A difference

Long before meeting Lu Xuan, Tang Xiao had heard a lot about him.Lu Xuan is the son of the group's boss. He graduated from MIT with an MBA. In order to train him, the boss once transferred him to a trading company that was about to close down under the group. He spent two years turning that company into a profit. It also successfully developed that subsidiary industry into one of the group's top ten most profitable industries.And just half a month ago, Tang Xiao's branch received a notice that Lu Xuan would be transferred to the public office to serve as the executive president next year.

In today's annual meeting, apart from the year-end summary, the most important thing is to welcome the new boss who will take office next year.Probably in order to please the new boss, the people from the public relations department made this annual meeting extraordinarily lively.

If the department manager hadn't forced everyone to be present, Tang Xiao wouldn't have appeared here at all.

Tang Xiao is not a lively person, he especially doesn't like this kind of large social scene.After being dragged around a few times by his colleagues and having some drinks with some colleagues, Tang Xiao decided to find a chance to leave.Just when he put down his glass and was about to leave, a female colleague beside him suddenly screamed in a low voice. She pulled another female colleague beside her and whispered, "Look, that's the new Mr. Lu! He's so handsome. !"

Another female colleague was a little puzzled: "What new Mr. Lu?"

"It's the executive president who will be in charge of the branch next year, Lu Xuan."

"I remembered... Ah, how handsome!"

Although their voices were not loud, they all fell into Tang Xiao's ears. He was speechless at the nympho behavior of the two female colleagues, but subconsciously glanced at the direction they were pointing at.With just one glance, he suddenly couldn't look away.

Lu Xuan was talking to several department managers, not too far away from them, not far enough for Tang Xiao to see his appearance clearly.His profile is simply perfect, with slightly protruding eyebrows, deep eye sockets, and smooth but tough lines on the entire face.He has a pair of very beautiful eyes, the pupils of which are black and bright like jewels.

Tang Xiao's heartbeat was a little abnormal.Just when he was in a daze, Manager Li from the planning department who was chatting with Lu Xuan suddenly waved to him and said, "Tang Xiao, come here."

Tang Xiao came back to his senses and walked over in a daze.

"Mr. Lu, this is Tang Xiao, the planning director of our department. He has a good sense of the market and innovative ideas. He is a living sign of our department..."

Tang Xiao was a little embarrassed by the compliment, so he smiled dryly at Lu Xuan and said, "Mr. Lu, hello."

Lu Xuan looked at him with a smile and said, "Hello." After speaking, she raised her glass to him politely.

Looking at his smiling face, Tang Xiao felt his heart beating faster again.

However, Lu Xuan didn't communicate with him too much. After greeting Tang Xiao, he asked Manager Li to introduce him to someone else.

Tang Xiao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed seeing him smiling gently at every employee.

Soon after the annual meeting, it is the Spring Festival holiday.After going to work after the Spring Festival, it took two months for Lu Xuan to take up the post in the branch.On his first day in office, he held a collective meeting, and Tang Xiao was able to meet him at the meeting.But after that, Tang Xiao couldn't see him again for three consecutive months.After all, he is just an employee of the planning department, and he doesn't need to go to the boss frequently for anything.

For the next six months, the situation remained the same. Tang Xiao had very few chances to meet Lu Xuan. Except for company meetings, he only ran into Lu Xuan occasionally when he was waiting for the elevator at work in the morning or when he was in the cafeteria at noon. Such opportunities are pitifully rare, Lu Xuan has a dedicated elevator, and he doesn't often go to the cafeteria at noon.

But even so, Tang Xiao knew his situation very well.There are no gossipers and nymphomaniacs in the company. The married and unmarried women in the company usually talk about the new president the most. His family background, his ability, and his emotional life are all gossips. content.From these gossips, Tang Xiao can get a lot of information. For example, Lu Xuan actually wanted to stay at the headquarters of the group, but for some reason he was exiled by his father to the small branch of V City; Lu Xuan's ability is obvious to all. He has a set of management methods for the company. He has a unique vision and can accurately see the needs of the market, and then formulate the development direction of the company's products.

Handsome, stable, and capable, Tang Xiao couldn't find any other adjectives to describe him besides perfection.However, such a perfect person, even though he lives beside him, is separated from him by thousands of mountains and rivers.

Tang Xiao thought that it was impossible for him to have too much interaction with Lu Xuan, and he never expected to have any development with Lu Xuan.But fate is so incredible sometimes, and surprises can always come at the most unexpected time.

Later, thinking about what happened that day, Tang Xiao didn't know whether to say it was his lucky day or a disaster day.

It was a Monday, and everyone in the office was a little listless. Tang Xiao also sat in a daze in a daze. He didn't sleep well the night before, and his eyes were dark circles when he woke up in the morning. It was more terrifying than staying up late and working overtime.Ever since he came out of the closet and was kicked out of the house by his father, he often dreamed about his family members, but the dream last night was different. He dreamed that his father died in a car accident.The scene in the dream was so clear that it almost seemed to happen in real life.After waking up from the dream, he broke out in a cold sweat and never fell asleep again.After staying up until six o'clock in the morning, he finally couldn't help calling his mother and asked about the family situation on the phone. He was relieved to know that his father was fine.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Tang Xiao finally regained some energy, and when he was about to go to work, his cell phone rang suddenly.Looking at the caller, Tang Xiao couldn't help being stunned. The caller was his father who hadn't spoken to him for three years.

Tang Xiao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He hurriedly connected the phone and called out "Dad", but there was no answer. He just remained silent for a long time before saying seriously, "Hurry up, your mother was in a car accident. gone."

Tang Xiaoru was struck by lightning, his mind was completely blank for a moment, and then the scene in his dream suddenly flashed before his eyes like an image.When he came back to his senses, his father's cold words came from the phone: "You have to wait until we are all dead before you are willing to come back and see us..."

He didn't hear what his father said earlier, but this sentence made his heart fall into the ice cellar.His father's words made it clear that his mother was no longer alive.Tang Xiao only felt that the blood in his whole body was congealed. He didn't expect his nightmare to become a reality, but it was his father who died in the dream, but now it was his most important mother who had an accident.

After that, my father only said: "You must come back within today, or you will never come back." Then he hung up the phone.

After Tang Xiao and the manager asked for leave, they left in a hurry.He rushed into the elevator and happened to meet Lu Xuan.

If he met Lu Xuan in normal times, Tang Xiao would definitely be happy for a long time, and being alone in a space like this is a rare benefit, enough for him to be excited for a while.But today's time is wrong, he has no mind to pay attention to other things at all.He didn't even bother to say hello, and when he entered the elevator, he leaned against the wall and stared at the light in a daze, but his mind was full of his mother's business...

His mother, who was still on the phone with him in the early morning, left him within a few hours... It was like a joke made by God, but how cruel this joke was!

He leaned against the wall in desperation, only feeling suffocated and uncomfortable.

Lu Xuan was scrolling through the messages on her phone, when she saw someone coming in, she raised her head, but happened to meet his bright but sad eyes.He was stunned, and couldn't help but look at him twice more. Although the person in front of him had a calm expression, his face was a little pale, as if he was very uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking: "Are you okay?"

Tang Xiao froze for a moment before realizing that he was asking himself. He forced a smile and said, "It's okay."

"I see that your complexion is not very good..." Before Lu Xuan finished speaking, the elevator suddenly shook and then stopped, the lights in the elevator went out instantly, and the surroundings fell into darkness.