[Star Volunteer] Spare tire love

"It was because I didn't want to get married so early that I set up a brokerage company myself."

Du Yunqian, who was sitting in the most famous high-end Southeast Asian cuisine restaurant, looked at the well-dressed man opposite, and spoke plausibly.

Unabashed cynicism.

Because, that mature man who was defined as "the future husband of the daughter of the Du family" just complimented her as an independent and financially minded woman, and she responded like that.It's really hard for her to say such difficult words so calmly.Maybe it's the eloquence of talking with those TV stations and film companies about the announcement.

However, there should have been an awkward atmosphere between the two, because it was resolved with a smile from the man.

"Courage." He even raised his glass.

Yun Qian had no choice but to toast, his smile, for some reason, reminded her of Ji Xiang.

... Ji Xiang? !

Cut, nothing like it.

Besides, think about what that man is doing? !

It was my brother who called and said that if he didn’t have a meal with this man who was still her fiance in name, he wouldn’t support her in making her first self-made stage play, bending her waist for five buckets of rice, no way, who made her too ambitious , I always want to do everything by myself, and there is no way to solve the problem of capital turnover. Fortunately, a man can stretch and bend, let alone a little girl.

After arriving, she realized that this fiancé was not the idiot who she had imagined to be as beautiful as she was, and as a mess.

Decent, gentle, considerate, gentleman.

A very charming person, if Ji Xiang was not so indifferent, I believe he would not be inferior to him——

Why did you think of that person who had nothing to do with him? !

Yunqian stared at the dessert in front of her in a daze.

"I really appreciate Ms. Du's confession. To be honest, I originally planned to break off the engagement with Brother Ling. You must know that I don't like to force others to make things difficult for me—" The man sipped his black coffee, and then raised the corner of his mouth again, "But now I've changed my mind." Seemingly complacent, he looked at Yunqian's wide-open eyes, "Because I like challenging things."

Then, he checked out very elegantly and left, before leaving, he said with a smile: Ms. Du probably doesn't want me to take you home, even though it's polite.

So, in the end, she was the only one left staring at his leaving back.

Then, I saw a familiar face and sat at the opposite table to raise a glass to her.

Give me a heads up, why are you pretending to be a gentleman with Miss Ben today.

By the way, this Mr. Fiance should have one thing in common with Ji Xiangzhen: the same debt! !

So, he simply walked up to Ji Xiang with the unfinished ice cream cup, sat down carelessly, and the waiter behind trotted all the way to bring tablecloths and spoons.

"Have you been watching it for a long time?" She ate it in big mouthfuls, very disfigured.

"Not too long, since Ziqi left." There was no food in front of Ji Xiang, just a glass of wine.

"Ziqi? Yao Ziqi?" Yunqian paused with a spoon in her mouth. Isn't he feeling unwell? Did he go back to rest? Why did he come to eat again?

"Well, there are also Murong and Xi. When I came, I happened to meet them going out." Ji Xiang explained. "Really, then I won't come over to say hello." Yunqian rubbed her nose, it's all people who have a cold, she is still not breathing well.

"Probably because I don't want to disturb you." Ji Xiang smiled half-smile.

"You can ask whatever you want. Smiling doesn't suit you at all." Yunqian was still burying her head in eating ice cream, her mouth was merciless.

"I thought that by working hard during this period of time, I could earn back some of my agent's favorability." Ji Xiang continued to tease her with an angry attitude. He was really joking. It's a shameful thing and he's just angry, besides, he's used to this girl's sharp mouth and tofu heart. Just like Ziqi said, she looks tough but actually has a soft heart.

"It's a beautiful idea." Yunqian looked at the ice cream cup that had bottomed out in satisfaction, and sighed, "You should give me a job, otherwise such a high share would be for nothing." It was his signing bonus The highest—speaking of it, if it wasn't for him to spend so much money all at once, she wouldn't have to be so aggrieved to accept her brother's order to deal with her fiancé. Thinking of this, she couldn't help giving him a harder look.

"Then how can I increase my favorability? Give gifts, follow notices, or go on a date?" Ji Xiang couldn't help joking, he didn't know when he began to recognize this girl who he only thought was a little girl at first, He no longer rejects her thousands of miles away.

"You thought you were playing celebrity volunteering. It's boring." Yunqian frowned, and she still couldn't get enough of it, so she called the waiter and ordered another ice cream.

"Heh..." Ji Xiang finally couldn't help laughing out loud, even in front of his only female friend, Yiqing, he had never smiled so relaxedly before.

"Smile, you know how to laugh. Do you think that I will have a good impression of you when you laugh?" Yun Qian continued to white him.

"Then what do you say?" Ji Xiang put on his signature innocent expression in front of her - spreading his hands.

"Tell me about you and Xiao Xunzi." Yunqian said something seemingly casually.

Silence, rapid silence.

Oops, stepped on a landmine.

Yunqian shrugged her shoulders, she thought that she should be able to talk about this topic given that she has a good relationship with him now, but it seems that it is still not possible—really, she has always advertised that she is not too much to gossip, why is she so gossip now? Mother-in-law, it must be Yao Ziqi's infection.

"I'm sorry, I don't want the ice cream just now. This man's account will be settled with me." He waved to the waiter.

"Are you leaving?" Ji Xiang watched her stand up, and the waiter handed her the coat while fetching the bill.

"Yeah, go ahead and ignore me." She waved her hand like chasing flies.

Ji Xiang still followed her out of the restaurant, "Where are you going, I'll see you off."

"No need, I'll go back to the company." Yunqian watched the waiter hail a taxi.

"Those accounts again?" Ji Xiang made a gesture of rejection to the male waiter.

"En." Yunqian was dragged into his car by him, so it was hard to refuse.

Speechless all the way.

"I remember I said that I don't need your help with those things." Seeing that he followed her into the company gate, Yunqian squinted at him.

"I'm an artist from 'The Age of Innocence', am I okay breaking the law later in the company?" Ji Xiang sat on the sofa and replied leisurely.

Yunqian couldn't find any words to refute for a while, so he had to let him go, and began to face those complicated accounts with a posture.

"I know Jin Haoxun because of Yiqing."

After a while, Ji Xiang's sudden faint voice made Yun Qian stiff.

"Why, do you bother you to do the accounting?" He seemed to have noticed her reaction, he said.

"No, don't bother me." Yunqian didn't turn her head, and continued with the work in hand, but the sudden change of those numbers made people unable to concentrate.

"Before Yiqing returned to Europe to inherit the family business, she introduced me to Hao Xun, who had always entered the entertainment industry with a playful attitude. At that time, she was an artist soaring through the sky. She told me that Hao Xun was a very good manager. She Wish I had someone to take care of."

Yunqian listened silently, even though she couldn't see Ji Xiang's expression, hearing him say the word "Hao Xun" conveyed a sense of endless loneliness.

"By the way, you know Yiqing...is it because of each other's family background?" He asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Yun Qian who was thinking about something was taken aback, "Ah, yes, because the two families have contacts."

"I think so." Ji Xiang nodded, "After that, things were very common. I signed Soaring Sky and became an artist under Jin Haoxun. I never realized that I gradually became familiar with him—he was indeed like what Yiqing said. , very caring, careful, serious, persevering, and a sense of justice."

The tone of voice gradually became softer, Yunqian closed her eyes, simply threw away the pen, leaned back on the back of the chair and let out a long sigh.

"Why, did it make you work?" Ji Xiang asked behind him.

"No," Yunqian finally stood up, stretched her waist and walked to the small kitchen, then found a dozen beers from nowhere, brought them over, took off her shoes and curled up next to him like last time, opened a can of beer and handed it over. When it was in his hand, he took a big gulp from the other can.

"The last time Yao Ziying came to celebrate my birthday." She met his questioning gaze and explained.

"Your birthday? When is it?" Ji Xiang just wanted to drink, but put it down after hearing it, and looked at her in surprise.

"Last weekend, Ziying insisted on making a fuss for me." Yun Qian didn't seem to care much, just drinking.Ji Xiang blinked, and didn't know what to say. She didn't need to tell him her birthday, but she didn't show it at all. As an artist who has been taken care of by her for so long, she felt a little uncomfortable .

"Ah, speaking of birthdays, I'll give you this in advance so that I don't forget about it." She jumped up suddenly, ignoring her shoes, and ran barefoot on the ground in two big strides to the table to get her bag Come on, pull out a piece of paper from inside.

"Work schedule...?" Ji Xiang took it, looking at the words on it, so he didn't understand.

"Well, a fashion show in Europe." Yunqian nodded.

"It's not from Eric's place..." Ji Xiang took a closer look, the time was one week, but it was not in Milan, but in France, and the company contacted there was also a new name, not Corleone Fashion, which he had been cooperating with. company.

"Well, it's not as famous as Eric, and the show time is also short, it will be over in two days." Yunqian nodded.

"Then why..." It takes so long for a week?

"For the remaining few days, I'll treat it as a paid vacation for you. It just so happens that Yiqing is also in France recently. You can go and see her or relax." Yunqian patted him on the shoulder, " Think of it as a birthday present for you."

Ji Xiang was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that his birthday would indeed be half a month away, so he couldn't help but smile.

"Isn't this going to cost the company money?" He couldn't hold back his smile because of the sudden caring feeling.

"Don't worry, I'm going to see my fiancé anyway, and my brother will give me the money." She felt a little resigned to fate.

"So that's my fiancé." Ji Xiang nodded.

"Otherwise what do you think it is?" Yun Qian drank one can in a blink of an eye and opened another.

"I thought it was a blind date or something...how can you drink so well?" Ji Xiang couldn't help but remind him seeing this boldness.

"I practiced it when I was studying in France—well, don't keep talking about me, I haven't finished talking about the matter with Xiao Xunzi." Yunqian glanced at him, "Do you think I bought you a drink for nothing?"

Ji Xiang shook his head with a smile, and put his work schedule into his pocket.

"There's nothing else to say, it's just that he, like you, only remembers the birthdays of every artist under his banner, but forgets himself."

"I'm different from him, I'm much smarter than him." Yun Qian snorted.

"Yeah, he's a bit stupid, he'll take everything seriously to the end, and he won't be perfunctory to himself or others." Soon, Ji Xiang drank up that can, and Yun Qian handed him another can.

The two of them suddenly fell silent for a few minutes, and as the sky gradually darkened, no one wanted to light a lamp.

"How do you know me and him..." After a long while, Ji Xiang's voice seemed a little fuzzy under the dim light.

"As I said, I studied in France." Yunqian sighed, "Actually, I have studied abroad since I was a child. My primary school was in the United States, my middle school was in the United Kingdom, and my university went back to the United States. I kept skipping grades and had enough credits. I went to France to stay for half a year, and then returned to China." She turned her head and smiled at him, but found that the room was so dark that he could hardly see his expression clearly, "In France, my roommate next door likes the same sex." Thinking of that It's a waste that a French beauty with all kinds of styles actually likes women.

Just like this charming man in front of him.

"What are you laughing at?" Ji Xiang's voice was soft,

"How do you know I'm laughing? It's so dark in the room." Yun Qian's smile deepened, not sure if it was because of the alcohol.She hiccupped slightly, "Don't change the subject, that time when I went to find Xiaoxunzi, I saw you guys arguing in the corridor of Soaring Sky, I could tell at a glance, you treated him—" She stopped suddenly, Even if she was a little drunk, Yunqian understood that talking about it would be tantamount to exposing someone's scars.

"Don't you reject me?" He asked quietly.

"Rejection? Of course rejection!" Yunqian giggled, and then felt that he laughed too, "Rejecting you is like a proud peacock-but, liking people is right, and everyone likes what kind of person freedom, no one has the right to exclude you, right?" She looked into his eyes,

Ji Xiang saw some alcohol in his clear eyes, and smiled,

"Then you gave me that note when we met in France?"

"You still remember." Yunqian put her head on her knees, as if she couldn't bear the growing weight of her head, even her voice and eyelids began to sink, she just drank three cans of beer, it seemed too much I haven't drank for a long time, and my alcohol capacity has declined.

"Ji Xiang..." In the darkness, she murmured in a girlish tone.

"Huh?" He also responded in a low voice.

"Can you turn on the little light, so... I can't see your expression..."

Very obedient, she only turned on one side light, under the soft and dim light, she saw the maturity and melancholy between his brows again.

"Your face is so red, stop drinking." Ji Xiang looked at her carefully, and simply got up to bring a cold towel.

"En." She took it, put it against her cheek, still lay on her knees and stared at him, Ji Xiang didn't put down his wine, and his fingers holding the beer can were slender and graceful.

"Is it because of loneliness..."

She tried her best to resist the desire to merge the upper and lower eyelids, and walked and said according to her consciousness.

"Heh..." He was smiling, maybe he wasn't smiling, she was a little fuzzy.

"Falling in love with Jin Haoxun...is it because of loneliness..."

She asked again, her eyelashes fluttering slowly.

"If it's because of loneliness... that's fine." His answer was full of loneliness.

Yunqian's eyes were almost narrowed into a line, and she felt as if there was a river in her mind, flowing around and around, making her dizzy.

"Why...to be so frank with me today...don't you always think of me as a little girl..." Her breathing was so heavy, her eyelids were so heavy.

"Oh," he couldn't say it was a smile, but a mockery, as if to say that she knew that he thought of her as a little girl. "Now... I still treat you like a little girl..."

"Then why... why..." Still telling me these things, talking about your thoughts about love... Finally, the eyes closed, and the consciousness began to sink, sinking to the intense darkness that was quickly produced by alcohol.

"……because……"

In his last sentence, he only heard these two words, everything returned to the beginning, calm.

She fell asleep.

The voice of someone talking loudly woke her up.

"...shh... let her sleep for a while..."

Who is speaking?

"...still sleeping... explain to me clearly, what's going on?!"

Ah, I knew it was him!

"Yao Ziqi, do you know that you are very noisy!!"

Before even opening her eyes, Du Yunqian had already yelled out, really, she slept just right, did he have to disturb her by making noise—huh?Wait, why is there Ziqi's voice, shouldn't she be sleeping in her room?

Opening his eyes with all sleepiness gone, what greeted his eyes was the world lying on its side.

Why?Why? ?

This isn't her bedroom, but rather... the company's office? !

"Du Yunqian, get up quickly!!"

A close-up of Ziqi's face suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and she straightened up in shock, and immediately felt dizzy—please, she just woke up, and she drank alcohol last night—drink?That's right, she probably didn't drink it alone——

"Ziqi! Don't scare her, will you get dizzy if you don't look at her?"

Accompanied by a slightly angry voice, a cold hand came over and stroked her forehead and temples, "Is it better, are you uncomfortable?"

Yun Qian stared blankly at Ji Xiang's concerned eyes for half a minute.

"You—" she pointed at him, the latter smiled and withdrew his hand, nodded, Yunqian looked around again, there were several empty beer cans on the small table, "I—"Look at myself, the clothes are in good condition , just a little wrinkled, with a coat half hanging on his body, which looks very much like Ji Xiang's.

"You and I—" Looking at the distance and posture between the two, it seemed that Ziqi had been resting on someone's knee before waking her up.

That's right, the memory came back, last night——

"Don't you and me, explain to me what happened?! You guys last night?" Yun Qian raised her head to look at Yao Ziqi who was furious, "How were we last night? What do you think of us? She stood up, put on her shoes and stretched, unexpectedly she slept well.

"I—" Ziqi was at a loss for words, so he could only widen his eyes.

"Please, even if I want to have something, he won't, but Ji Xiang—" She swallowed the last "GAY" back with all her strength.

"What is it?" The innocent Yao Ziqi blinked, now he is very sensitive to any concealed words from her, and Ji Xiang, who was going to the small kitchen to make coffee, also looked at her, as if he was equally curious.

"Yes--"

What is it, really, and it cannot be said to be homosexual.

"Anyway, we did the accounts at the company yesterday, and we didn't go back after a little bit late." Yun Qian waved her hand. "It's nothing special."

"But—" Ziqi wanted to say something, when suddenly someone's cell phone rang, and Ji Xiang took it out to have a look, the ring only rang twice and then stopped.

"Why didn't you pick it up?" Ziqi was as sensitive as a speed tester.

Ji Xiang just looked at the phone and shook his head, "It's hung up over there."

Seeing his thoughtful expression, Yunqian gave Ziqi a "why are you so gossip" look.

"Hey, you haven't made it clear—" Ziqi wanted to ask something again, but this time it was Yunqian's cell phone in her bag that rang.

"Hello? Little Xunzi?" She picked it up with some doubts, why did he call so early, and Ji Xiang who was on the side paused while pouring water into the cup.

"What did you say?!!"

Yunqian screamed, and finally let the boiling water burn his thumb.

...Yunqian, Yili...passed away yesterday morning...I don't know who else I can call at this time...Yunqian...can you come and see me...I'm afraid I will collapse...

This is Jin Haoxun's message on the phone, that weak voice made Yunqian's heart rise to her throat.Without saying a word, he dragged Ji Xiang to the hospital, but Ziqi couldn't leave because there was still an announcement later, so he stayed in the company.

When they arrived at the hospital, they were more organized than expected. It seemed that the Xiao family had blocked the news from the outside world, and Yunqian was easily allowed to enter. Then, in the corner of the corridor outside Yili's ward on the fourth floor, he found Jin Haoxun sitting there blankly.

Yunqian has never seen a man cry. Because of cultural differences when she was studying abroad, although she dated a few handsome foreign men, she never had a formal boyfriend; A person who can speak, where there will be tears, she will not make those men in the age of innocence cry in the working environment, and they probably won't let her see them crying.

Therefore, she couldn't describe how she felt when she saw Hao Xun with her head down, big drops of tears falling to the ground.

She only remembered that Ji Xiang next to her suddenly held her hand tightly.

The two of them stood silently for a while, but Ji Xiang never moved.In the end, it was Yunqian who walked over, sat beside him and passed a tissue, Hao Xun continued, but couldn't hold back his tears.

When he looked up again, Ji Xiang had disappeared.

She didn't know how to comfort a heartbroken man, but crying was not necessarily a bad thing.After sitting with him like this for more than half an hour, the people from the Xiao family called Hao Xun, probably because they had something to discuss.Yunqian also saw her elder brother who came to condolences, and the two said hello.Some chaotic scenes, as if preparing for a small reception at the hospital, the news cannot always be concealed.

No wonder Hao Xun and the others got engaged so quickly, no wonder they really convinced the Xiao family who had always been firmly opposed.

"Why don't you comfort him..."

In the stairwell of the hospital, she found Ji Xiang standing there alone. She didn't see him until then, but she felt that he hadn't left.

Ji Xiang leaned his head against the wall and didn't speak.

The two stalemate like this for a while, perhaps because he felt that Yunqian would not leave until he got an answer, so he lowered his head and glanced at her.

Enough is enough, this one glance is enough.

It was enough to tell her how painful, uncomfortable, and struggling he was. Even though there were no tears, he was as distraught and sympathetic as the man crying on the bench.Even more biting.

Because, the man who lost his fiancée can still cry as much as he wants,

But this man can't, he can only swallow his tears, he can't even comfort the person he wants to comfort so much,

His pain is because he can't share it for the one he loves.

Yunqian turned around quickly and left, the sound of high heels stepping on the stairs could be heard in the stairwell.

She doesn't have to ask, she doesn't have to ask anything.

She already understood why he didn't try to comfort him.

There was a rush of people and cars on the street, and her brother's car picked her up downstairs, but she didn't know where to go.

In the end, it was back to the age of innocence.

"Ziqi?"

She stared blankly at him walking up and down anxiously in the office, and asked in a daze. "I'm back, how's it going? I'm worried about you, and it's hard to make calls. I guess the hospital must be in chaos." Ziqi walked up to her with a worried expression on his face.

"Didn't you have an announcement?" Her voice was dull and lifeless.

"Postponed, your matter is the most important thing... What's wrong? Are you okay, why is your face so ugly?" Ziqi held her shoulder, his brows became more and more anxious.

This stalemate lasted for two seconds.

"Yunqian...?"

Yao Ziqi was taken aback by Du Yunqian who suddenly jumped into his arms, and couldn't help calling her name.

"Ziqi, let's stay like this for a while, is it okay..."

Hearing her faint voice for the first time, Ziqi froze for a moment.

Yunqian, who was buried in his shoulder, let out a long breath, closed her eyes, and shut down the sudden and inexplicable tears.

At this moment, she understood why Ji Xiang would rather die of pain alone than to comfort Jin Haoxun,

Because at this moment, she is in this mood.

She wanted to comfort Ji Xiang, but she couldn't.

Ji Xiang is because the person he loves doesn't love him,

What about her?

What is she doing this for?

For the man she didn't even know when she started to care about...