Chapter 285: The Last Supper
I made Huai En's favorite steamed sea crabs, boiled shrimp, and fried clams, and of course those small white fish.
Huai En had been sitting silently on the side while I was cooking, and after the tacit understanding between us was easily broken by her unintentional words, she could no longer disguise herself, and sat on the pony with a gloomy expression with her hands on her knees, and tilted her face on her knees, like a lost child waiting to be recognized.
I had the heart to tease her, but I didn't know what to say for a while.
After the meal was served, I filled Huai En with a small bowl of rice and placed it in front of her.
She looked at the few dishes on the table that I had specially made according to her instructions, slowly turned her head to look at me, and asked me quietly, "Uncle, do you have any wine?" I want to have some wine! ”
I was stunned for a while, knowing that her heart was full of things that were not suitable for drinking, but I thought that this was probably her last request for me, and I might as well satisfy her again.
Because I have secretly decided that I can no longer be disconnected with Huai En like this, as she said at the dock, since I don't love her, I should no longer show concern for her, although this concern has nothing to do with love, but I can't let her have the slightest thought, I decided to try not to see her again in the future, even if I look at her from a distance through the wind and snow or waves, I can't.
I got up and pulled out a bottle of red wine that Jasmine had given me.
I poured a shallow glass for Huai'en and poured some for myself.
Huai En picked up the cup, with a seemingly bright smile on his face, and said, "Uncle, thank you for cooking for me, and cheers for me no longer loving you!" ”
I silently picked up the glass, Huai En and I touched it, and when I looked up, she drank half a glass of wine in one gulp.
She placed the glass in front of me and motioned for me to pour the wine, and I poured another glass for her, but she snatched it just as she was about to put it down.
"Uncle, why are you so stingy, pour me so little, are you afraid that I will drink your wine?" As she spoke, she poured a full glass of the bottle over her glass.
Her expression turned sad!
"Uncle, you know what! Since the moment I met you in Tibet, I can never forget you, I will take out that painting and look at it countless times every day, although I don't even know you, but I miss you uncontrollably! ”
Huai En said faintly, although his face was sad, he still had a resolute smile, and looked out of the door with empty eyes.
"Do you know why I refused the high price of 100,000 yuan and didn't want to sell the painting? It's not because I like the painting so much, but because you are in it......
During that time, that painting was almost my only spiritual sustenance, how could I possibly sell it for money? Not to mention 100,000, even if it's 200,500,100,000, I won't sell it! ”
Huai En said, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, she picked up her wine glass and raised her head and drank violently, I wanted to stop it, but my hand froze in the air.
I saw Huai'en, who was drinking, with his eyes closed, and two tears sliding down his face.
She put down the empty wine glass and smiled again as she poured the wine into the glass, which looked particularly poignant against the backdrop of tears!
"Uncle, do you know how sad I was when I went to Tibet again to look for you only to learn that you had already left? I've asked everybody in town, everybody ......" her tone became pathetic!
"But there is no one
Personally know your whereabouts! Do you know how desperate I was back then? I hate myself for not coming to you sooner. I hate myself for not getting to know you when we first met. ”
Her lips trembled slightly, she could no longer pretend to be strong, and her jaw twitched violently a few times before trying to hold back.
She wiped the tears from her face, and a smile that hurt my heart again.
"More than two years! I've almost forgotten about you, thinking I'm finally out of that miserable quagmire that I don't know how I fell into. But fate has arranged for us to meet here, and the moment we see you again, do you know how happy I am? I wanted to tell everyone in the world that I had finally found the man who had kept me awake and my heart throbbing, and I was almost crazy about it.
I thought it was providence, I thought it was God who arranged for us to meet here again. I thought I had finally found the person I could trust for the rest of my life. I know you're a man with a story, but I don't care about your past, I don't care how many women you have, I don't care if you're poor, I don't care if you're older than me. I just want to be your wife, stay by your side for the rest of my life, love you for the rest of my life, no matter how difficult the days will be, I am not afraid. Even if people all over the world are against it, as long as you want to, I'm not afraid of anything! Her tone became intense, and she suddenly lowered her voice after saying these words!
"But I never thought that the whole world did not object, but you did not want me to ......"
She couldn't say any more, picked up the wine glass and drank it dry again, and when she put it down, her eyes were already full of tears.
She picked up the bottle again, but I reached out to stop her, and drank it again, not to mention drunk, but I was afraid that it would be uncomfortable for a few days. I naturally know the grievances in her heart, but I really can't bear to let her drink like this.
I reached out and grabbed the bottle to take it from her. But she held the bottle with both hands and refused to let go. In the middle of the scramble, the wine poured out of the bottle, spilled on the table, and spilled on her.
"You let go! I want to drink, I want to drink! Her tone became unusually sharp, her hair was pulled all over her face, and tears stuck to her face, but she didn't care about it, she seemed to be drunk.
I'm so emotional now that I can't let go of my hand. She filled the cup again.
"Why did God send you to me twice, but you didn't want me! If you don't want me, why are you so nice to me! Uncle, why? She looked at me in a daze, her eyes full of pain.
I was silent, because this is an unanswered question, I only said that everything is fate, but I don't know what numerology is, although I believe that life has its own certainty, but I can never see the reason.
Huai En picked up the wine glass again, the glass was empty, her body shook slightly, and she was already drunk. I wanted to pour it again, but found that the bottle was empty. She shook the bottle and looked at me again.
"Uncle, do you still have wine? I still want to drink, I haven't drunk enough, the uncle goes to get the wine, take the wine......" She drank too much, and she had already overdosed, and the wine came up quickly, and she spoke with a big tongue.
I took the bottle from her, and I got up and walked over to the cabinet to pour her a glass of water. Suddenly, I heard a heavy bang behind me, and when I turned my head to look, I saw that Huai En had already fallen on the table, and his body was twisting and trying to struggle to sit up, but he seemed to be powerless.
I
Afraid that she would not be able to sit down and fall, she hurriedly put down the cup and came to help her, only to see that she was already drunk and unconscious, her eyes were slightly closed and her brows were furrowed, and there were fresh tears on the table that she had just flowed out, and she was still muttering to herself Uncle Uncle......
I looked at her tear-stained face, which still had a few strands of hair sticking to it, so I reached out to help her fix her hair and wipe the tears on her face, and suddenly felt a sadness in my heart. I didn't mean to hurt anyone, and I was careful to live, but it often backfired...... Far from being lightened, the sins on our shoulders have only been deepened.
I lived in the world like a harsh one, and I thought I could avoid the orchestration of the hand of fate, but now it seems that I am still like a moth in a spider's web, and what I can't escape is not able to escape after all......
I gently picked Huai En up, put her back on the bed, and covered her with the quilt.
After standing by the bed for a long time, there was only a sigh left.
The dishes on the table were already cold, and the small bowl of rice was still in the bowl untouched, and the chopsticks rested on the bowl as before. She didn't even touch a single chopstick at this dinner I made for her......
In order to make Huai En break her thoughts earlier, I deliberately avoided meeting her in the following days. Although she said she wouldn't love me anymore, we both knew that it was just one of her lines. Now we are no longer actors on stage, but spectators who know everything from the audience.
I no longer go to the beach, and I don't stay at home often, but go to the company's office unusually, which is undoubtedly unbelievable to the employees of the company who do not know it.
Speaking of which, since the construction of my general manager's office, apart from the occasional visit to the company and a few brief meetings, I have not spent a single day here, and I don't even know some of the new faces of the company, I think it is probably Jasmine's newly hired employees.
It is worth mentioning that in the past six months, Jasmine has opened up new foreign markets for the company, and the goods shipped abroad have already accounted for 80% of the company's total shipments. Under the management of Jasmine, everything is in order, busy and orderly, and it can be said that the company's development has been in a healthy state.
It's just that I agreed with Jasmine that as long as she opens up a foreign market, I will transfer 5% of the shares to her, but she refuses to accept it no matter what.
Although my life has become chaotic again due to the appearance of Huaien, I am very pleased with the situation of the company, where a group of like-minded people gather, there is no intrigue and no conflict of interests, which is still commendable.
I sometimes even think that if the company doesn't go so well, maybe the cow will be able to attract my attention, so that I don't just think about the things that Huai En brought to me.
But apparently Jasmine didn't give me this opportunity, and the company was able to develop like this, thanks to Jasmine's superior management skills, which made me grateful to her and a little ashamed at the same time.
Now I have been in a semi-retired state, and I almost no longer interfere in all the affairs of the company, saying that I am holding the title of general manager of the company, but in fact, I am just a behind-the-scenes shareholder who eats and waits for death and does nothing.
About me and Huaien, Jasmine and Xiao Tang naturally know about it, I stay in the company all day unusually, and most of them can guess the reason.
Knowing that it would be useless to persuade me, they said no more, and when they saw that I was either uncertain or silent for half a day, they were left with only a sigh!