"Gastroenteritis, maybe it's because I've been too busy recently and haven't eaten regularly." Belly put her hand on her stomach and smiled bitterly.
"Hey, Jere used to be a good man in the new era. He cooked at home every day. Since he returned to China, you..." Amy was stopped in time by Leon next to her mid-sentence.
The izakaya fell silent, and for almost an instant, everyone's eyes quickly glanced at Wen Siheng, expressionless as ever, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
It turns out that he used to cook for his ex-girlfriend like this.
As if being tied to a weight, Jian Anran's heart was dragged down bit by bit.
She was never indispensable, she just appeared in the right place at the right time.
The sudden return of her ex-girlfriend seemed to break the illusion of balance she had worked hard to maintain. At this moment, she seemed to hear the death knell of this marriage.
Jian Anran had imagined a hundred reasons and methods for divorce, and had done a hundred mental constructions for herself. Jian Anran never thought that when this time actually came, she would still have emotions in her heart that she didn't know where to start.
I don’t know if it’s regret or loss, but it’s a feeling of a sudden emptiness in my heart.
She never knew that Wen Siheng had an ex-girlfriend who was far away in England.
Strictly speaking, he never mentioned his past life, and she never asked about it.
A graduate from a top university in the world, and an offer from a top firm in the world, he was dwarfed by her, and felt superior to her. For the first time, Jian Anran felt that she was as humble as dust in this relationship.
They definitely come from different worlds.
Like a lump in her throat, she had ten thousand questions hidden in her heart at this moment, but none of them dared to break the silence and ask.
For example, why did you break up?
Everyone present looked at each other in confusion, but the foreign colleague on the side noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere and turned his head away from Amy.
"What happened?"
"Nothing, I said something stupid and embarrassed everyone." Amy turned her head to the side and whispered with her mouth half-covered.
Just in time, the waiter appeared with drinks, and Amy was so moved that she almost shouted "Hallelujah".
"It tastes good." Leon agreed awkwardly.
The woman named Belly pushed the sashimi in front of Wen Siheng and glanced up at his profile.
"Jere, would you like to try this? I can't eat raw food lately."
Wen Siheng moved the cushion to the side and did not answer.
As if she didn't care at all, she reached out and picked up a piece of sashimi and put it in his bowl.
"You used to love eating sashimi the most." Belly said with a smile.
Recalling the time when Wen Siheng wanted to go to a Japanese restaurant with her, Jian Anran refused without much thought.
She can't eat raw food, and the choice when going to a Japanese food store becomes limited, so she rarely sets foot in a Japanese food store.
It turned out that he was trying to share his favorite things with himself. He once again remembered that the other person wanted his steak well-cooked, and his favorite food was sashimi.
Jian Anran couldn't help but smile bitterly, once again, it was a memory that only belonged to the two of them.
They occupied half of each other's life of more than twenty years. Her insignificant month was more like a romantic relationship.
When the sun rises, the dewdrops on the leaf tips will eventually evaporate.
At this moment, her excellent ex-girlfriend who had been together for ten years suddenly appeared, and Jian Anran instantly felt like a monster in the wild trying to gain experience.
Once you finish the mission, you have completed the daily mission. No one wants to go back to the starting point to fight level 1 monsters even after reaching full level.
"Has construction started on that project in Manchester City?" Belly asked suddenly.
"Last time, I heard Leon say that there was something wrong with Party A. Even after everything was signed, they asked you to rework. You obviously delayed your return to China just to hand over the project."
"It must be very difficult to communicate with the other side despite the time difference in China."
The woman looked at his side face tenderly and expressed concern. She didn't wait for a response for a long time, and took a sip of the Sprite in her hand with some disappointment.
Leon on the side poked Wen Siheng, "What are you asking? Are you mute?"
"It went very well." He barely managed to squeeze out a few words from his mouth, but Wen Siheng never looked at her face to face.
While pouring sake one glass after another, Wen Siheng never picked up his chopsticks, let alone touched the bowl containing sashimi.
"Sister Amy, can I call you that?" Mi Yingying, the only E person (Extrovert) in the group, started again.
"Of course, you can call me whatever you want, don't be too polite." After a glass of wine, Amy's face was almost as red as her lips.
"Is it possible that you came here this time because of the competition in Ludao City?"
"Eh?" Amy was a little surprised, "How did you know?"
"Could it be that you, Teacher Wen, have also signed up?"
"Yes, yes, we just completed the survey not long ago." Mi Yingying said.
"Really?" Amy sighed, "I originally thought this was something I was determined to win. If you, Mr. Wen, also participate in the competition, then we will have to work a few more extra classes."
"Ah?" Mi Yingying was a little surprised.
Everyone only knows that Wen Siheng's professional skills are very good, but after all, they have only been together for a month, so they still lack some in-depth understanding of his professional skills.
"Don't underestimate your teacher's usual careless attitude." Leon came forward mysteriously.
"For the undergraduate course design, I stayed up for three long nights and revised four versions of the drawings, and finally got the second place."
"The first one is...?" Xiangyi asked, looking at Wen Siheng aside.
Leon nodded and confirmed her guess, "A certain number one, I heard that before the picture was published, he went to France to visit the vineyards and then reported back."
"Really"
Amid everyone's chattering discussions, Wen Siheng remained silent. After half a bottle of sake, he suddenly stood up.
The surrounding voices suddenly stopped, and everyone turned to look at him.
"Go to the bathroom." He said with a smile.
Everyone watched his figure disappear from the corner, and then started to lower their heads and whisper gossip again.
What they gossiped about was nothing more than Wen Siheng's unknown undergraduate life, and how he later applied for graduate school, and even went all the way to get a doctorate.
Summarizing the full text, Jian Anran can only say that there are only three words in Wen Siheng's past life -
Feeling of relaxation.
Excellent material conditions, innate talents, clear life plans, unwavering goals and three points of hard work.
God seems to be very favored by him and has gathered in him all the advantages that ordinary people can imagine.
Suddenly I remembered the unanimous comments made by Ning Beibei and other students to Wen Siheng in the previous professional class——
Empress Nuwa’s graduation project.
Compared to him, other people are more like random ideas.
When Leon took the receipt, he realized that Wen Siheng had bought the bill on the way back from the bathroom.
"We have funds for our project," Leon said specifically.
"It takes a little effort." His eyes almost invisible glanced over Jian Anran, who had his head lowered, and Wen Siheng walked out with the crowd.
Different from usual, Jian Anran hardly said a complete sentence today.
"You drove here, could you please take me home?" Belly grabbed Wen Siheng's clothes.
