Yiren returned to the flower shop and continued to help out. The business of this shop was quite good. While learning to arrange flower baskets, she chatted with the shop owner, Mi Lan.
"That Miss Tang Lei I delivered flowers to just now is really incredibly beautiful. It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful pregnant woman," Yiren said as she watched Mi Lan arranging flowers.
Didn't you get stunned?" Mi Lan, who was in her early forties, said with a smile. She was a woman who took very good care of herself and it was hard to tell that she was already past forty.
"No! Because I'm not a man. If I were a man, I might be like that," Yiren said, and then she and Mi Lan burst into laughter.
Yiren's phone rang. She answered it, still with a smile on her face.
"It seems you're in a good mood today," Ji Minze said on the other end of the phone when he heard Yiren's laughter.
"Yeah! I met a super beautiful woman today! And I'll be able to see her every day from now on," Yiren said into the phone. She still didn't know where to put the flower in her hand.
"Why?" Ji Minze asked in confusion.
"Because someone has reserved flowers for her for ten months, and they need to be delivered every day! So I'll be able to see her every day," Yiren explained.
"Do you like it? If you like it, I can also send you a bouquet every day."
"No! I'm afraid I'll just sell it off as soon as I get it," Yiren said with a bright smile, imagining that this might be a great way to earn some extra money.
"You make me feel like I'm a very poor person."
"Really?" If he were a poor person, then there wouldn't be many rich people in this world.
"So poor that my wife has to sell the flowers she receives," Ji Minze said.
"Haha!" Yiren laughed heartily.
"Do you want me to pick you up after work?" He wanted to pick her up, but she always refused.
"No," Yiren refused without even thinking.
If her husband came to pick her up in a Rolls-Royce, she was afraid that the next day, the shop owner wouldn't dare to ask her to deliver flowers anymore. They still didn't know her background.
"I won't talk to you much longer. I still need to learn flower arranging. After work, I'll go directly to you, and then we'll go home together," Yiren said.
"Okay."
Yiren hung up the phone and saw Mi Lan smiling at her.
"That was my husband on the phone," Yiren explained a little awkwardly.
"I know. It seems you're also a happy little woman," Mi Lan said with a smile.
"He treats me very well," Yiren said.
"When you look for a man, you should look for one who truly treats you well, especially after marriage. Even if life is a bit tight, you'll still feel very happy," Mi Lan said with the perspective of someone who had experienced it.
"Hmm! Sister Mi Lan, you have such a great attitude. No wonder you can stay so young. Your husband is really lucky," Yiren said enviously, imitating Mi Lan and arranging baby's breath among the gaps of the carnations.
"We've also been on and off a few times. In the end, we found that neither of us could live without the other, so we got back together. It's not easy to be together, but sometimes it's also not easy to be apart, especially for two people who love each other," Mi Lan placed a basket of arranged flowers on the shelf.
"Life is sometimes like this basket of flowers. Although each flower looks beautiful on its own, without a harmonious combination, it will become messy and unattractive. So life is like flower arranging. Harmony makes it beautiful," Mi Lan adjusted the flowers arranged by Yiren and added.
"Hmm! This is the philosophy of our Milan Spring Flower Shop," Yiren said with a smile.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yiren got off work. This was something she had agreed upon with the boss when she came to work.
So as soon as the working hours were up, Yiren tidied up, said goodbye to Mi Lan, and left the flower shop holding two bouquets of flowers she had bought.
"Good day, Madam," the receptionist at the lobby of the Perfetto Building greeted Yiren.
"Hello! These are for you. I hope you like them," Yiren handed the two bouquets of flowers to the two receptionists.
"Wow, such beautiful flowers! Thank you, Madam!"
"Thank you, Madam!"
"You're welcome! I'm glad you like them," Yiren said with a smile and then turned towards the elevator.
Yiren came to Ji Minze's office and knocked on the door, but there was no answer.
She guessed that he might be in a meeting. Thinking of this, she turned the doorknob and went in, sitting on the sofa waiting for him.
Before she knew it, the door was opened. Yiren heard the voices of Ji Minze and Cui Zijun. She stood up and was just about to appear in front of him to give him a surprise when she heard Cui Zijun behind Ji Minze say to him, "She's pregnant! She's already four months along."
Ji Minze, who had just stepped into the office, was stunned, both because of Cui Zijun's words and because he saw Yiren.
"Who's pregnant?" Yiren asked with a smile, looking at Ji Minze.
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If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. I wouldn't be jealous of the people of the opposite sex around you. I wouldn't lose my confidence and fighting spirit, and I wouldn't be in pain. How wonderful it would be if I could stop loving you.
If emotions and time could be gently torn apart and thrown into the sea, then I would be willing to stay silent at the bottom of the sea from then on. I like listening to your words, but I don't understand them. You're willing to see my silence, but you don't understand it.
You ask me if it's worth loving you. In fact, you should know that love is not about asking whether it's worth it or not.
Deep feelings—Excerpted from Zhang Ailing's works