What do you want in life

Chapter 31 Can the Oath of the Past Become Forever (10)
That company is in a neighboring city, about the same size as Nanxiang, and it was also the place where he initially planned to work after returning to China. Later, because Nanxiang's Mr. Zheng resigned, his parents didn't want him to leave J city for the time being, so they came here here.

When it comes to arranging a new job for Xiaoying, Shen Juncheng admits that he has made wishful thinking. Since Xiaoying doesn't plan to stay in Nanxiang anymore, he might as well go a little farther away, and wait for him to put the relationship between himself, Huang Yiyun and even his parents. After the group's troublesome entanglements are all sorted out, it would be more appropriate for Xiaoying to appear in the Shen family.

As for the meeting between the two of them, he can take time to drive there to see her every day - from J city to the neighboring city, it's only half an hour away by highway, not far at all.

But Xiaoying's answer completely disrupted his plan, "I want to find it myself."

It's not that she has high intentions, but that she doesn't want to lose her foothold in the new company one day because of her relationship with Shen Juncheng—maybe it's because of her pessimism and insecurity about the future for a long time, she doesn't like the relationship between the two of them. prospect.

Of course, Xiaoying couldn't say these words directly to Shen Juncheng. She found a way to get down, "My first job was done with the help of my aunt. This time, I want to try my ability. If... ..." She glanced back at him, smiled and said, "If I fail, it's not too late for you to recommend me."

Shen Juncheng has always been immune to her soft smile, even though the result did not satisfy him, he could not refuse Xiaoying's insistence.

After thinking for a while, he could only compromise helplessly, "In that case, well... I hope you can succeed." The latter sentence was somewhat against his will.

Xiaoying snuggled into his arms with a smile, thinking to herself that she would succeed no matter what.

Under the guidance of Guo Jia, who has more experience in job-hopping than her, Xiaoying found a new job without much trouble—to work as a clerical job in a logistics company. The salary was not much higher than that in Nanxiang, but she found a job independently. It was already very happy for her.

The news of Xiaoying's resignation was not announced until three days before she left. As expected, the news spread quickly in the company, and various discussions and speculations emerged endlessly, but it was meaningless to Xiaoying. Full of expectations for the new environment, I just want to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

After eating at the restaurant at noon, Xiaoying didn't want to go back to the warehouse immediately, even if she could make herself not care, but Gao Yan's black eyes made her look really uninterested.

On the path outside the factory area, she unexpectedly met Li Zhen, who was also wandering alone. When he saw Xiaoying, Li Zhen's originally gloomy expression immediately relaxed.

"I heard you're leaving?"

"Yeah." Xiaoying nodded to him and smiled again, "I also heard that you have been promoted to manager, I haven't had time to congratulate you!"

Li Zhen was a little embarrassed, but still smiled and said with a good temper: "Thank you."

It has only been a week since he became the manager, and countless people have congratulated him, Xiaoying is probably the latest one.

Thinking back carefully, Xiaoying found that she seemed to have not noticed his existence for a long time. For some reason, thinking about it this way made her feel a little guilty.

"Have you found a new job?" He looked at her intently.

Xiaoying told him a few words about the new company.

"If you change your job, you should finish accounting, right?" Li Zhen continued to ask with a smile.

"Of course." Xiaoying nodded heavily. In this company, probably only Li Zhen would notice her hard work and persistence.

Li Zhen looked at her with an indescribable meaning in his eyes, which suddenly made Xiaoying a little uneasy again.

From a distance, Xiaoying saw those young people in Li Zhen's department chasing after him. They used to make jokes about her and Li Zhen. As for how they would look at them now, Xiaoying couldn't figure it out, but she didn't want to embarrass each other, especially—she didn't want to embarrass Li Zhen, and was about to say hello and goodbye to Li Zhen, but he spoke before her.

"Do you have time tonight? I think..." Li Zhen took a deep breath. It was still difficult for him to propose this invitation. After all, he had been rejected once before, but he knew that once Xiaoying left Nanxiang Well, it won't be so easy for him to meet her again, so before she had time to react, he finished his request in one breath, "I want to treat you to dinner."

Xiaoying naturally didn't expect him to "attack" at the moment when she was most defenseless, and she was a little taken aback for a moment. After a few seconds of stunned, she instinctively wanted to refuse, but how to reject his enthusiasm? But she was a bit difficult, "I...you, what's the matter?" She was incoherent, and almost gave the other party a good opening sentence to lead to the following, which made her annoyed and embarrassed, and quickly added : "I'm afraid I don't have time, I'll be very busy recently, thank you..."

Li Zhen was not discouraged, and raised the corners of his mouth to smile slightly, with an innocent expression on his face, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that we work together, maybe there will be fewer chances to meet in the future, and I..." He paused, his eyes widened. His eyes turned gentle, "I've always wanted to treat you to a meal, and there's no reason... If you feel inconvenient, just..."

His retreat into advance made Xiaoying really embarrassed. She has such a temper since she was a child. She will always remember the kindness of others to her, and she is afraid that she will not be able to pay it back in the future. Li Zhen, it seems, is what she has owed since she was an adult. The most, though it wasn't her fault.

But facing Li Zhen who is so gentle and without a hint of domineering, it is indeed too difficult for Xiaoying to open her mouth to reject him.

It was just a meal, she relieved herself in her heart, and under Li Zhen's eyes full of expectation and a little bit of disappointment, she nodded mysteriously.

Li Zhen's eyes lit up at the moment she agreed, and Xiaoying's guilt was deepened by that joyful look. She gave him illusory hope, but could not give him the essence of happiness. She suddenly felt that she was a little cruel.

But in the face of Li Zhenhuan and his companions who seemed to be in front of him, it was impossible to take back what he said just now.

At 10:30 in the middle of the night, Shen Juncheng drove home.

After the G3 project was successfully released, he was busier than before. Fortunately, Li Zhen can help him.After getting along for more than three months, Shen Juncheng discovered Li Zhen's ability that had been neglected for a long time. He not only has excellent professional knowledge, but also is mature and doesn't panic when things happen.

Once he realized this, Shen Juncheng stopped doing everything himself, and simply delegated power to Li Zhen, letting him independently initiate the research and development tasks related to the G3 project.In this way, he himself can get out of this project and start other work.

Putting aside the relationship between superiors and subordinates, Shen Juncheng is very willing to be friends with Li Zhen in his heart, and if he has not fallen in love with Xiaoying, he will be happy to match the two of them. Unfortunately, feelings are not gifts that can be given, so he just I can hold a subtle apology to Li Zhen.

When he walked out of the office, Shen Juncheng wanted to stop by to see Xiaoying, but he gave up when he saw the time. He knew that she was used to going to bed early and didn't want to disturb her rest.

Half an hour later, when Shen Juncheng returned home, he was surprised to find that his mother, Wu Qiuyue, hadn't rested yet, and was sitting on the sofa with her coat on, flipping through a magazine.

"Mom, why haven't you slept yet?" He asked while taking off his coat.

According to the doctor's advice, Wu Qiuyue should go to bed before 09:30 at the latest.

Wu Qiuyue took off her reading glasses, raised her head and said directly: "I'm waiting for you."

"Wait for me? Do you have something to say to me?" Shen Juncheng's heart moved, and he sat down beside her with a smile still on his face.

Wu Qiuyue didn't speak, but stared at her son with majestic eyes. This is her usual method. Shen Juncheng understands that usually when she looks at herself with such eyes, it means that there will be a very troublesome matter following.

When he was young, he would feel guilty under such gazes, but as he grew older, his mother's tricks became less and less effective. There was no disturbance in his heart, but there was still some panic on his face. , otherwise the mother will be even more angry.

After comparing her eyes for a while, Wu Qiuyue was not in a hurry to get straight to the point, but asked first: "Are you hungry? I asked my aunt to stew the bird's nest, it's still hot..."

"Not hungry." Shen Juncheng pressed his mother who was about to get up, "Mom, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Wu Qiuyue looked at her son's calm eyes, feeling a little helpless.

Intuitively, she found that the distance between herself and her son was getting farther and farther. In the past, whatever he had in his heart, no matter whether it would make her angry or not, she would say it out loud.But when he came back after studying abroad for a few years, his whole person seemed to have changed. Not only did he talk less, but he was able to hide whatever he was thinking.For a while, she even regretted that she insisted on sending him out and away from her discipline.

Lost is lost, for Wu Qiuyue, she doesn't want to miss any of the things that should be involved, let alone this matter is no small matter now.

"You and Yiyun, what's going on?" Wu Qiuyue stretched her face and began to question, "I received a call from her mother, saying that you proposed to break up with her?"

Shen Juncheng's eyebrows twitched, it seemed that Huang Yiyun really made a move.

"There is such a thing." He calmly replied to his mother, "I did break up with Yiyun."

"Why?" Wu Qiuyue's blood surged suddenly, and she couldn't help raising her voice.

"Mom, you won't forget that I mentioned this matter to you a year ago. At that time, you advised me to think carefully, and get along with her for a while, and then decide whether it is suitable or not. Now I find that she and I are really serious. It's not suitable, and breaking up is also a natural thing."

"Stop coaxing me with these high-sounding words!" Wu Qiuyue flung out a few photos, and asked with a cold face, "You broke up because of the person in the photos, right?"

Shen Juncheng glanced at the objects on the coffee table, he understood, and said lightly: "This doesn't explain anything."

"What can't be explained?" Wu Qiuyue gritted her teeth, "You think I don't know who 'she' is?"

Shen Juncheng took a deep breath and remained silent. This was a knot in his heart that couldn't be wiped away. If it wasn't because of his mother's obstruction back then, Xiaoying would not have left him.

"You guys, you obviously haven't seen each other for eight years, why are you getting together again?" Wu Qiuyue sighed heartbroken when she saw her son lowered her head, thinking that he was speechless.

Shen Juncheng clasped his hands, his gaze wandered around the room for a few moments, and then turned back to his mother's face, "Is Yiyun ever looking for you?"

"She cried so much in front of me!" Wu Qiuyue couldn't stop her anger, "A child who is usually so strong, cries so sadly to me, you, where are you going to put your mother's face!"

Shen Juncheng leaned over to collect the photos, put them in his hands, and said to his mother in a gentle tone: "I have already decided on the matter between me and Yiyun, so don't force me anymore. As for the others," he looked down. Glancing at Xiaoying in the photo, "It's not the reason why I made this decision."

"Juncheng!" Wu Qiuyue shouted angrily, "I really don't understand, what do you like about Han? She looks good? There are many good-looking girls, even if you don't want Huang Yiyun, Mom also absolutely cannot agree to you marrying this girl in!"

Shen Juncheng still lowered his head, "Mom, this is my own business, I want to make my own decisions." Holding the photo, he stood up, "It's getting late, you have to pay attention to your body, go to rest early."

He turned to leave.

Wu Qiuyue felt cold in her heart. This is the son she had painstakingly cultivated. He looks humble on the outside, but he is full of resistance to her inside. He is not even interested in listening to her suggestions!

"I don't understand what kind of poison Han Xiaoying put on you? It made you miss her all these years." Wu Qiuyue said coldly but calmly behind him, "But I have some information about her here. , maybe you're interested in taking a look."

Shen Juncheng stopped in his tracks and turned around after a moment of pause. There was an extra file bag on the coffee table, the seal had been opened, and he was lying there quietly.

"Are you looking for someone to check her?" He stared at his mother in disbelief.

Wu Qiuyue didn't change her face, "What's the matter? Someone is trying to trick my son, shouldn't I even know her details?"

Anger gradually piled up on Shen Juncheng's face, but he endured it, walked over without saying a word, and picked up the file bag on the coffee table.

Wu Qiuyue thought that he wanted to watch it, so she snorted slightly complacently, and added: "If you still think Han Xiaoying is perfect after reading it, I have nothing to say."

Shen Juncheng didn't reach in to get the materials, "Sigh--" a few times, he tore up the materials together with the file bag.

"You—" Wu Qiuyue was startled and angry, she slapped the armrest of the sofa and stood up, the action was so sudden that she felt dizzy for a while.

Shen Juncheng shook off the broken piece in his hand, put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at his mother's eyes with unprecedented strangeness, he gave his mother a cold look, turned around and walked upstairs.

Wu Qiuyue calmed down, took a few steps forward, and yelled angrily at his back, "Her father got into a car accident with a woman outside, and her mother knocked her into a demented father and pushed her into the river to drown. Then commit suicide! Can a child born of these two psychopaths be okay? Also, have you forgotten how your grandma died! If it wasn't because of Han Xiaoying's dereliction of duty, could she have an accident? Han Xiaoying is a completely ominous person! Let me tell you, Shen Juncheng, as long as I, Wu Qiuyue, are still alive, she will never even think about stepping into the Shen family's door! You gave me this heart!"

There was the sound of the door closing heavily, and then everything fell into dead silence. The silence in the middle of the night made Wu Qiuyue feel extremely worried.

At about the same time, the taxi taken by Han Xiaoying arrived at the downstairs of the residence, and Li Zhen got out of the car with her.

Xiaoying stopped at the entrance of the building, and had to persuade Li Zhen, who still had no intention of stopping, to say, "It's getting late, you should go back quickly."

"Well, good." Li Zhen agreed, without turning back, "I'll watch you go upstairs before you go."

Xiaoying grinned helplessly, no longer intending to confront him, waved goodbye and hurriedly walked into the dark corridor.

Li Zhen watched her slim figure plunge into the darkness, as if his heart had been emptied, he couldn't help shouting, "Han Xiaoying!"

After a while, Xiaoying's face and figure appeared in front of him again, a little bewildered.

"I hope," Li Zhen licked his dry lips subconsciously, "if there is a third chance, you...wouldn't reject me again."

Tonight's meal, as Xiaoying expected, could not escape his second confession in the end, but no matter how impeccable Li Zhen's sincerity and how moving his attitude were, Xiaoying had already pretended too much in her heart. She was so full that she really couldn't accommodate the second person, so she could only regretfully reject him again.

Xiaoying could feel that Li Zhen's intentions for her were so deep, she was both moved and unbearable, so she took this opportunity to bluntly say, "Don't waste your time on me, you can find a girl who is more suitable for you than me. "

Perhaps Li Zhen had also expected such a result, so he didn't feel too frustrated, and in the process of talking slowly, the two seemed to have found some ways to get along other than the relationship between couples.

Xiaoying thought that they could end up as friends, but she never thought that Li Zhen would say such a thing at this time. It was difficult to argue for a while, so she had to smile at him helplessly and turned away.

After entering the house, when she quietly looked down from the balcony, she found that the taxi that brought her back was still parked by the side of the road, with its lights on brightly, quietly waiting for Li Zhen who had not yet returned to his seat.

Xiaoying sighed in her heart.

From the meeting in the afternoon to the dinner, and even to the moment of parting just now, from the beginning to the end, Li Chen's attitude towards her was the same as in the past, and he didn't ask any questions about the current scandal. In his eyes, She seems to be always the same as she was, and there is no difference between the present and the past.

Xiaoying felt grateful to him spontaneously in her heart, and with it, there was also a faint sense of sadness, which was indescribable.

On the first day when she went to work in the new company, Xiaoying was immediately infected by the warm and enthusiastic colleagues here, and her mood suddenly improved.

There are not many people in her department, including the manager. There are only three people in the company. The company is small, but there are many things. Just comfortable.

After hearing Xiaoying's praise, Guo Jia only gave one comment, "Whether it's a company or a department, the fewer people you have, the better you can lead. If you don't believe me, just wait and see, one day your company will grow stronger and your department will have more employees. Right and wrong will come naturally!"

But those are all things in the future, Xiaoying has no reason to worry about these unnecessary troubles.I just feel that everything is fine in the new company, the only inconvenience is that I can no longer see Shen Juncheng day and night.

When the two were in the same company before, of course they couldn't see each other all the time, but Shen Juncheng always had a way to create opportunities to meet her by chance, whether in the workshop, or in restaurants, or in public places, they couldn't talk properly, But as long as each other is aware of each other's existence, there will be a rippling sweetness in their hearts.

Shen Juncheng also complained to her several times because of this, he himself was too busy, and it was often late after get off work every day, even if he went to see her, he couldn't stay for long.

Although he loves Xiaoying deeply, he maintains a sense of proportion when interacting with her. He never spends the night at her house, and he never wants to take advantage of her until he can't promise her happiness.

However, it is by no means an easy task for a couple in love to really be in heat and stop reasoning.Most of the time, after kissing until he forgets his feelings, he can't help but want to get more from her.He could also feel that Xiaoying was hesitating between refusal and intolerance, and finally seemed to accept her, which made him calm down, and he had to try his best to restrain himself from crossing the threshold.

Even if Xiaoying is willing, he must give her full respect, and he must be worthy of her trust in him.

"Maybe we can get married earlier." After the passion calms down, he often hugs her and looks forward to the future.

(End of this chapter)