Chapter 49: The separation of adults in Guangdong is always so uneventful.
Lu Wangshan has never been someone who uses money and power to oppress others.
But at this moment he was willing to use threats to keep her.
Yun Tan looked at him for a long time without saying anything. She was not angry, but was just thinking that she seemed to have messed up something again. Why did she force such a good person like Lu Wangshan to this point?
After a long time, she looked away and watched the willow branches swaying in the night wind.
"Lu Wangshan, Beijing has never been home to me. It holds too many painful memories. My parents abandoned me when they divorced. Yuan Qinrong resorted to all means just to use me so she could take care of Yuan Hongren in the future. Yun Qihui and Yun Jin are the most irresponsible men in the world. Maybe it's because I have Yun Qihui's blood in me, I'm pretty irresponsible too, right? But I feel suffocated every day I spend in Beijing. I don't like it. This is definitely not the life I want."
"If we're together, I'm not just afraid that you'll be entangled by the Yuan family. More importantly, I'll never be able to shake them off. I love you, but I love myself more."
Yuntan had no choice but to say harsh words.
She shed tears with an expressionless face and said the most heartless and conscienceless words.
"To be honest, apart from the constant worry about my grandma, I felt really comfortable in Milan. Now I want to leave Beijing and continue to live the life I want, without all the pressure and constraints."
"I know I'd be miserable without you in this life. But I wouldn't be happy with you either, and neither would you."
"So let's stop here, Lu Wangshan."
Lu Wangshan never spoke again.
They sat facing each other, one with his head down and the other with his face turned away, neither of them looking at the other.
I don’t know how long it took, but Lu Wangshan suddenly stood up, called out “Leo”, turned around and left.
Leo noticed that his parents were arguing, so he curled up beside Yuntan and kept making whining sounds, as if begging him not to leave.
Those sounds made Yun Tan's heart feel like it was pierced by countless dense needles.
He pulled the leash so hard that it left a red mark on the back of his hand. "Leo!"
Yun Tan lowered his head and patted Leo on the head, saying softly, "Good boy Leo, come home with Daddy."
Leo rubbed his head against her palm, then finally stood up, and left with Lu Wangshan with his head and tail hanging down.
Yun Tan finally dared to look up at Lu Wangshan, and watched him and Leo disappear around the corner of the intersection. All her emotions accumulated and burst out, and she finally bent down and burst into tears.
Crying is really a very physically exhausting thing. The recent continuous crying made Yun Tan suddenly start to retch, and his stomach, which had not hurt for half a year, began to hurt again.
After waiting for the severe stomach pain to subside, Yun Tan finally got up.
At the same time, her cell phone vibrated and Ding Mian sent her a message.
"Xiao Tan, your transfer process has been approved."
"I wish you a safe journey."
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The next day, Yun Tan went back to get his luggage while Lu Wangshan was not at home.
In fact, there was no need to arrive on time. Lu Wangshan had already moved Leo back to the main house which was closer to the company, and took Leo's food bowl and dog house with him.
Only the bouquet of flowers she gave to Lu Wangshan remained, still blooming brightly in the empty house.
It was when Yuntan was packing her luggage that she realized how much stuff she had. She had lived in Milan for five years and didn't have so much luggage when she returned to China.
Most of them were first sent to the Guangdong branch by express delivery, and the rest were stuffed into the suitcase.
When Yuntan got on the plane, she was shocked to realize that she actually missed Beijing.
But the two people she missed the most, one is no longer here, and the other will never have a future.
She put on an eye mask and cried silently on the plane. She probably cried for three hours during the three-hour flight.
Yuntan doesn't like to cry.
There are so many things she doesn't like about herself, she doesn't like herself crying, she doesn't like her personality, she doesn't like her weakness and avoidance.
She said to Lu Wangshan, "I love you, but I love myself more."
Actually, no, she doesn't love herself at all.
Yuntan told herself that she should stop crying once the plane landed.
So she really stopped crying. After turning on the phone, Jiang Zhier and Elara in the group sent her a message asking her to report that she had landed safely.
Yuntan took a selfie and sent it to the group. Her large sunglasses were enough to cover her red and swollen eyes.
Yuntan: "Elara, you can start planning the second stop of your China food tour—Guangdong."
Yuntan: "The food here is much better than in Beijing."
Jiang Zhier and Elara both knew that she had broken up with Lu Wangshan. They used to talk about it very boldly, but now they never mentioned Lu Wangshan at all.
After being transferred from the headquarters to the branch, Yuntan's rank was automatically increased by one level, and he became the project manager.
It was here that Yuntan finally understood why Ding Mian was so respected and welcomed as the minister. He eliminated many tedious procedural tasks for his employees, making everyone's work much easier. After arriving in Guangdong, Yuntan's workload was much greater than in Beijing.
At this moment, she was actually glad that it was busier here. Sometimes she finished her work at eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening, and she had no time to think about those stories belonging to Beijing.
The company provides accommodation for expatriate employees. The environment is naturally not that good. It is a small room less than 30 square meters with the most basic facilities. Fortunately, it is close to the company and is a single room, so the sanitary conditions are barely acceptable.
However, the cockroaches in Guangdong were indeed beyond Yun Tan’s imagination.
She has never been afraid of insects since she was a child. She has seen cockroaches in the north, but the cockroaches in Guangdong are a little... too big.
When Yuntan first met the Guangdong cockroach, she even wondered if it was a new species of giant spider?
Fortunately, his actions were faster than his brain. When he came to his senses, Yuntan had already picked up the slippers and slapped them down hard.
She maintained this posture for a long time, then shuddered, shook off the goose bumps, and knocked on the door of her colleague next door for help.
That colleague went to university in Guangdong and was no longer surprised by Guangdong cockroaches. He gave Yuntan a cockroach medicine and taught her how to use it.
Seeing her serious expression, a colleague patted her shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Manager Yun. You handled it very well just now. It shows that you have a talent for living in Guangdong. In fact, you only need to remember one thing: don't scream when you encounter a cockroach."
"Why? Will it fly away if I scream?"
"Well, not really. It will fly even if you don't call it. It's just that if you call it, it might fly into your mouth."
“…”
Yuntan was about to vomit.
She didn't know how much her colleague had been through to be able to say such terrible words without batting an eyelid.
But Yuntan still underestimated her.
Seeing her expression, her colleague finally realized that she might have scared the northerner, so he comforted her, "It's okay, it won't be a big problem even if you eat it. Kangfuxin Liquid, chew it up and it's very nutritious."
“…………”
This time Yuntan really wanted to vomit, and he covered his mouth and dry heaved a few times.
It happened that Li Sen sent her a message that night asking about her recent life, and Yun Tan repeated the whole story to her.
Li Sen sent a long string of screaming voice messages: "Ahhhhh Xiao Tan! I cared about you so late at night and this is how you retaliate against me! I'm definitely not going to be able to sleep!!!"
The pain shifted, and Yuntan finally laughed out loud, comforting her not to be afraid, saying that there were no cockroaches that big in Beijing.
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The days passed one by one, and it was quite ordinary.
The Yuan family was very angry about her coming to Guangdong. After the birthday party, Yuan Fang got very angry again and scolded Yuan Qinrong.
Yuan Qinrong and Yun Qihui both called to scold her, saying that she ran so far away when her grandmother's body was still warm.
The next second, Yun Tan blocked both of them, and the world was finally quiet.
Now that her grandmother is gone, the last bit of dignity she had to maintain with the Yun and Yuan families is gone.
The two met once when Jiang Zhier came to Guangdong on a business trip.
The weather in Guangdong is hot, but Yuntan is still dazzling in her beautiful and fashionable suit. She also takes on a more important role at work. It seems that everything is thriving and moving in a good direction.
Only Jiang Zhier noticed that she had lost a lot of weight and no longer had the charming look she used to have when she was relaxed.
They went out for a drink together in the evening.
With the help of alcohol, Yun Tan became relaxed and lazy. She looked at the Guangzhou Tower with lights on in the distance, and finally a hint of nostalgia appeared in her eyes.
It was at this time that Jiang Zhier asked, "Are you still in contact with Lu Wangshan?"
Yun Tan paused, shook his head, and said softly, "No."
"Didn't he contact you?"
Yun Tan laughed: "Why would he contact me? I gave up on him both times. He probably doesn't want to have anything to do with me anymore."
Jiang Zhier sighed softly: "I just think that you two were so good before, even breaking up is too easy."
It was so light that it seemed as if everything was unreal, even separation did not exist.
Jiang Zhier still remembers that when he was 18 years old and decided to break up with Cheng Jingwei, he was far less nonchalant than Yun Tan and Lu Wangshan.
She didn't know whether it was due to Yun Tan and Lu Wangshan's personalities, or whether the separation of adults was always so uneventful.
Yun Tan was silent for a long time, then he tilted his head back and drank the remaining wine in the bottom of the glass. He stared at the Guangdong Tower in a daze for a long time before finally speaking: "Sometimes I feel that I would rather he and I had a big quarrel and really end up not speaking to each other for the rest of our lives."
But Lu Wangshan didn't.
The most serious words he said to her were "If I don't let you leave Beijing, you can't leave." In just a quarter of an hour, Yun Tan received the news that her transfer process had been approved.
She would rather Lu Wangshan really take revenge on her and bully her by any means necessary to relieve the hatred in her heart.
He didn't this time, and he didn't last time either.
The last time he came in exhausted and left in exhausted condition, even the wetness on his coat from the wind and snow had not had time to dry out, and he was reluctant to use any hurtful words to hurt her or scold her.
Their relationship had twice reached the point of collapse, but in the end, Lu Wangshan handled it with care, and it disappeared like smoke.
So much so that every time Yun Tan saw Lu Wangshan again in a dream that no one knew about, he felt extremely ashamed.
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They all drank a lot that night. Jiang Zhier had a low alcohol tolerance, so Yun Tan had to support her as she walked back.
After she settled her down, Cheng Jingwei called. Yun Tan answered the phone for her, still addressing her as she was used to in Milan: "Flexi, this is Yun Tan. Er Er had a drink with me and just went to bed."
Cheng Jingwei asked her to help take care of it.
"Don't worry."
Yun Tan was worried that Jiang Zhier would feel like vomiting at night, so he stayed in the hotel with her.
Late at night, Jiang Zhier suddenly hugged her, and Yun Tan asked softly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Jiang Zhier shook his head in her arms and said softly, "Xiao Tan, I hope you can be happy."
Yun Tan was slightly startled, then he smiled and patted her on the back: "I'm living a good life now."
Yuntan doesn’t think her life is that bad now. If the first 18 years of her life were unfortunate, then her life after the age of 18 must be lucky.
She is in good health and has achieved academic success. She has met such a good person like Lu Wangshan, made such good friends abroad, and met some very good colleagues after returning to China to work.
Eight out of ten things in life are not satisfactory.
It's hard to have it all.
Fortunately, she still has many good friends.
After Jiang Zhier returned from her business trip, Li Sen and Elara also went to Guangdong to visit her.
Yuntan's days are almost filled with work and friends. Life is not difficult and time passes quickly.
It was just a coincidence, very coincidental.
Yun Tan woke up from her sleep at night. She didn't eat much for dinner, so her stomach started to hurt again. She suddenly missed the Thai rice made by Lu Wangshan very much.
I wanted to continue sleeping, but my stomach was churning with greed and the stomach cramps were getting worse.
Yuntan had no choice but to get up, swallow a painkiller, put on his clothes and go to a nearby 24-hour supermarket to buy ingredients for the rice bowl.
She really loved eating dapao rice. Lu Wangshan used to make it often, and Yun Tan had watched it many times, so she felt it wasn't too difficult.
So I searched for tutorial videos and prepared the food with confidence.
She really believed Lu Wangshan's words when he was trying to comfort people, "It shows that Xiao Tan is very talented in cooking." She was splashed with oil by the oil pan that was accidentally overturned, and a red mark appeared on the back of her foot.
What a tiring night.
Yuntan rinsed the burned skin with cold water for a quarter of an hour and bought a tube of burn ointment. But when he woke up the next day, he found that blisters still appeared and it was still burning and painful.
So I rushed to the hospital to register early in the morning.
Fortunately, she took good care of herself yesterday and the infection was not serious.
The doctor treated the blisters on her skin, bandaged them with gauze, and gave her a bunch of precautions.
Yuntan sat on a chair in front of the pharmacy waiting for his number to be called.
The number before hers was that of a girl who was also injured. When her name was called, her boyfriend quickly said, "Hurry up and sit down. I'll get it."
Then Yuntan was called, and she jumped up and went to the window to get the medicine.
When she sat back in the chair, Yuntan was suddenly overwhelmed by the surging bitterness. She bent down, covered her face and burst into tears - this was the first time she cried in Guangdong.
It was so severe that she couldn't stop crying. The girl came over and gave her a pack of tissues, comforting her that everything would be fine.
Those who cry in the hospital are usually sick themselves or their loved ones are sick, and the girl mistakenly thought that she was crying because of physical pain.
Yuntan thanked the man and turned to leave when he suddenly stopped.
She saw Lu Shiyue walking out with a bandage wrapped around his arm. He was very tall and stood out in the crowd. He suddenly stopped and his eyes fell steadily on Yun Tan.
Lu Shiyue's gaze was cold.
This is understandable. He didn't like her in the first place, and now she is separated from Lu Wangshan.
Yun Tan was ready to leave as a stranger, but saw Lu Shiyue suddenly say something to the people around him and then walk towards him quickly.
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