Chapter 303: Hope Dashed
In Jiang Cheng's eyes, I saw that something called hope was crushed little by little.
"How can you forgive me?" Jiang Cheng's voice was hoarse.
"Isn't it too late for you to say this? Where did you go earlier? I sarcastically said.
"I ......," Jiang Cheng looked at me distractedly.
I looked away, "You go, I still have to go to work." ”
"I'll pick you up from work in the afternoon." Jiang Cheng said bitterly.
I didn't agree, I didn't refuse, and I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until his figure disappeared in the doorway.
I came back, and the matter spread faster than I expected, not only Wu Yanan and Su Xinyuan, but even some friends who didn't know each other called to inquire.
After explaining it to everyone, my mouth was dry, and I felt more and more that the clarification could not be delayed.
After the last call, I called Ike again and asked him to prepare a clarification for me.
"Need a press conference?" Ike asked.
"No, I've already made corrections at the police station, and I'll release the certificate and clarification tomorrow." I said after a moment's thought.
It's just the beginning, just a simple clarification, and it's not yet time for a press conference.
"I understood, and immediately set out to get people to do it."
"Well, the sooner this happens, the better."
Jiang Cheng did what he said, I was really ready to go home after packing my things, and he had already arrived on time.
I raised an eyebrow at him and didn't speak, and walked past him with my legs raised.
Jiang Cheng was not angry either, and followed closely.
Ignoring Jiang Cheng's expression that he wanted me to get into his car, I called a taxi straight home.
In the car, I saw Jiang Cheng driving behind, following the taxi, for fear of losing it.
"Girl, do you know the car in the back?" The driver said through the rearview mirror.
"Acquaintance." I don't say it lightly.
"Is it a boyfriend?" The driver asked curiously again.
"Husband."
The driver smiled, "You must have quarreled, I am from here, listen to my advice, husband and wife quarrel at the head of the bed and quarrel at the end of the bed, where is the overnight feud." ”
I looked at the driver's honest face, "Not all faults are forgivable. ”
"I don't know what you young people think, but I do know that if you choose someone, you should go on with him." The driver shook his head and said.
I don't say no, once I also thought about going on with Jiang Cheng for a long time, but he broke my illusions and shattered my trust in him.
It's easy to want someone to stop trusting you, but it's hard to regain that trust.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, the driver was also bored with himself, and drove the car attentively.
Soon, my house arrived, and after paying the money, I got out of the car and didn't leave Jiang Cheng with a look.
When I got home, I stood behind the curtain and saw that Jiang Cheng's car still hadn't left.
It just so happened that my mother came out of the kitchen and followed me to my side, and when she saw Jiang Cheng's car downstairs, she became angry.
"He has caused you so much sin, and he dares to come! Xiao Yao, don't forgive him for a while. ”
I lowered the curtain and looked at my mother, "Mom, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore." ”
"You're just easy to be soft-hearted, I'm worried that as soon as he says a few words, you'll forgive him. No, I'll tell your dad that you can't let him in. ”
Fortunately, what my mother was worried about didn't happen, Jiang Cheng didn't come to knock on the door all day, and I thought he was going back.
But when I went to work the next day, I saw that his car was still there.
And almost at the same time as I arrived downstairs, Jiang Cheng got out of the car.
His face was much worse than yesterday, with blue stubble on his chin and thick bruises under his eyes, which he couldn't resist with the smile he had when he saw me coming.
"You've been here last night?" I asked hesitantly.
"Well, I'm worried that I'll miss your time at work, so I've been staying here." Jiang Cheng is like a narrative, and his voice does not make the slightest wave.
"Do you think I'll relent?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
Jiang Cheng smiled bitterly, "I didn't think that doing this would make you soft-hearted, but only in this way can I settle my heart." I've lived a life of the walking dead for four months, and it's only the moment I see you that I feel like I'm alive. ”
Hearing this, my heart rippled, but it was quickly broken by Bao'er's dull eyes.
I regained my heart, "I don't want to see you, Jiang Cheng, if you still have a trace of friendship for me, then don't show up in front of me." ”
"I promise you everything else except this." At this moment, Jiang Cheng was surprisingly firm.
I smiled sarcastically, "If your mother had forced me and Chen Feng to call for ransom, you would have been as firm as you are now, and we would not have come to this point." ”
"You haven't forgotten about it." Jiang Cheng's body shook.
"Forget? How can you forget, you taught me? Not everything is forgotten over time. I can't forget it, and I don't want to. I hissed.
"Yao'er."
"Don't come here." I scolded Jiang Cheng who wanted to walk towards me.
He stopped half a meter from me, "Yao'er, I know you're in pain too, and so am I." Let's get back together and forget about it, okay? We will have children in the future. ”
"It's not good at all, I think of that kid when I see you." I said with tears in my eyes.
Jiang Cheng will not understand how devastated I was on the day I learned that my child was lacking in intelligence, let alone how desperate I was when I was in the fire.
He didn't know anything, he just said let me forgive him, but it was easier said than done.
"You don't forgive me, I don't force you, I'll send you to work." Jiang Cheng diverted the topic and said.
"No need, Jiang Cheng, don't make me hate you."
I knew that these words would deal a fatal blow to Jiang Cheng, but I didn't care.
His current blow is simply not a tenth of my pain, and he deserves it.
Jiang Cheng didn't leave obediently, but still followed me to and from work, and didn't go home at night, just rested in the car.
A week passed like this, and although he still greeted me every morning, I could see that his mental state was getting worse and worse.
There is always a clump of blue stubble on the chin, and thin wrinkles have grown at the corners of the eyes.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current Jiang Cheng is at least ten years older than before, and this aging state is still continuing.
And his persistence in the past few days has also made my heart softer and softer, but I can't get out of that hurdle.
Every time I think about what he looks like now, I always lose my mind.
On this day, just when I was as distracted as ever, Xu Yue suddenly rushed into my office.
"Madam, President he fainted."
Hearing that Jiang Cheng had fainted, I panicked in my heart, but then I held back my panic and pretended to be casual and said, "What does it matter to me that he fainted." ”
Xu Yue sighed, "I know that Mrs. still holds a grudge against the president, but for more than a week, the president has not thought about Mrs. tea and dinner, and has not eaten or drunk for several days, and has not closed his eyes." ”
"You should go to the doctor, not me." I scoffed.
Xu Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said with anger: "I thought that even if Madame's heart was a stone, it should be hot." But now it seems that you have no heart, ma'am. ”
I laughed so hard that tears came out of my eyes.
"You're right, I just don't have a heart, but why is my heart gone, don't you have a point in your heart?"
Xu Yue sneered, "This incident was an accident, all the evidence at that time was unfavorable to you, Madame, and the president had no choice." ”
"If this is considered an accident, then why not pay the ransom? This one was also an accident. I said sarcastically.
Xu Yue's face was a little unbearable, and he blushed and said, "The president thought about coming to save his wife, but the old lady forced her to die. Because of this incident, now the president and the old lady have broken up. ”
"What does it have to do with me?" I glanced at him and said.
Jiang Cheng had countless opportunities to hold my hand and face everyone's reproaches with me, but he didn't.
Even I once doubted that when Jiang Cheng saw those photos, he may have doubted me in his heart.
That's why when I took the initiative to leave, he didn't stay.
And when I was kidnapped by Chen Feng, with Jiang Cheng's skill, if he was really stopped by Jiang's mother, he would also try his best to save me.
So in the final analysis, it was just a matter of the century, and when Jiang Mu and I were in danger at the same time, Jiang Cheng chose Jiang Mu.
"Madam, I beg you, just go and see the president, who is calling your name even in a coma." Xu Yue lowered his head and pleaded bitterly.
"What's the use of watching? It's just adding grief and resentment. You go, I'm not going to see him. I said coldly.
"If Madame doesn't go with me to see the president today, I'll stay here and not leave." Xu Yue made up his mind and said.
I hooked my lips and smiled, "Whatever you want, I made a decision and will not change it." ”
Xu Yue said he could do it, he really didn't leave, and stayed outside the office all the time.
I also told him to stay as long as he wanted, as long as he didn't disturb his work.
I originally thought that Xu Yue would stay for a short time, because Jiang Cheng needed people on his side.
But unexpectedly, he stayed all afternoon, and kept the same position all the time, his eyes looking closely at me.
About two hours later, Xu Yue's phone rang.
I saw through the blinds that he answered the phone, and his face became more and more ugly, and I couldn't help but guess that he should be leaving.
But not long after I returned to my position, Xu Yue came in, not only anxious, but also panicked on his face.
"A call came from the hospital and it was found that the president had stomach cancer."
I sat down on the table with a snap of the pen in my hand, "What did you say?" ”
"The president has stomach cancer and needs further examination, but the president refuses to be examined by the hospital and keeps calling your name, Madame." Xu Yue said anxiously.
"Madame, now is not the time to be angry, stomach cancer can be big or small, you can go to the hospital with me to see the president."
My spirit was in a trance, and I had thought of countless ways to torture Jiang Cheng, but I never thought of letting him die.
"Go to the hospital." It took me a long time to find my voice back.