In the living room, Jin Tingting seemed a little embarrassed. She was wearing a bathrobe, and the water heater in the bathroom was already heating up, so she was going to take a bath.
Lu Feng didn't stand on ceremony. He sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and asked, "Are you on vacation? Or were you transferred here?"
“I was transferred here in the summer.” Jin Tingting poured a glass of water and placed it on the table, saying, “It seems like your house hasn’t been lived in for quite a while.”
"I haven't lived here for more than half a year," Lu Feng said, smoking a cigarette.
"Where do you live now? You must have made a fortune and moved to a bigger house," she said with a smile.
"I am divorced."
"Huh?" Jin Tingting was a little surprised, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "That's how rich men are, huh? When are you going to marry your new wife?"
"It's not my fault, and there's no one outside, it's just...sigh..." Lu Feng waved his hand, his face full of worry, and said, "Tell me, is having money really a good thing? Is it really happiness?"
“Of course! You can eat whatever you want and buy whatever you want. Isn’t it good to be rich?” Jin Tingting looked at Lu Feng and said, “You don’t need to show off to me like this. I know you’re rich.”
More than a year had passed since they last met, and Jin Tingting had shed her last trace of naivety. The innocence she once possessed in school had vanished, replaced by a more mature and womanly air. Lu Feng glanced at her and thought to himself, "She's grown into a young woman."
"Who knows whose money this is? The company's development is hindered, and I couldn't sleep all night because of this worry," Lu Feng sighed, looking extremely troubled.
Jin Tingting stared at him and asked cautiously, "You're not going to cry again, are you?"
"Am I a crybaby?" Lu Feng looked up at her, puzzled.
“I cried by West Lake before. Your company was going downhill, and you asked me to call my dad. Let me tell you, my dad can’t help you right now,” Jin Tingting said cautiously.
Lu Feng was also startled and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what's wrong? It can't be...?"
"What's with that expression on your face? My dad had some good news from the delivery room, he's been promoted!" Jin Tingting rolled her eyes at him and said, "You looked like you'd just died."
"You got promoted?" Lu Feng smiled, then quietly sat back down, saying, "Congratulations! I knew he was going to get promoted. How long do you plan to stay here?"
"Now that you're here, I'll go back to work tomorrow," Jin Tingting said cautiously.
"No way, it's so rare for us to meet. It's been so long since we last saw each other. I think you've changed a lot. You're so much more mature now. I've practically watched you grow up. The first time I saw you, I felt an instant connection with you." Lu Feng smiled gently at her and asked, "Do you have a boyfriend now?"
The Jin Tingting of today is no longer the same Jin Tingting she used to be. She is now twenty-four years old and has a better understanding of things in society. She is no longer the naive girl she was in college.
"No, but I definitely won't be looking for businessmen." She said with a smile, "I'll wait for my family to make the arrangements."
"What era are we living in? We're still waiting for arrangements. Everyone chooses their own partner now. To be honest, our friendship is so deep. She means a lot to me. I'm an only child, and I've always wanted a little sister since I was little..."
“Many people have said the same lines to me,” Jin Tingting said to Lu Feng with a teasing look. “If I had agreed back in college, my businessman brothers could have lined up all the way to Mohe.”
“I’m different from those people. How about this, I’ll take you out for some fun tomorrow. Where do you want to go?” Lu Feng asked.
"I want to sleep at home!"
"Don't be so polite with me, we're all on the same side." Lu Feng said helplessly, "It's not like I'm after anything from you."
"What do you want from me? Don't you know?" Jin Tingting said with a smile, "I've been fooled by you before, but I'm all grown up now. Brother Lu, I want to wash up."
"You go ahead and wash, I'll stand here and chat with you for a bit," Lu Feng said shamelessly.
Jin Tingting rolled her eyes. It was only because of Lu Feng that she thought he was so great; anyone else would have been kicked out long ago.
"I want to take a shower!!!" Jin Tingting said, enunciating each word clearly.
"It's alright, I'll wait for you outside. There's no need for us siblings to stand on ceremony. It's been so long, let's have a good chat," Lu Feng said without any politeness.
"Mr. Lu, please don't do this. I really want to take a shower, and I really can't help you." Jin Tingting said helplessly, "Big brother, please let me go."
"I really had no other choice. This year has been the most difficult year for me. At the beginning of the year, a group of people ganged up on me and I almost went bankrupt. I managed to make a VCD player and survived. My wife was pregnant and about to have our child, but... she miscarried. She was devastated, and I had no choice but to get a divorce!"
Lu Feng choked up as he spoke, lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, saying, "At that time, I thought, I might as well die. But the company still supports tens of thousands of people, and behind them are tens of thousands of families. If I die, it will be the end of everything, but what about them? We were about to get through this year and break through many blockades, but I didn't expect that the new development route would be blocked by foreign exchange. This year has really been too difficult."
Lu Feng started crying as he spoke, and it wasn't an act. He was reflecting on how difficult the past year had been, stumbling and struggling from the beginning to the end.
Jin Tingting is a soft-hearted person and can't bear to see others cry. She tore off a piece of toilet paper and handed it to Lu Feng, who took it and blew his nose a few times.
"You can't make things difficult for me. I'm just a section chief now, there's nothing I can do," Jin Tingting said with difficulty.
Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, not expecting her to be a section chief. He took a tissue and wiped his tears again, saying, "I didn't mean to ask you to do something. I wanted to get to know some people from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Right now, the company's development is stuck on the foreign exchange issue. If this matter is approved, it will be a significant step forward for the domestic electronics and semiconductor industry."
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