In the spacious and bright office, there is a dark red sofa with a very soft texture, a mahogany desk, and a dark red boss chair.
There is a cup of freshly brewed coffee on the table, which is steaming. The mist wraps around the surrounding air, making the face of the person on the chair look a little blurry.
Sighing, Bing Meng sank deeply into the chair and looked at the pile of bills on the table in a daze.
A woman walked in briskly. She handed Bing Meng a stack of information and said, "Manager Chu, this is the information you want." Bing Meng nodded to the woman as if she suddenly woke up.
"Achu, are you worried?" the woman asked with concern.
Bing Meng closed her eyes and sighed.
"Are you worried about your cousin not going to school again?" the woman asked cautiously.
Bing Meng opened her eyes and rubbed her temples: "Yes, Benny, tell me how I can convince her."
Benny has a pair of sharp eyes and a capable mind. She is Bingmeng's right-hand assistant in business and her rare good friend. She thought for a while and said: "This matter is really difficult to handle, mainly because of you."
Your husband's family doesn't like you raising such a big idler who is just a 'cousin', so she doesn't want to increase the burden for you, right? The crux of the problem does not lie with her, but with you. As long as you can make the director
If her family accepts her, of course it won’t be a problem.”
"The problem is that there are such a large group of people in his family who only like to come to us to play in the autumn breeze, but they don't like to listen to my reasoning." Bing Meng said with a headache.
"Well, then we have to think of other ways."
"Okay, I'll think about this myself, and you can go out and get busy."
"Yes, manager." Benny backed out.
Bing Meng took down a book from the bookshelf and took out a yellowish photo from it. The little girl in the photo smiled sweetly. She was wearing a purple hat with a
A small purple flower, her clothes are also purple, she looks like a small lavender, smiling so sweetly on the beach. Looking at the girl in the photo, Bing Meng's heart tugged again
It was tight, she stared at it for a long time, and finally looked away. She suddenly stood up, put the photo back into the book, and put the book on the bookshelf.
She took a deep breath and said silently: Sister, this time I won't let you be wronged again. Then she sat on the chair and dialed the phone.
"Dad, where are you now?"
"I'm in Singapore."
"how is your day?"
"What's wrong? What's the matter?"
After hesitating for a while, Bing Mengcai said: "Mom has been very unhappy these years, so why can't you make concessions to each other?"
"Bing Meng, I know, dad is very sorry for you, because you didn't have a dad around to love you since you were a child."
"I've never thought about it like this. Forget it, your affairs are too complicated and I don't know. I'm calling to tell you that Ziyi doesn't want to study anymore."
"What?"
"Dad, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of her. She is working outside now. She said she wants to make money to support herself, but she is still so young."
"What happened?"
"Will you come back? I'll tell you when you come back. I think this time, only if you come back can Ziyi no longer be wronged."
"What happened to Ziyi?" Chu Shitian's voice immediately rose, and his tone could not conceal his anxiety.
"It's no big deal, dad. You should come back to see her. Your fourteen-year period has expired. Ziyi will be her eighteenth birthday in more than ten days, and the agreement between you and your mother has also expired.
, there shouldn’t be any problem if you go more than ten days in advance, right?”
"Fourteen years, yes, I didn't even realize, Bing Meng, you are already twenty-five years old." Chu Shitian said with emotion.
"Dad, come back." Bing Meng's voice was choked with sobs.
"Okay, then I'll come back as quickly as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Shitian looked at the disconnected mobile phone. For some reason, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
He looked at the photos on the table. Aman was wearing a white skirt and Ziyi was wearing a purple princess dress, smiling sweetly at the camera. He gently touched the photo with his hand and stared at Ah Man.
Man, his fingers touched the photo frame, and he seemed to feel her body temperature. He murmured to himself: Ah Man, you must keep our daughter happy.
Three days later, Chu Shitian finished all his work and returned to the city he had left for ten years. From the moment he set foot on this land, he felt like he was in another world. The streets here had changed a lot and were more prosperous than before. His
An inexplicable melancholy filled my heart.
Stand on the side of the city street and find Bing Meng's home according to the address given by Bing Meng.
Fourteen years ago, he left Ziyi without the love of her parents, so he has always felt that he owed Ziyi. However, the agreement between him and Yifang stated that he was not allowed to interfere with Ziyi's life.
, and he told Yifang that he wanted her to treat her well, and Yifang agreed, so he kept his promise in the past ten years and never came back to see her, but he would always ask Bingmeng to take some photos of Ziyi and send them to her.
She let him know how her daughter was doing, and let him know that Ziyi was growing up happily.
Bing Meng was originally going to pick up Chu Shitian, but because he had an impromptu meeting, he couldn't spare the time, and Chu Shitian also said that he could find it by himself.
Chu Shitian stood at the door and rang the doorbell. The person who opened the door was Zhou Ma, the old man who had been taking care of him and Yifang since they got married, and who had also taken care of Bing Meng when he grew up.
When she saw Chu Shitian, she couldn't believe it for a moment. She rubbed her eyes and suddenly shouted: "Uncle, you are back!"
Chu Shitian smiled: "Mother Zhou, you have worked really hard these years."
"No, no." Zhou Ma wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, waved her hands, and greeted Chu Shitian into the house as if she suddenly woke up.
Chu Shitian looked at this house. This should be the house that Yifang gave as a wedding gift to Bing Meng, he thought to himself.
Zhou's mother was already so happy that she couldn't describe it in words. She was bringing water, tea, fruits and snacks.
Chu Shitian smiled and said, "Mama Zhou, you don't have to be so busy."
"Then what's the point? You've been gone for so many years, leaving only mother and daughter. Fortunately, the young lady is also married now, but the madam rarely stays here. She travels all over the world, and it's rare to have a year.
I can meet you once, alas..."
Chu Shitian quietly listened to Zhou's mother chattering about some things that happened after he left.
Bing Meng waited for the meeting to end and called Xinhai to tell him that his father was back.
Liu Xinhai asked in surprise: "Really?"
"It's true!"
"Bing Meng, we must treat your father well."
"What about my dad? Don't you call him dad anymore?"
"Yes, yes, let's go buy him something. What does he like?"
"Let's talk about it after we go back first."
By the time Bing Meng and Xin Hai returned home, Chu Shitian had already taken a nap and was rested and full of energy.
When Bing Meng saw Chu Shitian, she happily ran up and hugged him. Chu Shitian patted Bing Meng on the shoulder. Even though they met once a year, her mother was present, so she didn't dare to hold him like this.
, because her mother had a deep hatred for her father. That kind of hatred made Bing Meng afraid to get close to her father, which would embarrass her mother. She knew that her mother must have loved her father miserably to have such deep hatred. So
You can't blame your mother for this.
"Bing Meng, you said Ziyi doesn't want to study?" Chu Shitian asked.
"Well, I'll tell you the specific situation later. Dad, let's go get something to eat first."
"Okay." Chu Shitian nodded and walked out of the house with them.
Along the way, Bing Meng introduced the changes in the city to Chu Shitian. Chu Shitian only listened quietly. He had been living alone for so many years and was used to listening. But this time
When he came back, he felt that he was really old. The city was changing every day, but now he couldn't even recognize his daughter. He didn't want to fight for anything now. When he left Ziyi fourteen years ago, he had already
He already knew that he would be lonely forever, but fortunately, Bing Meng still cared about him. He smiled to himself, and then looked at this familiar yet strange city with emotion.
Bing Meng and Xin Hai took Chu Shitian to the ‘Golden Restaurant’.
It was drizzling now, and the wisps of rain flew to the top of his head, and flew to his face and body. It added a kind of melancholy to people for no reason. Chu Shitian thought that he was not a sentimental person like a woman.
But looking at myself who was doing everything in this city more than ten years ago, and now has to secretly imitate me even when I come back, I can't help but feel melancholy.
Fourteen years, fourteen years can change a lot of things. Now he is no longer the handsome man he used to be, but an old man who is about to be fifty. Just when he was thinking about this idea in his heart, Bing Meng pulled
After tugging on his clothes, he came back to his senses and realized that they had arrived at the entrance of the Golden Restaurant.
Bing Meng gently leaned into Chu Shitian's ear and said: "Dad, this is the 'Xiaoyou Park' you brought me to play when I was a child. I still remember that you brought me to play on the seesaw. But one year ago, Mom
When I came back, I fell in love with this place and built this restaurant. But the business is really good."
As soon as those four words "Xiaoyou Park" entered his ears, his whole body was shaken, he felt dizzy, and his chest felt like being hit by a hard object.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the four splendid characters in front of him. His eyes blurred to see the forest path and the stone benches and wooden chairs on the path. The chairs were black, and the armrests on one side curved upward in a spiral shape.
, there are carvings on it. It looks like an antique, antique. Fourteen years ago, this was a park, a park full of memories. At that time, he had just met Aman, and he and she often spent time together.
When dating here, looking at the moon and counting stars, Ah Man likes to read poems about the moon to him most, such as "On the willow branches above the moon, people meet after dusk."; "The bright moon rises above the Tianshan Mountains, between the vast sea of clouds."; and "
The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown." etc., and he doesn't like poetry. Except for the well-known poem "When will the bright moon come, ask the sky for wine." He can't always answer the other questions.
, seeing that he couldn't answer, she would laugh and call him a fool. And he would tell her his experiences and stories... They have so many memories and so much happiness here.
At that time, Aman was lively and cheerful. She was still an innocent girl of 18 years old.
She always likes to go to the grass to watch ants move and listen to crickets singing. She also loves flowers and trees. When she sees someone folding flowers or branches, she will run forward to stop them. If the other person doesn't listen, she will be very unhappy.
Happy. Because she said that every creature in the world is alive and inspired, so people should not harm those living things. In her opinion, everything in the world has feelings.
If you break it off, the trees and flowers will feel pain. As for the person who broke the flowers, she will be even more unhappy and run over to argue with others. Ah Man is studying liberal arts, and she always wins but never loses in school debates.
, so others generally cannot speak well of her, and will be defeated by her words, and some will even apologize to her. At that time, she will be very proud, looking at Chu Shitian with a victorious smile, and Chu Shitian will dote on her.
Rub her hair down.
Only once, I met a couple. The boy picked a handful of roses to please his girlfriend. The girl smiled sweetly and happily. Chu Shitian wanted to pull Aman away.
It's not a good thing to disturb a couple. But she just broke away from his hand and ran up to accuse the boy of not stepping on flowers just to please his girlfriend. Because Aman was beautiful, the boy didn't want to see a beautiful girl stand out.
They quarreled and pulled their girlfriend to leave, but the boy's girlfriend was unhappy. Girls all have a sense of vanity, especially when a girl who is prettier than themselves appears in front of their boyfriend, but the boyfriend doesn't help her.
The girl glared at Ah Man, insisting that Ah Man apologize to the boy. Of course Ah Man would not apologize. In her opinion, it was the boy who was wrong. In order to please others, he actually ignored the feelings of Hua Cao. Such a person is too disrespectful.
Conscience, I just want to be happy.
The boy looked at Aman awkwardly, the girl looked at Aman angrily, and Aman looked at the girl stubbornly. They were stuck there for a while.
Suddenly, the girl grabbed Aman's clothes and insisted on apologizing. He secretly cried out that something bad was going to happen. With Aman's temper, he couldn't be kind this time. Aman's face turned red and a
He slapped her away. Unexpectedly, the girl was learning karate. With a flip of her hand, Aman fell to the ground. He was frightened at that time, and the anger in his heart suddenly surged up. He raised his hand and wanted to give her a slap.
The girl slapped her face, but the boy persuaded her to stop him. The girl wanted to do it again, but her boyfriend stopped her and pulled her away quickly.
Then he helped Aman up with heartache, and saw the blood marks on the corner of her mouth and her broken knees. He couldn't help but want to blame her, but she smiled and said, "I definitely don't have those broken flowers."
It hurts. Hua’er’s bones were broken.”
He was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he couldn't. He was left with deep self-blame.
From then on, every time he went out or played in the park, he would hold her hand tightly, fearing that she would get into trouble with others again.
Ah Man didn't like to be restrained so much, and she would throw away his hand when she found the opportunity. When there was no danger, he would let her go a little bit, but once he encountered a scene similar to that day, he would never let her go.
He didn't dare to let go, for fear that she would be unhappy and offend others. Aman always smiled and said to him: "Don't worry, I won't be so reckless again."
They were really happy at that time.
But he would occasionally quarrel because he already had a wife and a family, so being with A-Man was not recognized by others. During the New Year and holidays, he could not stay with A-Man because he was a wealthy man.
The man of the family, and he was not an irresponsible person, so he had to wrong Aman every time. Aman had a big quarrel with him. That day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunion.
Originally, he had agreed to go and accompany Ah Man, but he didn't expect that his parents-in-law had arrived at their house and wanted to have dinner with them. Under such circumstances, he could never leave. He sat at home, thinking in his heart
But he flew to Aman's place.
Aman waited for him all night, from seven o'clock in the evening, until ten o'clock, eleven o'clock, and two o'clock in the morning. She watched the clock on the wall move minute by second, and her heart became colder and colder.
He may not be able to understand the desolation, but he really has no choice.
Aman said that he was not considerate and had no sense of responsibility. He made her wait all night. And he was not in a good mood at first. He lost all his patience under Aman's yelling. He felt that Aman did not understand him at all.
heart.
Then they ignored each other for a week. But in the end, after he was tortured for seven days, he still missed her and couldn't help but go to her and ask for her forgiveness. And Aman, maybe because she really loved her
He was too deep, maybe because he figured it out. In short, they rarely quarreled since then, and since then, Aman would ignore his disappearance many times, and he never told him
, because he was afraid that after telling him, they would never have the chance to meet again, so he always made up various reasons to face Aman's inquiries. She would never question him. Does she really trust him so much?
?Now that I think about it, it seems impossible that she is such an ice-smart woman.
Five years, they have been together for five years. Maybe Aman knew from the beginning that he had a wife and children.
He suddenly remembered Aman's sudden disappearance. Did she know about it from the beginning?
That disappearance made him panic to the extreme. For nine months, he had no news about her. It was as if she had disappeared from this world, leaving no trace.
At that time, he seemed to be crazy. He had neither the energy to take care of the company nor the energy to take care of his wife and daughter. He went to bars every day, drank and got drunk. He felt that life had no meaning. By that time, he
Only then did he realize that the meaning of Ah Man in his heart was as important as his life. He lived a corrupt life every day. He would go to anyone who invited him, and he would go home when he was drunk. The house was often empty because of his unexpected behavior.
Fang had her company to take care of, and Bing Meng had to study. So, he was often the only one staring at the empty room in a daze.
But ten months later, Ah Man came back with a baby girl.
He only noticed Aman's return and was ecstatic. He felt that his life was suddenly full of hope. He hugged her tightly, but did not notice the changes that had taken place in her.
When Ah Man brought the baby girl to him, his mood was indescribable. He was shocked.
What a beautiful and lovely child she was. She had long eyelashes and bright black eyes, and she always liked to turn around in a revealing way. When she saw Chu Shitian for the first time, she smiled at him.
Aman looked at him with a smile and said, "I am your daughter."
At that moment, he was stunned at first, and then a huge sense of happiness surrounded him, and he jumped up. He felt like he wanted to announce his happiness to the world.
Aman handed the baby girl over, and he held her carefully, as if he were holding the treasure in the world. He felt like a new father, looking at her with curiosity and love.
Aman had always been smiling, and then she spoke: "We haven't chosen a name yet. Can you help her choose a name?"
He raised his head and saw that Aman seemed a little thinner. He didn't know what kind of mood she had in giving birth to this child. He only knew that he was really happy now.
He looked at her distressedly, took her thin hand, and said: "You like purple, let her be your support, call her Ziyi."
Aman nodded and said to him: Do you still remember that time when you picked up a shell at the beach? That shell was called the Star of Hope. The wish she made at that time was that she hoped to be born with a beautiful daughter. He saw
Looking at her, he made up his mind to take good care of this woman throughout his life.