Manhattanhenge

Su Hui was stunned by these words.

He thought it was a hallucination, so he quietly pinched his palm with his hanging hand to confirm that it was not a dream or an illusion imagined by himself.

It hurts.

He began to waver, a part of himself wanted to believe that all this was real, and another part couldn't believe it.

If it were six years ago, the 20-year-old Su Hui would be so happy that he could not sleep when he heard Ning Yixiao say that he liked and loved, and wanted to tell everyone, because this is what he dreamed of.But after experiencing so much, the current self can no longer imagine anything worthy of his liking.

What's more, after the separation, every time he tried to contact, all he got was a resolute refusal and no news. Su Hui had long since lost his last confidence in this relationship.

From the time they met again to the present, Su Hui got deeper and deeper, but also lost the courage to explore Ning Yixiao's heart.It's not that he didn't think that Ning Yixiao might still have some old feelings for him, but he was even more afraid that they would repeat the same mistakes in the future.

He didn't have another heart, which could be broken again.

"I……"

Su Hui wanted to speak, but Ning Yixiao seemed to have seen through his confusion and fragility.

"Su Hui, I said this to let you clearly understand my attitude. As for the following part, the initiative is in your hands. You can think about it slowly and don't rush to make a decision."

As Ning Yixiao spoke, she looked into Su Hui's eyes sincerely.

"I know that there are still many unresolved things between us, so I will not force you to give an answer immediately, and I can also wait until we can all confess to each other without any grievances and resolve those conflicts together before entering A new relationship, as long as you are willing to face the relationship between us head-on, don’t run away.”

Su Hui nodded subconsciously, but she didn't realize it at all.

Ning Yixiao touched Su Hui's forehead with a gentle tone, "Su Hui, because I met you now, I have come out of the past, and I hope you can too. Time is irreversible, we can't stay in the same place forever, It’s impossible to go back to the past, but we can still have a future.”

Su Hui looked at him, his pupils were moist, and he didn't even dare to blink. He just watched Ning Yixiao say every word, trying to keep every detail of what he said firmly in his heart.

"Do you remember? The abandoned glass fish tank in your garden." Ning Yixiao smiled, "I fell asleep on the plane yesterday and had a dream. I dreamed of the butterfly fish you mentioned. I I think that's a good omen."

Su Hui's words were a little off, "I never dreamed about my fish, what happened to you dreaming about it?"

Ning Yixiao smiled, "I dreamed that I was back at my house in the Bay Area, and I was going to go to the swimming pool to swim, and suddenly a big tuna appeared by my side, as if it was going to compete with me, so I went to the swimming pool together. Swimming to the other side of the pool, the pool becomes so big, it seems endless, like the sea.”

"Then aren't you very tired?" Su Hui felt sorry for him, he must have worked too hard to have such a tired dream, so he subconsciously stroked Ning Yixiao's back.

"Yes, but just when I was too tired to swim, a small and beautiful wrought iron butterflyfish appeared in front of my eyes. It shook its small yellow tail fin, as if telling me that this is the end , I can rest now."

Su Hui was a little fascinated, "And then?"

"Then, that tuna and butterflyfish said they were going back to the sea and said goodbye to me." Ning Yixiao gently rubbed the bridge of his nose, "I'm going back to the pool."

Su Hui seemed to have seen that scene, and smiled with red eyes, "It's like a cartoon."

Ning Yixiao hugged him tightly.

As long as he works hard enough, he can also find Su Hui.

Su Hui buried his collarbone, "I stained your clothes."

"It's ok."

"I also want to see my butterfly fish." Su Hui held back tears and whispered.

Ning Yixiao smiled and kissed the top of his hair, "Then you come to my dream."

In the end, Su Hui still couldn't resist. This person was too foul and would always make him forget all reality, pros and cons, and the gap between them, as if everything was as simple and beautiful as embracing a dream.

All the illusions that I have woven are not comparable to Ning Yixiao herself.

"How long can I think about it?" He asked Ning Yixiao.

"It doesn't matter how long, anyway, I can kiss you and hug you while I'm thinking about it."

Su Hui pursed her lips, "It's up to you anyway."

Ning Yixiao's cell phone vibrated suddenly, he stretched out a hand to check it, and found that it was the manager of the company's marketing department.

Su Hui knew that he was very busy, and even though he was so busy, he took the time to visit him, "If you have work, you should deal with it first, doesn't it mean that something happened to the company?"

Ning Yixiao nodded, kissed the tip of Su Hui's nose, and explained to him clearly, "I did encounter some troubles. Recently, a new product was launched, but suddenly there were competing products that were almost copied, and they competed viciously. I wanted to fight a price war. Now I have to Solve it quickly, or there will be losses."

Su Hui was a little distressed, and touched Ning Yixiao's back, "Then don't be too anxious, take your time, you can definitely solve it. You go first, don't worry, I will go home after work here."

"Okay, then I'll..."

"Wait a minute." Su Hui took out a tissue from his pocket, a little embarrassed, "I accidentally wiped all the makeup on your face... Wipe it off before going out."

Seeing his shy look, Ning Yixiao found it very interesting, "I did it myself, it wasn't because you were careless."

Su Hui dared not speak.

"You can't even stand up, and you still have to apologize." Ning Yixiao smiled, "Poor kitty."

This was the first time he called himself that after the reunion.

Su Hui frowned, stopped her hands, and looked at Ning Yixiao with childish eyes.

"Poor kitty." Ning Yixiao repeated it again, and kissed Su Hui's forehead cherishingly.

Su Hui doesn't feel sorry for himself, he thinks he is very lucky.

After wiping off the makeup on Ning Yixiao's face, Su Hui suppressed the reluctance in his heart and urged him, "Hurry up and call back quickly, don't delay."

"Okay, after I'm done, I'll take you to the Bay Area." Ning Yixiao took his hand and kissed it, then left first.

Su Hui watched him open the door and leave, feeling lost in her heart.

Facing Ning Yixiao, he really wanted to agree immediately, but felt that it was really not very responsible.Although in my heart, I have never forgotten him, not even a day, but reality is reality, illusion is illusion, he has to take responsibility and seriously consider their future.

After leaving the smoking room, Su Hui met the camera assistant who was looking for him, so he followed him to the studio and finished shooting the last group.

Bella was not there, so after asking, I found out that Ning Yixiao had taken Bella out when he left, saying that he had something to discuss at work.

After work was over, Chloe asked him if he wanted to go out to eat something as a celebration, but Su Hui refused. He was very confused and tired, and wanted to go back to sort out his thoughts.

"Go for a drink?" Jing Ming came out of nowhere.

Since Su Hui was reprimanded by Ning Yixiao on the phone last time, she has never touched a drop of alcohol, and shook her head when she heard the word alcohol.

"I'm not going."

"Then I'll take you back?" Jing Ming asked again.

Seeing Jing Ming hugging a beautiful female model, Su Hui felt that she shouldn't ruin his affairs, so she shook her head, "It's fine, I'll go back by myself."

Chloe packed up the machine and said, "I'll take it, it's just on the way."

So Su Hui hitched a ride with Chloe, thinking to himself that he must test his driver's license quickly.

"Did Bella and Shaw go out to talk about cooperation?" Su Hui chatted casually in the car.

"That's right, but their cooperation is not normal." Chloe lowered the car window and teased with a smile.

"What do you mean?"

Chloe glanced at the rearview mirror, "Isn't it a fake engagement between them? One wants to divide the family property, the other wants to get investment, and now it's all come true. Just now Shaw went to Bella's office, and I happened to be inside, listening to a Ears, he said, rather than keeping the invisible bomb of a fake engagement and waiting for old Jones to dispose of it, it’s better for them to use it again and dissolve the non-existent engagement in a fair way.”

Su Hui didn't know the specific operation of Ning Yixiao, but since he had already thought about it, he must have a feasible plan.

"Shaw is really bold and daring to do things, and he is very thoughtful."

Hearing this evaluation, Su Hui agreed, "Because he is very smart and has suffered a lot, so he is much more mature than his peers."

Chloe nodded, "Indeed, he never seems to do unnecessary things, and only makes decisions that are beneficial to him."

Su Hui is skeptical about this.

Everyone thinks that Ning Yixiao is a shrewd and capable egoist who only cares about profit, but Su Hui knows that he is actually very gentle and tolerant in his heart, and will always be selfless to himself.

"Actually, what he is after is not money and status, although it seems to be so." Su Hui retorted in a rare way, not for himself, "He is just trying to prove his significance."

In order to fight against the nothingness of life.

Back home, Su Hui took a shower, came out to feed ice cream, and hugged him on the sofa, thinking about everything Ning Yixiao said today.

The night view of Manhattan is beautiful, much like the night they got lost here six years ago.

Su Hui tried to face the past for the first time, and also tried to get out of six years ago.He very much hoped that Ning Yixiao could also confess everything to himself, and tell him all the hardships he had suffered alone in the past, and he didn't want him to be bored in his heart, with nowhere to resolve it.

While he was in a daze, Su Hui's cell phone rang suddenly. He thought it was Ning Yixiao, so he quickly got up to get it, only to find out that it was an unfamiliar number when he unlocked it.

After connecting, Su Hui's heart sank to the bottom. It was the hospital calling, informing him that his grandmother was critically ill again due to complications and needed to be admitted to the ICU for observation.

Su Hui didn't care about anything else, poured enough food for the ice cream, changed her clothes and rushed to the hospital overnight.

Just in case, he sent a message to Ning Yixiao in the taxi.

[Su Hui: My grandma's condition has deteriorated again, but she should be fine. I've already gone to the hospital. Don't come here, and take care of your work with peace of mind. ]

[Su Hui: I assure you, I will not run away. ]

Ning Yixiao didn't see this message at first.

He was too busy, so he got into the car after leaving the Bella studio, held a brief conference call with the marketing department, and rearranged the plan for the board of directors and investors.

Bella also agreed to his plan and negotiated all the conditions.

"I know my dad, and he's definitely willing to pay for it," Bella said.

Ning Yixiao asked, "Aren't you afraid that he will turn his back on you and drive you out of the house?"

"He won't, he will be angry for a few days at most, how can I be less angry with him? What's more, my mother is carrying it, and he dare not ignore me." Bella only urged, "Anyway, you have to help me with what I want. Come, mutual benefit."

Ning Yixiao had never felt such a family atmosphere before, so she didn't comment on it. Anyway, she agreed and proceeded as planned.

Several investors put pressure on them in turn, and they answered the phone one after another. When it was almost dawn, Ning Yixiao had almost handled it and stabilized the partner for the time being, but Carl suddenly told him another thing.

"Shaw, I seem to have found the Dany you asked me to look for last time."

Ning Yixiao's thoughts jumped to a few days ago, falling into memories.

At that time, he learned that Professor White was on a business trip alone in San Francisco, so Ning Yixiao went to Professor White's symposium, and dealt with the work in the last row. After he finished, he got up to find him and asked him to chat alone.

That afternoon, he got straight to the point and talked to Professor White about Su Hui. At first, he was worried that the professor would not tell him, but to his surprise, the professor was very frank and told almost everything he knew.

He told Ning Yixiao that Su Hui's ability should not be just a small teaching assistant, because he does not have a green card, nor does he have the qualifications to enter the job. Professor White tried his best to bring him to this position. The purpose is actually to change a way for him to continue his studies.

"The first time I met Eddy was at a flea market. At that time, I went to Canada to participate in an academic exchange meeting. There was a big market behind the hotel where I was staying. My wife and I went shopping together."

"You know, I saw Eddy squatting in the corner for the first time. He was very thin at that time, almost skinny, and he didn't dare to look up at others. There were many things he made, some gadgets, in front of him. In order not to communicate with others, he wrote down his ideas for making these things on paper, and posted them next to each other.”

"He is very talented, and he made beautiful artwork out of some discarded garbage that no one wanted. At that time, I thought, this is a rare talent, and the creativity in him is something I have not seen in a long time, so I insisted on inviting him to come to New York, study with me, and enter the industry."

"But at the time he was very sick and didn't want to trouble me," White said. "I remember I took him to my house, bought him a potluck, let him stay with me, and the kid couldn't eat. Too many, dare not stay for long, while we were not paying attention, left a note and ran away, we went around looking for him in the middle of the night, only to find him back. It’s really like looking for a little stray cat.”

"Although he looks very embarrassed, he has good table manners and is better than ordinary young people. I was thinking that this young man may have difficulties in his family. He may have been a child of a wealthy family before, but these Eddy never said it."

"We spent a long time getting along, and hired a psychiatrist for him, Liang Wen, you should have seen him, he found a colleague to consult with Eddy, took medicine, and slowly recovered a lot, I tried to let him enter You can study in school, but you can’t apply for student status through formal channels, so it’s better to be a teaching assistant and get some salary.”

Ning Yixiao was very sad when he learned about these past events. This was just the tip of the iceberg that Su Hui had experienced in the past six years, but even just listening to it made him feel painful and couldn't continue to imagine.

At the end of the conversation, Professor White gave Ning Yixiao all the information he had learned, and told him, "Eddy seldom mentioned what happened before, but he mentioned a head nurse named Danni, who was said to have taken care of him, She's about the same age as his mother, speaks a little Chinese, is a brown-haired, blue-eyed woman with a red birthmark on her neck."

Knowing this, Ning Yixiao didn't tell Su Hui. He was afraid of bringing up Su Hui's sadness, so he didn't reveal it. He just asked Carl to find this person named Danni based on the information.

Finally found it now.

Carl said: "I saw her resume on a domestic service recruitment website, and the description in all aspects was very similar to what you gave me. It should be the same person. I contacted the number she left during the day, and she heard that I I wanted to ask her about a Chinese boy, so I hung up immediately. But you should be able to find her address through the website."

Ning Yixiao nodded, "Send someone to look for it, and follow me to the Jones Group now."

Recalling what Professor White said again, Ning Yixiao still finds it hard to accept. In his imagination, Su Hui should leave him and go to study in Europe. master.

But the fact is just the opposite, Su Hui suffered a lot when he was not around.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Ning Yixiao met the photographer in the underground parking lot, got the things, and went directly to Jones' office.From the age of 20 to 60, Mr. Jones insisted on starting at six o'clock every day and going to the company for two hours after exercising. This is the information that Ning Yixiao found out at the beginning of his business.

Carl had made an appointment in advance, so Ning Yixiao went straight into the office.Mr. Jones was having breakfast, and asked him if he would have a share with him.

"No need." Ning Yixiao said with a serious expression, "Mr. Jones, I came to see you so early because of a personal matter."

After speaking, he opened the file bag in his hand, took out the photos inside, and put it on Jones' desk.

The photo shows Bella and Chloe kissing late at night on the street.

When Old Jones saw these photos, his expression suddenly became ugly.

"Where did this come from?" He frowned and couldn't help sighing.

"I went to find Bella when I landed yesterday. I originally wanted to work with her. These photos were sent to me by email from an anonymous account, saying that if I didn't care, I would send them directly to the major media. So I gave that For a sum of money, I bought the negatives.”

Old Jones put down his knife and fork, turned around angrily, and seemed to be trying to suppress his anger.

Ning Yixiao began to add fuel to the flames, "Actually, I've vaguely heard some rumors before. After all, Bella and I are also considered alumni. There are only so many people in the circle, and there are occasional rumors, but I didn't expect that we just got engaged. moon……"

After hearing this, Mr. Jones sighed and raised his head, "This matter is indeed her fault, and we are not right. You are considering our family in this way. I understand all of this."

Ning Yixiao showed no expression, as usual, he looked like an outsider even though he was involved in the incident.

"Maybe I also have my reasons. I was too busy with work and failed to take good care of this relationship, which led to problems, but it is not a bad thing to find out earlier."

Jones thought for a long time, and said to him: "It's not easy for you recently, and I know it all. Shaw, you just pretend that this incident never happened, and give these negatives to me. Is there anything I can help you with? , let's discuss and discuss."

Ning Yixiao was well versed in the rules of negotiation, and taking advantage of Jones' moral disadvantage, he deliberately put forward a condition that was difficult for people to accept.

"You should already know about the malicious competition I have encountered recently. I think, if possible, you can invest a larger sum of money in me..."

"It's not up to me, Shaw." Mr. Jones vetoed the proposal.

Ning Yixiao nodded, "Of course, I understand."

He sat down, put the file bag aside, took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. After a while, he gave him a new plan, "How about this? Before you wanted to spend money on one of our artificial intelligence service systems, you wanted to To be used in the automotive product line of your company, I rejected it because the technology was not enough, if you still need it, I can share this system with you.”

This one is much easier to accept than the previous one.

"What about the conditions?" Jones asked.

"The condition is that I need the social network called Edge newly acquired by the Jones Group, so that my new product can directly link to the users of the website, and they can directly log in to the product through this social software."

It’s not that Jones doesn’t understand his intentions. The user stickiness of social networks is often a profitable weapon. Many communities only start to make their own products after they develop, just to take advantage of the previous user base.

But compared to this small social network, that artificial intelligence system has always been what he wanted, not to mention that now that his daughter has made such a mess, without much compensation, things are difficult to handle.

"Have you talked to Bella?" Jones asked.

Ning Yixiao nodded, "I called on the way, and she wants to break off the engagement with me."

After finishing speaking, he played the phone recording that he had prepared long ago, which contained Bella's voice.

[I just don't like you, and getting engaged to you is actually to get the property that I should have. Anyway, it is impossible for me to marry you, and the engagement has no legal meaning...]

"That's it." Ning Yixiao looked at Jones.

Half an hour later, he came out of Jones' office, and it was 10:30 in the morning. Carl was very worried and hurriedly asked about the situation.

"He agreed, and immediately contacted the technical department, connected with the Edge working group, and completed the system upgrade in the past two days. The users of Edge are all young people, with strong stickiness and high activity. The user portrait is very suitable for our products. For the target audience, you contact the marketing department, use this social network as the center to launch market advertisements, and find some big Vs with high traffic to promote."

After finishing speaking, he emphasized, "The target word is the sense of customer experience, because our smart wear takes user service as the highest priority, not only the response of AI, but also pays attention to the emotional perception and psychological experience of customers, so we must come up with this Based on the advantages in this area, I will find a new advertising planning team. Didn’t I build a youth mental health fund before?”

"Well." Carl said, "It's still in operation now, and it cooperates with many hospitals."

"In addition, all users who purchase the product will donate to this public welfare fund, and get an electronic certificate, and can also get one hour of psychological counseling from the partner hospital for free."

"Shaw, that's going to cost a lot."

"It doesn't matter, the main thing is to build a product image, not to mention helping people."

Carl anxiously wrote down everything he said, entered the elevator, and his phone vibrated. He glanced at it, and it turned out to be Dani who he had looked for but refused to communicate with.

"Hello? Are you Dani? My side..."

Danni didn't listen to him, just said, "Who are you, please send me your name, if you are Chinese, please send me your Chinese name."

Carl felt baffled, so he passed this strange request to Ning Yixiao.

Ning Yixiao paused, feeling something vaguely.

"Give me the phone."

Ning Yixiao took Carl's cell phone, edited her name and sent it.

Soon, he received a text message from Dani.

[Please give me your address, I have something to send to you, it's his stuff.I'm so sorry for what happened over the years. ]

In the afternoon of the next day, Ning Yixiao received a package from Danni. It wasn't big, but it was heavy.

His heart suddenly beat fast, as if he sensed something, he opened the package with great difficulty, and inside was a box with a kraft paper file bag inside.

Turning around the sealing line on the file bag, the bag was full, and Ning Yixiao poured out all the contents.

In an instant, the old paper fell like snowflakes and scattered all over the place.

Each one is a letter written by Su Hui, beginning with [Ning Yixiao] and signed by [Su Hui].

Every letter ends with the same words.

[Ning Yixiao, I wish you health and happiness, and a bright future. ]

Ning Yixiao's heart suddenly ached, as if tens of thousands of needles were being pricked, and he suddenly remembered that when he met Professor White, he always seemed to forget to ask a question, but he couldn't remember it.

Now he knows.

Before he had time to read these letters carefully, Ning Yixiao dialed Professor White's number, and soon the other party answered.

"Shaw, what's the matter?"

Ning Yixiao cut to the chase, "Professor, I've always wanted to ask, why are you willing to tell me everything about him? Shouldn't you be a little wary of someone who takes the liberty to visit?"

The professor paused, and finally chuckled, "The reason is very simple. When Eddy lived in my house, my wife helped him clean up his room and accidentally saw one of his picture books. Do you know? In that picture book, Every picture is of the same person."

"I recognized you the first time I saw you. That person is you."