Chapter 24: Suitable She and I are a perfect match!
"Ah?" Xu Zhijian didn't react.
Wen Nian: "Otherwise, why is she so afraid of offending your family?"
"How should I know?" he wondered. "Anyway, my mom has a very good temper. She definitely wouldn't threaten anyone, especially not over such a trivial matter."
Although he was not very familiar with his mother, she was his biological mother after all. He knew that she had a kind nature and was famously gentle.
Wen Nian scoffed.
Xu Zhijian was puzzled. No, his mother hadn't offended her, right?
This fire is still caused by relatives.
He caught up again: "Really, she has a really good personality and is easy to get along with."
After saying a few words, seeing that she wasn't listening, I simply gave up.
Never mind, it’s not a big deal, and he doesn’t have a very good relationship with his mother.
Even if they get married in the future, Wen Nian won't need to maintain a troublesome mother-in-law-in-law relationship with her, and there's no need to leave a good impression.
Only then did he remember the task he had just been assigned.
He walked lazily and sighed, "Anyway, she insisted that I find another painting teacher for Xu Xiaoyu. Since your friend is busy, why don't you teach her?"
After a pause, he thought of something and curled his lips. "After you taught her last time, she told me she liked you very much and wanted you to be her sister-in-law."
Sometimes I really don't know how this person can say such shameless words calmly. Wen Nian looked at him as if he were a fool. "Get lost."
"Think about it, I'll give you double the salary."
Double salary?
Wen Nian wavered for a second, unable to control himself.
There is really no way. After all, any worker would be shaken when hearing these words.
"I won't."
This is the truth.
"I've only learned a few rare things, so I can't teach you professionally. Please seek help from someone else. You have a large family and a great business, so you can find anyone you want."
Xu Zhijian insisted: "Then teaching singing is fine too. I remember you sing very well."
Haha, after all, you still want to seduce her.
"Are you annoying?" Wen Nian yelled at him, "Stop following me, or I'll call for help!"
—
On the way back to the room, Wen Nian bumped into Chen Qi.
After all, they were not familiar with each other, so she planned to pretend not to see it. However, when she passed by, she was stopped by her.
"Your name is Wen Nian, right?"
"Hey!" She pursed her lips and smiled, a little surprised: "Miss Chen, what a coincidence."
Chen Qi's face was expressionless: "Let's talk."
"Hmm...Okay."
Inside the cafe.
Wen Nian was puzzled: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Qi stirred her coffee, looking gloomy. "You and Xu Zhijian are boyfriend and girlfriend. Why didn't you tell me last night?"
Wen Nian shuddered, and the smile on his face disappeared. He didn't expect it to be this.
It's a bit unexpected.
After all, most of what Xu Zhijian said was false, and she didn't believe that their relationship was known to many people.
Now it seems that it is most likely true.
Oh, that’s troublesome.
Now, he has to deal with his suitors as well.
Seeing her silence, Chen Qi felt even more upset: "You laughed at my joke and made me daydream. Do you know how disgusting this is?"
Facing her sudden anger, Wen Nian remained calm: "I did talk to him before, but we have broken up now, and there is probably no possibility of getting back together, so I didn't say anything."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, then thought of something: "You're lying! You two kissed each other, and you still say it's okay!"
While saying this, she took out her cell phone and flipped through all the photos.
"It's all over the internet! How dare you say this isn't you!"
"And Xu Zhijian himself admitted it last night! What's there to pretend about?"
Wen Nian glanced casually and frowned.
Although the photo showed her from behind and their faces were not visible because they were so close together, one could immediately identify them as her and Xu Zhijian just by looking at their clothes.
…She really kissed and hugged him.
She took a deep breath and remained calm: "I drank too much last night and I don't remember anything. You gave me the wine, have you forgotten?"
Chen Qi choked, and his anger disappeared instantly.
Guilty, he avoided her gaze, took a sip of coffee, and whispered, "I didn't know the aftereffect of the alcohol was so strong."
"You ordered it yourself, don't you know?"
At first, she thought Wen Nian was just as she appeared to be, a gentle little rabbit, so she planned to give her a warning.
Unexpectedly, he spoke in a completely different way. He took the initiative in just a few words, and was even terrifyingly calm. His tone, which was gentle yet a little cold, never changed from beginning to end.
It makes people inexplicably irritated.
"I really don't know... I ordered it just because it was selling so well, and it's fruity. Who knew it would have such a high alcohol content?"
She curled her lips, coughed twice to ease the embarrassment, and lowered her head to continue drinking coffee.
Wen Nian was too lazy to waste words with her and was about to stand up: "Since it's a misunderstanding, I'll leave first."
"Wait!" Chen Qi stopped her, "I have something else to ask you."
"What?"
"Um...I want to ask you something—"
Before she could finish her dithering, Wen Nian asked bluntly, "About Xu Zhijian?"
"Yes." She admitted, her expression instantly brightening. "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I was too impatient. I'm treating you to this meal, so please don't take it personally."
"As for Xu Zhijian, like I said last night, I really like him, to the point of being crazy. Since you were able to date him, do you have any special methods?"
"Or rather, do you know what kind of girls he likes? What are his interests and hobbies? Nian Nian! Please help me!"
“…”
This 360-degree emotional change is unprecedented.
Even if he's not crazy, he's poisoned to the bone.
Wen Nian silently pulled away her tightly held hand: "There is no special way. I chased him ten times at that time. You can try it too."
"Ten...ten times?"
Chen Qi couldn't believe his ears.
If she were rejected by Xu Zhijian once, she would probably never want to see him again in her life.
At the same time, I felt a little relieved. It seemed that he treated everyone the same and was not so easy to win over.
So if she was rejected, wouldn't it be so embarrassing?
Still a little scared.
She appears spoiled and willful on a daily basis, but in fact she is an extremely sensitive and cowardly person, especially in terms of emotions.
My fingers have unconsciously tightened.
Wen Nian saw through it and said, "It's normal to be rejected. Don't be afraid of it. At least you tried, and you can let him know your feelings so you won't regret it later."
"On the contrary, if you keep hiding it, he might never even know your name in his life."
Chen Qi was a little confused as he didn't expect her to comfort him.
She didn't know why, but even though it was a little hard to accept, she still asked, "You really don't like him anymore? I see he's definitely still interested in you. If you're willing to get back together with him, then it definitely has nothing to do with me."
"So you want me to like him?"
"Of course not." She blurted out, then slowly added: "People are selfish. If you don't like him, I still have the possibility of getting promoted."
Wen Nian smiled slightly and did not answer the question.
"Good luck to you." He left this sentence and got up to leave.
She now wished she could capture him quickly so that she could have some peace and quiet.
Looking at her back, Chen Qi came back to his senses after a long time and felt it was extremely magical.
Before coming, she was actually very angry, and was even prepared to severely reprimand her for knowing the truth but not reporting it and deliberately making fun of her.
He didn't want to control his temper at all.
But why is it that now not only has my anger subsided, but I also feel like my mood has suddenly become more open?
Is it because of her two sentences?
Wen Nian...
Sure enough, the people that outstanding people date won’t be that bad either.
—
When Wen Nian returned to the room, he glanced at his phone and saw that several colleagues in the slacking-off group had already started to discuss the photo at length.
Jiang Keling: [You know what, this girl looks a bit like Nian Nian. From behind, they look like they were cut from the same mold.]
Qingqing: [Haha, yes.]
Wen Nian hesitated for a long time, but finally clicked on the link they shared.
This is a post from the W website.
It was posted in the early hours of last night, and it’s only been a dozen hours, but it already has tens of thousands of comments.
She casually swiped and read a few:
Sweet and Sour Fish: Oh my god! Someone actually took this giant Buddha statue! Who the hell is this person? I'm going to kill him!
Night Owl Number One: No, if he can get a date, why can't I?! Mom! I've been set up by the capitalists!
Fat Claw: Are you rich? Are you pretty? You eat so well! Well, it seems you do.
Following the tag in the comment section below, she jumped to Xu Zhijian's account - his nickname was simply "Xu", and his avatar was a sports car, which was obviously his style.
What’s strange is that the homepage has only a few posts, but it has more than one million fans.
The most recent one is a photo of his back taken a few years ago.
Now when you open the comment section, it is a mess. People are saying all sorts of things, and some are even linking this incident to his previous experience of jumping into the river.
Out of curiosity, Wen Nian clicked into the super topic again.
Most of the content is about his past not-so-glorious deeds.
She finally understood why so many people were paying attention to him.
Just like what Jiang Tan and the others said before, he had been in trouble a lot in the past.
Fights are common, and he was even sued by a male celebrity, but he was not detained because he was a minor.
There are countless people who curse him, and they are all black and white.
There are quite a few die-hard fans who admire him, and some are fans of rivals of the stars who were attacked. Most of the people who hang out in the comment section say sarcasm, making it difficult to tell their sides.
Evil Blackhead: You've come to this day, brother, hahahaha (completely crazy). I have something on you now. If you bully my brother again, woooo (dragon roar), be careful or I'll expose all your bad deeds. If your girlfriend finds out, she'll run away overnight. [This guy has collapsed, completely mad, save your life with your dog head.]
Orange: The person above you has also been pushed to the point of being on the edge of a steel plate. Even ten dog heads can’t protect you. Now you’re coming to attack me. I won’t say anything more. Old Orange will go first.
Wen Nian was stunned again and again.
No wonder Xu Zhijian had never mentioned it to her before. Once, he even specifically reminded her not to browse this website for no reason.
It's like a dark history.
—
When Shen Wan returned to the room, Wen Nian happened to appear behind her.
She walked over quietly, put her phone against Shen Wan's waist, and warned seriously: "Tell me the truth, where have you been fooling around?"
Shen Wan cooperated and raised his hands, “Hey, I played with my friends for a while.”
"Friend?" She raised an eyebrow. "Oh~boyfriend?"
"You know?"
Seeing her nod, Shen Wan didn't plan to hide it anymore and lay down on the sofa: "Alas, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have bothered to prepare the lines. He's my boyfriend, and we've been dating for two years."
Wen Nian walked over, hands behind her back: "So this is why you don't want to go abroad?"
She yawned. "Of course, Detective Wen. Your ability to read information is a bit too strong. That's probably one of the reasons."
"But I didn't mean to come here to play with him and bring you along. I really didn't know he would be here."
"It's okay." Wen Nian smiled lightly, his face full of gossip: "Who is he? Why haven't you mentioned him before?"
After hesitating for two seconds, Shen Wan sat up straight and said solemnly: "To be honest, he is actually an artist in our company. He was an idol in his early years."
Wen Nian was stunned for a moment: "Idols can't talk about separation?"
"So, this kind of thing must be kept secret, and my dad definitely wouldn't agree. But when I talked to him, he had already started transitioning into the entertainment industry."
Shen Wan poured a glass of water, closed his eyes and said slowly: "I guess it will take a few more years to settle before it can be made public."
"But I don't care about these things, as long as the two of us are fine."
"That's true." Wen Nian seemed to be thinking about it. "Then it should be difficult for you to meet each other normally."
"Yes." Shen Wan has a hard life: "He has to travel all over the place, and I have to be busy managing the company. It's good enough if we can see each other twice a month."
"That's perfect. We can have some fun this time, but you guys better be careful. All the photos of me and Xu Zhijian together last night were taken and posted online."
"Is there such a thing?"
Since she received the news last night that Xu Zhijian had kidnapped Wen Nian, she has hardly touched her phone. She doesn't like to pay attention to trivial things on the Internet and has no idea what's going on.
After hearing this, Shen Wan's eyes widened: "...Sister, you two are a little ambiguous."
"Your focus is too biased." Wen Nian raised his nose: "It's all the fault of drinking. I will never drink again."
Shen Wan chuckled twice and joked: "It's obviously your fault for being greedy. I told you not to drink too much, but you didn't listen at all."
"However, it's a good thing you're looking for him and not some other man. There are probably many frivolous young men on this ship who like pure little girls like you the most."
After saying that, she fell headfirst into the sofa and said, "I can't do it anymore. I need to catch up on some sleep."
Wen Nian pursed her lips, and once again lamented that drinking was harmful.
Seeing Shen Wan falling asleep in a second - falling in love can also cause a lot of harm.
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In the indoor billiard room, Xu Zhijian was playing billiard alone.
After a while, Chang Jun and Ping Wei Chen came in cursing, because of an egg tart.
Ping Weichen: "I told you two per person! You ate three! Do you have any shame?"
"Who told you to leave it there and not eat it?" Chang Jun: I thought you really didn't want to eat it.
"I want to make some for a midnight snack! Why are you so annoying, you dead pig? Eat, eat, eat. You can't do anything except eat, drink, poop, and poop all day long!"
"Can you please stop spraying shit?"
I could hear them chattering from a distance, Xu Zhijian frowned and said:
"It's so noisy, let's go outside and make a noise!"
"Xu Zhijian?" Chang Jun walked in, pinching his waist, wondering, "Why are you here alone? Where's Wen Nian?"
He sent a ball and said calmly, "I'm annoying you, so I came here to lower my profile."
"Ah? Didn't we just make peace?"
"No, she drank too much last night and thought she had gone back in time."
Seeing his melancholy look, Ping Weichen lay down on the sofa and said with a smile: "It's time for the duck to fly away."
Chang Jun was speechless. He picked up the club and played with Xu Zhijian.
"By the way, why did you two break up?"
"Wrong." Ping Weichen: "You should ask him why he was dumped unilaterally, and why it was the most humiliating breakup of all."
Chang Jun: "Just shut up! If you don't know how to speak, then stop talking!"
Xu Zhijian was too lazy to join in the fun.
After Changjun pressed her again, she said, "You ask me? How should I know? Does the victim have the right to know?"
"You're in love, don't you know?"
"I really don't know."
Wen Nian always likes to sulk about various things, and sometimes the reasons are outrageous, such as being angry for two days if someone doesn't walk side by side with her.
When asked, she kept saying that she hated him, didn't like him anymore, and wanted to break up with him.
This kind of thing has become commonplace.
Chang Jun pondered for a while: "Have you never asked her?"
"I did ask her, and she said she wasn't suitable for me. It sounded like she was just being perfunctory. I guess she didn't do well on the exam, and I didn't coax her because I was in the hospital, so she's mad at me."
"Oh, it was during that period. Why don't you just explain it to her?"
"No." Xu Zhijian didn't even think twice: "If she knew why I was in the hospital, she would definitely kill me."
Chang Jun pondered: "Because of Li Yao? Not really. She is just an indirect reason. I think Wen Nian should understand with his personality."
Thinking of the chaos in the past, he smiled bitterly: "As for it, it's very serious. Wen Nian has zero tolerance for her affairs."
"You don't understand this, Fatty." Ping Weichen chewed a grape and said slowly, "There is no such thing as understanding between rivals in love."
"However, I think what your girlfriend said might be true. The reason is that you two are not suitable for each other. This kind of breakup reason is quite common, and there is often no possibility of redemption. Sometimes, even if two people like each other, they may not necessarily be able to be together. If you ask me, you—"
"How is that possible? We are a perfect match!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhijian no longer had the leisure to play ball. He almost broke the club in his hand, looking like he was owed eight million.
"Oh?" Ping Weichen, in stark contrast to him, was quite leisurely and elegant. "How do you match them?"
Xu Zhijian held his breath and thought for a long time: "I like to eat everything she likes to eat, and she likes to play everything I like to play. Besides, she chased me ten times at that time."
“…”
There was a moment of silence in the air.
"Hmm..." Chang Jun patted his shoulder and said in a very low voice: "To be fair, you have such an impulsive temper, and she has a distinctly gentle personality. It's a bit... inappropriate."
"Who said I rushed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud sound of a baseball bat hitting the ground was heard from the room.
Chang Jun shrank his shoulders and silently took two steps back.
"..." Xu Zhijian was stunned for a moment, then muttered to himself, "...Wen Nian...is also quite aggressive, you just don't know it."
He glanced at the baseball stick at his feet irritably, then picked it up and threw it on the table.
Turn around and walk towards the other side of the sofa.
"No more fighting, it's annoying."
It was rare to see him get humiliated. Ping Weichen hadn't had enough fun yet and was still laughing and adding fuel to the fire: "To be frank, apart from your face and figure, there's nothing else about you that girls like."
"You have a lot of bad habits. You have a bad temper, are careless, speak harshly, and are very domineering and willful. I can't even begin to describe you enough. I don't think she liked you that much in the first place. She must have had enough fun in college, so she left right after graduation."
It was so satisfying to say it all at once. Don’t even mention how relieved I was.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhijian paused, suddenly turned around and walked towards him aggressively.
He also picked up a stick.
Seeing that he was serious, Ping Weichen quickly retreated:
"Hey hey hey! I was just kidding!"
"Xu Zhijian! I'm warning you, there are a lot of people around here. If you try to touch me, you might get caught!"
"I gave you face, didn't I, Ping Weichen?"
With the billiard stick pressed against his chest, Ping Weichen looked in pain and begged for mercy repeatedly.
Without any hesitation.
Xu Zhijian is so powerful!
"If you say another word of this nonsense, I'll smash your mouth!"
After leaving these words, he threw the stick at him and walked out with a cold face.
Ever since Xu Zhijian started dating, he was rarely seen so irritable. Over the years, I almost forgot that he was not a pushover.
Ping Weichen survived the ordeal, clutching his chest and gasping for breath: "I surrender."
"You deserve it for being so rude." Chang Jun gave Xu Zhijian a look that looked like a bitch and went after him.
"Hey, Xu Zhijian, I haven't finished yet." He followed him: "Although...but, you still have a great chance."
"As the saying goes, where there is love there is hate." He patted his chest and assured: "If you need a military advisor, I can check my record. Although I have never been in a relationship, I have a lot of experience in relationships."
"Military advisor, don't you want to go to the battlefield? That's interesting." Xu Zhijian chuckled. He was not really angry. He forgot about it completely as soon as he left the house.
Just thinking about Wen Nian makes me feel a little annoyed.
He had never thought about the possibility that they would be incompatible.
For him, suitability is not determined by personality, status, identity or anything like that.
He just felt that he liked her and she liked him, and they were suitable to be together.
"That's right." Seeing that he wasn't angry, Chang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and coughed twice: "The most effective way to win a girlfriend is to have the courage to admit your mistakes."
"No matter what your girlfriend says, as long as you apologize and show your weakness, all the problems will be solved."
"Admit your mistake?" Xu Zhijian frowned. "I didn't do anything wrong, so why should I admit it?"
"Tsk, why are you so unreasonable? Didn't I tell you that even if you are right, you have to admit it. Do you still want to get your wife back?" He poked his shoulder: "Now it's you who wants to reconcile with others. How can you not be humble?"
That seems to be the case...
He just wanted to reconcile with Wen Nian as soon as possible now, and backbone and other things were not that important.
"How?"
Chang Jun chuckled twice and whispered a few words into his ear.
"..." After hearing this, Xu Zhijian looked doubtful, digging his toes into the ground in embarrassment: "Will it work?"
"Don't worry, it will work!"
—
In the afternoon, Wen Nian was with Shen Wan.
The two of them visited many places and bought a lot of delicious and fun things.
In the evening, she took the initiative to suggest that Shen Wan go and play with her boyfriend. Shen Wan hesitated, but finally went out with her strong support.
We're getting off the ship tomorrow afternoon.
Wen Nian packed his suitcase and planned to go out to enjoy the sea breeze.
Now many people have gone to the ninth floor to bother the bride and groom, and it is very quiet outside.
She remembered that when she was in college, there was also a sea near the school. So far, she has seen the sea in three places.
The mood is different every time.
The sea near the school is very beautiful, and there is a sea of flowers not far away, which is very romantic. People come and go on the beach every day, and the most common ones are young couples in love.
It also carries her free, happy but short past.
Thinking about it now, it seems like a dream.
She went there ten times in total, and she felt the relief of being free from her parents' control at the beginning, then the excitement of being a girl in love with Xu Zhijian, then the satisfaction of her dream coming true, and finally she fell into endless disappointment and pain.
It seemed as if God was playing a joke on her, pulling her out of the quagmire, taking her to quickly experience the wonderful life in heaven, and then throwing her back to where she was.
Tell her that she only deserves that kind of life, a life without light, coldness and warmth.
The island is very small and eerily quiet. When I wake up, I always see the same scenery. It's like I've escaped from this world and truly fallen into hell.
But it also freed her from the pain, allowing her to catch her breath and gather her strength to get up again.
Perhaps it was her innate resilience that made Wen Nian never willing to accept her fate. Just like when she was a student, she studied hard to escape from that indifferent family, and later she chose to forget the past and Xu Zhijian in order to start a new life.
But now standing here, looking back, I realize that the marks imprinted in my heart cannot be easily erased, and only the emotions at that time can fade away.
She was not so sad anymore and no longer had to worry about gains and losses and torture herself.
It seems that I don't love him that much anymore.
But the past is always like a deep wound, which scabs and falls off, but leaves a scar.
It's hard to be as good as new.
The sound of waves roared in his ears. Wen Nian lay in front of the railing, his eyes empty, letting the surging sea breeze hit his face again and again.
The hem of her skirt was suddenly tugged by someone. It was a little girl: "Sister."
Wen Nian hummed and touched her head: "What's wrong?"
"This sister told you to go to the top floor to find her." She stretched out her little claws and said softly, "Also, sister, you are so beautiful."
The girl opened her big, watery eyes and looked at Wen Nian without blinking.
"You are very beautiful too." Wen Nian laughed, took the lipstick from her hand, and pinched her braids on both sides, "I know, thank you."
"Then you should go there early, that brother...sister seems quite anxious."
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