After Tong Xinyan left the office, Liu Chen did not continue to call Xiaodong in to talk, otherwise the two of them would have too obvious intentions and a bad impact, so he planned to invite Xiaodong to have a meal after work, talk about this matter at the dinner table, and enlighten him.

On the first day of returning to the company, there were a lot of things at hand, Liu Chen and Wu Sheng handed over the work at hand, learned about the latest dynamic information, and tried to let themselves enter the work state in the least amount of time, so as not to drag everyone back.

In the midst of being busy, it is unconsciously time to get off work, in fact, for the boss, there is no time to commute, and you have to do something, no matter what time it is.

Liu Chen finished sorting out the things at hand, walked out of the office and went outside, and found that only Xiaodong and Tong Xinyan were still working overtime in the office, he stood outside the window and watched for a while, Tong Xinyan got up to pack up his things and prepared to get off work, but Xiaodong on the opposite side didn't pay attention to it at all, and didn't even say hello.

Tong Xinyan got up with a backpack on his back and walked to the door, Liu Chen had to pretend to be going in, the moment he opened the door, Tong Xinyan was startled, and greeted Liu Chen after reacting: "Eh, Mr. Liu is good." ”

"Getting off work?" Liu Chen asked politely.

"Hmm. Tong Xinyan also nodded politely.

"Have you eaten dinner?"

"No, I'm going to eat now. ”

"He's in for a treat?"

Tong Xinyan understood who Liu Chen was referring to, and bowed his head shyly and replied, "Hmm." ”

Liu Chen patted Tong Xinyan's shoulder and told him with concern: "Go ahead, pay attention to safety on the road." ”

Seeing Tong Xinyan's back disappear at the end of the corridor, Liu Chen pushed the door in, Xiaodong thought it was Tong Xinyan back, turned his head to look, and found that it was Liu Chen.

"Mr. Liu, why are you here?" Xiaodong asked in surprise when he saw Liu Chen walk in.

Liu Chen walked in and looked at the entire office, and asked with a smile, "You're alone, and you're still working overtime?"

"Well, get the job done at hand, and I'll have peace of mind tomorrow. Xiaodong continued to tap on the keyboard.

Liu Chen walked over, looked at Xiaodong's computer screen, and said, "This thing still has a week to go, so you don't have to rush so much." ”

"It's fine. ”

"Feeling bad?" Liu Chen saw Xiaodong's depressed face, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, I'll invite you to drink." ”

Xiaodong was thinking about borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, but Liu Chen invited him at the right time, and Xiaodong no longer refused, and promised: "Okay, wait for my information to be saved." ”

Xiaodong sorted out his work, picked up a coat, and followed Liu Chen to the door.

Liu Chen wanted to call Shang Wusheng, but after thinking about it, the main purpose of this drinking party was to enlighten Xiaodong's feelings, and it was better to talk alone, so he put down the phone.

Xiao Dong didn't say anything along the way, kept his head down and played with his mobile phone, but the emotions on his face obviously didn't feel the slightest joy because of the content on the phone, Liu Chen glanced at it, as if he was flipping through the chat history, so he smiled bitterly and didn't bother him anymore.

Liu Chen took Xiaodong to the old place, people come and go to the food stalls, today's business here is better, it is lively, the boss Uncle Tang is busy, Tang Xishi also came here to help.

Liu Chen parked the car and walked to the house with Xiaodong, he took the initiative to greet Uncle Tang and them: "Uncle Tang, Shishi, business is very good today." ”

Uncle Tang was frying the pot, looked up and saw Liu Chen coming, and hurriedly greeted enthusiastically: "Yo, it's Xiao Liu, come on, come and sit." ”

Tang Xishi saw Liu Chen coming, put down the work in his hand and came to Liu Chen's side to entertain them, "Brother Liu, bring your friends together." ”

"Well, come over and have some drinks, hehe, the people next door haven't come to trouble recently, right?" Liu Chen asked, looking at the food stall with the door closed.

Tang Xishi glanced at it disdainfully: "No, it's been closed for a long time." ”

"Well, bring us a case of beer, a plate of peanuts, a plate of fried beef, a plate of cashew nuts, a pig's trotter, ten duck feet, and four duck heads. Liu Chen doesn't even need to look at the menu, these are the dishes he orders every time he comes, and the dishes here are all in his heart.

Tang Xishi wrote down these dishes from Liu Chenbao in his notebook, and then suggested: "Okay, Brother Liu, there are a lot of people today, and the box is full, why don't you go upstairs?"

"Don't bother, just sit outside and eat and drink. With that, Liu Chen took Xiaodong and walked to a corner of the tent set up at the door.

Liu Chen and Xiaodong sat down in a side position, this side was in the tuyere, it was cooler, and with a few bottles of cold beer, it felt too cool.

Liu Chen, as a distinguished guest here, gave priority to the dishes, and soon a large table of dishes was served, and Liu Chen found that in addition to the dishes he ordered, Uncle Tang also added a few dishes that have been selling well recently.

"Brother Liu, I'll go and get busy first, just call me if there's anything you want. ”

"Okay, let's get busy, hehe. ”

Liu Chen picked up the chopsticks, and when he saw Xiaodong still holding his mobile phone with his head down, he picked up a duck head and put it in his bowl, "Xiaodong, you can eat it." ”

"Oh, good. Xiaodong's thoughts were suddenly pulled back, and he hurriedly put away his mobile phone and thanked Liu Chen: "Thank you, Mr. Liu." ”

Liu Chen opened a bottle of beer and handed it to Xiaodong: "I know you're in a bad mood, borrow wine to kill your sorrows, I'll accompany you." ”

Xiaodong was stunned for a moment with the wine bottle, it turned out that his emotions were so obvious, he had already been seen by Liu Chen, this wine was also set up for himself, so there was no reason to refuse, he poured wine into his cup, and raised it to Liu Chen in the first sip: "Mr. Liu, I respect you, thank you for taking care of me." ”

Liu Chen raised his glass and touched Xiaodong's wine glass, but he was not in a hurry to drink it, he said with a smile: "You are the person who Brother Zhang asked me to be, and I should take care of you, and also, in private, you can call me brother directly, you call me Mr. Liu, it feels like there is a difference between high and low." ”

"...... like this" Xiaodong has always called Liu Chen Mr. Liu, out of the company, in fact, there are not many intersections, and he was the same when he was mixed with Zhang Zhiming before, so Liu Chen suddenly made this request, and he didn't know whether to agree for a while.

"I'm like this, I like to make friends and be brothers, to be honest, I admire you a lot, you were able to block the knife for your face at the beginning. ”

Liu Chen naturally brought the topic to his theme tonight, and Xiaodong's state was also obvious, because of the relationship with Tong Xinyan, he couldn't concentrate on work, although he still wanted to numb himself by working non-stop, but the result was counterproductive, and he had to dredge it from his heart to be able to get through this hurdle.

Xiaodong heard Liu Chen mention the matter of blocking the knife for Tong Xinyan, there was a faint pain in his back, and his hand unconsciously touched the scar on his back, and then the pain spread to his chest, becoming more and more intense, and the scene at that time clearly appeared in front of his eyes, and the memory of a moment was so profound.

"Hehe, it's all over. After a while, Xiaodong smiled wryly and said in a pretending to be chic.

"This kind of thing will be engraved in my heart for a lifetime and will never pass. Liu Chen knew very well that Xiaodong was an excuse for self-comfort, Tong Xinyan was a girl who was willing to block the knife for him without even thinking about it, if there was no deep love, how could he react at that moment.

Xiaodong suddenly raised his head and poured himself a glass of beer, grunted and toasted, put down the wine glass and then filled the wine glass, repeated the action just now, poured two glasses in a row, and finally gasped for breath, becoming more and more excited, his lips were still stained with beer foam, but there were already tears flashing in his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Chen also drank a glass of wine, and then said: "Today, just the two of us, if there is any bitterness in our hearts, just say it, don't hold it in your heart." ”

Mr. Liu...... Brother Liu, actually...... Actually, my relationship with Xinyan is ...... It's already broken. Xiaodong began to tell Liu Chen about the troubles and depression in his heart, and it could be seen that his heart was very painful and difficult at the moment.

Liu Chen took a peanut and said while chewing: "Almost everyone in the entire Xingchen knows it, and of course I know it, but I want to hear the reason behind it." ”

Xiaodong smiled awkwardly and whispered, "Hehe, is it?" ”

Liu Chen glanced at Xiaodong: "You guys are so obvious, you were so glue like paint before, but now you are like a stranger, who can't see it." ”

Xiaodong shook his head helplessly: "Hehe, actually...... To be honest, I didn't want to break up, she took the initiative to break up. ”

"Then you just agreed?" Liu Chen continued to guide Xiao Dong down.

"Of course I tried to make amends, but she was resolute and ...... And she's now very close to another guy, so I'll have to let go. When Xiaodong said that he could only let go, he picked up and put down the wine glass, as if he was portraying his inner emotions.

"The man you're talking about is her classmate. ”

Xiaodong nodded and continued: "Yes, in the process of dating her, I have always respected her decision, and over time it seems that she is stronger, just take this breakup as an example, she proposed to break up, I have no room for anything, I can't change any reality, unless she comes back one day." ”

Liu Chen heard that Xiaodong's words still had an expectation of Tong Xinyan, and tried to confirm: "She took the initiative to come back, and you are still willing to accept her, right?"

Xiaodong replied without hesitation: "Because I love her." ”

Liu Chen knew that Xiaodong's words were true thoughts from the heart, but not all those he loved would be reciprocated with the same love, he thought for a while, and said slowly: "Actually, love, don't be so humble, I mean, you can't stupidly wait for her to make any decisions, but take the initiative to pursue it." ”