[Rebirth to the Future] Diplomacy

After Gao Jingting left, Rong Pei couldn't fall asleep either, so he went to the study and poured himself a glass of wine.

As soon as the wine is drunk, someone sends a call invitation through the communicator.

Rong Pei took a look, couldn't help laughing, and accepted the other party's request.

A rather good-looking face appeared on the magnetic wall. The facial features seemed to be the eccentric masterpiece of God. The eyes, nose, and mouth were all placed in the most pleasing positions.

Who is it if it's not Xie Yunxi.

Rong Pei smiled lightly, raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?"

Xie Yunxi also smiled: "I want to tell you what your weakness is."

Rong Pei said: "I would like to hear the details."

Xie Yunxi said: "Your flaw is that you have a polarized heart. There is only a mass of ashes left in your heart, but you rationally maintain your tender appearance. You did it perfectly. No one can find your flaws, but unfortunately, once others really get close, they can only feel a bone-piercing chill. The tolerance you thought, the connivance you thought, and the response you thought were all just sugar-coated poison. As soon as he tasted the sweetness, he was greeted with severe pain, so Gao Jingting went crazy again and again, suffering and despairing again and again—you actually don’t have the ability to love others at all.”

Rong Pei looked at the person in front of him who had been striving to surpass himself from the very beginning, paying attention to his every move, and listened quietly to his evaluation of himself.

To be honest, he quite likes Xie Yunxi. He appreciates people who are grateful, persistent, have their own ideas and have the ability and patience to realize them.

He responded approvingly: "Maybe you're right."

Xie Yunxi said: "This kind of attitude—this kind of unbelievably calm attitude of not caring about anything is the root of my ability to sneak in."

Rong Pei was delighted, he felt as if he was in the early eight o'clock TV series, where the newcomers always said "I'm younger than you" to the old ones.He frowned slightly, and smiled at Xie Yunxi: "Then what do you think I should do?"

Xie Yunxi showed a hint of scheming in his eyes, looked at Rong Pei quietly for a while, and said, "Talk about a relationship with me."

Rong Pei was taken aback.

Xie Yunxi laughed: "There are not many things that can change your face." He stared at Rong Pei with those shiny black eyes. Idea? If you don’t understand, I can teach you.”

Rong Pei said lightly: "Don't you understand?"

Xie Yunxi said with a smile: "Does this make you feel guilty? Or are you afraid? It is too fake to say these things now, after all, you have been with Lin Jingquan for six years."

Rong Pei didn't speak.

Xie Yunxi made a final decision: "Then it's settled."

Rong Pei thought Xie Yunxi was joking at first, but he didn't realize that Xie Yunxi was serious until the next day when Xie Yunxi was wearing a takeaway suit and knocked on his door.

Xie Yunxi said: "The medicinal food I cooked with my own hands can clear the mind, improve eyesight, and calm the mind. After you eat it, you can sleep better at night."

Rong Pei said: "I don't like the smell of medicine."

Xie Yunxi said: "I guarantee that there is absolutely no smell of medicine."

Rong Pei glanced at him, took the food box in his hand and walked into the dining room.

Xie Yunxi naturally followed behind him step by step.

Rong Pei said, "Eat together?"

Xie Yunxi smiled wide-eyed.

Rong Pei said, "Are you free?"

Xie Yunxi was very frank: "It's really idle, you know, my business in the east has just come to an end, and I haven't really gotten started with the things in the west."

Rong Pei said, "No wonder."

Xie Yunxi put out all the dishes and enthusiastically served Rong Pei a meal: "Aren't you welcome? I have already figured out how to meet next time. I took Ji Lei out for a walk, and it ran into you by itself, so How about we 'fake' a walk together?"

Rong Pei said, "It's up to you."

Xie Yunxi didn't care about his indifference.

Rong Pei is an elusive person, he will never refuse you to treat him well, but you have no way of judging whether he really puts it in his heart.

It's a hard guy to get your hands on.

Xie Yunxi asked: "Then I should be able to call you Ah Pei?"

Rong Pei raised his eyebrows: "Do you need to get used to being intimate next time? After all, it will be very unpleasant if you get used to it later."

Xie Yunxi was taken aback.

Rong Pei stood up and walked to Xie Yunxi's side, hugged Xie Yunxi in his arms, slowly clasped Xie Yunxi's palm with his slender and powerful hands, and rubbed his fingers with calloused pulps.

The ambiguous rhythm was very similar to the breathing of each other, making Xie Yunxi stiff.

Rong Pei tightened his arms, put his chin on Xie Yunxi's neck, and kissed his earlobe: "You are quite comfortable to hold."

Xie Yunxi has known for a long time that Rong Pei is good at controlling people's hearts, but it is a completely different feeling when he really meets her.Reason told him that Rong Pei should be enduring physical discomfort at this time, but the beautiful touch and hot breath were so real that people couldn't resist, Xie Yunxi's heart beat violently uncontrollably.

Xie Yunxi endured the turmoil in her heart, trying to keep her voice steady: "Do you like it?"

Rong Pei kissed him on the cheek: "What do you think?"

Xie Yunxi felt her face burning hot.

In front of Rong Pei, he is like a fledgling kid, with extremely tender means.

Rong Pei let him go with a smile, sat back in his seat and said slowly: "Good job, next time you can tone down the taste."

Xie Yunxi woke up like a dream.

Then took a deep breath.

No wonder Gao Jingting couldn't let Rong Pei go, if this person in front of him wanted to pretend, no one could refuse him.

Then why didn't he continue to pretend in front of Gao Jingting?

Rong Pei seemed to understand Xie Yunxi's doubts, he said lightly: "Now his feelings for me are the biggest obstacle for him to grow up."

Xie Yunxi was stunned.

Rong Pei said: "What we need now is not to warm up our relationship, but to speed up the pace of growth to cope with the coming storm."

Xie Yunxi said: "So..."

Rong Pei looked at Xie Yunxi, with a smile in his eyes: "Isn't it good for you to be by his side? Tell him something I don't want to tell him personally, guide him to do something I can't teach him in person, that's very nice." good."

Xie Yunxi stared at him silently for a while before saying, "I'll come back tomorrow to bring you food."

Rong Pei didn't answer.

Xie Yunxi emphasized: "I will come here every day from now on."

Rong Pei said, "Yes."

Xie Yunxi couldn't bear his extremely cold response, so she packed up the food box and went out.Halfway there, he suddenly stopped, and turned around and said, "I missed it yesterday...Happy birthday."

Rong Pei smiled slightly: "Thank you."

Xie Yunxi couldn't help but said: "...Gao Jingting doesn't remember at all, don't you really care at all?"

Rong Pei said, "Are you concerned that Gao Jingting doesn't remember your birthday?"

Xie Yunxi said: "I am different, I am only because of Mr. Li's kindness to me..."

Rong Pei said, "That's right."

Xie Yunxi stared at him blankly.

Rong Pei looked at him quietly.

Xie Yunxi's heart skipped a beat.

He unconsciously thought of the hunter who dragged him off the battlefield and tortured him so much that he couldn't recover, but finally stood on the ruins and said to himself, "Today is my birthday, thank you for being with me".

Obviously he cared about it, and obviously wanted someone to accompany him, but he pushed people away so cruelly again and again—this person was actually tougher and more stubborn than anyone else.

Xie Yunxi couldn't control his heart, knowing that thinking like this would be very sorry to Mr. Li who treated him so favorably, he still wanted to give it a try - try to snatch this person away from Gao Jingting.

So he gave up the good situation he had been operating in the east for so long, and ran directly to the west.

In exchange, he will do his best to help Gao Jingting grow up.

Xie Yunxi didn't want Rong Pei to see her true thoughts, so she turned her head and said, "I'll come back tomorrow!"

He quickly disappeared outside the door.

Rong Pei sat quietly where he was, finishing the medicinal food on the table.

Xie Yunxi was very mature in doing things, but just now he acted like a guy who just fell in love, so innocent that he almost moved his heart.

Rong Pei moved his eyes to the latest publication, looking at the cover photo of Gao Jingting and Xie Yunxi walking towards the ticket window holding hands in the rain.

The idea of ​​having an affair seems really interesting when you think about it - especially when Gao Jingting also happens to be having an affair with Xie Yunxi.

If the former "Gao Jingting" found out about this kind of thing, he would definitely be extremely wronged and angry, and question him in an unimaginably direct way.

The current Gao Jingting may be different.

Rong Pei suddenly laughed.

He found that he was actually looking forward to Gao Jingting's reaction - facing the "transformed" Gao Jingting, he always had a terrible malice in his heart.

Xie Yunxi has always been very cautious in doing things, but unfortunately he forgot what Yunlai Hong Kong is.

In addition to Rong Pei's high degree of control over the dynamics of Yunlaigang, there is also a person beside Gao Jingting who has been operating in Yunlaigang for nearly 20 years: Steward An.

After knowing that Xie Yunxi went to Rong Pei's house in disguise, Butler An quickly became suspicious.Then connect the relationship between Rong Pei and Gao Heng, and the fact that Xie Yunxi and Gao Heng stayed in the east for many years, and Steward An immediately saw the abnormality.

Just when Butler An was hesitating whether to tell Gao Jingting about this matter first or talk to Xie Yunxi first, Gao Jingting came to the door.

The child he watched growing up sat in front of him with a sincere attitude that he had never seen before, and said solemnly, "Butler An, please help me."

Butler An was almost in tears.

This is the younger generation he cares about the most, but his younger brother has killed this child twice, and now this child is asking for his help with a respect that he never had before.Such a change moved Steward An very much, he said, "Jing Ting, what do you want to do?"

Gao Jingting said, "Did Xie Yunxi come to help me?"

Butler An looked at him in surprise.

Gao Jingting said: "In the past, 'I' had an amazing intuition. If someone came to 'me' with other intentions, I would often be able to detect it. For example, Xie Yunxi, although he is very similar to Rong Pei and has outstanding abilities. , but there is very little about him in 'my' memory. So I think the relationship between Xie Yunxi and me should not be as close as he showed."

Butler An said, "That's right, you didn't like him at that time."

Gao Jingting said: "Then why did he come to my side twice?"

Butler An paused, and decided to tell the truth: "At the beginning, the old man planned to let him replace Rong Pei."

Gao Jingting closed his eyes.

Although he probably guessed a little bit, he never expected that his grandfather would arrange this step.

Gao Jingting asked, "Rong Pei...do you know?"

Butler An hesitated slightly, and said, "I know."

At that time, he was ordered to beat Rong Pei, so of course he would tell Rong Pei if there was such a candidate.

A long silence spanned between Gao Jingting and Butler An.

After a long time, Gao Jingting finally sorted out his mood.He continued to ask: "Then why is he coming to the West this time?"

Butler An said, "Xie Yunxi went to find Rong Pei today."

Gao Jingting raised his head in disbelief.

Butler An said: "I have a guess that is not very certain, but it is also close to ten——Xie Yunxi may have contacted Rong Pei when he was in the east, and the reason why he came to the west may also be related to Rong Pei. As for the distance How can they get together in the whole empire, just think about Gao Heng."

Gao Jingting clenched his fists slightly.

He did get it.

Xie Yunxi deliberately created their gossip from the moment they met, and tried to instigate him to be an enemy of Rong Pei when he was most vulnerable. Analyzing these actions together, Xie Yunxi's intention couldn't be more obvious: Spare no effort to drive a wedge between him and Rong Pei.

Rong Pei knew the reason why Xie Yunxi appeared in the first place, knew that Xie Yunxi had created the scandal, and knew that Xie Yunxi took him to the Golden Pier, but he didn't say anything.

Because in Rong Pei's mind, he is no longer that "fool", and there is no reason for him to even have the idea of ​​fighting for it.

The only thing that has any real meaning between them is the marriage letter.

Gao Jingting's chest seemed to be pressed by a boulder, and he was so stuffy that he couldn't breathe.

But even if he is no longer "fool", he still has a positive nature.

The gloom that has been coming these days has squeezed his will together, almost bringing him to the brink of collapse, but the "fool" keeps a kindling in his heart, as long as he sees a little hope, it can become a prairie fire.

——Even if there is only one marriage letter, it can usher in a happy ending if it is handled well.

Gao Jingting's gaze soon became firm: "Butler An, can I take over a group of trustworthy people?"

Butler An said, "Of course, it was all for you."

Gao Jingting paused and asked, "Why didn't you give it to me before?"

Butler An said: "The old man said that you can only hand over people to you after you can judge who can be trusted and who can't be trusted. Everyone cultivated by the family is a precious asset, even if you are Gao Rongcheng The only son, Li Fujun's only grandson, can't waste the family's resources."

Gao Jingting said sincerely: "I must have disappointed you in the past, right? I disappointed my father, my grandfather, housekeeper An... and Ah Pei. I can't even make the most basic judgments. I can only Live on your maintenance."

Butler An's eyes were moist.

"It wasn't your fault, it was just an accident," he said.

Gao Jingting said: "Wrong is wrong."

He quietly went through the past, and compared Rong Pei's actions to the "fools" in the past and the "self" in the present, he knew that for a while, Rong Pei really planned to be with him for a long time ——When he relied on himself as a "fool" and asked Rong Pei for a response time and time again, Rong Pei was really moved.

But the pity at that moment is not the love that can last forever.

It is as short as a meteor, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

For example, after facing him after the "transformation", Rong Pei immediately took it back.

In the end, just like he didn't believe that he could stand beside Rong Pei forever, Rong Pei also didn't believe how long his love for him could last.

There is a lack of mutual trust between them.

very lacking.

Even if he pretends to be a "fool" and stays by Rong Pei's side, it's impossible to truly connect with each other.

Gao Jingting couldn't help but tell Butler An the determination he made when he walked around the golden pier: "I will definitely become the kind of person Ah Pei wants me to become."

Butler An didn't speak.

Gao Jingting went on to say: "Start deducting from [-] points, and you may end up feeling disgusted with each other; but starting from zero and adding up, it will definitely get better and better--now I am zero for the starting point, and Ah Pei has no good feelings for me. , so as long as I am willing to do it, the result will definitely not get worse."

This was the only way he could think of to regain his self-confidence and not be crushed by reality.

It was also the only stupid way he was sure to do it.