Fallen
Chapter 3 Undercurrent
Chapter 3 Undercurrent
Just after the beginning of winter, the weather suddenly turned cold, especially in the morning, when the temperature was as low as four or five degrees Celsius.
In the tea room of Maixin Company, Xia Xia, who was still wearing a thin coat, was rubbing her hands while taking a teacup to catch water from the water dispenser. As the water vapor rose, she felt an illusory warmth.
A few boys from the technical department walked and chatted, and came in lively.
Seeing Xia Xia, Xiong Wen called out first: "Hey, Xia Xia! Tell Mr. Ye quickly whether the central air conditioner can be turned on! This kind of hard work will make your fingers freeze off!"
"It's not that exaggerated." Xia Xia sniffed, "I feel warmer when the temperature rises in an hour. The weather in autumn is like this, and it will be colder in the morning and evening."
"You young people really can't bear the hardships!" Feng Yuanzhe appeared at the door, "This temperature is calling for heating. I really don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt!"
Xiong Wen stuck out his tongue and whispered to his companion: "Old Feng is here to rely on the old and sell the old again!"
"Manager Feng," another young man surnamed Zhang deliberately teased him, "Don't you feel cold at all after Miss Qiu leaves?"
Feng Yuanzhe said sullenly: "Although Director Qiu doesn't care about the company's specific affairs, he is our honorary director of Maixin after all, and he is also your indirect leader. Don't make fun of him!"
"I heard," another person interjected, "Miss Qiu has opened a shop, isn't she, Xia Xia?"
Xia Xia nodded, it's not a secret.
"Is that the money paid by Mr. Ye?"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "Stop guessing, and go about your own business."
She went out with a teacup, and heard Feng Yuanzhe lecturing those people behind her: "You have to learn from Xia Xia, see how sensible this little girl is..."
Xia Xia couldn't help laughing secretly, who didn't know that a lot of gossip about the company leaked from Feng Yuanzhe's mouth.The reason why Ye Yinfeng treated him favorably was because he had borrowed a large amount of money at the most difficult time of the company, which helped Maixin to tide over the difficulties.
Back at her seat, Xia Xia found that Ye Yinfeng had left her a note, asking her to copy a few documents and send them to the meeting room.Xia Xia hurriedly put down the teacup and opened it.
Compared with the bleak outdoors, the air-conditioned conference room was as warm as spring.
Ye Yinfeng only wore a white shirt, put his left hand in his trouser pocket, held a laser pointer in his right hand, and gestured various information in front of the projection screen. The concise PPT document listed four or five customer information.He introduced to the participants in an orderly manner, and his calm appearance looked very charming in Xia Xia's eyes.
"We are relatively sure about the orders of Yongxin and Wenda. I have confirmed with Lao Cui that we must get these two projects. As for Jinhua, the people from Qunxin have put a lot of effort into it. Hua’s Mr. Wang is very strict, we may not be able to find a gap to sneak in, but it depends on human effort, as long as we have the heart, there will always be opportunities.”
Ye Yinfeng cast his eyes on a young man with pimples on his face: "Xiao Zheng, you are a newcomer, you can just take this event to practice your hands, and you can win the best. If you can't, Cui will not blame you. If there is any problem If you have any questions, you must communicate with your boss, this is a good learning opportunity."
Xiao Zheng felt a little excited about the kind care from the general manager, and nodded frequently, with a look of enthusiasm and anxiety.
Ye Yinfeng smiled encouragingly at him, and then slid the laser pointer to the name of a company that was highlighted.
"Jiangrun Group must be familiar to everyone. When they had a pilot project at the beginning of the year, Lao Cui and I also fought for it, but the technical parameters they gave were too high, and they were tailor-made for TD. The domestic Businesses are basically useless.”
He glanced down the stage: "But it's different this time. I inquired about the technical specifications this time, and our products are in full compliance. Moreover, the city is advocating to increase support for private enterprises recently, and Jiang Run has the government According to reliable sources, this time, suppliers will most likely be found in private companies.”
"How big is the order this time?" A salesman couldn't help raising his hand and asked.
"A conservative estimate, [-] million."
There was a commotion in the meeting room immediately.
"However," Ye Yinfeng said in a calm tone, "according to my guess, Jiang Run is unlikely to invest such a large project on one company. Too few suppliers will bring great risks, and too many suppliers will make it difficult to coordinate. Jiang Run It is likely to be distributed to two companies, and the ratio may be three to seven, or four to six. No matter what, we must strive to get the big head."
The participants below whispered to each other.
"The end of the year is coming soon, and this year's results are not as good as last year's. Even if Yongxin and Wenda get both, it's just a drop in the bucket..."
Cui Youxin showed shame: "Boss Ye, it's my problem. I could have won the two orders in October. I was careless and let the new people take advantage of the loophole."
"You can't blame it all." Ye Yinfeng looked calm, "I am also responsible."
At that time, his mind was completely focused on the question of whether to leave Maixin, so Tian Ning didn't pay attention to the actions behind his back.
"Let's let the past pass by, and what we can grasp is the present—whether we can gnaw at Jiang Run's fleshy bones depends on how hard we work."
After Ye Yinfeng finished his speech, he distributed the materials that Xia Xia just sent in to everyone.
"As long as Jiang Run is taken down, the pressure next year will be much less, which will buy us time to develop new products." He took a deep breath, "Maixin has reached the moment when we have to change."
After leaving the conference room, the cold air immediately enveloped Ye Yinfeng, and he couldn't help shivering.
Passing by Xia Xia's desk, he made a face at her: "This damn weather, why is it so cold!"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "I was in the tea room just now, and Daxiong and the others were yelling to turn on the air conditioner!"
Ye Yinfeng smiled and walked into the office without saying a word.
Xia Xia had already turned on the small air conditioner in his office, and the warm wind lingered gently in the room, and he breathed a sigh of relief in enjoyment.Looking out through the semi-frosted and translucent glass, Xia Xia who was sitting outside the door was quietly breathing on her hands to keep warm.
Ye Yinfeng pondered for a moment, then went out again.
"Xia Xia, please tell the facility department that in this kind of weather in the future, the heating will be heated for two hours in the morning. Also, don't make it special for me. My heating supply can follow everyone's schedule."
Xia Xia was surprised for a moment, her big eyes flickered at Ye Yinfeng.
"Look at your little nose is red from the cold." Ye Yinfeng joked with her, "But I am enjoying it in the air-conditioned room, how can you let me bear it?"
Xia Xia burst out laughing: "Okay, I'll call the facilities department right now."
She picked up the phone, saw Ye Yinfeng turned around to leave, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called him: "Boss Ye!"
"Ok?"
"Miss Qiu called just now to remind you not to forget about dinner tonight - she called your office and you are not here, so she called me here."
Ye Yinfeng suddenly said, "That's right, her shop is open today, isn't it?" He hit the back of the head angrily, "Oops! I've been so busy these two days that I forgot to order a flower basket for delivery!"
Xia Xia pursed her lips and smiled: "I made the reservation yesterday, and the florist will deliver it early this morning. You were still in a meeting after I got off work last night, so I didn't tell you."
Ye Yinfeng smiled gratifiedly: "With your secretary here, I will save a lot of trouble! You must go and get the gift too, right?"
"Of course!" Xia Xia took out two boxes, one large and one small, from under her desk, "The big one is prepared by you, and the small one is mine."
"You bought something too?"
"Yes!" Xia Xia smiled shyly, "Miss Qiu also invited me—do you want to take a look at the gift?"
"No need, it's fine if you've read it and it's okay." Ye Yinfeng glanced at the watch hastily, "We'll go there together that night, remember to remind me when it's time!"
"it is good!"
Throughout the afternoon, Ye Yinfeng didn't stay in the office for a few minutes. He frequently moved between the technical department and the meeting room, holding meetings with various people.
In the evening, when it was almost six o'clock, Ye Yinfeng came out of the conference room again, rushed towards the office in a hurry, passed by Xia Xia's desk, a thought crossed his mind, and he suddenly took back his walking steps.
"Is Wenxuan's dinner at seven o'clock?"
"Ah."
Ye Yinfeng thought for a while as if having a headache: "I still have a meeting to attend, and I might not be able to make it in time. Why don't you go to her shop now and say hello to her for me, and I'll go directly to the hotel later."
"Ok."
"Remember to bring the gift."
"Know it!"
Xia Xia finished packing quickly, put on her bag, and carried a vest bag in each of her left and right hands, and went downstairs in a hurry.
Qiu Wenxuan's shop is located in a new community in the south of the urban area. The shop is along the street, and the surrounding facilities have matured, and the popularity is still strong.
After getting out of the car, Xia Xia took the gift and walked over step by step.There are several newly opened shops on this street, all of which are filled with flower baskets at the door, and firecracker crumbs are scattered everywhere, looking beaming.She walked to the end of the street only to see the name of the shop "Mengxuan Decoration".
The lights were on in the store, and before Xia Xia had time to look carefully at the various decorations inside, Wen Xuan had already greeted her.
She wore a dark purple thin woolen coat today, showing her waist very much. Her long hair was tied up uncharacteristically and tied behind her head. She was no longer as glamorous as before. She was fresh and elegant, and rarely revealed a bit of liveliness.
"Xia Xia, you're here!" Wen Xuan glanced behind her quickly, "Where's Mr. Ye?"
Xia Xia hurriedly relayed Ye Yinfeng's words, and then presented the gift.
Ye Yinfeng chose a cow made of colored glaze, which means "bully spirit", and it just so happens that Wenxuan belongs to the cow.What Xia Xia bought was a colorful beckoning cat. Although it was small, it was very delicately depicted. It took her a long time to choose it.
Wen Xuan couldn't help laughing when she saw the cat. She pulled Xiaxia to the shelf on the right, and there was a row of lucky cats on it: "I specialize in home accessories and various decorations here!"
Xia Xia was surprised for a moment, then giggled with Wen Xuan.
Wen Xuan put the cat she gave her on the cash register: "Put it here, I hope it will bring me good luck."
Looking at her beautiful profile, Xia Xia said sincerely, "Miss Qiu, I admire you very much."
"Eh? How do you say that?"
"Mr. Ye originally wanted to leave, but I know he is reluctant to part with the company. You...you are a very free and easy person."
Wen Xuan smiled faintly: "Mr. Ye really trusts you, and even told you this."
Xia Xia blushed slightly: "Anyone can see this. Anyway, anyway, I think you are very good."
"Since you think I'm good, come and help me." Wen Xuan joked with her, "However, I'm afraid Mr. Ye will miss you."
Xia Xia blushed even more: "Then I will come to your place when I have time in the future. I also like this kind of home furnishings."
Xiaodong came out from some corner, holding the little bear in his arms, and stood silently in front of Xiaxia, looking up at her.
Xia Xia hurriedly knelt down and greeted her pleasantly: "Xiaodong, do you still remember me?"
Wen Xuan said from the side: "Xiaodong, call me Auntie!"
Xiaodong didn't say a word, but looked at Xiaxia softly and boldly. After a while, he nodded firmly: "I remember you, your name is Xiaxia."
"Xiaodong—" Wenxuan rebuked her daughter slightly reproachfully.
Xia Xia hugged her happily: "I knew you wouldn't forget me, we're good friends! Isn't the darling you hugged a little black?"
This was what Xiaodong told her when Xia Xia played games with her last time.The little bear's nose is black, and Xiaodong always likes to touch it with his finger, so he named it this image.
"Yes." Xiaodong's eyes became lively, "It's dark, call me Auntie!" Her tone was exactly the same as when Wen Xuan taught her a lesson.
This time even Wenxuan smiled helplessly.
The dinner was booked at a Cantonese restaurant in the urban area, and there were actually not many guests, except for Xia Xia, Wen Xuan only invited Ye Yinfeng and his parents.
Wen Xuan and Ye's parents had met before, perhaps because of the special way of getting to know each other, Xia Xia felt that the two sides spoke very alienated, a little cautious.
Mother Ye asked Wenxuan if there was anyone in the store, and she hurriedly replied: "There is no business at the moment, I can manage it by myself, I only find a part-time worker, and I need help when delivering the goods. The matter of hiring people, I plan to talk about it when I get busy."
Father Ye and Mother Ye nodded, and couldn't find any other topics after that.
Mother Ye and Xia Xia met for the first time, but they hit it off very well, especially after hearing that she was Ye Yinfeng's secretary, the enthusiasm in her eyes suddenly doubled.
Xia Xia was dealing with Ye Mu's various interrogations, and Ye Yinfeng hurriedly pushed the door in: "Sorry, I'm late."
Wen Xuan immediately stood up to greet him: "It's not too late, we've just started."
Ye Yinfeng smiled at her: "I'm afraid you'll wait, I'll end the meeting 10 minutes earlier, just to give them time to go home and think about it—congratulations!"
Mother Ye beckoned to her son: "Yinfeng, sit here!"
When Wen Xuan heard this, she immediately withdrew her hand that was about to pull the chair.
Mother Ye made room for Ye Yinfeng and arranged Ye Yinfeng between herself and Xia Xia, and complained to her son distressedly: "It is right to work hard, but there must be a sense of proportion. I have been so busy day and night, and my body has collapsed." No one hurts!"
Ye Yinfeng glanced at Wen Xuan and Xia Xia, feeling very awkward, frowned and whispered: "Mom—"
Seeing Xia Xia pursing her lips and snickering, Mother Ye couldn't help laughing too: "Xiao Guo, has Yinfeng ever bullied you in the company?"
"No, Auntie!" Xia Xia looked at Ye Yinfeng and smiled sweetly, "Boss Ye takes good care of me."
"I know Yinfeng's temper, and sometimes he is very reasonable." Mother Ye told her son worriedly, "Girls like Xiao Guo are kind and capable, and occasionally make small mistakes, so don't blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Roar."
"I don't have it! If you don't believe me, ask Xia Xia!" Ye Yinfeng called out to Qu, "If we were the general manager of Sanjiang City's Top Ten Civilizations, I would definitely be in the top three!"
Xia Xia nodded vigorously.
Amidst the laughter, Xiaodong slipped down from his seat, and sneaked up to Xia Xia: "Hei Dian Dian wants to play with you."
Xia Xia leaned over and asked softly, "What game does Hei Dian Dian want to play?"
Xiaodong hesitated for a while and said, "Let's play hide-and-seek, shall we?"
Before Xia Xia could nod her head, she heard Wen Xuan say in a deep voice, "Xiaodong, eat first, and play after eating."
Xiaodong just pretended not to hear, and stared at Xia Xia stubbornly, her eyes full of expectation, she was already tired of sitting in her seat and listening to adults say things she didn't understand.
Xia Xia saw Wenxuan's face was not good-looking, she thought for a while and said, "It's fine to play games, but you can see that the black dot has such a flat stomach, you must have run out of energy after playing for a while. We have to charge it first!"
"Okay!" Xiaodong nodded in agreement.
Xia Xia picked up a piece of chicken with clean chopsticks, and brought it to Little Bear first: "It's dark, open your mouth, energy is coming!"
Xiaodong instructed Hei Dian to open her mouth, and her own mouth opened involuntarily. Xia Xia took the opportunity to stuff the chicken into her mouth: "Xiaodong wants to charge too!"
Xiaodong obediently ate the chicken.
Mother Ye looked at Xia Xia's eyes more lovingly: "Xiao Guo is really patient."
Ye Yinfeng jokingly said, "If you're impatient, you can be my secretary!"
"You! You know how to work all day long!" Ye's mother's dissatisfaction was aroused by him again, "Look at Wenxuan, she is several years younger than you, and the child is so old. And you, even now Girlfriends don’t even want to find one.”
"Mom! Why are you talking and criticizing me again!"
Mother Ye glanced at Xia Xia and sighed: "Your father and I are both old, and we don't expect you to make a lot of money. When you let us hug our grandson, we will Satisfied."
Although Xia Xia was playing with Xiaodong, her ears were always pricked up. Hearing Ye Mu's sigh, she couldn't help but glanced at Ye Yinfeng. It happened that he was looking at her too. The fire is burning.
Ye Yinfeng coughed twice, and discussed with his mother in a low voice: "Today is a good day for Wenxuan to open her business, can we not talk about it?"
Mother Ye gave him a blank look, and then closed her mouth.
After the dinner, everyone walked out of the hotel. Mother Ye insisted that Xia Xia go with them in their car, but Xia Xia lived in the opposite direction from them, so she resigned.
"No, it's too troublesome to go around. It's very convenient for me to go back by car."
"Then you go back and be careful." Ye Yinfeng told her in the car.
Xia Xia stood outside the car and said goodbye to everyone, and when the car started, she stood still and watched them off.
Mother Ye couldn't help sighing: "Xiao Guo is so sensible."
Wenxuan hugged Xiaodong and sat by the window, her eyes were always staring out of the window, her eyes gradually filled with the usual indifference when she first arrived.
The daughter in her arms was soft and warm, and she unconsciously increased her strength to hold her, as if this was the only real possession she could grasp.
The car stopped at the gate of Ye's community, Wen Xuan didn't intend to bother others, and planned to go down and take a taxi by herself, but Xiaodong fell asleep in her arms.
Seeing this, Mother Ye told her son: "Yinfeng, it's better for you to give it away, don't freeze the child."
Wen Xuan was about to resign, but Ye Yinfeng rushed ahead of her and said, "Understood, Mom, you and Dad can rest first, and I'll go back after seeing them off."
Without the Ye family's parents, the car was much more spacious and quiet.
Ye Yinfeng glanced at Wenxuan from the rearview mirror, and found that she was staring blankly at his back, Ye Yinfeng's heart suddenly tensed up.
The long silence is weird, especially between two people who are not very familiar with each other. The silence is like a monster, as if it is about to break a certain layer of thin window paper at any time, which is embarrassing.
"I don't know if Xia Xia is home yet?" Wen Xuan was the first to break the silence.
With the topic, the atmosphere that was brewing more and more dangerous disappeared.
"It should be safe for her to take a taxi."
As Ye Yinfeng said this, a little concern also arose in his heart. In the past, Xia Xia accompanied him to work overtime, and as long as conditions allowed, he would always personally send her downstairs to the residence.
"Your mother likes her very much." Wen Xuan said quietly.
"What?" Ye Yinfeng paused for a moment to understand what she meant, and laughed dumbly, "My mother thinks any unmarried girl is good."
"Why aren't you married yet?"
"I didn't find a suitable one."
"Perfectionist." Wen Xuan whispered with a smile.
"No. Marriage is a major event in life. Two people will live together for the rest of their lives, so it's better to be cautious. Getting married for the sake of getting married is irresponsible to each other."
"Isn't it good to be a girl like Xia Xia?"
"She's a very nice person, but I never thought about talking to my employees...cough, besides, she's still too young for me."
"Some people say that young and innocent girls are easier to deceive, and they are not tiring to communicate with."
Ye Yinfeng frowned: "This is the argument of a shameless man, do you like men who are prone to lying?"
"... I liked it, a long time ago." Wen Xuan's tone was flat, almost without emotion.
Ye Yinfeng suddenly got stuck, and at the same time felt very embarrassed. He suddenly realized that he didn't know much about Wenxuan's past.
Silence returned between the two of them again, but it seemed to be different from before.
When they arrived downstairs in Wenxuan's apartment, Xiaodong was still asleep, and Ye Yinfeng helped Wenxuan carry the child upstairs.
Wen Xuan opened the door and led Ye Yinfeng to the bedroom, where he gently put the child on the bed.Xiaodong pouted twice, turned over, and continued to sleep.
He stood in front of the bed and looked at the child: "She looks a lot like you."
"Really? I don't think so." Wen Xuan said behind him.
"The facial features are very similar, especially the eyes and mouth." Ye Yinfeng's voice suddenly became low.
Wen Xuan's eyes stayed on his tall and straight back, and a trace of enthusiasm eagerly emerged from the bottom of her heart like a bud, but she didn't know which direction to grow.
Ye Yinfeng turned around suddenly, as if waking up from a dream: "I should go."
"It's still early, why don't you...sit for a while longer." Wen Xuan felt her throat was extremely dry, and she didn't even notice the subtle begging in her voice.
She suddenly felt a deep fear at the thought of facing the long night alone again.
But Ye Yinfeng had already walked out of the bedroom, as if some kind of force was pushing him forward, wanting him to escape from this dimly lit room full of temptations.
Wenxuan walked to the door of the room quickly, and saw Ye Yinfeng's back in front of the door, despair gripped her tightly in an instant, eager to save something, she blurted out: "You don't want to listen to me The old story?"
Ye Yinfeng stopped in his tracks, turned his head slightly in surprise, under the dim light, he saw an unusually beautiful face, and that face was full of decadence.
His heart softened all of a sudden, and he turned around slowly.
Wen Xuan's already hopeless mood was immediately lightened by him: "You sit down for a while, and I'll boil a pot of hot water."
Ye Yinfeng sat down on the sofa hesitantly, not knowing whether his choice was appropriate.
Wenxuan quickly brought up two cups of black tea, brewed in fine bone china cups.
"I have a bad stomach. The doctor said that drinking black tea can nourish the stomach."
Ye Yinfeng picked up the teacup and took a sip. The aroma was strong and the taste was not as good as his favorite Darjeeling, but it was not bad.
Wen Xuan turned on the light in the living room, and the ambiguity that was still lingering in the air just now disappeared completely.
"Are you cold?" She looked at Ye Yinfeng's thin clothes, "I have a blanket here."
Although Ye Yinfeng repeatedly claimed that it was not cold, Wen Xuan brought him a blanket and turned on the air conditioner.
"I didn't expect it to be so cold here before I came to Sanjiang."
"It's mainly damp and cold, and many northerners are not used to it." Ye Yinfeng said, "But you don't seem to be from Lanxi, do you?"
"Well, I grew up in Meiling."
"It's not far from Sanjiang. Never thought about going back?"
Wen Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "I escaped from there, how dare I go back."
"Your parents..."
"They are all there, and I have a younger brother, but I haven't contacted them for almost seven or eight years... When I was 19 years old, my dad kicked me out of the house."
"Why?" Ye Yinfeng was surprised.
"I don't study hard, and hang out with a group of hooligans all day long. Such a daughter has completely embarrassed him." Wen Xuan smiled at him, "You must never have thought that one day you would have a problem with someone from the past. Are the girls sitting and chatting face to face?"
Ye Yinfeng didn't know what to say, so he was silent for a moment and said: "But after all, you are back on track, got married and had a child, even though you..."
Wen Xuan bowed her head: "So far, I have only been married once, and that was to Ye Xiaoxiang."
Ye Yinfeng was taken aback: "Then Xiaodong..."
"She was born to me, but I haven't gone through legal procedures with her father." Wen Xuan let out a sigh of relief as she couldn't look back on the past.
"I was only 16 years old when I met him. Thinking about him now, he is actually just like what my dad said, a hooligan. But in my eyes at that time, he was like a real man. Will protect me, love me, and value me more than anything else."
"It's because of him that you fell out with your family?"
"Stupid isn't it?"
She lowered her head and sipped the tea, her eyes lowered, as if she wanted to search for her once young self in the dark red water.
"I followed him crazy for four years. Later, I found out that I was pregnant. I wanted to give birth to the child, and he didn't object. I began to think about the future of the child. I thought we should have a family, and he should also have a family." Stable job, can't go on like this."
She closed her eyes: "Since I had this idea, we have never stopped arguing. Until one day, I found out that he had another woman outside... At that time, I was still pregnant, and I would I couldn't stand living with him anymore, so I packed up my things and left him."
Ye Yinfeng was fascinated by listening, Wen Xuan raised the teapot to refill his cup, he quickly thanked: "You are very good at taking care of others."
Wen Xuan smiled wryly: "It was all exercised when I was raising the children alone."
Ye Yinfeng looked at her sympathetically: "Isn't it hard to raise a child by yourself?"
"Yes!" Wen Xuan sighed, "When I left Xiaodong's father, I didn't have much money, and the child was born with the help of friends."
"Didn't her father come to see you again?"
"I looked for it and wanted to give me money, but I didn't ask for it."
"Your temperament..." Ye Yinfeng smiled, "Actually, you are also very stubborn."
Wen Xuan shrugged her shoulders noncommittally: "I only found out afterwards that he already had someone outside, and there were more than one. So, I used to be that ignorant girl who was easy to deceive." The corners of her mouth were thickly drawn with sarcasm.
"Not long after I gave birth, I went to find a job. In order to have more opportunities in the future, I studied hard and took various certificates. Thinking about it, I was really tired, but no matter how hard I tried, others would look at me strangely. Me, because I'm a single mom."
That's the way things are, and complaining won't help.Ye Yinfeng stayed silent with her for a moment before asking: "So you left Meiling and went to Lanxi?"
"I can't find a way out except to leave. You know, you can fight against one or two people, but you can't fight against a group of people. Besides, I have to think about Xiaodong, I don't want her to be scolded by children Ugly words."
Ye Yinfeng looked at the stubborn woman in front of him with pity: "You love your daughter very much."
Wen Xuan's eyes suddenly darkened: "She is my only relative in this world."
Ye Yinfeng's cell phone rang, it was Ye Mu calling.
"Yinfeng! Where are you? Why haven't you come back yet?"
"Oh, Mom, I've been delayed on the road for a while, and I'll be home soon, you go to bed first."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Yinfeng found that Wen Xuan was staring at him. He was a little embarrassed: "My mother always treats me like a child. If I don't tell her when I go home late, she won't be able to sleep."
Wen Xuan wanted to ask him why he was lying, but she opened her mouth, but swallowed the words back.
Ye Yinfeng got up: "I should go." The time at night always flies by, and before he knew it, he had stayed here for more than an hour.
This time Wenxuan didn't keep him anymore, and sent him to the door. Ye Yinfeng turned his head to say goodbye to her. Wenxuan stared at him with a smile. That smile was like a drop of dew on a red rose, with the beauty of the petals, quietly falling to the ground. his heart.
Ye Yinfeng drove all the way back, but felt a hotness rolling around in his body, making him unable to calm down, so he simply closed the car window to let the cold wind pour in, cooling down his irritable mood.
Wen Xuan seems to have a magical power, every time he gets close to her, he will be led away by her involuntarily.
A thought came and went, he kept trying to suppress it, he didn't dare to think about it, even a little thought would be a blasphemy to Xiaoxiang, but he couldn't get rid of the face that stayed in his mind, a sense of powerlessness came from deep in his heart This is something that has never happened before.
The car ran faster and faster, and in the end it simply started racing on the empty night road.
After Ye Yinfeng left, Wen Xuan sat down on the sofa again, her mind was empty, she opened the small drawer, took out a pack of cigarettes, and took out one with her hand, the lighter clicked, and she was holding a cigarette in her mouth. Going up, without touching the flame, he subconsciously retreated, threw the cigarette and lighter into the drawer, and stared blankly.
She regretted the frank confession to Ye Yinfeng just now, why did she tell him those things?Is it just to keep him a little longer?
She stood up slumped and walked into the bedroom.Xiaodong was sleeping soundly on the bed.She sat down on the edge of the bed, stared at her daughter with pity for a long time, then bowed her head and pressed a kiss lightly on Xiaodong's forehead.
This is her daughter, the only person she can rely on in her life. She must let her live a carefree life without any harm.
(End of this chapter)
Just after the beginning of winter, the weather suddenly turned cold, especially in the morning, when the temperature was as low as four or five degrees Celsius.
In the tea room of Maixin Company, Xia Xia, who was still wearing a thin coat, was rubbing her hands while taking a teacup to catch water from the water dispenser. As the water vapor rose, she felt an illusory warmth.
A few boys from the technical department walked and chatted, and came in lively.
Seeing Xia Xia, Xiong Wen called out first: "Hey, Xia Xia! Tell Mr. Ye quickly whether the central air conditioner can be turned on! This kind of hard work will make your fingers freeze off!"
"It's not that exaggerated." Xia Xia sniffed, "I feel warmer when the temperature rises in an hour. The weather in autumn is like this, and it will be colder in the morning and evening."
"You young people really can't bear the hardships!" Feng Yuanzhe appeared at the door, "This temperature is calling for heating. I really don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt!"
Xiong Wen stuck out his tongue and whispered to his companion: "Old Feng is here to rely on the old and sell the old again!"
"Manager Feng," another young man surnamed Zhang deliberately teased him, "Don't you feel cold at all after Miss Qiu leaves?"
Feng Yuanzhe said sullenly: "Although Director Qiu doesn't care about the company's specific affairs, he is our honorary director of Maixin after all, and he is also your indirect leader. Don't make fun of him!"
"I heard," another person interjected, "Miss Qiu has opened a shop, isn't she, Xia Xia?"
Xia Xia nodded, it's not a secret.
"Is that the money paid by Mr. Ye?"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "Stop guessing, and go about your own business."
She went out with a teacup, and heard Feng Yuanzhe lecturing those people behind her: "You have to learn from Xia Xia, see how sensible this little girl is..."
Xia Xia couldn't help laughing secretly, who didn't know that a lot of gossip about the company leaked from Feng Yuanzhe's mouth.The reason why Ye Yinfeng treated him favorably was because he had borrowed a large amount of money at the most difficult time of the company, which helped Maixin to tide over the difficulties.
Back at her seat, Xia Xia found that Ye Yinfeng had left her a note, asking her to copy a few documents and send them to the meeting room.Xia Xia hurriedly put down the teacup and opened it.
Compared with the bleak outdoors, the air-conditioned conference room was as warm as spring.
Ye Yinfeng only wore a white shirt, put his left hand in his trouser pocket, held a laser pointer in his right hand, and gestured various information in front of the projection screen. The concise PPT document listed four or five customer information.He introduced to the participants in an orderly manner, and his calm appearance looked very charming in Xia Xia's eyes.
"We are relatively sure about the orders of Yongxin and Wenda. I have confirmed with Lao Cui that we must get these two projects. As for Jinhua, the people from Qunxin have put a lot of effort into it. Hua’s Mr. Wang is very strict, we may not be able to find a gap to sneak in, but it depends on human effort, as long as we have the heart, there will always be opportunities.”
Ye Yinfeng cast his eyes on a young man with pimples on his face: "Xiao Zheng, you are a newcomer, you can just take this event to practice your hands, and you can win the best. If you can't, Cui will not blame you. If there is any problem If you have any questions, you must communicate with your boss, this is a good learning opportunity."
Xiao Zheng felt a little excited about the kind care from the general manager, and nodded frequently, with a look of enthusiasm and anxiety.
Ye Yinfeng smiled encouragingly at him, and then slid the laser pointer to the name of a company that was highlighted.
"Jiangrun Group must be familiar to everyone. When they had a pilot project at the beginning of the year, Lao Cui and I also fought for it, but the technical parameters they gave were too high, and they were tailor-made for TD. The domestic Businesses are basically useless.”
He glanced down the stage: "But it's different this time. I inquired about the technical specifications this time, and our products are in full compliance. Moreover, the city is advocating to increase support for private enterprises recently, and Jiang Run has the government According to reliable sources, this time, suppliers will most likely be found in private companies.”
"How big is the order this time?" A salesman couldn't help raising his hand and asked.
"A conservative estimate, [-] million."
There was a commotion in the meeting room immediately.
"However," Ye Yinfeng said in a calm tone, "according to my guess, Jiang Run is unlikely to invest such a large project on one company. Too few suppliers will bring great risks, and too many suppliers will make it difficult to coordinate. Jiang Run It is likely to be distributed to two companies, and the ratio may be three to seven, or four to six. No matter what, we must strive to get the big head."
The participants below whispered to each other.
"The end of the year is coming soon, and this year's results are not as good as last year's. Even if Yongxin and Wenda get both, it's just a drop in the bucket..."
Cui Youxin showed shame: "Boss Ye, it's my problem. I could have won the two orders in October. I was careless and let the new people take advantage of the loophole."
"You can't blame it all." Ye Yinfeng looked calm, "I am also responsible."
At that time, his mind was completely focused on the question of whether to leave Maixin, so Tian Ning didn't pay attention to the actions behind his back.
"Let's let the past pass by, and what we can grasp is the present—whether we can gnaw at Jiang Run's fleshy bones depends on how hard we work."
After Ye Yinfeng finished his speech, he distributed the materials that Xia Xia just sent in to everyone.
"As long as Jiang Run is taken down, the pressure next year will be much less, which will buy us time to develop new products." He took a deep breath, "Maixin has reached the moment when we have to change."
After leaving the conference room, the cold air immediately enveloped Ye Yinfeng, and he couldn't help shivering.
Passing by Xia Xia's desk, he made a face at her: "This damn weather, why is it so cold!"
Xia Xia smiled and said, "I was in the tea room just now, and Daxiong and the others were yelling to turn on the air conditioner!"
Ye Yinfeng smiled and walked into the office without saying a word.
Xia Xia had already turned on the small air conditioner in his office, and the warm wind lingered gently in the room, and he breathed a sigh of relief in enjoyment.Looking out through the semi-frosted and translucent glass, Xia Xia who was sitting outside the door was quietly breathing on her hands to keep warm.
Ye Yinfeng pondered for a moment, then went out again.
"Xia Xia, please tell the facility department that in this kind of weather in the future, the heating will be heated for two hours in the morning. Also, don't make it special for me. My heating supply can follow everyone's schedule."
Xia Xia was surprised for a moment, her big eyes flickered at Ye Yinfeng.
"Look at your little nose is red from the cold." Ye Yinfeng joked with her, "But I am enjoying it in the air-conditioned room, how can you let me bear it?"
Xia Xia burst out laughing: "Okay, I'll call the facilities department right now."
She picked up the phone, saw Ye Yinfeng turned around to leave, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called him: "Boss Ye!"
"Ok?"
"Miss Qiu called just now to remind you not to forget about dinner tonight - she called your office and you are not here, so she called me here."
Ye Yinfeng suddenly said, "That's right, her shop is open today, isn't it?" He hit the back of the head angrily, "Oops! I've been so busy these two days that I forgot to order a flower basket for delivery!"
Xia Xia pursed her lips and smiled: "I made the reservation yesterday, and the florist will deliver it early this morning. You were still in a meeting after I got off work last night, so I didn't tell you."
Ye Yinfeng smiled gratifiedly: "With your secretary here, I will save a lot of trouble! You must go and get the gift too, right?"
"Of course!" Xia Xia took out two boxes, one large and one small, from under her desk, "The big one is prepared by you, and the small one is mine."
"You bought something too?"
"Yes!" Xia Xia smiled shyly, "Miss Qiu also invited me—do you want to take a look at the gift?"
"No need, it's fine if you've read it and it's okay." Ye Yinfeng glanced at the watch hastily, "We'll go there together that night, remember to remind me when it's time!"
"it is good!"
Throughout the afternoon, Ye Yinfeng didn't stay in the office for a few minutes. He frequently moved between the technical department and the meeting room, holding meetings with various people.
In the evening, when it was almost six o'clock, Ye Yinfeng came out of the conference room again, rushed towards the office in a hurry, passed by Xia Xia's desk, a thought crossed his mind, and he suddenly took back his walking steps.
"Is Wenxuan's dinner at seven o'clock?"
"Ah."
Ye Yinfeng thought for a while as if having a headache: "I still have a meeting to attend, and I might not be able to make it in time. Why don't you go to her shop now and say hello to her for me, and I'll go directly to the hotel later."
"Ok."
"Remember to bring the gift."
"Know it!"
Xia Xia finished packing quickly, put on her bag, and carried a vest bag in each of her left and right hands, and went downstairs in a hurry.
Qiu Wenxuan's shop is located in a new community in the south of the urban area. The shop is along the street, and the surrounding facilities have matured, and the popularity is still strong.
After getting out of the car, Xia Xia took the gift and walked over step by step.There are several newly opened shops on this street, all of which are filled with flower baskets at the door, and firecracker crumbs are scattered everywhere, looking beaming.She walked to the end of the street only to see the name of the shop "Mengxuan Decoration".
The lights were on in the store, and before Xia Xia had time to look carefully at the various decorations inside, Wen Xuan had already greeted her.
She wore a dark purple thin woolen coat today, showing her waist very much. Her long hair was tied up uncharacteristically and tied behind her head. She was no longer as glamorous as before. She was fresh and elegant, and rarely revealed a bit of liveliness.
"Xia Xia, you're here!" Wen Xuan glanced behind her quickly, "Where's Mr. Ye?"
Xia Xia hurriedly relayed Ye Yinfeng's words, and then presented the gift.
Ye Yinfeng chose a cow made of colored glaze, which means "bully spirit", and it just so happens that Wenxuan belongs to the cow.What Xia Xia bought was a colorful beckoning cat. Although it was small, it was very delicately depicted. It took her a long time to choose it.
Wen Xuan couldn't help laughing when she saw the cat. She pulled Xiaxia to the shelf on the right, and there was a row of lucky cats on it: "I specialize in home accessories and various decorations here!"
Xia Xia was surprised for a moment, then giggled with Wen Xuan.
Wen Xuan put the cat she gave her on the cash register: "Put it here, I hope it will bring me good luck."
Looking at her beautiful profile, Xia Xia said sincerely, "Miss Qiu, I admire you very much."
"Eh? How do you say that?"
"Mr. Ye originally wanted to leave, but I know he is reluctant to part with the company. You...you are a very free and easy person."
Wen Xuan smiled faintly: "Mr. Ye really trusts you, and even told you this."
Xia Xia blushed slightly: "Anyone can see this. Anyway, anyway, I think you are very good."
"Since you think I'm good, come and help me." Wen Xuan joked with her, "However, I'm afraid Mr. Ye will miss you."
Xia Xia blushed even more: "Then I will come to your place when I have time in the future. I also like this kind of home furnishings."
Xiaodong came out from some corner, holding the little bear in his arms, and stood silently in front of Xiaxia, looking up at her.
Xia Xia hurriedly knelt down and greeted her pleasantly: "Xiaodong, do you still remember me?"
Wen Xuan said from the side: "Xiaodong, call me Auntie!"
Xiaodong didn't say a word, but looked at Xiaxia softly and boldly. After a while, he nodded firmly: "I remember you, your name is Xiaxia."
"Xiaodong—" Wenxuan rebuked her daughter slightly reproachfully.
Xia Xia hugged her happily: "I knew you wouldn't forget me, we're good friends! Isn't the darling you hugged a little black?"
This was what Xiaodong told her when Xia Xia played games with her last time.The little bear's nose is black, and Xiaodong always likes to touch it with his finger, so he named it this image.
"Yes." Xiaodong's eyes became lively, "It's dark, call me Auntie!" Her tone was exactly the same as when Wen Xuan taught her a lesson.
This time even Wenxuan smiled helplessly.
The dinner was booked at a Cantonese restaurant in the urban area, and there were actually not many guests, except for Xia Xia, Wen Xuan only invited Ye Yinfeng and his parents.
Wen Xuan and Ye's parents had met before, perhaps because of the special way of getting to know each other, Xia Xia felt that the two sides spoke very alienated, a little cautious.
Mother Ye asked Wenxuan if there was anyone in the store, and she hurriedly replied: "There is no business at the moment, I can manage it by myself, I only find a part-time worker, and I need help when delivering the goods. The matter of hiring people, I plan to talk about it when I get busy."
Father Ye and Mother Ye nodded, and couldn't find any other topics after that.
Mother Ye and Xia Xia met for the first time, but they hit it off very well, especially after hearing that she was Ye Yinfeng's secretary, the enthusiasm in her eyes suddenly doubled.
Xia Xia was dealing with Ye Mu's various interrogations, and Ye Yinfeng hurriedly pushed the door in: "Sorry, I'm late."
Wen Xuan immediately stood up to greet him: "It's not too late, we've just started."
Ye Yinfeng smiled at her: "I'm afraid you'll wait, I'll end the meeting 10 minutes earlier, just to give them time to go home and think about it—congratulations!"
Mother Ye beckoned to her son: "Yinfeng, sit here!"
When Wen Xuan heard this, she immediately withdrew her hand that was about to pull the chair.
Mother Ye made room for Ye Yinfeng and arranged Ye Yinfeng between herself and Xia Xia, and complained to her son distressedly: "It is right to work hard, but there must be a sense of proportion. I have been so busy day and night, and my body has collapsed." No one hurts!"
Ye Yinfeng glanced at Wen Xuan and Xia Xia, feeling very awkward, frowned and whispered: "Mom—"
Seeing Xia Xia pursing her lips and snickering, Mother Ye couldn't help laughing too: "Xiao Guo, has Yinfeng ever bullied you in the company?"
"No, Auntie!" Xia Xia looked at Ye Yinfeng and smiled sweetly, "Boss Ye takes good care of me."
"I know Yinfeng's temper, and sometimes he is very reasonable." Mother Ye told her son worriedly, "Girls like Xiao Guo are kind and capable, and occasionally make small mistakes, so don't blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Roar."
"I don't have it! If you don't believe me, ask Xia Xia!" Ye Yinfeng called out to Qu, "If we were the general manager of Sanjiang City's Top Ten Civilizations, I would definitely be in the top three!"
Xia Xia nodded vigorously.
Amidst the laughter, Xiaodong slipped down from his seat, and sneaked up to Xia Xia: "Hei Dian Dian wants to play with you."
Xia Xia leaned over and asked softly, "What game does Hei Dian Dian want to play?"
Xiaodong hesitated for a while and said, "Let's play hide-and-seek, shall we?"
Before Xia Xia could nod her head, she heard Wen Xuan say in a deep voice, "Xiaodong, eat first, and play after eating."
Xiaodong just pretended not to hear, and stared at Xia Xia stubbornly, her eyes full of expectation, she was already tired of sitting in her seat and listening to adults say things she didn't understand.
Xia Xia saw Wenxuan's face was not good-looking, she thought for a while and said, "It's fine to play games, but you can see that the black dot has such a flat stomach, you must have run out of energy after playing for a while. We have to charge it first!"
"Okay!" Xiaodong nodded in agreement.
Xia Xia picked up a piece of chicken with clean chopsticks, and brought it to Little Bear first: "It's dark, open your mouth, energy is coming!"
Xiaodong instructed Hei Dian to open her mouth, and her own mouth opened involuntarily. Xia Xia took the opportunity to stuff the chicken into her mouth: "Xiaodong wants to charge too!"
Xiaodong obediently ate the chicken.
Mother Ye looked at Xia Xia's eyes more lovingly: "Xiao Guo is really patient."
Ye Yinfeng jokingly said, "If you're impatient, you can be my secretary!"
"You! You know how to work all day long!" Ye's mother's dissatisfaction was aroused by him again, "Look at Wenxuan, she is several years younger than you, and the child is so old. And you, even now Girlfriends don’t even want to find one.”
"Mom! Why are you talking and criticizing me again!"
Mother Ye glanced at Xia Xia and sighed: "Your father and I are both old, and we don't expect you to make a lot of money. When you let us hug our grandson, we will Satisfied."
Although Xia Xia was playing with Xiaodong, her ears were always pricked up. Hearing Ye Mu's sigh, she couldn't help but glanced at Ye Yinfeng. It happened that he was looking at her too. The fire is burning.
Ye Yinfeng coughed twice, and discussed with his mother in a low voice: "Today is a good day for Wenxuan to open her business, can we not talk about it?"
Mother Ye gave him a blank look, and then closed her mouth.
After the dinner, everyone walked out of the hotel. Mother Ye insisted that Xia Xia go with them in their car, but Xia Xia lived in the opposite direction from them, so she resigned.
"No, it's too troublesome to go around. It's very convenient for me to go back by car."
"Then you go back and be careful." Ye Yinfeng told her in the car.
Xia Xia stood outside the car and said goodbye to everyone, and when the car started, she stood still and watched them off.
Mother Ye couldn't help sighing: "Xiao Guo is so sensible."
Wenxuan hugged Xiaodong and sat by the window, her eyes were always staring out of the window, her eyes gradually filled with the usual indifference when she first arrived.
The daughter in her arms was soft and warm, and she unconsciously increased her strength to hold her, as if this was the only real possession she could grasp.
The car stopped at the gate of Ye's community, Wen Xuan didn't intend to bother others, and planned to go down and take a taxi by herself, but Xiaodong fell asleep in her arms.
Seeing this, Mother Ye told her son: "Yinfeng, it's better for you to give it away, don't freeze the child."
Wen Xuan was about to resign, but Ye Yinfeng rushed ahead of her and said, "Understood, Mom, you and Dad can rest first, and I'll go back after seeing them off."
Without the Ye family's parents, the car was much more spacious and quiet.
Ye Yinfeng glanced at Wenxuan from the rearview mirror, and found that she was staring blankly at his back, Ye Yinfeng's heart suddenly tensed up.
The long silence is weird, especially between two people who are not very familiar with each other. The silence is like a monster, as if it is about to break a certain layer of thin window paper at any time, which is embarrassing.
"I don't know if Xia Xia is home yet?" Wen Xuan was the first to break the silence.
With the topic, the atmosphere that was brewing more and more dangerous disappeared.
"It should be safe for her to take a taxi."
As Ye Yinfeng said this, a little concern also arose in his heart. In the past, Xia Xia accompanied him to work overtime, and as long as conditions allowed, he would always personally send her downstairs to the residence.
"Your mother likes her very much." Wen Xuan said quietly.
"What?" Ye Yinfeng paused for a moment to understand what she meant, and laughed dumbly, "My mother thinks any unmarried girl is good."
"Why aren't you married yet?"
"I didn't find a suitable one."
"Perfectionist." Wen Xuan whispered with a smile.
"No. Marriage is a major event in life. Two people will live together for the rest of their lives, so it's better to be cautious. Getting married for the sake of getting married is irresponsible to each other."
"Isn't it good to be a girl like Xia Xia?"
"She's a very nice person, but I never thought about talking to my employees...cough, besides, she's still too young for me."
"Some people say that young and innocent girls are easier to deceive, and they are not tiring to communicate with."
Ye Yinfeng frowned: "This is the argument of a shameless man, do you like men who are prone to lying?"
"... I liked it, a long time ago." Wen Xuan's tone was flat, almost without emotion.
Ye Yinfeng suddenly got stuck, and at the same time felt very embarrassed. He suddenly realized that he didn't know much about Wenxuan's past.
Silence returned between the two of them again, but it seemed to be different from before.
When they arrived downstairs in Wenxuan's apartment, Xiaodong was still asleep, and Ye Yinfeng helped Wenxuan carry the child upstairs.
Wen Xuan opened the door and led Ye Yinfeng to the bedroom, where he gently put the child on the bed.Xiaodong pouted twice, turned over, and continued to sleep.
He stood in front of the bed and looked at the child: "She looks a lot like you."
"Really? I don't think so." Wen Xuan said behind him.
"The facial features are very similar, especially the eyes and mouth." Ye Yinfeng's voice suddenly became low.
Wen Xuan's eyes stayed on his tall and straight back, and a trace of enthusiasm eagerly emerged from the bottom of her heart like a bud, but she didn't know which direction to grow.
Ye Yinfeng turned around suddenly, as if waking up from a dream: "I should go."
"It's still early, why don't you...sit for a while longer." Wen Xuan felt her throat was extremely dry, and she didn't even notice the subtle begging in her voice.
She suddenly felt a deep fear at the thought of facing the long night alone again.
But Ye Yinfeng had already walked out of the bedroom, as if some kind of force was pushing him forward, wanting him to escape from this dimly lit room full of temptations.
Wenxuan walked to the door of the room quickly, and saw Ye Yinfeng's back in front of the door, despair gripped her tightly in an instant, eager to save something, she blurted out: "You don't want to listen to me The old story?"
Ye Yinfeng stopped in his tracks, turned his head slightly in surprise, under the dim light, he saw an unusually beautiful face, and that face was full of decadence.
His heart softened all of a sudden, and he turned around slowly.
Wen Xuan's already hopeless mood was immediately lightened by him: "You sit down for a while, and I'll boil a pot of hot water."
Ye Yinfeng sat down on the sofa hesitantly, not knowing whether his choice was appropriate.
Wenxuan quickly brought up two cups of black tea, brewed in fine bone china cups.
"I have a bad stomach. The doctor said that drinking black tea can nourish the stomach."
Ye Yinfeng picked up the teacup and took a sip. The aroma was strong and the taste was not as good as his favorite Darjeeling, but it was not bad.
Wen Xuan turned on the light in the living room, and the ambiguity that was still lingering in the air just now disappeared completely.
"Are you cold?" She looked at Ye Yinfeng's thin clothes, "I have a blanket here."
Although Ye Yinfeng repeatedly claimed that it was not cold, Wen Xuan brought him a blanket and turned on the air conditioner.
"I didn't expect it to be so cold here before I came to Sanjiang."
"It's mainly damp and cold, and many northerners are not used to it." Ye Yinfeng said, "But you don't seem to be from Lanxi, do you?"
"Well, I grew up in Meiling."
"It's not far from Sanjiang. Never thought about going back?"
Wen Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "I escaped from there, how dare I go back."
"Your parents..."
"They are all there, and I have a younger brother, but I haven't contacted them for almost seven or eight years... When I was 19 years old, my dad kicked me out of the house."
"Why?" Ye Yinfeng was surprised.
"I don't study hard, and hang out with a group of hooligans all day long. Such a daughter has completely embarrassed him." Wen Xuan smiled at him, "You must never have thought that one day you would have a problem with someone from the past. Are the girls sitting and chatting face to face?"
Ye Yinfeng didn't know what to say, so he was silent for a moment and said: "But after all, you are back on track, got married and had a child, even though you..."
Wen Xuan bowed her head: "So far, I have only been married once, and that was to Ye Xiaoxiang."
Ye Yinfeng was taken aback: "Then Xiaodong..."
"She was born to me, but I haven't gone through legal procedures with her father." Wen Xuan let out a sigh of relief as she couldn't look back on the past.
"I was only 16 years old when I met him. Thinking about him now, he is actually just like what my dad said, a hooligan. But in my eyes at that time, he was like a real man. Will protect me, love me, and value me more than anything else."
"It's because of him that you fell out with your family?"
"Stupid isn't it?"
She lowered her head and sipped the tea, her eyes lowered, as if she wanted to search for her once young self in the dark red water.
"I followed him crazy for four years. Later, I found out that I was pregnant. I wanted to give birth to the child, and he didn't object. I began to think about the future of the child. I thought we should have a family, and he should also have a family." Stable job, can't go on like this."
She closed her eyes: "Since I had this idea, we have never stopped arguing. Until one day, I found out that he had another woman outside... At that time, I was still pregnant, and I would I couldn't stand living with him anymore, so I packed up my things and left him."
Ye Yinfeng was fascinated by listening, Wen Xuan raised the teapot to refill his cup, he quickly thanked: "You are very good at taking care of others."
Wen Xuan smiled wryly: "It was all exercised when I was raising the children alone."
Ye Yinfeng looked at her sympathetically: "Isn't it hard to raise a child by yourself?"
"Yes!" Wen Xuan sighed, "When I left Xiaodong's father, I didn't have much money, and the child was born with the help of friends."
"Didn't her father come to see you again?"
"I looked for it and wanted to give me money, but I didn't ask for it."
"Your temperament..." Ye Yinfeng smiled, "Actually, you are also very stubborn."
Wen Xuan shrugged her shoulders noncommittally: "I only found out afterwards that he already had someone outside, and there were more than one. So, I used to be that ignorant girl who was easy to deceive." The corners of her mouth were thickly drawn with sarcasm.
"Not long after I gave birth, I went to find a job. In order to have more opportunities in the future, I studied hard and took various certificates. Thinking about it, I was really tired, but no matter how hard I tried, others would look at me strangely. Me, because I'm a single mom."
That's the way things are, and complaining won't help.Ye Yinfeng stayed silent with her for a moment before asking: "So you left Meiling and went to Lanxi?"
"I can't find a way out except to leave. You know, you can fight against one or two people, but you can't fight against a group of people. Besides, I have to think about Xiaodong, I don't want her to be scolded by children Ugly words."
Ye Yinfeng looked at the stubborn woman in front of him with pity: "You love your daughter very much."
Wen Xuan's eyes suddenly darkened: "She is my only relative in this world."
Ye Yinfeng's cell phone rang, it was Ye Mu calling.
"Yinfeng! Where are you? Why haven't you come back yet?"
"Oh, Mom, I've been delayed on the road for a while, and I'll be home soon, you go to bed first."
After hanging up the phone, Ye Yinfeng found that Wen Xuan was staring at him. He was a little embarrassed: "My mother always treats me like a child. If I don't tell her when I go home late, she won't be able to sleep."
Wen Xuan wanted to ask him why he was lying, but she opened her mouth, but swallowed the words back.
Ye Yinfeng got up: "I should go." The time at night always flies by, and before he knew it, he had stayed here for more than an hour.
This time Wenxuan didn't keep him anymore, and sent him to the door. Ye Yinfeng turned his head to say goodbye to her. Wenxuan stared at him with a smile. That smile was like a drop of dew on a red rose, with the beauty of the petals, quietly falling to the ground. his heart.
Ye Yinfeng drove all the way back, but felt a hotness rolling around in his body, making him unable to calm down, so he simply closed the car window to let the cold wind pour in, cooling down his irritable mood.
Wen Xuan seems to have a magical power, every time he gets close to her, he will be led away by her involuntarily.
A thought came and went, he kept trying to suppress it, he didn't dare to think about it, even a little thought would be a blasphemy to Xiaoxiang, but he couldn't get rid of the face that stayed in his mind, a sense of powerlessness came from deep in his heart This is something that has never happened before.
The car ran faster and faster, and in the end it simply started racing on the empty night road.
After Ye Yinfeng left, Wen Xuan sat down on the sofa again, her mind was empty, she opened the small drawer, took out a pack of cigarettes, and took out one with her hand, the lighter clicked, and she was holding a cigarette in her mouth. Going up, without touching the flame, he subconsciously retreated, threw the cigarette and lighter into the drawer, and stared blankly.
She regretted the frank confession to Ye Yinfeng just now, why did she tell him those things?Is it just to keep him a little longer?
She stood up slumped and walked into the bedroom.Xiaodong was sleeping soundly on the bed.She sat down on the edge of the bed, stared at her daughter with pity for a long time, then bowed her head and pressed a kiss lightly on Xiaodong's forehead.
This is her daughter, the only person she can rely on in her life. She must let her live a carefree life without any harm.
(End of this chapter)
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