Chapter Twenty-Nine: Loss of Proportion
"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend my birthday party, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks here, and thank the old man of my family for holding such a grand birthday party for me......"
Mrs. Gu's public flirting and scolding is based on decades of mutual affection, but what about me? Why am I standing here? I looked up at her, a height that I could not reach in this life, and I suddenly became discouraged, and I only felt that I had lost my motivation in life.
"You come with me. β
When everyone applauded Mrs. Gu's speech, Gu Lao beckoned to me, who had a gloomy face.
I turned my head in surprise and glanced at the elf beans and had to follow, the elf beans were about to follow, but they were stopped by a person who looked like an old subordinate.
I was taken into the study by Gu Lao, and the bookshelves in the whole room were frighteningly high, full of books, both new and old.
I looked at him apprehensively, not knowing what he wanted.
"Miss Ying, please be seated. Gu Lao, who sat down behind the bookcase, stretched out his hand to the chair in front of him to signal, and I immediately sat down obediently.
"Miss Ying, I invited you here to understand why Director Zhang's wife would ignore her husband's future and my wife's birthday party, and for you, she lost her proper sense of proportion. β
Gu Lao, who was sitting opposite, had an aggressive gaze, and I couldn't help rubbing my hands nervously, and it took me a long time to speak, and I confessed how I offended Mrs. Li and beat Mrs. Li's nephew.
"He just took your hand, and you hit him, and you beat him so hard?"
Gu Lao's extremely serious questioning, like a police officer interrogating a prisoner, was so scared that I didn't even dare to raise my head, but I was very aggrieved in my heart, obviously I was the victim, why did I have to be tried instead?
"Is it possible that someone else has brought a knife, and as long as it doesn't fall on my head, I can't fight back?"
Silence, death-like silence, the air pressure plummeted, I was so scared, I remembered that the elf bean mentioned a business that was bigger than the Lian Qinghe project, and I hated to die on the spot, it must have hurt the elf bean......
"How is Mrs. Li's nephew now? I heard Mrs. Li say that he was almost not beaten and crippled, where did you beat him?"
It was an awkward question, but I had to answer it, and I mustered up the courage to say, "This is where you men can stand." β
"Haha......" loud laughter, my head hung lower, like an ostrich buried in the desert.
"What do you think?" Gu Lao laughed and coughed repeatedly, picked up the tea on the table and moistened it, I heard the sound of the teacup bumping slightly, swallowed my saliva, and felt that my throat and eyes were about to smoke.
"I didn't think about anything, whether it was engaged or married, I should be worthy of others, if I was single, it would be nothing to have a good impression of each other, but he knew that I had a fiancΓ©, and it was not okay to be so presumptuous. β
"You old-school thinking is outdated......" I listened to Gu Lao's sarcastic words and raised my head angrily.
"What is old-fashioned, consistent is worthy of people's trust for life, this is the duty of a man, what does it have to do with falling behind?"
Gu Lao was stunned by my question, "You don't look so cowardly." β
"Do I look cowardly?" I couldn't get my head down.
"Are you and Gao Qiang still engaged? No wonder I didn't have a following after attending your engagement banquet last time......" Gu Lao's words were quite meaningful, and I took the opportunity to admit that I bowed my head and took the conversation.
"I was young, and he was much older than me, so he hung like this all the time, and he said give me time, when I completely figured it out before getting married. β
"Hmm......" After listening to my words, Gu Lao was thoughtful.
"Why are you looking for such a big age gap? I heard that he has a lot of romances......
It's really gossip, I complained in my heart, but I don't have to tell lies, "My father died early, my mother remarried, I lived too hard alone, I met him, he was good to me, so ...... I don't know if he's romantic, but it's true that he's good to me. β
I went straight to the point, and I wasn't afraid that he would figure out the truth or falsehood, Gu Lao didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and sent someone to send me out.
"Gao Qiang, am I causing trouble for you again?" As soon as I saw Gao Qiang, I pounced aggrievedly.
Gao Qiang looked solemn and didn't answer, but he grabbed me and pushed me to sit on the sofa in the lounge, and followed the person who sent me away.
The lounge was already empty, and I couldn't see Mrs. Li, who had been taken here by her husband to rest, and I sat alone on the sofa, savoring the attitude of the elf beans - so impatient that I even got a little disgusted.
For the first time, I began to think seriously about the weight of my heart in him, and the more I thought about it, the more upset I became, and the mess became a mess.
"Unfortunately, let's go dance. "I was sitting on the couch thinking about things, and the elf beans who came back with a happy face, and bean's eyes were as bright as stars, and they stood in front of me very gentlemanly and stretched out their hands to me.
I followed him out blankly, onto the dance floor, as if in a dream.
"That's what I did. Elf Beans whispered to me.
From an outsider's point of view, the two of us are like a couple in close proximity, and they look particularly affectionate.
"What happened?" I couldn't react, and my mind was still full of the look of annoyance as the elf beans pushed me away.
"What's wrong with you?" Elf Bean kissed me lightly on the cheek, "Are you annoyed by Mrs. Li? Everyone praises you for being sensible and cultured, why bother to be as knowledgeable as her?"
Everyone praised me? I laughed, because I had fought for him and brought benefits, so now I am more affectionate? My heart suddenly brightened and became cold.
"What did Elder Gu tell you?" I asked absentmindedly.
"Gu Lao told me that you must be kind to you stupid girl. β
On the dance floor, everyone was smiling and dancing, but I was so heavy and worried that I could barely dance with the elf beans, and I found an excuse to sit down in the corner.
Looking around, it is like being in a desert, desolate.
"Miss Ying, what a coincidence. "Someone came to say hello, and I looked at it and saw that it was familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it for a while.
"Hello!" the man next to the woman greeted me politely with a goblet and went to the side to socialize.
Sweeping across the dance floor, the elf beans who were inviting Mrs. Gu to dance, the woman put down her wine glass funny, "Miss Ying, would you like to dance with me?"
I looked at the woman who appeared out of nowhere, and ignored her.
"I'm Gao Qiang's ex-wife, have you forgotten?" the woman bent down to me and asked, looking like an eighth woman.
"I haven't remembered it before, where can I forget it?" I rolled my eyes at her, and the people who were going to watch the excitement didn't have to give her a good look.
She was not annoyed by my revelations, sat down opposite me, picked up the wine glass and tasted the wine.
"It's not a good feeling to be taken advantage of, isn't it?"