98.

The snow outside had stopped, Ru Ting was wearing leather boots, her feet were a little slippery, Lin Hongwen stretched out his arm to her and asked her to carry herself. Ru Ting smiled and said, "This is the young master of Kangjitang?" I've only heard about it before, but today I can see it. ”

"How?" Lin Hongwen raised his eyebrows to look at her.

"Be humble and listen to what you say", Ru Ting commented seriously, "I think he is also very polite to you and the guys in the store, and he is not arrogant, he is indeed a good boss." ”

Lin Hongwen nodded, "He is very good, and he often teaches us some things." ”

While the two were talking, they walked to the door of a Western restaurant. Ru Ting has never been to this kind of place, everything is fresh, the menu is foreign, and she can't understand it, so Lin Hongwen is the master and ordered.

"It's much easier to find a Western restaurant on the street in China than it is to find a Chinese restaurant," Lin Hongwen said with a helpless smile, "If you want to say that something is delicious, it has to be a Fu family restaurant." ”

"I haven't eaten it, it's good to see and know", Ru Ting said, "By the way, I think you shouldn't remember, otherwise you wouldn't have fallen for that person." ”

"Don't remember what?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"The Shanghainese who lied to you was one of the people who accused me back then", Ru Ting said a little nervously, "They went to Kangjitang to make trouble back then, but I guess you don't remember him, otherwise you wouldn't have been fooled." ”

Lin Hongwen suddenly slapped the table, "It turned out to be him, I said why this person looks familiar, alas, if only I had remembered it earlier." ”

"Don't worry, I just told Boss Xu that I knew that person, and I didn't mention that you had also seen him", Ru Ting comforted him and said, "It was a few years ago, and it's normal not to remember." ”

Lin Hongwen didn't expect that Ru Ting would even think about such a subtle matter for him, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a while, and he didn't know how to continue the words. Seeing that he didn't speak, Ru Ting joked and said, "What, I don't know how to thank me?" ”

Lin Hongwen amused her and said, "yes, I'm thinking about it." ”

Ru Ting lowered her eyes, the corners of her mouth raised, and there was a little pride between her eyebrows, "I came out today, and I am very happy to be able to come to China Street to see the Western scenery." After eating Western food that I had never eaten before, it was a good thing. If you can accompany me to the movies again, then my trip will be worth it. ”

"What's so difficult about this", Lin Hongwen said, "After eating in a while, let's go." ”

While the two were talking, the dishes were served with foie gras, cream soup, steak, and salad in turn. Ru Ting is not used to using knives and forks, and the strength of her wrists is small, so it is a little difficult to cut. Lin Hongwen took her dinner plate, cut it carefully and put it back, "I still think the chopsticks are easy to use." ”

Ru Ting nodded a little shyly, "Foreigners are quite tired after eating a meal." ”

"It's good to get used to it," Lin said.

Although she was a little uncomfortable, Ru Ting still ate happily, and after the two finished eating dessert, they slowly walked to the cinema. Lin Hongwen originally wanted to call a carriage, but was stopped by Ru Ting, who said that if she walked, she would consume food.

It was very cold, and the exhaled breath turned into a white mist, Ru Ting looked carefully at her feet, and asked thoughtfully, "Hongwen, do you remember the past?" ”

"What do you mean?" Lin Hongwen looked at her inexplicably.

"Those words I said to you when I was at the Concission."

"Some still remember," Lin said, "and some have forgotten." ”

"Then do you remember where we met again after Kang Ji Tang?" Ru Ting asked with a wry smile.

"Isn't it drunk rouge?" Lin Hongwen asked rhetorically.

Ru Ting shook her head, "Do you remember one time when you and Boss Zhou went to the Flower Building and saved a person who was beaten by the old bustard?" ”

Lin Hongwen was stunned, it was a few years ago, and the United Commercial Bank had not yet opened, and he and Zhou Shiying had just met. Zhou Shiying wanted to sell more than a dozen bottles of perfume in his hand, so Lin Hongwen took him to find Sister Hong.

"You're that person?" Lin Hongwen asked.

Ru Ting nodded, "Back then, I was sold to the Flower Building by that gang of liars, I was disobedient, I ran away when I got the opportunity, and I was caught and beaten by the old bustard." That day, you and the boss surnamed Zhou happened to go to the Yinghua Building to find Qin Hong, and when you went downstairs, you saw the old bustard beating me, so I persuaded her not to fight. I was wearing a disheveled hair, and I didn't dare to look back at you, and I didn't look back at you until you walked over. I guess you didn't know it was me at the time, but I'll always remember that you saved me. In my heart, you have never changed. ”

Lin Hongwen lowered his eyes and listened to Ru Ting's words, turned his head and stared at her for a while and said, "No one can stay the same forever, and those who have always remained the same have long since died." ”

"I know", Ru Ting said with a light sigh, "I came out today and looked at the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls on the street, who were the same age next year, but I felt much older than them." They have been the pearl of their palms since they were children, and I was abducted by traffickers since I was a child, and then I was sold to a gang of scammers, and finally I was sold to Peach Blossom Lane", Ru Ting reached out and touched her cheek, and sneered, "Now...... Maybe this face is still young. ”

Lin Hongwen wrapped her hand in her palm, and Ru Ting continued to murmur, "There is a woman among the liars, she is very beautiful, but she has gray hair before she is thirty years old, and at that time she hid her gray hair and said to me, 'When the world is chaotic, people will age quickly. I was too young to understand what she was saying, but now I understand a little. ”

"It's not up to you to choose when you were born," Lin Hongwen relieved.

"There's nothing I can choose", Ru Ting said with a smile, "Where to go or what to do, I have never been able to do anything, and even going out to have a meal with someone I like is a luxury." ”

Lin Hongwen clenched Ru Ting's hand tightly and whispered, "It will be okay in a single qiē." ”

Ru Ting smiled bitterly, Lin Hongwen took her hand and walked into the cinema. "The Magic of Meriès" is still playing there, Ru Ting watched quietly, the light and shadow were intertwined on her face, Lin Hongwen seemed to see her many years later, she was like that very beautiful woman, she had gray hair before she was thirty years old.

After the end, Ru Ting said, "This person looks the same for a while, and when I see the end, I forget what he looks like." ”

Lin Hongwen smiled and said, "I guess even he forgot about himself." ”

"When you came with Miss He, did you say the same thing?" Ru Ting looked back at Lin Hongwen, who was stunned in place, "What, shouldn't I know?" ”

"She's just a child", Lin Hongwen said lightly, "I saved her, and she came to me several times." ”

"Will you marry her?" Ru Ting stood one step away and looked at Lin Hongwen with a smile.

"I have no intention of her", Lin Hongwen did not hide or avoid, looked at her gaze and said, "I won't marry her." ”

Ru Ting retracted her gaze, smiled quietly, and didn't ask anything else. Lin Hongwen thought that she should have a lot of things she wanted to ask, but she also understood that there were some things that she didn't have an answer to.

Lin Hongwen called a carriage for her, and watched the carriage leave, the wheels running over the snow, leaving two ruts stretching into the distance, no matter how long, they would not meet.

99.

After sending Ru Ting away, Lin Hongwen returned to the firm, and Xu Qingzhi beckoned him to go inside.

"Miss Ru Ting went back?" Xu Qingzhi asked.

Lin Hongwen nodded, "I have already asked He Mu to persuade Shi Ying over there in the Fu family store, and he blamed himself for looking away." ”

"Eat a trench to grow a wisdom, and it will be good to pay attention in the future", Xu Qingzhi said.

"That's what I persuaded him, and it's not all his fault, I've seen that man, and I don't see that he's a liar," Lin Hongwen said.

Xu Qingzhi nodded, and said with some hesitation, "That Miss Ru Ting...... Loved you very much. ”

Lin Hongwen turned his head to look at Xu Qing, and said calmly, "I'm just a regular customer of hers." ”

"She really likes you," Xu Qingzhi said firmly.

"Where did you see that?" Lin Hongwen asked with a smile.

"Eyes", Xu Qingzhi said, "the eyes she looks at you are different from those when she looks at others." ”

Lin Hongwen smiled disdainfully and shook his head, "Whether it's eyes or tears, they can all deceive people, and besides, what she was best at before was this." ”

"I still think that she treats you sincerely", Xu Qingzhi said, "but since you have no intention of her, why have you been in contact for so long?" ”

"Qingzhi, I can tell you that men and women don't necessarily do that kind of thing because of love, but I don't want to lie to you", Lin Hongwen sighed, "He Gui is also her regular customer." ”

Xu Qingzhi pondered for a while, and then said, "Hongwen, we are different from people like He Gui, he can do whatever it takes, but we can't." What a gentleman does and doesn't do, you should know. ”

"It's not that I don't have any sincerity for her," Lin Hongwen said, "When these things are over, I will redeem her and marry her." ”

"Do you think that if you redeem her and marry her, she should be grateful to you and should not care about you using her?" Xu Qingzhi asked, "One yard is one yard, no matter how good you are to her, it can't change the fact that you have used her." ”

"He Gui is cursing up with the Japanese," Lin Hongwen said, "He Mu also inquired that Yao Shunchang had given a gift to the police commissioner." Do you think we'll just mess with him? The person who made trouble in Fujiadian, you must have heard that he would make trouble if no one gave him benefits? It was also them who threatened Vincent's supply, so we found out, what if we didn't find out? In addition, today's liar was also brought to Yinghualou by Yao Shunchang, who can guarantee that he didn't lure Sister Hong to the bait according to He Gui's intentions? ”