Wang Ming, still slightly drunk, paused for a moment, then tilted his head back and downed the remaining half-bottle of wine in one gulp.
Waaaaah, this son of a bitch, if you can't comfort me, you don't have to say anything.
"What else did Shen Ying say?"
Jiang Xia pulled him away from the area where he had vomited, and sighed softly. This lovestruck fool's romance ended before it even began. Given his personality, it would probably take him a long time to recover.
However, as the saying goes, when one is unlucky in love, one is lucky in business. This period is perfect for him to work overtime and draw more drafts. It would be a shame not to make good use of it.
"She told me not to act impulsively, to fill out my college application carefully, and that there are many nice girls in college, but I... I just like her."
Having probably just vomited up a lot of alcohol, Wang Ming suddenly became more articulate and spoke more fluently.
"She told me to forget her, but now I can't stop thinking about her, Lao Jiang, I can't forget her, I really can't forget her. She walked into my heart and then cut off my path again, sob sob sob..."
Jiang Xia said softly, "People who have just broken up are like this. They feel like the sky is falling when the other person is gone. But the truth is, no one cares about you. The earth will keep turning, and the sun will rise in the east and set in the west as usual. The only one who is sad is yourself from beginning to end."
"Old Jiang, you've never been heartbroken, so you don't understand how I feel right now. My heart aches so much, it's a throbbing pain."
“Yeah, I’ve never been heartbroken…” Jiang Xia looked up at the bright moon and subconsciously reached for a cigarette, only to find that she didn’t have one on her.
He took a deep breath, his tone seemingly spanning a decade, and said softly, "But I... I'm divorced. She's a good person, I love her very much, but I'm not good enough for her. So I hardened my heart and forced her to argue with me, trying to drive her away. No one understands the feeling of driving away your lover better than me. So what you're experiencing is just being rejected, it's not even love, just unrequited love. What does it amount to?"
Wang Ming suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Xia, his eyes instantly regaining their clarity, revealing disbelief, yet also filled with doubt.
"What's the meaning?"
"I had a very long, very real dream," he said softly, his expression dazed.
"Tch, I thought you were going to tell me something, but it was just a dream. I thought you were really married." Wang Ming returned to his half-drunk, half-awake state, but now Jiang Xia no longer stopped him from drinking no matter how much he drank.
"I spent more than ten years in my dreams, marrying a wonderful girl. Even now, I clearly remember every happy day I spent with her, as well as the pain of arguing with her over trivial matters. Under my relentless pressure, she finally agreed to a divorce."
Wang Ming paused, subconsciously ignoring the so-called dream, and asked blankly, "So you love both the girl in your dream and your sister-in-law?"
"The girl in my dreams is also Yan Wan."
Blanching!!!
Wang Ming was dumbfounded. Damn it, what a beast!
I thought I could find a sense of shared suffering with my good brother, but I didn't expect to end up being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing a romantic relationship) while listening to a story.
Jiang Xia smiled faintly, seemingly unconcerned, "So I'm very fortunate now, fortunate to be able to return to where it all began, to cherish every day I spend with her, I will treat her well, spoil her rotten, and finally..." (Qianqian Xiaoshou)
"I will never leave her again, I love her."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ming felt conflicted and didn't know what to say for a moment. He envied Jiang Xia and Lin Yanwan's relationship, which didn't seem like a simple romance, but rather like that of a couple who had been married for a long time.
“It definitely will, and it will last a long time,” he said.
"Want to know about your story?" Jiang Xia asked with a smile.
"You even dreamed about me?" Wang Ming asked with a strange expression.
Jiang Xia said seriously, "Yes, in the dream, you died. You were driving drunk and crashed straight into the Yangtze River. I was the one who went to identify your body."
“…Damn it, I wish you hadn’t dreamt about me.” Wang Ming was speechless.
Don't you want to hear the reasons?
"Why?"
"You dated a beautiful girl for almost six years, but in the end she found a sugar daddy for money. Back then, you were just like you are now, drinking heavily by yourself, which led to that accident."
"That pretty girl is..."
“It’s not Shen Ying,” Jiang Xia interrupted.
Wang Ming felt a sense of relief, but also a touch of sadness, because even in his dream, he couldn't be with Shen Ying.
Is this truly the end of our fate in this lifetime?
Thinking of this, I started to feel sad again.
"Old Wang, listen to me."
Jiang Xia patted him on the shoulder and said, "Shen Ying is right. I know you thought about applying to the same university as her for her sake, but she won't be moved by your wishful thinking. Brother, you're still very naive in your thinking. You need to know that a temporary separation doesn't mean anything. The future is so long, who can predict it?"
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Let go of your feelings, focus on your work, realize your life's value as soon as possible, and embrace your love soon."
Jiang Xia pointed to her own heart, then to his, and solemnly said, "Both you and I need to make changes to the lives we live in our dreams."
Wang Ming became increasingly suspicious as he listened, and finally slapped his thigh with the wine bottle, realizing what was going on: "So, all you've been saying is trying to make me forget her so I can work for you and make money, right?"
“There’s no conflict.” Jiang Xia smiled.
"Hmm... However, I have to admit that what you said does make some sense. In my dream, I actually found a gold digger and even got into a car accident while drunk for someone like that. It was really awful."
He took out his phone, intending to delete Shen Ying's phone number and QQ account, but Jiang Xia saw this and quickly stopped him.
"What do you want to do? You two work at the same company, you see each other all the time. Do you think deleting her contact information means you'll never have anything to do with her again? You deleted her on QQ? If you're so capable, kick her out of the company group chat. Only a child would sulk like this, so immature!"
"What can I do? Out of sight, out of mind. If I don't see it, I won't think about it. If I don't think about it, I won't be bothered. Only when I'm not bothered can I work properly."
"It seems you still don't have enough work. We need to increase your workload. When you're busy, you won't have time to think about your sweetheart. Starting tomorrow, your vacation is over."
"...Fine, do as you please." Wang Ming's lips twitched. He really wanted to curse this damn capitalist who exploited his employees, saying that one day he would be hanging from a street lamp.
"Let's go, I'll take you home. Go back, take a good shower, change your clothes, and get some sleep. I'll go to work with you tomorrow."
"Let's go."
Wang Ming took a deep breath, tilted his head back, and drank all the remaining wine in the bottle.
Why are you still drinking?
"It's money we paid for, it'd be a waste not to drink it."
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