There were only two of them in the other box, but the atmosphere was even weirder.
Quiet, extremely quiet.
Guan Shouheng was extremely silent. In fact, he was already used to silence. He liked silence, it was natural. But the silence in the box now made it difficult for him to adapt, and even made him feel crazy!
This is an emotion I have never experienced in recent years!
Because of the special nature of his work, he avoids being irritated, angry, and anything that affects his mood.
During the meeting, the simultaneous interpreter needs to sit in a small, soundproof room (commonly known as a "box"), use professional equipment, and simultaneously interpret what he hears from the headphones into the target language and output it through the microphone.
The characteristics of simultaneous interpretation are: tight time, no intervals, almost no changes, and very rapid feedback on the on-site effect. If the simultaneous interpretation is bad, there will be reactions in the venue, including people stamping their feet, coughing, and talking.
The situation will be very embarrassing.
Therefore, in meetings, simultaneous interpreters need to use "lightning-speed thinking" and superb language skills to successfully overcome the interweaving and interference between multiple tasks, which can easily cause energy shortages in the brain or difficulty in allocating attention.
At meetings, the movement in the translation box should be quiet, because the microphone in the translation box is very sensitive. Even the sound of gently turning a book will make a very loud noise when it reaches the delegates. Therefore, the translator should try to avoid small movements or bumps.
, female translators cannot even wear large earrings to avoid making noise.
Therefore, he has long been accustomed to silence and silence, but this time, he felt that he was about to collapse!
Mint was sitting on the sofa, but she was on pins and needles. She didn't even dare to look up at him, and she didn't understand why he would help her.
But she didn't have the courage to ask, and her trembling lips couldn't say even a single word.
She lowered her head and took off her shoes to deal with her embarrassment. Both feet and calves were all burned, but the stockings were still tightly wrapped on her skin. She picked up the scissors and wanted to cut the stockings, but her hands seemed to refuse to obey her.
The two blades of the scissors made irregular sounds along with her erratic breathing.
The sound made by metal was particularly clear and harsh in this sealed box.
Her heart seemed to be broken all at once.
She wanted to clean up the mess quickly, but things went counterproductive. The faster she tried, the more mistakes she made. In the end, she even threw the scissors to the ground in panic.
She heard the sound of his teeth gritting.
She didn't dare to move anymore, and the deep sadness spread in her heart. She let the scissors lie alone at her feet, unable to pick them up.
Suddenly, a big hand stretched out and quickly and steadily picked up the scissors. She subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but he did not let go.
She looked at him in astonishment, squatted in front of her, and used scissors to help her cut the stockings.
What is he doing? Care about her? Worried about her injury?
She shook her head subconsciously, she shouldn't be so sentimental.
She raised her foggy eyes and looked at his side face. After ten years of not seeing each other, he had become more mature, and the originally strong facial lines became more stern. He lowered his eyes, so she couldn't see his eyes.
, but it can be seen from his tense jaw that he is very, very angry.
Was it because he was in a bad mood after seeing her?
It must be, how much he must hate her!
She thought in a daze, and then quickly looked away, not wanting to annoy him anymore.
"I can just do it myself." She stopped his movement, picked up the burn ointment and applied it herself.
Guan Shouheng didn't insist and let her handle it by herself. He just stood up, sat opposite her, and looked at her silently.
Mint kept her head down from beginning to end. After applying the medicine, she put her shoes back on. When she put them on, she was very careful, just because she didn't want him to discover the problem with her shoes.
To work here, you have to dress up, but she really doesn’t have any extra money to buy clothes and shoes. The outfit she is wearing is definitely from a famous brand, but it is left by the sister who resigned before. She still looks very cool.
New, just like the boss lady wanted to come over and wear it herself. The size of the clothes is quite consistent with her, but the size of the shoes is not suitable. These shoes are one size smaller than her feet. Every time she wears them, they are
It was squeezed in hard, and every time after wearing it, the toes in the front felt like they were about to break off.
"Your feet are swollen. It will be very crowded if you try to put them through." He reminded her in a deep voice.
She was shocked and marveled at his extraordinary sensitivity.
Yes, he is so keen, which is in line with his professional nature.
In the field of simultaneous interpretation, in addition to having solid language skills and mature conference experience, you also need to have a strong thirst for knowledge. Linguistics, politics, Western economics, second foreign language, research methods and paper writing, advanced business
etc., are all required degree courses for simultaneous interpreters. While interpreting, interpreters have to deal with knowledge in many fields. Therefore, some people say that "simultaneous interpreters are half experts in any field."
His achievements today are worthy of praise from everyone.
But she didn't have time to praise him. She was just glad that he only thought it was due to burns.
"It doesn't matter." She put on her shoes stubbornly.
Guan Shouheng frowned subconsciously, as if he was examining her. Why did this woman make him feel so confused?
"How will you be here?"
She felt a thump in her heart and finally asked!
She remained silent.
"Didn't you go to Canada?" he asked again.
Her heart hurt. She might not be able to see the Canadian sky until her next life, right?
"I can't go back to my country, right?" She sneered.
"Of course, but why go back to Xihai? I just met the new mayor. Your family is no longer here, is it?"
She quietly held the hem of her skirt. It turned out that he thought she was just moving.
"It's hard to leave our homeland, come back and see it." Her expression was still calm and flawless.
"Did you see this kind of place coming?" he asked mockingly.
"What's wrong with a place like this? Aren't you here too?"
"I'm here for fun! What are you here for?" His words came out from between his teeth.
She gritted her teeth tightly, not sure whether he really didn't know or was deliberately humiliating her. She only knew that her already broken heart started to hurt again when he said this.
"Ha..." She smiled deliberately coldly, "Guan Shouheng, what do you think I'm here for? I'm here to work, didn't you see that?" She admitted frankly, but her tone was full of sarcasm.
He narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction, "Mint! I'm not kidding you!"
Apparently, she was too honest and he didn't believe her.
Very good, this is the effect she wants.
"I'm not kidding, I just work here." She still looked like an understatement.
Veins popped up on his forehead, "Why do you work here?"
"Of course it's to make money, otherwise?" she asked sarcastically.
make money?
Guan Shouheng almost broke his teeth. When had she ever been short of money?
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "Does the mayor's daughter need this? The money in your bank will last a lifetime just from the interest!"
"I am no longer the mayor's daughter."
"The governor's daughter?"
She smiled lightly and said nothing.
He looked at her thoughtfully for a while, his eyes were complicated, full of questions, curiosity, and inquiry... But she didn't like any of them.
How is she now? Does it have anything to do with him?
"Have your parents not forgiven you yet?" He felt that this was the only possibility, because she was kicked out of the house when she married him, and she still could not be forgiven even after the divorce.
"It doesn't matter whether you forgive or not." Really, people are dead, how can you say you don't forgive?
Guan Shouheng was slightly silent, but even if she hadn't been forgiven by her family, she wouldn't want to go to a place like this to make money, right?
"You are good at several foreign languages. You can definitely find a better job."
"Of course, I am fully capable of joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." If those things had not happened.
"Then why do you come here? What is this place? Why do you despise yourself like this?"
His questioning, one by one, brought her psychological defense to the verge of collapse. Finally, she couldn't help but retort, "Guan Shouheng! Who do you think you are now? We are divorced, what qualifications do you have to ask me?"
"..." He really couldn't answer.
That's right, they are divorced. Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with him. He shouldn't meddle in her own business!
"I'm just curious, are you really so short of money? Without the support of your parents, you won't be able to survive after divorce? Don't you still have a large inheritance? Did you spend it all so quickly?" He really
It's puzzling.
Her heart became more and more bloody, she raised her chin and looked into his eyes unruly, like a hedgehog, arming herself but also hurting others, she said quietly, "What's so strange about this? How capable I was of spending money back then, you would think
Don’t know? I just go shopping and buy a bunch of shoes and a bed for 28,000!"
Guan Shouheng quickly clenched his fist, feeling that the most fragile nerve in his heart was touched again.
How could she have the nerve to mention that crib?
"Okay, very good!" He suddenly sneered and unclenched his fist, but his face became even more livid.
Feeling his sinister gaze, she subconsciously tightened her breath and turned around to leave.
"Stop!" He grabbed her arm, pulled her to his chest, and then pushed her hard so that her back was against the wall. He stepped forward and leaned towards her.
"Guan Shouheng, what do you want to do?" She faintly sensed the danger.
He squinted his eyes, with an unmistakable fire flashing in his eyes. He clamped her shoulders with one hand to prevent her from moving. He reached into his suit pocket with the other hand, tore off a huge amount from the checkbook and handed it to her.
before.
"Is this number okay?"
"Guan Shouheng, what do you mean?"
"Is it that difficult to understand? You work here, don't you know what I mean?" He smiled like a devil.
She felt that her heart was bleeding, but the blood was cold, as if there were ice cubes flowing inside.
"You want to buy me?" She gritted her teeth bitterly.
"Buy you?" He raised his eyebrows playfully, half-smiling, and then shook his head, "No, I can't afford you. A proud woman like you is worth too much for me to reach."
"..." How could she not know that he was being sarcastic?
He flicked the corner of the check and stared into her hateful eyes, but his eyes were even more hateful than hers, "I earned this money every penny! I was born poor, so I have to be careful with my calculations.
Money is spent wisely, so...I don't buy you, I only buy you a child!"
"Guan Shouheng! You..."
"Shh..." He tapped her lips with the check, "Don't be too excited, listen to me, huh? It's actually very simple. I don't want to buy you for life, just ten months. Ten months,
The baby will be born in just ten months, and you don’t know, it’s just a little longer than six months! If it’s premature, it won’t be used for ten months, and you’ll be able to get rid of it sooner!”
He was humiliating her, but every time he said a word, his own heart ached.
Six months, that child they had back then was just over six months old. If they could have had a little more time, maybe the child would have survived!
"..." Cold sweat broke out on her palms, and her face became paler.
"Why don't you speak? What are you hesitating about? Are you worried that I can't afford a crib or raise a child?" He threw the check over her head and then threw the entire checkbook to her, "Look.
Let’s be clear! This money is enough to feed a child! Even if I can’t feed a child and have to beg, I will give the food to the child first! Because I am different from someone else, I am not so cruel, even my own relatives
You don’t have to have any flesh and blood!”
Every word he spoke was filled with strong hatred. She was trembling, trembling violently. She had to lean against the wall to keep from falling, and she had to clench her teeth to keep from crying.
Why? Why do you treat her so cruelly and hate her so much? She had no choice back then!
He hates her so much, does he think she has had an easy time in the past ten years?
"Guan Shouheng... If I could turn back time, I would rather go back to the time when I didn't meet you... I would rather we had never met..." If that were the case, they wouldn't have to suffer so much, and she could continue to live her life.
Whether she is rich or poor, her life is determined by fate and wealth, and she does not have to endure such heartbreaking pain.
The same goes for him. If he hadn't met her, it would have been too easy for him to have children. With his current worth, he doesn't know how many women would come after him. He couldn't have as many children as he wanted? Why bother clinging to the one from back then?
?
Yes, if he could, he wished he had never known her. If he didn't know her, he wouldn't fall in love with her. If he didn't love her, he wouldn't hate her.
But, what if in this world?
He suddenly understood that many times, it was not love that refused to let him go, fate that refused to let him go, or memories that refused to let him go, but that he himself refused to let go of himself.
Because the past in my memory was so beautiful, so beautiful that no matter how painful it was, I couldn’t bear to forget it.
He finally calmed down and let her go.
Mint finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she broke out in a cold sweat, her back felt chilly, and she still couldn't move for a long time.
Dangdang——
There was a knock on the door outside the box.
Yes, they have stayed in there for so long, how can they not attract criticism?
She took a deep breath, stood up straight, endured the pain in her feet, and walked towards the door step by step.
But before her hand touched the doorknob, the provocative voice behind her struck her ears again.
"I'm injured, do I still have to continue working?"
Her back stiffened, but she did not waver. She bit her lip hard and forced herself to calm down.
After a pause of three seconds, when she looked back again, she had a bright face and said with a smile, "Guan Shouheng, do you think I am really short of money here? Do you think it is possible? I will be short of money?"
"..." He was slightly startled by her dazzling smile, but he quickly adjusted and stared at her eyes with his deep eyes, "Then what are you doing? Princess Mint, who is a top scorer in the academy, is so impressive.
Chang Qianjin, why would you come to a place like this to look at people’s faces?”
She deliberately smiled sweetly, "It's just a game."
"Game?" He stared at her in disbelief.
"I made a bet with my friends, and I'm willing to admit defeat." She sighed deliberately, with a helpless expression.
"Friends?" Guan Shouheng raised his eyebrows, "How many friends do you have that I don't know about?"
"Guan Shouheng, it's been ten years, what won't change?"
"Your arrogance and stubbornness will never change!" He sneered, "Which friend? Wu Yinan doesn't seem to play such boring games with you, right?"
She also sneered, "Qiao Nawei's head office, right? You don't know how poisonous that woman is! When we had a quarrel here, she always held a grudge! So, let me embarrass you this time! Otherwise, Xihai
There are so many places, why do I have to come here?”
What a perfect answer! She couldn't help but secretly cheer for herself.
As expected, Guan Shouheng had nothing to say and just snorted coldly, "You guys are really leisurely and relaxed!"
Mint deliberately smiled nonchalantly, "That's how the life of a rich person is, even when you're idle, you're idle!"
"So you had a relaxing time at the airport in the afternoon?"
"Airport? What do you mean?" She deliberately pretended to be innocent and couldn't imagine that he saw her at the airport too?
"The tour translator from xx Travel Agency looks a lot like you!" Although it was just a quick glance at the time, he was basically sure that since she was in Xihai, the figure in the afternoon was most likely hers!
Mint's heart was secretly shocked, he actually saw it!
However, she won’t admit it even if I beat her to death!
"Guan Shouheng, are you suffering from paranoia? Or do you just want me to have a bad life? In the past ten years, have you thought every day, Mint, a blind woman like you, the consequences of divorcing me will be very miserable.
Tragic! That will make you happy, right? What a pity, that can only be your delusion! I don’t know how good my life is! Divorcing you is the most correct choice I have ever made in my life! "
He glared at her hard.
In her eyes, is he such a person?
Would he be naive enough to curse her?
If the false theory of curse really exists, then he is willing to pray day and night and pay any price to get back the child they had back then!
"What? Did I guess it right?" She raised her lips sarcastically and continued to challenge him, "Guan Shouheng, I admit that our relationship back then was indeed unsatisfactory, but ten years have passed, and you still can't look away? You
Now you are considered successful and famous, please pay more attention to your identity. If we meet again in the future, please keep your grace! We are no longer 17 years old, we are all adults now, let the past pass!"
"That child passed away with just one word?" He glared at her bitterly.
She secretly clenched her fists, looked back at him stubbornly, and said indifferently, "Isn't it easy for you to have a child? Ask your wife to give you one! Oh, you haven't remarried, right? Then find a girlfriend.
!I believe there will be many women who are willing!”
His eyes were even more sinister.
Yes, there will be many women who are willing. In the past few years, as his worth has become higher and higher, more and more women have surrounded him, but no one can do it.
into his eyes.
It's not that they are not good enough, it's his problem. There are many memories that he can't let go of even though he knows they are painful. He thinks about them day and night, and never forgets that from beginning to end, she was such a cruel woman who took away his child!
The love he had when he was 17 years old was so vigorous that it took everything he had. He was already exhausted and his heart was withered. No amount of sunshine could warm him, and no amount of love could move him.
He felt that he was completely morbid, he didn't even have any desire, and he lived a completely masochistic life.
But she is open-minded and lets him find another woman to have children?
He doesn't!
"Mint! I'm telling you, you owe me a child, and you must pay me back!"
Cold sweat broke out on her palms. Did he really hate her so much? Even though ten years had passed, they were no longer young. After the baptism of years and the hardships of life, he had become mature, steady, and aloof.
, but he is still brooding about what happened back then, and regards her as a murderer and enemy.
"Guan Shouheng, stop dreaming! Why do you think so?"
"Because I have money!" He raised his voice, which was so sharp that it made your heart palpitate.
He doesn't want to do this, but he has to do this because he can't do it!
Ten years later, he could have come back to settle the accounts, but he never did. He deliberately did not go to Canada, and he did not return to his country. In fact, he wanted to just forget it, but fate disagreed. He had already sworn to it.
, if he sees her again, he must definitely come back!
It's her fault, who asked her to appear in front of him? She didn't even look for her, but she showed up to him!
Therefore, he is determined! And he will get it back twice as much!
rich?
Her heart was stabbed hard, the pain was unprecedented. Over the years, no matter how hard and tired she was, she had never felt this painful.
It turns out that only he can give me the sharpest knife.
"Ha..." She smiled, a little bit, knowing it was hypocritical but still trying to squeeze in, and she wanted to smile beautifully, charmingly, and movingly, "Guan Shouheng, please give me a price!"
"What did you say?" He couldn't believe what he heard.
"Aren't you rich? Then you make an offer. If it's particularly high, I can consider it. Money is the most important thing to me, you know." She had a smile as bright as a flower, with an expression that looked like a smoky person.
"..." He looked at her like she was a madman.
She didn't care, she bent down to pick up the check he just threw at her, flicked it with her fingers, shook off the dust, looked at it again, and said with deliberate disgust, "Guan Shouheng, are you sending away the beggar? This little money
You just want to buy my... child?"
"How much do you want? You can fill it out yourself." He handed her the checkbook.
Her smile gradually cooled, and she slowly pinned the check to his collar and said faintly, "I won't sell it for any amount! First, I am not short of money! Second, I will only give birth to children for the man I love,
And you... are already in the past tense!over!"
She deliberately accentuated the ending of her voice, then waved her hand forward, opened the door of the box vigorously, ignored the astonished eyes of everyone outside the door, and left quickly.
***
Ten minutes later, when Guan Shouheng returned to the original box, his expression was stunned again.
She didn't leave?
Mint raised her eyes to look at him, her expression calm and arrogant.
Of course she wouldn't leave. If she left, it would mean admitting defeat and he would be suspicious of her.
With their current status disparity, if he becomes suspicious, she will have no way to hide, and all the secrets will be discovered by him by then.
As expected, Guan Shouheng's eyes flashed, and although he didn't say another word, his cold expression truly showed his gloomy mood.
There are other people in the box. Everyone is curious about what is going on between these two people. But no one is stupid enough to ask. What other problems can there be between men and women? It’s just... they
There doesn't seem to be a good match between the identities.
Mint narrowed her eyes and pretended not to feel anything, but in fact, her heart hurt to the extreme.
In the past, everyone felt that he was not worthy of her, but now, she was not worthy of him.
There will always be mismatch and miss between them.
Finally, with patience and persistence, she completed her work for the night and silently exited the box.
As expected, this was her last job here and she was fired!
"Mint, it's not that I want to fire you, but your performance tonight is really terrible." The boss's wife settled the salary to her.
She nodded, yes, she understood that the landlady treated her well.
The girls who work here are all very young. For someone like her who has already completed her third degree, she already looks very "old". She relied on her listening and speaking skills to get this job.
Perhaps seeing that she was also burned, the landlady was extra merciful by not asking her to pay for the tea set.
But finally, she had one more request.
"Boss Boss, I don't want too many people to know that I have been working here for a long time."
"Don't worry about this. There are rules in the industry, and I won't tell you anything." The landlady nodded and agreed. Every girl here has an unknown story, and she won't reveal a word of it.
"Thank you, boss lady." She pursed her lips lightly, smiling so hard that her heart felt bitter. After receiving tonight's salary, she turned and left.
I was in a bad mood, not sure if it was because I met him or because I lost this job.
Not far ahead, there were rows of taxis waiting, but she still hesitated. In the past, she would have left by bus at this time, but something happened today, which delayed some time, and now the last bus is gone.
She can only take a taxi back, but taking a taxi from here to where she lives is really expensive.
Her life was already very tight, and now that she lost her job here, it was even worse, so she had to be even more careful with her money. She shouldn't spend a penny randomly.
Walk back?
It was long enough for her to walk until dawn, and there were still burns on her feet.
Just when she hesitated, a car horn suddenly sounded behind her.
"Why aren't you leaving?" Guan Shouheng's stern profile appeared in the lowered car window, but his thoughts were unpredictable.
She subconsciously clenched the bag in her hand and said pretentiously, "The driver hasn't come yet."
"It's really derelict of duty to ask the eldest lady to stand outside and wait!" He sarcastically said.
She pursed her lips tightly and resisted the urge to argue with him. She said whatever he said and left immediately after he said it!
Guan Shouheng didn't know where his interest came from. Even he found it incredible. He just blurted out three words, "I'll give it to you!"
Mint was stunned for a moment, then refused coldly, "No need!"
"Don't worry, this car can climb up to you." He snorted mockingly and opened the door.
As if to vent her anger with him, she bent down and sat in.
But as soon as she sat in, she immediately regretted it.
"Where do you live?" he asked.
This was a simple question, and any driver taking someone home would ask it, but she couldn't answer it.
"Still the same place?" The old place he meant meant her original home, but that place had long been demolished.
"No, it's already moved."
He held the steering wheel and waited for her next words.
She was so confused that she casually mentioned the name of a nearby road, "Just get there."
Guan Shouheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are there any villas in that area?"
Villa? She sneered in her heart.
"No, I don't know. I just came back not long ago, and my home is no longer here. The house has been sold, so I live in a hotel now." She replied calmly.
"Which hotel?"
"...Four Seasons." She deliberately said a very expensive one.
Guan Shouheng didn't say anything more and directly stepped on the accelerator. Although he had been away for ten years, he was still familiar with the traffic in Xihai. After all, he had traveled through the streets and alleys here countless times in order to make a living.
Nowadays, except for a few more bridges and wider roads, there are generally not many changes.
It’s true that things are different and people are different!
The car moved forward slowly, but the two people in the car were speechless. Mint felt extremely uneasy and began to regret. She shouldn't have mentioned this hotel because the direction was completely opposite to where she lived. What would happen to her later?
go back?
Twenty minutes later, the car arrived at the entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel.
"I'll take you up." Guan Shouheng stopped the car and not only took her to the door of the hotel, but also insisted on taking her to the room.
What a joke! How could she let him follow? She is not a resident here at all. She doesn’t have a room card and can’t even enter the elevator!
"Uh... I seem to have made a mistake. I won't stay here today."
Guan Shouheng stared deeply at her, and after looking at her for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't matter. You think about it slowly. When you remember it, I will send you there."
Mint secretly tightened her seat belt, her palms feeling wet.
"Have you remembered?" After a moment of silence, he asked again.
"...Hilton." Hilton has a separate parking lot, and non-residents' cars cannot enter.
Guan Shouheng immediately adjusted the steering wheel and the car drove in another direction.
Sure enough, he was stopped in front of the parking lot.
Mint secretly rejoiced, "I can just go in by myself."
When she was about to get out of the car, he quickly unlocked her door, took out the ID from his pocket, and handed it to the guard in the parking lot. The guard looked at him, then looked at the license plate, and immediately let him go.
Mint couldn't help gritting her teeth. Seeing that he was about to drive the car in, she finally couldn't help but stop him, "Stop!"
He raised his eyebrows.
"I don't live here." She had to admit.
"Then where do you live? There must be a place, right? Could it be that you sleep on the street?" He wanted to see what tricks she was going to play!
She secretly clenched her fists. In fact, she was almost the same as living on the street.
"Turn around, turn left, turn right after three intersections, turn left after crossing two bridges, and keep driving." She gave him directions.
Guan Shouheng frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong, but he still followed her instructions.
But forty minutes later, before the car reached its destination, he suddenly stopped. He could already see the shadow of the small attic in the distance.
"Mint! You are trying to trick me, right?"
She sneered secretly, look, he didn't believe she would live here now, in fact she didn't believe it herself either.
But the fact is that when she got divorced, she suffered a family change and lost everything overnight. The only place she could live in was the small attic he left behind.
"Get out of the car!" he ordered coldly.
She left as she wished.
As soon as she got out of the car, his car drove away at lightning speed.
She took a breath, hiding from the dust, and then, dragging her tired body and mind, she walked back to the small attic step by step.
As time passed, the small attic became more and more dilapidated, and the lights in the corridor were no longer on. She took advantage of the moonlight and slowly climbed up.
When she opened the door and entered the house, her movements were very gentle, but she still woke up the people inside, "Mom, why are you back so late today?"