Chapter 525 Half-cooked is just right
"Well, no matter what you do, it's never smooth sailing. If success were that easy, wouldn't anyone be able to be a boss?"
Shen Boyan glanced at her.
"Only by learning from failures can we become stronger. Only saplings that have been through wind and rain can grow into towering trees. On the contrary, those that seem to have a smooth life are like trees with unstable roots, which will fall down when the wind blows once they encounter major setbacks and difficulties. This is the devastating blow."
"I think you should be grateful that you've encountered so many challenges at the very beginning. You must persevere. Only by persisting will you grow into a towering tree that even storms cannot shake."
"If you give up, you will become one of those saplings that die young. Then you can only look up to those outstanding ones who withstand the wind and rain and stand out from the crowd to grow into big trees."
Shen Boyan listened quietly to her, his expression somewhat moved.
Qiao Xing continued to talk, "Anyway, think about it, you're already like this, how much worse can you get? As long as you're alive, you can fail countless times, but once you've gained experience from those failures, as long as you succeed once, you won't be defeated again."
Qiao Xing's mouth was dry from talking, so he picked up the lemon water and drank it all in one go, even letting out a burp.
Shen Boyan remained silent throughout.
"Hey, did you even hear me?"
Shen Boyan snapped out of his reverie and nodded. "That's so inspiring."
"...Really? You still seem a bit down."
"Because I didn't sleep well."
Qiao Xing blinked. "Then go back to sleep. What's the point of drinking tea here?"
Shen Boyan changed the subject, "You used to be involved in pyramid schemes?"
"You're the one who's involved in pyramid schemes."
"Then how did you come up with such a logical and convincing explanation?"
Qiao Xing sighed, "Watch some inspirational videos, and you'll be able to say, 'I'll give you the account later, but just watch the videos, don't buy his courses.'"
Shen Boyan's silence was deafening.
Qiao Xing suddenly said, "Didn't you say these things to Tao Yang and the others? They don't know why you're angry."
"No, there's no need."
"Then why did you tell me?"
Shen Boyan also spoke frankly, "Because we're not very familiar with each other, but not exactly strangers either."
"What do you mean?"
"Too familiar to say it, half-baked is just right."
Now it was Qiao Xing's turn to be silent. She had just tried so hard to comfort him, only to receive a half-baked evaluation.
"I thought you considered me a friend," Qiao Xing sighed, somewhat disappointed.
Shen Boyan subconsciously explained, "That's not what I meant."
"So what do you mean?"
"I misspoke, I meant... never mind." He didn't know how to explain it, so he simply stopped explaining.
Qiao Xing was amused by his awkwardness. "Just kidding. Anyway, whether we're familiar with each other now or not, we'll become familiar with each other eventually. But since we're not very familiar with each other yet, tell me more of these things you can't tell anyone else. I'm bored."
Qiao Xing grabbed the kettle next to him, filled it with water, and then asked the waiter for a plate of melon seeds.
She pointed at Shen Boyan, "He paid."
Shen Boyan twitched the corner of his mouth and took out his phone to scan the payment code on the table.
Qiao Xing grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds. "Go ahead and say it."
"say what?"
"It's those things you can't find people to say."
Shen Boyan was somewhat speechless. "That's all."
Qiao Xing suddenly lost interest in the sunflower seeds in her hand. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "How many girlfriends have you had?"
"Just that one."
"The one where you booked a hotel room while you were coding and the other person was asleep?"
"Can we not talk about this?"
"Okay, okay, I'll find someone else. What kind of girlfriend do you like? I think you should find a girlfriend so you'll have the motivation to work hard."
Shen Boyan paused.
He stared intently at Qiao Xing, remaining silent for a long time.
A question mark flashed through Qiao Xing's mind.
"What do you mean? You don't know what kind of person you like?"
"Um."
"So, what was your ex-girlfriend like?"
Shen Boyan frowned and thought for a moment, "I can't remember."
"You..."
Qiao Xing suddenly remembered the intern from Weisheng Company. Her eyes lit up. "I think of someone. I think you two are quite similar."
How is it similar?
"She also wants to make money and build a career, and she even said that men will only hinder her from making money. Isn't that just like you?"
Shen Boyan picked up the cup of tea in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. After putting the teacup down, he put the cigarettes and lighter on the table into his pocket. "I'm going back to sleep."
"You're leaving already?"
"Aren't you going back to cook?"
Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment, then she quickly stood up and poured the plate of sunflower seeds into her pocket. "I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. Let's go, let's go."
Shen Boyan felt something was off again and paused, "You're pregnant, and I'm still making you cook?"
"Huh? No, it's just that I want to cook for myself. Otherwise, I'd be eating and sleeping all day, and I'd get a little bored."
Shen Boyan looked at her with a hint of inquiry, as if trying to discern the truth or falsehood in her words.
He seemed to be telling the truth, and without saying anything more, he turned and walked away.
Qiao Xing also took out her phone to check. Qin Ce hadn't sent her any messages or made any calls, so he probably hadn't arrived home yet.
She messaged Qin Ce, asking him what he wanted to eat for dinner.
Qin Ce didn't reply, so she typed another line: Then I'll just do whatever.
After sending the message, I looked up and Shen Boyan was already gone.
Qiao Xing shook her head and called Xing Jiu again, asking him to take her to the supermarket to buy groceries.
While waiting for Xing Jiu by the roadside, Qiao Xing suddenly saw a familiar figure across the street.
It was none other than Qiao Hong.
Qiao Hong was accompanied by a woman, a very young and beautiful woman, who looked to be no more than twenty years old.
She squinted and looked for a long time, feeling that it wasn't her daughter, because they went to a hotel, and the woman was holding his arm, and the two seemed very intimate.
Qiao Hong's place must be quite far away, and the fact that he traveled so far to book a hotel room was clearly to avoid some acquaintance.
It seems the company's troubles have really been resolved; they've even brought a woman to a hotel room.
Xing Jiu had already driven the car over, and Qiao Xing didn't bother with his business, so she opened the car door and got in.
Qiao Hong was unaware that he had been seen. After he went inside, he told the young girl to check into the room herself while he waited at the elevator entrance.
After the woman booked the room, she went to the elevator, took his arm, and entered the elevator.
"Uncle, your wife won't come looking for you, will she? I'm so scared."
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm about to divorce her anyway."
"If we get divorced, will you marry me?"
Qiao Hong raised his hand and gently pinched the tip of her nose. "Then I'm going to marry you, but don't rush it."
He had to find a way to make Cao Yun leave with nothing; he couldn't let her take the car and the house.
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