and picked it up with my hands.
Someone next to me squatted down to help pick it up and handed it over, I took it while thanking him, raised his head, when did he get out of the car?
His eyes sank like water, and he looked at me deeply.
I opened the door in a hurry, pressed the elevator, which happened to be on the first floor, and I strode in and pressed the close button.
When the door was opened and entered, Sister Zhou and Xiaoxi were eating.
Sister Zhou came with her from City C, her children were all out of town, she was just working in City C, and she knew that I was going to move over, so she also came over.
"Xiaoqing, have you eaten?" asked Sister Zhou.
I nodded.
"Mom, why did you get off work so early? Do you miss Xiaoxi?" The little girl probably followed Sister Zhou to watch Korean dramas recently.
I picked her up, took her in my arms, and kissed her forehead.
"Mom, I can't breathe......" Xiaoxi said, holding my arm.
I quickly let go, touched her head, and said, "I'm sorry, Mom pushed too hard." β
"Mom doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Xiao Xi kissed my forehead.
Suddenly, I felt a pain in my heart, like a thin needle piercing it into my bones. I gave Xiao Xi to Sister Zhou and hurriedly entered the room.
When I lay down on the bed, I felt tired, and the white miserable ceiling and round ceiling lamp were covered with a layer of fog, becoming more and more blurry. Hot tears slipped from the corners of his eyes and fell silently into the pillow.
I felt a headache, and I felt very sleepy, vaguely, as if I heard Sister Zhou come in and say something, I answered, and then fell into the dark.
I woke up again and was woken up by Sister Zhou's shouting, the sun was slanting westward, the orange sunset shone in, dyed the wall red, the white gauze on the window was fluttering, very beautiful, like an oil painting, and I suddenly felt that I hadn't woken up yet.
"Xiaoqing, Xiaoxi is gone!" Sister Zhou shouted in a panic.
I woke up in an instant, hurriedly got out of bed and put on my shoes, and asked as I put them on, "What's the matter, hasn't she been following you in the house all the time?"
"My son came to T City to see me in the afternoon, and when I went out in the afternoon, I said yes, and then I took Xiaoxi to take a nap, and I went out after she fell asleep. I just came back and saw that you were still sleeping, but I couldn't find Xiaoxi in the house. Sister Zhou was so anxious that she was about to cry.
I panicked, but it was useless to cry, I asked her to go to the floor to look for it first, and I went to the downstairs community to look for it.
Sister Zhou answered and hurriedly went out.
I felt my heart beating fast, slightly dizzy, and pressed the elevator several times, and the elevator slowly came up.
I looked around the community, and also asked the security guard of the community to help find it, and the security guard said that just now there was a man in a dark suit who led a little girl about three years old and walked out, they thought it was a father and daughter, and they didn't ask.
I felt cold sweat running out, my legs were so weak that I could barely stand, and my mind was flooded with news about child abduction and trafficking, trafficking children to remote areas, and even having their limbs cut off and begging on the side of the road.
I held on to the iron gate, barely able to stand, and vaguely saw two people in front of me, one big and one small, coming over, and the security guard shouted: "This is the person!"
I opened my eyes wide and realized that the little one was Xiao Xi.
I rushed over, crouched down, and held her in my arms hard: "Where did you go?"
She was startled, pushed my shoulder, and said, "Mom, Xiaoxi hurts!"
I hurriedly let go of her, touched her head and limbs, and asked, "Where does it hurt?"
She touched her nose and snorted, "Mom, you hit my nose!"
That's when I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xia Qing. "Someone next to him was talking.
I then remembered that there was someone next to me, picked up Xiaoxi and stood up, and was stunned when I saw him.
"She said she was going to find Aunt Zhou, I took her around, and I ......," Gu Feng said.
"Why did you take her out, and if she loses her, will you give me back a daughter?" I reprimanded him.
He was stunned and said, "I'm sorry, I ......."
Before he finished his words, I picked up Xiaoxi and left.
When I walked downstairs, I found that his car was still parked in the seat just now, and I was in a hurry to find Xiaoxi just now and didn't see his car.
"Mom," Xiao Xi said timidly, probably frightened by me, and said glutinously, "Mom, don't be angry. β
I sighed, turned her face, and said, "You can't run around alone in the future, you know?"
"Got it," she said, her voice a little aggrieved.
I touched her head.
"Mom," she glanced up at me, lowered her head again, and said in a soft voice, "I met that handsome uncle downstairs just now, and I asked him to help find Aunt Zhou." At first he refused, saying that he wanted to take me home, and I cried, and after crying for a long time, he agreed, saying that he would take me out to find a circle, and then he would have to go home immediately. β
I was stunned before I remembered how sharply I had accused him just now......
"Mom, Uncle Shuai also bought milk candy for me, you see!" Xiao Xi took out a packet of milk candy from the small bag.
I responded to Xiaoxi's words indiscriminately, and my heart was very confused.
"Mom, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, give you candy. Xiao Xi touched my face, warm and soft little hands.
I buried it in her hair, and her soft strands stuck to my eyes, tickling, prickly, and my eyes were very sore and painful.
Close your eyes and plunge into a world of darkness.
That night, when the night was also dark and the moon was shining like water, he said, "Let's get engaged, I want you to be there for me all the time." β
He put the ring on my ring finger and imprinted a kiss, and he said, "You'll have to marry me anyway, and wear it on this finger in advance." β
I will never forget in my life that under the warm yellow light, his eyes as deep as the sea shone with a fine luster, bright and bright, like the most beautiful dream.
With a dry throat and a sore chest, I rushed into the room, opened the closet and turned my clothes out, and found the royal blue velvet box.
I don't know why my hands are trembling, and I can barely hold this little box.
When it finally opened, the lone ring glowed with a cold blue light, and the royal blue gemstone was like the tears of the sea.
I held the ring tightly in the palm of my hand, it was hard and sharp, and it pierced into the softest tender flesh in my palm, and it hurt and hurt.
"Mom?" Xiao Xi walked in, still holding the packet of milk candy in her hand, with a timid look in her eyes.
I squatted down, touched her soft hair, and smiled at her: "Mommy is fine, there was sand in my eyes just now." β
Xiao Xi helped her mother blow it. Xiao Xi leaned her mouth over and blew into my eyes, and the warm breath blew into my eyes.
"Alright, the sand is gone. Do you want to eat pizza, will Mom take you to eat it?" I kissed her on the forehead.
"Great! Pizza!" the little girl danced with joy.
A call came in, it was Yu Chen.
He had just gotten off work and said he had come to pick us up for dinner. I said okay, let's go get pizza.
In less than half an hour, Yu Chen arrived.
There are a lot of people in the store, many parents bring their children to eat, and some young couples, occasionally feed each other a piece of pizza, and both of them will show a shy and sweet smile.
After waiting for a long time for the pizza to be served, Xiaoxi was hungry and ate it with both hands.
I took a piece and ate it a little slowly, feeling tired.
There was a child crying next to her, and the woman blamed the man: "Why did the baby cry when I went to the bathroom, so you can see where you look?"
The man smiled innocently: "It's all my fault wife, this kid is too greedy, he grabbed and ate the pizza as soon as it was served, and he was scalded." β
The woman said again: "Then why don't you give it to him when it's cold, he's so young, how do you know." β
The man continued to laugh: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, wife, don't be angry, it's easy to get old when you're angry." β
The woman's face sank: "What do you want to do if I get old?"
The man kissed the woman and said, "I love you no matter how old you get." β
The woman snorted softly and couldn't help laughing again.
A plain and happy family is probably like this, there are quarrels and contradictions, but we both know that no matter how we quarrel, we will be by each other's side until the end of life.
"Do you have a bad appetite?" asked Yu Chen gently.
I shook my head, got him a slice of pizza, and said with a smile, "You eat more." β
He picked up the pizza and took a bite, looking at me and smiling.
I finished eating a slice of pizza and felt very tired, so I drank a large glass of lemonade ice water to feel more comfortable.
"Xia Qing, my mother is asking when we will get married and have a wedding. Yu Chen said suddenly.
The shop was noisy, but his voice was clear, and I felt as if the greasy feeling was still in my throat, and I raised my hand to ask the waiter to pour water.
I drank another large glass of lemonade ice water in one go, and I felt that my stomach was very cold, and the coolness quickly spread to my body, and I suddenly felt very cold.
"It was a little cold, so I went to the car and took off my coat. I hurriedly spoke to him, got up and walked to the door.
A wave of heat rushed in, and the heat that had not dissipated during the day suddenly rushed over, and it was so stuffy that people couldn't breathe.
I couldn't find his car, I turned around outside several times and couldn't find it, and when I wanted to go back to the store, Yu Chen walked out with Xiaoxi.
He said, "Let's go back." β
I nodded.
He took the car key and pressed the unlock button, and the car rang right in front of me, and he opened the door and sat in the driver's seat, and I was still standing in the doorway.
"Mom, get in the car. Xiao Xi took my hand, I reacted, and hugged her into the car.
It was quiet in the car, and you could hear the roar of the engine.
I looked at his side face, and his expression was light.
When he arrived at the gate of the community, Yu Chen stepped on the brakes and said, "There is still something in the hospital, so I won't send you up." Rest early in the evening. β
"Good. I said, opened the car door, hugged Xiaoxi and got out of the car, feeling very heavy and his hands were sore.
Walking downstairs step by step, looking back, his car was still parked at the entrance of the community, the lights were turned off, and half of the body was in the shadow of the trees, looking lonely.
I strode back with Xiaoxi in my arms, panting and panting, but I couldn't stop. Xiao Xi thought I was playing with her, and "giggled" and said, "Mom, hurry up!"
He saw me hurrying over, thinking that something had happened, opened the car door and came down, I had already run in front of him, and saw a trace of sadness in his eyes that he had no time to hide.
"How ......"
"Okay," I interrupted him before he could finish speaking, repeating it again, "yes, let's get married." β
He stood still, his body as if frozen. I looked at him and didn't even dare to blink my eyes.
I don't know how long later, he finally smiled, reached out and hugged me and Xiaoxi in his arms, a shallow sigh fell on top of my head, his voice was so soft, so light that I thought it was a hallucination, he muttered, "You are so stupid." β
I hugged Xiaoxi and felt that my arm was very sore, but I didn't dare to move.
Leaning against his chest, I heard his heartbeat, very deep and steady, hitting my ears one by one, with a slight roar.
I raised my head slightly and looked at the street lamps above, which were dimly lit. There were a lot of moths in the summer, and I saw them rushing to the light source, so desperate that they didn't know they might be burned.
I once read a popular science article saying that the phototropism of moths is actually because they are lost, and they can only fly around the light source in order to correct their direction.
There was a shallow light in the void, far away, which stretched my shadow very long, and I looked down, and the dark shadow, only a vague figure, motionless, like a large piece of ink that could not be erased.
A moth, probably tired of flying, rests on the shadow, its gray wings flapping gently.
Little Moth, have you found your way home?
The date of the wedding was soon finalized, and the twenty-first day of the lunar calendar next month, the great heat.
Prepare to go back to City C Office.
Yu Chen has a lot of things in the hospital recently, and he asked me to take a look at the wedding dress first, and tell him when I see it well.
On the weekend, I asked Xiaowan to go to see the wedding dress together.
A warm and romantic bridal shop, the white wedding dress is like a veil gently wrapping the people in it, making people feel like a dream.
Xiaowan was very silent today, she helped me pick out a wedding dress and chose a bandeau wedding dress. The clerk helped me try it on, and there was a full-length mirror in the fitting room.
The person in the mirror has a fair complexion, thin shoulders, a prominent collarbone, and a tight bandeau wedding dress outlining the waistline, and suddenly feels breathless.
I said to the clerk, "The wedding dress is a little tight, it feels tight." β
The clerk smiled and said, "Miss Xia, this wedding dress is very suitable for you, you see, you can put two fingers in when you close the zipper, it's not tight." It may be that you don't fit in, just dress to get used to it. Why don't you go outside and let your friends take a look?"
With that, she helped me lift the hem of my wedding dress, and I walked out of the fitting room.
Xiaowan was playing with Xiaoxi, she looked up and said that it was just right, and it was a little loose, so she could let the clerk tighten it up again.
I shook my head: "No, this one doesn't fit." β
Xiaowan said, "Well, then pick something else." β
I went into the fitting room, and the clerk helped me take it off, and the feeling of being out of breath disappeared.
I chose a morning, but I didn't choose the right one, I was embarrassed, but the clerk kept smiling. The clerk, a woman in her thirties, smiled softly and said, "Marriage is a major event in life, and the wedding dress must be the most suitable one." Feel free to drop by. β
I thanked her apologetically and took Xiaoxi from Xiaowan's hand.
As soon as I walked out of the door, someone happened to be coming in at the door, and I was talking to Xiaoxi, not paying attention to the person in front of me.
I leaned sideways, trying to let the person in front of me come in first, and waited for more than ten seconds, but the person in front of me went to the clubbing and didn't move.
I looked up, slightly stunned.
Tang Fei seems to have changed a lot, she used to look sweet and well-behaved, she smiled cute and harmless, she hadn't seen her for more than four years, she had matured a lot.
Her long curly hair hung down her waist, her slim-fitting dress showed off her curves, her makeup was exquisite, and her red lips were gorgeous, and if I were a man, I would be tempted.
"Xia Qing, long time no see. She didn't seem to expect to run into me, and after a slight surprise, her red lips hooked, but her eyes showed a little mockery.
I bowed slightly, not intending to have a deep conversation with her, and leaned sideways to leave.
She moved her thin heels and blocked my way: "I heard you have a baby? is that her?" she pointed at Xiao Xi, the mockery became more obvious, "It's so big, you move quite fast." Did you hook up with someone else as soon as you left Gu Feng? Or did you step on two boats with one foot back then, and you still pestered him with someone else's species? Heh, you are really good, even I have to admire it. β
I looked up at her and looked straight at her, as if there was a fire in my chest, and I was shivering.
She brushed her sideburns and smiled: "What I want, I never can't get it." Grab it from me, don't measure it. Do you think you're important to him? When you left, he was really sad for a few days. Within three days, he proposed to me. What you can't get is the best, and what you get is boring. I rejected him, but I didn't expect him to never give up, waited for me for four years, and came to propose to me again. It seems that he is infatuated, so I will reluctantly embarrass it. Tsk, I didn't expect you to dare to come back and bring this little with you, are you planning to seduce him again?"
"Smack!" A crisp slap sounded, I came back to my senses, Tang Fei covered his face, obviously stunned.
I was stunned too.
"This slap was made for Qingqing. Xiaowan shook her hand and said coldly.
"Smack!" was another slap, and now not only I was stunned, but Xiaoxi was also stunned, blinking dumbly.
"This slap was made for Xiaoxi. Xiaowan blew her reddish palm, and a chill appeared in her eyes.