Savage Addiction

There was a knock on the door in the office, Ning You said "Come in", and then continued to watch the documentary played on the computer screen.

"Mr. Ning." Xiao Zhao opened the door and came in. The words were already on his lips, but seeing Ning You was looking at the animal world again, he couldn't help asking, "Is the animal world so beautiful?"

Ning You pressed the pause button, and said to Xiao Zhao: "Go find some animal experts for me, I have some questions to consult."

Xiao Zhao showed a puzzled expression: "President Ning, do you have any pets?"

"No." Ning You said, "You just have to look for it."

Xiao Zhao made an "OK" gesture and was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to talk about business, so he came back and said, "By the way, Mr. Ning, Mr. Li is here."

Ning You looked at the computer screen and asked, "Which President Li?"

Xiao Zhao said: "Your fiancé."

"Why did he come here?" Ning You was a little surprised, because Li Chao had never come to the company to look for him.

But right away he knew that he was self-indulgent, and Li Chao came to the company not for him.

"He went to Chairman Ning's office, why don't you go up and have a look?" Xiao Zhao said.

A bad premonition faintly appeared in Ning You's heart. Two days after he came back from Xinjiang, he hadn't figured out how to discuss the marriage contract with his parents, but he didn't expect Li Chao to be one step ahead of him.

"Animal expert." Ning You instructed Xiao Zhao again, and then hurried to the chairman's office on a higher floor.

The Dong Ning in Xiao Zhao's mouth is Ning You's mother Ning Xin.

Ning You's father was also an "upside-down door", so the Ning family did not reject this method of marriage.It's just that Ning's right to speak is still in the hands of Ning Xin, and it will also be in the hands of Ning You in the future—although it will take a long time.

When Ning You came to Ning Xin's office, Li Chao and Ning Xin had just finished greeting each other, and the secretary hadn't had time to serve hot tea yet.

Ning Xin pushed down her gold-rimmed glasses, a little surprised that Ning You appeared, but Li Chao stood up consciously, buttoned up his suit jacket, and said hello to Ning You: "You're here."

Ning You nodded politely, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me when you came here?"

"I didn't want to disturb you at first." Li Chaodao, "There are some things I want to discuss with Chairman Ning."

"Don't be so cynical." At the right time, the secretary brought three cups of tea, Ning Xin picked it up and blew gently, and said to Li Chao, "Just call me auntie."

Li Chao responded immediately: "Auntie."

"Sit down." Ning Xin raised her chin towards Ning Youyou, indicating that he could also listen to this conversation.

Ning You was a little confused about the situation, but she sat down to the side and waited quietly.

"About the company's future development direction," Li Chao said, "According to the previous meeting, it is artificial intelligence plus life science."

"That's right." Ning Xin put down the teacup in her hand, leaving only a light lipstick mark on the rim, "Is there any problem?"

"No, I just have some new ideas."

Li Chao began to talk about the development of the Li family, and Ning You suddenly realized one thing. It turned out that Ning and Li had already communicated about the future of the company, but he didn't know about it.

He didn't feel offended because he had voluntarily relinquished his top management position in order to focus on his project.

And the reason why Ning Xin asked him to choose a fiancé was also because he didn't care about management and needed someone to lead him to take over the company's affairs.

But it wasn't until then that Ning You realized that he and Li Chao didn't belong to the same level.

Li Chao is the head of the Li family, and he is the younger generation of the Ning family. Li Chao can bypass him and directly discuss matters with his parents. North Korea to discuss.

"So," after a lot of foreshadowing, Li Chao finally got to the point, "I hope we can invest more energy in environmental protection in the future."

Hearing this, Ning You was shocked.

He looked at Li Chao calmly, wondering what this meant, Li Chao was trying to get Li Mu back?

"We donate to the environmental protection foundation every year, and I think it is enough in this regard."

Ning Xin's tone was still the same as before with the kindness of an elder, but it was obvious that she didn't have much patience for proposals that she wasn't interested in.

"The donation may not be enough." Ning You couldn't help chiming in.

"Why," Ning Xin asked amusedly, "You've already started helping your future husband before you get married?"

Ning You was suddenly extremely embarrassed, the word "future husband" sounded extremely ironic in his ears, who made him accidentally sleep with his future uncle?

However, Li Chao behaved decently as always, he tried to persuade Ning Xin a few more words, and finally enough was enough, he found an excuse to get up and say goodbye.

Coming out of Ning Xin's office, Ning You closely followed Li Chao's pace, wanting to ask him about his intention of coming here today.But since there was a secretary by the door, he had no choice but to swallow the question back to his stomach.

"Are you free on the weekend?" Li Chao took the initiative to talk to Ning You, "I'll take you to ride a horse."

Ning You subconsciously felt a little resistance, because riding a horse had a special meaning to him.

Li Chaoying saw that he didn't really want to go, and added: "My brother's favorite sport."

Well, be precise.

Ning You pursed her lips and said, "Go."

Time flies to the weekend, and Li Chao takes Ning You to a racecourse in the suburbs.

Naturally, Ning You would not rent the knight uniform from the racecourse. He had asked Xiao Zhao to buy him a complete set of equipment, including a strong black riding whip.

Li Chao on the other side also changed into a handsome knight uniform. He looked at Ning You and said with a smile, "It's quite professional."

At first Ning You didn't understand why Li Chao was laughing, but it wasn't until the staff at the racecourse brought him a pony that he realized that Li Chao thought he couldn't ride a horse.

To be precise, Li Mu is the only one in this world who knows that Ning You can ride a horse—horse in various meanings.

This also shows that Li Mu did not reveal too much to Li Chao about the things between the two of them.

Ning You asked someone to exchange for a medium-sized horse, and then recalled what Li Mu taught him, and ran a few laps in the field.

After switching from a fast walk to a slow walk, Li Chao chased him up from one side.He walked side by side with Ning You, and asked, "Did Li Mu teach you?"

Ning You nodded: "Yeah."

"I knew it." Li Chaodao, "It's exactly the same as him, and it looks like a wild way."

The antonym of Ye Luzi is academic, and Li Chao's horse riding is obviously a standard academic, noble and gorgeous, not at all like Ning You and Li Mu, how comfortable they are.

If it were any other occasion, Ning You would definitely feel embarrassed.

It's like he used the wrong way to use the tableware, and was considered rough and unrefined, like a reckless man.

But the strange thing is that he unexpectedly enjoyed the feeling of being in a school with Li Mu, as if he was addicted to the barbaric style.

This will not work.

Ning You warned herself.

"By the way," Li Chao started another topic, "The night I came back, Li Mu called me."

"Huh?" Ning You immediately pricked up her ears.

These days, Ning You has been afraid to contact Li Mu, one is because the two had previously agreed not to contact Li Mu again, and he didn't want to be the one who took the initiative; I didn't know what to say when I called.

But not contacting does not mean not missing.

He washes his hands with Li Mu's soap every night, without applying any hand cream, and just smells Li Mu's scent and falls asleep.

"Do you want to know what he said to me?" Li Chaoying saw Ning You's nervousness, and slowly whetted his appetite.

Ning You suddenly found that since Li Chao knew about his relationship with Li Mu, he had spoken a lot more freely, and no longer paid attention to politeness as before, but seemed to regard him as his younger brother's friend.

"If you want to tell me." Ning You said.

"He said he wanted you."

Ning You's heart skipped a beat, and a secret joy gushed out.He can express emotions without scruples in front of Li Mu, but he can't when facing Li Chao, so he raised his chin slightly and said, "Really."

"After thinking about it, I think it is acceptable for you to marry me in name, but actually be with him."

"What?" Ning You frowned.

"His reaction is the same as yours." Li Chao smiled, "There is another plan, I don't mind him marrying you, but..."

"But?" Ning You couldn't help urging.

"Do you have a way to get him back?" Li Chao asked.

Ning You understood the meaning of Li Chao's words, and didn't know how to answer them for a while.

"In the beginning, I thought that with Ning's backing, the company can increase investment in environmental protection, so that there will be a reason for him to come back and marry you. I can just implement my singleness."

"But you have seen Auntie's attitude, and the other shareholders will be the same. They are not interested in what Li Mu wants to do. Do you think Li Mu will be willing to come back as a display?"

"Or at worst, the Ning and Li families will not get married. Whoever you want to fall in love with and marry is your freedom. But the premise is that you have to let Li Mu return to the city. I don't think my aunt will agree with you." Go live in the mountains."

"Since he called you," Ning You said, "isn't it because he wants to come back?"

"He does." Li Chao chuckled, "He wants me to hand over the Li family's business to him, so that he has the meaning of coming back."

"But you don't want to." Ning You said.

"Yes." Li Chaodao, "He can marry you, and I will bless you. But it is impossible for him to marry you as the head of the Li family, because that is my position, and the company's shareholders will not approve of his development. strategy."

This is where the contradiction lies.

If Li Mu can't find the meaning of coming back, then he can't leave everything behind and return to the city.

Although the three of them have already talked about the topic of marriage, there is a prerequisite for marriage.

In fact, Ning You and Li Mu have only known each other for less than two weeks, and they have not even contacted each other for a week. Even Ning You is not sure, if Li Mu returns to the city like this and becomes an ordinary person, will he still treat him? Li Mu has such feelings.

"Then what did he say?" Ning You asked.

"He didn't tell me." Li Chaodao, "You can ask him."

Ning You faintly felt that something was wrong, because Li Mu had already chatted with Li Chao so much, but he never took the initiative to contact him.

He came to a corner of the racecourse, took out his mobile phone and called Li Mu, but the voice call indicated that the phone had been turned off.

This is strange.

Li Mu's mobile phone is often blocked due to poor signal, but it has never been turned off.

Ning You called two more times, but the phone was still turned off.

He came outside the racecourse and wanted to borrow Li Chao's mobile phone to try again, but when he came to the rest area, he saw Li Chao smoking.

"Li Chao." Ning You frowned and called out.

Li Chao turned around, put out the cigarette butt in a leisurely manner, and said to Ning You, "Have you talked to him?"

"His phone is turned off." Ning You said, "I remember you said you don't know how to smoke."

Li Chao didn't deny it: "You don't care anyway, do you?"

Ning You finally understood why Li Chao's attitude changed, because he was the one who didn't care anymore.

He doesn't need to earn performance points in front of Ning You anymore, anyway, Li Mu has already got full marks, so it doesn't make any sense for him to earn any more.

But that's not the point.

Ning You looked at Li Chao and said, "Did you smoke in the woods too?"

"I know about the fire, Ning You." Li Chao said with a smile, "It's not me, okay?"

Before seeing Li Chao smoking, Ning You would 100% believe what he said, because Li Chao gave the impression that he was mature and steady, not like a liar.

But now it seems that regardless of whether he is the cause of the fire or not, at least it is certain that maturity and stability are not the criteria for judging a person, maybe that is just the appearance of the city's deepness.

Back home from the racecourse, Ning You called Li Mu countless times.

He had an extremely legitimate reason to contact Li Mu—to ask him about his thoughts on the marriage contract, but apart from this high-sounding excuse, his real motive was that he missed Li Mu.

From afternoon to night, the call prompt is still off.

After such a long time, it is impossible that the cable in the cabin has not been repaired. Even if Li Mu forgot to charge his phone during the day, he should have returned to the cabin by now.

As the time approached midnight, Ning You became more and more uneasy.He approached Xiao Zhao and asked her to contact the person in charge of Hanas Lake Scenic Area to see if anyone knew about Li Mu.

"Mr. Ning, do you know what time it is?"

"Sorry, I have something urgent."

"It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the night."

"Equal to ten o'clock in the evening on their side."

Speaking of this, Ning You felt a little sorry, and said, "I'll give you a bonus this month."

Sure enough, the power of the bonus is still great. Within 10 minutes, Xiao Zhao got the news and called Ning You back: "Mr. Ning, I asked the forest chief over there. Mr. Li's younger brother is arresting poachers. He was injured during the process and has been hospitalized for two days.”

"What?" The uneasiness in my heart was really not unreasonable, Ning You sat up from the bed, "You book me a ticket to Hanas immediately."

"Now?" Xiao Zhao was dumbfounded, "Then do you still go to work on Monday?"

"Turn my job off."