回到家后,沈明洗漱完毕.
她甚至还没吃晚饭,女仆就来告诉她有人来见她了.
客厅里站着卓航.
卓航将带来的礼物放在茶几上,脸色严肃,看起来有些不悦.
沈明打发了丫鬟,看都没看礼物,就把头发扎起来,向阳台走去.
卓航跟着她.
"沈小姐,荣总让我转达一个信息."
"来吧,什么信息?"
"荣总说,你们的生意能力不够.你拒绝了他的电话,表现出缺乏基本的礼貌和诚信.他打算暂时搁置你提出的事情.
她提出的问题.
哦,对了,房子和对 ME Group 的收购.
"就这些吗?好吧,我明白了.
"还有一件事."
沈明端着她的杯子,喝了一口水,夜风轻轻地吹在她的肩膀上.她听了卓航的话,却没有回头.
卓航继续在她身后.
"荣总说,当你...当你心情好的时候,记得给他打个电话.
送完礼物后,卓航就走了.沈明在阳台上多呆了一会儿,让风让她平静下来.
她放下杯子,回到客厅.
重新打开她的手机,当它通电的那一刻,出现了一大堆未接来电.
叮咚,叮咚.
新电子邮件.
她打开了其中一个.
"恭喜沈明小姐,您有新的提议.请检查.
过去几天的沉重阴云瞬间散去.
这确实是个好消息.这几天的所有准备都得到了回报,她已经收到了东甲大学的"录取通知书".
刹那间,所有关于苏宁的问题,顾长松不赞同的目光,以及其他挥之不去的挫败感都烟消云散.
她打开了卓航带来的礼物.
里面有几份文件和一个装着东西的小礼品盒.
她打开了它.
一组键.
她瞬间感到惊讶.
打开文件,她看到了一份住房转让合同.
她梦寐以求的老房子被荣兆南买下了.
作为礼物,它现在在她手中.
就在刚才,卓航还说他们要"搁置一切".
现在,眨眼间,钥匙就在她手中.
The keys weren't heavy, but they made her heart feel weighed down, filled with a pleasant joy.
A rare smile appeared on her face that night.
She picked up her phone, hesitated, and finally sent a message.
"Got the gift, very satisfied, thank you."
He didn't reply.
She sent another message tentatively.
"Shall I come over tonight?"
After sending it, she paused for two seconds before retracting the message.
To her surprise, he replied almost immediately.
"No need. I'm heading to the UK early tomorrow and won't be back until a week later. Go to bed early tonight."
Reading this message, it almost felt like he was standing in front of her, speaking directly to her.
She could even imagine his tone.
Even though he was leaving early the next day, he still thought of calling her, asking her to accompany him.
She silently shook her head.
A smile appeared on her face—one she didn't even realize was there—and the light above her seemed to soften.
After the events of that night, she spent a few quiet days.
But soon after, Su Yuyan contacted her again, calling to tell her.
"When are you coming back to work? The case for Xiao Feng, she won't be handling it anymore. Uncle Gu has assigned her another project to work on personally. The case will be handed over to you. Come to the office in the afternoon to take over."
When Su Yuyan said this, Shen Ming was standing at the entrance of Dongjia University, having just parked and preparing to enter the campus.
"Uncle Gu's project? I won't take it."
Su Yuyan sounded somewhat angry.
"Stop being so willful."
"I'm not being willful," Shen Ming replied. The project must have been quite profitable, and Su Yuyan wanted her to come back to the office at a time when she had just had a falling out with Su Ning. She switched to another phone to take the call. "Big Brother, I probably won't be able to go to the office for a while. I've found a job elsewhere. Today's my first day."
"You found another job?" Su Yuyan sounded surprised.
"Yes, I did. Also, I've moved out of your place. I packed up my things and arranged for someone to pick them up this afternoon. Big Brother, thanks for taking care of me these past few days, but I won't need anything further. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. I'm busy."
The call ended abruptly.
At first, Su Yuyan didn't take it seriously.
But when Su Ning went on a rampage at home, he realized what had happened.
Shen Ming clearly wanted to sever all ties with them.
She had already deleted his WeChat a long time ago, and now the only way to contact her was through her phone number.
Su Ning, on the other hand, couldn't get in touch with her at all.
Was it really just because of their argument that she'd gotten so angry?
"She's really gone too far. No calls, no contact, and now she's disappeared? No one has seen her around Hai City, and she won't even come to the company. What's she trying to do? She made a mistake and still won't admit it. The Wei family even personally called, and Yuyan, you should check and see where she is."
Su Ning was furious at home.
Even Su Yuyan, who rarely saw his mother this angry, was taken aback.
"I can't reach her either," he said, not telling the full truth. After a brief pause, he asked, "What did the Wei family say?"
"I spoke with the Wei family. If both sides reconcile, we'll sit down for a meal, and this whole thing will end if that girl apologizes to the Wei family's child personally."
That was even harder than climbing to the sky.
Gu Feng, sitting beside Su Ning, tried to console her.
"Mom, we can't reach Shen Ming, but there is one person who might be able to help."
Su Ning wiped her face and asked, "Who?"
Gu Feng grinned.
"Young Master Rong, Zhaonan."
Shen Ming had disappeared for several days.
During this time, Rong Zhaonan hadn't called her once.
He was still abroad.
That night, at the welcome dinner for new employees, her phone rang.
"Zhuo Hang is coming to pick you up tonight. Come to Heng Shui Bay."
Heng Shui Bay.
Shen Ming's thoughts stirred.
That was Rong Zhaonan's favorite residence, a place where she and he had many memories together.
The house had finally appeared.
But he had come back to the country today.
"I have something tonight, I can't make it."
On the other end, Rong Zhaonan sighed deeply.
His tone sounded displeased.
"If you're not coming, then you deal with it."
Fine, if that's what he said, she'd handle it her own way. Everyone had their social obligations.
After hanging up the phone, her mood was slightly swayed by his words. She realized it had been many days since she'd last seen him.
During this time, even Ning Zhiqian's assistant had called her multiple times.
But Rong Zhaonan seemed completely unaware of her issues with Wei Leng.
He hadn't even sent her a single message of concern.
"Teacher Shen, what are you looking at? Waiting for a call?"
At the dinner, Shen Ming had been staring at her phone, and one of the teachers at the table used the opportunity to toast her.
"Teacher Shen just joined, and this is a welcome dinner. We'll be relying on you for this project, so let me offer a toast."
Shen Ming put her phone away and quickly engaged with the teachers around her.
She drank quite a bit that night.
A few of the men didn't drink as much as she did.
While drinking, she replied to Zhuo Hang's message.
He asked where she was, probably planning to pick her up soon.
After thinking for a while, she finally sent him her location.
The welcome dinner ended, and she went to the bathroom.
By the sink, she overheard someone gossiping.
"Do you know who Teacher Shen is? She's so young, and Professor Ge has her leading the entire project. Isn't she just parachuting in?"