Chapter 58: A marriage based on love alone is not worth entering into.
Chen Ziang never came to see Qiu Zining again.
Qiu Zining's life returned to the past. She slept until the afternoon, woke up with her hair loose, went to the nugget two blocks away to drink coffee in the afternoon, worked until late at night, and then went to the bar to drink.
Yu Youyang asked her out twice later, but she didn't want to go out and found excuses to refuse. Yu Youyang knew what was going on and quickly changed his target.
As he said, no one in this world is irreplaceable.
Qiu Zining would continue to drink until late at night. On unhappy days, she would bury her head in work and would not feel lonely. After all, where are the fans? Every time she posted a Weibo, there would be countless responses after a while.
You see, this is a career, which is always more reliable than a man.
Qiu Zining's mother called her several times to urge her to get married. It was still the same old saying, such as "women still need a shoulder to lean on" or "life is incomplete without marriage and children".
Qiu Zining, who received the call, was sitting alone at the bar, a little drunk. When he heard this, he said, "Huh?" "Mom, this is the experience of your generation. If it were our generation, everyone would only think: A life without a relationship with a handsome guy is incomplete."
After saying this, he heard a "puff" laugh from the side.
After the call was hung up, he turned around, with deep eyebrows and eyes, the appearance of a handsome guy in the standard secular sense. The man was facing Qiu Zining, "Hello, my last name is Wan." He smiled slightly and waved to the bartender: "This lady's bill is in my name."
Qiu Zining hated men who used money to pack their pretense the most. After hearing this, he smiled at the bartender: "Give me another Yamazaki 55."
The man's expression did not change, but he smiled and asked: "Singleism?"
She raised her eyebrows, "Does anyone still find it strange that women don't want to get married these days?"
"No." The man shook his head: "It's good not to get married. But not many people can make this decision."
"Who wants to live alone until the end of their life? It's just that they happened to take this road." Qiu Zining smiled, "If a woman's life is compared to a long-distance race, marriage is a small fork in the road. Some women run until they are in their 20s, notice the fork in the road, and go in. Some women don't notice anything or are too lazy to notice it, and just run happily until they are 30 or 40 years old, and then they find that the fork in the road is gone. There is no way, time has passed, so you can only run like this." The older you are, the more distinct your edges and personalities are, the stronger your ability to live independently is, and the less likely you are to make do. And she has already understood that men can't give her everything she really wants. If you can get some things, hold them tightly, and if you can't get them, don't force it. The man surnamed Wan thought about it, tried to empathize, and said, "It's the same for us men. When we were young, we had too many choices and refused to settle down. We were playboys for several years, and now we are stuck like this. At an old age, we are drinking alone in a bar."
Qiu Zining was amused and glanced at him. Seeing that he was dressed similarly to Yu Youyang and was about the same age, he said bluntly, "You are not unsettled. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, wearing gold and silver, and you still have plenty of choices. When you are bald and withered one day, you will definitely find an innocent girl in her 20s in your address book and trick her into marrying you. And call it a prodigal son."
Men are born to like to consume women. The more men have seen countless people, the more reluctant they are to let themselves die alone. No matter what they say, they will always find a harbor for themselves when they are too old to play, and choose an affordable and soft embrace like buying a quilt.
The man didn't expect the woman to be so mean. He was stunned and didn't answer. After a while, the waiter handed Yamazaki to Qiu Zining. When the man saw it, he simply talked to her about whiskey. The two had similar experiences and had a lot in common. As the atmosphere of the chat changed from tit-for-tat to relaxed, it gradually became a little ambiguous. He suddenly said to Qiu Zining, who was drinking with her head up: "Has anyone told you that you look beautiful when you open your mouth slightly?"
The jazz music in the bar was lazy and decadent.
Qiu Zining glanced at him, slowly put down the wine glass, approached the man, half opened her mouth, and asked with her red lips: "Is this it?"
A kissing gesture.
The man curved his mouth corners and greeted him, but before the man could react, Qiu Zining burped unscrupulously in his face.
"Burp——"
The smell of alcohol and perfume came over, and the man froze in place.
"The wine is good. You are not bad either." She waved her hand, staggered up and left, "It's a pity that I have given up men now."
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Sheng Yiqing stayed in Shenzhen for another half a month.
As mid-November passed, Shenzhen's autumn was about to end. Chen Zhuan's house had been renovated long ago, and he continued to go back to work. The study abroad agency called and said that he would receive offers from December and asked him not to worry. Chen Zhuan smiled and replied, "Let's talk about going abroad later."
As the time spent apart got longer, the frequency of video calls also decreased a lot. In the last video call, Chen Zhuan was quite surprised to see Sheng Yiqing's newly bought turtleneck cardigan: "Is Shenzhen so cold too?"
They missed a season.
Fortunately, the progress of the project went smoothly. After Sun Ning came to Shenzhen, he met Sheng Yiqing several times at the R&D center. The two added WeChat since the last meal. Sun Ning seemed to get along well with her. In addition to work needs, he would also ask Sheng Yiqing out for dinner privately.
This period of time was not busy, and it was rare to have weekend time. On Saturday afternoon, Sun Ning asked Sheng Yiqing to accompany him to the offline beauty shop of Meixianxian for spa. Sheng Yiqing was sitting in a taxi, and she made a video call to Chen Zhuan.
After a few beeps, the video was hung up, and Sheng Yiqing was stunned.
After a moment, Chen Zhuan called her.
Sheng Yiqing asked, "Where are you?"
Chen Zhuan replied, "I just went out, it's not convenient to video chat." The background sound was really noisy. Sheng Yiqing joked, "Are you still living in my house now? Have you messed up the house and dared not let me see it?"
Chen Zhuan smiled and said, "Wait for me to send you some pictures."
The phone beeped again, and it was really a picture of her sofa, windowsill and bedroom. It was unexpectedly clean and fresh. Chen Zhuan on the other end of the phone said proudly, "How is it? I take good care of your house, right?"
Sheng Yiqing enlarged the photo and looked at it carefully, and was shocked, "You are busy with decoration every day, and you still have time to cook?"
"Ah? How can I have time to cook?" Time to cook."
Sheng Yiqing frowned: "In the photo, there is a pot on the kitchen of my house. Isn't it you who cooks?"
Chen Zhuan froze, then hurriedly explained: "Ah... who else could it be if not me? I only did it that once, and I almost forgot."
Sheng Yiqing paused and said: "I was thinking of returning to Beijing this weekend, but Sun Ning asked me out again. But don't worry, I will probably be back next weekend."
Chen Zhuan's voice hid a smile: "What's the hurry? Work is more important. I'll wait for you to come back."
Sheng Yiqing hummed.
The two hung up the phone after a few words. The taxi was driving on the road, surrounded by prosperous high-rise buildings, towering, and the midday sun shone on the buildings, reflecting the colors of the sky and clouds. She leaned her head on the back seat and tried to suppress her wild thoughts-
They hadn't seen each other for a month and a half. At the beginning, both of them had no time. At that time, Chen Zhuan said every day that he would come to Shenzhen to find her. But as Chen Zhuan finished his renovation, he never mentioned coming to see her again. At first, she thought he was busy, but later she found out that he had two days off on weekends and got off work on time even on weekdays. She saw through it but didn't say it, so she simply stayed in Shenzhen, and refused to return to Beijing even if she was free.
There was nothing wrong with the position displayed in the couple's watch, but a month ago, she stayed up until three in the morning because of work, and the couple's watch suddenly issued a reminder: Please pay attention! Your lover's heart rate is too high! Your lover's heart rate is too high!
She was surprised because Chen Zhuan had said good night to her three hours ago. But that incident was quickly forgotten. When they were chatting the next day, she suddenly mentioned the reminder on the watch last night. Chen Zhuan paused for a moment before replying: "Maybe it was a nightmare?"
Later, such a thing never happened again.
Thinking of this, Sheng Yiqing opened the photo he sent her again, trying to find out the trick. However, as soon as she opened the photo, the car stopped. The driver in the front seat turned around and said to Sheng Yiqing:
"We have arrived at our destination."
The spa of Beauty Unlimited is aimed at high-net-worth people. It has been built in a space style at a high cost. Sheng Yiqing saw Sun Ning's assistant as soon as she entered the door. She nodded slightly to her and led her to the dressing room to change clothes. Sun Ning and Sheng Yiqing finished showering, wrapped in thick bathrobes, stepped on slippers as soft as clouds, pushed open the door, and saw a blue-purple light in front of them. There was nothing in sight, only a huge shell-shaped container in the center, with its mouth open, emitting faint blue light, like the deep sea.
Sun Ning explained to Sheng Yiqing: "This is a zero-gravity floating cabin. I imported it from abroad. You should have seen it during the due diligence. The technology of this floating cabin belongs to a company in California, which was acquired by our company last year."
After that, she smiled at Sheng Yiqing, and the two took off their bathrobes and walked into the cabin. The floating cabin was slowly covered, and it tilted down and floated up, as if lying on a water bed. The water temperature and body temperature were completely integrated together. The water flowed through their bodies like silk. Seeing Sheng Yiqing's surprised expression, Sun Ning explained: "There are high-concentration mineral salts in it, simulating the environment of a person in the mother's body. You have worked so hard this week, so I brought you here to relax."
Sheng Yiqing smiled: "It should be. Shouldn't you work hard at this age?"
They closed their eyes and lay in the floating cabin together. After a while, the secretary came over and whispered to Sun Ning. She frowned, but didn't mind Sheng Yiqing's presence. She replied directly: "Just don't get a baby. The woman this time is quite honest, so let's do it."
The secretary leaned over and left. Sun Ning glanced at Sheng Yiqing: "Take care of some housework." Seeing her eyes widened, he added: "Oh, not Eric, but my dad. Of course, Eric will definitely have these things in the future, and my attitude is the same - just don't get a baby."
Sheng Yiqing was stunned.
She always thought that the members of the rumored "Big Wife Cult" were women who had nothing but their families. They had no ability to be independent and their family status was basically zero. When facing their husbands' cheating, they could only turn a blind eye. But Sun Ning was definitely not like that. She was smart and talented and owned a listed company. Sheng Yiqing couldn't imagine why such a woman could easily say that her husband cheated and that it was okay to go home.
"Is it strange?" Sun Ning smiled and greeted: "I got married when I was 25 years old. Our company mainly engaged in biotechnology. Eric's grandfather was a senior official of the State Council, and the elders in the family also worked in the medical system. The parents of both parties were friends, and we knew each other since childhood, so we got engaged very early. Get married, and then have children. We both had our own lovers at the time, but we still got married because we both knew that what this marriage would bring us was too tempting."
Sun Ning's company is related to medical care, and doing business requires policy support, and Eric's background makes up for this need very well. After the two got married, Sun Ning's company continued to grow, and both sides benefited mutually.
"Are you an only child?"
"I have a half-sister named Xu Sui, who took my stepmother's surname. She has not been in the country for the past two years, and she will probably marry someone designated by my father soon. Money is a curse. Outsiders think we are glamorous, but we are not free. But it doesn't matter. People in different positions have their own troubles. I later saw your video on Family Day and was quite sad. Love is much rarer than money in our world."
"But money can buy everything, right? It can definitely buy love." Sheng Yiqing glanced at Sun Ning.
"Of course." Sun Ning laughed: "But we won't buy it. Because it's not cost-effective. To put it bluntly, this matter is not that important in our world."
"Rich people actually calculate whether it is cost-effective?" Sheng Yiqing was surprised.
Sun Ning looked at Sheng Yiqing strangely: "Hey, we just have a lot of money, we are not stupid. Marriage is the most important thing in our lives, it will affect the future of this family and company. A marriage with only love is not worth getting married. Only when marriage can bring you to a height that you cannot reach through hard work, such a marriage is meaningful. Those young people who have never seen the world will think that love is everything in marriage. Once love is lost, it seems that marriage is destroyed, and there is only one way to divorce, tsk——"
At this point, she looked at Sheng Yiqing with a smile in her eyes, "Don't you think so?"
Sheng Yiqing's smile froze on his face, "Everyone is different. I don't have a family or a company, I can live well on my own. If I get married, it must be because I met someone I want to accompany for life. Those who have too much will feel that love is not worth it, but as an ordinary person like me, love is the most precious thing in the world."
"Oh." Sun Ning raised his eyebrows, "Then if one day your husband betrays you, what will you do?"
"I will..." Sheng Yiqing looked at Sun Ning calmly: "Let him regret it for the rest of his life."
. Sheng Yiqing did not tell Chen Zhuan about her early return to Beijing.
Outside the huge French window was the apron of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. Under the setting sun, the roar of a plane taking off could be heard in the distance.
Sheng Yiqing leaned back in the armchair in the waiting room and took out her phone to look at the photos Chen Zhuan had sent her before. Just last night, after she returned to the hotel from Beauty Unlimited, she carefully enlarged every corner of the photo. Then, she found an apron next to her kitchen, a brightly colored apron that did not belong to her.
The broadcast said: "Passengers taking HU3853 to Beijing, please note that we are now boarding..."
Sheng Yiqing put it in her handbag and stood up gracefully. She put on her sunglasses, a black hip skirt with a straight black woolen long coat, and her square-heeled shoes knocked on the marble floor of the airport, making a clattering sound, like a machine gun shooting.
Also like, a killer.
Yes, she was going back early to kill the couple by surprise.
It's been nearly two months since I came back.
It was still a slightly cool early autumn when we parted, and the cold wind in Beijing in December was biting. Even the wind was not polite. The female killer was shivering with cold, wrapped tightly in her tweed coat, and missed Shenzhen very much.
A particularly exaggerated red Ferrari 911 stopped in front of her. Sheng Yiqing was startled, and then she saw the window of the passenger seat lowered, and a beautiful head poked out.
The head took off the sunglasses and smiled evilly and wildly: "Hey, baby."
The moment Sheng Yiqing recognized the person, even if she was in a bad mood, she couldn't help but chuckled: "Where did you get the car?"
"Rented." Qiu Zining was very excited. He jumped down, opened the hood of the car with a click, picked up her luggage and put it in the front trunk, and closed the lid with a click, and called her to get in the car: "I've suddenly become interested in cars recently, but I think this is a toy.
I just wanted to try something new, so I just changed my rental car every month. It also saved me the trouble of the lottery. "
The two got into the car. Qiu Zining was wearing jeans and a down jacket, with her hair tied up high, revealing her full forehead. She looked neat and tidy, completely different from her previous image of a literary female internet celebrity with her hair down and a long skirt.
Sheng Yiqing was surprised: "I haven't seen you for two months. Have you changed your personality?"
"I guess so." Qiu Zining, I have experienced a huge change in my heart in the past two months.
"How did you change?"
"I was particularly touched by Chen Ziang's breakup with me."
"Do you regret it?" She looked at her with wide eyes.
"Not really." Qiu Zining skillfully controlled the steering wheel, "But I have a new understanding of men as a species. I used to hate men, but later I understood men. Now, I have decided to become a man."
Sheng Yiqing chuckled, "How to become a man? "
"No matter what benefits I give Chen Ziang, asking him to give up his career and accompany me and take care of me wholeheartedly, it seems like a fantasy to him. In his eyes, he can only rely on himself to earn a future for himself. And all this, 22-year-old Qiu Zining certainly can't do, let alone 22 years old, 25-year-old Qiu Zining, just for an apartment, willing to wash hands and cook soup for others." She sighed, then smiled and said: "I want to learn from him. Don't pin your dissatisfaction and resentment with life on a man. I used to long for a male nanny to take care of me, but now, I just want to take good care of myself."
After listening, Sheng Yiqing nodded thoughtfully, and then heard Qiu Zining say: "Okay, let's talk about business. Talk about your plan to catch the adultery."
When Sheng Yiqing just landed, she sent a message to Chen Zhuan specifically, asking him about his plans tonight. Chen Zhuan replied in seconds: "I'm at home tonight, I'm not going anywhere. "Sheng Yiqing made a video call, but he hung up and called back by voice, saying that he was in the bathroom and it was inconvenient to video chat.
She directly handed the content of the conversation to Qiu Zining, who sighed: "It's really weird."
Then asked: "Do you really think Chen Zhuan will cheat?"
He was confused and answered after a while: "I don't know, but I think he must be hiding something from me. "
To be honest, Sheng Yiqing had no experience in catching an adulterer. She only knew that the key point was to "catch the adulterer with evidence" and to fix the evidence in time to prevent the other party from denying it. Qiu Zining also brought a SLR camera to ensure that high-definition pornographic photos were taken. The two people's car arrived at the underground garage of Sheng Yiqing's community.
The 911 was turned off, the music was paused, and Sheng Yiqing could only hear her heartbeat. She suddenly remembered something and hurriedly looked down at the couple's watch. She saw that her heartbeat was rising rapidly and was about to reach the critical value of the reminder. She decisively reached out to untie the strap.
The moment she touched the strap, the watch vibrated and issued a reminder:
"Please note that your lover's heartbeat is too high at this moment! Please note that your lover's heartbeat is too high at this moment!"
Is it Chen Zhuan?!
Qiu Zining stared at this stupid watch in amazement and asked, "Fuck, he is nervous too? "
However, the next second, the reminder sound stopped, the other party's data was instantly cleared, and even the location disappeared - it was Chen Zhuan who took off the watch.
The two women looked at each other in the underground garage. After a while, Qiu Zining slowly spoke: "It seems that he is indeed hiding something from you."
Just above their car roof, reinforced concrete buildings are stacked layer by layer, and each layer is a family. Some floors are lit, and some floors are dark. Sheng Yiqing's home is dimly lit, and only the TV volume is turned up loudly.
Chen Zhuan leaned lazily on the sofa and put the watch he took off aside. He patted his chest, worried that he was almost exposed, so he forgot to take a look at Sheng Yiqing's location. The person in the kitchen was busy, wearing a colorful apron, and seemed to be tired. He took the wine on the side, drank it, and walked to the sofa and kicked him: "The first half is over, you are happy."
He smiled with a hooked mouth, "What are you in a hurry for? There will be a second half in a while. "
The man snorted and took off his apron, "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep first."
After saying that, he went straight into the bedroom, pulled the quilt, and lay down carelessly. Chen Zhuan frowned and followed him a few steps, "Hey, hey, hey, don't sleep in her bed."
"As if I haven't slept in it before?" The person on the bed half-opened his eyes and glanced at him.
Chen Zhuan was speechless, and the man stretched, "Isn't it a few days before I come back? At worst, I'll buy you a new set."