Chapter 32 People Do Stupid Things When They Are Young
The scene was in chaos. Some people were frantically handing paper to Cai Yun, whose face was covered in wine stains, while others were trying to stop Cai Yun.
Someone accused her, "Xu Mo, it's just a game. We're all classmates, why are you so serious?"
Liu Yue stopped in front of Xu Mo and retorted with a frown, "How could it be that bad? It was Cai Yun who started it first! Was she polite when she asked that question just now?!"
Xu Mo slowly raised her face, and her cold face emerged from the shadows inch by inch.
She looked at Cai Yun with a forced smile: "Oh, I just got a little excited when I heard my topic, and my hands were shaking, so I spilled the wine all over you, old classmate, please don't mind it."
Cai Yun glared at her, but before she could react, Xu Mo had already walked away.
When Lin Jingchuan found Xu Mo, Xu Mo was drinking in a bar on the street.
She picked up the wine glass and drank it smoothly, but he could see her red eyes through the fine raindrops on the glass window.
Lin Jingchuan pursed his lips and pushed open the glass door of the pub.
Xu Mo had already finished two glasses of whiskey when suddenly a dark blue figure fell from the seat opposite her.
She didn't look up, but continued drinking.
"Do you also think I'm a pushover?"
Lin Jingchuan remained silent.
Xu Mo half-closed her eyes, looking at the pale yellow whiskey in the glass, and whispered, "People do stupid things when they are young."
Lin Jingchuan gently touched her fingers, silently comforting her.
"But do you know what I regret most?" Xu Mo said drunkenly. "When I graduated, I passed the interview for a top-tier consulting firm in Shanghai, but I ended up passing up this hard-earned offer because the person told me he didn't want to go to Shanghai. So I stayed in Guangzhou and joined the second-tier firm, A."
"But what have I gained by doing this?" Xu Mo closed her eyes. "I used to be poisoned by the so-called redemption literature. I always thought that he was pitiful and had lost his parents, so his personality had to be a little strange. It didn't matter. True love can overcome all difficulties. He needs me. I want to save him and change him. But what did I get in return for all this? In return, I got his contempt, suppression and endless cold violence. I have always been very confident, but when work pressure is superimposed on emotional pressure, I began to doubt myself and became more and more silent. I don't blame him. He didn't force me to give up the opportunity in Shanghai. It was my own choice. I only blame myself for being stupid. Many times I understand that I should have broken up with him earlier, but I can't let go of the sunk cost of eight years of relationship."
"Before I broke up with him, our relationship wasn't good. I waited for news from him and often suffered from insomnia. Occasionally, when I thought about how I had given up the opportunity to go to Shanghai because of him, I would get nauseous and have stomachaches and couldn't sleep all night. I had a classmate who worked at that company and has now jumped ship to become the vice president of a listed company. He earns a million dollars a year and is very successful. His career is going smoothly.
"Although Firm A is a good firm, it's always been in the second tier of the consulting industry, and we don't have the opportunity to reach higher-quality clients. When I was young, I believed in my abilities and thought I could shine no matter which firm I worked for. But with more experience, I realized how important a platform is."
"Because I chose the wrong path, my efforts didn't get the most cost-effective return. In my dreams, I think that if I had gone to that company, I might be like her now, and my career would have reached a higher level long ago."
Xu Mo's eyes revealed clear pain and regret: "Even now, I have broken up with him, but I still can't forgive my foolish self."
"You're not wrong." Lin Jingchuan lowered his eyes to look at her. "Everyone has their own understanding at different stages of life. You just happened to fall deeply in love with someone at that stage."
Xu Mo laughed, and then started crying, lying on the table.
Lin Jingchuan raised his hand and held her in his arms, gently stroking her back, his forehead against hers, his lips gently against hers: "Let the past be the past."
After Xu Mo left, Zhao Tingyu followed her out, but his reaction was a little slow. In addition, Xu Mo was once the school's women's short-distance running champion, so he did not catch up.
Zhao Tingyu drove along the street looking for her, but the more he looked, the more anxious he became.
A deep sense of uneasiness swept through his heart. When he saw Xu Mo raise her hand to pour wine on Cai Yun, his first feeling was not about the incident itself, but about another thing.
——That’s what everyone in school thinks of her.
Although Xu Mo has always been easy-going, it does not mean that she has no self-esteem. On the contrary, she actually has strong self-esteem and is very strong-willed. Otherwise, she would not have studied hard to get scholarships in college, nor would she have given up her stable job in a state-owned enterprise and chosen the challenging consulting industry after graduation.
But because she liked him, she let her self-esteem be trampled underfoot.
She didn't care about this before maybe because she liked him, but now she doesn't like him anymore, how much she must hate him.
The more Zhao Tingyu thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He was upset and wandered around the city like a headless fly.
The phone vibrated and the caller ID showed Liao Haizhou.
Zhao Tingyu answered the call, and Liao Haizhou asked, "Did you find Xu Mo?"
Zhao Tingyu said: "Not yet, what about you guys?"
Liao Haizhou said: "No."
"Then why are you calling me?"
Liao Haizhou was silent for a moment, then glanced at Chen Kang beside him. Chen Kang took Liao Haizhou's phone directly and said, "Tingyu, Lin Jingchuan has also chased after them. Momo should be fine."
"so what?"
"I guess she doesn't want to see you right now." Chen Kang said, "Just let her be alone."
Xu Mo drank so much that she felt limp all over. Lin Jingchuan picked her up and took a taxi back to her home.
After finding the key from Xu Mo's bag and opening the door, Lin Jingchuan heard Xu's father's somewhat blaming voice coming from the living room: "Look at this Xiao Lin, he bought a bed from outside without telling us."
"If he doesn't buy a bed, does that mean he'll be living out here all the time?"
"What's wrong with living outside? The hotel is not far away."
"He's a guest, and now he's your son-in-law. He came all the way here, and you're just going to let him stay in the hotel by himself?"
"Son-in-law? Did I promise that?"
"Marriage is a matter between the two of them. What does it have to do with you?"
"Song Yunhui, how dare you say that to me? Have you ever taken care of the child since he was little? Have you ever cooked a meal for him? How dare you say it has nothing to do with me now?"
"Why are you so excited? You've been full of malice towards Xiaolin since the moment he walked into the house. Have you ever thought about your daughter's feelings? This is the person she brought back."
"Why didn't I think about my daughter's feelings? I was doing this for her own good."
"What do you mean by doing it for her own good? Is pairing her up with Tingyu good for her?" Mother Xu chuckled, her expression cold. "Xu Zhao, you can favor Tingyu, but don't be too obvious. Do you think she can't sense it?"
"I watched Tingyu grow up. I know him inside and out. What's wrong with me being partial to him?" Father Xu suddenly became excited. "Song Yunhui, you're really becoming more and more unreasonable."
Xu's mother looked at him indifferently. "I know you like Tingyu's mother. She's your first love. Even after you arranged a blind date and married me, you've never let her go. That's why you favor Tingyu. When he came to stay with us, you even asked your daughter to give him the large south-facing room and let your daughter live in the small north-facing room. It was a storage room, and if it wasn't customized, even a 1.5-meter bed would be crowded."
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Don't get excited. I won't tell my daughter about this." Mother Xu's expression was clear. "She has always regarded you as the best father and has never doubted your selfishness. I don't think she has been happy with Tingyu for so many years. As a father, this is probably not what you want."
After a pause, Xu's mother said, "I don't want the grudges of the previous generation to be involved in the next generation. Our marriage has wasted most of our lives. Now my only request is that you respect Momo's decision and don't interfere with her marriage."
…
When Xu Mo woke up, it was around midnight and she found herself sleeping in an unfamiliar environment.
The heating must have been on, the air around her was very warm. She coughed lightly in the darkness and felt a little dry.
A voice as gentle as spring water came: "Would you like some water?"
Xu Mo nodded and made out Lin Jingchuan's outline in the night light. The other party handed her a transparent glass, and Xu Mo's palm was wrapped in the warm touch.
The water temperature is about 45 degrees, just right.
After Xu Mo finished drinking, she lay down and fell asleep again. Lin Jingchuan said in a low voice: "It's too late. I don't want to disturb my uncle and aunt. I'll stay in a hotel tonight and go back tomorrow."
Xu Mo said, "Okay."
She felt the man's arms around her waist, his soft lips pressed against her forehead, and the soothing woody scent surrounded her nostrils, causing her to fall asleep peacefully.
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