warm winter

Yuan Yuan was trapped in his own thoughts, and because of the possibility of approaching Ye Qing again, he had a new motivation, and the previous fragility and despair were temporarily driven away.

Seeing her still smirking, Ye Qing had no choice but to stretch out his hand and pat her side face lightly, which happened to be the place where she had hit her just now.But this time Ye Qing's hand stroked lightly, it didn't cause the slightest pain, instead it tickled Yuan Yuan's heart.

"Don't be in a daze anymore, go downstairs quickly."

Yuan Yuan also came to his senses completely, and saw Jian Xinhe was still beside him in a blink of an eye, and subconsciously touched his cheek in a concealed manner.

Jian Xinhe's eyes moved away from Yuan Yuan's body, paused briefly on Ye Qing's body, and then said: "Yes, if the protagonist tonight is absent for too long, everyone will definitely be anxious."

Seeing that Yuan Yuan's mood had been completely adjusted, and her red and swollen eyes had recovered a lot, she also began to urge her to return to the banquet hall.

Yuan Yuan followed them two steps and stopped suddenly: "Wait!"

Jian Xin and Ye Qing looked back at her at the same time, Yuan Yuan pointed to the bathroom in the room shyly.

"I need to go in and tidy up."

Although she didn't look in the mirror, her appearance must be far worse than before, especially when she cried so wantonly just now.

Jian Xinhe had carefully wiped it for her a long time ago, so Yuan Yuan's appearance is not too embarrassing now, but it can't be compared with the previous meticulous grooming.

"I'll help you touch up your makeup." Jian Xin walked over lovingly, she had a small bag on her hand, and compared to Ye Qing who was empty-handed, she was indeed more suitable for this job.

Ye Qing pursed her lips and said calmly: "I'll go down first, don't delay too long. If someone asks, I will explain."

Yuan Yuan watched Ye Qing leave his room again, with obvious disappointment on his face, but Jian Xinhe saw a faint spark in it.

But she didn't ask anything, just acted like she didn't see anything.She urged softly, "Xiao Yuan, we have to hurry up too."

Yuan Yuan's background is good, and she is young and tender, so she doesn't need heavy makeup to highlight her beauty.Jian Xin looked at her work with satisfaction, it was indeed more breathtaking than anyone she had ever seen.

When Ye Qing returned to the banquet hall, Yuan Honghao walked over immediately.

"I heard that you went to Xiaoyuan's just now, where is she?"

"Miss Jane is touching up her makeup and will be here soon."

Yuan Honghao pondered, the version he heard was that Ye Qing was helping Xiao Yuan to touch up her makeup, why now it was Xin He?

Ye Qing guessed who disclosed the information, and said with a half-smile: "I met someone I don't know very well at the corner of the third floor just now, so I just found a reason. Yuan Yuan came to me to ask something about University B .”

Ye Qing has a friend at B University, Yuan Honghao knows about it.After Yuan Yuan got the offer, her reaction was a bit repetitive, but when her family asked her, she didn't say anything, she just shook her head and said it was okay.

"Xiaoyuan, this child, is unwilling to tell the adults in the family when she has something on her mind, let alone take the initiative to find me." Helplessly sighed, Yuan Honghao added with a pleading meaning, "It's rare for her to trust you. If you don't feel that she It's too troublesome, please talk to her more."

In the past few years, Ye Qing was quite competent as his fiancée.Although she can't really become Yuan Yuan's stepmother, it's rare that the relationship between the two has not deteriorated as the media secretly hoped for in the past few years.

Before Ye Qing could answer, Yuan Honghao changed his gaze, and saw Yuan Yuan and Jian Xinhe walking from behind her.

"Xiaoyuan, you really made me look for it for a while." Although there was a sense of reproach, there was still pampering in his tone.

Yuan Yuan stepped forward with a smile and took Yuan Honghao's arm: "Father, today is my birthday, please don't kill me."

Yuan Honghao's face that was about to tense was completely melted, and the corners of his mouth were raised.

He said to Ye Qing: "Look at this kid, he's already eighteen, and he's still acting like a baby."

But everyone could hear the joy and love in his words.No matter how old his daughter is, he will always be his darling.There is no father who doesn't like his daughter acting like a baby and getting close to him, especially Yuan Honghao.

At this time, Aunt Liu supported Mrs. Yuan to enter the arena again, and finally reached the most important moment of the birthday party.

Yuan Honghao took Yuan Yuan's hand and walked to the stage, Ye Qing and Jian Xinhe also walked to the front row.

Everyone present stopped talking and looked at Yuan's father and daughter on the stage.

"Thank you very much for coming to my little girl's birthday party today. In addition to celebrating her official adulthood and receiving the admission letter from B University, there is another more important thing to announce today."

Yuan Honghao had only spoken half of what he said, and the people below began to whisper and whisper.

"My guess is right, there must be a big event today."

"In such a hurry, I made a decision, and I am not afraid of accidents in the future."

"You can't say that. The Yuan family only has such a daughter. If you don't give it to her, it's no different from announcing it at the age of 28."

"Now that it's announced, it won't be easy to change it. The Yuan family's marriage-seeking threshold will probably be broken soon."

Ye Qing vaguely heard the voices of discussion coming from around her, and even a few eyes were cast on her.She remained calm all the time, and couldn't help frowning slightly until she heard someone mentioning the proposal.

She unconsciously looked at the person standing beside Yuan Honghao, who was slim and tall.It is no longer just a thin and flat figure, the curves wrapped in the little dress are looming, coupled with her three-dimensional and profound mixed-race facial features, even if it is not the daughter of the Yuan family, it is enough to attract attention.

What kind of person can stand beside Yuan Yuan?Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, she couldn't imagine it, and she didn't want to think about it.I felt faintly uncomfortable in my heart, as if what I valued was about to be taken away by someone.

She turned her head and flicked her long hair to adjust her thoughts, and accidentally found that Jian Xin was frowning, obviously hearing the discussion just now.

Ye lightly pursed his lips, and some past memory fragments appeared in his mind, and that guess came to his mind again.

Yuan Honghao ignored the audience's reaction, and continued: "I invite everyone to come today, and I also want to invite you to be a witness. Starting today, Yuan Yuan will officially become the heir of Yuan International."

Even though he had vaguely guessed it before, when Yuan Honghao made the official announcement, the audience was still in an uproar.

The distant relatives who came back from abroad frowned and complained in a low voice: "This is too disrespectful to our other shareholders. He really thinks that the Yuan family is only his family!"

Others also have their own thoughts, but most of them will not show it in person.

Yuan Honghao had mentioned this matter to Ye Qing earlier, so she was not surprised.Jian Xinhe was equally calm as her, but there was a little distress hidden between her brows.

To be chosen as the heir as soon as an adult is an enviable blessing in the eyes of others.But only those who are in it know how helpless, Jian Xinhe seemed to see the moment when the light in the eyes of the elder brother dimmed.

Yuan Honghao has always protected his daughter very well, almost never taking her to any business occasions, and never letting her appear in the media.But after today, Yuan Yuan is destined to bid farewell to the peaceful life in the past.In addition to being the daughter of Yuan Honghao, she has an additional identity: the heir to the Yuan's business empire.

If nothing else happens, Yuan Yuan will become a veritable queen of the business world when she returns from her studies.

Yuan Yuan stood on the stage dumbly, her father had not told her about this decision in advance.But when she saw grandma and aunt Liu in the audience, her eyes were full of relief.Even Ye Qing was so calm that Yuan Yuan believed that she was the only one who didn't know.

So, this is the surprise that Dad said, and this is the great gift that Dad said.

It was such a big gift that she could barely stand on it.If it wasn't for the gentle support of her hand behind her waist, Yuan Yuan believed that she would have fallen directly on the stage.

She turned around, it was Ye Qing.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Ye Qing's eyes were encouraging and comforting, as if he understood his mood very well.

Yuan Honghao leaned over and stretched out his hand to bring Ye Qing to his side.

"Come on, let's take a photo together."

Obviously, this is to be photographed for the media, a fake "family portrait".

Yuan Yuan reversed the state that he was always out of state on the stage just now, and quickly moved to occupy the position between his father and Ye Qing.This kind of position is very in line with the style of the family portrait, but the "child" in the middle is a little bigger.

Not only that, Yuan Yuan's body turned slightly to Ye Qing's side, and put his hands on Ye Qing's waist, so it became them standing facing each other with their arms around each other's waists.

Yuan Honghao is tall and has always been a gentleman. Seeing that his daughter and Ye Qing are close, it is not easy to break them up and adjust their positions.

The next day, the media officially published Yuan Yuan's photos in accordance with Yuan's publicity requirements.So far, the successor of Yuan's International has been settled.

**

Yuan Yuan wiped the phone screen back and forth, taking Xu Bufan who was sitting opposite her as air.

Xu Bufan asked a lot of questions, but Yuan Yuan only occasionally replied with modal particles, without substance.After drinking half a cup of milk tea, she finally lost her composure and snatched Yuan Yuan's cell phone.

Pick it up and take a closer look. It is the "family portrait" taken at the birthday party.It's just a disabled version, because Yuan Yuan cut off her father, so only the picture of her embracing Ye Qing is left on the screen.

Xu Bufan's teeth were sour, and he clicked his tongue in amazement: "Student Yuan, I didn't expect you to have such an interest."

Yuan Yuan quickly snatched the phone back, locked the screen, stuffed it into his pocket, all in one go.

Xu Bufan still didn't give up. She also went to the birthday party yesterday, but she couldn't find Yuan Yuan.Later, she carefully observed Yuan Yuan on the stage, and found that she reacted slowly throughout the whole process, her eyes were dull, and she didn't look like she had successfully confessed her love.

But later I saw that she was very close to Ye Qing when they were taking pictures, and the other party didn't look very repulsive, and it didn't seem like she was being rejected when she confessed.This made her fall into deep doubts. After thinking about it all night after returning home yesterday, she still couldn't guess the answer.

"Aren't you good friends anymore? I specially invited you out for milk tea today, and you treat me like this." Xu Bufan knocked on the table twice lightly pretending to be angry.

"But you're a gossip, I've told you all and it still hasn't worked out, so you insist on asking me to come out and make it clear in person."

"When you were looking for someone to accompany you to pick out gifts, why didn't you think I was gossip when you were rehearsing your confession. Now that you have finished using him, leave him aside, you have no conscience." Xu Bufan pretended to wipe Tears, showmanship.

Yuan Yuan looked at her with disgust, but didn't intend to hide it from her deliberately.

"She didn't like the gift, she stared at it for a long time after opening it, and finally returned it to me."

Xu Bufan let go of the straw in surprise, and said incredulously, "You still don't like such an expensive necklace? How high-minded is this! Besides, isn't this necklace claimed to be a deep love? People who are willing to buy it are enough to show their sincerity." .”

There are a lot of expensive jewelry, but in terms of cost performance, at least half of the price of that necklace is because of that deep love.

Yuan Yuan's heart was obviously not about the money, but about Ye Qing's expression last night.

She always felt that the necklace touched Ye Qing a lot, and it was definitely not a pleasant memory.She even wondered if someone had given it to her before, but she couldn't ask.

"It's me who is subjective. I just bought it because I thought it looked good. I will be more cautious in the future, and I can't embarrass her anymore."

Xu Bufan looked at Yuan Yuan secretly, but he didn't expect to be so passionate after the first confession failed.

"But you are going to the United States next month, farther away from her. And if she deliberately avoids you, what will you do?"

Since Ye Qing rejected Yuan Yuan last night, and refused in an evasive way, it shows that Ye Qing is unwilling to reveal everything.If Yuan Yuan still refuses to give up, Ye Qing will probably choose to avoid it.

Yuan Yuan sighed softly: "So we have to change our strategy, we can't act too hastily."

You have to calm down, take retreat as an advance, and stop being so impulsive like yesterday.

Last night she seriously reflected, just like summing up the wrong set of questions after every exam.Ye Qing's reluctance to accept her feelings is reasonable, and Ye Qing was right to be angry with her kiss, because he didn't do it well.

But Ye Qing cared about her, she always silently cared about her in details.This gave Yuan Yuan great courage, she felt that Ye Qing treated her differently.

"Then I wish you good luck. I hope that when you inherit your career in the future, you will also embrace a beautiful woman." Xu Bufan held up the half cup of milk tea left, and sincerely wished his friend.

At the end of the summer vacation, they will go to school separately.Far away in the UK, the only thing she can give Yuan Yuan is spiritual encouragement.

**

Ye Qing returned to the apartment from Yuan's house, and declined Yuan Honghao's request to go upstairs.She knew that Yuan Honghao wanted to talk to her about the next three months, but at this moment she was exhausted and had no extra energy to deal with it.

After leaving Yuan Yuan's room, she has been holding on.If it wasn't for his years of experience in the workplace, Ye Qing couldn't guarantee that he would lose his composure in public.

She sat on the sofa blankly for a long time, then numbly raised her hand to touch her lips.In the past few years, she carefully avoided Yuan Yuan's initiative to get close, but she couldn't stay away completely.Yuan Yuan kissed her directly tonight, at that moment she admitted that her heart was disturbed.

Except for the initial astonishment, Ye Qing was in a state of heartbeat and panic for the rest of the time.She is not a little girl who doesn't understand the world, so she knows why she is moved.

The moment she was kissed by Yuan Yuan, she was too flustered to move.She is afraid that she will sink after indulgence, and she is afraid that her reaction will reveal her emotions.

Her body does not reject Yuan Yuan's closeness, but her reason keeps screaming, no!

Ye Qing supported the wall and walked slowly to the bathroom. In the hot summer night, she took a long cold shower to calm down.She took out a transparent glass box from the small safe in the study, which contained a stack of design drafts.

Ye Qing hasn't touched it for a long time, but the necklace Yuan Yuan gave tonight has caused a scar in her memory.She thought it would be long enough to cover the scars, stop bleeding and forget.But tonight, she knew that she was just running away.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Qing took out those familiar sketches from the box. He thought that he could win the best designer of the year with this design, but unexpectedly he became the first designer to go bankrupt in Paris that year.

Ye Qing stared at the drawing in her hand for a long time, those days of panic and overwhelming her were far away but real.However, looking back at this time, my mentality has changed a bit.

Ye smiled lightly and shook his head, annoyed that he was always distracted.Obviously he was recalling a sad experience, why did Yuan Yuan's face appear from time to time.And the one that appeared most frequently was the way she closed her eyes after kissing her, disturbing Ye Qing no longer caring about the drawing in her hand.

I thought that taking out the drawing again tonight would cause sadness or even pain, but apart from a faint sigh, there is no heart-piercing pain.

It turned out that leaving the sad place and changing the environment really has an effect on healing.

So, when she formally terminated the partnership with Yuan Honghao three months later, shouldn't she also change to another place to let herself breathe?

At that time, Yuan Yuan should have started a freshman life at B University.She had greeted Jiang Zhilan early in the morning and tried to take care of Yuan Yuan as much as possible, although she knew that the Yuan family had already taken care of everything.

By the way, Jian Xinhe is also in B University.She, who is also in the business school, should be more suitable than Jiang Zhilan to take care of Yuan Yuan, so why do I have to worry about it?

Ye Qing laughed at himself, you are really old and start to worry about it.

Since the day of the birthday party, Yuan Yuan has not appeared in front of Ye Qing again, even Zhuang Yi sent a message asking her to come to the studio and was pushed away.

Zhuang Yi looked thoughtfully at Ye Qing, who was always obsessed with work.

"Ye Qing, Yuan Yuan is going to America next week, are you going to see her off?"

Ye Qing paused holding the paintbrush, then shook her head calmly.

"Aren't you going? Then she will die of grief." Zhuang Yi deliberately exaggerated, with a distorted expression on his face.

Ye Qing didn't even raise her eyes, she had already seen that Zhuang Yi and Yuan Yuan were in the same group.It's all because of her negligence before, she never expected that Zhuang Yi would gossip like this and mix in such things.

Seeing that Ye Qing didn't respond, Zhuang Yi simply leaned in front of her workbench and put his hands on the table, forming a shadow.

Ye Qing had no choice but to stop working, and said seriously: "She just went to study, not to settle down. There were many people who went to see her off that day, so I won't join in the fun."

"What if you are the person she wants to see the most before she leaves?" Zhuang Yi probably guessed that Ye Qing knew what Yuan Yuan was thinking, and since everyone knew it well, he simply made it clearer.

Ye Qing seemed to have remembered something, lost his mind slightly, and then said softly: "We will always see you in the future."

Seeing that she really didn't want to talk more, Zhuang Yi had no choice but to give up.All he can do is to remind a few more words, and it may not necessarily force Ye Qing to go to the airport to see him off.Everyone is an adult, and everyone has their own opinions.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to go to the United States, and Aunt Liu naturally wanted to go with her. With Jian Xin and her companions, Yuan Honghao didn't send them there in person.Since the successor was confirmed, those distant relatives became restless, and there were many small troubles in the board of directors that he had to deal with recently.

There were people coming and going at the airport, and Mrs. Yuan also came to see them off in person.

Yuan Yuan hugged and bid farewell to them one by one, promising over and over again that he would take good care of himself and reassure them.Her eyes scanned every corner from time to time, but Ye Qing was never seen.

Zhuang Yi was on the far side and didn't interrupt at first.It was his turn to speak when the members of the Yuan family retreated, and when Xu Bufan finished talking.

He rubbed his chin in embarrassment, hesitantly said: "There is an urgent matter in the studio today, so Ye Qing can't come. She asked me to tell you to take care, go over there to study hard and take care of yourself."

Only then did Zhuang Yi realize that he would also fall into the cliché.What I told you when I said goodbye was exactly the same as what other elders said.

Yuan Yuan smiled clearly, and did not show any impatient expression, even though she had heard it several times just now.She still nodded in agreement tirelessly, and accepted Zhuang Yi's explanation frankly.

Even Zhuang Yi himself felt that this explanation was too far-fetched, but Yuan Yuan seemed to have no doubts.

Jian Xinhe walked behind her and reminded softly: "Xiao Yuan, it's almost time, we should go in."

Today they all wore flat shoes, and Yuan Yuan was already much taller than Jian Xin.Jian Xin looked up at her tenderly, while Zhuang Yi looked at her with palpitations.

Zhuang Yi doesn't like those messy seniority the most, so he and Yuan Yuan are also called by first name.

"Zhuang Yi, I'm leaving. I'll go play with you when I come back from vacation, and you take care too." Yuan Yuan responded to Jian Xinhe, turned her head and waved to Zhuang Yi with a smile.

Yuan Yuan followed Jian Xinhe for a few steps, then stopped suddenly and turned around.Zhuang Yi narrowed his eyes in confusion, and then heard Yuan Yuan say with a little hesitation but sincerely: "If you can, please help take care of her." After she finished speaking, she smiled and emphasized, "I mean It's time to work."

Zhuang Yi smiled and waved to urge her to leave quickly, but kept nodding.

Yuan Yuan turned around, smiled and said softly to Jian Xinhe who was waiting for her in front: "Xinhe, let's go."

Jian Xinhe's eyes suddenly became a little sour, and all the background in the airport was blurred, and only Yuan Yuan remained in her eyes.The light shining on her body enveloped her whole body, as if an angel was approaching.

This day seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and Jian Xinhe couldn't tell whether it was true or not.In the past two years in the United States, she has not been without sadness, but there is always a belief that supports her.

She knew that Yuan Yuan would come to America sooner or later to meet her.

To her surprise, Yuan Yuan chose the same school as her, which strengthened her determination to continue her master's degree.Yuan Yuan really came to the United States, and was right beside her, so close that they could see each other every day.

There is no need to worry about the time difference anymore, and no need to touch the face that makes her heart move through the cold screen.More importantly, Yuan Yuan has finally grown up, and she no longer has to desperately suppress the throbbing in her heart.

Overjoyed, Jian Xinhe couldn't help holding Yuan Yuan's hand, just like before, but her feeling was obviously different from before.

Unexpectedly, she would be freed soon, Yuan Yuan said in a low voice, "I'm an adult, so I'm so embarrassed to hold you like this."

**

Another plane flew overhead, Ye Qing leaned against the car door, holding the still warm coffee in his hand.She looked here for a while, but she couldn't tell which one was Yuan Yuan's flight, but she still wanted to send her off in this way.

Ye Qing didn't look away until his neck was sore.She took out her phone and sent Jiang Zhilan a message.

"Yuan Yuan is going to B University, and you will take care of her hard work in the future."

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