The car slowly drove into the garage and stopped. Li Jun habitually took out a box from the car. It was a habit, but who knew how many times he picked it up and put it down to practice this habit. Opening the box, there was a necklace lying quietly inside. Looking at the necklace, Li Jun's lips curled up. He let his thoughts drift away. This chain had accompanied him through three years of ups and downs. In these three years, no matter what ups and downs he encountered, he would always think that he was not the only one who suffered in this world. He did not know about others, but there was an unlucky woman who was worse off than him.
It was just that she was almost thirty years old now, and she was still in the ranks of single aristocrats. I wonder how that woman is doing. Does she have her own home? If she does, she should be very happy. There were many women around him. How could he not know that those women who surrounded him all day were not because he was rich? Perhaps there was no longer any love that could move him. Love was sometimes cheap. The love that he had thought would accompany him for the rest of his life had left him when he needed it the most. At that time, his company's business had plummeted and was on the verge of bankruptcy. When he needed someone to comfort and encourage him the most, his girlfriend, Li Yan, who had been good to him since university, left him without any leeway. At that time, he thought he couldn't hold on any longer and was about to die. He bought a lot of beer in the middle of the night and drank it in the park. There was no one in the park, so he could vent as he pleased. He slowly approached the lake and looked at the calm surface of the lake to calm himself down. He slowly walked into the lake, allowing the cold water to surround him. He felt a bone-chilling cold.
"What are you doing?" A woman's anxious voice was accompanied by a pair of hands grabbing him.
"Who are you? What do you care?" He was already annoyed to begin with, and now, an inexplicable woman was bothering him again. Wasn't this hitting him with a gun?
"I was just passing by and couldn't bear to see you like this. Have you ever thought about your family? What if something happened to you?”the woman said anxiously.
What was this woman talking about? He just wanted to use the lake water to calm himself down. Although he was very tired now, he was not someone who would give up so easily. Yes, she had bad thoughts when she was in the water, but it was only for a moment. In that moment, he pulled her back. "I'm fine, Miss. You can go up now.”Li Jun said without turning his head.
"Since you're fine, what are you still doing in the water? the woman asked.
"I'm happy to. Does it have anything to do with you?”Li Jun replied unhappily and continued to move.
"Are you crazy? You coward." Accompanied by the woman's angry voice, her hands began to pull Li Jun ashore.
"Let go." Li Jun was even angrier. He called him a coward. No one had ever called him that since he was young, and now he was being called that by a woman he didn't know.
Just like that, the two of them dragged each other in the lake and finally reached the shore. The two of them sat down on the shore as soon as they came ashore, panting heavily.
After being tormented like this, he was almost sober. This woman was really strong.
" Hehe, hehe." Was he laughing at himself? Was this woman sick? This laughter was so ear-piercing to him at this moment.
"Is it funny?" As he spoke, Li Jun turned around and glared at the woman who was laughing.
Under the dim light, the first thing he saw was the woman's not-so-beautiful face and her tear-filled eyes. However, they were only filled with tears and did not flow down. He looked deeper. What kind of eyes were these? They were filled with determination. Her face, which was not considered pretty, and these eyes actually looked very comfortable.
"Are you alright?" the woman suddenly asked when she saw him looking at her.
"I'm asking you again, what are you laughing at?" How could he be distracted by a woman who called him a coward when he had just met her? It seemed that he was too angry.
" Actually, it's nothing," the woman said with a self-deprecating smile. "All this time, I always thought that only girls were weak. Usually, it was girls who did stupid things. I didn't expect that you guys couldn't figure it out either. There were also some who did stupid things.”
Another cowardly one, but this time he didn't say anything too extreme. Instead, she said indifferently," That's because you don't understand men. If you don't understand him, how do you know why he's weak?”
"Yeah, I don't know you guys. To be honest, there are many times when I don't know what you guys are thinking.”the woman said faintly.
"Yeah, you guys only know how to look at 'money'. Why would you care about what we're thinking?”Li Jun said disdainfully, emphasizing the word 'money'.
"Hey, what are you talking about? Not all women were like this.”the woman retorted.
"Is that so? Do you dare to say that if a man had nothing, would you still continue to follow him?”Li Jun immediately asked.
"Don't think that you men are so good. In fact, many times, you are more realistic than women. Don't you admit it?”The woman did not answer him directly. Instead, she asked him in a different way.
"Maybe, but that's just another case.”When he saw the hurt in her eyes, he suddenly didn't want to refute too much. This woman must have been hurt in love before.
"Then please don't knock down a boat of people with one stick. It was the same indifferent tone. It was obvious that she had calmed down from her excitement just now.
When they turned back, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. We are both people who have fallen from grace, why should we meet again?
Yes, meeting someone here could be considered fate, even if he no longer believed in the word "fate". But right now, he really wanted to find someone to confide in. Even if it was just a chat.
Thinking of his past, Li Jun smiled bitterly. He and Li Yan had been together since they were in university. At that time, they were recognized as the golden couple in the school and became a much-told story.
After graduating from university, he did not enter the family business arranged by his parents. Instead, he worked in another unit for a while before starting his own business. Ever since she was young, she had been very proud. She would do whatever she wanted and believed that she would do well. At first, her parents did not agree, but later on, they compromised.
At first, it was not easy to do business, but gradually, through hard work, the business slowly got on the right track. However, due to a mistake in his decision recently, the company was close to bankruptcy. It was very likely that he would be penniless and full of debts. And his girlfriend left him when he needed her the most. Before she left, he asked her why? If she could walk with him back then, why couldn't she do it now?
She said," I'm sorry. It's impossible for me to live with a man without money for the rest of my life. I don't have the courage to start over. I can't afford to waste it." Just like that, he took her luggage and left.
Yes, the company was almost gone, and his girlfriend had left. He asked himself more than once, why was this? As the saying goes, the business world was like a battlefield. But what was love? The love that he had always believed in would leave him mercilessly when he needed it the most. These days, she couldn't eat or sleep, and her emotions were fluctuating. How could this woman in front of her understand? How could she understand a man's pain? Women could cry and throw a tantrum if they were unhappy, but what about men? Her pride from a young age told her that she couldn't cry, but now she couldn't cry. He couldn't say what he was feeling. Yes, he couldn't deny that he had a bad feeling for a moment just now. But in that moment, when he touched the cold lake water, he was determined to start all over again. Without women, he could still live a better life. How could this woman in front of him understand the pain of not being able to shed tears?
But at this moment, he really needed to confide in her, so he told her that his company was about to go bankrupt and that his girlfriend had left him when he needed her company the most. He did not understand why love was so cheap. He had never suffered such a huge blow since he was young. He had failed like this before. He did not understand how he should take the next step.……
He said it to a strange woman, and he said it with a clear conscience. When he was talking, she just listened and let him talk. After saying that, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.
After the woman heard this, she smiled faintly, but this smile was more of helplessness.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. After you fail, you can start over. Besides, it's not necessarily a bad thing for your girlfriend to leave you at this time.”the woman said, pretending to be relaxed.
"Although you say that, it's very difficult to do it when it comes to yourself!”Li Jun said emotionally.
"Yeah, that's what you say to others, but it's easy to negotiate when it comes to yourself!”It was still a faint voice.
"Then tell me now, why are you strolling in the park alone at this late hour? Don't tell me you're taking a walk!" Li Jun pretended to be relaxed.
She told him that she had just broken up with her boyfriend and that she was luckier than her. For some reason, she gave up the chance to go to university after graduating from high school and came to an unfamiliar city alone. She was unfamiliar with the place, had worked many jobs, and lived in a basement. What was even worse was that there was a period of time when they could not even afford to eat lunch and could only eat instant noodles. In the end, he felt like vomiting when he saw the instant noodles. She didn't dare to call home, afraid that her family would worry. She said that during that period of time, she lived a soul-stirring life and was also poor. However, she had no other choice but to continue pretending to be strong. Slowly, her pretending to be strong became true strength.
After settling down, she went to work and used the weekend break to enroll in night school. She met her boyfriend at Night University. After three years together, he got together with another woman. She also said that three years of pain was really painful. But now that she had walked out of it, it was fine. In fact, life itself was very tiring. There were some things that she didn't need to tire herself out. Life was like a cup of plain water. From the initial heat to the final cold, it needed to be experienced by others. Sometimes, life needed to be fulfilled by oneself. Even though she said it so casually, he could still see the tears in her eyes…It was only when they were shivering from the cold that they returned to his car. She didn't even know how she fell asleep in the car. Now, she only knew that she had no dreams that night. She slept soundly.
They seemed to have said a lot that night, but that was all he could remember. It was not until the next day that he woke up that he realized that she was already gone. It was as if she had not appeared last night. Only the necklace found in the car silently told him that she had appeared here and had given him great encouragement and comfort when he was at his most helpless.
After that, whenever he encountered any difficulties, he would tell himself in his heart that he was not the unlucky one. At the very least, he knew that there was one. Whenever he had the time, he would take out this necklace that he had "collected" back then to take a look.
Three years had passed. He wondered how she was doing now. His career had also been revived. Now, it could be considered to be flourishing. He just didn't know how she was doing now. An optimistic person shouldn't be having a bad time!
Now, she sometimes wondered if they would still know each other if they passed each other that day. His answer was," No, I didn't leave much behind in the past three years, but what I left behind was something that I couldn't forget. For example, life is like water, and life needs me to fulfill it. So now, other than the necessary social gatherings, I only have a glass of cold water when I go to the bar."
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