Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty Two

Meng Heping came early, he has the habit of getting up early, dealt with a few emails, and then called the secretary.After everything was done, he drove over from the hotel. The living room was quiet, only Aunt Li was busy in the dining room, saw him smiling and said, "Both Dongzi and Xizi haven't woken up yet." She asked him, "Have you had breakfast yet?" The breakfast on the table was very rich. He took a sandwich and walked out the back door to go to the greenhouse to see the orchids. He didn't expect to meet Jia Qi in the back porch. She squatted there and was bathing Oracle. It was rare for that dog to be so obedient. She stood there motionless, but her body was covered in foam, and her wet fur was all stuck to her body. She was used to seeing this dog's majestic appearance, but it suddenly became Skinny, so thin that every rib is distinct, it's as funny as it gets.

With a focused look, she took the shower and pointed it at the dog, still coaxing: "Xiao Jia, you'll be fine soon." Water leaked from between her white and soft fingers and sprinkled on the dog. She washed and combed it with a special comb, but Oracle had brown eyes and a melancholy expression, baring her white fangs, as if afraid of water. He stood there watching, but couldn't move his feet. Jiaqi heard footsteps, thought it was Ruan Zhengdong, and said without turning her head: "The big slob is counted, my dog ​​doesn't care - give me the big towel." He saw the large towel on the rack and handed it to her.

She took it and wrapped it around the oracle bone script. After a few seconds, she suddenly turned her face again. Seeing him, she lowered her head hastily, and silently wiped the dog's fur. She has lost a lot of weight, maybe because of the cold, her face looks a little pale, and there are faint bruises under her eye circles. If she doesn't sleep well, she will have dark circles. I don't get enough sleep, sometimes I can lean against him to take a nap on the subway, and he always calls her little pig.Every time she called her little pig, she would pull his ears: "Big pig! Big pig!"

Oracle barked at him twice, he didn't know that the sandwich in his hand was crushed, and the crumbs scattered all over the floor. He finally turned and walked away. It was only then that Jiaqi realized that her hand was shaking. The hand holding the hair dryer was shaking all the time, and the blowing made all the long hairs on Oracle's body stand on end, making a fluffy mess. She turned off the hair dryer, turned it on again after a while, and continued to dry the oracle bone inscription. The hair dryer hummed, making a numb and monotonous sound, while she numbly combed the dog's long hair. I don't know how long it took. The footsteps came back.

She squatted there without moving or speaking. He said, "I propose to Jiangxi." After a long pause, he added, "Maybe we will go abroad to have a wedding, or maybe we won't have a wedding at all. It's better for everyone." The hair dryer was buzzing, and it was too close, and a little hot wind was blowing on her face. She hugged the oracle bone script and brushed it over and over again, concentrating on it, as if only in this way could she have nothing else to do. He stood in the center of the stage and raised his voice so that she could hear him: "I still have many, many advantages."

"I know I know," she said, and couldn't help laughing. He raised his voice again and asked, "Jiaqi, will you marry me?" She will never forget it in this life, and she will never forget that small auditorium. She stood in the darkness like a sea of ​​ink below the stage, and the beautiful melody of the piano seemed to be echoing in her ears. In the center of the light source, the eyebrows and eyes are clear and distinct, and every outline on the face is so clear and distinct.Under the bright chasing lights, everything is so clear that it seems unreal.Even his whole body is unreal like a dream, everything is like a dream, as beautiful as a dream is unreal.

He asked her: "Jiaqi, are you willing to marry me?" Everything was like a dream, so beautiful that it was unreal. Oracle licked the back of her hand, with a hot tongue, she lowered her head, and heard her own voice, soft and almost inaudible: "I see. Thank you." He's gone at last. She hugged the oracle bone inscription and squatted there, her feet were numb, but she couldn't move.Oracle arched her, struggling to get its head out from between her arms, its nose was wet and cool, touching her face, sticking out its tongue to lick her. She heard herself muttering: "Xiao Jia, be good, don't go away."

After a pause, he still said, "Don't go." Oracle licked her face. rub against her. She buried her face in Oracle's fluffy fur, its fluffy long hair stuck to her face, itchy, hot, and gradually oozing out, she just wanted to hug it slowly, silently and in vain. It whimpered, and its head came out of her arms again, rubbing against her face. Her voice was so small that she could hardly hear herself: "Don't go." She didn't know how long she stayed there until Ruan Zhengdong came to look for her and saw her from a distance: "Jiaqi." She stood up and smiled at him.

She walked with him in the garden, and Oracle followed them step by step.In the past, they always had a lot to say when they were together, but today they are both silent. Finally, he said: "Today I called the old man and told about our business." She looked at him. "He doesn't agree with us being together. I can't persuade him. The old man has not been in good health for the past two years. He has too many things to worry about. I don't want to make him angry anymore." He turned his face away deceiving himself, "Jiaqi, let's go." After a while, she said: "Okay, I will leave this afternoon."

He stood there, his body seemed a little stiff.The oracle bone script wrapped around his feet, its fluffy body rubbing against him, but he remained motionless. "I'll go back and explain all the things at hand to the company, then resign, and come back to be with you wholeheartedly. No matter how long I can be with you, no matter who agrees with us or not. But don't always make such and such excuses, think Let me leave you." After an unknown amount of time, he finally smiled: "Sometimes you really have a kind of lonely courage." It's better to say that she is stupid.

But she is so stupid, if she decides, she will never return. She called back to the company, took the initiative to explain that she could not go to work in a short period of time, and asked to resign.The company has always been full of carrots and pits, and the manpower is very tight. She has been away for a few days, and her colleagues in the group have already suffered a lot. She took the flight back to go through formalities, and told Ruan Zhengdong before leaving: "I will be back in two or three days at most, you have to take care of yourself." He said: "I'm not a child." As if dissatisfied. She tiptoed and kissed him: "Wait for me to come back." Beijing is of course colder than Shanghai, two weeks away seems to have been away for half a century. As soon as Zhou Jingan met, she gave her a big bear hug, and then scolded: "I didn't even make a phone call. I thought you were really kidnapped." She asked back, "Then why didn't you call me?" Zhou Jing'an "cut": "Do I dare? The whole company has rumored that you eloped with someone's son. Since it is an elopement, why should I bother you so ignorantly?" She smiled: "If I really want to elope with someone, I will tell you in advance." When Zhou Jingan heard that she was going to resign, she didn't take it seriously: "Why did you resign? I heard that the boss and the human resources department have explained it to you, saying that it is a long vacation for you, and the salary is not bad for you." She said: "I don't want to take advantage of this. The company is already short of manpower, so why bother." Zhou Jing'an said to her: "You're a deadhead, you've never taken a big vacation for so many years, and you have worked hard for the company even if you don't have credit. Besides, the boss has spoken, you just need to push the boat along." Jiaqi said: "I hope to be with him wholeheartedly." Zhou Jing'an shook her head straight: "Fool, I've never seen you so stupid. No wonder Xu Shifeng said you have an elm head, you are more than elm, you are simply rotten wood, there is no cure." Jiaqi laughed at first, then suddenly came back to his senses: "Huh, Xu Shifeng? Don't you hate him the most?" Zhou Jing'an acted nonchalantly: "Oh, two days ago I had a friend who was going to file a lawsuit. I accompanied him to his place for consultation, so I chatted a few words with him." Jiaqi looked up at the ceiling: "Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. Tell me, take the initiative to explain the problem, and I will let you go." Zhou Jing'an sneered: "Who will have anything to do with him if he doesn't explain what?" Jiaqi didn't believe it, but seeing her upright face, she just smiled and didn't ask any more questions. She explained everything to her colleagues carefully, including the clients she had dealt with over the years, as well as all relevant information. It took two days to get everything done. Colleagues all thought she was getting married so they resigned, clamoring for sweets, but in the end it was Vice President Xie Xiaohe who came forward and invited colleagues to farewell for her. Xie Xiaohe was originally the manager of Jiaqi's department, and was later promoted to vice president.Back then, she was recruiting to join the company during the good season, and the work has always been effective during the good time, Mr. Xie was very reluctant to part with her. The dinner party was very lively, there were too many people, so two tables were opened in a large private room, Xie Xiaohe picked up the wine glass and said: "Our goal is..." A colleague immediately said: "There is no tooth decay." Everyone burst into laughter, Xie Xiaohe also laughed: "Actually, our goal tonight is to get drunk and have a good time. Over the years, we have never achieved this goal. We must make the last effort tonight, otherwise there will be no chance in the future." Colleagues burst into laughter, and then really took turns to toast Jiaqi. Jiaqi felt very moved. Although she had worked very hard in the company for several years, there were joys and sorrows.Colleagues not only get along day and night, but have always been partners who support and help each other. Once they leave, it is really sad. The partners in the same group came to clink glasses with her and said, "Jiaqi, I wish you happiness forever in the future. Also, don't forget us when you are happy." She said repeatedly: "I will never forget, I will never forget." Usually I didn't think so, but when I left, I found out that my colleagues are actually very sincere. In the end, even "Brother Jin" came to toast her: "Jiaqi, I hope you are doing well in the future." Then there was no other nonsense, and he just drank the wine with his neck up. Jiaqi was flattered and drank the wine quickly. After Guo Jin went back to their table, Zhou Jing'an quietly told Jiaqi: "Brother Jin met a girlfriend recently, and I heard that she treats him very well, and treats his son very well. He is in a relationship with all his heart. You see , he even speaks much more neatly." Smile on a good day, love is the best medicine, it can soothe even a broken heart. Jiaqi drank a lot of wine that night, but Mr. Xie failed to achieve her goal after all.In the end, it was Xie Xiaohe and Zhou Jingan who both drank too much, and they grabbed the microphone and sang "Peach Blossoms Blooming" together. When they were making a fuss, Jiaqi received a call from Ruan Zhengdong. He smiled and said, "You sound so lively over there." She went to the outside of the box to make a phone call, and told him: "They all thought I was resigning to get married, so they all said I should bring you to meet everyone, and said that I couldn't ask you to just abduct me like this. " Ruan Zhengdong said with a smile: "Then when we get married, invite them all and let them give us big red envelopes." Jiaqi said: "I'm going back tomorrow, do you want me to bring you anything?" He just laughed: "Just bring yourself back." Played late that day. It was only after I came out that I realized that it was snowing. The heavy snow was falling like flying flakes, and under the street lamps, countless rapid snow flakes were flying randomly. The black asphalt road not far away, the isolated green belt in the middle of the road, and the roofs of the buildings in the distance were all completely white. It's not easy to take a taxi on a snowy night. Although Xie Xiaohe was drunk, he still remembered to arrange for a colleague who had a car to take Jiaqi home.Jiaqi drank a lot of wine, slightly drunk, got out of the car to say goodbye to her colleagues, and then walked towards the apartment building. The cold snowflakes fell on her face. Her cheeks were hot, but she didn't feel cold.As she was walking, she was thinking about packing her luggage, her mind was in a mess, the phone rang suddenly, she just got it out of her handbag, but hung up again. She opened the slide and saw the number clearly. A fluffy snowflake fell on the screen of the phone, and then, the second, and the third... The hot air from her exhalation melted the snow, and the water droplets slid down the screen of the phone. The string of Arabic numerals seemed to be different. Obviously, she never saved this number in the phone book. But after he played for the first time, she already remembered. After hesitating for a long time, I dialed back. The familiar bell suddenly rang not far away, and she stood there, the snow kept falling, and the sky and the earth were completely white. How come here? when did he come back? Finally turned around. Meng Heping was standing not far from her, and separated by the dense snow curtain, both of them felt that the other was very far away and out of reach. Finally, he said, "Go get a cup of coffee, will you?" She knew that he just wanted to find a place to talk, but now, what else is there to say? He didn't come by car, and the two walked to a nearby cafe. The cafe was almost closing, and there were only the two of them as customers, and the lights and music were faint, if there was nothing there. The cup of coffee in front of him remained untouched, perhaps because he only drank plain water now. And she sipped her glass of Blue Mountain. She didn't drink coffee in the past, and he looked at her a little sadly. Many things have changed and cannot be undone.And the long river of time engulfs them, and they can only go forward with the current. "I have a flight to New York tomorrow morning." She asked, "With Xizi?" He said: "I'll go first, Xizi may come later." He seemed to be explaining, "There are some trivial matters, I have to go and deal with them first." She said, "I'm going back to Shanghai tomorrow afternoon, how about I drop you off, what time is the plane?" He told her the flight number, but said: "No need to see me off, I just came to say goodbye to you." After a long time, he said again: "Jiaqi, take care of Dongzi." "I will," she said, adding, "You take care of yourself, too." He nodded. He sent her back to the apartment, and the two of them walked back, separated by about half a meter, in silence.It was already late at night, and it was snowing again. There were only occasional cars passing by, and there were no other pedestrians on the road, only them. Jiaqi was a few steps behind, he slowed down and waited for her.Suddenly I remembered the most classic and unforgettable scenes in the TV series "Shanghai Beach" I watched when I was a child.At that time, he followed Xu Wenqiang, who was full of vigor, and didn't pay much attention to Feng Chengcheng, who was weak and beautiful.But at such a young age, I still remember that encounter in the snow. She was the woman who admired him wholeheartedly, and he was also the man who admired her wholeheartedly.The two walked side by side silently in Luoxue, Xu Wenqiang wearing a white scarf was handsome, leaning over and smiling, while his Cheng Cheng also had bright eyes and white teeth, gentle and charming, a so-called perfect couple. I used to think that it would last forever, and I used to think that it was the love between two people who would live together forever. Unexpectedly, the family will hate the father and the father, and there will be many grievances and grievances. Watching her marry someone else. Only at last, with his last breath, could he say: "I'm going to France." Just because his schedule is in France. And the waves run, the wandering, the thousands of miles of rivers are surging, everything is different. She finally followed, her footsteps were light and shallow, like snowflakes, landing almost silently.A white snow fell on his eyelashes, fluffy, everything in front of him was blurred, the whole world seemed to be blurred. No matter how slow he walked, he could only send her downstairs. "Goodbye." She stood up and said to him. "goodbye." He watched her go in, and her figure melted into the warm light of the apartment hall, gradually blurred her outline, and finally disappeared. He stood there for a long, long time, until he saw the upstairs window, and the light that belonged to her went out. The street lamps were dimly on, and the snow fell more and more heavily, falling on his face and body.His hand was always in his coat pocket, holding something. He withdrew his hand, and the tortoiseshell hairpin exuded a dark luster under the street lamp. When she left him, she took almost nothing with her. But now that he wanted to leave her, he couldn't take anything with him. He bent down, put the tortoiseshell hairpin upright on the white snow, and stroked its soft curved surface with his fingers for the last time. Reluctant, but had to give up. He has kept this hairpin for so many years, but he never had the chance to return it to her after all. He stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake. The exquisite hexagonal ice flower instantly melted into the palm of his hand, turning into a small drop of water, slightly cool. The snow on the ground was getting thicker and thicker, and the wind blew the snow onto his face. He squatted down, and with his fingers, slowly crossed the snow surface horizontally and vertically, and wrote three words. The snow kept falling, one after another, he stood up, and stood there quietly, looking at the three words, countless snowflakes fell, the three words gradually disappeared, gradually blurred, the handwriting faded, and finally finally blurred illegible.