Chapter 58
The dim light outlined the dust floating in mid-air, one grain at a time like a crushed heart, I don’t know whether it was choked by the wind or the smoke, Zhou Yuchen’s throat knots burst of pain, like being cut by a knife, and then the pain spreads towards the circumference of his body, where his chest hurts the most.
In a trance, he thought of those years in the United States, the decision to go abroad suddenly left in a hurry, he did not even bring a change of clothes, the first day he arrived there encountered gangsters, he was beaten half dead, the body of the wallet was robbed, documents and so on are gone.
He was beaten half to death on his first day there, his wallet was robbed, and he was left without his documents. He was always discriminated against in a foreign country, and he could imagine how miserable he was without his proof of identity. He was stubborn and refused to bow down to his family, and didn’t even tell them that he was hospitalized.
He stayed in the hospital for a day after forcibly discharged, and later contacted a friend to temporarily live in the other side of the house.
He broke off contact with everyone including the Zhou family and studied hard every day desperately as if he was trying to prove himself to someone.
He also studied another major on the side, what was impossible in the eyes of others, he accomplished, everyone was congratulating him, but he felt that his world was getting lonelier and lonelier.
Not even a weed.
Behind is entrepreneurship, in a foreign country entrepreneurship can be imagined how difficult, but all the difficult is not compared to a vacancy somewhere in the heart.
His friends laughed at how he didn’t look like a man trapped in love.
He squeezed the beer can in his hand, letting the alcohol bubble out and flow onto his hand, the cold touch was like that day in the rain.
He didn’t quite remember how long he waited in the rain, two hours, three hours, maybe more, if Zhang Yang and Zhao Chuan didn’t come to him, probably he would have stood there all night.
He was like this, occasionally overly stubborn.
But his stubbornness is only to her, no one else can, he tried, useless, other people simply can not enter his heart.
Su Orange didn’t look closely at how Zhou Yuchen’s face looked, turned around and walked away after saying that, just two steps away, she was grabbed by his wrist, the man’s strength was so strong that she had to stop, but stubbornly didn’t turn around, turned her back to him and said, “Let go.”
Zhou Yuchen held her hand and took two steps forward, his fingertips gently sharpened the inside of her wrist, and after touching her delicate skin, the knot in his throat gently rolled, like a long-lost memory returning, and his heart violently trembled.
Everything about her was completely revived, once kissed, once touched, her trembling, her light gasping, and the unspeakable throbbing when they were entangled in death.
Like engraved in the bones, a little star fire can start a prairie fire, burning people’s limbs and bones are trembling.
He was trembling.
It seems…she is also trembling.
Zhou Yuchen wasn’t sure, perhaps it was his illusion.
He pressed down on his fingertips and used some force, but his voice was unusually gentle, “I don’t mean anything else, I just want to invite you to dinner.”
Then showed weakness and said, “I haven’t eaten all day either.”
In the past, if he spoke like this, Su Orange would coax him with red eyes, asking him why he didn’t eat, if he was not feeling well somewhere, and she would even cook for him personally.
Su Orange’s eyelashes trembled, after her emotions calmed down, she slowly turned around, no waves in her almond eyes, without the slightest ripple, “No, I have a roommate in, we will eat together, you go eat by yourself.”
No concern no hush-hush, Zhou Yuchen’s lips pulled at the corners of his lips, “Anyone can do it, is it only me who can’t?”
Su Orange wasn’t sure if he was referring to eating together, or what, but whatever it was, everyone else could, he couldn’t.
“Well, it’s inconvenient.” She withdrew her hand and dropped it to her side.
He looked at her askance, “Why is it inconvenient?”
The atmosphere became even colder by this point, the conversation had no temperature, and so did the eyes, Su Orange said, “You’re party A, I’m party B, it’s out of order to meet and eat in private.”
“Where is it out of order?” Zhou Yuchen doggedly wanted to force out something, and even hoped that she would be angry at him, that would at least show that she had mood swings, and although it was disgust, it was better than being indifferent.
He really disliked this dead set aside look of hers.
It was too overwhelming.
“Zhou Yuchen,” Su Orange tilted her head to look at him, there was self-reproach in her eyes in addition to coldness, she hummed softly, “A few days ago I dreamt of Grandma, she asked me why I didn’t go see her.”
The words fell, dead silence, Zhou Yuchen’s fingers stiffened and slowly loosened, and then clenched into a fist, and the sound of misplaced bones could be heard under careful listening.
Su Orange’s eyes were wet, and her eyelashes were also stained with water vapor, “Don’t come here in the future, it will cause me trouble.”
After saying this time, she didn’t linger, turning around and entering the neighborhood.
It was never those eight years that separated them, there was her grandmother and her guilt. Maybe some people would say that birth, old age, sickness and death are commonplace, and that people will all die that day, so there’s no one to blame.
But the person who died meant something different to Su Orange, she gave her all her love, not a mother is better than a mother.
Su Orange walked, slowly lowered her head, a whimper sounded in her throat, the next second was covered by the wind, only to see her shoulders trembling slightly.
Su orange the next day to go to work in Gali, did not see Zhou Yuchen, but to see his desk placed a large bouquet of roses, visual estimate at least ninety-nine.
The roses were so colorful that they looked like flames.
Su Orange saw after holding the document fingers shrink down, she took the occasion to organize the hair and lowered her head to walk away, this morning Zhou Yuchen did not come to the company, Su Orange was busy until almost noon before going to the restroom, coincidentally heard someone in the discussion.
“Eh, who sent flowers to Mr. Zhou, such a big bouquet.”
“I heard the receptionist say it’s that thousand dollar lady from Liang’s group.”
“Liang’s? Which Liang’s?”
“Which one can it be, Liang’s Group which is in full swing these days, aren’t they interested in cooperating with our company.”
“Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Not right ah, usually is a man to send flowers to women, how to our Mr. Zhou this the opposite.”
“Who is our Mr. Zhou, the president of Gali Company, the value is there, which woman does not have a sweet heart.”
“……”
Su Orange listened to the fascination, turned on the faucet to wash her hands, and then remembered that this was the third time she washed.
She didn’t finish listening and walked back to her workstation wanly.
At noon everyone went to eat, she didn’t go, eating bread while organizing documents, before eating bread always felt sweet, today I don’t know what’s going on, I feel so bitter, hard to swallow so bitter.
Yu Lele sent her a message, asking her how she felt on her first day of work.
Su Orange puts down the uneaten bread and replies: [okay].
Lele: [What about Zhou Yuchen? Didn’t do anything to you, did he?]
Su Qiang looked through the glass window towards the president’s office, and the bouquet of fiery red roses still appeared in her eyes, glistening with a brimming light under the sunlight.
It is very eye-catching.
Her heart shrank, and she returned: [He had something to do today and didn’t come to the office].
Lele: [What is it?]
Yu Lele did not ask okay, after asking Su Orange’s mood inexplicably became depressing, if she heard correctly, those two seemed to say that Zhou Yuchen went on a blind date.
They also said that Zhou Yuchen had quite a lot of choice of objects, and that the blind dates behind him would not be broken.
Orange: [It’s not clear.]
Yu Lele sees that it took her a long time to come back and asks worriedly: [Are you okay?]
Orange: [It’s fine, I just answered a phone call.]
She didn’t answer the phone, she just simply didn’t know how to reply to Yu Lele well, her mouth was astringent, she wanted to eat candy, she rummaged through her bag to look for it, and just happened to see a few pieces of orange flavored fudge, which was given to her by Zhou Yuchen that night.
She tore the wrapper open and put the candy in her mouth, all orange flavored, but not as good as the ones he gave her that year.
Yu Lele suddenly came to work, said “next time to talk”, ended the chat.
Su orange candy just finished eating, Zhou Guiqin called, said or Su Liangshu want house thing, Su Liangshu new lawyer, want to sue Su orange.
Su Orange said, “Let him sue.”
Zhou Guiqin: “Do you want to meet with him to talk?”
Su Orange: “No need.”
Some people, the softer your heart is the more he will get the better of you, the things are grandma’s, grandma gave them to her, she has no reason to give them to Su Liangshu.
In addition, he has money and company, but also think about this demolition money to say frankly did not miss the love of father and daughter.
Su Orange instructed, “Next time he goes to the house, ask him how long it’s been since he’s been to see grandma.”
The old lady has been gone for so many years, Su Liangshu has only been there in the first year, and then not even once, and never showed up on the anniversary of the death, such a son, no filial piety at all, why should we give him money.
Zhou Guiqin: “OK, he came next time I told him.”
The words turn, she asked: “By the way, that night you left in such a hurry, in the end what happened?”
“Nothing.” Su Orange didn’t want to mention it, “How’s your back these days?”
“It’s much better with the plaster you bought.” Zhou Guiqin said, “Don’t take the blind date thing seriously, you are thirty, if you don’t get married, you will become an old girl.”
“Twenty-seven.” Su Orange reminded her, “False age.”
“That’s also soon.” Zhou Guiqin chattered, “The neighbor’s daughters have given birth to three children, but you’re fine, you don’t even have a boyfriend.”
Speaking of boyfriends, Zhou Guiqin remembered something, “I heard the neighbors say that you were hitchhiking that night, and it was a man who came to pick you up, who was that man?”
“A company colleague.” Su Orange said, “It’s just an ordinary coworker, don’t mess with your mind.”
“Don’t want me to think nonsense, you quickly find a boyfriend.” Zhou Guiqin complained, “Everyone’s married, you’re still single, I’m not in a hurry.”
No matter what the topic starts, in the end it all comes down to finding a boyfriend, Su Orange got tired of hearing it, and put her cell phone on her desk, leaving her alone to break up the conversation, and when Zhou Guiqin had read enough, she picked up her cell phone, “Gotta get to work, don’t chat anymore.”
The call ended, Su Orange let out a light sigh.
Before the breath fell, someone came over and said something teasing, “Little Su is this on the phone with her boyfriend, so in love.”
Su Orange was just about to explain that it wasn’t, out of the corner of his eye he saw a long figure stopped a few steps away, brown coat, black suit, white shirt, broad shoulders and narrow waist, standing there, burning eyes.
He had one hand in his pocket, one hand carrying two bags, the bags have words, Su Ji, is the name of that night’s private dining room.
Someone asked, “Didn’t Mr. Zhou have lunch?”
Zhou Yuchen what emotionally hmmmed, but his line of sight fell on Su Orange.
Su Orange’s scalp was numb and her heart fluttered as he looked at her, and after making a swallowing motion, she stood up and walked towards the pantry with a cup of water in her hand.
Going to the pantry was bound to pass by him, Su Orange held her breath, intending to just pass by with her head down, and when she brushed past him, Zhou Yuchen opened his mouth and called out to her, his expression was cold, “Come with me to the office.”
Su Orange hmmmed and turned to follow.
Zhou Yuchen said as he took off his trench coat jacket, “Put down the curtains.”
Su Orange put her water cup on the coffee table, looked around for the remote control, and finally found it under the coffee table, and pressed it against the blinds.
The bright large office suddenly became much darker, she turned the lights on by hand, “Mr. Zhou, what do I need to do?”
Zhou Yuchen first took off his trench coat, then his suit, wearing only the white shirt inside, he lightly lifted his jaw and nudged his mouth, pointing to the food in the bag, “Eat this.”
“Huh?” Su Orange did not understand, “What?”
Zhou Yuchen pushed the bag forward, “Eat these.”
Su Orange’s eyes blinked again and again, “Isn’t this what you bought for yourself?”
Zhou Yuchen lifted his hand to loosen his tie, unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, after everything was done properly, he bent down and sat on a chair, leaned back and leaned over, legs folded, “Suddenly I’m not hungry anymore, it’s a pity to throw it away, you eat it.”
Su orange face difficult, “not good.”
“What’s not good.” Zhou Yuchen took out the lighter to play with, the fire embellished into the depths of his black eyes, reflecting clusters of light and shadow, he stared for a few seconds, lifted his eyes, “Your director did not say, come to Jali to listen to all my arrangements?”
Liu Mei did speak, and it was a thousand instructions, telling Su Orange to listen to General Manager Zhou’s arrangements when he went to Gali.
Su Orange also asked in passing, “Everything?”
She returned, “Everything, all.”
Su Orange pursed her lips, put down the remote control and walked over, her eyes fell on the bag for a long time, until her eyes were sore she moved away, very slowly lifted her head, her voice was suppressed, “Zhou Yuchen, what in the world do you want me to come to Gali for?”
She took a deep breath and said with a choked sob, “Is it to torture me?”
“Snapped”, Zhou Yuchen’s fingers were burned by the fire, his hand was loose, the lighter fell to the ground, the movement of lifting his eyes was slow, as if he was doing some kind of struggle, his eyelids lifted up high, his eyes did not have the light smile of the party, like the deep sea, deep and could not see the bottom.
Inexplicable emotions in the roll, as if the waves, in a moment will be swallowed up.
Zhou Yuchen can not tell the specific feelings at this time, only feel that the heart is very painful, limbs and bones are also painful, I should say that every nerve is painful.
What is pulling hard, as if to tear him apart.
He remembered the scene of the car speeding away just now, almost having a traffic accident, and his assistant asked him why he was in such a hurry.
He said, “To see her.”
Rather than being in such a hurry, he still took a detour to Su Ji, bought a bunch of her favorite food, and brought it out as if offering a treasure, wanting to give it to her.
Coincidentally, heard her chatting with someone else, who asked her if the one on the phone was her boyfriend, and she surprisingly did not object.
Zhou Yuchen smile do not know how to laugh, was torn heart seems to even healing can not, he thought as long as not ask will not hurt, in fact, is not.
It hurts, unspeakable pain.
His fingers shrank, not picking up the lighter, but tilting his head just to look at her, his jaw raised, his neck arched out in a harsh arc, his heartbeat suddenly became very slow.
A few moments later, he faintly pulled down the corner of his lips, “To ask you to eat is to torture you?”
Su Orange knew that what she said was a bit too much, but remembering that bouquet of roses, remembering everyone’s comments, and saddened to no end, she gathered her hard feelings and said in a faint voice, “Yes.”
“Then don’t eat it.” Zhou Yuchen picked up the bag and put it aside, “You go out to work.”
“Good.” Su Orange turned to leave, bending down to pick up the water cup as she passed the coffee table, holding the empty cup as she walked out.
She stood against the wall for a long time until her emotions calmed down before returning to her workstation.
Galli in the end is a big company, the working atmosphere is not comparable to ordinary companies, other companies are in the lunch break, Galli’s employees have already begun to work.
A lowered head, seriously doing the task at hand.
Zhou Yuchen is also, non-stop meeting, non-stop reading the documents to sign, from the time he went in at noon there was not a moment of idleness, there are always people coming in and out.
The documents in front of his desk turned into a pile from the initial point, and then from a pile into none.
Everyone had left and he was still working.
Su Orange also had stuff she hadn’t finished, so she ended a little late. She had just packed up her things and stood up carrying her bag with the intention of leaving, when the door to the president’s office abruptly pushed open and Zhou Yuchen walked out.
Four eyes relative, both froze for a moment.
Zhou Yuchen did not sleep well last night, when the dawn only sleep, early in the morning, woke up, the morning rushed to meet a few investors, lunch did not eat hurried back, and in the afternoon and non-stop work, at this time his eyes red, a face of fatigue.
After seeing Su orange obviously froze, but remembered what she said at noon, did not take the initiative to provoke, retracted the line of sight, walked towards the elevator.
Su orange also did not take the initiative to speak, but quietly followed him to walk, this scene and years ago in high school overlap, that time they were not familiar, she did not dare to blatantly close to him, can only be mixed in the crowd followed from afar.
What she hoped for the most, is that those people in front of the people who can leave early, so that she can not move to follow the past.
If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to follow him and step on his shadow.
Later in college they were together, she still likes to step on his shadow to walk, as if fulfilling a high school dream.
At that time, Zhou Yuchen didn’t know how much she liked him.
“Bang”, Su Orange did not pay attention to accidentally bumped into his back, nose hit a burst of acid, she rubbed the side of the head up, eyes percolating with water vapor, speaking through a small woman’s whine, like complaining more like an invitation to coaxing, “Why did you suddenly stop.”
Zhou Yuchen also did not expect her to follow so close, hurriedly turned around, cupped her face, lowered his eyes to measure, “Let me see.”
His hand temperature was as hot as ever, his palm was still drenched in sweat, and when he touched it, it was as if his skin was going to melt.
Su orange was hit by the blind, did not notice where it was wrong, with a trembling voice said, “You hit hurt me.”
“Sorry.” He lowered his head and came closer, blowing her while coaxing her, thankfully there was no nosebleed.
I don’t know how long he blew, Su Orange coldly realized something, she pushed his hand away, her body backed up, suppressed her wild heartbeat, and said detachedly, “Thank you, Mr. Zhou.”
With the sound of “Mr. Zhou”, the relationship between the two instantly returned to freezing point.
Zhou Yuchen’s hands were frozen in a face-cupping position, his entire person seemed to be frozen, his crisp jawline taut.
Unspoken emotions welled up in his lowered brows and pressed over like a mountain.
It was too much to bear, and he clasped her wrists and pushed her against the back wall, his fingers trembling as he tried to touch her face, which she avoided by inclining her head.
He snorted softly, his face buried in the crook of her neck, his voice trembling:
“Orange.”
“You’re the one torturing me.”