After chatting like this for a while, the waiter finally served the food, and the topic also turned to cooperation.
Xiang Yang said to me: "Chen Feng, if you have any questions, you can ask them now and I will answer them for you."
"I have no doubts." I said calmly.
"Then why did you reject Mr. An's kindness? You don't know how many companies are vying to make money and hope to cooperate with Mr. An?"
I said, "Then let them come. I'm really not interested anyway."
"You" Xiangyang looked at me helplessly. I knew he was in a difficult situation, but it was even more difficult for me.
At this time, An Lan finally said: "Director Xiang, you don't have to be so embarrassed. If he really doesn't want to, then I will too."
Before An Lan could finish speaking, Xiang Yang interrupted: "Mr. An, wait a minute. I'll have a few words with him alone."
With that said, Xiangyang pulled me up and took me aside alone.
Then he said to me seriously: "Chen Feng, I really don't know what you think? Why don't you cooperate with her? Is there anything bad about this for you?"
I sighed, then glanced at An Lan and then said to Xiang Yang, "Director Xiang, I know you mean well, but it's really difficult for me."
"Can you tell me the reason? Is it because your investor, Hongsheng Capital, doesn't allow it?" Xiang Yang asked with a serious face.
I shook my head and replied: "No, it's me. I actually know her."
"What?!" Xiangyang suddenly looked at me in surprise.
After another long sigh, I said in a deep voice: "I said, I know her, and I'm not even close to her."
"Really? Then since you are so familiar with each other, you shouldn't refuse!"
I smiled bitterly and said, "You might be shocked if I say it. She and I were in a relationship before."
Xiang Yang was shocked again, his pupils dilated, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "This is so! Then I understand."
I nodded and said, "So, Director Xiang, with this kind of relationship, how do you think I can cooperate with her?"
Xiangyang really understood my difficulty, so he patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, I understand. If that's the case, then it's up to you!"
"I'm sorry, Director Xiang, for causing you trouble."
Xiang Yang smiled and said: "No, I should be the one to say sorry to you. I didn't know you still had this kind of relationship."
"Actually, I recognized her at the business dinner that day. Didn't you notice that we didn't communicate much?"
"Yes! I thought you were afraid that Xiaoyi would misunderstand, so you kept explaining to Xiaoyi."
I also smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this, but today's dinner has been arranged, so don't waste it."
Xiang Yang nodded, and I returned to our seats with him. At this moment, Xiang Yang was not as excited as before.
The conversation that followed was all insignificant, and Xiang Yang didn't talk about cooperation anymore.
An Lan didn't mention it, and I certainly wouldn't mention it. I ate quietly, and the atmosphere was always strange.
Soon, Xiangyang put down the bowl and chopsticks and said to An Lan: "Mr. An, let me help you find some good companies here. I will go back to the work first. I have a meeting in the afternoon, so you can chat first."
"Well, walk slowly towards the director." An Lan smiled and nodded.
Xiangyang also deliberately patted my shoulder, indicating that I would handle it myself.
After Xiangyang left, An Lan and I were the only two people left. We looked at each other and neither of us spoke first.
It wasn't until I was about to find an excuse to leave that An Lan finally said, "Why do you refuse to cooperate with me?"
"I already answered you yesterday and I don't want to say it anymore."
Her expression changed slightly and she said, "Do you really hate me that much?"
"I don't hate her." What I said was the truth. I didn't need to hate her at all.
"Then why is this happening?"
I didn't want to say anything anymore, so I kept silent and just looked at her quietly.
I just noticed that she had cut her hair short. Although it looked cleaner and neater, it was less warm than before.
In the past, I always liked to stroke her hair while holding her.
Especially the ones hanging on my shoulders, with her body temperature, make me feel very close to her.
But now, I feel like a stranger.
After another silence for a while, she suddenly said to me: "I actually want to tell you, pay attention to Antonsen, he has already extended his hand into the domestic market."
"Does it have anything to do with me? I have nothing to do with you now, so what's the point of him targeting me?"
"No matter what you think, you have to be careful yourself."
"Oh, thank you very much."
After another moment of silence, she asked calmly: "How is she?"
"who?"
"Your wife, last time you said you would get married after Labor Day, it should be done now, right?"
I did not face her question directly, but replied calmly: "She is very good. At least she is not like some people who leave for half a year without any news. She is also not like some people who just talk to others silently."
Had a baby."
An Lan smiled at me and said, "Is that the person you are talking about me?"
"If you want to be right, I don't have anything to say."
"Yes, I'm sorry for you."
"I don't need your apology, I'm leaving, just take care of yourself!"
After a pause, I added: "It's best not to meet again, otherwise my wife will be jealous."
After saying that, I walked out of the restaurant without looking back.
The sun was shining brightly outside the restaurant, but I felt a little chilly.
My heart is cold, like an icy road, and the passing vehicles are like knives, leaving deep and shallow scars on my heart.
I raised my head and took a deep breath, wanting to completely forget those memories that were pieced together like fragments.
But in these fragments, I saw a hedgehog-like version of myself.
From that day when I found out she was pregnant, I no longer imagined love as beautiful. I felt that love had the property of cyclical harm, just like if I hurt someone else, I would be hurt by another person.
After all, I know that there is no perfect love in this world.
It’s time to accept your fate!
I was really hoping for a heavy rain at this time, but the scorching sun above my head was shining recklessly on the vast land, making people feel inexplicably upset.
I didn't know where to put my bad mood, so I started counting the cars passing by in front of me.
I thought this would make me sober, but they came and went, like pain, going in and out of my heart.
I'm almost suffocating!
It wasn't until Huang Yong called me that I came out of that extreme state.
I answered his call, adjusted my mood and said, "Hi, Huang Yong."
"Mr. Chen, I am on my way to the company now. Are you in the company?"
"I'm not here right now, but I'll be back soon."
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the company first."
I responded and hung up the phone. At this time, An Lan also walked out of the restaurant.