Chapter 20 Chapter nine

"Ted, are you really not going with us?" Irene asked disappointedly. "Tianyu, it's rare that you can accompany us and Irene on a day off!" Song Demei also joined the ranks of persuasion. "Let's go! Your Daddy is waiting outside." "No." He was still lying on the sofa, staring at the TV screen, "I don't like shopping, you know, there is the final of the U.S. Open today." "Then I'll stay and watch with you, okay?" Irene lowered her head and asked. "No, I want to be alone." After touching this soft nail, Irene, who has always been proud, naturally felt that she couldn't hold back her face. She stood up with a livid face, and walked out.

"Tianyu, you are a real kid!" Song Demei gave her son a reproachful look, and then chased Irene out. The room returned to tranquility again. Such a Saturday afternoon, such silence, somehow, he felt a sense of loss. Yes, without that croaking sound, without the faint smell of grass from the freshly mowed lawn outside the house, without the smell of food from the kitchen. Grass fragrance, food, he can pay someone to do it for him.But what about the croaking sound?How is he going to copy it?An uncomfortable suffocation filled his chest, and he suppressed it angrily. He doesn't need it, he said to himself, he doesn't need her nagging around him all day long, it's best if she leaves, he is very comfortable.

Du Tianyu tried his best to regain his sanity and focus on the tense game. At the end of the tie-break—— "Okay!" He clenched his fists and shouted involuntarily. "Hmph! Look! I said that your idol Sampras is old, but you insist on arguing. Look, you lost..." He turned his head triumphantly, a smile froze on his lips. No, the room was eerily empty.She is not with him... "I've had enough!" It was Irene who spoke, and the place was Du Tianyu's office. "Ted, you've changed. You're busy, busy, busy every day. I came here from America to see you. Why don't you spend some time with me?"

"I'm not free." He didn't even bother to lift his head, still looking at the documents on the desk. Irene was furious and snatched the things on his desk. "Don't be perfunctory, please tell me clearly, what kind of mentality do you have towards me, and what is the relationship between that girl and you?" She is a straightforward person, Can't stand the guessing game. He stared at her coldly. "To answer your second question, it doesn't matter. As for the first one, I regard you as a friend." "Friend?" Irene roared out these two words angrily, "Friend, after all these years, you only give me these two words? Ha!"

"Sorry." His tone softened a little. "Is it related to Xiao Wu?" "I said I have nothing to do with her." He suddenly roared. "You liar!" Irene stared back at him with equal anger. "You lie, because since that girl left, you have lost your soul, like a walking dead. I have known you for so many years, and I have never seen you like this." He stared at her, speechless for a long time. He thought he had fooled everyone, even himself, but the irony was that the truth was so obvious. "I'm so sorry." Irene said angrily. "How can I be worse than that Xiao Wu?"

Du Tianyu couldn't help but laugh. "You are no worse than her. In fact, you are a million times better than her." "Then why?" She had to have an answer to be reconciled. "Why?" He smiled wryly, "I also want to know why." "Love is blind." "I'm blind so I can't see the beauty in front of me." Irene glared at him, then couldn't help but curl her lips. "This is the first time I've heard you say such glib words. I really don't know whether to be happy or sad." "Sorry." "Forget it." She waved her hand freely. "At least make it clear, so I don't have to waste any more time. Uncle, I'll make it clear to Aunt and ask them to stop trying to match us up."

"You're a good woman." She gave him a deep look. "Stop talking about this, I'm so hungry, it shouldn't be a problem to have a meal with me—friend!" "certainly." When they walked out of the office, the combination of handsome men and beautiful women immediately attracted everyone's envious eyes. Because the knot in his heart was untied, the atmosphere between Du Tianyu and her was relaxed and happy. When the elevator door opened, his hand fell on Irene's waist gracefully. "Where to eat?" Irene asked. "have no idea."

"Please, this is your place!" Irene felt Du Tianyu's body stiffen. Suddenly, following his line of sight and looking forward, there was a girl named Xiao Wu standing at the door with her back to them. "Is she waiting for you?" Irene asked. "No." He squeezed out the word hoarsely through clenched teeth. Several employees walked past them. "Xiao Wu." One of the mediocre-looking men called her. She turned around and smiled sweetly at the man. "Zhe Kai, your lunch." She handed over an exquisite bento made by herself with both hands.

Her sweet smile, that bento... Du Tianyu felt as if someone had punched him in the stomach. "What's going on?" Irene asked in surprise. He had blue veins on his forehead, his nose flaring, and he couldn't speak at all. He held Irene's slender waist tightly, almost dragging her forward. Encounter is inevitable—— Xiao Wu looked up suddenly and saw him and Irene, all the blood on her face disappeared. "Uh..." She wanted to say hello, but her throat felt dry and she couldn't make a sound for a long time. He didn't speak, didn't look at her, his face was expressionless, and he walked forward as if she was a stranger.

He and Irene passed Xiao Wu's side, his arm even brushed Xiao Wu's arm, but he was so indifferent and strange. Xiao Wu Yang's hands in the air froze, and the smile she had barely squeezed out suddenly disappeared. She stood blankly, her eyes were empty for a moment, and she lost her temperature. stranger…… "Yeah, we'll be strangers from now on." She remembered that was the last thing she said to him. Xiao Wu was dazed, suddenly there seemed to be a sharp throbbing pain somewhere in her body, she panted in pain, her hands covered her lips with force, tears fell crazily, and then fell again.

He heard the gasp.Du Tianyu used all his strength to turn a blind eye to her, but he still heard the panting clearly. "Alas!" Irene turned her head and screamed in his ear. "She's crying, what the hell are you doing? Why are you pretending you don't know her? She's crying!" Her reminder is like adding fuel to the fire, and the indifference that Du Tianyu has worked so hard to prop up is about to crumble. A breath of suffocation stuck in his chest, and unknown rage rushed straight to his forehead, unable to restrain his surging emotions and regret, he turned his head—— "Xiao Wu, don't cry." Gao Zhekai hugged her, and Xiao Wu cuddled in his arms like a child, and he anxiously wiped away her tears. That scene was deeply imprinted in Du Tianyu's mind, making him almost grit his teeth! As the days passed, Du Tianyu seemed to have regained his normal life, but he lost weight and became more irritable. He is still very busy, and being busy can make him forget everything, so he spurs himself and the people he works with at work. "How dare you hand in such a bad project!" Du Tianyu angrily threw a thick document on the table. "You tell Jerry to do it again, next Monday I'm going to see a brand new project on my desk." Jiang Yuexiang glanced at him with raised eyebrows, then slowly lowered her head to pick up the stack of documents. "Yes, the chief executive." Her tone was professional and indifferent, exactly what a senior assistant should be.The problem is that she wasn't like this before. Du Tianyu frowned and stared at her, but said nothing. "Wait a minute." He suddenly called her who was walking out. "Xiao Shen was five minutes late in the morning." He said displeasedly, "You tell him one more time, and he won't use it." Jiang Yuexiang's eyes widened in disbelief, and then her shock turned into rage. "Are you enough?" She strode back to him and slapped the table hard. "I've had enough of your temper. Xiao Wu dumped you. We all sympathize with you. But if you continue like this, no one in the company can stand you. Please stop making trouble for no reason." pity?Xiao Wu dumped him? Is there a mistake?What are these people thinking? "I don't need sympathy." He was furious. "There is no such thing as me being dumped by her, you just need to do your own thing, I..." Jiang Yuexiang looked at him pityingly, as if looking at a stubborn and stubborn little boy. "Forget it, I can't persuade you, you can do it yourself! Alas..." "What do you mean?" She shook her head. "Anyway, it's too late. Xiao Wu is going to get engaged to that guy from the General Affairs Department today. Well, she really matches that man. At least he has a much better temper than you, and he's also gentle and considerate." He couldn't hear what Jiang Yuexiang said after that, and Du Tianyu kept echoing that sentence in his mind—— She's getting engaged to that kid! she's getting engaged... "Where is it?" He suddenly roared. "Where is what?" Jiang Yuexiang pretended to be stupid on purpose. "Where is she now?" He stood up, grabbed Jiang Yuexiang's shoulder and shook violently. "Tell me! Where was she engaged?" A strange light flashed across Jiang Yuexiang's eyes. "The engagement, of course, is at the woman's house. The little dancer is in Taichung, and the ceremony should be finished before noon." He let go of her abruptly and hurried out. "Hello." Jiang Yuexiang called him to stop. "What's the matter?" He turned his head, his eyes bloodshot, and asked viciously. "Where are you going?" "Bullshit!" he yelled. "Then do you know where his home is?" It's so interesting, Du Tianyu, who has always been rational and calm in doing things, sometimes panics and has no idea. Du Tianyu was at a loss for words. "Okay." Jiang Yuexiang finally couldn't help smiling. "Go, Xiao Shen is waiting for you in the basement, I gave him the address." "thanks." "It's a good thing you haven't fired Xiao Shen yet, huh?" She couldn't help teasing him. He didn't listen to what she said at all, and left her and ran straight to the elevator. Jiang Yuexiang looked at his back, smiled with satisfaction and bent her eyebrows. Xiao Wu sat in this strange dressing room, like a lifeless doll at the mercy of others. It was only six o'clock in the morning, and she came at five o'clock. The people from the gown company were a bit late. She and her mother waited at the door for a while before they got the makeup artist. The iron door was opened, and they walked in. The store was dark, and the dresses hanging on the display racks were vague, without any sense of reality. In this way, from 5:30 to 6:00, she stared blankly at the makeup artist who rolled her long straight hair and put it on her head, and stared at her plain face with various colors. The woman with heavy make-up in the mirror looked back at her, with the same panic and uneasiness in her eyes. "Xiao Wu, you have to remember," my mother reminded her while she was putting on makeup, "I will serve tea to my in-laws later, and you should take your time. Don't worry, the matchmaker will take you. Don't be like that." Reckless like a child, do you hear me? Sigh, you child, you have been so impulsive and willful since you were a child, and you just said something so big about marriage two weeks ago. Really, you didn't even have time to take pictures. Fortunately, your aunt has a good relationship with the restaurant, so you can Reserve a seat, otherwise I really don't know what to do! " "Mom, I'm sorry." "Stupid child, as long as you marry well, what else can mom say? I think that Zhe Kai is really good, honest, gentle and considerate to you. Mom is relieved that you can find such a home; but you Ah, I have to change my temperament, I want to be someone's daughter-in-law and wife, I can't be childish anymore, understand?" "Alas!" the makeup artist exclaimed, grabbing a few pieces of tissue in a hurry. Big teardrops fell from Xiao Wu's eyes. "Don't cry, don't cry, the makeup is going to fade." Xiao Wu's mother cried out anxiously. "Oh, it's all my fault, what are you talking about!" "Mom." Xiao Wu's face turned pale. "I'm not getting married, okay?" Xiao Wu's mother was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Don't marry! How can you not marry at this juncture?" "But..." Xiao Wu bit her lower lip, "I...I don't think I love Zhe Kai...what should I do?" "Nonsense! I took the horoscopes of the two of you to give others a marriage. They all said that it was a marriage in a previous life, and they would definitely grow old. Don't think about it. Girls will inevitably be nervous before marriage. Don't think too much. After marriage It's all right, understand?" "Hmm..." Xiao Wu lowered her head, the light in her eyes gradually disappeared. Mom was right, she and Zhe Kai were married in a previous life, and they were destined to be together. The melons picked by force are not sweet, hasn't she tried it?If you forcefully pursue a man who does not belong to your own world, the result is doomed to be full of scars and suffering... Her choice is right.If you marry Zhe Kai, you don't have to search hard, and you won't be heartbroken anymore... She's right, right...right... Xiao Wu repeated this sentence in her heart, like self-hypnosis. But... a faint voice quietly rose... If this is right, why does she feel flustered and lost for no reason at this moment? "It's done!" the makeup artist announced. "Do you want to wear the dress now? Or go home?" "Get dressed here." Xiao Wu's mother said. "Okay." The makeup artist took out a pink western-style dress. "Come on, bride, put on the tutu first... Come on, step in, take a breath, come on, it's so beautiful." The mirror reflects a princess who seems to have come out of a fairy tale world. "The bride has such a good figure, she must have left the groom stunned today." The makeup artist said compliments on the side. Bride... Groom, is she really getting engaged? All of a sudden, Xiao Wu felt that it was so unreal, but it was frighteningly real.She squeezed her gauze skirt tightly and stood with cold hands and feet. "Mom, do you want to put on some makeup too?" the makeup artist asked. "Oh, good." "Come on, please sit down." The makeup artist started to do makeup for Xiao Wu's mother. "Xiao Wu, don't stand, sit down and rest, today is going to be a whole day." "Oh." She snapped back to her senses. "Mom, I'm going to the bathroom first." She suddenly called out, pulling up her skirt. "You should have gone before you put on your dress just now." Xiao Wu's mother was still thinking about it, but Xiao Wu suddenly turned around and left. "Hey, Xiao Wu, what are you doing in such a hurry?" She didn't hear her mother's call, she went out of the dressing room, and instead of going to the bathroom, she pushed open the door of the bridal shop. On the street in the early morning, there were still few people and vehicles, so she ran wildly on the main road without thinking about it. The wind whistled past her ears, her heart beat so fast and her breathing was unsteady, but she still ran forward with all her strength, desperately running as if fleeing from some scourge. I can hardly breathe. She stopped, bent over, and gasped for breath. She stared straight at the red bricks on the ground for a long time, and in an instant she understood what she was running away from—marriage, she didn't want to marry, she didn't want to marry Zhe Kai. God!She looked up, and found that she was standing on the busiest road in the city, and the crowd of people going to work gradually increased. Everyone was surprised to see her standing awkwardly on the street in a gorgeous dress. It's not every day you have a runaway bride!She smiled wryly. What now? If you want to go back, you have to say sorry to a lot of people, and most importantly, you have to apologize to Zhe Kai. There are so many things to do, but just thinking about them gives me a headache! She walked down the street dejectedly, dragging her heavy steps. While waiting for the red light, she stopped, and there was an electrical appliance store on the side. At this time, the entire video wall of the store was broadcasting news, and she heard a familiar deep voice—— "The company's new product has added several features." Xiao Wu's whole body shook, and she turned her head very, very slowly—— That face, that poker face that never melts. That was the picture of him being interviewed that day, and she saw it here and now. sky!Shocked and greedy, she took in every outline and every movement of him. She loved him, hopelessly in love with this cold-blooded man.She suddenly realized that this was the fact that she could never lie to herself, and his appearance at this time was like salvation. "Where is she?" Du Tianyu broke into Xiao Wu's house angrily, grabbed Gao Zhekai's tie, and asked angrily. He didn't notice that there wasn't the excitement and joy that a wedding event should have, but everyone was frowning; he didn't notice that, in fact, he couldn't see anything at all, and all he could think about was stopping this damn engagement ceremony. He even knocked her head unconscious and threw her into the car to take her home.Anyway, her brain is already stupid enough, this impact will not make her much stupider. The issue is…… "where is she?" "It's gone." Gao Zhekai's face was ashen. "She's gone." "What do you mean she's gone?" "She ran away. She ran away after putting on her makeup at the dress company. She hasn't come back or contacted her yet." Gao Zhekai looked like he was about to cry. Du Tianyu stared at him, and it took him a moment to understand what he said—she ran away. "Then what are you still doing here?" He suddenly shouted. "Why don't you go find her?" His aura was already very strong, and with such a roar, Gao Zhekai immediately shivered. "I...I can't go, my relatives are all here, and there are many things waiting for me..." "What could be more important than finding her? God knows what will happen to that stupid woman running into the street?" His roar made all the people silent, looking up at him in trepidation. This group of people who had been busy all morning like headless chickens were all overwhelmed by the aura of this strange man who broke in, and they naturally took him as their leader. "Which one is Xiao Wu's parents?" He frowned and shouted, and immediately a middle-aged couple raised their hands and stood up. "You guys know Xiao Wu, please list her possible places to go." "Oh! Yes." After Xiao Wu's parents finished making the list, Du Tianyu immediately assigned work. The man's relatives and friends were in charge of the top half of the list, and the woman's relatives and friends were in charge of the bottom half of the list. "Go and find them separately." He ordered. "Yes." The chaotic crowd immediately filed out of the little dancer's gate in an orderly manner, and began to find someone. "Don't go." Du Tianyu grabbed Gao Zhekai who was about to go out, and looked at him coldly. "You are in charge of coordinating here." "But, Xiao Wu, she..." "I will find her." After saying that, Du Tianyu left him and left. Where is she? It was almost midnight when Du Tianyu finally returned to his residence in Taipei. He was tired, anxious, angry, and worried. "Xiao Chen, you have worked hard today." He rubbed his sore neck and said to Xiao Chen. "Don't say that, Boss, I'm also very worried about Xiao Wu!" "Ok." The car approached his residence. "Maybe another trip tomorrow." "No problem, I'll pick you up at seven." "Okay." Du Tianyu closed his eyes, letting his tired eyes rest for a while. "Boss!" Xiao Shen exclaimed suddenly. "What?" "You...look, that...couldn't that be Xiao Wu!" There was a pale pink figure in front of the gate, the car stopped, Du Tianyu hurriedly opened the door and rushed over. really her? Her body was curled up into a small ball on the ground, her hands were holding her knees, and her little face that was originally buried on her knees was raised up, looking at him pitifully. "Tianyu..." He widened his eyes, joy, surprise, and relaxation, all kinds of emotions exploded in his chest, and finally turned into a stronger force. "What the hell are you doing here?" he growled angrily. "I'm waiting for you." She said it as a matter of course. "I'm not asking you this, I'm asking where you have been all day? Do you know how many people have been looking for you?" Xiao Wu flinched. "I ran away from the bridal shop without a dime on me, so I hitchhiked along the road until I got here." "You hitchhiked here from Taichung in this dress?" Du Tianyu was about to go crazy. "Do you have any brains? What if you meet a bad person? You...you really..." He was so angry that he couldn't continue, thinking of the whole day's anxiety and what might happen to her... "But I haven't met any bad people! Everyone is very enthusiastic." "Enough, shut up!" he shouted at her. "Xiao Shen, you go back first." Du Tianyu turned his head and said to the stunned Xiao Shen. "Oh... good." After Xiao Shen drove away, Du Tianyu opened the door. "Come in." He said to Xiao Wu. She tried to stand up, but she squatted for too long and her feet were numb. "Ah! It hurts." "Troublesome woman." He cursed lowly, bent down and hugged her whole body. Once inside, he carried her all the way upstairs to the bedroom and threw her on a chair. "Look at you, go in and take a shower!" he ordered. She was indeed in a mess, with smeared makeup, hair messed up, and a dress stained with dirt. Xiao Wu obediently entered the bathroom and took a shower. She came out half an hour later, wearing a large white bathrobe, her hair was wet and dripping on her shoulders. Du Tianyu also freshened up in another bathroom, and was sitting on the sofa, waiting for her to appear. "Okay, tell me now, why are you here?" Xiao Wu lowered her head, played with the tie of her bathrobe, swallowed nervously. "I...I don't want to get married, no...not...I don't want to marry Zhe Kai." "Why?" He asked seriously, his muscles tensed. "Because..." Xiao Wu took a deep breath and raised her eyes. "Because the one I love is you." He shook for a moment, but then his face sank. "What about that dream? Do you no longer believe in past lives?" Xiao Wu shook her head. "No, I like you. Maybe I loved another person in the previous life. I don't know, but I am sure that the person I love in this life is you." "Do you know that you are so willful and irresponsible!" He snapped. "Before you said that I was your lover in the previous life, you pestered me desperately, and later you said you made a mistake. Not only that, you promised to marry Gao Zhekai, but then ran away temporarily, do you know how much trouble this will cause everyone?" Every time he said a word, Xiao Wu's head lowered lower, until it almost touched her chest. "I'm sorry, I won't be confused anymore, from now on, I only like you, can you?" His jaw was set tight, and he said nothing. Xiao Wu's heart darkened. "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't like me." She spit out the words faintly. "I will still work as hard as before." She turned around dejectedly. "Where are you going?" His stiff voice sounded behind her. "I don't think you want to see me. I'll go to the living room and sleep well. I'll leave tomorrow morning." Does this stupid woman have to piss him off to be reconciled?Du Tianyu thought angrily. "I went to Taichung to find you this morning." He said roughly. "What did you say?" Xiao Wu turned her head and stared at him in astonishment. She is really stupid, damn it!Does he have to be so blunt? "I'm going to prevent you from getting engaged." Xiao Wu's lips parted slightly, she stood still, the world seemed to be spinning around her, and spinning again. "Why...why?" she heard herself ask blankly. His face was livid, but in the next moment, it turned red in embarrassment, and he rarely looked away. "Stupid! You still have to ask such a simple question." He muttered a curse. "Of course I'm going to look for you..." He couldn't say it, the words seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get down or get up. "Of course it is..." Xiao Wu asked tentatively. "What on earth do you want!" He became angry from embarrassment. "Do you have to make it clear? Okay! I said! I don't want you to marry someone else, I don't want you to go, why? Because I like you." After saying these words, he glared at her and gasped for breath, as if he had gone through a 100-meter race. "Oh……" "What 'oh'?" He looked fierce. "I said I like you, but you just said 'oh'!" I really wanted to strangle her on the spot. Xiao Wu was woken up by his roar, and her brain began to function. He said...he said he liked her, he liked her, her eyes lit up. "You like me! Really? You like me! Am I dreaming? Wow!" She screamed excitedly, rushing towards him, wrapping her hands tightly around his neck, screaming and laughing. She kept kissing his cheek, tears of joy flowed from her eyes, mixed in those hot and moist kisses. He reluctantly endured her enthusiasm. Falling in love was such a troublesome and stupid thing, was he going to spend the rest of his life with these meaningless conversations and this stupid woman? She finally stopped kissing and raised her head in his arms, her eyes full of undisguised love. His black eyes fixed on that small face, and slowly responded to her smile, flashing tender affection. Forget it, he thought a little decadently, just be stupid. Bowing his head, he kissed her. The ear-piercing ringtone of the mobile phone broke in at the most inappropriate time, and Du Tianyu reached out to pick it up from the table. His expression turned serious. "I found her, she's fine, she's at my house now." Xiao Wu looked at him with doubtful eyes. "Gao Zhekai." Du Tianyu said calmly, and handed the phone to Xiao Wu. "Talk to him!" He held her accountable for what he had done. Xiao Wu shrugged her shoulders and took the phone. "Xiao Wu, are you alright?" Zhe Kai's anxious voice deepened her sense of guilt. "Sorry." There was a long silence on the phone. "Sorry, what do you mean?" His voice was bitter. Xiao Wu took a deep breath. "The person I love is Tianyu, so I can't marry you, I'm sorry." There was another silence. "I see," he said, as if making up some sort of resolution. "Is that so?" Xiao Wu's tears flowed down. "You don't blame me? Don't you hate me? I did such an excessive thing." His tolerance made her blame herself even more. Gao Zhekai's worried and concerned voice came from the other end of the phone. "Xiao Wu, are you crying? Don't feel guilty about me. I said it was retribution. Maybe it was my retribution. I already had a hunch. You don't understand what I said, right? In fact, I have been I didn't tell you about the second half of that dream." "The second half?" Xiao Wu stopped her tears and asked suspiciously. "You dreamed about jumping off the cliff, but I didn't, I didn't jump, I flinched, at the last second, I chose to live, and watched my beloved woman fall off the cliff, I didn't do anything, I was a coward, I Not worthy of your love." After hanging up the phone, Xiao Wu couldn't reply from the shock for a long time. It turned out to be such entanglement, such involvement. Is there a past life or a present life?Is everything in front of me caused by the troubled fruit of the previous life? If so, what kind of relationship is she with Tian Yu? "What's the matter?" He embraced her, breathing softly into her ears. She shook her head, comfortably retracted into his arms, suddenly thought of something, and laughed in relief. No matter what the previous life is, she must cultivate the fate between him and her in this life. In the next life... In the next life, she will still find him.