Tang Ming stood Xiao Zheng up before he got off work. His reason was that Boss Bai wanted him to go to the gym for training. Xiao Zheng sneered in response. "You're destined to be alone for the rest of your life."
Tang Ming's shrewdness lay in his ability to read people's expressions and be tactful. Although he talked like there was no woman he couldn't get, he was actually very clear about his own position. But in fact, he was very clear about his own position. He had the guts to have a secret affair with an ordinary female employee of New Ao and marry her in secret. However, he admitted that he didn't have the ability to touch the powerful Director Lan.
A security guard was a security guard. Even if he had the support of a middle-level leader, Director Qian, Tang Ming wouldn't joke around with his future. He wouldn't ask for a snub and fantasize about a chicken turning into a phoenix.
This was the biggest difference between Tang Ming and Xiao Zheng. Tang Ming came from a well-off family. He didn't have to worry about food and clothing since he was young. He also had the protection of a well-off aunt. As long as he worked steadily, he wouldn't be any worse off than his peers even if he didn't have much of a future. However, if he made a mistake and failed miserably, his life would be ruined. Xiao Zheng was different. He had experienced ups and downs in life since he was young. He had been close to success countless times, but he was beaten back to his original state either by accident or on his own initiative. He had tasted more ups and downs in just 25 years than a normal person would in a lifetime. Therefore, he was more unruly than the cautious Tang Ming and more open-minded when faced with problems.
Perhaps this was also the main reason why Xiao Zheng hadn't been able to make a name for himself. Otherwise, based on Blue Heart's evaluation, he would at least be an elite in the industry even if he didn't dominate an area.
As a luxurious cruise ship restaurant, Pearl One's business was the busiest during the summer. In a day, the number of customers at night would be several times more than during the day.
Enjoying the river breeze, tasting fine wine, and admiring the night view of Pearl One, if there were one or two elegant beauties by his side, his life would be complete.
This was the selling point of Pearl One, and also the reason why the rich and powerful liked to squeeze into this expensive cruise ship.
Xiao Zheng arrived at the rendezvous by subway. He first looked at the huge cruise ship that was nearly 30 meters tall from afar and clicked his tongue in wonder. "It's like a water palace."
Pearl One had a total of eight floors. In addition to providing exquisite dining services to the guests, there were also water bars, karaoke, and other entertainment facilities. There were even free acrobatic performances for the guests. It was a hundred times more entertaining than many central business cities. Of course, such a high-class place was not something that ordinary people could afford. Just the entrance ticket alone was as high as 1,000 yuan, and apart from the free performances provided to the guests, most of the entertainment was separately charged. Even if a person were to board the ship for leisure, he would not be able to walk around with dignity if he did not have a few thousand taels in his pocket.
From afar, Pearl No. 1, which was floating on the water, shone brightly like a palace on the water. Cheerful and presumptuous laughter floated down from the cruise ship, stirring up the self-esteem of the ordinary citizens below the ship like a devil.
At seven o 'clock in the evening, the sky was completely dark. One after another, luxury cars parked in the parking area provided by Pearl No. 1. One by one, well-dressed or elegant men and women walked out of the luxury cars and walked toward Pearl No. 1 in high spirits, which ordinary people would be afraid to step into. They began their extravagant nightlife.
Xiao Zheng, who was sitting on a stone bench smoking and drinking mineral water, sized up the men and women who boarded Pearl No. 1 with an almost indifferent gaze. There was no envy or jealousy in his eyes. At most, one could see a trace of numbness in his deep eyes.
He did not hate the rich, nor was he a man who bemoaned the state of the universe and pitied the fate of mankind. He had only seen the despair and desolation in another corner of the world. While some people passed one boring night after another in a drunken stupor, there were many people on the other side of the world who were using all their strength to exchange for the right to survive tomorrow. This was life. Some people were in heaven, but more people were heading toward hell.
Xiao Zheng had been to hell, so he had more right to speak than most people. That was why he was willing to invest all his savings in the old director and silently support him. In the past, Xiao Zheng did not think that the old director was doing anything good. In fact, during a rebellious period, he had even made the old director angry for fun. But now, he thought that the old director was the greatest man in the world.
At some point, Blue Heart had walked over and was silently looking at Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in ordinary clothes and gave off a dispirited aura. Compared to the luxurious and resplendent cruise ship, Xiao Zheng, who was sitting on a stone bench and smoking, looked extremely dispirited, as if he did not belong in this world.
This was the man that Blue Heart had engraved into his bones. He was once a high-spirited man who was viewed as a proud son of heaven. Seven years had passed, and he had changed. He was no longer arrogant, and he had been reduced to a small security guard. He had been forced to live for a meager salary. His eyes were still familiar, but they were no longer clear. His face had changed even more. He had lost the sharpness of his youth and was not as smooth as before. His coarse face carried a trace of loneliness. It was as if he had suffered the ravages of life in the past seven years, torturing him into a loser that could be seen everywhere in society.
Blue Heart's mind was filled with countless thoughts, and a bitter feeling welled up in her heart. There was pity, but even more than that, desire. Desire to understand his past. Desire to make him rise again. Desire to once again become that high-spirited son of heaven, high-spirited and high-spirited.
"Chief Lan."
A low and gentle voice rang out in her ears, causing Blue Heart's heart to tremble. She raised her head and saw that Xiao Zheng was looking at her humbly. There was a faintly discernible sense of distance in his eyes.
This gaze was very familiar. This was because there was always a faint sense of distance in her eyes that did not hurt others. This was a sense of defense that she had honed through her many years in the workplace. It was also an aura that came from being in a high position for a long time. But the sense of distance in Xiao Zheng's eyes was clearly something else. It was a feeling that might satisfy one's vanity, but it made Blue Heart's heart ache.
Yes. Right now, she was Xin Ao's CFO, a superwoman who was looked up to by many. As for him, he was a nameless person. He was a coward in a small security department, a man who busied himself with three meals a day. The distance between the two of them was far greater than the distance of a table in high school.
Blue Heart, who came back to her senses, forcefully suppressed the urge to acknowledge him. She wanted to disregard everything and tell Xiao Zheng that she was the girl who sat behind him in high school and secretly put fruit and milk in his drawer. She was the girl who, in order to enter the same university as him, was willing to give up her excellent college entrance examination results to repeat her studies.
But she did not dare. After working in the business world for so many years, she was no longer a little girl who had just come out. She was exceptionally smart, wise, and vigilant. She had her own set of rules for life. She knew that most men could be trampled on by life, but they would never allow a woman to hurt their pride. That would make him feel uneasy. Even his last piece of cloth would be mercilessly shattered.
Thus, she decided to continue hiding it. To start anew with him …
"You've been here for a long time, right?" Blue Heart forcefully suppressed the chaos in her heart and smiled warmly. "Why didn't you go in and wait for me?"
Although it was an unintentional sentence in a moment of desperation, Blue Heart immediately regretted it.
Wait in?
Blue Heart, who had a successful career, naturally would not feel any burden towards a thousand yuan ticket. But what about Xiao Zheng? The money he earned in a month wasn't even enough to open a bottle of wine.
Blue Heart's body tensed up. She carefully looked towards Xiao Zheng, who was likely to be injured, and felt incredibly regretful.
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