Two people hold a stopwatch in their hands, and jointly stipulate a time, such as one minute and twenty seconds, then two people must close their eyes and press the timing button, during which they must not open their eyes, count the time silently in their hearts, and finally press the stop button. In the past, Shi Wei often competed with his subordinates, but counting seconds has too high requirements for people's psychological elements and attention, as long as there is a moment of distraction, it is difficult to control the error within three seconds, and the longer the time, the more difficult it is for people's attention to concentrate, and the lower the success rate.

Qiao Yixia looked at Lu Xiyu, who was holding the stopwatch tightly beside him, and his bones were white, and he couldn't help but ask softly, "What's wrong?" Are you feeling unwell? If you're not feeling well, just rest early, okay? ”

I saw Luci take a deep breath and say, "Let's start." She won't back down, no matter how scared she is, she won't back down, Qiao Yixia can overcome the weakness of being afraid of heights, and look down on the ground with her on the Ferris wheel, she will definitely be able to.

People who play this game usually use their fingertips to time the time, simulate the frequency of the second hand turning, tick and tick with their fingers on the surface of the leg or the crook of the arm, but Qiao Yixia does not use it, she has a strong perception of time, which is why she can become the vice captain at a young age, in Shi Wei's words, this young girl in her twenties is indeed talented.

Lucy set the time at two minutes and twenty-one seconds, a long and difficult time to grasp, and the bright white light overhead poured on the two men, their eyes closed at the same time, their thick eyelashes smeared with an ocean-like silhouette.

The moment she pressed the stop button, Qiao Yixia didn't look at the time first, but was attracted by Luxi beside her, fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and her hands trembled and hugged her head, as if she was frightened by something. Qiao Yixia involuntarily hugged her gently, comforting her like a young child: "Okay, it's okay." Let's go rest. ”

But Lu Xifei, who was held in Qiao Yixia's arms, trembled more and more, sweat continued to ooze from her forehead, and her lips became pale, Qiao Yixia regretted it to death, if she knew that it would bring back her bad memories, what would it matter if she lost to her for the rest of her life.

"I can't." Luci tried her best to calm her mood, but she still couldn't suppress the fear in her heart, "I can't do it......"

"It's okay." Qiao Yixia stroked her sweat-soaked hair and patiently comforted, "Not this time, we have a next time." ”

Luci slowly pushed her away, her eyes mixed with unknown frustration and despair, she shook her head, and said, "Time will not wait for me, it is too cruel, no matter how much I beg, it will not give me another chance." ”

――, are you afraid?

- Ohdear, you are so lovely, so remarkable, I am sure this is a piece of cake for you.

- Look, Silver is waiting for you, he's waiting for you.

"Two minutes, twenty-one seconds." Lu Xifei's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water at the moment, without a little ups and downs and waves, she was like an out-of-body body that had lost her soul, she sneered, "I still lose to these two minutes and twenty-one seconds." ”

And lying quietly beside Qiao Yixia, a stopwatch showing two minutes and twenty seconds and twenty seconds and one no one cares anymore. She is like this, when doing something, she can always concentrate her 100% attention, so in the process, she can't hear Luci Fei's rapid breathing because of nervousness, and she can't feel her tremors. But looking at Lu Xifei at this moment, how much she wants to share all the pain and suffering for her.

"Actually, I'm a loser." Luci stared blankly into the distance.

"How so." Qiao Yixia held Lu Xifei's hand, hoping to pass on her strength, "You are the best woman I have ever met. ”

"Isn't it even more shameless to try to use success to cover up your failures and to use fame to cover up the fact that you have made big mistakes." Over the years, she has been trying to make herself good, outstanding, in order to hide her inner cowardice and unbearableness, to make herself look less pathetic, but the more she gains, this sense of loss and loneliness, and even self-loathing, the stronger it becomes, she is a failure, a complete failure.

Lucy lowered her head and frowned at her good-looking brows, which made people look at her with pity, and she whispered, "I want to make you happy, I can't do it." Everything I wanted to do, I couldn't do. ”

Qiao Yixia thought, she will never forget, when she first saw Lu Xifei, she thought, how can there be such a narcissistic, lonely and arrogant woman in this world, in her eyes, maybe she is the king of this world, no one can get into her eyes, but the more she touches her, the more Qiao Yixia finds that her arrogance actually stems from her inferiority, and her superiority is just another way to hide her loneliness and vulnerability.

She is so distressing and so likable.

"Summer." Lucy suddenly turned his head and looked at her with an almost desperate look, "I'm a scourge, you stay away from me." ”

Lu Xifei turned her head back and raised the corners of her lips, in Qiao Yixia's memory, it was the first time she saw Lu Xifei's smile, but that smile was so lonely and humble, "Although I, I never thought about hurting anyone." ”

The video intercom sounded, someone came outside, Qiao Yixia first shook her hand tightly, and then let go: "I'll open the door." ”

"Professor Lu is a lady surnamed Meng." Whether to open the door or not, in the end, it is still necessary to ask for Lu Xifei's opinion.

Luci's eyes lit up, he stood up and said, "You go upstairs first, rest early." ”

Qiao Yixia also nodded obediently and sensibly, she is an outsider after all, and she thinks that the person who came is an important person. Lu Xifei tidied up her clothes, looking much more energetic, she did not press the door button, but walked directly to the door and opened the iron fence gate herself.

"Auntie."

The woman in front of her is graceful and luxurious, with a natural nobility and elegance, her coffee-colored hair is high on the top of her head, Chanel's exquisite tiara is hidden in it, low-key and luxurious, wearing a long white tasseled artificial fur, black diamond-encrusted Miumiu boots and leather pants. Looking at the equally tall and beautiful woman beside her, the woman was, Helan Qiubai.

"Long time no see, my precious niece." The woman hugged Luci forward, "Go in first." ”

It is an eternal truth that my aunt loves her niece, so Lu Xifei is also a little close to her in her heart, but this aunt has met her very rarely, and the two of them have not seen each other for four or five years.

Lu Xifei made tea and handed it to Meng Kejun and Helan Qiubai, in fact, the reason why she sent Qiao Yixia upstairs was not to treat her as an outsider, but because she was afraid that Meng Kejun would treat her as a subordinate, and she was not easy to refuse, Lu Xifei herself was reluctant to call her, where would someone else call her, in addition, Qiao Yixia was not familiar with these two people after all, and she insisted on leaving her here, which would cause her embarrassment.

"Auntie, how have you been abroad in the past few years?" Meng Kejun divorced her ex-husband six years ago, and later married a wealthy Canadian man, and the two lived quite lovingly.

"It's not bad, he's very nice to me, and if it weren't for my precious niece, I wouldn't want to come back." Although Meng Kejun is nearly sixty years old, his appearance, temperament, and everything are good, and with good maintenance, he looks like he is only in his early forties at most.

"Aunt Lao remembers, I'm doing well."

"Xihua." It was Helan Qiubai who spoke, "Auntie, she really misses you, she just got off the plane and didn't even go home, so she called me directly and asked me to take her to see you." ”

"Thank you, auntie, it stands to reason that I should be going to visit my aunt."

"Hey." Meng Kejun waved his hand and grabbed Lu Xifei's shoulder, "Our aunt and nephew, what are you doing so politely." I know, you don't want to see your father, how can your aunt be so difficult for you. Besides, I don't want to see the woman surnamed Du either. The main purpose of my return this time is to come and see you. You said that you're not too young, how can you not find a home? Mike has a lot of friends, and I helped you find a lot of handsome and capable noblemen......"

"Auntie." Luci interrupted her, "I really appreciate that you care so much about me, but at this stage, I still focus on my career. ”

"Career and love don't conflict, Xi Fei, you have read so many books, and now you are a professor again, don't say that you are famous in the United States, I often hear some students talk about you in Canada, do you still want to climb up? Enough is enough. Women are too strong for a man to approach. ”

Seeing this, Helan Qiubai took the initiative to relieve the siege and said: "Auntie, since Xifei has no intention of getting married now, let's not force her, give her some time." ”

"Yes, yes." Meng Kejun suddenly realized, "I almost forgot about business." ”

Meng Kejun seemed to have a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start, so Lu Xifei said: "Auntie, if you have something to say, you don't have to see me." ”

Meng Kejun pursed his lips and finally said, "That, Xifei." Something happened to the company, you know? ”

She already knew that Meng Kejun must have come to her for this matter, missing her, it was just a pretense, although their aunt and nephew had a good relationship, but they didn't deliberately return to China to see her.

"I heard."

The Meng economic group has recently fallen into a strict financial crisis, originally with a foreign company in the field of electronics is quite famous in the field of enterprises Marisa is about to reach a contract, CEO Marisa agreed to hand over the distribution rights in the Asia-Pacific region to the electronic subsidiary of the Meng family, but the main company investment management department has lost more than one billion because of the wrong business plan, and this plan has been supported by more than half of the people at the shareholders' meeting, so this big hole can only be filled by everyone, Meng's people are panicked, Everyone is in danger, many shareholders began to sell their own stocks, competitors took advantage of the chaos and conspired with reporters to expose the news of the internal chaos of Meng's, Meng's stock price continued to fall, facing the crisis of liquidation of the limit! Now that Mo said that he has cooperated with Marisa Company, I am afraid that if the mud Bodhisattva crosses the river, it will be difficult to protect himself!

And Lu Xifei, how could she not know about this qiē, Meng Qingdong did not mention it, it did not mean that she was completely kept in the dark.

"Xifei, I know that your father hurt you so much that you can't forgive him." Meng Kejun held Lu Xifei's hand and said earnestly, "Brother and sister, that is, your mother, she is gentle and graceful, beautiful and wise, and she is even more obedient to my younger brother, and she obeys her words, but my younger brother doesn't know how to cherish it." As for Du Ling, that woman, I will never admit that she is my younger brother and sister for the rest of my life. ”

"Auntie, there is no one who wants to see the current situation more than me. The Lu family is the hard work of my great-grandfather's life, and my mother has soft ears and no opinions, and now it is too late, and I don't have any shares in the Lu family at all, even if I have the heart, it is powerless. ”

Back then, after Lu Huiyun's father's death, in order to show support for her husband, she transferred 40% of the shares in her hand and the Lu family's mansion to Meng Qingdong, and the remaining 12% was transferred to Lu Shuye and Lu Xifei. In childhood, Lu Huiyun passed away. Later, Lu's had a huge economic crisis, Meng Qingdong wanted to sell the house to repay the money under the bank's reminder, he consulted Lu Shuye, who had just become an adult, and persuaded him to sell his shares and Lu Xifei's shares at a low price to save the economic crisis. After that, Lu's became bigger and bigger, and his profits doubled several times, and the people on the board of directors praised Meng Qingdong, and even slapped his horse, calling Meng Qingdong stronger than all previous leaders, and a real business geek.

But after that, Meng Qingdong never mentioned the matter of returning the shares to the brothers and sisters.

As a result, the Lu clan is gone, and it is replaced by the current Meng clan.

"I have five percent of the loose shares in hand, although it is not much, but at least you can become a shareholder of Meng's and be eligible to participate in the board of directors.

In fact, the five percent of the shares were bought by Meng Kejun when Lu's stock price plummeted, and the transfer to Lu Xifei can be regarded as the return of the goods to the original owner.

Without waiting for Luci to react, she continued: "I don't agree with my brother's style of doing things at all. The company's surname is Meng, and the name is not correct at all, and those directors are all my brother's people, blindly slapping horses, flattering, and no one dares to say a word. I am ashamed of my sister-in-law for not educating my younger brother well. Xifei, Shuye is no longer there, you are the only one left, and my aunt will definitely support you to change the company to the surname Lu again. ”

"Auntie, what are you talking about, isn't my brother good?" Lu Xixiu frowned slightly, looking at Meng Kejun incredulously.