Chapter 21: Alternatives
What I didn't expect was that Xiao Qingmo ignored me, turned around and left.
I was stunned, he waited for me all night, and then left like this? A man's heart is a needle, and he really can't get it up.
I thought that the victory was in my hands, but I didn't think that it was a bamboo basket for nothing. Could it be that I miscalculated, Xiao Qingmo didn't like me at all?
"Grandma, Su Soft is there!"
As soon as she turned around, Tang Jingwen took Tang Li to menacing.
"What's going on?" Tang Li looked behind me, then at me and asked.
I spread my hands innocently, "It's hot at night to take a break, I don't know how to alarm you." ”
Tang Jingwen looked at me dumbfounded, "Su Ruan, you were obviously having a tryst with a man just now!" ”
"Really?" I took a moment to say, "Say whatever you like." ”
Tang Li glanced at me deeply and scolded: "Don't run around alone at night, and Jingwen, you have nothing to do!" ”
"Grandma!" Tang Jingwen was so angry that she stomped her feet.
I was happy to be at ease, and I went back in a good way. When you come, you are empty-handed, and when you leave, you have flowers in hand.
Tang Jingwen, a fool, doesn't want to think about it, no matter whether I am having a tryst with someone tonight or not, Tang Li will definitely not let this reputation spread. The daughter of the Tang family is only of the right age for me to marry, how could she make me lose my reputation.
……
I received a call early the next morning that my mother and the three of them were going back.
My uncle's condition has stabilized, and he is waiting for the kidney source. Before leaving, my mother hugged me and cried again, although Zhang Sufen, an old lady, was fierce and unreasonable, it was rare to be transparent.
"I'll do your business, remember." Zhang Sufen awkwardly told me a few words.
It was only two hours from Beicheng to Changzhou, and after they boarded the plane, I stood for a while. I saw a plane flying in the sky, leaving a wisp of exhaust fumes.
Life is going in an irreversible direction, and it is impossible for me to really obey the Tang and Li clans to marry, so the debt of 500,000 yuan has become a turtle shell that cannot escape.
"Who's a big fool, you're a big fool......"
I picked up the phone and heard the other end of the phone say, "Hello, is it Miss Su Soft?" ”
"Yes."
"You voted for our magazine two months ago, and you won the first prize with a bonus of 50,000 yuan, and we want to ......"
I didn't continue to waste that phone bill and just hung up.
Now the fraud methods are really endless, and they are still pretending to be magazines, when have I ever voted for it......
Forehead? Is life only a matter of reluctance?
I suddenly remembered that I had actually submitted a manuscript two months ago, and it was an ink painting, which was quite a dark subject. I saw a contest held by a magazine, so I sent my manuscript over.
Calculating the time is really the result at this time, and I was busy calling over.
An hour later, I was sitting in the living room of Shanshui magazine.
This magazine occupies an exclusive floor in the Zijin Building, with elegant decoration and friendly staff.
"Miss Su has been waiting for a long time." A woman in her mid-thirties walked in, smiling all over her face.
I stood up and hurriedly said, "I didn't have to wait long. ”
"My name is Wang Ying, and I am the editor-in-chief of Shanshui." Wang Ying handed me a business card and said politely: "I invite you to come this time, in addition to giving you a bonus, I also want to ask you if you are willing to work as an artist in our magazine." ”
It feels like pie is falling from the sky!
"Shanshui" mainly publishes photographic content and paintings, accompanied by small print. I bought an issue by chance, and many of the contents on it are manuscripts by famous authors. According to unreliable sources, this magazine has a strong background and does not want to make a profit, but only wants to promote the beauty of the rivers and mountains of our motherland!
"If I had this honor, there would be no problem." I suppressed the excitement in my heart and said reservedly.
Wang Ying was a neat and neat person, and stretched out his hand and said, "Then welcome Xiao Su to "Shanshui". ”
I held the other person's hand and felt a sense of vanity stepping on cotton.
I joined on Monday, and the salary was negotiated on the spot.
I was standing in front of the Zijin Building, the sun was blazing, and I had an extra 50,000 yuan in my account.
I called and wanted to ask Xiao Qiao to eat hot pot, but I didn't expect to be unable to get through after calling twice.
After thinking about it, I opened the mailbox and saw that there was one more email.
[Soft, I have an urgent mission on a business trip. You take your medicine on time and everything goes well. Leave a card under the sofa cushion and the password is your birthday. As for Xiao Qingmo, if you like it very much, you will sleep with him. If you like it, you can talk about love. Although that person is a turtle bastard, he has a good skin. Love you Joe deep winter stay. 】
You're just taking your medicine on time!
I read the contents of the email over and over again, and I was a little sad. I don't know what this guy does, and sometimes he comes back with scars. I never dared to use the money he gave me, for fear that he would come back that day and be crippled, and he wouldn't even have any money for treatment.
Phew! I'm also cranky.
[Squish, why don't you answer my call? 】
[Soft, is it convenient to meet now? ] 】
An unfamiliar phone number sent me several text messages in a row, and I knew it was Xu Wenhui at a glance.
I put him on the blacklist, and naturally I couldn't answer his calls.
The phone rang insistingly, and I pretended not to hear it.
"Su Soft!" As soon as he looked up, Xu Wenhui stood a few steps away with his mobile phone.
I turned around and left, and he rushed up and grabbed me, and said angrily, "What kind of temper are you making?" ”
I noticed the platinum ring hanging from his neck, sneered in my heart, reached out and played with it, looked at him with a smile and asked, "You take the ring I gave you, doesn't Li Zifei mind?" ”
"She's always been empathetic, not like you." Xu Wenhui grabbed me and refused to let go, "Let's talk in another place." ”
I couldn't resist him, so I went with him to a nearby café.
"What happened after you were taken away by Xiao Qingmo last time?" Xu Wenhui stared at me and asked.
I said boredly, "What do you think?" ”
Xu Wenhui's face changed, and he was probably guessing something bad.
After a while, he said with a solemn face: "Soft, if you really want to be with Xiao Qingmo, you will definitely regret it." ”
"Why?" I saw that he didn't want to tell a lie, and he was a little serious.
He hesitated for a moment, then took out two photos and handed them to me.
The person in the photo is Xiao Qingmo, taken on a rainy day, not very clear, but I still recognize him at a glance.
He was wearing black trousers, a smoky gray shirt, and a petite girl in his arms, and Liang Fei followed carefully with an umbrella.
The girl was wearing a pink dress, and her whole face was buried in his arms, and she couldn't see what she looked like.
I looked at it for a while, then the next one.
It's spring, and the spring flowers are crawling all over the ground not far away, and the tender yellow color is very eye-catching.
Xiao Qingmo was sitting on the grass, and a girl was standing behind him.
He turned his head, and the girl kissed him on the lips.
There is only one silhouette, but it reveals the silence of time and the beauty of the long years.
"Four years ago, Xiao Qingmo won the Architectural Institute of America Award, and his fame was immediate. At the beginning, many people wanted to see his true face, but they couldn't ask for a photo. Xu Wenhui saw that I was moved, and immediately said: "Outsiders only know that his net worth background is unusual, but they don't know that he has a lover who is regarded as a treasure." ”
"How do you have these pictures?" I couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Xu Wenhui said a little proudly: "My family has some status in the press industry, Su Ruan, you have also seen it." At the beginning, how many people wanted to dig out Xiao Qingmo's private life, but they only got two blurry photos, and they were recovered by Xiao Qingmo. ”
"So......" I laughed, "do you want to tell me that I can't replace this girl's position in Xiao Qingmo's heart, and want me to retreat?" ”
Xu Wenhui nodded again and again, looking at me with a look of pity, "You are just a stupid girl, you can't see who is the best for you." ”
"Well, you're good to me." I reached out and pulled at the two photos, looking at them again and again.
Xu Wenhui climbed up the pole, grabbed my hand and said affectionately: "Soft, I have made a marriage contract with Zifei since childhood, and there is no way to do it." But you know best what my heart is for you. ”
yes, I know. So I stupidly thought I was in love with you, shh
I withdrew my hand, stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "Wen Hui, since I was raised by Xiao Qingmo, then I just got his money, why should I care about his heart?" ”
I didn't look at Xu Wenhui's face, I got up and left, and when I went out, I took out a wet tissue and wiped my hands.
The sun was scorching outside, and the shadows of those two photos shook in my heart.
Su Soft, you ask yourself, do you really care?
I seem to understand why Xiao Qingmo treats me differently. Because the girl's figure looked a little like me, but I knew it couldn't be me.
At that time four years ago, I was still lying in the hospital trying to die, how could I have sex with someone.
I typed Xiao Qingmo three words in Baidu, and an encyclopedia came out.
Born in Beicheng and raised in Haicheng. At the age of 15, he went to Pennsylvania University in the United States to study architecture, and at the age of 18, he transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architectural engineering. At the age of 21, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in architecture and entered the Harvard Graduate School of Architecture in the same year. At the age of 25, he won the American Institute of Architects Award, and his fame was immediate.
I read it in one sitting, and I realized what kind of man I had met.
It took me a long time before I reacted
It was Tang Li's call who picked up, and his voice was quite excited, "The other party finally agreed to meet, at eight o'clock in the evening at the Chang'an Hotel." Su Ruan, you come back soon, I tell you something. ”
There is really nothing to be excited about on a blind date with a man you have never met.
All I can do is try my best to make the other party look down on me.