17 "I can't adapt to her disappearance from my life"
He Yu's feet are really bad.
Shortly after Tao Wanjia left, Xiao Zhang rushed him to the hospital for examination and X-rays, and finally confirmed that he had a fracture.
After being cast, the doctor told him to rest for at least a month.
Xiao Zhang was shocked when he got the film. On the way back from the hospital, he turned his head frequently in the passenger seat and looked at it for a long time. Finally, he spoke in confusion.
"You didn't tell me, I was just walking downstairs casually, and how did I get a fracture? How am I going to explain this to the chairman?"
The night scene passed through the car window, a faint halo shining on the man's face. He Yu leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes and rested. He said in a calm tone, "Then shut up and don't say anything."
"But the chairman asked me two days ago to persuade you to return to South City for the New Year. If I can't handle this, he will definitely ask me to get out."
Xiao Zhang was not restrained in front of him, and his words were full of personal feelings. Although he had been the glue between the father and son and had been attacked from both sides in recent years, it was not easy, but it was better to follow He Yu than to be in the presence of the chairman.
He didn't have any grand ambitions. To some extent, he was the same as He Yu. When he was still in the group, he heard that this young master was very reluctant to come to the company after returning to China. The father and son had a big fight. In the end, the deadlock was completely broken because He Yu forcibly set up the branch company for the northern market in Rongcheng.
After a few years of living together, Xiao Zhang gradually understood his attachment to this place.
People don't have too much affection for a place. Most of the time, it's because of the people in that place.
He'd followed him back and forth to Qieyang countless times, and while he'd never formally pried into his boss's privacy, he knew it was Miss Tao who had kept him in Rongcheng. Xiao Zhang simply couldn't believe why it was so easy to chase a wife in novels, while the man before him had spent so much time and energy over the years, only to end up hurting himself further and further.
While we were brainstorming, the car had already entered the community.
When Xiao Zhang got out of the car and opened the back door, he offered a crutch. He Yu frowned and pushed it away. But the injury on his foot was more serious than he had imagined. He couldn't walk without the crutch and just with the help of others.
Standing on one leg and thinking for a moment, he forced himself to convince himself that it was only a temporary thing, and then reluctantly took it and entered the elevator.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Zhang didn't dare to act rashly. He accompanied him all the way home and considerately said that if it was inconvenient for him to take a shower, he could stay and help.
He Yu was speechless, his face getting darker and darker. He took out his phone and threatened half-seriously, "If you want to go back now, I can arrange it immediately."
"No, no, no, I'm not leaving!"
Xiao Zhang hurriedly retreated and placed the medicine bag on the entrance cabinet. "Then please pay attention. Call me if you need anything."
The air conditioner in the room was on all day and it only took a few minutes for his face to become very hot. He Yu drank some water and called Xiao Zhang again before he closed the door.
"Tell him that I'm still not going back this year and will spend the New Year here."
After saying that, he took off his coat and slowly walked into the house with a cane.
After taking a difficult and laborious shower and finally being able to rest, Wen Dongyang suddenly came.
This man knew all of his access codes and would usually come to his place to rest after working late into the night. However, with He Yu's frequent business trips over the past six months, Wen Dongyang hadn't been around much, as it was boring for him to be alone. But when he came to see him at this time today, He Yu could guess why without even thinking.
As expected, he got straight to the point as soon as he entered.
"Ahhhhh why do you reject me!"
"Let me tell you about He Yu..."
Before he could finish his words, Wen Dongyang looked up and was stunned when he saw the man standing on the stairwell with a cane.
After being stunned for two seconds, he trotted up and looked at him again and again in disbelief.
"What's wrong with you? Weren't you fine yesterday?"
He Yu didn't answer in a hurry. He glanced at the clock on the wall in the corridor. It was already three o'clock in the morning. His already thin sleep was completely dissipated by his shout just now.
Ignoring the frustration that was gradually building up in his heart, he looked at Wen Dongyang and said, "You should tell me what's wrong with you first."
Seeing that he was like this, Wen Dongyang didn't want to torture him any further, so he helped him to the study and got some wine from the wine cabinet.
He Yu frowned and reminded, "I just got an anti-inflammatory injection. Don't you have a ban on alcohol?"
"Take a rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," Wen Dongyang filled his glass with wine and took a big gulp, then told him in a deep voice what had just happened.
"I finally mustered up the courage today, and before I could say anything, she blocked it out with just one sentence."
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Even though he had prepared himself for her to reject him for various reasons, he still didn't expect that in Huang Zheng's heart, he wasn't even considered a suitor.
"Do you know what she called me?"
Wen Dongyang pulled the corners of his mouth weakly, his eyes full of self-mockery. "She called me a brat, and I'm only two years younger than her. How can that be a reason to reject her? Isn't there a law that explicitly states that people two years younger than her can't be together?"
He Yu was silent and looked at him quietly.
Wen Dongyang was usually very steady, but he was always indecisive around Huang Zheng. Not only was he poor at pursuing people, but he was also like a gourd with a sawed-off mouth, unwilling to speak. He had secretly loved her for so many years since childhood, but he had always been unable to take the initiative because of his hesitation and concerns.
I watched her fall in love, get married and have children, and finally she got divorced, but I missed the opportunity because I hadn't mustered the courage for a long time.
So he could only hang around her and became a childhood friend with whom she had no close relationship. Huang Zheng was closer to He Yu than him, and never thought of looking for him when she encountered any problems.
It's just more familiar than a stranger.
"Do you regret it?" He Yu sighed and said, "If you hadn't gone to the police academy in Heicheng, maybe Huang Zheng wouldn't have gotten married so early."
After Tao Wanjia left, Huang Zheng was as isolated and helpless as he was. He Yu was like a trapped beast in a cage, and his family forced him to go abroad on the pretext of treating his hand.
Huang Zheng's life was much harder than his. She was the only one left in the place where she had lived since she was a child. When a person was completely hopeless, he would always think of relying on other things to save himself from the pain. That blinding marriage was an emotional replacement for her after she lost her parents and Tao Wanjia.
So it doesn’t matter who appears at that time, whoever appears will be her life-saving straw.
But Wen Dongyang didn't think so. His words were full of despair and frustration.
"She doesn't like me. Even if I had stayed in Rongcheng, there would have been no possibility for the two of us."
The night would magnify all the sadness in a person's heart. Wen Dongyang, drunk, lay on the sofa and cried out: "He Yu, why is it so difficult for us..."
He Yu couldn't persuade him and had to let him vent. Fortunately, there were no neighbors on the top floor, and Wen Dongyang couldn't drink much. He felt drowsy after three cups. He put down the cup in his hand, lay down on the sofa bed with his arms and legs spread out, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
He Yu couldn't move him, and didn't waste his energy trying to get him to get up and go to the guest room. He leaned on his crutches and took a blanket to cover him.
I turned off the lights before going out, and suddenly stopped when I saw the map hanging on the wall.
Under the light, every place on the map that has been searched is densely marked.
Wen Dongyang had laughed at him more than once for being like an investigator, but he had never thought he had been to so many places in the past. It did seem a bit scary now, but he never thought it was a waste of time.
Tao Wanjia was the person who had the most intense color and occupied the longest time in his life in the first twenty years of his life. It was really difficult to give up on him.
Qieyang is the most marked place, and he has traveled back and forth there countless times.
From unfamiliar to familiar, and then to every road in every alley, he came with great expectations, thinking that maybe he could see her in some corner, but without exception, he returned disappointed every time.
He came here so many times that Jiayang appeared repeatedly in his dreams.
The most memorable time was when he found Tao Wanjia in that hotel. In his dream, he cried and pulled her, refusing to let her leave.
Tao Wanjia was furious. He chased him away while asking, "Don't you have your own business?"
He said no, he had been used to following her around since he was a child and couldn't forget it.
Love may be painful, but He Yu feels that what is more painful are those hopeless days when he couldn't find her.
He truly discovered that he could not adapt to the disappearance of Tao Wanjia in his life.
Qi County is not far from Rongcheng, and it takes less than two hours if you drive fast.
Tao Wanjia confirmed the location and found a long-term taxi for travel between the two places in the local know-it-all group chat. The rental fee was 200 yuan a day. After contacting the person, she set off with her things the next day.
The weather has been nice these days. It's sunny now, a rare sight after the snow stopped. The sky is no longer gray, and the sun shines through the glass, so dazzling that it feels like summer.
The driver was a woman, a native of Qi County, who looked to be in her early forties. She was very enthusiastic and talkative, and she couldn't help but open up a conversation with Tao Wanjia along the way.
"When the factory was built, two surrounding villages occupied the land, but the boss was very stingy and the compensation was only paid in installments. Later, the factory's performance declined and it stopped for a while. But a year ago, it started to pick up again."
"Do you live nearby?"
"Yes, our village is right below the reservoir. Let me tell you, this factory is a real crime. It's winter now and the river is frozen. Wait until next spring and you'll see the water is definitely getting darker."
She was quite excited when she spoke, her hands on the steering wheel almost jumping up and down. "But there are not many people living nearby now. Even if someone saw us ordinary people, it wouldn't matter much."
As they were talking, they had already arrived. Tao Wanjia got out of the car and walked up a short section of newly paved asphalt road. The factory was at the foot of the mountain upstream of the reservoir. She could walk directly across the frozen lake, but for safety reasons she decided to go around it. When she saw the black and yellow ice surface stacked in the pure white, she took out her camera from her bag.
The chimneys towering among the desolate and dark mountains are still smoking. In the winter, all colors have returned to desolation. Standing on the high place, Tao Wanji can also imagine what the scenery here would be like in spring and summer if there was no factory.
She remembered what Zhao Kuo had told her that day, but the factory was built in a remote village with few people around. She couldn't find anyone to find out the situation, so she could only take pictures and leave.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to Rongcheng, and the red setting sun was piled up halfway up the mountain.
Tao Wanjia was exhausted after a day of work, but before he even entered the community, he received a call from Wen Dongyang.
His urgent and tearful tone made her heart skip a beat.
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