Beijing, after all, has nothing to do with me

Chapter 29 The Contest Between Love Rivals (1)
Mai Zhiqiang ran into Tao Jie by chance at the door of the copying room, and was taken aback by her rapidly losing weight, "Hi! You... seem to have lost a lot of weight."

Tao Jie reluctantly smiled at him and replied briefly, "I was sick a while ago, and I took a week off."

"Oh——" Mai Zhiqiang hasn't been in the office recently, so he doesn't know anything about her situation. Even the spirit has been severely hit.

"Are you all right now?" Although he was very curious, he could only ask in such a general way.

Tao Jie hesitated for a moment, then smiled again on her pale face, "It's okay."

She brushed past him, and Mai Zhiqiang stared at her back thoughtfully.

The word "okay" has a lot of meaning.

Tao Jie was unaware of the two concerned eyes behind her, she walked back to her desk numbly, sat down heavily, staring blankly at the list of dark "unread" emails on the computer.

This was the first day she came back to work after her illness, and the things she needed to deal with in the mailbox had piled up like a mountain, but she had no intention of doing things at all.

Intellectually, she felt that she and Li Yaoming should be over, but she seemed a little unwilling to end like this. Even if it was something she didn't like that had been with her for a long time, she would have certain feelings, let alone a Flesh and blood, people who once loved each other so much.

During the few days when she was sick and hospitalized, it was Li Yaoming who came in and out to take care of her, and stayed by her side day and night. The two of them didn't talk much, but the tacit understanding for many years was still there. Whatever she wanted, he would always be there first. Time to get it in front of her.

Now, when she retreated from the frenzy of love, she could see clearly what was the magic weapon for Li Yaoming to win her heart.

Yes, as long as he is willing, he can be very careful and considerate, and let you stay in his arms, even if it is actually just a false place, and he will never leave again.

Would he be so careful and considerate to other women?

The ambiguous and tacit understanding between the two of them when he leaned over to point Xiao Yang emerged in Tao Jie's mind.

She closed her eyes tiredly, telling herself not to torture herself any more.

Lao Lang and Gu Jia also came to see her, and they both knew what happened.Gu Jia's heavily made-up face moved closer to her, and persuaded her in a compassionate tone, "Man, there is no one who doesn't cheat, but Li Yaoming loves you the most, everyone knows that. Also, for you, he fired Yang Zhenhui."

Tao Jie tightly closed her lips, not expressing any opinion.

When there were only Tao Jie and Li Yaoming left in the ward, he would grab her hand abruptly, and call her softly and repentantly, "Tao Zi, I will give you an explanation."

Tao Jie slowly withdrew her hand from his palm, still not saying a word.

Now, she has got rid of the gaffe of accepting the blow at the beginning, and she is no longer surprised, but how to deal with her and Li Yaoming, whether to break up or make peace, she hasn't decided yet.

Deep down in her heart, she was reluctant to part with her relationship for so many years, and she also knew that Li Yaoming had regrets, but she couldn't force herself to return to his embrace as if nothing had happened, like a broken mirror, no matter how repaired it is, the way Cracks also already exist.What's more, there is now an inexplicable "child" between her and him.

Of course, she didn't bring up this sensitive topic to discuss with Li Yaoming, it was not her responsibility, and Li Yaoming even avoided this issue like a lightning rod, and both of them kept it secret.

In the past two days, the same question has entangled her deeply like a vine - what is the purpose of her coming to Beijing?
She remembered the words her mother said the day she left home and came to Beijing, "Don't come back crying!"

The moment she heard it was like a thorn in her heart, making her uncomfortable, because what she longed for was a blessing, not a spell.

Unexpectedly, my mother actually got it right.

No, she wasn't afraid that she would be ridiculed by her parents if she went back here. She believed that her parents were not that kind of people. Once they knew that she had been wronged, they would be the first to rush out to fight for her.

What really frightened her was that she came to Beijing with passion and ideals, but in the end she had to carry a whole body of pain and return in despair.

Could this be the whole point of her coming to Beijing?

Her cell phone vibrated slightly next to the keyboard, which pulled her back from her uneasy mood. She looked at it and found that it was a very strange number, so she was not in a hurry to answer it, and waited for it to be disconnected by itself. Usually such a number Both from scammers or simply someone dialed the wrong number.

But the phone was so persistent that it vibrated again and again, so she had no choice but to pick it up.

"Hi Tao Jie, I'm Yang Zhenhui." The other party gave her name straight to the point.

The name made Tao Jie stunned for a moment, and then angry, she dared to call herself!
"How do you have my number?" she asked in a low voice, unceremoniously.

"I found it in Li Yaoming's cell phone." Yang Zhenhui still had a carefree tone, "I want to talk to you about something, so I can meet you when I come out?"

"I have nothing to talk to you about." Tao Jie refused bluntly.

Yang Zhenhui said: "Don't you want our three-person situation to last forever?"

"What do you mean?"

"I want to fix things, don't you?"

"No one with sharp teeth will end well!" Tao Jie thought bitterly in her heart, but she still took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and said slowly: "Where is it. "

At twelve noon, Tao Jie met Yang Zhenhui in a cafe near the International Trade Center.

It was only two months since the last time we met, but Yang Zhenhui's appearance had undergone many changes. Tao Jie first noticed that her dazzling nose ring was gone, and she no longer dressed in a masculine or feminine way. It doesn't match up at all, but at least the clothes are obviously feminine, the hair is long, almost shoulder-length, and the expression is no longer as arrogant as last time.

Tao Jie forced herself not to look at the other party with the eyes of aliens. Now, she is her formidable enemy, this girl who she always thought had no femininity took away Li Yaoming when she was completely unprepared.

Then, she found sadly that although Yang Zhenhui didn't pay attention to dressing up, her facial features were exquisite and correct, her skin was fair, and her figure was also very good.

What's more, she has a sense of freedom and doing her own way that Tao Jie lacks, as if she has the courage to do anything.

Li Yaoming would probably be tempted by such a girl?
Tao Jie didn't realize that while she was observing the other person, something called "jealousy" was slowly invading her body.

She was about to go crazy before she officially made a move.

"I don't like to beat around the bush," Yang Zhenhui said calmly, without any embarrassment or apology, "I love Li Yaoming, from the first day I met him, until now."

Tao Jie clenched her fists and hid her anger in her palms, "Don't you think you are selfish? Just because you like him, you will do anything to keep him for yourself? Don't you know he has a girlfriend? Don't you Do you know that I exist?"

"Yes, of course I know, we have met before." Yang Zhenhui smiled, "If you are a good match for him, I won't bother you, but I can see that it's not suitable for you two to be together."

"What do you mean?" Tao Jie's heart skipped a beat.

"Yes, you are not suitable for him at all." Yang Zhenhui said boldly, "I dare say, I believe that he will succeed one day, do you dare?"

Tao Jie was stunned, why did she have such confidence in Li Yaoming, but she didn't?

"Maybe you don't know." Yang Zhenhui glanced at her quickly, "Li Yaoming is more afraid of you than he loves you. He feels pressure when he is with you."

Tao Jie's face became more and more stiff.

"You are too delicate, too soft, what you need is someone who will take care of you wholeheartedly and accompany you every day, but Li Yaoming can't do it, he has ideals, he wants to expand his career, can you understand this? Can you accompany him to develop a project without sleep? Can you not complain when he doesn't go home for several days and nights? You even force him to take a shower when he is too tired to move after working overtime."

"These," Tao Jie's hands began to tremble, "he told you all these?"

At the same time, her heart began to sink rapidly at an uncontrollable speed!
Even at the moment when she found out that Li Yaoming was having an affair, she never felt so chilled.She did not expect that Li Yaoming would disclose such a private matter between the two to Yang Zhenhui. Was their mistake, as Li Yaoming said, just a coincidence?

Yang Zhenhui shrugged, "Some are what he said, and some are my own guesses. I've seen you before, and I've always been a good judge of people. My classmates in college said I was a witch." She really looked like a witch. smiled.

Tao Jie didn't smile, she had a kind of creepy fear, she really couldn't understand how a girl who was two years younger than her and had no experience in the world had such sharp insight and ruthless scheming.

"Even if it's inappropriate, it's our own business, and you don't need to intervene!" Tao Jie replied tremblingly, but even she felt so weak when she heard it.

"No, it's a matter between the three of us now." Yang Zhenhui said, "Don't forget, you are not married yet, I have the right to compete fairly with you." Her confident expression made Tao Jie speechless for a long time Come.

"What qualifications do you have to talk about competition with me?" Tao Jie gritted her teeth suddenly, an unreasonable anger gripped her, and she asked the other party angrily, "Didn't Li Yaoming fire you already? The person he is stalking is you!"

Yang Zhenhui looked at her sullen face calmly, "No, I left the company on my own initiative, and I don't want to embarrass him."

She looked a little melancholy, "I know what he is thinking, he is a responsible man, even if he really treats me...he will not ignore you."

Tao Jie couldn't help letting out a weird laugh, this was the most absurd and incredible comment she had ever heard, and she felt that she couldn't continue chatting with the person in front of her.

Picking up the napkin and wiping her lips that were not dirty, Tao Jie said firmly, "I don't think we need to talk any more. Why don't you persuade Li Yaoming instead of talking to me here? As long as he finds me Talk about breaking up, I don't have any opinion!"

"He won't." A trace of sadness flashed in Yang Zhenhui's eyes, "He's too soft-hearted, besides, he's terribly guilty of you now!"

Tao Jie felt that her self-esteem was seriously injured in her frank words, what she wanted was definitely not a man's guilt towards her!
She clenched her fists tightly. If she had enough courage, she felt that she should really send her fists to the face of this person in front of her. Now it seems that she has done something wrong, and the other party is begging for forgiveness.

"Don't you still have a child?" Tao Jie said coldly, it was the first time that she realized that she could be so vicious, "Why don't you take the child in your stomach and talk to him, he is soft-hearted, maybe I promise you."

Yang Zhenhui didn't seem to care about the strong irony in her words, she just shook her head lightly, "I've already talked to him, and he asked me...to remove it, and I disagree with everything, because of this, he has been They don't even want to see me."

I don't know if it was Tao Jie's illusion, but she seemed to see tears flickering in Yang Zhenhui's eyes.

She finally told the truth, Tao Jie thought bitterly.

"However, even if he doesn't agree, I will give birth to the child. I don't care even if I am a single mother." Yang Zhenhui turned her face and glanced at Tao Jie. Stubbornness flowed from her clear eyes. The clear and innocent look followed her. The purpose of finding Tao Jie is in stark and cruel contrast.

"I've been thinking," she suddenly raised her face to face Tao Jie, "for a clean freak like you, once you encounter this kind of situation, is it possible for you to accept him?"

Tao Jie was struck by lightning. These days, her contradictions, hesitation, and hesitation were all broken by Yang Zhenhui's simple sentence.

Yeah, so what if she forgives Li Yaoming?So what if she will always be in the highest position in Li Yaoming's heart?

After all, she couldn't tolerate a man with two women in his heart.

Tao Jie finally understood that she was no match for Yang Zhenhui at all, she knew herself too well to the point where she felt terrible, and she was the one who underestimated her before.

Continue to fight?Continue to pester?Is this interesting?

Did she come to Beijing to do this in the end?

Tao Jie's expression gave Yang Zhenhui the answer she expected. She softened her tone and said slowly: "Tao Jie, you are a kind person. Since you will give up Li Yaoming sooner or later, why don't you end this torture as soon as possible? The current state , not only torturing Li Yaoming, but also torturing yourself."

Now that things were going on, Tao Jie suddenly felt no pain in her heart. She slowly let go of her palms and put them on the table.

Now, she can finally look at the other party and talk calmly, "You are right, I am a soft-hearted person, but my kindness does not mean stupidity, and I will not be cheap enough to make wedding clothes for you!"

She stood up, "I'm sorry, let's go first, since you are determined to win Li Yaoming, then, go for it hard, I wish you success."

She left Yang Zhenhui alone in the cafe, and walked away without looking back.

Throughout the afternoon, Tao Jie was in a state of wandering, unable to hear the speeches of the people around her, unable to see the friendly expressions shown by others when they greeted her, her feet seemed to be on the clouds, and every step was slow. Soft, flimsy, and unreal.

When he was about to get off work, Li Yaoming called her, but she didn't answer, she just hung up, and when he called again, she still hung up, and repeated this four or five times before he stopped.

Tao Jie didn't get off work on time, she had too many things on hand, and her efficiency was low today, so she had to work overtime to make up for it.

Working alone until 07:30, Alice couldn't hold on and left first.

Tao Jie felt listless, so she got up and went to the tea room to find something to drink.

There were few people in the office after get off work, and it was much friendlier than during working hours. Tao Jie suddenly liked working overtime. Anyway, he would stay in a hotel when he returned home. Although the facilities were complete, there was no warmth in the small dwelling.

There was no one in the tea room. She walked to the window and looked at the night scene in the park. The neon lights were flickering, but there was no sign of anyone. The billboard flickered silently, as if it was just performing some kind of duty.

She slowly drank the fragrant milk tea, letting the warm milk fragrance permeate her heart, driving away the helplessness imprinted in her heart.

The sound of footsteps coming from behind disturbed Tao Jie's calmness. She quickly adjusted her mood, turned around, and as soon as her eyes touched the person standing at the door, she was startled for a moment.

Mai Zhiqiang probably didn't expect to meet her here, maybe he was afraid that she would misunderstand something, so he quickly smiled and pointed to the coffee machine and explained: "I'll make a cup of coffee."

Ever since the window paper was pierced, every time Tao Jie saw him, if she hadn't made some psychological preparations in advance, there would always be a kind of unexpected embarrassment and bewilderment. I think Mai Zhiqiang would be a little bit too, but He is more sophisticated than himself, and he can't tell from the outside.

After refilling the cup of coffee, Mai Zhiqiang left without turning around, standing behind her, and chatted up with Tao Jie in a relaxed tone, "It's rare to see you working overtime so late."

Tao Jie also quickly returned to her natural state, "Yeah, once you get sick, you will always cause a lot of trouble."

Mai Zhiqiang glanced at her, "I forgot to ask you about your illness, what's going on?"

Tao Jie looked down at her cup, and carefully stroked the rim with her fingers, "Acute enteritis, caused by eating blindly."

"...Oh" Mai Zhiqiang's simple answer contained many things, including concerns, doubts, and more worries.

Tao Jie always felt that she was slow in feeling, just like Mai Zhiqiang's confession to her shocked her at the beginning, because there was no warning in advance.But now, she found that she was not stupid at all, she could hear all the things in his tone, and tears flowed down like this.

Mai Zhiqiang was not surprised, he already knew that she was hiding something in her heart.

Like the first time he saw her crying, he took some papers from the table and handed them to her silently without asking any questions.

Tao Jie's grievances, which she had held back for too long, flowed out along her tears. Although this was definitely not a suitable place to cry, she couldn't care less about it.

When she was about to use up the whole box of tissues, Mai Zhiqiang couldn't hold it anymore, "You... want to go back? I'll take you back."

Tao Jie sobbed violently and shook her head, but couldn't make a sound.

Mai Zhiqiang opened and closed his palm, repeated several times, and finally put it on Tao Jie's shoulder, and gently embraced her, and she fell into his embrace smoothly.

(End of this chapter)