Chapter Twenty-Three: Choosing to Give Up
I know that the relationship with Li Man is completely irreversible, and the original best friend is now an enemy because of Ouyang Ze. Now my only fear is that Li Man will "do something extreme" as Wu Yao said...
Since Li Man made a "threat" to me at noon that day, every day she looked at me with such sharp eyes, and a weird smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, just like a scheming concubine in the ancient harem.
Looking at her smile, I feel more and more that this candy store can't stay anymore, and I'm afraid that sooner or later I will be killed by her eyes here...
"The boss... I want to resign..."Finally, the boss came to the store to see the amount of income this month, and I had the opportunity to resign.
The boss looked at me with a look of surprise on his face, and his hand that had been flipping through the ledger stopped in mid-air. "Don't! Chen Rui, don't you think the salary is small? I'll give you a raise! "The boss insisted that he would give me a salary increase, in order to keep me.
Li Man, who was still repeating the tidying up work he had been doing every day, put down the rag in his hand when he heard that I was about to resign, and walked towards the cash register.
"That's it, Chen Rui, don't go~ If it's for money, the boss will give it to you~" Her tone is still so arrogant, and the appearance of a needle hidden in the cotton seems to indicate something, does she know that I am MB?
"It's not because of the money, it's just that I still have to prepare for the thesis, and I want to take a good rest during this time." I didn't look at Li Man, but I still discussed my resignation with my boss.
"Alright then, let's finish this month first, and it'll be the end of the month in a few days. When the time comes, you will be paid. The boss knew that I had made up my mind, so he didn't persuade me anymore, but just sighed at me helplessly.
When I turned my head to look at Li Man, I noticed that she was still looking at me with contempt. Her heart is really cold, she has really changed...
For the last 5 days in the store, we still didn't talk to each other.
She would still peek at me from time to time, and when I took out my phone to send a text message or look at the space, she would pay more attention to my every move, and always felt that I would contact Ouyang Ze. Truth be told, though, we only see each other every day for those few hours in the morning, and as for phone calls and texts... Basically, no...
"I'm resigning..."Another morning, lying in Ouyang Ze's arms, I told him the news of my resignation.
"Really? That's great! You've finally figured it out! Believe me! I'll be good to you! He hugged me tighter, and his tone sounded so excited.
Well, he must have thought that I quit my job at MB, that's why he said so much nonsense...
"Uh... It's candy store work...", I twisted my hugging body and explained to him in an awkward tone.
"Why?" He didn't seem to understand my cooking, after all, he didn't know about the changes in Liman...
I turned around, looked into his piercing eyes, and stroked his face with my hand, "Because of your face... My friend Li Man... She's got a crush on you... My friends can't do it, and I can't stay in the candy store..."
"Didn't she know I liked you?"
"But she still likes you, so we're no longer girlfriends now, we're rivals in love..."
Hearing me say this, a glint flashed in his eyes, "What did you just say?" Rival? He tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, and asked me in a trembling tone.
"Yes! Rival! We are rivals! "I grabbed his ears and shouted in his ear to let him know what was going on in my heart.
"Then just quit your MB job and let me be good to you! Really good for you! Ouyang Ze held my hand and looked at me in a firm tone.
"Okay, I promise you won't do MB anymore." I made this decision so hard, thought about it for so long, and still made the decision I thought was right: give up the nightlife and try to love this man.
He looked at me excitedly, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes. "Hurry up and put away your tears for me, don't be as hypocritical as a." I reached out and covered his eyes, not wanting to see the moment when tears flowed from the corners of his eyes...
"Rui Rui, let me raise you." He took my hand away and looked at me with a straight eye that didn't seem to give me a chance to avoid it.
"I can support myself and I want to get another job." I rejected him, because I didn't like the kind of life that was fostered, the kind of life of the young master who had no worries about food and clothing, and fine clothes and fine food was not what I wanted, what I wanted was freedom and unrestrained.
"That..."
"Don't persuade me, I'll find a job on my own, that's all." I interrupted what he was about to say, and I didn't want to listen to him continue to persuade me.
Lying quietly in his arms, feeling his temperature, feeling his heartbeat, and smelling the faint smell of perfume on his body. I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
That morning, we fell in love again.
He was still as gentle as usual, and his movements were still so light, like fiddling with a fragile glass doll to me. He still whispered in my ear as before, whispering that he loved me, kissing my earlobe, and after it was over, he still lay on my body weakly and panted, gently caressing my skin...
At this moment, I felt that all the pain I had experienced in my body and all the unhappiness in my heart disappeared in an instant. This, perhaps, is the warmth that Ouyang Ze brought to me, this warmth melted all the misfortunes...
"Have you ever loved someone else?" I tilted my head sideways and whispered in his ear. I don't know what to ask, I would suddenly ask such a question, perhaps out of curiosity about his tenderness.
"There was a... But later, he got married because of family reasons. This seemed to poke at his sore spot, and although his tone was flat, the loss of his eyebrows could not hide his sadness. He got out of top of me and lay on his side, his sad look still out of tune with his temperament.
"Oh, I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked." I moved to his side, like a bird nestled in his arms.
"It's okay, I'm glad I have you now. I'm not going to let go this time no matter what! He put his arm around my shoulder and looked me in the eye affectionately.
"This time, I'm not leaving. I'll stay with you after signing the contract. ”
"Haven't signed a contract yet? It's been so long. ”
"Who knows what he thinks, it's just pushing it back." Business can always make him serious, and his voice seems stiff.
"That's fine, just enough to be with you every day. You don't have to wait for the contract to be busy with immigration. ”
"Immigration? You don't want U.S. citizenship anymore? ”
"For your sake, I'm going to stay with you." He gently pinched my chin and teased me.
At this moment, I feel like the happiest person in the world. Ouyang Ze actually gave up his American nationality for the sake of an insignificant me, and gave up his American company to stay with me! I was really overwhelmed by this sudden happiness...
Tomorrow, with Ouyang Ze's tomorrow, will it be better?