Chapter 329 Do You Remember?
"This matter has been dragging on for too long. The longer the night, the more trouble it will cause. We in business hate this the most."
Xiao Beisheng's topic was still on the transaction.
In my mind, I was thinking about the scene of Su Man and Qiao Shiyan walking away hand in hand, pushing the stroller.
A happy family of three.
That kind of plain and warm picture is like charcoal fire that can burn people.
Luo Yan's eyes flickered across his face, and she shook the coffee cup in her hand, a little dazed. "Bei Sheng, are you interested in me just to get this deal?"
"Does it matter?"
"That's right. You are not a person who is emotion-oriented. Compared with feelings, you care more about practical things. Feelings are too illusory. I remember that you said in college that the person you will marry in the future must be someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you and be your comrade-in-arms. I did it." Luo Yan raised his face, full of pride.
As she spoke, her mind wandered a little.
His eyes seemed to penetrate something and he began to recall the past:
"I still remember what happened when you were about to graduate from college and start your internship. I went to your school to look for you in the middle of the night, climbing the wall to the art building. The security guards chased me with flashlights, but you took my hand and ran away with me. The stars were bright that night. I wanted to kiss you, but you wouldn't let me. Then I saw that your ears were red.
"After we started dating, you, a young master who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea, accompanied me, walking around the streets and eating at roadside stalls. As expected, you had diarrhea as soon as you got home. In the middle of the night, you had a high fever and your stomach hurt so much that you broke out in cold sweats. But at that time, we had no money, so you just endured it and didn't want to go to the hospital. Later, I took you to Grandpa Cao's clinic for treatment. Do you remember? Grandpa Cao, the one whose son was unwilling to go home to inherit his legacy. He was very old and wore a pair of tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses. Seeing our expressions, Grandpa Cao didn't charge us. He prescribed medicine and gave you an injection, saying that we could owe him the money for the medicine first and pay him back when we had money. After we got out, I tell you, what Grandpa Cao meant by this was that we didn't have to pay. But you quickly paid Grandpa Cao back with the money you earned from your part-time job."
When these things were mentioned, Xiao Beisheng seemed to be touched and finally not so indifferent.
He asked, "I never saw him again after that."
"Because we were moving, you said the place I was living in was too chaotic and the security was poor, and you were worried about my safety, so you moved me. At that time, you started your internship and had an income, so you said you could pay for my rent."
In fact, that was just Luo Yan’s residence.
But every time Luo Yan mentioned that residence, he would always emphasize that it was "their" home.
Because, that small, shabby place was the beginning of their time together.
In order to pursue his dream of becoming a lawyer, Xiao Beisheng had a falling out with his family. He had no money to stay in a hotel and could only live on campus. However, the school also had holidays and there was no place to stay, so Luo Yan took Xiao Beisheng back to her residence.
Xiao Beisheng has a strong sense of boundaries.
Even if he lived in Luo Yan's house, he would sleep separately from Luo Yan.
Luo Yan rented a small one-bedroom apartment, which was only about 40 to 50 square meters in total. Xiao Beisheng slept on the sofa every day.
Luo Yan repeatedly took a shower and came out of the bathroom wrapped in only a bath towel, just to see how long Xiao Beisheng could endure.
Facts have proved that Xiao Beisheng is very patient.
"Every time I walked around in front of you in my sexy pajamas, you were like a monk in meditation, not even looking at me. I even suspected at one point that you had some problems with that."
Xiao Beisheng changed the subject and asked, "What happened to Grandpa Cao later?"
Luo Yan said, "I went back once and found the clinic was gone. My neighbor's aunt told me that Grandpa Cao had passed away, and his son rushed back from out of province to handle the old man's funeral. He saw him off in the morning and caught a flight back to work that evening. I felt really sorry for the old man. If I were Grandpa Cao's descendant, I would be very satisfied to have a clinic like this to support me in my old age."
"Everyone has their own ideals." Xiao Beisheng was willing to continue chatting with her.
Luo Yan said: "You also have your dreams, but didn't you give up being a lawyer for me?"
Xiao Beisheng lowered his eyelids slightly, "No."
"What?"
"Not for you."
"...How could it not be?! Don't you remember? Back then, you wanted me to have a better life, so you chose to compromise with your family..."
"On the surface, it seems so, but it's definitely not for you, and I never said it was for you. Do you enjoy bearing the burden of another person's sacrifice? Or do you feel that hearing others say this satisfies your vanity?"
Luo Yan moved her coffee cup and smiled awkwardly, "Beisheng, you are really mean to me now. Yes, I am vain. I just want the whole world to know that I am Xiao Beisheng's beloved woman. Xiao Beisheng can do anything for me, including giving up his dream."
Xiao Beisheng curled his lips: "So, Luo Yan, you and I are not the same kind of people."
He said: "If I really love someone, I will be willing to give my all and will not impose this sacrifice on the other person, because I don't want to put pressure on the other person."
Luo Yan was unhappy, even a little angry,
“Why do you want to deny our past?
"Don't you remember what we went through together?
"Do you remember that time when I was working odd jobs at a barbecue restaurant and was harassed by a group of drunk old men?
"When I was serving the food, those bald, greasy men grabbed me and insisted I drink some wine before they would let go of my hands. You got off work from the law firm and came to the barbecue restaurant to wait for me. You happened to see this scene and were furious. You went up to them and wanted to fight. But the owner of the barbecue stall warned us that if we smashed the stall, we would not only have to pay compensation, but I would also not be paid my wages for that month. In the end, you drank all the wine for me, and those men let us go."
Luo Yan felt a little aggrieved and spoke in an anxious tone.
As if she was eager to prove how much Xiao Beisheng loved her in the past.
Xiao Beisheng didn't say anything else, and Luo Yan's tone gradually slowed down. She continued to reminisce about her beautiful past:
"That day, we still refused to give in. After I got off work and the barbecue stall closed, we lay in wait on the street, hoping to get revenge on those stinky guys.
"Although they are numerous, they are already drunk and can't even speak straight. They are no match for you.
"That was the first time I saw you fighting, one against eight! I was worried you weren't up to it, so I squatted on the side of the road looking for a brick. I thought, if things don't work out, we still have some weapons. Then you unbuttoned your suit, took it off, and threw it into the grass next to you, saying, 'Please watch my clothes, I need them tomorrow when I meet clients.' I was still dumbfounded, because you rolled up your sleeves, rushed over, and gave the guy a 360-degree turn and a flying kick, knocking the guy down in one go. That look was so sexy.
"Later you told me that you had been learning self-defense since you were a child, and also practiced Taekwondo and Muay Thai. Your family made you learn everything you should and shouldn't learn. You are smart, and you learned it quite well. Those guys knew you were good at fighting, and every time there was a fight, they wanted to drag you to help, but I stopped them. I warned them that Xiao Beisheng was not the kind of person who would do such things. He was different from you. He couldn't get his hands on these things. He wanted to be clean and innocent..."
…
As Luo Yan spoke, a bright light appeared in her eyes.
Xiao Beisheng hadn't seen this kind of light in her eyes for a long time.
His heart almost softened until he heard Luo Yan say that he wanted to be clean and innocent. He snorted a self-deprecating sneer from his nose:
"Heh. Clean and innocent."
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