Actually, I was a little confused, but I still nodded and said, "I understand."
He looked at me, "Have you thought about what I told you last time?"
Originally, I really didn’t want to come to his place today, because what I was most afraid of was that he would ask me about this matter again, but when I thought of the “attitude problem” Zeng Yufang mentioned, I also knew that I had to face him all the time.
So I had to bite the bullet and come here. This is just like a person who has just learned to drive. When he sees some sections of road that are difficult to pass, he must force himself to go. In the final analysis, this is a kind of compulsion to himself.
High demands.
Since we have to face it, there is no use in escaping. I said this to myself at the time.
Sure enough, this very embarrassing question still faced me.
I asked him: "Has Shiyu contacted you recently?"
He said: "Of course. She is my daughter."
I suddenly became nervous, "So, what kind of thoughts does she have?"
He smiled and said: "Feng Xiao, let me ask you, have you contacted her? Since you are going, why not tell her in advance?"
I suddenly felt embarrassed because I had never thought of contacting her in advance. I said quietly: "I don't know her phone number."
He said: "If you really want to, you should ask me."
I said anxiously: "She hasn't called me either."
His expression suddenly turned ugly, "You are a man, why are you so embarrassed to say such things?"
I was a little at a loss, "Then, please give me her phone number. It's not too late now."
He looked at me and then sighed: "Feng Xiao, don't blame me. I am a father, and so are you. It's just that your child is still young. When your child grows up, he will know the difficulties of being a father.
"
I didn't expect that he would say this and express such emotion, and my heart suddenly trembled slightly, "Principal Zhang, I can only tell you this, I will try my best to make her happy. I can't promise you anything,
I can only try my best to have a good talk with her."
"That's alright. It's up to you. If possible, try to persuade her to come back. Now I know that I really feel how important she is to me when she is no longer with me. Hey!" He shook his head, and then
It's a long sigh.
I seem to understand why he treated me so politely today.
He has already received the money. Secondly, what he hopes most is that his daughter can come back. Then he hopes that his daughter can come back voluntarily through my agreement and marriage. This is how I understand it, so I immediately felt
I feel much less stressed.
In this regard, I began to understand him somewhat. He is a father, and I should understand him based on this alone.
When I left his office, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "Please."
I was flattered once again.
Maybe it's because I'm about to go abroad, or because the news that I'm about to work as a secretary for Governor Huang has been known to many people, my phone has rarely been quiet recently.
It’s the same explanation every time: It’s not necessarily true. I didn’t want to go. It’s almost always the same two sentences.
After many times, I got bored and wanted to throw away my phone but I didn’t dare. So I had to keep repeating these words again and again, which made me feel bored again and again. But after the boredom passed, I started to feel better: It turns out that this seat is like this
of people's attention.
Of course, there were many people who invited me to dinner or drinks, saying they wanted to congratulate me. Most of these people were people from our hospital or school, but I politely declined them all after expressing my gratitude.
To be honest, these sudden invitations made me a little overwhelmed, and they also made me panic: Wouldn’t it be a joke if I couldn’t get to that seat? So, in my heart, I was very excited about going abroad this time.
Things felt more stressful.
Today I have agreed to have dinner with Zeng Yufang, which is one of the reasons why I refuse all invitations. It is not that Zeng Yufang is so important to me, but that we have to do things together. She is right, since we are going out to do things,
Then we should cooperate with each other. The basis of cooperation is mutual understanding.
But there was a call I had to answer, and her call made me very embarrassed, because the call was from Chang Bailing.
Her first sentence was to ask me: "Are you free tonight?"
I rejected her just like that last time. Later, under the auspices of Kang Demao, we sat together. Although the atmosphere at that time was a bit false, the attitudes of both parties were relatively clear. In other words, both she and I had already expressed our opinions to each other.
The other party revealed a message: the past has passed, and we are still friends. Later, Kang Demao said something to me, and I thought it was right: everything is for the future work, and the future work is with individuals.
future are closely linked.
Therefore, her call made me feel embarrassed immediately, and her question made me even more at a loss.
"President Chang, this..." I said, "I really have something to do today. Because I will go abroad the day after tomorrow, I have to discuss the recent work with the people below. I have already informed everyone."
Her voice suddenly became dissatisfied, "Feng Xiao, what did you call me?"
Of course I knew why she was dissatisfied, but I could only pretend not to know, "Mr. Chang? Did I call you wrong?"
"Feng Xiao, I know you are still angry with me about what happened last time, so I really hope you can give me a chance to be alone with you so that I can explain. You said that we can almost be considered husband and wife.
Except for the lack of the marriage certificate. Think about it, would I be such a ruthless person? Didn’t I also handle your father-in-law’s affairs for him later?” She said with an extremely soft voice.
I said: "Don't talk about the past. Even if I was angry at the time, it is already in the past. You are right, I should understand you. In fact, De Mao also talked with me for a long time after dinner that day. I think
What he said is right. Life is actually very short, but the relationship between friends is the most important. President Chang, my wife passed away recently. I have thought about it a lot these days. In short, there is only one thing: I feel that I should not have done it.
I feel very guilty to do those things that betrayed her. Therefore, I hope that we will always be friends, but we can no longer do the things we did before. Therefore, I also very much hope that you can understand me. President Chang, Sister Chang,
I do have something to do today. Let’s find time to have dinner together after I come back from abroad, okay? Also, please don’t worry, I’m really not angry anymore. Now I’m only angry with myself. I feel that I
Everything I did was too much."
"Feng Xiao, you can't do this. I really like you." Her voice was trembling.
"Don't be like this, Sister Chang. We are all adults, and you have a family and a husband. You can't be like this. I am so heartbroken now that I no longer think about everything that happened in the past. Sorry, that's it.
Come on." I tried my best to make my voice gentle, and then hung up the phone.
I think it is necessary to maintain a relationship with her, but if she tries to maintain the same contact with me as before, I will never make that mistake again. No matter what, this is what I am thinking.
However, Tao Tao called me a while later. After the call was connected, she immediately said: "Brother Feng, thank you."
I said, "Why are you thanking me? I haven't done anything for you."
She said: "What happened today..."
I said: "What happened today? Why can't I remember? That's it, I have other things to do."
Her voice suddenly became louder, "Wait! Brother Feng, I still have something to tell you."
I said calmly: "Just tell me."
"President Chang asked me to contact you and say we would sit down together in the evening," she said immediately.
I suddenly became irritable: Is this Chang Bailing sick? Haven't I made it clear to her? Why did she ask her assistant to call me again?
Suddenly, I thought of a possibility: maybe Chang Bailing thought that I had an abnormal relationship with Tao Tao, or that I liked Tao Tao very much.
Thinking of this, I immediately knew that I should express my attitude immediately, so I said to her coldly: "I'm sorry, I'm not free. That's it."
Then I hung up the phone. Now, I no longer think about the future. In my opinion, the most important thing is to stop thinking about Chang Bailing immediately.
I looked at the time and thought it was still a little early, so I drove home immediately. I needed to find a quiet place to call Zhang Shiyu.
To be honest, I hesitated for a long time before making this call. Only I can fully understand that uneasy feeling.
The call went through, but it took her a long time to answer. Her voice was unclear and she spoke in English, "Who is it?"
I hurriedly said: "I am Feng Xiao." Of course I spoke in Jiangnan dialect.
Her voice suddenly became clearer, "Oh, Feng Xiao, I'm having dinner."
Then I suddenly remembered the time difference, "What time is it over there now?"
She said: "It's eight o'clock in the evening. It's three o'clock in the afternoon over there, right? We have a five-hour time difference. By the way, why did you suddenly remember to call me?"
I said: "I have been coming to your place in the past few days. I came to see you on behalf of your father."
"Really?" She suddenly became happy. But her happiness made me worried, "Yes. I will text you the specific time."
"That's great. Feng Xiao, I miss you so much," she said.
"Don't... let's just do it. Let's talk slowly when I get there." I said. Only now did I realize that the idea of having a few more words with her on the phone turned out to be so difficult.
"Feng Xiao, don't you care about the phone bill? How about I call you over the Internet?" She said immediately. (To be continued)