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Five years later.

It's Monday again, the weather in November, the heat of the seaside has dropped, and the children began to wear thin long sleeves and trousers.

Outside the gate of Xinyu Bilingual International Kindergarten, the teacher on duty sprayed disinfectant hand sanitizer on the children entering the park and told them to rub their hands repeatedly.

"Will Daddy come home tonight?" The five-year-old boy wearing a small beret has a cute and handsome face, and his snow-white milky skin is shining in the sun. He hugged his father's neck and refused to let go.

Shi Yan rubbed his face, "I have a dinner party today, so I can't go home. Mu Mu has to take good care of grandma and grandpa at home, and if you have anything to do, you can call dad with your smart watch, okay?"

Shi Mu pouted and nodded unhappily, "Okay. Dad is not at home, and Mu Mu is the man in the family. I will take care of grandma and grandpa."

"Be good!" After kissing his cute and well-behaved son, Shi Yan got up and led him to the school gate, and handed him to the teacher.

The kindergarten teacher unconsciously raised his hand to touch his temples, pulled the cute cartoon apron on his body without any trace, and greeted Shiyan and his son with the brightest smile, "Good morning, Mr. Shi, send little Mumu to school. "

Shi Mu secretly rolled his eyes, hum, my father doesn't like you!Dad is mine!

The mouth is as sweet and well-behaved as if smeared with honey, "good morning, MsLee."

Holding the hem of Dad's clothes tightly, he looked up at Dad again, waved with red eyes, "Goodbye, Dad."

Shi Yan nodded, watching him open his palm to catch the disinfectant hand sanitizer sprayed on him by the teacher, and he walked into the school after washing his hands before turning around and getting into the car.

Today I am going to Jinghua to hold a seminar to report on the progress of the initial project launch.

When I came out of the kindergarten, there was some traffic jam on the main road. I glanced at the navigation on my phone. The traffic ahead was not smooth, so I raised my wrist and looked at my watch. There was still an hour left, so I shouldn't be late.

This project with an investment amount of up to one billion yuan did not expect that the little-known "Harvest Technology Co., Ltd." would get a share of the pie, which really surprised people in the industry.

So many people are watching and ready to replace it at any time, so Harvest must do its best.

Today's report Harvest is not the main point, but it should not be underestimated.

However, the traffic jam was more serious than expected. I had left half an hour earlier, but I still couldn't catch up with the time.

Ren Fang got so angry on the phone that she almost sent him a helicopter over.

After arriving at the Jinghua headquarters building, Ren Fang walked back and forth in the lobby with her hands folded. When she saw him, she rushed over immediately, "Oh, my lord, you are here. Hongsheng, the two companies in Xinye have gone up to prepare in advance. It's up to us, hurry up, today I heard that the big boss is back and wants to listen to the report."

Shi Yan nodded and comforted her, "Don't be in a hurry, the more you are in a hurry, the more mistakes you will make. Report to me that I have repeatedly demonstrated over the weekend, and there will be no problems."

The two walked into the elevator together, and the elevator lady helped to press the floor and stood aside to peek at Shiyan.

"Of course I don't worry about what you do, but we can get 8000 million investment in this project. You make me excited anyway." Ren Fang noticed Miss Elevator's gaze, frowned slightly, and turned sideways to half cover Shi Yan's face .

"What are you doing in front of me?" When Shi Yan noticed her actions, she asked inexplicably.

Ren Fang rolled her eyes, just as the elevator reached the floor, the two of them came out one after the other carrying briefcases, and said, "I'm sacrificing myself to help you block your luck, Mr. Shi, if there is no me and Xiao Mumu, we will With your heart that has been shattered all over the place, tsk tsk—"

Shi Yan shook her head, not listening to her talk.

The two went straight to the big meeting room, and saw a group of elites in black suits approaching solemnly, with an astonishing momentum, Ren Fang screamed, "It's over, we're about to run into the benefactor, Shi Yan, let's hurry up!"

When Shi Yan saw that group of people approaching menacingly, the atmosphere was tense, and her heart was inexplicably raised.

Jinghua had practiced there for four or five months, so he revisited the old place, and he was not very nervous at first.

The two rushed into the conference room before Jinghua's delegation entered the large conference room to find a seat.

In this project, the three major companies collaborate and there is no competitive relationship, so they are put together for a report.

Harvest got the smallest cake and made the report at the end. They arrived a bit late, but they were not teased by other companies.

After sitting down, as soon as I opened the computer bag, the representatives of Jinghua walked in one after another and stood opposite the conference table.

Seeing that they were so solemn, the representatives of Hongsheng Xinye and Harvest had to stand up together, tidy up their suits, and wait for the final big boss to appear.

The door on the other side of the conference room was pushed open, and the tall, handsome new executive director of Jinghua walked in, followed by two secretaries, a man and a woman.

When the person who arrived finally sat down at the conference table, the person in charge of the project who was close to him introduced, "This is our new chairman, Mu Qing, Mu Dong, who has fully taken over Jinghua's affairs. Today's project report to the director The captain will be involved in the whole process.”

After the brief introduction of the characters and positions, the two sides started an intense and orderly report.

However, in the questioning session after Hongsheng’s report, Jinghua’s side questioned him thoroughly. Later, Hongsheng’s representative could only wipe the cold sweat off his forehead and was unable to say a word.

Mu Qing didn't interrupt the whole process, just wrote two small sticky notes for the secretary to pass to the person in charge of the PMO, and then the confident Hongsheng began to bleed, collapse.

Although the following new industry has been psychologically prepared and the report is more prudent and detailed, it still gets a result of resubmitting a financial report and a procurement contract.

After the Xinye report was finished, it was already one o'clock at noon, and everyone was very hungry. Mu Qing asked the secretary to order takeaway and let everyone eat in the meeting room, without any intention of interrupting the meeting.

The representatives of Hongsheng and Xinye got together to confirm the next remedy while eating.

Shi Yan and Ren Fang sat with two small project managers and frantically changed the report according to the focus of the representatives of Jinghua in the morning and the direction of the question.

After eating, take a 10-minute break, and the meeting starts again.

Representatives Mu Qing and Jinghua left for a short time and came back before the meeting started.

Shi Yan is not sure what kind of dilemma she will face, she just hopes that today will not be too embarrassing.

During the entire reporting process and the questioning session for two hours, Mu Qing didn't say a word, and Shi Yan didn't even glance at him.

Unexpectedly, the questioning session was very gentle, without the aggressiveness of the morning.

In addition to Shi Yan's perfect report, another reason is that this time Mu Qing did not hand over the small note, and even when the question was about to end, the person in charge of the PMO office asked him: "Does Mr. Mu want to ask?" of?"

Mu Qing came back to his senses as if wandering into the sky, "Ah, no, no, it's good. Let's continue to the next process."

The faces of Hongsheng and Xinye's representatives turned green. What's the matter with this shit? There are benefits for being handsome?

Chairman Jinghua himself has a first-class appearance and figure, so there should be no need to——

So, heroes cherish heroes?

Representatives of Hongsheng and Xinye lowered their heads and turned on the mirror function of their mobile phones to look at their faces——

Next, the representative of Jinghua made a summary of today's report progress, as well as the schedule of the next node, and put forward targeted opinions and needs for the staged and delivered results.

After the meeting, at eight o'clock in the evening, the entire conference room was plunged into a dark depression.

A whole day, a full ten hours of high-intensity meetings, Shiyan could hardly hold on for the last two hours, her face was pale, and she had to excuse herself to go to the bathroom for relief.

After the eight o'clock meeting ended, the secretary informed that the chairman had arranged a banquet at the Chinese restaurant of the five-star hotel next door to reward everyone for their hard work all day.

After all the representatives of Jinghua left the meeting room, the representatives of Hongsheng Xinye Jiashi really relaxed, and collapsed in the chairs one by one like dead ashes.

Ren Fang took a sip of Red Bull, and when he saw it, his face looked like a dead person. He asked worriedly: "Can you hold on? Why don't you go to the banquet later, and I will go with Xiao Li and the others. You go home and rest first."

Shi Yan rubbed her temples, closed her eyes and rested her mind, and shook her head, "It's okay, just rest for a while."

After resting for half an hour, the people from Jinghua came to greet them and drove to the hotel together.

In the car, Ren Fang told Shi Yan, "Wait for someone to toast, you just say that today you are responsible for driving us home and we can't drink it. Xiao Li, Sister Li, you are responsible for stopping all the wine toasted to Director Shi."

"Mr. Ren, okay, don't worry."

Shi Yan didn't refuse. After returning to the company tomorrow, he has to sort out today's report and convene a project meeting. He doesn't want to be unable to go to work tomorrow.

It was unexpected to meet again under such circumstances.

Mu Qing seems to have matured a lot.

That's right, it's been [-] years.

And I am already 27 years old.

Time flies, and almost two thousand days and nights have passed without knowing it.

It was as if he and Mu Qing suddenly decided at a certain moment that they no longer love each other, and then turned around and went their separate ways.

Meng Yun, who has been away for five years, has not heard from him.

They love him, but they refuse to stop for him, leaving him here alone in the lonely city with no one to accompany him.

Walking into the hotel's Chinese restaurant, there are relaxing incense and soothing music, and there is a clear small ditch under your feet, with twinkling lights and small pedicure fish swimming in it.

It is a Chinese-style flowing water banquet, where you can enjoy a foot massage while enjoying delicious food.

Under the guidance of the waiter, Shi Yan and the others washed their feet and sat down in their seats.

This is really relaxing and not bothered by the toast.

The gurgling water flows under the feet, and there is a thin tingling sensation on the calf and the instep.

On the opposite side, Ren Fang and Sister Li were humming in comfort, and Xiao Li was too tired to lie on the table.

When Yan was about to close his eyes and relax, Mr. Zhang, Hongsheng's representative, came over with a teacup and sat down beside him.

Shi Yan was sitting near the pillar, it was not easy to get out of the way, so she nodded her head.

"Mr. Shi's report today is amazing. Jinghua thinks highly of you."

"Mr. Zhang has a great reputation." Shi Yan smiled calmly, not surprised by favor or humiliation, waiting for his next words.

Sure enough, Mr. Zhang tentatively asked: "This time——"

"Mr. Zhang," before they could say a word, a huge shadow suddenly appeared behind the two of them. Mr. Zhang shook his hands in fright. He turned around and looked at Jinghua's chairman, Mu Qing, standing behind him with a teacup and a smile. And asked decently: "Can you please let me sit in my seat."

"Ah?! Oh, yes, Mr. Mu, please." Mr. Zhang is over 50 years old, and he has no choice but to become submissive in front of Mu Qing's aura. He obediently got up and left with a teacup. He took it for granted, Mr. Zhang I didn't realize it, and I didn't remember until I sat down in the new seat, what is his seat, no, was that seat specially reserved by him?

Turning around, I saw the young chairman of Jinghua sitting down by the flowing water table, and he didn't talk to the Harvest project director who lowered his eyebrows beside him. However, the two sat so quietly, like a painting, natural and beautiful .

Sitting down and putting the towel on his lap, Mu Qing pretended not to care and said, "Long time no see."

He turned his head and glanced at the people around him, only to see his eyelashes fluttering under the light, his bloodless lips looked much thinner than in memory, exuding a weak beauty, like pale flower petals, with a hint of indifference Alluring aroma.

After a while, the pale pink petal-like lips moved slightly, and replied in a very soft voice, "Long time no see."

In an instant, Mu Qing heard his heart beating like thunder again, as if his heart that had been dead for five years suddenly came back to life, which caught him off guard.

In order to conceal the explosive emotions in his heart, Mu Qing picked up the teacup and drank it with his head down. He looked away and didn't bring up the topic again.

After everyone arrived, the waiter began to arrange the serving.

It was a feast, and the delicious food came up one after another like flowing water.

Mu Qing has been talking with several other bosses of the company. After a day's meeting, everyone is exhausted. The representatives of Hongsheng and Xinye originally wanted to give a toast to Jinghua's people. The cup was pushed back by the general manager here, and told everyone to eat well, and go home as soon as possible after eating to accompany their wives and children. Today, I will not talk about that set of false etiquette.

The representatives of Hongsheng and Xinye put down their glasses in amazement, and secretly observed Mu Qing who had nothing to say. The banquet after the previous reports was not so easy. It seems that the newly appointed chairman has different rules from the past.

After dinner, it was already 10:30 in the evening, and they didn't drink much. The representatives of the three companies bid farewell to Mu Qing and left.

Shi Yan and Ren Fang are at the bottom.

Mu Qing didn't seem to be full, and he was still sitting on the seat drinking slowly, his eyes fell on the table left by Shi Yan next to him, he only drank a little soup and ate a little vegetarian food, and basically did not move the rest.

"Mr. Shi didn't drink the bar just now?" Without looking back, he asked Shi Yan who was about to leave while holding his glass up to drink.

Shi Yan and Ren Fang looked at each other, stopped, "Yes."

"Will you be able to trouble Mr. Shi to take me home? The driver asked for leave today, and I drank again."

"This—" Shi Yan frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at Secretary Dong who was standing aside and had nothing to do with him. He stood there as if he hadn't heard Mu Qing's words.

Just when he was about to refuse, Mu Qing said again: "By the way, we will discuss the matter of deepening cooperation between Harvest and Jinghua on the road. Today's report, Harvest is exceptionally brilliant, and Mr. Xin from the board of directors and I both intend to have more cooperation with Harvest in other areas." Cooperation, I wonder if Mr. Shi is interested?"

Ren Fang's eyes lit up, she nuzzled at Shi Yan, quietly stretched out her finger to Mu Qing, then scratched it on the neck, and finally gave Shi Yan a thumbs up.

Shi Yan glared at her angrily, and said, "This is Harvest's honor."

"Then Mu Dong, let's go first." Ren Fang approached Shi Yan and whispered: "It's up to you, President Shi."

Shi Yan ignored her, and stood in the back waiting for Mu Qing to finish his meal.

As for Mu Qing, he drank a glass of wine in a leisurely manner, ordered another bowl of white rice, and ate slowly with the cold vegetables.

Secretary Dong impatiently looked at his watch three times, and asked patiently, "Mr. Mu, is there anything else? I want to get off work."

Mu Qing was pretending to be flying, and when he heard this, he was taken aback, "Hey, you're still there."

Secretary Dong's face turned dark, feeling that you old man have forgotten that there is still a living person like me?

"Okay, you can go back. Come to the company at 07:30 tomorrow morning to prepare for tomorrow's morning meeting." Waving casually, the old god Mu Qing continued to eat and drink soup.

Shi Yan turned sideways and respectfully sent Secretary Dong away, "Go slowly."

Secretary Dong paused and said, "I heard that you have developed well recently. It's a pity that Jinghua didn't keep you back then."

Shi Yan smiled awkwardly and didn't answer.

After Secretary Dong left, Mu Qing finished his meal, wiped his feet, went indoors to put on his shoes and socks, tidied his clothes, came out, and saw Shi Yan standing beside a clump of asparagus bamboos, his too fair face reflected the delicate The emerald green color reveals a quiet and elegant artistic conception, which is beyond words.

Walk over and whisper, "Let's go."

Shi Yan turned sideways and waited for him to take two steps before following him.

The two took the elevator one after the other to the underground parking lot.

After getting out of the elevator, Mu Qing handed him the car keys, "Drive my car. It's right in front."

When we arrived at the parking area, Shi Yan opened the car door, and Mu Qing got into the passenger seat. After Shi Yan sat down, he didn't start the car immediately, but hesitantly looked at the man with his eyes closed, "Mu Dong, please fasten your seat belt."

Mu Qing slowly opened his eyes, picked up the seat belt beside him and buckled it, and then Shi Yan started the car.

After driving out of the underground parking lot, Shi Yan remembered to ask, "Where do you live?"

"It's just ahead, drive forward, and I'll call you when we get there." Mu Qing didn't say the address, just pointed ahead.

It was already late at night, the traffic on the road was no longer congested, but there were still a lot of cars, Shi Yan drove forward with the traffic flow, Mu Qing never opened his eyes to look.

After driving for two or three minutes, when they came across an intersection, Shi Yan had no choice but to ask again, "Mr. Mu, where are you going?"

Mu Qing slowly opened his eyes and said, "Go on, you should know where it is, right?"

Shi Yan paused, and turned the steering wheel in another direction as if nothing had happened.

The car became quiet again, as if he could hear the other party's breathing, Shi Shi looked straight ahead with a blank expression.

"How have you been these past few years?"

Mu Qing seemed to have finally figured it out, and asked.

"...Very good." Shi Yan replied indifferently.

Mu Qing opened his eyes, leaned his head on the back of the chair to look at him, and muttered in a leisurely tone: "Really?"

After that, there was no more conversation, and the traffic was smooth. After arriving at the destination in 10 minutes, Shi Yan drove the car into the community and stopped to return the car keys to Mu Qing, "Mu Dong, please rest early, I will go to bed first." gone."

Both Harvest Harvest's cooperation and expansion, they both knew it was just an excuse, and they didn't mention it at all on the way.

The community he lived in six years ago is still so luxurious and lonely, it is like a mirage to him, no matter how beautiful it is, it is nothing but illusion.

When he got off the car, Shi Yan didn't even look at the former home that was right in front of him.

At this time, Mu Qing chased after him belatedly and asked, "Where do you live? How do you get back?"

"Thank you, Mr. Mu, for your concern. There will always be a way." These days, as long as you have money in your hand, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.

Shi Yan raised her hand to stop a taxi, she just wanted to leave this place quickly.

Mu Qing was still about to say something, but Shi Yan got into the car and didn't look back.

It's just an irrelevant person, Shi Yan doesn't want to worry about the past anymore.

It was already 12:30 in the middle of the night when I returned to the temporary single apartment I rented near the company, and it took an hour and a half by car from there.

Shi Yan took off her suit and hung it on the hanger, turned on her mobile phone, saw her son's message on WeChat, and reported to him as usual about what she learned today and what she did when she got home.

To his son, Shi Yan felt guilty for failing to take good care of him in the past few years. Up to now, he is sensible day by day, as if such a young child is taking care of him as a father.

He untied the watch on his wrist, revealing several criss-crossing white scars on it.

Shi Yan walked into the bathroom, took off her clothes, stood under the shower head and turned on the hot water.

The wound on the stomach has also completely healed, except for a scar.

However, Shi Yan knew that the inner self was already riddled with holes.

The heart is ashamed.

After taking a shower and walking to the mirror, looking at the pale and thin face in the haze of water vapor, Shi Yan read four words from those calm eyes.

Reunited with Mu Qing today, somewhat surprised, but not surprised or surprised.

They have long been people of two worlds.

In other words, he and he never really intersected.

That short, beautiful and warm dream was just a dream after all.