Chapter 13: Life Is Not That Long
Xiaoyuan ate listlessly, and the silence kept being silent.
I thought that when she came back, she would be like a noisy bird, chirping about what she had seen and heard, and that she would see the flower-like smile when she came back, but she was in such a dull state.
"Are you on vacation?" asked Cheng Hao in a nonchalant tone.
"Hmm. She held back and snorted through her nose.
"How many days off?"
is such an ordinary sentence, Xiang Xiaoyuan actually broke out.
"I'm going home! I'm going home! I'm going home anyway! I haven't been home for a long time. I want to see my parents, I have to go home no matter what!"
Xiao Yuan stood up suddenly, her red eyes and her terrifying look.
Cheng Hao frowned and looked at her, she could see the circles of tears in her eyes, but she couldn't hold back the tears.
He lowered his head and took a bite of the dish, chewing slowly, as if ignoring her almost hysterical attitude.
"What's wrong with you?"
His tone was so flat that he couldn't hear any emotion.
Xiao Yuan sat down slowly, turned his face to the side, and still held back his tears and did not speak.
"If you don't say it, I won't approve it!"
In fact, Cheng Hao didn't think about deducting her vacation at all.
Although he wanted her to stay here, he was not so unkind.
Xiao Yuan's current state really made him unbelievable, she must have suffered something.
When she is so confused, Cheng Hao must be sober and calm.
Not approving fakes is really a killer weapon to deal with Xiaoyuan.
Xiang Xiaoyuan couldn't hold back any longer, and tears fell in big drops. At first, she wanted to endure it, but when she got to Zuihou, she couldn't help crying, and then recounted what happened intermittently......
It was on a train in Zuihou, where she was about to finish her work as a flight attendant, and she couldn't forget the young man who smiled very honestly, and he excitedly told himself that he didn't buy a ticket home for the Chinese New Year, so he stayed on a construction site in Beijing for the Spring Festival.
However, the boss was okay, there was no arrears of wages, and he gave a little bonus, so he passed the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and staggered back to Henan to rush home.
He also has his elderly parents and young children at home, and his wife has also returned from working in Guangzhou, and they have not seen each other for almost a year.
Xiang Xiaoyuan can't forget his smiling face and expectant look, and going home is his greatest wish at the moment.
Although it was hard work, although it was hard work, he had already drawn a blueprint for the future in his heart.
For people who use their hard work and sweat to change their lives, Xiang Xiaoyuan always has respect, whether he is a rich man with a lot of money or an ordinary worker, there is never a difference in Xiaoyuan's eyes.
He lay there and slept quietly, for a long, long time, until Xiao Yuan realized that something was wrong.
The conductor and the police hurriedly came, the passengers were in a mess, and Xiao Yuan comforted all the passengers hoarsely, and the scene was suddenly chaotic.
The train temporarily stopped in Anyang for more than half an hour, and the hospital's ambulance drove directly onto the platform.
Xiang Xiaoyuan looked at the originally dark face, which turned into a bloodless white, as white as white paper.
Later, I learned from a colleague that the person never woke up, and it was a sudden death caused by a sudden myocardial infarction.
The conductor and a group of flight attendants have been comforting Xiao Yuan, who thought she was frightened, but didn't know that Xiao Yuan was just sad.
Very, very sad......
Xiaoyuan narrated in as calm a tone as possible, and Zuihou said softly, "I really want to go home......"
Sometimes, we think it's still a long time, but we don't know that the end is waiting there.
The man was only one step away from home, but he never had the chance to walk in and see his parents, his wife, and his lovely children.
Xiang Xiaoyuan didn't even dare to imagine how his family would feel when they knew such bad news.
It took Xiang Xiaoyuan a long time to calm himself down.
At the moment, she just wants to see her parents and see her relatives.
Sometimes, life is really not as long as we think......
Cheng Hao was silent, he didn't know what words to comfort her, so he took her in his arms.
Xiao Yuan leaned into his arms and cried loudly, and that crying changed from the initial sadness to a kind of catharsis.
Only by crying like this can we dispel the sorrow that has enveloped her for a long time......
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Cheng Hao touched his arm, as if Xiang Xiaoyuan was still beside him.
At that time, she clung to her arm, like a child about to drown, clutching on a lifebuoy.
I never thought she would cry like this, because I always thought she was so strong.
It's so strong that it's heartless, and it's so strong that it seems to be incompatible with this shijie and this society.
I'm left alone again.
"Going home", a deep attachment in everyone's bones, made Cheng Hao feel confused at this moment.
Because where is home, where is home?
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After the New Year, major companies are on the right track one after another, and the business reports and annual plans are enough to keep these CEOs busy for a while.
After a miserable Chinese New Year, Ni Kun vowed to travel abroad early next year.
Even going to a war-torn place like Iraq or Afghanistan is definitely better than staying at home and accepting the bombardment of forced marriage by elders.
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Cheng Hao looked at the sample of the watch, selected it for a while, handed it to the secretary next to him, and then instructed:
"Tell them not to put a sign, not to add any sign. If you want to add it, add it to the movement. ”
The secretary said "yes" and took the pattern.
Although I don't know what Mr. Cheng is doing with such an expensive watch, he will never ask.
In fact, Cheng Hao didn't think about what gift to give to Xiang Xiaoyuan after thinking about it for a long time.
The birthday on the first day of the Lunar New Year is really domineering!
It's also good that New Year's and birthday gifts can be combined.
He suddenly remembered the sweater, when would she give it to him? Could it be that she was too busy for the Spring Festival and she forgot it?
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The club's business reception was still as bright as ever.
The circle is so big, and the people who come to participate are some familiar faces.
Participating in this kind of rich club is a display of status to the greatest extent. If you want to be among the upper class, this is a necessary business card.
Cheng Hao has always disliked the atmosphere here, in his words, "what kind of elegance to pretend!"
Because compared to Ni Kun, Lou Jie, Fu Xianlong, Lan Shaoqi and other children of the family, he can really only be regarded as a leopard, and he still can't learn the style of some celebrities.
In fact, this kind of place also has the benefits of this kind of place. After all, some small trash fish can't squeeze in, don't worry about the small capital merchants who surround you like flies.
The women are also very well-educated ladies, after all, the threshold for entering the club is extremely high, and ordinary vulgar fans can't reach it.
"Are you coming for next week's charity auction?" Lan Shaoqi sat beside him with a wine glass.
Cheng Hao sneered and dismissed.
The so-called charity auction and charity dinner are nothing more than a transaction in the guise of charity.
Lan Shaoqi knew what he was thinking. But as a companion who is now in the same boat as him, he still has an obligation to educate the rich man so that he understands the rules and gameplay that should be followed to become a high-class person.
While they were talking, Lou Jie and Tang Yuan came over, and it was not an accident to meet here. A few people chatted for a while, talking mostly about inconsequential topics, just to show their knowledge and cultivation.
Not long after, a figure in a coat appeared, and people looked sideways, and Ni Kun and Fu Xianlong walked in like stars holding the moon.
Cheng Hao was disgusted for a while, as if he had to be late to show that he was different from Ni Dashao.
Lou Jie and the others bowed their heads, left politely, and walked over to greet Ni Kun and them, even Lan Shaoqi was not exempt from vulgarity.
In this narrow circle, money and status divide people's hierarchical order more clearly, and the reality is terrible.
On the contrary, Fu Xianlong came to his side:
"What's wrong? listless?"
Cheng Hao smiled at him and drank all the wine in the cup.
"Have you seen Duan Chenxi?"
Cheng Hao shook his head: "No." ”
That kid from the Duan family, like himself, has never been very enthusiastic about this kind of activity.
"How's the New Year?"
Cheng Hao would use this to tease him every time he finished the New Year, and he knew that for Fu Xianlong, the New Year was similar to the Flame Mountain.
Fu Xianlong smiled bitterly, and his heart palpitated:
"It's okay, it's the most haode year, because of my sister!"
Cheng Hao daxiao got up.
I suddenly feel that sometimes it is a good thing not to have the ties of my family.
For example, now, he has no pressure to get married.
Fu Xianlong didn't say anything anymore, silently lit a cigarette, recalling this chaotic Spring Festival, the purpose of the old people should not be too obvious, okay?
It is impossible for Fu Xiangzi and Ni Kun to be screwed into a rope at all, I really don't know what these old men think.
Cheng Hao filled Fu Xianlong with a glass of wine, as if what he drank at his house at that time was this brand of wine.
That girl was drunk in one sip, if this cup went down, I don't know what kind of state she would be, would she be in a coma for several days?
I don't know if Weishenme will think of her again, but when I see a wine bottle similar to that time, I can't help but think of her.
Then, he turned his head to look at Ni Kun, who was sitting not far away.
Ni Kun was talking to Lou Jie and them at the moment.
He had already taken off his coat, and he was wearing the sweater that Cheng Hao was familiar with and even had been worrying about.
The delicate sweater was lined with diamond-shaped patterns, and it was so appropriate to wear it on him.
With the gold-rimmed glasses that Ni Kun has been wearing, the delicate cufflinks of the shirt are exposed at the cuffs, as if they were tailor-made for him......
Cheng Hao felt like five thunderbolts, and the sweater was actually worn on Ni Kun......