"no."
Gu Yuanzhou glanced at Wen Ying, and after a brief pause, he replied to his friend's message.
If he admits it, he can also order the other party not to spread the news, but he knows that the "secret" also has a certain leverage in their circle. If the relationship is good enough and the interests are enough, the other party may disclose it. The spread of it may be a fatal blow to her.
In fact, the simple word "not" is a denial on the surface, but it can have many layers of meaning after careful study. Judging from the current situation, he was lying, but it might not be the case in the future.
"Don't come here, believe it or not, I'll ask Yan Zhengqi personally with the pictures from the driving recorder?" The other party was not so easy to dismiss, and immediately called him after he replied.
Gu Yuanzhou was noncommittal, "Only you saw it?"
"Only my car is in the front, so I can barely see clearly. Hey, don't you, don't tell me it's true, you go fuck Yan Zhengqi's wife?"
"As I said, be respectful." He said casually, "I heard that you recently opened a hot pot restaurant just for fun? Gu's also has this kind of business, do you need me to help you?"
"...Damn it, this woman gave you ecstasy? First, Yan Zhengqi was dying for her and his family, and now you are protecting her like a treasure, can't you just say something rough?! Okay, okay, I respect, I respect." The man said brokenly, "But I'm serious, you don't have to do this if you want to fight against others, what kind of hero is a man who robs women, you are not such a person, Gu Boss..."
"Let's talk later."
He didn't give any clear statement, and hung up the phone regardless of the other party's noise.
The phone was connected to the fitting room, and when he was about to go back, his eyes glanced and he saw a shining accessory under a lamp somewhere.
When he came back, Wen Ying was already standing in front of the mirror outside the fitting room, looking at herself in the mirror. He gradually walked into the mirror and stood behind her.
"The makeup is all over..." She smiled and lowered her eyes to look at the long skirt that was picked up by her hands from both sides, then turned the skirt slightly and put it down again, as if she felt that she was not in harmony with it .
Suddenly, some cold jewelry passed over her head and put it on the empty place on her chest.
"look up."
She heard his voice and raised her head subconsciously.
The diamond necklace on the chest echoes the diamond ornaments on the waist, highlighting the brilliance and shining light. Then her loose long hair was picked up by his slightly callused big hands and placed aside, adding a touch of charm unique to mature women. It made her too pale and tired face and reddish eye sockets seem less important.
"Where did it come from?"
"I looked at the accessories in the store, and I think diamonds are the most suitable for you." He looked at the woman in the mirror and said. He remembered that on the day of the bidding meeting, she spoke calmly and skillfully, even if she encountered a difficult question, she didn't feel distressed, and she always turned it into a form that was beneficial to him, easily attracting everyone's attention. Dazzling like the light of a diamond.
For a split second she held her breath. The man looked at her in the mirror with tender eyes, with a touch of appreciation and restrained pity.
Appreciation is a man's appreciation of a woman, and restraint is because he knows that she belongs to another man.
Their eyes met in the mirror, but for just a moment, it seemed that time suddenly slowed down, giving them enough time to stare at each other. Wen Ying quickly avoided her sight.
Just at this time, her mobile phone rang. Because of trying on clothes, she temporarily put her phone in Gu Yuanzhou's place. Hearing the sound, Gu Yuanzhou handed the phone to her. The two had a brief moment of contact. The soft and cold skin of the woman touched the roughness of the man. The perception of the two seemed to be magnified. Think back to how you felt when you just touched it.
Wen Ying curled her fingertips, but still answered the phone first.
"dad."
"Well, I'm fine. I eat well and dress warmly. My work is progressing smoothly. There's nothing wrong. Don't worry. Pay attention to yourself. The weather has cooled down again. Didn't you say that your knees hurt two days ago? Don't worry." It’s freezing, remember to try the acupuncturist who contacted you two days ago.”
"... He is also very good, don't worry, there is no quarrel, he has been very good to me recently." She was talking, and suddenly raised her eyes to look at Gu Yuanzhou quickly, "It will be their family reunion in a few days, He happened to take me out today to choose clothes, um, um, okay..."
After talking for a while, she hung up the phone, only to see that Gu Yuanzhou's expression returned to his usual smile before he was mocking people.
"Mr. Yan is here? Why didn't I see it, let me say hello to him?"
She said: "If you say that, my dad won't worry..."
"Do you still remember what you questioned me before?" He looked at her embarrassed look and said suddenly.
"Um?"
"You let me see who is sitting opposite me playing chess. Have you ever thought that I don't consider you a chess player because you don't think you are a chess player. You like to run away when things happen, The first way to deal with it is to wrong yourself and make others satisfied."
"Have I ever taught you, don't back down. It's useless to escape or feel sorry for yourself. I don't give you this dress to make you come back and cry to me after being wronged." He took her to look into the mirror The person said in a low voice: "When you meet what you want, grab it. What you want, you will definitely get it."
The family gatherings of Yan's family are different from ordinary people's. In a villa, people in bright clothes chat affectionately with each other, chat about current affairs news, do business in the stock market, inquire about each other's income for the past year, make contacts, and care for each other in their hearts. Division level. The blood relationship was washed away by interests and was extremely weak.
Women love to get together and chat. From the conversations, they reveal which countries they have flown to this year, which big-name fashion shows they have been invited to, or have questions about the cost of their children's education in international schools and so on.
Wen Ying's position in it was relatively embarrassing. Yan's father is the chairman of the Yan Group, and she should be one of the people who are complimented by everyone in this Vanity Fair. However, her family background is ordinary, and she is not recognized by Yan Zhengqi's parents. At the beginning, her husband who defended her gradually faded away. Home, people don't say anything, privately think that they will divorce after two years, so naturally they won't be too polite to her.
Whenever the original host refuses to attend their party, he will be "struck" by them in all aspects and become speechless.
A person's origin does not determine everything, but the environment and education will still have an impact on people. Many "common senses" that are accessible to her class are quite unfamiliar to the original owner, and under the mocking eyes of others, she often just Can use "I'm not interested in it" to defend against attacks from outsiders. This not only failed to achieve the purpose of integrating into them, but made them look down on her even more.
Because for them, this is the embodiment of whether the vision is broad or not. You may not understand it, but you cannot be ignorant of it.
Of course, the emotional expression of the women is not so gentle, and their ridicule will only make the original owner pay more attention to what he insists on. Therefore, whenever they chatted as they wished, the original owner would have nothing to say. Once Yan Mu asked to join the conversation, they would receive countless gloating and contemptuous glances.
It's not that the original owner didn't want to blend in, it's just that Yan Zhengqi's performance was dispensable, so she could only break into that completely strange world alone, without anyone's guidance, no matter how simple the information was to her. It is extremely difficult to say, and it is difficult to digest it into one's own things.
But this time Wen Ying was impressive.
In the past, she just wanted to put herself in a corner where no one could see, and treat the dinner party as an execution, so that she could concentrate on doing what she liked to do after getting through this. So she exudes a message of resistance all over her body, and her face is just a forced smile. From the expression, it can be seen that "I'm too lazy to care about you" and "I'm just dealing with you".
This time was different, she was holding Yan Zhengqi's arm, she was radiant in a long dress, and when she saw people nodding their heads to say hello, her smile was generous and decent, as soon as she entered the room, people's eyes fell on her.
"It's a good day today."
Yan's mother rarely praised her. Yan's mother and Yan's father were married in a family, but the relationship was not bad, and she was indeed picky about Wen Ying's background and behavior.
Wen Ying learned the hypocritical politeness of their class from Gu Yuanzhou, that is, even if she is reluctant in her heart, she looks like a bee seeing honey on the surface.
At the beginning, she doubted whether Gu Yuanzhou himself had practiced this theory, because when he was harsh and critical of others, he was more serious than when he smiled seriously. Gu Yuanzhou glanced at her at that time, and said: "Don't be too polite to some people."
"Snobbery!"
"Who said it's based on money?" The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, "It's useless for you to smile at some people. Especially when he thinks your status or ability is not as good as his, he will only think that you are hugging him thigh, trying to curry favor with him."
"That… "
"For this kind of person, you have to subdue him, pick what he is best at, and let him understand that he is nothing in front of you."
His words were still in my ears, and someone pointed to Wen Ying's necklace and asked what brand it was. After Wen Ying answered, she squinted and said, "I thought it was the series just released by XX, but it turned out to be accessories from a clothing store." , it’s not bad.”
It sounded like she was saying that Wen Ying's piece was imitated by the store and was a counterfeit, but in fact the two pieces of jewelry were not similar, and what she said was just embarrassing Wen Ying.
This is Yan Zhengqi's cousin's wife. The other party is wearing bright red today. It should be an eye-catching color, but Wen Ying stole the limelight.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, she asked Wen Ying: "Just chat casually, don't you mind?"
"How could it be?" Wen Ying smiled, and said indifferently: "The inspiration for that series is said to have come from the description of the necklace owned by the heroine in a certain book, but unfortunately I have read that book, the necklace in the book The description should be based on a classic necklace from the XXX family ten years ago, if my cousin is interested in this one, you should also like the one launched by the XXX family ten years ago."
Mother Yan glanced in her direction, and the others were also surprised.
The sister-in-law immediately said awkwardly: "What do you mean..."
"It's nothing, just chatting." She smiled slightly, "And it's just my family's opinion, I don't know if it's right."
The description in the book is not mentioned. Others compared the two necklaces and found that there are indeed similarities. The author of the book did not say that the description was made after the existing necklaces in reality, but the designer publicly admitted that the inspiration came from in this book.
Although there is no final conclusion, she has her own opinion.
It’s okay if this kind of situation only happens once. Others can only make such a distinction when she happens to have read this book and is interested in necklaces. When they were able to express their opinions, their attitudes changed accordingly.
And Wen Ying herself is more stubborn and persistent than before, and she has become more subtle, making people aware of the change in her aura, so naturally she dare not treat her with too much contempt.
She discovered that the difficult person in the original owner's memory was not that powerful. She was willing to accept and learn from this circle, and they naturally accepted her. Among other things, no one would want to always see The reason why the original owner thought she was being tortured was because she couldn't be accepted by others. When she shows her fighting power, people dare not underestimate her easily, and the atmosphere of getting along will become relatively relaxed. At least others will not reject her as an alien, and the party will not be so tiring.
Wen Ying sent a "thank you" to Gu Yuanzhou, but when the meal was actually served, Yan's father and Yan's mother inevitably mentioned the child's problem. When a large family gathers, there are always children on the dining table, Yan's mother will be emotional after teasing for a while. The others joked and cheered, and all the stressed eyes focused on Wen Ying.
The man is thoughtful, and Yan Zhengqi is not a person who can think carefully. Whenever he heard what his mother said, he would go up to tease the child, without realizing her situation.
Wen Ying dealt with it for a long time, and found an excuse to go to the bathroom, but as soon as she came out, she bumped into the sister-in-law outside.
In the hall just now, the other party has been silent for a while, Wen Ying only thought that she was subdued, who knows that the other party is not so easy to be subdued. In fact, she is well aware that the deeper reason than stealing the limelight is that Yan Zhengqi's cousin works in the head office, and they are always on guard against Yan Zhengqi's return to the head office. His face became extremely distorted.
The other party grasped her weakness based on the topic at the dinner table, chatted with Wen Ying about children, and asked her: "When will you and Zhengqi have children? This age is not young anymore, women want children at 27 or 8 years old It's best, being late will affect me."
"We have our own considerations about this matter." She said as she walked out.
The other party saw Wen Ying's intention to evade, and immediately chased after her and beat her up, "This is not about the two of you, uncle just gave birth to Zhengqi, if you don't hurry up, you are still waiting for Zhengqi to marry another woman." Do you want to bring her to the house when you give birth?"
"What year is it?" Wen Ying stopped, with a funny expression on her face, "You still like this."
The woman smiled, "That's what the auntie didn't say clearly. If it were an ordinary family, of course they wouldn't like this. The Yan family is different. You should know your current situation. You don't have children. It won't be more than two years. If you have status, you will be able to do so." Steady."
"It seems that the sister-in-law has stabilized her position in this way."
"Of course." The other party's expression was slightly smug and full of superiority, "My family background is better than yours, but after giving birth to my first son, my in-laws' attitude towards me will still change, and so will my husband."
"The feudal woman, the cousin sister-in-law should keep it for herself."
The other party snorted softly: "What feudal woman? Why, both my sons and daughters are feudal? I understand and tell you that you don't listen to it. Sometimes you break these things up and look at them. How can it be different from ancient times? , the richer the family, the more similar they are. If you don’t listen, Zhengqi will only cry when he has a son with another woman in the future.”
"Both sons and daughters are naturally not feudal, but having children is to consolidate one's position." Wen Ying smiled and shook her head, "You can tell me this set of principles, don't tell your daughter, don't hurt me her."
"What hurt her, can I hurt my daughter?!" The woman was so angry that she choked on her, and she said with a sarcasm, "You have been dragging on for so long, and you haven't had a single thing in three years. Movement, don't you can't give birth?"
Wen Ying walked to the corner, turned around quickly, but asked with a different meaning.
"What did my sister-in-law say? I didn't hear clearly."
Yan Zhengqi was also very surprised by Wen Ying's performance today. He knew that she had always disliked these gatherings, and he also thought it was good for her to keep her original appearance. But when she was able to get along harmoniously with her relatives at home, and her parents stopped being critical of her, he found that his particularly irritable mood had improved for a while.
He didn't need to always be between her and his parents like before, and he was relieved.
I just don't know where she learned these things from
After the meal, he chatted and took a walk with his cousins. They used to disapprove of Wen Ying's attitude, but now they come to praise him for his good vision. Naturally, for them, a woman must not only be beautiful, but also be able to deal with various relationships, that is, be able to carry out "madam diplomacy" for them.
Although Wen Ying is capable, she is powerful herself, and she is not a candidate for a "good wife".
When she has the ability to gather people in her circle around her, it is worth seeing for them.
For these evaluations, Yan Zhengqi couldn't say he was very happy, but it was better than his cousins always looking at his wife with critical eyes. However, just around the corner, he heard his cousin's slander against Wen Ying.
"I said, you can't give birth, can you?"
He became angry for a moment, and immediately looked at his cousin, who had an embarrassed expression.
Wen Ying only said what she asked the other party to repeat when she noticed their footsteps. As Gu Yuanzhou said, when facing close people, the original owner likes to bear many things by himself and make concessions to others. However, Yan Zhengqi is a person who can't be sensitive to her hidden emotions. If he doesn't reveal her situation to him, it is very likely that he will never understand her for the rest of his life.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you say it again?"
Yan Zhengqi suddenly appeared next to her, hugged her shoulders, and looked at the opposite woman with her.
The expression of the woman in the red dress immediately became very embarrassed, "Zhengqi, that's not what I meant..."
"What does that mean?" He was so angry that he said calmly, "If you don't have a child, you can't have a child. You blame her, why don't you blame me? Does my sister-in-law think that I can't have a child either?" He looked behind him , "What about my cousin, do you think so too?"
"Zhengqi, why are you angry? Your sister-in-law doesn't use her brain when she talks, and it's not like you don't know..." The cousin tried to smooth things over.
Yan Zhengqi was happy, "There are so many things I don't know, I don't even know that you dare to slander her with such words behind my back."
"I was just short of breath. It was she who first said that I harmed my daughter, and I..."
"When you are short of breath, you scold others for not being able to have children." He sneered again and again, "My wife is right. With a mother like you, I am worried about my niece's future character."
"You!" The woman was also angry, "Then I'm not wrong, she just can't give birth, she hasn't moved for three years, if she could give birth, wouldn't you have given birth sooner?!"
"Oh, that's what you think?"
Regardless of what her husband told her to shut up, the woman snorted coldly, "So what?"
"I don't know what my cousin thinks." He said calmly with clear eyes, "I didn't marry her to let her be a reproductive machine. I love her, and it has nothing to do with whether I have children."
What happened during the dinner was like a stimulus, as if there was a "foreign enemy", Yan Zhengqi became more patient and considerate to her. He was finally willing to tell her about his recent pressure, "The last project was messed up, my dad set a goal for me to get the XX's order, if I can't get it, maybe I have to transfer to a company in another city. "
Wen Ying wanted to help him, but he shook his head and said, "This time he told me to do it myself."
Although she didn't help, Wen Ying still helped him collect some information, and some of the information showed that their biggest competitor was Gu's company. So much so that Wen Ying heard the news of Gu Yuanzhou's arrival in the office, and couldn't react for a while until the man walked in under the leadership of the secretary.
"How did you come?"
He sat across from her desk with a casual gesture, "I'm talking about business nearby, and I'll say hello to you when we're done."
"Then the greetings are over now." She leaned on the office chair and looked at him.
"Chasing customers?" He raised his eyebrows, "I haven't heard from you about the situation of the last dinner, how is the battle going?"
"Speaking of which..."
Although the relationship between her and Yan Zhengqi has improved, the past rift is not so easy to repair, at least her attitude when complaining is not as natural as it is to Gu Yuanzhou. She repeated the remarks of the cousin sister-in-law to him, and said: "Is it surprising that there are still people who have such thoughts?"
"It's not surprising that for some women who don't have their own ability and value to reflect, childbearing has become the only way for them to reflect their own value."
"You have the same opinion as him on this point." She suddenly smiled, "If the two of you were not born in opposite families, you might become good friends."
"Yeah?"
Gu Yuanzhou was noncommittal, and felt that her attitude had changed from the last time Yan Zhengqi was mentioned, but he didn't say it clearly, but suddenly said: "I heard that this order from XX's family is very important to him, do you need me to reveal the inside story to you? information, let him once."
Wen Ying raised her eyes, "Mr. Gu is so kind?"
"Of course I have conditions."
His eyes kept falling on her hands rubbing her shoulders and neck, and he hesitated a bit when he wanted to do something. At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the visitor seemed to know from the secretary that she was receiving guests, and asked, "Yingying?"
It was Yan Zhengqi's voice.
Gu Yuanzhou turned his head and asked her with a playful smile: "Do you need me to hide?"