Chapter 268: The Pursuit of Happiness
The meal in the Imperial Mansion ended unhappily, which seems to have been the daily process after Du Zeming and Li Shujun met. Du Zeming looked depressed on the way back, Liu Anfei didn't know what to say for a while, but she was worried about whether forcing Du Zeming like this caused him too much pressure.
Liu Anfei didn't want Du Zeming to worry about this, even though she really wanted to complete the marriage with Du Zeming immediately. But loving someone is always full of trade-offs and trade-offs, and that's the case now.
If you want to give Du Zeming a more relaxed environment, then it is best not to be too aggressive in the matter of marriage, but if Liu Anfei does not take the initiative to act, she has no way to give herself a satisfactory explanation.
After knowing Du Zeming and choosing to be with him, Liu Anfei decided that the Du family and this man were the safe haven that could accommodate her little boat. She has always been convinced of this, and Du Zeming made her feel a sense of belonging and the warmth of home.
It's just that the current home can't really be regarded as Liu Anfei's home, she is more like a tenant in this family, but she is already grateful to Dade just for this. In this love, she is undoubtedly humble and sacrifices the most, but she feels that everything is worth it.
In this family, Du Lin is Lin Qingrou's child, and there are still many traces of the former hostess in the whole house, whether it is living habits, clothing items or food tastes, everything is related to Lin Qingrou.
Now even the most important Du Zeming's heart does not necessarily belong to Liu Anfei, how can such a situation not make her feel worried? If she wants to be promoted from the tenant of this house to the hostess, it is only one step away.
It's a pity that this step is like a thousand mountains separated by thousands of rivers, and if you want to take a step over, you have to overcome layers of barriers, which is far from being as simple as imagined. She hated this unattainable torture, but she had to endure and still play the role of a tenant who did her duty.
"That's your idea, right?" Du Zeming was silent for a long time before speaking.
What he was referring to in his words was the fact that Li Shujun was so forcefully forcing him to marry in the Imperial Mansion today. With Du Zeming's careful thinking, it is not difficult to guess the reason behind this, because today's dinner in the Imperial Mansion was caused by Liu Anfei.
Liu Anfei naturally did not have any need to hide it at this time, but frankly admitted the fact that he intended to let Li Shujun come forward to bring up this matter. It's just that she also emphasized that she didn't know that Li Shujun would use such tough words, and she also felt sorry for this.
Du Zeming sighed and said, "Didn't I say give me some time?" β
Liu Anfei is already immune to this sentence, because the so-called time has no specific constant, which can be a week, a month, or half a year, or even a year or two. She didn't know if Du Zeming really just gave him some time to deal with his mood.
Or maybe it's just a procrastination and a perfunctory excuse. Liu Anfei felt that at least from the current point of view, the more this matter dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for her, so she couldn't stand this kind of indefinite waiting.
"How long do you want me to wait, but I don't think I can afford to wait any longer, because the time you gave me is obviously unknown." Liu Anfei's expression was gloomy, this was the pain in her heart.
Du Zeming stopped talking, he knew that he had no way to make any reasonable explanation for this, that was the rhetoric he used to prevaricate, even if he had thought about using some time to sort out his thoughts, and then he should be able to devote himself to the married life with the woman next to him.
It's a pity that Lin Qingrou's reappearance has made the whole situation more complicated. Du Zeming didn't admit that he had a lot of feelings for Lin Qingrou, but not admitting it obviously didn't mean that it didn't exist, so that he himself began to have doubts.
This suspicion grew day by day, and Du Zeming's mind became more and more unable to be calmed. His energy began to be scattered, and a part of it had quietly drifted to Lin Qingrou's body, and he felt that it would be better for Lin Qingrou to never appear in front of his eyes again.
But there will be no such assumption in life, this woman who Du Zeming once hated so much, began to disrupt the rhythm of his life, and his spiritual thoughts, even when he was about to run towards a new married life, were stumbled by her.
Of course, Lin Qingrou had no intention of doing this at all, but Du Zeming was not able to handle the current relationship between the two people. Is this to blame on Lin Qingrou? Du Zeming herself felt a little annoyed, in Lin Qingrou's eyes, she was just Du Lin's father, and she didn't have any other thoughts at all.
It was precisely because of Lin Qingrou's calm state of mind that Du Zeming felt even more irritable. Why can that woman be so calm and light, and her heart is like a storm, and there is no sign of calming down.
Du Zeming felt that he had lost to Lin Qingrou, after each other chose to end that unhappy married life, when they looked back again, Lin Qingrou faced it calmly and laughed at it, but Du Zeming was never able to really let go in his heart.
He thought it was a little ridiculous, and the truth was that it shouldn't be the way it was now. He obviously hated that marriage more than Lin Qingrou, and he couldn't see this partner who made him lose face countless times, but the deeper he hated, the more he cared.
"I see, let's schedule a time to meet." Du Zeming didn't want to continue to be entangled like this, and he didn't want to live up to Liu Anfei, who had always been by his side.
After hearing Du Zeming's words of approval, Liu Anfei was speechless for a while, she felt that her nose was sour, and her eyes were a little moist, and she felt that her world suddenly opened up.
Since the last time she had an unexpected reunion with Zhou Yi and Wu Li in the store, Wu Li sent someone to send the remaining two pots of tiger piran, as well as a few pots of green plants they gave as a token of their gratitude.
Zhou Yi didn't come over this time, but Wu Li found a loading driver outside to come over. Presumably, Zhou Yi's work in the company is usually very busy, and there is no way to help Wu Li at any time.
Lin Qingrou was very grateful to the two of them for their kindness, knowing that now that she thought of Zhou Yi and Wu Li coming together, Lin Qingrou would cause some emotion. Fate is such a thing, it is really wonderful, seeing the two of them getting along so harmoniously and intimately now, Lin Qingrou has a sense of satisfaction.
In fact, as long as the people around her can be happy, Lin Qingrou will be satisfied with this, she will be grateful for the luck and joy that life gives, and is there a better beauty than everyone living a happy life?
She is not a selfish person, she always smiles so that others can embrace happiness. She is such a kind and selfless, gentle woman like water, and sometimes people feel distressed for her.
Du Hongming is now the one who pays attention to Lin Qingrou with a loving gaze at that moment. He understands Lin Qingrou, and at the same time hopes that he can enter this woman's heart. The woman who can make Du Hongming fall in love so much is only Lin Qingrou over the years.
Du Hongming, like Lin Qingrou, is a person who has been emotionally traumatized, Du Hongming's love in the past, the heat of love, the tragedy of love, so much so that he was willing to give up everything for this, thinking that he would be able to have the whole world in that way.
It's just that while Lady Luck favors some people, she also forgets some people. Du Hongming lost his lover in this cruel forgetting, and he lost the ability and courage to love again.
And now, Lin Qingrou appeared in his calm life, which rekindled his hope of love. He didn't know why this emotion came so quickly, so that he repeatedly endured it, and finally couldn't stand it and fought for it.
When Lin Qingrou cleaned up the rooms one by one in the store, she saw Du Hongming standing at the door with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. She subconsciously glanced at the time on the wall clock and made sure it wasn't a weekend.
"Why are you here?" Lin Qingrou greeted him with a smile on her face.
Du Hongming stretched out his hand and handed the flowers in his hand to Lin Qingrou, and said solemnly: "I wish Boss Lin's teahouse a good opening and prosperous business." β
Lin Qingrou frowned slightly, and said to Du Hongming: "Don't make fun of me." It's not the weekend, how do you have time to come to me? β
Du Hongming casually picked up the two bags of garbage that Lin Qingrou had just cleaned up, and replied as he walked towards the door: "Actually, I gave myself a vacation today." β
Why does this sound so arrogant, Lin Qingrou feels that Du Hongming seems to have become more and more naΓ―ve recently, and he will make some jokes from time to time, and the whole person seems to be almost incompatible with the image of the company's president.
After Du Hongming came back from throwing out the garbage, Lin Qingrou said: "You are the president of a dignified group company, and you are not in charge of the overall situation in the company, so you come to my small tearoom to help take out the garbage, and I can't afford to pay you a salary." β
Du Hongming smiled lightly and said, "Then don't pay, you just treat me as a free laborer." By the way, why didn't you see Song Miao today? β
"Oh, she's going back to her parents' house to visit the children in the past two days, and it will definitely be very busy when it opens in a few days, so I advised her to go back while she has time now."
Lin Qingrou poured a cup of tea from the back room as she spoke.