Guan Chengqing's family lives in an apartment community in the eastern suburbs of S City, and I heard that it was bought before marriage.

However, since he got married, he has never invited me to the door.

Ringing the bell, I saw that it was a woman who opened the door. She was mediocre in appearance. Low-brow pleasing to the eye. I guess it should be Guan Chengqing's unrevealed wife.

"Hello sister-in-law. I handed the fruit in my hand, trying to smile as naturally as possible.

The woman nodded at me, but didn't speak. Just made a gesture of please, and then enthusiastically leaned over to find slippers for Su Xihang and me.

And at the moment when she lowered her head, I could clearly see that this woman's neck and part of the skin on her waist and back had the kind of scars that Shu Ting had said before.

"Don't change it, just step in like that. "This time. Guan Chengqing walked out of the bedroom. I saw that he looked good, but the arm hanging from his shoulder was slightly embarrassed.

"Su ......"

He looked at Su Xihang. It should have been a little recognizable before confirming, "Oh, it's Professor Su." ”

"Hehe, I'll take the place of you Mr. Su to condolence Manager Guan. Su Xihang laughed.

"How dare you do this, please take a seat. Guan Chengqing asked his wife to pour us tea, and I looked around a little reservedly: "Eh, didn't you see it?"

"Oh, I was injured during this time, and Xiaojuan couldn't take care of it alone, so I sent the child to the morning nursery school first. Guan Chengqing replied.

I sighed regretfully, and said that I had brought a stuffed animal with me, thinking that I would give her a gift for my little niece for the first time.

"You're welcome, Doudiu is a tomboy, and he really doesn't like this kind of thing. Guan Chengqing glanced at the plush seven-star ladybug I put on the sofa and said with a smile.

"How did Manager Guan get this injury?" Su Xihang looked around: "I heard Luo Qi say that he fell from the stairs?"

"Oh. Guan Chengqing turned his face and didn't have too much expression: "When I went out to take out the garbage, I stepped on the air." ”

"There's an elevator on the eighth floor of your house, right?" Su Xihang's tone seemed to be casual, but in fact, it pierced the blind spot.

"Someone moved that day and took it. I thought that I was exercising, so I went downstairs and walked two steps, but I didn't expect to step on the air......

Hehe, it doesn't matter. The doctor said that the position was not tricky, and it was restored in a few months. ”

The first round ended, ending with Guan Chengqing persuading Su Xihang to eat fruit.

His wife, Shang Xiaojuan, came over and cut a plate of fresh watermelon, smiled and handed it to me. I said thank you, but she didn't say you're welcome.

I was a little strange and looked to the side at Sussihang. The man didn't seem to have anything, but privately waved his hand at me under the coffee table. I suddenly realized a very, very unbelievable problem -

This Shang Xiaojuan, could it be...... Can't speak!

Her throat was connected to her shoulder blades, and the scar was obvious, and the dead flesh was overflowing. The connective tissue and skin fibers are probably already in a group.

At this point, I also realized that it seemed a little rude for me to stare at people like this.

I heard Guan Chengqing cough lightly twice: "Xiaojuan, go buy some food and come back." Luo Qi, they rarely came, so they stayed for lunch——"

said. He took a page of sticky notes on the table, wrote a few menus with his right hand, which was still intact, and handed it to Shang Xiaojuan.

I said again and again that no, no, no trouble. I'll just take a look at your injuries, and we'll leave if it's fine.

"Hehe, if Manager Guan is kind and difficult, it doesn't hurt to stay. It just so happens that I still have some academic questions that I want to ask you for. ”

Su Xihang accepted it without saying a word, I thought he should have his own plans, so he didn't say anything more.

"It's so embarrassing for me to have Professor Su ask for advice. Guan Chengqing still maintained a very gentle expression: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

In fact, it was nothing, Su Xihang was holding a watermelon peel and deliberately bypassed the coffee table and threw it into the trash.

A few steps, a few seconds, I made sure he had scanned the whole living room.

"That's right, during this time, I was hired to give a lecture at Zhongke. Often take some internal R&D topics of the company as an example," Su Xihang looked at Guan Chengqing and said: "I wonder if Manager Guan still remembers the propatotropium bromide project?"

"Oh, that's what you're talking about......" Guan Chengqing thought for a while: "Well, it should be the year before last, oh no, last year, right? It seems that the drug has chronic myocarditis and fibrous tremor lesions in clinical trials, so that it failed."

At that time, the project was immediately stopped by Professor Luo after discovering adverse reactions. Speaking of which, I'm also a little responsible. It was probably the first thirty days of uncleanliness of the Petri dish, which led to experimental errors.

As a leader, I failed to detect the abnormality in time, which caused the whole team to waste more than a month of hard work. Why, Professor Su is interested in this medicine?"

"Not really. Su Xihang said: "Theoretically speaking, this propatotropium bromide was developed by Chinese science and has never been put on the market. So can I judge that only Zhongke has internal inventory. ”

Guan Chengqing looked at Su Xihang blankly: "That's right, but since it has been determined to be a toxic side effect product harmful to the human body." The project has already been destroyed after the end, how can there still be inventory?"

"That's just as well. Su Xihang shrugged his shoulders: "I heard that Zhongke seems to have a tendency to transform for more than a year, and most of the therapeutic prescription drugs are far from having a market and profitability for health care, so at the end of last year, a workshop was set aside to expand the production and launch of this field."

And projects like propatopyrrolate seem to have not been started again for a long time.

Last time I went to the drug warehouse to check, the latest batch of liquid bromine raw materials seems to be produced a year ago. ”

Guan Chengqing nodded and said yes: "After all, the company is a legal person with the goal of maximizing profits. What kind of development strategy is indicated by the above. When we do R&D, we all come with project orders. Hehe, as long as we don't make drugs. ”

I interjected, "Just kidding." Back then, with my father, even if there was a little unqualified side effect of the finished product, he, the iron-faced and selfless Luo Qingtian, would never enter the market by drugs. ”

"Yes, so in the past year or so, the health care products launched by Zhongke have increased their market share by 30 points. Even some unsalable products will be distributed to employees as benefits. Guan Chengqing pointed to the bottles and cans on the cabinet, what vitamin C, what deep-sea fish oil, protein powder, spirulina and the like.

"These things, let's say something inside, you may not be able to eat much health, but you can't eat the dead, right? ”

"That's not necessarily ......" Su Xihang said quietly, not to mention that Guan Chengqing was startled, even I was startled.

"Hehe, I just remembered a case where there was a nanny who was lazy and always stole from the owner's house. Once, I stuffed all the ginseng into my mouth, and in the end, my heart was almost burned, and my seven orifices bled to death. ”

I poked Su Xihang with my elbow, and said in my heart that we were also here to visit the patient. Even if there is some other purpose, don't you cite such a bloody and horrific case?

The expression on Guan Chengqing's face was a little unnatural, more than half an hour had passed, although Su Xihang's question was neither humble nor arrogant, but no matter how it sounded, it seemed to be a little too active to attack.

I know that Guan Chengqing has been an orphan since he was a child, and he is really a delicate person with a better heart than Bigan, how can he not see that little doorway. I was afraid that he would be suspicious if it continued like this, so I quickly changed the subject: "Anyway, that... Do you really want to come to work next week? There was an important department meeting on Tuesday, and Mr. Su said that the 'Health Star' might be listed early. ”

"Well, I'll go to it. Luo Qi ...... "When it comes to health stars, Guan Chengqing is just as embarrassed as me.

I smiled and explained that you don't have to think about it anymore. I have already transferred all the manuscripts of my father's materials to Mr. Tang.

"What?" the expression on Guan Chengqing's face was slightly surprised.

"Didn't you tell me? Mr. Tang suspected that my father had not announced all the results, and now that I have expressed my clear will, is it okay to hand over all the things that should be handed over?" I said nonchalantly.

"Did Mr. Tang say anything?" Guan Chengqing sighed, his face was a little strange: "Luo Qi, in fact, I ...... It's just a guess about Mr. Tang's intentions. He hadn't told me before. As you know, since Mr. Luo's death, the position of our R&D director has been vacant. Now the senior manager of the second department is also gone, and I ......"

He didn't say the latter words, but I also understood, and at that moment I really couldn't help but sigh that I really never understood Guan Chengqing.

I always thought that words like humble gentleman gentle Ruyu were used to describe a man like him, but I didn't expect that for the sake of so-called power and reputation, he would also do such a thing as patting the boss's ass.

"I heard that the senior manager of your second department is also very recognized in terms of ability and qualifications, right?" Su Xihang was silent for a long time, but when he spoke, I was a little confused.

From the moment we entered the door to the present, the two of us agreed in advance and never mentioned Xiao Li's affairs. But I don't understand what Su Xihang's side knocks are as the starting point.

I don't know Gao Bing, the manager of the second department, very well, but I've heard a few things about him.

Forty years old, married, with a house and a loan, an old mother and children. Life is stressful, and the personality is more angry. It is said that his skills are quite good, and his years in Zhongke are not short. It should not be difficult to understand that such a person chooses to change jobs because he feels that there is no development prospect within the company.

"Mr. Gao is indeed a rare talent, and I think it's a pity that he was poached by Kanglin Group like this. Guan Chengqing's answer was not painful: "But everyone has their own ambitions, in case there is a higher salary somewhere else, I may not be able to resist the temptation, hehe." "Beans to the side.

With a sound of the door opening, Shang Xiaojuan returned.

At the end of this second round of encounters, I still couldn't see if I had the upper hand with Su Xihang.

Shang Xiaojuan came in with a basket full of vegetables, and there was still no other expression on her face except for a gentle smile.

Su Xihang got up: "I'm really sorry, I suddenly remembered that there was something to do, so I will leave today." Another day, I invited Manager Guan to come to the house, and I cooked it myself. ”

Although Guan Chengqing was stunned for a moment, he didn't say anything to stay. The act of hanging an arm and insisting on sending me downstairs made me feel a little unhappy.

"Luo Qi," he called me, but his eyes were on Su Xihang.

I know what he means, it's something to say to me alone.

So Su Xihang took the car keys from me and said to help me reverse the car first.

"My wife, Shang Xiaojuan, is my fellow countryman," Ms. Kwan said, "and when she was a child, her home was hit by a fire, which caused damage to her vocal cords and she couldn't speak."

Over the years, I have been in correspondence, and the year before last I met her when I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors. Is there such a thing as feelings...... Since I thought it was appropriate, we were together.

I'm not afraid of gossip, it's just ...... Luo Qi, you are Shu Ting's friend, and many things are better for you than for me to say in person. She's a good girl, but it's a pity I ......."

I said I understood, my sister-in-law seems to be a good woman who is virtuous and virtuous, treat her well.

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"Su Xihang, are you going to be silent all the way?" While waiting for the red light, I pushed Su Xihang's arm: "You asked Guan Chengqing a lot of strange questions, to be honest, I can't understand what you mean."

Hey, don't hide it from me, since you want to follow me into this muddy water, dig out what you're thinking and give it to me. ”

"There are so many that I don't know where to start. Su Xihang stared ahead, looked at a long queue of traffic, and finally reluctantly turned off the fire.

I said that it's blocked anyway, it's blocked, you can say whatever you want.

"First of all, her wife, it's understandable that she can't speak, but she can't write is really ......"

What did I say? You say his wife can't write?

"Well, I noticed that when Guan Chengqing was writing a shopping list for Shang Xiaojuan, Shang Xiaojuan put it in the money bag without even looking at it. I can't be mistaken about the strange and blank look on her face. ”

I said so what, maybe people are like Guan Chengqing said. The woman had been in the country and hadn't read much—

"Oh no," I suddenly realized: "Guan Chengqing clearly told me just now that he and Shang Xiaojuan passed the letter!"

"So...... Rather than saying that Shang Xiaojuan is Guan Chengqing's wife, I think she is more like a casually hired person, who can't speak, can't write, and can't reveal any secrets...... Maid. ”

I gasped: "This ...... It's ridiculous. ”

Su Xihang didn't answer my words, and continued to talk about his clue fragment: "The second point is that there is a three-wheeled stroller in the corner of Guan Chengqing's room, which obviously has traces of wear and tear, and it has been used. And you said that he got married two years ago, and the child is less than one and a half years old this year. But a one-and-a-half-year-old child shouldn't be able to play with this kind of thing, right?"

I was even more confused, I said that it was necessary for him to hide the age of the child?

One year old, two years old, three years old, what's the difference.

"It's not about how old the child is, Luo Qi, think about it with your heart-" Su Xihang turned his head and glanced at me: "Guan Chengqing announced his marriage two years ago, and announced that he had a child half a year later. Everything seems to be so natural, even if you never take your wife and daughter out to walk around after marriage, everyone is at most talking behind your back, but there will be no extraordinary suspicions.

Can ...... now This kid is not the right age. ”

- Then all the states he created before are suspected of being fake. I slowed down for a long time before I gradually understood what Su Xihang meant, and suddenly exclaimed: "You mean, Guan Chengqing may not have any children at all." The little girl he didn't see was probably something he had to raise at home, but he couldn't make it public?"

"Since you have children publicly, you have to have a wife. Su Xihang's explanation is not far-fetched, but this strange reasoning and confusing motive made the two of us fall silent.

I said that these are all speculations, and they don't necessarily mean that there is any conspiracy. Maybe Lao Guan just adopted a child from where, or his unmarried husband, and the girl brought the child to find her father? He is cautious and low-key, and he is reluctant to say some unsavory secrets. You can't think that just because your wife can't speak or read, you think-

"Luo Qi, trust my instincts. When Guan Chengqing and his wife stand together, the sense of disobedience is more serious than that of you and Su Beiwang. ”

I was stunned for a long time before I understood what Su Xihang was talking about.

I thought I was going to get angry, but for no reason I started to panic.

Su Beiwang has been away for a day and a night, and I know that he is very busy and may not have time to call me - but I am just uneasy, why am I not as eager for him to contact me as I imagined?

The long queue of traffic ahead has already begun to surge. The two of us froze in place, almost being honked to death by the road rage behind us.

I said you go first, let's find a place to eat.

"What's the matter? You took the initiative to ask me out, I'm not afraid that Su Beiwang will be jealous. ”

"We're talking about business, Su Beiwang knows a lot more than you. ”

"Really?" Su Xihang sneered: "Who didn't listen to you in the middle of the night, causing you to get caught in the rain downstairs until you had a fever?"

I gave him a blank look, and said with little confidence that it was about you.

At the same time, he looked at the small shops on both sides of the road and quickly changed the topic: "Let's go eat hot pot." Sweating, my cold will be cured at work tomorrow. ”

"It's really unkind for you to eat in the same pot with me when you have a cold. Su Xihang snorted, but obediently stopped the car. Later, I thought about it and felt that his words made sense, so I asked for a mandarin duck pot and tried not to touch chopsticks with him.

"Su Xihang, why do you think I am not suitable for Su Beiwang. "I accidentally got too much hot sauce and inhaled a cute nasal voice. I originally wanted to take the topic away from the heavy Guan Chengqing, but when I thought of Su Beiwang...... On the contrary, it felt even heavier.

"No, it's just a gut feeling. Su Xihang held his chin in one hand and casually threw food into the pot.

People say that to test a man's comprehensive quality, it is good to take him to eat hot pot.

Seeing him roll up his arms and sleeves in a hot boil, he can get rid of all hypocrisy, and listen to him with a real temperament to say a few foul words and blow a few.

But today's Su Xihang obviously has a lot of concern, the jokes are tepid, and it is quite anxious when he is distracted.

I said, "Why don't you tell me about Su Beiwang's past?" Last time I saw him at his house with a very scary scar on his back, how did you get it?"

"Got into trouble with a bad guy, someone cut him with a knife. ”

I'm drinking soup. The nose is plugged and the trachea is choked. I said I don't believe it, think about it with your toes, it's easier for people like you to be cut off, he won't be the one who carries the black pot for you, right?

"Hehe, I said your IQ is not in the right place. This kind of thing is a guess. ”

My eyes lit up and I said, "Tell me about it." I know I don't know much about Su Beiwang, but understanding is to be built slowly. I...... I still want to manage this relationship with him.

"Then how convenient it is for you to ask him yourself. Su Xihang poured the cooked beef into my bowl and mouthed at my phone, Nunu, which I had placed on the edge of the table.

There was a vibration from Zrazla, and I saw Su Beiwang's caller display.

I panicked, I panicked when I saw him calling, and I felt that I was out of medicine.

Staring at Su Xihang with innocent eyes, I almost asked him what to do?

As a result, this slut's mind-reading skills are really perfect. Spreading his shoulders, he smiled unkindly and said, "What should I do?

I glared at him viciously, and the implication was, 'If you dare to speak out again, I'll castrate you.'"

I nervously pressed the answer button, and the moment I heard Su Beiwang's voice, I still felt quite relieved to listen to it.

"Luo Qi, how's the cold?"

I said I'm fine, are you okay, okay?

"I'm fine, I'll be back in two days. If you're not feeling well, take two days off – are you outside?"

It is estimated that the customer at the next table shouted, 'Two more bottles', Su Beiwang's voice paused, and asked me bluntly.

"I ...... Ruoruo and I went out for some dinner. "I lied, and the moment I lied, my heart was like a knife.

"Miss Han is also here, can you let her answer the phone?" Su Beiwang's tone was very calm, not at all like he was deliberately making things difficult for me. And it was precisely because of this that it made me even more uncomfortable - because Su Beiwang continued: "I originally wanted to ask you about her phone number, the incident on Friday...... It is indeed the West Airlines that did something wrong. I want to apologize to Miss Han—"

I saw Su Xihang on the opposite side with a silent mouth gesture of 'your', and my tears were about to fall sharply at that moment!

"If she ...... Go to the bathroom, or wait for you to come back and treat her to dinner, okay?"

It is true that people cannot lie, this kind of thing is like smoking and taking drugs, the more you spread, the more addictive you become, and the more you lie, the more calm you become.

I don't know if I am drinking Su Beiwang's mind at this time, or my own bottom line, or ......

At this moment, I saw a waitress brought by Su Xihang for me. Under her smiling face, satisfied and reverent, but slightly nervous, she held a red hundred-dollar bill in one hand.

Su Xihang nodded at me, then made an OK gesture.

I saw that the waitress took my phone generously and fed me gently.

"Miss Han?" Su Beiwang's voice came from the microphone.

It is estimated that Su Xihang has already 'given lessons' to the waiter in just ten seconds, and at this time, the little girl has performed very well under the double attack of money and men.

"Yes, I am. ”

"What happened that day was that my brother was wrong, which frightened Miss Han. I sincerely apologize to you. ”

"It's okay, I didn't take it to heart. Although the waitress's voice was a little jerky and nervous, I think Su Beiwang didn't know Han very well, and the resolution was low across the phone from such a distance. Should...... You can get away with it.

"That's good, please give Luo Qi the phone. ”

The waitress gave me her phone back, smiled with big bony eyes, took the tip and ran away.

A stone in my heart fell to the ground, and endless shame overflowed.

After taking a few breaths, I put my phone close to my ear: "Hey-"

Opposite side...... Noisy and noisy?

"Hey, Luo Qi!!Are you looking for me?"

Han!!!

I was stupid: "Ruoruo?!"

"Alas, I forgot to tell you. Yesterday, I deceived the bodyguards at home to escape to find Uncle Lin, and I was taught a lesson when I went back. When my dad heard about it, he was even more furious, and forced the housekeeper to forcibly put me on the plane to country E that night, saying that he would take care of me personally.

However, the villa here is still very comfortable, and the business banquet is also very magnificent.

I'll go back in a few days and help you replenish your stock here.

Luo Qi?!Luo Qi, let me tell you!

Thankfully, you have the vision this time - don't look at these two as twins, Mr. Su is much better than his bastard brother. Gentlemanly and sensible. You tell him to rest assured, although my dad is difficult, he is not an unreasonable person.

For the sake of his personal arrival this time, for the sake of such sincerity, most of them will consider cooperation.

I won't say anything, I'll help you look at Su Beiwang. The woman here is too open, and she took the initiative to invite him to dance at the banquet -

Tsk, the man who can still sit still in his arms these years is really a big bargain for you.

Eh, Luo Qi, are you listening?"

I hung up my phone silently and looked ahead without tears.

Su Xihang asked me if I would like to add some food?

I said no, I'll just eat turtles......

"Why do you look like you're going to die or live?"

"Has Su Beiwang ever fallen out of love before?" Su Xihang," I muttered to myself expressionlessly, "Can you tell me how to end this relationship and make him feel less uncomfortable?"

"Do you only care if he's uncomfortable or not? What about yourself......

"I'm not uncomfortable, I'm ...... I'm sorry for him. "Tickles crawled over my face and dripped on the plate in front of me, making my lamb salted in an instant.

"Then what are you crying about. Su Xihang looked sideways at me and handed me a tissue that was not very smooth.

I didn't answer, but said lightly: "I don't know, I just feel like there is some place in my heart...... A piece was hollowed out. ”