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I sat up on the bed without sleepiness, and walked out of the room lightly.He took a cigarette out of the cigarette that Yang Chen casually placed on the table, lit it between his fingers, and stood on the balcony looking at the brightly lit city in a daze.

When Yang Chen arrived at the apartment, he was very sleepy, so he went to bed directly after a hasty wash.

My work and rest have long been in a mess. When I came here in a hurry, I forgot to bring medicine to help me sleep, and the more I lay down, the more awake I became.After finally closing my eyes in a daze and resting for a while, I was not surprised when I woke up at two o'clock in the morning.

Footsteps came from behind, Yang Chen yawned, and threw his thin coat into my arms: "Aren't you afraid of catching cold if you don't sleep to enjoy the scenery at night?"

Maybe it was the night that made people feel calm, I took the coat and put it on, and smiled at him.

He turned around and didn't know what to do. After a while, he handed a cup of steaming milk to my hand: "Drink it quickly, and sleep after drinking it."

I was just about to speak, but Yang Chen rubbed his forehead and said impatiently: "Half a spoonful of honey, I've already added it, the temperature is just enough to drink."

"……thanks."

He stood beside me, looked at it for a while and asked, "Xu Junyan, what are you thinking?"

"A lot of things," I said, "things that seem simple to you, take me a long time to get the answer."

Yang Chen suddenly pointed to the crescent moon in the sky that was emitting soft light: "At the end of the high school graduation banquet, I carried you home. You talked a lot of nonsense and asked me why the moon is not round."

His eyes shone slightly, and I bent the corners of my mouth: "How do you answer?"

"I explained the orbit of the moon to you first, but you said you didn't understand. Then I explained it again in an easy-to-understand manner. When you turned around, you fell asleep early. At that time, I really wanted to pick you up and beat you up. You What's the point of explaining me to a drunk?"

He paused, and seemed to sigh: "It's meaningless to say these things, anyway, you don't remember."

"It's a pity. It's rare that you are so kind to me, but I can't remember it at all."

Yang Chen's Adam's apple rolled up and down, he was silent for a moment, and said with difficulty: "I shouldn't... treat you so bad back then."

"There's no need to say such things. Really, it's over."

I thought about it, and explained: "To be honest, what I did to you afterwards was not much better, and now no one owes anyone. It wasn't all your fault before. You and I have such personalities, and we are destined to go to the end. This step."

"...One year was your birthday. I found a reason to return to China a few days earlier, and went to your school every day for a walk. I don't know what to expect. I hope to meet you by chance, and I don't want you to know that I came back on purpose."

I raised my eyebrows in surprise.

There was a self-deprecating look on his handsome face, the clean and smooth jaw line, showing a bit of the stability of a mature man: "I saw you leaving school with your classmates, and someone took your shoulders. I was so angry that I wanted to rush out of the car and open his car." arm, happy again because you look so popular."

"I don't know how to love other than holding tightly in the palm of my hand." The choking in his voice was particularly vivid in the silent night, and we all pretended not to hear this untimely fragility, "Xu Junyan, you can't wait for me anymore ?"

I remembered that when Yang Chen first returned to China, we met, made love to our heart's content, and kissed each other.After the end, he hesitated to speak, saying that he had been friends with me for too long and wanted to change his identity.

I was suffocating in my heart, and pretended to be indifferent and said that it would be fine to separate.

Is it true that I didn't notice his astonishment, didn't see the hesitation in his eyes to persuade him to stay?

no.

Yang Chen is irritable, egotistical, and tough. I am sensitive, inferior, and think too much. I can't be as tolerant as before, and I can't wait for the day when he becomes gentle.

Too many deep wounds in the past, different views on life, disappointing actions again and again...why do you always think of apologizing after it is irreparable?

On the drunken night after graduation, I asked him to chase the distant moon, and wept alone after waking up.

Too late.

Even if there were my place in his palace of pure gold, I dare not take my seat again.

"A little sleepy." I raised my head and drank the milk, "Go back and rest."

It is fate.

Yang Chen didn't go to the company the next day, but stayed at home to handle official business.

I was quite free during this time, and he wanted me to stay, so after reading the documents, I stayed in the kitchen cooking soup and cooking, which was right to relax.

Yang Chen spends most of his time in the study on the phone, talking sharply to people.He smoked one cigarette after another, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his fidgety appearance was very scary.

"Didn't you say you can handle it?" I said when I delivered the fruit in the past, "What's the matter? It's the company's business?"

"It's those idiots looking for scolding."

He showed a sneer full of hatred: "My father's mistress is as timid as a mouse. He heard people say that this project may not be successful, and she kept pushing other people to do things. She didn't die, but she was in a hurry to divide the family property."

"It's not worthwhile for you to be angry with her."

Yang Chen rubbed his brows: "You know, my dad's project is too eye-catching, and there are many places to deal with. He told me to go back to help as soon as possible. But at this time, I was hindered by someone, and I was annoyed."

"How's the progress over there?" I pretended to ask unintentionally, "If you get it, your family will definitely be able to take it to a higher level."

"Overall, it's okay. But there are too many things involved, and some levels are really difficult, and it takes a little effort."

He has no intention of persuading Uncle Yang to give up, so why is his attitude completely different from Song Cheng's prediction?

I hesitated for a while: "Didn't you say you were worried about risks before and wanted your dad to think about it?"

"In order to avoid the current illusory risks, let other people withdraw their funds, they will not agree. I discussed this matter in a meeting, and it is not a one-sided speech. Different opinions must be respected, not to mention that it is not me who makes the decision now."

Yang Chen's expression was gloomy, and he didn't seem to want to talk more.Turning a pen in his hand, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, your cousin is going back to China with me. If you want to see him, you can contact me."

"There is no need to meet."

I consider myself to be the most benevolent and righteous to Xu Yucheng, and as his pawn, I will do everything I am asked to do.

I promised to repay his kindness, and I don't blame him for getting to this point, but I still want to leave a meager brotherhood for each other.

"Before I was still obsessed with obsession, how long has it been now, are you thinking about it?"

Yang Chen raised his eyes to look at me, and nodded in satisfaction: "It's fine if we don't see each other, so as not to be eaten by him to the bone. I said a long time ago that Xu Yucheng is not a good thing. If Zhao Yuanfei hadn't recommended me this time, and he really I have a little skill, and I don't bother to deal with it."

My heart moved slightly.

What happened to the second aunt, I was the obvious scapegoat, but don't the old man and uncle really know who is behind her?

Mr. Xu talked with Xu Yucheng for a long time, and then asked him to move out of the main house. Did he imply that he would not support him?

If this is the case, then Xu Yucheng absolutely hopes that the project of the Yang family can continue.

After all, he wants to make a career to prove that he is capable of inheriting the Xu family, so he must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.This is also the reason why he immediately took refuge in Yang Chen with sincerity and went abroad to follow up the project with him.

Once the Yang family withdraws, everything he has paid will be in vain - he can't allow this to happen.

"Zhao Yuan?" I said, "I haven't heard you mention it, but you know him very well?"

"It's not a friend, it's just a partnership to do things, and I owe a few favors."

Zhao Yuan and Xu Yucheng have been friends since childhood, and there may be many human factors deliberately influencing Yang Chen in his speech.

I know that many times people are coerced to make certain decisions. Yang Chen may not be really optimistic about the prospects of the project, but the people around him and his father insist on moving forward.

Although he is a genius, he is too young and lacks the status he has gained through experience, so he has to give in.

I can't tell what emotion is in my heart, I really want to remind, but I can't speak.According to Song Cheng's plan, Yang Chen's reaction now could not have been better, and he didn't even need to bother to do anything.

A small loss is worth a thousand miles, and the jungle of the jungle is the norm in the business world.

I can't ruin all this for a moment of pity, and I can't be ashamed of my trust in Song Cheng.

"I'll cook at noon." I lowered my eyelashes, "Cook your favorite dishes."

...Yang Chen, I'm sorry.

The torrential rain that has been falling for several days has not stopped outside the window, and the sky is covered with dark clouds. The weather is so stuffy that people feel uncomfortable all over.

Yang Chen mostly stays in the study, and friends come over to discuss matters, and today it is that Lu Jingfan who sees me displeased.

He told me that Lu Jingfan was an excellent alumnus of his university, but he resigned from a high-intensity job abroad because of his health.Yang Chen was short of manpower, so he specially asked him to help.

Lu Jingfan's parents died, and he grew up in an orphanage.Probably because he suffered too much before, so his personality is slightly weird after he developed.

He keeps himself clean to the point of being almost strict. He has seen too many times that his partners have been influenced by people around him in making decisions, and he has heard of Yang Chen's reputation for wanton indulgence, so he will target me.

These words couldn't explain Lu Jingfan's inexplicable attitude towards me afterwards, I was suspicious, and I didn't want to meet him, so I just went out before he came.

It's raining too much, I don't have the idea of ​​having fun, I'm going to visit the company.

Halfway through the drive, the phone rang suddenly, it was Xu Yuzhong calling.I find it quite strange, Xu Yuzhong has never contacted me, and he relies on Xu Yucheng to convey everything, what happened today?

"Brother Yuzhong?" I answered the phone, "What's the matter?"

The environment on his side was a little noisy, as if he had said something.I happened to be driving around a corner, and I was distracted for a while and didn't hear clearly: "Sorry, Brother Yuzhong, I didn't hear what you said, can you repeat it?"

"Are you Young Master Xu's younger brother?" The speaker changed, and the woman's voice was sweet and tired, "Your brother forgot to bring his wallet, can you come over and pay the bill?"

I was confused: "Me? Brother Yuzhong has a secretary."

"How can a secretary have a younger brother?"

I thought speechlessly, you don't know how many times Xu Yuzhong's secretary has helped him deal with the aftermath, and it's naturally easier than me to do this kind of thing.Just about to refuse, she hastily reported the address, which was a waiting area on the outskirts of the city.

I frowned.That place is extremely remote, and it has nothing to do with Xu's family. What is Xu Yuzhong doing?

"Xu, Xu Junyan, I can't even ask you to come here?"

Xu Yuzhong spoke vaguely, breathing heavily and chaotically, with deep anger.

I don't know if it was because he was drunk, he spoke a little incoherently, and finally spit out a complete sentence: "Are you not paying attention to me?"

I hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would be better not to offend Xu Yuzhong, so I turned around and said, "No, I'll come right away."

It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky was as gloomy as the night, and the heavy rain was approaching, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the road more or less seemed to be in a hurry.

Thin sweat was sticky on my back, I turned off the air conditioner and opened the car window.

A pale lightning struck down, and the dull thunder rumbled deep in the dark clouds.The woman on the other end of the phone smiled and urged:

"Hurry up."