Chapter Twenty-Six: The Sense of Crisis of Rival Lovers

When Liang Wei arranged a qiē and the two met at the airport in City B according to the scheduled time, Qiao Qiao began to feel that something was wrong.

Pushing the luggage to check in, before Liang Wei said that she single-handedly arranged the itinerary to make Qiaoqiao worry-free, Qiaoqiao didn't pay attention, both of them are five-year multi-trip visas and don't need to apply for new visas, so she didn't even check the ticket, just asked about the flight time.

And now she found out and asked Liang Wei: "The first class you bought?" "She used to travel in business class and first class, but those were all reimbursed by the company. Hang out with Liang Wei privately, every time it's economy class, and the fare difference is not half a star. The two of them tossed and bought a car, bought a house and started a business a few years after graduation, and they were just a relatively slightly high-paid migrant workers, so they didn't have to pick up first class when they were on vacation.

Liang Wei snorted vaguely: "I've upgraded with miles." ”

Qiao Qiao looked at Liang Wei suspiciously, she had flown out a lot more mileage than Liang Wei in the past few years, and the two of them went out on annual vacation last year because she exchanged her miles for tickets. Where did Liang Wei get the mileage upgrade?

"Alright, alright, hurry. Check through the security check and visit the duty-free shop, busy, hurry up. Do you know how long the purchasing order I have been opened? Liang Wei, who couldn't be fooled, urged Qiao Qiao.

When she entered the VIP waiting room, Liang Wei was almost strangled to death by Qiao Qiao, and Qiao Qiao said angrily in a low voice: "You sold me again just for two first-class cabins!" ”

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, it's not two, it's four...... The two of us are four ...... round trip" Liang Wei tried to tear Qiaoqiao's hand off her neck, "Damn, more than ten hours in economy class, do you dare to say that you can sleep?" Legs straight? Isn't it uncomfortable? So after ordering a seat for more than ten hours, every time you have to break your neck? ”

"When you were in college, you didn't live well when you squeezed the Spring Festival train!" Qiaoqiao resolutely refused to let go, this person owes a favor, and he doesn't let people live.

"I'm not forgetting my righteousness...... Hey, when you talk to me, you obviously say that you are excited, but you want to distance yourself and forget about him. Don't worry, if you really don't negotiate with him, I'll throw it back in his face for double eight tickets and eat chaff! Liang Wei explained to Qiao Qiao in a low voice, "I didn't tell him anything, including something that you were a little excited about." He was the one who came to me first, and he said it quite sincerely. He said......"

Liang Wei didn't have time to say what Lu Ze said to her, because seeing the two of them muttering in a low voice near the door, Lu Ze knew what was going on, and walked over with a few steps with long legs.

"Jojo, I'm looking for her." Lu Ze explained in a low voice.

When Lu Ze came over, Qiao Qiao let go of his hand, lowered his head to sort out his feelings, and then looked up with a calm expression. Originally, Liang Wei and her passports and boarding passes were both in her hands, but at this moment, Qiao Qiao separated Liang Wei's passports and boarding passes and handed them to her, and said calmly: "I'm not going, you guys go." ”

Qiaoqiao is like this when he is really angry, he doesn't like to quarrel, he doesn't want to complain, his tone is calm, and his face is flat.

Qiao Qiao turned around to leave, but Lu Ze reached out and pinched Qiao Qiao's jacket sleeve. He originally wanted to shake her hand, but he didn't dare, for fear that she would be even more angry. So Lu Ze's outstretched hand had to turn around and pull her sleeve.

A tall and handsome young man was so pitifully holding the sleeve of a girlfriend who was almost a head shorter than him and seemed to be angry that he would not let her go, and the scene made the waiter at the door of the waiting room couldn't help but glance twice and couldn't help but want to laugh.

Qiao Qiao turned around and resolutely pulled his cuffs out of Lu Ze's hand. Lu Ze let go, but handed over his passport and boarding pass, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." If you really hate me so much and don't want to go out with me, you can just tear up my boarding pass. If you're worried about me chasing after me, you can tear up your passport. Don't ruin your trip. ”

Looking up at Lu Ze with a sincere face, Qiao Qiao's eyes were full of eyes as if she wanted to speak, but she didn't say anything, just thought silently for a while, and really reached out and took away the passport and boarding pass that Lu Ze handed over.

Lu Ze's heart sank, didn't he? Really bear to tear it?

Qiao Qiao didn't tear it up immediately, she stood there silently and looked at Lu Ze with a pitiful expression of "don't abandon me", and her heart was extremely entangled. If the other party intervenes in her life with a strong face, she will not be soft-hearted and non-negotiable if she refuses. But if the other party approaches cautiously and takes the initiative to back down, she can't help but soften her heart!

took the initiative to apologize, took the initiative to hand her the passport and boarding pass, tore it up, and took the initiative to express his willingness to quit the trip, Lu Ze accurately poked at her weakness, which was really terrible.

She didn't really hate him, she had already touched her heart, so she wanted to avoid him in every way. If you don't meet, you can gradually fade down, and she is very afraid that she won't be able to control it!

For example, today, it's not warmer here than at the seaside, so you have to dress more. Lu Ze wore a neatly tailored casual suit, a simple, clean and handsome white shirt, and a narrow tie. From aesthetics to acting, this man poked at her cuteness and weakness everywhere, making her rejection more and more contrary to her will.

Lu Ze didn't speak, just stared at her silently, but his usual cold and detached eyes towards outsiders were full of caution and nervousness, for fear that Qiao Qiao would really tear up his boarding pass and passport.

Qiao Qiao looked at him, softened, stretched out his hand, and said a little unwillingly: "Then you give me the phone." ”

Lu Ze didn't know what she wanted her phone for, but she still obediently took it out, unlocked it and handed it over.

Jojo didn't do anything, she just wanted to transfer the ticket money to him, afraid that he wouldn't accept it. She was able to take her grandparents to the beach for a month of vacation because the layoff compensation given to her by Li Jinzhou was a windfall. But for her, the four first-class tickets for long-haul international routes have actually affected her cash flow in the short term or even within a year, which is not within her budget at all, and is a complete unexpected expense, which has disrupted her financial arrangements for this year.

But she doesn't owe favors, especially not to Lu Ze, who is pursuing her and she is resisting refusal.

Liang Wei, who had known Qiaoqiao for a longer time, knew that Qiaoqiao was deflated, reached over and took Lu Ze's mobile phone away, lowered his head to transfer money, and muttered: "I'll pay, I'll pay, it's a big deal that I won't buy a bag when I go out this year." You can't say that I forget my righteousness for profit, and my mother can't even do with a bag for you. You must know that going out to buy a new bag every year is the motivation of the old lady's struggle. ”

Qiao Qiao pinched Liang Wei's cheek to retaliate against her self-assertion, and she didn't know what Lu Ze said that moved Liang Wei. However, Lu Ze can't pay for this air ticket, but Liang Wei can, she doesn't care about owing Liang Wei favors. The friendship of being able to partner and start a business is that you will not regret it even if you think about it one day in the future. But even if she is such a good friend, there are three differences between her and Weiwei, and there are occasional frictions, although they do not hurt the overall situation.

So how much more is it with a man? How much more about organizing a family?

Taking the passport and boarding pass handed back by Qiao Qiao, Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, he was still a soft-hearted Qiao. Everything else is easy to say, just give him a chance to meet.

The three of them were too conspicuous together, and as soon as a passenger in a suit and leather shoes pulled a suitcase into the waiting room, he found a familiar figure, stopped at a distance of about two steps, and shouted: "Jojo." ”

Qiao Qiao, who was originally staring at Liang Wei's transfer of money with her mobile phone, turned around and saw Li Jinzhou, and greeted in surprise: "Boss? Are you on a business trip? ”

"Well, a business trip to the United States." After saying hello, Li Jinzhou approached the three people, and after browsing by, he nodded to Liang Wei first, and greeted: "Liang Wei? Hello. ”

Liang Wei was surprised, she knew Li Jinzhou, Qiao Qiao always mentioned him when she mentioned things at work, and she had also seen the photos in Qiao Qiao's mobile phone, so as soon as Qiao Qiao shouted her head, she knew who it was. But Liang Wei didn't know that Li Jinzhou actually knew her. Liang Wei stretched out her hand and shook hands with Li Jinzhou, "Hello Boss Li, how do you know me?" ”

Li Jinzhou's handshake was gentle and powerful, only holding the part of the lady's finger, and it was easily opened in about three seconds, which seemed neither perfunctory nor too intimate. He smiled politely: "You don't need to call Boss Li, just call me Li Jinzhou, you picked up and dropped off downstairs every day during Qiaoqiao's summer internship in her junior year, and I met it several times." ”

Liang Wei remembered that Qiao Qiao said that Li Jinzhou was a strange returnee, but he hated mixing Chinese and English when he was in a foreign capital, and sure enough, he had a really good memory of faces and names, and he remembered them many years ago.

Lu Ze didn't need to look sideways or ask questions, Li Jinzhou, Boss, Boss, Tou'er, LJZ, suit and leather shoes, these words let him know who it was for the first time.

Li Jinzhou turned to Lu Ze, took the initiative to reach out to shake hands, and greeted politely: "Hello, I am Qiao Qiao's former boss, Li Jinzhou." ”

Lu Ze neither reached out nor had any intention of introducing himself. Lu Ze is not like Qiao Qiao, who is used to taking care of everything, he is actually a person who is not socialized and does not bother to take care of people. In the past, the only softness in my heart was Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao, and with them present, they would be reluctant to be gentle.

And now, there is an extra weakness called Jojo.

However, since Qiaoqiao is used to taking care of everything, he can't stand the embarrassment of being cold. She walked over half a step and shook Li Jinzhou's empty hand without a trace, defused the scene, and explained: "My friend who went to Barcelona to play together, his name is Lu Ze, he doesn't like to talk much, don't mind." “

Li Jinzhou smiled and asked Qiao Qiao with the hand he was holding: "I just came back from the beach and went to Spain to play?" Why didn't you talk to me when we met for dinner two days ago? ”

The first two days of meeting for dinner, it was actually a dinner party of Li Jinzhou's colleagues, and there were many old colleagues besides Qiao Qiao. However, Li Jinzhou deliberately mentioned it vaguely, and sure enough, Lu Ze misunderstood.

Qiaoqiao, who couldn't make an appointment, was willing to go out to dinner with Li Jinzhou. When I went out to play, the other party asked why I didn't report it. Qiao Qiao also mentioned that the beauty value of the other party's suits and leather shoes all day long can be added by 100 points.

Qiao Qiao responded: "I don't have a chance to mention it during dinner." Most of the colleagues invited by the boss were still chatting about industry news and the company's latest situation at dinner, so why did she mention that she was going out to play?

Li Jinzhou still held it and teased her: "After resigning, I was perfunctory to my old boss." I will take the initiative to send you a congratulatory message for the Chinese New Year. ”

Qiao Qiao Khan explained: "I send a message every year on the first day of the new year, and you sent it this year on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

After work, the workload of sending congratulatory text messages every year is a headache, Qiao Qiao has always adhered to the principle of sending in groups is better than not sending, every year is the Chinese New Year's Eve first, after receiving according to the content of the other party, if there is a unique blessing, targeted response. If not, each message sent out is also a separate header to the other person's name as a sign of respect.

This kind of blessing text messages for everyone must have a separate name and head up the habit, or Li Jinzhou taught her. He told his intern Qiao Qiao that year, and received an obvious mass message of "I wish you a happy Spring Festival, Li Jinzhou." And "Qiaoqiao, I wish you a happy Spring Festival, Li Jinzhou." "These two kinds of text messages, is the effect completely different? Each person in your contact book has different roles and business development potentials, so you should pay attention to them differently. But the most basic politeness is to bring the other person's title instead of sending it in groups.

Li Jinzhou smiled, finally let go of Qiao Qiao's hand, and said to her, "Sit down over there and talk?" Something to tell you. ”

Qiao Qiao replied Okay, she guessed that Li Jinzhou had something to talk to her about work. After meeting a few days ago, he asked himself when he planned to come out to work.

and Liang Wei and the expressionless Lu Ze nodded, and Li Jinzhou and Qiao Qiao went to the sofa seat by the window. When he entered the waiting room just now and saw the atmosphere when the three of them got together, Li Jinzhou felt that something was wrong with the man who was with Qiao Qiao. The one named Lu Ze, looking at Qiao Qiao's eyes, belonged to the unstoppable tenderness.

A few vague words of dialogue, a time-out handshake, Li Jinzhou obviously tested the hostility from Lu Ze. This silent and cold young man should be chasing Qiaoqiao.

This is not surprising, since he has known Qiaoqiao for six or seven years, Qiaoqiao has also had suitors one after another, but she has never refused to be neat and not give a chance.

So the strange thing now is that Qiao Qiao, an unmarried person who has always cut through the mess quickly, has been single so far and has a strong defense line, why would he agree to travel with this Lu Ze?

After sitting down, Li Jinzhou put his blazer in the crook of his left arm, leaned back lazily with his legs crossed, and put his right hand on the back of the chair behind Qiaoqiao casually.

Qiao Qiao didn't think there was any problem, Li Jinzhou had always sat like this in non-commercial occasions.

However, it was particularly dazzling in Lu Ze's eyes, especially the right hand on the back of Qiao Qiao's chair, as if he was encircling Qiao Qiao to declare ownership.

Qiao Qiao thought that Li Jinzhou called her to come over alone to talk about work, but he opened his mouth and asked Qiao Qiao: "That Lu Ze, is chasing you?" ”

"No, ordinary friends, just hang out together." Qiao Qiao flatly denied that she was not in the habit of explaining the current situation of her relationship to her boss, or her old boss.

Li Jinzhou looked at her, but smiled silently. He had planned to wait for Jojo to rest enough and recommend her to a 9-to-5 job that she wanted, but now, he had changed his mind.

The more idle you are, the more you leave opportunities for other men.

Qiao Qiao is very sensitive to the pursuit of both men and women, and it is better to prevent problems before they happen, so she read Lu Ze's intention to cut it off early, but she never doubted Li Jinzhou. The work is strict, and she is often scolded so much that she is scolded, and she is always on top of any project that is hard and difficult, and she is never indispensable if she stays up all night. Is this like a pursuit?

Of course, it doesn't mean that he is bad, he recommended him to join the company after the internship, kept her promoted, and put her in the layoff list when she wanted to resign and gave a large amount of compensation. Her positioning of Li Jinzhou is that of the boss of knowing the grace of the encounter, the old boss, that's all. Li Jinzhou, a golden bachelor who is still unmarried at the age of thirty-five or sixteen, has never been less beautiful than beautiful girls who come and go around him, and they are all top and beautiful, flight attendants, models, actors, and starlets, she has seen a lot, how could she think that Li Jinzhou has thoughts about herself?

Qiao Qiao couldn't think of it, because this idea was just a small bud in Li Jinzhou's heart that had grown for several years.

Li Jinzhou is a thorough traditional successful person, with a strong dedication and vigorous ambition. Love for him is just a small part of life, and it is even mixed with a lot of passion and venting. He has never considered marriage, marriage is entangled with financial interests, and for him, a marriage letter is a damage and constraint on his financial situation.

He recommended intern Qiao Qiao to officially join the company because Jiang Qiao, a junior, was recruited by him. Even students from top prestigious universities can't be particularly cherished for summer internships in foreign-funded investment banks, but Jiang Qiao directly asked for more than half a month, and what he asked for was bereavement leave.

After Jiang Qiao came back, he turned into Qiao Qiao. There are many troubles for adults to change their names and surnames, and it is all troublesome for a qiē identity document jiàn to learn/calendar/certificate/book, but she just changed it.

He deliberately made it difficult for Jojo to stay up all night to make up for the missing workload during the leave, and as an intern, she could not do it. But she was silent and stubborn, did not complain or cry, and held on strongly. He gave her a recommendation for employment.

It was at that time that Li Jinzhou met Liang Wei and remembered her. Everyone else is boyfriends and so on, but Qiaoqiao has a female friend, no matter how late she waited under the office building that summer, sent her in the morning and picked her up at night, with a worried face and a distressed face.

In the past five or six years, Li Jinzhou has not given Qiao Qiao preferential treatment, but has been more deliberately strict and demanding, but she has survived and done a good job.

Back then, he was like a big tree that had grown up, and found a miserable grass, and then occasionally sympathized with her in the backyard and moved a place for her, never leaned, never cared for or even deliberately embarrassed, but the grass still grew strong into a small sapling.

So a bud sprouted in his heart.

He saw the bud, but didn't want to chase her. Being chased by superiors in the company is not a good thing. For women, the hard work of a qiē job is in vain, and the rumors all boil it down to climbing into the boss's bed.

He wanted to say that he was leaving the company and settling Qiaoqiao in the company. After the two of them lost the relationship between their superiors and subordinates at work, and when they wanted to settle down in their forties, and the two of them happened to have no intention of the contractual relationship of marriage, then they seemed to be good life partners with Qiaoqiao.

I didn't expect Qiao Qiao to resign before him, but I didn't expect that Qiao Qiao, who is now unmarried, seems to be chased and shaken.

Lu Ze said that he chased Qiao Qiao not because of a challenge, not because of a desire to conquer, this is true.

But Li Jinzhou is not.

When there is competition and challenges, he has a greater desire to conquer and is more inevitable, and he can even modify the life plan he has booked for this.

Before his girlfriend changed like a marquee, Li Jinzhou didn't think about doing it to the little sapling he watched grow up now.

He knew that Jojo's unmarriage was different from his, which showed that she was more cautious about her feelings, and it was not suitable for him who didn't want to settle down now.

However, at this moment, it looks like the little sapling is about to be poached.

He's ready to move.