Ning Yuan listened to his cold words, as if she were a stranger, and her heart sank: "Okay."
Rong Zhaonan stood up and left the room.
Ning Yuan's eyes fell on his slender and straight back, and she sighed secretly.
She put on her clothes neatly, then thought about it, took two enamel jars and filled them with sparkling water that she had always kept at home.
Then she added mint and ice cubes. She remembered that he liked to drink sparkling water.
Ning Yuan opened the door and saw Rong Zhaonan in the yard, with Ah Hei and Ah Bai walking around him carefully and flatteringly.
The wolf is always a much stronger being than itself, holding a surrendering attitude.
"That... I've packed it up." Ning Yuan came out with sparkling water and handed it to him uncomfortably.
She hadn't seen him playing with Ah Hei and Ah Bai in the yard for a long time.
She admitted that she missed seeing this scene.
Rong Zhaonan took the cup but didn't drink it. He just entered the room and placed it by the window. He glanced at her coldly: "Sit down."
The aura on his body made Ning Yuan involuntarily sit down in front of him.
"Two things." Rong Zhaonan tapped his slender fingertips on the table and said emotionlessly.
"First, our marriage will be dissolved by the end of next year as originally planned. Do you have any other opinions?"
Ning Yuan's big eyes flashed with confusion. According to his no-nonsense character, once he decided to give up on her, he would arrange to get the divorce certificate from her as soon as possible.
But why did he still maintain their marriage as planned?
Ning Yuan thought for a while and asked: "Is there any special reason for this arrangement?"
Rong Zhaonan frowned: "If you need it for work, I hope you won't ask if you shouldn't."
The impatience in his voice made Ning Yuan pause, but she still lowered her eyes: "Okay."
Rong Zhaonan continued: "Second, unless I allow you, you cannot disclose our marital status to anyone during this period."
Ning Yuan was stunned and looked at him with her eyebrows slightly focused: "Are you planning to...have a hidden marriage? Is this also a work requirement?"
She felt a little uncomfortable and weird in her heart. She wanted to keep her marriage while hiding her existence as a wife. Why?
"Hidden marriage?" Rong Zhaonan had never heard of this term, but he quickly understood what it meant.
Hidden marriage - hiding one's marital status.
He said calmly: "Yes, work requirements."
Ning Yuan endured the doubts in her heart and sighed: "Many people around us know about our marriage. If you think it will not affect your work, then I will listen to you."
Rong Zhaonan stood up and said calmly: "Then you don't have to worry. When the time comes, someone will give you the divorce certificate."
Ning Yuan: "Okay..."
In other words, he didn't even have to show up in person to resolve their marital relationship.
After Rong Zhaonan explained the matter, he stood up and walked out the door.
Ning Yuan looked at his tall back and couldn't help but ask: "Wait a minute, are you leaving now?"
Rong Zhaonan stopped, looked her up and down, and twitched the corners of his lips mockingly——
"By the way, there are conditions for cooperating with you. You will be paid during this period. The 1,900 yuan placed with you is your reward for this period of time."
"What do you mean by that?" Ning Yuan bit her mouth and looked at him with anger.
In the past six months, he had put more and more money in her hands. It already amounted to 1,900 yuan, which was no longer a small amount.
Rong Zhaonan said coldly: "Literally, one thousand nineteen will buy you four months a year. There is only one rule you need to abide by - don't make any unpleasant or ugly trouble with other men outside. Let Someone got the handle!"
He was gone for two months, and she and Ou Minglang lived happily.
Ning Yuan's face turned pale, she clenched her fingers and took a deep breath——
"Rong Zhaonan, do you have to say how you say it? We are not enemies. I just want to say that Mr. Tang and Aunt Xia both miss you. If you come back rarely, at least have a meal with them."
When Rong Zhaonan heard Granny Xia and Mr. Tang, his cold face was slightly moved: "I know."
Ning Yuan lowered her long black eyelashes, stood up, and hurried past him: "I'm going to buy groceries."
She took her cloth satchel and went out without even looking at him.
When she got out of the yard, she couldn't help but blush at the tip of her nose, wiping tears with the back of her hand as she walked.
Although I already knew that meeting again would not be pleasant.
She thought she could tolerate it, but she still felt sad because of his harsh words.
why?
What did she do wrong? She just stuck to her true feelings. First, she didn't hang him for benefits, and second, she didn't put her foot in the same boat.
The two of them did everything except the last step.
He didn't accept her conditions, and she didn't force him to take responsibility. Why did he say those things to her? !
It’s like she is a woman who will do anything for money and doesn’t love herself!
The scorching sun at noon in late August made people's eyes bleed.
She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and suppressed all the sourness and sadness deep in her heart.
He made it clear at the beginning, and it turned out to be right. She would cooperate with his work unconditionally, as if she owed him.
By the end of next year, he will have a long journey ahead of him, and she will have a surging wave that she wants to see.
After all, there were decades between them.
Ning Yuan squeezed it tightly, smiled mockingly, and walked towards the market.
…
Mr. Tang and Aunt Xia returned from shopping in the department store and had already had lunch.
When they entered the door, they suddenly saw Rong Zhaonan coming back. The two elders were very happy.
"You kid, you don't even know you're coming back. Xiao Ning has to go to Fuda to study before coming back!" Granny Xia patted him on the back and rolled her eyes at him angrily.
Rong Zhaonan's eyes moved slightly: "Isn't her first choice to go to Guangdong University of Science and Technology?"
Mr. Tang adjusted his glasses and felt a little proud: "Of course my junior disciple will follow me to my alma mater!"
He studied at Fudan for a year before going to Oxford, and later became a teacher at Fudan.
Rong Zhaonan seemed to be reminded. He went back to his room and took out a document and handed it to Mr. Tang: "Speaking of your original unit, this is for you."
"For me?" Mr. Tang took it with some confusion, opened it and looked at it.
He looked up and down the document in disbelief: "This is... the document our unit gave me... to restore my benefits?!"
Rong Zhaonan smiled warmly: "Yes!"
When Grandma Xia heard this, she immediately stood on tiptoes and poked her head over: "Let me take a look! Let me take a look!"
After seeing the words on the document clearly, she grabbed Mr. Tang's sleeve excitedly: "Old man! Old man, you really restored your treatment!"
Mr. Tang's hands holding those documents trembled and he couldn't help laughing: "Is this true?"
Then, he suddenly took off his glasses, held his head and slowly squatted on the ground with tears streaming down his face: "I've waited... I've waited, I didn't expect this day to come!"
Grandma Xia's eyes were also red. She knelt down and hugged her husband, shedding tears and sobbing: "We've waited, we've waited!"
Looking at the two old people holding each other's arms and crying, Rong Zhaonan's cold eyes turned slightly red. Of course he understood this feeling.
After the two old men vented their inner emotions a little, he reached out to help Mr. Tang: "You can't be too excited, your heart is not good to begin with."
Grandma Xia also quickly went to help her wife: "Old man, Xiaonan is right, our good days are still ahead, don't get too excited!"
Mr. Tang was helped up, and he suddenly remembered something. He pulled Aunt Xia's back and looked at Rong Zhaonan: "My Axia... is it possible that she..."
Rong Zhaonan looked at Granny Xia and fell silent, as if with a silent apology.
Seeing this, Grandma Xia wiped her tears and patted Mr. Tang's arm with her backhand: "Hey, it's a great thing that you can resume your salary. Why are you talking about anything else!"
Mr. Tang was stunned, nodded quickly, and wiped his tears with his sleeve——
"Yes, that's right. It's a rare time for Mr. Nan to come back and bring me such great news. Let's make delicious food tonight!"
Rong Zhaonan smiled warmly: "Well, it's been a long time since I tasted Grandma Xia's cooking."
Grandma Xia wiped away her tears, but still couldn't help looking at him and asking: "Xiao Ning plans to take us to Shanghai together. When you come back this time, will you go to Shanghai with us?"
