723 Pujiang Riverside Talks about the Year (II)

The rotating restaurant on the top of the Pearl Lighthouse.

Jiang Zhihan and Ni Shang sat opposite each other, near the window. Looking down from a height of hundreds of meters, the Huning and Ningxia in the lights looked different.

The two of them ordered Western food very rarely because Ni Shang said that they rarely ate Western food since they left the United States (actually they didn't eat much when they were there), and they heard that the cooked here was quite authentic. Jiang Zhihan ordered goat meat, and Ni Shang asked for cod, which tasted good and had a small portion. Jiang Zhihan ordered a bottle of red wine produced in California, which was ten times more expensive than when they were there.

The chandeliers above the head have a soft halo but not dim. The diners sitting next to them are all gentle and polite, without loud noises. The chandeliers outside the window have brilliant lights, but they seem to be quiet across a world - to be honest, it is a good atmosphere for dinner.

The conversation was also quiet and comfortable, with some pauses, but there was no discontinuation. Ten years have passed, and after some twists and turns, the distantness is getting farther and farther away. After occasionally one or two quarrels, Jiang Zhihan found that the tacit understanding between the two people has not dissipated. They would not rush to fill the entire space with conversation. Sometimes one looks at each other, smiles, or a few minutes of silence are also soothing and orderly.

Ni Shang talked about some old friends - Fangfang's wedding and Xiaowei's honeymoon trip to South America. Ni Shang's impression of her husband was completely opposite. But with her personality, she naturally would not comment behind her friends, but just a faint sentence. However, the embroidery given by Xiao Yiwu seemed to impress her deeply. When she talked about the hazy first love between Xiao Yiwu and Fangfang, Jiang Zhihan added many things she didn't know before - although she was very good with Fangfang, she never knew about these things.

Ni Shang has always been a kind of person who respects his friends' "privacy", and this is even more so after staying in the United States for a few years. But today she asked Xiao Yiwu's recent situation unusually. Jiang Zhihan told her carefully as she knew it. Looking at her, she lowered her eyelids and smiled a little, but she couldn't hide her loneliness.

After the meal, Ni Shang asked for a cup of coffee after the meal. Jiang Zhihan couldn't get used to the coffee, so he asked for a dessert and shared it with her.

After experiencing the worldly love, he could not tell that Ni Shang had a bad impression of Fangfang's husband, but he could only sigh in secret.

He said: "I have only seen Fangfang's husband once in the United States. I felt that time was okay, a little proud, but it was inevitable that he came from a high-ranking official's house..."

Ni Shang raised his eyes, "Is his family a high-ranking official?"

Jiang Zhihan was stunned. It turned out that Fangfang couldn't even hide this, so she grinned.

Opposite the seat, the girl seemed to be thinking under the soft light. Today she is twenty-seven. After a few years of work, her temperament becomes more mature and steady, which is quite different from the images in his dreams. But Jiang Zhihan looked over and saw that she under the light seemed to be so similar to her when she was doing her homework when she was studying for her late self-study. That sitting posture, that expression, that faint smile, that soft eye wave, and that unique aura belonging to "Ni Shang".

Suddenly I remembered that after the breakup, there were very few times when the two of them had eaten alone together. All they could remember was two times, and they were in the vansas and the Grand Canyon on the other side of the ocean. The encounter between the Grand Canyon was as if God was destined. Looking back now, it seemed to have happened in another time and space, both real and illusory. That time, Ni Shang made up his mind to say goodbye, and his love for the past and the concerns he later. But he was a little at a loss.

But the unforgettable first love ten years ago, the entangled concerns after that, Bai Bingyan's death, Ni Jianguo's hatred, all of these finally need to be settled. He came to her today, naturally, not for Tan Fangfang or Xiao Yiwu, but for their past.

He raised his eyes and said, "Before I... came, I forgot that today was your birthday."

Ni Shang blinked her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled. Ten years ago, that birthday was so grand that they made an appointment to be together in the next life. But time passed, and birthdays would slowly be forgotten.

Jiang Zhihan said: "There are too many things during this period, it's really a mess. But when I saw you, I remembered it, but I couldn't look back. Today is...I want to tell you something, but... I'm really afraid...it will ruin your birthday mood."

Ni Shang pursed her lips, "Let's hear it."

Jiang Zhihan breathed out, "Your company is going to be listed in Singapore next year, do you know?"

Ni Shang nodded, "I just realized."

Jiang Zhihan looked at her, "I am the major shareholder of this company. I asked Xiaowei to recommend you to go there, and I asked her not to tell you, and I hope you don't blame her."

Ni Shang's eyes were bright, and her face seemed to be free of joy or worry.

Jiang Zhihan said in a deep voice: "I... do think that job is suitable for you. But no matter what, doing these things without hiding them... is a kind of disrespect, and is... wrong."

Ni Shang smiled, "So, we worked hard to develop products, and the money ended up in your pockets and Xiao Mo's pockets."

Jiang Zhihan raised his eyebrows, and even Xiaowei didn't know that Lin Mo was another major shareholder of Cayman Investment.

He was a little surprised, "You knew it long ago?"

Ni Shang nodded, "I had a meal with Ningcui last year. She had to drink, but she fell down after drinking."

Although Jiang Zhihan didn't know why she suddenly mentioned this, he still smiled and said, "You are so powerful now, even she is drinking it?"

Ni Shang said: "Didn't Xiao Gu find a fiancée? She wanted to get drunk for a while, and she would get drunk if anyone else." After so many years, the feelings of the past had long faded away, but they were still in her heart.

She drank some red wine and her eyes seemed to be brighter. "Ningcui was drunk and said a lot, and it also talked about you... and she said something to me, saying that I would come to you when I call you, and go when I call you."

She stared at her beautiful eyes, "Is that true, Zhihan?"

Jiang Zhihan reached out and touched his chin, "She is in a bad mood, you are still serious about her."

Ni Shang said softly: "It's not me who was serious, I only found out that night. It turns out... it turns out that many of our friends are talking about you..."

She lowered her head slightly, "What she said is not completely unreasonable. When my mother passed away, I needed your help. Even if Wu Yin was there, I went to find you willfully, right?" She held the corner of her mouth, raised her head and met his gaze. "I still disagree with your approach when looking back at Tom. But... I was too much at that time, I was not..."

She seemed to have some difficulties in organizing the words, "Looking back, when we were seventeen or eighteen years old, we were not mature enough to know how to get along with our lovers. When we were twenty-two or three years old, we thought we had grown up, but we might not even learn how to get along with our friends. In the United States, we usually say that everyone should always have a grateful heart and don't think it's right for anyone to treat you well. Maybe you have helped me too much, so I unconsciously regard it as my duty. So, Zhihan, if my words have hurt you, I hope you can forgive me."

Jiang Zhihan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He mustered up the courage to face his past and mistakes tonight, but what he got was like.

Ni Shang smiled warmly, "I will be twenty-seven from today, and I will go to thirty in a blink of an eye. I think I am slowly learning how to cherish the friendship of my friends and get along with them."

Below the Pearl Lighthouse, the street is very wide. But under the cover of two rows of skyscrapers, it seems that there is still a sense of oppression.

In the spring evening, there was already a little chill, but it was not the bone-bone type. The two of them walked side by side. When they looked up, the restaurant where the dinner just now seemed to be hanging in the sky, with the lights and the moon shining together.

Ni Shang did not ask Jiang Zhihan why he arranged someone to protect her, and of course he did not object. She just mentioned indifferently, asking him to be careful. The risks in the shopping malls are sometimes no less than war.

Jiang Zhihan walked half a step behind her, watching her hair gently raised and fell, and she felt a little stunning.

Walking through a street intersection, there is a three-story building that is rare and short here. A black car parked at the street intersection. When the driver saw them coming, he had already come down and stood by to welcome him.

Jiang Zhihan said to Ni Shang: "This Swiss bank has only entered the mainland. They have a reputation for two hundred years and have always been the bank I trust the most."

Ni Shang turned his head and looked at him with some confusion.

Jiang Zhihan took out a magnetic card from his pocket and handed it to her.

Ni Shang took it, took a look, and gave him a questioning look.

Jiang Zhihan said solemnly: "These days, I have been determined to give the past a break and an explanation. I have tried to face some things and mistakes that I have always wanted to escape. For example, I have never had the courage to face Xiao Yin and said sorry to her in person, but I am going back this time."

He swallowed, "But... I'm more timid than I thought, Ni Shang... You once said that I have a big secret hidden from you. You guessed that I do have a secret, and it has something to do with your parents. I came here today and thought I could tell you in person, but I still don't have the courage. There is a safe in this bank, where I store everything about this matter."

Ni Shang's pupils involuntarily magnified.

Jiang Zhihan said: "Aunt Bai's death... was an unfortunate accident. But two days before she left Zhongzhou, I met her and talked to her. She said she once hoped that you could have a prosperous and successful life, but later she felt that a happy life was far more important. I always wanted to tell you, and I knew I couldn't hide it from you forever... But I didn't have the courage after all... I always made various excuses, and I didn't want to mention those unhappy past events again, or told you when you have shoulders to rely on. But looking back, the depths of my heart may still be because of selfishness."

He was a little distorted, "Anyway... they are all there. As for the password, I told you ten years ago, I don't know if you still remember it?"

Ni Shang's chest undulated for a moment, and subconsciously pinched the card hard.

Jiang Zhihan said softly: "Ni Shang, many times I really want to help you and want to redeem some sins, but in the end it hurts you more. Just like today's birthday, I wanted to say happy birthday, but it may be the source of your unhappiness."

He said: "I was caught off guard when I was in the Grand Canyon. Maybe you were right, I haven't matured to learn to be even a friend. But we're all grown up and I want you to know that no matter when, anywhere, whatever, if you want, I'm willing to be the friend who comes to call for the rest of my life."

Ni Shang bit Xiachun and nodded gently.

Jiang Zhihan said: "The subway should be stopped... Let my driver take you home, okay?"

Ni Shang looked at him deeply and nodded.

She pinched the card, as if she was pinching her own destiny, and walked towards the car door step by step.

Hearing the footsteps, she turned her head, and for the first time many years later, he opened his arms and gently hugged her into his arms.

In her ear, he repeated the words he had said countless times, "Ni Shang, be happy..."

As she got into the car, Ni Shang closed the car door. She turned her head and looked out the window. It was far away in the night. She suddenly saw a teardrop from the corner of his eyes frozen there.

Over the years, although the friendship is still there, she feels that the two sides are getting farther and farther away, and no longer know each other as before. Seeing the tears, she feels sad, as if she has recovered the boy from many years ago at that moment.

She suddenly had the urge to push open the car door, but he had turned around and walked towards the street entrance.

The girl's hands stopped in the air and stopped.

But I heard the driver ask, Miss Ni, can we set off?

She turned around and looked at his back again and nodded.

Turning his head, the sign of the bank was printed into his eyes. The three square letters, like their style, stood there neatly.

(Thank you for your support, a happy weekend)
Chapter completed!