Splendid in bag

I saw Du Xiangxuan again at an investment meeting.

Lewis was a little surprised that she would show up.

Du Xiangxuan looked at him with a very soft and kind eyes, and there was a little hope in such eyes.

Lewis understood the meaning of this look very well.

He has never been very careful.

But he can pretend not to see it.

After the meeting ended, Lewis quickly left the meeting room, unexpectedly, he ran into Du Xiangxuan head-on downstairs.

Du Xiangxuan looked at him like that: "Mr. Liu..."

Lewis stood in front of Du Xiangxuan, he was a head taller than this girl, therefore, he lowered his head slightly and his eyes were half down.His expression looked particularly gentle.

Du Xiangxuan couldn't help being a little shy: "Do you remember me?"

Of course Lewis remembered her.

Just had a blind date not long ago.

Although it was a misunderstanding.

He didn't plan to go on a blind date at all, at least, he didn't plan to go on a blind date with the opposite sex.

He has already come out with his family, but unfortunately, this matter is still deliberately covered up by Mr. Liu and has not been circulated in the entire social circle.Lewis is also unlikely to come out in the newspapers.

Lewis kept smiling, with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Well, Miss Du, I believe we should have met."

Du Xiangxuan immediately heard the meaning in the tone: "You don't remember me? Last time we met at the W Hotel. You even sent me home... Well, I know, I was a little rude that time."

Lewis kept smiling: "Really? It's impossible for a lady like you to be rude. It must be a misunderstanding."

"Actually, it's good if you forget what happened last time." Du Xiangxuan smiled, "My performance was terrible, if you allow, can you get to know me again?"

It was impossible for Lewis to refuse a woman face to face, so he took out his business card and said with a more formulaic smile, "Okay, then please advise me."

Du Xiangxuan exchanged business cards with Lewis.

Lewis nodded at her and left with his assistant.

He really has a headache, if his father arranges such a "blind date" for no reason, it will be really troublesome.

When he returned home, he saw Mr. Liu sitting in a rocking chair with a cigarette in his mouth and watching TV.

Seeing Lewis came back, Mr. Liu smiled coldly: "Did you go to the investment meeting today?"

"Yes."

Lao Liu smiled: "Remember to go back to worship the ancestors this year during the Qingming Festival."

"Why did you say this all of a sudden?"

"Your company loses hundreds of millions every year, and there are still people investing in it. It must be the blessing of your ancestors. Why don't you go back to worship your ancestors?" Old Liu said sarcastically.

Lewis laughed: "I'm an atheist, father."

After speaking, Lewis turned and walked up the stairs, preparing to go up to the second floor to avoid the old father whose every word was like a knife.

However, his father didn't want to let him go.

The father snorted and said, "You left before I finished talking to you? Aren't you a gentleman, are you very polite? Are you so polite?"

"I'm sorry." Lewis stopped and turned around, "Is there anything else?"

"Sit down," said the father, "I have something to tell you."

Lewis had to sit down slowly on the sofa.

Father was still on the rocking chair, rocking slowly and unhurriedly, just like his tone: "You don't pay homage to the ancestors of the Liu family, and you don't pay homage to your mother?"

"As far as I know," Lewis replied, "my mother is not buried in the Liu family's ancestral grave."

Old Liu's eyes were like a bull's, staring wide open, with a kind of viciousness: "Your surname is Liu, not Lambert."

Lambert, was Lewis' mother's surname.

"Well, yes," replied Lewis, "though, Lewis Lambert, sounds good too."

Old Liu looked at him slantingly with contempt: "If your surname is not Liu, who will give you money to build that brand?"

"I will."

Liu Xiusi's voice was very loud and could be heard clearly in the spacious room.

With a bag in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth, Hughes walked out slowly from behind the doorpost like a yuppie in an old movie, his leather shoes hitting the marble floor loudly.

Old Liu seemed to be discouraged, and smiled vaguely: "Will you go back to worship your ancestors?"

Hughes smiled lightly: "I'm very busy."

Lao Liu nodded: "Now the company's affairs are all entrusted to you, of course you are very busy..."

Old Liu was still sitting on the rocking chair, and the sunlight came in through the window, making his gray hair glow with a silvery white luster.Hughes walked slowly to his side, his tall body covered most of the sunlight.Old Liu's eyes were gloomy in his shadow.

Hughes turned around and said, "Xiao Yi is also busy with company affairs, so don't make things difficult for him."

Old Liu hummed twice, as if agreeing, but also as if not.

Lewis said, "I'll go back to my room to rest first."

"Go." Hughes smiled, "Brother."

Lewis walked slowly up the stairs.

He suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart: the mighty father seemed to be afraid of Hughes.

This is impossible.

He couldn't imagine that overlord father would be afraid of anyone, let alone his own son.

But, sometimes...

Lewis was a little afraid of Hughes.

Can't say why.

Hughes, like Lewis, always liked to laugh, but it was anything but friendly.

Hughes smiled like a lion baring its teeth.

In their home, everyone has to live like carnivores—or, prey.

Lewis didn't want to be a carnivore, but he didn't want to be a lamb either.

Therefore, he always ran as far away as possible.

The next day, he packed his luggage and was ready to leave for Italy.

"I'm going on a business trip."

A business trip is one of the best reasons.

Speaking of which, after Lewis took charge of his own art brand, he rarely stayed at home.

Doing business is the best reason not to stay at home.

When they were young, their father also seldom came home because he was "very busy with business".

But Lewis really has something to do. The silk factory he cooperates with in Italy has a batch of goods to ship.He went to supervise himself.He's always done it all himself, and he loves it.

When he was about to go to Italy, he was told that a batch of goods had been detained at customs.

"Why?" Lewis asked.

"Actually, we don't know about this, and we are negotiating."

Lewis had no choice but to go to "Proud Eagle".

"Proud Eagle" is Liu's enterprise, and the current head is his elder brother Liu Xiusi.

Hughes seemed happy when he saw Lewis coming: "What's the matter?"

Lewis mentioned his case: "The factory I cooperated with sent a batch of goods, which seemed to be held in customs. I need it urgently now..."

"I see." Hughes smiled, "I'll ask for you."

Hughes quickly had someone call, and immediately replied to Lewis: "It's just an ordinary quality check, don't worry."

"I actually need it urgently..." Lewis said, "Can I ask how long the inspection process will take?"

Hughes looked at Lewis for half a second before answering, "How long do you want?"

Lewis was stunned for a moment, and said, "The sooner the better."

"You go back and wait." Hughes said, "I will arrange it."

Lewis nodded and left.

The trip to Italy was put on hold for a while, and Lewis returned to the company's workshop to watch the progress of the tailors.In the afternoon, the assistant came to Lewis: "Your brother is here."

"Huh?" Lewis was a little surprised.

Liu Xiusi seemed to be holding two bundles of silk in his hands, and stood outside the door, like a courier.

But his expression is also like Santa Claus delivering gifts.

Lewis suddenly remembered that on Christmas Eve when he was 13 years old, in the snowy corridor, Liu Xius hugged a teddy bear and looked at him with the same smile.

Lewis was a little awkward, and suddenly said: "I'm already a big boy, I don't need a teddy bear."

At that time, Liu Xiusi's smile froze.

Lewis never said embarrassing things, but somehow, in that moment, Lewis chose to say them.

When Lewis saw Hughes' expression, he was already a little remorseful.

Hughes hugged the teddy bear, rubbed his forehead against the falling snow on the teddy bear's ears, and said with a smile, "But, if you don't want him, he will be very lonely."

Lewis will always remember Hughes' smile at this time.

It wasn't the grin of a lion that Hughes was used to, but a beautiful and fragile expression like glass carvings.

"I'm sorry." Lewis immediately felt a sour feeling in his heart.

"Then you can hug him." Hughes said, his tone was so pitiful.

Pitiful.

How could it be used to describe Liu Xiusi?

But Lewis still hugged the teddy bear - and the brother who had been lukewarm with him since he was a child.

There was snow outside the corridor.

Lewis' bracelet is on Hughes' shoulder, and he can feel the temperature from the snow: "Did you bring it from far away?"

They were on holiday in Switzerland, and there were no places nearby where they could buy teddy bears.

God knows where Hughes got the teddy bear?

But Hughes always had a way of wringing the rabbit out of the hat.

Hughes stared at Lewis: "I heard you want a teddy bear."

Lewis took a deep breath, the smell of ice and snow filled his chest.

"Will you sleep with it all the time, Xiao Yi?" Hughes asked.

Lewis was a little moved: "I will."

"Shouldn't you say that you can't do it?" Hughes said with a smile-the kind of lion-like smile.

Lewis shuddered unconsciously.

Hughes stuffed the teddy bear into Lewis's arms, his eyes seemed to be able to melt the snow: "Merry Christmas, brother."

I don't know if Hughes's smile is too threatening. Until now, Lewis still falls asleep with that teddy bear in his arms.

However, Hughes doesn't know at all, does he?

Lewis thought silently.