Later, I paid the CEO's ex-husband

Before today, as the date of the funeral got closer, Ren Chuming behaved more and more strangely.On the surface, he is still as usual, making breakfast, accompanying Chu Ruo to work, handling company affairs remotely, holding meetings with company executives remotely, listening to reports from Liu Guo and other subordinates, and even finding time to go to the gym to exercise—Ren Chuming is like A wind-up top, tireless and always full of energy.

But only Chu Ruo, who lives in the same room with Ren Chuming, can know that something is wrong with Ren Chuming.That day Chu Ruo woke up in the early morning and found that it was not the last time that Ren Chuming was guarding the bed. After that, Chu Ruo would wake up suddenly every time in the early morning, and then found that Ren Chuming was sitting by the bed without any surprise, motionless and watching look at yourself.

Chu Ruo never felt that Ren Chuming was scary, because Ren Chuming never let go of malice, and he knew that Ren Chuming would not hurt himself.He just loves Ren Chuming.

But every time Chu Ruo asked him why he was like this, Ren Chuming didn't answer him, he just patted Chu Ruo on the shoulder, let Chu Ruo continue to sleep, then went out and returned to his room.

On the day of the funeral, Chu Ruo still woke up in the early morning and found Ren Chuming beside the bed, and Ren Chuming also let him sleep.But when Chu Ruo opened his eyes at six o'clock in the morning, he saw Ren Chuming sitting beside his bed, already asleep - he didn't go back to his room that day.

Ren Chuming who was asleep made Chu Ruo feel distressed, his face was undefended and fragile, and he even breathed lightly.With difficulty, Chu Ruo restrained her urge to hug him, and just patted him lightly.

Ren Chuming opened his eyes suddenly, although his eyes were hazy, they were still vigilant.But after seeing clearly that it was Chu Ruo, he blinked slightly, his vigilance was gone, and he said "Morning" in a hoarse voice.

Chu Ruo knew that Ren Chuming was afraid, but he didn't know what Ren Chuming was afraid of, so he could only stay with him all the time.It was indeed beyond everyone's expectations that he would appear today.However, Ren Chuming said hello in advance, so Chen Jing's family and Ren Kaiyang regarded Chu Ruo as Ren Chuming's friend.

Huawen didn't think so, but today was a special occasion, so he didn't care about it, and all his thoughts were on Ren Kaiyang.

Ren Kaiyang is really old, no matter how much he denies and resists, the scene of his close friends lying in the coffin for many years also reminds him that he is no longer young, he is old, and time is slowly taking their lives .

Chen Jing's wife was numb from crying, and was also supported by her and Chen Jing's only son, Chen Song.After the funeral, Ren Kaiyang, who was supported by Hua Wen, walked up to Chen Jing's wife and said sadly, "My condolences."

Chen Jing's wife covered her mouth with a handkerchief, swallowed all the crying, closed her eyes and nodded heavily.

Ren Chuming and Chu Ruo stood side by side not far away.Throughout the funeral, Ren Chuming remained silent, and Chu Ruo stayed with him, never speaking.

Chen Jing's wife signed a cremation agreement and wanted to accompany her lover through the final journey.The long-haired master of ceremonies led her to the cremation room. Ren Kaiyang couldn't hold on any longer and sat down slumped.

Ren Chuming and Huawen stepped forward.Ren Chuming raised his hand to press Ren Kaiyang's shoulder, Huawen comforted him in a low voice.

Ren Kaiyang sat there with his head down, his whole body collapsed.

Standing where she was, Chu Ruo saw Ren Kaiyang raised his hand slightly, pressed the back of Ren Chuming's hand, and patted it lightly.

Ren Chuming didn't say anything, he gently squeezed his father's shoulder again, turned around and walked towards Chu Ruo.

"Come out with me." Ren Chuming came to Chu Ruo, and finally said the first sentence of the day, his voice was hoarse and inhuman.

Chu Ruo nodded, and walked out of the hall with Ren Chuming to a garden outside the funeral parlor.

"Uncle Chen and my father have known each other for 35 years," Ren Chuming pressed one of his trouser pockets, and began to speak, "They became good friends when they were 20 years old. One genuinely rejoices, the other sincerely suffers when one fails..."

Ren Chuming spoke in a calm tone and expression, but he reached into his trouser pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes.

"I'm quitting smoking," Ren Chuming said, looking at the pack of cigarettes in his hand, "but I really want to smoke one now."

Chu Ruo didn't speak, but stretched out her hand to take Ren Chuming's cigarette case, took out one from it, and bit her mouth.Then he reached into Ren Chuming's trouser pocket and quickly found a lighter.He lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, then turned the cigarette holder and handed it to Ren Chuming.

Ren Chuming leaned over in Chu Ruo's posture, with his jaw tensed, he took the cigarette in Chu Ruo's hand, took a puff and narrowed his eyes.

Chu Ruo kept watching Ren Chuming.

Ren Chuming closed his eyes and continued to speak slowly: "Uncle Chen watched me be born and grow up. He is already a relative to me, my father, and Mr. Hua."

"I have lost relatives, more than once." Ren Chuming's face was hidden under the curling smoke ring, and his voice became ethereal.Chu Ruo turned her head away, not looking at him.

Ren Chuming was still talking, as if after being silent for many days, he was finally about to pour out all the boredom in his heart at this moment.

"We knew about Uncle Chen's illness a long time ago, and we were mentally prepared for it, but we didn't expect this day to come so suddenly."

"It feels like, I knew this person would leave us, but I don't know when, so we are counting how many days he has earned from the illness every day. Finally, on that day, the illness is completely gone. Taking him away from us, his life stopped on that day, and we also stopped counting on that day—how much mental preparation and calculation are useless. When death hits directly, people have no parry Power."

Chu Ruo put her hand on Ren Chuming's shoulder and squeezed it lightly.He found that Ren Chuming seemed to be a little thinner, and his shoulder bones were a little prickly.

"It may be a terrible thing for you to watch me sleep without your consent these few days." Ren Chuming suddenly mentioned the things of the past few days.

Chu Ruo froze for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I never thought you were scary."

"That's because I remembered the past." Ren Chuming lowered his hand holding the cigarette, looked at Chu Ruo and said.

Chu Ruo opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't utter a word.

"I think about my family leaving us, and I think about two years ago."

"Stop talking..." Chu Ruo squeezed out a voice from her throat, "Stop talking..."

"Two years ago we made an appointment to meet at the airport and board the plane together, but I waited at the airport until our plane took off and you didn't show up, and then I got a call saying that you had a car accident on the way to the airport, Chu Yunhua couldn't be saved on the spot. When I arrived at the hospital, Chu Yunhua had already entered the morgue, and Bu Yang and you were still trying to save him. Later, Bu Yang couldn't wake up again, and you were lying on the bed with many scars. Although he woke up, he seemed to follow them as well."

Chu Ruo clasped her head in both hands, begged tremblingly, "Stop talking..."

"And then," Ren Chuming raised his hand holding the cigarette, put his mouth on the cigarette holder, took a puff of the cigarette, and then said softly, "You want to leave me."

Chu Ruo's throat slid twice with difficulty.

"You want to leave me and threaten me with a hunger strike. Ruoruo, do you know why you were able to threaten success? Do you know why I agreed to sign? It's not that I really don't feel for you, nor is it because of the relationship between us. Everything in between is just interests—all because I care about you."

"I care about your body, your wishes, and your emotions... When you were lying unconscious on the hospital bed, when you were issued critical illness notices many times, I couldn't feel that I was alive Yes. I told myself at that time, as long as you can survive, as long as you can wake up, I will pay any price. Later you really woke up, and my price is that I can never go back to the past."

Chu Ruo took two steps back trembling, her whole body trembling slightly.

"But when you are finally tied by my side now, I feel that we are still far away." Ren Chuming threw the cigarette butt by his feet, raised his foot to put out the fire, then bent down to pick it up and squeezed it in his hand, When I straightened up, I said, "Uncle Chen's departure scares me. I'm afraid that Lao Ren will also leave with me, and I'm also afraid that you are actually just my illusion, and even more afraid that even if it's just an illusion, this illusion will leave me sooner or later... "

Before Ren Chuming could finish speaking, a warmth fell into his arms.He lowered his head and saw that Chu Ruo was still trembling, but his hands were tightly hugging his waist.

"Brother Ming..." Chu Ruo's voice became choked up, calling out to Ren Chuming with sticky mouth.Ren Chuming raised his hand, gently pressed the back of his head, and pressed his face to his shoulder.

"I really don't want to leave..." Chu Ruo felt heartache like a knife.He may be the person in the whole world who doesn't want to lie to Ren Chuming the last time, but the truth he said with tears and pain at this moment, he himself understands that it is impossible.

His and Ren Chuming's future was actually decided on the day he and Zhou Manfei were imprisoned together—just like Ren Chuming was counting Chen Jing's death, Chu Ruo also knew that Ren Chuming was Nan Nan's queen. , Counting the days when they are about to part.

Ren Chuming patted Chu Ruo's thin back lightly, once and for all, like coaxing a child.His voice was close to Chu Ruo's ear, and slowly said: "You really shouldn't go."

"...Well, I'm not leaving."

"Because you want to make it up to me."

Chu Ruo only thought that Ren Chuming said this casually under the sadness and fear, so he responded: "I will make it up to you."

"Your adoptive father killed my mother, so the father pays the debt. You must always stay by my side and use your life to make up for me."

Chu Ruo froze.

"Didn't I tell you the reason why I have to make trouble with the Chu family?" Ren Chuming said, "Because your Chu family owes us the Ren family."

"You owe me."