To You, My Beloved

The old president's wife smiled openly and corrected Tang Shi's words: "I and Lao Luo are not feelings, but friendship."

Tang Shi held up his wine glass, paused, but said nothing.

The old president's wife stood up, smiled kindly at Tang Shi, and left.

The old president smiled and picked up the jug and filled Tang Shi with wine. Then he explained what his wife had just said to Tang Shi: "My wife and I have been friends at work for many years, and we finally got married. Marriage, indeed, there is no love, most of the friendship, now it is all family."

Maybe when people are old, they love to remember the past, so the old president said to Tang Shi: "I used to have a girl that I liked very much, but that was just my wishful thinking. I chased that girl for seven days. In 2016, I didn’t catch up and finally watched her marry someone else."

Tang Shi's expression has always been quiet, and when he heard the old president say this, his expression condensed slightly.

The old president continued: "I have never done anything so crazy in my life. Those seven years were the most unreserved seven years I have paid. At that time, when I went to work, my salary was only a few dozen yuan a month. But she tried her best to spend her money. She also had a younger brother. When she got married, she didn’t collect enough money to give the woman a bride price. The money was also from me. I took all my belongings and gave it to her. After giving it to me, there is only one penny all over me."

This bottle of wine that the old president has treasured for most of his life is really good. It tastes sweet and mellow. Tang Shi couldn't help having another drink, and then he asked, "You paid so much and didn't get it in the end. ?"

"Not reconciled, of course not reconciled. When I heard that she refused to marry me, I couldn't wait to cut her with a knife." The old president said frankly to Tang Shi without hesitation: "That will I really took an axe and hid in the sorghum field, planning to hack the man to death, but she was there at the time, kneeling on the ground and telling me that feelings cannot be forced. She thanked me very much. But he really doesn't love me."

The old president held a glass of wine and drank a sip: "Later, I gave up, went abroad, and accidentally made a lot of money, so I started my own company, and the better, when my company goes public. , I went back to China and saw her once. At that time, she was riding a bicycle and sitting in the cold wind, sending her son to school, while I was sitting in a BMW, blowing the warm wind, but I watched It can be concluded that she had a very happy life. At that time, I had no longer the unwillingness and impulse of my youth. On the contrary, seeing her happy makes me feel at ease."

The old president picked up the wine glass, raised it to Tang Shi, and drank it in one breath: "When people love deeply, they will care about everything, but you don’t have to love deeply to get it. Love to the end. All you want in your heart is her happiness, even though that happiness is not yours, you will feel satisfied."

Tang Shi didn't speak, but drank all the wine in the glass with the old president.

After dinner, the old president took Tang Shi around his newly renovated courtyard, and showed him the antique toys he had collected throughout his life. Then he made a pot of sober tea for Tang Shi to drink before giving it away. Tang Shi left.