Chapter 7 (6)
Due to project requirements and a call from headquarters, Yu Shuang had to go on a business trip to Qingdao.
Chun'er needed care, and Yu Shuang didn't turn to Kang Long, but instead entrusted her to Yu Jia. Firstly, she didn't want to burden Kang Long. Chairman Kang's case had just been resolved, and she felt she had paid her dues and no longer wanted to be indebted to the Kang family. Secondly, Chun'er was a girl, and leaving her in the care of a man would be inconvenient. Jia Jie had experience raising children before, and since she lived alone, Yu Shuang felt at ease.
Not long after Shuang left, Kang Long noticed something was wrong. No one was home. He asked Yu Shuang, and she said she was on a business trip. He asked where Chun'er was. Yu Shuang lied, saying her mother had taken her home. Kang Long was surprised. It wasn't vacation time, and she was suddenly taken home. What would happen to her schoolwork? He took Yu Shuang's words at face value.
A few friends got together, and Yuan Kai was there. Kang Long asked him about singing, and then asked if Jia Jie would go. Bai Yuan Kai said casually, "She's busy taking care of the kids. It's your boyfriend's niece."
Kang Long was a little unhappy about this. He called Yu Shuang that day and made the matter clear. He felt that Yu Shuang looked down on him.
Yu Shuang simply said, "She is a girl, and you are a man."
"I'm her uncle, what can I do?" Kang Long said honestly.
Yu Shuang advised, "I can't explain it to you clearly. There are many things that are inconvenient for men and women."
Kang Long said: "It's not that it's inconvenient, it's that you treat me as an outsider."
"I don't."
"That's you!" Kang Long shouted.
Yu Shuang refused to admit his mistake, and the conversation ended in a bad mood.
Kang Long finally found time to visit Chun Er. Yu Jia asked what was wrong. Kang Long said that Yu Shuang was doing everything behind his back.
"Do they treat you as an outsider?" Yu Jia asked.
Kanglong said yes.
Yu Jia laughed and said, "Young people today think differently than we did in the past. In the past, dating was for the purpose of getting married. Now, dating is dating, marriage is marriage, and marriage is a business. But you can't just take the bait and not take the bait."
Kang Long smiled bitterly, "Those who are willing will take the bait."
He certainly understood that the deeper problem between him and Yu Shuang was Yu Shuang's constant demand for reciprocity. A couple, or rather, a married couple, can't survive long if neither owes the other anything. Husbands and wives, like family members, are forever entangled in debts, unable to repay them. A clear-eyed, no-brainer—no-owing-me, no-owing-you—is bound to break up sooner or later.
Kang Long also told Yu Jia that his father's constant urging for marriage was a problem. Ever since moving out of Yu Shuang's place, Chairman Kang would bring up marriage every time Kang Long returned home. Kang Long said it wasn't that far off. Chairman Kang roared, "Take the initiative! You're a man!" Yu Jia interpreted this as a sign of parental love, a desire to see their son find a home and someone to care for him soon. But this parental tactic of urging marriage was the least effective with Yu Shuang. Sometimes it even backfired. She had a rebellious heart.
After lunch, Kang Long took Chun Er out to play. The two of them had already formed a tacit understanding. Chun Er was more relaxed in front of Kang Long than with Yu Shuang. At the zoo, watching the animals, facing the monkey mountain, Chun Er suddenly asked, "Uncle Kang, am I affecting you and my aunt?"
A mother monkey hugs her baby monkey, it's particularly warm.
Chun'er wanted to cry, her eyes reddened, "If I weren't there... you could have your own children... you could get married..."
At such a young age, he understands everything.
After saying this, Chun'er burst into tears, leaving Kang Long bewildered. Park police arrived, their attitude serious. They thought Kang Long was a human trafficker and questioned him. Chun'er said she was his uncle. Kang Long explained. The police exchanged glances, unconvinced, and ultimately took Kang Long to the police station for investigation and questioning.
As long as Han Guang was free, the noon "exclusive interview" would proceed as usual. Yu Rui felt that Han Guang's narration while lying on the sofa was more like a psychotherapy session. However, after each speech, Han Guang would remind her, "Select some first, don't leave it all to Xiaoye."
Ye Zai noticed something was wrong. One day, he took the interview records to Yu Rui and asked, "We've been interviewing for so many days, and this is all." Yu Rui could only helplessly say that the chairman refused to say anything, and this was all she had to pry out from between his teeth.
Ye Cha kept quiet on the surface, secretly disdainful, believing it was a question of work ability. Honestly, with so many interviews, Yu Rui also had her own selfish motives: she wanted to keep everything she heard to herself—keep it all to herself.
She was curious. She wanted to understand this person. For example, this time, in the interview outline, Yu Rui secretly added a question about her romantic history. How could an entrepreneur's biography not include a description of his emotional life?
Entrepreneurs are also human beings.
However, when Yu Rui asked, Han Guang immediately rejected it and said, "Let's not talk about this."
There is no room for negotiation.
Yu Rui had no choice but to shut up.
The next time, Han Guang leaned back in the recliner and took the initiative to say, "I still like the time when I was young, when everything was simple." Without waiting for Yu Rui to ask any questions, he began to talk about his past love life in a disjointed manner.
Yu Rui quickly took advantage of the situation and patiently persuaded him. Han Guang asked her to turn off the recorder and not take notes, but just listen.
Han Guang began by discussing his family. His father joined the revolution at the age of fifteen, so his family had a long tradition. His wife also came from a revolutionary family; they met while working as laborers. He also spoke of his wife's early support for him, selling their house to fund his move south... and how the two of them started their company together, initially with only two employees: him and his wife...
Yu Rui didn't ask his wife's name, but it went without saying that she was Han Xiqian's biological mother. However, Han Guang's narrative abruptly stopped midway through his entrepreneurial journey. He stopped talking about his wife when he reached the years of his true rise.
Yu Rui added, "The fruit of your love is Qianqian."
Affirmative sentence.
Han Guang was stunned for a moment, then uttered an inarticulate "hmm." Yu Rui then boldly asked Xiqian about her aunt. Han Guang chuckled, "Xiqian told you? Her aunt, her uncle, I try not to have any contact with them. When people get old, they tend to think about the past, but they're also afraid to think about it."
Yu Rui didn't ask further.
Finally, Han Guang reminded, "Just keep it to yourself, don't tell Ye Cha, don't write this paragraph."
Don’t write, but still say it.
Yu Rui interpreted this as Han Guang's emotional outburst. In his high position, he had few people he could truly chat with. Perhaps only with someone of her rank, someone of no particular importance, would he be willing to let his guard down and speak the truth.
After listening to Han Guang's story, Yu Rui didn't know why, but she began to admire and feel sorry for this man. In her eyes, he used to be a hero who took advantage of the open trend to rise. Now, he is not only a hero, but also a person, an ordinary man, with joys and sorrows, who has gone through a long life.
It was from this moment that Yu Rui felt she had completely let go of Bai Yuankai. Bai was certainly talented, extremely talented, but his essence was too pure, a clear stream, and the saying goes, "When water is too clear, there are no fish." Yu Rui felt somewhat ashamed of herself when she was around someone like Yuankai.
But she didn't have this feeling in front of Han Guang. He himself was a mudslide, and no one would appear dirty in front of him.
Yu Qi came back late and was in a good mood. Before Yu Rui could ask him in detail, Yu Qi took the initiative to explain that he had dinner with Bai Yuankai and watched a movie after dinner.
"Alone?" Yu Rui asked.
Yu Qi nodded.
Yu Rui smiled and pulled her sister over. She looked her up and down and said, "I want to see how a little girl like you can be better than me."
Yu Qi said coquettishly, "Sister——"
Yu Rui put away her joke and said softly, "I'm happy for you."
"Thank you." Yu Qi said sincerely.
"You deserve it." Yu Rui said, "Every carrot has its own hole. Your hole is worthy of his carrot."
Yu Qi was embarrassed and said, "But..."
Yu Rui retorted, "No buts, Xiaobai is good, but he's not your sister's cup of tea. People are what they like."
Yu Qi didn't ask any more questions. She also felt that her sister seemed to have changed recently, but she couldn't put her finger on what. Yu Qi suddenly mentioned that she'd been seeing Sister Meng in the building lately. Yu Rui reminded her to just say hello and not to say too much.
Yu Meng also contacted her frequently, sending WeChat messages almost every day. This was abnormal. Most importantly, Yu Rui believed that Yu Meng had no chance of winning. Han Guang was a man who had seen all kinds of women. His wife had passed away so many years ago, and he still had a covetous sister-in-law by his side. And from her observation, Han Guang was not interested in women at all.
Okay, even if Sister Meng is stunningly beautiful, she'd just gone through a battle for a committee seat. How could enemies become friends? It was too difficult! However, considering they were sisters for many years, Yu Rui still revealed the news to Meng.
A few days later, Yu Rui saw Yu Meng sitting in Mr. Han's car. Her jaw dropped in shock. It was like she had always been puzzled by the fact that rock climbing, with its sheer cliffs and sheer difficulty, was always so difficult, yet someone could still master it.
A few days later, Yu Rui helped Han Guang sort out documents and found a project for a confinement center. In the list of co-founders, two words were prominently written: Yu Meng.
She nearly choked on her coffee. Yu Rui suddenly realized the difference—the bigger your heart, the bigger your stage—Yu Meng could be the boss, while she could only be a small assistant.
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