Chapter 21 He Zheng is her first love
He Zheng is her first love
When we were in love...
He Zheng was paying attention to the vehicles outside and answered subconsciously without thinking. When he realized it now, it was too late to take it back.
Wen Ruan was silent.
Speaking of love, she and He Zheng had indeed been in a relationship, but it was very short and it wasn't really a love relationship.
When they were in their third year of high school, someone reported that they were in a premature relationship. Their mother believed it, slapped their daughter in front of many people, and then went home to read her diary.
She was really angry and her rebellious mentality reached its peak.
If you accuse her of premature love, then she really is in premature love.
Thinking about it now, she was really naive at that time, but she really found He Zheng and asked him if he wanted to have a relationship.
He Zheng agreed.
She remembered his exact words at the time: "You like me? Fine, let's date. But the college entrance exam is in four months. During this time, you can't be too clingy to me. Let's focus on studying."
So they secretly dated for four months.
Because they were dating secretly, they focused on their studies at school. Only on weekends, when his mother was busy in the hospital, would He Zheng take her out to play.
Mountain climbing, rock climbing, cycling...are all very tiring activities, but very relaxing.
She was actually very grateful to He Zheng. Before the college entrance examination, her relationship with her mother was extremely strained. She was too depressed. If He Zheng hadn't helped her relieve her stress, she would have been depressed.
When she applied for college, she lied to everyone.
Her mother is a doctor and wants her to study medicine. She has been instilling in her the idea of staying in Haicheng to study medicine since junior high school, and she has always expressed her desire to stay in Haicheng.
But in fact, she had no intention of staying in Haicheng at all.
She wanted to stay away from her mother and escape her suffocating discipline, so she told everyone, including He Zheng, that she would stay in Haicheng.
When He Zheng received the admission letter from Haicheng University, he came to see her very happily.
"I just wanted to be admitted to the same university as you!"
He was very excited that day until he saw her acceptance letter.
Rongcheng is a thousand miles away from Haicheng.
He almost gritted his teeth, "Wen Ruan, what do you mean? Didn't we agree to go to Haicheng University together? Are you kidding me?"
She honestly confessed to him that she had been wanting to fall in love out of rebellion.
His eyes turned red with anger.
"So you don't like me at all, you just want to piss off your mom?"
He Zheng was only eighteen years old at that time, full of youthfulness, and looked aggrieved like a bullied puppy.
He was so angry that the tears in his eyes seemed to be about to fall out at any second, and he yelled at her.
"Wen Ruan, so you have been teasing me all the time, you are awesome!"
The breakup was unpleasant, and they never contacted each other again after that. He Zheng stayed in Haicheng, and she went to Rongcheng. It was not until she came back to work for Jiang Qingyan that they met again in the workplace.
After the reunion, they probably both felt ashamed, and tacitly agreed not to mention the past. No one knew that they had an extremely short and immature relationship.
But when there were no outsiders around, He Zheng would occasionally mention it in a sarcastic tone.
When this was brought up again, Wen Ruan didn't feel embarrassed, but suddenly felt that he was so naive at that time.
…
The car turned a corner and stopped in front of a noodle shop.
While waiting for the meal, Wen Ruan leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to settle old scores with him and sort things out.
"Although what I did back then was wrong, there's no need for you to hold a grudge against me for so many years. You don't like me anyway, so we were just using each other..."
"Wait a moment!"
He Zheng placed the teacup in front of her, his handsome face with sharp edges showing a bit of speechlessness.
"How do you know I don't like you? I don't like you, and I'm dating you? I'm sick!"
Wen Ruan was even more speechless than him, "You said it yourself."
"When did I say that?"
"Five days before the college entrance exam, I went to the Yucai Supermarket at the school gate to buy some things. You and Shen Yifan were buying water, and you were talking about me. What you said at the time was—"
She thought for a moment and repeated his words.
"You mean... Wen Ruan? Tsk, who likes her? She's a boring nerd. She's not my type."
Wen Ruan even imitated the tone of that "tsk" sound very well.
He Zheng thought for a long time and finally matched the day she mentioned.
These were indeed his exact words, but he didn't mean it because there was a lackey of Yao Tianyu in the supermarket at that time.
When Shen Yifan asked him about the progress with Wen Ruan, he saw the lackey hiding behind the snack rack, eavesdropping with his ears perked up.
Yao Tianyu always likes to snatch what he likes. If Yao Tianyu knew that he liked Wen Ruan, he would definitely take action against Wen Ruan, so he said those words against his will and asked the lackey to pass on the message.
Unexpectedly, Wen Ruan also heard these words.
He didn't see her at that time!
How could he be sentenced to death just because of a few words? Isn't it unfair?
"So why didn't you ask me directly later? Shouldn't you have been furious when you heard that? We were still talking at the time, shouldn't you have been so angry that you slapped me?"
Wen Ruan was confused by his stare.
"Then don't I want to save face? Shen Yifan is your best buddy, right? What you said to him must be the truth. I already know that you don't like me, but I still asked you. I am sick."
He Zheng's eyelashes trembled and his chest heaved violently.
"So that's why you broke up with me, not because you don't like me?"
If she said yes, he would beat Yao Tianyu to death right now!
Wen Ruan shook his head. "I liked you very much at that time, but it was just a friendship. If we were to talk about love, you weren't my type back then."
She fell in love on impulse, but after they started dating secretly, He Zheng treated her very well.
She was also thinking that if He Zheng really liked her, she couldn't be too cruel. If not, she could really give it a try with him and continue dating in college. At worst, they could just be in a long-distance relationship.
It turned out that she overthought it.
He Zheng didn't like her, but he agreed to her because he was embarrassed to refuse. After all, she tutored him and pushed him from a failing student to the top ten in the grade.
He doesn't like her, and he is not her type. After the college entrance examination, they will each pursue their own careers. Isn't it good to break up?
He Zheng listened to her and said jokingly, "If it wasn't your cup of tea back then, what about now?"
Wen Ruan looked at him and smiled, "Now? Not now. Even if it were, I wouldn't touch it. Love is something that will bring bad luck to anyone who touches it."
He Zheng: “…” His self-esteem was hurt.
No more romance? Damn Jiang Qingyan.
Two bowls of beef noodles were served, and everyone ate their own, chatting for a while, and the topic turned to Zhao Xinghui.
Wen Ruan said: "He just came to apologize, saying that Yao Man gave his wife 10 million. I didn't expect that in Yao Man's heart, I am quite valuable."
He Zheng glanced at her and said, "You are being narcissistic. Ten million is the price Zhao Xinghui negotiated with her."
Wen Ruan: “?”
He Zheng took out his cell phone, found a video, opened it, and handed the phone to her.
"After receiving your call yesterday afternoon, I had someone keep an eye on Zhao Xinghui. I was planning to beat him up to get some information, but I ran into him making an appointment to meet Yao Man last night."
"From the conversation, it seems Yao Man did approach him first. He didn't agree, so Yao Man approached his wife, but only gave her one million. By the time he found out, his wife had already spent the money."
"Zhao Xinghui is much smarter than his wife. He knows how to negotiate. He met with Yao Man again last night and directly raised the offer to 10 million. If Yao Man doesn't agree, he will backtrack this morning. He has all the recordings of his conversations with Yao Man and Yao Tianyu, and he's sure Yao Man will compromise."
He Zheng got this video last night.
His original plan was to wait for Qian Wei to finish speaking, let Rong Li refute it, and use it to slap Yao Man in the face when the argument was at its most intense. But then Jiang Qingyan came.
What Jiang Qingyan meant was that he admitted that what Qian Wei said was true, so there was no point in him bringing it out at that time.
He was waiting for Wen Ruan in the parking lot to take her home and tell her about the video and let her deal with it herself.
"If you want to expose it, I can help you post it online."
The video was secretly filmed, and the content was the same as what He Zheng said. After watching it, Wen Ruan returned the phone to him with no emotion on his face.
"No."
From Zhao Xinghui's point of view, he is very realistic, but he is also right.
"Yao Man wants to harm me. I am destined to leave Rongli. If I leave, Zhao Xinghui's life in Rongli will be difficult. He is not young anymore and has no better place to go after leaving Rongli. Since there is an opportunity to make a fortune, I might as well take it."
He Zheng filled her cup with tea and asked, "Are you just going to let him go like this?"
Wen Ruan said thank you, "It's not that I'm letting him go, it's that I'm letting myself go."
Even if the video was exposed, what would happen? The other person had a whole PR team behind him, and she was just an ordinary person, she couldn't cause any trouble. If the matter got out of hand, she would be the one who suffered in the end.
"Everything is fine now. If the situation continues, I will be the only one who suffers. Besides, I am not at a disadvantage. They are very generous and have paid enough money."
She didn't expect them to be so generous.
…
Wen Ruan didn't expect it, and Yao Man couldn't understand it.
Rongli Capital, General Manager's Office of the Investment Management Center.
After Jiang Qingyan left the conference room, he finished talking with Zhao Xinghui, went downstairs to have lunch with Yao Man, and stayed in the office after returning.
Yao Man also came back with him and kept making trouble.
"I disagreed with the contract last night. The compensation we gave her was already enough, and you increased it several times. You said we were in the wrong and she was difficult to get rid of. She would only compromise if the money was in place. You said you didn't want her to pester you all the time and wanted to quickly draw a line between us. That's why I didn't object."
"Today! She's asking for double the money again! She slapped me before, and now she's threatening me! She's so arrogant, I don't want to give her a dime. If she wants to die, let her die. Why did you agree to her?"
"Jiang Qingyan, do you like her? You calculated the compensation. I asked the finance department, and you gave her the highest compensation. Do you feel sorry for her?"
Jiang Qingyan listened to her accusations over and over again, and pressed his eyebrows with a headache.
After she had vented her anger, he explained in a gentle voice.
"The compensation I gave her includes hush money. From Wen Ruan's perspective, even if I used her as a stand-in, we were still dating for the past three years. Before we broke up, I was being ambiguous with you. I was cheating, and you were interfering."
"If she leaks this, your reputation will be ruined. Also, if she reveals the reason for stopping Chaoce, it will have a very bad impact on Rongli Capital. I have discussed this with Director Yao, and it's all written in the contract."
"President Yao said that we are indeed sorry for Wen Ruan. Rongli is at its most critical moment now. We should try not to make a big fuss about problems that can be solved with money. Everything I can give to Wen Ruan is tacitly approved by President Yao."
Yao Man was still angry, "That's too much!"
Jiang Qingyan smiled, "It does sound like a lot, but Director Yao said that it was Mr. Yao who came up with the idea, so he bears the primary responsibility and will pay for it."
He coaxed her gently.
"Mr. Yao bought a single-family villa last year. Mr. Yao's intention was that the worst-case scenario would be for Mr. Yao to use the villa as compensation. I even helped lower the price. I really wasn't biased towards Wen Ruan."
After hearing this, Yao Man's anger subsided a little.
She also has the same villa as Yao Tianyu, which was given by her father on her birthday. Yao Tianyu saw that she had one, so he bought one for himself, which cost three hundred million yuan.
Wen Ruan only took one third and couldn't even afford to buy a villa there, so Yao Tianyu had to pay for it.
Thinking of this, she felt a lot better.
but--
"...Before we broke up, I was flirting with you. I was cheating, and you were interfering. If she tells anyone about this, your reputation will be ruined."
She almost forgot, yes, this is still a hidden danger.
What if Wen Ruan spreads rumors everywhere?
Therefore, she had to strike first and make sure Wen Ruan was completely ashamed to stay in Haicheng...
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