Chapter 41 Heart-to-heart

There are many food lists, and it took Qiao Qiao a long time to fill out this questionnaire and submit it to Lu Ze.

As a result, I received a call from Lu Ze again, "Qiaoqiao, didn't you say that you will fill in again when you have time, you have to continue to travel tomorrow if you fill in so late." ”

"It doesn't matter, have you been doing this questionnaire for a long time?" Jojo replied to him that she didn't want to throw the questionnaire there and come back when she was free.

Lu Ze replied: "Soon, it's easy. Next time, don't be in such a hurry, go to bed early. ”

"Well, then I'll go to sleep first, good night, Lu Ze." Qiao Qiao's tone was soft and soft, and he said good night to Lu Ze again.

Qiao Qiao's soft voice came out of the mobile phone, making Lu Ze pause for a moment before replying to her, instead of replying good night, he replied in a low voice: "Qiao Qiao, I miss you." "Obviously, I often haven't seen each other for a long time before, but it's extremely unbearable to be separated after falling in love.

Then I heard Jojo obediently reply to him, "Well, I miss you too." ”

Lu Ze especially wanted to answer, saying that it would be okay to resign, but he couldn't help it, he knew that Qiao Qiao would not agree, so he didn't want to spoil the atmosphere at the moment, just said good night to Qiao Qiao and hung up the phone, asking her to go to bed early.

When Qiao Qiao went home from a three-day trip, he deliberately rubbed in the airport for a long time, saying that he had something to do and asked the other people to go first. No, because Lu Ze must come to pick up the airport, she doesn't want to stage a sweet scene in front of her colleagues and partners of other firms.

Li Jinzhou frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?" I'll wait for you soon, the company's car is waiting outside, and I'll drop you off. ”

"No, no, no." Qiao Qiao waved his hand again and again, and casually made up a reason to prevaricate him, "I have a classmate who I haven't seen for a long time and happened to be on a flight today, I went to meet her, it's been a long time." ”

When everyone else left, Qiao Qiao came out, and was smothered into his arms by Lu Ze, who came to pick up the airport, hugged him tightly, and then robbed her of her breath.

After finally parting, Jojo whispered against his chest: "Public! ”

"It's just the airport." Lu Ze hugged him hard for a while before reaching out to take Qiaoqiao's suitcase, and took her hand and went home together.

When he got into Lu Ze's car, Qiao Qiao understood what an "airport is", and sure enough, it was just an "airport...... There is still some convergence in public just now......

When Jojo returned home, the hydroponic pothos on the living room table had just been changed, the water in the culture bottle was transparent and clear, and the emerald green leaves were round and healthy, looking vibrant, and other than that, there was no difference anywhere else, except for a full refrigerator and a kitchen that was simply reborn.

A row of various knives flickered in the cold light, and all kinds of pots, ovens, juicers, dishwashers, spice bottles, and small kitchen utensils filled the kitchen, which was not like Qiaoqiao's own place where instant noodles were cooked for 10,000 years.

Jojo's first reaction was to be moved, and the second reaction was, I'll give it to you how much money it spent......

Still sticking to Qiaoqiao's back, Lu Ze, who was holding her as a large koala, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "It's okay to be moved, don't give money." ”

This kitchen addition, even if Jojo didn't calculate carefully, knew that it was at least five figures, and it was not a low five-digit, but she didn't insist on giving money anymore.

Although Qiaoqiao began to take frequent short-distance business trips, at least there was one thing that Lu Ze felt was acceptable, that is, he could always go to Qiaoqiao's house for one night on the night before the business trip, and send her to the airport the next morning, which could be regarded as compensation.

But there is one thing that still bothers him, Jojo always has to bring him a gift every time, not as obvious as before, directly every two days, a watch that is two percent more expensive than a ring is directly returned to him, but every time he buys a shirt for him, buys him a tie, and buys him a wallet.

It's not that Lu Ze is not happy that his girlfriend gave him a gift. Qiaoqiao gave some personal things, and told him seriously that when he used his birthday to trick her out, he once said that he would let her accompany him to buy clothes, but he didn't agree, so he made it up to him now.

But Lu Ze knew that Qiao Qiao was still returning the gift because of the kitchen matter, because she herself said so in the hole of the donkey's ear tree.

Lu Ze didn't dare to give Qiao Qiao anything except food, he felt that falling in love with him had added a lot of financial burden to Qiao Qiao.

After more than a month of such days, it is rare that when Qiao Qiao is on a business trip, Lu Ze also has something to do with the company, and he can't send her off, and he can't pick her up when he comes back.

Qiao Qiao was not unhappy at all, just let Lu Ze handle the company's affairs with peace of mind, no one said that it would not work if there was no boyfriend to pick him up and go on a business trip.

Lu Ze rarely had a busy time, and Qiao Qiao didn't bother him, but he still wanted to surprise Qiao Qiao and came back two days early.

When the plane landed, Lu Ze called Qiaoqiao, and the other party had turned off the phone, and Qiaoqiao did often turn off the phone when he had an important meeting.

Lu Ze drove directly to Qiao Qiao's house, but when he opened the door, he found that the suitcases in the living room were directly spread on the ground, and the things were messily inside and were not cleaned up, it is estimated that Qiao Qiao only came back last night, and felt that Lu Ze would only come back in two days, and he would not come to her house, and the luggage and living room were relatively messy, and he didn't clean up much.

There were small receipts and bags thrown on the coffee table, and when Lu Ze cleaned up, he saw the bags and receipts of the 24-hour pharmacy downstairs, and there were two boxes of painkillers on the receipts, but there was only one box left in the bag, and three of them had been eaten after opening, and the other box was probably taken away by Qiao Qiao.

Lu Ze frowned, called Qiaoqiao again, and turned off the phone. He habitually went to brush Jojo's tree hole to see what had happened to Jojo last night. She didn't say anything when she called each other to say goodnight at night, even if it was menstrual cramps, she wouldn't take three painkillers at a time.

"When I resigned, I didn't think I wanted to work in the domestic industry. I really, really, really don't like this so-called wine table culture, it's so cruel. The people in the firm are much simpler than those at the brokerage. Not to mention these people who are responsible for sales and procurement all year round, as well as managing factories and production bases. Recently, I'm going to vomit the liquor, I hate the liquor so much! The dinner I practiced before the return trip was very uncomfortable, but I can't say that my aunt can't drink it. ”

"Hey, I have been hurting at night, drinking water hurts and eating hurts, and I have nausea, and the whole stomach is the same as a needle prick. So I don't know now whether it's my aunt's pain or my stomach's pain, or if it should be called a meeting of two pains, there must be more pain. didn't even say a word on the phone with Lu Ze, and quickly said that I was sleepy and hung up. As a result, I still woke up with pain and couldn't sleep! There will be a special and important meeting tomorrow morning, oh, no, it should be called this morning, it is already five o'clock, I just went downstairs to buy painkillers, I took two painkillers directly, I don't hurt anymore, but I can't sleep either. Forget it, make up one before going out to work in a while, now go wash your hair and take a shower first, I didn't wash my pain last night and lay in bed. ”

Lu Ze pinched the painkiller box in his hand, slammed the door directly and went out, drove directly downstairs to Qiaoqiao's company, and parked upstairs.

Then I saw Lu Ze once when he came to deliver roses, and remembered that his small front desk stopped him, "You wait, outsiders are not allowed to enter, not to mention that you can't find Deputy Director Qiao when you go in, she has a meeting in the conference room, and the management is meeting in the conference room today." It seems important that all calls are not transferred. ”

Then the small front desk saw that Deputy Director Qiao's boyfriend didn't say a word, turned around and went to the hospitality area, looking cold and low-pressure, and didn't sit, didn't play with his mobile phone, and didn't read the newspapers and magazines on the side, just stared at the office area with a frown and waited motionless.

Lu Ze waited for more than an hour, until lunchtime, when the meeting ended temporarily. Qiao Qiao, who had just left the door of the conference room, was stopped by the little girl at the front desk and whispered a few words to her.

Hearing this, Qiao Qiao hurriedly said hello to the other people attending the meeting, saying that he would go directly to the hotel private room for the luncheon later, and then quickly walked around the hospitality area in front of the others, wanting to take Lu Ze away.

Lu Ze saw Qiao Qiao coming over, didn't say a word, took her hand and was about to take her out, Qiao Qiao held him with his backhand, didn't go to the elevator, turned around and pushed open the door of the escape stairwell, pulled him in, and saved him from meeting someone who was going to come out for a while.

"What's wrong with you? So upset? Why did you come back early? Qiao Qiao also reached out to touch Lu Ze's forehead, a little strange, Lu Ze was very unhappy, Qiao Qiao could see it. Lu Ze is rarely unhappy with her like this, no, it should be said that he has never been unhappy with her like this. Even in the days when the two first met, he was just cold and silent, and the low air pressure because of other things a few times did not affect his relationship with Qiao Qiao to talk about business.

"Take your leave in the afternoon, and I'll take you to the hospital." Lu Ze said in a noncommittal tone.

Qiao Qiao glanced at the painkiller box that Lu Ze was pinching in his hand, thinking that Lu Ze had seen it on the coffee table at her house and guessed it, and tried to explain to him: "I didn't take painkillers casually, today's meeting is really important and there are many people involved, I can't ask for leave." I can't ask the management and all the brokerage lawyers and accountants to postpone the meeting and wait for me because of such a stomach ache and menstrual pain. ”

"If you don't want to ask for leave, I'll ask for leave for you." Lu Ze pushed the door and was about to go out.

Qiao Qiao grabbed him and didn't let go, "No, it's really not good." Have you ever seen someone who asked their boyfriend to take a leave of absence even after going to work? ”

"I'll take you to the hospital during my lunch break." Lu Ze's right hand was pulled by Qiao Qiao, and his left hand was half supporting the door of the stairwell that had been opened by him, "Qiao Qiao, the bottom line, I won't give in." Otherwise, I'll go in and help you resign now. ”

"Don't make a fuss." Jojo was also a little angry.

"I'm not making a fuss, I'm serious." Lu Ze looked at her fixedly.

Just thinking about it, in front of a large number of management and brokerage lawyers, accountants, and partners who attended the meeting, Lu Ze went in to help her resign, on the grounds that her girlfriend was sick and uncomfortable, and Qiaoqiao's scalp was numb.

"Jojo, I'm serious." Lu Ze made a gesture and wanted to push the door out.

Qiaoqiao had no choice but to hold him, "It's really nothing serious, it's just a stomach ache." Then I'll go to the hospital with you, okay, I'm not going to luncheon. ”

Qiao Qiao couldn't help it, he grabbed Lu Ze tightly with his left hand, turned on the mobile phone with his right hand, dialed Li Jinzhou's phone, and tried to lower his voice to talk to him: "Hey, boss, I'm sorry, I can't take time to go to the hospital at noon, I won't eat with you." ”

"Mmmm, it's not a big deal, it's just a stomach ache, I'll be back before the meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Lu Ze listened to Qiao Qiao talking to Li Jinzhou with an apologetic face, his face became even colder, and he was still apologizing when he was sick like this.

Qiao Qiao was still holding the Wen Jiàn clip in her hand, and she couldn't go back to put it back, for fear of meeting someone. Lu Ze took the Wen Jiàn clip in her hand and led her to go out of the elevator. Jojo stubbornly refused, and it was even more embarrassing in the elevator, how to explain it?

Oh everyone, this is my boyfriend, because I had a stomachache during my period, and he chased after the company. I didn't attend lunch with you at noon, and he accompanied me to the hospital.

Qiao Qiao walked down the stairs angrily, and Lu Ze grabbed her, "This is the tenth floor, and you are still wearing high heels." ”

"It's not that I can't go downstairs with high heels, and I don't hurt now." Jojo resolutely refused to take the elevator.

Lu Ze stepped down in two steps, hugged her horizontally, no longer insisted on taking the elevator, carried her down the stairs, and said lightly: "Of course you don't hurt now, you took painkillers." ”

Qiao Qiao nestled in Lu Ze's arms and felt that he was going to die of embarrassment! What a person, dressed in professional clothes and being beaten across the office building. Fortunately, this is an escape staircase, and no one usually uses it in the office building, so when it came to the first floor, Qiao Qiao hurriedly asked Lu Ze to put himself down.

On the way to the hospital, Qiao Qiao refused to speak, Lu Ze did not speak, and the atmosphere in the car was quiet and silent.

In order to save time and try to catch up with the afternoon meeting, Qiaoqiao went to the emergency department to see a doctor and got the gastroscopy as quickly as possible. However, the condition is not particularly good, it is not a simple stomach pain.

The doctor who saw the doctor was relatively old, and his attitude was quite gentle, and he took the gastroscope and said to Qiaoqiao: "Look, there are bleeding spots on the stomach wall, and your stomach was not good before, and it was stimulated by liquor." Don't drink alcohol in the future, and you can't endure it with painkillers in the future, you have to come early, and if you drag it out for a long time, your stomach will bleed. ”

The doctor prescribed a three-day intravenous drip for Qiao Qiao and said, "Let's take an infusion first and see how it goes." ”

Lu Ze, who had been standing next to her but didn't speak, added: "Sick note." ”

Jojo refused to ask, "No need, I'll just come and get a drip at night or during my lunch break." ”

The doctor looked at the unhappy boyfriend, and then at the patient who was unwilling to take sick leave, and still opened the sick note, "The sick leave note is issued to you, you take a few days off and decide for yourself, I will advise you to take a week off, the work pressure is too great, and it is not good to recover." In the afternoon, I also recommend that you take a leave of absence, and it will take about three hours. ”

There was no way, Qiao Qiao had to wait for Li Jinzhou and they were almost finished eating, and then call to ask for leave and miss the afternoon meeting.

Qiao Qiao watched Lu Ze go to get the medicine and pay the fee without saying a word to accompany her for an intravenous drip, for nearly half an hour, Lu Ze didn't say a word, but when he accompanied her to play the hanging bottle, his hand was gently covered by Qiao Qiao's hand for injection, afraid that she would be too cold.

Sitting there and calming down for a while, Qiao Qiao felt that such silence was too embarrassing, she first poked Lu Ze's hand covering the back of her hand, "Don't be angry, it's me who is sick, why are you angry." ”

"Is work really more important than your body?" Lu Ze looked back at her.

Qiao Qiao paused slightly and replied, "Lu Ze, if you clearly put terminal illness and work in front of me today, I will definitely say that the body is the most important." But if you compare a minor illness to a very urgent job, I definitely think that work is the most important. I had planned to see the doctor tonight, but it was just an extra afternoon. ”

"Is it so hard to call in sick? Do you have to go back to work when you're sick? Lu Ze still had a sick note in his hand that Qiao Qiao refused to ask.

"Sick leave, it's really not just about asking for it. For enterprises with relatively high operating efficiency, each employee is at full capacity, five people in a department, even if they only work eight hours a day, then one person takes leave, and the rest of the people have to work overtime for two hours a day. Not to mention the work that has to work overtime, not to mention that there are some things that cannot be handed over at all, and other colleagues can't help at all. In the past, many colleagues came to work when they were sick because they didn't want to burden others. Qiao Qiao felt that Lu Ze, as a person who had never been an office worker, couldn't understand her thoughts.

"Then quit your job and change to a quiet job?" Lu Ze asked her.

Qiao Qiao no longer looked at Lu Ze, instead lowered his head and stared at the ground, and said: "Lu Ze, it is hard to get a high-paying job, and idle work is equal to a low salary, isn't that just waiting for you to support me?" I know you've been very nice to me, special, very good. But no one should expect others to be good to them all their lives, and when I live a comfortable life, don't I expect you to support me? I can't give up my job just to be in love. ”

Lu Ze was helpless, but although his voice was low, he was very sincere: "I'm willing to support you, I'm willing to support you, can't you?" ”

Qiao Qiao stopped talking, she knew that Lu Ze was very good to her now, good at digging out his heart, willing to give her anything good, and willing to do anything good for her. But those original partners who were forty or fifty years old, with declining lust and relaxation, didn't they also have a time when they were so sweet that they were willing to get married that they were willing to get married?

However, when people reach middle age, love is only short in the family after decades of married life, and the eyes are full of chicken feathers. When the left hand touches the right hand, when you have lost the ability to survive in society, when you have been away from the workplace for many years, and then you encounter your husband's cheating, you can only compromise in the family, and even every time you reach out to ask for household and living expenses, it is a humiliation to abandon your self-esteem, and you may even get cold violence from your husband, dragging it out, and making you repeatedly open your mouth to ask for money.

When he loves you, he gives you money to spend, and he is willing. When you don't love you, you ask him for money to spend, and every time you bring shame on yourself.

Like her mother.

So Jojo refuses to lose her high-paying but busy job, this is her job, the money she earns, she values them very much, she can spend them without scruples. Even if I pay a lot because of this, I occasionally collapse and want to cry, but I hope that one day, even if I am alone, I will still have the courage to live, and it is a big deal to earn it from scratch.

Seeing that Qiaoqiao didn't speak and just lowered her head, after a long silence, Lu Ze looked at her seriously and said to her: "Qiaoqiao, you haven't been coquettish once, you haven't been any once, you haven't made a request to me, you will avoid it when you see me calling, you will bypass it when you see my computer screen, you don't want my card, you don't want my card, you don't want to accept my card reluctantly, you don't spend my money, you won't ask me to do what you want to eat, you won't ask me to buy what you want, I take the initiative to cook and pick you up, you feel pressured." I took the initiative to buy what you ate, what you ate, what gifts you gave you, you will secretly remember one by one, and then the price plus two percent to buy an expensive gift back to me, even if it is beyond your financial affordability, you must buy it. ”

"I said that the company can't pick you up for a week on a business trip, you didn't ask me what the matter was, and you didn't even ask me what company I have and how many shares I have. When did you buy the squash court, whether it was profitable, why didn't you go to work and study for a PhD in computer science, how much money you earned, and what plans you had for the future, you didn't ask anything. You didn't ask me anything other than what you passively knew. ”

"I called you last night, and you didn't think to complain to me about your stomach ache and menstrual pain, and pretend to be okay to say goodnight to me."

"Jojo, if I let go today, you'll probably be the same as if you've never had this boyfriend."

Even if Lu Ze talked a lot to Qiao Qiao, Qiao Qiao rarely heard him say such a long thing, and it made her speechless for a while.

Jojo didn't know if she could answer, this is the state she wanted? Even if it's in love, it's just two people in love, and they don't want to be too close. In case of a breakup in the future, no one will break up without anyone? Without it, who can live as if nothing happened?

But although Lu Ze said this, his hand was still firmly and gently covered on Qiao Qiao's cold hand, and there was no sign of wanting to let go.