go away without you

"Xia Zi, why don't you just tell him the truth, it's not a solution to waste all this time."

Qiao Xia heard what his friend said, looked at the wine glass in front of him, and was in a daze. In fact, he hadn't thought about it, but Zhang Chenyu was straight, and he was afraid that after confessing, the two of them would not even be friends.

"Zhang Chenyu is not a fool. You have been by his side for so many years, but he doesn't know what you think? With your talent, you should go abroad for further studies, but now you are willing to be a small assistant in Zhang's family. Why bother?"

"Maybe."

He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, it was slightly spicy, his friend's words stirred up waves in his heart, he has been with Zhang Chenyu for almost ten years, even a stone should be warmed up now.

Then can I let it go once?

The next day, Qiao Xia arrived at the company early, and Zhang Chenyu was still processing documents in the office as always, as if a robot who never rested was always fighting on the front line.

He made a cup of coffee and brought it to his table.

Zhang Chenyu raised his calm eyes to look at him, nodded slightly as a greeting, and then stared at the document for a second.

Qiao Xia looked at his boiled eyes and sighed, this guy must have been up all night.

At this time, Zhang Chenyu frowned slightly, and he put the document on the table: "I'll rest for a while, you can read the document for me." He closed his eyes and propped his forehead with one hand, his brows became tighter and tighter.

Suddenly a soft touch touches his temple and gently presses it. The familiar smell around him makes him feel very stable, and his brows relax a little.

Qiao Xia has a good massage method, and he often massages himself when he is tired.

"Do you have time tomorrow night?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Then accompany me to a place tomorrow."

"Do you have business to discuss?"

"Hey, my big boss, can you not squeeze the labor force? Can you let me arrange the weekend?" Qiao Xia smiled helplessly.

Looking at that gentle face, Zhang Chenyu's heart moved slightly, but his expression was still indifferent.

"Tomorrow is a private invitation, will the big boss sell me some face?"

Zhang Chenyu didn't answer immediately. In fact, there will be a small negotiation tomorrow. He thought about it for a while, but it's actually not very important, so let's find another time next time.

"it is good."

the next day.

Uncle Qiao watched Qiao Xia change clothes in front of the mirror with one set after another. As a housekeeper, he only gave some suggestions. Although he didn't ask any more questions, he still sighed in his heart that the young master finally grew big.

After finalizing a set of comfortable casual clothes, Qiao Xia was satisfied from head to toe, um, not bad, very handsome!

He turned to look at Uncle Qiao, and asked him expectantly, "Uncle Qiao, today my brother..."

Uncle Qiao's eyes dodged a little, Qiao Xia knew that he would not come back, and sure enough he heard Uncle Qiao's words in the next second.

"The young master said that the company has an important meeting to be held today, so he should come back later. The cake has been ordered. It is your favorite mousse Black Forest."

"...Oh." He responded wearily, and then muttered to himself in a flash, "It doesn't matter, at least he still remembers."

Brother can at least remember his own birthday, but Zhang Chenyu forgets it every year. Every time he thinks about it, Qiao Xia feels depressed for a while.

After tidying up, Qiao Xia went out happily, but the destination was not the company, but Dongcheng.

in front of the counter.

The two simple and elegant rings glowed silver under the light. Qiao Xia held up the box with a satisfied smile on her lips. The rings were custom-made by drawing pictures by herself, and the inner rings were engraved with "ZCY" and "QX" typeface.

Although it was a little hypocritical, it was still a kind of spiritual sustenance. Even if he would not send it out, he was very satisfied, with a heavy weight in his palm.

"Why would they..."

"I said I love you, but you don't believe me, what about now?" Zhang Chenyu spread out his palms, the ring glowed with silver light, his eyes were full of expectation, and he stared at Qiao Xia with piercing eyes.

Qiao Xia looked directly into his eyes in silence.

Slowly, the anticipation in his eyes gradually cooled.

Qiao Xia laughed suddenly: "Zhang Chenyu, do you remember my birthday?"

"Remember, May [-]th."

"You actually remember, heh, do you remember when you got engaged in your previous life?"

A trace of doubt flashed across Zhang Chenyu's face, he suddenly thought of something, his expression was terrified, he wanted to grab Qiao Xia's arm in panic, but he avoided it.

"I didn't mean to be there that day, it was just...just..."

"Just what? It's just that you didn't remember my birthday at the time, everything happened together?" Qiao Xia suddenly wanted to laugh.

"I later canceled the wedding date..."

"It doesn't matter to me whether you cancel it or not. I don't want to mention the things in my previous life. Let's pass it." He stared at the ring in a daze, and finally closed his eyes with a frown. "This ring is up to you. Keep it or throw it away, I don't want to see them again."

That day when Qiao Xia arrived at the company, she saw a scene in the office that she would never forget. A woman sat on Zhang Chenyu's lap and kissed him on the face.

He covered his mouth and didn't want to make an embarrassing sound, fled to the escape stairs in a hurry, and took out his mobile phone with trembling hands. As a result, all the headlines on the web page were reports announcing their engagement, but he was like a fool, even wishful thinking.

The ring in the pocket seemed to feel the scorching heat through the clothes.

The expectation that he was full of turned into despair in the end, and he never wanted to experience this feeling again.

"If you still want us to continue to be friends, don't say such things again. If not, stop..." The words disappeared between the lips and teeth.

Zhang Chenyu didn't want to hear these hurtful words again, he kissed hard and pressed his teeth roughly.

"Snapped!"

His head turned heavily, Qiao Xia wiped his lips angrily, wishing he could leave now.

"Are you still refusing to give me a chance?"

"Listen, I don't love you anymore."

His pupils constricted suddenly, and he stared at Qiao Xia in disbelief. He wanted to see a trace of lying in his eyes, but the indifference made his eyes hurt.

Qiao Xia sniffled, turned around and wanted to leave, but her arm was pulled.

"I'll take you back."

"Hey..." He was forcefully dragged away by Zhang Chenyu, unable to break free from his shackles, so he had to follow him, Zhang Chenyu had recovered his usual indifferent expression, and he didn't say a word along the way.

Qiao Xia looked out of the window but felt like sitting on pins and needles.

After Qiao Xia got home, Zhang Chenyu drove away.

Qiao Xia stood in a daze for a long time, a little unresponsive, glanced at the direction he was leaving before blinking in understanding, turned and entered the room.