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Traveling all the way, coupled with jet lag, Xi Ling slept until the next afternoon and didn't get up. He walked out of the bedroom wearing a cotton house coat, and saw Vincent busy in the kitchen.

Vincent has a small single apartment in downtown London, which was a gift from his father after graduation. Vincent has been used to living alone since he was a child, and he does not want to live in the same room with his parents, although his own house requires It is hundreds of times larger than this small suite, but he prefers to nest here and enjoy his exclusive personal space.

"Wake up?" Seeing Xi Ling walking towards him, Vincent put down his work, turned around and walked to the coffee machine, took out a few coffee beans and started to make coffee.

"Why don't you go to work today?" Xi Ling poured a glass of boiling water from the kettle. Every day after getting up, he used to drink a glass of water on an empty stomach.

"My father asked for a few days off." Vincent glanced at Xi Ling, and said meaningfully, "I will be your personal assistant for a few days, and I will be responsible for your daily life."

Xi Ling almost spit out: "It's not that I haven't lived in England, so I don't need you to take care of me."

Vincent replied nonchalantly: "From tomorrow onwards, you will have to go to school frequently, don't you need a driver or something to help you drive? If the two parties fail to reach an agreement, I can still work part-time as a thug."

Xi Ling was holding his brows silently, and a cup of coffee was handed to him, only to hear the tall boy in front of him continue to say earnestly: "Stop putting on a sad face as if you are going to be tortured, I don't know how many people You lined up to see me, and now I am willing to do your best for you, and you are picky and picky."

Xi Ling laughed dryly: "Then I'll be a good person and let them jump in line."

"Hey, don't do it!" Vincent heard, the expression on his face was extremely horrified, "Just because of this, my dad has been talking about me for two weeks."

"Why, which girl did you just meet again?" Xi Ling took a sip of coffee and looked at him curiously.

"I don't know where the bitch came from," Vincent spat softly, gnashing his teeth, "Damn it, my watch, wallet, and car keys were all abducted by this little bitch. Fortunately, I called the police in time. Except I lost some cash and got everything back."

Xi Ling smiled happily: "I warned you a long time ago, don't take any dubious women home, losing money is a trivial matter, the key is that you are not afraid of contracting any messy diseases."

"I didn't have anything to do with her." Vincent raised his voice to defend, "I haven't touched a woman for a long time, and I don't even go to places like pubs. My dad and some subordinates dragged me that night. I went to some kind of party, said it was a female colleague's birthday in the company, damn it, I don't even know what that woman looks like, what kind of birthday was given to her, if my dad hadn't been in my ears all day long Talking about asking me to build a good relationship with my subordinates, I would never agree to go to the party where thousands of knives were killed. My family, I woke up the next day and found that the house was ransacked. I went to the police station to report the crime and found out that the person who stole the things was a woman. After checking the identity, the police found that the person was the bartender in the pub, including the watch, wallet and car. I got it all back, but all the cash in the wallet was spent by that bitch. Because of this, my dad reads it every day, and my ears are covered with calluses. Believe it or not, When you see him tonight, he will definitely bring it up again."

Xi Ling shook his head helplessly: "Xiao Kai of a big company, the hottest diamond tycoon in London today, got drunk and passed out in a bar. Such a striking prey, you are sending money blatantly." Seduce others to rob."

Vincent wailed in pain: "Lawyer Xi, can't you change a few lines to comfort me, these words are what my dad chanted endlessly all day long."

Xi Ling smiled: "You're such a big man, and you're going to live around all day long, be careful that your father takes this house back and asks you to move back home and live with them, then you'll really cry .”

Vincent trembled from being threatened by Xi Ling, and rolled his eyes at the other party: "Don't gloat over my misfortune there, when you see my dad, please remember to say something nice for me, maybe," Vincent rushed to Xi Ling Ling blinked, "He will agree to let me go back to the country with you."

Xi Ling was speechless, he didn't answer any more, but walked to Vincent's side, lowered his head and looked: "Planning to fry steak again?"

"What?" Vincent looked at him, raised his eyebrows, "You've been away from England for so long, don't you miss the steak I fried?"

Xi Ling snorted, and replied nonchalantly: "I have already grasped seven or eight points of your cooking skills, and I fry them myself when I think about it."

Vincent rolled his eyes in disappointment, exuding the frustration that his enthusiasm was extinguished in an instant, after hearing Xi Ling's blow, he held up the wooden shovel in mid-air, unwilling to return to the pot for a long time, Xi Ling pushed him elbow, reminded: "What are you thinking? If you don't turn over the steak, it will be old."

Vincent was born with great magic power, which in Xi Ling's eyes is a kind of strong "split personality". The degree of persistence in these things is really amazing. Vincent's Chinese name is Ye Wenqi. He was born in a wealthy family, but he loves to cook Western food. This may have something to do with his grandfather who used to be a cook. He learned how to cook in a western restaurant, and became famous because of his outstanding craftsmanship. Later, his grandfather resigned and opened a restaurant by himself, and the business grew bigger and bigger. After being handed over to Vincent’s father, the small restaurant on the corner of the street has now developed into A large chain enterprise, the catering industry under the Yip Group spreads all over Europe and North America. Last year, it opened a branch into China. The first time Xiling and Vincent met was in a high-end western restaurant. At that time, Xiling's wallet It was almost stolen by someone, but it was Vincent who ran three streets to find it for him. Seeing him dressed as a chef and wearing a big white hat symbolizing the rank of a chef, Xi Ling thought that he was also an international student from China , worked part-time in this restaurant, and later learned that the western restaurant where Vincent worked was one of the major restaurant chains operated by the Yip Group. What started as an inspirational story instantly turned into an eight o'clock stall.

Vincent, who has devoted himself to cooking, is not like the rich second generation in TV dramas, who fight against his family for his favorite career. His father asked him to learn business from him, so he honestly applied for a business Management, I met Xi Ling by chance after graduation, hit him like old friends at first sight, and then clamored to join him to study history under Teacher Dou’s name. After listening to his son’s plea, the father felt that his son was a Chinese, but he grew up in England. It is indeed necessary to learn more about the culture of my own country, so I readily agreed to give him three more years, and continue to learn to do business with myself after I finish my studies. Vincent took it for granted. In his world view, people are born to be curious, and there is no harm in getting in touch with different fields. Therefore, wild adventures have become a must in his daily life. This hobby hit it off with Xi Ling again. Unfortunately, When he met Xi Ling, the other party had already experienced the great change and was used to traveling alone, so no matter how hard Vincent begged the other party, Xi Ling never agreed to go with him. After observing the rules for several years, he complained about it for more than half a year.

In the evening, Vincent took Xi Ling home for dinner. The Ye family has a big business. There are about a dozen servants working in the thousands of square meters of villas. Father Ye only has one son, Vincent, who usually holds him like a jewel in his palm. , when his son said he wanted to go back to China with Xi Ling, his father frowned for a full minute before replying unhurriedly: "Of course I am relieved that you are with Lawyer Xi. But..."

Xi Ling and the Ye family have known each other for a long time. He is indifferent by nature, and both his father and mother love him very much. All the bad habits disappeared, which made the two elders very happy. Every time the son brought Xi Ling home, he would definitely be treated as a guest of honor.

"Hey, Dad!" Vincent interrupted impatiently, "I know what you're worried about, I assure you, what happened last time will never happen again, I haven't gone to a bar for many years, you are right You know, what happened last time was really just an accident."

Father Ye gave him a serious look, and reprimanded sharply: "Who taught you to be so unruly, you just interrupt the elders before they finish speaking."

Vincent curled his lips and had no choice but to swallow his breath and keep silent.

"What I mean is," Father Ye turned his gaze to Xi Ling, and said meaningfully, "If Lawyer Xi is willing to come to work in our company and let Vincent go back to China with you, I will certainly be at ease."

Hearing this, Vincent's eyes lit up, and he was about to say that I meant the same thing, but was glared back fiercely by Father Ye again, he forced out an innocent expression, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"I wonder if Lawyer Xi is willing to accept my invitation to become the legal advisor of our company's China branch." Father Ye smiled and looked at Xi Ling, inviting him sincerely.

Xi Ling bowed his head humbly, and replied softly: "Uncle is too polite, you invite me personally, there is no reason for me to refuse, but my current situation is like a mud bodhisattva crossing the river. I will definitely give you a clear answer when I finish processing it."

"Okay!" Father Ye laughed heartily, "To be honest, your academic qualifications are insignificant to me. What I value is your character. After Vincent got to know you, he was completely reborn in just a few years. His mother and I are very pleased that none of those stinky problems in the past have been corrected, but he is still young, and his behavior is not as mature as Lawyer Xi, otherwise, he would not have been stolen so many things but I don't know at all." As he spoke, he gave Ye Wenche a stern look, but the latter blinked at Xi Ling, with "Look, I didn't lie to you, did I?" written all over his face.

Xi Ling's attention was not attracted by Vincent, and he still looked at Father Ye intently. The latter turned his gaze back and continued, "If you are willing to become our company's full-time legal consultant, in terms of salary, the annual income of other companies' legal consultants How much, I will triple it for you, and double the bonus commission, and in terms of remuneration, I promise that I will never wrong Lawyer Xi."

When Xi Ling heard this, Zhan Yan smiled: "Thank you uncle for your kindness, but I have never been used to receiving special care. Since my uncle values ​​me so much, I must do my best in terms of work. I also hope that my uncle can consider my salary based on my actual ability. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for the company Shareholders are not easy to explain."

Father Ye looked at Xi Ling carefully for a long time, finally nodded in satisfaction, and offered a toast to him. Xi Ling hurriedly raised his red wine glass in return. to heaven.

Here, when Chang Qin's temper came up, he was not as good as a six-year-old child. He made up his mind not to ask for Xi Ling's contact information, so he really put the matter aside and went to the construction site non-stop all day long, accepting interviews, filming hard work, etc. According to the photo, the days flashed for a month.

Until one day, when he was putting on makeup in the dressing room, he suddenly received a call from a stranger. He thought it was some real estate agent. He hung up the phone twice impatiently, but the other party still kept calling, and the makeup artist had to suspend his calls. He asked him to answer the phone, but he had no choice but to press the call button, and shouted at the other party with a bad attitude: "Who are you?"

"Excuse me, are you Chang Qin?" A familiar male voice came from the other end of the phone.

Chang Qin thought about it for a while, and felt that the voice was extremely familiar, but he couldn't remember where he heard it. He only heard the person over there introduce himself and said, "I'm Shen Qingmo, I don't know if you still remember me?"

"Lawyer Shen, so it's you." Chang Qin suddenly realized, the impatient expression on his face disappeared, and the make-up artist beside him was amazed.

Shen Qingmo was the lawyer who fought for Liu Guicheng with Xi Ling when he went to Taiyuan with Xi Ling.

Chang Qin ignored the strange eyes of the people around him, and excitedly pressed the mobile phone to his ear, only to hear Shen Qingmo continue to say: "I am in Beijing now, and I have called Xi Ling several times but have not gotten through. I called you the business card you left me when we met for the first time, and it didn't affect Director Chang, right?"

At this time, it was already past dinner time, and Chang Qin was rushing to take a group of hard photos that were pushed to the evening, and had to accept a magazine interview later, so busy that he didn't even bother to eat dinner, but Shen Qingmo's The sudden phone call instantly blew away his exhaustion, and he was very happy to hear the other party's voice, just because this person was Xi Ling's friend.

"Of course not. Xi Ling has gone to England, so I can't get your call. Is there anything Lawyer Shen can do with us?" Chang Qin said politely.

"It's like this. I came to Beijing mainly to buy a SLR. I planned to ask Xi Ling to accompany me and my wife to have a look, but somehow I couldn't get in touch with him. I don't know if you have a connection, Director Chang, who can help us. Point one or two."

"Lawyer Shen, you have found the right person. We all have to use SLRs in this business. My company has a long-term cooperation with a digital business store. I don't know when Lawyer Shen has time. I can take you to have a look. "Chang Qin replied readily.

"I have time at any time." Hearing the other party agree so enthusiastically, Shen Qingmo was really unexpected, "It mainly depends on your time, Director Chang."

Chang Qin thought for a while while holding the phone, and finally replied: "I'm really busy right now, and I don't even have weekends to myself, so let's see if I can spare half a day tomorrow afternoon to go shopping with you two. "

Shen Qingmo thanked him repeatedly, and hung up the phone. The smile on Chang Qin's face did not disappear until the makeup artist came back to apply makeup on him.

On the second day, Chang Qin quickly explained the precautions to the workers, came out of the construction site early, and accompanied the Shens and his wife to visit half of the digital city. A DSLR came out of the shopping mall, Shen Qingmo insisted on inviting Chang Qin to dinner, but Chang Qin couldn't refuse, and finally had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"I heard from Xi Ling that Bai Yulan came here with you, I don't know if she has time tonight, you can call her out to have dinner together." On the way, Shen Qingmo suddenly suggested.

"I'll call her right away." Chang Qin hurriedly took out his phone when he heard that.

Bai Yulan received Chang Qin's invitation, and immediately rushed to the restaurant without further ado. Speaking of which, Shen Qingmo was also considered her half-benefactor. If it wasn't for his acquaintances in the police station who provided inside information, Liu Guicheng might not know when he would be able to clear up his grievances. Bai Yulan was very excited to see the other party again, and she toasted three glasses of wine in a row before giving up.

"Okay, okay." Chang Qin smiled and pushed her back on the seat, and blamed, "If you want to get Lawyer Shen drunk, you have to ask Mrs. Shen what she means, and there is no way to toast even if you come up. "

Bai Yulan's skin was already thin, and she blushed when she heard what Chang Qin said. She covered her cheeks with the back of her hand, and said embarrassedly: "Lawyer Shen, Sister Shen, I'm so sorry, I, I just want to see you happy , I really didn’t think so much.”

Lawyer Shen waved his hands again and again to persuade her not to take Chang Qin's words to heart. Chang Qin also touched the other party's head with his hand, and comforted him in a funny way: "I was just joking, but I didn't expect you to be serious."

Shen Qingmo turned his attention to the little guy who was close to Bai Yulan's side, and said softly, "I haven't seen you for a year. Your son is already this old. Has he recovered from his illness?"

The little guy was afraid of life, seeing Shen Qingmo staring at him and smiling, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, his big black eyes rolled away, and he slipped into Bai Yulan's arms unconsciously, Bai Yulan looked at her son lovingly, stretched out her hand He hugged him even tighter: "Thank you, Lawyer Shen, for your concern. His illness is already cured, and this is thanks to Lawyer Xi. During the time when I first came here, thanks to Lawyer Xi, who took care of our mother and son, my son's illness was cured." It got better so quickly." Bai Yulan said, with obvious regret in her eyes, sad for Xi Ling's absence tonight.

Chang Qin had a panoramic view of her expression, with mixed emotions in his heart. He raised his hand and touched his nose, and changed the subject: "Lawyer Shen, Mrs. Shen, you two eat vegetables, Magnolia, eat vegetables quickly, when the vegetables are cold It's not delicious." After speaking, imitating Xi Ling, he stuffed a small piece of braised pork into the mouth of Bai Yulan's son for the first time, and the father asked full of love, "Is it delicious?"

The little guy smacked his lips and nodded shyly, which made Chang Qin's heart itch, and thought to himself that he would have a baby in the future.

After the meal, Chang Qin used an excuse to go to the bathroom and paid for the dinner. Shen Qingmo was so angry when he found out, he insisted on returning the money to Chang Qin. Finally, Chang Qin repeatedly promised that he would bring Xi Ling to Taiyuan again next time, so that The husband and wife treated them to a meal to make up for it, and Shen Qingmo just gave up.

After saying goodbye to the Shen couple, Chang Qin sent Bai Yulan and her son home. In the car, Chang Qin hesitated, typed a draft in his heart for a long time, and finally said, "Sister Yulan, I have a question all the time." I want to ask you."

"What's the problem?" Magnolia, who was sitting in the back seat with her son, raised her head and looked at Chang Qin's eyes reflected in the rearview mirror through the dim light outside the window.

Chang Qin cleared his throat and continued to ask, "Do you like Lawyer Xi?"

Bai Yulan was taken aback. Seeing Chang Qin looking at her sharply, she hurriedly avoided it with guilt. Her fair face was instantly dyed deep red. She was silent for a while, then stammered and replied: "Lawyer Xi is such an excellent person. , looks so good-looking, I, if I say that I have never been attracted to him, you may not believe it, Brother Chang. But I know myself, with my status, how could Lawyer Xi fall in love with me. "

Chang Qin only felt sour in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Don't be so unconfident, I think he cares about you, maybe, Lawyer Xi might really like you and say yes."

But Bai Yulan smiled calmly: "Brother Chang, don't be joking. Lawyer Xi treats me well. He didn't like me. It's because of..." As he spoke, his brisk tone suddenly became A layer of heartache for no reason.

"Because of what?" Chang Qin raised his eyebrows in the rearview mirror and asked curiously.

Bai Yulan took a long breath, and slowly recalled: "I'm not afraid of brother Chang's jokes. I did ask Lawyer Xi this question before. I asked him why he was so kind to me. He not only accompanied me to find a house but also helped me find a job, and even He didn't want me to pay back the money he borrowed from me. I thought he would answer me and say that I'm so pitiful because I'm alone and unaccompanied, so he should help me more. But after hearing his answer, I immediately gave up. "

Bai Yulan's tone was very sour. Although Chang Qin couldn't see her expression, he could feel the other party's indescribable helplessness between the lines. He asked, "What did Lawyer Xi answer?"

Bai Yulan paused, and replied unhurriedly: "Lawyer Xi said that my appearance made him jealous for a long time, and keeping me by his side made him feel safe."

After hearing Bai Yulan's words, Chang Qin froze on the seat as if petrified, his hands were still mechanically operating the steering wheel, but his mind was blank. Brother, tell me, does Lawyer Xi mean that he already has someone he likes, but I am a woman, how can I make Lawyer Xi jealous?"