Chapter 577 I Want to Live in a New Place
At six o'clock in the afternoon, just as Cheng Xuyuan was about to go downstairs to pick up Fang Yuqing, the phone suddenly rang.
Hearing the phone ringing, Cheng Xuyuan was afraid that the call was about something else, so he quickly answered it.
What surprised Cheng Xuyuan was that the person who made the call was not Fang Yuqing, nor the person who notified him to pick him up for the banquet, but Shen Yumo.
Hearing Shen Yumo's voice, Cheng Xuyuan asked in a deep voice: "Yumo, is there something wrong?"
Shen Yumo hesitated for a moment and said, "Xuyuan, I just talked to Fang Yuqing on the phone and told her about the situation between us."
Hearing Shen Yumo say this, Cheng Xuyuan hesitated for a moment, but still smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Actually you..."
Shen Yumo said: "Although you seem to be somewhat responsible for this matter, in fact, I am more responsible."
"If it weren't for my willfulness, there wouldn't be anything between us..."
"Of course, you couldn't resist my charm. I am very happy about this."
When Cheng Xuyuan heard this, he didn't know what to say.
Should I say that the person who can't resist your charm is not me, but the original Cheng Xuyuan? In the end, Cheng Xuyuan chose not to speak.
Shen Yumo continued, "I have caused you a lot of trouble because of me. I am really sorry!"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "It has already happened, just face it."
"Okay, you don't have to feel guilty anymore. Things on my end are almost resolved. It's actually a good thing this way."
Shen Yumo hesitated for a moment and said, "Xuyuan, this matter really caused you trouble. I think I should say sorry to you."
"You saved me, but I..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this. If we continue to say this, how will An An think of us in the future?"
Cheng Xuyuan interrupted Shen Yumo directly.
Just when he thought Shen Yumo was about to hang up the phone, Shen Yumo suddenly said, "I seem to know too many people in Donghai."
"What do you think if I change places?"
Change place? Cheng Xuyuan hesitated for a moment, then said to Shen Yumo: "You are already familiar with Donghai. I don't think it's necessary to change places and start all over again."
"By the way, where are you going to change to?"
Shen Yumo hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to go to a small place, a place where no one knows me. This way, I can avoid a lot of trouble."
From Yanjing to Donghai, and then from Donghai to a small city, Cheng Xuyuan thought of Shen Yumo's request, and a little touched rose in his heart.
For him, things are basically over now, so how could he let Shen Yumo go to such a place again.
So he said without hesitation: "Yu Mo, there is no need for this at all."
"If the last time you went to the East China Sea was for the children, then now, I think you should stay in the East China Sea."
"I believe that not many people will talk about our relationship in the future."
Shen Yumo wanted to say something, but Cheng Xuyuan said, "That's it. I have to attend a welcoming banquet. We can talk later."
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xuyuan's mind once again came to Shen Yumo's mind.
Let Shen Yumo go to an unknown small town and live in anonymity.
In this way, although I can get less news about her, it is really not necessary.
Doing this will do nothing except increase your guilt.
As thoughts flashed through his mind, Cheng Xuyuan heard the sound of a car.
Cars are not uncommon in Overseas Chinese Apartments.
Many people who can live here have cars.
But when he heard the sound of the car at this moment, Cheng Xuyuan instinctively thought of Fang Yuqing.
Without time to go downstairs, he quickly ran to the balcony and saw Fang Yuqing leaning out of a black car.
Although it had only been a day since he parted with Fang Yuqing, when Cheng Xuyuan saw Fang Yuqing at this moment, he inexplicably felt a hint of excitement in his heart.
He felt that he and Fang Yuqing seemed to have been separated for a long time.
So he couldn't help but wave his arms quickly and shouted, "Yuqing."
Fang Yuqing, who was taking her bag, heard the shout and couldn't help but said, "Xuyuan."
The two people's eyes met silently.
As their eyes met, an impulse silently arose in Cheng Xuyuan's heart.
An urge to hold Fang Yuqing in his arms.
He immediately said, "Wait for me, I'll go down right away."
As he spoke, Cheng Xuyuan rushed downstairs.
Listening to Cheng Xuyuan's words, Fang Yuqing wanted to tell him that she could go upstairs by herself and he didn't need to run, but there was no sign of Cheng Xuyuan on the balcony.
In just half a minute, Cheng Xuyuan rushed down.
Looking at Fang Yuqing who was standing in front of the car and looking at him with a smile, Cheng Xuyuan couldn't help but hug the girl in his arms.
The reason he did this was because he almost lost the girl.
The moment Fang Yuqing was hugged, her body stiffened for a moment, and then she hugged Cheng Xuyuan tightly.
But at this moment, there were traces of tears in her eyes.
Half a minute later, Fang Yuqing seemed to have thought of something, and quickly pushed Cheng Xuyuan away and said, "Is my brother-in-law still in the car?"
At this time, Qin Wenhui got out of the car and said with a hint of emotion: "Why are you young people separated for only a moment, but it feels like a year."
At this point, he said solemnly to Cheng Xuyuan: "I heard that your welcoming banquet this time, although the scale is small, the specifications are very high."
"How about it? Do you want me to drive you?"
Listening to Qin Wenhui's teasing, Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law. Someone will come to pick us up later."
"Brother-in-law, go up and have some water."
From Qin Wenhui's words, Cheng Xuyuan felt that Qin Wenhui was unaware of the crisis between him and Fang Yuqing.
Otherwise, Qin Wenhui would not be so natural.
When Qin Wenhui heard that someone was coming to pick up Cheng Xuyuan, he waved his hand and said, "Xuyuan, you and Yuqing go ahead and do your work."
"When you're done, let's have a couple of drinks together."
At this point, he said with emotion: "You won the award too quickly."
"I'm leaving first."
Cheng Xuyuan really had no intention of keeping Qin Wenhui.
He now had too much to say to Fang Yuqing. If Qin Wenhui stayed, wouldn't that be like finding a light bulb for himself? So Cheng Xuyuan didn't force him to stay, but smiled and said to Qin Wenhui: "Brother-in-law, I'll treat you later."
As Qin Wenhui's car left, Cheng Xuyuan took Fang Yuqing's hand and came home.
Fang Yuqing's expression kept changing. After coming into the room, she sat quietly on the sofa.
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Fang Yuqing's expression, hesitated for a moment and said: "Yuqing, I..."
Before Cheng Xuyuan could finish, Fang Yuqing raised her head and said, "Xuyuan, your request for me to forgive you has been exhausted."
Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan was stunned for a moment, then he reached out and hugged Fang Yuqing in his arms.
He understood what Fang Yuqing meant, so he didn't say anything more.
Once the requirements are used up, there will naturally be no next time.
Just as the two of them were hugging each other quietly, as if they could feel each other's heartbeats, there was a knock on the door.
"Excuse me, is Cheng Xu the remote writer here? I'm here to pick you up."
Hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan and Fang Yuqing looked at each other and then let go of each other.
Cheng Xuyuan then said, "I'm here, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned to Fang Yuqing and said, "Let's go, our people are here to pick us up."
Fang Yuqing nodded and walked downstairs with Cheng Xuyuan.
Downstairs, a car that came to pick up two people was parked at the gate...
When Shen Yunliang returned home, he saw his daughter Li Yufei watching TV and his daughter-in-law Li Xueling cooking.
"Dad, didn't they say that Cheng Xuyuan had a welcoming banquet today? Why are you back?" Li Yufei asked casually when she saw her father.
Hearing his daughter's words, Shen Yunliang was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you know that Cheng Xuyuan has a welcoming banquet?"
"My eldest brother called and said that he was assigned to take charge of this matter, so he will not be home for dinner tonight." Li Yufei was talking about Shen Yushu.
Shen Yunliang was very pleased that his son chose to participate in such a job.
After all, the more important things you participate in, the closer the distance will be.
"The standard of this welcoming banquet is quite high. I can't attend it." Shen Yunliang said very calmly.
After hearing what her father said, Li Yufei immediately understood her previous problem, which seemed to have hurt her father's self-esteem a little.
But she was also a very smart person, so she smiled and said, "Dad, even if you can't attend this time, I believe you will be able to attend in the future."
“You have the ability.”
Hearing his daughter say this, Shen Yunliang felt extremely comforted.
He smiled and said, "I hope what you said can come true."
At this time, Li Xueling had already put down the dish in her hand and said, "Yunliang, Cheng Xuyuan is back. When are you going to go see him?"
After hearing what his wife said, Shen Yunliang immediately understood what she was going to do.
After hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Xue Ling, I have something to tell you. Please come to the bedroom."
As he spoke, Shen Yunliang walked into the bedroom.
Seeing her father go to the bedroom, Li Yufei's heart moved.
It seemed that her father was going to talk about her sister and Cheng Xuyuan. She really wanted to know her parents' attitude towards this matter.
But she didn't dare to eavesdrop now. After all, she had angered Li Xueling by not reporting Xiao An An's affairs.
Li Xueling looked at Shen Yunliang and had some bad thoughts in her mind, but she still followed him quickly.
"What are you going to tell me?"
Looking at his wife who was questioning him, Shen Yunliang sighed and said, "Xueling, let's not get involved in this matter between Cheng Xuyuan and Yu Mo."
"Since they have made their decision, let them deal with it."
Li Xueling did not speak immediately. She looked at Shen Yunliang and asked, "What did Cheng Xuyuan say to you?"
"I didn't see Cheng Xuyuan today. Meng Dezhi told me."
Shen Yunliang said: "Meng Dezhi said that as adults, they should not interfere in this matter and respect the choice of young people."
"He also hopes that we can enable young people to solve their own problems."
Li Xueling was stunned for a moment, then she understood what Shen Yunliang meant.
But she said with a hint of reluctance: "As for the fact that Cheng Xuyuan has a child, Fang... Fang Yuqing's family is just going to let it go like this?"
“They…they…”
Li Xueling didn't say what they were like, but Shen Yunliang understood what she was thinking.
He glanced at his wife, and then said calmly: "Although Cheng Xuyuan has some problems, Cheng Xuyuan has already agreed with Yu Mo on this matter."
"so……"
Shen Yunliang didn't say what he meant. He finally sighed and said, "After all, it's not easy to find an outstanding young man like Cheng Xuyuan."
Seeing her husband's expression, Li Xueling couldn't help but said, "I'm not willing to give up. I'm going to find Cheng Xuyuan and ask him why he..."
"Okay, what's the point of you looking for Cheng Xuyuan?"
"Yu Mo has already said that she will not marry Cheng Xuyuan."
"Even if you continue to make trouble, it will only make Yu Mo look worse, and it will have no effect on Cheng Xuyuan."
Shen Yunliang waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Let's not embarrass each other."
Li Xueling was still somewhat unwilling in her heart at this moment, but looking at her husband's appearance, she finally stopped talking.
Li Yufei did not overhear her parents' conversation, but when her mother came out of the house, she saw that her mother's expression was somewhat ugly.
She wanted to ask her mother what was wrong, but in the end she didn't dare to ask.
But during the meal, she felt that her mother was becoming more and more absent-minded.
"Yufei, have you decided where to do your internship?" Shen Yunliang didn't want his wife and daughter to be obsessed with Cheng Xuyuan's affairs, so he brought up the topic of his daughter's assignment.
Li Yufei said, "Dad, why don't I go to Contemporary Magazine."
"They are now recruiting intern editors. I think I should be able to stay after I go there."
Shen Yunliang nodded. Going to the contemporary editorial department was actually a good choice.
Li Xueling, who was thinking about her eldest daughter, cheered up and said, "I heard that many college students are preparing to study abroad now."
"Yufei, does your school have it?"
Li Yufei said: "Some of our classmates are planning to study abroad."
"But I don't want to go out."
"I think it's better to work beside you."
Hearing his daughter say this, a smile appeared on Shen Yunliang's face.
He smiled and said, "Go to Dangdai. Don't worry. If you have any questions, feel free to tell me."
Just when Li Yufei was happy that her father supported her idea, Li Xueling asked, "Where did Cheng Xuyuan go?"
"Old Shen, you need to understand clearly that no matter what, you should not let Yu Fei go to the place where Cheng Xuyuan went."
Hearing this, Li Yufei felt very uncomfortable.
She had an urge to have a fight with her mother.
But seeing her mother's strange expression, she swallowed back what she was about to say.
…
The weather in Yanjing is getting colder and colder. As the cold wind blows, the calendar is changed again.
With the arrival of New Year's Day, the popularity of Cheng Xuyuan winning the Goncourt Prize began to decline, but this decline is also relative.
For many young writers, winning an international award has become the dream of many.
The matter between Cheng Xuyuan and Shen Yumo was deliberately not mentioned again.
Everything seems to be getting better and better, but in this change, some things still cannot be changed.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xuyuan's heart softened a little.
Although Xiao Anan's voice was a little unclear on the phone, the name "Dad" still kept echoing in Cheng Xuyuan's heart.
This was the first time in Cheng Xuyuan's two lives that he was called dad. This feeling filled his heart with something called tenderness.
only……
Just as thoughts were surging in his mind, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Cheng Xuyuan opened the door and saw Zhang Dening standing in front of him.
"De Ning, you are really rare." Cheng Xuyuan gave up his seat to Zhang Dening and said with a smile: "Isn't it a holiday today? Why don't you take a rest?"
Zhang Dening snorted and said, "I would like to take a rest, but I am destined to work hard. I don't have the opportunity to rest at all."
As she spoke, she took the cup of water handed to her by Cheng Xuyuan and said, "Xuyuan, we have submitted your Farewell My Concubine for the Outstanding Novella Award this time."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Thank you, De Ning."
Looking at Cheng Xuyuan's indifferent reaction, Zhang Dening said helplessly: "Other people are very happy when their works are submitted for awards."
"You don't seem to care at all, which really spoils my mood!"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "De Ning, I'm actually very happy too."
"It's just that today, you are the third person to tell me that my work has been recommended for an award."
If someone else said this, Zhang Dening would definitely not believe it, but this person was Cheng Xuyuan, and Zhang Dening could not help but believe it.
After all, Cheng Xuyuan has too many novellas to show off.
For example, Farewell My Concubine, the wreath under the mountain, etc.
Any of these works could compete for the first prize, but since Cheng Xuyuan has so many works participating at once, it is hard to say which one will win the prize.
"For something like this, you can just make a phone call. Why do you have to come here in person?" As Cheng Xuyuan spoke, he took out a plate of melon seeds and placed it on the coffee table.
Zhang Dening was not polite at Cheng Xuyuan's house. Knowing that Cheng Xuyuan was rich, she said while eating melon seeds, "It's Lao Li who wants to hold a seminar for you on Farewell My Concubine."
"But he knew very well that if he came forward and said this, you would probably just refuse it."
"So they sent me here, saying that we are old friends and asked me to convince you to hold this seminar no matter what."
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Zhang Dening, who looked like he was in a difficult situation, and said helplessly, "Dening, I really don't want to hold the work seminar."
"You've seen it too. I'm a little more at peace now. Please forgive me."
Zhang Dening spread his hands and said, "Xuyuan, I want to, too."
"But I have no other choice!"
"You have a lot to do every day anyway, so just join us once."
"Just think of it as helping an old friend of mine."
Looking at Zhang Dening, who looked like he must help me, Cheng Xuyuan sighed helplessly.
Some things are not so easy to refuse.
(End of this chapter)
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