77 - Congratulations, Rong Qi, you are going to be a father.
Bang.
There was another loud noise outside, it must be the man coming back from drinking again.
After a while, Rong Wantang's voice sounded. She lowered her voice and said, "Xiao Qi is still reading in the room. Please keep your voice down."
In the room, the little boy sitting at the desk was holding a book. look.
The cover says junior high school mathematics.
He looked at the book in front of him quietly, turning a deaf ear to any movement outside, and didn't even blink his eyelids.
"Look, if you read books all day long, you will become a nerd sooner or later," the man's dissatisfied voice came from outside.
Soon, there was a sound of opening the door, but it was because the door was locked.
I could only hear the sound of the door lock being pulled back and forth, followed by the man yelling: "Who asked you to lock the door? Who asked you to lock it in my house?"
The door was kicked hard twice.
Rong Wantang arrived again and dragged the man away: "What on earth do you want to do? The child is reading a book."
Although the man now loves to drink, he has not yet reached the stage of beating someone.
From the beginning to the end, Rong Qi, who was sitting in the room, did not raise his head and focused on the book.
The man could not disturb him in the slightest.
It wasn't until two weeks later that the teacher came to visit home for the first time to discuss Rong Qi's studies with Rong Wantang.
The teacher looked at Rong Wantang and said gently: "Our school leaders also attach great importance to Rong Qi's situation. Although he is in the first grade now, the book knowledge in the first grade is too simple for him, so the school leaders feel that , he should be taught according to his aptitude and let him skip a grade."
Rong Wantang was a little surprised: "Does he need to skip a grade?"
She is not the kind of mother who has high expectations for her children. Instead, she thinks that he should grow up happily and healthily, and there is no need to be too outstanding. Once a child is too outstanding, the expectations he needs to bear will also be high.
Others had mentioned skipping a grade before, but Rong Wantang didn't take it seriously until the teacher brought it up.
The teacher carefully explained the current situation in front of Rong Qi: "Other teachers told me that he was reading other books in class, but if you ask him, he can answer any question. To be honest, we rarely meet him in our school For students like this, the school has been discussing this matter for a long time. We feel that the most important thing is not to be alone about the future of the child. After all, each of these gifted children is precious."
The man sat aside and said nothing. , only occasionally glanced at Rong Qi.
Genius, ever since Rong Qi revealed his talent, these two words have been like a shadow.
Not only did the man not receive the respect he deserved, he was also ridiculed because no one thought that a man like him could give birth to such an outstanding son.
When the teacher left, Rong Wantang stood up to see him off.
After the teacher left, Rong Qi quietly stood up and prepared to go back to the room to continue reading.
"Do you want to skip a grade?" Suddenly, a man asked from the side.
Rong Qi raised his eyes and looked at him. Although the little boy still maintained the appearance of an innocent child with red lips and white teeth, his dark eyes like thick ink looked so indifferent when he looked over.
There is a kind of calm detachment that makes adults feel ashamed when they see it.
I don't know how long it's been since, but Rong Qi hasn't called him daddy again.
Even if the man spoke to him, he would just brush it off and prepare to leave.
But this time, the man seemed to be stimulated by his eyes and rushed over like crazy.
Choked his neck.
Ahem.
When Rong Qi woke up from his sleep, this memory was so clear in his mind.
Because this is not a dream, it is a real memory.
He looked up and saw that the surroundings were dark. This was not a house he was familiar with, but a rented one.
In order to treat my mother's illness, my grandparents sold their house. It was an old house with a small area and the price was not high.
Initially, everything was fine with the treatment, and the doctors said there was hope.
But my mother's condition suddenly worsened.
Even if Rong Qi returns to Shanghai and stays with her mother, she still cannot save her life.
This was the first day after his mother passed away. Rong Qi woke up from a nightmare. He walked to the bedside and happened to see the moon in the black starry sky outside, glowing with white light, gentle and moist.
Suddenly, the figure of the girl at night broke into his mind again.
She said everything will be fine, right, everything will be fine.
Emotions always fermented when it was too quiet late at night, and he didn't know why. He just wanted to see that girl again, as if seeing her again would give him a new goal in life.
Isn't that how people are, relying on one goal after another to reach the end.
Mom always said that she hoped he could live a normal and ordinary life.
Since you don't want to go back to the juvenile class, then become an ordinary high school student.
But this idea completely disappeared during the day, and he strolled down the street without wanting to do anything.
He was pulled again and again like this, until that day he watched his grandfather tear out another page from the family calendar, and it turned out that it was already August 20th.
He actually hesitated for more than a month.
A sudden sense of urgency arose in his heart.
But he has never taken the high school entrance examination, and it is not possible for him to go to a prestigious school like No. 1 Middle School.
So Rong Qi began to fight for himself for the first time. He went to the tutor of his youth class and told him that he wanted to go back to high school.
The teacher probably also knew that he had experienced the pain of losing his mother at a young age and had undergone sudden changes, but he did not persuade him to come back.
Instead, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to helping him find a way to enter No. 1 Middle School.
He already had admission qualifications for the juvenile class, and when he was in junior high school, he won the National Mathematical Olympiad special prize.
After hard work, I actually got the green channel admission to No. 1 Middle School.
After all, students like him, no matter where they go, are good prospects that prestigious schools want to win over.
But despite this, he was still able to enter the school one month later than others when applying for admission qualifications.
On the first day of school, Rong Qi thought that as long as he was in the same school, he would always be able to see her.
And when he walked into the classroom, he almost saw the girl sitting there with her head down writing something. Even when the teacher came, she just raised her head casually, then lowered her head again and continued writing.
At that moment, Rong Qi felt that all his hard work was worth it.
The moment he saw her, something seemed to bloom silently in his heart.
Those three years were almost the most relaxed and comfortable years for him. He didn't have to think about anything and just studied quietly.
What I look forward to most every day is entering the classroom.
Because she sat in the front row, although Rong Qi sat at the back door, he never entered the classroom through the back door.
Only when you enter the classroom through the front door can you look at her unscrupulously.
Occasionally she raised her head and their eyes met. In Rong Qi's indifferent expression, she smiled unconsciously.
Because he knew that she didn't like others to disturb her study, Rong Qi never showed his affection for her even once.
Except for that time when she was ill, I personally copied class notes for her for a week.
But in the three years of high school, she only said a handful of words to him.
The most recent time was when he signed up for a three-thousand-meter long-distance run because he was worried about her.
She kept asking herself what she needed.
It was obvious that he was extremely happy in his heart, but on the surface he still maintained his aloof attitude.
After she left, Rong Qi also complained in his heart about what he was pretending to do. He was the one who obviously liked her, but he still pretended not to care.
No one knows how much he likes her.
I like it so much that even just looking at her, I feel like there is hope in life.
Until he went to college, he never showed any feelings towards her.
At the beginning of his sophomore year, he hit it off with Fang Xinyang, and the two started a business.
At that time, I was so tired every day that I barely had a single thought, and Cheng Li's shadow seemed to fade away.
Until one day, when I was replying to someone else's WeChat message, I clicked on a group of high school classmates that I had always blocked, and I saw someone in the group asking for Cheng Li's mobile phone number, as if he had something to do with her.
Cheng Li was not in that group at that time.
I don't know who it was, but took a screenshot of Cheng Li's phone number and sent it to the group.
But the other party seemed to think this was inappropriate and quickly withdrew the information.
Although it only lasted a few seconds, his extraordinary memory still allowed him to remember Cheng Li's mobile phone number.
At first, he didn't want to disturb her life. He had nothing, and he was thousands of miles away, so how could he talk about the future?
After finally successfully getting his first financing from the company, Rong Qi still couldn't hold it back.
I want to share this good news with her.
He took out his cell phone, and the phone number seemed to appear in his mind. Every number was imprinted on it, and he never forgot it for a moment.
The second he made the call, there were countless thoughts boiling in Rong Qi's mind.
What should he say in the first sentence?
Could she no longer remember herself?
Or, if he told Cheng Li that his company had received financing, would she think she was weird?
As the ringing on the phone stopped, a clear and pleasant voice came from the other side: "Hello, who's there?"
In just a few words, Rong Qi recognized her voice.
This was the first time he heard Cheng Li's voice after two years.
He opened his mouth, but all the words were blocked in his throat. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would say anything.
"Cheng Li," suddenly a male voice came from beside her, calling her name.
Cheng Li immediately responded: "I know, wait a minute."
Rong Qi felt that at that moment, there was a big stone pressing on his heart.
At this time, Cheng Li's voice sounded in his ears again: "Hello."
When she heard that no one spoke on the other side, she seemed to be used to it, and said gently: "I have something to do now, I have to hang up, goodbye."
With her usual distant and polite tone, Rong Qi knew that she didn't know that the person opposite was her.
She probably just treats everyone out of habit.
The strange boy's voice also made Rong Qi completely understand that her life had already changed.
When she goes to college, she will no longer be the same as she was in high school.
She may get a boyfriend and make new friends.
High school classmates have long become a thing of the past, and he, a person thousands of miles away, has withdrawn from her life.
But he was not willing to leave it like this.
After that, he took the initiative to add her WeChat account. As a high school classmate, it is normal to add her WeChat account.
They seemed to think so too.
His application was approved, but neither of them took the initiative to speak.
In this way, they became people quietly lying on each other's lists on WeChat, but she became his first and only star friend.
Every time I open the address book, her name is always at the top.
Cheng Li is not someone who posts frequently on WeChat Moments.
But fortunately, she occasionally shares it.
It was precisely because of this that Rong Qi was able to guess her current life.
She was successfully admitted to graduate school because of this incident, Meng Yuange gave her expensive Japanese food.
She graduated from college.
She has never had a boyfriend.
Originally, he was also in the high school class group, but unfortunately that group later disbanded for unknown reasons. He probably formed a new group later, but no one invited him again.
At that time, Qiyu Technology had already improved and became a unicorn enterprise that many investment institutions were optimistic about.
He became even busier because he always remembered her words.
Let her hear his name all the time in the days to come.
Please pray.
He wanted her to hear his name, even if he had to do everything he could to reach the top.
Finally, the company's financing became larger and larger, and his worth quickly exceeded 100 million or 1 billion. He became the youngest self-made entrepreneur in the media.
In this internet age, this story is no fairy tale.
The higher he stood, the busier he became, and he felt further and further away from Cheng Li's world.
Over the years, he has been in Beijing and she has been in Shanghai.
He also wants to move the headquarters back to Shanghai. Both he and Fang Xinyang are from the south. Shanghai is also the largest financial city in Asia. It is free and full of vitality.
But these changes cannot happen overnight.
The day Cheng Li graduated from graduate school.
Rong Qi was in Shanghai. It was obvious that Fang Xinyang should be here for this business trip, but he chose to come instead.
He missed her undergraduate graduation ceremony because she was abroad.
He didn't want to miss it again this time.
This is also the first time Rong Qi has walked into J University. This is where she has studied and lived for nearly seven years, but he has a timidity that is close to home. This is also the first time they have met after they separated.
He entered the auditorium along with other family and friends who came to watch the ceremony.
A huge crowd, all the graduates wearing the same dress and hat, were waiting under the stage for the ceremony to begin.
Until Cheng Li's name appeared, Rong Qi stared at the audience closely.
I saw a figure stand up and follow other students on the stage.
Rong Qi sat there, quietly watching her go on stage, watching her accept the earrings from the dean, and watching her receive her diploma.
At the end of the ceremony, he stared at her figure closely and saw her parents appear.
Her father handed her the bouquet in his hand.
After Cheng Li reached out and hugged her parents, they left the auditorium together and went outside to take pictures.
"Cheng Li, happy graduation."
"Cheng Li, come and take pictures with us."
Not long after he left, he heard many people around him calling her name. She was still like she was in high school and didn't need any performance. They are all the most popular among the crowd.
Her parents stood aside and smiled as they watched her taking photos with other classmates.
very nice.
The girl he likes is different from him.
She has a complete family and she always lives in the sunshine.
Smile and happiness always surround her.
Rong Qi stood not far away, looking at her from a distance.
He was like an outsider, always standing by and watching her.
For a moment, he wondered in a daze, if she saw him, would she still recognize him?
A high school classmate who has not been in contact for several years suddenly appears at her graduation ceremony. What should he say to make his behavior appear reasonable?
Or, just tell her directly.
But there were too many people around Cheng Li that day, and her eyes never fell in his direction.
Just like when she graduated from high school, on the day when her graduation photos were taken, many classmates brought their own cameras and took pictures with her. But cameras were a luxury item for Rong Qi at that time.
He didn't.
So he could only watch her take pictures one after another with others.
At this moment, Rong Qi picked up the camera he brought specially and raised his hand to take a photo of her graduation.
Think of it as making up for the regrets of high school.
But the second he pressed the shutter, someone called Cheng Li's name again. She turned around and looked over. The last photo captured on the camera screen was only her back.
Rong Qi looked down at the photo of his back in the camera and was silent for a long time.
Perhaps, this is the ending for him and her.
It's his regret that is always full of regret.
After returning, Rong Qi began to make preparations to move the headquarters to Shanghai. The office building in Shanghai was also the first building built by Qiyu Technology himself.
Two years, very quickly.
On the day when the company's office building was completed, Rong Qi finally felt settled in his heart.
When he returns to Shanghai, he can slowly get closer to her.
Maybe, it's a little late, but fortunately he now has such an opportunity.
But God seemed to deliberately play this joke on him. That night, he saw Cheng Li's latest post on WeChat Moments. She was leaning on a man's shoulder, and he put his arms around her.
Both of them had happy smiles on their faces.
She is in love.
Even Rong Qi couldn't deceive himself with such an intimate act.
Amidst his hesitations time and time again, he clearly had one hundred percent sincerity, but he did not dare to show it easily. Life does not always hold opportunities for him.
Cheng Li's life will not always wait for him.
She didn't even know that there was someone in this world who loved her so much.
At that time, Rong Qi's heart was empty, and he was still working.
But the whole person fell into the feeling of losing direction again.
Until Luo Zhongyu came to Beijing, Jiang Zhe called everyone together for another reunion.
That night, Rong Qi drank a lot without anyone's persuasion.
Perhaps Luo Zhongyu saw something was wrong with him, so he asked privately: "Our old classmates are getting together, sister Rong, why do you drink so much? Are you under too much pressure at work?"
Now Qiyu has become an emerging brand in the country. The market value of technology companies has already exceeded 100 billion.
In just a few years, he achieved great and brilliant success.
Rong Qi shook his head: "No."
"What happened?" Luo Zhongyu asked again.
Probably the emotions that have been accumulated in my heart for a long time have been completely fermented under the influence of alcohol. The love buried in my heart wants to find an outlet to vent it out.
"What should you do if you always forget someone but can't forget it?"
Rong Qi looked at Luo Zhongyu and asked for advice sincerely.
Luo Zhongyu was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Do you have someone you like?"
"Well, I have liked someone for a long, long time. She is the first and only one." Rong Qi seemed to smile bitterly, as the cold wind blew across his cheeks. , his voice was so raw in the wind: "She has always been the only one."
Luo Zhongyu was shocked in his heart, and it was rare to see him like this. He couldn't help but hate iron and steel and said: "Just go after you if you like it, a grown man, Don't be hesitant."
Rong Qi raised the corner of his mouth and showed a self-deprecating smile.
Yes, there shouldn't be so much hesitation in life, otherwise he wouldn't even have a chance to get close to happiness.
But he just knew it too late and missed everything.
"She is living a good life now, and I don't want to disturb her easily," Rong Qi looked into the distance.
Luo Zhongyu has always been a resolute character. She immediately said: "What a shit, if she is good and you are not, what's the point? You haven't even tried it, how do you know whether what she is living is true?" Okay."
Perhaps, it was this sentence that gave Rong Qi another glimmer of hope.
It's just about falling in love.
Right.
There is still a chance for him.
So this time, when he returned to Shanghai, the first thing he did was to buy a house for his grandparents. When the assistant showed him the addresses of several houses to choose from, the bungalow near her home was immediately attracted by the house. He liked it.
Somehow, his fate with her seemed not to be over.
Until that Chinese Valentine's Day, when he was working overtime at the company, Jiang Zhe called him out for a drink.
In fact, the reason why he was willing to go was because he couldn't meditate.
After being in the same city as Cheng Li, he seemed to miss her more and more, especially on festivals like Chinese Valentine's Day. Rong Qi smiled bitterly, she must be dating.
So much so that in the bar, he saw Cheng Li sitting not far away.
He thought that at this moment he fell into a dream.
She was sitting not far away, so close to him that she even saw him.
The moment the two looked at each other, Rong Qi used all his restraint to suppress the joy in his eyes.
She didn't go on a date on Chinese Valentine's Day? ?
When this thought came to his mind, his world seemed to light up.
Sure enough, when she left, Rong Qi faintly heard something about the scumbag saying that he could go away. It turned out that she had encountered a rough relationship. Obviously he didn't want to see her sad, but Rong Qi still couldn't deceive himself.
At that moment, he was happy.
And this time, he won't hesitate anymore.
So, the next day, he started moving for his grandparents. If he lived near her home, there would always be a chance to meet her.
And when he looked back, he saw her standing at the intersection, talking to grandma.
Rong Qi also completely understood.
This time, it was another opportunity given to him by God.
Since you can't forget it, don't forget it.
When another opportunity comes, he won't hesitate anymore.
This time, he will hold on tightly, his moon.
The story belonging to Rong Qi and Cheng Li also begins again at this moment.
"Husband, what are you busy with?" The door to the study room was pushed open, and Cheng Li poked her head in.
Rong Qi looked down at the book in his hand, which contained a photo of Cheng Li's back.
When he was looking for something in the study just now, he saw this book and took it out.
This is Cheng Li's favorite book.
And inside was the only photo he took of her.
"Reading," Rong Qi closed the book, put it back on the bookshelf, stood up and walked towards her.
Cheng Li glared at him slightly: "Mr. Rong, our honeymoon is about to begin. Are you sure you really don't want to pack your things?"
"Go and pack now."
Both of them are busy people, especially Rong Qi, because he is planning to get married. A lot of work was postponed.
So after the two got married, they didn't have time for a honeymoon.
It wasn't until August that the two of them finally found time for a week.
After much deliberation, Cheng Li still wanted to go to the island.
Even if you do nothing, just soak in the swimming pool every day and look at the blue sea and sky, you can completely relax your body and mind.
Although the two of them took wedding photos and went to the beach once before, that time was in the Aegean Sea in Europe.
So this time the two decided to go to Tahiti.
Cheng Li bought a bunch of suitable long dresses. She wanted to wear them beautifully when going to the beach.
Meng Yuange even sent her a bunch of sexy swimsuit links, asking her to seize the opportunity and have a honeymoon baby.
Cheng Li expressed his gratitude to Bu Min.
On the day of the trip, the two of them took their luggage and were taken to the airport by the driver.
Because we were flying first class, although the journey was long, it was not too tiring.
Cheng Li really had a lot of fun this time. She and Rong Qi tried many things that they had never tried before, especially paragliding. The unwillingness to admit defeat in her bones was activated. Many people did not dare to play, so she directly try.
So much so that she posted the video to her WeChat Moments, which scared Teacher Ling back home and called her on the spot.
"These things are very dangerous," Teacher Ling said in an angry voice.
Cheng Li just laughed.
Fortunately, no matter what she wants to try, Rong Qi will always be by her side.
When the two put on shallow water equipment and dived into the water, Rong Qi held her hand like that, and the two roamed on the bottom of the sea. The sun was shining directly from the sea, and Cheng Li raised her hand to catch it.
Rong Qi floated beside her, looking at her with an indulgent smile.
This week, both of them refused any work and concentrated on playing.
Cheng Li also tasted all the delicacies that could be found in Tahiti. After having enough fun, she easily returned home.
After returning to Shanghai, Cheng Li occasionally mentioned things about Tahiti, which made Rong Qi chuckle and hug her: "If you like it so much, you can go there every year."
"That won't work, go every year , it's easy to get bored, go somewhere else next year."
Rong Qi nodded: "Then spend a honeymoon every time."
With the person you love, every day is actually a honeymoon.
More than a month later after returning.
Because it was National Day in October, Cheng Li remembered clearly that she got up a little late in the morning, but Rong Qi still made her a breakfast of simple sandwiches and fried eggs.
But when Cheng Li looked at the love omelette in front of her, she didn't move her chopsticks for a long time.
Rong Qi looked at her: "No appetite?"
"No," Cheng Li said softly, holding back the discomfort in her heart, "I just feel a little..."
Rong Qi raised his eyebrows: "A little something?"
Cheng Li was embarrassed. After all, she worked hard to make breakfast, and it would be too hurtful for her to say that she felt a little sick.
But the body's reaction cannot be deceived.
Suddenly, Cheng Li retched.
She quickly reached for a tissue and covered her mouth.
Rong Qi raised his eyes and looked over. Cheng Li apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it."
"I know," Rong Qi's deep voice showed obvious trembling.
It was this trembling that made Cheng Li realize something was wrong.
Retching.
Isn't this just a reaction to pregnancy?
But Cheng Li calmed down instantly. What if it wasn't the case? What if she just had an upset stomach?
She was afraid that she would rejoice in vain, so she looked at Rong Qi and advised, "Rong Qi, calm down first."
"I can't calm down," Rong Qi sat opposite, his voice getting trembling.
Cheng Li: "Let's not judge easily first. We must judge from a scientific perspective."
"Okay," Rong Qi nodded and stood up directly.
Cheng Li watched him walk out and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Buy a pregnancy test stick."
An hour later, Rong Qi stood at the door of the bathroom, pacing back and forth.
It's been twenty minutes since Cheng Li went in.
Just when he was hesitating to knock on the door, the bathroom door was opened, and Cheng Li stood at the door with a calm face.
Rong Qi looked at her overly calm and indifferent expression, and the expectations in his heart were extinguished inch by inch.
"It's okay, we still..."
Cheng Li said, "Rong Qi, you can think of the name of the child."
"Ah?" Rong Qi looked straight at Cheng Li before he finished his words of comfort.
Cheng Li reached out to hug him and whispered: "Congratulations, Rong Qi, you are going to be a father."
The moment Rong Qi hugged her, he was still in a trance.
As if being hit by a boulder, his mind went blank.
Once upon a time, even in his dreams, he never dared to imagine this fairy tale ending.
But now, it's become his reality.
This time, he grabbed the love of his life and his happiness without hesitation.
The author has something to say:
This chapter was written from the perspective of Rong Qi. Hesitation time and time again almost made him lose Cheng Li forever, but fortunately he seized the last chance.