win or lose game

Shao Yigui didn't know how long he spent in a daze before he walked over slowly.

Tang Linwen didn't turn his head to look at Shao Yigui, but when Shao Yigui approached, he could naturally sense it. "At that time, I was standing outside the door of the operating room." He said without thinking.

Shao Yigui thought for a while before realizing that what the other party was talking about happened when he was five years old.He replied affirmatively: "It's different this time, He Xiao will be fine."

Tang Linwen nodded slowly. "This kind of thing really shouldn't happen to He Xiao. I have thought about it, the law of heaven recurs, maybe one day I will die to save a child, this is called the completion of karma."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Shao Yigui blurted out.

Tang Linwen silently accepted Shao Yigui's remarks. He didn't speak any more, but continued to look at the lights in the operating room.

Shao Yigui didn't know what the other party was thinking, but at least he knew that it would be better if he didn't think about anything at this time, he looked for a topic: "You arrived so quickly, these three years, you have been very close to He Xiao, right? "

Tang Lin asked without hesitation and replied: "I work in a studio in the east of the city."

"What do you usually do when you work in the studio?" Shao Yigui was at a loss for words.

"Usually it is to give lessons to children. Sometimes I also take jobs from companies."

"What kind of work do those companies want the studio to do?"

"There will be party-group activities such as painting organized by the company, so it is necessary to go to the scene to demonstrate and teach painting."

"When my company organizes activities, can I ask you for a discount?"

"I'm not the boss, what I say doesn't count."

"Why don't you open your own studio?"

"It takes too much energy."

"Such a big 'Tang Dynasty', you manage it smoothly, what is a studio afraid of?"

"It's different to run a company to manage people, but to open a studio to manage affairs."

"In other words, you like managing people, not managing things?"

Shao Yigui kept looking for questions to continue the conversation.Until the lights in the operating room go out.

Because of the angle, Shao Yigui couldn't see the light immediately, but he still knew the situation of the light immediately.Because Tang Linwen's face, which was like wearing a thick mask before, shattered at this moment, overflowing with a trace of fearful resistance.

Shao Yigui walked to Tang Linwen's side, and reached out his hand to firmly hold the other's shoulder.

The doctor came out of the operating room and took off the mask on his face. "The operation went well, and the patient has passed the critical period. Although further observation is needed, no permanent damage should be left."

Shao Yigui, who was always trying to maintain his composure, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.He was relieved for Tang Hexiao, and he was also relieved for Tang Linwen.

"Thank you, Doctor."

At this time, someone walked quickly from the other end of the corridor.He went straight towards Shao Yigui and the others.Sensing the strangeness, Shao Yigui turned his head in doubt to look at the man with long hair who looked crisp and neat, only to see that the man's eyes were focused on Tang Linwen, with concern and worry.

"How's the situation?" When approaching, the man asked Tang Lin.

After listening to the doctor's speech, Tang Linwen didn't have time to relax his stiff state, but when he saw the man, he still raised a light and relieved smile from the corner of his mouth. "He Xiao is fine."

"That's good." The man smiled sincerely, and then, deep guilt appeared in his eyes.He suddenly reached out and hugged Tang Linwen into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Sorry, I'm late."

Shao Yigui didn't know when he was so far away from Tang Linwen, and he just looked at the two men embracing each other from such a distance.Even though it was not an intimate act in public, it was still inappropriate and weird. Shao Yigui thought that Tang Linwen would definitely push him away, but in the end, what he saw was that Tang Linwen's back was tense in the man's embrace. Slowly relax.

Tang Hexiao, who was still under the effects of the medicine, was quickly pushed out of the operating room, and a group of people came to the intensive care unit with him.Tang Linwen finally calmed down again. He arranged all the matters in an orderly manner, and then turned to Shao Yigui.

"Thank you for rushing over to see He Xiao. I'll do it if you have me here. Go get busy."

Shao Yigui, who was always being expelled, only felt that there was some pain in his body that made him extremely angry, "Don't you think this is a bit like crossing a river and tearing down a bridge?" He deliberately asked with the most explicit sarcasm.

Generally speaking, Tang Linwen can solve any provocation easily. He has various reasons to make your initial righteous words so strict that in the end he feels that he is making trouble for no reason. But this time, he changed his words after thinking about Shao Yigui's "problem" Said: "Otherwise, I invite you to dinner another day?"

"Okay, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Anyway, He Xiao will wake up tomorrow, so let's have dinner today. Your friends can also come together." Shao Yigui decided subconsciously and forcefully.

Tang Linwen looked at the long-haired man with a questioning look, and the latter smiled. Without saying a word, the two reached a tacit agreement.Tang Linwen nodded in agreement with Shao Yigui's suggestion. "I know there's an Italian restaurant nearby, let's go there."

Shao Yigui didn't like western food, but he didn't have time to pay attention at this time. His eyes were focused on the long-haired man, "Speaking of which, you haven't introduced him yet. Who is this?" He asked Tang Lin nonchalantly.

"This is Xie Xibei, the boss of my studio." Tang Lin asked briefly to introduce them, "This is Shao Yigui, Shi Yu's boss."

Shao Yigui pretended to say, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Xie. Didn't you think that the boss cares so much about his employees now?"

The man named Xie Xibei said with a smile, "Only bosses who treat their employees with ill intentions do this."

Shao Yigui couldn't appreciate this man's sense of humor at all, he just kept staring at Tang Linwen.Tang Lin asked what Shao Yigui's eyes were asking, and he gave the answer Shao Yigui wanted to know the most—and the answer he didn't want to hear the most—

"We're dating."

Shao Yigui soon knew who the person who liked Italian food was.In short, neither he nor Tang Lin asked.However, the lack of taste for this dinner was not just due to lack of taste.

Tang Linwen didn't eat much. After all, Tang Hexiao was still seriously injured in the hospital, and his elder brother was somewhat careless during dinner.Xie Beibei kept trying to figure out how to make Tang Linwen eat more.There wasn't much dialogue between the two, nor was there any intimate interaction, but even so, the atmosphere still made Shao Yigui feel like he couldn't get in the way.

Originally, Shao Yigui wanted to ask the other party how the past three years were going.It's the question he's been thinking about the most over the past three years.However, he soon realized that he didn't have to ask at all.

When he was worrying about these things, someone was really concerned about these things, worried about these things.

...He just couldn't figure out why Tang Lin asked to give Xie Xibei this chance.

"How did you guys meet?" It's none of his business, and he's not a gossip person, but as the dinner drew to a close, Shao Yigui finally couldn't help asking.

Xie Xibei, who is quite talkative, didn’t notice any difference. He smiled calmly and told the story: “At that time, Lin Wen came to our studio to apply for a job. In fact, I didn’t need an interview at all, but when I saw Lin Wen outside the window, I immediately Pretending to be the interviewer for the late night, then walked into the conference room, asked a lot of questions in a self-serving manner, and finally told our manager secretly, no matter what position is lacking in the studio, anyway, I lack a boyfriend, and you must help me solve it. "

I don’t know if Xie Xibei’s story has been told many times. He is proficient, fluent and affectionate. Hearing it made Shao Yigui feel gloomy. He couldn’t help but look at Tang Lin and ask, “How did you think of finding a job?” asked incredulously.

Tang Lin asked with a natural expression: "After leaving the lighthouse, I have to find a new job. I have studied painting, so it's normal to work in a studio."

Shao Yigui thought to himself, can you starve to death without working?But he couldn't be entangled in the wishful thinking that a rich man should not find a job to make money just because someone found a new job and took a boyfriend.As for his logic that it is impossible to engage in this field of work because Tang Linwen can draw, so as to avoid being found by himself, it has instead become a thinking loophole used by the other party, and it is not that he can blame others for his misjudgment.For a moment, Shao Yigui was speechless.

At the same time, Xie Xibei said with a smile: "When I opened the studio, all my friends advised me that it would only lose money and it was not the right decision, but now, every time I get together, I am very proud to tell them that I What did you earn?"

Shao Yigui blurted out subconsciously, "Yes, you have earned a major shareholder of 'Tang Dynasty'." Normally, he would not say such impolite words, but right now, he is tired of dealing with the pain in his heart. Didn't pay attention to what he said.He didn't regret it until the words fell to the ground.He was not afraid of losing his bearing, but he was afraid that Tang Linwen would be displeased by it. "I was joking." Soon, he added with a little embarrassment.

Xie Xibei didn't take it seriously, but continued to match the joke: "I earn more than this. This wealthy major shareholder can also paint, be a model, be a critic, and cook chicken soup for the soul. It's God's will that I haven't won a big prize or a small prize in the first half of my life."

"Speaking of which, I've never won a lottery in my life." Shao Yigui didn't know why he said that. This sentence didn't sound like a funny joke at all. Instead, it seemed that he was disappointed and aggrieved, complaining about the injustice of God.

Xie Beibei froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer the conversation.At this time, Tang Linwen reminded with a natural expression: "In fact, think about it carefully, you have already won a big prize at the moment you were born."

Shao Yigui wasn't that proud of his family background, but he still smiled and cooperated with Tang Linwen's rhetoric: "Yes, the rich second generation can be regarded as a lottery with a low probability of winning." "You missed your software and hardware requirements." Tang Lin asked pointed out.

It took Shao Yigui a while to realize that Tang Linwen seemed to be comforting himself.To be honest, he was absolutely unaware of this kind of thing that should not have happened in theory, but his heart was really comforted, and he felt warm and soft from the previous lost state, which made him realize that what Tang Linwen did what is it.

Xie Xibei's cell phone rang at this moment.

"Excuse me, answer the phone." Xie Xibei, who obviously thought that he and Tang Linwen had a different relationship, just saluted Shao Yigui, and then connected the phone.

In order to avoid interruption, Xie Xibei lowered his voice, and Shao Yigui didn't intend to listen in. However, due to the limited environment, he could still understand the situation.There must be something wrong in the studio. Someone came to ask the boss for instructions. This matter cannot be solved by just asking. Xie Beibei probably hoped to return to the studio, but I seemed to think it was inappropriate to leave in the middle of dinner, so I was a little hesitant.Tang Linwen silently made a simple gesture to Xie Xibei, and immediately, Xie Xibei said to the other end of the phone, "I'll be right over," and hung up.

"Mr. Shao, there is something urgent in the studio, so I have to excuse myself first." Xie Xibei said to Shao Yigui with apology.

Shao Yigui didn't welcome this person's presence in the first place, so he naturally nodded indifferently at this time.

Xie Beibei turned to Tang Lin to ask again.There was an unmistakable tacit understanding in their communication. Xie Xibei said bluntly, "Are you going to stay in the hospital? I'll accompany you later."

"No. I can't do anything here today. I'll go home. I'll call you when I get home."

"Well, waiting for your call." Shao Yigui inexplicably thought that if he asked himself to wait for Tang Lin to ask for a call, he would probably be able to wait patiently for a lifetime - but even so, he still couldn't wait for the other party's call.

After Xie Beibei left, Shao Yigui looked straight at the person he hadn't seen in three years.

"In the past three years, how have you been?" He asked after a long time.

"It's okay." Tang Lin asked and answered, but he didn't ask back. Obviously, he didn't care how Shao Yigui was doing.

Shao Yigui thought about it. Before today, if he met again, he would have too much to say, but today, those words he wanted to say are meaningless. In the end, he said: "He Xiao has always wanted to see you. you."

Tang Linwen nodded unsurprisingly: "I thought about this possibility, but he can live a good life if he doesn't see me, or even better."

"He is more independent." Shao Yigui agrees with this part, but there are also some parts he disagrees with, and he is sure of this part because he empathizes with him to a certain extent, "but there is a hole in his life that cannot be filled. "

Tang Lin asked indifferently: "Even if it is a structure with countless holes, as long as it is filled with water, everything can be filled."

"What do you think 'water' is?" Shao Yigui asked immediately.

Tang Lin asked and answered, "Time."

Shao Yigui shook his head and said, "I think 'Shui' is a person."

Tang Lin asked not to dwell on this issue. On the contrary, he changed the topic as if nothing had happened: "I heard that the hotel in Xilin may encounter problems in fire acceptance?" "Don't worry, I have invited external experts to evaluate the building safety. The results of this special review meeting are all qualified.”

Hearing this, Tang Linwen's eyes showed a slight surprise.Obviously, in his opinion, Shao Yigui's more likely move is to start with the fire department in charge of acceptance.

Tang Lin asked why the Shao Yigui he thought did exist, but he had changed.It's hard to describe where the changes are, but Shao Yigui knows how to answer Tang Lin's question: "We were once trapped at the bottom of the pit, and your hand injury couldn't be healed better, which made me realize that safety is real. It is very important, so it must not be a mere formality."

Tang Lin asked plainly and nodded in agreement, "Indeed, human life is very important." He only talked in general terms, and even if he noticed, he didn't show any awareness of who caused Shao Yigui to think about the problem in this way.

Shao Yigui sighed inwardly, pulled himself together and asked about another matter he was paying attention to. "Speaking of which, what is the name of the studio where you work now?"

"Are you really going to take care of the studio business?"

In fact, Shao Yigui wanted to find out about Xie Xibei.It's not that he doesn't believe in Tang Linwen's vision of seeing people. In fact, he knows that Tang Linwen is more accurate than him in seeing people. It's just that he always feels that Tang Linwen made a mistake this time. After all, in his opinion, Xie Xibei doesn't match well enough. Shang Tanglin asked about his qualifications.And this person is no longer good enough for Tang Linwen. If there is any ulterior secret and he tries to be scolded for meddling, he must stop Tang Linwen from continuing to get involved in it.

Of course, he had such calculations in his heart, and it was impossible for Shao Yigui to explain it honestly, so he said without changing his face, "I think you should have the final say on the matter of giving me a discount."

Tang Linwen immediately shook his head: "Public and private are clear, and I will never interfere with the work of the Northwest."

"I haven't seen you for three years, but you are still so professional." Shao Yigui flattered him with a flattering smile.

Tang Linwen glanced at Shao Yigui, seemingly genuinely curious, and asked, "Do you think I should change?"

Shao Yigui thought hard about this question: "I think you are an artist now, maybe it will be different."

"What should an artist become?"

"Maybe more emotional...but you're fine with everything."

"I haven't seen you for three years, but you have become very good at talking."

Shao Yigui sighed, "I have indeed changed a lot. Speaking of it, I actually feel that I have matured a lot, but today proved that I am still so impatient." Rich lover, even though Shao Yigui didn't blame himself for losing his normalcy.

To his surprise, Tang Linwen didn't seem to have any intention of blaming him. "I thought you were born with a prickly tongue." He teased lightly without malice, that kind of relaxed tone with a smile that he rarely used.

Shao Yigui was dazed for a moment.At the beginning of spring, I suddenly realized that the streets were full of flowers, and that feeling was nothing more than Shao Yigui's feeling at this moment.You have heard the words "time is quiet and good" countless times, only this time, you understand it suddenly.

Then, Shao Yigui realized a fact——

"You avoided my question. You didn't want me to know the name of Xie Xibei's studio, so you deliberately talked so much, didn't you?" He looked straight into Tang Lin's eyes and asked, not knowing that he unconsciously gritted his teeth.

Tang Linwen looked at him calmly, and instead of answering, asked, "You don't want to know the name of Northwest's studio to take care of business. You want to check Northwest, right?"

Shao Yigui always disarmed so easily. He lowered his shoulders and sighed: "It seems that the answers to the two questions are the same."

Tang Linwen continued to look at Shao Yigui, his eyes softened slightly, and he said, "It seems that you also have some aspects that haven't changed. Fortunately, those that haven't changed are not bad."