This Damned Sweetness

Early the next morning, Cheng Lang slowly opened his eyes in the alarm bell at Lishan Mansion in Xinglin Bay.

The bedroom was dimly lit, as if a person's thoughts were chaotic after a hangover. He reached out to the bedside table and pressed the button on the wall. The blackout curtain slowly moved away, and the dazzling morning light shone in through the gauze curtain.

Cheng Lang closed his eyes, adjusted to the light, rubbed his eyebrows and recalled what ridiculous things he had done last night. When he sighed and laughed at the ridiculous level, he seemed to retrieve some important information from his memory, and the action of rubbing his eyebrows stopped suddenly.

When Gao Rui knocked on the door and walked into the cloakroom, he saw that he was sorting the cufflinks in front of the full-length mirror. At first glance, his expression was plain and plain. Upon closer inspection, there was a rare spring breeze between the brows, which made people wonder, isn’t it? The spirit of wine last night hasn't completely passed away-

Later last night, Gao Rui received a second call from Xu Qiao, asking the driver to pick Cheng Lang to go home.

After receiving the person, the driver tremblingly reported to him, saying that Cheng Lang had a gentle spring breeze and a sunny smile on his way home. I wonder if something happened...

What can happen? It's not **** love yet.

Gao Ruisi did not panic, and even had a refreshment.

After asking the boss early, he picked up the tablet and was about to report on today’s itinerary, but he saw Cheng Lang made a press gesture: "I will emphasize again with the various departments, except for the exact executable plan. As a result, I don’t want to hear any discussion process in which every thought comes out, and the chicken and the duck talk nonsense."

Gao Rui's heart shuddered, he saw the date displayed in the upper right corner of the tablet, quickly realized, said "understand", and proposed: "The meeting is guaranteed to be over before six o'clock, are you optimistic?"

Cheng Lang lightly buckled the watch strap: "Five thirty."

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Xu Qiao received Cheng Lang's usual good morning greetings while brushing her teeth.

Holding an electric toothbrush in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, she looked at the smooth screen, trying to see a flower from the twelve strokes of two characters and a period-is this remembered or not? remember?

Before she was uncertain about the situation, she did not blindly reply. When she finished washing and putting on makeup, she finally received the next message from the other side who couldn't hold back: "The sober soup is delicious."

Xu Qiao's eyebrows picked up slightly.

Cheng Lang followed another: "I will pick you up after get off work."

Xu Qiao's eyebrows hung higher.

Soon, the other side added a very strong desire to survive: "Okay?"

Xu Qiao put aside the eyeshadow palette, moved her delicate finger, and sent a message: "It depends on the mood."

Cheng Lang: "Good."

Alas, so serious, I suddenly miss the drunken version of Cheng Lang last night.

Xu Qiao thought for a while, and searched for an emoticon that she didn't use too much, a little rabbit gnawing carrots, and sent it over: "Hmm.jpg"

Then before Cheng Lang was ecstatic because of her well-being, she added a text explanation: "If you use the above emoji to express "good", it will give Princess Xu a bonus point."

The opposite was silent.

After waiting for three minutes, nothing happened.

Xu Qiao shook her head, feeling very boring, but she didn't expect to receive the news when she put her phone down disappointed.

Cheng Lang: "Yeah. jpg"

Cheng Lang: "Search for tutorials on adding and sending emoticons for a while, wait a long time."

"..."

——

Princess Xu's mood was indeed added to the points. All employees of the Burg Jewelry Studio share this point.

Since the end of the spring break, Xu Qiao has been busy working "noble and glamorous" in the studio. She did not see her sticky holding her mobile phone, nor did she see Cheng Lang picking up and down from get off work. Although everyone did not dare to ask, they all secretly came to a conclusion. , I think there should be some conflict between the two.

But today's Xu Qiao looked refreshed and full of spirits, and a kind of beloved hormone was exuding all over his body. Combined with the date of February 14, everyone Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief. People are coaxed.

After a long period of low air pressure, the studio recovered to be sunny. When everyone was sitting in the lobby sofa area for afternoon tea, they finally dared to talk about the boss.

Seeing that Xu Qiao hadn’t come downstairs, Su Shan whispered: "Hey, did you see the news from two minutes ago? The boss and his group are so powerful, they actually acquired Long An! Long An is also a very old department store. Got it!"

Cheng Lang's identity and background were not disclosed to the people in the studio, but after appearing alongside Xu Qiao at the High Jewelry Show in London, the secret is no longer a secret after media reports.

As early as the spring break, a few girls had already met each other and wept bitterly. They said that they had a meal with the president of a group with assets of nearly trillions.

"Isn't Lan Chen also doing department stores? Why did he buy another department store?" Pi Dan asked puzzledly.

"I don't understand this. The news is too long. I didn't read it carefully just now," Su Shan said.

"Probably it's the principle of big fish eating small fish," Rosa is a little acquainted. "Now the department store industry is in a recession, and every family is trying to find a way out. Holding a group for heating will only freeze to death at the end. It is better to swallow the small ones together. Live one."

"Yes, it is said in the report that Lanchen plans to pilot a new department store model."

"The commercial value of this merger seems to be very high. Is it our boss's credit?" Rosa asked in a low voice, "I heard that the boss was parachuted to Lanchen last year. Does this mean that he won it directly?"

"Then I don't know." Su Shan took out his mobile phone and called up the news page, "Hey, look at it for yourself, I don't understand those professional terms."

Rosa took the phone, swiped her index finger on the screen to read the report, and paused when she pulled down a media photo.

The photo is the scene of the signing ceremony. In the middle of the first row of the audience, Cheng Lang and a young woman are standing side by side.

According to the introduction below the photo, the young woman in the picture is Miss He Yuxuan, the granddaughter of the chairman of Long An Department Store.

This is not the point, nor is it surprising. For such a grand signing ceremony, it is only natural for the grandchildren's representatives from both sides to attend the signing ceremony. Moreover, the expressions and movements of the two are very businesslike, and the seats are separated by a normal half-arm distance.

But the problem lies in the focus of the media reports. The narratives below the photos, such as ambiguous terms such as "Lang Cai Nv Appearance" and "Perfect Combination", make people have to trigger some irrelevant associations after reading them.

"What is it?" Rosa pulled down the report, "Why does this mean that, behind Lanchen's acquisition of Long'an, it is because the two grandchildren are married?"

Su Shan and Lin Bai looked shocked: "Who will marry whom?"

"Who else can?"

The two looked at the news: "No, is the news accurate?"

"The exact is not exact, but the implication is obvious."

"No..." Su Shan was startled, "Isn't the boss in love with our sister Yu Li?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a burst of grumpy high-heeled shoes suddenly came from above her head.

Everyone slowly raised their heads, looked towards the ceiling-the direction of the studio, and swallowed nervously.

In the studio, Xu Qiaozheng sneered while walking frantically on high heels.

"ten."

"nine."

"Eight."

She held her mobile phone high and counted down, counting from "ten" to "three", from furious to angry: "Two..."

The phone vibrated when the word "一" was about to fall, and the screen showed an incoming call from "dog man".

Xu Qiao laughed and nodded: "Count you into the deadline." Then, he took a deep breath, connected to the phone, and said straightforwardly without waiting for the other person to speak, "You'd better give me a complete one in three sentences." explanation of."

On the other side of the phone, Cheng Lang seemed to be relieved about her willingness to answer the phone.

He immediately said: "The marriage is made out of nothing by the media. I have no ambiguity with this Miss He."

"The first sentence." Xu Qiao counted down coldly.

"The media is made out of nothing by instructing. This is a business matter. It is aimed at me, not you."

"The second sentence."

"I promise that within ten minutes, the entire network report will be removed, and there will be no such image."

"Ten minutes is not enough to swell your girl... ex-girlfriend's face?" Xu Qiao stomped and stomped in place. "I have already seen everything that should and shouldn't be seen. What if the report is withdrawn? Isn’t it awesome? The media bulletin will not let the public relations team scrutinize it and dare to release it. Do you think my hair is too black and beautiful, and you have to smear me? I'm cuckold, I'm just a joke!"

When Xu Qiao said this, the more I thought about it, the more I was wronged: "People originally guessed that you and I were playing casually, but now it's fine, the media will name you by name and say that you are the right one. Who would know that this is someone? Behind the scenes, everyone must think that the draft was released after the group confirmed that it was correct! And today is Valentine's Day!"

"I was wrong, I was negligent," Cheng Lang said in a low voice, "I will come to you the first time after the meeting is over. Let's solve this problem together, okay?"

"Not good!" Xu Qiao said categorically, "I don't want to see you today, cancel the cancellation, cancel the meeting!"

Cheng Lang wanted to say something, Xu Qiao had already hung up.

Outside the meeting room, Gao Rui, who had just given Cheng Lang’s instructions, hurried over: “Mr. Cheng, the report has been withdrawn, and the group’s internal report is also being drafted. It is expected to be confirmed and issued before get off work.”

Cheng Lang's forehead blue veins jumped suddenly, closing his eyes and calming down for a moment: "The external handling is not enough."

"You said." Gao Rui looked at him in fear.

"Contact He's family and publish a joint statement to refute the rumors."

"Understand." Gao Rui nodded, looked at the phone in his hand hesitantly, and whispered, "Miss Xu?"

Cheng Lang let out a sigh of relief.

This kind of thing cannot be solved by the mouth. Before he completely dealt with the problem, he blindly called her and sent messages, and he couldn't stand up.

"Don't bother her, take care of things first." He didn't know whether he was reminding Gao Rui or himself.

——

Two hours later, the sky gradually darkened. When it was close to the end of get off work hours, the three girls in the studio saw that the studio door was closed, worried that Xu Qiao was bored in the room and could not think about it, so they sent Lin Bai as a representative to investigate the situation.

Lin Bai knocked on the door of the studio anxiously, and no one responded. He stood downstairs and looked at the floor-to-ceiling window of the studio, but no one was seen. He worriedly took the spare key.

As soon as they opened the door of the studio, Lin Bai, Su Shan and Rosa were stunned.

There was a pile of messy drawing paper on the floor of the studio. Xu Qiaozheng stood in front of the easel with a pen in his left hand and a pen in his right hand, creating passionately—drawing a...a dog that eats **** with relish?

Xu Qiao looked back and saw the three of them, and did not conceal the unquenched anger: "What's the matter?"

Lin Bai cleared his throat: "Oh, that, we..."

"Just say it straight," Rosa said in a straightforward temper, "have you quarreled with the boss? If you are in a bad mood, go out with us to eat something delicious?"

In the same way, Zhu Li just called and asked once, even Yu Jin, who was far away in Italy, saw the news and sent a message to care about her.

"No, let's get off work." Xu Qiao waved her hand and saw the sympathetic eyes of the three, and added, "I'm waiting for someone to come and admit my mistake!"

She didn't want to be regarded as an abandoned woman by everyone, no matter whether Cheng Lang came or not, she would find her place first.

Su Shan suddenly realized: "Oh, the boss will come over in a while?"

"The principle of my love relationship is to never bow his head after a fight. He does not kneel and knock, but does he expect me to urge and invite four?"

The three looked at each other and found that the situation seemed to be different from what they had expected, and they retreated without worry.

Xu Qiao continued to draw the dog complainingly, and as soon as he picked up the pen, he suddenly heard Su Shan's excited voice from the stairs: "Look, look, the boss and their group official blog issued a statement!"

She put aside the pen, picked up the phone, and searched the official blog of the Lanchen Group.

A new top Weibo posted a quarter of an hour ago: "Solemn statement: This afternoon, some media did not approve the facts, using ambiguous and ambiguous terms to misinterpret the signing of the M&A agreement between Lanson Group and Longan Department Store. And false reports have seriously affected the reputation of our company and the parties involved. Our company reserves the right to take legal rights protection measures against relevant media that publish false information."

On the other side, Long An also issued a similar statement at the same time.

Xu Qiao's breath eased slightly in her heart. She was about to click in to read the comments, and then she pulled down, and first saw a Weibo that the official blog liked five minutes ago.

A Weibo belonging to a male star in the entertainment industry that is incompatible with the group’s painting style: "@何与璇——this is my girlfriend, please don’t make mistakes, thank you."

Is this the rich boyfriend of Long An coming out to declare sovereignty?

Xu Qiao was stunned, clicked into the male star's Weibo, and saw a bunch of ghost cries and wolves howling at his broken girlfriend fans.

However, there is another hot comment with a unique style: "What kind of fairy boyfriends are they? The parties on both sides are so funny, pointing to Lulan's official blog to top the Weibo hot comment."

The reply below this comment is a refreshing screen: "Why did you follow our brother when you started business? @兰臣集团"

Xu Qiao was taken aback again and returned to the Weibo posted by Lan Chen.

The first hot comment is the official blog's statement: "@berg jewelry studio-this studio where our Xiao Cheng's girlfriend is located, please don't make a mistake, thank you."

Following this comment, Berg Jewelry Studio immediately replied with three emojis: "[smiles][smiles][smiles]"

Immediately afterwards, the Lanchen Group: "[kneeled] [kneeled][kneeled]"

"..."

At the same time, new WeChat messages popped up.

Cheng Lang: "I'm sorry, baby, I've been wronged, do you think this is satisfactory?"