Chapter 10 The Warmth of a Cup of Milk Tea
On the way back to the company, they passed by a milk tea shop. Gu Cunxi stopped unconsciously. There were all kinds of milk tea on the poster at the door, colorful. Such bright and colorful colors would make people feel good. She hesitated for a moment and walked in. For some reason, looking at the milk tea shop in front of her, she thought of Xiao Peiyin in an instant, and inexplicably wanted to buy some for her to try.
Just think of it as a way to thank her for breakfast...
She guessed that Xiao Peiyin hadn't had milk tea for a long time. Judging from her figure, she should be a self-disciplined person like herself. Moreover... based on her intuition about Chen Feng, she concluded that Chen Feng must not be a romantic person. Chen Feng would definitely not give women the gifts, milk tea, flowers, these little surprises with a sense of ritual!
"Hello, welcome."
"Is there any matcha flavor?" Gu Cunxi asked, looking at the drink menu on the bar.
"Yes!" The waiter recommended several matcha-flavored drinks to Gu Cunxi. After hesitating for a moment, she looked at them and chose a lighter one, telling the waiter, "Less sugar!"
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll call you when it's done."
After picking up the order, Gu Cunxi turned around and walked to the sofa area to the side to sit down. Cheng Sheng looked at her and asked, "Sister Cunxi, do you like milk tea? I thought you never drank this kind of thing!"
"I used to love it when I was in college, but I haven't drunk it since I entered society and started working. Time can change a lot!"
"I only drank milk tea once, and never again..."
Gu Cunxi was slightly startled, as if thinking about something. She rubbed the drink menu in her hand. She felt that Cheng Sheng's tone seemed to reveal a bit of sadness. Before she could speak, Cheng Sheng continued, "My first cup of milk tea in my life is very meaningful to me!"
"Did...someone give it to you?" Gu Cunxi turned around and asked, unable to see Cheng Sheng's expression.
"Yeah! My first love bought it for me when I was in college. It also has matcha flavor!"
"!" Gu Cunxi raised his eyebrows and listened quietly without saying anything.
"We both loved each other very much, but we didn't dare let our families know. In our junior year, we agreed to find jobs in the same city after graduation and work hard together to make money. We were together for three years, and we were very careful with each other, not daring to let our friends and family know!"
"And what happened next?"
"Later... her family found out. Her mother threatened to commit suicide and forced us to break up. She finally left me right before graduating from my senior year. I haven't had milk tea since then!"
The girl in front of him made Gu Cunxi feel a little distressed, but she also had some doubts in her heart. She didn't quite understand what kind of love would make her afraid to let her friends and family know?
Looking at Cheng Sheng, Gu Cunxi didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. She stood up and walked to the bar and said to the waiter: "Hello, I want another cup of milk tea with the same flavor as before, thank you."
Not far away, Cheng Sheng sat quietly with his head lowered. Seeing this, Gu Cunxi suddenly felt that he shouldn't have come to this milk tea shop. Cheng Sheng, who was so lively just now, became so depressed in just a moment...
Gu Cunxi stood aside and pursed her lips. In fact, it was not that she did not want to comfort him, but she did not know how to do so. She had never had such an experience and could not understand Cheng Sheng's mood at the moment. In Gu Cunxi's heart, love was the most useless and most vulnerable emotion. No one was worth her efforts!
After the milk tea was ready, Gu Cunxi pulled Cheng Sheng to the bar. The two cups of light green milk tea looked beautiful, and the packaging was also very delicate...
I don’t know if she will like it, Gu Cunxi thought.
The two of them were silent on the way back. Cheng Sheng was still immersed in the emotion just now, with a depressed look in his eyes.
"Cheng Sheng... do you believe in fate?" Gu Cunxi suddenly asked
"I don't believe it!" Cheng Sheng said without hesitation.
Yes, who would believe in fate when they were young? Gu Cunxi shook his head, sighed slightly, paused, and continued: "Cheng Sheng... Some people are destined not to belong to you. Many things are arranged by fate, such as meeting and parting. Some things are truly beyond human control. Rather than the pain of not being together, isn't it more meaningful to remember all the good times you had with each other?"
After saying that, Gu Cunxi reached out and handed one of the cups of milk tea to Cheng Sheng, his eyes gentle: "If that cup of milk tea was the beginning of your youth, then I hope this cup of milk tea can be the end of your youth, and of course! It is also the beginning of your life."
Cheng Sheng suddenly stopped and turned her head to look at Gu Cunxi blankly. Her eyes were no longer cold as before, but more gentle. Cheng Sheng was stunned for a moment. When they looked at each other at such a close distance, she found that Gu Cunxi was even more beautiful than she had imagined.
"Cheng Sheng...what are you thinking about?" Gu Cunxi stopped, raised his eyebrows and waved his hand in front of Cheng Sheng's eyes.
"Hmm? No... I didn't think anything." Cheng Sheng came back to his senses, took the milk tea from Gu Cunxi's hand, and smiled: "Thank you, Sister Cunxi, I will remember your words!"
"Sister Cunxi!" Cheng Sheng put away his smile and suddenly said seriously, "If... you really don't like your boyfriend, then don't even think about getting married. Don't settle. You must be with the person you truly love!!"
“!!”
Gu Cunxi didn't expect Cheng Sheng to suddenly talk about his marriage. She was stunned and couldn't respond for a while. After a while, she slowly said: "In fact, most people's marriages are just compromises, right? Cheng Sheng..."
"Hmm..." Cheng Sheng nodded thoughtfully and sighed helplessly: "My mom always says that life is the same no matter who you live with..."
"But... I don't want you to marry someone you have no feelings for. If people marry just for the sake of getting married, marrying and having children with someone they don't love at all, then what's the purpose of marriage? Is it just to have someone to be with you in your old age, with children and grandchildren around you? As for whether you love someone or not, is it ultimately unimportant?"
“…”
Gu Cunxi was speechless after hearing Cheng Sheng's series of words. She had never even had a serious relationship, so the issue of marriage was even more confusing to her...
She thought for a moment and said to Cheng Sheng, "Everyone's needs for marriage are different. Most people need money because life is difficult, so choosing a capable partner can reduce the difficulties in life to a certain extent..."
"There are also a small number of people who need spiritual enrichment and seek that kind of soul connection. In my opinion, this is much more difficult than the former. Marriage is a very complicated question. There is no standard answer. Everyone is the answer, but no one can be considered the standard because there is no standard."
"Okay, Cheng Sheng... let's not discuss such a heavy topic as marriage anymore. Let's go back quickly, lunch break is almost here!"
After saying that, Gu Cunxi quickened her pace and returned to the company. She couldn't wait to walk towards the office, but she didn't see Xiao Peiyin at her workstation. A flash of disappointment passed through her. She gently placed the milk tea on the table, a smile on her face. As she was about to leave, her eyes glanced at the lunch box beside her. It was the lunch box that Chen Feng had given her at noon, but it hadn't even been opened...
She didn't eat lunch, was it because she had no appetite or... Never mind, she would eat when she was hungry, I shouldn't care so much! Gu Cunxi was helpless and became more and more concerned about everything related to Xiao Peiyin. She was irritable and uneasy in her heart. Cheng Sheng's words at noon were like a time bomb buried in her heart.
"Sister Cunxi, didn't you buy the milk tea for yourself?" Cheng Sheng asked in confusion as he watched Gu Cunxi walk out of the office.
Gu Cunxi was slightly stunned, with a hint of evasion in her eyes. She paused and said, "Uh... No, it's for Xiao Peiyin!"
"Oh! So that's it!" Cheng Sheng smiled meaningfully after hearing this.
"She... bought me breakfast, and I didn't want to eat her food for free, so... the milk tea was for her," Gu Cunxi added.
For some reason, when Cheng Sheng asked this, Gu Cunxi felt inexplicably guilty. She didn't want to admit that she saw the milk tea shop and wanted to go in and buy it for her, so she used the excuse of returning the gift...
On the other side, after Xiao Peiyin returned to the office from the bathroom, she saw the milk tea quietly placed on the table with a faint green color... She immediately guessed that it was Gu Cunxi. For no reason, she felt that it must be her!
Looking at the milk tea, she felt a warm current in her heart, and the smile on her lips grew wider.
It was matcha flavor! It was her favorite flavor. Thinking about it carefully, she hadn't had it for many years. It seemed that since she married Chen Feng, she had gradually lost her expectation for all beautiful things.
This cup of milk tea reminded Xiao Peiyin of herself a long time ago, when she had also been looking forward to these things!
She took a sip of it, and it had a light matcha flavor with a hint of sweetness. Her heart suddenly felt like it was filled with a handful of candy, so sweet that she felt sick. A smile remained on her lips.
She couldn't help but drink a few more sips, then turned and walked out. She wanted to thank Gu Cunxi, but when she was about to reach the front desk, she accidentally heard her words clearly...
I don't want to eat her food for free!
As cold and distant as ever, she felt an indescribable sadness in her heart. The emotion tugged at her heart, and a trace of pain flashed through her. She leaned against the wall, a little dazed, and didn't move forward.
Xiao Peiyin didn't know that from this moment on, every day thereafter, her happiness and sadness would be given by another person!
She leaned against the wall and listened to the two people in front of her talking and laughing. Her eyes gradually darkened and she turned and left. When she returned to the office and looked at the milk tea on the table, she was no longer as happy as before...
She couldn't understand Gu Cunxi. Sometimes she felt she was very gentle, but sometimes she was so cold that it made her difficult to approach. She also couldn't understand the look in her eyes when she looked at her. It seemed to contain many complicated emotions...
Xiao Peiyin sighed slightly and closed her eyes, no longer thinking about it.
It turns out that she just treated herself as a colleague...that's why she said such inappropriate words!
Gu Cunxi didn't notice Xiao Peiyin coming and going. She sat in her seat and wondered, "Did she drink it? Is it to her taste?" She should like it, right?
The computer rang with an email notification sound, and she withdrew her thoughts and opened the email to check
At 3:00 PM, all staff will hold a meeting in the conference room
“…”
Gu Cunxi raised his hand to check his watch. There was still an hour and a half left before the meeting. With just such a short sentence, what about the content of the meeting? Didn’t he need to prepare before the meeting? Gu Cunxi shook his head helplessly, got up and walked to the sales department, and gently knocked on the door of Zhou Xin, the sales manager.
No response...
Manager Zhou wasn't here at this time... Gu Cunxi thought about it and walked towards the Human Resources Department again. When she passed by Xiao Peiyin's office, she stopped, hesitated for a moment, and knocked on the door.
Seeing that she was drinking the milk tea he bought for her, Gu Cunxi secretly felt a flicker of joy in her heart. She unconsciously moved her throat, calmed down her inner joy, and said, "Meeting in the conference room at 3 pm!"
Xiao Peiyin didn't expect that the person who came would be Gu Cunxi. She was stunned for a moment. Thinking of what she had just said, her mood became depressed again. Her tone became a little colder. She said lightly: "I know!"
“???”
What's going on? This is... Gu Cunxi was a little confused. This was the first time she saw Xiao Peiyin, who was always gentle to others, being so cold...
"You..." Gu Cunxi paused.
"You bought the milk tea, right? Thank you!" Xiao Peiyin said lightly.
“…”
An inexplicable feeling of grievance surged up... Gu Cunxi frowned slightly, not knowing why she suddenly became cold to him, and felt depressed.
"You're welcome!" Gu Cunxi didn't say much, swallowed the grievance in his heart, closed the door and walked away
What happened to her? Was she unhappy about Chen Feng's arrival at noon? Why was he so cold to her? Gu Cunxi couldn't stop thinking, and kept asking himself in his heart, what happened to her?
After notifying all departments of the meeting time, Gu Cunxi returned to his seat, his mind filled with Xiao Peiyin's cold face...
Could it be that milk tea brought back some unhappy memories in her past...that made her so cold, or was it something else...Gu Cunxi couldn't find the answer no matter how hard he thought.
"Sister Cunxi, the afternoon meeting should be to inform you about the annual meeting, right?"
That kind of coldness was clearly directed at me... Did I buy the wrong milk tea?
"Sister Cunxi?"
"Sister Cunxi! Are you listening?" Cheng Sheng walked over and patted Gu Cunxi on the shoulder. She was startled and immediately came back to her senses: "Huh? Oh... I'm listening!"
"What did you just say??"
“…”
Cheng Sheng looked helpless and said after a pause, "I'm wondering if we'll be asked to perform at the annual meeting."
"Regarding the annual meeting program, the company only said that each department will send a representative. Besides, this kind of thing is entirely voluntary. If you are mentioned, you can just refuse if you don't want to."
"That's right!" Cheng Sheng nodded, thinking.
"Sister Cunxi, you used to sing in a bar. You must be a good singer, right?" Cheng Sheng asked
"I won't be on the show!" Gu Cunxi refused decisively
“…”
For Gu Cunxi, it was already a great difficulty for her to attend such an occasion. As for performing, she had never even thought about it!
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