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"President Xu, the tea is ready."

"Come in."

When Hu Ru knocked lightly on the office door, I had just finished the online meeting.My physical condition does not allow high-intensity work, and concentrating for a long time only makes me feel tired.

She put the tea cup on the table, I looked up and smiled, and moved my shoulders by the way: "Thank you. I have read the document on the left hand side, and you can take it to Director Xu at the finance side."

"it is good."

In the past, I worked for Xu Yucheng, because I was a cousin, so it was difficult to distinguish them with the same surname, so the people in the company called me Mr. Xu and Mr. Xu.

This title reminds me of Li Houzhu's big Zhou and Xiao Zhou. I wanted to correct it several times, but finally realized that this is Xu Yucheng's company, so I had to let them go.

There is no such ridiculous trouble anymore.

"By the way, Mr. Xu, Mr. Yang is in the reception room." She picked up the document and turned her head to look at me, "Are you going over now?"

In the beginning, Hu Ru was led by Tang Mo to do things. She had just graduated not long ago, so she was flexible and called me boss together with Tang Mo.For some reason, she changed her tune recently and called me Mr. Xu just like everyone else.

In order to avoid suspicion, I haven't contacted Yang Chen much during this period, and only said that we will meet again when the dust about Lu Changbai is settled.Unexpectedly, he didn't seem to have heard my words, and came straight to Mingde again, swaggering around, it was really a headache.

An hour ago Hu Ru came in quietly and talked to me once. At that time, I was exhausted from work, and my heart was angry again, so I asked him to sit down for a while.I didn't expect it to take so long, even I forgot that this person was still there.

I shook my head and laughed at myself: "My memory is getting worse, thanks to your reminder."

She pursed a smile: "These are what I should do."

Stretching out his hand to push open the door of the reception room, Yang Chen was casually leaning on the sofa with his legs crossed.When he saw me coming in, he immediately sat up straight, like a primary school student seeing a strict dean and remembering to play a good classmate.

I said, "Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

"Not long."

"Why did you come here suddenly?" I rubbed between my brows wearily, "You have something urgent to tell me?"

He glanced at me: "Is there something wrong? Can't I stop by to see you?"

I said helplessly: "Too many meetings will make people suspicious. Last month you 'passed by' too frequently, and Song Cheng was already very dissatisfied."

Yang Chen said nonchalantly: "When you were with me, didn't you go to see him every week when you were free? Now we only meet a few times, what right does he have to be unhappy? And you know I don't want to see Song City, can you not mention this name in the future, it's disgusting."

I lowered my eyes and said nothing, Yang Chen suddenly leaned back, put his finger on his forehead, and sighed deeply: "Forget it, we finally met once, I don't want to make trouble. Xu Junyan, if the person sitting here is not You, I slammed the door and left. Tomorrow I’m going to S City to fight the old fox, tell me something nice before I leave, huh?”

I said, "I wish you all the best."

"Just one sentence?" He raised his eyebrows, and hooked his fingers closer to my little finger, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

I pursed my lips and said seriously: "Lu Changbai has been in business for so many years, and his network of relationships is very complicated. You'd better make a quick decision and don't give him a chance to react. All in all, remember to be more careful."

Yang Chen's sharp and cold eyes swept over me, but the corners of his mouth were still raised, as if he was flirting normally: "Xu Junyan, is that all?"

I froze for a while, then said cautiously: "What do you want to hear?"

"It depends on how much you hide from me." The light from the chandelier fell on his face, his eyes were beautiful and cold, "For example, when did you become so bold that you dare to partner with Zhao Yuan?"

My heart was shocked, and I turned my face away: "I don't understand what you mean."

He said: "Others don't know, I will not understand? How many times have I said that you are not this material, just leave it to me. Who is good enough for your dim sum machine skills? I thought it was rare for you to understand it once. Lu Changbai's money will be yours sooner or later. You can only advance the inheritance in advance, and you can continue to cooperate with Hou Guangyue for him."

"When you have the capital, you will have the confidence to negotiate with Hou Guangyue, and ask him if he wants money or if he wants to support Song City wholeheartedly. This idea is good, so I promise to help you, but you are wrong all the time, you shouldn't mess with Zhao Yuan Together! I tell you to be careful, don't be cheated to death by Lu Changbai, you are better off, turn around and join Zhao Yuan? Lu Changbai is just a businessman, do you know Zhao Yuan's identity?"

"Yes, you understand, so you were caught by him. You just know that his family is powerful, but do you know that he eats people and doesn't spit out bones? Xue Keming was investigated, and his actions were too sharp and ruthless. It is impossible for Lin Ya alone to do it." Yes. I'm not stupid enough to believe that it's your credit behind this, and today I closed it for you, if Hou Guangyue got wind of it first, do you know what the consequences will be?"

Yang Chen's tone was suddenly fierce, his expression was almost ferocious, and the momentum around him was overwhelming: "The Hou family and the Zhao family fight, the first one to be unlucky is you who are caught in the middle of the game, and I don't know how to collect your body when the time comes! Anyway, I'm still half of the Xu family, why can't I learn your family's ability to adapt to the wind? Didn't Mr. Xu teach you, don't touch these things if you don't understand half of it, don't get involved at all!"

A series of words made me dizzy, and my mind was blank, so I could only mutter: "Don't say it in the company, it will be passed on to Song Cheng—"

"Only he can arrange someone, can't I? Xu Junyan, do you want to be so stupid? I spent a lot of effort to make a wedding dress for Zhao Yuan. Even if I know it now, I can't get away because of you. I can only continue to help He works hard, otherwise you will die for sure. Zhao Yuan, it's a good plan!"

I closed my eyes and said softly, "I have no other choice but Zhao Yuan. My life is worthless. It's worth it if I can live happily in exchange for one."

"Why are you looking for him? Am I dead?"

Yang Chen pinched my face so hard that I almost couldn't help but blurted out a cry of pain.The corners of his eyes were slightly red, and he roared with a sullen expression: "Xu, Jun, Yan, why did you have to go this far? You can't do it once, even once, believe me? Tell me why?!"

I suddenly remembered something that I thought I had forgotten.On the night of my high school graduation, I drank too much and was completely drunk.Yang Chen walked forward with my back on his back, step by step, with a sense of peace in his wobble, as if he could keep walking like this.

He said to me: Xu Junyan, I can give you whatever you want.

I laughed and put my face on his back.We are like a pair of the most ordinary lovers, one person makes outrageous and unreasonable demands, and waits for the other person's vulgar love words.So I said loudly, I want the moon.

He complained: Thanks to you, I can't reach something so far away.

As a drunk, my thoughts were unconstrained, and I pointed out decently: You can run, and when you catch up with the moon, take it off and give it to me.

Yang laughed dully, and asked: I went alone, and I don't know the way, what if I get lost?

Even a powerful person like you will get lost?

of course.

Then when will you come back?

have no idea.So you must not leave, if I come back and find no one, I will be pissed to death.

I lay on his back, the injured eye looked at the sky vaguely, and tears flowed down the corner of the eye and across the skin.I couldn't let go of my arms around his neck, so I wiped tears on his shirt.Yang Chen said with disgust, his hands were still holding my legs tightly: Xu Junyan, what are you doing?If you move again, I will throw you down.

I was laughing out loud, extra presumptuous because I was drunk, regardless of what passers-by thought.After laughing, I hugged his neck tightly and said proudly: I hug him, you can't shake him off.

Yang Chen said: It's not that I can't get rid of it, it's that I like you and I don't want to part with it.

He put me down, and I couldn't stand upright crookedly, and I fell straight to the ground.So he put his arms around my waist, cupped my face in the other hand, and kissed me under the street lamp.Lips to lips, very student-like, just like first love should be.

The night wind blew past our ears, passed through our blended breathing, and went to far away places.

After kissing, I asked: Why do you like me?

He laughed and said why there are so many reasons.

I looked at his face, young and handsome to a certain extent almost sharp.He speaks confidently and confidently, never asking why, as if the whole world is going to give in to this rampant love, it should be taken for granted, there are not so many reasons.

I thought to myself, I shouldn't love him, we are so different.

There are too many problems in my life, too many reasons, but I don't have the power to choose, I can only be pushed forward.I completely lost the courage to ask questions to the world, because there is no answer, and some things are destined not to be like unraveling physics problems, one by one, one by one, to get a perfect number.The question mark I face is solid, it will never be resolved, like a huge gallows hanging above my head, every day I open my eyes, it's like putting my neck in a noose.

I can't say love to Yang Chen, love will make me more pathetic, more humble than being slapped for bad oral sex in the cramped toilet cubicle.I can only whisper to him, I like you too.

He smiled at me, bright and fearless.

At that moment, I looked at him and thought it was worth it.Even if he tolerated his bad temper, endured his rage and meanness, was hurt again and again, and fell to the ground until his bones were smashed, it was worthwhile.I knew I shouldn't love him, but I couldn't bear it. I kissed his lips and said as many times as possible: Yang Chen, I like you.

All emotions were cooled into a long silence.

My voice was very soft: "Before you really meet Lu Changbai, it's still too late for you to quit. Without you, I still have Lu Jingfan. Anyway, I will continue to do this matter, and you can't stop it."

Yang Chen and I looked at each other, I just smiled, watching him open the velvet box with a smile, two silver rings lay quietly in it, one of which was engraved with my initials in cursive.He took out that one, held my trembling hand, and let me put the ring on his ring finger.The ten fingers are slender, with distinct joints, and the style of the men's ring is restrained, but beautiful enough.

The moment he lowered his head, he only showed the outline of his face, which looked the same as when he was seventeen or eighteen.

"I won't quit, even if you don't trust me, I am willing to be used by you. There is no way, who made me like you for so many years, and I don't want you to be bullied. Although I call you stupid and hopeless, I probably It's become more or less the same."

Yang Chen looked at me, showing a self-deprecating smile, the shining light from the ring fell into those beautiful eyes, which seemed to be crying.He put his hands on my face, pressed my lips, and kissed me.

"You put a ring on me." He said, "Xu Junyan, I'm yours."