Gu Xi closed the book and looked at the time, it was already half past ten, she had been busy lately, and she had been sleeping later and later.

She stretched out her hand and touched her little belly, she was really uncomfortable today, so she came back early, but sitting on the bed like this, her stomach still hurt.

She lay down and turned off the lamp, but her mind couldn't stop, there were still a lot of things to do after them, and they couldn't miss a single step. The new company is also in the preparatory stage, and there are a bunch of things, she thought in a daze, she has to have a meeting with Dai Shaodong tomorrow morning, and then she has to go to the company for a meeting...... And then ......

The phone vibrated under the pillow, she closed her eyes, reached out and felt it, looked at the number, pressed answer, "Hey......"

"Did you sleep?" Cheng Qi's voice came softly and deeply from the other side.

Gu Xi only felt for a second, and her thoughts rushed to her, and she said weakly, "I've already slept......"

"Did you miss me?"

Gu Xi opened his eyes and smiled in the dark, "I said I was asleep, why didn't you hang up the phone and let me sleep." ”

"I didn't call, why did you sleep...... the voice on the other side was a little resentful.

Gu Xi smiled and turned over, feeling a stomachache again, she rubbed her stomach and said, "Didn't you say that you were coming back soon." ”

"It's not that I haven't gone back yet...... Your voice doesn't have much strength, have you been too tired lately? ”

"It's not ......," Gu Xi rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm not feeling well today, my stomach hurts." I've been at home for an afternoon. After she finished speaking, she pinched the phone, "Then when are you coming back?" ”

Cheng Qi's breath was gentle when he came over the phone line, "In two or three days, I won't help you celebrate your birthday, and I will make up for it when I go back." ”

"Well," Gu Xi replied softly, "Actually, I don't want to think about it." ”

Cheng Qi asked again, "Does your stomach still hurt now?" ”

"It hurts." Gu Xi said that her voice was too coquettish, and she was a little embarrassed to drill the quilt and said, "The people in the company are afraid of me now." ”

"For the sake of your crisis public relations, do you want to make a company behind the black pot yourself?"

Gu Xi said, "There is no way, we can't compare to the other party's money, and I'm afraid that they will prepare other tricks later." ”

"Sorry for ......" Cheng Qi called her softly, "I like what you are." ”

Gu Xi grabbed the corner of the quilt, covered her face and laughed, she was really afraid in her heart, in an environment of deception, she wanted to protect herself, and some methods were naturally not good-looking. She was afraid that Cheng Qi would have thoughts in her heart, but she had just started, and he knew what he was worried about.

"Does your stomach hurt?" He asked again on the other side.

Gu Xi felt that in the dark, like he was talking in her ear, she whispered, "It's much better, I've been rubbing it." ”

"Rub it......" Cheng Qi's voice was smiling, and it came from the telephone line hundreds of times and thousands of times, adding an ambiguous taste.

He said, "Is it clockwise or counterclockwise, I heard that my stomach hurts, so I can only rub it clockwise." ”

"Really?" Gu Xi hadn't heard of this statement, but his hand had been changed to clockwise.

"More than that." The person on the other side said, "It's not okay to just rub the place where your stomach hurts,...... Do you want me to teach you? ”

Gu Xi said, "You don't know how to serve people at first glance, so I don't believe your words." ”

"Really......" Cheng Qi's voice was unhurried, "Listen to me...... Clockwise, then rub it three times," he said, "his voice slower and slower, slower and slower, like a hypnot," and ...... Stop and rub slowly. ”

Gu Xi listened and felt that sleepiness was coming, and she found for the first time that Cheng Qi's voice was easy to hear, and it was also very useful to coax people to sleep, she said, "...... If there is no sound later, I will fall asleep, and you can just hang up the phone yourself. ”

"Okay...... his smile came over him, as if he was laughing in Gu Xi's ear, "are you still rubbing?" ”

"Still rubbing the reads;." In the dark night, Gu Xi closed his eyes, feeling as if it really didn't hurt so much, and he didn't know if it was psychological comfort.

Then the person on the other side said, "Now...... Try to go a little down...... Well, a little further down...... Would have been more comfortable."

Gu Xi opened his eyes, paused for a few seconds, and said angrily, "Cheng Qi, you bastard!" ”

The person on the other side laughed loudly, "I'll rub it for you, and I'll rub it for you when I go back." Every word he said was with a smile.

Gu Xi said, "It's all you, you were about to fall asleep just now." ”

"Let's do it again, then...... I won't tease you this time. ”

Gu Xi didn't dare to believe him, and said, "I'm not sleeping, what are you doing now?" ”

Cheng Qi said, "I came out to attend a funeral and am on my way right now. ”

Gu Xi paused for a few seconds, and couldn't help but be really angry, "You don't have to be strict when you go to the funeral, I won't tell you, come back ......"

"Come back and settle accounts with me,...... Actually, I really can't wait. ”

Every word has a deep meaning.

Gu Xi's face was red, and in the dark, he felt that his face and body were on fire.

"I'm hanging." She hung up in a rage.

On the other side, Cheng Qi also hung up the phone, he was the only one in the car, Cheng Jin walked over from a distance, opened the car door and said, "Brother, everyone is almost here." ”

Cheng Qi put away the phone and got out of the car, already with a solemn face.

Walking into the venue of the memorial service, there were at least more than 1,000 people in the open field in the distance. The staff is strictly guarded on the periphery, and those who can come are the top figures from all walks of life in Washington, so Cheng Qi only brought a few people.

Cheng Jin said, "It is surprising that so many people came to the death of a well-known media critic. ”

Cheng Qi said, "He has made great contributions to the presidential candidacy, and it is normal to have such an honor." What's more, funerals have always been a place where it is easier to make connections than weddings, and most of the people you don't usually have the chance to meet can meet today. ”

Cheng Si walked over head-on and said, "Robit is inside, together with Director David, I conveyed your meaning, it's better for everyone not to meet today, you just came to express a little heart." Also, I saw that the former president had arrived. ”

Cheng Jin said, "The IRS is under the Ministry of Finance, and it is really appropriate for the two of them to be together." David, the director of the National Tax Bureau, really picked up a big bargain this time, and my brother took revenge and helped them draw up the largest chain of illegal tax deductions for artworks, and I want to say that there should be a good citizen award. ”

Cheng Qi glanced at him and said, "If you want, why don't I let them send one to you?" ”

Cheng Jin, "...... That's what I'll say. The tone was like that of a big child.

Cheng Qi no longer cares about him.

Cheng Si smiled and continued, "Just now David talked about wanting to ask you for dinner again, and I said that you don't have time, so I'll fly tomorrow." And he told me about it, and the main thing is that he wants your help to do it, that every year the IRS audits less than one-tenth of the art donations, and this time it's even more so at once. So I hope you can help, after all, China's excavated artifacts account for a part of the reads;. ”

"That's what happened." Cheng Qi looked into the distance, facing the Minister of Finance from afar, he raised his hand, the other party was stunned for a moment, and also raised his hand, his expression was slightly unnatural.

Cheng Si saw it and sneered, "He probably doesn't want people here to know about the relationship between the two of you." ”

Cheng Qi said, "The IRS has very big powers, and it can arrest people with guns, and even has the right to freeze assets without going through a court trial." But sometimes in the face of the rich who really understand the unspoken rules, they have nothing to do. Everyone is the same method, and everyone knows how to play this game. And those who can use art donations to deduct taxes are all real rich people, and they are just busy chasing taxes during the next period of time, he just thinks that he will owe me a greater favor in the future, and he doesn't know what to do for a while. ”

Cheng Si didn't speak, as if he understood Qi Ye's intentions today, he came this time, in addition to mourning the deceased, he also wanted to test the attitude of the Minister of Finance.

Cheng Qi looked at Cheng Jin, "What I said just now was for you, you just heard it, they will have to ask us for help in this matter later, when I am in Dijing City, I will hand it over to you here, you know in your heart, no matter what happens to the outside world, because of us, they can recover the huge amount of taxes, it is an indisputable fact." So when dealing with people, don't worry too much. ”

Cheng Jin suddenly felt bitter in his heart, his brother actually left him here, but he didn't dare to speak, he only hated those rich people who evaded taxes in disguise, he said unwillingly, "I don't know why I want to get this art to deduct taxes, it's really harmful." ”

Cheng Qi said, "What do you call it, it is now starting to exist in China, but ordinary people don't know it yet." ”

Cheng Jin: "......"

Cheng Si looked at him with a look of resentment, like a child, he knew that the occasion was inappropriate, so he still smiled a little, but before that smile reached his eyes, when he saw someone walking in the distance, his smile disappeared all at once.

The girl in the distance, wearing a black coat, came with a graceful demeanor, every step, with a dazzling temperament, the graceful beauty of the East, coupled with the unique self-confidence of Western women, attracted the eyes of those who met her, they couldn't help but pause.

She walked all the way to Cheng Qi, and Cheng Qi's people didn't stop her. Apparently all know.

Cheng Jin also saw her, so he kept looking, forgetting to look away, watching her walk to his side step by step and walk in front of Cheng Qi.

Cheng Qi is instructing Cheng Jin that he will fly tomorrow, and he came here today just to have a face-to-face with the two just now, at least to let the other party know that he knows what he knows.

Sensing that something was wrong, he turned his head and saw someone coming.

When the girl met him, she smiled slightly and said, "I knew that I could see you here, and the wedding could be postponed, but you had to attend the funeral no matter what." ”

Cheng Jin had just heard the remarks about weddings and funerals, and when he heard this, he took two steps back abnormally and approached Cheng Si.

Cheng Qi looked at her for a while and asked, "Why aren't you at school?" ”

The girl smiled, behind her was Xiao Suo in early winter, scattered leaves curling down, she smiled, as if the scenery could be frozen.

Cheng Jin's heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, a shadow jumped out of his mind, a gentle appearance, a pair of eyes are always inadvertently like water, but to the people in front of him, any scenery will be overshadowed, including ...... Those eyes.

I saw the girl look at the politician in the distance, searched her eyes, and said, "American politics and business have always been inseparable, you also know that I am at Wellesley Women's College, here, but everywhere my alumni, the former president's wife used to be the president of our student union, when she entered the cabinet, she specially selected a group of people in the school to read;." She looked at Cheng Qi, smiled slightly, and said, "I have news that this finance minister will stay for another year at most, or a year and a half, and the candidates behind will be able to keep up." ”

Cheng Si's face changed slightly.

Cheng Jin is the same, Wellesley Women's College is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that only recruits women, and many strong women in politics are from there, including Hillary and Song Meiling.

The finance minister stepped down after a year and a half, and he believed that his brother would not know. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said that to myself just now. Thinking of this, he moved in the direction of Cheng Si again, as if he was afraid that people would talk to him.

I heard Cheng Qi say, "I told you before, whatever school you choose, you just like it." Are you sure you like the path you're walking now? ”

She approached Cheng Qi, stood next to him and said, "I heard that you did the Minister of Finance a great favor, and I only received the news yesterday, otherwise I would have sued you earlier." However, I can't find you after the year, and I don't want Cheng Si and Cheng Jin to convey it every time I call. ”

Cheng Si and Cheng Jin, who were a few steps away, seemed to have not heard it. Cheng Jin's afterglow could see the shoes of the two people over there, Xiaocao dangling at their feet, just looking at the pair of shoes, it was definitely the same circle, the same level of people would choose to dress.

But I heard Cheng Qi suddenly say, "I hope you come today, just like you said, no matter which one you are, the purpose is pure." This sentence is faint, but it is undoubtedly like a thunderbolt in the clear sky.

Cheng Jin heard that something was wrong, looked up at the person opposite, and saw that the girl was no longer smiling, and there was a little more imperceptible embarrassment on her face.

Seeing Cheng Qi's footsteps, he turned to her and said, "In the past two years, your mind has become heavier and heavier. You are here today not to sue me that someone will step down in a year and a half, but to stand by my side like this, so that those who will leave office in a year and a half will know that I am your backer. Circle of friends, alumni circle, family circle, ethnic circle, you sue me, which circle do you have that is worthy of the other person's eyes, is the reason why others need to be eager to accept you? Even sue sù for changes in your cabinet. ”

The world is silent.

The place where they stayed was originally far away, and there were no people, and at this time, the people around Cheng Qi were staring with bated breath, as if even the air was not flowing.

It is rare for everyone to see Cheng Qi talking about a person so ruthlessly, and even Cheng Si couldn't help but hold his breath.

The girl obviously had the legacy of her ancestors, looked at Cheng Qi, and said confidently, "I will graduate in more than a year, who am I planning for, with a clear conscience." After speaking, she turned around and left, and when the road was advancing, she suddenly stopped, looked at Cheng Jin and said, "I called several times, but you didn't answer, where have you been for more than half a year?" ”

Cheng Jin didn't speak. I don't know this to ask him.

Cheng Si said beside him, "Don't you know how to check, how can you not know?" ”

The girl's gaze turned to him, and the thrilling beauty also turned to him, but there was an uncertain glint in her eyes, "Is it in England?" ”

Cheng Si didn't want to answer, but when it came to this girl, she was so beautiful that it was too difficult to say hard words. He looked at Cheng Qi, Cheng Qi had already led people forward, and the memorial service was about to begin.

Cheng Si said quickly, "No." Together with Cheng Jin, bypassed her and walked towards the venue.

Cheng Jin took a few steps and couldn't help but turn around.

The girl stood in the cold winter wind, and with a movement of her footsteps, she hurried out, leaving behind a back that could be seen in the scene.