Jiang Shu's knuckles turned white while holding the phone, his thin lips pursed tightly, and after a long while he let out a muffled "um" from his chest.
In this negotiation arena, the man who was terrified and speechless, always in control of himself, was blocked to the point of being speechless for the first time.
Seeing that he had agreed, Wen Ning stopped talking and hung up the phone on his own. The receiver was busy for a while before Jiang Shu clicked the phone back.
Seeing his gloomy face, Xu Ma hesitated to ask again and again, "Sir, what's the matter? Madam she..."
Jiang Shu tilted his head and glanced at her. For the first time in his heart, he was completely unsure of one thing, but the arrogant one still said, "It's nothing, just let it go out for two days, and it won't be long before I come back."
If she wants to make trouble, he will play with her patiently for a few days.
Soon it was Monday. On the phone that day, Wen Ning said that he would come to return the things on Monday, and go through the divorce procedures with him by the way.
Divorce, this was what he wanted to do most a few months ago, but now when he hears the word, he can't help clenching his fists.
Yesterday, he didn't sleep for the whole night because of this. He got up early the next morning to take a shower, changed his suit neatly, and drove to the company by himself.
It seems that she is deliberately avoiding Wen Ning, who is coming to Yuganwan today to wait for him to go through the divorce procedures. It can be delayed for a few days.
It was still too early when he went out, and there were few people and cars on the cold city highway, which is known as a blockade.
The car stopped all the way to the door of the company, and I don't know how many red lights it ran.
When he got to the door, he didn't get out of the car. The man in the driver's seat looked at his tie through the rearview mirror.
In the morning, I don't know what my state of mind was, I deliberately took this out and put it on my neck, but I couldn't wear it no matter what.
He remembered that day when the little girl stood on her toes and stood in front of him with a blushing face, clumsily following him to learn, her whole body was almost close to his chest, and she was playing with her tie for a long time, her fingers running across his bulge from time to time. Adam's apple, causing the man's blood to rush to somewhere under his body early in the morning.
She didn't tie her tie in the end, but he went to the company with the crooked tie in a good mood.
Today, however, the tie is the same tie, made neatly and meticulously by his own hands, but it is not pleasing to the eye no matter how you look at it.
The man grabbed one end of the neckline with one hand and pulled it from side to side twice. Seeing that the tie was crooked to one side, the anger in his heart seemed to calm down a little.
After a while, he pulled the corners of his lips and laughed at himself, why bother, why deceive himself.
All morning, Jiang Shu was absent-minded. During the meeting, his eyes only stayed on the mobile phone, and he was worried about it ringing for no reason. He was afraid that Wen Ning would call him to urge him to go back to the divorce formalities.
The prince was in a bad mood, and the people under him faintly noticed that the entire company was immersed in low air pressure, and he was afraid even to breathe.
At the end of the Chinese New Year holiday, many departments have accumulated a lot of work. Originally, there were several documents that were imminent. However, seeing Jiang Shu's appearance now, no one dared to hit the muzzle of a gun. ', all the efforts were in vain.
Just one day later, Jiang Shu's cell phone did not ring again.
Wen Ning didn't come to him as scheduled, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but after a while, his brows wrinkled again.
After all, he hadn't seen her for a long time.
When I got home, the little girl was no longer greeted with excitement and shyness in front of the door.
The man picked up the phone, clicked on the address book, and after finding Wen Ning's phone number, his finger stayed on the dial button for a long time, and finally he couldn't help dialing it.
It's just a phone call, everyone belongs to him, what's the fuss about when he makes a phone call.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is empty."
The icy artificial voice kept looping, and Jiang Shu continued typing without expression.
Call again, still empty.
A few days passed, Wen Ning didn't contact him, there was no smile on the man's face, and there was no reason to panic.
Cold City is a cold and cruel place, full of competition and lack of humanity. She is a little girl in her early twenties, and she doesn't even have much money on her body. After spending so many days outside alone, where can she go...
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When Wen Ning came out of Yuganwan, she was mentally prepared to sleep on the street.
This place is worth every inch of land, and the money in her hand can't last long.
In the first few days, whenever night fell, she hid in the ATM hall of the bank for the night.
Although the conditions are very different from Yuganwan, it can at least shelter from the wind and rain.
After squatting in the corner of the ATM hall with her backpack for a week, the little girl finally found an old building far from the center of the city.
There is a small attic on the top of the building, which was added privately when there was no unified planning in the early years. The room is small in size and can only accommodate a folding bed, and the bathroom is outside.
Originally, this room was occupied by an elderly person who was sick in bed at home. The elderly person died a while ago, so it was vacated.
The landlord first met Wen Ning and was reluctant to rent her, worried that the little girl's squeamish family wouldn't be able to endure hardships. The conditions in this place are really poor, and most people can't stand it.
Wen Ning pursued it for several days, but the divorce procedure she had made with Jiang Shu was delayed because of this.
It's hard to talk to the landlord.
Before signing the contract, the landlord also reminded: "This house has just passed an old man. Many people are taboo about this. If you are afraid, don't sign it. After you sign it, you don't want to rent. The rent and deposit will not be refunded. Think clearly."
Wen Ning was really timid, but she really had no better place to go. Worried that the landlord would go back on it, she hurriedly signed the house.
After two days of packing and settling, on the third day, I finally returned to Yuganwan.
Before going, she made a phone call to the villa, which was answered by Xu's mother. She quietly sighed and asked Xu's mother to tell Jiang Shu, and she would go over immediately.
As soon as Jiang Shu, who had been put out by Wen Ning for a few days, received a call from Xu's mother, an unspeakable annoyance filled his heart.
She had been gone for so many days, and he desperately wanted to see her from the bottom of his heart, but this meeting meant that she would really disappear from his account book.
The man's face was sullen, and it was rare for him to be distracted for a while, but he couldn't hold back the desire to see her, grabbed the car key on the table, and hurried back to Yuganwan.
In fact, there has always been a special underground private garage on the Yuganwan side. The garage elevator is connected to the first floor of the villa, and it is very convenient to enter and exit without going through the gate.
In the past, Jiang Shu was always used to driving the car directly to the ground, and he didn't know when, in order to see Wen Ning leaning on the Roman pillar in front of the door and waiting for him to go home tenderly, he drove the car to the door every time.
Entering Yuganwan today, he changed his previous habit, drove the car back underground, and then directly took the elevator upstairs, deliberately avoiding Wen Ning.
The man stood by the curtain of the master bedroom, and through the window, he could see the gate in front of the courtyard directly.
He had just arrived upstairs when Wen Ning also arrived at the door.
The little girl, wearing a clean but outdated padded jacket, stood quietly outside the yard and did not come in.
Jiang Shu is very familiar with this dress. No matter whether she is in winter or summer, she always has only two sets of clothes to change back and forth. She is simple and frugal from beginning to end, and she has never touched his card.
The little milk dog who ran alone to the yard for a walk recognized Wen Ning. He hadn't seen him for so long. He turned around in place excitedly several times, and then slammed his tail towards Wen Ning.
The little girl has been strong for so many days and has resisted crying, but now she can't help her red eyes.
Seeing Wen Ning coming, Mother Xu went upstairs to look for Jiang Shu.
The man stood by the window, staring silently at the girl holding the puppy in the courtyard downstairs, his eyes not willing to leave for a moment.
"Tell her I'm not here."
He just wanted to look at her quietly.
Wen Ning listened to Xu Ma's words, bit her lip and thought for a while: "Xu Ma, please call him for me."
A few seconds later, the mobile phone in Jiang Shu's pocket vibrated, and the man looked at the girl who called him downstairs, his thin lips pursed tightly, and finally he couldn't help picking it up: "Hello."
"Jiang Shu." Her voice was as gentle as always, but the love she once held for him was gone, "I know you are at home, come down, finish the formalities, and you will be free."
"You don't have to give me the compensation written in the original agreement. I won't take it if it's not mine. Don't worry."
An unnamed fire was inexplicably ignited in Jiang Shu's chest, and she thought he didn't come out to see her because he cared about the money.
It was useless to avoid it any longer. He put one hand in his pocket and went down the stairs with a gloomy expression on his face.
Her eyes lingered for a moment on her face that had lost a whole circle, and her heart seemed to be hit by something, causing inexplicable pain.
The man resisted the urge to push the person into his arms, and said slowly with a hoarse voice: "Ningning, I will accompany you to eat in the future, and if you have something to do, put it away first, and I will not do it again. Like we said before, let's go, let's not leave... ok?"
Wen Ning's delicate brows were slightly wrinkled. She didn't know what Jiang Shu meant. It was obvious that he didn't want her: "Why don't you talk anymore... I've agreed to go through the formalities."
Jiang Shu suddenly raised his lips and laughed in a self-deprecating laugh. He restrained his expression, and returned to the most familiar appearance of Wen Ning.
"The formalities will be done now, and I will find someone to come directly to the house."
"By the way, you should throw away those things that you should throw away, and take away what you should take away. Don't put them at home and take up space."
The people under Jiang Shu are efficient, and they go through all the processes within a short time.
The moment he took over the divorce book, the man was expressionless.
Wen Ning put the notebook in her backpack and returned to the guest room she once stayed in obediently.
She didn't have much stuff at all. She walked into the bathroom and saw the toothbrush she used on the sink. There were still water marks on the toothbrush. Wen Ning glanced at it suspiciously, and threw it into the trash can without thinking much. .
The rest are just those plush toys.
The doll was given to her by Jiang Mengmeng, and Jiang Shu wanted her to throw it away, so she planned to take it away, but when she walked to the bedside, she didn't see any of it.
The man leaned against the door frame with a sullen face: "Hurry up, there is no time for you to clean up."
Wen Ning hesitated for a long time, but still said: "Have those dolls that Mengmeng gave me, were they thrown away? I didn't find it..."
Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows: "I don't seem to have any obligation to keep it for you."
Indeed, Wen Ning nodded, she was about to leave with her bag on her back, she stepped on her feet, suddenly remembered something, and pulled out a mobile phone case from her bag.
"I also returned the phone to you. I forgot it before, sorry."
The little girl put the box on the table, and now she really left, without looking back.
The man lowered his eyes, his eyes lightly swept over the divorce certificate in the palm of his hand, which was crumpled by him.
After a while, he calmed down, took out a cardboard box from the closet next to him, and gently and carefully placed the plush toys in the cardboard box back on the big bed one by one.
Then he walked into the bathroom and glanced at the trash can. He picked up the toothbrush that Wen Ning had thrown away like a baby, rinsed it under the tap, and put it back into the toothbrush.
After everything was done, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but there seemed to be a faint pain in the missing piece in his heart.
The man took the phone that Wen Ning returned to him, and slid down to the floor beside the bed, looking a little dejected. He lit a cigarette with his left hand, and turned on the phone she had used with his right.
The moment the screen lit up, Jiang Shu saw two familiar faces.
On the wallpaper, Wen Ning excitedly held Zhang Caijing newspaper to her side, her brows and eyes curved, and she smiled happily.
The man in the financial newspaper is him.
He suddenly remembered that one night, the little girl held up her mobile phone and softly begged him to take a picture with her.
At that moment he said nonchalantly, "No shooting."
The man's eyes were red for the first time.
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