Xu Wanyun and Zheng Haitao went downstairs to order food first, and He Xiao and I walked last.

It's rush hour, and the elevator is overcrowded, and when Chen Xiaotong goes up, the elevator makes a short warning sound, and then slowly closes the door. When I saw that I couldn't catch up, I waved to them and said, "Go down first." ”

After they left, I found that only me and He Xiao were left in the elevator room, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

He looked at me standing far away from him, and asked in a very light tone, with a little deliberate pretending to be inadvertent, "Do you hate me very much?" ”

"Nope." I immediately reflexively said, "You're thinking too much." ”

"I don't think you like me." He Xiao said.

I thought to myself, like you? Ghosts like you. But because of my love for the house and Wu, I hate He Xiao more and more now. It turned out that before I didn't know the exact relationship between them, my impression of He Xiao was okay. Hard-working, smart and hard-working, and able to endure hardships, except for a little sick temperament, there seems to be no shortcomings. However, since I was with He Liancheng, the more I looked at him, the more unpleasant it became.

"Mr. He thinks too much, I can't talk about whether I like it or not, we just have a business relationship." I drew the line right away.

He paused before saying, "You're right, it's just a business relationship. Now that the cooperation has ended, there is no need to maintain this relationship. ”

I didn't speak, I couldn't continue what he said, and I denied that it wasn't appropriate to admit it.

"In the first half of the year, we did have some problems in our cooperation, but we were quite satisfied overall. But there are certain things, you know, that I'm not the only one who has the final say. He Xiao didn't know what he was trying to explain.

I immediately laughed and said, "Even if you don't take the termination, I'll probably bring it up first." ”

"Why?" He asked rhetorically, "What is the reason for Liancheng?" ”

"Yes." I'm blunt.

He suddenly smiled and said, "You shouldn't be indistinguishable between public and private, I think you are one of the few women who rely on reason to dictate behavior." ”

"You're mistaken, I really rely on my emotions to govern my behavior." I said, thinking to myself, if there is really a clear distinction between public and private, is it still human? Human beings are inherently emotional animals, and there are certain feelings behind every behavioral action, and it is impossible to have behaviors that are not affected by feelings.

"Maybe you are such a person, public is public, private is private." I added, the tone was not very good.

He listened to my words, opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and turned the conversation to the cooperation in the first half of the year: "There are indeed some problems in the cooperation in the first half of the year, in addition to the unsatisfactory promotion in the bank, there is also your publicity strategy, deliberately exaggerating the returns and expectations, which will make the old investors disappointed." However, it is also thanks to your deliberate exaggeration, which makes the people in the investment team feel that there is a knife hanging over their heads every day, and the effect is unexpectedly good. He Xiao said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Even though I was a little far away from him, there was only a lot of space in the elevator room, and his words reached my ears without missing a word. I was stunned for a moment, it turned out that there are really such crazy people, working hard according to the effect of advertising. Am I also an accomplice?! His good performance will have something to do with me? I couldn't cry or laugh for a while, and in He Liancheng's failure, I finally got my credit.

"He Liancheng told you about the relationship between me and him." He stared at the slowly changing number keys on the elevator panel and said, "The establishment of Hanhua Fund was originally a green leaf for He Shaodong's prestige of the board of directors. Unexpectedly, in the seamless cooperation between the two of us, Hanhua became the protagonist. ”

I regretted and frustrated all of them, but I quickly calmed down. I looked at it and said, "I'm just doing my best and I'm not doing anything or not doing anything." If you haven't done it in the first half of the year, please bear with Mr. He. ”

The elevator passed through this floor without stopping, and it was full.

Some people also came behind us at some point, and one of Lanhua's employees walked up to He Xiao and said hello: "Mr. He is here?" ”

He Xiao nodded and said, "Come and talk to Mr. Lin about cooperation." ”

The man's eyes looked at me for a moment, and then quickly turned to smile and said, "I thought you were looking for Shao Dong." ”

He Xiao shook his head, and finally came to the elevator, I went up with him, and many people quickly rushed in behind him. I had deliberately distanced myself from him, but someone rushed in and quickly squeezed me to him.

There are several occasions in the imperial capital, which will allow you to get close to strangers, one of which is the elevator during the rush hour, people can't wait to stand close to each other, and in the morning, you have to be careful of all kinds of weird breakfasts that everyone carries.

He Xiao and I were half of the body wrong, almost facing each other, and there was only a distance of two or three centimeters in the middle. I could see the blue veins under his almost sickly skin, and it was hard to see it without it, and as soon as I lowered my head, it became an ambiguous posture for me to lean on his arms. I can only stand stiff like this.

I felt so awkward and anxious, but he was calm, and in the messy time when the next group of people crowded in, he whispered, "When you take the elevator with him, do you want to squeeze together?" Can I eat you, won't I get tired standing like this? ”

I was so red by what he said, I knew that he was talking about that time in Hanhua, He Liancheng hugged me and made small movements behind the crowd, and he saw it all from a few people.

In the process of descending, I felt that time passed too slowly, why did I not reach the first floor. I promised to turn around and leave when I got to the first floor, and I would never have dinner with him.

Life is full of dog blood is roughly like this, when the elevator opened on the first floor, He Liancheng looked in from the outside with blazing eyes, and looked back and forth between me and He Xiao a few times. I felt the surprise on my face, a bit like my wife who had been caught showing up, a little embarrassed and at a loss.

"Mr. He, someone has come to pick me up, I can't have dinner with you." I said as I got off the elevator with the crowd and waved at him. The address of the restaurant is on the first basement, and he has to go down one floor.

Unexpectedly, before my voice fell, He Xiao actually followed, and stood in front of He Liancheng.

At this moment, there are people all around, the doors of the eight elevators in the elevator hall open and close, and the footsteps of people coming and going are hurrying. The two of them just looked at each other like this, with swords and swords in their eyes, and when I felt that the air was about to burst, He Xiaoxian smiled and scattered his resistance, and said slowly: "Shao Dong has been very busy lately, right?" ”

"What are you doing here?" He Liancheng's tone was not good.

I immediately stood beside He Liancheng with a clear stand, stretched out my hand to hold his arm and said, "He is here to terminate cooperation with us and get information." ”

He Liancheng smiled, put his hand tightly around my waist and said, "Your condescending dignity has come to deliver the express?" ”

He Xiao didn't get angry when he heard his words, and said: "Le Yi and I are old colleagues, and we are also a bit of a personal relationship, so I came to take a trip to catch up with the old days." ”

"Mr. He, you are wrong, I only have a colleague relationship with you for a period of time, and Guan has no personal relationship. Today is not the time to catch up, our cooperation has ended, and there is nothing to do, so let's go first. As for the children who ate on it, I called them to settle the bill by themselves, thank you Mr. He for your kindness. I finished everything I had to say before He Liancheng, and then said to He Liancheng, "Let's go." ”

I didn't look at He Xiao's face. It may be that the willfulness cultivated under the pampering of my parents since I was a child is engraved in my bones, and I will choose to tear my face directly for people I don't like, and I am not willing to be vain.

When I came to He Liancheng's car, I called Xu Wanyun first and asked her to settle the bill by herself and say that I would reimburse her when she came to the company tomorrow. Who knew that she whispered over there to wait a while, and only after more than ten seconds did she say in a normal voice: "Mr. He has already come over, saying that you are in a hurry to leave in advance." ”

"Ahh I exclaimed and covered up, "Oh, I'm in a bit of a hurry, let's go first, you eat slowly, call me if you have something." ”

After hanging up the phone, He Liancheng asked me, "What's wrong?" ”

"He Xiao came to the company, from more than three o'clock to five o'clock, not to say that I want to invite our employees to dinner, thank you for your dedication in the past six months." I'll give you a brief overview of the afternoon.

He Liancheng said expressionlessly, "This person is used to pretending, he hates it in his heart, and he can also smile on his face, he hates such a person the most." ”

"I know, as long as you can get by on your face." I persuaded.

"I don't want to save him any face." He Liancheng said angrily.

I understand his temperament, and when I see that I am so close to He Xiao, I must be jealous in my heart. But he also knows that I don't have a good impression of He Xiao, so I will definitely not cause any misunderstanding, but I feel uncomfortable. I didn't bother with him, and after thinking about it, I thought that I could tell him about what I had seen He Zelin, so I explained slowly: "When I went to Hanhua two days ago to deliver materials, I saw your father. ”

As soon as he turned around, the car came to a sharp stop on the main road, and the car behind him braked so hard that it almost hit us, and the brakes were long and high-pitched. I didn't fasten my body, my body slammed forward, and my head hit the front windshield, he didn't notice that I was in tears in pain, and asked in a cold voice, "What is he looking for you again?" ”

I didn't expect him to react so strongly, didn't his dad come to me once or twice? I thought he would ask lightly: "What is he looking for you?" What conditions to talk about? Unexpectedly, he actually stopped the car in the middle of the road. Thinking about it, I still chose the wrong opportunity, I wanted to lead the topic away from He Xiao, but ignored He Liancheng's uncertainties during this period of time. I hurriedly covered my head and sat up straight and said to him, "Change the position, I'll drive, I can't tell if I stop here." ”

There was a horn blaring in the back, and all the cars stopped at us in protest. The driver who followed us was already tapping the window, and He Liancheng looked relieved when he heard the voice, as if he had just discovered his overreaction, and smiled as if he was hiding it, and said, "It's okay, I'm fine." ”

After saying that, I started the car, and I saw that he was calm, and then said, "You have been busy these days, and I haven't found a chance to talk to you." ”

"What did my dad say to you?" There was worry in the depths of his eyes, but there was a deliberate pretending of casualness and carelessness on his face.

"He said two things." I sighed, "The first thing is still the same cliché, convince me to leave you, saying that as long as I leave you, he will give you a chance to start over and keep your seat on the board......"

"Fart!" Before I could finish my words, I was interrupted by He Liancheng.

"What's wrong?" I was amazed at how foul he would have exploded. He has always respected He Zelin, and even when He Zelin looked at me coldly, he could still call his father and work hard between the contradictions between the two of us.

"Then He Xiao is here to be a lobbyist today?" He Liancheng didn't answer my question directly, but his expression became calmer.

"No, he didn't mention it." I shook my head.

He Liancheng didn't speak, looked at the road in front of him expressionlessly, and said after a long time: "What about one more thing?" ”

"There is another one that is also related to the previous one, saying that when the semi-annual board of directors is concerned, it will vote on whether to keep Lanhua Investment." I say.

He Liancheng is no longer than before, and the blows that came one after another in a short period of time made him grow up quickly.

He frowned and thought for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You thought about it for a few days, and decided to stay with me regardless of it?" ”

"No, I decided to tell you about it, but I never had a chance to say it. I won't be stupid enough to break up a family with a few words from others. I saw that his expression was relaxed, and I was relieved.

"What did the old man think of me? A puppet at his mercy? You can rest assured, even if I come out of the group, I will not give up Basket China Investment. He Liancheng turned his head and gave me a reassuring smile and said, "I'm most worried about you, afraid that you will make some stupid decision for me." I told you about my mother's dying advice, but it doesn't mean that I can give up my current one for this last wish. What's more, it's not the end now, and it's still uncertain. ”

"And what about your plan? I want to know, in order to better cooperate with you. After listening to his words, my heart sweated silently. I really thought that He Liancheng was too simple and too unbearable to withstand the blow. It seems that sometimes there are other things that come with growing up.

"You just pretend to be ignorant now, and let them think that I really have no way back and nothing to do." He Liancheng had fully recovered by this time, glanced at me who was sitting beside him dumbfounded, and while waiting for the traffic light, he reached out and touched my head, "Le Yi, I suddenly found that you have become stupid after being with me." ”

"People say it's stupid to have a child for three years, I may be so stupid." I smiled wryly.

"Don't push the responsibility on Kuankuan." He Liancheng finally raised his eyebrows and showed a big smile.

Ten minutes later, when we got home, He Liancheng immediately picked up Xiao Bao'er in his aunt's arms, sat on the sofa and played with his son like no one else.

I know that he has been arranging the affairs of Lan Hua and Nange for the past few days, and when I saw his table today, I knew that there must be good progress, so I set the meal with my aunt, and then called their father and son to eat.

Kuan Kuan has now passed the period of saliva, and has begun to babble, and I am very happy to talk to Dad, but basically I can understand a word.

After eating, they played for a while, Kuan Kuan finally wanted to fall asleep, and he wanted to be tired of his father, and he couldn't bear the sleepiness, not to mention how tangled he was.

He Liancheng handed the child to me, gestured to me lightly, and went to the study by himself. Kuankuan has never fallen asleep in his hands, and every time he is coaxed and energetic.

When I had arranged a wide and wide qiē, I knocked on the door of the study and walked in.

He was looking at a document when he heard me come in and put down what he was holding, leaned forward and said, "You probably can't figure out who Yu Miao is." ”

"Who? Old man? I asked rhetorically.

"It's He Xiao." He Liancheng stood up, walked up to me and said, "A few days ago, I just came back from the United States, and I accidentally saw her wearing sunglasses and a big silk scarf, and the whole person made her meet He Xiao like a female star hiding from the paparazzi. At that time, my mind was full of work, and I didn't think much about it. When I saw him looking for you today, I suddenly thought of the key. ”

"Are you saying that everything Yu Miao did was arranged by He Xiao?" I asked.

"There's no evidence yet, but it's ten likely** that it has something to do with him. Do you remember the room next door to me? He Liancheng asked.

"Is it He Xiao?" I asked.

"No, it's Zheng Haitao." He slowed down, "Your female employee ran to your male employee's room in the middle of the night, and she maintained a mysterious relationship with the boss of the bidding party at the same time?" What do these make you think of? ”