In a classic and elegant octagonal building, Xu Nianyi and Lu Jingcheng were sitting in a box on the second floor by the window. It imitates the ancient pure wooden window lattices, the large round table, and the upholstered grand master chair, the door made of bead curtains is half-covered, and behind the bead curtains is a screen with the three friends of Suihan painted on it.
There is a red sandalwood desk near the window of the box, and on the desk is a pot of rhododendrons that are in full bloom under the sun. The rhododendrons are pink and tender, blooming brilliantly like clouds in the sky.
Xu Nianyi was sitting by the window, the sun was setting, and the dark golden afterglow shone on her side face, casting a dark red halo on her side face, as if she had applied delicate blush, It added a rosy color to her fair face.
Lu Jingcheng sat directly opposite Xu Nianyi, staring at Xu Nianyi quietly across a table of Jiangnan side dishes.
"It's just the two of us eating, it seems that the order is a little too much?"
Taking another look at the almost full table of dishes, Xu Nianyi couldn't help sighing.
"Is there a lot?" Lu Jingcheng also looked down at the dishes on the table, and said seriously, "It's not that much. It's rare that you are willing to come out to eat with me, and of course it should be rich, lest you say that the boss of 'Yi Nian Tian Ya' is an idiot People who are stingy, only order two dishes when you invite someone to dinner."
"Now we are promoting the CD-ROM movement. The five people you ordered are more than enough to eat. The two of us definitely can't finish it." Xu Nian counted the dishes on the table and couldn't help shaking his head, "Although they are all my favorites. taste, but this is really too much."
"You can eat what you like, and leave what you can't finish. I don't waste like this every day. Once in a while, I believe the public can understand." Lu Jingcheng said with a smile, his eyes were locked on Xu Nianyi all the time, " I also order dishes blindfolded, so I'm relieved if you say you like it."
He ordered these dishes blindly, but he vaguely remembered that she liked to eat Jiangnan side dishes, as if she didn't like spicy and vigorous dishes. So I only ordered some light stir-fries and steamed soups. He ordered the classic Huaiyang dishes such as pine nut corn and Wensi tofu first, followed by the blind ones.
"Then I'll thank you first." Xu Nianyi was not in a hurry to move his chopsticks, he was still sitting on the chair in a decent manner, staring at Lu Jingcheng intently, and said unhurriedly, "You know, I will I want to take the opportunity of eating to ask you something."
"Well, I know. I also want to take this opportunity to talk about it, so that you don't always think that there is some deep hatred between us." Lu Jingcheng's expression did not change, and there was still a gentle smile on his handsome face, "Yes I say you listen, or do you ask questions and I answer them?"
"All good." Xu Nian said together.
"Then let me talk first, and you just listen. When I finish speaking, if you have any questions, you can ask me again."
"Okay." Xu Nian nodded.
"You used to be the mayor's daughter. You know this. But before Xu Rongsheng became the mayor, he was just an ordinary section chief in an office. The same is true of my father. The two of them entered the city hall together. , At that time, in order to fight for a position, for some interest disputes, your father framed my father, causing my father to fall from the officialdom and go to prison. You know that in that era, and it was a special period at that time, the judgment was severe and fast Even something like peeking at a woman's bath will be punished as hooliganism and locked up for several years, let alone something related to state secrets. So my father was locked up in the detention center for a week, tortured, and he was in the detention center before the verdict came down. He committed suicide. My father was suddenly convicted and committed suicide again. Everyone scolded him that he deserved what he deserved, saying that he committed suicide in fear of crime. My father was the pillar of the family. Once my father died, our family fell apart, and relatives and friends hid like the plague. For us, when we were in the worst times, we couldn’t even pay for our living expenses, so we went to the vegetable market with my mother every day to pick up rotten vegetables and leaves to eat at home.”
Lu Jingcheng's voice was very soft, his tone was calm without any ups and downs, and his gaze slowly moved away from Xu Nianyi's body, his eyes looked straight ahead, but his eyes did not have any focus, as if he had passed through this box and saw a place far away.
When Xu Nian heard this, his eyes widened involuntarily, and it was hard to believe what Lu Jingcheng said.
Lu Jingcheng didn't pay attention to Xu Nianyi's expression, but continued to recall the past with a light voice: "I know you should be very puzzled, how could your father do such a thing, but you don't understand him That's the kind of guy. If you don't have amnesia, you'll believe me when I tell the truth."
"I, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I can't connect with Xu Rongsheng now." When she thinks of Xu Rongsheng now, all she can think of is his sallow face, crooked mouth, drooling and babbling to herself The way he opened his mouth to speak. She couldn't imagine how Xu Rongsheng back then framed others and did such a thing against conscience.
"It's normal. Seeing Mayor Xu live in such a miserable state, it's hard for you to imagine how powerful and ruthless he was back then." Lu Jingcheng was not in a hurry to argue, but just said flatly, "My father had an accident, and he didn't have the job he wanted. You have become a competitor, and your official career has been prosperous since then, and you will be the mayor of Xia Hai City in a few years. When our family had an accident, you should still be in elementary school."
"..." Xu Nianyi didn't speak. She has no memory of these things. She could only choose to listen quietly.
"But we are different. I dropped out of school the year my father died. We didn't even have money to buy food, let alone tuition fees. Although my mother worked hard to be a nanny, to do Dishwasher, but our life has not improved at all. My mother still wanted to clear my father's injustice through relationships, but there was no way to ask for help. She took me back to my mother's house to ask for help, but no one paid attention to her plea. " When Lu Jingcheng said this, his light voice became deep.
He didn't tell the whole truth, he wanted to keep a trace of his self-esteem in front of Xu Nianyi.
He didn't want Nian Yi to know that his mother went to Xu Rongsheng in order to beg for life and to beg for him a chance to study, and wanted Xu Rongsheng to show mercy, but what did Xu Rongsheng do...
If Xu Fei hadn't pierced the window paper, he would never have known who Xiao Lei was.
This is not only a shame to his mother, but also to him.
"Later, my mother took me to a foreign country. She was very beautiful when she was young, and she was born as a lady. She read a lot and could speak English. After many wanderings, she met my stepfather. Although my stepfather was a little old I am big, but I like my mother very much, and take good care of my mother. The family is also rich in financial resources and has opened a large transportation company. But my mother is not the original wife. In that country, the husband can have other concubines, just like The concubine in our old society was the same. My mother was my stepfather’s last concubine, and not long after that, the original wife passed away due to illness, and my mother became a rightful wife.”
"After that? Things won't be that simple. If the story ends here, I don't think we will get married." Xu Nianyi continued to ask, the doubts in his eyes faded a little, but his expression became more serious .
"Yes." Lu Jingcheng nodded his head, then looked back from a distance, and stared at Xu Nianyi who was facing him again. The tenderness in the phoenix's eyes had not diminished, but the eyes were obscure and complicated, "My mother Although she has become a director of the shipping company, she has never forgotten the humiliation in Huaxia in her heart. She hates Xu Rongsheng very much, and hates all those who trampled and humiliated her at that time. She instilled all her hatred on me, and I only want to To take revenge on Xu Rongsheng, to take revenge on the Xu family, so..."
"So, you returned to Huaxia and married me?" Xu Nianyi had already thought about some of the following things, and asked proactively.
Lu Jingcheng was silent for a while, then nodded and admitted: "I came back to Xiahai City as an overseas investor, many years later, and I was still young at the time, so Xu Rongsheng didn't know who I was at all. And I didn't approach Xu Rongsheng directly at the beginning, but chose to approach you. Because you were the mayor's daughter, you were arrogant and domineering, and you were ignorant in college. You entered a good university with your connections but always failed. You also like to go to places like bars and nightclubs to have fun, and you have a hot relationship with the rich second generation circle at that time. It's easy to get close to you, as long as you have money and status."
"Really?" Xu Nianyi's dignified expression suddenly softened, and he couldn't help a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, "So when I was young, I was this ignorant and bad girl."
"It's not bad. Your nature is not bad, but you are more playful and powerful. At that time, many people chased you, and you looked down on me. But I know how to deal with girls like you, so I used some methods It made you notice me, and then you chased me for a long time, so I agreed to be with you." Lu Jingcheng also had a smile on his face, and it seemed very sweet to talk about it.
But it was only sweet for a few seconds, the curvature of his mouth disappeared, his thin lips were tightly pressed, his gentle eyes suddenly became sad, the light in his eyes was like a candle flickering in the wind, he paused, and finally Continued: "But at that time, I chose to be with you in order to take revenge on Xu Rongsheng. The purpose of my marriage with you was to take revenge on your Xu family. Therefore, I failed your affection and hurt your sincerity. I At that time, I just came back for revenge, so I did a lot of wrong things. I even watched you being framed and imprisoned. You were sentenced to three years because of being framed and intentionally hurting. .Shao Jun appeared when you needed help, and you chose to be with Shao Jun. And I have always wanted to try my best to make up for the damage I did to you, but I know that no matter what I do, there is no way to make you completely Forgive me."
He already fully understood that in this world, he was the one who failed her affection, and he ignored her sincerity. Even if he tried his best, he was no longer the only one in her heart.
This is what makes him saddest.
But even so, I still want to see her, and I still want to be with her. Even... It doesn't matter if he's a bad guy again, he's never been a good guy anyway.
"Then how much revenge did you do to the Xu family? What else did you do besides marrying me?"