Chapter 9 Your appearance disrupted my entire life 1
The news that Qiu Zhuoping and Liu Jiaran were going to get married spread throughout the company, and many people were saying that the general manager and the administrative secretary had finally gotten married. Some people did not comment, thinking that there was a reason for the incident. There were even some people who liked to gossip, thinking that they were getting married because they were pregnant. The whole company was talking about Qiu Zhuoping and Liu Jiaran's marriage, but Qiu Zhuoping didn't seem to care about it. Even if he heard someone talking about it, he would just glance at it coldly and continue working.
In order to make herself the most beautiful bride, Liu Jiaran took a week off and went with her friends to get manicures, style her hair, and choose a wedding dress. She wanted to pile all the gorgeous things on herself.
The company’s WeChat work group also always receives photos of rings and wedding dresses sent by Liu Jiaran. People who see the pictures will participate in the discussion and give her advice.
However, Chen Yiying blocked that group early on and even quit it in the end.
After Yiying left the work group, many people in the company started discussing other topics, believing that the three of them were in a triangle relationship, which was why Yiying left the group.
In order to calm everyone's discussion, Zhong Jialiang took the initiative to bring Yiying back to the group again, and then sent a big red envelope to the group, which was grabbed by dozens of people. Under the red envelope was a bouquet of flowers, and under the flowers was a sentence "Finally I can date the person I like." But this didn't show anything, so he added @陈奕颖 and sent a flying kiss emoji.
This time, Qiu Zhuoping quietly left the group.
The colleagues who noticed the clues no longer dared to say anything, for fear that they would offend one of them by saying too much.
Qiu Zhuoping was going to marry Liu Jiaran, and Zhong Jialiang would lose a rival in love and competition. He would send flowers and various small gifts to Chen Yiying during work hours, and would also put cash cards from many supermarkets and famous brand stores inside the gifts.
The female colleagues in the company were particularly envious of Yiying for being favored by the chairman. In order to irritate Qiu Zhuoping, Yiying gladly accepted Zhong Jialiang's gift and gave him a hug in front of him.
Qiu Zhuoping, who was sitting in the office, stood up, closed the door, lowered the blinds, and ignored everything that was happening outside.
"It's noon now, let's go eat."
"Okay." Yiying put down the flowers and glanced at Qiu Zhuoping's office. The people in the office were still indifferent. She was a little angry, but turned around and smiled and took Zhong Jialiang's arm. The two left the company amid everyone's booing.
After Yiying followed Zhong Jialiang to the restaurant, she ordered a table of her favorite food without hesitation. Zhong Jialiang looked at Yiying who was like a greedy cat and couldn't help laughing.
"Oh, I forgot to take a photo!" Yiying suddenly remembered to take a photo to post on WeChat Moments. She used chopsticks to tidy up the plate with a missing piece of food, and then turned on the beauty camera. She raised her phone and turned her back to Zhong Jialiang to take the photo, so that the dishes on the table and Zhong Jialiang appeared in the camera.
The camera recorded the scene of them eating with a "click", and she quickly wrote a message on her circle of friends: The standard for having a boyfriend - to make you happy and improve the quality of life.
As soon as the Moments were posted, countless people liked it, including Hui Mei and Xu Shushu, who both posted shocked expressions. What was even more shocking was that Qiu Zhuoping liked the Moments and commented, "I wish you happiness."
When Yiying saw Qiu Zhuoping’s likes and comments, she was so angry that she wanted to throw her phone directly into the soup.
Qiu Zhuoping will not be satisfied until he makes her angry to death!
"Yiying, you seem a little unhappy, what's wrong?" Zhong Jialiang, who was also browsing the Moments on his phone, replied with a smiling emoticon under Qiu Zhuoping's comment and commented: We will be very happy, thank you!
"No, let's eat." Yiying put down her phone and ate the food angrily, but found that everything she ate tasted sour. After a while, she picked up her phone again and saw that Qiu Zhuoping had also posted a circle of friends, saying: The wedding will be held in the church the day after tomorrow, and everyone is welcome to attend. The picture was a photo of Liu Jiaran trying on a wedding dress.
Yiying liked the post and stayed in the comment box for a long time, unable to think of any more damaging comment. After a few seconds, she saw Zhong Jialiang's comment below: Not as pretty as my girlfriend.
Yiying smiled proudly, clicked reply to Zhong Jialiang, and sent a few kiss emojis.
"You still like Qiu Zhuoping in your heart, right?" Zhong Jialiang suddenly spoke after putting down his phone.
Only then did Chen Yiying realize that she was having dinner with him.
She put down her phone and smiled back: "I am a person who can take and let go. For someone like Qiu Zhuoping who wants to live in a rational world, why should I waste my youth? I only have two criteria for dating a boyfriend now: to make me happy and to improve my quality of life."
"Do you really think so?" Zhong Jialiang suddenly asked seriously, but this question made Chen Yiying feel guilty.
Did she really think so? Or was she just trying to get angry with Qiu Zhuoping and hoping to get more attention? Maybe she really couldn't let go, so she behaved in such a childish way, always thinking that one day they could be as good as they were in the past; always thinking that one day he would suddenly appear and take her away domineeringly.
Perhaps, we all live in such a space. In this space, we all have our own irreplaceable position and play a role in maintaining the balance of the space. However, time will make the people who originally occupied this position drift away. As a result, such a space loses its balance. Such a balance is subtle and indescribable. We all expect that the person who left this position will come back one day in the future, return to his position, and continue to maintain the balance of this space. But many times, there will be another person to replace this position, so that this space can continue to be balanced.
The position vacated by Qiu Zhuoping will sooner or later be filled or replaced by someone. This person may be Zhong Jialiang, or it may be a stranger met in the future.
"Zhong Jialiang, you said you like me, so will you accept all my shortcomings?" Yiying sipped the orange juice in the glass, her mood changed a little, "I am a very lazy person, I can't cook and I don't like doing housework. When I have free time, I like to stay at home and read books or watch TV. When I have nothing to do, I like to eat delicious food everywhere, and I also love to spend money. Even if you are with me, I may not change. If you really get in touch with the real me, will you still say you like me like you do now?"
"You can hire a nanny to cook and do housework. I will support you in whatever you like to do. I can also accompany you shopping. I don't need you to make any changes. You are you, and you are unique."
But what if I don’t want to change because I don’t love you?
If it is love, why would there be these excuses?
Yiying thought of Qiu Zhuoping, who always had demands on her and hoped that she would be good. And she, even though she knew it was very torturous, was still willing to become excellent and better for him. But when she was with Zhong Jialiang, she was very casual, and this casualness made her unable to feel her own emotional fluctuations.
She knew that Zhong Jialiang treated her well, unconditionally, and without any demands, but she was afraid of such meticulous love. Is such meticulous love really the most ideal relationship?
"A woman who can become your other half should be very happy." Yiying smiled teasingly and fixed her eyes on a couple outside the window.
The couple was having a quarrel. The girl pouted and turned her head away like a child. The boy also maintained this attitude and ignored the girl. But not long after, the girl looked at the boy tentatively with her eyes, with an expression that wanted to compromise but didn't want to admit her mistake first. When the boy met her gaze, she immediately snorted and continued to pout and turn her head away. The boy rolled his eyes and softened his attitude. He walked in front of the girl, put down his airs and made a face. The girl burst into laughter and chased him to hit him.
Yiying watched the young couple disappear at the end of the street, and couldn't help but think of herself and Qiu Zhuoping. Maybe they were now like that young couple, childishly quarreling in an adult way. But they were both people with inflated self-esteem, neither of them would compromise or give in, and maybe after all the quarreling, they would really start their own families...
On the day of Qiu Zhuoping's wedding, he posted his and Liu Jiaran's wedding photos on his circle of friends early, and wrote a sentence: I hope to get everyone's blessings.
When Chen Yiying opened her Moments, she found that among the people she knew, only Zhong Jialiang liked the post and left a message of blessing. When Yiying was hesitating whether to like or comment, a phone call interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello?"
"It's me. I think the weather is pretty good today. Are you interested in going to the beach with me to enjoy the breeze?" Zhong Jialiang's somewhat hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.
Yiying looked at the beautiful cheongsam dress hanging on the hanger. She originally wanted to appear at Qiu Zhuoping's wedding in her best condition. She would smile and bless him, and then turn around and leave gracefully in the most proud and beautiful state. She would prove to him that even without him, her life would not be affected in the slightest. But she didn't change into the cheongsam dress and put on makeup. As time passed, she suddenly feared that she would burst into tears in the church where they got married. She was afraid that her strength would not be able to support the moment when they exchanged rings.
"OK."
"Then change your clothes and come down. I'm downstairs in the apartment."
Yiying opened the curtains and saw a car parked by the tree below the apartment building. It was Zhong Jialiang's car. She changed into a simple skirt, tied up her long hair casually, and took Zhong Jialiang's car to the coast outside the city.
This city is an island with a long and shallow coastline. A cement road built along the coastline is called Lovers' Road. Almost all the people walking on this road are couples, especially at night.
She and Qiu Zhuoping also looked at this winding road from the lighthouse. The lights at night made it look like a golden dragon, outlining the uneven edge of the city and dividing the land and the sea. Inside the road were thousands of neon lights, and outside the road was the sparkling sea.
She had imagined that she could become Qiu Zhuoping's bride. She would wear the most beautiful wedding dress and walk hand in hand with him in the warm sea breeze. There were seagulls crying on the sea , conches on the beach that could transmit sounds, and fine sand that could be piled up to look like a castle.
But perhaps, she will never have the chance to enjoy the sea breeze with Qiu Zhuoping again?
Zhong Jialiang parked the car by the beach. The warm sunlight jumped out of the horizon through the clouds. Although it was not sunrise, such light seemed to dispel the gloom in my heart.
Yiying walked out of the car, leaned against the body of the car, closed her eyes and basked in the sunshine.
Zhong Jialiang took out his mobile phone to capture this enjoyable scene and posted it on his Moments to show their love.
The first person to see this post was Huimei, who had just arrived at the company and was about to clock in. She was used to checking her Moments in the morning, but recently she checked it more frequently because of Chen Yiying's matter. She had not originally added Zhong Jialiang on WeChat, but she added him after Chen Yiying publicly announced that she was dating him a few days ago.
Below Zhong Jialiang's circle of friends is Qiu Zhuoping and Liu Jiaran's circle of friends with wedding photos. Huimei was shocked for a few seconds, then she remembered that today was Qiu Zhuoping's wedding day! She had been planning to have a good chat with Chen Yiying these days, but she forgot about it because the studio was rushing to design character pictures for the game.
Huimei hurriedly looked at the locations below their pictures, which showed that Qiu Zhuoping was in a church in the city center, while Zhong Jialiang and Chen Yiying were on the coast, an hour's drive from the city center.
"What are these people trying to do? We have to go find Chen Yiying." Huimei was so anxious that she didn't even bother to punch in for work, but instead reached out to stop a taxi.
Almost every taxi driver refused to take Huimei to the beach because it was too far away and it would waste gas to drive back, so no matter how much money they spent, they would not go.
"What should I do?" Huimei was like an ant on a hot pot at this moment. She called Yiying, but the other party never answered. She called Qiu Zhuoping, and the person who answered the phone was Liu Jiaran. She hung up without saying a word.
Probably the only person who can help now is Xu Xishu!
Huimei hesitated for a few seconds and called Xu Shushu. A girl answered the phone and claimed to be Xu Shushu's temporary assistant.
"Is Xu Shu here? I have something urgent to do. Can I give him my phone?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xu is giving a speech at the art exhibition. It's really inconvenient to answer the phone now. How about you call back in an hour?"
Huimei looked up at the large clock on the central building. There were still two and a half hours before the wedding started.
“Where is the exhibition?”
“Nanping Art Exhibition Center.”
Huimei hung up the phone in a hurry, hailed a car and headed straight to the Nanping Art Exhibition Center. Standing at the entrance of the towering building, she suddenly felt at a loss. Should she go find him? He is now a famous painter. Will he still care about other people's affairs as much as he did in the past?
Huimei slowed down and stopped in front of the revolving door.
If she keeps stagnating in the past, she will never be able to move forward. She also needs to move in her own direction. The people she loved and the things she pursued when she was young should also belong to the past.
Huimei took a deep breath, pushed open the revolving door, and headed straight for the stage in the center of the exhibition.
Xu Shu, who was standing on the stage, was wearing an ear-hanging speaker, and he methodically introduced the characteristics and meaning of each painting in the venue. Behind him, there was a huge portrait. The girl in the portrait was wearing a long dress the same color as the ocean. The sky was a strange color, and a huge dragon stopped beside her. On the right side of the painting was written: There was no time before, everything was chaotic, and time was like a turbulent river, and no one could escape from it.
"Xu Shushu!" Huimei's voice cut through the bustling crowd, and when everyone looked over, Huimei had already run onto the stage.
"Lin Huimei?" When Xu Shushu was surprised, the backstage staff and security guards were already walking towards this direction.
"Follow me." Huimei saw the security guard coming up from another staircase, so she pulled Xu Shu and jumped directly from the front of the stage.
She took Xu Shu's hand and ran out of the exhibition hall, saying as she ran: "Qiu Zhuoping is getting married with Liu Jiaran, and Chen Yiying was taken to the beach by Zhong Jialiang. We have to bring Chen Yiying to the wedding scene, otherwise they will regret it later."
"How come such a big thing happened and no one notified me?" Xu Yushu, who was busy organizing the art exhibition and had no time to take care of other things, vaguely remembered that Liu Jiaran seemed to have sent him an invitation a few days ago, and he asked his temporary assistant to handle it.
He watched Huimei pulling him to an unknown destination, so he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. This pull made Huimei fall directly into his arms. Huimei looked up at him whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and her heart was in turmoil.
The boy she had a crush on had already grown into a mature man without her noticing. He was still beautiful, but he was like the sun that could burn anyone if he got close to him.
Xu Shushu didn't care about the change of emotions in Huimei's eyes. He pointed in the direction of the parking lot and said, "My car is over there."
Xu Shu started the red sports car in the parking lot. He turned the car skillfully and drove it out of the parking lot.
The light from outside rushed into her pupils in an instant, and Huimei looked at his fair cheek against the light.
He learned to drive when he was in college, and he was very knowledgeable about cars. He once said that if he could not become a famous painter in the future, he would do car design. He was so clear about his life goals. In his world, there was no such thing as plans not keeping up with changes. Every step of his life was planned in advance by himself, with a strong purpose. Huimei, on the other hand, was just a person who was used to laziness and freedom, and she would never reach the heights he expected.
"Do you remember how we tried to bring them together?" Xu Shu raised the corners of his lips, revealing a somewhat mature smile.
In the past, they had done many things that were shameful to bring together Qiu Zhuoping and Chen Yiying.
They went together to pick out an evening gown for Chen Yiying, but none of the ones they liked were available in the same size, so they could only choose a short dress as black as the night. When they paid, they found that they had brought the wrong card, so Xu Shu used the school meal card to swipe the POS machine, which made the boss laugh for half an hour. Finally, he ran to the ATM across the street to withdraw money without a card.
They also tried to get a group of people to pretend to be hooligans and ask Qiu Zhuoping to do something righteous. As a result, the group of people pretending to be hooligans were beaten by Chen Yiying and fled, and they demanded medical expenses from Xu Shu.
Huimei remembered that Xu Xishu once wanted to pretend to fall and deliberately push Qiu Zhuoping out so that he would collide with Chen Yiying who happened to be passing by. But the timing was not accurate, Qiu Zhuoping dodged to the side, and Xu Xishu, who was wearing roller skates, directly crashed into the trash can. Next to the trash can, Huimei had an expression that she couldn't bear to look at.
"Later, they naturally got together, and our matchmaking plan came to an end." Xu Shushu said with a smile.
“So we can’t fail again this time. We must have the spirit of dying before achieving our goal!” Huimei clenched her fist.
"If we don't succeed, we will die!" Xu Shushu also said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned on the stereo in the car, and passionate music suddenly sounded.
Huimei lowered the car window, and the sea view outside came into view. The sea breeze blew on her face, and the salty sea breeze was refreshing. Soon, a small car parked on the beach came into her sight. She hurriedly patted Xu Shu, pointed at the car and said, "They are there!"
"Then I'll speed up!" Xu Shushu took a glance, stepped on the clutch and shifted to the highest gear, then stepped on the accelerator and the sports car seemed to fly.
Huimei held on to the seat belt tightly, feeling like she was riding a roller coaster.
The sports car braked suddenly and drifted, stopping on the seawall. Huimei and Xu Shushu both got out of the car and ran towards Yiying.
"Chen Yiying, why are you still here? Qiu Zhuoping is about to get married with Liu Jiaran. If you don't stop them, Qiu Zhuoping will really become someone else's groom." Huimei rushed to Yiying with an anxious look on her face.
Yiying shrugged indifferently, with an expression that showed that the emperor was not in a hurry, but the eunuch was, pretending to be indifferent.
