Volume 1 Chapter 277 Li Qiudong
Li Tian opened his eyes and saw a man of similar age sitting opposite him. He was wearing a black suit and a white shirt, had neat short hair, thick eyebrows, and a very noticeable feature - a short neck.
It can be said that it has no neck!
“Winter melon?”
Li Tian recognized him. This was Li Qiudong from the same village. Because his name contained the word "Dong" (winter) and he had a short neck, making him look short, everyone nicknamed him "Winter Melon". It was really fate that he met a playmate from the same village on the high-speed train.
However, this also reminded him of a past that he could not bear to look back on.
The two had a very good relationship during their elementary and junior high school years. They became estranged after they were admitted to different high schools, but they still kept in touch.
Later, he failed to get into college and went out to work after graduating from high school, while Li Qiudong was admitted to a prestigious university and the two never had any contact again.
Li Qiudong, who was admitted to a prestigious university, became the pride of the villagers. Whenever people talked about Li Qiudong, they would give him a thumbs up and praise him endlessly.
He was young at that time and was filled with jealousy.
In his first year after graduating from college, Li Qiudong's salary was 3,600 yuan a month. He took every opportunity to brag about it in the village, saying that it was no use going to a prestigious university, since he would still have to work after graduation. With a fixed salary of 3,500 or 6,000 yuan a month, it was already more than 8,000 yuan for someone who had never attended college. It would be better to go out into the society and gain experience early, as work experience was better than any diploma.
Naturally, his particularly targeted and derogatory remarks also reached Li Qiudong's ears.
Because of this, the two had a big fight.
After that, even if I met him during the Chinese New Year, I would just say hello without any hesitation.
Later one year, Li Qiudong came back driving an Audi worth more than 300,000 yuan and held a banquet in the village to celebrate that he had bought a house in the provincial capital. This really slapped him in the face. Li Qiudong alone donated 200,000 yuan for the reconstruction of the Li's Ancestral Hall, and his name was engraved on the first place on the hall's merit stele.
That year, he felt so ashamed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself, because his salary was still more than 8,000 yuan a month, and he had not made any progress.
Thinking back now, Li Tian still blushes and feels embarrassed. He was too immature back then. As expected, those who have little education are more likely to make jokes.
"It's really you, I thought I had the wrong person."
After being influenced by society, Li Qiudong is no longer the nerd he used to be. His every word and action reveals the temperament of a social person.
It seems that he is still doing well. He exudes confidence and has a loud voice.
"Winter melon, long time no see."
Li Tian smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with him. Out of courtesy and respect for Li Qiudong, Li Tian let go of Gu Ruoxi's hand and no longer interlocked their fingers.
"Yeah, I haven't seen you for more than two years."
Li Qiudong pretended not to see it and had no intention of shaking hands. Instead, he looked at Gu Ruoxi.
Gu Ruoxi woke up when the train entered the station and left Li Tian's shoulder.
"Who is the beautiful lady next to you?" Li Qiudong immediately turned the subject to Gu Ruoxi.
A woman who is breathtakingly beautiful always easily becomes the focus of attention.
Li Tian shook hands with the air, then withdrew his hand without leaving a trace, and said, "Gu Ruoxi, we often played together when we were little, you should remember it."
"Oh my god, I was wondering why she looked familiar, it turned out to be Ruoxi!"
Li Qiudong slapped his forehead and stared. When he was a child, he thought Gu Ruoxi had an extraordinary temperament and her skin was fairer than those children in the countryside. He didn't expect that after growing up, she would be so beautiful. She is simply the goddess in every man's dream.
"His name is Li Qiudong. He often showed you cartoon books when we were little. Do you remember him?" Li Tian said to Gu Ruoxi.
After hearing this, Li Qiudong also looked at Gu Ruoxi expectantly. To be honest, he had seen Li Tian a long time ago. He had no intention of recognizing Li Tian at first. It was mainly because he saw such a beautiful and elegant woman next to Li Tian that he couldn't help but find out what was going on.
Gu Ruoxi looked at Li Qiudong and nodded: "I have some impression."
Li Qiudong was overjoyed: "Ruoxi, we haven't seen each other for twenty years, you don't know, although you lived in Lijia Village for more than a year, but after you left, people of the same age in our village talked about you for a long time, and the Pagoda-Bearing Li Tianwang even cried at that time."
Gu Ruoxi looked at Li Tian in surprise, and a hint of secret joy appeared on her cold face: "Really? After I left, he cried?"
"That's right. The kid was crying and making a fuss, rolling on the ground, saying he was going to look for his wife. He had no appetite for several days." Li Qiudong exposed Li Tian's shortcomings.
"Everyone has been silly at one time when they were young, haha..." Li Tian just laughed it off.
Gu Ruoxi's thoughts went back to the time when she was five years old. She remembered it clearly. When her father and mother forcibly dragged her into the car and took her away, she cried and cried very sadly.
"By the way, I saw you holding hands just now. Are you...a couple?" Li Qiudong finally asked the question that concerned him most.
Li Tian grabbed Gu Ruoxi's hand again: "We got married. Ruoxi is my wife now."
"What? Your wife?"
Li Qiudong was stunned. "When did this happen?"
How could such a beautiful Gu Ruoxi be Li Tian's wife? This was too unbalanced.
"What happened yesterday." Li Tian said.
Li Qiudong was stunned for a few seconds, and deliberately said, "That's not right, Tota Li Tianwang, isn't your wife called Zhong Juan?"
Just after he finished speaking, he pretended to have let the cat out of the bag by accident, and smiled and changed his words: "I remembered it wrong, it was not Li Tian, it was someone else."
"I know." Gu Ruoxi spoke at this time.
Li Qiudong was stunned: "You know?"
Gu Ruoxi nodded: "Yes, I know he is divorced, his ex-wife is Zhong Lijuan."
"Then you still..." Li Qiudong said subconsciously.
I thought: Are you blind or ruining yourself? How could you marry a useless man like Li Tian? Didn't Zhong Lijuan dump him because he was a loser?
Li Tian took over the conversation: "This may be our destiny." He didn't want to say too much on this issue. He was still brooding over his immaturity back then. Now that he saw Li Qiudong again, he apologized, "Donggua, I was young and ignorant back then, and I said some immature and hurtful things to you. Don't take it to heart."
No matter whether Li Qiudong accepts my apology or not, as long as I have a clear conscience, that's enough.
Li Qiudong waved his hands: "That was a long time ago. I have forgotten it. Why are you still talking about it? Here, this is my business card."
As he spoke, he took out two business cards and handed them to Li Tian and Gu Ruoxi.
When giving it to Li Tian, he threw it directly on him, and when giving it to Gu Ruoxi, he presented it with both hands.