"Well, you win. ”

She said helplessly.

Pei Yuansheng smiled and made a V-shaped gesture: "Appearance is justice." ”

Tang Xiao was silent, but he couldn't help but ask, "...... Why are you so beaten up when you talk today?"

Pei Yuansheng's eyes widened and pretended to be innocent: "Is there any?"

Tang Xiao looked at Pei Yuansheng selling cuteness, and felt that the hairs on his body were about to stand up.

Pei Yuansheng ...... You've really changed. ”

She quickly looked away.

"I think so, too. ”

Unexpectedly, Pei Yuansheng did not contradict her this time.

"Huh?"

Tang Xiao looked at Pei Yuansheng in surprise.

"Maybe it's because I've been playing Lu Zi for a long time. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm Pei Yuansheng or Lu Chenxi, or if I'm a brand new person. This feeling makes me a little confused, especially lately, when facing Xiaoru, occasionally I am very confused, knowing that I should play another person, but there is a voice of resistance in my heart, telling me that it wants to be itself and not others. ”

Pei Yuansheng said lightly: "I will worry that Pei Yuansheng in my body will die-sometimes I will ask myself, is this right? Sounds a bit pretentious, doesn't ......it? I also know that I am hypocritical, I can't help it. Uncontrollable. ”

"Even, there will be some strange thoughts popping up - for example, although Lu Zi is dead, but in this world, there is still his soul, at least in Xiaoru's eyes, I am Lu Zi, but what about me Pei Yuansheng, do I exist? Even if my soul dies, will anyone feel sorry and sad for me? Will anyone care about me as much as Xiaoru cares about Lu Zi?"

Pei Yuansheng's words made Tang Xiao speechless after hearing it.

Suddenly, she realized how pale it was to say things like "don't be sad" and "it's okay".

"I'm complaining, don't worry. ”

Pei Yuansheng shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly.

Tang Xiao stopped.

Pei Yuansheng took two steps forward and found that Tang Xiao hadn't followed, so he also stopped and looked back at her in surprise.

"What's wrong?"

He asked.

Tang Xiao stared at him quietly, but he felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

I'm sorry.

She said this in her heart, but she couldn't get it out of her mouth.

Because for Pei Yuansheng, this sentence is also so powerless.

What can these fluttering words do to his current troubles?

A lot of times, as a friend, she really can't help at all other than listening.

"What's the matter? Your eyes, how-"

Before Pei Yuansheng finished speaking, he saw Tang Xiao take a step forward and give him a hug with open arms.

“……”

Pei Yuansheng was completely stunned.

It took several seconds for him to realize that the woman who was hugging him at the moment was Tang Xiao.

For...... Why?

Is she pitying him and sympathizing with him?

Pei Yuansheng's throat rolled, and there was a hint of itching and crispiness in his heart.

As a man, it seems that he should be righteous and awe-inspiring to say that he does not need anyone's pity and sympathy—

However, it is different, Xiaoxiao's sympathy and pity, he is willing to accept it.

She understood him.

He thought.

Perhaps, she is the only person in the world who can understand him.

He liked her and even loved her, but he knew who they were, and he had long since stopped fantasizing about getting anything from her.

Even a hug that showed understanding and care, he never asked for it.

However, her move directly hit the desire in his heart.

Who doesn't want to be understood?

His entanglements and hesitations have never been spoken to anyone except her.

Whether it is in front of Ji Xiaoru or in front of his subordinates, he is used to playing the role of a strong man.

It is impossible for a strong person to show his weak side to anyone.

But in front of her, he knew that he could be anyone, anything.

He had a wonderful sense of trust in her, and he believed that she would be able to accept him no matter what he became.

He was so glad he ...... I can have a friend like her in this life.

Yes, no matter what kind of feelings he has for her in his heart at the moment, between them, it can only be friendship.

Love never belonged to him -

From the first time he saw her, she was already his sister-in-law.

In fact, this hug was only a moment, but in Pei Yuansheng's opinion, it seemed like a century long.

He thought, he was afraid that he would never forget this hug until he died.

“…… Did it scare you?"

When Tang Xiao let go of him, he saw that he was in a trance, and hurriedly asked.

Pei Yuansheng shook his head as if he had just woken up from a dream: "...... No. ”

Tang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't think there was anything just now, but now I was inexplicably embarrassed.

"That...... Don't get me wrong, I don't have any thoughts about you, I just see that you're in a bad mood and give you a comforting hug. ”

Tang Xiao hurriedly explained.

"Oh, it turned out to be a comforting hug. ”

The corners of Pei Yuansheng's mouth curled, revealing a cynical smile: "I thought you were suddenly confused by my handsome appearance, and you couldn't help but throw yourself at me—ah!"

Pei Yuansheng's forehead was slammed by Tang Xiao.

"No more nonsense, I'm not being polite to you!"

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

Pei Yuansheng covered his forehead, and his handsome face was wrinkled.

Tang Xiao is really heavy...... No mercy at all.

But this time, the unnaturalness between the two people disappeared invisibly.

"You're getting out of shape......"

Tang Xiao shook his head, feeling that Pei Yuansheng's mouth was very similar to the abrasive Pei Yuansheng when he first met.

Since when did this person not want to be imaged?

Last time, or last time?

She couldn't remember.

Tang Xiao walked forward with a straight face, Pei Yuansheng stood in place and rubbed his forehead for a while, before he slowly followed with his hands in his coat pockets.

In the office building in the distance, Ye Chen stood in front of the window and watched all this, his handsome long eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.

What is the relationship between them?

Isn't Dr. Tang as loyal as she appears?

It stands to reason that he shouldn't have doubted Dr. Tang.

However, the facts are in front of us, and it was Dr. Tang who took the initiative to hug the man.

Ye Chen felt incomprehensible to all this.

But there is one thing he has to admit, that is, the way the two people stand together and laugh is really very compatible.

When Tang Xiao and Pei Yuansheng returned to the office together, Ye Chen was sitting on the sofa reading a book.

Tang Xiao knew that he couldn't hear the other party when he spoke, so he helped him refill the cold tea in the cup with boiling water.

Ye Chen raised his head and looked at Tang Xiao: "Doctor Tang, you're back." ”

I don't know why, Ye Chen's eyes looking at her at this moment made her feel a little strange.

That kind of look is very different from usual.

Tang Xiao's mind was racing, and he seemed to sense something.

Don't...... Did he just see it?

Her hug really shouldn't have been, but, in that situation, she couldn't think of anything more comforting to Pei Yuansheng than a hug.

Isn't a hug much more powerful than a light and empty word?

It's a pity that she can't explain all this to Ye Chen.

Even she thought, why did she explain it to Ye Chen?

The clear person is self-purifying, and she has nothing to explain.

Besides, Ye Chen and her are just the relationship between a doctor and a patient, or the relationship between a guitar teacher and a student.

"Well, Ye Chen, are you here to get the book?"

Tang Xiao smiled gently at him as usual.

But Ye Chen looked away from her gaze and said in a slightly stiff tone, "Well, yes." ”

Tang Xiao saw it and was even more sure that his guess was correct.

Ye Chen is still young, and it is normal for him to think too much about this kind of thing.

"Okay, what kind of copies do you want? I'll get them for you. ”

Tang said with a smile.

Pei Yuansheng stood aside with his hands in his pockets and did not squeak.

Coldly eyed Ye Chen's every move, he understood one thing-

This kid does like to laugh.

Ye Chen originally wanted to go to the cafeteria for lunch with Tang Xiao that day, and he was willing to wait patiently for Tang Xiao to come back in the office, also out of this consideration.

But since he saw that scene, a small pimple has grown in his heart.

As long as this pimple is there, he can't face the other party normally.

So, after taking the book, he hurriedly took his leave.

Pei Yuansheng stood next to the bookshelf, watched Tang Xiao bend down to sort out those books, and sighed, "It's already very neat." Xiaoxiao, you don't have obsessive-compulsive disorder, do you?"

"Not really. ”

Tang Xiao shook his head, looking at the bookshelf with satisfaction that he couldn't find out the slightest problem that he had sorted out.

"I'm used to putting all the books in order — and at home, Cheng Yeol does the same, and I don't want him to come back and see the shelves in my office in a mess. ”

Pei Yuansheng shook his head and said, "How come, first of all, you can't make a mess here, in fact, even if you make a mess here, Liezi will help you tidy it up without frowning." ”

He has full confidence in this.

"Sounds like you know him better than I do. ”

Tang Xiao teased.

"Don't forget, I've known Lie Zi for a long time before you know him. ”

Pei Yuansheng said idly.

As soon as he said this, Tang smiled for a moment.

"You're right. ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps, you do know him better than I do." Fortunately, I still have the rest of my life to get to know him slowly and deeply. ”

A wistful smile bloomed on her rosy lips: "I think the more I know him, the more I will love him." ”

Pei Yuansheng coughed, and he couldn't look at this woman.

"Ahem...... Show affection and pay attention," he said sourly, "and a person can show me a face...... served. If Lieko is here, I really don't know what the two of you can look like. ”

"I don't know. ”

Tang smiled and said, "If you're curious, you'll know when he comes back." ”

"Hey, can you be gentle with me? for the sake of all these years of friendship. ”

President Pei Da looked helpless at this time.

The heart said pity him, will this single dog die?

Tang Xiaogang wanted to say that you and Xiaoru can also show off, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again.

No matter how Pei Yuansheng plays Lu Chenxi, he is not Lu Chenxi.

He can like Xiaoru, but he can't fall in love with Xiaoru like Lu Zi.