Chapter 977

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Praised like this by Zhong Liying, Liang Xinghua grinned, revealing a radiant smile.

He didn't modestly deny it, but laughed in agreement:

"I feel the same way. Now, no matter what work I do, I'm full of drive. Life has something to look forward to, unlike before, when I couldn't catch my breath."

"Couldn't catch your breath?" Zhong Liying's face was full of puzzlement.

She was still young, didn't understand the hardships Liang Xinghua had experienced, so she didn't understand what Liang Xinghua meant by "couldn't catch my breath."

"That's right. The life I lived before wasn't called living; it was called purgatory, so I couldn't catch my breath."

Liang Xinghua explained it like this.

Zhong Liying asked with a smile:

"What reason made a big man like you, General Manager Liang, unable to catch your breath?"

Liang Xinghua didn't avoid it either, directly speaking truthfully:

"Before, I was poor, had no choice, married the wrong woman as a wife. As a result, I discovered not only did she dislike this and dislike that, but it also affected our family feng shui. Life got worse day by day. Since divorcing her, not long after, my luck turned. Honestly, if time rewound half a year, I wouldn't dare imagine I'd have today's achievements!"

Hearing this, Zhong Liying's face showed a trace of surprise:

"You're so capable, and so sincere. How could your wife dislike you?"

Liang Xinghua corrected: "That's not my wife anymore, but my ex-wife."

"Sorry, I misspoke... Anyway, what was your ex-wife thinking? If it were me, I'd cherish you before it's too late." Zhong Liying spoke up for Liang Xinghua out of a sense of justice.

Liang Xinghua let out a dry laugh:

"Better not mention it. Those days in the past weren't fit for humans. Thinking back still gives me nightmares. Enough about me. What about you? Married?"

Zhong Liying sighed helplessly:

"My work is so busy, I don't even have time to date. Where would a man to marry me come from?"

Liang Xinghua said in surprise:

"No way. You're so pretty. I thought lots of men were chasing you!"

Zhong Liying smiled and waved her hand:

"Back in university, quite a few boys chased me. Now that I'm out working, what men are chasing me?"

Liang Xinghua said weakly: "Presuming to ask, Huo Zhi Hui didn't chase you?"

Not mentioning Huo Zhi Hui was fine; once Huo Zhi Hui was mentioned, Zhong Liying's face was full of speechlessness.

Because many men around her who didn't know the truth all wishfully thought that Huo Zhi Hui got her to be HR Manager just to pursue her.

Even if it wasn't to pursue her, it was to get her.

It was precisely because the men around her all had this thought, all tacitly believing she was the woman Huo Zhi Hui had his eye on, that they kept their distance out of respect. As a result, not a single man came to pursue her.

"If Huo Zhi Hui came to pursue me, that would be a good thing. Too bad he doesn't even look at me."

This was Zhong Liying's honest truth.

Huo Zhi Hui was rarely at the company. Most of his time was spent working over at Liguo Mountain.

Besides reporting work to him, Zhong Liying had no contact with Huo Zhi Hui at all the rest of the time.

But it was also perfectly reasonable that Huo Zhi Hui looked down on her.

Although she had some looks, her family background was ordinary. A phoenix woman from the countryside. Marrying her meant having to support her whole family.

Huo Zhi Hui had too many choices. Why would he go do poverty alleviation work on Zhong Liying?

When he really had physical needs, he'd just go spend money at KTVs, bathhouses, those kinds of places. He wouldn't look for Zhong Liying, because looking for Zhong Liying meant being manipulated by Zhong Liying.

Just like Zhang Sheng finding Liu Meiqi, Yao Xueqin, Wu Moli — always manipulated by these women, and therefore paying no small price.

Huo Zhi Hui isn't into that sort of thing.

"No way. You're so pretty, and Huo Zhi Hui actually doesn't look at you?" Liang Xinghua showed an exaggerated surprised expression, expressing doubt while incidentally complimenting Zhong Liying, making Zhong Liying feel very good inside.

Liang Xinghua then said half-jokingly: "You're this pretty and he still doesn't fancy you. It makes me seriously suspect he doesn't like women!"

Zhong Liying couldn't help laughing out loud:

"That I wouldn't know. I'm not familiar with him."

At this moment, Liang Xinghua took a sip of the beer on the table, then suddenly said a sentence to Zhong Liying:

"By the way, if I pursued you, what would you do?"

Zhong Liying froze, just about to speak.

Liang Xinghua hurriedly said again:

"Hope you don't give me an ambiguous answer. If you're refusing, be straightforward. I'm 36 years old. I can't afford to waste time. Don't want to do things full of uncertain factors."

Zhong Liying's face reddened slightly:

"If General Manager Liang truly pursues me, if you can show sincerity, I'm not unable to agree. Just afraid General Manager Liang is only playing around."

Seeing Zhong Liying answer like this, Liang Xinghua's face immediately showed delight.

Before, when he chased girls, he was always meek and submissive.

Don't know why, but this time he could be so crisp and decisive.

And his crisp decisiveness even got a very positive response.

This made him become even more confident.

"Rest assured, I'm not that kind of playboy. But I must let you understand my family situation first."

Liang Xinghua drank another cup of beer and continued speaking:

"I've been married before, but divorced. I have a daughter who currently lives with her mother. I have to pay two thousand yuan in child support every month. Additionally, my family is from Shangou Village. Both my parents have passed away. That's the basic situation. Can you accept it?"

Zhong Liying thought for a moment, then said:

"It's fine. There's nothing I can't accept."

Liang Xinghua was surprised:

"I have no father and no mother, and you can accept that too?"

Zhong Liying said:

"To put it bluntly, you having no father and no mother — from us women's perspective — isn't a deduction point, but a bonus point."

"Why?" Liang Xinghua asked doubtfully.

"Because it avoids mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict." Zhong Liying answered honestly.

Liang Xinghua let out a dry laugh, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

However, he had to admit that what Zhong Liying said was very reasonable.

In the past, his mother and Lan Menglian had quite a lot of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict. He, Liang Xinghua, was sandwiched in the middle, not human inside or out.

To this day he blames himself: if initially, when he was in Shenzhen, he hadn't let his mother return alone to the rural area to live, would his mother not have ended up with the outcome of hanging herself to commit suicide?

It's just a pity — in this world, everything exists, only there are no "ifs".

Liang Xinghua felt gloomy and heartsick for a moment, then hurriedly pulled his thoughts back, and said:

"Right, I still have no car and no house now. At the time of the previous divorce, all property was given to my ex-wife."

Zhong Liying said:

"None of that matters. The most important thing is that you have to have drive. A man with drive — houses, cars, and such — are just a matter of course."

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua couldn't help but feel moved.

He felt that this girl Zhong Liying was not only beautiful, but also extremely considerate and understanding.

Compared to that shrew Lan Menglian, she was who knows how many times better!

However, he also knew that Zhong Liying was this tolerant toward him entirely because he was now the General Manager of Liguo Mountain's subsidiary, because he had achieved a career.

If the current him were still that poor and destitute Liang Xinghua from before, then Zhong Liying's attitude toward him now would probably be another kind entirely.