Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

On Saturday, He Ru got up early in the morning, thinking of going for a stroll on Nanjing Road, and then went to see his alma mater.Just about to go out, the phone rang.She picked up the phone, and when she heard it was Gu Cun's call, she felt a chill in her heart.Gu Cun said that it was hard for them to be free, so he will drive here today to pick up He Ru and go out to relax.When He Ru said that she wanted to go out for a walk alone, Gu Cun said with a smile: "Miss He, please give me a favor just once. If you reject me again today, even my wife will look down on me." He Ruyi laughed and said, "Where are you now?"

Gu Cun said: "It's just below the hotel. Let's go have morning tea first." When He Ru got into Gu Cun's car, Gu Cun said, "Miss He, I'm not talking about you. You've been in Laomei for so long. Why are you more conservative in your views than the girls in Shanghai? It's hard to have a free day and you have to Let your bones relax." He Ru said: "I'm used to the solitary life in the United States, and I don't like to join in the fun. A person's world may not always be depressed." Gu Cun said: "I'm a person who can't hold back. When I was studying at University B in Philadelphia, I was nervous about studying, so every weekend I would drive to the suburbs by myself for a walk. After graduation, I couldn't help it anymore. After running back, marrying a wife and having children, there is a lot of excitement, the picture is true."

He Ru said: "I can't see that you even have children!" Gu Cun said: "I'm late. I have been delayed in Laomei for a few years, and I don't know if I made a profit or a loss." Gu Cun took He Ru to a restaurant and found a seat with great difficulty.Gu Cun wanted to order whatever he wanted, and why he only ordered one cage of shrimp dumplings and then refused to ask for it again.Gu Cun said: "If you know that you eat so delicately, why come to this kind of place?!" He Ru said: "I usually only eat dessert, juice or milk for breakfast. Today we mainly come out to relax, so it doesn't matter what we eat."

Gu Cun said: "Okay, it's up to you. As long as you are happy." As he was talking, the phone rang. He picked up the phone and hesitated a few times. How could you tell from his expression that the other party was someone very close to him.Gu Cun said to the mobile phone: "It's not her. She took the child back to her house today. Don't worry! I'm talking with a friend from the United States right now. If there is any clue about it, I will Arrange a time for you to meet. I'll call you in the evening." Then he turned off the phone. He Ru guessed that the other party might be a woman, but obviously not his wife.She smiled knowingly from the bottom of her heart: Gu Cun is definitely not an honest person.Gu Cun shook his head and said to He Ru: "You can tell, it's a woman. I met at a classmate's wedding last year, and she wanted to go abroad, so she pestered me. Alas, I was also confused for a while."

He took out a cigarette and lit it, and said, "Miss He, to tell you the truth, I have been thinking about it these days. With your unique conditions, you can be stationed in Shanghai as a representative of your group. If you can If you stay, the cooperation between our company and your group will be more harmonious." He Ru smiled and said, "Mr. Gu, this question should be a business matter, right?" Gu Cun said with a smile: "This is a half-public and half-private matter." He Ru said with a smile: "I don't want to talk about this kind of thing on this occasion, it will affect my appetite."

Gu Cun said: "Miss He, do you know that the chairman and general manager of our company appreciate your talent very much!" He Ru said: "I am very honored. But it is different from my work orientation." Gu Cun said, "But I think what I just said is worth your consideration." He Ru said: "If this is a private matter, I have my own opinions, so please don't bother Mr. Gu. If this is a business matter, then I will leave here now." Gu Cun hurriedly smiled and said, "Alright, forget me talking too much." After drinking morning tea, Gu Cun has to pay the bill, so why insist on paying for each.Gu Cun said: "Miss He, this is in Shanghai! You are my guest today, aren't you disrespecting me?"

He Ru smiled and said, "Is your treat just to give me face?" Gu Cun sighed and had no choice but to follow her. When the two came to the street, He Ru said that she was going to go to her alma mater alone.Gu Cun wanted to take her there, but He Ru said, "No need, I can just take a taxi. I want to relive the time in my memory." She hailed a taxi, waved to Gu Cun and left.Gu Cun stared at the passing taxi with wide-eyed eyes, thinking: What is going on here?There is no human touch at all!Has Shanghai changed, or has America changed? ! When He Ru came to her alma mater in Xujiahui, she saw only the school gate area, except for the gatehouse which still kept its old appearance, she couldn't find any other familiar traces.It was summer vacation at this time, and there were not many people on campus.She first came to the dormitory building where she lived before, and saw that the building was quiet, and the building looked a little old in the sun.

She seemed to suddenly hear chatter and laughter coming from the building again. Since her sophomore year, she has tasted the ups and downs of three years in this building, and she thinks those three years are her most unforgettable memories.She is gradually maturing here.Nine years have passed, and time has eroded the building to gray, just like when she first walked into the building, and then from here, a new life day after day, gradually matured, and then aged. She walked along the tree-lined path, and unknowingly came to the place where she formally started dating Wu Xiaotian for the first time. It was a low boiled water room in the student dormitory area.

When she was a freshman, she almost didn't even say three words to Wu Xiaotian.At that time, except for the group activities arranged in the class, there was basically no contact between boys and girls, and there was no motive for falling in love with each other.He Ru stayed in the classroom and the library almost every day, and Wu Xiaotian was very introverted at that time, walking with his head bowed, and he was thin and small, he looked malnourished, so he was not noticeable in the class . The real break of this deadlock was after the long summer vacation, when I was just in my sophomore year.

Once, when He Ru went to fetch water from the water room, Wu Xiaotian happened to be beside her.He Ru glanced at him, she suddenly found that Wu Xiaotian, who was usually the same height as her, seemed to be half a head taller than her all of a sudden after not seeing her for more than two months, and his complexion was not as dark as he had seen before.Later, after the two got married, Wu Xiaotian told her that he didn't really start to grow until the second half of his freshman year. In the following year, he grew a full twelve centimeters taller. Seeing that He Ru was looking at him, Wu Xiaotian smiled at her, and He Ru smiled at her too.Wu Xiaotian said to her: "I know your name, your name is He Ru, and you are the deputy monitor of our class."

He Ru was stunned for a moment.Wu Xiaotian said again: "You may not know my name, my name is Wu Xiaotian, we are in the same class." He Ru couldn't help being happy when he heard it. Afterwards, the two of them began to interact more, and Wu Xiaotian's personality became more open. When he saw girls, he was no longer as reserved as before.Sometimes he would find excuses to go to He Ru's dormitory, chat with him, and help them turn on the water.At that time, He Ru's classmates in the dormitory did not expect that the two of them would become a couple in the future. Soon, He Ru's mother was critically ill, and He Ru hurried back to Xi'an. Wu Xiaotian helped her carry her luggage and sent her to the train station. That time, after He Ru got on the train, Wu Xiaotian ran along the window of her car, and finally panted heavily and said to He Ru loudly: "Don't forget to come back early!" After He Ru returned to school, he became taciturn, and Wu Xiaotian seemed to talk less, but he always found an opportunity to stay with He Ru for a while every day.At this time, neither of them spoke, but they gradually resonated in their hearts while nourishing each other. When one day, both of them suddenly felt that they had countless things to confide in each other, they found that neither of them could do without each other. So the love that lasted for more than two years began.