The man named himself "Shengnan", which means to encourage himself to surpass himself - this actually makes damn sense!
Guan Nianwei was speechless for a moment in the face of her boss's rigorous and logical thinking. She turned her head and looked at Lin Shengnan's tombstone, which was silent and unable to defend herself. After a while, she said, "Boss Dong, I think you may have misunderstood something."
Dong Yu now realized that he had misunderstood something, and asked directly: "Secretary Guan, aren't you here to pay respect to your father today?"
Father.
This word is full of strangeness in Guan Nianwei's memory. Other people's fathers are clear and close to touch, but hers is not. Her father is blurry, leaving only a strong disgust for her.
She had long been a stranger to such a father and didn't even know whether he was alive or dead, so how could she pay homage to him?
How could she worship him?
Guan Nianwei curled the corners of her lips lightly, her smile not reaching her eyes, and she said nonchalantly: "Boss Dong has misunderstood. My father hates girls. He abandoned me and my mother when I was a baby, so I don't know whether he is dead or alive now, let alone worshiping him."
Hearing her nonchalant tone, Dong Yu was stunned for a moment.
It was true that she had misunderstood, but what was worse was that the truth was even more painful than her misunderstanding.
The reason Secretary Guan was abandoned by her father was simply because she was a girl - her father was not even willing to imagine whether his daughter's future would be excellent, dazzling, or charming.
Just the gender alone made him sentence his own daughter to death in his heart.
Dong Yu had to admit that there were still some people in the world whose thoughts and vision were narrow, and they would even sneer at the mice in the corner.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and the icy air caressed people's skin and passed through their black hair. Guan Nianwei's petite body looked even thinner in the wind, but the eyes hidden behind the lenses were still cold and calm, as if being abandoned by her biological father could no longer stir up the slightest ripple in her heart.
——The wrong person was never her, nor the girl, from the beginning to the end.
Dong Yu glanced at her, with some distress in his eyes. In order to prevent her from being immersed in the unpleasant mood for too long, he immediately changed the subject: "Secretary Guan, can you tell me about this person?"
She was referring to Lin Shengnan.
Guan Nianwei nodded without hesitation. To be honest, she was still thinking about meeting Sister Shengnan with Dongyu.
The bouquet of flowers in front of Lin Shengnan's tombstone slipped a little due to the sudden gust of wind. After the wind died down, Guan Nianwei calmly bent down and straightened the flowers. When she looked up at the tombstone again, her cold eyes were already filled with tenderness. As if she was afraid of disturbing others' sweet dreams, she said softly, "Sister, did you see that? This is my boss, Mr. Dong."
"Isn't our President Dong very good-looking? I have never seen such a beautiful person in my life." Guan Nianwei said with a smile.
Dong Yu's beauty is truly divine, and she is also a leader among the gods, like a bright moon. As her subordinate, Guan Nianwei has always highly recognized her beauty.
Now that Dong Yuren is here, she wants to introduce her to Lin Shengnan. Just like close sisters, the younger sister wants to share everything with the older sister.
But I heard a voice: "General."
Guan Nianwei straightened up and looked back at Mr. Dong who had answered in disbelief.
She thinks her beauty is just “average”? ! Is this serious?
Meeting her puzzled gaze, Dong Yu nodded slightly without changing his expression and said very politely, "Secretary Guan, thank you for the compliment."
For a moment, Guan Nianwei didn't know whether she was being polite or really thought she looked "average".
Is it the family motto of the Heavenly Family to be humble?
Forget it, this is not the point. Guan Nianwei waved away the messy thoughts in her mind and said, "Let's talk about it somewhere else?"
Dong Yu looked around and found a bench under a tree not far away. He raised his hand and pointed, "Let's go sit there and talk."
Guan Nianwei looked back and said okay.
The weather is gloomy, and there is not a ray of bright sunlight willing to generously penetrate the clouds and fall on people's hearts on this day.
Guan Nianwei put her bag on her lap and sat very straight and reserved. Dongyu held her long skirt and sat beside her elegantly. She leaned back, crossed her legs and leaned against the back of the chair and said, "Secretary Guan, go ahead. I'm listening."
Guan Nianwei nodded and got straight to the point: "Sister Lin is my lifesaver."
Dong Yu's gaze moved to her fair profile.
"I was very afraid of water when I was a child," Guan Nianwei said, "because I almost died in the water."
Then, she lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, her expression as calm as ever: "When I was a baby, my father wanted to push me to death in the water, and my mother risked her life to save me."
She touched her fingertips and picked them unconsciously: "Then I was very afraid of water when I grew up. Now that I think about it, it was probably because I was almost killed by my father in the water. Although I didn't remember it at that time, the fear has been buried in my heart."
Dong Yu blinked slowly, and according to her habit of comforting Zhaoyue and the others in the past, she instinctively reached out her hand and placed it on Guan Nianwei's soft hair again, giving her silent but extremely gentle comfort.
Guan Nianwei smiled and said, "I'm fine, thank you."
This thing has actually happened. Her father hates her and even wants to kill her. She has no way to deny the existence of this fact, so she has long learned to face it.
She couldn't let such a shadow accompany her 365 days a year. It would ruin her life and her mother Guan Hui's love and hope for her - her mother hoped that she could grow up healthily and live a carefree life.
One must first bravely face the past before one can have an open mind to face the future. So she faced this shadow, bravely and openly became the Guan Nianwei of today, and her mood would no longer fluctuate greatly because of this incident.
Dong Yu confirmed again and again that her emotions were not fluctuating greatly before he withdrew his hand, crossed his arms around his chest and continued to listen to her.
Guan Nianwei continued: "The fear of water has been with me for a very long time. When I was five years old, I was still terrified of water that could cover my chest."
When she was five years old, an accident happened again.
She fell into a lake, or to be more precise, she was accidentally pushed into the lake by a child.
The tiny girl was soon swallowed whole by the lake. She struggled and thrashed in the water, crying for her mother, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the earthy-smelling lake water immediately poured into her mouth, as if to rob her of all her vitality and make her sleep in the lake forever.
She remembered how she felt at that time, feeling that the lake water was like a pair of strong hands, ruthlessly pressing her down. The fear of water surrounded her completely, extinguishing her hope and vitality bit by bit.
The lake was very deep, and no adults passed by that day. The children on the shore were terrified when they saw her fall into the water. Some cried in fear, while others hurried home to find adults. But the journey was too long, and it was very likely that she had died while the adults were on their way.
Just when her last bit of consciousness was about to fade away, she was hugged by a man. That man rescued her, helped her press out the water in her chest, gave her artificial respiration, and saved her from the King of Hell.
That person is my elder sister—sixteen-year-old Lin Shengnan.
Guan Nianwei was very young at that time and was extremely afraid of water. The first thing she did after being rescued was to cry. She cried loudly and gasped for breath, as if she would not stop until the whole world could hear her.
Guan Hui, who had rescued her from the water, was still working hard in the factory, completely unaware of her narrow escape from death. It was Lin Shengnan who held her in her arms and comforted her in a soft voice for a long time.
She cried for more than ten minutes, and only stopped when she was tired. She looked at Lin Shengnan with sobs. Lin Shengnan smiled, her mouth painted with deep red lipstick opened and closed, but her voice was very clean and clear: "Are you still crying?"
Because of her special experience, Guan Nianwei was able to observe other people's expressions when she was very young. She carefully observed Lin Shengnan's expression. Lin Shengnan's face was painted with strange makeup that she couldn't understand, but this did not prevent her from sensing a friendly atmosphere from Lin Shengnan.
So she shook her head obediently: "No, I won't cry anymore, I can't cry anymore."
She was tired of crying and had no strength left.
Lin Shengnan found it funny and said, "You are such a cute kid." Then she picked her up and said, "Okay, I'll take you home."
Then, under the guidance of other children, they really sent her home. They talked to her kindly along the way and helped her change her mood in time and get out of the shadow of falling into the water.
She buried her head in Lin Shengnan's neck. At this moment, she did not forget Guan Hui's teachings to her. She said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, thank you, sister."
Lin Shengnan probably thought she was cute, so she wanted to tease her and said, "Is this the only way you plan to thank your sister?"
Guan Nianwei's shoulders twitched, her two little hands clenched into fists, and her voice was as weak as a kitten: "But, but I don't have any money, and neither does my mother."
She knew from a young age that her family was poor, and she understood very early what it meant to be "poor."
This made Lin Shengnan even happier. She didn't know what Lin Shengnan was laughing at and was confused and at a loss.
Then Lin Shengnan stopped smiling, touched her head, and said seriously: "You have to be a kind person."
"You are worthy of heaven, worthy of earth, and worthy of myself. This way, I have not saved you in vain!"
A five-year-old child does not have a deep enough understanding of these words and can only listen with a vague understanding.
Lin Shengnan touched her head and said, "Can you promise me?"
She didn't quite understand what she said at the time, but she could feel that everything Lin Shengnan said was good, so she answered her enthusiastically: "Yes!"
Lin Shengnan smiled happily and praised her as a good child.
When she was young, what she liked most was others praising her as a "good child", because good children would be liked by adults and their mothers, so she has always worked hard to be a "good child".
At that time, when she heard Lin Shengnan praising her as a "good child", she laughed happily and even forgot how hard she had cried before.
Later, Guan Hui was grateful to Lin Shengnan for saving her daughter, and was very enthusiastic towards her. She often invited her to visit her home and even offered to visit her home. Although the two families did not live in the same place, Guan Hui still wanted to visit Lin Shengnan's family to express her gratitude.
But Lin Shengnan refused. Lin Shengnan didn't want them to come to her house, and she only visited their home twice.
Although Guan Nianwei was still young at the time, she could vaguely sense that Lin Shengnan did not like to interact with her family.
When Lin Shengnan came to visit their home, Guan Nianwei was very happy and would chat with her for a long time. When she came to visit for the second time, they even mentioned her name.
Guan Nianwei asked: "Sister, why do you call me 'Shengnan'?"
Lin Shengnan smiled carelessly: "Because my sister is uneducated, she can't think of anything else."
Guan Nianwei tilted her head and looked at her.
Lin Shengnan's smile suddenly faded a little, and she looked into the distance. She said, "Sister, my name was originally Zhaodi, but I hated it so much that I changed it myself."
Five-year-old Guan Nianwei could clearly sense the loneliness in her, but because she didn't know much, she couldn't use better and more appropriate words to comfort her. She could only clumsily praise her, saying, "Sister, you changed it to sound good."
Lin Shengnan laughed: "Yeah, I think my revision sounds good too."
When she smiled, Guan Nianwei felt relieved and started to smile too.
Then Lin Shengnan said to her: "Nianwei, you have to remember that girls can also be excellent. We are no worse than boys."
Lin Shengnan touched her little head and said, "Also, you must marry someone you love in the future. If there is no one you like, then you can live on your own for the rest of your life. You must not marry someone casually just because you want to be filial and ruin your life for nothing."
Guan Nianwei was not able to fully comprehend the deep meaning of these words at that time, but she kept them firmly in her heart and nodded in support.
But what Guan Nianwei could not have imagined was that it was the last time she saw Lin Shengnan.
Lin Shengnan never came to visit them again after that day, and she had no contact with them for more than a year. Guan Nianwei would ask Guan Hui from time to time: "Is Sister Shengnan coming?"
The connections between people have always been like this. They will slowly fade and break in the silent time, and then go away in two different directions, never to intersect again.
But that is the world of adults, not children. Their minds are pure. If they like something, they like it. They will keep it in their hearts, talk about it, and talk about it all the time.
——Is my sister here?
——Will my sister come tomorrow?
——I miss my sister. Doesn’t my sister miss me?
In order not to bother her mother, Guan Nianwei also tried to suppress her longing for her sister, but because she had always been too obedient and sensible, even if she had restrained herself, she would immediately reveal how deeply she missed her sister.
Guan Hui did not order her to stop talking like those strict parents, but responded to her words patiently, and even tried to find out about Lin Shengnan's recent situation, because she herself began to worry about Lin Shengnan, a kind of inexplicable worry that she could not express.
Soon, she heard the news, the bad news - Lin Shengnan was dead.
A living person turned into a pile of silent ashes a year ago, and then was put into a simple jar and casually placed on a table full of clutter. Guan Hui couldn't bear it, so she took Lin Shengnan, who was neglected by her family, back to her own home and saved money to place her urn in a decent enough cemetery.
Guan Nianwei didn't know what had happened at the time. It was not until she was in junior high school that Guan Hui told her the truth.
Lin Shengnan was forced to get married by her family. Her parents wanted to sell her to an old man for money, but she didn't want to. Her parents gave her two choices: either die or get married.
Who is Lin Shengnan? She is a rebellious girl who dares to name herself "Shengnan". She said stubbornly: "I will not marry, even if I die!" Then she resolutely jumped from a ten-story building.
——Died on the spot.
After hearing this, Guan Nianwei was speechless for a long time, and a sour feeling rose up in her nose.
It was at that time that Guan Hui told her that she was almost killed by her father when she was a child. She held her hand and said gently: "Daughter, I tell you these things because I hope you can understand that it is nothing to have no father in your life. Your life will not be incomplete because of the lack of someone."
"It's up to you to decide how complete it is. It could be complete by finding someone you love, or by living a happy life, or even by getting full marks in all subjects on your next exam. All of these are fine - as long as they make you happy."
"Mom also promises you that I won't force you to marry someone you don't like. You can choose your own future. Mom only hopes that you can be well, healthy, and live a carefree life."
"Then Mom will feel relieved."
"This is what happened." Guan Nianwei said slowly, slowly putting an end to the story.
After she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at the sky which was still gloomy. As she looked at it, her mood gradually became depressed as if she was infected by the sky. Her shoulders slumped unconsciously, with a sense of dejection.
"I think," Dongyu said slowly, "Secretary Guan needs a 'hug from her sister'?"
Guan Nianwei was stunned for a moment, then she smiled softly and answered Dong Yu's words honestly: "You are right, I do need a 'hug from my sister'."
But her sister was already sleeping underground, under the black tombstone not far ahead, and there was no way for her to hug her and comfort her.
"Come." Dong Yu suddenly said this word very concisely.
Guan Nianwei subconsciously turned around and looked at her, and found that she was leaning against the back of the chair, opening her arms towards her, and said seriously: "Based on age, I am more than qualified to be your sister." After thinking for a while, she said, "If Secretary Guan wants, I can even give you an ancestral hug?"
She lived much longer than their ancestors of the Guan family.
What a fucking hug.
Guan Nianwei was speechless and wanted to laugh, but facing Dong Yu's kindness, she didn't want to refuse at this moment: "Then I will respectfully obey your command, President Dong."
Dongyu raised his eyebrows, and the meaning was very clear: Come.
Guan Nianwei put the bag on her lap aside, then turned around and hugged the gentle princess. The princess even lifted her chin considerately so that she could bury her neck better.
Guan Nianwei leaned in her arms, smelling the soothing fragrance on her body, blinking slowly, and quietly called out "Sister" in her heart.
...I don’t know how you are doing now.
Dongyu hugged her back and patted her back gently, as if he was coaxing a child, with very skilled movements.
Guan Nianwei held her waist and after nestling in her arms for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Boss Dong seems...very skilled?"
Dongyu said as a matter of course: "I am the eldest sister."
She also needs to take the responsibility of educating the three at home, and when they are in a bad mood, she has to comfort them. Zhaoyue is the one who likes to get into her arms for comfort, so she is very skilled in this kind of child-like comfort.
Of course, when she is in a bad mood, the three will be very obedient and comfort her in return.
But compared to them, Secretary Guan looks much smaller, even tiny when held in his arms - Secretary Guan really should eat more.
Look how thin the child has become!
Guan Nianwei certainly didn't know that she was thinking about her weight again. Thinking about the atmosphere between them, she couldn't help but sighed softly, "It's great."
Guan Nianwei said from the bottom of her heart: "His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven and His Majesty the Queen of Heaven must be excellent gods, so they taught President Dong so well."
She felt that Dong Yuzhen was a very gentle and considerate princess.
"My father and mother are indeed the most outstanding gods. I am honored to be their child." Dong Yu's tone was filled with a little pride that could not be concealed.
Guan Nianwei couldn't help but laugh, her eyebrows and eyes curved, very beautiful: "I am also honored to be the child of my lady Guan Hui."
She sincerely thanked Guan Hui for protecting her and raising her, and for giving her such a free future. Her life was complete with such a mother.
Dong Yu touched her head and said gently, "Secretary Guan was not defeated by that man's despicable behavior. She is working hard to live her own life. I am happy for you."
Guan Nianwei smiled and said, "Thank you."
Because she was never the one who was wrong, there was no need for her to sacrifice her life for someone else's mistakes.
Dongyu asked again: "Didn't your sister Shengnan leave a photo?"
Guan Nianwei: “No.”
Dongyu: "Won't you forget her?"
After all, those were her memories when she was five years old. As time went by and she grew older, many memories would become more and more blurred.
"No." Guan Nianwei said, "Sister Shengnan is very unforgettable. Her dress is very impressive."
Dongyu: “Hmm?”
Guan Nianwei: "She has colorful hair."
Dongyu: “……?”
Why is the style of Secretary Guan’s benefactor a bit strange?
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