Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two

In the blink of an eye, August, the general manager of He Ru Company, Jones, asked her to prepare well. In the middle of the month, he and a dozen other representatives from the headquarters of the M Group will go to Shanghai to negotiate with the Chinese "Far East Insurance" company about the US M Group. shareholding in the company.If the negotiation goes well, He Ru will stay in Shanghai for a few days to help M party handle some business start-up matters. Jones said with a smile: "I have been to Shanghai three times, the first time was ten years ago. Judging from your resume, you were still going to college and making boyfriends at the same time, right?"

He Ru remembered that he was in his third year of college at that time, and he and Wu Xiaotian were also in the stage of passionate love.Unexpectedly, ten years have passed in a flash, and this time I return to the old place, how will I feel?Although returning to the old place is not the same as returning to the past—in fact, this is impossible, but the division of time and space between the present and the past will never be uniform. That day, when He Ru was having lunch at that Sichuan restaurant, he ran into Liu Dongqi again.She hadn't seen Liu Dongqi for several days, so she asked about his recovery.Liu Dongqi vigorously waved his right arm a few times, and said: "Everything is normal. Recently, I have a tight schedule. I usually have lunch at the fast food restaurant downstairs from the office. I will try my best to catch it before the 20th of this month." Do all the work at hand well, I think I can squeeze out 20 days of vacation and go back to China.”

He Ru looked into his eyes and said with a smile, "Don't forget to come back to work when the time comes." Liu Dongqi was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know if this meant that he would enjoy the family happiness after returning home and be reluctant to part with his parents and daughter, or was there something else?He knew how to have a particularly sensitive sense of touch, so sensitive that he could sometimes enter his thoughts with a chill.Did she already see through his mind: like many single men here, he also wants to go back to go on a blind date, get married, and bring a wife over here?He thought, fortunately, in that Casino last time, he didn't tell her about his mother asking him to meet the graduate student of the Art Academy after he arrived in Shanghai, otherwise, he wouldn't be so embarrassing right now.So he jokingly said: "How is it possible?! Isn't there a friend like you here in LA?"

He Ru said with a smile: "Your occupational disease makes you always flatter your mouth, saying that the three-point possibility is nine-point certainty. But your eyes can't lie. I just said an innocuous joke, you But your eyes flickered for a while, which is clearly telling others that you are hiding something in your heart. You don't have to worry that I will be interested in your private affairs. Maybe we will meet in Shanghai again!" Liu Dongqi was a little surprised, and said, "Are you going back to visit relatives on vacation too?" In a hurry, he almost said "visiting relatives" as "blind date".

He Ru said: "I don't have any relatives in China, why should I visit relatives? I am accompanying the head of our company to Shanghai to contact about investment and cooperation, and I may stay there for a while." Liu Dongqi said happily: "This is really great! When are you leaving? Then tell me your address in Shanghai and your phone number. I haven't been back to Shanghai for eight years!" A few days before leaving for Shanghai, He Ru took the time to buy gifts for some friends and classmates who were close friends in college. She rarely socialized at school, and spent most of her time either in the classroom, in the library, or working off-campus, so she always gave people the impression that she was out of gregariousness, and there were not many truly caring classmates.She thought that these friends and classmates of hers probably already had families. In China, it is a big deal for a woman to be unmarried at the age of thirty.Unlike in the United States, when women reach their thirties, they are still spoiled by the aesthetics of foreigners, and they are naive if they want to be naive.

An oriental woman in her thirties, when a foreigner looked at them, she would think she was about twenty-five at most.However, when she went to buy alcohol, the salespersons often asked her if she was over the legal age of twenty-one to enjoy alcohol. How to think: After returning home, when she meets old classmates and old friends, she will definitely encounter some embarrassment in personal matters.She has to be mentally prepared for this, so as not to be embarrassing from time to time.She suddenly thought of Wu Xiaotian again, should she tell him about the business trip to Shanghai?Maybe he wants to ask her to bring something back.She called his residence twice, but no one answered.She found him later in the evening by calling his lab.

Wu Xiaotian heard that she was going back to China, and if he lost something, he was stunned for a while and said: "Thank you, I have nothing to ask you to bring. My mother is in a small town in southern Zhejiang, so it is not convenient." He Ru said, "What about your buddies in Shanghai?" Wu Xiaotian thought for a while and said: "They don't care about those things. If you see them, just say hello for me, and say that I, Wu Xiaotian, haven't forgotten them!" When He Ru heard him say this, her voice was a little choked up, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.She knew almost all of Wu Xiaotian's buddies. At the beginning, everyone knew that they were an inseparable pair of mandarin ducks.When I really want to meet them, I don't know what to say?

Just thinking about it, Wu Xiaotian said: "If it's convenient for you, I'll go to your house tomorrow night. I have some professional books and materials. I want you to bring them to Zhou Run, who used to be in our class. He is now an associate professor in our department. , He helped me a lot when I was studying for an on-the-job Ph.D." He Ru smiled and said, "You're talking about that nerd nicknamed 'Awl', right? He became an associate professor at such a young age?" Wu Xiaotian said: "That's him. Among my many buddies, he is the only one who is down-to-earth!"

He Ru said: "Okay, come here when it's convenient for you. I'll be home after seven o'clock these two days." The next night, as soon as He Ru got home, he received a call from Bai Guo, and Bai Guo chatted with her for a while.He Ru couldn't help asking: "Binguo, did you hear that I'm going back to China?" Bai Guo said embarrassedly: "I just heard about Jiang Gu. Have you packed your luggage yet?" He Ru smiled and said, "Finally, what do you want me to bring back to your home?" Bai Guo said: "Why do you know what I think? It's like this. My dad's blood pressure has risen in the past two years. I want to ask you to bring him a few bottles of 'deep-sea fish oil'. I heard that this stuff is very effective. No Is it convenient for you to know?"

He Ru smiled: "You asked me to bring something, if it's inconvenient, I have to bring it!" Bai Guo said happily: "Great! I'll give you the fish oil and the address and phone number of our home in Shanghai at noon tomorrow." After He Ru changed his clothes, he went to the kitchen to cook. At eight o'clock, Wu Xiaotian came, and he was standing at the door with a bag of books.How to let him into the house and ask him if he has had dinner?Wu Xiaotian said that he came from the laboratory.He Ru ordered another handful of noodles. Wu Xiaotian said: "You put less spicy." He Ru said she knew.

Wu Xiaotian put the bag on the ground, looked around the room and said: "Your room is quite spacious, the monthly rent should be two thousand?" He Ru said: "I spend half of my day in this house, so of course I want to live in a decent way to make it comfortable." Wu Xiaotian said: "You still love cleanliness so much, this room is spotless. The decoration is also very emotional." He Ru said: "It's fine after get off work, just do whatever you want. Sit down. Why, are you still so sloppy?" Wu Xiaotian hesitated to speak. He Rufan is ready, two dishes of cold salad and one dish of borscht.He Ru gave Wu Xiaotian and himself a bowl of noodles each.Seeing that Wu Xiaotian was still in a daze, she said, "Eat quickly, are you afraid that if I eat you, you won't succeed?" Wu Xiaotian picked up the chopsticks and suddenly felt a bit sour in his nose."We haven't had a meal together for like nine years!" he said. He Ru was stunned for a moment, then buried himself in eating.When they were in school, they almost always ate together, as if they were living their lives.When He Ru thought of those things, he also felt a little sad. After the two of them finished their meal, He Ru said while drinking lemon juice: "Xiao Tian, ​​I want to ask you something, how did you know about that Casino?" Wu Xiaotian understood that she was referring to the nightclub they had been to a few weeks ago, but he didn't expect that He Ru would still be brooding over that matter.He said, "You remember Judy with me, don't you? I was a bit bored that night, and she took me there. I'm a complete stranger to these places." After hearing this, He Ru felt a lot more relaxed, and she asked, "You and Judy got back together later?" Wu Xiaotian smiled and said, "Actually, she's a nice person, but she has a bit of a temper." He Ru said with a smile: "People like you just want to find someone with a temper to control you!" Wu Xiaotian smiled and said, "Are you still short-tempered?" When He Ru heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and he said, "What are you talking about! But according to my intuition, she is not the ideal object for you in life. You should find someone who is more mature." Wu Xiaotian glanced at her and sighed.He Ru laughed again and said, "Maybe it's my illusion. You should take care of yourself, don't make the same mistake again and again!" Wu Xiaotian was silent. He Ru noticed that his eye circles were a little flushed.At this time, her heart suddenly tightened, and she was about to speak when Wu Xiaotian slowly raised his head and stared at her.He Ru desperately controlled his emotions, not wanting Wu Xiaotian to grab her hand suddenly, although He Ru was prepared, he was still taken aback.Wu Xiaotian said word by word: "He Ru, can you forgive me?" He Ru nodded, then smiled.She took her hand out of Wu Xiaotian's hand and said, "It's getting late, you go back!" Wu Xiaotian was a little disappointed, got up and left.How to send him to the entrance of the corridor.Wu Xiaotian paused for a while, then forced a smile and said, "Thank you for the noodles. That Mr. Liu looks quite pleasing to the eye. In fact, it was the first time I met him." After hearing this, He Ru smiled again, looking at Wu Xiaotian's back, hesitant to speak. Wu Xiaotian came to the car, lit a cigarette, and smoked absentmindedly.Suddenly, he lay prone on the steering wheel, tears streaming down his face.