half thorns, half joy

Xiao Zihan came here after lunch. Because he had called Tang Xuan before he came, he knew that Tang Xuan was working overtime and didn't go down to eat at noon, so he bought lunch for Tang Xuan on the way here.

When we arrived at the office, watching Tang Xuan eating and working, Xiao Zihan stretched out his hand to block Tang Xuan's computer, and said displeasedly, "Eat first, eat while working, it's not easy to digest."

Tang Xuan wrinkled her face and pursed her lips, "Alright then, I'll just eat."

Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan have been together for more than a year, and they are very familiar with each other's small expressions and small movements. Seeing that Tang Xuan's brows seemed unhappy, she immediately asked, "What happened? Why do you look so unhappy?"

Tang Xuan lowered her head and took two mouthfuls of food, then replied sullenly, "Um... your morning meeting, I organized it for you."

"I know." Xiao Zihan acted indifferent, "Didn't you send me a text message to tell me, I read the meeting minutes you wrote, and you did a good job."

Tang Xuan quickly raised her eyes to look at Xiao Zihan, then lowered her eyes, "Well...your father... After Mr. Xiao asks you to come to the company, go to his office."

Xiao Zihan stared at Tang Xuan for a few seconds. He was not stupid, and immediately connected Tang Xuan's behavior with this matter.

"You went to the meeting today instead of me, did my dad say something?"

Tang Xuan still lowered her head: "..."

Xiao Zihan guessed, "He asked you to talk to him again?"

The last time Xiao Mingyuan asked Tang Xuan to go over, and when Tang Xuan told Xiao Zihan afterwards, Xiao Zihan was quite nervous, for fear that Tang Xuan would be wronged by his father.

Fortunately, Tang Xuan said that there was no grievance. Her father was only concerned about Tang Xuan's family problems, so Xiao Zihan was relieved.

But this time, Xiao Zihan had a vague premonition.

In Xiao Zihan's heart, his father has always been a strict and rigid person. If he doesn't go to work and ask his girlfriend to hold the morning meeting instead of him, this must be particularly inappropriate in his father's eyes.

Xiao Zihan was not afraid of being scolded, but he didn't want Tang Xuan to be scolded because of him.

"Actually, it's okay." Seeing Xiao Zihan's uncertain face, Tang Xuan pretended to be very sensible to speak for Xiao Mingyuan, "President Xiao just reminded me a little bit, I said that I will work hard in the future and won't be good at it anymore. To make a claim, Mr. Xiao didn't say anything."

"Really?" Xiao Zihan obviously didn't believe it.

Tang Xuan nodded heavily, "Of course it's true. In fact, I was also at fault for this matter. Even if Mr. Xiao criticized me, he should have done so."

Xiao Zihan stroked Tang Xuan's arm pitifully, and couldn't bear it, and said in his heart, "You have been wronged today. My father is actually quite a nice person, but he is old-fashioned, serious and unsympathetic, and his tone of voice may be awkward. Take it easy, don't take it to heart."

Tang Xuan pulled the corner of her mouth and smiled softly, "Of course I won't take it to heart, you can go up to him later, no matter what he says, even if he is angry with me, don't speak for me, okay?"

Xiao Zihan was puzzled, "Why, this matter was not your fault in the first place, if you insist on counting it, you still have credit."

Tang Xuan: "No, if I wasn't your girlfriend, you wouldn't think I was right about today's matter. Later, if Mr. Xiao talks about this matter, you will treat me as an irrelevant person. Even if he talks about me in front of you, don't protect me, okay?"

Xiao Zihan: "..."

Tang Xuan persuaded, "If you protect me, I don't think I'll be able to work as a secretary for long. Your father must think that I'm a beauty, and I'm obsessed with his son."

Xiao Zihan laughed straight at Tang Xuan's words. He stretched out his hand to scratch Tang Xuan's nose, and said dotingly, "Why, you just realized now that you are a troublesome beauty."

"Nonsense." Tang Xuan retorted coquettishly, "I'm a beauty, not a disaster."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Xiao Zihan talked and laughed with Tang Xuan for a while, and after the lunch break, he went upstairs to find Xiao Mingyuan.

Tang Xuan sat in front of the computer desk, staring blankly at the blank word document.

The reason why she wanted to tell Xiao Zihan just now was because she knew that Xiao Zihan liked her, so she definitely didn't want her to be wronged, and would definitely speak for her, and that Xiao Yu seemed so hostile to her, if Xiao Yu said something derogatory to him, Xiao Zihan hurriedly defended himself with a pale face, which probably made Xiao Mingyuan doubt himself even more.

I have to praise Tang Xuan, she guessed it right this time.

After Xiao Zihan entered Xiao Mingyuan's office, he sat down on the sofa, and Xiao Yu immediately served Xiao Zihan tea.

And Xiao Mingyuan also got up from the executive chair, walked over and sat on the sofa, and sat down face to face with Xiao Zihan.

After all, he is his own son, the treatment is different.

"Dad, are you looking for me because of what happened this morning?" Xiao Zihan asked straight to the point without going around the bush.

Xiao Mingyuan chuckled, "Why, your girlfriend's assistant told you?"

Xiao Zihan took a sip of his tea, "Well, I apologized to me as soon as I got back to the office, and I'm ashamed to say harsh words for her."

"That's right, I thought you were going to speak for her." Xiao Mingyuan also took a sip of tea, with a casual attitude like gossip between father and son, "Don't you like her very much, why don't you speak for her .”

Xiao Zihan also laughed. He remembered what Tang Xuan had said before, "Like is like, work is work. She should be responsible for what she did wrong. Just because she is my girlfriend, I can't just let her go. Let her alone."

Xiao Mingyuan looked at Xiao Zihan in surprise, "You can carry it clearly."

"Dad, what did you say, when did I not distinguish between public and private?" Xiao Zihan raised his eyebrows, "But she was wronged in the company during the day, and I still have to coax her when I go back at night. You said this situation, with you and Mom, right? Pretty similar."

Hearing Xiao Zihan mention his wife, Xiao Mingyuan's face was dazed for a moment, but it was only for a short moment, and he soon returned to normal.

Standing aside, Xiao Yu saw the embarrassment on Xiao Mingyuan's face. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he pretended to be a brother and said to Xiao Zihan, "Zihan, your girlfriend feels quite strange."

Xiao Zihan stopped drinking tea, he slowly raised his head and looked at Xiao Yu, "Brother Yu, what do you mean by that?"

Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Mingyuan, saw that Xiao Mingyuan had no expression, and said directly: "It's just a strange feeling, she first joined Xiao's, and then became your secretary, and now she has just become your secretary, and then she is in a hurry to be herself." Don't you find it strange that I propose to hold the morning meeting for you?"

"Is it strange?" Xiao Zihan put down his teacup slowly. If Tang Xuan hadn't specifically warned him earlier, Xiao Zihan would have turned his back on him now, but Tang Xuan had already been vaccinated, so he held back his temper and tried to explain in a good-tempered manner. , "It's really wrong for her to assert herself, but it's a bit too much to use the word strange to describe it."

Xiao Yu didn't notice Xiao Zihan's faint anger, and was still sowing discord, "Don't you really think that, she looks quite obedient on the outside, but the things she does are not small at all."

Xiao Zihan smiled faintly, "Could it be that Brother Yu means that Tang Xuan wants to sit in my seat?"

"It's hard to say. After all, according to her previous living standard, it is impossible to have this opportunity."

Xiao Mingyuan saw that Xiao Zihan was unhappy and was about to get angry, so he slowly said, "Xiaoyu is just guessing, don't take it to heart, but there are some things, it's better to be on guard."

Xiao Zihan didn't expect that even his father would say that. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak calmly, "Okay, I'll be on guard, I'll educate, I'll ask, and see where her ambition comes from!"

"Zihan..."

"No, I don't understand. Tang Xuan just held a meeting on my behalf. It's not such an important meeting. How could it have something to do with ambition. Even if she made a mistake, we can just discuss the matter. , don’t people think it’s too much to be so skeptical?”

Xiao Yu reminded at the right time, "Zihan, you are the heir of the Xiao family. We have to be careful about many things."

Speaking of this, Xiao Zihan has nothing to say.

He suddenly understood why Tang Xuan asked him not to speak up for him, and he also suddenly understood why Tang Xuan looked so unhappy.

It turned out that it was because of being so angry!
"Xiaohan, Xiaoyu just kindly reminded him that he didn't mean any harm, so don't take it to heart."

Hearing his father's lukewarm advice, Xiao Zihan became even angrier in his heart, but the angrier he became, the calmer he became. He knew that if he really angered his father, it would be hard for everyone, and it might even involve Tang Xuan .

So he forcefully suppressed his anger, and intentionally acted as if he was going to ask the teacher, "Okay, I know, you don't have to worry about Tang Xuan, I will deal with it. If she really loves Xiao family money, not me, I know what to do."

When Xiao Yu heard what Xiao Zihan said, a smug light flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Zihan stood up abruptly, and said without a good face: "Since the words have been finished, then I will go back."

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Xiao Mingyuan agreed or not, he left Xiao Mingyuan's office in stride.

The office door was closed with a bang, and Xiao Yu's timid Xiao Mingyuan glanced at him, "Mr. Xiao, this..."

"Forget it, he's holding back his anger now." It was rare for Xiao Mingyuan to get angry because of his son's impoliteness, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This kid is good at everything, but he is too impatient."

Xiao Yu: "Then let's talk about Tang Xuan in front of him. Will he quarrel with Tang Xuan after he returns?"

Xiao Mingyuan also stood up, his eyes swept over Xiao Yu like a poisonous snake, "Of course they will quarrel, but isn't that what your purpose is?"

Being seen through his thoughts, Xiao Yu was almost scared out of his wits.

He looked at Xiao Mingyuan in panic, and stammered his explanation, "I...I'm not...I just think that Tang Xuan...she's really not simple, I don't mean anything else."

Xiao Mingyuan sat back in the president's chair and waved his hand at Xiao Yu, "Okay, don't explain, I don't blame you. It's just that sometimes, you should be more open-minded and don't care about those little things."

Xiao Yu was so frightened that even his calves were trembling, and he managed to respond reluctantly, "Well, I understand."

Xiao Mingyuan: "I don't like Tang Xuan very much, but it's different from you. You have to change your contempt for the poor. I've been teaching you for so long, how come you still can't learn?"

"It's because I'm too dull, I will continue to study hard." Xiao Yu lowered his head, seeming to be taught humbly, but only he knew it, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Mingyuan mistakenly thought that he targeted Tang Xuan because of Tang Xuan's poverty, but he covered up his real motive.

If Xiao Mingyuan knew that he took away Xiao Zihan's heart because he disliked Tang Xuan's stumbling block, and could not let his people be with Xiao Zihan, and finally cooperated with him to snatch the Xiao family into his hands, then his little life would be worthless. Definitely can't keep it.

Xiao Yu gritted his teeth secretly, if he couldn't get rid of Tang Xuan, then he would get rid of Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan together.

That young master who doesn't understand anything but only enjoys himself is not worthy to be Xiao's heir at all, and he is not worthy to be the future head of Xiao's family.

Only he, Xiao Mingyuan's nephew on the surface, but actually Xiao Mingyuan's illegitimate son, is more suitable for this powerful and wealthy position.