Chapter 74
Excerpts from Ye Songming's Diary (II)
After that, the days seemed to be no different, and they continued to move forward peacefully one by one. Master, I, my neighbors, and everyone else are the same.
Except for Li Meiling and her daughter. They never came again. While I was worried, I also had a hopeful hope that this abortion experience would make them pay more attention to Xiang Siling's health and prevent her from getting hurt again.
Later, I encountered some bad things, which made me less and less willing to stay in Yuan'an Clinic.
But what about Zhilan?
On that day, Li Meiling, her daughter, and the master all signed the operation form before the operation. This was a guarantee for each other. I kept all the operation documents at that time. A few days later, Master asked me, "Where is Xiang Siling's surgery form?"
I took out a small stack of ordered information from the drawer and gave it to him. He took it, flipped through it roughly, took out his lighter, lit it, and threw it into the trash can.
My heart was pounding, and I didn't tell him that they were photocopies. Fortunately, he didn't pay much attention, and fortunately it was a cloudy day with poor lighting, and he was in a hurry to destroy it. Maybe he also felt that I had no reason to hide the receipt.
In fact, I don’t know whether there is any point in doing this. But I hid all the surgical documents of that abortion.
Maybe Xiang Siling will never need my help, but what if?
After burning the receipt, Sun Yuanan said, "I know you are still dissatisfied and feel that the child is miserable. Let me give you a piece of advice: be prudent and protect yourself. When you reach my age, you will understand that life is just like that. It is better to have what others have than what you have. There is no point in being impulsive.
Also, I know you are close to Zhilan, so don't tell her a word about these things. Don't even think about reporting anyone, there's nothing going on. Besides, if something really happens here, you and I will both be involved, so it’s better to pretend that you don’t know. Zhilan plans to take the civil service exam or a career path exam in the future. You don't want to affect her future for an irrelevant person, right? ”
I felt like I was struck by lightning.
Sun Yuanan actually, he actually threatened me with Zhilan's future.
Sun Zhilan was raised by him alone. They have a very good relationship as father and daughter, and Zhilan loves her father very much. Sun Yuanan was telling me that if I wanted to get Zhilan, I would have to continue to be his silent assistant. If I opened my mouth and said something I shouldn't have, not only would he not agree with us being together, but Zhilan would also be implicated.
As if it was some kind of omen, Sun Zhilan came to the clinic the next day. She pulled me out while Sun Yuanan wasn't paying attention and stuffed the internet-famous beef jerky that she had queued up to buy into my mouth. For the first time in my life, I experienced what it felt like to have something taste like chewing wax.
It was also from that day that I realized that my love with Sun Zhilan might not have any result.
(The following content is written in blue pen, the handwriting is thicker and the text is obviously updated)
I hid Xiang Siling's abortion information for more than half a year and thought the matter was over.
Later, I met a policeman who seemed very responsible. His name was Li Jincheng and even his name sounded reliable.
I told him everything I knew. After all, we were not familiar with each other, so I was on the safe side and gave him a photocopy of the abortion information. But he was in a hurry that day, said he would definitely contact me again, and then left with the information.
I waited for more than half a month, but Li Jincheng didn't show up. And during those days, I always felt like someone was following me and staring at me outside the clinic. I became more and more afraid and suspected that Li Jincheng was not a good policeman. It should be easy for the police to find out the truth. Did he use the information to exchange for favors with others? Then am I not in danger?
I finally left Xiangcheng and returned to Henan. I called Li Jincheng, but his phone was turned off. I think I trusted him wrongly.
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When Li Qingyao, who was on the high-speed train, saw the three words "Li Jincheng" in the notebook, his eyes seemed to be glued to them. Her nose felt slightly sour.
Chen Pu was sitting next to her, and he felt very uncomfortable when he read these words.
Brother, it turns out that you got this information seven years ago. But where did you go that night? In which corner of Chaoyang Home did they disappear along with this information?
Chen Pu stretched out his hand and tapped on the three words on the notebook: "In a hurry." Li Qingyao frowned slightly.
She closed her notebook, leaned back in her chair, and closed her eyes. Although she didn't say anything, Chen Pu thought she looked very sad. He reached out, took one of her hands, and intertwined their fingers. She did not open her eyes, nor did she pull her hand away.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I miss my brother."
Chen Pu clasped his five fingers tighter, his shoulder against hers, his arm against hers. Feeling the warmth and softness of her skin through the fabric gave him an indescribable sense of intimacy and satisfaction.
He couldn't help but raise his left arm and press it on the backrest of the front seat. In this way, there was a car window on the right side of Li Qingyao and a chair behind him. His entire body was within his arm's reach. There were a lot of people in the carriage, making a lot of noise, but their corner was a little world of its own.
"Don't be sad," he said gently.
Li Qingyao opened his eyes, and his pupils were like two pools of freshly melted snow, cold and clear. Their faces were only a palm's distance away. He could even see the fine hairs on her face clearly. %
"It's okay." She even smiled at him, "I'm just a little sad."
At this moment, Chen Pu really wanted to kiss her. Kiss her fair face, kiss her watery eyes, and of course, kiss hard on those ever-stubborn red lips. His throat was a little dry, and his clasped fingers felt even hotter.
But he didn't move.
Because this is taking advantage of someone's misfortune and is inappropriate. They were just talking about Li Jincheng.
And...what if she doesn't do it? There are so many people around. What if she gets angry and pushes him away and turns his face away? By then, everything will be a complete loss, and he will be back to the time before liberation, and he will have no place to cry.
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, stay calm.
Anyway, just holding hands made his heartbeat become faster and more solid. How dare I think more?
However, does holding hands count as taking advantage of someone's misfortune? Chen Pu just forgot about it. He held her hand tightly, with a look of honest concern on his face: "If you are tired, take a nap."
"No." Li Qingyao pulled his hand out of his palm very naturally, "I want to continue reading my diary, so I have to hurry up."
She opened the notebook again, and Chen Pu came over to read with her as usual, but his empty hand looked a little sad. He clenched his fist and then unclenched it.
"What do you think?" she asked about Ye Songming's diary.
Chen Pu said, "It still depends on Xiang Siling. I'll talk to her as soon as I get back."
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Like everyone else, Luo Huaizheng didn't pay much attention to Xiang Siling when he was in high school. But he was the class monitor, helped the teacher to calculate the grades, and had a good memory. He remembered that when Xiang Siling was in the first year of high school, he was ranked around 300 in the grade, but when he started his second year, he jumped into the top 150. Later, when Luo Huaizheng got into trouble, he wanted to kill her, so it was naturally impossible for him to pay attention to her college entrance examination.
Now Luo Huaizheng recalled that if it hadn't been for what happened that year, Xiang Siling would have had no problem getting into a good undergraduate program.
The project with Xiang Siling's company has been underway for several months and is now in the final stages. Although Luo Huaizheng didn't want to pay attention to how Xiang Siling performed in Huayu Group. However, due to the need for work communication and her deliberate efforts, they always met. Luo Huaizheng couldn't help but notice that Xiang Siling was actually a very hard-working and smart person. At least under her leadership, Huayu had a smooth transition.
Luo Hongmin passed away suddenly, leaving Huayu leaderless. Many of the leaders are veterans who have followed Luo Hongmin for many years, and they all have their own thoughts. Although Xiang Siling is nominally the only heir to Luo Hongmin's shares, there is no blood relationship between them, and many people here are dissatisfied with this. Naturally, there were also many people who, openly or covertly, created resistance for her to take over.
Xiang Siling didn't say a word and took it all head-on.
On several occasions, when Luo Huaizheng left Huayu, he saw that the light in Xiang Siling's office was still on, and she was working overtime in a meeting with a group of people. There was also a time when Luo Huaizheng worked overtime until late at night and saw Xiang Siling there, sitting in the office with a sullen face, looking at a plan on the computer. She took out a tissue and wiped away her tears, as if nothing had happened.
Luo Huaizheng would not feel soft-hearted or sympathetic towards her because of this, but he had to admit that she had an indomitable tenacity.
Xiang Siling also tried to implement reforms at Huayu. She has a common requirement for all department heads, which is to select talents fairly and impartially, and everyone's contribution must be truthfully visible to her. Those with great abilities and contributions will receive larger salary increases and various benefits, and vice versa. She also set up a CEO mailbox, something that should obviously appear in state-owned enterprises, not private enterprises. But she did it and sent an open letter to the entire company. Anyone who suffered unfair treatment in the group could write to her directly. Luo Huaizheng, as the person in charge of the outsourced project, received all of them.
This made Luo Huaizheng realize that Xiang Siling had a very strong insistence on the word "fairness".
Xiang Siling at work and Xiang Siling in private are like two different people.
When they were together in private, she gave him the feeling of a poisonous snake, colorful, with a slender waist, and spitting out her tongue from time to time, but you didn't know which of her words were true and which were false. If you are not careful, you might be bitten by her again like last time. He had to put all his energy into dealing with her.
Several days had passed since Xiang Siling told him that she would let him know the truth of that year. Xiang Siling was busy with work as if nothing had happened. She would tease him in her free time like she was teasing a dog she kept in captivity, and she didn't care that the whole company was filled with rumors about the two of them. Luo Huaizheng has been waiting patiently.
He is very tolerant. He used to be more tolerant than most people, and it became even worse after he went to jail.
After work that day, Luo Huaizheng was about to leave when he called Siling: "Huaizheng, accompany me to a place."
The tone was intimate, soft and yet so confident.
"What?"
"Accompany me to see a psychiatrist."
Luo Huaizheng said nothing.
"Today's diagnosis and treatment is very important. I mustered up the courage to do it. I really want you to accompany me, okay?"
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