Chapter 59 Compensation
I said, "It's nothing serious, I just came to see you, how have you been these past two days?"
Gu Ruoyan coughed quickly, reached out to adjust his glasses, and whispered, "Close the door first!" I sighed and turned around to close the door.
When Gu Ruoyan saw the door closed, she showed her anger and said in a low voice: "Tang Qian, I warn you, you are the only one in the company who knows about my divorce. If anyone else knows about it, I will not forgive you!"
I looked at Gu Ruoyan who was pretending to be angry, sighed softly, and said, "Manager, even if I want to say it in the future, I'm afraid I won't have the chance." Gu Ruoyan is a very intelligent woman. She immediately sensed something was wrong with me and felt that my words were filled with sadness of parting.
She said, "What's the matter? Sit down and talk slowly."
I sat opposite her, sighing continuously, and said, "Manager, I'm sorry. I just resigned from the company. I failed you in transferring me to the planning department. I also promised you that I would make achievements in my new job, but now, I have broken my promise. I came here to apologize to you. I hope you will scold me, otherwise I will feel guilty to death."
Gu Ruoyan was stunned for a moment, then said: "You resigned? Did you... find a job that suits you better? What does it matter? Just go ahead. Do you think I would object?" I said: "No, I don't."
Gu Ruoyan was very surprised: "Really? Then why did you resign?"
I looked at this leader who was so kind to me, and for a moment I couldn't tell the high-sounding lies I had just told other colleagues. I hesitated for a long time before I sighed, "Manager, I don't want to lie to you, but I can't explain the reason for my resignation in a short time. I can only say: I resigned because I had no choice but to do so, and it can avoid a lot of trouble . I came here to ask for your forgiveness, forgive me for acting on my own initiative, and then I left."
Gu Ruoyan looked at his watch and said, "If you don't tell me the reason clearly, how can I say anything to you? It's already off work, let's find a place to eat. Tell me about your situation in detail, maybe I can give you some advice."
I was touched and warmed to see that Manager Gu still cared about me. I said, "Thank you, Manager! But I'm afraid you can't solve this problem. I have an important date later. If I have the chance, I will tell you the reason."
Gu Ruoyan said "Oh", and her eyes returned to indifference. She said, "Is that so? Then why did you come to see me? Just to inform me that you are leaving? Well, I already know, you can leave now."
Seeing that Gu Ruoyan seemed angry, I hurriedly said, "Manager, that's not what I meant. You know I'm not very good at talking, and you know I respect you very much, so how could I hide anything from you? How about I finish the date as soon as possible tonight, and then I'll call you? I'll definitely tell you all the reasons why I resigned."
Seeing my nervous look, Gu Ruoyan felt slightly satisfied that I seemed to value her and was close to her. She smiled again and said, "You are an honest person. Okay, I'll wait for your call tonight. Hey, is it that complicated to quit your job?"
I smiled bitterly and said, "It's really complicated. You'll know when you listen to me tonight. By the way, you can also tell me about your divorce. If you need any help or feel depressed, you can talk to me and I can give you some advice."
Gu Ruoyan didn't expect me to say this. Her face flushed and she scolded, "Whether I am miserable or not is none of your business. Don't you have an important date? Then why are you still staying here? Hurry up and leave!"
I was so shocked that I said something wrong again. I smiled awkwardly and said, "I... I didn't mean that..."
Gu Ruoyan turned her eyes away from me and said, "Let's go, let's talk tonight. Don't interfere with my work." Seeing that she didn't want to talk more, I could only sigh and said, "Then... I'll leave first?"
"Hmm" Gu Ruoyan pretended to concentrate on typing on the computer and never looked at me again. I stood up and opened the door helplessly and went out.
Gu Ruoyan immediately stopped typing and hugged her head with both hands. She murmured, "Depressed? Haha, do you know how it feels to be depressed? I, I'm going crazy..."
I came to the parking lot with the cardboard box in my hand, and found Hua Jingjing standing by the car holding her phone, looking anxious. When she saw me coming, she shouted, "Where were you just now? Why is your phone turned off?"
I said, "I'm going to the sales department to say goodbye to my former colleagues. My cell phone? Oh, it's out of battery and turned off." Hua Jingjing snorted and said, "Give me the key."
I took the car key out of my pocket and handed it to her. Hua Jingjing pressed the remote control, and the car door opened with two beeps. I put the cardboard box in the trunk of the Ferrari first, then got in and closed the door. I asked, "Where are you going?"
Hua Jingjing was silent for a while, then started the engine and said, "Let's go buy some McDonald's , and then find a place where no one is around to settle the bill with you."
I felt a huge chill in my heart. Of course I knew what Hua Jingjing meant by the word "settling accounts". It was the most crazy revenge of a fierce woman who was angry and humiliated after being rejected. I could even imagine what the scene would be like. I made up my mind that tonight I would let Hua Jingjing beat and scold me, and I would never fight back, as a punishment for rejecting her and hurting her. Then from now on, I would never see her again.
When we arrived at McDonald's, I got out of the car and bought two chicken burgers and two hot drinks. I gave her one and started eating first.
Hua Jingjing didn't eat. She put the food aside and drove the car slowly out of the city and onto the highway. During this time, I didn't say a word to her.
After I finished eating McDonald's, I realized that the direction we were going was so familiar!
Because it was winter, it was completely dark soon, and all the vehicles on the highway turned on their lights. The Ferrari drove halfway and turned off the highway. I was sure in my heart that the place where the Ferrari would go was the wilderness that Hua Jingjing would never forget and lose face. She chose this place to settle accounts with me, she really knew how to choose a place!
Soon, the Ferrari drove into a wilderness road and finally stopped at a place. I looked outside and saw that it was already dark. I said, "I can't see anything clearly here. Are you sure we stopped here last time?"
Hua Jingjing didn't answer. She leaned against the car door and stared blankly outside. Seeing that she didn't say anything, I didn't say anything either. I lowered the car window, took out a cigarette, lit it and smoked it slowly.
Suddenly, Hua Jingjing finally spoke. She said, "If you drank the laxative that night and I took care of you, would you fall in love with me?"
I was stunned and said, "If I had drunk that glass of wine that night, you might have killed me. How could we talk about love?"
Hua Jingjing sighed: "It's all God's fault. If it weren't for that night, I wouldn't hate you to death. If I didn't hate you to death, I wouldn't think about you all day long. If I don't miss you, I won't like you. Don't you think so?"
I was stunned for a long time, and I couldn't understand why she liked me, so I had to say, "Miss Hua, I..." Hua Jingjing interrupted me immediately, and she said, "Don't call me Miss Hua, and don't call me President Hua, I just want you to call me Jingjing!"
I opened my mouth, but the word Jingjing was stuck in my mouth for a long time. I couldn't spit it out, so I said apologetically, "Why don't you just call me by my name? I really can't call you by such an intimate name."
Hua Jingjing's eyes turned red, and she quickly turned her head away from my sight. After a while, she continued, "Your girlfriend, your high school classmate named Qiu Jieqin, do you love her?"
I have actually asked myself this question before. To the deepest extent, I was just deeply moved by Qiu Jieqin and I liked her very much, but if you want to raise it to the level of love, I think it is still a little short of it, because I have never missed her bitterly, and I don’t have an unforgettable feeling. I didn’t understand it before, but since I met Xu Shu, I understand the feeling of a huge heartbeat, which I have never had for Qiu Jieqin.
Qiu Jieqin is the woman I chose to live with. She is gentle, considerate, and loves me. I like her, too. I don't hate her. We know each other well, and our backgrounds are not too different. It can be said that she is a more realistic choice. Apart from this, I can't find any other reason to explain why I want her to be my girlfriend.
So when Hua Jingjing asked me, "Do you love her?" I hesitated and didn't answer immediately.
It was this hesitation that caused me countless troubles and many stories later. Hua Jingjing was so sensitive that her whole body trembled. She immediately turned around and asked me in surprise: "Don't you love her?"
At that time, I was crying out in my heart, but I said stubbornly, "Who said that? How could I let her be my girlfriend if she doesn't love me?" Hua Jingjing stared into my eyes, carefully distinguishing the truth from the falsehood of my words.
She sneered again and said, "Are you lying? Why are you avoiding my eyes?" Then she realized something and said with a smile, "Let her be your girlfriend? So, your girlfriend is not the one you chased, but she chased you?"
I had no choice but to say, "She's my girlfriend anyway, so what difference does it make who pursues whom?"
"Difference? There's a huge difference!" Hua Jingjing was so excited, as if Columbus had discovered the New World, and she was almost dancing. She said, "The difference is that the degree of love is different. By the way, you yourself said that you owed her too much in the past, and now you are with her just to make up for it? How can love be compensated? You must not! Love! Her! Right?"
I couldn't argue with her, so I had to throw up my hands and said, "Anyway, I have a girlfriend, I won't leave her, no matter what you say, it's useless!"
Hua Jingjing pointed to the wilderness outside and said, "You made me lose face and suffer so much that I almost lost my life, and you even... saw my naked butt. I don't care. You owe me so much, and I want you to compensate me!"
