The next day, Zhuang Yibo went out according to the agreed time and went to the house introduced by his college classmate for an interview.
Everything went smoothly, and she gave a trial lesson to the eight-year-old boy that day, and both parties were very satisfied.
When Shen Wangjin called her, Zhuang Yibo was already on the way back.
The two met at the appointed restaurant. When Shen Wangjin arrived, Zhuang Yibo was already sitting in the restaurant, looking down at some information seriously.
Shen Wangjin sat down opposite her, and she suddenly raised her head. After seeing him, she just smiled slightly, and then she was about to put away the things in front of her.
"What are you looking at?" Shen Wangjin said as he reached out and took the thing.
After taking a look, he looked at her again and said, "Want to continue going to school?"
"No." Zhuang Yibo said, "The male owner of the house where I went to teach today is a university lecturer. I just took some information to look at casually."
"It's not a bad idea to continue going to school." Shen Wangjin said, "Isn't Qianxing also going to school? In this way, the two of you will be in sync."
"How is that the same?" Zhuang Yibo said, "In the early years, Qianxing gave up his studies and wandered around in order to make a living. Now it is my turn to plan for my own livelihood. When I first arrived, making a living is the most important thing."
After listening to her words, Shen Wangjin didn't say anything for a while, but just looked at her quietly.
Zhuang Yibo seemed to realize something, paused, then looked at him again and said: "I'm very tacky, right?"
There were originally many correct answers to this question, and he was able to speak out the absolutely correct answer. For example - if making a living is considered vulgar, how many people in the world are not vulgar?
But facing her, he couldn't give such an answer.
Maybe it's because he already has other answers in his mind - fairies falling from the clouds to dust, maybe tackiness is inevitable.
Shen Wangjin said nothing, but pushed the menu next to her in front of her, "Let's see what we can eat."
Zhuang Yibo did not continue the topic. After nodding, he opened the menu.
After finishing her meal in silence as usual, when she returned to the downstairs of her apartment, she finally couldn't help turning her head to look at him, as if she wanted to say something, but her eyes lingered for a long time, and in the end she just said: "Goodbye"
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"Still not planning to invite me in for a cup of coffee?" Shen Wangjin asked.
Zhuang Yibo hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head, turned around and walked into the apartment.
However, as soon as she opened the door of her apartment, the man behind her followed her.
Zhuang Yibo looked back at him and said again: "I really don't have coffee here."
Shen Wangjin ignored her answer. He just looked at her quietly for a moment and finally said, "Do you still remember what you told me before coming to England?"
Zhuang Yibo slowly lowered his eyes, "Remember."
"You asked me to accompany you here." Shen Wangjin crossed his arms and looked at her, "In the end, you just left me alone again and again?"
"But we also agreed that we would start from scratch..."
"How can we start over from scratch?" Shen Wangjin said.
Zhuang Yibo pursed his lips and slowly said: "I want to start my life from scratch, and you have to get to know me again and get to know the real me... I am no longer the person you thought I was a few years ago. Or, I am no longer the same person.
It’s the way you like it.”
Shen Wangjin stretched out his hand and slowly lifted her chin.
The two looked at each other for a long time before he said: "So, you know what I like, so why don't you go back to how you were before?"
"Because I can't go back." Zhuang Yibo looked at him and said word by word, "Some things happen, and you are destined to never go back."
"Since we have to start over, why can't we just relax a little bit?"
Zhuang Yibo listened and remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a low voice: "Because I'm afraid."
"What are you afraid of?" Shen Wangjin looked down at her, "Afraid of me?"