The light on the negative floor was dim, and we moved to a secluded place at the back door of the hotel to talk.
The weather has turned cold these few days, and Cheng Xin's old problem of dizziness and fatigue has recurred, and he has to be pushed in a wheelchair when going out. Moreover, she couldn't stand the wind at all, and she was wearing a thick coat. When the woman who looked like a nanny covered her with a blanket, she coughed twice, and she couldn't even raise her arms and wave to let unrelated people back down.
Six years ago, Ye Qin had hated this woman because of some misunderstandings, and now there were other reasons that prevented him from meeting her face to face calmly. While he didn't know what to say, he couldn't help feeling a little timid in his heart.
It was Cheng Xin who spoke first: "Are you Ye Jinxiang's son?"
This opening remark was not within Ye Qin's expectation. He thought for a while and replied, "Yes, Auntie, my name is Ye..."
Before he finished speaking, Cheng Xin, who was speaking slowly just now, suddenly interrupted him: "I know your name, what I want to ask is, what are you doing here?"
Facing the harsh words of the elders, it is impossible to say that I am not afraid. Ye Qin managed to stabilize his mind, and said out of the principle of not causing trouble to Cheng Feichi: "I'm staying here temporarily."
Unexpectedly, Cheng Xin actually smiled, and glanced at the bag with the supermarket logo in his hand: "Borrow? You need to use it for cooking and laundry, and run to the opposite office building all day long?"
Obviously, they came prepared, they found out everything, and there was no way to hide it. Ye Qin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "I like him, and I'm chasing him."
Cheng Xin's eyes widened as if hearing something from the Arabian Nights, she looked up at him and said, "He's going to be engaged soon."
Hearing this, Ye Qin's tense nerves relaxed instead. Since Cheng Feichi told him that there was no such thing, the news of the so-called engagement was probably spread by his parents. As long as Cheng Feichi didn't admit it, he wouldn't believe it.
Ye Qin said: "I asked him, and he said he didn't want to get engaged."
Cheng Xin showed impatience: "Sooner or later, if you don't get engaged this year, you should get engaged next year. Don't pester him anymore. This will only harm him."
Ye Qin was stunned for a moment, unable to understand the connection between "hating him" and "harming him", his eyes were a little dazed.
Cheng Xin looked at his expression, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said slowly: "Are you really not understanding, or are you just pretending to be stupid in front of me? I know that my son's current status will inevitably attract people, especially Those of you who want something, I can see it at a glance, do you think he can't see it?"
Ye Qin was still in a daze, Cheng Xin raised his chin, and continued with a look of seeing through everything: "I'm not being unreasonable, for the sake of your acquaintance with your father, the debts your family owes, I can help you pay it off. Don't pester him anymore, his bright future can't be ruined because of these insignificant things. "
After hearing such straightforward words, Ye Qin understood what she meant, but he didn't even know what kind of answer he should make.
He only knew that it was no wonder that Cheng Feichi had been unhappy these years, and he rarely smiled. Not only did five years not let him untie his knots, but he became more reticent and indifferent, as if he had closed the whole person, using silence Resist all interference and intrusion from the outside world.
Ye Qin swallowed dryly, his lips trembling slightly: "Then why did you come to find me instead of letting him drive me out?"
Cheng Xin looked up at him again in disbelief, and before he could say anything, Ye Qin chased after him and said, "You came to me because you have nothing to do with him, and he doesn't accept your arrangement, so you can only come here Find me."
Cheng Xin, who was told about the central matter, turned pale, clasped her hands tightly under the blanket, and finally said with anger in her voice: "He is my son, I gave birth to him and raised him, and raised him to be so good, how could he Do not listen to my words?"
"Then you can tell him as much as you want, as long as he lets me go, I will never stay here for a minute longer."
Ye Qin held his head up, trying not to show a trace of cowardice on his face, in fact, from head to toe, from inside to outside, even his fingertips were shaking.
It's not that he didn't want to make a good impression in front of Cheng Feichi's mother, but the situation forced him, if he chose to compromise at this moment, he would be sorry for the tears he shed and the determination he made in the past five years.
I am even more sorry for Cheng Feichi's desperate persistence back then.
Thinking of this, Yeqin's throat choked up, as if blocked by a ball of cotton soaked in water. He finally knew how many things Cheng Feichi had given up that could not be obtained in several lifetimes, and how many mountains he had to bear to be with him. Compared with it, the hardships and ups and downs I have endured can only be regarded as a small cluster as light as a feather.
"You'll ruin him, you'll ruin him!" Seeing that it didn't make sense, Cheng Xin became furious, and couldn't help but change a grim face, "I'm doing it for his own good. If you really like him, you shouldn't block him." His way!"
Seeing her hysterical appearance, Ye Qin felt his heart grow colder.
Although his mother died young, the impression Luo Qiuling left on him was that he was gentle and kind and thoughtful of him in every way, not to mention major life events such as going to school and choosing a school, even the trivial things in life, such as food and clothing, would be taken care of. Ask and respect his opinion.
He is not qualified to judge whether Cheng Xin's mother is right or wrong for doing this. He only feels sorry for Cheng Feichi, and he still has an uncontrollable heartache.
"Way, what way? The way you want him to go, or the way he wants to go?" Ye Qin cleared his mind, looked at Cheng Xin against the pressure, and said word by word, "You can let him go Drive me away, no matter how he decides, I will respect his choice."
The venting just now consumed almost all of Cheng Xin's strength. She opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound or was tired. Her eyes gradually lost focus, and she didn't speak for a long time.
After a tense confrontation came to an end, Ye Qin let out a long sigh of relief, cleared his mind, and his eyes drifted away: "He has no obligation to live for anyone...he should only live for himself."
It's not like talking to Cheng Xin, but it seems to be talking to himself.
Standing outside the porch with Cheng Xin for a while, Ye Qin took advantage of the cool wind in late summer to calm down his mood which had been ups and downs several times in just a few minutes.
Until a freight truck came, and staff began to come in and out to carry things, he exhaled the last breath of stale air in his chest, and said to Cheng Xin: "Auntie, I'm leaving first."
Turning around and walking two steps away, he heard someone yelling "be careful" and "give way" behind him, he turned his head and took a look, and it was this inadvertent look that scared him out of his wits.
I saw two people in overalls carrying a 1-meter-square freezer, barely passing by Cheng Xin because of the narrow road, and one of the people's feet touched the left wheel of the wheelchair, causing the wheelchair to slide slowly towards the front steps. Cheng Xin, who was sitting on it, didn't know the danger was coming, and was still sitting in a daze.
Ye Qin didn't think about anything, threw away the things in his hands, turned around and rushed up to grab the armrest of the wheelchair.
At this moment, most of the wheels on both sides were hanging outside the steps. It stands to reason that if he put in a little effort, he should be able to pull back with the car in time. However, a person carrying a box was following behind him. The three boxes piled up in front of him blocked most of his sight. He walked forward based on years of professional habits and impressions of this road, and his toes touched the steps. After stepping on the edge, continue to climb up.
"Wait a moment!"
It was already too late when Ye Qin uttered the sound, and the person who couldn't see the way ahead had no idea that he was calling him. He hooked his foot on the wheelchair pedal, and when he encountered an obstacle, he quickly retracted his leg reflexively, and pushed the entire wheelchair down. drag and drop.
Seeing that Cheng Xin was leaning forward and was about to fall, Ye Qin only had time to push the armrest to the side, then raised his arm to protect Cheng Xin, and twisted his body to block her. At the same time fell on the steps.
Yeqin was at the bottom, his crooked left calf slammed heavily on the right angle of the protruding step, and was pressed by the weight above, a piercing pain suddenly hit him, his eyes turned black, and he almost couldn't lift it up in one breath .
The ambulance arrived in time, and when Ye Qin was carried on the stretcher, Cheng Xin was still full of panic. He probably stayed indoors alone for a long time, and encountered such a sudden accident when he went out, unable to escape from the thrill just now. come out.
The doctor heard that she was also the victim, and asked her to get into the ambulance to go to the hospital for an examination. She shook her head and stepped back. The aunt who pushed the wheelchair behind said that she was not injured after the examination just now, and there was no need to go to the hospital. The doctor asked a few words and then gave up. .
Just as the car door was about to close, Ye Qin, who was lying on the stretcher, suddenly sat up with his upper body propped up, and said to Cheng Xin outside: "Auntie, please do something."
He was knocked hard on his leg, half of his trousers were soaked in blood, and the two nurses on board were cleaning his wound, discussing with each other that the fracture did not escape.
Ye Qin's face was pale, and every word he said seemed to be exhausted. Even so, he still tried his best to raise his body, raised his neck and said to Cheng Xin: "Don't tell him about this, I don't want him to know."
He took a few breaths, licked his chapped lips, and continued, "You don't want him to know that you came to see me, do you? So don't, don't tell him."
In the evening, it began to rain lightly in City S. This kind of weather always arouses people's desire to go home early.
During the intermission in the middle of the meeting, Cheng Feichi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, watching the neon lights of the city through the water droplets on the windows and the fine rain in the air.
The employees next to them chatted in groups of three or four, talking about economic trends and soaring housing prices for a while, and talking about children's education and training for a while. I don’t know who started it, but the topic gradually turned to the direction of daily life. One said that eating out often is not good for your health, and the other lamented that the food at home is not as delicious as the whole banquet.
Cheng Feichi listened, his eyes were in a trance for a moment, as if he thought of something that was not suitable to be remembered at the moment, but he had to think of it.
After looking back, he turned to the assistant beside him and said, "The meeting is adjourned, and it will continue at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
When he returned to the suite on the top floor of the Garden Hotel, he turned on the light and saw that the room was empty and deserted, and he felt a sense of discomfort that he didn't know where he came from.
Putting the empty lunch box on the table, I saw a red box on the corner of the table and a sticky note under it.
There are only two lines on it: I have work and go back to the capital first, eat well and sleep well!
The signature is Ye Ruan, followed by a chubby heart at the end.
Sitting on the bed after taking a shower, Cheng Feichi held the square red box in his hand and looked at it. I don't know how long the box has been hidden, and the sharp corners and edges are worn out, and it may be because it is often carried around.
Seeing the logo in the middle of the box, he guessed what was inside, so even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt an inexplicable nervousness when he put his hand on it.
Opening the lid, as he expected, there was a ring lying inside.
However, upon closer inspection, this ring was not the one he remembered.
This ring is wider and larger in size, and it is also inlaid with a diamond, which shines brightly at a slight change of angle.
Without warning, under this dazzling light, the closed gate in my mind was suddenly opened, and the torrent of memory surged out.
Cheng Feichi thought that he had almost forgotten them, especially those details that had penetrated deeply into his flesh and caused indelible wounds. Out of self-protection, he buried them all in the deepest part of his heart, refusing to touch them, let alone remember.
But why until now, he can still clearly remember the meaning he gave this ring when he was young
Putting the ring back, closing the lid of the box, Cheng Feichi put the box back on the bedside as if evading. His gaze inadvertently touched the note with words on it, and under the illumination of a very close light source, he could vaguely see traces of strokes that he hadn't noticed before.
Picking it up, turning it over, I saw four words written clearly and squarely on the reverse side: wholeheartedly.
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There is one more chapter ahead, and the two chapters will be updated together! Let me explain, I came back again in the afternoon with a soft and bruised heart. I was afraid that my brother would be suspicious. I really went back to the capital now (I tell you from the side that it is not very serious). See Chapter 41 (Part 2) for the "single-minded" stalk