In 2019, Xiang Yu was 28 years old this year. When he first met Jin Fubai, he was also 28 years old.
I don't know if others are like this, but Xiang Yu sometimes feels that the older he is, the easier it is to feel calm.
When she stood at the same age as Jin Fubai back then, she couldn't even figure it out, how hard would it be to be moved at this age? How did he fall in love with her so fascinatedly at that time
A few years have passed in a flash, and when I recall the separation, I actually have to use "the year" to describe it.
But over the years, there is really very little information about Jin Fubai.
She thought that when they separated, she would soon hear the news of his marriage.
I also thought that such a big group was turbulent, and the financial program had to analyze it.
But in fact, there is nothing.
Only occasionally, Xiang Yu goes to Tang Yuchi's house for dinner, and hears from his godfather and godmother that a certain company has sold some of its assets due to operational difficulties.
She would guess: Has his group started to sell their wealth
It was inconvenient to check while eating. After dinner, I helped my godmother to wash the dishes. The name of the company was mentioned once or twice during the meal, and Xiang Yu forgot it again.
I don't know whether the difficult-to-operate enterprises belong to Jin Fubai's group.
Xiang Yu could only listen to the godmother sigh in the sound of washing the dishes: "Yuchi, this child, only stays for two days every year when he comes back. He doesn't even spend the fifth day at home, so he is thinking about going abroad."
There was a trace of melancholy on the well-maintained face of the godmother, "It's been three years, it's been three years. It's not that your godfather and I don't support him and his partner in starting a business, but no matter what, we should always go home to see see?"
"Godmother, you are busy in the early days of starting a business, and it will be fine in two years."
Xiang Yu wiped the water off the porcelain plate in his hand, put it in the sterilized dish rack, and said with a smile, "wait for him to call me again, and I'll help you scold him."
Said so, but Xiang Yu knew that she couldn't really blame her.
Because on the third day of the Lunar New Year, when Tang Yuchi was leaving, she asked if she left so early this year
The 28-year-old Tang Yuchi still has the face of a milk dog. He was packing his luggage. Hearing this, he glanced at her and suddenly sighed: "Actually, sometimes, I feel that time flies so fast, and nothing has changed for three years.. . . . "
He didn't say anything after that.
Xiang Yu picked it up for him in his heart. After going out for so long, he still couldn't forget her.
He must have lied to An Sui that year. It's not that he doesn't remember what it was like to love her, he just didn't want to love her anymore.
And this year, the Spring Festival couplets were painted with golden pigs sending blessings. Xiang Yu received red envelopes from his godfather and godmother. It was also a cute little pig printed on it.
In January, the lunar probe sent back the world's first image of the far side of the moon.
Those hazy shallow moons and thousands of miles of chanjuan that exist in the poems reveal uneven surfaces in front of people.
The year of "truth" begins here.
It was also in this year that Xiang Yu first learned about Jin Fubai.
In those days, the first lunar month was not yet due, because the company only had 5 days off for Chinese New Year. As long as Zhou Lie was not there, the company was full of complaints and curses.
Perhaps the employee's resentment was too deep, and they rushed to the central air conditioner on the ceiling. There was a sudden problem with the heating. The whole afternoon, the office area was too cold.
Zhou Lie went out to run errands, and Xiang Yu, the "big official", took the logistics staff to call the air-conditioning maintenance side first, and then she paid for it out of her own pocket and ordered a bunch of hot drinks to be delivered upstairs.
After a busy day, she was almost frozen in a thin woolen skirt.
Zhou Lie's office has an independent electric heater. Xiang Yu's current desk is opposite his desk. He doesn't feel warm, so he simply sits on his seat and warms up.
There was an English-language newspaper on the table, Xiang Yu was drinking hot fruit tea, and flipping through it, he saw Jin Fubai's photo.
It was at this time that the company's intern knocked on the door and probed in: "Mr. Xiang, this is the magazine sample that Mr. Zhou asked for before, where should I put it?"
"Just give it to me."
The intern's name is Qian Haoran. He has not graduated from college and is only 20 years old. He still has an enviable campus atmosphere and is sunny and pure.
He put the magazine in front of Xiang Yu and didn't leave.
Qian Haoran didn't pay attention to Xiang Yu staring blankly. It was an all-English newspaper under the magazine.
He didn't notice Xiang Yu's fingers hanging by the table, they were slightly stiff.
He only felt that Zhou Lie was not present in this room, and it was quiet enough to talk to, so he smiled and showed his white teeth, and asked, "General Assistant Xiang, have you watched this TV series?"
Hearing this, Xiang Yu gave the magazine cover a little distracted and glanced at it.
It is a popular TV series in which four women live together with different personalities:
Strong women, rich second-generation, money-loving women, and one is a love brain.
Xiang Yu replied lightly, "I read it a little."
"Which image does Mr. Xiang like?"
Xiang Yu finally took her eyes off the newspaper, thinking of her emotional regret, she suddenly smiled: "Love Brain."
"Huh? I thought you would like strong women, just like you do now."
Qian Haoran was obviously more talkative today, but suddenly said, "They all say that you, you and Mr. Zhou are related, I don't think so, this is workplace discrimination against capable women, you must be relying on your own strength. Sitting in this position, they are jealous of you to... "
Xiang Yu suddenly smiled and interrupted him: "Qian Haoran? Why did you tell me this?"
The door of the office was half-open, and the young boy who had not graduated was standing in front of the desk with a magnanimous gaze.
He was wearing a suit, his auricles and neck slowly turned red, he hesitated for half a second before he said, "I always thought you were fine."
The boy in front of him was so nervous that he was a little overwhelmed. He raised his hand and scratched the back of his head. As if making a decision, he let out a sigh of relief: "I like you very much."
Xiang Yu spoke lightly and pointed to the watch: "It's working time now, these words shouldn't appear in this time period."
Those green, hopeful eyes slowly dimmed, and they lowered their eyes and said nothing.
She continued to smile and raised her right hand: "And I'm wearing a ring, not the Zhou Lie you mentioned, but also other men, are you right?"
Qian Haoran was stunned, first apologized, and then walked out with his head down.
Zhou Lie, who came back from the outside, walked face to face with him. He didn't say hello and just left.
Zhou Lie stepped into the office and hung his coat on the hanger: "The intern who is interested in you has finally been hit?"
Xiang Yu didn't talk about this with Zhou Lie, and picked up the English newspaper on his desk: "I'll give you back after reading it."
She didn't take out this newspaper at the company, but stuffed it into her bag.
Because Xiang father and mother have been in the country for a while, she went back to live in her own home after get off work.
When she entered the door, she didn't hear what Aunt Chen said. She just carried her bag back to the bedroom and closed the door like a thief.
I thought that at this age, my heart wouldn't speed up for some reason, but it wasn't.
Xiang Yu took a deep breath and took out the newspaper from his bag.
The photo is blurry and looks like a candid shot.
And this media is too timid, such a blurry photo, but also mosaic.
It could only be seen that it was Jin Fubai and Chu Linlang, sitting at a table to eat.
Xiang Yu didn't take off his coat, sat on the carpet and read the newspaper for a long time.
The mood gradually calmed down.
She wanted to get excited, but her English level didn't allow it, and she couldn't understand what was written at all.
The second accompanying image is a manuscript photo of the diamond ring.
Xiang Yu dug out the English dictionary that was idle when he was in school, and worked hard for a long time with translation before he understood the contents of the newspaper.
To the effect:
Jin Fubai was photographed having dinner with Chu Linlang, and according to people familiar with the matter, he found a famous jewelry designer four years ago and ordered a priceless diamond ring.
All of the designer's jewelry designs will be displayed on personal social platforms, including design drafts and finished products, and will also mention the ultimate owner of the jewelry.
There is only one pink diamond ring, which is not marked.
In recent years, the Chu family and the group have cooperated very closely, so everyone speculated that Jin Fubai and Chu Linlang had been secretly married as early as four years ago.
The report is justified and well-founded, saying that Jin Fubai is low-key, and when his grandmother was alive in the early years, he was unwilling to even hold a real job.
Hidden marriage is like something he can do.
Xiang Yu stared at the manuscript of the diamond ring, remembering a past event.
When they were with Jin Fubai, they watched a lot of movies, and among these movies, there were not too many movies about diamond jewelry.
Diamonds are like a constant romantic element that frequently appears in film and television works.
Xiang Yu remembered Jin Fubai for a while, because she said something casually and always wanted to make her a blue diamond necklace like "Heart of the Ocean".
Until later, they watched the uncensored version of "Lust. Caution" together.
This film has been controversial, and the evaluation is divided into two levels. I don't know where Jin Fubai came from, but every frame of footage is very clear.
Now think about it, maybe that CD is the original version of that year.
They cuddled together that day, leaning against the bed, looking at the large-scale picture in the picture.
Xiang Yu could feel Jin Fubai's reaction, afraid that he would get interested and interrupt her watching the movie, so he could only look back at him in warning, then turned his head and sank back into the plot of the movie.
Jin Fubai is also kind and never bothered her.
Xiang Yu watched the movie carefully, and then cried again.
The male protagonist played by Tony Leung is the head of the spy, commonly known as the head of the traitor.
The heroine played by Tang Wei is the one who is undercover waiting for the hero to kill him.
Shouldn't be emotional, very shouldn't.
Better than her and Jin Fubai.
But on the day the heroine informed the siege of the hero, the hero gave her a pink diamond ring—
"I'm not interested in diamonds, I just want to see them on your hands."
The hostess looked at him suspiciously, struggling.
He lowered his eyes for a while, and when he looked up again, there was gentleness in his eyes.
Her lips were trembling, and she told him softly, hurry up.
Xiang Yu frowned and choked with tears in this episode.
Jin Fubai was beside her, fiddling with her earlobe, and said to her, "This diamond ring is in a good style. I'll buy one for you too?"
She blamed him for not watching the movie, ruining the touching atmosphere, looking back and biting his shoulder.
He put his hand in with a smile and glanced at the TV screen: "Is it finished? Do something else?"
The past is vividly remembered, Xiang Yu rubbed the burr of the newspaper and looked at the photo of the manuscript of the diamond ring.
It is very similar to the diamond ring in the movie, the main diamonds are pink diamonds, with broken diamonds.
Because of the high amount of mechanical wood pulp, newspapers have a special touch and are not as smooth as books.
The ink spreads faintly with the heating in the room, she thought, would he really buy such a diamond ring for Chu Linlang
Hidden marriage may not be possible, because his low-key temperament is definitely fake.
He was a man who did things on his own accord. Back then, he only held a ticket, swaggered in the eyes of everyone, dragged her into the orchestra performance venue, and let her sit on his lap to watch the performance. Pass.
diamond ring...
Xiang Yu lost his insomnia completely, and called Tang Yuchi, who was far away in a foreign country.
Across the time difference, it was only the early morning on his side, and Young Master Tang answered the phone angrily: "Xiang Yu, if you don't have anything important, do you believe I'll kill you?!"
She didn't quarrel with Tang Yuchi, she was full of melancholy: "I read a foreign language newspaper today, and it was written that Jin Fubai was married and bought a pink diamond ring for Chu Linlang. But the style of the diamond ring was very clear. I like it, why did he buy it for her? You say, how could he do this?"
In that tone, it was as if they had never been separated, and she only called and complained when she was angry with her boyfriend one day.
There was a long silence on the phone, and Tang Yuchi's disbelieving voice came: "You took the wrong medicine? You have been separated for four years. After four years, won't you start feeling sad?!"
"Maybe my reaction is slow..."
Tang Yuchi seldom had such a serious tone: "Forget it, don't think about it, it's the majority of people who can't be loved without love. There aren't that many people who end up getting married. In the middle of the night, don't go to the horns."
Xiang Yu was dissatisfied with this answer: "Who wants to hear you talk about this poisonous chicken soup?"
"...Then what do you want to hear? Hear me say that he loves you till death?"
Xiang Yu said, "Well, yes, otherwise why would I call you?"
Tang Yuchi sighed on the phone, and then said, "Maybe it's true. I also heard about it a while ago. I'm afraid it's not true, so I didn't tell you."
The gossip that Tang Yuchi said was about Jin Fubai.
He said that Jin Fubai was at a dinner before and was asked by the elders in front of Chu Linlang, didn't you order a diamond ring for engagement? Why don't you have someone fetch it and give it to Miss Chu now
Jin Fubai stared at Chu Linlang for a while, then suddenly sneered and said, lost.
Xiang Yu didn't believe this story. She and Tang Yuchi said, "Jin Fubai won't do that, he won't stare at Chu Linlang."
Tang Yuchi was probably so angry that he hung up the phone directly.
In fact, Xiang Yu was just bored and melancholy for a while, and didn't really want to know Jin Fubai's whereabouts like the back of the hand.
She even thought jokingly that maybe Jin Fubai really ordered a pink diamond ring, and maybe that ring was given to Li Hao.
When spring came, Xiang Yu packed up his clothes and found a long dusty trench coat in the closet.
She only wore this coat once, and it was Jin Fubai who insisted on buying it for her. It was too expensive to die. Wearing a cloth that looked like it was woven in RMB, she was always afraid of dripping oil when eating.
Xiang Yu thought about it and decided to send the clothes to dry cleaning.
Before going out, Aunt Chen asked her, "Yao, don't you eat breakfast? It's not good for your health."
Afraid of making Aunt Chen worry, she took off her high heels, sat at the dining table, and obediently ate a bowl of Longxu noodles.
She swallowed the thin noodles and thought about Xiang Yu, as if everyone older than her called her "Yao Yu".
Only Jin Fubai always used an ambiguous voice to call her full name affectionately.
As if there was a hunch in the dark, they had been separated for a long time that year, but she frequently thought of him.
The windbreaker is too expensive, and I dare not just find a dry cleaner.
Xiang Yu held the paper bag with the windbreaker in it like a bag of cash, went to the most expensive dry cleaner nearby, and brought the windbreaker in.
The dry cleaners need to register their name and phone number. When Xiang Yu was filling in, he heard the clerk make a long "Huh-" sound.
She was still immersed in the thought that "the signature is not beautiful enough", and when she looked up, she saw the clerk's expression blankly.
The clerk carefully held a pink diamond ring in her hand, like a hot potato, and looked at her: "Miss Xiang, remember to take the things in your pockets."
That pink diamond is bigger than the six-carat diamond ring in the movie.
Reflecting the spring light outside the window, the shaking makes people's eyes hurt.
In a trance, Xiang Yu remembered that Jin Fubai insisted on buying her this dress a few days before they separated.
Xiang Yu was not happy with the new clothes. He talked about him for a long time on the way back, complaining that he was a waste of money, saying that he was a good spender, and that even the money printing factory in his family was not enough for him to waste.
At that time, he must have felt that the separation was imminent, so he bought such expensive clothes.
In fact, it wasn't for her to wear, it was just used to hold the diamond ring.
Jin Fubai was betting on her stingy character that she would not throw away this dress if she lost anything.
Xiang Yu looked at the diamond ring, as if he saw a joke that Jin Fubai made over the years.
He laughed wickedly after many years, and there are even more prodigal ones, hiding in the pocket of his clothes, little fool, didn't you think
She took the ring and put it on, and this time, he didn't get her size wrong.
The platinum ring has a cool touch and is set on the ring finger, not big or small.