C16 Kiss Me as a Reward
Li-jie said she was already married when she was my age. She was married to her husband almost as soon as she graduated from college and started working in a bank. She had been introduced to him by her family, and they had only known each other for two months.
She said I should get married in a year or two, and now I should find a girlfriend and get to know her better. I won't regret it when I get married." In the past, I had always felt that marriage was a matter for adults and had nothing to do with children like me. In the blink of an eye, many years had passed since then, and I was no longer a child, but the idea was still the same. Marriage is a matter for adults, and it had nothing to do with me.
At ten-thirty I offered to leave, and Sister Li did not ask me to stay. Sometimes, when people talked about things, it seemed as if sex and love no longer existed, and you never thought about them at all, and the affection never subsided.
Sister Li walked me out the door. I said, Sister Li, go in and sleep early.
Li-jie smiled gently at me and warned me to be careful on the road and to ask if I had any money for a taxi. When I said yes, she was relieved. When I walked out of the villa complex's entrance, she looked back and waved to me before turning around and entering.
On the way back to the car, my heart was filled with joy, as if there was a warm current flowing through my body. That feeling was even more comfortable than when I was having sex with Li-jie in the KTV private room, and it had nothing to do with sex.
Back home, I lay in bed with Li-jie and sent a long chat.
For a long time, every lonely night, I and Bighead and I would go to the bar to drink and pick up girls, to spend all the boring time of the bachelors. But ever since I met Sister Li, I had lost interest in going to the bar to drink and take my sister away. It was as if all the scantily dressed and gorgeous beauties in the world had lost their attraction to me, as if even if they were naked beside me, I wouldn't touch them.
I sent a message asking Li-jie why her husband treated her like this but she didn't want a divorce. After looking at Sister Li's reply, he realized that she originally had a daughter, but now she was more than three years old.
I think any mother, for the sake of a child, can give up a lot of things. Sister Li, an outsider who seemed to be such a successful woman, had her own hidden troubles deep in her heart. Reminds me of when I was a kid.
My father died early, and there was almost nothing in my memory about him that my mother had brought up by hand with my sisters.
When we were kids, we had to go to school before dawn in the winter, so that we could eat a hot meal and save money, and my mother almost always got up in the middle of the night to cook for us, and she had to work in the fields during the day. In the 20 years I was growing up, my mother had aged at least twice the amount of time. She was not even 50 years old, but her white hair was fluttering in the wind, making her look like she was in her sixties.
I sent a message to Li-jie for a long time. In the end, under her constant urging, I was willing to put down my phone and go to bed early. I still clearly remember how she comforted me to go to sleep that night.
She said, "Baby, be good and go to sleep. You still have to work tomorrow. Go to sleep."
Later I asked Sister Li how she could send me such a message. She said that she used to coax her children to sleep like that when she was at home. I said I wasn't a child of two or three years old, and she said I was just a little kid to her.
After spending almost a month, I finally managed to complete the plan for Sister Li's project. After looking at it, the director nodded and said, "Overall, it's fine, but there are some areas that are handled simply. How are we going to make money if we don't raise the price? "
I said, "Boss Zhou knows what's good for him. Last time I went to watch, he knew everything I said. I can't be too stupid."
Only then did the director timidly ask, "That woman didn't say anything, right?"
I said, "This plan hasn't been shown to anyone yet."
"Alright, I'll give her a call and have her come over to take a look. You can go wait in the living room for a while." I sat in the living room with my notebook in my arms and waited.
After watching a few news stories, I was feeling a little drowsy. Half an hour later, I heard the door open. I opened my eyes and saw that it was Sister Li. She was smiling at me, so I quickly got up and said, "Sister Li, come in and have a seat."
Sister Li walked over gracefully and sat down next to me. I was afraid that others would notice something, so I moved to the side. Sister Li glanced at me and smiled as she stroked her hair in embarrassment.
She whispered, "Afraid of being seen?"
I whispered back, "Yes."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the Director enter, so I immediately said with a face full of smiles: "Boss Zhou came so quickly."
Sister Li said, "Yeah, I'm not in a hurry about how my plan is going."
The Director sat down across from him and said: "At that time, Little Sun had already looked through this proposal for me. Boss Zhou, take a look and see if there are any areas that you want to revise or not like. Let's fix it."
Sister Li nodded. I turned the notebook around and showed her the blueprints and instructions. We discussed the concept and details of the design. She was looking very seriously and nodded her head from time to time. Seeing Sister Li in such a state, the Director was overjoyed.
After reading it, Sister Li looked up and said to the Director, "Director Wang, the plan perfectly matches my plan. It's the effect that I want. Let's decide on the plan then."
The director smiled and said, "Yes, yes."
Sister Li glanced at me, then specially praised me in front of the Director, "Little Sun in your company is very talented, in such a short amount of time he came up with the exact plan that I imagined. Director Wang, you have to properly praise him."
The director looked at me and smiled. "Yes, yes. All of the young people in our company are talented and have great potential. Little Sun has always been the focus of the company's training. Boss Zhou, look at this. Since the plan has been decided, how about we hand it over to the Engineering Department to begin preparing the construction? "
Sister Li nodded. "Sure, I have people over there. Just say hello when you guys have decided on the construction. I'll call you back in the afternoon for the deposit."
The Director smiled and said, "Alright, alright."
Sister Li said, "Then, Director Wang, please go back to your work first. I'll take a look at this design again."
The director was a smart guy, so he stood up smiling and said, "Then please stay a while, Boss Zhou. I'll go out first. If you need anything, just ask little Sun to call me."
The director shut the door and left. I asked Li-jie, "So, this plan is decided? "Is there nothing that needs to be changed?"
Sister Li said, "It's done. It's pretty close to what I was thinking. I'm in a hurry to get it done as soon as possible. I've already got the license ready. I want to start the business as soon as possible."
I replied with an "oh" and nodded my head. Seeing that there was no one outside, I whispered to Sister Li, "I missed you."
After she heard this, she laughed and said, "Don't keep thinking about me. Doing a good job is the most important. Don't get distracted."
I replied, "I don't know either. I just missed you. I've been busy with this plan of yours and haven't seen you for a long time."
Sister Li said, "I saw it now. In such a short period of time, you've already helped me complete the plan. I feel like I should reward you with something? "
Sister Li's face was floating with a smile. Her eyes were bright as she looked at me. Her long hair hung down to her shoulders. She always looked so radiant. I stared at her and frowned slightly. "How are you going to reward me?"
Sister Li pursed her lips into a smile, shook her head, and said, "Say it, you can't go too far."
I rolled my eyes and thought for a moment before whispering, "Give me a kiss." Sister Li's expression changed. She stared at me and said seriously, "No! Say something else. "
I thought hard for a while longer, not really knowing what to ask of her. Sister Li looked at me with a troubled expression and chuckled, "Then you can tell me after you've thought about it. You're still at work, so I won't chat with you anymore. I'll be leaving first."
Reluctantly, I asked, "So soon?"
Sister Li smiled, got up and left. I followed behind her. When we left the living room, Qi Qi just passed by and squeezed out a smile to greet Sister Li. She glanced at me.