The betrothal gift is 100,000 yuan, what does it mean to give 200,000

Chapter 369: The Lover Preparing to Escape (VI)

On the narrow single bed, Jiang Yao had pressed the entire soft quilt into a human-shaped dent. She lay on the bed, fiddling with her cell phone with a lazy look on her face, her slender legs crossed and occasionally swinging up and down.

Xiao Wan was sitting at the computer desk nearby. On the dimly lit computer screen, there was an unfinished business plan.

Because the rented apartment is too small, with only one bedroom and one living room, the bed, computer desk and display cabinets take up most of the space. The whole house is filled with a cramped feeling of security. With the curtains drawn, it is like a closed small cardboard box.

The two girls lay in the "cardboard box" with peace of mind, discussing an extremely private topic.

Recently, Jiang Yao has been coming to Xiao Wan's house more and more frequently. The day before yesterday, she even stayed here for a night. She didn't want to go home, so the two of them were squeezed face to face on this single bed. Any movement of turning around would cause the other to exclaim in surprise.

In the silent atmosphere, Jiang Yao suddenly sighed and said:
"I'm not kidding. This time I really want to go out and relax. Staying in Lanjing all the time makes me feel indescribable. I feel a little... exhausted, or I can say I'm confused and can't find my direction."

Jiang Yao put down her phone, turned her body and lay flat, looking at the dim ceiling with flickering eyes.

Beside her, Xiao Wan had one leg slanted across the chair. Her petite body formed a sharp contrast with the large sofa chair, as if she was being hugged, with only a little bit of her profile revealed.

"After all, it's because of him, right?"

"There is one reason. It can't be said that it's all because of him... This is what I think. Since there is a place I have always wanted to go, I should go and see it while I have free time, right? When will I be able to make up my mind if I keep procrastinating? And I really need to be alone for a while, and give him some space to think." Jiang Yao said, staring at the ceiling.

Jiang Yao and Xiao Wan had already discussed and consulted about traveling many times.

This is not just a random drive to some remote but scenic location.

Instead, he went to the neon capital of a foreign country - Edo Prefecture, a world-famous international metropolis.

Jiang Yao is a homegirl. She met Xiao Wan because of their common love for ACG culture. In the suffocating real life, the virtual world is the first spiritual reserve for many people. They are all curious about the place where the ACG culture was born, and want to see the city they have never seen. How do people live there... Are the streets as clean as those in the animations? How do people love each other, live and die?

Jiang Yao has never been to a concert of her favorite otaku singers, but she actually wants to go and see them.

But after all, it was just a plan. The two discussed it enthusiastically countless times but never set a specific time. They just said "if there is time" every time.

Now, unlike before, Jiang Yao can feel that her desire to leave Lanjing is becoming more and more urgent. When she was enjoying a happy love life before, she never thought that there would be such a day. Chen Yuan's matter made her feel more and more distressed.

She even began to reflect on whether she was wrong and whether there was something wrong with the way she had treated her lover. Just as she worried in the love letter she wrote to Chen Yuan - as their love got better and better, they gradually lost the initial restraint and immaturity, but in the end, the distance was too close and they began to lose their authenticity to each other.

But how can one control love?

Can it still be called love if it can be easily controlled?
Perhaps people will always become twisted and distorted in love, and the relationship that lasts until the end and lasts till old age is so precious.

Therefore, Jiang Yao had the idea of ​​leaving Lanjing and staying outside for a while. It didn't have to be a long time, just to calm her mind as soon as possible and keep a distance between them. She hoped that she could see her true heart clearly and fulfill her long-cherished wish of going to Edo Prefecture.

She also hoped that Chen Yuan would calm down and think about how he should continue this twisted relationship that had lasted for a year.

With the situation now happening, everyone feels bad.

She has been with Chen Yuan for so long and has loved him sincerely. Perhaps she should let him know what the purpose of her efforts is... She is also unwilling to be so humble as to compromise everything and lose herself.

"That's true. We've been talking about going out for fun for so long, so we'll finally get our hands on it," Xiao Wan thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "But Yaoyao, you know my situation. I really can't go with you this week. It's not that I'm running away, but I've been busy at work lately. I can't drop everything and take a week or two of vacation. Besides, my shameless boss won't give me one."

"Aren't you almost done with your plan?" Jiang Yao sat up and pointed at her screen.

"Miss, it's not over once you've finished writing and submitted it. I've revised this version of the plan four or five times, and I still have to rewrite it after it was rejected this time."

"That's too much work. You have to keep rewriting until you're not satisfied?"

"What else..." Xiao Wan sighed, "It seems that you really don't understand why office workers are called office workers."

"When exactly can it be completed? The nearest flight is unavailable. I opened a ticket grab last time. Yesterday, someone from the airport called me and said there is a flight in three days. Someone else has refunded their ticket, but there is only one ticket."

"I don't know either..." Xiao Wan smiled bitterly, "How about waiting for a while, a week? I'll try to finish the plan, and then we can go together. We can't book tickets anyway."

"But by that time, the cherry blossoms will have withered..."

The two women looked at each other.

They looked at each other speechlessly.

Xiao Wan is an honest worker with no temper. Naturally, she cannot be compared with Jiang Yao. Compared to traveling, work is the focus of her life.

When you read those jokes about quitting your job to go far away and living in the present, you can’t take them seriously at all.

In such a bad environment, losing a job and having no stable income will make it difficult to even pay the rent. Will you end up wandering the streets?

No matter how much Xiao Wan wanted to accompany Jiang Yao and fulfill her own dream, at this moment, she could only remain silent, holding her chin and shifting her gaze to the swaying curtains.

"No hurry, let's discuss it..."

Jiang Yao sighed and lay back down on the bed.

……

In the office of Bauhinia Building, Chen Yuan and Jiang Ning had just finished a meeting. It was time to get off work and the employees took the elevator downstairs one after another to leave.

Jiang Ning had just sorted out the notes from the meeting, and next she had to arrange Chen Yuan's itinerary. She operated the laptop skillfully, and the "tapping" sound of her fingers tapping on the keyboard was rhythmic. After a moment, she picked up a pen and wrote down the itinerary in a small notebook.

In a space filled with only the sounds of work, she didn't even have time to tuck up the hair hanging down from her forehead, and Chen Yuan didn't have time to admire her beautiful profile. He was writing a speech for his appointment as the general director of the northern region. Fortunately, Jiang Ning sorted out the complicated position system for him, otherwise he would have spent a lot of effort to write this speech.

Letting Jiang Ning be his secretary was undoubtedly the most correct decision Chen Yuan had ever made. He had been thankful for this more than once in the past month.

As a top student who graduated from Yale University, Jiang Ning's learning and working abilities are extremely strong. In just over a month, she impressed most of her colleagues in the company with her rapidly growing professional qualities, and also arranged Chen Yuan's work and schedule in an orderly manner.

Because Chen Yuan got promoted, her job also had to be relocated. So without waiting for Chen Yuan to say anything, she checked the various systems of Jiang's regional division system on her own, asked Ji Hai for a lot of inside information, and put the report on Chen Yuan's desk.

In the office, both of them were working seriously, without any quarrels or arguments. This atmosphere seemed very comfortable.

It was approaching seven o'clock.

Chen Yuan stretched and stood up from his chair.

"Let's stop here first. We should leave soon." "Well, it's seven o'clock. Minister Mo just sent me a message saying that she might be late. Let's go first."

"Then pack up your things. Do you want to put on a coat? It should be a bit chilly outside now."

Chen Yuan took the coat hanging at the door, looked at Jiang Ning, and handed it to her.

"Need not."

She closed the laptop without even reaching out to take it, and walked straight past Chen Yuan.

The two of them had communicated a lot recently, but all the topics were about work. Ningning did her job diligently and conscientiously in her position as secretary, but apart from this identity, she was unwilling to say a word to Chen Yuan.

I guess he's still angry.

Chen Yuan was not too sad about this. He shrugged and followed.

In fact, it is easy to guess what Jiang Ning is angry about. Chen Yuan deceived her and signed a one-year contract with her. He also knew her character very well. This calculation made Jiang Ning most angry.

If he didn't do this, Ningning wouldn't have such a cold look on her face every day.

The two of them certainly didn't walk out of the office to go home after get off work, as almost everyone in the company had left.

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It's quiet now that the house is empty.

Chen Yuan was invited to Linzhou, more than 100 kilometers away, to attend a private banquet hosted by Gao Dengfeng, the former head of the North District of Energy Engineering. He would take office in a few days, so naturally he would have to get to know the former head. In the future, Uncle Gao would also be his second-in-command for a while, and in a few years he would be transferred to the headquarters and return to the core leadership.

It is worth mentioning that Monana’s father and Gao Dengfeng were classmates who graduated from the same school, so she will also go there.

"Buzzing—"

As the engine roared in the dark underground garage, Chen Yuan and Jiang Ning sat in the back seat, with some distance between them.

"I've already talked to Yaoyao. She's at Xiaowan's house now. You don't have to worry about her dinner. She might not be home by the time we get home."

"You don't have to tell me specifically, she is my sister, of course I know."

Jiang Ning choked him back with a word.

Chen Yuan scratched his head, turned his face away, and sighed silently in his heart.

He closed his eyes and caught up on some sleep on the way.

……

In Linzhou City, in a brightly lit small villa.

Chen Yuan's car had just arrived at the door when he opened his sleepy eyes. A strong cool breeze blew in from the window, making him instantly awake. Before he got out of the car, he saw four or five elderly people gathered at the door, looking in the direction of his car.

"Boss Jiang, you're finally here. We've been waiting here for a long time. If you hadn't come, we old guys would have had our noses frozen."

As the former general manager of the northern region, Gao Dengfeng actually came over and opened the car door for him. They were extremely intimate as soon as they met, without any condescending attitude of an old man towards his juniors.

"Uncle Gao, I'm so embarrassed that you had to come out all the way to pick me up. You could have just waited at home."

"It's okay. You've come all the way from Lanjing to have this meal. It's only natural for me to come out to greet you... Please come in. The food at home has been prepared a long time ago and it's just hot out of the pot."

Called "Uncle Gao", this middle-aged man in his fifties raised his eyebrows instantly, his face suddenly became more rosy, and he looked around at his colleagues with some pride.

He came over and grabbed Chen Yuan's hand, extremely enthusiastically. There was no hypocrisy in his expression, and it seemed like he was genuinely happy.

Gao Dengfeng has been assigned to be in charge of energy engineering in the northern region for more than five years. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the top leader in this project. He always sits at the forefront in the headquarters meetings every year. However, he is old, and if there are no changes, he should stay in this position until retirement.

But as long as we are human beings, who doesn’t want to take a step further in old age?
Jiang Zhengfeng suddenly decided to let Chen Yuan replace Gao Dengfeng. It was a demotion in name only but a promotion in reality. Of course he was extremely happy. In his eyes, Chen Yuan was a true benefactor.

"Then please tell me about your three-year project and five-year plan. I have learned a little about it, but I am confused about the progress of the project."

"No problem, let's eat and talk at the same time. You can treat Uncle Gao's place as your home today. I've even cleaned up a room for you."

"No, no, no, I still have to go back at night."

"Let's talk about this later. We don't know what time it will be after we finish eating. It's not safe to go back."

As they spoke, the group walked into the courtyard of the villa.

Gao Dengfeng's house is indeed luxurious. Although it is not as big as the house in Kyoto where Chen Yuan lived before, there is an exaggerated courtyard lintel as soon as you enter the door. There are several valuable luxury cars parked next to it, and the whole living room is also incredibly grand.

After everyone took their seats, Chen Yuan deliberately asked Jiang Ning to sit next to him.

Monana is still on the road at this moment, and she has also reserved a spot.

What was extremely surprising was that Gao Dengfeng insisted that Chen Yuan sit on the main seat and no one could refuse.

"Who is this?"

"My secretary Jiang Ning."

"Oh! Young man, you are really handsome."

At the bar, there was nothing but endless polite words. Although Chen Yuan didn't like it, he learned to blend in.

Fortunately, this was truly a family dinner, with not many outsiders. The food was authentic Linzhou specialties that looked colorful and fragrant. Everyone chatted about this and that as if they were chatting about family matters, and the topic mainly revolved around the region's management system and the five-year plan.

This made Chen Yuan, who was a little resistant before coming, feel a little relieved.

He didn't like the overly hypocritical behavior in the bar.

Gao Dengfeng left a good impression on him. He was at least friendly. He didn't look like a greasy middle-aged man with a big belly who held a high position. Instead, he looked more like a simple business owner.

(End of this chapter)