Tang Miao broke up with her boyfriend of ten years. Her boyfriend had fallen in love at first sight with the daughter of the corporation he worked for. After learning he had a girlfriend, the young...
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Although he had expected this answer, Qian Cheng was still slightly surprised when Tang Miao said it.
Qian Cheng had also been in a relationship. For young men and women, breaking up is a very normal thing. Even among married couples, there are many divorces, not to mention the breakup between young lovers.
But Tang Miao was even more resolute than other divorced couples in dealing with the breakup with her ex-boyfriend. She even gave up her career that she had worked hard for for ten years and left her second hometown, just to completely cut her ex-boyfriend out of her world.
In the more than one month that Qian Cheng and Tang Miao have known each other, Qian Cheng has a general understanding of Tang Miao's personality. To most people, Tang Miao's first impression is gentle and soft. She is like water, clear to the bottom, and has no rules. She can be manipulated by others to form any shape.
And the more such people are, the more clearly they are divided than ordinary people. Because they are gentle, they have a certain flexibility. But the flexibility has a limit. If it exceeds that limit, they will cut it off directly.
After Tang Miao finished speaking, Qian Cheng's eyes moved slightly. He looked at Tang Miao quietly, and commented on the reason why Tang Miao told him that she left South City.
After Qian Cheng finished his comment, Tang Miao looked at him and did not answer his question. She looked at Qian Cheng for a while, then smiled and said.
Qian Cheng is 25 years old this year. He has been in several relationships, but none of them lasted more than two years. After all, love is about young men and women coming together, hormones collide, and after being together, hormones fade away and finally the man and woman break up peacefully.
He had never been in a relationship that lasted ten years, but he could roughly imagine what kind of feelings a man and a woman who had been in a relationship for ten years would have for each other.
That kind of emotion is no longer limited to love, but transcends love. It is a kind of trust and affection without blood relationship that grows under habit and tacit understanding.
This is a particularly precious feeling for an ordinary person.
Her parents died when she was a child, and she grew up in a relative's home with whom she had no feelings until she was sixteen. At the age of sixteen, she was with her ex-boyfriend, which was equivalent to dividing Tang Miao's current life into two halves. The first half was her and her parents, and the second half was her and her boyfriend.
As far as she said, her memories of her parents' death were not very clear, and it is very likely that she spent more time with her boyfriend than with her parents.
Her feelings for her boyfriend are even stronger than those for her parents.
Qian Cheng had guessed this before he asked anything and Tang Miao said anything. In fact, the relationship between Tang Miao and her ex-boyfriend and the importance of her ex-boyfriend in her life were far more important than he had guessed.
"Did you meet in South City?" Qian Cheng asked.
"No." Tang Miao said, "We have known each other since we were young. We got together when we were sixteen."
After Tang Miao said that she and her ex-boyfriend had known each other for a long time, Qian Cheng's expression became solemn and silent. He sat in the booth and just looked up at her. Emotions were surging in his dark eyes, but Tang Miao couldn't see clearly what they were.
"We grew up together. After my parents passed away, he stayed with me. Later, when I lived with my relatives, I would consult him and handle any problems together."
Qian Cheng didn't ask any more questions, but Tang Miao continued talking to himself.
She hadn't thought about the past for a long time. The lights in the bar were dim, and the female singer on the stage had a low and hoarse voice, which made people feel like they were immersed in a strong story atmosphere.
In this kind of story atmosphere, people are more willing to tell their own stories.
"At that time, I had few friends and relatives, and he was the only person I could confide my feelings to." This is how Tang Miao described the position of her ex-boyfriend in her heart.
This is indeed a very complicated emotion. For Tang Miao, her parents passed away and she was fostered in the home of relatives with whom she had little affection, and her life was difficult. However, her friend who grew up with her has always been by her side under such circumstances. Not to mention that they established a relationship at the age of 16, in fact, even before that, when Tang Miao's parents passed away, Tang Miao had already regarded him as her spiritual sustenance.
"We grew up together until we were sixteen. At sixteen, we were admitted to high school together. But high school was not free, so my relatives made me drop out of school. He and his family had originally agreed to let me study with him, but that summer, his father died in an accident. His mother had also passed away when he was very young, so only his grandparents were left at home, and they were unable to support two children to study. Then I dropped out of school and went to work in the south city."
"Later, he got good grades in the college entrance examination and went to university. For me, his admission to university was, to some extent, my admission to university, which made up for my regret of not going to school. But at that time, his grandparents were old and relatives could not afford to pay for his university education, so I paid his tuition for four years."
"After four years of college, he spent another three years as a graduate student. After completing graduate school, his advisor helped him find a job. The job turned out to be quite satisfactory, the salary was quite good, and our lives settled down."
"Our original plan was to get married this year. After the wedding, I quit my job and stayed at home to study for a high school diploma and then a bachelor's degree. But plans can't keep up with changes. He cheated on me."
"The person he cheated on was his boss in his department, who was also the daughter of the president of the company group he worked for. Not long after I found out about their affair, the president's daughter found me."
"She told me that my ex-boyfriend is only trying to maintain our relationship because of the guilt he feels for the past ten years and the fact that he owes me. Men are realistic. They only look to the future, not the past. Past relationships can't bring much benefit to their lives, but she can. My ex-boyfriend will see this clearly sooner or later, and then he will take the initiative to break up with me. The matter is actually a foregone conclusion. It's better for me to withdraw and end this painful tangle for all three of us in advance."
"I left Nancheng and came to Huaicheng, settled down here, found a job, and started my new life."
Tang Miao simply and calmly recounted her last relationship.
Rather than calling it her love life, it would be more accurate to say that it is about her life in the ten years from the age of sixteen to twenty-six.
In her relationship, from Tang Miao's narration, one can feel that this is a very ordinary relationship. There is not even any twists and turns. It is just that the two people knew each other since childhood, grew up together, supported each other, and lived together.
Life is like growing up, there is always a grassland that belongs to her.
The phone vibrated, Tang Miao withdrew her attention and glanced at the phone. The screen showed that she had a new WeChat push message.
His life was smooth sailing, and most of the people he met also had smooth sailing lives like his. Even if some of their parents were divorced or unfortunately passed away, they always had other relatives and at least money to help them make their lives a smooth road. They just needed to follow the steps.
Even if she loses the last ray of light, she will never be defeated by the disappearance of the light. She will look for another new ray of light.
Because human endurance is brittle. It can be very strong, but if it exceeds the load, it will collapse directly.
When her parents died, she was still young and didn't feel much, and her memory was not very clear. The betrayal of her ex-boyfriend brought back the pain she had not felt before, and put it on Tang Miao along with the pain he had caused her.
Tang Miao's life was not like this. She came out from a small path, but the path disappeared soon after she walked on it. She dug another one, but that path was also blocked soon after. After the path was blocked, she opened up a new path again...
After Qian Cheng asked, Tang Miao raised his eyelashes and looked at him.
Her life was like a maze full of dilemmas, but she was quiet and gentle, and she just walked slowly along the path she had carved out. She was patient and calm, not impatient or reckless, and just walked and lived steadily.
Not only did she lose a love, she also lost all the emotions in her current life. It was even like she was experiencing the death of her parents again.
Now that Tang Miao had told him some of her stories, she seemed to be spread out in front of him in a more macroscopic way. In this macroscopic picture, Qian Cheng listened to her unhurried words and looked at the peaceful and calm smile in her eyes. His feelings for Tang Miao seemed to be connected into lines and then into surfaces, and they suddenly became concrete.
Because he was not quite sure whether he really had such feelings for Tang Miao. On the other hand, he was never aggressive in developing a relationship. Rash expression would only make the other person feel uncomfortable when getting along with him.
While Qian Cheng was thinking this, he looked at Tang Miao who was sitting opposite him, and felt that he might have underestimated Tang Miao.
Just like when she was living with her relatives, she had no money to go to school, so she dropped out and went to another city to work and support herself and live a different life.
Qian Cheng's previous knowledge of Tang Miao was all about the details of her work. He could see that Tang Miao was gentle and kind, hardworking and motivated, and every communication with her made people feel comfortable and at ease.
Tang Miao is pitiable and sympathetic, but above all, she is likable.
Now, her ex-boyfriend betrayed her and she lost her feelings again, so she left Nancheng and came to Huaicheng, bought a house, settled down and worked, and started another life.
After Qian Cheng asked this, he raised his eyes and looked at her quietly. His previous words seemed to follow her words, and he asked this question casually.
Qian Cheng couldn't even imagine what kind of belief Tang Miao relied on when she found out that her ex-boyfriend had betrayed her and when the boss's daughter told her that her ex-boyfriend would definitely choose her.
When this carrier betrayed her, it was equivalent to overturning her life beliefs. The pain Tang Miao suffered in this incident was not comparable to a simple broken heart.
"certainly."
Qian Cheng watched her finish her drink, then took a sip with her. After finishing, Qian Cheng said.
Everyone is fearful. If they get hurt in a relationship, their views and thoughts about relationships will change.
She takes root in different lands, thrives and grows gently in different lands.
After Tang Miao told him about her last relationship, she stopped talking. After she finished, she even smiled at him and then took a sip of the drink.
Tang Miao opened the chat box, and the content in the chat box appeared in front of her.
Tang Miao is like a kind of grass.
But this ordinary relationship is more than just an ordinary love.
After Tang Miao said this, the phone next to her vibrated.
If she is cut off and prevented from growing in this place, she will find another piece of land and take root and sprout again.
To Tang Miao, her ex-boyfriend is more than just an ex-boyfriend. He is also a carrier of her deepest feelings in this world.
After he asked this, Tang Miao looked at Qian Cheng who was looking at her, her eyes moved calmly, and then she smiled faintly and said.
"Do you still have aspirations for love?"
And he doesn't always stay in the same place. At the right time and on the right topic, he will take a step forward based on what the other person says.
Her likability is above all distressing and pitying. She has a gentle temperament, gentle and comfortable. Maybe she can't catch your eye at first, but after you look at her and get to know her, that's when you start to fall for her.
Qian Cheng had never shown this kind of emotion towards Tang Miao.
"Sorry." Seeing the WeChat push, Tang Miao stopped talking with Qian Cheng. After saying this, she took the phone and unlocked the screen.
She just told Qian Cheng about her last relationship. To an outsider, her last relationship was a mess and caused her great harm.
Tang Miao is much stronger than she looks.
After unlocking the screen, Tang Miao opened WeChat. In the top chat box of the WeChat interface, there was a new unread message.
【He Xiao: I’m back. 】
Qian Cheng has never met a girl like Tang Miao.