Chapter 44: Emotions that have nowhere to be placed
"Cong Rong, it turns out that you are from Shandong! I haven't heard Ye Keke mention it before, I always thought you were also from Shanghai. Xiao Zhengyun asked Cong Rong after she finished ordering.
"If you think so, it's not surprising. Because when I was young, I actually lived in Shanghai with my parents. It's just that when I was 12 years old, due to the death of my father and my mother's remarriage abroad, I moved back to my hometown in Shandong by myself to live with my grandmother, grandfather and aunt. So, actually, I am also half Shanghainese, at least the hukou is written in Shanghai. This short self-introduction revealed Cong Rong's bumpy experience when she was young, but she didn't want Xiao Zhengyun's sympathy. It's just that since he asked, she blurted it out without thinking.
After Xiao Zhengyun listened carefully to Cong Rong's words, he didn't rush to respond, nor did he ask another question. He picked up a bottle of red wine on the table, stood up with a break, and poured some into the wine glass in front of Cong Rong. He sat down again and poured some more into his cup.
"Oh, I almost forgot to ask you, do you drink red wine?" Xiao Zhengyun had already picked up his wine glass, and then remembered that he had poured wine for others without the consent of the lady in front of him, which was too far from his usual style! And when facing Tang Song today, he felt that what he said was actually a bit excessive, after all, Tang Song had only met him 3 times. Two big men who are not very familiar with each other are actually-for-tat for a woman who is not very relevant, which is really not like what they usually do. Xiao Zhengyun looked at the woman in front of him, and felt more and more that he was about to lose control, although he didn't know the reason, but this was indeed the first time that someone had made him feel this way.
"What do you want?" Cong Rong looked at Xiao Zhengyun, who suddenly stared at him and didn't speak, and asked.
"Ah, I'm smelling the wine. It smells good and should be a good wine. Xiao Zhengyun said, put the wine in the cup to his mouth, tasted it carefully, and then said: "Well, this wine is indeed not bad, but unfortunately it is still bad."
"There's a good pot of tea missing." Without waiting for Xiao Zhengyun to finish speaking, Cong Rong took it directly.
"You're really talking about my psychology." After Xiao Zhengyun listened to Cong Rong's very tacit answer, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt that he must have met a confidant.
Soon, all the dishes they ordered were ready, Sixi roasted bran, braised prawns, braised crucian carp, sweet and sour short ribs, all of which were Shanghai's own dishes, thick oil red sauce, bright color, and appetizing.
Xiao Zhengyun put down the wine glass in his hand, picked up a shrimp and put it on his plate first. After he put down his chopsticks, he began to peel and decapitate the shrimp with both hands. After he quickly completed the operation, he picked up the chopsticks at hand again, picked up the shrimp, and put them in the bowl of Cong Rong opposite.
The whole process takes about half a minute, and it looks natural and skillful. After he finished, he continued to look at Cong Rong without changing his face and heartbeat, and asked her to hurry up and taste it while it was hot. However, in the next second, he couldn't continue to calm down.
Because, he clearly saw that Cong Rong on the opposite side was obviously about to put the shrimp he had just picked up in his mouth, but, for some reason, she suddenly cried, and tears began to drip down her cheeks uncontrollably.
"Cong Rong, it's okay, we're not sad. If you don't like shrimp, then we won't eat it. Xiao Zhengyun looked at the girl who suddenly cried in front of him, and suddenly felt as if something had touched the softest part of his heart all of a sudden. He didn't ask why, but only said something that he hoped would make Cong Rong happy.
Sure enough, after listening to the cold joke Xiao Zhengyun said, Cong Rong sneered and really burst into laughter.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Zhengyun, I made you laugh. I'm not a weak woman, who often likes pear blossoms with rain. It's just that just now I saw you peeling shrimp for me, which made me suddenly think of my father, who often peeled shrimp for me to eat when he was alive. But since I went abroad, it's been a long time since no one has done the same thing. Cong Rong was embarrassed to explain to Xiao Zhengyun for her behavior just now.
However, in fact, it is not easy for a single young woman who has lived overseas for many years and has long been accustomed to being strong and independent to cry in public. In addition to the reason that Cong Rong explained just now, the person who peeled the shrimp himself was also a reason.
Since Cong Rong met Xiao Zhengyun for the first time in November last year, she has begun to miss him, although even she herself was reluctant to admit it at first, but since she happened to see an interview video about Xiao Zhengyun on the Internet, she felt more and more that she had met a lifelong confidant, and even a beloved.
She knew that her idea was very stupid and naïve, after all, she was the son of a dignified piano maker, and she was about to be the successor of a multinational company, in charge of hundreds of millions of dollars, and she was just an ordinary woman who could not be more ordinary.
However, feelings are such a thing, after all, it is not something that can be controlled by control. Therefore, after meeting Xiao Zhengyun, Cong Rong not only learned more about Xiao Zhengyun as much as possible without moving, but also liked him in her own way, and in her own world, she wantonly vented her emotions that had nowhere to put it.
And now, Xiao Zhengyun is sitting in front of her. Unbeknownst to him, he was still talking to Cong Rong just now, but now he suddenly took the initiative to peel the shrimp and handed it to Cong Rong. This seems to be ordinary, but with a hint of ambiguity, but it completely broke Cong Rong's last line of defense, she didn't want to reveal the slightest trace of her feelings for him in front of Xiao Zhengyun, but after seeing the shrimp he peeled, she couldn't help crying.
The emotions in my heart continued to accumulate more and more, and if I was not careful, I shook it out and turned into two lines of tears.
"Wipe it, it's fine. Then I'll continue to peel the shrimp for you, you just have to eat and have fun. After Xiao Zhengyun listened to Cong Rong's words, he carefully handed over the tissue.