The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 37
In the end, Zhou Yanchi returned to T City alone.Zhou's father was very dissatisfied with his attitude in the study, and pulled Zhou's mother to resolutely refuse to go back.Zhou Yanchi rubbed his eyebrows and returned to Zhou's residence from the airport alone. The butler ran out as if seeing a savior, and reported to him: "Titi is going to S City to find Miss Du."

Zhou Yanchi heard Zhou Titi's loud cry when he was in the yard.She was sitting on the floor of the living room, her face was smeared with tears, and there were broken toys beside her. When she saw Zhou Yanchi, she threw a ball at him without hesitation.

Zhou Yanchi took it and threw it aside, squatted down and smiled at her: "What's the matter, baby?"

He wanted to hug her, but Zhou Titi pushed her away vigorously.She looked at him like an enemy, pointed at him and complained: "You are a bad guy! You are a bad guy! Dad is a bad guy!"

"Why is Dad a badass?"

"You drive my mother away and don't let her go home! I don't want to live with you! I want to find my mother!" Zhou Titi cried and said, "I'm going to S City to find my mother! I don't want to live with you anymore !I hate you! You're a badass!"

Zhou Yanchi coaxed her patiently for more than half an hour, but Zhou Titi was unreasonable.She became completely stubborn, rolling on the ground, plugging her ears and refusing to listen.He stops to look at her for a while, then finally gives up.He said, "Okay, you go and find your mother."

Zhang Yaran received the order that night, and she was responsible for sending Zhou Titi to S City the next morning.Air tickets were hard to come by during the Spring Festival. She asked Zhou Titi's return date. Zhou Yanchi slumped in his office chair with a tired face, rubbing between his brows and saying we'll discuss later.Wearing a flowery jacket, Zhou Titi told him angrily, "I won't be coming back! Goodbye! I will live with my mother from now on! You are a villain!"

Zhang Yaran looked up at the ceiling, pretending not to hear anything.After a while, he lowered his head and asked Zhou Yanchi if he had anything to say to Miss Du.

Zhou Yanchi kept a cold face and said nothing, just waved to her.Zhang Yaran had no choice but to follow orders and leave.

There are only two days left before the Spring Festival, and the wandering people are busy returning home.Zhang Yaran finished the last job of the year at 29:[-] pm on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. She planned to drag her suitcase and go directly to the airport. Before leaving, she said goodbye to her boss and wished Zhou Yanchi a happy Chinese New Year and family reunion in advance.When she said this, her excited expression was undisguised. Zhou Yanchi glanced up at her from the boring minesweeper game, and said in a cold tone that you deliberately put on this face to show me.

Zhang Yaran felt aggrieved and said that it's the Chinese New Year, who is not happy.Then he boldly said, you should also give us a good look.

While talking, she stared at him with longing and pleading eyes, Zhou Yanchi rubbed his eyebrows and became annoyed again, and waved her to leave quickly.

On New Year's Eve, all the helpers in Zhou's house are on holiday.The crackling of firecrackers outside was noisy, but the inside of Zhou's house was quiet, only Zhou Yanchi and the old housekeeper were left facing each other.It is more lively than this time on weekdays.This deserted and lonely atmosphere made the butler want to cry, and then he ran around the yard twice, but found no moving objects except the fireworks from other people's houses in the sky.

He returned to the living room and applied to Zhou Yanchi, saying that the young master wants us to raise a dog next year.

Zhou Yanchi happened to have a bad cold this morning. He was covered with a blanket and looked drowsy. He said weakly what to do with that thing.

The housekeeper thought that I was not doing this for you. Now that the treasures of the two town houses in the family are gone, you can’t speak more than five fingers a day. Ghost.

He held back his words, raised his eyelids and saw Zhou Yanchi was insomnia, caught a cold and was sad, so he looked haggard and tired, and finally he didn't say a word.After all, he has been a caregiver since he was a child. The old butler sighed, and the last words still fell on the word "persuasion": "Today's New Year's Eve, don't think too much. You didn't eat a bite of the New Year's Eve dinner, or I will give you it now." Warm it up? Is it steamed buns with vegetables, golden blood swallows or something else, what do you want to eat?"

Zhou Yanchi took two mouthfuls of millet porridge when Shen Chu called.He smiled and congratulated the New Year, Zhou Yanchi knew his malicious intentions, and let him go without a good temper.

Shen Chu didn't take it seriously, but still smiled and said: "Aren't you alone? What are you doing? Don't watch the gala, it's even more sad. If you really feel uncomfortable, then you come to my house to celebrate the New Year? By the way, Zhou Titi called you Is it? How can I say that she is also your palm baby, no matter how much I hate you, I should give you a call, right?"

Zhou Yanchi rubbed the space between his brows and hung up directly, and pushed out the millet porridge beside him.The heater in the house was very hot, so the housekeeper wore a thin shirt, but he felt colder and colder.In fact, Zhou Titi hadn't called him yet, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and his mobile phone's short messages had been ringing non-stop since the morning, but they were all conventional congratulatory sentences from business partners and subordinates.

Zhou Yanchi waited until after two o'clock in the morning, but he still didn't receive half a call from S City.The old housekeeper had already fallen asleep, and when he got up in the middle of the night, he saw that the living room was still lit. Zhou Yanchi was tightly wrapped in a blanket on the couch, covering his nose with one hand and his forehead with the other, trying to sleep with his eyelids half closed.

The old butler sighed again and advised him to go upstairs.

Zhou Yanchi said that I am not sleepy yet.

The old housekeeper paused, and said, "Why do you do this? If you really miss them, why don't you go to S city to meet them tomorrow?"

Zhou Yanchi remained silent.

Zhou Yanchi endured for a day on the first day of the new year, but he still went to S city on the second day of the new year.The ticket had already been sold out, so he drove all the way there alone.It was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening when he arrived in City S. His car was parked not far from Du Ruoheng's building, and he could see the hazy and warm yellow lights on it through the mist.

There are crooked red stickers on the window, which can be imagined to be Zhou Titi's masterpiece.After a while, the little body appeared by the window, still lively and active, holding a white puppy in its hand, lying on the window to watch the fireworks outside.After a while, Kang Chen also appeared, wearing light and comfortable light-colored casual clothes, holding a man and a dog on his shoulders, watching the sky together.

Du Ruoheng finally appeared in his line of sight, holding a thin tire bowl in his hand, as if smiling slightly at the corners of his eyes, and fed Zhou Titi a spoonful of fermented glutinous rice balls.

Zhou Yanchi rested on the steering wheel for a while.He was tired from the long drive and a bad cold, but he didn't want to stay where he was any longer.He turned the steering wheel to leave, and received a call from Su Yun halfway. He glanced at him and cut it off.

The sound of firecrackers outside is continuous, and festive red Chinese knots are hung at the gate of the community.There are other people who come and go in and out of the community, at least in pairs.Zhou Yanchi became more absent-minded when he was exhausted, and all he exhaled from his chest was cold air.

He was full of thoughts, driving back to T city slowly.But the night train didn't stop. When he was approaching T city, he didn't notice that he had been on the wrong side of the highway for a long time, and Zhou Yanchi never heard the car passing by and kept honking.It wasn't until he finally felt sleepy that he rubbed his brows and closed his eyes before opening them again that he realized that there was a car rushing towards him directly in front of him.

Shen Chu received a call from the hospital in the middle of the night.At that time, he was in the mourning hall, surrounded by white curtains, his grandfather walked peacefully amidst the sound of firecrackers during the New Year, and Shen Chu, as the eldest grandson in the traditional sense, had to keep watch at night.

But the hospital had to answer the phone call. The little nurse at the other end told him nervously that a patient in a serious car accident was sent to the hospital and was in emergency treatment. Shen Chu said that such a thing is worth calling me, and the other party reported the patient's name. Said to be Zhou Yanchi.

The night wind is cold in the yard.Shen Chu had a cold war for no reason.

The hospital's preliminary report said that the patient suffered from intracranial hemorrhage and multiple fractures, in addition to shadows in the lungs.Shen Chu was anxious, but he couldn't get away.He called the Chief Physician of the Department of Neurology to answer the phone, and warned in stern words that no one could save your entire department.

The hospital was so busy that people were on their backs, and the only one waiting outside the operating room was the old housekeeper who hurried over.The little nurse wanted someone to re-sign the surgery order, but the old butler was not among the family members. He called the second elder of the Zhou family in W City, but no one answered the phone.He waited alone with cold hands and feet, and it was not until dawn that Zhou Yanchi was pushed out of the operating room. He was still in a state of critical care and was transferred directly to the ICU ward.

The old housekeeper couldn't help feeling miserable for Zhou Yanchi.On weekdays, turning hands into clouds and hands into rain, everyone respects Qiankun's arbitrariness, but when he is on the verge of death, no one comes to see him except a mere housekeeper.If there is really an accident, I don't know if he will have to collect it.

He sat on the bench and thought for a while, and finally called Du Ruoheng.

Du Ruoheng is making breakfast for Zhou Titi.He felt uneasy for no reason, and then his heart twitched inexplicably, breaking a blue and white bowl.

She cut her finger while picking up the debris.When I was bandaging, I received a call from T city. The old housekeeper asked her in a rare dignified and earnest tone, could you come to T city, Mr. Zhou had a car accident and is still in the hospital for emergency treatment.

Du Ruoheng froze, subconsciously covering her mouth tightly.

The old man's tone became more and more mournful, for fear that she would say no: "Mr. Zhou drove to S city to visit you yesterday, and the car accident occurred due to fatigue driving when he came back. Now he is in a coma due to intracranial hemorrhage, and I don't know if he can wake up. I'm the only one in the hospital right now. You just think it's because of your relationship with him for many years, can you come over and see him?"

Du Ruoheng didn't have much strength, so he groped for a chair and sat down.She was silent for a while, and the old man said: "It's the Chinese New Year now, I don't need to lie or exaggerate such words, what can't be let go at this juncture?"

After a while, Du Ruoheng said, "Then is he dead?"

"If he is dead, I will go to his funeral." Du Ruoheng said quietly, "If he is still alive, please don't call me again."

Zhou Yanchi stayed in the ICU for five days, during which time he came back from the gate of hell twice.One day after waking up from the coma, he was transferred to the general ward.When he woke up again, his vision was blurred, and a slender figure was busy in front of him. Zhou Yanchi opened his mouth, his throat was labored due to dryness, and his tone was soft: "... Heng Heng."

The other party turned around, wearing a nurse's hat on the strange face, and said, "Are you awake? I'll call someone."

The butler was asking the doctor about his condition, and was very excited when he heard the news that Zhou Yanchi had woken up.Poor him trotted into the ward with his old bones, and burst into tears on the edge of the bed: "You finally woke up! I don't know what to do if I don't wake up again! Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"

Zhou Yanchi was still in a state of recovery, and opened his mouth to ask if Ah Heng was there.

The housekeeper was silent for a while, and then said: "She doesn't know what happened to you. She is in S city now, have you forgotten? Do you remember the past? What is 120 two times eleven? Do you remember? ?”

Zhou Yanchi's gaze focused on the housekeeper's face, and he finally woke up slowly.The analytical ability also recovered, and said in a low voice: "You are lying. She knows."

The housekeeper then changed his words and said in a relaxed tone that Miss Du was also worried about you, how could she not be in a hurry when something happened to you.But don't want to take care of Zhou Titi, so I didn't come here.

Zhou Yanchi looked at him with folded eyelids, and spit out three words: "Continue to make up."

"..."

He looked tired due to the long bed rest, but his usual strong demeanor still could not be concealed: "What did she say? I only listen to the truth."

The butler had no choice but to repeat the process to him hesitantly.Du Ruoheng didn't dare to hide anything.After finishing speaking, Zhou Yanchi's face was instantly pale as paper, and his body shook slightly, as if he was about to go into shock again.

The housekeeper frantically pressed the alarm, and when it finally returned to normal, Zhou Yanchi closed his eyes and remained silent for a while.He was clearly motionless, but his expression seemed to contain a thousand words.After a long time, the housekeeper suspected that he had fallen asleep, and suddenly heard him faintly say: "Uncle Wu, I have never regretted it so much as I do now."

The old butler didn't answer.The two finally came to this point, even he felt sad.

Du Ruoheng was on duty for four days during the New Year, and in addition to dealing with various public relations, he didn't have much time to take care of Zhou Titi.In contrast, Kang Chen is more responsible than her.In fact, apart from sleeping, Kang Chen spent more time with Zhou Titi than Du Ruoheng.He played with the puppy with the little girl, and the two played puzzles at home. He also bought her chocolates and floral dresses, and finally gave her a lot of lucky money.Zhou Titi has no resistance to this handsome uncle, she has fun every day, and doesn't have much time to think about her father in T City.What's more, even if she asked occasionally, she would always be taken over vaguely by adults.

T City has never called again, which shows that Zhou Yanchi ended well.Du Ruoheng slowly let go of his hanging heart, and finally he was able to do things seriously.

She became more and more sure of one thing.If Zhou Yanchi died in a car accident, she could cry for him without any scruples, and from then on, only the kindness he had treated her was left.But he was still alive, and she would never be completely relieved of him.Even if she no longer hates, she will still hold a grudge.People sometimes behave strangely, and the word apology with death is indeed useful to a certain extent. Death is equivalent to an extra tolerance.

On the morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month, Du Ruoheng discussed with Zhou Titi about her return to T City.Zhou Titi arrived when the kindergarten was about to start, and she had never been away from Zhou Yanchi for so long.Du Ruoheng asked her if she wanted her father, and Zhou Titi firmly said no while biting a pancake.

"why?"

Zhou Titi stiffened her neck, as if unwilling to answer.After a while, she raised her head and suddenly looked at Du Ruoheng with bright eyes: "Mom, can I live with you from now on?"

Du Ruoheng looked at her for a long time.Slowly asked: "Tell mom, why did you suddenly have such an idea?"

Zhou Titi stubbornly refused to respond.Du Ruoheng spent time with her.In the end, the little girl became more angry than patient and wanted to run away, but was dragged back to the spot by Du Ruoheng, her tone was cold, implicitly warning: "Don't run away from home at will, this is not the behavior that a sensible child should have. Tell mom, do you think dad is sorry for mom, that's why you hate him for not wanting to go back to T city?"

Zhou Titi was poked in the center of her mind, and simply sat on the ground and cried.Du Ruoheng waited for her to cry enough before reasoning with her: "Dad loves you the most, and it has nothing to do with anything else. There is indeed a conflict between Dad and Mom, but you can't hate him because of this conflict, just like he didn't. This contradiction just hates you."

Zhou Titi cried and said: "I don't want to listen to this! I want to live with you! I don't want to see my father again! I'm not going back!"

Zhou Titi's attitude was very firm, and Du Ruoheng couldn't convince her to understand the complex emotions between adults in the end.After all, she is still too young, only four years old, only black and white, and there are no such words as gray and compromise in the dictionary.

The knot between father and daughter seems to only melt away with time in the future.Since Zhou Titi didn't want to go back to T City, Du Ruoheng couldn't do anything about it.In the end, she could only tell her daughter that from now on, your mother will really be raising you, and you can no longer live in Zhou's house, and your custody will be transferred from your father to your mother from now on.

Zhou Titi simply said yes, you guys can move.

Du Ruoheng could only call Zhang Yaran.

Zhang Yaran happened to be in the ward at this time.On the first day she came back to work during the Spring Festival, she received such a thunderbolt from the blue sky. She was shocked for two seconds, and then rushed to the hospital with a big fruit basket in her arms. I'm sorry.

Zhou Yanchi didn't bother to talk to her at that time.

Zhang Yaran stared at the screen in a daze for a while, and held the phone in front of Zhou Yanchi with both hands: "...Boss, it's Miss Du."

Zhou Yanchi said, "You take it."

Zhang Yaran looked at the ceiling and pretended not to hear it.The phone rang continuously, and the two people in the ward remained motionless.Ten seconds later, Zhou Yanchi took the phone and said "Hello" in a low voice when he connected.

After Du Ruoheng realized it, he said, "I am Du Ruoheng".

He said, "I know."

"How are you?" she asked.

He replied: "It's okay."

Du Ruoheng stopped talking for a while.Didn't hang up either.There was only a faint sound of breathing in the microphone, and Zhou Yanchi understood that this meant she was hesitant.The tone of his inquiry was subconsciously softer: "What's the matter?"

Du Ruoheng finally said, "I have something to discuss with you."

"You said."

Du Ruoheng said calmly: "Zhou Titi said that she doesn't want to go back to T City. Her meaning is very clear and her attitude is very firm. She wants to live with me in the future. I'm calling to discuss with you about the transfer of custody rights. thing."

As a bystander not far away, Zhang Yaran can fully see the subtle changes in Zhou Yanchi's expression in an instant.Finally he fell silent: "What do you think?"

"If you will, I will raise her."

Zhou Yanchi said, "Okay. I agree."

Du Ruoheng didn't expect him to agree so smoothly.It took a while to say thank you.

To be honest, she didn't even know why she wanted to thank her, she just did it subconsciously.She has never been so polite to him before. Her performance has always been straightforward. When she likes him, she is gentle, considerate and tender, and when she is angry, she uses words, sarcasm and violence. In short, it is not the way she is now, like treating a stranger.

After a while, Zhou Yanchi hummed.

Zhang Yaran concentrated on the side and held his breath, watching the boss with a gloomy expression after hanging up the phone.There are very few people who can make Zhou Yanchi so frustrated, and Du Ruoheng is one of them.The reason why Zhou Yanchi was regarded as a representative of brilliance and martial arts by the secretary Shishi was that he would always have a way to remain invincible.It is undoubtedly a skill for a woman to toss such a person to this state.Because of this, Zhang Yaran also respected Du Ruoheng.

But from the secretary's point of view, Zhang Yaran was particularly sad.She still had important business matters to report, but Zhou Yanchi was obviously affected by Du Ruoheng's phone call, so she closed her eyes and looked down as if she didn't want to talk more.

In the end, she mustered up her courage, cautiously afraid of being shocked: "Boss, you have been away from the company for the past few days. Deputy Director Kang secretly organized a meeting of some board members. They expressed their hope that a new member will be added to the upcoming general election of the board of directors." Members of the new board of directors, and two candidates were given, namely Kang Chen and Fu Qingzhi. There are relevant meeting minutes here, do you want to see it?"

She said twice that Zhou Yanchi ignored her.Zhang Yaran couldn't help it, so he had no choice but to walk away in embarrassment.

A few days later, when Zhou Yanchi was discharged from the hospital, a lawyer called him, saying that Ms. Du Ruoheng was very busy and entrusted him with full authority to represent Zhou Titi's custody change.Shen Chu happened to come to Zhou's house to visit, and when he heard it, he said, "Yo, this is a decision that we will never see each other again."

Zhou Yanchi lazily didn't respond, and he didn't even give an expression.He has suffered from severe insomnia recently, loss of appetite, and few words, which made the old housekeeper feel worried and asked if he should make an appointment with a psychological counselor.Shen Chu came here today at the invitation of the old housekeeper.

After a while, the lawyer came to the door and explained the details of the agreement to Zhou Yanchi. After a few words, Zhou Yanchi uttered the first sentence of the day: "Bring it."

"..."

The lawyer hesitated for a moment, and finally, frightened by his majesty, obediently handed over the change agreement.

Zhou Yan held the pen and lingered on the signature page for a long time.At the end of the day, when signing, force through the back of the paper.The last time he was so drained was the day of the divorce, when he lost his marriage.This time he lost his daughter.

When the lawyer left, he didn't even lift his eyelids, and his attitude was very arrogant.He waited until the person left before closing his eyes, his expression seemed to be ten years older in an instant.

Shen Chu originally saved a lot of words to taunt him, but he couldn't bear it after seeing this expression.It cannot but be said that Zhou Yanchi directed such a worst ending.There was a turning point in the matter, but he lost the opportunity in the end.From any point of view, Du Ruoheng had already despaired of her ex-husband. Since even death could not save her, she had no choice but to part ways.

If it is really based on conscience, Shen Chu is not sure whether Zhou Yanchi can completely change his mind.To a certain extent, it is not an exaggeration to describe Zhou Yanchi's temper as self-centered. His own opinion is very firm and he is not someone who can be easily shaken.Especially for this kind of problem, unless you have a deep understanding, others' persuasion will not have much effect on Zhou Yanchi.I just don’t know if he can truly understand that Du Ruoheng’s departure, Zhou Titi’s betrayal, his car accident being ignored, and all other sad things are a series of domino effects, and the root causes are more or less connected His marital infidelity.

In fact, even if it is assumed that Zhou Yanchi really restrained himself and behaved cleanly, no one can guarantee that he really knows his mistakes and corrects them.Perhaps he was merely compromising the truth, because otherwise he would have had a very bad time.But passive concession does not mean conscious initiative.It's like the difference between being driven by high pressure and being optimistic about your work.

The most troublesome thing is that others can only test actions, not psychology.Even if that day does come, no one else will know for the rest of his life whether Zhou Yanchi has really corrected his moral values, or whether he is just a superficial reconciliation.

Seeing his vicissitudes, Shen Chu cleared his throat and said, "Don't take it too seriously. I think Du Ruoheng takes infidelity too seriously. There are so many cheaters, both men and women. If everyone is like her, the divorce rate in China will have to be more than doubled. Since she is determined to break up with you from now on, you should also try to forget her slowly. In the future, you will definitely find someone who is better than her Okay, Kexin has a better body and more beautiful body, so getting married and having children are all easy."

After finishing speaking, he hoped that Zhou Yanchi would dare to nod his head again. From then on, he devoted himself to breaking up Zhou Yanchi's marriage for the rest of his life, lest he spoil the innocent girl again.

As a result, Zhou Yanchi said after a while, "You can either get lost, or you can speak human words."

Shen Chu suddenly felt much more relaxed, and said: "Since you disagree with this approach, you might as well take this time to think about it. There are many other people who get divorced. Isn't that Mr. Xi one of them, but he always has one heart and one mind. Now that you are remarried, your family is not still happy. To be honest, it is rare for a divorce to hurt your muscles and bones. I guess you are the only one in the whole city. You should appreciate the glory of this."

Zhou Yanchi said, "You better go."

Shen Chu stood up and stretched, and then said: "In addition, you can also think about it, how much you let Du Ruoheng endure before she will ask you for a divorce, and how much you let Du Ruoheng endure even if you are about to die She doesn’t even want to look at you. You must have done something heinous to her. By the way, have you ever made her cry? Have you ever cried? According to my experience, there is a kind of woman in this world, you Don't let her cry, as long as she cries once, she will be very heartless afterwards. She will never look back, I think Du Ruoheng looks like this kind of woman."

Zhou Yanchi said, "Get lost."

Shen Chu finally got out.Zhou Yanchi still felt uncomfortable.He squinted, feeling his heart throbbing.At the same time, bone cold from the inside out.

Du Ruoheng once gave him a lot of flowers.Up to now, all these things have been taken away absolutely cleanly, without leaving him a single thought.

Even after the divorce two years ago, Zhou Yanchi still felt calm to a certain extent.He didn't even have half the palpitations he had now.He always thought that Du Ruoheng would come back. This belief came from an inexplicable and lasting source, which made him feel that he hadn't lost everything.Until recently, that feeling was gone.

He once thought that the two of them were physically and mentally compatible and would never be separated.After having Zhou Titi, this kind of thinking is even worse.Only now did I realize that I didn't know Du Ruoheng at all.What he took for granted was probably on the premise that Du Ruoheng was willing to cooperate with him.If she suddenly doesn't want to continue, he becomes helpless.

She told him bluntly and pointedly, I think you are dirty.You make me sick.

The two were husband and wife for four years and got along for 13 years, but in the end she resented him so much that she only wanted to attend his funeral.

Such a fact was starkly laid before his eyes, and Zhou Yanchi couldn't help but make up any lies to deceive himself.

The winter sun was neither too hot nor too cold, and he seemed a little shy. When it shone into the huge living room, he was the only figure curled up on the sofa wrapped in a blanket.

It was empty and cold.

(End of this chapter)