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Sitting alone and depressed for a while, Xiao Peng was going to go to the kitchen to see what Li Shuhe was up to.

Li Shuhe, who was busy in front of the stove, looked back and saw him smiling and said, "It will be ready soon!"

Xiao Peng leaned against the door frame, his heart was pulled by a sense of contradiction, he and Li Shuhe were clearly two people who had nothing to do with each other, where did his inexplicable anxiety come from?

"Okay!" Xiao Peng came back to his senses, Li Shuhe was standing in front of him holding the porcelain bowl in both hands.He looked down, it was a bowl of white and fat glutinous rice balls, each one had a full belly, and the chubby one looked very cute.

"I heard that this glutinous rice ball has been made for more than 20 years. Last year, my grandfather was in poor health and took a rest for a year. This year, he just reopened." Li Shuhe put the bowl in Xiao Peng's hands, "I waited in line for a long time to get it. of!"

Xiao Peng took the bowl silently. He knew this shop. He was even more familiar with it than Li Shuhe. When he was young, his parents were not good at cooking, and his mother was not good at making glutinous rice balls and dumplings. I started the business of semi-finished products earlier, so my parents would go to this store to buy some semi-finished products and put them in the refrigerator when Chinese New Year comes. For Xiao Peng, this store is the taste of home.

Li Shuhe sat across from Xiao Peng and chatted with him: "Mr. Xiao really doesn't know how to take care of himself, last time he ate instant noodles for seven days during the holiday, this time he didn't even eat rice!"

Xiao Peng swallowed the glutinous rice balls like a stick in his throat, and Li Shuhe approached with a smile on his face: "Could it be possible that Mr. Xiao guessed that I brought you something to eat?"

Xiao Peng almost choked on a mouthful of glutinous rice balls: "What nonsense! I didn't have time to cook."

Li Shuhe smiled for a while with his white teeth bared, and then couldn't help sighing: "This was originally a dinner for you, alas... so what are you having for dinner now?"

The spoon in his hand tilted suddenly, Hunyuan's white fat fell back into the bowl with a "snap", and the soup splashed. Li Shuhe let out a small exclamation, and quickly asked, "Is it hot?"

"No...I..." Xiao Peng shook his hands, cleared his throat uncomfortably, "I have a dinner tonight, I want to go out to eat."

Li Shuhe blinked: "Oh."

Xiao Peng's heart trembled, "Oh" what a fart!

"With whom?" Li Shuhe asked casually.

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Peng hurriedly continued: "A friend!"

Xiao Peng answered too fast and the voice was too loud, Li Shuhe was stunned by his roar, and immediately nodded: "Then... I know..."

Xiao Peng was so embarrassed that he wanted to bury his face in the bowl. Li Shuhe's eyes flickered, and he changed the topic indifferently: "Where is Mr. Xiong? Aren't they recording a program today?"

"The program was recorded in Beijing, and they passed by yesterday." Xiao Peng said without raising his head.

Li Shuhe nodded clearly: "Isn't Mr. Xiong from Beijing? Then you can go home and have a look!"

Everyone in Beijing also thought of this question.

The group leader patted Xiong Weining and asked: "Little Xiong, your home is in Beijing. Why don't you go home and have a look after you come here?"

Someone in the group echoed: "Yes, yes! Go home and see your uncles and aunts!"

Xiong Weining twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment: "No... no more!"

Hai Jiajie also leaned over when he heard the words: "It's true, you should go home and have a look after the Chinese New Year."

Xiong Weining quickly declined: "No, no, no! Farewell! They...they like to travel for the New Year! They are definitely not at home! No need to go, no need to go!"

The team members looked at each other without speaking, Hai Jiajie narrowed his eyes suspiciously: "You didn't go back when you got to the door, what did you do?"

Xiong Weining hurriedly poohed: "Can you say something auspicious for the New Year's Eve! You just committed a crime!"

Hai Jiajie crossed his arms: "Then go home and have a look. As far as I know, you haven't been back for four or five years."

Xiong Weining was sweating anxiously, is Hai Jiajie a stubborn one?I said I won't go back, is it annoying?

The head of the group regretted that he was talking too much, so he quickly smoothed things over and said: "If you don't go back, then don't go back! Little Xiong said that there is no one at home, so you won't be able to see him when you go back!"

Xiong Weining nodded his head quickly, Hai Jiajie's eyes became sharper, obviously he didn't believe his words, but he did not ask any further questions.

On the Lincheng side, Li Shuhe accompanied Xiao Peng to finish eating the glutinous rice balls before getting up to pack his luggage.

Xiao Peng cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, unconsciously avoiding Li Shuhe's gaze.

Li Shuhe watched him walk into the kitchen, his eyes became darker, and he stood there for a while before pushing the suitcase into the room.

Xiao Peng held the edge of the sink and sighed angrily. The more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt bewildered. Why is he so guilty?To put it bluntly, his relationship with Li Shuhe is just a colleague, let alone having a meal with others, even if he is really in love now, what does it have to do with him?As for being so hidden and evasive everywhere?

I can't figure it out, so Xiao Peng can only attribute his reason for doing this to avoiding the issue of sexuality. However... facing a person who has an ambiguous attitude towards him, this reason does not seem to make sense.

Xiao Peng's cell phone rang, he hurriedly wiped his hands and ran out to answer the call.

"Have you received the message?" It was Xi Cheng who called.

Xiao Peng was puzzled for a moment: "What news?"

Xi Cheng suppressed a smile: "The address of the restaurant."

Xiao Peng put down his phone and looked at it, only to find that it was already 3:[-] in the afternoon.

"..." Xiao Peng was a little speechless, why didn't he do anything.

Xi Cheng kindly reminded: "This restaurant is in the city center, and it is very convenient for a taxi to find the location."

Xiao Peng mumbled, and Xi Cheng asked again with a smile: "Is it really not necessary for me to pick you up? If you mind, I can park the car further away."

The corner of Xiao Peng's mouth twitched, then I would really like to thank you: "No, it's convenient, I just take a taxi."

"Okay." Xi Cheng didn't force it, "Then... shall we see you later?"

Xiao Peng casually agreed to help the forehead with a headache, if it was possible, he really didn't want to see it.

After hanging up the phone, when he turned around, he was startled by Li Shuhe who was standing at the door of the room. Xiao Peng cried out and covered his chest: "Why are you silent? You scared me to death!"

Li Shuhe looked at him expressionlessly, and smiled after a while: "Mr. Xiao, is going to the city soon? I just want to go back to my hometown, why don't we go together?"

Eyelids fluttered up and down, Teacher Xiao racked his brains to find a reason to refuse, but...

An hour later, the two appeared together at the school gate to stop the car, Xiao Peng couldn't help but pray that nothing would happen later.

Li Shuhe wore a down jacket with overalls, which was very casual, while Xiao Peng wore a camel cashmere coat, which looked a lot more formal.This dress was bought last time when I went out with Li Shuhe. Originally, Xiao Peng wanted to wear it casually, but after thinking about it, Xi Cheng is also the chairman of the company. It's better to be more particular.

When Xiao Peng changed his clothes and came out, Li Shuhe laughed and teased him as if he was going on a blind date, Xiao Peng smiled wryly inwardly, he really guessed right, didn't he just go to meet the blind date!

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the traffic volume of taxis was much smaller, and the two of them stood for a long time before an empty taxi arrived.

After getting in the car, the driver asked where to go, Li Shuhe turned to Xiao Peng and asked, "Where is Teacher Xiao going?"

Xiao Peng took out his mobile phone and gave an address, and the driver said that he would start it only after receiving it.

Li Shuhe lowered his head to look at his phone from the moment he got in the car, Xiao Peng asked in silence for a while, "Where are you going? Shall I let the master see you off first?"

Li Shuhe didn't even raise his head: "No need! If you have an appointment and are late, I'll see you off first!"

Xiao Peng insisted persistently: "Tell me where you are going first, the driver will drop you off on the way."

Li Shuhe raised his head and looked at Xiao Peng with doubts in his eyes, but he didn't say the question, and then reported his destination.

The driver master heard the words and said: "This is not the right way, I will send the young man first!"

Li Shuhe pursed his lips and continued to look down at the phone, Xiao Peng silently breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned again, he knew why he was acting like an underground affair!

The taxi stopped in the city center according to Li Shuhe's words. After getting off the car, the young man smiled and turned around and waved to Xiao Peng. Xiao Peng smiled back and the driver continued to drive forward.

Two intersections later, the car stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. After paying the fare and getting out of the car, I saw Xi Cheng standing at the door in casual clothes waiting for him. Xiao Peng was glad that he insisted on sending Li Shuhe away first, otherwise he would really I don't know how to introduce this chairman.

Xi Cheng greeted him with a smile, Xiao Peng struggled for a while and stretched out his hand, Xi Cheng laughed out loud, "Is Mr. Xiao here to discuss business with me?"

Xiao Peng frowned and was about to stop, but Xi Cheng grasped it quickly: "Then introduce yourself formally, Xi Cheng."

"..." Xiao Peng was speechless for a while, "Xiao Peng."

Xi Cheng let go of his hand and retreated half a step, making an inviting gesture: "Please come in!"

It is undeniable that Xi Cheng is an extremely careful and considerate person. The restaurant he arranged is not expensive but exquisite enough. He also dresses very low-key, even without a watch.

Probably because he was worried that the private room would feel too oppressive, Xi Cheng reserved a place in an inconspicuous corner of the hall.He pulled out a chair for Xiao Peng and asked him to take a seat first, Xiao Peng couldn't help feeling that the experience of getting the chairman of Lincheng Industry to pull a chair for him could be considered a legend!

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