Li wanted to know that he was a little too big this time, who would have thought that this girl was so stupid, she originally wanted to ring the alarm bell for her, who knew that she still believed it to the full? Later, he wanted to see if she would really call the police so ruthlessly, so he dragged it out for a long time without explaining. It's a bit hard to say now.

Shangguan Zhen's eyes widened and he looked at him fixedly, and asked again, "What did you say?"

Li Xiang thought that if he wanted to die, he gritted his teeth and said, "We didn't do anything last night." ”

Shangguan Zhen looked at him in disbelief, wondering if this was Li Xiang's plan.

Li Xiang was helpless, "Oh, I didn't lie to you, if you don't believe it, you can go to the hospital for an examination, the hymen must still be there." If not, it was also rubbed by climbing trees and digging out bird eggs when you were a child. Absolutely none of my business. ”

Shangguan Yu tugged at his collar and said, "Li Xiang, don't you want to get by, I will definitely investigate this matter!"

Her appearance was too serious and serious, and Li Xiang couldn't help laughing out loud all of a sudden.

Shangguan Yu suddenly became anxious, "Li Xiang, are you lying to me again? I told you that I wouldn't do that." ”

Li Xiang spread his hands and said helplessly: "I said, Miss, you are such an adult, have you ever done it, don't you feel it yourself?"

Shangguan Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a tiger face: "I haven't done it again, how do I know?"

Li Xiang chuckled, "I haven't done it, I always have basic common sense, right? If we have done it, it is the first time for you, do you think you can be so lively now? What are you doing with me? Enoki mushroom?"

In fact, Shangguan You didn't quite understand what this had to do with enoki mushrooms, but before this, she also vaguely felt that things were not quite right, according to her common sense of watching Xiaoyan for so many years, after the first time, she should be so painful that she couldn't get out of bed, and she didn't feel any discomfort except for drinking too much and having a little pain in her head.

But when she woke up with a hangover and saw herself hiding in a bathrobe on the hotel bed, the impact on her was too great, coupled with Li Xiang's cheap misleading, so she didn't think about other possibilities at all.

Now seeing Li Xiang's idiot expression, thinking that he was deceived by him, he was unhappy, and habitually fought back: "Who knows if you are a pervert with a hidden disease?"

Li Xiang's face changed suddenly, and he pulled her into his arms, "Shangguan Zhen, do you really dare to say, do you want me to prove to you now how perverted I am?"

The strong hormonal aura on his body came straight over, and Shangguan You's heart was a deer, and she said in seconds: "No, no, if you say no, there will be no one! ”

Li Xiang sneered and let go of her, "Out of breath." ”

He threw his clothes to Shangguan Zhen and said, "Change your clothes quickly, I'll take you to drink morning tea, I'm starving to death." ”

Shangguan Zhen saw that the clothes on the bed were not good again, and grabbed the collar of the bathrobe, "You took off my clothes?"

Li Xiang originally wanted to tease her again, but when he saw her pale little face, he thought it would be troublesome, if he cried again after a while, it would be troublesome to coax her.

"No, I'll ask the hotel waiter to change you, I don't believe I can find her to confront you later. I've written down my name and phone number, so you can ask at any time. Satisfied, right?"

Shangguan Yu was still not at ease, "You didn't peek?"

"Nope. Li Xiang sneered: "With your small body, the master doesn't have the leisure to peek." ”

"Then ......" Shangguan Zhen still wanted to ask them how they slept last night, but Li Xiang obviously lost patience, "Are you finished?" You see that in addition to this cute face, where else do you look like a girl, why do I have nothing to do to take advantage of you? ”

Shangguan flattened his mouth, and went to the bathroom to change his clothes dissatisfied. Taking off her bathrobe, she looked at herself in front of the mirror, although it was not exquisitely convex, but it was a front and a back, especially the 42-inch long legs, no matter how much a woman hated it, why didn't she look like a girl.

While dressing, she slandered Li Xiang as a blind person, with no vision and no taste.

After washing his face and changing his clothes, Li Xiang looked up and down, and finally his eyes fell on her crying and swollen eyes, and he couldn't help but vomit: "You said that you don't lack heart and eyes, what do you say and believe, you know how to cry if you don't move your brain at all!"

Shangguan Zhen raised his leg and kicked him, "I haven't pursued you to lie to me for no reason, are you still energetic?" She reached out and twisted Li Xiang's arm, "Say, why lie to me?"

This twist was not light, Li Xiang frowned, and said angrily: "Why? Just to teach you a lesson and let you remember it for a long time." He poked Shangguan Zhen's head, "See if you dare to drag a man to a bar to drink in the future, this was me last night, a gentleman enough, change to another man, it's good to lose your body, I can't make you lose a kidney!"

Shangguan Zhen rubbed his head and said: "No one is allowed to drink in a bad mood, and besides, I didn't look for anyone else, because it was you, I was relieved to drink boldly." ”

Li Xiang was obviously pleased by this sentence, and put his arm on Shangguan Zhen's shoulder, "It's pretty much the same, let's say, what do you want to eat, brother, please." ”

……

After that night, Ji Yufan really stopped pestering Ye Yanran, and became a good neighbor and colleague who commuted to and from work with her. There is no tacit word about what has happened in the past two weeks.

Gradually, Ye Yanran found that Ji Yufan had changed, he was no longer as cute and playful as before to make her happy, and he no longer chatted non-stop after work, the whole person was much colder, taciturn, and the smile on his face became less and less.

At the same time, he took on more and more work, but every single one he handled was well organized and impeccable.

Every morning he was the first to deliver coffee and the documents she needed. Each document has been accurately and neatly marked, the clauses that need her special attention have been specially indicated with highlighters, and those that need to be supplemented will be clearly marked with sticky notes to remind her to pay attention.

Now Ye Yanran is more handy and more effective than when Tang Fei was in charge before, and has more time to focus on design.

In terms of projects, although he took over the most difficult project in Tang Fei's hands, his public relations ability is very strong, and he doesn't know how to get the construction engineers in the engineering department, and they are willing to work overtime for him to catch up with the construction period, plus Ye Yanran deliberately let Cheng Xin go last time, and Feng Kun is no longer as dedicated to their group as in the past. The project was easily completed ahead of schedule.

Since the publication of the interview with "Yaju", several media have sent interview invitations to Ye Yanran, and she has selectively accepted one or two of them, and soon she was known as the queen of small apartments, and many people suddenly came to her to design, and now there are more than a dozen projects on her desk.

These projects are all small apartments, the unit value is not large, but the room types are strange, and some of them still have obvious gaps, in fact, they are very good at design, Ye Yanran picked out a lot of projects from them and assigned them to Tang Fei and Ji Yufan as design exercises, and then she did the final review and modification.

And every time Ji Yufan has done it very well, she almost does not need to make any further modifications, and she can directly hand it over to the customer, and the customer is very satisfied with the design.

For this reason, in the subsequent project design and allocation, Ye Yanran intends to give him more difficult projects as exercise. Although Tang Fei was a little dissatisfied with this, he was not able to say much because the project he was responsible for in the early stage was not completed, and the design in the later stage was always substandard.

Now the two of them are constantly providing opportunities to cultivate seriously, and the other is wholeheartedly and humbly seeking advice, and the relationship is becoming more and more like that of superiors and subordinates or masters and apprentices. It is said that this is the ending that Ye Yanran hopes for the most, but she always feels a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Especially when she saw Ji Yufan's attitude towards herself, respectful and detached, her heart was uncomfortable.

She misses his warmth but doesn't dare to ask for it, so she can only silently watch him grow up, and then get farther and farther away from herself day by day.

Ji Yufan didn't mean to do this, he wanted to achieve the effect of wanting to get away with her, he just didn't know how to get along with her so that he would no longer touch her sensitive nerves. He thought that was what she wanted, so he tried to keep a proper distance from her.

At the same time, he also reflected on his previous behavior, he felt that he was too radical from the beginning, and he should not rush to rely on routines to determine the relationship between the two, such a foundation is not solid at all.

Ye Yanran is indifferent to everything on the surface, but in fact she is a very insecure person in her bones, her growth environment, coupled with her emotional experience of failing twice in a row, she is unwilling to pay easily, he can actually understand it.

Not only that, he felt that she still had a lot of concerns, far more than the age difference between them, but he couldn't figure out what else she hadn't opened for a while, which was probably related to her past experience, and he still needed to find someone to investigate, so he also felt that this matter was even more urgent.

Now he simply stays still, concentrates on his work, strives to be her assistant, and tries to show his mature and steady side, hoping to bring her a little more security.

At noon that day, he bought her favorite rainbow salad and oat yogurt and sent them to her office as usual.

At this time, she was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a coffee cup, her eyes fell on a certain point in the void, slightly distracted, hearing his footsteps, she suddenly turned her head and smiled faintly, "Hard work." ”

"It should. ”

Such a simple and unfamiliar politeness made Ye Yanran feel suffocated.

Ji Yufan looked at her steadily, his ink eyes went deep into the ancient pool, so deep that people couldn't see through it.

"Do you have any special work arrangements for the afternoon?" he asked, cautiously.

Ye Yanran walked back to the desk and put the coffee cup on the corner of the table, "Not for the time being, do you have something?"

"I'd like to go to the site in the afternoon. Ji Yufan replied succinctly.

Ye Yanran lowered her eyes, "Okay, you go!"

Ji Yufan bowed slightly, and turned away respectfully.

When he walked to the door, Ye Yanran suddenly asked anxiously, "Will you go back to the company after work?"

Ji Yufan looked back at her, "I'll try my best." ”

"Then don't rush. I don't need to work overtime today, I'll go back to buy groceries and cook!"

The corners of Ji Yufan's lips bent upwards a few times unconsciously, "Okay." ”

But the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, Ye Yanran received a call from Shao Jie in the afternoon, and wanted to ask her out for dinner, she thought that she still owed Shao Jie a favor for the previous interview, and said that she would invite him to dinner, but she never fulfilled it after that. It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to settle this matter, so he agreed, and then sent a text message to Ji Yufan and told her that he couldn't go back to dinner at night.

After getting off work, Shao Jie drove downstairs in the company and waited for her, he rarely changed into a straight suit today, with his sturdy figure and wheat complexion, he looked heroic, after getting in the car, Shao Jie asked her if there was anything special she wanted to eat.

Ye Yanran shook her head, she was not very particular about eating her, and she didn't have too many likes and dislikes.

Shao Jie turned his head sideways while starting the engine and said, "I heard that the French restaurant on the third floor of the Long Island Hotel has hired a new Michelin-starred chef, why don't we try it?"

Ye Yanran thought that if it was a thank-you banquet, that specification would be just right, so she nodded and agreed.

The corners of Shao Jie's lips hooked a beautiful arc, and he smiled with a spring breeze.

The car stopped steadily at the door of the Long Island Hotel, and Mr. Shao Jie got out of the car to help Ye Yanran open the car door, escorted her down, threw the car key to the doorman, and bent his arm to her.

On this occasion, Ye Yanran cooperated naturally, she smiled lightly and put her hand in the crook of his arm, and the two walked steadily into the hotel lobby.

In the elevator, Ye Yanran wanted to retreat uncomfortably, Shao Jie patted her hand on his arm with his other hand, turned his head sideways and looked at her gently, "I'm very happy today." ”

Ye Yanran's heart moved slightly, and she was faintly uneasy.

After Shao Jie reported his name, the waiter led them to the couple's seat by the window, and the violinist immediately came over to play the music.

Shao Jie pulled out the chair for Ye Yanran, and then held a bouquet of purple tulips in front of her.

The music is "love/me/like/you/do", love me like I love you, the flower language of purple tulips is endless love, all this carefully prepared by Shao Jie, the intention can no longer be obvious.

Ye Yanran secretly regretted in her heart that she shouldn't have agreed to tonight's date, she took the flower and smiled a little reluctantly.

Shao Jie waved his hand, watching the violinist and waiter bow slightly and retreat, he asked in a low voice, "Why don't you like it?"

Ye Yanran lowered her eyes and shook her head: "No, I'm a little unaccustomed." ”

Shao Jie chuckled: "I understand, you still like the Hunan restaurant before, and I also like the rustic taste there, but not tonight." Sometime. We'll go together another day. ”

He raised his hand to shake Ye Yanran's hand as if comforting, and when his fingers were just about to touch her, Ye Yanran suddenly raised his hand and pulled the hair on the side of his ear, and avoided it quietly.

Shao Jie's outstretched hand froze in mid-air for half a second, and he slightly curled his fingers into a fist and stroked his lips and coughed lightly twice to hide the embarrassment of the atmosphere.

"See what you want to eat?" he handed the menu to Ye Yanran.

Ye Yanran had no intention of eating at this time, Shao Jie's intention was so obvious, she was very worried that he would not know when he would say some courtship, she didn't want to face that kind of scene.

She ordered a few random meals, thinking about how to deal with it so as not to embarrass everyone.

And Shao Jie saw all this, Ye Yanran's crampedness had undoubtedly given the answer, and he couldn't help but be disappointed.

The dishes are exquisite, but both of them eat absent-mindedly and don't know the taste of food.

Coming out of the Long Island Hotel, both men remained silent, and only the floating light music in the carriage supported the condensed atmosphere.

Shao Jie parked the car on the side of the boulevard next to the J River, turned his head sideways and said to Ye Yanran: "Get out of the car and walk with me." ”

The two walked side by side along the promenade of the J River, keeping a distance from each other.

A gust of autumn wind caressed, with a chill, Shao Jie took off his suit jacket and draped it on Ye Yanran, Ye Yanran subconsciously dodged and took a step back slightly.

Shao Jie stubbornly stuffed his clothes into her arms, "Put them on! Even if you want to reject me, you don't have to avoid suspicion so much." You're too thin and get sick easily. ”

When he said this, Ye Yanran couldn't refuse anymore, thanked him, put his clothes on his body, and silently followed him with steps.

"Yanran, I think my intentions today have been made clear, and I can see your reaction. But there are some things I still want to say, and there are some things that I am afraid I will regret in the future if I don't fight for them myself.

You don't have to be nervous, it's my choice to like it or not, you can accept it or not, it doesn't matter. Whatever decision you make, I respect it. Nor does it change the fact that we are friends. ”

Ye Yanran is embarrassed to death now, she is not very good at dealing with such a scene, Chen Fei and Wei Xiaodong don't seem to have confessed so abruptly and formally before, especially Wei Xiaodong, he is very good at creating a natural atmosphere, which makes it easy for people to accept him. But Shao Jie is different, he is simple, direct, but sincere, which makes her a little overwhelmed.

Shao Jie's gaze fell fixedly, and his voice was low and rhythmic like a cello, "Yanran, in fact, from the first time I saw you, I identified you. I was fascinated by your every move, and it was a wonderful but clear feeling, and I knew that you were the one I had been waiting for.

But at that time, I heard Lu Li say that you were going to get married, so I had to hide this feeling in my heart, I thought it would be good to just watch you be happy. But later, many things proved that your life was not happy, and at that time I wanted to confess, but I was afraid of scaring you, so I wanted to help you deal with these things first, and then talk about it when you calmed down.

Now that the dust has settled, I think it's time too. Yanran, I know that I am not a person who understands romance, and I can't even say those beautiful love words, which may make you feel abrupt, but I am really sincere to spend the rest of my life with you, and from now on I will love you, protect you, and not let you be hurt again. I hope you can give me this opportunity. ”

His gaze was too hot, so that Ye Yanran didn't dare to look directly, his sincerity made her unable to say decisive words, but at the same time, she also understood that she didn't have that heart-pounding feeling for Shao Jie, and even when Su Yan said that he was interested in her, her attitude was evasive.

Especially at this moment, Ji Yufan's handsome face always appeared in front of her eyes, and a pair of eyes looked at her pitifully and complainingly. How could she accept Shao Jie at this time, it was unfair to everyone, and the three of them would not be happy.

Making up her mind, she took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "Shao Jie, I have always respected you very much, you are sincere and down-to-earth, you have given me a lot of help during this time, I am very grateful to you, I regard you as a very good friend and partner." I ......"

"Okay, don't send me a good person card! Actually, your rejection has always been clearly written on your face, but if I don't try, I always don't give up. Now that the words are clear, at least there will be no regrets. Let's go, I'll send you back. ”

After Shao Jie finished speaking, he took the lead in turning around and walking back.

On the way back, Ye Yanran tried to find something to talk about to break the silence, but all she could think of was work with Shao Jie. After several times she wanted to speak and stopped, she simply gave up.

The car stopped steadily downstairs at Ye Yanran's house, Shao Jie turned around and took the tulips in the back seat and put them in Ye Yanran's arms again, "Don't be burdened, if you need help in the future, just look for me, no matter what, we are good friends." ”

Ye Yanran thanked her, and went upstairs with the flowers in her arms. She also felt very uncomfortable rejecting Shao Jie, not because she was reluctant, but because she felt that she had failed his kindness. She is really not good at dealing with these, she is used to treating wicked people with a cold face and dealing with difficulties, but in the face of those who are really good to her, she is a little overwhelmed.

From about childhood to adulthood, she didn't get much love, so she cherished it, and at the same time knew that it couldn't be used badly. She can't accept the kindness of others to herself, but she can't reciprocate with the same thing. For Shao Jie, she feels this way.

In fact, she also feels this way about Ji Yufan, so she keeps polishing him at work, thinking that this is the best reward for his true feelings. She always said to herself that although he didn't appreciate it now, he would thank her for everything she had done today when he matured again in a few years.

Shao Jie lowered the window as usual, lit a cigarette and watched her back disappear into the corridor, and waited until he saw the lights in the room on the second floor turn on, and then started the car and left.

Ji Yufan, who was standing on the balcony with the lights turned off and waiting for Ye Yanran upstairs, saw all this scene in his eyes, his hand holding the railing tightened and tightened, and the green tendons on the back of his hand appeared.

When he received the message that Ye Yanran didn't go home at night today, he was always worried about whether she was in trouble again, whether something happened at home, and her mother and younger brother were not fuel-efficient lamps.

He drove around her house, and then went around the door of Wei Xiaodong's new house, but he didn't see her, so he had to go home and wait for her. He thought maybe she would need his help or comfort. However, in the end, I saw her proudly getting off Shao Jie's car with flowers in the spring breeze.

The thought of her already dating other people drove him crazy and unbelievable. It's not fair why they have such an advantage when they are a few years older than him.

His eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes were as deep as night, and there was a sense of anger in the silence.

He turned into the house and hooked up the video conference, "I want you to come back as soon as possible." ”