Maybe in Ouyang Chen's view, liking is to get, and her happiness must be mastered by herself. At his age, he simply doesn't understand that what he says about liking and loving are two different things.

To love someone is to want the other person to be happy no matter what the situation, even if someone else gives her happiness. Love cannot withstand entanglement and suspicion, and it is a follow-up from the depths of the soul beyond the body.

Although Xia Qixi didn't like Ouyang Chen's attitude towards this matter, he also knew in his heart that he couldn't hang all of this, according to his age and family situation, he had to get what he liked since he was a child.

In fact, for more than two years, Xia Qixi has been arranging herself in non-stop work, forcing herself not to think of those pasts. And once I leave my job, I don't know how to spend my spare time. I wanted to find a café to spend the afternoon, but I was disturbed by Ouyang Chen, so I simply left the company and went home to sleep.

As a result, when he was sleeping in a daze, he was woken up by Jiang Yan's phone, and Xia Qixi said "Hey" in a confused voice.

Jiang Yan was slightly surprised: "Sleeping? ”

"Yes." Xia Qixi replied and continued to close her eyes, she hated being woken up by the phone when she was sleeping, and her voice was a little lazy and impatient.

"Why is it uncomfortable to sleep at home at this time?"

Jiang Yan remembered that Xia Qixi had said on the phone that there was a hot pot that was particularly delicious, so he wanted to take Xia Qixi to take her to taste it, but he didn't want to disturb her dreams.

"Because there's nothing to do, the meeting is over?" Xia Qixi finally reluctantly got up from the bed, sat on the bed with the quilt, and turned his head to see that the sunset was setting outside, leaving a large area of burning clouds, and the whole city turned red.

"I'm sorry to disturb your sleep, but since you've woken up, come out and have a meal with me, didn't you say that there is a hot pot that is delicious?"

Xia Qixi held the phone in his hand and laughed briskly. Strange to say, not only has her habit of not being able to eat spicy food in this city changed, but her appetite is getting better and better, and she likes to walk around alone in her spare time, so she has discovered a lot of food in this city. Unexpectedly, now Jiang Yan has also been successfully brought to the road of foodie by her.

About half an hour later, the two met at the agreed location. Xia Qixi wore denim shorts and canvas shoes, which changed the usual quietness and added a touch of young playfulness.

Xia Qixi took Jiang Yan through a narrow alley, and smelled the spicy fragrance from a distance. Although it was dinner time, there were not many people dining, and the store was not big, but from the time on the façade and plaque, it can be seen that this is an old store with a history of more than ten years, and on both sides of them are two large banyan trees that are also old.

Because it was a hot summer, simple tables and chairs were placed under the big banyan tree at random, Xia Qixi and Jiang Yan sat down next to the root of the tree, and a teenage boy delivered a menu and a pot of fragrant barley tea. People here love spicy and hot oils, and cool barley tea has become a must-have for meals.

Jiang Yan handed over the selected menu to the child, and he looked at Jiang Yan grinning and leaking out neat snow-white teeth, and asked innocently, "Are you this sister's boyfriend?" She had come by herself before. ”

In the southern cities, compared with the snowy north, the days always seem incomparably long, and when Xia Qixi is too busy with a day's work to be too lazy to cook, he will come here, and he will serve a few favorite dishes and sit for a long time. This little boy is the grandson of the boss's family, and his mind is a little unsound, but he is still a very cute child.

Occasionally, Xia Qixi came alone, and there were fewer guests, so he would sit on the chair next to Xia Qixi and be in a daze with her or tell her something he thought was more interesting.

The kid held the menu in his hand but didn't leave, his eyes were as clear as a bay of lake water, looking at Jiang Yan quietly, waiting for him to answer.

Jiang Yan smiled and shook his head: "I'm not her boyfriend, just a very good friend." ”

"Then you must like your sister, don't you? I know! The child puffed out his mouth and ran away on tiptoe.

Jiang Yan never thought that his mind would be seen through by such an unsound child and revealed it in one word. He is such a big person, but he is at a loss in front of the child. While pretending to drink tea, he peeked at Xia Qixi's face.

Her face was still calm, neither joy nor displeasure, it seemed that this sentence really had no effect on her, and Jiang Yan's heart that was beating at an accelerated pace gradually calmed down.

If possible, the most curative method in the world is to fight poison with poison, a hot pot to eat sweaty, but there is an indescribable pleasure, as if the concealment that has been accumulated in the body for a long time is now eliminated from the body through the pores on the skin with sweat.

All that remains is for them to be reborn.

Jiang Yan didn't know what Xia Qixi was like, but the scene in front of him reminded him of the first time she took Xia Qixi to eat fennel dumplings, she was also sitting opposite her, and she was very happy to eat.

After Xia Qixi left, he often passed by that store, but he never had the courage to go in. For him, some memories can only be firmly locked, and as long as she can be happy, he is willing to see the light of day for his true thoughts.

When people reach a certain age, they always feel that time flies. In the blink of an eye, summer is coming to an end. However, it doesn't seem too obvious here, the leaves of the banyan tree are still dark green, and the sky is still very blue.

Huang Min seems to have forgotten about Chen Ziyu, and has rapidly developed cooperation with several other real estate companies, although the scale is not comparable with last year's Shenghao, but it is enough to complete the company's indicators this year. Huang Min also got a chance to travel abroad.

However, she didn't want to go alone, so she tried her best to lobby Xia Qixi, and finally when Huang Min offered to bear the round-trip air ticket and accommodation, Xia Qixi reluctantly agreed. It was just time to take annual leave, and Xia Qixi couldn't think of a better way to remove it, so Huang Min went to pick it, and finally Huang Min pointed to a blue ocean on the map to determine the destination, the Maldives.

So, Huang Min began to vigorously prepare for this trip, booked the best hotel, and took Xia Qixi to shop on the street for two days to purchase equipment, swimsuits, sunglasses, beach skirts, everything is available. Waiting for departure with joy.

The night before departure, Huang Min was enthusiastically pulling Xia Qixi to check the strategy on the Internet, and as a result, a call from the general manager almost caused Huang Min to rush over with a big knife to cut people.

The next day, Huang Min and Xia Qixi appeared in the general manager's office with their heads drooping at the same time. After knowing the reason for the forced cancellation of the trip, the reactions of the two people were very different.

Compared with Huang Min's cheers, Xia Qixi's face was gloomy and very displeased. Something that had already lost any hope suddenly reversed for some reason, and Shenghao agreed to revisit the company's situation to determine whether to continue the cooperation for several years.

This was a happy thing, but Shenghao put forward a condition, that is, during the inspection, Huang Min and Xia Qixi must accompany and be responsible for the whole process.

Xia Qixi didn't know what Shenghao or simply Chen Ziyu was for, wasn't the embarrassment between them enough, they had to torture and hurt each other like this. After thinking about it again, Xia Qixi still refused politely in front of the general manager.

However, the reason is a bit far-fetched, she said that she has no experience in this area, and she is not very good at speaking, and she is afraid of messing up this cooperation.

Not only did her rhetoric not achieve the desired effect, but she was criticized and educated by the general manager, such as putting the interests of the company first.

There seems to be no other way than to endure the scalp, but fortunately, with Huang Min here, she just needs to follow behind her, as for Chen Ziyu, she can only try to fit in, but what she hopes more is that he doesn't provoke herself for no reason.

Everything went according to expectations, Huang Min took Xia Qixi and Shenghao's leaders in charge of this matter to meet again, but there was no Chen Ziyu. Xia Qixi secretly rejoiced, maybe all this is just the most normal means in the shopping mall, and she is cranky because she is too careful.

However, that night, he was dragged to a luxury villa in the suburbs by Shenghao's people. The trees around the lawn are decorated with strings of colorful neon signs, and under the lights, there are overlapping figures holding wine glasses.

Huang Min and Xia Qixi stood at the door, a little stunned, and were about to ask, but the person in charge of bringing them over had already spoken first: "Today is Miss Han Lu's birthday, and our boss specially held a party for her to celebrate, and invited a lot of business personnel. ”

"Han Lu?" Xia Qixi was almost a subconscious rhetorical question.

"Oh, Miss Han Lu is our boss's girlfriend, she is very beautiful, but ......, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows are somewhat similar to Miss Xia."

This sentence was like a needle that penetrated Xia Qixi's heart, and the whole person lost his strength. Since receiving this task, she has repeatedly emphasized to herself almost every morning before going out that the previous things have become the past, and she and Chen Ziyu are destined to become the most familiar strangers in this life.

even prayed in his heart that Chen Ziyu would never be unforgiving. However, when she really heard that he had a girlfriend, she felt an indescribable sadness in her heart, and she couldn't find the reason and courage to persist in what she had been doing for a long time.

It turned out that the resentment after the so-called beloved, hiding and not seeing, was all her own wishful thinking. She thought that she had worked hard to forget the past, but she didn't want Chen Ziyu to have a new love, not only that, but also to bring it to her, what did he want to explain? Was it her stupidity, or his ruthlessness.

Xia Qixi had lost the courage to walk in, and turned around to escape, but a familiar voice came from him: "Since you have arrived, why don't you go in, these are all famous business people who came today, and most of them want to cooperate with our Shenghao, maybe you can discuss it." ”

This book was first published in Reading Books