original love

Driven by Chen Shen back to the villa where he lived in after marriage, Yi Xiao dragged his weary footsteps as soon as he entered the door, the little one who was still playing in the living room quickly came to the door with the toddling steps of a baby. Opening his arms in the posture of waiting to be hugged, he raised his head and called out childishly: "Daddy hug~"

Yi Xiao raised the corner of his mouth, lowered his body and lifted the child high before putting it in his arms, and asked with a doting smile, "Good boy, miss me?"

"Think, miss Dad." The child who has just learned to speak is limited in his ability to express, but from the moment he was picked up by Yi Xiao, he clasped his arms tightly around Yi Xiao's neck and did not let go.

A young woman's complaining voice came from behind: "I call this dad every time I stay at home every day, but I don't see him calling me several times." Li Xiaonian pouted and said, "I have been here since ten o'clock. The eagle is boiled here and has been waiting for you to come back."

Yi Xiao patted the child's tender face lightly, "I brought back toys for Xiaoyu, go to bed early today, and daddy will play with you again tomorrow."

I don't know how much the child can understand, but he kept looking at Yi Xiao's smile, and Li Xiaonian walked over after seeing Yi Xiao, thinking that it would be difficult for Xiaoyu not to like him if he spoiled the child like this.Although he didn't have much contact with Yi Xiao in the past year, but because of Yi Xiao's care and love for his child, Li Xiaonian was easily moved no matter how big his nerves were.

And when she approached and smelled the alcohol smell on Yi Xiao, she couldn't help but sniffed and said, "Is it okay to drink like this? What's the use of exercising? Just now I asked Aunt Li to make some soup and drink it." Go back to sleep." While hugging Xiaoyu who was still reluctant to leave Yi Xiao's embrace, Li Xiaonian turned around and rushed into the room and said, "Aunt Li, reheat the soup."

After saying "no need", Yi Xiao turned and walked towards the stairs.

"By the way," Li Xiaonian who was behind him suddenly stopped him: "Xiaoyu went to play in your room today, rummaging around in your room."

"It's okay." Yi Xiao's footsteps did not stop.

"Uh...Xiaoyu found a ring in your drawer. I wanted to put it away when I found it, but the child was mischievous and threw it away. Aunt Li and the others searched for a long time but couldn't find it." Li Xiaonian said while observing carefully. Yi Xiao's reaction, usually no one is allowed to enter Yi Xiao's room except for cleaning.

And when she finished saying this and saw Yi Xiao suddenly stop and turn around, she secretly said in her heart, 'It's over, it's time to cause trouble', because Yi Xiao's eyes suddenly changed.Having been with this person for more than a year, she can somewhat understand Yi Xiao's temper, at least she has never seen Yi Xiao's cold and stern eyes today.

So she hurriedly searched for it and said: "I will ask Aunt Li and others to look around again during the day tomorrow. I glanced at it at the time. It is from Boucheron. I probably remember the appearance. If I can't find it, I will buy it for you again." One."

It wasn't until a while later that the person on the steps seemed to try his best to hold his breath and say a word: "Where did you throw it?"

"Ah?" Li Xiaonian asked with staring round eyes, and then immediately pointed his finger at the hall, "It should be there. I was holding Xiaoyu on the stairs at that time, and this kid just flicked the ring and rolled down the steps. Hearing the sound, he should be going to the living room."

After hearing this, Yi Xiao didn't continue to go upstairs, but walked down the halfway up the steps, passed by her, took off his suit and rummaged on the floor of the living room.

"Don't be so anxious, the light is not good at night, wait for tomorrow." Because Li Xiaonian was still holding the child in his hands, it was inconvenient for Li Xiaonian to help him toss, so he could only persuade him.

"It's okay, you take Xiaoyu to sleep first, and I'll look for it later."

Li Xiaonian was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child. Even now that he is a mother, he still feels displeased with Yi Xiao's "playing face". The child went back to the bedroom on the second floor to sleep.

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The living room of the [-]-square-meter villa is too big. Yi Xiao moved all the things around and searched under the carpet under the sofa, but he couldn't find the ring until midnight. In addition, he had a drink with Zhou Jinyu at night Quite a few were still dizzy, and when he was so tired that he slumped on the ground, he murmured unconsciously, "Where the hell did you go?"

It was one of the pair of rings I bought at that time. At that time, I thought that the other one would be worn by that person one day, but it didn't work out. In the end, he gave the ring to him himself. threw.But the strange thing is that he still has this ring, even if he doesn't take it or look at it, and just let the ring stay there alone, he still knows that the ring is lying in the grid of the bottom drawer.

After resting for a while, Yi Xiao shook his dizzy head to wake himself up, and then continued to search little by little on the white porcelain floor of the huge living room. When it was at the edge of the living room, I finally saw the ring behind the curtain.

After exhaling heavily, Yi Xiao picked up the ring and sat by the window, looking at the long-lost black and white plain ring, he unexpectedly raised his other hand, intending to put the ring on the ring finger and try again, but Just as he was about to put it on, he stopped as if waking up.

What is this doing...

Gradually lowering his hands, Yi Xiao stood up and stood facing the dark window for a long time before turning around and going upstairs holding the ring embedded in his palm.

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Washed up exhausted, just came out of the bathroom and sat on the balcony to smoke, when the door was knocked behind him, there was only one person who could knock on the door at this time, Yi Xiao turned his head and said, "Come in."

Li Xiaonian is a night owl. After putting the child to sleep, he took a shower by himself, put on his pajamas with his still wet hair, walked in slowly and asked cautiously, "Did you find it?"

After flicking the soot between his fingers, Yi Xiao simply gave a "huh".

"I'm sorry today, this little one is too naughty, so I ran into your house when I couldn't see it at a glance."

"What are you blaming him for, kid?"

Only then did Li Xiaonian heave a sigh of relief and sit down on the sofa, "Fortunately, I found it. You had a scary expression just now, you know? It's like I lost your family heirloom."

Li Xiaonian has never seen Yi Xiao blushing before, and she was also in a state of turmoil this night. After thinking about it, she always felt that the origin of the ring was not simple. He gnawed on his apple and put his feet on the opposite chair without any fuss.

Yi Xiao looked sideways, and asked with a faint smile, "Can you pay attention to your image? You come to a man's room at night, and she's a woman anyway."

"Hehe," Li Xiaonian continued to gnaw on the apple, "It's because I'm a woman that you don't need to pay attention."

Li Xiaonian has never told Yi Xiao about one thing. She found this marriage on her own initiative. Back then, his father refused to allow her to be with Xiaoyu's biological father and forced her to find a suitable person to marry. How much did Li Xiaonian spend? After searching all over the city of Beijing, I found a person like Yi Xiao. If you want to be good-looking and good-looking to stay by your side without being an eyesore, and if you want to have a good-looking identity to satisfy his father, the most important thing is--I don't like women. , this point is simply perfect, and she also asked people in the circle privately at that time, and they all had a good reputation for Yi Xiao. Get more time for Xiaoyu's father to start a business outside.So she just said to her father life and death, either Yi Xiao, or a single mother who was unmarried and pregnant to give Li's parents a face.

At first she thought it was just a marriage in name, and the two parties got what they needed, and then they would have nothing to do with each other, but after getting in touch with each other for a long time, she felt that Yi Xiao was really a good person, who took good care of both herself and Xiaoyu. , so even if she reciprocates, she will still care about Yi Xiao like a good friend.And after more than a year of getting along, Li Xiaonian found that compared with people in the circle of the same age, Yi Xiao was obviously duller, and some expressions that did not fit the face of this proud man would appear on this person from time to time. She felt that Yi Xiao must have had a sad and unresolved emotional experience, and only occasionally saw her look lonely and lonely when she took Xiaoyu to make a video call with her husband in the living room. A ring seems to further confirm her inference.

Li Xiaonian looked at Yi Xiao, who had a figure of [-] points from the side, and wondered what this perfect man had experienced.

After putting the apple cores in the trash can, she stood up and walked to the balcony, leaning on the door frame and looking at the beautiful night outside, she said, "The weather is nice today, I haven't seen stars in a long time."

"Aren't you tired after taking care of the child for a day?"

Yi Xiao's eviction order was quite obvious, but Li Xiaonian pretended he didn't hear it, and just continued on his own: "You said it would be nice to go out for a walk with your partner on such a fine day..." The light was too dark and she I couldn't see clearly the expression of Yi Xiao who was sitting, but still couldn't help but change the subject: "My husband can't do anything abroad, how about you? Do you have a boyfriend? I've never seen you mention it before."

Why is there always something tonight, something to remind him of a certain person, Yi Xiao impatiently put out the cigarette, and said directly: "I'm a little tired, I want to rest."

Li Xiaonian persisted in asking: "Actually, that ring is related to your boyfriend, isn't it his ex-boyfriend? Break up? Haven't contacted for a long time? Is it the kind that is very unforgettable?" On the one hand, she cares about this nominal Xiaoyu's father. It's true, but on the other hand, she's desperate to gossip at this point.

"Go back to sleep, I want to rest."

"Don't be so stingy, I'm too strict to tell others, so just tell me."

"Li Xiaonian..." Yi Xiao's patience was exhausted, "Are you finished?"

"Really~~ Be stingy..." Li Xiaonian rolled his eyes, but immediately showed an excited expression, "How about this, I have recently learned Tarot cards, and they are very, very accurate, let me do the math for you , I can help you find the answer you want without even talking."

Yi Xiao had already pushed her towards the door, but Li Xiaonian turned back and said, "Don't do this, I've done calculations for many people, and I'm sure, do you know Tarot cards, they have a history of thousands of years, If it is not allowed, how can so many people believe it?"

After exhausting all his patience, Yi Xiao also pushed Li Xiaonian to the door, and finally just said "sleep with Xiaoyu well", and shut him outside the door.

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The first batch of "smart shared space" pilots went smoothly, so Qin's accelerated the implementation progress of later projects, and contacted many media to plan a large-scale press conference, announcing that in the next five years, Qin's will comprehensively expand the project The project expands from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to more cities.

The Qin family has been intensively planning this press conference for a month, and chose to hold it at a top hotel next to the Bird’s Nest in the North Fourth Ring Road. Various rumors about the press conference have conveyed a message to the outside world, for the success of the "Smart Shared Space" project , Qin is determined to win.

As the general manager of the project, Yi Xiao arrived at the hotel lobby early. When Yi Xiao lowered his head to confirm the time, the elevator stopped with a "ding", and the moment the door opened, an unexpected person appeared in front of him. It was Chen Yixiao.

After meeting for such a long time, both of them were startled, and then Yi Xiao stepped into the elevator without even saying hello, as if seeing a stranger.

The elevator went up quietly, and no one took the initiative to speak. Yi Xiao straightened his back and looked ahead, pretending not to care whether Chen Yixiao behind him was there. The elevators of five-star hotels are well-equipped, and the height of dozens of floors can be reached in a blink of an eye. , Before going out, Yi Xiao originally planned to step out of the elevator and never look back, but for some reason, some emotions drew him to look back through the gap at the moment the door was about to close, but this glance made Yi Xiao suddenly over there.

How could it be this look...

Yi Xiao couldn't help frowning, it was expected whether he received ignorance or hatred from Chen Yixiao, but at that moment just now, he clearly felt the sadness in Chen Yixiao's eyes, it was a mistake up?

Following Chen Shen's voice, "Mr. Xiao, the media has arrived", Yi Xiao pulled himself together and suppressed the lingering scene in his mind.When speaking at the press conference that day, Yi Xiao used all his concentration to avoid making mistakes in front of many media.

After the meeting, Qin Xuan stepped forward and asked concerned: "Is it uncomfortable? Others will not notice, but I am your uncle watching you grow up. You were obviously distracted just now."

Yi Xiao forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, uncle."

However, from that day on, Yi Xiao couldn't sleep well, he felt uneasy, his heart seemed to be covered with a gray shadow, no matter what he couldn't explain what Chen Yixiao's glance meant, even if he hated him for leaving Chen Anhua heartily, It shouldn't be that the eyes are full of sadness. Did I see it wrong?Or have you always been too sensitive about that person?

Recently, Yi Xiao has more dreams than before. He always dreams about being in that small house with Chen Anhua. It is very strange that Chen Anhua in the dream can talk, and the voice is very nice.But at the end he couldn't find anyone, but no matter how much he called Chen Anhua to come out of the small house of [-]|[-] square meters, no matter how he searched every corner, he couldn't find him. In the end, he often complained that he didn't value people well. , Wake up sweating profusely.

Recently, Yi Xiao checked WeChat more and more. Seeing the eternal white picture, he couldn't help frowning, but he still didn't have any information, because Chen Anhua never posted on Moments.

This day he was in the small courtyard of the old mansion, and he seemed to inadvertently ask, has anyone come to see me recently?

Uncle Liu has been working in the old house for the longest time, and he is taking care of the flowers and plants at the moment. He was startled when he heard Yi Xiao approaching behind him, but he immediately stopped what he was doing, thought for a while before shaking his head and said: " No, sir."

Yi Xiao took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, lit a cigarette and continued to chat as if chatting: "No one came to look for me after I got married?"

Uncle Liu was a little puzzled. He didn't understand the logic of this sentence. Does it have anything to do with before and after marriage?But he thought about it again, the young master of this house doesn't often bring people back, so he knows that there are not many guests here... Then he immediately thought of someone, so he hurriedly said: "Oh, I remembered what you said, The gentleman who couldn't speak came to look for him later, and..." Lao Li recalled it for a while before continuing: "If I remember correctly, it should be the time before your marriage, but because you told us not to If you don’t care about him, we sent him away, and the gentleman wanted to leave a letter, but we didn’t dare to accept it because we were afraid you would be unhappy.”

"Come here?" Yi Xiao confirmed again, "Before I got married?"

"Yes, it was a day or two before your wedding. That's right, it was at that time, because we were all busy at home packing up some commonly used things for you to move over. The gentleman came only I talked to him at the door, and he seemed quite..." Uncle Liu thought for a while before continuing, "I'm quite disappointed, because the gentleman said he was going abroad, so he wanted to leave a letter for you." letter."

Uncle Liu is getting old, and his eyesight is not so good that he can't make out Yi Xiao's expression a few meters away, "Master, are we delaying your business?"

After a long while, the man said slowly, "Understood, you can go elsewhere first, I'll stay here for a while."

As the footsteps went away, Yi Xiao's palms clenched tighter and tighter, and an inexplicable feeling spread in his heart. Chen Anhua actually came to look for him before getting married, and wanted to leave him something to say... what is itYi Xiao didn't want to admit the remorse at this moment, it was he who told him not to talk to Chen Anhua anymore, don't tell him any news that Chen Anhua came here to find him, who can blame him now, and it was so long ago, after a while After many years, what is Chen Anhua doing now, who is thinking in his heart, and who knows?

Although he told himself not to think about these unanswered things, Yi Xiao had a dream again that night. In the dream, Chen Anhua opened the door for him with a smile and said, "Why are you so busy recently? I haven't come back for a few days. I'll do my best." I have been wasting a lot of food waiting for you."

In the dream, Yi Xiao had already forgotten about the breakup between the two, or he didn’t want to remember it at all, so he just smiled and greeted him and said: “There are too many things in the company, don’t be tired from doing so much, what do you want to eat, I’ll give you when I come back.” Do."

"In that case, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat for a few days." Chen Anhua still looked at him with a smile.

Yi Xiao couldn't help but hugged him tightly, held Chen Anhua's face and kissed it, and murmured the truth that he had never said for so long: "I miss you very much, do you know it?"

Chen Anhua also tried his best to respond to him, saying with an air that he was all too familiar with, "Me too."

Slowly, he felt some cold liquid on his lips. Yi Xiao raised his head to see what was wrong, but Chen Anhua looked at him with tears in his eyes and asked, "Why don't you listen to my explanation?"

Before he could say anything else, Chen Anhua suddenly retreated to a place far, far away from him, gradually receding like a movie scene, he rushed forward to chase, but he couldn't get close anyway and could only circle around in place, In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Chen Anhua gradually disappeared in front of him.

After waking up from the dream, Yi Xiao slowly sat up and inserted his fingers deeply into the roots of his hair, hoping to drive away the nightmare, because Chen Anhua looked at him at the end like a farewell.

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