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As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience.

Among them, the most shocking one was naturally none other than Chang Qin, who stared blankly at Xi Ling who was standing straight opposite him, and the latter, after articulated the last word, did not evade, and talked with Chang. Qin's eyes met.

Accident, anger, unwillingness, and forbearance are all on the verge of breaking out at the moment when these two bright eyes meet.

Chang Qin's breathing became heavier and heavier, so heavy that his whole body couldn't help shaking, and he could clearly feel the rhythm of his heart hitting his chest.Compared with Chang Qin's obvious emotional outburst, Xi Ling was much calmer. In other words, it seemed to him that it had nothing to do with him at all. back to the original position.Only Chang Qin's eyes, which turned from puzzlement to fierceness, were left unblinkingly stuck in place, persistently refusing to take them back, looking at the sharp side face, his heart twitching bit by bit.

Jiang Lida, who was sitting next to Chang Qin, didn't look much better either. He had just praised Chang Qin to Ye Shizhao before the meeting, and was slapped in the face at this moment.

"It's like this," Ye Shizhao explained patiently with a smile on seeing everyone's confusion, "I know that Director Chang is a very good designer, but the architecture and interior design of the Ye Group has our own Unique standards, the company also has a specially designated designer, so we are very happy to cooperate with the 'Chenxi' company, but in terms of design, I still hope to continue the previous tradition, I hope Mr. Jiang can forgive me."

After finishing speaking, he nodded apologetically at Jiang Lida.

At this point, Jiang Lida couldn't say anything more. He opened his mouth, but didn't say a word. He smiled and expressed his support for Mr. Ye's decision.

In the following time, only Chang Qin was left with a black face all the way until the end of the meeting. Ye Shizhao's words made him instantly fall from a designer standing in the center of focus to an insignificant spectator. Only he knew whether he was warm or cold. .

It was not easy until the meeting was over. After the meeting, everyone was busy sorting out the documents on the table. Chang Qin felt very embarrassed. He seemed to have no stomach for leaving early, and was laughed at by passers-by when he left late, so he had to concentrate on cleaning up the documents in his hands. Things, I can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get in.Fortunately, everyone was focusing on their own affairs. Except for Chang Qin himself, no one felt that there was anything wrong with Ye Shizhao's decision. Only Jiang Lida pressed Chang Qin's shoulder hard before leaving. He whispered in his ear, "I'll wait for you in the car."

Chang Qin nodded, then raised his eyelids, and watched Xi Ling and Ye Shizhao walking and talking side by side, and walked out of the conference room side by side, while Vincent obediently followed behind them.

Ye Shizhao had a lot of time to deal with. After attending the afternoon meeting, he rushed to the next entertainment without stopping. Xi Ling and Vincent sent him outside the gate. After Ye Shizhao's special car drove away, he rubbed his sore lower back with his hands behind his back , walked back to the company building together with Vincent, every time he took a step, he frowned slightly, in order to avoid being seen as abnormal, he could only hold back the pain and walked as if nothing had happened.

He and Vincent stood in the transparent sightseeing elevator, chatting with each other. When the elevator reached the floor where the meeting was just held, there was a "ding" sound, and the shiny stainless steel doors retracted to both sides. Vincent's face was still hanging. Smiling intently, he turned his head, and suddenly met a hostile face with red eyes that looked like he was about to kill someone. Vincent quickly withdrew his smiling face and said in a daze, "Chang Qin, you haven't left yet?"

Chang Qin didn't look at him from the beginning to the end, his eyes passed over Vincent's tall and straight figure, and fixed every inch on the man in the white shirt behind him.

The atmosphere froze in an instant, and the harmonious atmosphere that originally lingered in the square space disappeared, and the air pressure dropped to freezing point in a blink of an eye.

Vincent was fed up with the embarrassing situation of always being caught between the two of them and couldn't advance or retreat, so he passed Chang Qin wisely, stepped out of the elevator, rushed to Xi Ling who was still in the elevator, and said: "I will go back to the office first, wait See you later."

Xi Ling nodded slightly, her lips pursed tightly.

The elevator door closed slowly, and the people outside the door slapped the button vigorously. With a "snap", the door opened again. Chang Qin remained silent, his gaze firmly fixed on Xi Ling's pale face, and he raised his leg and buried himself in the elevator door. In the elevator.

Without even thinking about it, he directly pressed the number on the top floor.

The elevator took the two of them up without stopping, while the display behind them was speeding down outside the transparent glass.

Chang Qin sighed for a long time, his fierce eyes softened a little, he tried his best to suppress his temper, and said softly to Xi Ling, "Let's have a chat."

Xi Ling thought for a while, then nodded calmly.

On the empty and spacious platform, the wind blew violently, and the shirts and trousers on the two of them were blown up like sails, and their black hair was instantly turned into a mess.

Suddenly, Chang Qin remembered that when he met Xi Ling again, the other party asked him to take him to the construction site, and when he arrived at the desolate and vast ruins, he was in the same state, with messy hair and blinded by the wind and sand.

In the blink of an eye, it was already three years ago.

At that time, he was not familiar with Xi Ling, and they talked with politeness and respect. At that time, he never thought that one day he would fall in love with this person in front of him, and not only lost his love, but also lost his love. Eliminate all the possibilities that cannot be grasped.

"What exactly do you want?" Chang Qin asked in the whimpering north wind, and was blown to pieces as soon as he spoke.

"This is Mr. Ye's decision, and you heard it too." Xi Ling said calmly.

"Don't put on airs with me. Even if it's Mr. Ye's decision, if you really want me to appear in this project, it's not up to you, Lawyer Xi." Chang Qin said bitterly, as if he suddenly remembered something , and suddenly said painfully, "It's the same reason, if you want to leave me, it's also a matter of one sentence."

The facts were too cruel. Chang Qin even trembled slightly when he said these words.

Xi Ling couldn't bear his sharp-edged gaze, so he turned his eyes away and focused on the lightning rod on the top of a tall building not far away.

"Chang Qin, why do you have to get involved?" After a while, he said in frustration.

"What do you mean?" Chang Qin frowned.

"I tried everything to avoid you, but why are you?" Xi Ling's emotions suddenly became agitated, he looked at Chang Qin again, and said angrily, "Why, you want to hold on to me? "

"..." Chang Qin was speechless for a long time.

In order to get this project, he tried all kinds of ways, asking Jiang Lida to speak good words for him in front of the shareholders, going on a business trip with Jiang Lida to deal with Zhang Mingyuan, and even giving up the high-paying position specially reserved for him by Huang Kan. After all the hard work, all he did was to give the other party a surprise. He didn't ask Xi Ling to worship him more. He only hoped that he could make him smile when he heard the result. But in the end, he got nothing. Needless to say, it actually caused this unwarranted disgust in vain.

"Do you know how much effort I have spent before to avoid getting you involved, but you are good. The more I hide, the more you want to break in. Why are you? Isn't it enough for us to live together every day? We have to keep work It's also involved, and it's me who looks up and down, don't you get tired of it?" Xi Ling's questioning voice became louder and louder, and at the same time, Chang Qin's fists were clenched more and more tightly, and between the joints, he could see the thick bones.

Wanting to prove himself in front of the one he loves is the innate temperament of every man. I don’t deny that he wants to get himself involved. He just wants to complete a project with Xi Ling, just like when he cooperated with the cultural village project , let the other party see how I am showing my grand plans in front of the ppt, see him dancing and giving full play to his inner ingenious ideas, and finally, amidst the applause of the whole room, look at the person below with confidence, and see his bright eyes looking at himself , with a respectful and proud smile on the corner of his mouth.

Just to get along day and night, Chang Qin is not so childish.

Chang Qin sneered: "I see, so you like to see me as an idiot, kept in the dark by you, and then used by you. Not only do I know nothing, but I have to please you in turn, thank you, I can't wait I gave you my heart and soul, kissed you and said thank you for protecting me all my life, so you like me like this. Sorry, Lawyer Xi, I let you down, you don’t know me too well, the more you try to hide, I will The more you have to dig, even if the facts are ugly, I don't want to deceive myself because of this, and be treated as a pawn by you in vain."

Chang Qin uttered every word coldly, like streaks of ice, freezing Xi Ling in an instant, and his heart was icy cold.

"From the beginning to the end, you have always looked at me like this." Xi Ling read with heartache.

"Otherwise, what do you want me to think of you? How can I still think of you now? Zhang Mingyuan's matter, Zhou Yong's matter, tell me, what do you want me to think of you, ah?" Chang Qin shouted angrily .

"I was wrong to involve you in Zhou Yong's matter, but since I can pull you in, I can rescue you intact." Xi Ling said confidently.

Chang Qin couldn't help laughing: "Yes, yes, your lawyer Xi is so capable, I really have to thank you for this, don't you?"

Xi Ling concentrated for a while, then suddenly murmured quietly: "You never believed me, and I have nothing to explain. The only thing I can do is to avoid getting you involved. I put Zhou Yong in prison, and Zhang Mingyuan has already treated me. He became wary, he couldn't let me go, I don't know where he got the news that I was seeking employment in the Ye Group, and as soon as he learned that the Ye Group intended to launch a hotel project, he tried everything possible to win the project I don't know what kind of deal he reached with Jiang Lida, so that even if he knew the risk of being reported, he wanted to win the bid with 'Chen Xi', and He got involved in 'Chen Xi', and it was inevitable that he would also get you involved, and with your restraint, Zhang Mingyuan could sit back and relax, because he knew that because of you, I didn't dare to be too arrogant."

The more Chang Qin listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He frowned, and asked word by word: "What do you mean by my presence? You don't dare to be too arrogant. Originally, what did you want to do?"

Xi Ling looked into the deep pupils of the other party, and shook his head expressionlessly: "I haven't thought it through yet."

Chang Qin narrowed his eyes slightly, took a step forward, and said aggressively, "Then what do you think about the cultural village project?"

Xi Ling sighed, and compromised: "I originally planned to induce Zhou Yong to repeat the same mistakes and tamper with the materials. He is very greedy, and he will be shaken as long as he is slightly bewitched. The reason why he has been so blatant for so many years is that Someone is covering his head, his relationship is complicated, Zhang Mingyuan is one of the beneficiaries of the dirty interests, Zhou Yong launders money, Zhang Mingyuan's account is definitely not clean, but he is extremely cautious, there is no way for anyone to catch him He has a clue, I have been hiding by his side for so many years, but I have not been able to find substantive evidence, so I can only change from passive to active, as long as Zhou Yong's matter becomes big, no matter how cautious Zhang Mingyuan is. It might be clear."

"How do you plan to make a big fuss?" Chang Qin asked.

Xi Ling glanced at him guilty, and quickly turned his gaze away: "I planned to announce the evidence of Zhou Yong's embezzlement of public funds to the public on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the fact that Zhang Mingyuan was colluding with him behind the scenes... "

Chang Qin took a breath and said in disbelief, "You actually...so you planned to gamble with all the media present on the basis of smearing the cultural village project, because you have no evidence of Zhang Mingyuan's corruption, and you want to rely on the public opinion of the media , and finally dig out the dark business behind him, right?"

Xi Ling was noncommittal, and nodded to Chang Qin's sharp gaze.

"You..." Chang Qin smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt that all this was so ridiculous, "Do you know how much I have devoted to this project? After three years of hard work, I was finally able to complete this perfect answer. When you showed it to the world, you prepared a big basin of cold water and poured it on my head?"

Xi Ling sighed lightly, but did not speak.

Chang Qin smiled and shook his head: "In this way, I have to thank that little thief, because his sudden appearance broke your plan, right?"

Xi Ling smiled: "Zhang Mingyuan has been on guard against me. In order not to let me have any abnormal behavior, he tried to slander me on the matter of academic qualifications, so that the law firm I worked in had a reason to fire me, but he didn't Even if he could keep me from appearing at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, I would have already prepared my speech, and if I disclosed it to the media before the ceremony, he would lose face on the spot."

"Because of the sudden theft, the thread you buried so hard was exposed early. In order to save me, you had to throw all the blame on Zhou Yong. Zhou Yong was arrested, and Zhang Mingyuan's bad deeds were exposed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Therefore, All your plans have failed, not only that, you have made the original glamorous palace inferior, and the expensive ebony wood has been replaced by cheap man-made panels. Although we have tried our best to repair the damaged panels, the area of ​​hundreds The scenes in the movie, ancient temples one after another, should have been first-class configurations, but now they have become nondescript, my hard work, my plan, all because of your selfishness, all were destroyed at once." Chang Qin laughed dryly, Throat suddenly stabbed and hurt, and I couldn't say a word.

"I have never felt that it is so necessary to spend the hard-earned money of ordinary people on such public projects. The palaces are not for people to live in. You can use the most expensive wood to build them into golden palaces, and there is no way for them Any homeless vagabond resists the warmth, maybe you think I am whimsical, even if the money is recovered, it may not necessarily benefit the citizens, but your task is to restore history, not rely on the money of the people, to Construct a money-worshiping amusement park."

Chang Qin looked at him incredulously, and his eyes became more and more red, "So in your eyes, I, like that greedy Zhou Yong, used people's money to cover myself, but what he packaged was his private life." , but I am my own reputation, isn't it?"

Xi Ling was seen by him as unavoidable, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Yes."

There was silence all around, only the whistling wind passing by the ears of the two of them. Not far from the railing, the hanging billboard turned into a beating drum, which was clattered by invisible sticks.

Xi Ling stared straight at Chang Qin's distorted expression for a long time, then suddenly broke the silence and asked, "Chang Qin, do you hate me?"

"I don't hate you." Chang Qin replied simply.

This answer was obviously beyond Xi Ling's expectations. He was about to open his mouth to ask again, but the other party continued coldly:

"I hate that I love you."

At this moment, Xi Ling's chest also turned into a beating drum, and the heart wrapped inside made a pounding sound.

"Sorry for hurting your sincerity." He said softly.

"No need to be sorry." Chang Qin said immediately, and replied indifferently, "I can still afford to pay for this feeling."

Xi Ling understood, raised the corners of his lips, and said lightly: "That's good." As if thinking of something, he chuckled, and added, "Soon, you will stop hating."

After saying these words, he turned around and walked towards the stairs step by step.

In the howling north wind, Xi Ling staggered a little, and he walked slowly into the dark corridor, the trousers of his suit were blown like sails.

Chang Qin stayed where he was, staring intently at the fading back, his heart following the other's steps, splitting into pieces one after another.

Up to now, he has never caught that person from the beginning to the end.The relationship between the two of them seemed to be like this forever, just once there was tenderness, it was fleeting in a blink of an eye.

Last night, he took advantage of his drunkenness to hold the other party under him and do whatever he wanted. He thought that since the other party could tolerate his nonsense, it would be fine to admit in disguise that he wanted to get back with him. As long as he could go back to the past, Chang Qin would be fine. Regardless of previous suspicions, the two respected each other as guests and spent the rest of their lives well.

result.

Chang Qin laughed at himself.

As a result, it has always been nothing but wishful thinking.

The sad thing is, no matter how the other party tramples on him, he just can't let it go.

Xi Ling is like his body temperature, which has been kept warm for thousands of years, and he is always inseparable.

Xi Ling exhausted his whole life's perseverance, suppressed the pain all over his body, and walked into the corridor with difficulty. As soon as he disappeared behind the wall, he couldn't hold on anymore, and his whole body collapsed on the cold concrete floor.

He leaned his back against the rough wall, panting heavily, with cold sweat on his forehead, worried that Chang Qin would follow him at any moment, so he didn't dare to stay longer. waist, and limped to the elevator.After finally stepping into the elevator, he called Vincent and told him that he felt unwell and went home early.

As soon as Vincent heard Xi Ling saying that he was not feeling well, he rushed over to find him worriedly, but was immediately cut off by Xi Ling's few words, and then cut off the phone mercilessly, walked all the way to the underground parking lot, and drove home.

Xu Shi had been in the meeting for too long, another gust of cold wind blew, his lower body hurt more and more, and his expression was a little dazed due to the stimulation. When driving on the busy road to work, he even almost rear-ended the car in front, Xi Ling was in a hurry He slammed on the brakes, stretched his legs too hard, and accidentally pulled the place where he was injured last night. A stream of warm liquid quickly flowed out from the base of his thighs and condensed on the suit pants.

Fortunately, there was no one in the car, otherwise, if people saw him like this, he would have died of laughter. A man of majesty would even come to "auntie".

Xi Ling was blushed by himself, and drove the car all the way into his garage. Fortunately, he got off work early, and there was no one in the garage at this point, and his trousers were dark, so the trace of shame would not be noticed , he hastily locked the car door, gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and rushed into the elevator in three steps.

When he got home, he couldn't wait to rush into the bathroom, and took off his trousers two or three times. Sure enough, there was a thin streak of blood hanging from the root of his right thigh to the calf, which had already dried up due to the draft from the underground parking lot.

He didn't know how much force Chang Qin had used. The injury from the night before had not healed for a whole day. He sighed, threw the soiled trousers into the washing machine, found a bottle of anti-inflammatory medicine and swallowed a few, and then Find a tube of anti-inflammatory plaster, suppress the waves of overwhelming shame, take off the underwear, pick up a little transparent plaster with your fingertips, poke into the place that hurts like a fire, slowly stretch in, and apply the medicine in.

As soon as the burning pain touched the cold medicine body, the discomfort disappeared immediately. Xi Ling was panting heavily, his forehead and back were already dripping with sweat. After finally treating the wound, he slumped on the ground, feeling the pain. And groaned a few times in despair.