At night, the dim orange light in the depths of the alley fell on the center of the stone slabs, and the boy stood at the corner with his back to Ruan Ning'an.
"Dad is sick and needs a lot of money. If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have come to you." The boy looked humbly at the girl opposite and prayed.
"It's not that I won't help you, just to compare my feelings. When you kicked my mother and I out of the house, we, mother and daughter, were penniless. At that time, if you had even opened the door to take a look, nothing would happen to my mother. Isn't it?"
No matter how many times he mentioned the mother who knelt in front of the door all night, Ruan Ning'an's voice would still tremble.
"None of us thought something like that would happen." There was a hint of crying in the boy's nose, and the final result was not what he wanted to see.
"That's enough! Li Yiping! Don't pretend to be a good person here. At that time, we were just mother and daughter. The Li family also kicked us out like dogs. Do you know how we survived the two years we were abandoned?"
Now that something happened to your family, you are thinking of me. What about before? I, Ruan Ning'an, have never owed your Li family a penny from the beginning to the end! Don't show off to me here!"
Ruan Ning'an took a long puff of cigarette, as if all the grudges of the previous ten years had been wiped away.
"You go back, there is nothing you can do about your father's illness."
Ruan Ning'an stomped the cigarette under his feet, sneered, and left the alley.
The boy looked desperately at Ruan Ning'an's leaving figure, squatted down little by little along the corner, held his head in his hands, his shoulders were trembling, and the orange light stretched his shadow very long.
"Miss, where are we going next?" The driver of the car glanced quietly through the rearview mirror, and Ruan Ning'an's eyes turned red.
"What time is it now?" Ruan Ning'an's voice was a little buzzy. She quickly took out the powder puff and lightly applied a layer of powder under her eyes. After making sure that the condition was OK, she skillfully took out her lipstick and quickly touched up her makeup.
"It's a quarter past seven." The driver replied, looking at the cell phone in front of him.
"Go to Fu Yansheng's company." Ruan Ning'an felt a little exhausted and lay directly on the back seat. Today he was wearing a white short skirt suit and a pair of red high heels.
It always feels a bit weird.
Ruan Ning'an always calls her "Brother Fu" in front of others, but rarely addresses her like that from behind. Sometimes she doesn't know whether she likes Fu Yansheng or something else. Many things, once time passes, she can no longer recall them.
The original purpose.
She took off her shoes without hesitation. There were spare flat shoes in the car.
Ruan Ning'an didn't usually wear such high heels, but one day he saw Su Man wearing a pair. Fu Yansheng stared at Su Man for a long time.
From then on, Ruan Ning'an would wear high heels whenever he saw Fu Yansheng.
I was supposed to go to Fu Yansheng's company early today, but suddenly I received a call from Li Yiping, saying that I wanted to tell her something important about my mother, so I hurried over to find out.
I didn't expect that Li Yiping was favoring himself.
When did this kid Li Yiping learn to lie? It seems he has grown up.
I have been living in that small shabby house since I was born. As I grew older, my stepfather took Li Yiping into the world of their mother and daughter.
At that time, Li Yiping was only three or four years old. One day, his stepfather and mother were not at home. Ruan Ning'an took Li Yiping to play by the river in the south of the village. They played there all afternoon.
After the sun went down, Ruan Ning'an quietly returned home without Li Yiping.
The stepfather hurriedly asked where Xiaoyi had gone, and Ruan Ning'an vaguely said that he had not gone out with Li Yiping.
That night, his parents went from house to house and asked but could not find Li Yiping, but Ruan Ning'an slept extremely comfortably.
Unexpectedly, Li Yiping came back the next morning in disgrace.
Recalling this, Ruan Ning'an curled up into a ball and hid in the corner of the back seat.
Raindrops were pattering on the car window glass one after another. Her hair was scattered randomly, covering her entire face, making her expression unclear.
The car stopped and the driver said softly: "Miss Ruan, we're here."
Ruan Ning'an put away her emotions, tidied herself up, and changed her shoes.
The driver got out of the car first and opened the door to hold an umbrella. The rain hadn't stopped yet, but it was getting heavier and heavier.
When Ruan Ning'an stepped on the water-logged ground, he felt slightly wet on the toe of his shoe. He was stunned for a moment and then strode into the company.
The president's office is on the top floor. Normally, you need to make an appointment at the front desk to enter. In the past, Ruan Ning'an could always enter directly.
But today I was stopped by the front desk.
The front desk lady cautiously said to Ruan Ning'an: "Ms. Ruan, I'm sorry, there is a meeting in the president's office right now. You may need to wait for a while. Is that okay with you?"
"What time is it now, and are there still meetings?" Ruan Ning'an asked.
"I'm not sure about this. Please wait a moment, Miss Ruan." The receptionist said politely.
Ruan Ning'an picked up the phone and dialed: "Hey, Lisa, I came to see Brother Fu today. I heard that he is having a meeting now. What kind of meeting is it? Is it going to be held at this time?"
Lisa looked at her newly repaired manicure, gave a slight smile to the counter girl opposite, and took out a platinum card as a signal.
While answering the person on the phone: "I'm not sure, why don't you go in and take a look? I'm off work now, and it should be over soon." Lisa walked out of the mall carrying large and small bags.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Lisa." Ruan Ning'an hung up the phone helplessly.
"It's okay, that's all." The other end of the phone quickly hung up after saying that.
Ruan Ning'an also ignored the dissuasion from the front desk and walked straight into the elevator.
Seeing the receptionist's gesture of trying to stop him but not daring to do so, Ruan Ning'an proudly raised his hair.
She got on the elevator, entered the top floor, pushed open the office door, and said coquettishly as usual: "Brother Fu, what time is it, why don't you get off work yet?"
The two men in the office looked at the person who came in.
Fu Yansheng frowned displeased.
However, another person quickly stood up and walked towards Ruan Ning'an to welcome him.
"It turns out to be the famous Miss Ruan. It's really extraordinary when we meet today." The man took the opportunity to shake hands with Ruan Ning'an, but was stopped by Fu Yansheng. This chapter has been completed!