Chapter 1427: Refusing to be Balanced (2)
This news was like a bolt from the blue to the original owner! Her son was in prison, her husband loved someone else, and her lifelong tolerance of marriage and her parents-in-law was nothing but a joke...
The original owner could not bear the blow and collapsed into a serious illness. He was bedridden for more than a year and eventually died of depression.
She had lived a very frustrating and meaningless life, without creating any value. But she was obviously a top student who graduated from a prestigious university. Even if she had no background, she could have found a good job with her own efforts and lived a hard but enjoyable life, instead of getting married early, enduring the cold eyes and pickyness of her parents-in-law every day, and wasting her time and life on trivial household chores...
The source of her tragic life was that she compromised with Li Manyan's matchmaking and agreed to date Cheng Wu. From then on, her life completely went astray.
After receiving the original owner's memories and the plot of the original world, Tang Shichu knew which time period he was in. Now Li Manyan has not yet thought of bringing the original owner and Cheng Wu together, but it will be soon. This weekend, when Lan Jigao and she invited her to dinner, Cheng Wu came to Lan Jigao for something urgent. When Li Manyan saw Cheng Wu, who came in a hurry but was still handsome and elegant, she suddenly thought that this young man was a good talent and it would be nice if he could be my good friend.
In fact, she had something in her heart that she couldn't make public. That was, she was a little timid when facing Lan Jigao's company and family alone. Especially since she knew how big the gap between her and Lan Jigao's status was, she would have to face a lot of rumors from Lan Jigao in the future. So she wanted to find someone to keep her company, to find a support...
After she saw Cheng Wu, she suddenly thought of a good idea: match Cheng Wu with her best friend Tang Shichu! In this way, she would not only have an insider next to Lan Jigao, but also be able to bring her best friend along to face the ups and downs from the Lan family and the Lan Group - although this support might not be very useful in practice, as long as it could give her psychological support and courage, that would be enough!
It was precisely because of this selfishness that Li Manyan pushed her best friend's life onto a path of no return. Although she herself had no bad intentions, the end result was that her best friend would be unhappy for the rest of her life.
Of course, the key still lies in the original owner herself. She did not reject Li Manyan's matchmaking at the beginning, but later she was not determined enough to divorce and did not have the courage to completely break away from this unhappy marriage.
Now it’s Shi Chu’s turn. Of course she can’t cooperate with Li Manyan anymore. She needs companions and support. What does it have to do with Shi Chu?
Speaking of which, this plot world is so unreasonable. It seems that if the hero and heroine are together, the people around them must be together. If it is modern times, the heroine's friend will definitely be with the hero's childhood friend or male assistant; if it is in ancient times, the maid around the heroine will definitely be paired with the hero's guard, or the heroine's handkerchief friend and the hero's classmate friend will definitely fall in love...
In short, any single person around the male and female protagonists must be matched with a partner, and no one is allowed to slip through the net. Even the female protagonist's divorced mother must be matched with a gentle and handsome middle-aged uncle, no matter if he is a single golden man who returned from abroad, or a romantic and literary middle-aged painter. In short, God just can't stand a single dog.
Tang Shichu couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this. What's the difference between this pairing and the pairing of cats and dogs? It's as if the supporting characters in this plot don't have their own thoughts. Anyway, no matter what, if they are related to the male and female protagonists, they have to balance each other.
After dinner this weekend, Lan Jigao will invite Li Manyan and Tang Shichu to his company for an internship. It's called an internship, but in fact he just wants to get the upper hand and spend more time with his girlfriend. Tang Shichu is just there to make up the numbers. Of course, if Tang Shichu and Cheng Wu are together, then Cheng Wu will naturally become Li Manyan's spy, helping her to keep an eye on Lan Jigao and prevent him from being touched by other women.
In the original owner's previous life, she thought Cheng Wu was helping his friend wholeheartedly for her sake, but she didn't know that she was the one who was being sentimental. Li Manyan was his sweetheart. Helping her sweetheart maintain their relationship, even if it hurts, should be a pleasure, right?
The original owner was just a fool who was kept in the dark, and she also took advantage of her boyfriend's love for her and the people in her.
Of course, in this life, nothing will develop according to the previous life.
Originally, Tang Shichu even refused the dinner invitation on the weekend, but Li Manyan's pestering skills were so good that Tang Shichu was still dragged out to dinner by her.
Since it was Lan Jigao who treated them to dinner, they naturally couldn't go to a cheap restaurant, so they went to a more upscale restaurant.
"Yan Yan! You're finally here!" As soon as Lan Jigao saw Li Manyan, he stood up, gave her a big hug and kissed her on the cheek.
Li Manyan's cheeks flushed immediately. She clenched her fist and gently punched Lan Jigao's chest, saying shyly, "What are you doing? Shi Chu is still beside us!"
"Haha, I don't think classmate Tang would care about this..." Lan Jigao said with a smile, then turned to Tang Shichu and raised his eyebrows proudly, "Classmate Tang, don't you think so?"
Tang Shichu nodded calmly: "Yes, you can hug as you like, don't worry about me."
Li Manyan glared at Lan Jigao again before getting out of his arms, tidied her hair, and sat down next to Tang Shichu.
"Student Tang, please feel free to order anything you want to eat. Last time Yanyan caught a cold, I was busy with an important project and had no time to accompany Yanyan. If it weren't for your care, she wouldn't have recovered so quickly. Speaking of which, I have to thank you." Although Lan Jigao is a domineering CEO with an extraordinary background, it is not difficult to get along with him. He even feels like a spring breeze.
Of course, Tang Shichu knew that it was only for Li Manyan's sake that Lan Jigao was so "approachable", but she didn't care. Anyway, there would be no intersection after this meal.
"Then I won't be polite." After saying that, Tang Shichu really ordered a few dishes he wanted to eat.
Then the three of them started chatting. Of course, it was mainly Lan Jigao and Li Manyan who were chatting enthusiastically, and Tang Shichu would occasionally interject.
Halfway through the meal, Cheng Wu came to find Lan Jigao just as in the original world. He was over 1.80 meters tall, wearing a well-fitting suit, with regular features and a serious expression. He looked like an elite talent.
He walked hurriedly towards Lan Jigao, nodded to Li Manyan and Tang Shichu, then bent down and whispered to Lan Jigao, "Boss Lan, the president of Wen's came to the company and said he wanted to talk to you about the project they worked on last time. He came in a hurry and refused to agree to make an appointment for tomorrow..."
(End of this chapter)
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