What do you want in life

Chapter 3 You entered my sky again (3)
Although he couldn't think of any help for this purely eating and drinking banquet, he was indescribably happy to see Xiaoying present.

Guo Jia glanced at Li Zhen, then at Xiaoying, leaned into Xiaoying's ear with a smirk on his face and asked, "Do you want me to change positions with Li Zhen, with him here, I will take care of you comfortably! "

Xiaoying reached out and pinched Guo Jia.

Boringly waiting for the banquet to start, there was a sudden commotion at the door. Xiaoying looked over from a distance, but saw Shen Juncheng and his assistant Cao Wenyu walking in accompanied by a tall and thin old man. Old, about 60 years old, but with a lot of gray hair, a pair of glasses on the bridge of the nose, both gentle and elegant, very imposing.As soon as he appeared, the people at the main table and several surrounding tables all stood up at the same time.

"Oh my God!" Guo Jia exclaimed in a low voice, "Could it be that the legendary Chairman Shen? Unexpectedly, he will come too!"

Unconsciously, Xiaoying wanted to take a closer look at Chairman Shen, but unfortunately he was surrounded by a group of people and had already taken his seat.

"Do you know Chairman Shen?" Xiaoying glanced at Guo Jia and asked in a low voice.

"Saw it in a magazine."

The surrounding guests were also whispering and discussing.

At this moment, a man who looked like a master of ceremonies walked up to the rostrum and said a few simple words, and the banquet officially began.

The speakers went up one after another, but the words they said were all the same. They were nothing more than thanking Mr. Zheng for his hard work over the years and wishing him a better future.Xiaoying, Guo Jia and the others watched and listened from a distance, feeling a little unreal as if they had nothing to do with them. Of course, the delicious food on the plate was genuine.

Shen Dong and Shen Juncheng also went up to say a few words one after another. The words were not long, but their attitudes were quite sincere, especially Shen Juncheng. I don't know if it was Xiaoying's illusion. Deeply hidden between the lines.

After careful comparison, Guo Jia secretly said to Xiaoying: "Mr. Shen is indeed Chairman Shen's son. The contours of their faces and jaws are very similar, but Shen always extracted the essence of his father. , the so-called 'Missing a tiny bit can make a thousand miles', Mr. Shen is so handsome, he should thank his mother."

Xiaoying laughed, "I didn't expect you to be quite accomplished in genetics."

"Hey, I'm so honored." Guo Jia winked her eyes triumphantly, "I just understand a little bit."

People went to toast at the main table one after another. For many people, this was a good opportunity to make an appearance, especially Mr. Shen, who seldom showed up in Nanxiang, also came to the scene today.Relatively speaking, the table Xiaoying and Guo Jia sat at was the most innocent, all technicians, just talking and laughing, keeping a respectful distance from workplace politics, and then their manager ran over and pulled a few eloquent people to support him. The next scene.

When Li Zhen came back, he said: "Boss Zheng seems to be drunk."

Guo Jia heard this, and immediately stretched her neck to look forward. Through the dense crowd, she saw Mr. Zheng's bright red face. Standing beside him was Chu Chu, with her pretty face stretched like a patron saint, and she pushed away a lamp. A glass of wine kept pouring over her, she was about to sever all ties with this company, so she didn't have to bear with anything, and just insisted on defending her former boss.

"Really!" Guo Jia murmured. For some reason, she noticed that the atmosphere at the main table was unusual. When she looked closely, Chairman Shen had already left.

"Hey, Boss Shen is drinking for Boss Zheng!" Guo Jia suddenly touched Xiaoying's elbow.

Xiaoying imitated her way of looking at the past, but unfortunately the angle she was sitting in was not very good, her eyesight was not as good as that of Guo Jia, and she refused to wear glasses, so all images were blurred.She quickly gave up and continued to tangle with an oyster with her head down.

Xifulai’s dishes are Cantonese-style, with a lot of seafood and light taste, but the cooking method is exquisite, which is very suitable for Xiaoying’s appetite. In the past, my uncle would occasionally take her out for a toothbrush when talking about business, and this Xifulai restaurant was the one I went to most. It happened several years ago, and she missed the taste here, which is why she had the audacity to accompany Guo Jia out.

With a sound of "哗啦", there was a sudden commotion from the main table, which caused the guests from all directions to cast their gazes there. I saw Mr. Zheng standing with his face flushed, his body getting wet for some reason, and Chu Chu was frowning to take After wiping him with a tissue, Mr. Zheng said something quickly with an agitated look on his face, but the people around him showed embarrassing expressions of being at a loss.

"Nothing happened, right?" Guo Jia opened his head and looked curiously.

Soon, Chu Chu and the other two supported Mr. Zheng and walked towards the door. As Mr. Zheng walked, he seemed to be struggling to push away a certain manager who was supporting him on his right hand.

The turmoil subsided quickly, but Xiaoying faintly sensed some strange aura turbulent in the air. She has always been very sensitive, no matter to people or things. Fortunately, the abnormality here has little to do with her.

After the fruit was served, the banquet was almost coming to an end, and people left one after another, most of them returned to the company to continue their duties.

"When are we leaving?" Xiaoying tugged at Guo Jia who was eating a pineapple.

Guo Jia glanced at his watch, his mouth was full and his speech was slurred, "It's almost there, I'll be leaving later."

At this time, her cell phone rang suddenly, and Guo Jia's hands were covered with fruit juice, she frantically rubbed it on the wet wipes a few times, and quickly turned it out to answer.

Xiaoying only heard her grunt and haha ​​strike up a conversation, sometimes surprised, sometimes understanding, and didn't know who she was talking to.She wiped her lips with a tissue, cleaned up, and planned to urge her to leave after Guo Jia finished answering the phone.

Li Zhen sat on her right hand side, and glanced at her from time to time, Xiaoying could perceive the hesitant expression in his peripheral vision, she guessed that he must want to send her back, but she didn't want to.

She feels that since she has rejected others, it is better to draw a clear line as much as possible, and the ambiguous and vague permission will only make the other party more addicted.Li Zhen didn't seem to understand this truth. He was used to being Xiaoying's shadow flower protector.As everyone knows, this way, Xiaoying's pressure is even greater.

After Guo Jia answered the phone, before Xiaoying could speak, she said, "Chuchu asked me to go over and do a favor. Boss Zheng is drunk, so I want to take him home."

Xiaoying was stunned, "Why don't you look for someone else? Do you have to?"

Guo Jia shrugged, "Chu Chu said that Mr. Zheng is in a very unstable mood now, and he doesn't trust anyone, especially the managers. Alas, I don't understand it either! But since Chu Chu has spoken, she can't stand by. I didn't say anything." That's right, we're here to help."

"Then I'll go with you." Xiaoying blinked and said.

Guo Jia looked her thin figure up and down, and said with a smile, "You? Let's pull it down."

Xiaoying knew that she was making fun of her being thin, and bit her lip a little unhappy. When Guo Jia got up, she patted her on the shoulder again, and said unquestionably: "Okay, don't worry about it, go back by yourself after eating." !"

As soon as Guo Jia left, Xiaoying felt that Li Zhen was looking at her more diligently. She felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, knowing that Li Zhen would definitely offer to send her off if she said to leave, but she had no reason to refuse him. When he was in the company, he approached It's okay for me to say, but on the way back, the two of them are facing each other alone, how awkward!
She had no choice but to pull away and continue to eat, and all the previous efforts to clean up were wasted.

After finally getting to their table, someone called Li Zhen to go with her. Xiaoying nervously lowered her head, pretending to be engrossed in eating a piece of baked taro cake.Li Zhen stood up reluctantly, took a deep look at her, didn't say anything after all, just greeted her lightly, and left.

Xiaoying put down the taro cake in her hand with a sigh of relief, and let out a long breath. She planned to stay for another 5 minutes and go back when Li Zhen was gone.

During these 5 minutes, she looked around the increasingly sparsely populated banquet hall from time to time. Interestingly, none of the people at the main table left except Mr. Zheng and Chu Chu, and they were still chatting lively.

5 minutes passed in a flash.Xiaoying finally picked up the wet towel and wiped her mouth and hands, and was about to leave the table when her phone rang unexpectedly.

It was Guo Jia who called, "Xiaoying, you haven't left yet, have you?"

"No! Let's go now."

"Wait a minute." Guo Jia stopped her eagerly, and within two seconds, another voice came from the receiver, it was Gao Chuchu.

"Han Xiaoying, can you do me a favor?"

"Okay, tell me." Xiaoying was a little surprised, but also a little happy, she didn't want to be a free eater.

"Pay the bill for me." Chu Chu said, "I was in a hurry just now and forgot to pay the bill."

"This..." Xiaoying felt embarrassed, "I don't seem to have that much money with me."

Ten tables of banquets, no matter what, cost tens of thousands.

"You don't need cash, you can just swipe your card!" Chu Chu Yang said, and suddenly realized something, "You don't have a credit card, do you?"

"No." Xiaoying felt that she must be blushing, "I haven't done it yet."

Guo Jia had mentioned it to her before, but she didn't think it was necessary. She didn't make a lot of money, and she didn't spend it recklessly.

"Oh! This is really troublesome." Chuchu's annoyed voice came over, making Xiaoying feel very sorry. It's not that she didn't want to help, but she was indeed powerless.

"Otherwise, I'll find a way to find someone to borrow some." She quickly thought that her aunt Liu Juan lived in this area, but it didn't matter whether she was at home or not, and she couldn't be sure that she could borrow some.

"No need." Chu Chu simply interrupted her plan, pondered for a while and said, "That's all right, you go to Cao Wenyu, President Shen's assistant, and let him settle the bill."

"Hey, good." Xiaoying quickly agreed.

After the disconnection, she came to her senses. Chu Chu could have called Cao Wenyu by herself. Naturally, Cao Wenyu had no reason to sit idly by and ignore him. She probably had some troubles in her heart. .

Not allowing her to think too much, Xiaoying hurried to the main table, if they all withdraw suddenly, wouldn't it be more troublesome.

As they got closer, the chattering voices at the main table gradually became clearer. Regardless of men and women, the same soft compliments poured into Shen Juncheng's ears. Mr. Zheng, who was under the care of Guo Jia, also had a famous sentence that Jiang Fang said with emotion not long ago, because he only saw the newcomers laugh, but never heard the old ones cry.

Shen Juncheng kept silent, listening to the compliments from all directions with a smile on his face, as if it had nothing to do with him. For some reason, Xiaoying felt that his smile looked a bit lonely.The originally handsome and fair face was now rosy without any concealment, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot.

He seemed to have suddenly discovered Xiaoying who was walking towards them. At that moment, his eyes were gentle and startled, which made Xiaoying feel dizzy for a short time.

But she quickly stabilized herself, walked quickly to Cao Wenyu who was sitting next to Shen Juncheng's attack, and explained Chu Chu's meaning in a low voice.

Cao Wenyu didn't say anything else, nodded in agreement, and didn't forget to say "Thank you!"

After the mission was completed, Xiaoying walked out of the banquet hall and turned to the bathroom. She felt that her face was unbearably hot, as if she had a fever, and she needed to cool it down.

Standing still by the sink, she turned on the faucet, splashed some cold tap water on her face with both hands, her whole body shivered from the stimulation, she sniffed hard, and felt much more comfortable now.

The self in the mirror has clear eyebrows and clear eyes, and the stars in the eyes are twinkling, are they bewildered or throbbing?
Every time she saw Shen Juncheng, a strong uneasiness would surge in her heart.His eyes were very quiet when he looked at her, but for some reason, she could clearly feel a thrilling aura in it.

She looked at herself in the mirror, crystal drops of water dripped down from her cheeks one by one, moistening a few strands of hair hanging down, she raised her hand, carefully put them aside, suddenly smiled, Her charming and treacherous expression was completely different from her usual one.

It's just that that smile is like a ripple of memory from a long time ago, which is fleeting.

Everything returned to tranquility, and she returned to reality.

He wiped his wet face with a tissue, but a figure appeared behind him for no reason, staring at Xiaoying in the mirror with piercing eyes.

She was taken aback, and when she saw that it was Shen Juncheng, she didn't know what to say, so she smiled politely at him, who was also in the mirror, with a very reserved smile, and didn't call him, he She didn't have a follower by her side, and she didn't want to be too enthusiastic about him.

Shen Juncheng's face was flushed after drunkenness, and his eyes were fixed on her persistently. There was a ferocious savage air burning in his eyes, as if he was meeting an enemy. These eyes fixed Xiaoying in place for a moment. , neither to leave nor to stay.

She was searching for something to say, when Shen Juncheng in the mirror suddenly changed his expression, as if he was very excited, his eyes also popped out, and he puffed out his cheeks as if he wanted to express to her fiercely.

Xiaoying panicked all of a sudden, and suddenly turned around to run away. Before she could move away, Shen Juncheng rushed into the bathroom with his hands on his mouth. After a while, heart-piercing vomiting sounds came from inside Come.

Xiaoying leaned back against the edge of the pool table, propped her hands against the cold table, her beating heart slowly calmed down, and she laughed dumbfounded at her momentary panic.

Just as she was about to lift her feet to leave, her eyes involuntarily glanced at the open men's bathroom. The sound of vomiting inside was no longer as violent as it was at the beginning, and occasionally there were a few weak moans, which made her feel unbearable and wondered if she should Go find someone to take a look at.

Walking out of the bathroom, Xiaoying had just taken a few steps in the corridor when she saw Cao Wenyu rushing over. As soon as she saw her, she immediately stopped her and questioned her anxiously, "Did you see Mr. Shen?"

"He's in the bathroom." Xiaoying replied, "It seems that he is quite drunk."

"Okay, thank you!" Cao Wenyu said on his lips, and he had already brushed past her.

Xiaoying walked forward slowly, and couldn't help but turn her head to look in the direction of the bathroom. At this moment, there was no one there, and it was as quiet as a ghost.

That night, Xiaoying had a dream.

There was misty blue smoke lingering in the dream, she was squatting in a dark and damp corner, twisting a cigarette between her fingers, the white and slender body of the smoke was as enchanting as the rising blue mist.

When she smelled the familiar and choking smell of smoke, she coughed a few times like a conditioned reflex.

She was not alone, there was a teenager sitting beside her, his face was murky, but his voice was somewhat familiar, he seemed to be smiling, that suppressed muffled laugh, "Have you smoked for a long time?"

"Yes!" She replied, her tone was melancholy, and she turned her head away at the same time.

She wanted to see his appearance clearly. In her consciousness, she should be very familiar with him, as trustworthy and dependable as an old friend, but the absurd thing was that she didn't know who he was.She tried hard to match his face with someone in reality, but it was always unsuccessful.

He added: "Smokers are not good kids."

"Yeah." She replied with a smile, "So I quit smoking for a long time."

"Do you want to be a good boy?" He asked slowly, still smiling.

Suddenly, the smoke around her was swept away like a veil, and she was surprised to see the sun shining down from their heads.

She turned her face again—she saw that person clearly, and a certain part of her heart seemed to be opened by someone. It suddenly became clear, and she couldn't help but want to open her mouth to call out, but in an instant, she woke up.

The sunlight in the room was projected warmly on her bed, like a soft quilt.Her mouth was dry and thirsty.

Lifting the quilt, she got out of bed and poured some water to drink.Recalling the scene in the dream just now, I feel a little unbelievable. Could it be that her addiction to cigarettes has revived and caused trouble in the dream?
There was a time, probably at the beginning of the second year of high school, when she was crazy about smoking.

After school, find a corner where there is no one, and you can smoke half a pack in a row, then go to the tap of the public toilet to rinse your mouth desperately, until the smell of cigarettes in your mouth fades, and then walk home slowly in the twilight .

Uncles and aunts are too busy to take care of themselves, so of course they can't detect her abnormality, but Xiaoyu, the younger brother who gets along with her day and night, can always find the unpleasant taste in her mouth, and ask again and again, he is two years younger than her , At that time, I was in the third grade of junior high school, and I had a strong curiosity.

Of course she kept silent, and was annoyed by the questioning, so she turned her face and ignored him, locked the door on her own, and hid in the room to read novels.Xiaoyu is most afraid of her coming to this trick. In this empty home, he is also very lonely, and there are not one or two people who can talk to him.

Fortunately, her addiction to cigarettes was only for a short period of time, and she gradually ceased to be involved. It seemed that she had an illness, and smoking was a good way for her to heal it.

It's already nine o'clock, today is a day off, she doesn't have to go to work, so the alarm clock didn't go off.

When the phone was turned on, I found a text message from my aunt Liu Juan, asking if Xiaoyu had contacted her recently.She thought about it, and sent back a message, "No, I'll call him later."

My aunt quickly returned, "Okay, thank you."

Putting down her phone, she went to the bathroom to wash up.

The house she rented was very small, more than 40 square meters, but it was enough for her to live alone. The kitchen, sanitation and other facilities were all available. She moved here for three years and has always been very satisfied.She doesn't like a house that is too big, like her uncle's house, the bigger the house, the more empty it feels, and being in it, it seems that even the whole heart is empty.

Uncle and aunt have been here respectively, and they both feel dissatisfied with it. They think it is too small, too old, and it is not convenient to go to the city center.

In my conscience, although my uncle and aunt have been at odds for so many years, it is still acceptable to her, especially my uncle, as long as she mentions material things, he is always willing to satisfy her, even though she has always been very self-aware and seldom reveals to others. Make a request.

After her aunt got divorced, she no longer had to worry about competing for promotion all day long in the nursing home. She used the breakup fee to open a beauty salon, and the business grew bigger and bigger, and she turned into a veritable proprietress.However, she has more business acumen than her uncle, Xiaoying has always been aware of this.

(End of this chapter)