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Five months later.

As usual, the magazine office on Friday was much more relaxed than the previous four days. The uncontrollable joyful emotions were like dust in the air, and they all escaped when the sun shines on them.

Recently, the curtains in the office have just been replaced. The reason is that the little raccoon picked up by the editor-in-chief and kept in the unit managed to tear up the old one. In desperation, the editor-in-chief had to buy new ones out of his own pocket.

Yu Nian's work station has also been changed not long ago, from the wall to the window, and the gauze will be caressed on the table when the breeze blows gently.Colleagues don't say anything on the surface, they are taking care of him secretly, hoping that he can have a good mood.

In 150 days, many things have changed quietly.

At noon, the sunlight outside turned back into cheese oil, which melted warmly on his face.At this moment, he seemed to be in a good mood, lying on the table with his chin resting on the back of his hands, the glands that had grown up on the back of his neck were quietly dormant, and even the scars were so shallow that there were almost no.And what he was thinking in his mind was whether he should take the steamed bun to take a bath on weekends or ask Xiaohui to help him trim his nails first.

Mantou has gained a lot of weight recently, changed to a bigger house, and has a small garden and a swing to swing on. His life is so comfortable that he eats more cat food.

Thinking of its small belly, Yu Nian felt a headache, and wondered if the cat had any way to lose weight.

"Ate?"

As soon as he came back from the outside, Li Yu's head stuck out in front of his eyes, with the appearance sound effect of "General", not at all like a person who is nearly 30 years old.

"Yeah." Yu Nian slowly raised his head and smiled back at him, "I brought my own lunch."

"Fortunately, you have the spirit to do it yourself." Li Yu looked at the striped bento bag on his table with a smile, "I can't get up, I just want to sleep a little longer in the morning."

While chatting, five or six little girls swarmed past the door like a meeting of sparrows.

"What's this for?" Li Yu stretched his neck to look.

"A bunch of new interns from the department next door."

Recently, the magazine office is also expanding, and the staff cannot be increased for a while, so many college students are simply recruited to do odd jobs.The reason why Yu Nian knew it was because when he was looking for the editor-in-chief to sign in the morning, he heard the conversation of the little girls with pink bubbles outside the door.

"Look at this, look at this, superb."

"Let me see... tsk, it's ok, the cover is well shot."

"That's because people have a good parenting level."

"You're right on point. If you don't have his good looks and temperament, even if you ask your master to take pictures, you may not be able to achieve this effect."

"Okay, you've fallen in love with..."

"What's the use in my opinion? He is the prince of the Gemdale Group, a proper single heir for three generations, and I don't know how many Yingying and Yanyan are around, so I just look at the magazine covers to get addicted."

"But isn't the chairman of Jindi's surname Qi? Why is the prince's surname Xiao? Look!" The girl's hand probably pointed somewhere on the cover of the magazine.

"Then how do I know, maybe it's my mother's surname."

Hearing this sentence, Yu Nian by the door froze.

Although he doesn't usually watch financial news, Xiaohui keeps turning on the TV to waste electricity every night, changing the channels, and he always hears news from Jindi once or twice.Two months ago, the new VP entered Gemdale to control the investment and financing business, and at the same time occupy an exclusive seat on the board of directors.Gemdale has been listed many years ago, and of course there will be an announcement on changes in the board of directors, and Xiao Mocun's name has appeared on the investor relations webpage.

Why, in less than half a year, Xiao Mocun, who had always been unwilling to have anything to do with the Qi family, suddenly became an important member of Jindi, which made Yu Nian almost suspect that someone had replaced him.

Has he changed?

Ken bowed his head and finally accepted that blood relationship cannot be changed.

As soon as the question arose, Yu Nian shook his head lightly and drove it out of his mind.There is no need to bother about things that have nothing to do with him anymore, whether he changes or not, it's all his business.

They have been divorced, separated, and have not been in touch for five months.

For five months, the two of them were like two animals belonging to day and night, and they no longer had any intersection except for the occasional memories.

This is the time travel back in exchange for the almost painful experience of the hurt and the hurt people, returning to the time before they met in one breath, as if this person had never existed in their lives.

But pretending can only be pretending. How could a person not leave something in his body and mind if he existed?

After a kiss, you will still feel palpitations when your fingertips rub your lips; if you have a heartbreak, you will still be afraid when you hear this person's voice again.

The wounds pierced by sharp knives and sharp blades are not as easy to heal as this Beta gland, and it hurts when touched lightly.

Yu Nian couldn't forget, and neither did Xiao Mocun.

Alpha called him once.

Just two months ago, in the early morning of a Saturday, the hour hand had passed 12 o'clock.It was rare for Yu Nian to go to bed late, sitting at the desk typing, when the cell phone next to her suddenly vibrated in panic, as if something strange had happened.

There was no name on the screen, it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello?" He picked it up.

There was silence on the phone.

"Which one?" Yu Nian asked again.

Still no one spoke, but if you listen carefully, you can hear slow and heavy breathing, and your emotions are as thick as three bowls of traditional Chinese medicine boiled into one bowl, firmly locked on the other end of the phone.

Just hearing the rhythm of breathing, Yu Nian's mind suddenly cleared up, as if he had already smelled the dull and depressing ebony smell in his nose, and his heart beat violently.

He wanted to ask: Xiao Mocun, is that you?why call me.

But he eventually refrained.

After half a minute, the line was picked up over there, and the call ended like this.Yu Nian pressed his chest, not sure whether he felt more panic or more dazed.

Immediately afterwards, the news about Xiao Mocun and Jindi came out, and Alpha's life seemed to turn a new page.

Looking back now, maybe Xiao Mocun wanted to tell himself about the Qi family at that time.

But why did he choose to tell himself?

Yu Nian asked himself if he didn't have the position to enlighten him and listen to his troubles, and he didn't forget that Alpha always hated people mentioning his life experience in front of him, let alone talking about it on the phone.

Before he could figure out any pass, the lunch break was over.He calmed down, turned on the computer and reviewed the draft again.

Recently, he has put in more work than before, because he has nothing else to do in his life.He moved back to Yu's house, and he didn't have to worry about food and clothing, let alone think about what delicious food he should make for his husband at home, and he didn't have to worry about being woken up by Alpha who came home in the middle of the night. No more routine that made him sore.

All the pain, anger, and hysteria are gone, and now his life is only plain and calm.

The gardenias on the side of the road were in full bloom. Yu Nian stretched out his hand and pushed gently, and the wooden window creaked open with a palm-width gap, allowing the fragrance to enter.He had never really noticed it before, and it turned out that the scent of gardenias was just as good, not inferior to ginger flowers at all, but he mistakenly thought that the latter was better.

After slowly recovering his body, occasionally he would stand in the garden of Yu's house and watch the steamed buns swinging on the swing, thinking that maybe this is the life he wanted.

He got married before graduating from university. In fact, he never had a day of freedom. He always revolved around Xiao Mocun, but at the same time he longed for a free and easy life.

This is a paradox.

If you want to be aimless, you must first learn to be yourself.

Going around and going around, tossing and turning, and pulling out the person he most wanted to have from his life, he truly achieved nothing else.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Qiao Yang, the interview editor, suddenly came to the office to pull Yu Nian out, saying that he wanted to single-handedly recruit two prosecutors, so that one person would deal with the two for fear of embarrassment.

"But I'm not in charge of external procurement." Yu Nianwei asked.

"Oh, what's the problem? Just say you're my intern and came out with me to gain experience." Qiao Yang pushed him.

They are both under the same roof, and they usually get along well, so Yu Nian couldn't refuse, so he had to agree.

The two brought everything together and set off under the warm sun in a quarter of an hour.

Today Yu Nian wore a light-colored thin knit long-sleeved pair and a casual pair of slim-fit jeans. She looked warm and refreshing, but she was not much more mature than the interns in the office, enough to fish in troubled waters.

The location of the interview was set at a western restaurant in a five-star hotel, which Yu Nian had visited several years ago.The excellent location in the atrium on the second floor, the white tablecloth with gilt edge, the English name tag of the waiter on the chest, and the haircut is just right.What he likes the most is the wrought iron snack stand for afternoon tea. Its shape is different from that of other houses. The three brass feet are each inlaid with an amber glass, which makes the soufflé on the shallow bone china plate more delicious. a bit.

When it was nearly four o'clock, the two hurried there by taxi, and from a distance they could see the young prosecutors already seated and waiting.

Qiao Yang dragged Yu Nian into the room and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry for keeping you guys waiting for a long time, and there's a little traffic jam on the road."

The two prosecutors in front of them looked very calm. They stood up and bowed, and looked at them as if they had professional habits.

One of them was taller and had a healthy tan. He looked like a half-breed who had just returned from windsurfing in the Gulf States.

"Hello, my name is Lou Ming." He smiled with an Oxford accent, with a unilateral dimple on his face, "We just arrived, what do we want to drink?"

A gentleman's Alpha is recognizable at a glance.

The two from the magazine office felt embarrassed. Qiao Yang sat on the railing, and Yu Nian leaned on the aisle. The two agreed, "Lemonade."

After speaking, I couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

The four exchanged names, and Yu Nian and Qiao Yang handed over two more business cards.

The case to be discussed this time was revealed by the parties themselves to the magazine. The lawsuit is still going on, so we can only understand the situation first.Yu Nian wanted to take the recording pen she was carrying with her from her bag, but someone bumped her elbow in mid-air, and the recording pen accidentally flew half a meter away and landed in the gap under the sofa.

Just as he was about to pick it up, Lou Ming's prosecutor stopped him, "I'll do it." Without waiting for Yu Nian's consent, he squatted down and took out the recording pen between his fingers.

"Thank you." Yu Nian smiled at him.

The other party froze for a moment, and politely handed the pen back.

The two people next to them were short-tempered and lively, and soon they began to talk endlessly, from the cause of the case to the anecdotes of the court, leaving Lou Ming and Yu Nian sitting opposite each other, occasionally taking a sip of drink, the atmosphere was more like a blind date .

"Do you usually go out to work a lot?" Lou Ming opened the topic first.

Yu Nian shook his head, "It's not too much, at most once a week."

"No wonder you are so white." The prosecutor seemed to be quite interested in his skin color, "whiter than all Betas I have ever seen."

The way he speaks is also straightforward.

Yu Nian squeezed the straw uncomfortably, and asked, "How do you know I'm Beta?"

The other party pouted at the back of his neck, "You didn't wear a protective sticker."

Only then did Yu Nian understand.After he separated from Xiao Mocun, things like protective stickers disappeared from his life.He smiled and responded, "Does a prosecutor like you need to do a lot of field work?"

Refers to his skin color.

Lou Ming smiled, "That's not true, I got it from diving. Do you like swimming or diving?"

"Just yes, not to mention liking."

"Meeting is already considered rare. What do you usually do for pastimes?"

"Play with the cat, read a book, or write something by yourself."

The topic unfolded slowly like this.Chatting and chatting, Yu Nian also relaxed, unconsciously said a few more words, and talked together with the case discussion, and the scheduled hour came to an end in the blink of an eye, and a quarter of an hour passed.

At the end, Qiao Yang beside him was tired from laughing, "I just realized that your prosecutors are so funny, you are so full of witty words, it's too wasteful to use this kind of eloquence on suspects and judges!"

The two prosecutors were obviously very useful, and they laughed heartily and said, "You don't give up too much."

In just one afternoon, all four of them had a rare speculative feeling.

In such an environment, the corners of Yu Nian's mouth would rise slightly.It turns out that there are still many normal and polite Alphas in the world, why didn't I discover it before.

Before leaving, Qiao Yang raised his hand to ask the waiter to deliver the bill, but Lou Ming stood up before him and walked over to pay the bill.It was inconvenient for the other three to refuse, so they also packed their things and went out.

As soon as he walked down a few stairs, his forearm was suddenly slapped several times like a rubber ball.

"Look, someone seems to be coming."

Following Qiao Yang's words, the four of them leaned on the railing of the revolving staircase and looked down, and they saw four men and four women dressed in hotel uniforms standing at the gate respectfully waiting, their heads slightly lowered forward, and their left and right hands folded in front of their stomachs. .

Lou Ming seemed a little unaccustomed to coming back from abroad, Yun smiled and said, "What a big show."

At this time, if they went out directly, they would bump into this big man who didn't know their background, so the four of them stopped in tacit agreement, and no one continued to walk down.

This kind of scene is unfamiliar to others, but Yu Nian is not unfamiliar. In the past, the Yu family always had such things.There was a warm and soft smile on his face, his eyes subconsciously looked out of the glass door, and his whole body stiffened immediately after just one glance——

He saw a familiar silhouette.

It's Xiao Mocun.

I haven't seen him for five months, but Alpha seems to have lost a lot of weight. The suits on his body are meticulous. They are no longer the ones Yu Nian knows, and they look more stylish.His slender legs stepped down from the silver-gray car, and his shiny black leather shoes stepped on the ground. With a slight turn of the angle, he leaned out of the car.

The sunlight outside was like his street light, and he was accompanied by two assistants and subordinates, who followed him into the hall.The people on both sides bent down in unison, but they didn't make any sound, neither greeting nor address.

Yu Nian's hand on the railing tightened instantly, and his face changed instantly.

The turbine of memories shattered all the psychological defenses in advance, leaving behind a difficult reunion.Fear, disappointment, and discouragement, the emotions that had been frozen for a long time, melted again, and the calmness of the previous moment disappeared.

"Yu Nian, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as Qiao Yang said these words, Xiao Mocun downstairs suddenly stopped.

He raised his head suddenly, his eyes collided with Yu Nian.