The continuous humming of the cell phone, which is particularly abrupt in the office late at night, lasts for several seconds before terminating.

After a while, the phone resting on the desk vibrated again. Xiao Huai was familiar with it, signed the last pages of several papers, and handed it to Michiko: "You have worked overtime recently, don't stay up late today, go back early to rest." ”

Michiko glanced at her phone: "Dr. Lin is really chasing his soul when he finds someone, completely ignoring that you are at work." ”

"The draft restructuring of Sinoma Group and Building Materials Group has gaps in the operational process of financing and debt treatment. Please call the relevant person in charge to the conference room at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will reorganize it. Xiao Huai spoke unhurriedly, looking at it with a deep gaze, his eyes rarely revealing sternness.

Michiko was ashamed and eased her tone: "You work late into the night every day, as if you are distracting yourself with overwork. Your relationship with Dr. Lim...... Is the progress not going well? ”

Xiao Huai sat and Michiko stood, and their eyes briefly met in the air for a moment. He lowered his head and looked at the list of projects on the table: "It's working time, and I don't want to talk about personal matters." ”

Michiko was not reluctant, and closed the door of the office when she left.

Before the door closed tightly, she saw a scene, and her heart immediately became uneasy.

His eyes looked at the vibrating phone, and his slender hand reached over and flipped it over on the table.

That's it, muted.

*

Lin Li looked at the building, the upstairs was brightly lit, and the office rooms were all lit up.

She guessed that Xiao Huai was busy and forgot about herself, wondering whether to ask the security guard to transfer the supper on her behalf, the glass door in front of her automatically opened, and Michiko Koyama walked out.

The two women had not seen each other for several days since the annual meeting in Berlin. Lin Li said hello politely, and was about to walk inside, when he heard Michiko sneer: "Hermann doesn't even want to answer your phone, are you embarrassed to come here to entangle?" ”

Lin Li turned around and looked dazed: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Literally." Michiko said-for-tat, "On the contrary, it is you who have ulterior motives to approach Hermann and at the same time entangle with other men, which is simply shameless." ”

Lin Li didn't have time to speak, and heard the other party say: "Do you know that Hermann works until three o'clock in the morning every day in order to fly back to China to spend Valentine's Day with you?" His time is precious, and decisions made in a minute can bring considerable financial benefits to investment banks, but he devotes his precious time to you, accompanying you in childish and ridiculous video chats. And what have you done for him? You have a candlelit dinner with another man, leave him aside, and leave him empty downstairs in the middle of the night. Dr. Lin, if you can't love Hermann with all your heart, why provoke him? ”

The tirade stunned Lin Li.

Her mind was a little confused, and after thinking about it, she remembered that Xiao Huai had made a few calls on Valentine's Day, so she clicked on the call record on her mobile phone.

The time of the call comes into view.

02-14 Xiao Huai 18:57:51

02-14 Xiao Huai 18:59:03

02-14 Xiao Huai 19:02:08

……

Lin Li stared straight at the screen, and suddenly his face turned pale.

Xiao Huai made several phone calls and didn't find anyone, so she must be very worried about her, right? So, did he find out her whereabouts from Guan Yi, and it was inconvenient to disturb her and Ji Yunchong to catch up, so he waited outside the restaurant for hours?

He witnessed Ji Yunchong sending her home, why didn't he say a word? She called him later, was he just downstairs from her?

Lin Li hugged the thermos cup in his arms nervously: "I'll go see Xiao Huai and explain it to him clearly." ”

"He doesn't want to see you, and he doesn't want to hear your explanations. Don't you feel that he is becoming more and more indifferent to you, not answering phone calls, not replying to messages? ”

Lin Li's lips silently opened and closed a few times, choking.

Michiko said in a very distressed tone, "Hermann and that man are very good personal friends. You hook up with that man, what can Hermann do in such a situation? Acting as a third party to get involved? ”

"Friends?"

"Not only are they friends, but they are also important customers with whom Hermann has a working relationship."

Lin Li didn't expect to face such a situation, his mind "buzzed", and his tongue knotted as if he couldn't say a word at all.

After the breakup, she was disheartened, so she never mentioned Ji Yunchong.

When she met Xiao Huai, she didn't plan to associate with him at first, and she didn't talk about the words "Ji Yunchong" at all. Later, she and Xiao Huai got closer, and felt that there was no need to bring up the old things again. After all, the relationship between the two men is just a senior and a junior, and it is not a relative.

Xiao Huai and Ji Yunchong are friends? And work contacts? Impossible, right? Many questions popped up in my mind, and the frustration in my heart swelled like a tidal wave, flooding uncontrollably.

Michiko put away her previous vitriolism and admonished sincerely: "Hermann is extremely good, and that man is also hard to find." You already have an admirer who stands out in every way, so why bother with both? Hermann's feelings for you are in the past, please stop pestering you needlessly. ”

Lin Li was stunned: "In the past? ”

"How could a gentlemanly man like Hermann tell you bluntly that he has developed a dislike for you? He could only stay away. After Michiko finished speaking, she took out her mobile phone and handed it to Lin Li, "If you don't believe it, you can call his number and try." ”

Lin Li refused to answer.

Michiko directly shoehorned the phone into her hand.

The feeling of this moment is extremely complicated, both sad and unbelievable. Lin Fei felt as if she had returned to that unbearable night, knowing that the man she liked had lost interest in her, she was still obsessed, groveling and begging people to look at her more.

Should I make a call? The man who comforted her and moved her was really hindered by his friendship with Ji Yunchong, silently alienated her and gave up on her?

No, she didn't believe it.

Lin Li took a deep breath and first used his mobile phone to dial Xiao Huai's mobile phone. The phone rang several times, then cut off automatically.

She dialed from Michiko's cell phone again.

The hands, which would not tremble even when holding the scalpel, trembled uncontrollably at this time. She paused, a little afraid to press the green call button, but she finally did.

"Beep-" sounded, and the call was not connected.

"Toot-" The second time, the phone went through.

The speed of time seems to slow down at this moment. Slowly, a mellow voice appeared next to her ears with a warm texture, but it was not her name that opened her mouth to call: "Michiko, you haven't gone back yet?" ”

The whole heart seemed to fall unexpectedly, and then it fell again, and the bitterness that fermented to the extreme blocked her throat, and she silently lifted her breath, and tears burst out of her eyes.

She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, but tears continued to fall, dripping silently on the back of her hand.

"Michiko, is that you?" Xiao Huai's voice rang on the other end of the phone again, warm and low, giving people a sense of security. However, such a beautiful voice seems to have turned into a sharp blade, and the words are piercing.

Michiko took the phone and said in a low and gentle tone: "Hermann, I sprained my ankle, can you come downstairs and help me?" ”

"You stay there and don't move, I'll be there shortly. Is the injury strict? ”

"I don't know...... But it hurts. ”

"I'll take you to the hospital."

Michiko politely hung up the phone and looked at Lin Li with a pitying look.

Lin Li raised his hand to wipe away his tears and asked stiffly, "Why do you know about the private matter between me and Xiao Huai?" ”

Michiko was silent for a few seconds, then raised her chin and smiled coldly: "If it wasn't for Hermann himself, I might not have known so clearly." ”

Lin Li was dumbfounded, the strong strength on his face could no longer be maintained, and he turned away gloomily.

She drooped her head and walked aimlessly down the long street. The cold wind was blowing, how long had I walked, and where I had gone, I didn't know at a loss, and I was confused all the way.

The heart that was once warmed by Xiao Huai is losing its due temperature little by little.

She thought that she would never experience the taste of love in her life again, and her heart would never ripple for anyone, but she fell hopelessly in love with Xiao Huai and the man who gave her a coat on a cold night in the rainy and snowy spring.

How touched I was at the beginning, how heartbroken I am now.

She always felt that he understood her past, understood the joys, sorrows and sorrows she experienced, and was definitely not a whim for her. However, after all, it is too confident.

Holding hands, hugging, kissing, not replying to messages, not answering the phone...... All kinds of expressions, whether advancing or retreating, are all decided by him alone.

It's over. It ended without warning.

Lin Li stood still.

She closed her eyes and inhaled silently, her shoulders trembling, her whole body trembling, and the softest part of her chest seemed to be torn apart by the relentless force...... The pain and disappointment she had endured surrounded her like a flood again, but this time, her eyes were so hot that she couldn't even cry.

She didn't complain.

She only had one sentence in her head.

The spring is cold, and the frost kills the young.

*

In early March, Merrill Lynch's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders announced two major resolutions: to spin off Merrill Lynch's core business chain and accept Dongsheng Group's application to purchase 100% of the company's shares by cash payment.

This means that Merrill Lynch's most competitive R&D division was acquired by Dongsheng, and the other divisions were merged into Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical Marketing Company (subsidiary). The controlling rights of the latter's assets and operations still belong to Dongsheng.

Merrill Lynch shares circulating in the secondary market will also be completely replaced with Dongsheng shares at a discount rate: 600001 per share (Merrill Lynch) will be converted into 0.275 shares 000709 (Dongsheng Group). According to rough estimates, Dongsheng's market value exceeds 100 billion.

As soon as the good news came out, the bottom of the comment area of Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical stocks was full of cheers. Dongsheng Group's share price has also continued to rise, and as a leading stock in the pharmaceutical sector, it has driven other stocks up.

The media reported that Dongsheng Group had turned losses into winners in just a few years, and had become a comprehensive large company integrating pharmaceutical research and development, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical trade, and introduced the work experience of the current director Ji Yunchong with a description of more than 1,000 words.

For a time, Ji Yunchong made headlines on the economic pages of major newspapers and periodicals.

Because he was young and promising, and fluently and humorously answered interviews with Chinese and foreign reporters and media in Chinese, English, and German at a later press conference, he quickly became the focus of public attention and the most popular figure.

Coupled with Ji Yunchong's low-key style and unmarried identity, the outside world is very curious about his private life. As a result, his family background, educational background and personal emotional experience were presented one by one in the media.

His grandfather was a high-ranking official, his father was an entrepreneur, and he studied in Germany for eight years, successively held important positions in the Bavarian State Bank, the Munich Biomedical Company, and the Dongsheng branch in Munich, and had a girlfriend who had been dating for 12 years, but he didn't know who his surname was.

In order to stimulate newspaper sales and satisfy the curiosity of the public, the reporter tracked in depth and finally found the woman behind Ji Yunchong: Lin Li.

Lin Li came into the public eye overnight, and her family background and personal information were also picked up: her grandmother was a famous lady during the Republic of China, her parents were respected doctors, and she herself was a three-high woman, who grew up with Ji Yunchong since childhood. The two fell in love and had already held an engagement ceremony.

This year's most well-matched couple was born. The photos of Lin Li and Ji Yunchong from childhood to adulthood have been uploaded to the Internet and frequently exposed in front of people. Two of the photos taken 12 years ago and 12 years later are even more popular on the Internet.

Twelve years ago, on campus, teenager Ji Yunchong carried two schoolbags on one shoulder, squatted down, and tied his shoelaces for sixteen-year-old Lin Li.

Twelve years later, on campus, revisiting the old place, the male god Ji Yunchong held two cups of coffee with one hand, turned his body sideways, and wiped the poplar catkins from the hair of the light mature woman Lin Li.

These two pictures touched netizens, and they also appeared on the official website of Entertainment Weekly, and a touching confession was added.

"That's the most perfect love in the world. No matter who looks up to whom, no matter who looks down on whom, the stars we have experienced together in those years are all beautiful scenery. ”

……

The reason why Lin Pi learned about these gossip rumors was because he received a call from Guan Yi after work one day.

Guan Yi first asked if he had contacted the president of Shanghai Development Bank, and then the conversation changed: "Have you and Ji Yunchong reunited?" Why is the media reporting that you are about to get married? ”

Lin Li couldn't answer for a while, and as soon as he went online, he found that the ** of the three generations of his ancestors had been leaked cleanly.

The overwhelming "revealing" and "big doxxing", its writers seem to have seen it with their own eyes, and they try their best to exaggerate her and Ji Yunchong's interaction experience. In the end, she also saw the two pictures that were popular all over the Internet, as well as the sensational confession.

Lin Li couldn't help but frown.

The second photo did not happen now, but happened more than two years ago, on the eve of Ji Yunchong's engagement to her. Presumably, in order to win clicks, some newspapers and periodicals deliberately put on their crowns.

She sent a message to Guan Yi: "The news is all fake, don't believe it." ”

Guan Yi quickly replied: "Of course I don't believe it. But what about Xiao Huai? He was too busy to take care of you during this time, is it because he is jealous when he sees gossip reports? ”