Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Accompany Me to the Bar
Wen Yao was stunned. A roommate of hers once told her that she had never played with this kind of boat. That was because her family lived in a very remote rural area with no parks. Even when she grew up, she couldn't afford to play with it, so she had never played with it. She didn't expect that Jiang Yue had never played with it either.
"So, have you been sailing yachts since you were little? While others go to the park, you go out to sea?" Wen Yao asked. To write romance novels, she'd read a lot about the lives of the wealthy and knew that yachts were their favorite.
Jiang Yue shook his head. "I rarely go on yachts. I had to study when I was young, and I don't have time now that I'm older."
After a moment, he continued, "When I was young and wanted to have fun, my parents' relationship was at its worst. The Huang family went bankrupt. My mom wanted me to make her proud, so she wouldn't let me go out and have fun. I got used to it as I got older."
Perhaps because he was in a bad mood, Jiang Yue told her about his childhood for the first time.
Wen Yao never wrote about his childhood, but she knew that the Huang family went bankrupt, that Jiang Shaoming and Huang Qianyi had a business marriage, that Jiang Shaoming's true love was actually Feng Shumin, and that Huang Qianyi was unwilling to give up. She placed all her hopes on Jiang Yue.
She had not considered Jiang Yue's childhood, but her settings resulted in Jiang Yue having a repressed and heavy childhood. He had no parental love, no teenage indulgence, only the future of the Jiang family and Huang Qianyi's hopes. This is what made Jiang Yue pursue success wholeheartedly as an adult.
Wen Yao suppressed the pity in her heart and smiled deliberately and relaxedly: "So you are the kind of academic master who succeeded by studying hard. I thought you were the kind of academic genius who played all day and got full marks on the exams. If my mother was as strict with me as your mother, I would definitely be able to go to Peking University, the Beijing University here."
Jiang Yue also laughed and argued with her: "The delusion of poor students is that they think they can succeed if they work hard, but in fact, hard work is also a skill of top students."
"The illusion of rich people is that they rely on themselves for everything and that they are naturally better than others. But in fact, without the foundation built by money and family, they are nothing." Wen Yao hit back.
Jiang Yue didn't argue with her, but just smiled: "Your pride can't be offended."
Wen Yao snorted softly.
The two stayed on the boat for more than an hour. After returning the boat, Jiang Yue sat down on a nearby lawn facing the sea.
Wen Yao asked him, "Would you like a drink?"
Jiang Yue turned around and looked at her: "You really don't feel that you are fat?"
Wen Yao was shocked and looked at her belly and waist quickly: "Am I fat?"
Jiang Yue nodded seriously: "At least there is one number."
"No way? But I was wearing the same clothes last week. Did I gain weight in the past few days? Where did I gain weight?" She asked him hurriedly, and then saw a smile on his face, with some pride and ridicule, it was obvious that he was making fun of her.
Wen Yao was furious and yelled at him, "You're the one who gained weight and is bald. Look, your hairline has moved back a centimeter!"
Jiang Yue remained unmoved, so she turned around dejectedly to buy some water.
After she left, Jiang Yue touched his hairline, but couldn't feel it. He was taking out his phone to take a picture when Wen Yao came back and he quickly put away his phone.
Wen Yao didn't buy any drinks, but bought two bottles of water.
She opened the lid and took a sip, then looked at the water and said, "When I was little, I envied a classmate the most. His mother was a caretaker at a small park near us. He could pick a boat and row it all day for free, but I couldn't do that. I had to be in the top ten in the class to get a new toy, the top five to get a new dress, and the top three to go boating once. It was too hard."
"Is there no award for first place in the class? Your mother knows you quite well." Jiang Yue spoke, using his sarcasm skills once again.
Wen Yao couldn't help but pat his back and gritted her teeth, "Of course I did, I just didn't tell you! The top student in the class gets to go to the amusement park, and I went there three times!"
Jiang Yue said slowly: "That's the same as me."
Wen Yao was surprised: "Shouldn't your grades be pretty good? You only got first place in the class three times?"
Jiang Yue replied, "There were exactly three times when I wasn't number one in the grade."
Wen Yao looked at him and said bitterly, "Jiang Yue, I've never met anyone as disgusting as you!"
She regretted buying him milk tea, taking him boating, and even buying him water. Was she kicked in the head by a donkey?
Jiang Yue smiled softly and suddenly said, "Actually, in your setting, I am a very annoying person, right?"
Wen Yao was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
He continued, "Becoming the pride of the Jiang family and my mother has always been my belief, and I did it until Lu Wan broke off the engagement. But after that, everything became difficult. In just two months, everyone sided with him, and all the good luck was on his side.
"Half of the reason I came to Beijing was for Zhou Zesheng. Actually, I didn't show that much confidence because I needed his help, but I felt that with my capital and ability, there would be no problem.
"But I've been waiting from yesterday to today, and all I've seen is him breaking the appointment. I thought he really had something urgent to do, but I didn't expect he was with Jiang Lin. Jiang Lin probably knows I'm waiting for Zhou Zesheng. I'm no longer the heir to the Jiang family that everyone else claims I am, but a ridiculous clown used to highlight Jiang Lin's skills and personal charm."
As he finished speaking, a heavy calm descended upon the two of them. Wen Yao twisted the bottle cap very gently, making no sound.
This was the first time Jiang Yue had revealed his frustration and defeat in front of her. He was so arrogant, so conceited, so high and mighty that even if he were to fail miserably, even if he were to commit suicide, he never considered bowing to fate. He thought that the heavens were unfair, that the creator of this world was unfair.
He wanted to ask for his life from heaven and drag her, the builder, to fight against fate together. He was the master of his own destiny and never thought of giving in.
But at this moment, he began to doubt that maybe it was not the sky that was wrong, but himself.
Those who have ambition may not necessarily succeed, and those who spend their entire life seeking something may not necessarily get it.
Wen Yao turned to him and asked, "Jiang Yue, do you think I can become a top jewelry designer in my lifetime, open a design company, earn tens of millions in assets, and then marry a handsome, rich man who only loves me, and live a very happy, fairy-tale life?"
After a long pause, Jiang Yue said, "Is this why you write novels? Put yourself in the shoes of the heroine and you'll have everything?"
Wen Yao smiled and said, "Boss Jiang is really smart. This is why a third-rate romance author like me can make money, because many people, including me, will be very happy after putting themselves in the shoes of the protagonist, as if they have really found love.
"But when I was little, I really thought I could live this kind of life. My dream was to get into Peking University... well, Beijing University, get a doctorate, maybe study abroad, and then become a jewelry designer. I'd become the kind of successful woman who'd be featured in magazines, and then find an equally talented husband. He'd dislike everyone else, but he'd be attracted to my beauty and uniqueness, and fall in love with me at first sight. We lived a super happy life, and I bought my parents a mansion, making that relative who looked down on us regret it so much..."
Wen Yao was halfway through her words when she saw the amusement on Jiang Yue's face growing stronger and stronger. She couldn't help but punch him with her fist and said, "Don't laugh. Babies think the world revolves around them from birth, so when we humans are young, we all think we are the protagonists of the world, even the most ordinary people.
"But later I realized it wasn't the case. I worked very hard, but I just couldn't get first place in the exam. The man I had a crush on found a girlfriend from another class. It turns out that graduating from a jewelry design program only allows you to sell jewelry at a counter, not become a designer. My rich relative has always been very wealthy, and her daughter also found a good partner within the system. On the other hand, my parents have to coax them because of my brother's situation, fearing that they will ask them for things in the future. The most successful and luckiest thing I've ever done in my life is writing that mediocre romance novel and making a million dollars."
Jiang Yue remained silent, his face expressionless. Wen Yao brought the conversation back to the point, "For ordinary people like us, growing up is the process of discovering we're ordinary people. We'll never reach your starting point in our entire lives. We're not even supporting characters, just one of a string of numbers. For example, how many people are there in a certain city, what percentage are women aged 20-30, or how many online writers there are in China... I'm just one of those numbers, and sometimes I'm even overlooked."
Jiang Yue, who had been staring at the water, turned around and said arrogantly, "Ordinary person, where else do you want to play? This young master can satisfy you today. If you have any dreams, just tell me. If that annoying rich relative of yours is here, you can also go to him and throw money at him and make him regret it."
He never mentioned his own affairs, perhaps because he listened to her advice, or perhaps because he didn't want to talk to her anymore. Wen Yao ignored him and rolled her eyes at him, saying, "I'm not that free to write about relatives I don't like. I want to go to a bar, take me there. Not a quiet bar like a teahouse, but one that's very lively, with lots of handsome men and beautiful women, very exciting and upscale."
Jiang Yue frowned slightly: "Other people go to places like that to find one-night stands, what are you doing there?"
Wen Yao chuckled: "Look at other people looking for one-night stands."
Yes, that's what ordinary people like her did when they were in school. They went to watch others date in the love corner in the woods.
Jiang Yue really did what he said and agreed to take her to the bar.
The two of them strolled around and went to have dinner first. The bar happened to be open, so they went to the bar street and found a bar that looked the most luxurious and upscale and sat down.
It was still early and not many people around. Wen Yao looked for handsome men and beautiful women inside under the dim flickering lights, but found that they were just so-so - the handsome men were all dressed up in fancy clothes, and the beautiful women were all wearing heavy makeup, so her appearance could not be seen clearly. Their dressing style was not what she liked.
Relatively speaking, the fact that she and Jiang Yue were dressed in casual attire and business attire respectively made people more curious, and it didn't seem like they were just here for fun.
After sitting at the table for about ten minutes, more people started to gather, music started playing, and some people started dancing on the dance floor.
Wen Yao herself couldn't dance at all, but seeing those people dancing seemed to be having a lot of fun, and such a scene could also make people excited, so she asked Jiang Yue: "Do you want to go dancing?"
Jiang Yue frowned: "Not interested."
Wen Yao advised him: "Why don't you go dance? I'll go with you."
Jiang Yue sneered, sat back on the sofa, glanced at the crowd on the dance floor with disdain, and picked up the drink menu on the table.
Wen Yao understood what he meant. He looked down upon the girls on the dance floor.
That's because he liked either the naturally beautiful daughters of wealthy families like Lu Wan, or the big beauties in the entertainment industry like Wang Shanshan and Guan Xiaoya. Ordinary girls naturally didn't catch his eye. It was easy for them to get close to each other and hug each other during the dance, and he felt he was at a disadvantage.
Soon the wine that Jiang Yue ordered arrived. He picked up the glass and was about to drink it, but then he remembered something, put the wine back on the table, and asked her something.
The bar was already very noisy, Wen Yao couldn't hear clearly, so she moved closer to him and asked, "Huh?"
Jiang Yue put his arm around her shoulders and whispered in her ear, "Want a drink? I'll treat you. High-end wine, you can get it right here."
He always had a light scent of perfume on him, refreshing and masculine, and he was so close to her, which made her feel very uncomfortable. She felt her face getting a little hot, and she quickly pushed him away.
After pushing him away, I realized that I had to get closer to talk, so I leaned closer to his ear and said, "I can't drink much, you drink it."
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