"Do you think this is Saudi Arabia in the Middle East? All of them."
Kong Jing covered her mouth and chuckled. She thought Chen Hansheng was joking.
Chen Hansheng thought to himself, Who's joking with you? I'm a man who walked out of hell. My mother almost cut off all ties with me because of those two girls.
However, this was a super secret. Chen Hansheng couldn't reveal it. He even changed the topic. "Sister Jing, I've already told you about my past. Why don't you tell me about yours?"
"Mine?"
Kong Jing didn't want to reopen this scar. However, after listening to Chen Hansheng's story and being a little numb from drinking, she couldn't hide it in her heart like she usually did.
"Our era was still very simple. We didn't date in middle school or high school. We only held hands in university."
Kong Jing gently put down the teacup and spoke with a pause. Chen Hansheng knew that she was recalling and organizing her words.
"I only confirmed my relationship with my first love when I was in my third year of university. That was two years of courtship. After graduation, we were both assigned to work at the bank. Even though the job was boring, it was very stable for me. It was just that he always wanted to go abroad."
Chen Hansheng nodded. The craze for going abroad was a characteristic of that era.
"He put in a lot of effort to go abroad. Of course, he succeeded in the end. I was waiting for him to come back and get married. Until one day, I suddenly received a call."
Kong Jing let out a long sigh. "He called to tell me that he was going to get married to a foreign woman. This way, I wouldn't have to wash dishes in the restaurant every day."
"After that, I left the bank because the salary was fixed. At that time, I thought that if I had more money, I could be of more help to him. Then, he wouldn't have married another woman." Kong Jing said faintly.
"More help?"
Chen Hansheng caught the key point. He asked tentatively, "Sister Jing, did you sponsor a lot of his tuition when he was studying abroad?"
Kong Jing was silent for a moment. "At that time, I had just graduated. My monthly salary was 300 yuan. I only kept 30 for myself."
Chen Hansheng thought to himself that this was quite a sacrifice. Who would have thought that the mature and dignified Kong Jing would have such a relationship in the past? Therefore, wine was still a good thing. People with stories should not drink too much.
"Do you still hate him?" Chen Hansheng asked.
Kong Jing smiled and shook her head. This smile contained too many things. There was sadness and pain, as well as tolerance and understanding. In the end, it all turned into the precipitation of time.
"I've stopped hating him a long time ago. Actually, other than some fragments, I still remember him clearly. I've almost forgotten what he looks like."
Kong Jing paused for a moment. "I just regret it a little. After I entered Shen Tong, I was so busy that I didn't have time to fall in love. I only went home for a few dates during the Spring Festival."
"With Big Sister Jing's background, your blind date's background shouldn't be too bad, right? Anyone with a lower family background would be too embarrassed to enter your house," Chen Hansheng said.
Kong Jing smiled and said, "You're underestimating me. When I was 25 to 27 years old, the deputy head of the county used to ask someone to be a matchmaker for his son. Now, I can't do that anymore. I'm past that age."
This sentence seemed to have triggered something. The two slowly quieted down. One held the cup in a daze, the other looked at the curtains, lost in thought.
This often happened when they were chatting. In fact, it wasn't just the two of them. Sometimes, a room full of people who were talking in full swing would suddenly become quiet for some reason.
Generally speaking, when someone said something awkward, the others didn't know how to respond.
For example, when a table of people was eating, one person praised the dishes, especially the pig intestines. The second person said that he could come often in the future. The third person said that he wanted to take a portion of pig intestines home.
Suddenly, you said, "Actually, these pig intestines can't be washed clean. That's why I soaked them in vinegar. You can't eat too much."
Indeed, the pig intestines couldn't be washed clean. What you said was also correct. However, the timing was not right. It seemed like you were deliberately making things difficult for the environment.
The environment was actually a mirror. If you made things difficult for it, it would make things difficult for you. Therefore, no one responded.
In particular, the environment had a characteristic of resonance. If everyone stopped talking, then they wouldn't talk either. Thus, everyone became silent.
The second reason was that there was something that could trigger everyone's thoughts.
Tonight, Chen Hansheng and Kong Jing were in such a situation. Both of them were reminiscing about their past, so there was no need to worry about this.
The third reason was that some comrades wanted to stir up the atmosphere, but the topic they threw out was too stiff. There wasn't enough of a turning point. The atmosphere didn't heat up and became the king of awkward silence.
There were also some people who were timid. They wanted to say something, and the topic was interesting enough. However, when they saw that it was inexplicably quiet, they thought about it and swallowed the topic back.
In the end, when someone else brought it up and won a lot of people's agreement, they laughed and regretted it. This kind of person was biased towards Wang Zibo.
In short, the main reason for the awkward silence was that their skin wasn't thick enough and they didn't have enough experience.
This kind of thing didn't exist for Chen Hansheng because he could just leave. "Sister Jing, it's getting late. I'll go back first."
Kong Jing raised her head. "Okay, rest early. We'll go back to Jianye after breakfast tomorrow."
After Chen Hansheng left, Kong Jing sat silently for a while. Although she was still beautiful in the mirror, the corners of her eyes were haggard due to drinking. Her spirit was not as good as when she was in her early 20s.
"Women are like flowers. Without the nourishment and care of love, they will wither sooner or later."
Kong Jing thought to herself. Suddenly, she heard the doorbell. "Ding dong, ding dong."
"Who is it?"
Kong Jing walked over and called.
"It's me, Sister Jing."
Chen Hansheng actually came back.
Kong Jing opened the door. "What's the matter, Hansheng? Did you leave anything behind?"
Chen Hansheng took out the milk with a sincere smile on his face. "I almost forgot to warm the milk for you."
He handed the milk over and went downstairs. Kong Jing looked at Chen Hansheng's back and the warm milk in her hand. Her expression became complicated.
"After I came out of the bank, I don't know how many men wanted to make me drink, but this is the only man who remembered to warm the milk for me."
… ….
The next morning, Chen Hansheng and Kong Jing finished the buffet breakfast and went back to Jianye. On the way back, the two seemed to have forgotten what they talked about last night. In short, neither of them mentioned their relationship life again.
However, some things were actually well known. The change in their relationship also seemed to be natural. It was just that this mature man and woman pretended not to realize it.
Kong Jing had too many scruples, and her age was not too realistic. At this time, unless Chen Hansheng was determined to pursue her, it would still be an illusion.
Chen Hansheng did it because of business reasons. Although he flirted with Kong Jing, he still didn't want to have anything with her.
"Fortunately, flirting doesn't have to take legal responsibility."
Chen Hansheng thought in his heart.
After entering Jianye, Kong Jing said calmly in the front passenger seat, "If I have time in these two days, I will invite the franchisee from Immortal Grove to have a meal. You can communicate with him about the cooperation model of Rocket 101."
"Thank you, Sister Jing."
Chen Hansheng hurriedly thanked her. This was equivalent to pulling strings and building bridges. In the end, they would form a cooperation model like what they did with Zhong Jiancheng in Jiangling University Town.
"There is a Hong Kong movie that is going to be released. Do you want to go and watch it together?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Hansheng started flirting with her again and again.
"Erm, this depends on the time."
Kong Jing didn't immediately agree. She felt a little awkward.
… ….
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