Zhou Xin's room was on the easternmost side of the second floor, and when the door was opened, there was a compartment outside, where computers, bookshelves, workbenches, and a table full of messy trade magazines and drawings were placed.

This is Zhou Xin's workshop, and she usually brings back the things she can't finish in the office, and often works overtime here until midnight.

She has a strong personality and is not willing to admit defeat easily, which is vividly demonstrated in her work, otherwise she would not have led the entire firm to occupy a place in the male-dominated construction industry before the age of 30.

Zhou Wei walked through the small workshop and pushed open a door inside.

"I don't want to eat, don't you understand people?"

Zhou Wei frowned, "It's me!"

After a while, Zhou Xin sat up from the bed almost all at once.

"Brother!"

Zhou Wei didn't go in immediately, but stood at the door for a while.

Liu Shulan downstairs just now has already said that she has been stuffing herself in the room since she was discharged from the hospital, and now she has seen how boring the room, not even the windows and curtains have been opened, only a lamp against the wall has been left, and the small range of light cannot illuminate such a large bedroom at all, so it looks like the whole room is very dark.

The air was probably not circulating, and she could faintly smell her usual perfume, as well as a little tobacco.

Zhou Wei frowned.

"Brother!" Zhou Xin shouted again.

Zhou Wei walked over.

Zhou Xin sat at the head of the bed, wearing a set of thick cotton pajamas, long-sleeved trousers, tightly wrapped, and socks on his feet, which looked like velvet.

Wear this on a hot day, "Are you hot?"

"It's hot, it's hot, but my mother has to wear it like this, saying that otherwise I'll have to suffer after the bones get into the wind. She smiled back, disapproving.

Zhou Wei glanced at it, and the person on the bed had obviously lost a lot of weight, with bulging cheekbones and sunken eye sockets.

He turned his gaze back to her plush pajamas.

"Some of the old sayings still have some truth, it's better for you to pay attention. ”

"yes, so you see I don't wear it all the time, it's rare to be so well-behaved. She raised her arm self-deprecatingly, and pointed to the soft leather stool in front of the bed, "Sit." ”

Zhou Wei wanted to find a place to put the bag in his hand, but there was only a bedside table next to it, and there were thermos cups, fruit plates, soup from the nanny just now, and a disposable paper cup, and two cigarette butts were thrown into the paper cup.

Zhou Wei looked at it, "Smoking?"

Zhou Xin smiled, "It's really boring to smoke one, don't tell your mother, otherwise she will have to nag me for a long time." After speaking, he pinched the paper cup and the cigarette butt.

In the end, Zhou Wei could only throw the file bag on the ground and sit down.

"How?"

Zhou Xin sat back cross-legged and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"How's your body recovering?"

Zhou Xin still smiled, "It's okay, it's not dead, it's not disabled, aren't you still sitting here?"

Zhou Wei: "......"

Zhou Xin: "But I heard from the doctor that it may be difficult for me to have any more children in the future, so brother, if I can't marry in the future, should you be responsible?"

Zhou Xin's eyes were stunned, and Zhou Xin instantly smiled, "Teasing you, look at your expression... Could it be that I can still rely on you? No, I can take responsibility for what I do. ”

She said softly, as if it wasn't a big deal.

Zhou Yun pursed his lips and spit out a few words after a long time: "Speak well!"

yes, it's time to talk!

The brothers and sisters have grown up with each other for so many years, and what about the care and intimacy that they have immersed in the years?

Zhou Xin remembered that the two were together almost every day when they were at their best, going to school together, going home together, doing homework together, and later Zhou Xin went to college and Zhou Xin went to high school, but even if Zhou Xin was separated from the road, he would come back on weekends to see, and then work, work hard, each has its own field, and can also help and support each other.

Obviously two people who should be particularly perfect, how did they get to this point where they can't even talk properly?

Zhou Xin lowered his head and sighed: "When did it start?"

Zhou Wei: "What?"

Zhou Xin: "When did we start making the relationship like this?"

Zhou Wei didn't squeak.

Zhou Xin turned his head to look at the window, but unfortunately the curtains were drawn, and he only saw a little shadow cast on the carpet.

"Brother, if I hadn't rejected you four years ago, or if I had been able to talk to you and get along well in the past few years, maybe we wouldn't have gotten like this. ”

She seemed to be reminiscing, and she was reflecting.

Zhou Wei frowned, "The past is boring." ”

"Yes, it may not be interesting to you, but it's different for me. ”

The decision four years ago almost changed the trajectory of Zhou Xin's entire life, and she always felt, and even firmly believed, that if she was willing to nod her head four years ago, she and Zhou Xin would not be like this now.

Unfortunately, it seems that it is already too late.

It is only in hindsight that people realize what they have lost.

"Brother, do you always think that my private life is very messy? Think about it, I always change boyfriends every three days, and I often send you photos, but it's not like what you see. ”

“…… When I first went to Hong Kong, I actually had a hard time, the project was stressful, my subordinates and colleagues did not cooperate, and I was surrounded by ghosts, but it didn't matter, I could endure all this, the only thing I couldn't bear was the urge to come back. ”

"Although I rejected you, I was reluctant to give up, so in the two years I was in Hong Kong, I wanted to buy a ticket and fly back many times, what to fight, why should I be so strong as a girl, don't you still have you?"

Zhou Xin lowered his head and spoke, his tone was more like talking, but it was indeed a bit pitiful.

Before putting it aside, Zhou Wei must have said a few words to her: "Aren't you still not back?"

"Don't you still think I can't rely on you?"

But not now, I don't think it's meaningless, including the pain he endured when he was left alone in Yunling for two years, from his career, from his parents and elders, and more from his inner torment.

The girl he cared about the most, the girl he had cared for for more than 20 years, ended up rejecting him for some practical reasons.

What kind of pressure, what to say, who is not stressed, who will have a future?

But now he doesn't bother to say anything, and his biggest bottom line is nothing more than to be a qualified listener and let her say all the things that have been pressed in her heart all these years.

Zhou Xin hugged his leg and stomach.

"At that time, I didn't want to come back, but I was unwilling, after all, I had to do a beautiful job of the project that I finally obtained, but more often than not, I couldn't get rid of it. She looked up, Zhou Xian'an sat quietly in the chair, the room was not lit, but the halo of a small lamp next to him just fell on his face.

Zhou Xin looked at his face for a while, a little distracted.

"Brother, in fact, at that time, as long as you are willing to open your mouth and ask me to come back, even if it is just a squeak in a text message, I will definitely not stay in Hong Kong alone. ”

Because she rejected the relationship back then, she always hoped that there would be a step down when she looked back, but who knew that for two years, even though she sent a lot of ambiguous photos of herself and the opposite sex, Zhou Wei didn't even have a soft word.

"I know. The man in the chair looked up, "I know you want me to bow my head first, but do you think it's possible?"

Zhou Xin was stunned and lost his mind for a moment.

"Yes, it's impossible, after all, with your character, it's enough to whisper once. ”

Back then, Zhou Wei confessed his thoughts to her, pierced the layer of window paper that had been ambiguous between the "brother and sister" for many years, and wanted to take her away, even at the cost of breaking with the Zhou family, which was a desperate gamble.

But this kind of desperate bet will only happen once, he has never been an infatuated species, and he has not had too rich feelings for the other party to consume and squander.

"I know you, so I have always understood in my heart that you will not turn back for any woman, but I am still unwilling, but brother, I have been thinking about a question recently, did you ever love me back then?"

Zhou Wei seems to have never said the word "love" to any woman for so many years.

He looked up again, "Zhou Xin!"

"Don't interrupt me yet. ”

“……”

"I admit that you used to be very good to me, even better than my brothers and sisters who are related by blood, but this is not necessarily love, you may just appreciate a certain quality in me, such as competitiveness, hard work, and even tacit understanding in work communication, but real love should not be like this. ”

Zhou Wei frowned, "Then what do you think it should be?"

"It should be..."Zhou Xin thought for a while, "It should be very profitable, and I may even be possessive, but at least it won't be like us, you know that I change boyfriends frequently in Hong Kong, and you can still let me go for two years." ”

Where is there so much selfless and great love in this world, in the final analysis, it's just that one person wants to tie another person to his side, but Zhou Xin can really tolerate the opposite sex around Zhou Xin for so many years, is it love?

He himself doesn't know.

"It's no longer important. Zhou Wei didn't seem to want to continue the topic, "I came here today for another thing. ”

"What?"

"No matter what your original intention was with Chu Feng in the first place, and whether this method was correct or not, but the fact is that Rongbang did get through the difficulties with the financing from the Development Bank, so I should thank you. ”

The topic changed suddenly, and Zhou Xin couldn't change it a bit.

"Thank me?"

"It's not just thank you, but I should make some amends for the damage you have suffered for this incident, both physically and honorably. ”

Zhou Xin finally understood, but stared at Zhou Xin, she was curious.

"How are you going to compensate me?"

Zhou Wei sat there to accept her scrutiny, and only after a few seconds did he pick up the file bag from the ground and pull out a stack of materials from it.

"I intend to transfer 7% of the shares in my name to you, here are the details and the agreement. ”

He handed the thick stack of things in his hand to Zhou Xin.

Zhou Xin hugged his legs and didn't make a sound for a while.

Zhou Wei raised his breath slightly, "The preliminary procedures have been completed, and you only need to sign the agreement, but there are a few terms that I need to emphasize to you in person." ”

After a pause, seeing that Zhou Xin did not react, Zhou Wei continued, "One, you can choose to pay dividends or sell the 7% of Rongbang shares, two, if you want to sell, I must be your first consideration, that is, I can choose to repurchase your shares; third, you will be a shareholder of Rongbang in the future, but you will not enter the board of directors and cannot participate in any decision-making of the company; fourth, the shares are allowed to be inherited by your descendants, but they are not transferable and cannot be gifted." ”

Zhou Xin listened to his clause, as if he was talking about a business with someone until Zhou Xin stopped.

Zhou Xin: "Finished?"

Zhou Wei: "It's over!"

Zhou Xin glanced at the pile of paper in his hand, "So you're planning to use money to compensate me?"

Zhou Wei lowered his head, in fact, he knew that this might not be a good way to deal with it.

"I'm sorry!"

"What are you sorry for? You know I don't want your money at all. ”

"But I have nothing to give you but that. ”

That's right... Zhou Xin suddenly remembered four years ago.

"yes, you really don't seem to have anything left for me now except money. She suddenly became dumbfounded.

Four years ago, he was willing to give her affection, but she wanted money, but now that he has given her money, she wants his affection.

"You see, the human heart is always very discontented. Zhou Xin buried his face in his knees.

Zhou Wei was also flustered.

In fact, all relationships will be painful to clean up, not to mention this kind of relationship accumulated for more than 20 years, but it can't be ignored, the more it drags on, the more troublesome it will be.

Zhou Wei understands this truth.

"I'm sorry, but I can only do this step, you can take a closer look at the agreement, if there is no problem, give it directly to Xu Nan after signing. ”

After that, Zhou Xin heard the sound of the chair moving.

Zhou Wei got up, and wanted to say a few more words of greetings to take care, but he felt redundant.

"I still have something to do in my company, so let's go first and rest by myself. ”

Zhou Xin buried herself in her knees and didn't look up, but she could hear the sound of Zhou Xin leaving, and she felt that she was about to go out, so she suddenly asked, "Wait a minute." ”

Zhou Wei turned around.

"I'll think about the shares, but can I ask you a question?"

Zhou Wei thought for a while, "Say!"

"Would you forgive one day if she left you like I did four years ago?"

Zhou Xin knew who "she" Zhou Xin was referring to.

"She won't leave me!"

"So sure?"

"Yes, but if there is such a day, I don't think I will force it to stay!"

In Zhou Wei's emotional outlook, if the other party insists on leaving, why should he force it.

Zhou Xin at the head of the bed smiled, the meaning was unclear.

"Okay, then I wish you a long time, but you also have to remember what you said today!"

Zhou Wei nodded, turned around and finally walked out of the room.

Zhou Xin looked at the place where he disappeared, this time it was probably different from four years ago.

Four years ago, even if she went to Hong Kong alone, thousands of miles away, she still felt that that person would always be in the same place, but now that he is still in Yunling, and even in the future, he will still meet often, but it feels like a complete isolation.

Zhou Xin lowered his head again, and rested his forehead on the stack of agreements.

7% equity, according to Rongbang's financial report last quarter, these pieces of paper are worth about 20 to 3 billion.

is generous, but Zhou Xin can't tell whether this person is affectionate or lucky.