Jiaqi saw that his smile was full of loneliness, pulled Jiawei, and also restrained his smile.

"Ruikang, what's wrong with you? What's so preoccupied? ”

Ruikang looked at them, smiled reluctantly, and shook his head, "It's okay." I'm fine. ”

"It's been a long time since you and Jiaqi, we don't care anymore, do you still care?"

"Oh...... Not ......"

"Hey, we went to your house two days ago, and we also explained to Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou. Didn't they write or send someone to tell you? Jiawei asked.

"What? Have you been to my house? Ruikang looked at them in surprise.

"Yes, we originally wanted to tell you first, but last time we talked about it, you didn't let us go at all, so we hid it from you, oops, anyway, it's not the first time we've gone to your house, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou greeted us very warmly."

Ruikang frowned, pulled Jiawei and asked urgently, "What did you all say to my father?" What did they say to you? ”

Jiaqi and Jiawei were a little puzzled by his eagerness, and Jiawei said, "Didn't you say anything?" We just hope that they will let go of your divorce and take you home. Hey, you can't just go home all the time. ”

Alas, Ruikang sighed secretly in his heart, he is really stupid, his father and mother will never publicize the ugliness of his family, what do he have to worry about? He was silent, and turned his head to look at the calm waters of the lake.

"By the way, Brother Ryan is a lot more cheerful, he doesn't stutter anymore, although the speed of speech is still slower, and his speech is still a little unclear, but his expression is very smooth, and ah, there are many more smiles on his face." Jiaqi tried her best to tell Ruikang some good news to dispel the gloom between his brows. Unexpectedly, Ruikang just walked to the willow tree and sighed.

"Brother Ryan and Ruojun get along very well, when I arrived at the chrysanthemum garden, I happened to see the two of them kissing me and my chrysanthemum, I really envy others. Ha ......" Jia Qi said happily: "Ruikang, your original worry was really too much. Seriously, except for Brother Ryan's disability, he is really a natural pair, and it is perfect to make a pair. ”

"Oh, is it? It looks like I'm doing it too much! Ruikang suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, sneered, leaned on the trunk of the tree, raised his head and smiled: "A natural pair, make a pair of ground, yes, they can talk about poetry and painting, taste tea and enjoy flowers, how elegant, how romantic, very good, very good, good ......" He kept saying "good" in his mouth, but his brows were frowning tighter, and there were too many complex feelings flowing in his eyes.

"You're not happy?" Jiawei asked.

"Hehe, how come? We have such a pair of fairy couples in our family who are envied by everyone, how can I be unhappy? I applauded, and it was too late to raise a glass to celebrate. Their affection really proves that blind marriages can be very happy, isn't it? Their affection is conclusive proof that the freedom of love and the autonomy of marriage that I advocate is ridiculous, isn't it? Well, now that everything has been confirmed, how can I be upset? I can shut up now, or I'll hit myself in the mouth. ”

The more he talked, the more excited he became, the more mean he became, and the more extreme he became, making Jiawei and Jiaqi look at him inexplicably, not knowing how to respond. After a while, Ruikang also felt that he had lost his temper, pursed his lips, turned away, and continued to look at the lake.

"Ruikang, what's wrong with you? How can he deny his freedom of marriage and love? The freedom of marriage and love is in line with human nature, and it is also an inevitable trend of human development, you know all this, how can it be absurd? Big Brother Ryan and Ruojun may just be a special case, but isn't this a good result? Jiaqi shook her head, looking at his back with bright eyes and puzzled eyes.

"Alas, Ruikang, I found that you and that Xu Manlin are very strange, one doesn't know what elixir to eat, and suddenly turns from an iceberg to a volcano, and the other doesn't know what to stimulate, and suddenly turns from a hot-blooded young man to a cold-blooded monster. Why are you so strict with your eldest brother and sister-in-law? I think we should all bless them. After all, it's not easy for them to love each other, and it's always gratifying to be like this now. Jiawei said with some resentment.

"Blessings? Of course. I bless them......" He clenched his fists, lowered his head and whispered, he had to restrain his emotions so that he would not show his feet, but his heart was churning badly, sour, painful, helpless, jealous, dissatisfied, and even with a trace of hatred, she still bowed to fate after all, she still fell into the arms of her eldest brother Ryan after all, she still made up her mind not to want him after all, the waves in his heart, wave after wave, almost past his throat, blurted out, shouting, but he couldn't, he turned around violently, looked at Jiawei Jiaqi's brother and sister, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'll go back to the dormitory first." With that, with a lot of anger, he strode away without looking back, leaving Jiawei and Jiaqi looking at each other suspiciously.

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The lobby of the Six Nations Hotel, the style is luxurious, the European-style decoration design, the Chinese and Western furnishings, the golden ornaments, the huge crystal chandelier, crystal clear, the light shines on the smooth and beautiful marble floor, reflecting the people and things around, as if walking on a glass mirror printed with floral patterns, the people who come in and out are all decently dressed, jewelry, radiant, the men are handsome gentlemen, the women are elegant and fashionable, just look at their clothes, and their head-scratching posture, it is like watching a fashion show.

Zhou Ruikang sat alone in a sofa in the corner of the lobby, silently watching these dignitaries and socialites come and go in and out of the scenery, since he met Xu Manlin, he is no stranger to this atmosphere, but he has never liked this kind of occasion filled with the atmosphere of drunkenness. Just ten minutes ago, he was at the door of the hotel, and saw a rural woman begging in the corner of the hotel with a thin skinny child in her ragged arms, and a man with broken legs, prostrate on the ground and begging for food, which made him extremely sad, he gave them all the money he could give in his pocket, but in a blink of an eye, just around the corner, there were more beggars who stretched out their hands to him for help, he had no ability to give alms anymore, and he could not take all the beggars home for his parents to support, These are the pictures that touch his soul, and these men and women in suits and leather shoes, with fat faces in the hotel, look like they are acting in his eyes, a real and numb play.

He regretted a little that he agreed to Manager Zhu to attend a dinner, but after leaving his family's financial support, he also began to realize the difficulty of survival, and he couldn't willfully lose a job that he relied on for a living. He has begun to know how to compromise and endure.

Manager Zhu asked him to wait in the lobby, he didn't know where he was going, Ruikang looked at his watch, a little impatient. After a while, Manager Zhu finally appeared again, hurriedly ran over, and said, "Oh, didn't I tell you to wear a suit?" How do you wear a tunic suit? ”

"Is there anything wrong with the tunics?"

Manager Zhu glanced at him complainingly and said, "Not really, but there is a dance party after dinner, and there are rules at the dance that men should wear suits and women should wear evening dresses." ”

"Oh, then I'm not going to the prom." Ruikang doesn't think it matters.

"Hey! No, no, you're the protagonist, so I'll go buy a suit with you now. As soon as the words came out, Manager Zhu subconsciously covered his mouth.

"I'm the main character?" Ruikang thought that he had misheard, and tilted his head to look at Manager Zhu.

Manager Zhu rolled his eyes, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Oh, no, no, no, I said it wrong, I mean you are the representative of our publishing house, of course the protagonist, you can fight for me, find more materials, or chat with people, see if there are any big bosses willing to cooperate with us, whether anyone knows well-known writers, and whether anyone wants to autobiography......"

"Well, okay, then I'll take a look at it while I'm eating, and I'm not going to the ball."

"Oh, why don't you open your mind, when you eat, who has time to talk to you, it's too late to be busy eating, only at the dance, everyone has the opportunity to talk." You have to go. Manager Zhu's face was very nervous for no reason, and sweat was oozing from his forehead.

"Manager Zhu, I'm not interested in dancing, and I don't want to change my clothes to dance, if they think the tunic is too serious and not suitable for dancing, then I won't go." Ruikang frowned, and his stubborn temper came up again.

Manager Zhu looked at him, then at his watch, it was already time to start the banquet, and he had to try to persuade Ruikang to buy clothes, but it was too late, so he had to give up, frowning and compromising and said: "Okay, let's go to the restaurant first, I'll find someone to be accommodating about the ball." His attitude seemed to be trying his best to please Ruikang, which made Ruikang very puzzled, how important was he as a small intern?

Ruikang nodded, and Manager Zhu pulled him towards the restaurant.

This is the main dining room of the Six Nations Hotel, spacious and magnificent, but also a European decoration, chandeliers, a complete set of Western utensils on display on the elegant dining table, a pile of knives and forks alone, flowers and candlesticks in the middle of the table, the restaurant is already full of people, Zhou Ruikang glanced at the crowd, either wearing military uniforms, or suits, there are many foreigners, and some stars, Zhou Ruikang, a college student, does not know many important people, only in newspapers and magazines have seen photos, only a little recognized.

Manager Zhu began to greet the people around him with a smile, Ruikang felt that he was not only stranger to these people, but also incompatible, he looked at Manager Zhu kept nodding his head and waist, kept handing over business cards, and the kung fu of being able to get along quickly with people he didn't know, he felt quite novel, and he also admired it a little, but he felt that he didn't have that cheek, so he just followed behind Manager Zhu and smiled silently.

"Boss Xu!" Manager Zhu suddenly raised his head and shouted, his face was full of smiles, and he couldn't even find his eyes when he smiled, so he excitedly stretched out his two hands and walked forward quickly, holding the hand of a middle-aged man.

Ruikang looked up, his heart immediately sank, Xu Ruhai's scheming face appeared in front of him, holding a cigar between his fingers, while shaking hands with Manager Zhu, he turned his face, a puff of smoke came out of his mouth, and he looked at Zhou Ruikang with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.