Chapter Twenty-Five: Farewell
The morning sun is always a joy to behold. Su Xiaoyan's home is still bright and clean, exuding a faint fragrance. Lu Ming hesitated when he opened the door, and finally didn't say anything to Su Xiaoyan, who was washing and drying on the balcony.
"I'll go back to K City later, and Lawyer Zhao will talk to you about the divorce. I'll come back when it's time to sign. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Su Xiaoyan say with his back to him. Lu Ming paused for a moment, and then replied half-loudly, "Hmm." "And left. This is the only time in such a long time that Su Xiaoyan feels relieved, Lu Ming should have understood his heart that he didn't want to quarrel with him anymore.
While Su Xiaoyan was sorting things out, Fan Chengze was also sorting things out. He cleared the expired ingredients like cream and cheese out of the refrigerator and threw them away.
Last night, Fan Chengze chatted with Zhao Yu for a night. Unlike women's chatter, love and the opposite sex are only the first half of their conversation, and few men will fully express their emotions in tears. Fan Chengze regarded Su Xiaoyan more as a love affair, although he was reluctant, he finally let go.
Zhao Yu also didn't get up late, and was a little surprised to see Fan Chengze busy in the kitchen. "Won't you? Can you cook your own food? ”
"How not? Drink porridge. I've lived alone for so long, and if I don't get something to eat, I'll starve myself to death. Do you have something to go out of? ”
"Hmm. Just now, the woman who was going to divorce called and said that she wanted to entrust it to me. I'm going to get a power of attorney. Zhao Yu glanced at the baking ingredients in the trash can, and then looked at Fan Chengze, who was drinking porridge with his head down, and muttered in his heart: "The two brothers are like a mystery." ”
"You're going to stay home?"
"No, I'm going to the construction site. My brother will come back today. ”
When Fan Chengze sent Zhao Yu to a coffee shop, Su Xiaoyan was already sitting near the window. Zhao Yu looked at the coffee shop when he got out of the car, and said casually: "Aze, look, that woman is my customer, I went in." ”
"Which one?" Fan Chengze just wanted to lie over to take a look out of curiosity, but at this time the phone rang, and when he saw that it was his father Fan Weiming, he waved goodbye to Zhao Yu and concentrated on answering the phone.
"Dad. Good. What time do you arrive? Well, I'll go over right away. Brother, he's going over too, I'll inform him. He made a phone call while driving and left. Su Xiaoyan, who was in the glass window, saw Zhao Yu getting up and greeted him with a smile.
Su Xiaoyan is still the same as when she first saw her, although she has been slightly retouched, her pale skin and slightly puffy eyes still make people see the clues.
"Lawyer Zhao, I bothered you last night. This is 5,000 yuan, the bar helped me pay compensation, and the advance payment of legal fees. Su Xiaoyan would rather have a lawyer come forward than bargain with someone she once loved.
Zhao Yu ordered 2,000 and handed it to Su Xiaoyan, and said gently: "If you promise Miss Chen's help, you won't need the lawyer's fees." I didn't do anything, we were all friends. Zhao Yu was muttering in his heart, after receiving this money, Fan Chengguang didn't pick up his own skin.
"That?" Su Xiaoyan was a little overwhelmed.
"You sign a power of attorney first, and it's important to do your business. Don't worry too much about that. Zhao Yu took out the text, and his tone was still calm and gentle. Tell me about your divorce request. ”
"I want custody of my daughter."
"Okay. What about anything else? ”
"Let everything else take its course, you can do whatever you want, and you don't want to fight for anything."
"That's not good, Xiaoyan, if you find me, I'll fight for your best rights and interests as your lawyer. Where is the divorce so light, he is still at fault. Zhao Yu was a little unhappy, and the agent questioned his ability.
"But, Lawyer Zhao, I just want to get a divorce as soon as possible." Su Xiaoyan's eyes showed a hint of impatience.
"If he doesn't agree to some of the conditions of the divorce, you can go to court first to file a divorce lawsuit and then separate. It won't affect the life you want to start over. Lawyer Zhao looked at Su Xiaoyan and nodded slightly. I don't know why, he thinks he understands her mood at the moment. But as a lawyer or entrusted by others, he wants to rely on his professional advantages to truly strive for the maximum interests for her and alleviate the pain caused by the divorce.
Su Xiaoyan said lightly: "Actually, wealth is just a comfort. A substitute for passing on marital unhappiness. ”
Zhao Yu said with a little excitement: "If the marriage is not happy, although you have failed, why not win a consolation prize?" ”
Su Xiaoyan looked at Zhao Yu with complicated eyes and wandered out of the window. On the crosswalk outside the window, a pair of men and women hugged each other, the smiles on their faces, and the happiness of no one beside them, stung Su Xiaoyan's eyes. She lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look at it again.
Fan Chengze didn't expect his mother Chen Jun to follow his father, and in front of his father, his mother asked a few words of concern about his life in K City. Later, Fan Chengguang came, and he saw that his mother's eyes were bright, different from looking at himself, there was more truth and love. Fan Chengze watched silently, quietly in such a familiar atmosphere.
Fan Weiming inquired about the general situation of the project and the sales situation, and said the purpose of the trip. "Chengguang, Aze has been following this project, since the beginning of construction, I mean let him continue to follow, and leave the sales to him."
Fan Chengze was just about to speak, when he heard Fan Chengguang say: "Dad, real estate and architecture are two different concepts. ”
Before he finished speaking, he listened to Chen Jun's interface: "Yes, the real estate sector has always been in charge of Ah Guang, and you suddenly let Aze, who has no experience, come in to take care of it, what should you do?" ”
"You don't have any experience to learn."
"You keep saying that you want Aze to exercise, knowing that it is enough for A-Guang to have a real estate, and you let him eat white rice under his brother, isn't it delaying Aze?" Chen Jun's words seemed to be partial.
The brothers listened to their parents arguing and discussed for a while. Fan Chengguang suddenly asked, "Aze, what do you think?" If you're willing to stay here, my brother will be happy too. ”
Chen Jun just wanted to speak, but Fan Chengguang's eyes stopped her. In fact, he didn't know that Fan Chengze's status in the hearts of shareholders is getting higher and higher, from a casual child to an outstanding engineer, which is very valuable for a group that started in construction. The sales of the first phase of Mingyuan are not ideal, and the shareholders have already complained that if Fan Chengze participates, the second phase happens to sell well, and the credit is likely to be his. And himself, although he has always earned for the group, but the occasional loss will make the newcomer shine.
Fan Chengze lightly swept the three relatives in front of him and said, "I want to go to City F for the project that has just been successfully tendered." ”
"What?" Chen Jun thought that Fan Chengze would not be in the real estate sector with his brother because of the difficulties, but he would no longer be willing to stay at the construction site, and he should take this opportunity to return to the group headquarters.
"You kid can't stay enough on the construction site?" Dad said dotingly: "We also have some projects in K City, you can go over." Why are you going outside again? ”
"Dad, I want to work seriously with a project, from start to finish. I used to learn, but now I want to be completely responsible for myself. Fan Chengze said. It's enough to have my brother as a sales king here, don't let me stay any longer, I'm tired of it. ”
Fan Chengguang listened to Fan Chengze's coquettish voice, and couldn't help but smile and nodded. Chen Jun even maintained the authority of his eldest son, and showed a friendly smile to Fan Chengze.
After the family of four had a happy dinner, Fan Chengze sent them to the hotel and went home. He called Liu Fan: "My father agreed that I would go to City F, how are we preparing for the project?" Yes, I can do both. Do a good job, Architect Liu. ”
It was too late to get home, and when I looked up at the dark windows of my home, I was disappointed, and it turned out that the surprise was also addictive. He suddenly didn't want to go home, and walked to the bus stop before Su Xiaoyan left. If, that day, he could go up and stop her, wouldn't he be so worried today?
Where did Su Xiaoyan come from?
At the reunion at the wedding two years later, Fan Chengze remembered this question that had plagued him for a long time but had never been explored. His car slowly followed Su Xiaoyan, watching her get out of the car with her daughter in her arms and waving goodbye to the man who was driving.
Wasn't that man her husband?
The street lamp dragged the tall and short figures for a long time, and the long and short shadows were talking about something all the time. Speaking of happiness, Su Xiaoyan stopped, squatted down and kissed her daughter's face. Although he couldn't see it clearly, Fan Chengze seemed to see the smile that raised the corners of his mouth. Those details in the memory, thinking that they had been erased at will, came suddenly, which made people sigh.
Su Xiaoyan's back gradually faded away, 2 years ago, that back still owed him a farewell.