Chapter 67 67. Hard to endure "Wait for me to go home together." ...
Before Aunt Chen got off work, she specially cooked a table of Sichuan dishes for the two girls. Yu Wan was drunk, and Mi Yanyan accompanied her with juice.
Guessing the time, it was Shi Jingzhou who sent her a message to report that he was safe. Mi Yanyan saw her phone light up, dropped her chopsticks to pick it up, and lay down on the sofa to type. The smile on the corner of her mouth could be felt just by looking at the back of her head.
Yu Wan: "Xiaoyan, you're done. Now you're a useless wife."
In a daze, she saw Mi Yanyan dancing with joy while holding her mobile phone, her face full of excitement, just like a girl in love.
Mi Yanyan: "Actually, I feel a little sorry for him."
"Who do you feel sorry for? Your husband?" Yu Wan said goodnight to Qin Muchuan, pretending to be asleep, propping up her chin and continuing her late-night chat with her bestie. "How can he be pitiful when he's rich, handsome, and has a happy family?"
While sorting through his professional books in his study, Mi Yanyan accidentally knocked over a brown paper box in the corner. Inside were scattered licenses and certificates for extreme sports he'd dabbled in during his youth, mostly in aviation. The certificates were dated long ago and hadn't been touched in years.
"Maybe it's because he can't choose what he likes as he pleases." Mi Yanyan replied.
The alcohol briefly numbed Yu Wan's thoughts. She chatted with Mi Yanyan idly, recalling the first time she met the couple at Yichuan Bar.
At that time, Mi Yanyan couldn't even recognize Shi Jingzhou's appearance, let alone sighing and thinking about him now.
Two people who had no connection with each other before, because of marriage, marriage, companionship, and changes in outlook, she suddenly felt magical and could not believe it.
"But he chose his own marriage partner." Yu Wan remembered Mi Yanyan saying that it was Shi Jingzhou who proposed the marriage.
"That's why I say he's pitiful. Even marriage is a matter of weighing the pros and cons," Mi Yanyan said with a hint of melancholy. "I still don't know why he wanted to marry me."
"Didn't you see it when you were kids?" Yu Wan mentioned.
"It just happened that we were sitting next to each other at the family dinner, and..." Mi Yanyan felt a little guilty, "Before he said it, I didn't remember it at all."
"Maybe he fell in love with you at first sight."
"After falling in love at first sight, we won't contact each other for eight hundred years."
"You can't use common sense to consider Shi Jingzhou. He's such a boring guy, how can he know how to pursue girls?"
Mi Yanyan was half-believing and half-doubting, but then she thought about the days after marriage and said, "I think he's actually quite capable."
Yu Wan advised her, "That's all. Being well now is what matters most. Meeting a man and a woman is one thing, falling in love and getting married is another. All you're considering is finding an objective reason for him to love and treat you well, and then using that reason to convince yourself that this marriage can last."
Mi Yanyan completely agreed with her.
Yu Wan continued, "Then just think of it as him falling in love with you after getting married. It's purely because you're good. You deserve to be loved."
This made Mi Yanyan laugh. The filter of a good friend is really all-dimensional and has no blind spots.
Xie Jingyang's words still affected her to some extent. The Shi family had complicated relationships, and what Shi Jingzhou exposed her to were just exaggerated scenes. The difficult problems after the fog was cleared were not solved, so it was difficult for her to pretend to be stupid and optimistic.
At that time, she was just a small veterinarian without the corresponding family background and academic qualifications. Could it be that Shi Jingzhou had such a long-term vision that he could foresee that Mingyuan shares would eventually fall into her hands?
But then she thought again, it was not realistic. Even though she was now the largest shareholder of Mingyuan, all her wealth added up was still far behind Shi Jingzhou. Mi Yanyan scratched her head and stared out the window in a daze.
Therefore, the reason why he insisted on marrying her was really just because he was used to being competitive, and he even wanted to get ahead of Shi Zekai in finding a marriage partner.
Then his care after marriage and his sudden "I love you" were also due to his sense of responsibility as a husband?
People are greedy. The reason they think too much and meddle in other people's affairs is because they know they are trapped.
Who wants to love someone only with a sense of responsibility?
She pursed her lips, comforting herself that it was better than having no feelings.
The feeling of relief that she used to feel when she thought about this didn't come today. Mi Yanyan shook her head.
No, these theories couldn't convince her.
It was far from enough to reassure her.
It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Yu Wan squeezed the beer can, wrapped herself in a blanket and went upstairs to sleep in the guest room. She glanced at the dialog box and saw that Shi Jingzhou had said an hour ago that he had an online meeting, so she could go to bed early without waiting for him to get sleepy.
She lay on the pillow with her face turned to the phone, still waiting to say good night. When she picked up the phone and put it down for the seventeenth or eighteenth time, Mi Yanyan suddenly realized that when Jingzhou was on a business trip in the past, she had no idea when he would leave and when he would return, and it was even more impossible that she missed him and tossed and turned in bed because of insomnia on the first day he left.
It must be a habit. She turned the screen downwards, leaving no room for suspense, and forced herself to close her eyes.
When she woke up the next morning, Mi Yanyan waved at the bedside, but her cell phone had been rolled up in the quilt and she couldn't open it when she took it in front of her.
The battery was out, and the person who helped her plug in the data cable every night was away on business.
Xiaoquan refreshed the message connection and she saw that Shi Jingzhou's message came very late, almost two o'clock in the morning.
【Just ended, I miss you so much, good night. 】
As if afraid of waking her up, they all squeezed into one message and sent it.
Mi Yanyan pouted and replied: [I'm awake.]
Yu Wan knocked on the door and came in, then stood beside her and yawned with his hand covering his mouth.
"Your husband is not pitiful. News spread throughout the company this morning. Shi Jingzhou announced that he would readjust resource priorities to focus on the company's core business. Shi Zekai's management of half of the company's pharmaceutical department's executive positions would be eliminated."
This means that Shi Jingzhou and Shi Zekai become openly opposed.
Yu Wan couldn't get a core position and was only focused on making a living at the grassroots level of Ruisi. She just listened to such thrilling news and even gossiped about it while lying in the bed of Ruisi's president and his wife.
"However, Shi Jingzhou treats all companies equally. All project departments that fail to meet the research and development standards on time will be suspended. Ruisi will be leaving a group this time."
After hearing this, Mi Yanyan sat up and thought about it calmly.
Shi Huaizhi's health was not good, so it was not surprising that there were changes. Shi Jingzhou still cared about Shi Zekai's face, so it was probably not the time to fall out completely.
She quickly called Ye Qionghua and asked again if she wanted to visit Shi Huaizhi.
Ye Qionghua's tone clearly indicated that she was aware of the group's drastic actions. After discussing with Shi Ting, they decided to make a decision the day after tomorrow when Jingzhou returned to South City. Before hanging up, she comforted him, "Don't worry. Jingzhou must have done this with the old man's permission. He knows his limits."
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The business trip plan, which was originally shortened to three days, was extended and the return date could not be determined.
Ye Qionghua was afraid that she would be lonely, so she called to ask if she wanted to eat anything, or if she could stay at home for a while. Mi Yanyan declined. She had been going back and forth to the hospital frequently recently, and didn't want the Shi family's driver to know where she had been.
Ye Qionghua was still good-tempered and only told her to take care of herself.
Half a month passed in a flash and South City entered the rainy season.
Mi Yanyan came out of the clinic at the usual time and wanted to go to the bathroom to wipe her face. The phone in her bag vibrated twice and she picked it up and heard a familiar voice from the other end.
"Are you off work? Grandpa is in the ICU again. Let's go over there."
Hearing that she would see Shi Huaizhi again, she felt breathless, but she suppressed her emotions and asked with a hint of surprise, "You're back?"
Shi Jingzhou replied in a tired voice: "Yeah, we're almost at the hospital."
"Okay, I'll leave right away."
Several key hospitals in the south city are concentrated in the city center. On the eve of the weekend, the traffic was mixed and the ground was full of potholes and water from the continuous drizzle. Mi Yanyan walked out of the lobby and crossed the street a hundred meters to the Provincial People's Hospital. With the help of her umbrella, she took out her powder compact and touched up her makeup to cover the marks under her eyes.
Amidst the crowd, he glanced at the guide at the medical desk and took the elevator to the fifth floor. When the elevator door opened, he saw a number of people gathered outside the ward. They were dressed in suits and had grim expressions, clamoring to reason with the old man.
Mi Yanyan listened to a few of the conversations, most of which were complaints about Shi Jingzhou's inhumane reforms, with each voice growing louder and louder in dissatisfaction. She was thankful that she wasn't often in the spotlight. The troublemakers, seeing that the visitor was a young girl, instantly lost interest in waiting for Shi Huaizhi at the ICU entrance.
She didn't go inside. Just as she was about to take out her cell phone, she heard someone calling her from the previous place. A door deep in the corridor was half opened. Secretary Zhou was stunned at first, then waved at her.
Mi Yanyan glanced around and found no one had noticed her, so she walked over quickly.
Zhou Shu quickly closed the door. Shi Jingzhou was standing under the window at the end of the office. The mottled shadows of the sycamore tree cast a cold and aloof figure on his dark grey suit.
Hearing the noise, he turned around, a faint smile appeared on his face, and asked, "You're here so soon."
Mi Yanyan finally realized her carelessness. After the consultation, she headed straight to the Provincial People's Hospital, forgetting how close the two hospitals were. Whether she was at home or in Jianuo, the journey would take at least an hour during the evening rush hour on a rainy day.
How can we explain this period of less than ten minutes?
"I just happened to have something to do nearby." Mi Yanyan smiled and tugged at the bag on her back. Before she finished the movements with her hands, she realized that she had made too many small movements and looked even more guilty. She slowly lowered her hands and dared not move them anymore.
She was hurriedly preparing a plan in her mind, wondering how to give a reasonable answer if Shi Jingzhou asked her what she was doing nearby.
All Shi Jingzhou saw were red and swollen almond-shaped eyes, and the powder under the eyes was clearly hastily applied.
She had just cried.
"There are too many people outside, don't go out for now." Shi Jingzhou said with a serious look in his eyes.
Mi Yanyan recovered, her face showing joy at the change of topic, and her voice rose unconsciously, "When are you coming back? Didn't you say it wasn't decided yet?"
Shi Jingzhou grabbed his wrist and rubbed it gently. His straight shoulders relaxed slightly and he leaned closer and replied, "Someone organized a riot and rushed back."
Mi Yanyan looked panicked, "Ah? Is it serious?"
Zhou Shu laughed and said, "Calling the police solved it. Luckily they always arrive in time. If he really jumped down, it would be on the headlines tomorrow."
A glance came over, and Zhou Shu realized that he had said too much. "I'll go out and take a look first. It's not far. If you need anything, please call me on my cell phone."
Jump off a building? Mi Yanyan didn't expect that someone would really disregard life and death in the face of the layoff crisis. Shi Jingzhou leaned against the wall, his eyes dark and tired.
Thinking of the many angry people outside who were demanding justice, Mi Yanyan asked anxiously, "Is it safe here? Will they rush in?"
"No, it's an unused office assigned by the dean, and no one usually comes here."
Mi Yanyan heard his voice was slightly hoarse and pointed to the small sofa next to him, "Why don't you sit for a while? You can't go out for a while."
He opened his eyelids, put down his phone, took Mi Yanyan's hand, and lay on the sofa with his back rubbing his eyebrows.
Looks very irritable.
Mi Yanyan didn't know what to say, and Shi Jingzhou remained silent at this moment. She turned her head and couldn't help thinking about what the doctor had just said to her. Her heart felt as if a thousand pounds weighed down. She leaned drowsy for a while, then turned her head and saw that Shi Jingzhou had closed his eyes and fallen asleep, breathing steadily, and his brows were furrowed.
He was still holding the phone in his hand. It must have automatically gone into sleep mode when the time came. The dialog box and Yan Ge's chat box flashed by.
She pushed up the phone that was about to fall and pretended to be blind.
The doorknob turned slightly, and Zhou Shu called softly, "Mr. Shi, it's time to go outside. The old man has woken up and wants to see you."
Shi Jingzhou opened his eyes at the sound, lowered his head, buttoned his suit, stood up and offered his hand to Mi Yanyan. Zhou Shu added awkwardly, "He said he only wanted to see you."
The old man's original words were that irrelevant people should not come, which was too harsh, so Zhou Shu conveyed it in a tactful way.
Shi Jingzhou's hand was suspended in mid-air. Mi Yanyan took a deep breath, stepped forward, shook it, and then released it. She squinted her eyes and said indifferently, "It's not convenient for me to listen to the group's affairs. You go ahead."
Shi Jingzhou felt the soft force in his hand appear and disappear, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, "Wait for me to go home together."
The person sitting there smiled again and replied sweetly.
After Shi Jingzhou left, she could no longer sleep. She counted the minutes and seconds, and she had never felt that time was so unbearable.
When I looked again, almost two hours had passed. I stood up and walked to the window. The neon lights were already on and the rain was hitting the aluminum windows, leaving streaks of water.
She was not surprised that Shi Huaizhi didn't want her to go over. He had made a private appointment with her last week and had already explained all the reasons he wanted to give.
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