Chapter 20 She is crying
She is crying
Wen Ruan knew that Zhao Xinghui came to apologize.
While having dinner last night, Lin Yue asked her a question.
"On Yao Man's first day at Rongli, you offended her in order to protect Zhao Xinghui. But Zhao Xinghui turned out to be an ungrateful person. You must be regretting helping him now."
Do you regret it?
Nope.
She helped Zhao Xinghui because Zhao Xinghui had helped her when she first joined the company.
At the welcome dinner, the department manager at the time tried to get her to drink for various reasons, but Zhao Xinghui blocked it for her. After the meal, the manager insisted on sending her off, so Zhao Xinghui pushed her into the girl's car.
Afterwards, Zhao Xinghui was targeted by that manager. That manager was currying favor with a vice president at the time and had a backer. Zhao Xinghui couldn't even touch the project at that time.
She feels guilty.
But Zhao Xinghui said, "He has a bad reputation. If you were taken away by him, you would be ruined. Compared to this, I was just being given a hard time. It's a small matter."
Wen Ruan always remembered his kindness.
When Zhao Xinghui was young, he was also a brave general and was excellent in all aspects. Unfortunately, he was unlucky and met bad superiors. Good things never happened to him, and he had to take the blame for all the bad things.
After switching jobs to Rongli, his immediate boss was another jerk who stole his achievements and suppressed him. Over time, his self-confidence was worn away.
When Wen Ruan joined the company, he was already 30 years old and was a small supervisor. He was not given a high position, but he did not dare to resign.
Life is too stressful.
He has three sons in one pregnancy, a mortgage and car loan to pay off, his two elder parents are bedridden and take medicine all year round, his wife quit her job to take care of the children and the elderly, and the burden of the family all falls on him.
Life is really hard.
After Wen Ruan was promoted to director of the second department, he was given several good projects and a letter of recommendation was submitted to his superiors. He was promoted to manager, and his life became a little better.
At least in the two years they worked together, Zhao Xinghui never betrayed her, so she had no regrets about offending Yao Man in order to protect him.
As for why he betrayed this time...
Wen Ruan guessed that Yao Man was generous, but she didn't expect her to be so generous.
"Yao Man approached me twice, but I refused. Then she approached my wife directly, and she accepted 10 million yuan from her. When I first found out, I was very angry, but she had already spent the money."
"She paid off her mortgage and car loan, bought imported medicine for my parents, and she helped my sister's daughter pay off her debts after she was diagnosed with leukemia last year. Her mother has uremia, and her brother lost money in business last year and owed a huge amount of high-interest loan debts... Ten million yuan was too tempting for her."
"To be honest, I'm angry that she took the money, but I can't blame her. She has to take care of three children and two elderly paraplegics. My salary is used to pay the mortgage and car loan every month. After deducting living expenses, there is not much left."
"She couldn't resist the temptation. I didn't give her enough sense of security. I'm sorry for her. I didn't let her live a good life. Honestly, ten million... did help us solve a lot of problems."
"I've already resigned and plan to sell my house and leave Haicheng to return to my hometown to develop. I don't plan to do this job anymore. You don't have to see me, an ungrateful and ungrateful person, anymore."
Zhao Xinghui still hopes to be forgiven.
"Boss Wen, I'm really sorry. Will you forgive me?"
There was no wind in the parking lot, but it was cool. Wen Ruan pulled his clothes tighter and turned to walk towards the car.
Her soft voice filled the air.
"You really did me wrong. On the day you stopped Chaoce, I wanted to just walk away in Jiang Qingyan's office. I held back because I was afraid that after I left, the projects I was handling would be divided up by other departments."
"I wanted to share it with you. I was worried that you were in a difficult situation at the company, so I wanted to leave the most important things to you. I was thinking about you, but you stabbed me in the back."
"Zhao Xinghui, your life is difficult, and it's not my fault. So if you harm me for this reason, I cannot accept it and will not forgive you."
"As for whether it will happen in the future, that depends on how I live. If my life is worse than it is now, you will always be a sinner in my eyes. If my life is better than it is now, then I will thank you for stabbing me today."
Zhao Xinghui looked at her back and his eyes reddened slightly.
Sorry, sorry.
…
Wen Ruan has been silent since getting in the car. He fastened his seat belt, leaned slightly to the side, leaned his head against the seat, and looked out the window. He had no intention of talking at all.
He Zheng looked at her several times, but didn't disturb her and slowly drove the car out of the parking lot.
The car was too quiet until Wen Ruan's phone rang.
It’s Pan Rui calling.
"Wen Ruan, I'm sorry. My mother had surgery this morning and I was in the hospital the whole time. Dong Chao didn't tell me about his contact with Ming He, so I didn't know such a big thing had happened."
Pan Rui just found out about these things.
It was a department manager from the Fireworks Studio who called him.
"I just heard insider information that Wen Ruan was fired for stopping Chao Ce. Someone saw her leaving with a suitcase. Brother Rui, is your wife Wen Ruan's best friend true?"
The manager was quick-witted and couldn't keep things to himself. While gossiping, he told him that Dong Chao had secretly contacted Minghe.
"Boss Dong was too anxious. He thought he had gotten close to Minghe, but he turned out to be a target. He just went to Minghe, but they wouldn't let him in. They said Qian Wei had been fired and told him to go find Qian Wei. But since they didn't sign a contract, Minghe wouldn't recognize him."
Pan Rui figured out the whole thing and immediately called Dong Chao, who was even angrier than him.
"You know Chaoce's situation best. We only have one technical hurdle left, and we'll be able to market it soon. Now it's a matter of life and death. Your dream will soon come true, and I'll be able to beat Yang Sheng soon. All we need is this money!"
"I can't do anything about it. That old guy Yang Sheng has completely blocked our escape route. I originally wanted to rely on your relationship with Wen Ruan to ask him for help, but Wen Ruan stopped us!"
"Minghe's people suddenly came to me. How could I refuse? Pan Rui, if you can guarantee that your technology will always lead the market, I will kowtow and apologize to you. If you can't, you have no right to blame me!"
Pan Rui can also understand Dong Chao.
Fireworks Studio is everything to him. He has gambled all his fortune on it. If he loses, he will lose everything. He cannot accept losing to Yang Sheng, so he is definitely anxious.
But it hurt Wen Ruan.
Pan Rui felt really sorry and kept apologizing.
Wen Ruan interrupted him, "Did the operation go well?"
This was the only happy event, and Pan Rui breathed a sigh of relief. "It went smoothly. Auntie performed the surgery herself. My mother said that she would come to thank her in person when she is able to be discharged from the hospital."
"No need. I'm helping you for Tongtong. Just treat Tongtong well as a thank you."
Wen Ruan brought the subject back, "As for my being fired, it has nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself."
Pan Rui invested in Fireworks Studio with technology, and the one who holds the real power is Dong Chao. Not to mention that Pan Rui didn't know before, even if he knew in advance, he couldn't change Dong Chao's decision.
"Why doesn't it matter?"
When Zhang Tongtong came to the hospital, she happened to hear Pan Rui questioning Dong Chao on the phone. After knowing the whole thing, she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time.
At this moment, he snatched the phone away, his voice choked with sobs.
"I blame Pan Rui. I told him that Dong Chao was impatient and impulsive. Yesterday, I asked him to go meet Dong Chao and talk, but he refused to go and insisted on staying here to watch over his mother."
"You had surgery today, and nothing happened yesterday. It's all his fault. If he had listened to me, you wouldn't have been fired..."
Wen Ruan heard that her tone was wrong and wanted to persuade her, but the next second, she broke down emotionally.
"I suggested we find a nurse, but Pan Rui refused and insisted on staying in the hospital all by himself. He was worried about his mother all day long. I was almost going crazy. His mother was hospitalized here, and there was no one to take care of his sister's child. In the end, all the work fell on me."
Pan Rui's sister divorced after two years of marriage. Her husband had an affair and had twins, a boy and a girl. He left the son to her. She left the son to the old lady and went to work in another place. She didn't go home for several years and only called occasionally.
The child was raised by the old lady, and he follows her wherever she goes.
Now that the old lady is in the hospital and Pan Rui is being taken care of by the doctor, the child becomes Zhang Tongtong's responsibility.
"That kid has been spoiled by his grandma. He's selfish and only knows how to stir up trouble. Guoguo has been sick for the past two days, and I have to look after him, but he still won't stop."
"If the food doesn't suit his taste, he'll smash the bowl, scribble on the walls and sofa with a paintbrush, grab Guoguo's room, break the neighbor's window with a slingshot, and if I say a few words to him, he'll spit in my cup and pour out my milk and fill it with water. I'm really going crazy..."
Zhang Tongtong has been holding it in for the past two days, and now it has completely exploded.
Pan Rui went into the ward to take care of the old lady. She sat in the stairwell with her cell phone and poured out all the grievances she had suffered in the past two days to Wen Ruan.
Wen Ruan listened quietly and didn't hang up the phone.
Zhang Tongtong talked for nearly half an hour before bringing the topic back.
"It's all Pan Rui's fault. If he had listened to me earlier, if he had stopped Dong Chao, you wouldn't have been fired..."
"Tongtong."
Wen Ruan interrupted her: "I really don't blame Pan Rui. Before this happened, I told you that I had decided to resign. I had to leave sooner or later, it's just early."
"That's different!" Zhang Tongtong was still crying, "Your voluntary resignation is different from being fired!"
Wen Ruan smiled and said, "It's different. They compensated me a lot of money. I have so much money now that I don't know how to spend it."
"Ruan Ruan!" Zhang Tongtong yelled at her.
Wen Ruan sighed, "My affairs have nothing to do with Pan Ruizhen, and he doesn't have the final say over Fireworks Studio. Don't quarrel over this."
"But……"
"I know you're worried about me. I'm really fine. Just take care of yourself. I'm going to eat first."
The two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.
Wen Ruan put away her phone and realized that the car had stopped. She looked outside and saw that the car was parked on the side of the road. There were no restaurants nearby. She turned to look at the driver's seat.
"Why did you stop here?"
He Zheng had been staring at her for a long time, his eyes as deep as ink. When he saw her looking at him, he calmly withdrew his gaze.
He reached out to unbuckle his seatbelt. "I'm craving a cigarette. I'm going downstairs to have a cigarette. Wait for me for twenty minutes."
Wen Ruan watched him cross the street and walk into the convenience store across the street. When his figure disappeared, she looked away, bent her back, and covered her face with her hands.
He Zheng entered the convenience store and came out five minutes later. He parked under the shade of a tree three steps away from the front of the car, lit a cigarette and held it between his slender fingertips.
He let the scarlet flames burn on their own without taking a single puff.
He doesn't have a smoking habit.
Wen Ruan suffered a lot of injustice today and received negative energy from her friends along the way. She needed to be alone for a while, and he had to give her some space to vent.
He Zheng had a good view from where he was standing, and he could clearly see Wen Ruan through the windshield.
She is crying.
He covered his face with his hands, his shoulders trembling, and maintained this posture for about five minutes. Then he put his hands down, his face covered with tears.
She held the entire tissue box in her hand and took out several tissues to wipe her tears. At first, she wiped quickly and hastily, but later she slowed down, wiped her tears dry, and took out a makeup mirror from her bag.
She put on makeup, lowered the car window to let in some fresh air, straightened her clothes and hair... Her expression gradually regained composure, as if it wasn't her who was crying just now.
After a cigarette burned out, He Zheng waited outside for a while. Only when she was completely relaxed did he walk around the back of the car and open the door.
After fastening her seat belt, he didn't start the car immediately. He took out two lollipops from his pocket and gave them to her.
"I just bought some cigarettes for free. I don't eat this stuff."
Wen Ruan reached out to take it, took a look at the lollipop in his palm, and smiled, "Orange flavor, grape flavor, the boss is quite good at giving gifts."
They happened to be the two flavors she liked.
He Zheng started the car and uttered a dragging sound.
"What do you mean he's good at giving gifts? I picked the flavors, okay? You're a hard-to-please person. You only eat these two flavors of candy."
Wen Ruan opened the orange flavored one and said casually, "You still remember it."
He Zheng was paying attention to the cars coming from behind.
"Of course, I'm not as heartless as you. When we were dating, I remembered your preferences clearly, but you can't remember a single thing I like."
When we were in love...
When these words came out, both of them were stunned.
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