Jiang Cha Cha no longer uses her cell phone. She puts it in a drawer and locks it up. She follows the schedule for classes, and Jin Xiaocan will notify her of other things. When she is not in class, she takes care of the business, or spends time in the gym, and goes to Jiang Da's place to help sell oden in the evening.
Jiang Cha Cha's real name is "Hai Xiao". As the news was exposed, it could no longer be concealed and the news spread.
Jiang Chacha let it go, neither admitting nor denying it. The happiest person was Professor Jiang, who was very proud of Jiang Chacha's reporting of hot topics and taking the lead. Although Jiang Chacha had published the unpopular ocean reports that he disliked the most under the pen name "Hai Xiao" without telling him, the fact that his "favorite student became famous" was enough for him to forgive the other past mistakes.
Jiang Cha Cha tried hard to close her ears and not to hear what Gu Nanfeng was saying.
She didn't know whether it was because of how she felt after hearing the news about Gu Nanfeng, or because she felt that she no longer had the qualifications to care about him.
Passing by Gu Group, Jiang Cha Cha always felt uncomfortable when she saw the building that was like a pillar that reached the sky. That day, in a hotel in Barcelona, ​​Gu Nanfeng was besieged by a group of reporters. She looked straight at her Gu Nanfeng...
Jiang Cha Cha felt like a deserter.
"Cha Cha, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Da collected the money from a few primary school students and turned to put it in the tin can. Then he saw Jiang Cha Cha, who was packing up, in a daze again.
Jiang Cha Cha came back to her senses: "Oh, no."
Jiang Da took the spoon and stirred the soup, then took out a few more bunches of ingredients from the plastic box and put them in. "Are you tired from coming here to help dad these days? You always daydream."
"No, I'm not tired." Jiang Cha Cha threw the disposable plastic cup into the trash can and smiled perfunctorily.
"Where is that gentle young man? Why haven't I seen him?" Jiang Da blinked and thought with some effort, "His name is He Yao, right?"
"He won't come." Jiang Cha Cha wiped the table hard with a rag, and the whole cart shook.
Jiang Da was not surprised by her saying that. He turned down the heat a little, and the gurgling sound in the cubicle became quieter: "Gu Nanfeng has resumed work at the resort hotel in Barcelona."
Jiang Chacha was surprised that Jiang Da suddenly mentioned this, and her hands trembled slightly.
"It was said that the organizer of the protest accepted bribes. Several reporters investigated again and cleared Gu's name. The direction of public opinion has changed, and this matter will be reduced to a small matter, and a small matter will be eliminated." Jiang Da didn't know that his daughter was "Hai Xiao" and didn't know what happened between her and Gu Nanfeng in Barcelona. He tried hard to recall the content of the news he saw and said to Jiang Cha Cha.
"Dad, we shouldn't meddle in other people's business." Jiang Cha Cha flattened the beverage bottles one by one and stacked them up.
"I thought you would want to know." Jiang Da looked at her.
Jiang Cha Cha didn't say anything. She stared at the empty cans becoming flattened and raised at both ends. She felt her calves trembling slightly.
It's good that nothing happened. At least He Yao kept his promise, and at least Gu Nanfeng's dream was not really destroyed by her.
At this time, another group of junior high school students who had just graduated from the cram school came over. Seeing Jiang Da, one of the girls asked, "Uncle, where is that handsome guy? Why isn't he here?"
Jiang Da said with a smile: "Well, if he's not here, you should go home early and don't have a midnight snack."
"Ah? You don't want to do business anymore?" A group of students looked sad.
Jiang Cha Cha tightened the net holding the cans: "Dad, it's not even nine o'clock yet."
Jiang Da smiled and lifted up the cart: "Let's stop here today and go home early."
Jiang Cha Cha helped push the cart. Thinking of the dozen students in the group, she couldn't help but sigh, "We should have earned dozens of dollars just now."
"You are such a money-grubber." Jiang Da glanced at her lovingly, "You can never make enough money."
Jiang Cha Cha retorted embarrassedly: "I saw that it was still early, so..."
"Cha Cha, let's have hotpot tonight." Jiang Da suddenly suggested.
"OK."
Back home, Jiang Da took out the ingredients that had been prepared long ago from the refrigerator and asked Jiang Chacha to prepare the seasoning. The father and daughter were busy and happy, lighting the fire and serving dishes around the dining table.
Watching the soup in the pot bubbling and wafting with fragrance, Jiang Cha Cha couldn't help but ask, "Dad, why did you suddenly think of having hot pot today?"
"Let's eat, cook, and chat." Jiang Da poured red wine for Jiang Cha Cha, "Hot pot is the best."
Jiang Cha Cha realized something and pretended to have forgotten to get the vinegar. She stood up and said, "Oh, I didn't get the vinegar. I'll go..."
"No, the vinegar is here." Jiang Da held her down and pushed his seasoning plate over.
Seeing that she couldn't hide, Jiang Cha Cha had to speak directly: "Dad, I don't want to talk about it."
"I haven't even opened my mouth yet, how do you know what I'm going to say?" Jiang Da picked up the lettuce that had just been put down, and in a blink of an eye, the chopsticks tasted crisp and tempting green.
Jiang Cha Cha looked at Jiang Da and smiled, "No one knows a father better than his daughter. Dad and I do have some tacit understanding."
Jiang Da nodded: "So, no one knows a daughter better than her father. Can't dad see that you are unhappy?"
Jiang Cha Cha's nose felt sore and she turned her head away. She didn't cry when she saw Gu Nanfeng misunderstand her in Barcelona; she didn't cry on the plane back home; she forgot to cry during the busy time after returning; she couldn't cry when she just learned that Gu Nanfeng was finally safe.
Now, her father was sitting opposite her, and with one sentence, “You are unhappy,” he tore her strong exterior into pieces!
After a while, Jiang Cha Cha wiped her face and put some food into her mouth: "Dad, time will dilute everything. You said that everything will be fine."
Jiang Da's old face showed a bitter smile: "Yes, everything will be fine. But it's not so easy to forget someone you think of in your heart." He put her favorite tripe on the plate, "Dad is just afraid that you will remember it for the rest of your life, and then you will never be happy for the rest of your life."
lifetime?
These three words are so heavy, like a mountain pressing down on me, making it hard to breathe.
Jiang Cha Cha looked at Jiang Da. Once upon a time, his handsome face, full of vigor and vitality, was gradually covered with traces of time. She could vaguely imagine how graceful he was when he was young, but now she could see how much vicissitudes he had experienced.
Her growing up and his aging happened without anyone noticing.
"Dad, how long is a lifetime?"
"A lifetime is neither long nor short." Jiang Da was slightly startled. "It's just a snap of the fingers, but every time I think of your mother, time stops."
Jiang Cha Cha nodded.
She understands.
My mother is a doctor at sea. She met my father on a ship. At that time, my father was still a wealthy man, and it was common for him to go to sea and do business abroad. That day, my father was on a cruise ship and met a Spanish businessman. Suddenly, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, so my mother was invited by the ship's staff to the room to treat my father.
Dad said that the moment he opened his eyes and saw Mom, it was like a comet fell into his heart, and he could no longer see any other colors from then on.
My father is young, handsome and well-spoken, which also makes my mother very fond of him.
For two people who share the same interests, the prelude to love doesn't need to be laid out for too long, they can just get together like that.
Wandering on the sea always makes people feel uneasy and drives them to actively seek a strong sense of security. After my mother married my father, she took off her white coat and hoped to be a good wife and mother at home.
Before she was born, her parents did live a very happy life.
The good times didn’t last long. After his daughter was born, his father’s business hit rock bottom.
My mother accompanied my father in trying several times, but each time ended in failure. Then they changed the villa into a rented house, and their monthly income went from being a good amount to not enough to cover their expenses.
So, Mom put on her white coat again and returned to the sea.
She saw her mother less and less often until her father took her to find her mother.
They finally saw their mother, and saw that she was with another man, behaving intimately.
She will always remember the man's hand on her mother's shoulder and the look of surprise on her mother's face when she turned around and saw her and her father.
Dad didn't say anything, just took her and left.
After that, she never saw her mother again.
She cried, hated, and questioned heart-wrenchingly.
But every time, my father would always say, "Your mother left because she couldn't bear to leave the sea."
Thus, there was a connection between her and the ocean.
She didn't know how to describe this feeling. From the resistance at the beginning to when she grew up and tried to understand her mother's inner feelings, the resistance turned into expectation and protection.
Perhaps, hatred cannot solve the problem.
Perhaps, as long as the place where mom is is blue and clear, her heart will be filled with happiness, and then she will be able to think of her and dad.
So with this belief in mind, even though her father asked her to study journalism, she still quietly paid attention to marine environmental protection. Whenever she had time, she would audit classes in the Department of Marine Biology and began to explore this mysterious field from a professional perspective.
After diving into this field, I love it because of my understanding, and I have a sense of mission because of my love.
Jiang Cha Cha seemed to slowly understand why her mother was attracted to the sea.
Of course, it is undeniable that every time she saw Jiang Da sitting alone at the bedside drinking, every time she woke up from a nightmare and missed her mother, time stopped.
Time can dilute everything except longing.
Everything will be fine, except the pain in my heart , which will remain forever.
"Dad, I don't want to lie to you, I don't know." Jiang Cha Cha took a sip of red wine, and a faint bitterness flowed into her throat . "I don't know if I can forget him. Maybe I will forget him in two years, or maybe I will never forget him in this life.
"But the only thing I know is that I don't regret it."
She didn't regret meeting him, didn't regret liking him, and didn't regret falling in love with him.
"Dad is always here, as long as you need him." Jiang Da nodded and scooped up a bowl of soup. "Don't keep everything in your heart, or you'll get sick. It's always easier to talk about it."
Jiang Cha Cha nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you, Dad."
The two of them ate around the hot pot for a long time and talked a lot.
Under the influence of alcohol, Jiang Cha Cha didn't know how much she had said. She only knew that after dinner, she felt light-headed as she sat on the balcony at night.
She and Tang Meini had had such heart-to-heart chats before, but that night in Barcelona, ​​she lost sight of Tang Meini in the conversation.
This time, Jiang Cha Cha didn’t know what would happen after she woke up.
She hadn't had a good night's sleep for nearly half a month. Every time she fell asleep, Gu Nanfeng's staring face would appear.
The next day, Jiang Cha Cha was awakened by Jin Xiaocan's series of life-threatening phone calls.
"Cha Cha, Cha Cha, hurry up and get up! Professor Jiang is making trouble again!"
"Um?"
"Are you still sleeping?" Jin Xiaocan on the other end of the phone could hear Jiang Chacha's heavy nasal voice, indicating that she hadn't woken up yet. "I'm downstairs at your house. I'll give you five minutes. Come down quickly!"
Jiang Chacha frowned and said slightly unhappy: "Jin Xiaocan, I am your boss."
Jin Xiaocan hung up the phone.
Jiang Cha Cha sat up depressedly. Why did she always feel that someone's back became more and more rigid, and his eyes became more and more cautious since he started dating?
Five minutes later, Jiang Chacha appeared in front of Jin Xiaocan wearing a hat, sleepy eyes and casual clothes: "You'd better have something important, or I'll kill you."
Jin Xiaocan was very satisfied with Jiang Chacha's outfit: "Very good, very good. This simple look should be able to fool the paparazzi. Let's go."
"Paparazzi? What paparazzi?" Jiang Cha Cha was confused.
Jin Xiaocan took a deep breath and said, "This is what I mean. To put it simply, after your anonymous name 'Hai Xiao' became popular, Professor Jiang decided to hold a press conference to report on you. Now a large group of reporters are rushing here. Do you understand?"
This news was so surprising that Jiang Cha Cha was so shocked that she lost all her sleepiness. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong: "It's impossible. Given Professor Jiang's personality, if he wanted to do this, he would have done it long ago. Why did he wait until now?"
Jin Xiaocan pulled her over and explained as he ran, "Do you think he just remembered it? It's just that the school's top management had previously advocated keeping a low profile, but this morning, your article and video were found to be fake and were on the news!"
"What?" Jiang Cha Cha was stunned.
Jin Xiaocan turned his head anxiously, and his eyes suddenly became as frightened as a sheep seeing a pack of wolves.
Jiang Cha Cha followed her gaze and saw that the reporters had indeed arrived.
The most urgent thing was to leave here first, Jiang Chacha and Jin Xiaocan ran quickly. Unfortunately, those who entered this industry were all elites in sense of smell, and no one knew who spotted them first and shouted, "Over there!"
"Wow! They are so fast! Cha Cha, will we be eaten alive?"
"Shut up and run!"
“Here, here!”
Jiang Cha Cha and Jin Xiaocan ran to the side gate of the community, and a car stopped in front of them in time.
Before Jiang Cha Cha could see clearly, the car door was opened and Jin Xiaocan pushed her in.
The car door was slammed shut and the car drove away.
The reporters who were chasing were immediately left behind.
Only then did Jiang Cha Cha notice He Yao looking back from the passenger seat.
He Yao: "Are you okay?"
Jin Xiaocan sat next to Jiang Chacha and panted loudly: "Hu, hu, we, we are fine."
Zhao Haozi, who was driving, looked at the rearview mirror with concern: "Xiaocan, you need to exercise more."
Jin Xiaocan glared: "Shut up! Drive your car!"
Zhao Haozi stuck out his tongue.
Jiang Chacha looked around at the people in the car: "What's going on?"
Jin Xiaocan looked at He Yao silently, and He Yao handed over the iPad: "Your article and video have been dug out and reinterpreted by someone with ulterior motives, including the frames that were originally edited out of the video have been restored. Now the Gu Group reserves the right to file a defamation accusation against this."
Jiang Cha Cha sees that the current headlines on the web are all about Gu Group being slandered by someone with ulterior motives and being caught up in a conspiracy theory of a public opinion storm. "Hai Xiao" is said to be a public opinion thug hired by Gu's competitors.
Jiang Cha Cha's heart immediately turned cold. She looked up at He Yao and blurted out, "Did you do this?"
These words were filled with murderous intent, killing everyone.
He Yao's expression didn't change drastically, but one could still tell that he was hurt at that moment.
Jin Xiaocan couldn't bear to watch it anymore and nudged Jiang Chacha: "Chacha."
Zhao Haozi frowned and defended his friend: "How could it be that A Yao did this? Why would he do this? Besides, if he did it, why would he be so worried about you and come to find you?"
Jiang Cha Cha's heart was already cold when facing He Yao. Jin Xiaocan and Zhao Haozi's sincere and heartfelt words of help seemed more like a kind of support without knowing the truth to her.
"You don't know him at all."
He Yao took back the iPad and laughed at himself: "I know you won't believe anything I say now, but I really didn't do this."
He didn't explain much or say anything else.
He Yao instructed Zhao Haozi to drive the car back to the school: "Don't leave the school during this period. It will be safer. Those reporters can't enter the school."
He didn't turn to look at her when he said this.
Seeing Jiang Cha Cha open the car door and get out, Jin Xiaocan also got out: "He Yao, thank you. Hey, Cha Cha, wait for me!"
In the rearview mirror, He Yao looked at Jiang Chacha's back and heard Zhao Haozi sighing beside him: "What happened to you two? Why did she misunderstand you so deeply?"
"Haozi, people can't do wrong things. Once they make a mistake, there's no turning back."
"ah?"
Cha Cha, towards you, I make one wrong step at a time.
Jiang Cha Cha slammed the door of the dormitory. Jin Xiao Can thought she was angry because He Yao didn't let her leave the school, so he said, "Actually, what He Yao said makes sense. Think about it. Professor Jiang really wanted you to be our department's name card and promote our department's reputation. But now suddenly... the school will definitely take precautions to prevent you from being contacted by those nasty reporters. So, it's definitely safest for you to stay in school obediently."
Jiang Cha Cha lowered her head and didn't listen to Jin Xiaocan's words. There was only one question spinning in her mind - could it be him?
Could it be Gu Nanfeng who did all this?
In the car, she asked He Yao that question just out of inertia. Now thinking about it carefully, if it was really him who did it, it would be equivalent to giving her a chance to explain the misunderstanding to Gu Nanfeng. He had no reason to do so.
Then, the only one left was Gu Nanfeng, who hated her to the core.
But how did Gu Nanfeng get the original article and video?
At this time, someone knocked on the door. Jin Xiaocan went to open the door. It was Tang Meini.
Jin Xiaocan looked alert: "What are you doing here?"
Jiang Cha Cha turned around, saw the person coming, and said, "Xiao Can, please go out for a moment."
"No, I won't go out!" Jin Xiaocan pouted his lips.
Jiang Cha Cha stepped forward, passing Tang Meini: "Then let's talk outside."
Tang Meini glanced at Jin Xiaocan, whose eyes were about to pop out, then turned around and went out with Jiang Chacha.
The two came to the small garden downstairs of the dormitory.
Tang Meini said: "I don't believe that the previous report was written by you."
Jiang Cha Cha snorted and laughed: "Of course, this is a good show for you and He Yao to work together again."
Tang Meini was slightly startled, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "I didn't."
Jiang Cha Cha looked at her sharply. She tilted her head and said, "You don't believe it?"
Without waiting for Jiang Cha Cha to speak, Tang Meini smiled and said, "It seems that you don't really understand me, nor do you understand He Yao. If I say I didn't do it, then I didn't do it. After the shark incident, he broke up with me completely and said he would protect you and not get involved between me and Gu Nanfeng. And I won't use Gu Nanfeng's career to plot against him."
"Really? You've even calculated life and death, and you don't dare to calculate this mere public opinion?" At this moment, Jiang Cha Cha was like a newborn baby, looking at everything with caution and unfamiliarity.
When Tang Meini heard Jiang Chacha say this, the arrogance and conceit on her face suddenly melted into the air and slowly collapsed: "Yes, I have calculated life and death, but I still can't win his heart back."
Jiang Cha Cha was stunned.
"I came to see you today to say goodbye to you." Tang Meini smiled slightly.
"bid farewell?"
"I have applied to study in a foreign university. For the sake of our two families' reputation, my engagement with Gu Nanfeng will be delayed indefinitely, and will be terminated when the time is right." Tang Meini looked at Jiang Cha Cha steadily, "I'm out. As for you and him, it's up to you."
This news came so suddenly and unexpectedly that Jiang Cha Cha didn't react at all: "You want to leave?"
Tang Meini quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, revealing a stubborn and proud smile: "Jiang Cha Cha, I didn't lose to you, I just lost to myself."
He didn't leave me any chance, there was no way I could win.
Jiang Cha Cha, do you know how jealous I am of you?
Jiang Chacha was stunned for a moment, thousands of words stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter a word. Tang Meini was standing in front of her, but she didn't know whether to hug her or say goodbye.
"Jiang Cha Cha, do you regret being friends with me?" Tang Meini suddenly asked.
Jiang Cha Cha was silent for a while and shook his head.
Your kindness to me was real; our happiness was real; the memories of our youth are also real.
Even though we are strangers now, I have no regrets.
Tang Meini felt relieved as if she had been forgiven. She hugged Jiang Cha Cha and said, "Me too."
The warmth in the embrace was suddenly taken away, and Tang Meini said goodbye and turned around gracefully.
She just left like that.
Jiang Cha Cha never thought that Tang Meini would withdraw from the dispute in this way, and her persistent dream was given up just like that.
"Jiang Cha Cha, do you think we will always be this good?"
"of course."
"I hope we can always be friends, witness each other's love, each other's first child, each other's aging, and each other's life. You must never leave me!"
"Okay, I promise."
…
Tang Meini's figure became increasingly blurred, while the scene of them once leaning against each other became increasingly clear.
In the end, the words she whispered in her ear were like an iron chain that locked Jiang Cha Cha's heartbeat.
“Sometimes, don’t just focus on the surface, feel it with your heart, that way you can discover a lot of things.”
A lot of things? What does Tang Mei Ni mean?
If Gu Nanfeng really believed in her, he wouldn't have stayed away from her for so long.
Jiang Chacha turned around and went back to the dormitory. Jin Xiaocan left her a note: Chacha, Professor Jiang is in a hurry to see you. I'll go and block him for you. Come quickly!
Jiang Cha Cha frowned slightly, picked up her bag and hurried to the teaching building.
When she arrived at the office, she didn't see Professor Jiang. She thought about it and rushed to the lecture hall. The lecture hall was large and spacious, and the sound of the lecturer echoed and the momentum was instantly amplified. So before, Professor Jiang often talked to her there.
Sure enough, when Jiang Cha Cha arrived at the front door of the classroom, she saw Jin Xiaocan standing on the podium, with his head hung towards Professor Jiang, looking like he was being scolded.
Jiang Cha Cha stepped in and called out, "Professor Jiang."
At this moment, she saw a third person out of the corner of her eye.
He sat in the place she usually liked to sit, wearing a beige coat, his short-cut hair glowing like gold in the sunlight shining in from the side; his handsome face was still the same, but perhaps because he had lost weight due to tiredness, his edges and corners became more distinct; he folded his arms, exuding a calm aura, and looked at her intently.
This was the first time she had seen him since that day in the hotel in Barcelona.
Jiang Cha Cha calmed her breathing, forced herself to look away, walked towards Professor Jiang and asked, "Professor Jiang, are you looking for me?"
Professor Jiang saw Jiang Cha Cha and quickly turned to look at Gu Nanfeng: "Oh, am I looking for you? No, I'm not looking for you. Jin Xiaocan, follow me!"
Professor Jiang held Jin Xiaocan's collar by the inch of his neck like a chicken, and Jin Xiaocan winked at Jiang Cha Cha.
The two people passed by Jiang Cha Cha like a gust of wind and left.
The classroom door slammed.
The empty classroom immediately fell silent.
Jiang Cha Cha walked quickly to the door and was about to open it when she heard Gu Nanfeng's voice: "I did it."
Gu Nanfeng stood up and walked towards Jiang Chacha step by step: "Do you know that 'Hai Xiao' is really famous, so her article is equivalent to sentencing the resort hotel to death?
"Do you know how much effort I put into changing the situation?
"Jiang Cha Cha, your constant talk of fairness and that you won't help me is all lies. Jiang Cha Cha, what else have you lied to me about that you haven't told me yet?"
Jiang Cha Cha stood quietly, feeling Gu Nanfeng approaching step by step. His prepared questions fell on her like an invisible whip.
"I didn't know that my idol has always been by my side." Gu Nanfeng stretched out his hand and pulled Jiang Chacha's chin. "Silently hiding in the corner, secretly watching me do stupid things, are you happy?"
The misunderstanding look he gave her that day overlapped with this moment. Jiang Cha Cha's heart suddenly tightened, and she said palely and weakly, "No."
"Tell me what it is like." Gu Nanfeng asked with his head down.
Tang Meini's letting go made her feel that she could tell the truth now, but if she did, would he believe it?
"What if I say that I didn't write those reports, nor did I edit them?"
"Why didn't you explain that morning?"
"I... you were already engaged to Minnie at that time, and I wanted to make the best of a bad situation and break up with you." Jiang Chacha's explanation sounded particularly weak. She saw the resentment in Gu Nanfeng's eyes, and understood how deeply she had hurt him by turning away and being silent that day. She accepted it all, but she also hoped that he would believe her now that she was completely honest.
Gu Nanfeng's hand slowly moved away from her chin, and she held it tightly in time: "I know it sounds ridiculous when I say this now. But this time I am telling the truth. Gu Nanfeng, you believe me..."
Gu Nanfeng's eyes were unpredictable, and he looked at her earnestly quietly: "Okay, then you tell everyone in person that this was done by He Yao and has nothing to do with you."
Jiang Cha Cha was stunned.
"Why, you don't want to?" Gu Nanfeng frowned, "It's just to restore the facts, what's wrong with that? He has agreed to it himself."
"What? He agreed to it himself?"
"He took the initiative to find me and said he was willing to help you with this matter." Gu Nanfeng put his hands behind his back, "It also saves me from threatening him with his company."
Jiang Cha Cha's heart tightened and she grabbed his wrist: "Don't touch his company."
Gu Nanfeng lowered his eyes and looked at Jiang Chacha's nervous hands. His faint smile disappeared: "Jiang Chacha, you actually spoke for him."
Jiang Cha Cha's eyebrows were raised higher and higher: "That's not the case! This matter has passed, and the resort hotel is out of danger. Why are you still holding on to it?"
"Is it over? Now the whole T University may be caught up in your scandal at any time. Those reporters are not pushovers. You are also from the journalism department, you should know it best!" Gu Nanfeng's breath was stuck in his chest and was about to explode. He was clearly trying to solve the problem for her, but she refused because of the culprit He Yao.
Jiang Chacha turned sideways, her clasped hands almost digging her nails into her palms. She knew that disobeying Gu Nanfeng's proposal would make their relationship worse, but she understood the significance of Yaohao Technology to He Yao even more. She had seen the hardships they had gone through in starting a business, and she couldn't let them get hurt because of her own affairs.
"I will take care of this matter myself, Mr. Gu, please don't worry about it."
Gu Nanfeng behind him said nothing, but took out his cell phone.
Hearing the phone call, Jiang Chacha turned around and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Acquire Yaohao Technology." Gu Nanfeng said decisively.
Jiang Cha Cha was shocked and reached out to grab the phone: "Gu Nanfeng, calm down!"
Gu Nanfeng pushed her against the wall and kissed her suddenly.
The familiar breath that came from that person brought with it a long-lost warmth. Jiang Cha Cha's eyes widened instantly and then slowly closed.
If the previous forced kiss was a lingering kiss that refused to let go, then this kiss carried with it the pain after the misunderstanding, the endless longing, and the reproach that was now jealous to the point of distortion.
Jiang Cha Cha was out of breath and pushed him away.
He pressed his forehead against hers, like a wolf that was strangled by a rope but still wanted to run hard: "How do you want me to calm down? You defended another man in front of me, how do you want me to calm down?"
"I like you." Jiang Cha Cha's voice was soft but firm.
Gu Nanfeng was stunned: "What did you say?"
"I told you I like you, you big idiot." Jiang Cha Cha bit her lip and stepped on his foot with a red face, "Stop imagining this, okay?"
Gu Nanfeng raised his eyebrows: "Well, then prove to me that what you said is true."
Jiang Cha Cha was still trying to argue helplessly, but he suddenly turned around and said, "You can only choose one between He Yao and me."
Having said that, he opened the door and walked away.
The wind came in, fluttering Jiang Cha Cha's hair and clothes.
Jiang Cha Cha's lips were still aching from being kissed by someone, and she couldn't help but murmur, "I never made a choice, you've been in my heart from the beginning."
Gu Nanfeng's stubbornness came back and no one could change him.
Professor Jiang's stance was even more resolute: Jiang Cha Cha had to find a way to clarify the public pressure brought about by "Hai Xiao" and must not bring discredit to the Journalism Department of T University.
When they arrived at the school gate, Jiang Cha Cha saw that all the security guards in the security room were out in full force, guarding the gate as if they were facing a great enemy, and not letting in the reporters who refused to leave the gate.
When the reporters saw Jiang Cha Cha, they raised their cameras, taking pictures and shouting at her.
Jiang Cha Cha never thought that she would become a famous news figure before she graduated and became a formal reporter.
Jiang Cha Cha ignored them and turned to walk towards the convenience store.
The grandma in the convenience store was sitting in the glass cabinet as usual, looking up at the old color TV which was playing the beautiful Yue Opera.
Jiang Cha Cha opened the freezer, took out a red bean popsicle, turned around, and found He Yao standing not far behind her.
Looking at each other, many things were self-evident, but they could feel it - he came to see her specially.
At this time, there was no paranoid hatred in her eyes. It seemed that she already knew that Tang Meini had let go, and she had talked about it with Gu Nanfeng.
After a long while, Jiang Cha Cha heard He Yao say, "Please treat me to a popsicle, too."
The two of them came to a bench nearby, and the popsicles in their hands were still intact before they melted, just like when they first met.
He Yao stared at his shoes and smiled, "Don't feel embarrassed. I did it willingly. Just consider it as making up for the mistake I made before."
Jiang Cha Cha: "If you want to make amends, you also have to consider Zhao Haozi. You should focus on the company that you two have worked so hard for."
He Yao turned his head and looked at her.
Jiang Cha Cha has made up her mind: "It's all over. There's no need to stir up a bigger wave and make things more and more out of control."
"But if those people don't find out a result, they won't..."
"I've thought about this." Jiang Cha Cha sucked a bite of the popsicle. "I'll say my computer was hacked, and that's how the article and video were tampered with. Your company can get involved without having to take any responsibility. Let them track down the hacker and keep a certain sense of mystery, and that should be all that matters."
"Then why is it only being announced now?"
“Public opinion is more influential when it is used to its full potential.”
He Yao paused, a hint of warmth rising in his brows: "I thought you would report me without hesitation."
Jiang Cha Cha leaned against the bench and looked at the fallen leaves flying from left to right in the courtyard: "I have blamed you and hated you, but when Mei Ni said goodbye to me, she told me that if you feel things with your heart, you can see a lot.
"I guess I can't deny that you lied to me and used me, but you were also really nice to me."
He Yao held the popsicle and thought: "Cha Cha."
"Um?"
"Nothing, thank you." If there was no Gu Nanfeng, I would like to ask you, would you like me?
Jiang Cha Cha stood on tiptoe and let out a long breath of relief: "I never thought that we would be able to face each other so openly. It's great."
"What you're doing is equivalent to declaring war on Gu Nanfeng. I'm afraid of you..." He Yao looked at her.
Jiang Cha Cha's beautiful pupils shrank and shrank, focusing into a beam of determined light: "What are you afraid of? I don't believe that I can't handle that arrogant guy!"
She patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, now it's my turn to take action!"
As she said this, she looked like a hero, put the popsicle in her mouth, and walked away with her head held high.
Now, without Tang Meini, without misunderstandings, without the obstacles of walking on thin ice, the shackles on her body were suddenly broken free, and she became as bright and charming as the domineering girl he first knew.
He Yao looked at Jiang Chacha's back with a smile, feeling relieved and then immediately disappointed.
There were two pieces of happiness, but he didn't grab either one.
When Gu Nanfeng took the initiative to find him and expressed his desire for the original video, he knew that his efforts to turn the tide did not achieve the desired effect, and he ultimately had no choice but to let go.
No matter how despicable he was, He Yao wanted to maintain his composure to the end.
"Do you really believe that these weren't made by Jiang Chacha? What makes you so sure?"
In the dark of night, Gu Nanfeng came to the company to find He Yao and asked to see Jiang Cha Cha's original articles and videos.
"With this." Gu Nanfeng lowered his eyes and placed his hands on the table, and a pink petal suddenly appeared.
"What is this?" He Yao frowned, not understanding what he meant.
"You wouldn't know." Gu Nanfeng raised his eyebrows proudly and threw a USB over. "You understand technology, so why can't I find someone who understands technology to investigate? Jiang Cha Cha's Weibo has been in an abnormal login state for a while. Her mobile phone card has been replaced, but the original one has strangely not been cancelled."
He Yao looked at the USB and said, "You can't have any evidence."
Gu Nanfeng laughed dumbly: "So you admit it? The article on Haixiao and the video of my confession were all done by you?"
He Yao didn't respond to his words. He only had one question out of curiosity: "Gu Nanfeng, to be honest, you almost must have been hurt by Jiang Cha Cha, right? You hated her so much at that time, right?"
"That morning, you took her away from me. I really fell into your trap." Speaking of this, Gu Nanfeng gritted his teeth in anger. He took a deep breath and looked at the pink petals on the table. "But even if it is true, it will not be as you wish. You will never get her in this life."
"Why?"
"Because I love her, more than you do."
He Yao disdained Gu Nanfeng's answer, and even more disdained this kind of comparison. It was just that he didn't know the secret of the pink petals, and just this point alone made him unable to catch up with her even if he chased her for thousands of steps.
"Cha Cha, I wish you happiness." This should be the last thing I can do for you.