The ceremony of the charity gala will begin immediately. On the stage of the ceremony, bigwigs and representatives from all walks of life have been lined up in a row in order.

The audience was packed with journalists from the news media and online platforms. They watched the stage closely and were ready to take photos and interviews.

Seeing Qiao Yang's attitude, Gu Ye felt flustered and confused.But under the gaze of a pair of eyes at the scene, it is indeed not an occasion where two people can chat.

Moreover, the staff has come to greet Qiao Yang and invite him to the ceremony stage.

The order in which everyone stands on the stage is prescribed.As the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Gu Ye would naturally stand in the most central position to announce the start of the charity gala.

Beside Gu Ye was that man.

Qiao Yang saw clearly the name on his tag: Yu Huai.

The two children are now the protagonists, Xiao Xu and Xiao Wang are in the front row.That is, directly in front of Gu Ye and that man.

Qiao Yang pursed his lower lip, and when he was about to hand over the two boys to the staff, Xiao Xu held his hand even tighter.

The 4-year-old child was terrified by such a formal and serious scene. He was too frightened to look up, and grabbed Qiao Yang's hand tightly and kept hiding behind him.

After all, Xiao Wang is older and more sensible.He went to pull Xiao Xu: "Xiao Xu is obedient, come quickly."

"……don't want."

Xiao Xu kept shaking his head, his voice full of childish tears.

Qiao Yang comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, you stand in front with brother Xiaowang first. It will be over soon, and brother is also here."

A middle-aged aunt in the audience also rushed over in a hurry.She is the dean of the orphanage, and she has been thanking the donors just now.

She smiled apologetically at the people around her, and urged anxiously: "Xiao Xu, didn't I tell you what to do when I came here. Be obedient, and stand with Xiao Wang."

After hearing what Auntie said, Xiao Xu raised his head bravely.

However, when he saw a row of men in black suits and white shirts under the spotlight on the stage, and seeing the eyes of adults with various expressions on the cameras facing them, his heart felt even stronger. timid.

The wide hall, the high ceremony stage, the bright and dazzling venue, and the strange and serious faces can make an unreliable child feel lonely.

He wants to find support.Grabbing Qiao Yang's hand more instinctively, with tears in his eyes, he refused to take another step forward.

The aunt and the staff were in a hurry, but they didn't dare to rush the child.The focus of the cameras of the reporters in the audience was almost all on the child. If he burst into tears, the scene would be even more ugly.

Qiao Yang also squatted down helplessly, and rubbed Xiao Xu's head.Softly comforting: "Look, my brother is here. After we take the photo, my brother will take you to eat delicious food, okay?"

Xiao Xu still couldn't help shaking his head, tears welling up in his eyes.

At this moment, Gu Ye walked over, squatted down beside Qiao Yang, looked at the child with a soft smile and asked, "Do you want to stand with this brother?"

Xiao Xu nodded.

The child's bright eyes looked at Qiao Yang with anticipation and dependence, as if asking: Is it okay?

Qiao Yang couldn't decide the order of standing on the ceremony stage without authorization.He could only turn his head to look at Gu Ye.

Gu Ye rubbed Xiao Xu's head and smiled: "Okay, then you will stand with Brother Yangyang. And you can still hold his hand all the time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Huai realized something, and his face changed immediately.

The two children are the protagonists, and they must stand in the center of the front row.If the child wanted to pull Qiao Yang, Qiao Yang had to stand in the center.

That's where he is now.

This position, as well as the opportunity to talk side by side with Gu Ye today, was bought by him for tens of millions!

Now because of this child, let him and Gu Ye get close together, and the chance of making the headlines tomorrow is gone? !

He immediately walked out of the queue, bent down to Xiao Xu with a bright smile on his face, and said, "My little friend, I am also an elder brother, do you want to stand with me?"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold Xiaoxu's hand.

Xiao Xu was relieved just because he was able to stand with Qiao Yang.

Suddenly another man came up to him and was about to pull him away. He was so frightened that he slipped into Qiao Yang's arms and shouted, "No! Don't! I don't want to be with you, I want to be with brother Yangyang."

The child's childish and innocent words made some people on the field laugh.

Yu Huai made fun of himself, his face flushed with embarrassment under the eyes of everyone.

Gu Ye also apologized to him: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yu, for the sake of our children, we have to adjust the order of standing. Please forgive me, Mr. Yu."

Gu Ye was very polite when talking to him, and the current scene made it even more difficult for him to compete with a child for a seat.

But he was very unwilling!

The opportunity to stand head to shoulder with Gu Ye and take pictures in the same frame to make headlines will really never happen again in the future!

He had no choice but to look at Qiao Yang, gritted his teeth with a hypocritical smile and said, "Young Master Qiao is really liked by children. How lucky."

Qiao Yang also understood Gu Ye's arrangement.

Seeing Yu Huai's unwillingness, he had an imperceptible sneer on his face.Then he dragged Xiao Xu to the center, standing side by side with Gu Ye.

The back of the hand that had just stood over and hung down was touched by someone.He turned his head instinctively and met Gu Ye's smiling eyes.

Gu Ye rubbed Xiao Xu's head and said with a smile, "Xiao Xu is such a good boy."

There was cunning in his eyes, and deep meaning in his words.

Qiao Yang pursed his lips, but still did not respond to him.

He realized: Gu Ye had arranged this on purpose.

Because of Xiaoxu's stage fright, there are many ways to arrange it.

You can let Xiaowang stand at the front, and Xiaoxu waits outside the venue with the aunt of the orphanage.You can also let him take pictures with Xiaoxu in his arms, there is no need to stick to the most central position.

So, does Gu Ye want to stand with him?

Or did Gu Ye not want to stand with Yu Huai?

With emotions and questions in his heart that he couldn't understand, Qiao Yang smiled lightly and faced the cameras that kept taking pictures.

Immediately afterwards, the back of Qiao Yang's right hand hanging below was touched again, and the familiar temperature and touch immediately spread along the back of the hand.

If Gu Ye was not careful just now, then this time it was definitely on purpose!

He has long been used to doing these little tricks with Gu Ye, and he often touches Gu Ye on his own initiative.

But now, the complex emotions in my heart make even a small touch change.His sensitive nerves stiffened his whole arm, and he didn't know how to respond to Gu Ye.

This one action caused him to be out of state during the entire process on the ceremony stage, mechanically looking at the cameras and reporters below with a slight smile.

After the opening ceremony, the tasks of the two children were also completed.The director and staff of the orphanage rewarded Xiao Xu and Xiao Wang with many snacks, and prepared to send them home.

Xiao Xu was reluctant to leave Qiao Yang, he kept looking at him with wide eyes, as if he didn't dare to say something.

Qiao Yang couldn't help rubbing his head to coax him: "You go back with the aunts first, and my brother will come and play with you when he is free."

Xiao Wang's thin body stood upright, and he said to Qiao Yang with a serious face: "...Thank you for today."

After speaking, she blushed, and stubbornly turned her head away from Qiao Yang.

Qiao Yang smiled and patted Xiaowang on the shoulder: "Don't forget to pay me back. The vase is 500 yuan in total, but you can pay in installments, call me once a month, and pay me back 5 yuan, what? Sample?"

The nine-year-old child couldn't understand Qiao Yang's intentions at all. He obeyed the order, nodded heavily like a little man and said, "Okay."

Gu Ye smiled and asked them: "What money do you want to pay back?"

Qiao Yang just looked at Xiao Wang, rubbed Xiao Xu's cerebellum, and smiled lightly: "This is between us, don't tell others."

Xiao Wang immediately looked at Gu Ye vigilantly, and said as promised: "Okay."

Gu Ye smiled at the side.

The end of the ceremony is the beginning of another feast.At the moment, no matter whether it was the dinner party or the studio hall, there was a lot of voices and excitement everywhere.

Gu Ye is really busy.

Qiao Yang saw that he wanted to talk to him, but had to face one after another people who came to him.

When he talks to others, he always looks at him with nostalgic eyes, as if saying: Don't go.

Qiao Yang also saw Yu Huai following closely behind Gu Ye, his eyes were sticky and hot as if they had grown on Gu Ye.

It was another emotion that he had never experienced before, making his throat as stuffy as a ball of cotton and he couldn't breathe.

His irritated blood rushed straight to his brain, and there was an unknown fire in his heart, which made him want to vent.He wanted to separate the malicious Yu Huai from Gu Ye.

He suddenly thought about something from his childhood.

A new bartender came to my brother's bar, and the bartender also called my brother Sheng Ge.

He loses his temper and plays tricks on the bartender.Because at that time he felt that his elder brother was his own elder brother.No one can call him brother anymore.

But later, after more and more people called Brother Qiao Sheng, he gradually got used to it.

When he grew up, he understood the psychology of the time.

He was worried that others would take away the only Qiao Sheng he could rely on.

She was afraid that Qiao Sheng, who had always been kind to him, would be kind to others and ignore him.

I am angry that I am called by others because of my talent.

It is a desire to protect and possess one's own possessions.

It is the most primitive instinct that humans and animals show when facing threats to their own interests.

But now, he actually has a possessive desire for Gu Ye.

Inadvertently, he met Gu Ye's looking eyes again, with a soft and concerned smile, a smile that was different from other people's.

Gu Ye said that he was his only friend.

Is that why you take extra care of him?

What if he had other friends?

What if Yu Huai succeeds?

Will he be used to Gu Ye being nice to others, just like he is used to being called Brother Qiao Sheng?

He was upset, and told the meeting place where Liu Wen himself had left about the entertainment on the scene.

Gu Ye looked for Qiao Yang's figure, but he looked around the lively hall but couldn't find a familiar figure.

He panicked again.

Frowning, he thought about what happened to Qiao Yang today.

After the party, he found Qiao Yang in the lounge.

Qiao Yang was smoking, and there were a few burnt cigarette butts stuck in the ashtray on the table.

He breathed a sigh of relief, walked over and sat in front of Qiao Yang and asked tentatively, "Where are you here?"

Qiao Yang bit his cigarette butt, looked up at him, and asked calmly, "Why are you here?"

Gu Ye said in a low voice, "I'm here to see what you're doing?"

He tentatively, carefully, and explained to Qiao Yang in a tone as if reporting something to his boss:

"Just now I found out about Xiao Xu and Xiao Wang. Everyone is too busy today, and the dean of the orphanage is also socializing with the people present. No one cares about the children for a while. Let the two go hungry If you are wronged, it is indeed the fault of all the staff here."

"As the president, I didn't take care of the overall situation, and I was also at fault. How about I go to the orphanage to find two children and apologize to them personally?"

Qiao Yang's attitude towards him tonight was too abnormal.

He wanted to know why Qiao Yang was unhappy.

But he couldn't get away from socializing with others all the time, so he sent Geng Hui to investigate whether something happened to Qiao Yang at the scene as soon as possible.

Geng Hui quietly contacted Liu Wen and learned about the two children being starved and scolded.

Qiao Yang looked at his cautious look, and chuckled lightly: "It's none of your business. It's not your fault."

It doesn't seem to be angry because of this incident.

After Gu Ye excluded the child, he continued to explain:

"I've been busy preparing for the charity gala since the afternoon. There are a lot of people here. Just in case, I locked my personal phone in a drawer in the office."

"So, I didn't see your call and message until now. I didn't call you back in time, and I didn't see the message that you were coming here. I'm sorry."

"If I get busy again in the future, I will hand over the mobile phone to my subordinates and assistants for safekeeping, so that if you contact me, I will get back to you as soon as possible."

The lips biting the cigarette loosened, and his depressed mood fluctuated slightly because of Gu Ye's explanation.

It turned out that the number that Gu Ye exchanged with Yu Huai was the mobile phone he used at work, and it was the mobile phone that would usually be handed over to his assistant to answer incoming calls.

Yu Huai did not get his personal number.

Also, with so many people around at that time, how could Gu Ye reveal his private number.

Qiao Yang found that his heart, which had been heavy all along, was much lighter because of Gu Ye's explanation.

It's amazing.

He laughed again: It really doesn't make sense.

From his loose expression, Gu Ye seemed to understand something.

He said: "Even if I am busy in the future, I will never not return your calls. Can you forgive me this time?"

Gu Ye's voice was low and soft.

There is a sense of flattery in every move.

The charming and affectionate peach blossom eyes are the most likely to let people relax their vigilance and make people sink.

And being watched carefully by such a pair of eyes, it is easy for people to immerse themselves in it and forget themselves.

Qiao Yang didn't dare to look any further, he turned his eyes and looked outside, continuing to smoke.

Gu Ye continued: "I didn't know about the fact that you helped Wang Jiaze and the others get out of trouble in Qingshan Resort. If I could get in touch with you at that time, I wouldn't let you face Brother Cheng and those people alone."

"It was my fault too. I'm sorry."

All faults are blamed on himself, everything is his fault.

Qiao Yang couldn't stand Gu Ye's attitude.

He said in a low voice: "This is none of your business."

Gu Ye explained: "If I have been in touch with you, I will know the situation at that time. Fortunately, those people are not pursuing it, otherwise if you are really in danger, I will not know anything."

He apologized earnestly again: "It is indeed my fault."

Qiao Yang was overwhelmed by his attitude and low profile, he stopped him: "This is none of your business. You, don't be like this..."

"and……"

Gu Ye didn't stop, he continued: "I just want to find out why you are unhappy, so I can know how..."

know how to coax you.

Gu Ye said the following words silently in his heart.

Qiao Yang put out the cigarette butt: "...It's not because of these. It's my own business, you don't need to apologize."

Gu Ye stopped in frustration.

Qiao Yang said it had nothing to do with him, but he obviously still looked downcast, and he was still indifferent to him.

He had no choice but to change other topics, trying to get Qiao Yang out of his depressed mood.

He said, "Then let's talk about what happened this afternoon? People like Wang Jiaze and the others will know their identities if they pay attention."

"Since that brother Cheng can deal with them without any scruples, it means that they have the power and background to absolutely crush this group of people like Wang Jiaze."

"I heard from Manager Xie just now that you negotiated terms with them and even beat one of them?"

Qiao Yang nodded.

Gu Ye was helpless: "You, luckily you are fine."

Qiao Yang asked strangely: "Why? Are they very powerful?"

Gu Ye laughed again.

After a whole night, Qiao Yang was finally willing to speak more than ten words to him.

He explained patiently: "The only family I know of such a powerful person in City A is the Su family. The name they call Brother Cheng should be: Su Cheng."

Qiao Yang: "Su Cheng? Who is it?"

Gu Ye: "The Su family is a well-known family in the art world. They have produced several famous calligraphers and painters for several generations. The current generation is called Su Jing."

"Su Jing is now over 50 years old, unmarried and single. However, four years ago, he suddenly announced that he has a son who has been raised outside, named Su Cheng."

Folk rumors and mundane events can always arouse people's curiosity, so Qiao Yang stopped seriously.

Gu Ye continued to tell him, "It's not surprising to have an illegitimate child who was raised outside. But what happened afterwards has aroused constant speculation in the world."

"Because the Su family has been famous for its calligraphers and painters since ancient times, but because of Su Cheng's arrival, it has risen rapidly in the past four years and has become the largest company in the country, and even has a large-scale export business in the world."

"Moreover, their foreign trade industries are oil, gold, silver and other resource commodities and rare metals. You must know that such an industry is very difficult to do without the support of extensive contacts and strong forces."

"It's more likely because his business is foreign trade. Su Cheng seldom interacts with us. In addition, he keeps a low profile, so rumors about him are rarely found in the circle."

Seeing that his expression became serious, Qiao Yang said with a smile, "So, is it strange that there are few rumors?"

Gu Ye: "It seems that we all intentionally control some of our comments on the Internet, but personal information can still be found on the Internet. But Su Cheng's news can't be found, he is like a character who appeared out of thin air .”

Qiao Yang: "Is it so mysterious?"

Gu Ye: "Mystery also shows that he has power. It is impossible to find out what kind of power is hidden behind Su Cheng. Anyway, we'd better not provoke such a person."

Speaking of this, Gu Ye asked him: "Have you reported your name to his subordinates?"

Qiao Yang hummed.

Gu Ye was helpless, with a slightly worried and blamed tone, and said:

"You, you shouldn't worry about Wang Jiaze and the others. Those bastards should be taught a few times to improve their memory."

"Those people know your identity now, but they didn't pay attention to it at the time, and they are not sure what they will do to you in the future."

Seeing Gu Ye's worried look, Qiao Yang couldn't help laughing: "Probably not. Those people won't be so stingy, and I think Brother Cheng should be pretty good."

"Those people often go to the Qingshan Resort and never find anything. The way they punish Wang Jiaze has the feeling of eradicating evil and promoting good."

Qiao Yang finally smiled and was willing to talk to him more.

But he was praising other men.

Gu Ye was happy in his heart, but not in a good mood.

He wanted to reach out and rub Qiao Yang's head, but he still didn't know why Qiao Yang was unhappy

After finally coaxing him better, if he pissed people off again, it would be over.

He shook and shook under the palm of his hand, and finally held back.

He smiled and asked, "Do you think he is nice? Have you met him?"

Qiao Yang: "No, I can guess based on intuition."

Yu Huai came to find him, and he saw two people who were chatting away from a distance outside.

Qiao Yang was smoking a cigarette, looking casual and cold.And Gu Ye looked at him with careful flattery, concern, and other things in his eyes.

Yu Huai clenched his hands unwillingly.

He donated 5000 million in this event, becoming the largest donor at this charity event.

It is also because of this that I have the opportunity to share the stage with Gu Ye and get his affirmation.

All night, he tried his best to talk to Gu Ye and show off his company and personal strength.

Gu Ye was very polite and polite to him.But this kind of politeness is also one of the ways to keep a distance.

He didn't even get Gu Ye's private mobile phone number now.And once the party tonight is over, he will never have the chance to see Gu Ye again.

He gritted his teeth and walked in, said with a smile: "Mr. Gu, Mr. Qiao, so you are here? What are you talking about?"

Qiao Yang raised his head in instinctive disgust when he heard this voice.

He looked at Yu Huai who came in, and his mood that had just calmed down was stirred up again.

Gu Ye: "Isn't the dinner over? Mr. Yu hasn't left yet?"

Yu Huai: "I want to chat more with Mr. Gu, we were halfway through the chat just now..."

"Feel sorry."

Gu Ye: "I'm talking to Qiao Yang about something, it's not convenient right now."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Ye felt that the calf was kicked by the person next to him.

It was Qiao Yang who was kicking him.

Gu Ye liked Qiao Yang's small actions very much, and he looked at him with a little surprise.

Qiao Yang's expression was indifferent, showing no signs of happiness or anger. With a cigarette in his mouth, he asked, "Is there a fire?"

He tilted his head slightly, raised his handsome face, and his wanton and proud look looked domineering and cute.

Gu Ye's eyes were soft, but he looked at the ashtray helplessly, and persuaded him softly: "How many have you smoked?"

Qiao Yang gave a "tsk", brows frowning with impatience, Danfeng's eyes were cold and indifferent, with a hint of threat.

Gu Ye was originally coaxing people, but he hasn't coaxed people well, let alone daring to piss people off, so he just smiled and said: "Okay, but, this is the last one."

Gu Ye took out the lighter from his pocket and handed it to Qiao Yang.

Qiao Yang didn't answer it, and looked at him with a cigarette dangling from his head, and nodded his chin, signaling for him to come by himself.

After Gu Ye was stunned for a moment, he turned on the lighter in a smart way. After the soft flame jumped out, he held it in front of Qiao Yang's face with one hand, and carefully lit the cigarette butt in Qiao Yang's lips.

Qiao Yang also turned slightly sideways, leaning his whole body towards Gu Ye.

Gu Ye's hand was very close to his cheek, and he could clearly feel the familiar temperature on the back of Gu Ye's hand.

He leaned forward on purpose, and the cheek of his profile lightly rubbed against the back of Gu Ye's hand that was protecting the flame.

There was a flash of fire in the shredded tobacco, and the lit cigarette end stained the white rolling paper with a layer of burnt color.

Only then did Qiao Yang sit up straight.

He slowly exhaled a thin puff of smoke, and the curling white smoke spread out in front of him little by little, making his cold and sharp face more clearly visible.

He raised his chin slightly, glanced at Yu Huai from the corner of his eye, and asked coldly, "What's your name? What are you doing here?"

His face seemed indifferent, but his coherent movements and demeanor were full of provocation.

Yu Huai's smile froze the moment Gu Ye lit Qiao Yang's cigarette.

He guessed the relationship between Gu Ye and Qiao Yang, but he didn't want to give up.He was standing next to them now, and he could clearly see the movements and expressions of the two of them.

Qiao Yang's willful and domineering appearance was obviously a declaration of sovereignty.

But Gu Ye pampered him so much and cooperated with him, even with flattery and concern.

From what I learned from him, the Gu Ye I saw was not alone at all.

Neither of them said anything to him, but he was already deeply humiliated.His hard work and dedication tonight seemed so ridiculous and self-defeating.

He didn't even have the strength to clenched his hands tightly, and the words he spoke were trembling and frightened: "...No, it's nothing, you two talk."

After speaking, he fled in despair.

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