obsessed with love

Chapter 207 Kind Consolation
Zheng Xiaoran lay on Du Ruo's body and cried for half an hour. In the end, the manager of the restaurant came to "kindly" comfort him. Such earth-shattering crying would really affect the restaurant's business.

Du Ruo called Xiao Zhang who had been waiting in the car, and in the end it was Xiao Zhang who carried Zheng Xiaoran, who had died of drunken crying, into the car.

He sent her back all the way, with a round face resting on Du Ruo's shoulder.

The person on the shoulder was tired from crying, drank again, and fell into a deep sleep, but Du Ruo was very sober, did not speak all the way, and looked out the window with cold eyes.

In fact, she envied Xiao Ran very much. Although she was injured and couldn't respond to her love, at least she cried and hurt for a while, and she could escape, but what about herself?Thinking in her heart, she circled her hands again and slowly covered her lower abdomen.

Zhou Lang said that the four-month-old fetus has been fully formed, and there may be fetal movement after a while, that is to say, the baby in the womb is already a life, and she created a life for Qiao Anming. That feeling should be amazing Happy, but why is she so sad?
The car started to turn into the alley, the road was uneven, the car bumped and swayed, Zheng Xiaoran, who was sleeping on his shoulders, slowly woke up, regained some consciousness, felt sick in his chest, and a sour smell came out, he hurriedly opened the car door and ran down …

Holding on to the wall, he vomited until his stomach felt empty before stopping.

Du Ruo took the mineral water in the car and went out, patted Zheng Xiaoran on the back, but she turned around and sat on the stone steps next to the wall... her complexion was very bad and her breathing was not smooth.

"Drink some water, the taste in your mouth will feel better..." Du Ruo handed over the mineral water, and Zheng Xiaoran gulped down half of the bottle, finally regaining half of his consciousness.

"Am I so hypocritical? Stupid?"

"No... It's just that I drank too much alcohol. Drink less in the future. It's not good for your health."

"Didn't you drink often before?"

"Yes, I won't drink it now, and I won't drink it in the future..." Du Ruo also supported her skirt and sat down beside Zheng Xiaoran: "Drinking alcohol is actually useless, not to mention hurting your body and stomach. The more you drink, the more you will become sober. But today I allow you Get drunk once, and forget all the unhappy things when you go to Yi County."

Zheng Xiaoran took a breath, and rubbed her face with her hands again. Her eyes were red and swollen after crying, and her eyeliner was all smudged away. She spent more than half of her carefully applied makeup.

But she turned her disfigured face to look at Du Ruo: "Forget the unhappy things... Well, I will try my best, but I listened to a radio station a few days ago, and the host said something very hypocritical, she said , unrequited love is the most tragic thing in this world..."

……

A wind blows from the entrance of the alley, and the wind wipes away Zheng Xiaoran's tears, and also blows up Du Ruo's skirt.

Unrequited love is the most tragic thing in this world, none of them...

Du Ruo sat on the ground with Zheng Xiaoran for a long time and talked a lot about work, children, and the past, but he didn't talk about Qiao Anming or Mo Youting again.

There are many problems in this world that cannot be solved, just put them there, time will pass by, and an answer will naturally be given to you.

It was very late when Du Ruo returned to the villa that night, Qiao Anming had already showered and was reading documents in the study, when he heard the sound of the door opening downstairs, he immediately went down.

"What's the matter, come back from having a meal with your friends and look so bad?"

"It's nothing, Zheng Xiaoran is leaving?"

"Where to go?"

"Change jobs, leave Tongcheng..."

Qiao Anming only thought that she was reluctant to leave her best friend, so he walked over and took her into his arms gently, and patiently comforted her: "Okay, I know you don't have many friends in Tongcheng, but there is always a banquet in the world, the old saying is dead, So don't be too sad, and now that communication is so developed and transportation is so convenient, you can visit her often, and she can come back to see you often... It's just that you are not in a city, and you can still meet."

It was rare for Qiao Anming, who was willing to spend so much words, to comfort him so much that he himself felt weak, but the person in his arms became more and more sad as he listened to it. Finally, he buried his head deep into his arms and asked a question in a hoarse voice. Inexplicable question.

"Old Qiao, if one day we have to reach the end of the road, don't say goodbye, just pretend that we have never met before, delete the mobile phone number, delete the contact information, wake up, and live our own lives, okay? ?”

Qiao Anming was amused by her nonsensical question, pulled the person in his arms away, and swept the corner of her eyes with his fingertips: "Silly girl, what are you talking about, why do you ask such a question for no reason?"

But she was very serious, frowning and repeating: "Is it okay?"

Qiao Anming had no choice but to coax and reply: "Okay..."

……

It was already mid-June when Zheng Xiaoran left, and the weather was very hot, and Du Ruo was sweating profusely when he moved a little.

Originally, she wanted to ask Qiao Anming to arrange a car to take Zheng Xiaoran to Chongzhou, but in the end she thought it was unnecessary, Zheng Xiaoran wanted to leave in a clean and refreshing way, just like completing a ceremony, so let her go by train according to the original plan.

On the eve of her departure, Du Ruo went to Zheng Xiaoran's place to take a look. A lot of her luggage had been emptied, and all she took with her was a satchel, a small suitcase, and a camera.

After Tan Meng broke her camera, Mo Youting compensated her for it. It was the latest full-frame SLR on the market at that time, and even a ignorant person like Du Ruo thought that camera was awesome.

Zheng Xiaoran was cleaning the lenses, and then carefully put them into the bag.

She said she would try her best to forget, but she took away Mo Youting's card and Mo Youting's camera, and she was full of memories, how could she forget?
Sure enough, as the midnight radio station said, unrequited love is the worst thing in the world.

Before leaving, Zheng Xiaoran handed over the key of his house to Du Ruo.

"At the beginning of the year, I paid the whole year's rent at one time. Because I had to move out suddenly, the landlord refused to refund the rent, so I gave you the key. After the expiration date, you return the key to the landlord, and then ask for the deposit back to me... I didn't take a few quilts from the school because they were too heavy, so you can throw them away for me when the time comes..."

Du Ruo took Zheng Xiaoran's key. The keychain was a square plastic card with two smiling faces on the card.

Photo stickers were still popular at that time. The photo of her and Zheng Xiaoran taken in college, because it has been used for a long time, the picture on the card is a bit faded, but the outline of the smile is there.

Du Ruo put the card in the palm of his hand and read it carefully. I remember that it was taken when he was a sophomore in college. Intercourse, went to the barber shop to have the first ion perm in life, wearing a pink polka-dot dress, two silly girls, head to head photo shoot, time flies, all of a sudden became what it is now.

Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, took the key into his hand, and replied, "Okay, I will check out the house for you when the time comes, and I will remit the deposit to you..."

Du Ruo forced a smile, and was about to say goodbye, but Zheng Xiaoran yelled at him: "Okay, don't say anything pretentious later, don't make me sick. Yi County is not far from Tongcheng, we can still See you often..."

The last two friends who have been together for more than ten years, did not say goodbye, but pinched each other's face, which is regarded as saying goodbye.

Three days later, Mo Youting received the last text message from Zheng Xiaoran using the phone card in Tongcheng. In her life of always pretending to be tough, it was a rare hypocritical, long paragraph.

"...I know that leaving can't solve any problems. I will still think about what I should think about, and I will still remember what I should read. I know, no one can help me, I have to learn to let myself go. In addition, I want to tell you a secret, about our first meeting, the first day of freshmen, I also lived in Du Ruo's dormitory, you just If you rushed in like that, Du Ruo would hit you with an alarm clock, and I was sleeping opposite Du Ruo..."

There are many powerless things in this world.

For example, flowers will be lost, and the moon will be short.

For example, the sun will go down, and the rainbow will only last for a moment.

For example, the little prince cannot be with the fox.

For example, he doesn't love you...

When Mo Youting received this text message, he was reading a book on the balcony. It had a thick yellow cover - "Food and Beverage Management". He read Zheng Xiaoran's text message several times, sorted it out a little bit, and finally called back. The other party reminded: "The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

Call again, the voice is changed, but it is: "The number you dialed has been turned off!"

A few days later, when Mo Youting learned from Du Ruo that Zheng Xiaoran had left Tongcheng, he didn't feel too sad, but a little sad.From the time he dated the first girl in junior high to now, the girl's heart has been broken by him a lot, so one more Zheng Xiaoran is not much, but Zheng Xiaoran is somewhat different from the other women around him, because she was once pregnant for him. Have a child.

It's just that Zheng Xiaoran was ruthless, and finally didn't tell Mo Youting her new number.

The marriage between Jiang Hao and Xu Xiaoya is almost an empty shell. Since the child's miscarriage, Xu Xiaoya's temper has become more violent and more suspicious. She often checks Jiang Hao's text messages, and even goes to the business hall to call his phone bill. A few times when Jiang Hao went out to socialize and came back a little late, Xu Xiaoya even called all the numbers in Jiang Hao's phone book and asked if her husband was there. After a long time, Jiang Hao's colleagues and friends dared not call her Ask him out to dinner.

Jiang Hao also thought about divorce several times, but in the end he pushed back the idea, because Xu Xiaoya became like this, he was half responsible, and the child was lost because of his carelessness, and he was out of love and reason. In addition to being responsible for Xu Xiaoya, there is also a sense of guilt.

So the two just hugged the "corpse" of marriage like that, and passed down in emptiness.

And Du Ruo didn't know whether it was because her stomach was getting bigger or because she really gained a lot of weight. Anyway, she felt that June of that year was extremely hot, and she seemed to be out of breath when she moved a little. Her edema became more and more serious, and the instep and calf were sunken when she pinched her fingers lightly. She originally only wore size 36 shoes, but because the instep was too swollen, she couldn't buckle the buckle even in size 39 sandals.

Qiao Anming was very distressed, so he asked Zhou Lang about it. Zhou Lang said that it was because Du Ruo's blood circulation was not good, and the swelling was also a pregnancy reaction. After the child was born, he would recover after dehydration. Since the professional doctor said so , Qiao Anming could only believe it.

Fortunately, the condition of the fetus has always been good, and another color Doppler ultrasound was performed, and the baby's sex was determined. In order to sell this "information" to Qiao Anming, Zhou Lang beat him up hard, and Shengan gave it to the maternity hospital. Zhou Lang revealed the sex of the fetus to Qiao Anming only after wearing the best baby bath and care set on the market.

That was the biggest time Qiao Anming had been "taken aback" when he lived to that age, but he was happy because his Qiao family had a son, a boy, Qiao Anming's son.

During that time, Qiao Anming would spare all the time he could allocate to go back to the villa to accompany Du Ruo, take her out for a walk, eat, go shopping... he would also sit in the garden chatting, listening to music, watching the stars... Of course, he would use it every night before going to bed. Fetal Heart App listens to the baby's heartbeat. The five-month-old baby's heartbeat is already very strong, and the baby seems to have formed a tacit understanding with him, so it is easy to find the fetal heartbeat every time the probe is used. He and Du Ruo each have an earplug. It was obviously a very monotonous voice, but he was addicted to it, as if it was the most beautiful sound of nature in the world.

Du Fan's rejection reaction was under control. When Lu Shuangfeng called Du Ruo several times, Qiao Anming was by her side, so he proposed more than once to accompany Du Ruo back to Xuancheng to visit her parents. With a name, he wanted to take Du Ruo to confess to the two old people, but Du Ruo saw that her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she became less and less courageous.

It's just that Du Ruo recalled the stupidity and selfishness at that time afterwards, and regretted it too late!She should have confessed to her parents earlier, if she had let them know earlier, maybe there would not be so much despair in the future.

As for Qiao Anming, he will return to Chongzhou according to the rules. Gu Lan is still the same, still not talking much, very calm and peaceful, but Qiao Anming feels that Gu Lan's sleep is much worse. He wakes up in the middle of the night several times, and there is no one around As soon as he turned around, he saw Gu Lan sitting on the tatami in front of the bed staring at him, his eyes were cold, he shuddered, almost sweating.

Regarding Du Ruo's matter, he wanted to confess to Gu Lan several times, but he procrastinated because he was afraid of breaking the balance, afraid that something would happen to Gu Lan, she would make trouble, and even more afraid of hurting Du Ruo and the child.

In his 45-year-old life, "happiness" was hard-won, so he cherished it very much. It's a pity that this happiness is like walking on thin ice. If the steps are heavy, they will sink. If the steps are light, they are afraid that they will slip too far and cannot be recovered. In the end, you hurt yourself and others.

So he kept the matter with Du Ruo and the child from Gu Lan for two months.

A lot of things have endings waiting there from the very beginning, and if you delay in facing them, it is because you lack courage and also because you are selfish.And if your selfishness hurts others, it is a sin and cannot be forgiven.

So Qiao Anming and Du Ruo, because of their "selfishness", made an unforgivable mistake. The stream turned into a torrent, and the bad luck became fate. To use a very vulgar saying, "If you come out to mess around, you will have to pay back sooner or later"!
At the beginning of July, Qiao Anming and Gu Lan's wedding anniversary, the twentieth anniversary, he returned to Chongzhou. Before returning, he suffered from insomnia for two whole nights, sorting out everything, about Du Ruo, about the child, and About his marriage with Gu Lan.

Twenty years ago, Ren Peiyin forced him to marry Gu Lan. He was unwilling at first. He felt that he had the ability and did not need to rely on women to compete for the world. He was young at that time and thought that as long as he worked hard, he would be successful, Hot-blooded, he is penniless.

The approval of the pharmaceutical factory has not come down for a long time, and the factory is rented. He borrowed the rent for two years from a loan shark. At that time, it was only a few months before the lease expired. Seeing that he could not repay the money, the loan shark forced him to sell it. How could it be possible to destroy the yard where he and Ren Peiyin lived, it was Ren Peiyin's order, so he disagreed desperately.

Qiao Anming remembered that the new year had already passed, and in April, the weather warmed up, which was the best season of the year. The loan shark came to Qiao Anming several times, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to sell the yard. Finally, the loan shark saw that he had a tough temper. , and went to find Ren Peiyin, of course Ren Peiyin was even more reluctant, but what to do, he could only persuade Qiao Anming to go to Gu Zhengmao for a relationship.

At that time, Gu Lan was already acquainted with Qiao Anming, and even took a few chances to visit Ren Peiyin. Ren Peiyin's poisonous eyes had already seen that Gu Lan had unusual feelings for Qiao Anming, so she advised him to cherish this blessing. As long as you marry Gu Lan, not only will the approval of the pharmaceutical factory not be a problem, but it will be even more powerful in the future.

At first, Qiao Anming really didn't agree. Thinking about it, with his temper, he would definitely not marry a woman he didn't love. Moreover, the intention of this marriage was obvious. To put it bluntly, he would sell himself, but in the end he still agreed. ,Why?Because of loan sharks, he was blocked at the gate of the courtyard, and a knife was held against his stomach to force him to pay back the money...

Many encounters in life seem to be set up, one loop after another, and you are not allowed to struggle.

The apple tree in the yard seemed to bloom earlier that year. It was only April, and there were a few sporadic flower buds on the branches, and the branches and leaves were also very dense.Qiao Anming just sat under the apple tree and thought about it all night. At dawn, he went to the city without telling Ren Peiyin.

Two months later, he and Gu Lan got married, and the wedding was also scheduled for the beginning of July. At that time, the flowers on the apple tree had already withered, and the rotten and yellowed petals fell all over the yard.

Before she got married, Aunt Qin used to call Qiao Anming "Xiao Qiao". After she got married, she immediately changed her name to "Uncle". In the first few years, when he went out to socialize, people who didn't know him would only say "I know you, this is Director Gu." son in law…"

At that time, the approval documents from the pharmaceutical factory came out long ago, and the first batch of rheumatism plasters went on the market, and they sold well. Hospitals and pharmacies had to order in advance to get them. Gradually, people stopped calling him "Director Gu's son-in-law" Slowly turned into "Xiao An, Xiao Qiao... Director Qiao..."

Qiao Anming remembered that Shengan registered and established the company, and the first research and development room was established. He had just turned [-] that year, and Gu Zhengmao was transferred to the province to socialize. Those people would already call him very kindly: "Anming..."

Gu Zhengmao did not stay in the province for three years, and retired due to health reasons. At that time, Shengan was already well-known in the industry. Qiao Anming bought the first piece of land in the suburbs of Chongzhou, invested in the establishment of the first The freeze-dried powder injection production base has more and more entertainment, but some people have already started calling him "Mr. Qiao...", and this title has become more and more familiar. It has been called for more than ten years, and no one dares to call him directly. his full name.

Except for the seal on his business card, no one would dare to call out the words "Qiao Anming".

But he happened to meet Du Ruo. From the moment they first met, she called him by his full name bluntly, "Qiao Anming, Qiao Anming". Call him "Old Joe..." directly, and there is a tendency to call him more and more smoothly.

Qiao Anming's heart trembled when he thought of Du Ruo calling him "Old Qiao", and he had to admit that he had finally met his nemesis, so 20 years ago, he spent one night making up his mind to marry Gu Lan. Spend another two nights thinking about the matter between him and Du Ruo.

Many people may think that Qiao Anming is a lunatic now, but he feels that he has never been so sober as he is at this moment.

Qiao Anming found a familiar real estate agency, and transferred the villa near Wumu Mountain where he and Du Ruo were currently living to Du Ruo's name, and then held a one-day meeting with the chief lawyer of the company's legal department.

In fact, before he met Du Ruo, or even half a year ago, he never thought that his life would come to this point, but now, the agreement and the share transfer agreement have been drafted, and he sorted it out neatly. Put it all in the file bag.

He didn't dare to say whether it was right for him to do so, but he had to try to sort it out.In the 20 years of marriage with Gu Lan, he saved her life at the beginning, now he gave her 20 years of peace and security, and finally he gave her the country that she has won in the past half of her life. If someone judges, it should not be his Qiao Anming's debt to the Gu family has not been paid off.

But sometimes you have already given up a fight, but you still can't fight fate. He is like a powerful and despicable sneak attack, with a punch, you fall down unconsciously, and you may never get up again.

What is this called, this is God's will!

Qiao Anming didn't tell Du Ruo the decision he made. In his whole life, he made many mistakes because he was too self-righteous, which finally led to such tragic consequences.

Still in accordance with the old habit, he went back to Chongzhou on Friday afternoon, had dinner with Gu Lan, then went back to the study to work until late at night, and finally went back to the bedroom to lie down and sleep.

The next day was his and Gu Lan's wedding anniversary. Originally, he proposed to eat at a restaurant outside, but Gu Lan was unwilling, saying that it was nothing new, and she wanted to eat at home, so Aunt Qin asked the kitchen to prepare. In the afternoon, Qiao Anming Agreed to take Gu Lan to the musical.

According to his plan, he wanted to have a showdown after dinner, so he didn't say a word during the whole day. As usual, he didn't see any emotional waves. Gu Lan seemed to be very happy, even once in a century. They took Qiao Anming to go shopping and had a meal of ice cream.

She was forbidden to eat raw or cold food, which would stimulate the heart, but that day she insisted on eating, Qiao Anming complied, and sat with her in Haagen-Dazs for nearly an hour.

So in fact, both Qiao Anming and Gu Lan are extremely cruel people, the calm before the storm, but they can still be so peaceful and comfortable with each other.

After dinner, Qiao Anming called Aunt Qin and the other servants out, and then went to the bedroom with the document bag.

Gu Lan just came out of the changing room after taking a shower, changed into that rose red long dress, put on makeup, her face was too white, her lips were too bright, standing in front of the dark curtain really surprised Qiao Anming.

"Does it look good An Ming? Do you still remember this dress? It was a wedding anniversary gift you gave me one year. I have never worn it. It has been hung in the cabinet for so many years, but it still fits. It means that you have worn it in recent years. If you don't take good care of me, I'm not fat..."

Gu Lan smiled and turned around in front of Qiao Anming. She also deliberately wore high heels and earrings. Qiao Anming also remembered the pair of platinum earrings. It was also a gift he bought for Gu Lan on a certain birthday. I haven't worn it before, saying that platinum is gaudy and doesn't suit her style.

Now it's a skirt and earrings again, what does she want to do?
Qiao Anming supported Gu Lan, who was a little unsteady because of wearing high heels, and asked calmly, "Okay, it's so late, what are you doing with these things?"

"Wear it for you, while you are here today, while I still have this opportunity..." Gu Lan smiled sinisterly, her makeup, which was originally too white, looked even paler under the light.

Qiao Anming felt that there was something in her words, so she asked one more question: "Do you have anything to tell me?"

But she shook her head, dragged her skirt, walked to the tatami and sat down, "It's not that I have something to tell you, it's that you have something to tell me?"

Qiao Anming clenched his fists slightly, pursed his lips and walked in front of Gu Lan. She was sitting on the tatami at that time, so the posture of the two of them, one standing and the other sitting, Qiao Anming felt that talking to her like this was a bit condescending, so he He picked up his trouser legs again, squatted down in front of her, took a deep breath, and then said, "Gu Lan, I want to confess something to you...about Du Ruo..."

"How many months?" The person on the opposite side suddenly interrupted him, and simply threw these words over.

Qiao Anming was a little shocked, but he soon regained his composure. He never avoided suspicion when dealing with Du Ruo in Tongcheng. Almost everyone in Sheng'an base knew about it, so it shouldn't be difficult to spread the word to Chongzhou.

Qiao Anming lowered his head and replied, "22 weeks, about five and a half months."

"I'm not asking how old the child is, I'm asking, how many months have you been hiding it from me?"

Qiao Anming couldn't answer this question for a while, not because he couldn't remember the time clearly, nor because he didn't dare to answer it, but because Gu Lan's current reaction was somewhat beyond his expectation, and his calmness was too weird.

He raised his head, looked at Gu Lan who had put on makeup but always looked indifferent, and asked, "Did you already know about Du Ruo and me?"

"Of course, even I knew she was pregnant earlier than you!"

Qiao Anming was taken aback for a moment, and asked a little hoarsely: "Then you admit that you arranged for Du Ruo to be beaten?"

Gu Lan frowned, and then laughed: "You're not still doubting, are you? It's obvious that I arranged the person. I don't want her to give birth to the child. She doesn't deserve it, and I don't agree with it!"

(End of this chapter)