Jiang Xiaoqiao's mood in the past two days has finally improved, and the relationship with Tongtong has been reconciled as before, most of the dark clouds shrouded in his heart have suddenly dispersed, and his originally thin cheeks have returned to their previous slightly baby fat appearance at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the pear vortex at the corners of his mouth is deeper when he laughs, but it is also more beautiful and moving.

After waving goodbye to Tongtong, she got into the taxi home. The weather was fine, and the rays of the setting sun were still a little dazzling until the evening. She held her cheeks and looked at the lively scenery outside the window with great interest.

The screen of the mobile phone that was placed next to it suddenly lit up, and a new message flashed on it. Jiang Xiaoqiao kept looking out the window and didn't notice. After a few seconds, the screen quickly went dark again.

By the time I got home, the sun had completely sunk. Jiang Xiaoqiao pushed the door and walked in, and heard a child's giggling.

Just as it was a little strange, Aunt Chen hurriedly walked out when she heard the sound of the door opening, and smiled a little embarrassedly when she saw Jiang Xiaoqiao: "Mrs. is back." After hesitating, he said cautiously: "My son and daughter-in-law can't pick up the child because of something in the past two days, so I will take him over first, and I will send him to the kindergarten." ”

Jiang Xiaoqiao stopped Aunt Chen: "No need Aunt Chen, let the child stay here for two days." He will be scared if he stays in kindergarten at night. ”

Aunt Chen smiled gratefully: "It's really bothering my wife." I'll send him to school early tomorrow morning, and I won't disturb my wife. ”

Jiang Xiaoqiao smiled and was about to speak, but saw a round ball of small meat stumbling over, and only when she almost hit Aunt Chen's leg did she stand firmly, and looked up at Jiang Xiaoqiao and smiled sweetly: "Hello, sister!"

Aunt Chen scolded softly with some embarrassment: "It's not big or small, do you want your wife to know?"

The little boy flattened his mouth and said aggrievedly: "But this sister is so young, she doesn't look like a wife at all." In the eyes of children, "wife" is used to refer to the middle-aged women in the big families on TV who are embarrassed all day long.

Before Aunt Chen could continue to speak, Jiang Xiaoqiao laughed out loud first, "It's okay to call it anything, I still like children to call me sister." ”

The little boy was happy again, his furry little head turned, and his little fat hand reached out to hold Jiang Xiaoqiao's hand, "Sister, will you accompany me to watch cartoons?"

The fleshy little hand was soft and glutinous in the palm of the hand, and Jiang Xiaoqiao couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, "Okay." ”

After watching cartoons with the little kid for a while, the two figures, one big and one small, nested on the sofa and ate a bunch of snacks before Jiang Xiaoqiao returned to his room. I came out of a shower, and then I picked up the mobile phone that I had thrown aside and flipped through it at random.

An unread message pops up, and it's from the end of the day. Jiang Xiaoqiao clicked on it, and a short line of text came into view.

"Eat with me tomorrow. I'll pick you up in the evening. ”

The tone is indifferent, without a trace of emotion and superfluous words. Just like the person who texted the person spoke.

Jiang Xiaoqiao was about to type, when a WeChat message popped up.

Xu Jinlang: Do you have time to eat together tomorrow night?

Xu Jinlang's light and warm smile appeared in front of him, and he looked like he appeared at the award ceremony that day. Jiang Xiaoqiao pursed his lips and replied, "I'm not available." I made an appointment with someone else. ”

The next second, the phone jumped back to the page of Fang Cai, Jiang Xiaoqiao thought about it, and typed a word back, "Okay." ”

Xu Jinlang stared down at the line of words that popped up in WeChat, and his long fingers swiped across the keyboard on the screen. The door opened, and the sound of heels on the floor became clear. With a movement of his fingers, the screen went black.

Jian Lan noticed his strange appearance as soon as she came in, but she still walked over and sat down quietly.

"What's the matter?" Xu Jinlang saw the visitor, raised his eyebrows and leaned back on the sofa behind him, his feet staggered on the coffee table, and he didn't seem to care about his image in front of the visitor.

Jian Lan got used to his casualness, leaned over and tidied up the slightly messy coffee table, and then said lightly: "The eldest young master just called over there and asked if you have time on the weekend to go golf with him and Vice President Zhou of Yujing Company." ”

Xu Jinlang frowned, and his tone was a little impatient: "I don't like golf again, what do you tell me to do?" ”

Jian Lan said: "The eldest young master said that he was going to talk to the other party about a few cooperation projects, and you should learn to take care of business matters, which is also what the master meant." ”

Xu Jinlang fiddled with his mobile phone and didn't raise his head: "Tell him that there are a lot of things in my consultation room, and I don't have time to go." ”

Jian Lan raised her eyes, her clear eyes under her short black hair were not shocked, and she was not half surprised by his reaction, "I know." He got up and walked out, leaving Xu Jinlang with a pretty and slender back.

Tongtong didn't stay long after work that day, and returned to her residence very early. Sitting in front of the mirror in the bedroom, she put on light makeup and prepared to go out. The mobile phone in the bag suddenly "buzzed", she put down the things in her hand, and when she saw the name of the caller ID, she couldn't help but wring her eyebrows.

The phone was connected, and the noisy voice over there was sent to the ears by the radio waves, and a young male voice overwhelmed the noisy voices around him: "Sister, where are you!"

Tongtong said while cleaning up the things on the table, "I'm going to go out for a meal." What about you? Why are you messing around over there?"

The previous male voice smiled "hehe": "Brother Hao and I are in a newly opened bar." He tried again flatteringly: "Sister, you can lend me some money, I've been a little tight lately." ”

Tongtong lowered his eyes and looked at the bag he was picking up, and threw it back on the table with some anger: "Who is Brother Hao? Don't fool around with any messy people, I finally bailed you out two days ago, why don't you stop?"

The person on the other end of the phone smiled nonchalantly: "It's a new friend of mine, don't worry, you won't cause trouble, let's get together with a few buddies." Sister, didn't you just have money two days ago, just borrow me a little, and people will give it to you anyway......"

Tongtong interrupted him suddenly: "I'll turn you around later, don't drink outside and make trouble." ”

The person on the other end was happy when he heard her first half of the sentence, and hung up the phone after casually agreeing a few times. Tongtong sat silently on the edge of the bed for a while, took out her mobile phone and transferred some money to her brother's bank account. I picked up the bag I had just picked up and walked out.

Taking a taxi to the downstairs of the royal court, Tongtong looked up at the inconspicuous entrance, there was no magnificent decoration at the gate, but there was a low-key luxury. She had heard of this place and had passed by it a few times, but had never walked into it. It's a place where only rich people can come.

After a pause, she walked in. As soon as she entered the hall, she was greeted by someone who politely asked her if she had an appointment.

Tongtong whispered a name, and the man nodded his head in agreement, and led her upstairs.

As she went up the stairs, she glanced at the door, and saw two doormen hurrying out, as if some big man was coming. Turning his head, he saw that the person leading the way was already standing at the top of the stairs, and when he saw Tongtong coming up, he owed and stretched out his hand to a private room at the end of the left direction.

Tongtong walked to the door, raised her hand and knocked with some trepidation, and after a while, someone opened the door. Tongtong looked up and saw that it was a young woman with heavy makeup and scantily clad clothes, looked her up and down, turned around and twisted in without speaking.

Tongtong followed. The smoke was thick inside, and she coughed lightly, and looked away in disgust. Inside, a man in his mid-forties in a suit and leather shoes sat on a sofa. The woman who opened the door for her returned to the couch and sat down next to the man.

Tongtong was a little timid, but plucked up the courage to speak, "This is Vice President Zhou." ”

The man glanced at her flirtatiously, looked at her enough, and then withdrew his gaze, and said with a smile: "Miss An Tongtong, is it? Sit down. ”

Tongtong squeezed the bag in her hand and sat down on the edge of the sofa opposite the man. The young woman in his arms was laughing softly and stopped talking to her. Tongtong clenched her fists, her face a little pale.

She waited a little longer, bit her lip, and finally spoke:

"What Vice President Zhou promised me, I don't know if you still remember?"

The man seemed to notice her again, put down the wine glass and smiled politely: "Of course I haven't forgotten." It's just that I was happy for a while, ignoring the business, Miss An, don't mind. The woman next to her got up and walked out. He reached out and picked up a suitcase from the ground on the side of the couch.

"This is the honorarium promised to Miss An. He put the box on the table, and Tongtong heard a dull sound before he was relieved a little.

The people of Yujing Group promised her the money, and she had to advance some money to Vice President Zhou in advance to bail him out because of her brother's fight. For the rest, she chose to ask for cash out of prudence.

Tongtong stretched out his hand to pull the box over, but the person opposite made a move and held down the box. Tongtong looked up in bewilderment.

Vice President Zhou took a puff of cigarette, looked at Tongtong's expression and smiled: "However, Miss An has to promise me one thing." ”

Tongtong's heart thumped, and the hypocritical smiling face of the person opposite was full of conspiracy and calculation. She forced herself to compose: "What's the matter?"

Vice President Zhou tapped his fingers lightly on the box a few times, "The award-winning design of Yujing is from the hands of the newcomers we discovered. This can only be the case. But if anyone finds any clues," he stared into Tongtong's eyes, "then this matter has nothing to do with the Yujing Group." Do you understand?"

The sweat in Tongtong's palms came out. Naturally, she understood what he meant. If someone really finds out that the design drawings were stolen, then this crime will never fall on the head of the Yujing Group, but will only be carried by her.

"I know. Tongtong's voice was a little astringent.

Vice President Zhou smiled with satisfaction: "I'm just a reminder." Miss Ann is a smart person. ”

"It's good to do it yourself. ”