Chapter 33: Heartbeat Thirty-three "What Do You Care About Me?"
Ten minutes ago, Xu Youjing came out of the office and Jiang Han immediately took his place.
The boss gave him a look, and he immediately understood: "Secretary Wen and his colleagues went to the cafeteria."
There was silence beside him. Jiang Han said considerately, "If Mr. Xu has anything to say, I can pass on the message."
Xu Youjing lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment, he shook his head and left.
After entering the elevator, he didn't know where to go. For some unknown reason, he pressed the button for the floor where the restaurant was located, and for some unknown reason, he walked towards a cafeteria.
He stood at the entrance of the almost-full cafeteria and immediately spotted Wen Huai sitting in the corner. He couldn't tell what they were talking about, but a smile could be seen on her profile.
She seemed to have never been so relaxed in front of him.
My chest felt like it had been punched hard, and I felt inexplicably stuffy and uncomfortable.
He had no idea how to explain his sudden arrival. Fortunately, the fried rice he saw gave him something to talk about.
He didn't know who to ask: "Is the fried rice delicious?"
Several people were confused by the question.
Of the four of them, only Wen Huai ate fried rice...
They all looked at the people around him.
Wen Huai retracted his gaze and said dryly, "It's delicious."
"......OK."
Xu Youjing wandered aimlessly, and finally said goodbye in silence.
After he left, several people were confused:
"Do you think Mr. Xu is acting strangely today?"
"Yeah, why would he normally be in the staff cafeteria? Is it his first time here? Is he lost?"
"I asked about the fried rice and it was delicious, but he didn't eat it. Now he's leaving? This is so weird. Did Mr. Xu get heartbroken?"
The discussion was fruitless, so they packed up and prepared to leave.
Only Wen Huai, while no one was paying attention, turned back to look at the door, feeling a little melancholy.
I don't know if he heard them talking.
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Wen Huai wanted to tell Xu Youjing that he wasn't going back for dinner, but after noon, he and Jiang Han were no longer in the company.
I thought it would be presumptuous to talk about this specifically on the phone, so I just called Aunt Ping.
"You're not coming back to eat, so do you have room for the medicinal food tonight?"
"I'll save some food for you."
Aunt Ping laughed at her. Wen Huai thought about what he had just said and paused: "Isn't he eating at home tonight?"
Aunt Ping: "Yes, I called at noon to tell you."
"Okay, I understand, Aunt Ping." Perhaps fearing further questions from the other party, she quickly hung up the phone, "I'm going to work."
"Yeah, get busy."
As Aunt Ping said, before she had time to catch her breath after the phone call ended, a lot of work emails suddenly flooded into her mailbox, all of which were very tricky, so she had to quickly get into work mode.
-
A high-end restaurant on Guanhai West Road.
After Jiang Han saw off Hengyuan Group CEO Zhou and his secretary, he returned to the top floor private room. He pushed open the heavy door, and the man standing by the window, looking down, didn't turn around.
The box was quiet and the sunlight outside the window was warm.
If Jiang Han had not witnessed the quarrel between the two just now, he might really think that this was a pleasant and leisurely afternoon.
The meeting with Hengyuan General Manager Zhou Jiangjie was arranged by Jiang Han.
Zhou Jiangjie had been abroad and his schedule hadn't been compatible. The pre-summit meeting was in two days, and he wanted to know Xu Youjing's attitude. Unexpectedly, the two parted ways unhappily soon after the box door closed, their faces visibly sour.
Jiang Han thought Xu Youjing was still worried about what happened just now. Just as he was about to speak to ease the situation, he heard the sullen man ask in a muffled voice:
"Is the Rolex around here?"
Jiang Han: "Yes, it's only a ten-minute drive."
"Let's go." He stood up and straightened the stool that Zhou Jiangjie had kicked crooked. "Let's go and take a look."
“…”
The watch shop had received the news that a distinguished guest was coming, so all irrelevant personnel were cleared out of the store. The manager who took over North City happened to be in North City today, and he hurried over after hearing the news. He finally arrived at the store before the top-of-the-line Rolls-Royce arrived.
He was one step behind Xu Youjing and didn't try to sell him too much. He only spoke appropriately when his eyes landed on a certain watch, so as not to offend him.
After looking through two rows, Xu Youjing lost his patience. The manager was very perceptive and immediately said, "Mr. Xu, don't you like anything? Our store just got new stock this morning. The styles are high-end and unique."
After he finished speaking, he winked at the store manager, but heard the man's cold voice.
"Are there any women's models?"
Jiang Han, who was following behind him, raised his eyes and understood.
"Women's...women's watches?" The manager was surprised, but his professionalism helped him quickly recover. "Of course, Mr. Xu, we have new women's watches as well."
The manager quickly winked at the store manager, not wanting to miss the opportunity to sell: "We have a few couple's pairs that were just flown in from Switzerland this morning. Would you like to take a look at them together?"
Xu Youjing stopped and pointed his slender fingers at the glass cabinet. "Look."
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At the appointed time, Wen Huai was more than ten minutes later than Lu Miaomiao, but it did not affect the enthusiasm between the two.
They chatted all the way, walking from the first floor to the fifth floor of the mall. After two hours, Lu Miaomiao was exhausted. She had bought most of the gifts for Wen Huai, but she had not yet chosen one for Xu Youjing.
Seeing her so conflicted, Lu Miaomiao, who was standing by, wondered if she was still confused, so she offered some advice: "If you like him, I suggest giving him cufflinks. After all, brooches are expensive and impractical, so generally no man would like them."
Wen Huai opened his mouth and closed it again.
Xu Youjing is not an ordinary man.
But Lu Miaomiao's words also woke her up.
The price of one of Xu Youjing's brooches was comparable to a luxurious mansion in the heart of Beijing. Even if she spent a fortune on it, it certainly wouldn't catch his eye. It would be better to settle for a pair of exquisite, top-notch cufflinks.
Thinking of this, she forgot to correct the trap that Lu Miaomiao had deliberately dug, and willingly plunged into it without realizing it.
Lu Miaomiao didn't expect that Wen Huaibian would not make any excuses. While she laughed at how easily her plan succeeded, she also secretly sighed that a woman's IQ would drop when she fell in love... But her physical strength has improved?
Lu Miaomiao was dragged back to the luxury goods store and sat on the sofa chair. She didn't have the energy to accompany Wen Huai to choose.
It was not until she saw Wen Huai negotiating with the clerk for a long time without any result, and walked over despite the pain in her feet, that she found out the whole story.
Originally, Wen Huai had his eyes on two models, one of which had already been reserved by someone else, and one of which only had one. He had reported the additional payment for the other one to the headquarters four months ago, and now it would take at least a month for the goods to arrive.
In other words, Wen Huai has to wait at least a month before he can give the gift.
Lu Miaomiao: "Can't you guys hurry up?"
The store manager apologized profusely, "I'm so sorry, ma'am. This is the result of my recent urging. Today's situation is truly our fault. Perhaps you could look at other styles and I'll give you a 30% discount?"
A look of joy flashed in Lu Miaomiao's eyes.
Although the prices of this brand’s luxury stores are not as high as those of watches worth seven or eight figures, they are still Hermès men’s accessories and the prices are not low.
Getting a 30% discount was a pleasant surprise. After all, the brand reputation is there, so what if I buy it at a discount?
Unexpectedly, Wen Huai rejected Lu Miaomiao's words with a "No need".
She reluctantly placed the cufflink on the counter, and after thinking for a moment, she tapped the edge of the cufflink box with two fingers.
"That's what I want."
...
In the milk tea shop, Lu Miaomiao bit her straw and asked, "Tell me, who is that man? Who did you buy these gifts for?"
"I--"
"The milk tea for No. 823 is ready!"
Wen Huai, who was about to confess, saw Lu Miaomiao make a gesture and then went to the counter to get the cup of milk tea.
"Why did you order another drink?"
Lu Miaomiao pushed it to her, "You really don't want to drink it? This is a new product. Buy a two-cup combo and get some peripherals. It's a collaboration with a celebrity I like."
Wen Huai waved his hand.
She had been feeling uncomfortable in her stomach this afternoon and drank iced milk tea in the evening, so she was afraid it would irritate her stomach further.
"Okay, continue to confess and get leniency."
She nodded and said calmly: "Miao Miao, actually I never told you that I'm married."
"Puff——" Lu Miaomiao didn't care about the spilled milk tea, "Who got married?!"
“…”
Wen Huai summarized what had happened during this period in the simplest words, explaining that the gift was bought for the elders in the family, and that the cufflinks were also for Xu Youjing.
"What does he do? Why did you give him such an expensive thing? He didn't even want the discounted one, but the top-of-the-line one?"
She was ambiguous: "I run a company."
Lu Miaomiao: “…”
Lu Miaomiao: "So what if he started a company? Did he start it all by himself? Is he a family heir or a tech upstart? Can you find any information about him on Baidu? I'm not saying anything bad about you, but have you been scammed?"
Wen Huai shook his head.
Seeing that Lu Miaomiao was still trying to persuade him, he took the initiative and said, "He gave me a car, and I drove it here today and parked it in the underground garage."
Lu Miaomiao said disdainfully: "It's just a gift of a car, what's so strange about it."
Seeing that Wen Huai was hesitant to speak, she realized that things were not simple: "Why, the gift car is expensive? How expensive can it be?"
“…”
Ten minutes later, in the underground garage, Lu Miaomiao was stunned for a long time.
"You...you mean the 'gift of a car' you mentioned? A Maserati?"
Wen Huai: "...Yeah."
"This is the top model. Not only is the license plate number the abbreviation of your name, but the color configuration also has to be this much." She gestured with both hands.
"Yeah."
Wen Huai, who didn't know much about cars, heard this for the first time. She really thought that Xu Youjing said it was not expensive...
Lu Miaomiao snapped back to her senses, grabbed Wen Huai's wrist, and said seriously, "You haven't scanned your face recently, have you? Didn't you go to the bank to check your credit score and the balance on your card?"
Wen Huai frowned.
......Actually, there is no need to worry about being cheated.
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It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when Xu Youjing returned home. The empty living room was silent.
He put the box of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, each weighing 150 grams, into the refrigerator and was about to go upstairs when he bumped into Aunt Ping who came out after hearing the noise.
"I'm back."
"Um."
Xu Youjing told her that the hairy crabs were in the refrigerator and then he was leaving.
Aunt Ping looked behind him and asked, "Isn't Xiao Ai with you?"
Xu Youjing glanced at the time: "She hasn't come back yet?"
"Yeah, she didn't have dinner at home either. It's so late, I'll give her a call."
"Let me fight."
He walked out while looking for her with his cell phone.
I lowered my head and walked to the door. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the door being pushed open and Wen Huai holding a lot of bags.
Without thinking, Xu Youjing threw the phone to the entrance, used one hand to support her, and used the other hand to catch the shaking gift box.
Aunt Ping came over immediately and took all the things.
Wen Huai thanked them and handed over the box she was going to send: "Aunt Ping, this is for you. My dad had cervical spondylosis before, so I bought it for him. It works well. You can try it."
"You bought it for me?" Aunt Ping was flattered. "I—"
"It's okay. It's a gift from me. Please accept it. I prepared some for Uncle Li and Grandma Li and everyone else."
Aunt Ping didn't refuse and took it with a smile.
She saw a package with fashionable packaging and thought it was from Xu Youjing, so she took it and said, "Is this from Youjing?"
Wen Huai coughed, and then noticed another look coming his way. He didn't dare to look, so he took it and put it back. "A friend of mine has a birthday this Friday, and this is the birthday present I bought him..."
As she spoke, Xu Youjing had already walked around her and went to pick up the discarded phone.
Wen Huai was about to explain when he saw the person passing by stop.
"The medicinal food Aunt Ping prepared for you is still warm. Drink it before going to bed. I'm going upstairs first."
After saying that, she left without any reluctance, leaving only Aunt Ping and her on the first floor.
Aunt Ping knew she was being too talkative and was very apologetic: "I'm sorry, Xiao Ai, look at how Aunt Ping is talking. I'm really helping out without any reason."
"It's okay, it's not your fault."
Wen Huai saw the doubt in Aunt Ping's eyes and knew what she was thinking, so Aunt Ping was relieved only after he explained the whole story.
"Then you have to tell Yujing that many misunderstandings between couples are caused by not saying a word."
"Well, I know Aunt Ping, I'll talk to him later."
She looked at the disappearing figure, not knowing whether it was right or wrong for her to insist on having that cufflink.
"Okay." Aunt Ping comforted her, "Yujing was worried about you, so she bought some hairy crabs and asked me to cook them for you. Knowing you weren't home so late, she was going to go out and look for you, and she called you. We'll talk it over later, don't worry, go drink the herbal medicine, and get some rest early."
"good."
Wen Huai wanted to drink it all in one gulp, but halfway through, his abdomen suddenly twitched and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
She held on to the counter to hold the white cup steady, but this time she was not as lucky as the previous two times, and there was no sign of relief so far.
The last time she took the medicine box, she remembered that there were medicines like ibuprofen in it, so she forced herself to walk towards the TV cabinet.
She knelt in front of the drawer, and just raising her hand was enough to make her break out in a cold sweat.
I finally found the red one in the colorful medicine box. Before I opened it, I heard footsteps on the stairs.
Wen Huai thought it was Aunt Ping who had come back with something, so he called out to her weakly, "Aunt Ping," as if grasping at straws.
The footsteps coming from the stairs indeed quickened until the figure appeared in front of her. Wen Huai frowned.
Why has Aunt Ping grown taller?
"Wen Huai?"
The sudden and tense cry brought her thoughts back from their wandering state.
Wen Huai frowned: "Xu Youjing, my stomach hurts."
When Xu Youjing saw Ibuprofen lying on the ground, he guessed what happened and picked her up without saying a word.
Thinking of the faint voice of "Auntie Ping", he walked faster: "Why didn't you call me?"
"I...I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?" He said impatiently, "Are you afraid that I'll know that your ideal type is Lu Zhixue and you won't help him?"
Wen Huai's frown furrowed even further.
I feel bad.
He really heard it.
Also misunderstood.
She could feel how fast Xu Youjing's steps were, but his breathing was still steady.
"Who you liked before has nothing to do with me."
"Now, yes."
There were waves of stomach cramps that never stopped. Wen Huai could hardly hear what Xu Youjing said, and even the scene in front of him became blurry.
Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She was afraid of getting him hurt, so she tried her best to stay away from him.
However, this action seemed to have completely exhausted his last bit of patience.
She was held against his shoulder again, and it didn't sound real.
He said, "You're in so much pain and you're still trying to be tough, who wants to care about you?"
Somehow.
It was clearly a word of blame, but Wen Huai knew that he was saying one thing and thinking another, so he curled his lips.
"Still laughing." Xu Youjing's momentum obviously softened. "Are you stupid from the pain?"
Wen Huai rested his head on his head, almost whispering something.
Just then, the night wind suddenly blew up, blowing the lush leaves on both sides of the road, covering her voice.
Xu Youjing leaned closer to her ear again, "What did you say?"
Wen Huai closed her eyes tightly, the pain in her stomach made her consciousness begin to blur, and she instinctively looked towards the source of the sound.
His lips brushed across the bony, uneven earlobes, and he whispered softly:
"What do you care about me?"
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