Chapter 11: Yu Jingyuan
Yu Jingyuan has been very depressed recently. As a young man who has been single for 25 years, he accidentally harmed a girl, and the girl didn't hold him responsible.
He couldn't imagine if his parents would rush into the law firm, tie him up, take him home, pack up his things, and drive him out to sleep on the street if they knew about this.
His parents were both government officials. They were traditional in their thinking and had been leaders their entire lives. They treated him with the same airs and expectations, so when he was little, Yu Jingyuan preferred to eat at Xun Sheng's house.
One is comfort, the other is delicious food.
Although his family was not poor and even had five generations of officials, his parents were used to living in poverty. When he was a child, his underwear was worn out and could no longer be supported by his brothers, so his father went to the supermarket and bought him five pairs of new underwear for thirty yuan.
Later, when he grew up, his parents became more generous. After he got a job, they first gave him a luxury car, and then gave him a house. Yu Jingyuan moved out without delay and lived on a pair of underwear for twenty yuan from then on.
However, it was precisely because his parents were too strict with him when he was a child that Yu Jingyuan was able to be both virtuous and talented. He went to college at the age of 14, and studied all the way through undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees. He was only 20 when he graduated, which is the age when ordinary people just start college.
After graduation, I went to the Red Circle Law Firm for internship. After overcoming many difficulties, I finally got the position.
It sounds glamorous, but only he knows that his studies and work are almost suffocating him.
When he was in college, he had almost no friends because of the huge age gap between him and his roommates.
While others were picking up girls and climbing over walls to stay out all night, he was sleeping in his 1.2-meter-square bed holding his own Abebe.
While others were having dinner and singing karaoke together, he was jumping up and down in the library to get books.
While others have a rich and colorful life by participating in various club activities, he calls his parents every day to let them know he is safe.
Yu Jingyuan never blamed his parents for being too strict, he just felt a little lonely.
So coming back during the holidays and playing with Xun Sheng and Lin Minghe became the only thing he longed for at school. Only then would his parents not discipline him too much and would feel at ease to send him to the Xun family.
After starting work and moving out, Yu Jingyuan went to the Xun family less often. Being a lawyer wasn't an easy job. His mind was filled with other people's affairs every day, and he would fall asleep as soon as he got home exhausted. He would occasionally watch Lin Minghe's games, longing for a free world, but it was just a thought.
He spent his time like this from the age of 20 to 25.
At the age of 24, Yu Jingyuan heard that the lost daughter of the Xun family was found, so he went to congratulate her with his parents. However, he was called away by work before he could even sit down. He came back a few times afterwards, but he never ran into the little girl named Xia Cheng.
At the age of 25, a client asked him to drink. Yu Jingyuan hesitated for a moment and agreed. When he arrived at the bar, he looked at the client crying and felt a little moved. He drank two more glasses. Someone seemed to come over to chat with him, but he refused.
Later, he thought that it was his client who was sending him home, so he followed him in a daze. When he arrived at the hotel, he realized something was wrong, but he was feeling very hot all over and everything was ready to go, so he just acquiesced.
The woman unbuttoned his shirt, and he saw her face, as white as jade, bright and beautiful.
He felt uncomfortable all over and had no energy. He wanted to leave, but the woman had already grasped him. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer and turned over, pressing the woman under him, and asked:
"Are you volunteering?"
The woman hummed, and Yu Jingyuan became like a mad dog, not letting go of any scrap of meat on the bone.
Gradually, the woman's voice became softer, gentle and lovely. He listened and fell asleep...
After sobering up, he realized how ridiculous it was, but the woman had already left. He immediately mobilized all his resources to find this woman, but he never expected that it was the younger sister of the Xun family whom he had never had the chance to meet.
There was no point in regretting it. Yu Jingyuan would definitely take responsibility even though he didn't like her.
He found her phone number and name and called her.
The moment he opened his mouth, he found that the person on the other side seemed to know him and seemed familiar with him.
Yu Jingyuan forgot to ask her how she knew about him. He only knew that he should take responsibility for the girl and get married tomorrow, oh no, today. He would definitely treat her well!
While thinking this, he saw the message sent by Xun Mo and felt deeply guilty.
He could sense what Xun Mo and both sets of parents meant, but when he was young, he was ignorant and had a gentle personality, so he didn't express it clearly.
Yu Jingyuan decided to take this opportunity to go to Xun's house and directly reject Xun Mo. He could no longer sleep with Xia Cheng and fight with Xun Mo, and he also had to explain things clearly to his parents.
However, Xia Cheng refused. Yu Jingyuan's sense of responsibility became stronger and stronger, and he didn't want to reply to Xun Mo's message.
He suffered from frequent insomnia, decreased appetite, dozed off at work, lost a lot of weight, and didn't even dare to go home for fear that his parents would notice his worries.
He didn't dare to call Xia Cheng. He had never been in a relationship and didn't know how to please a girl. He was only good at studying.
Study. Oh, and he could read. Yu Jingyuan watched TV dramas online while going to the bookstore to buy novels. He had written a whole book about the tactics of pursuing someone, just waiting to put them into practice. When should he contact Xia Cheng? He believed that they would definitely be able to develop feelings for each other!
Thinking this way, he felt motivated and decided to work hard, live a good life, and be a reliable man. Yu Jingyuan turned on his computer and an advertisement popped up on the screen.
Before he clicked on it, he saw a familiar name. Lin Minghe? Was he in another ad? Yu Jingyuan clicked on it. It was a blurry video, but even with the blur, he immediately recognized the girl who had bravely fought the criminals.
While watching the video, his heart was in a knot, and when it was over, he realized that he was sweating all over.
Xia Cheng is so kind? So brave?
While admiring her, Yu Jingyuan did not forget to call Xia Cheng, but the call was never connected and later the phone was simply turned off. Yu Jingyuan paced back and forth in the office anxiously, but he could not call either of their parents, as such behavior would definitely make them notice something was wrong.
Finally he sent the message to Xun Sheng, and the secretary answered the phone, saying that Xun Sheng was in a meeting.
Yu Jingyuan thought about it and called Xun Mo. The first thing he asked was:
"Are you injured?"
Xun Mo was on the other end of the phone, acting coquettishly:
"I was really scared today!"
"I came to see you."
"us?"
"Yeah, isn't Xia Cheng also..."
Xun Mo was silent for a while before returning to her normal tone:
"Okay...Brother Jingyuan, I'll wait for you at home."
Yu Jingyuan arrived at Xun's house, but did not see Xia Cheng. At this time, Xun's parents came back and said that Xia Cheng was in the hospital and Xun Sheng would pick her up later.
Yu Jingyuan sat patiently in the living room. Instead of waiting for Xia Cheng, he received a call from Lin Minghe.
Lin Minghe shouted on the other end of the phone: "Yu Jingyuan, I finally know what it feels like to like someone!"
When Yu Jingyuan heard this, he felt indescribably happy. When he first met Lin Minghe, this man who was two years younger than him, fought with him for Xun Mo. But when he knew that Yu Jingyuan didn't like Xun Mo at all, the two of them started playing together again, and this continued for several years.
Yu Jingyuan was happy that they could finally get rid of this love triangle that attracted the attention of outsiders.
But he didn't expect that Lin Minghe's youthful excitement came and went quickly, which was why he became good friends with him. He also didn't expect that Lin Minghe would like Xia Cheng.
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