Chapter 4 Ambiguity!

  Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Zhang Ziheng performed excellently, completing all work tasks well and getting along with colleagues. Therefore, Director Xu decided to hire him as a formal employee ahead of schedule.

  To celebrate this matter, Zhang Ziheng invited Ziwen and Li Wencheng to have dinner together that night. Someone was treating them to a meal, so of course Li Wencheng wouldn't miss out. Over the past two months, Ziwen and Zhang Ziheng had gotten along extremely well, and in other people's eyes they were already considered a couple. At first there were still quite a few people who suspected that they were actually boyfriend and girlfriend to begin with.

  After getting off work in the evening, Zhang Ziheng and Ziwen arrived at a restaurant. The two of them waited for a while before Li Wencheng also came, but this time he didn't come alone - he brought a girl with him.

  As soon as he sat down, Zhang Ziheng smiled slightly and asked: "Wencheng, who is this girl? Why haven't I seen her before?"

  Li Wencheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Ahem, taking advantage of today's opportunity when Ziheng was transferred to a regular position, I'd like to formally introduce you all. This is my girlfriend, Deng Xin, from our company's PR department. This is my buddy, Zhang Ziheng, a good guy. And this is his girlfriend, Xia Ziwen."

  "Hello." Deng Xin greeted politely.

  "Hey, don't talk nonsense, what girlfriend? I've always treated Ziwen as a sister." Zhang Ziheng said hastily.

  Ziwen blushed and smiled, not saying a word. Li Wencheng put on an "I knew it" expression and laughed: "You two are together every day, and today you even asked her out, yet you still say she's your sister? You really have the nerve to say that. Ziwen, Ziheng is a blockhead when it comes to emotional matters, so you must take the initiative."

  "You little rascal, have you forgotten your surname since you got a girlfriend? Hurry up and order, don't talk so much nonsense." Zhang Ziheng threw the menu in front of him, causing the two girls to burst out laughing.

  They simply ordered a few dishes and started eating. Except for Zhang Ziheng, Li Wencheng and the two girls all had a few cups of wine.

  "Zi Heng, why aren't you drinking?" Deng Xin asked.

  "He can't drink alcohol, he has a condition where one sip gets him drunk and once he's drunk, he falls asleep. No matter how you call him, he won't wake up." Ziwen explained with a smile.

  "Haha, Ziwen, did he tell you that? You actually believe him. Don't be fooled by his honest-looking face, when he talks nonsense, his eyes don't even blink." Li Wencheng laughed loudly.

  "Huh? What does it mean?" Ziwen looked at him in confusion.

  "Hurry up and eat, stop talking so much, you can't even stuff your mouth with food." Zhang Ziheng said with a glance.

  Li Wencheng ignored him and continued to say: "You guys don't look at him being so wooden, actually you know? He had been in a relationship before, and even earlier than me."

  It's hard to believe, especially for Ziwen. Although they've only known each other for more than two months, she feels that Zhang Ziheng doesn't seem like someone who has had a girlfriend before. In terms of emotions, he is simply a blank sheet of paper, very innocent.

  "Really? When did it happen? Come on, keep going." Deng Xin loved listening to stories and hurriedly urged him on.

  Li Wencheng took a sip of beer and smiled: "Brother, I'm telling you, don't blame me, okay?"

  Zhang Ziheng shook his head helplessly and smiled, "It's not like I can blame you or anything. Go ahead and say what you want to say, but there's nothing impressive about my little secret anyway."

  Li Wencheng nodded and continued, "When we first entered university, our school beauty had already taken a liking to him. At that time, all of us friends were quite perplexed - with so many people around, why did she have to take a fancy to him? What's good about him, anyway? Apart from having slightly better grades, being kind-hearted, and being loyal to friends, he basically had no other redeeming qualities."

  "This is still nothing? Such a good boy, anyone who sees him will like him." Ziwen said.

  "Oh my, you don't know. At that time in university, the number of people chasing after his girlfriend was countless. There were our school's student union president, and the champion and runner-up of our school's singing competition, top students from this department and that department, the nephew of a department head, rich young masters, and handsome guys who looked exceptionally good - you name it, they were all there. But Yu Jie just wouldn't give any of them a glance, and instead spent every day stuck together with him, making us all so envious... sigh, never mind." Li Wen Cheng said with vivid descriptions.

  "Really? He was so glorious back then?" Ziwen looked like she couldn't believe it, gazing at Zhang Ziheng with a puzzled expression.

  Zhang Ziheng smiled slightly and continued eating his food, showing no intention of speaking.

  "Of course, at that time, Zi Heng was almost the enemy of all male students in our university. Every male student who saw him wanted to beat him up. But it's strange to say, there were also many female students who liked him very much. If he hadn't had Yu Jie, I believe he would have been dating too." Li Wen Cheng said sincerely.

  "Is his girlfriend Yu Jie?" asked Zi Wen.

  "Isn't the name 'Bai Yujie' very elegant and pleasant to hear?"

  "If so, then aren't they the most recognized couple in college? What does this have to do with him not drinking?" asked Deng Xin.

  "Ah, this story starts from when our group of friends went out to eat. I remember that time, we all brought our girlfriends, unfortunately I was still single back then, and it was also the first time he brought Yu Jie out to dinner. While eating, he drank three bottles of beer, then rushed straight to the bathroom, and vomited so badly! After vomiting, he fell asleep, and no matter how hard we called him, he wouldn't wake up." Li Wen Cheng laughed.

  "Unbelievable, just three bottles of beer and he's drunk like that?" Deng Xin said in disbelief.

  "That was my second time drinking, the first time I got drunk after just one bottle, not bad if you think about it." Zhang Ziheng handed Li Wencheng a cigarette and they both lit up.

  "That time really made Yu Jie angry, she kept saying that we friends shouldn't have let him drink and shouldn't have kept urging him to drink, in the end it was all our fault. Finally, it was really troublesome for Yu Jie, she had to send him home by herself."

  "Is that why his girlfriend doesn't let him drink anymore?" Ziwen asked.

  "Not really, it's just that every time they went out to eat, Yu Jie would tell him to drink less, and having one or two bottles was fine. In the end, when they graduated from university, the two of them broke up, and before leaving, Yu Jie told him not to drink anymore. And from that day on, he really didn't drink a single drop of alcohol again. Later, I even felt sorry for him, what's the point of keeping that promise after breaking up?" Li Wen Cheng shook his head and said.

  "Wow, how romantic!" Deng Xin said with envy.

  "What's romantic about this? I think it's just stupid." Li Wencheng said.

  Ziwen didn't think so in her heart, being able to keep a promise for his ex-girlfriend proved that this man truly loved his ex-girlfriend. It also showed his loyalty to love, definitely not the kind of person who would change their mind easily. Such a devoted man is really rare nowadays, almost like an endangered species, and she couldn't help but add another layer of good feelings towards him.

  As she thought about it, Ziwen felt that something was off and hurriedly asked: "If they loved each other so much, why did they end up breaking up in the end?"

  "Alas, actually this can't be blamed on them, if anyone is to blame it's only Yu Jie's parents. They looked down on his poor family and said that at a glance they could tell he wouldn't have a bright future. Moreover, at the time Yu Jie was arranged by her parents to go abroad to study piano, anyway she would be leaving, no one dared to guarantee what would happen in the future, so Yu Jie proposed breaking up. Originally we all thought he would try to persuade her to stay, but unexpectedly he agreed resolutely, it's really quite pitiful." Li Wen Cheng shook his head and sighed.

  "Do they still have contact now?" asked Ziwen.

  Li Wencheng looked up at Zhang Ziheng and said, "This is something he should ask himself, I don't know either. Actually, I'm also quite curious, who knows if they're still calling each other every day now."

  Zhang Ziheng smiled and shook his head, saying: "Since we've already broken up, what's the point of calling each other? As long as she's happy, that's all that matters. With so many opportunities in America, she'll meet other boys."

  Watching Zhang Ziheng smoke, Ziwen felt that he was so lonely and helpless. She knew that Zhang Ziheng still loved his ex-girlfriend, but this was a love with no outcome, leaving only this lost boy.

  Li Wencheng extinguished the cigarette butt and smiled: "Actually, for so long, I've never said it. I feel that Yujie doesn't really love Zicheng. When I first saw her, I knew she wouldn't be a simple girl. Even if her parents didn't intervene, their love affair would not have lasted long."

  "How did you know?" Deng Xinyao asked with interest, "Are you going to read my fortune?"

  "No, you haven't seen Yu Jie. How to put it? She's indeed very beautiful and perfect in every way, but she always gives people a sense of insecurity. At first, I saw how much they loved each other, so I didn't tell Zi Heng about it, considering our friendship. But now that I'm saying it out loud, it shouldn't be too late."

  "Alright, you know everything and can see right through things. You're the most formidable one here. Hurry up and eat, look at how thin you've become, you're almost as skinny as a bamboo stick." Zhang Ziheng said while serving him a piece of meat.

  Li Wencheng shook his head and said with a sad face: "Look, look, what's called brotherhood. This is my brother, he knows I've lost weight, sigh, it's even better than my girlfriend."

  Deng Xinhaha smiled and also stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, saying: "Then you'd better eat quickly, be careful not to burst to death."

  After dinner, Ziwen seemed to have drunk a lot and was slightly tipsy, so Zhang Ziheng had no choice but to send her home. Ziwen rented an apartment, the environment around the house was not bad, it was obvious that it should not be cheap.

  As soon as they arrived home, Zhang Ziheng helped her onto the sofa and poured her a glass of water. "How are you? Do you feel like throwing up? If you do, be sure to say so."

  Ziwen smiled and said: "You think I'm you? This little wine won't knock me out. Help me up, let's go to the room."

  Zhang Ziheng put down the cup and was about to help her up, but suddenly lost his balance, and the two of them fell onto the sand together. In an instant, they were face to face, Zhang Ziheng's body pressing down on Ziwen's, as intimate as could be.