Extra 5: Xia Qiange, Part 1
In the evening, the sun was setting in the west, and a thin layer of afterglow was covering the city.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Yun Meiman was holding a cup of coffee and was looking at this modern city. People were crowded, and the traffic was like a woven cloth. The coffee was steaming, and on the desk behind her, there were stacks of documents. The clouds on the horizon were scattered, and her tense nerves were slightly relaxed.
The assistant gently knocked on the door, and she was holding some documents in her hand. There were only a few pieces of paper, but her expression was a little confused, as if she were puzzled.
“Come in.”
“Ms. Yun, there’s a resignation report.”
Yun Meiman put down her coffee and frowned slightly. “If she’s resigning, just follow the procedure. Why are you looking for me?”
“It’s Sister Qian Ge’s. She’s resigning.” The assistant said with her eyebrows lowered.
“She’s resigning again?”, she lowered her eyes, and she was also confused. She also knew what kind of a personality Xia Qiange had. She couldn’t be stopped. So she simply waved her hand. “Just put the things down. Get her a car. I’ll go and see her in a while.”
The assistant left the office. Yun Meiman opened the resignation letter and read most of it. Her eyes were sore, and she rubbed her eyebrows and looked back. The sky was burning a hot red.
After looking for a while, she suddenly turned and left the office. She was wearing high heels and was not afraid of spraining her ankle. She was walking with a fiery and fiery look. The people outside were looking at her, and they were thinking that someone was unlucky again and had touched Sister Meiman’s bad luck.
Yun Meiman wanted an answer. She went straight to another office. The door was ajar, and she stopped outside the door. She was staring at the woman’s lowered face. She, who was focused on her work at the moment, had a breathtaking beauty, and the surroundings were all made to look simple. Her skin was moving, and her demeanor was beautiful.
Such a person, it was hard to imagine that she would easily be devoted to another person, almost without any reason, like a moth to a flame.
Originally, Yun Meiman would not have been able to see Xia Qiange. A year ago, she had accidentally remembered that she had also taken a cheap student. She had thought that it was a rare whim of hers. The girl was very similar to the her of the past. She had a fierce and ruthless spirit, and she was crazy. But in her bones, she was forbearing. At first glance, she had been interested.
She had originally wanted to just pass on her legacy. It was also a time when she was young and was full of a pioneering spirit. But in the end, she had said that she didn’t want the opportunity. She had run away with a man who had come out of nowhere without a second thought. It was quite strange. At least she couldn’t quite figure it out.
Later, she had found out that she was working in a small and medium-sized company, doing legal work. At first, she had thought that she was disappointed and had given up, and she was too embarrassed to come back and find her. So she had taken the initiative to find her.
She had chatted with her and had found out that they had not broken up, and they were doing quite well. Hiding her feelings and enduring was what Xia Qiange was good at. But that day, she had seen that the girl’s smile was not fake. It was from the bottom of her heart.
Yun Meiman was puzzled. She didn’t have a good impression of most men. But she had also been young, and she had loved someone. She was so strong in her work and studies that she was omnipotent. But feelings were a cooperation between two people. One party had the final say. When they had the heart to let go, it was useless to cry your eyes out.
Her heart was broken, and she had been in pain. So she had looked at it lightly. She didn’t have that luck, and she couldn’t meet a few people who were worthy of her love. It was like a game in the business world. Reason had triumphed over hormones. She had chosen to maximize her interests. So she had just lived alone, and it was also quite good.
Xia Qiange was clearly very similar to her. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were carved from the same mold. Otherwise, she would not have paid so much attention to a person.
Where was the difference? She couldn’t figure it out.
Was she luckier than her? Yun Meiman felt that it was funny. A person who had been tormented by feelings to the point of being emaciated, how lucky could she be?
“Are you really leaving?”, she had knocked on the door and was half-leaning on the side of the door.
“Yeah. I’ve already agreed to him.”
“Why?”
Xia Qiange had lowered her eyes and had touched her slightly heaving lower abdomen. The corners of her lips were slightly upturned, and her voice was gentle and soft, as if the spring wind had melted the river snow. “I’ll invite you to the one-year-old banquet then, teacher.”
“This…”
Yun Meiman was suddenly petrified on the spot, and she couldn’t ask anything. But it seemed that it was not important anymore.
Love is so evil and absurd, and it is unreasonable. She was even more determined not to touch it.
It was a long time before she had squeezed out a sentence. “Then… I wish you a big and fat boy.”
…
The adults said that domestic bliss was the fundamental thing that would crush a woman, and a child was the last straw.
She had specially waited for a year after the child was born. She had gone with the mentality of watching the fun. Of course… she did not deny that there were some jealous emotions at work.
In the end, Yun Meiman had officially met the child’s father on the day of the child’s one-year-old birthday.
The man was holding the child in his arms and was teasing him. The little girl was laughing out loud. But someone on the side was not very happy. She was in her thirties, but she was also like a little child who was not as tall as her calf. She was frowning and was holding his arm, and she was asking the man to hold her too. Otherwise, she would not be happy.
“I’ll hold you when we get back. There are a lot of people here. Be good…”
“Hmph, you have to keep your word.”
She was standing on the side and was watching all of this. She was close, and this time she had carefully looked at him for a long time. She had been watching until Xia Qiange had protectively shielded him, and she had not allowed her to look at him anymore. She was like a mother cat that was protecting her cub. It was the little girl who was quite pitiful. She had been thrown to the side of her leg, as if no one loved her.
At the child’s one-year-old banquet, Xia Qiange had thrown the little girl to her to watch, and she had walked away with her own man.
The answer was still not solved. No matter how she looked at it, probably… maybe… the man in front of her was just an ordinary person. Perhaps he was more mature, and he had a calm and composed look after having experienced hardship. But in her opinion, it was also possible that he had just had his edges worn away by life.
He was highly educated, and he was outstanding in his ability, and he was serious and responsible… such an excellent person was destined to have high standards, and it was more difficult to get close to people. But he had made a special case for a man. His reason had instantly collapsed, and his temperament had changed and had been restrained for another person. He could have been unrestrained, but he had to be restrained for the sake of love.
Not worth it… really not worth it…
She had shaken her head and had looked at the little guy in her arms. Her cheeks were round and puffed out, and her big eyes were dark and rolling. Her eyebrows and eyes were a little like her dad’s, and her bone structure was like her mom’s. She was like a finely carved, handmade product. She was holding her calf and whimpering. She was looking at her, and her cold and hard heart was about to melt.
Yun Meiman had bent down, and the little child had also tilted her head and was babbling, not knowing what she was saying. Her watery eyes were staring at her indifferent parents as they had left. She then remembered the embarrassing scene of the two of them, who were grown and still flirting with each other. For no reason, she felt a little sour.
This little guy was quite cute. It would be nice to have one. But she couldn’t stand the bitterness of love. She hated the blood and tears of having to torment another person for half her life. She might as well just take one home and raise it one day.
“You’re so pitiful. Your mother doesn’t dote on you, and your father doesn’t love you. Your mother’s heart is probably only big enough for this one person.”
She had looked around and had seen that no one had noticed this side. She had held the little guy’s fleshy, chubby face and had kissed it. Her voice was seductive. “Tsk tsk… why don’t you just acknowledge me as your godmother? I’ll buy you a lollipop to eat. Okay?”
The little girl had given her a blank look and had touched the big lipstick mark on her cheek. She was pouting, and her eyes were dry and starting to water. She had suddenly started to cry out loud.
Yun Meiman was so scared that she had covered the child’s mouth. Her expression was flustered, and she had never seen such a scene. She had been fine just now. How could she have started to cry just like that?
Forget it, forget it. This child is just as unreasonable as love. She won’t touch it. She won’t touch it even if she’s beaten to death. Whoever likes this tormenting taste can go for it.
