love addiction

Because he already had the answer he wanted, He Xijue felt that there was no need for him to stay any longer, so he stood up and bid farewell to Lian Zheng, "Brother Lian, it's nice to meet you, since you've already made up your mind, then I won't bother you anymore, I hope we will have the opportunity to work together in the future.”

She held out her hand and shook hands with Lian Zheng.

Facing such a formal woman, Lian Zheng was still a little flustered, patted the back of his head and said, "Xiao Jue, I'm really sorry, I also hope to cooperate with you next time."

"Okay." He Xijue smiled politely, took the bag and walked to the door.

Lian Zheng hurriedly said to the people in the kitchen, "Pianran, Xiao Jue is leaving, why don't you give it away."

Qin Pianran stopped what she was doing, wiped her hands with kitchen paper, and then came out of the kitchen.

In fact, he heard some of the conversation in the living room, so he naturally knew that she was leaving, but he didn't come out immediately.

When He Xijue saw him, he was somewhat embarrassed, "No need to send it off, you can do your work, I'm leaving."

"I made a lot of food, stay here for lunch." Qin Pianran opened her mouth, but she tried to persuade her to stay.

He Xijue froze for a moment, and looked at him, not quite understanding what this man meant.

Lian Zheng hurriedly smoothed things over, "That's right, Xiaojue, as I said just now, Pianran has prepared a lot of food, so you can stay and eat."

"I still……"

"There's your favorite lemon duck."

He Xijue swallowed the words automatically, looked at Qin Pianran, and finally nodded, "Alright then, I'll have lunch before leaving."

As if she knew the answer a long time ago, Qin Pianran didn't have much surprise on her expression. She went back to the kitchen and continued to work, not forgetting to say to He Xijue, "Come and help me if it's convenient."

"Oh." He Xijue put down his bag, rolled up his sleeves and went to help in the kitchen.

Although she didn't know why she agreed so quickly.

Speaking of this dish, He Xijue hasn't eaten it for a long time, even so, she still clearly remembers the feeling when she ate it for the first time, and it is still fresh in her memory.

It was when she had just followed his footsteps to the United States. She couldn't get used to the food there, and she lost a lot of weight.

Qin Pianran was somewhat worried, so she took half a day off with her tutor, took time out of her busy schedule, went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and came back to cook for her.

At that time, the apartment she lived in was arranged by her grandfather before. It had one bedroom, one living room, and a kitchen, which was already a luxury for ordinary international students.

And Qin Pianran lived in the school's apartment, she was the one who went to look for him every day, and he was basically too busy to be seen.

It was also the first time to use the kitchen here, and Qin Pianran quickly cooked a meal, including this dish, lemon duck.

He Xijue likes to eat it very much, and he ate a whole plate of duck without much left. Qin Pianran said that this dish was taught by his father, and he seldom cooks it because it is a bit laborious to make.

After that, He Xijue always looked for opportunities for him to cook this dish for himself. If Qin Pianran had time, she would do it too, but the frequency should not be too many.

But later, when she mentioned this dish again, he acted as if he didn't know about it, and never made it again.

No matter what method He Xijue used, he couldn't get him to cook this dish again, so much so that He Xijue still couldn't forget it.

This time, he actually said that he made lemon duck, which is why He Xijue gave up the idea of ​​leaving and stayed.

In the kitchen, both of them were quiet, not talking, only the sound of him cooking.

He Xijue took his thoughts back from his memories, washed the last dish and asked, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No, you go to rest, you can have dinner right away."

She went out of the kitchen silently, and Lian Zheng was there alone to study the game of Go. Seeing her coming out, she quickly waved and said, "Xiao Jue, come and play chess with me, it's too boring for me to play alone."

"I can only do a little bit." He Xijue said.

"It's okay, I can only know a little bit, I still teach Pianran."

"Me too..." He Xijue stopped talking and swallowed the last three words.

She sat down, looked at the chess game, and then played with the sunspots. The two fought silently on the chessboard, probably because they hadn't touched each other for a long time. I don't know where to put the chess pieces at all.

Qin Pianran came over at some point, took a look at the chess game, and clicked on one of the positions.

The Hexi Jue suddenly became enlightened, and he dropped the chess piece on the position he ordered, and the chess game suddenly reversed, and he was completely incapable of fighting back.

Lian Zheng was a little annoyed, and said angrily, "Pianran, this is your fault, can you watch chess without speaking?"

"Well, next time I will watch the chess without saying a word." Qin Pianran promised with a smile, "Wash your hands and eat."

"Alright, alright, it's time to eat." Lian Zheng took away the chess pieces and asked He Xijue to eat.

After washing their hands, the three of them sat down with six dishes and one soup, which was the result of Qin Pianran's hard work in the kitchen for a long time today.

Among them, the most attractive dish is of course the lemon duck. Unfortunately, Lian Zheng shook his head and said, "Although this dish looks delicious, I can't eat it. I'm allergic to duck meat."

"Huh?" He Xijue was still surprised.

Originally thought that Qin Pianran made this dish today for Lian Zheng, but who knew that Lian Zheng couldn't eat it, isn't this a waste of Qin Pianran's heart?

But seeing Qin Pianran's expression, he was not surprised at all, pointing to the other dishes and said, "Those dishes are all your favorite, enough for you to eat."

"That's right." Lian Zheng was very satisfied.

He Xijue felt something was wrong while eating the lemon duck.

Seeing that she was eating seriously, Qin Pianran started eating on her own.

When Lian Zheng just received the call from He Xijue, he was preparing lunch. It was just a few simple dishes, but knowing that she was coming, he changed his mind and added this dish.

Qin Pianran has known Lian Zheng for so long, so she naturally knows that he is allergic to duck meat. After all, this dish was not made for him at all.

After dinner, Lian Zheng took the initiative to take over the task of washing dishes and let the two of them rest.

Hexijue is the most embarrassing, especially in this house, thinking about what happened before, it is even more embarrassing, he simply got up and said, "It's getting late, I also ate the meal, thank you Mr. Qin for the hospitality, I will go first I'm going back, and if I have a chance, I'll treat Mr. Qin to dinner too."

"I'll take you home." He also got up, went to the side to get his coat and car keys.

"No, no, I'll just take a taxi and go back."

"It's snowing again, it's not easy to find a car here." He just said briefly, not even an explanation, and opened the door to pick up the car without even waiting for her to agree.

He Xijue was so angry, stomped his feet, and went out anyway.

All right, all right, he likes to give it away, so let him do it, anyway, it's not her who suffers.

Originally thought it would be the same as before, the two of them had no communication the whole time, she closed and opened her eyes, and she arrived home.

Who knew that Qin Pianran would actually take the initiative to talk to her today, and the question he asked even made it difficult for He Xijue to answer.

He asked, "Do you really need this case of Deep Blue?"

He Xijue looked at him, not quite understanding what this man meant.

His thoughts are too deep, and his eyes are too deep, so she can't figure out his thoughts, so she can only nod, "Yes, I need it."

He didn't speak, He Xijue hesitated for a while, and said, "I know you need it too, so let's compete fairly. You know Lian Zheng, and he is willing to give you this case, which is also part of your strength. I don't It's your fault, I'm happy for you if you can get it."

"I see." Qin Pianran's words were always the least, even if she said so many things, he only had these four words to answer.

She wanted to say something more, but in the end she couldn't find a way to speak, just kept silent.

The car also arrived outside her house, He Xijue got out of the car, and said goodbye to him politely, "Thank you for taking me back, be careful when you go back, goodbye."

Qin Pianran nodded and drove away in the car.

He Xijue stood there, looking at the direction his car was leaving, a little distracted.

***
On Monday morning, Pei Yiyi rushed to the company, took the water handed over by Ella, took a few sips before calming down and said, "I just got the news that I'm going to fight for the plane tomorrow morning, which means that he will meet with you today." Qin Pianran signed the contract."

"Yesterday he expressed his opinion to me, saying that this cooperation will be for Qin Pianran." He Xijue said weakly.

Pei Yiyi spread her hands, "So?"

"So let's stop here. Without this cooperation, there will be another one." He Xijue got up, picked up his coat, and said to Pei Yiyi, "I went out for a while, there was a small accident in a hotel, we Go see the situation."

"Okay, it's still snowing outside, so be careful." Pei Yiyi did not forget to tell her.

After He Xijue left, Pei Yiyi went to Su Muyan's office and said the same thing.

"Well, I guess we have no chance."

Pei Yiyi is not the kind of woman who admits defeat quickly, she walks back and forth with her waist up, "It's not that there is room for tact before the matter reaches the last step."

"Yiyi, what else can you do?"

"Mu Yan, you finish the contract we prepared earlier, and bring your official seal, let's go out." Pei Yiyi said.

Su Muyan looked at her, and finally did as she said.

The two left the company and went straight to the hotel where Lian Zheng was.

According to Pei Yiyi's understanding, Lian Zheng will sign the contract in the conference room of this hotel.

When they arrived at the hotel, Su Muyan saw Qin Pianran's car parked there, Pei Yiyi naturally saw it too, and said to Su Muyan, "Don't be discouraged, let's go in and have a try, don't you feel embarrassed?"

Su Muyan smiled, "When I was in college, I did insurance, distributed leaflets, and sold things. Do you think it will be embarrassing?"

This really made Pei Yiyi look at her with admiration, "That's okay, just use the same energy you used to sell insurance and sell things, and let's fight for it again."

Su Muyan nodded, followed Pei Yiyi to the hotel, asked at the front desk, and a waiter came to take them there personally.

In the elevator, Pei Yiyi was still talking to encourage Su Muyan, when He Xijue called, and Su Muyan picked it up.

"Muyan, something happened to me. I'm in the hospital now." There was some noise on the phone, but Su Muyan could hear clearly.

"You are hurt?!"

"Well, there was a car accident."