Romance
The next day at breakfast, Wang Yaya told Ye Yuanyin that Xiao Ruan would no longer go to school.
At such a young age, she already knew what melancholy was. "I don't want to sit at the same table with Liang Zhengmei. She's always bothering me and always likes to poke me with her pencil."
Grandma poured her a bowl of porridge and handed it to her, saying, "Then you don't need to go to school, okay?"
"No," Yaya refused flatly, "It would be fine if Zhizhi didn't go. I also want to follow my sister's example and get admitted to Ancheng."
She looked up and saw Chen Yan coming down the stairs. Her bright eyes never left hers, and the expression on her face was dreamy.
"Find another boyfriend as handsome as Uncle. The boys in the village are too immature."
My mother laughed heartily, "That's not easy at all."
Ye Yuanyin turned around and saw that Chen Yan'an was wearing a white shirt, a well-cut dark gray V-neck sweater, and black suit pants. He was tall, with a well-proportioned shoulder and back, and looked dignified and noble.
In sketching, black is the dark side, white is the highlight, and gray is the inherent color of the object. As long as you grasp the rhythm and level, these are three advanced colors that can form a picture by simply changing the relationship between light and dark.
The sunlight, shining through the morning mist, cast a golden edge on his calm and composed figure, making him appear even more aloof, dignified, gentle and difficult to approach.
He had only been here a few days, but he had already captured the little girl's heart. Ye Yuanyin looked at him with a hint of mockery and criticism in his eyes.
Chen Di'an looked back in confusion, but she turned her head away as if nothing had happened.
Wang Yaya looked at Chen Yan expectantly and said, "Uncle, please take me to school today."
"I'm afraid I can't do it today," he said kindly to the girl, "I need to go back to Ancheng to work for a few days."
Wang Yaya's pouting mouth was so tight that a teapot could be hung on it. She looked at Ye Yuanyin again and said reluctantly, "Then sister will see me off."
Chen Yanan glanced at Ye Yuanyin, who was about to nod in agreement, and said, "She wants to go back too."
"Ah?!" Ye Yuanyin looked at him in confusion, as if he was looking at a puzzle whose answer he didn't even know.
Sediment followed her example, turned his head away as if nothing had happened, and went to explain to Aunt Long.
Ye Yuan failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice. He wondered why he was so vindictive.
*
The car slowly drove out of Jiutao Village, slowly got onto the provincial road, the national road, and then onto the expressway. The narrow country roads were left behind, and the road ahead was finally smooth.
Ye Yuanyin looked at the man sitting next to him and asked in confusion, "Why do you want me to go too?"
The man glanced at her and said slowly, "Isn't it too late to ask now? What if I sell you out?"
Ye Yuanyin said softly in a huff, "I have things I need to do in Ancheng, okay?"
"Well, you're the best." Chen Yan chuckled casually, then said seriously, "The project team is going to have a meeting to discuss the division of labor, and you have to attend."
After hearing this, Ye Yuanyin reacted strongly, "I already said I don't want to join."
"Didn't we shake hands and make peace last night?" His deep, pleasant voice was like an arrow that landed precisely. "If you want to avoid Aunt Long's questioning, working for me is actually your best option. Don't forget, you still owe me tuition."
Ye Yuanyin was so angry that he was stuck in his throat. "Then I have nothing to say."
Chen Yan thought that he must be a complete bully in her eyes.
But he was too busy with his mission and too determined to care about anything else, so he could only offer some comfort, "As long as you come back, your family and You Jing will naturally see you. You must be mentally prepared."
With such absolute strength before her, Ye Yuanyin had no intention of using her tiny body to shake a large tree. Although she felt uneasy and a little annoyed, she still agreed.
"knew."
Sedimentary An felt satisfied. This little girl's stubbornness sometimes had its moments, and she could bend and stretch herself.
The car got off the highway and drove towards the villa area in the northern mountains of Ancheng.
Every time Ye Yuanyin traveled from Jiutao Village to Ancheng, he would feel as if he was dislocated in time and space.
The urban business district filled with steel forests is another virtual context that is completely different from the primitive mountains. It is a bright star shining in the long river of human civilization, an immortal masterpiece of the magic of modern technology, and a refined art that people in the mountains will never understand.
Aunt Yang is still the same, she likes to stand in the yard early and wait for people.
The driver drove the car into the yard, and Secretary Ma held the car door to let Chen Di'an out.
Seeing that both of them had gone in, Aunt Yang stopped Ye Yuanyin and complained, "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? I'm so old now, how many times can we meet in the future?"
Ye Yuan was very empathetic, so she was deeply hurt by what she said. "I'm sorry, Auntie. I'm too fragile. I always want to escape when I encounter problems."
Aunt Yang shook her head and said, "If others hadn't pushed you into despair, how would you have escaped? When Mr. Shen passed away, it was such a bittersweet sigh. We were in so much trouble, both inside and outside. How long did we hold on? If it weren't for you, this family would have broken up long ago."
Ye Yuanyin was fully aware of her own abilities, and she didn't agree with Aunt Yang's exaggeration because they were so dependent on each other. She sighed softly and reflected, "Since coming here, besides school, life has been my life. One thing pushes on another, and tuition is just like that. It's like a mountain weighing down on me. After worrying about one semester, I have to worry about the next. It's constantly tiring, and I really can't hold on any longer."
"Who says it's not true? Life is so hard." Aunt Yang, who was a good judge of people, advised her, "Besides Mr. Shen, you still have Jixia and me. You shouldn't be so heartless."
Ye Yuanyin blushed, thinking that people's hearts are always full of complications. She shouldn't secretly fall in love with someone in such an embarrassing situation, making herself trapped inside and outside, unable to move forward or backward.
"You're right, I won't do that again."
Aunt Yang sent everyone away and the two of them walked into the house.
*
Chen Yixia was very angry about Ye Yuanyin's departure without saying goodbye half a year ago. He refused to say a word to her the whole night, or rather, he didn't even want to talk to her.
During dinner, Ye Yuanyin cast several pleading glances at Chen Dian, but he was too lazy to care about such childish tricks between little girls.
Ye Yuan had no choice but to come and apologize sincerely after dinner. He leaned against the door and said a lot of sweet words but failed to knock on the girl's door.
The elevator to the second floor rang, and Chen Yan stepped out. The teardrop-shaped light strips in the corridor cast a soft glow, cascading across his handsome face like a veil, outlining his three-dimensional features.
She looked at me with a dejected and helpless look and pleaded, "Please help me."
Chen Yan glanced at her, not knowing for whom he was speaking up, "Serves you right. You'll learn your lesson after being punished once."
There was always a sense of resentment in his words.
Ye Yuanyin clasped his hands together, raised them to his forehead and cried out, "Please."
A rare display of emotion appeared on her face, a look that seemed natural for her age. Sediment stared at her for a moment and offered a suggestion: "Go buy her an Elsa dress."
"If I had money, I would have bought the whole world to please her."
He was surprised and commented: "What a tyrant."
After saying that, he was about to step into the study.
"Ahhh," Ye Yuanyin looked at his back and quickly spoke out to stop him, "What should we do?"
He stopped, turned around and looked at her, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't you know how to draw?"
"Ah? Painting?"
She suddenly realized that he had thought of it a long time ago, but was deliberately teasing her. Ye Yuanyin said angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier!"
Sediment closed the door, the smile on his face deepened, and he thought to himself, isn't this quite lively?
Ye Yuanyin stayed up all night, picked a photo of Chen Jingxia from his mobile phone, and drew a picture of a little girl wearing an ELsa skirt for her.
Chen Yanxia was incredibly happy to have the painting, and he was finally willing to talk to her when they met again. But then he thought about the loneliness and waiting he had endured for half a year, and he pinched her cheeks hard with both hands and warned her, "If you dare to disappear again, I'll kill you!"
Ye Yuanyin quickly assured: "I know, I know. I won't dare to do it again next time."
"Remember what you said." Chen Yinxia emphasized again.
Children have short memories, and any grudges fade away in an instant. She instantly felt happy again. "Tomorrow is Grandpa and Grandma's wedding anniversary, and we're having guests at home. Xiaoye, you're done. How could you get into such a big trouble? Grandpa will definitely punish you!"
*
Mr. and Mrs. Shen have been married for sixty years and have gone through many hardships along the way. It can be said that true love is revealed in times of adversity.
There are only a few people at the top of the pyramid in the city, and the population base grows larger as you go down the hierarchy. Ambitious individuals at the bottom try their best to climb up, while capitalists at the top cling to their positions, fearing they'll fall. Everyone is diligently expanding their social circle. Who would complain about having too many connections?
This grand banquet had been prepared half a year ago. All the people with a little reputation in the city rushed to pay a visit, and everyone was proud to receive an invitation letter from the Shen family.
The entire diamond wedding ceremony was originally to be led by the Public Relations Department, but Shen Meiyue was not one to worry too much. Even hard work wouldn't guarantee a good outcome, so all the tedious tasks were handed over to Liu Ying, the Administrative Department Manager.
That afternoon, Ye Yuanyin and Shen Jixia arrived first, and Aunt Yang took the little girl to change into a dress.
When they met again after half a year, Ye Yuanyin thought that the strong woman in front of him looked more than five years older, probably because of her overwork.
"The chairman isn't that easy to please." Liu Ying couldn't help but complain to her, "From the lighting, the venue, the procedures, the list, every single one of them is my concern. Working overtime until the early hours of the morning is common. You're not so lucky."
She looked at her with her blackened eyes and saw that she was wearing the cleanest and simplest clothes. Her skin was as smooth as satin, and her pure and introverted face reminded people of the purest beauty of their school days.
It is true that clothes make the man, not to mention that this outfit is made up of the entire Shen family's family lintel. Assistant Ye at this time is no longer the Wuxia Amon when he first came to the administrative department.
Ye Yuanyin thought, regardless of whether she was an imposter or not, as long as she bore the title of Mrs. Shen, outsiders would see her as a vested interest. The so-called "good fortune" was that others envied her for climbing to the top position despite her mediocre appearance, creating a beautiful dream of transcending class for other ordinary and poor girls.
Some people derive emotional value from her, while others sneer at her. Who cares what the truth behind it is? After all, she is the one performing on the stage while others watch, pretending to be fascinated by her own feelings.
"Sister-in-law," Shen Meiyue asked someone to come to the banquet hall, "Grandma asked us to go try on evening dresses. If we go too late, we can only pick up what others have left. I don't want to be outdone. Let's go."
Ye Yuanyin and Liu Ying nodded and said goodbye.
As soon as the two of them left, Ji Quan, who had been waiting for a long time, came to her side.
Liu Ying walked with her out of the hall, lit a cigarette, and slowly reminisced about the past.
Ji Quan was tall, with a slim waist and abdomen, red lips and white clothes, and had an elegant temperament. When she spoke, her voice was firm and gentle, and her words were flawless, making her look impeccable.
"You've been working hard lately."
"That's inevitable." Liu Ying took a puff of her cigarette and exhaled, sneering, "But you, after all your hard work and planning, ultimately lost to someone else's poverty."
“Other people have strengths that I don’t have.”
Ji Quan smiled faintly, neither defending himself nor getting discouraged. The battle in the love field was no less intense than the battle in the workplace. It all depended on who could hold on until the very end.
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