bet

After we finished taking wedding photos, when we arrived in San Francisco, Li Hua received a call from Wharton Business School, inviting him to give a speech at his alma mater.

Li Hua wanted to refuse, but I was very curious about the university he attended, so we took a five-hour flight to Philadelphia.

Walking side by side on the campus, Li Hua dutifully introduced me. Even he himself has vague memories of some places, but seeing the young and ostentatious faces of the students around him, he seemed to be able to imagine him in his student days, full of vigor and vigor.

"What are you thinking?" He sensed my absent-mindedness.

"I was thinking, what were you like at that time? If you met me at that time, would you also fall in love with me? Sigh, but there are so many excellent girls chasing you, you will definitely not notice me. "

"Believe it or not," the late autumn sun warmly embraced us under the same light, and there was something warmer than the sun in his eyes, "I will fall in love with you whenever I meet you."

He put his hands in the pockets of the windbreaker carelessly, and looked at me with affectionate and focused eyes. The clear sky, warm sunshine, and quiet campus all became his background.

"Ruoqi?"

I turned my head in response and saw Destiny standing behind us holding a book.

Meeting her in this kind of place can't be said not to be surprised.Her hair was a little longer, she was wearing a loose sweater, and her eyes curved into soft arcs when she smiled, which was very different from the chic and capable look in the past.

"HiLeon," she walked up to us, "I didn't expect to see you here."

"I am a graduate here, and I was invited to give a speech today," Li Hua said.

"Then we're considered alumni, and I'm here to study for an MBA. It's a pity that I have something to do later, so I can't come to listen to your speech. Should I say congratulations?" Destiny saw the ring on my ring finger sharply.

"Thanks," I said, "we just got married and we're in America for our honeymoon."

"That's great, Ruoqi, you are so enviable, you live the life every woman wants."

Her eyes, like her person, are always open, and she can see all emotions at a glance. How could she temporarily renege on her marriage just because of an MBA.I really want to ask her, but I'm afraid it will be too abrupt, after all, we are not familiar with her to this extent.

"Ruoqi, you guys talk first, I'll call back the country." Li Hua took out his cell phone and said to me.He just wanted to give us some space.

Of course Destiny understood what he meant: "You want to ask me about the wedding?"

"Sorry, I know you don't necessarily want to mention this, and it's been half a year. I'm just surprised and think that's not your style."

"It's okay," she smiled, but there was an unknown emotion in her eyes, "I often feel that my parents named me 'Destiny' is really prescient, my life has been arranged, grow up, Studying and getting married, but this time, I suddenly don’t want to accept my fate anymore, I don’t want to live between two people who love each other for the rest of my life.”

I looked at her in shock.

"As expected...you know. You and Du Yunqian are good friends, she should have told you long ago."

"Yunqian doesn't actually have any malice towards you, she knows that you are just like her, you can't help yourself."

"Of course I know. I used to think that she didn't like me because she had a good relationship with her brother, so she played childish temper. Later, I found out from the Du family's parents that she was not my own. Others thought she was ostentatious and frank. People know that as an adopted daughter living in such a family, one has to be careful. But she, after learning about my marriage with Du Sichen, accepted the fact without saying a word. She was doing it for the Du family. , for Du Sichen. On the day of the wedding, she came to the dressing room to congratulate me with a smile. How sad it would be to see her like this. At that moment, I knew that I would never be able to appear at that wedding calmly again."

Maybe it was because the sun was so bright that I had an illusion, the emotions in her eyes slowly filled her eye sockets.

"You like Du Sichen, right?" I asked softly.

She lowered her head, smiled softly, and looked up at me after a long time, her beautiful eyes were clear again: "Even if it wasn't me, there might be someone else, but I just don't want to be the one who hinders him from getting love all his life." people."

After saying goodbye to Destiny, Li Hua and I went to the auditorium.

The auditorium is not big, and there are already 10 minutes before the official start. There are no empty seats. When the speech starts, every aisle and stairs are already crowded with students.

There are so many famous people coming out of this college, I didn't expect Li Hua to be so popular, but I saw him standing in front of the podium and talking with ease, with charming sharpness and undisguised eyes With his ambition, it is impossible not to marvel at his attractiveness.

He prepared a speech, but he also had a lot of impromptu ideas. His beautiful English and witty eloquence made the atmosphere of the scene more and more high.

By the end of the interactive questioning session, the audience had almost exploded, and everyone tried their best to attract his attention in order to get a chance to ask questions.

Now he was not as stiff as before, Li Hua rolled up his shirt sleeves to his elbows, leaned lazily on the podium, and looked around the audience with a half smile.

"That blonde female classmate." Li Hua ordered one.

The pretty girl got the microphone and was so excited that she said incoherently: "Uh...Actually, I just want to say...you are the most charming oriental man I have ever met, would you consider dating me?"

Applause, booing, and booing were intertwined. The girl looked at Li Hua shyly and persistently. Li Hua lowered his head slightly and smiled at me in the first row: "I am very honored, but I am already married, and I am not I'm planning to divorce, I'm sorry if I hurt you."

There were voices of regret from the girls and gloating laughter from the boys.

The host on the side controlled the scene and said, "Okay, the time is almost up, one last question."

Li Hua ordered a boy in the back row.

"What do you think is the most important decision you have ever made in your life? Was it when you returned to China and founded Global?"

Li Hua, who was quick-thinking throughout the whole scene, was silent for a few seconds into the microphone. During these few seconds, the audience was quiet, and they were full of anticipation for his answer.

"Globalization is my goal not long after I entered university, so when I returned to China, it was all planned. As for the most important decision in my life, it should be a bet with someone, and luckily, I won. "

The corner of his mouth has the most gentle arc, and my heart is beating violently.

"What kind of bet? What is the bet?" the boy asked.

Li Hua stared at me and replied, "The bet is my wife's life."

For a moment, the uproar drowned us out.

Li Hua on the stage has gentle eyebrows and eyes, even though he is standing on a high place, there is still only room for me in his eyes.

That day, I lost that bet.

But, I've won your life, and that's enough.

(Finish)

2017. 10, 31