Chapter 11 Studs
"Well, a weekend get-together with friends. ”
She nodded, and her body stiffened with nervousness as she heard the "click" of her high-heeled shoes on the tiled floor behind her.
The sound of high heels stopped behind Qi Xiaoran, she smelled a faint fragrance, remembered that Chen Fangning did not wear perfume, and her body suddenly loosened.
She turned sideways and saw a woman in a cheongsam standing behind her, with a delicate face, black hair coiled behind her head, and a dignified demeanor, like a noble lady in the Republic of China.
When she entered the door just now, Qi Xiaoran had already noticed her standing at the cash register, and thought to herself, she is probably the proprietress of this Internet celebrity restaurant, right?
"Mr. Xiang, are you going to the private room on the second floor today?" asked the proprietress with her hands folded above her lower abdomen and a smile.
Xiang Nuanyang turned his head and glanced in the direction of the door, but he didn't see Chen Fangning's figure, and after thinking for a while, he nodded yes.
"Okay, I'll let someone do it. ”
The proprietress bowed slightly, the expression on her face remained unchanged, and when she turned to leave, she also smiled elegantly at Qi Xiaoran.
After listening to their conversation, Qi Xiaoran understood that the reason why Chen Fangning came to this restaurant by name was because Xiang Nuanyang was a frequent customer here.
At this moment, the mobile phone on the dining table vibrated twice, she picked it up, swiped the screen, and when she saw that it was a message sent by Chen Fangning, she subconsciously swept around the restaurant, and clicked on the WeChat dialog box without seeing anyone.
"Xiao Ran, I have created the opportunity for you, you can't live up to my good intentions, take advantage of the opportunity, and tease him to your heart's content!"
"Oh yes, you have to remember to hold my bag for me, I won't bother you, Sayonala!"
Looking at the two pieces of information displayed on the screen, Qi Xiaoran raised her head in a daze, and happened to meet Xiang Nuanyang's inquiring eyes, she froze and was at a loss in her mind.
"What's wrong?" asked Nuan Yanggang, the mobile phone in his pocket rang at the same time, took it out to check, and found that it was a message sent by Chen Fangning, the content of the message was funny, and there was no sincerity in the other party's words to apologize.
He reluctantly stuffed the phone back into his pocket, looked at the position of Qi Xiaoran on the table, his eyes flickered and flickered, and after a while, his eyes returned to clarity, "Your friend ......"
"Uh...... She's on a business, and she'll be there soon. Qi Xiaoran really couldn't say anything about the invitation, after all, with his identity, sitting in the cramped booth with her was a little condescending.
"Hmm. Xiang Nuanyang had a faint smile on his lips, and seemed to nod helplessly, "Happy weekend." ”
"Have a great weekend, to the total. ”
Qi Xiaoran responded apprehensively, the smile on her face gradually froze in the figure he turned to go upstairs, until she couldn't see his back at all, she exhaled softly and sat back in her seat.
In the corner of the restaurant, Chen Fangning observed for a moment, and saw that the two of them just exchanged a few words of greeting, and then parted ways, she was stunned for a moment, and then stomped back to the booth angrily.
"Fang Ning?" Qi Xiaoran looked at the person who suddenly appeared in surprise.
Chen Fangning clasped her hands in front of her chest and glared at her with hatred, "Xiao Ran, what's the matter with you? The opportunity is in front of you, why don't you cherish it?"
"I think that's fine. ”
"Why don't you know how to fight for me?"
Qi Xiaoran pursed her lips, listening to Chen Fangning keep chanting her words like "not opening her mind" and "not fighting", she just smiled and said nothing.
On Monday morning, Qi Xiaoran made breakfast and put it on the hot pot to keep warm, and before going out, he posted a post-it note on the bedside to remind Chen Fangning where to put breakfast, and then glanced at his friend who was still asleep, and then hurried to work.
As soon as she walked into the gate of the group, there was a sudden heavy rain outside, she looked back, and secretly congratulated herself on the correct decision to take a taxi this morning.
"Xiao Ran, it's so dangerous! You're almost going to get drenched in the rain. ”
Orange, who was standing in line at the elevator door, waved at her, and when she came, he put his hand on her shoulder, "You should go buy a lottery ticket today." ”
Qi Xiaoran tilted his head and smiled indifferently, "The lottery is exempt, but there is a plan to catch up." ”
"Ahh ”
"It's a little. Qi Xiaoran pulled her hand down funny, felt a slight vibration in the satchel, opened it, and took out the phone from it.
Orange glanced closer, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives." ”
"It's like a talisman!"
The elevator doors open and close.
There were fewer people in line, and Qi Xiaoran gently pushed the orange that was still whining and walked forward for a distance.
When she arrived at the office, Qi Xiaoran had just turned on the computer and saw a message from the customer who had just called, asking her to make a satisfactory plan for them today, and she gritted her teeth and agreed.
When she got off work in the evening, Orange saw that she was still changing her plan, so she stepped forward to take a look, and said in surprise: "Or is it the one from Blu-ray Yongyi Garden?"
"Well, I'm not satisfied with the plan I sent at noon, so I'll change it again. ”
"Let's change it tomorrow. She looked sideways at Qi Xiaoran, who looked embarrassed, "The customer asked you to change it today?"
"Hmm. Qi Xiaoran sighed helplessly and patted the back of her hand propped up on the table, "Now that the rain has stopped, you can go back quickly." ”
Orange glanced at the dark sky outside the window, "Okay, don't be too late, if you can't finish changing it, you will change it tomorrow." ”
"Well, I know. ”
Soon after Orange left, the colleagues in the office also left one after another, and soon, only Qi Xiaoran was left in the huge office.
By the time she received a satisfactory reply from her client, it was already eight o'clock in the evening and it was pouring rain outside.
She quickly packed her things, closed the office door and walked out, turning off the lights in the office and the spotlights in the hallway before coming to the elevator door.
The entire floor was pitch black, only the warm white sensor light was still lit where she stood, and the silence around her was so quiet that she could only hear the sound of the rain ticking outside, and she suddenly felt a trace of fear.
When the elevator reached the lobby on the first floor, she almost trotted out, and just after a short distance, she heard the sound of another elevator opening the door, she paused and turned around.
In the faint light outside the elevator door, a tall and straight figure walked towards her, she looked at it for a while, and then she recognized that it was Xiang Nuanyang, and her breathing relaxed.
Xiang Nuanyang approached with a slightly cool breath, and he found that every time he saw her, he always had a sense of déjà vu, especially in this unexpected situation.
As the distance narrowed, he noticed Qi Xiaoran's movement of holding the chain of the satchel, his eyes flashed slightly, and the pace under his feet also increased slightly.
"To the total. Qi Xiaoran waited for him to get close before he called softly.
"Well, why are you still in the company so late?" his tone unconsciously softened as he looked at her lowered eyebrows.
"Aren't you in the company too?"
Hearing her address herself, her eyebrows jumped, "In the future, no matter where you are, don't use honorifics for me." ”
Qi Xiaoran listened to his sullen tone and raised his head in surprise.
"Have you eaten?" Xiang Nuanyang didn't explain, put his right hand in his pocket, lifted his foot and walked towards the door.
"Huh?" Qi Xiaoran was slightly stunned, and hurriedly followed after coming back to his senses.
"I haven't eaten yet, so let's go eat. ”
"Good. ”
By the time I got to the door, the rain had stopped.
The security guard on duty in the security booth in the parking lot couldn't help but look at Xiang Nuanyang twice when he saw a woman standing next to him, but because it was dark at night, he couldn't recognize the face.
Qi Xiaoran walked behind Xiang Nuanyang's side, the air was cold and wet, but her palms were sweating thin because of nervousness.
She lowered her head, spread out her hands, stared at her palms, and thought silently: Obviously she has met several times, eaten together, and sat in his car, but why is she still so nervous?
Xiang Nuanyang opened the car door and was about to sit in, but saw her standing in front of the car door with her head down, motionless.
So he poked his head to the side to see what she was doing, and saw that she was just staring at the palm of her hand, and her stunned appearance made him feel the urge to come up and knock on her head again, he cleared his throat and asked, "What are you doing?"
Qi Xiaoran quickly pulled back his thoughts, apologized again and again, pulled the car door and sat in.
Xiang Nuanyang then got into the car, and after starting the engine, he caught a glimpse of her seat belt not being fastened, so he leaned over and stretched out his hand to pull the seat belt buckle of the co-pilot, and the action was done in one go.
Qi Xiaoran looked at his hand back in a daze, turned his head to look at him, and whispered, "Thank you." ”
"Well, what do you want to eat?"
"Either way. ”
She looked out of the window, where there were still some water droplets left on the glass window, and she stretched out her finger to point at one of the crystal droplets, and as soon as she lit it, the water droplets slid down a water mark due to the vibration of the body.
Xiang Nuanyang hit the steering wheel and looked into the right rearview mirror, and once again noticed the tiny studs on her earlobes, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Do you like to wear studs?"
Qi Xiaoran's hand pressed against the window glass froze, then retracted and pinched his left earlobe, and whispered, "I like it a lot." ”
The interior of the car was silent, except for occasional slight sounds of water droplets dripping from the roof of the car as it passed under a tree.
She waited for a moment, didn't wait for his care, and suddenly felt a little flustered, didn't he like to wear earrings?
"Don't you like to wear studs too?" she almost blurted out.
When Xiang Nuanyang heard her words, his heart was really shocked. But because he had mild night blindness and needed to pay full attention when driving at night, he didn't answer her questions immediately.
After driving some distance, he pulled over in front of a gray-and-white restaurant and turned his head to look directly at her, his eyes calm.
"When have you ever seen me wear it?"