Because of the small episode caused by the photo frame, Nan Sheng forgot her original intention of being discharged from the hospital early, and when she woke up from a dream and remembered, Su Ya's internal phone call came in, reminding him that the car was ready and it was time to leave for the hotel.

Gu Chen looked at Nan Sheng's depressed and tangled appearance, and smiled slightly:

"Come with me?"

Nan Sheng subconsciously shook his head: "Don't." ”

"Reason."

"In what capacity do I go?"

Gu Chen's hand around her waist tightened, leaned over and bit her ear, and murmured, "My woman, how is this identity?" ”

After all, it was an untrained little girl, and when she was teased by him like this, she blushed all of a sudden, but she still pretended to be calm and continued to look at him, and said stubbornly: "Mr. Gu, I don't seem to have agreed to be with you again." ”

Gu Chen just smiled, patted her buttocks and picked her up and put her on the chair, while he stood in front of her and slowly tidied up his clothes, and asked, "Your legs are indeed not suitable for walking for a long time, I asked Su Ya to accompany you to eat something and go to my house tonight." ”

Nan Sheng was taken aback:

"What are you doing at your house?"

"Sleep."

He said it rightly, but Nan Sheng blushed and heartbeat when he heard it, Gu Chen admitted that he did it on purpose, now that the relationship between the two has improved, how could he not choose this time to take her, but he just wanted to see her reaction, seeing her so surprised but shy, Gu Chen's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.

"I'm not going."

The door of the office was knocked lightly a few times, but no one came in, it was to urge Gu Chen to leave, Gu Chen glanced down at his watch, he should indeed leave, raised his hand and rubbed Nan Sheng's hair:

"Obedient, I won't do anything to you now, you can't go home like this, you are the only one who goes back to Qin Se's apartment, there is always someone to take care of you."

"......"

"That's it." After that, Gu Chen dropped a kiss on Nan Sheng's cheek: "See you in the evening." ”

Gu Chen turned around and left, but Nan Sheng stopped him the moment he opened the door, Gu Chen turned around and asked her with his eyes, Nan Sheng looked at him and said in a very light tone:

"Don't drink anymore."

In his drawer just now, she not only saw her photo and the anklet, she also saw all kinds of stomach medicine, during this time, she deliberately ignored Gu Chen's occasional poor face and the action of covering her stomach with her hand from time to time, just didn't want him to feel that she still cared about him, but at this moment, after experiencing the ear and sideburns just now, she couldn't be indifferent anyway.

Women are like that, right? While duplicitous, he cares desperately.

Gu Chen's heart was poured into a warm current because of this sentence, this care he had received in Nan Sheng's body, but then he was thrown away by himself, the warmth that he thought would not come back reappeared in front of his eyes without warning, his heart was warm, and he smiled slightly:

"Okay, Nan Sheng said that if you don't drink, you won't drink."

Nan Sheng didn't know how credible this sentence was, but he was relieved to say this after all, watching his figure disappear behind the door, and after a long time, Nan Sheng faintly withdrew his gaze.

When Su Ya walked in, Nan Sheng was standing up from his seat with a cane, and when he heard the sound, he looked up, and when he saw that it was her, he smiled slightly: "Hello." ”

"Mr. Gu asked me to take you to dinner."

Nan Sheng originally wanted to refuse, after all, she and Su Ya could only know each other at most, and they didn't know each other, and having dinner with a person who had only met a few times, the atmosphere was estimated to be a little embarrassing, but when the words of rejection came to her mouth, Nan Sheng didn't say it, because she guessed that she would be rejected, and she even guessed the reason for refusal: Mr. Gu.

If it weren't for Gu Chen's opening, Su Ya would never have left without permission, and Nan Sheng already knew this when Su Ya was temporarily left by Gu Chen to take care of himself last time.

Su Ya's car is an SUV, for women, especially urban beauties like Su Ya seem a little unsuitable, but Nan Sheng likes it very much, she always thinks that women driving off-road is a very handsome thing, but unfortunately her father does not agree with her to buy this kind of model.

Before starting the car, Su Ya asked Nan Sheng if there was anything he wanted to eat, and Nan Sheng shook his head:

"I'm not a picky eater."

"Cantonese cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine?"

Nan Sheng was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Huaiyang cuisine is ready." ”

Suya nodded, didn't say anything more, and started the car on her own.

Nan Sheng quietly withdrew her gaze from Su Ya's body, I don't know if it was her delusion, she always felt that Su Ya seemed to have an inexplicable hostility towards herself. But in her memory, the meeting with Su Ya can be counted on five fingers, and she has not done anything unfavorable to Su Ya, so where does this hostility come from?

Neither of them spoke along the way, the atmosphere in the carriage was very dull, so dull that Nan Sheng was a little drowsy, in interpersonal communication, she herself belonged to a very passive character, she would not take the initiative to know anyone, nor was she a person who liked to have nothing to say, her personality dictated, and she had no choice, so in such a state, she could only hope that this meal could end early.

Although Nan Sheng felt Su Ya's more or less hostility towards herself, she couldn't deny that Su Ya took care of herself very well, after the car was parked, she unbuckled her seat belt, got out of the car quickly, bypassed the front of the car to the co-pilot's door, helped Nan Sheng open the car door, and helped her get out of the car, reminding her to be careful from time to time.

At that moment, Nan Sheng had a delusion, she felt that it might be her sixth sense that she had misjudged before.

The two sat opposite each other at the table in the box, the waiter brought hot tea and brought the menu, and while the waiter poured tea for the two, Su Ya pushed the menu in front of Nansheng: "You come." ”

Nan Sheng was not polite, ordered a lion head with crab roe that he liked to eat, and handed the menu to Su Ya, Su Ya took it, and ordered a lot of signature dishes, which made Nan Sheng a little dumbfounded, just two people, still two women, and it was night, so eating and drinking was a little guilty.

Su Ya seemed to see Nan Sheng's thoughts, and took a sip of tea lightly:

"It was Mr. Gu who ordered it, and he told me, if you don't have anything you want to eat, just order all the dishes and let you eat as much as possible, and now I am already very controlling."

Nan Sheng smiled:

"If that's the case, there's no need for this, and there's only one dish I want to eat." After speaking, without waiting for Su Ya to react, he said to the waiter standing next to him: "I'm sorry, some dishes may not be needed." ”

The waiter also seemed to know that the menu just now was a little too exaggerated, and when he heard Nan Sheng say this, he felt that it was expected, and smiled slightly:

"It's okay."

Nan Sheng glanced at Su Ya and placed his eyes outside the window, this hotel is built by the river, and they sit by the window, they can have an unobstructed view of the river, although it is only a neon-lit night scene. There was the sound of Su Ya and the waiter confirming the menu, and Nan Sheng turned a deaf ear. She was almost certain now: Su Ya liked Gu Chen.

There is no special basis, there is no grievance between her and Su Ya, and there is no sorrow in the future, and the only connection between them is only Gu Chen.

After the waiter left, Nan Sheng noticed that a gaze fell on her face, she looked back lightly, and did not speak, Su Ya too, the two of them seemed to understand everything, but they tacitly agreed.

――

Qin Se had been in the room all afternoon, not because he didn't want to go out, but because he didn't know where to go after he went out.

Without Tang Muchuan's permission, she couldn't go anywhere. And here, it is obvious that it does not belong to itself.

In the afternoon, on the beach, when Tang Muchuan said the sentence 'I'm not going to let you go', Qin Se let himself be rational and calmly faced him:

"You know very well that I'm not showing my face."

"I know."

"Then what are you leaving me to do, to see things and think about people?"

When Qin Se said this, her attitude was different from before, if she had just faced Tang Muchuan, she had always been a docile kitten, then now she was a hedgehog who was fully guarded, she was enough to cooperate with him, and patiently accompanied him to eat and walk, even if it was a stranger who met in Pingshui, she could give this patience, not to mention, he had lost a wife who looked exactly like himself.

Whether it was Qin Se's sympathy or understanding, she did spend more patience than usual to communicate with Tang Muchuan, but what she didn't expect was such an ending, she was under house arrest, trapped on this island, and lost her freedom.

Tang Muchuan looked at her with heavy eyes, faintly angry, but Qin Se was not afraid, his eyes met his gaze without blinking, she thought that Tang Muchuan would be angry, at least he would react to his attitude, but in the end, he actually hooked the corner of his mouth with a smile, leaving a sentence of 'whatever you think' and turned away.

Leaving Qin Se alone on the beach, with nowhere to go, she could only return to this house in the end.

Aunt Xue has already come to the room to call twice, and her address to herself has changed from the original 'madam' to 'Miss Qin', it is obvious that Tang Muchuan has fulfilled his promise and asked everyone to change their names, but even so Qin Se is not in the mood to have any dinner, she herself knows that this way of hunger strike is very naïve, and she herself does not necessarily agree with it, and even knows that even if she does this, it will not change Tang Muchuan's decision, but she doesn't want Tang Muchuan to know that she will obediently obey him.

Tang Muchuan sat alone in the huge dining room, his legs naturally overlapped, one hand on his knees, and the other hand on the dining table rhythmically, and there was a servant standing next to the table, at this time, he didn't even dare to make a sound, because Mr. Tang didn't seem to be in a very good mood.

Miss Qin upstairs has already refused Mr. Tang's request to have dinner twice, and Aunt Xue has already called for the third time, if the result is still the same as the previous two times, they are also afraid of bearing Tang Muchuan's anger, although their faces have not changed at this time, they have the same voice in their hearts, that is, they are looking forward to Miss Qin coming down.

When the footsteps sounded, Tang Muchuan's action of tapping on the table suddenly stopped, and he didn't look at the stairs, quietly waiting for Aunt Xue to approach.

"Mr. Tang, Miss Qin said she wasn't hungry."

Tang Muchuan had heard this sentence three times in 20 minutes.

Unprecedented!

Just when everyone thought he would be angry, Tang Muchuan laughed, the smile was very small, so from beginning to end only found Aunt Xue, who was closest to him, not surprised, since his wife left, she had never seen Tang Muchuan smile, even though she didn't know what this smile represented at this time.

Probably aware of Aunt Xue's eyes, Tang Muchuan looked over lightly and asked her with his eyes, Aunt Xue hurriedly put away her gaze:

"Do you need to call again?"

"No, you don't."

Aunt Xue nodded, glanced at the three servants who were nervous next to her, and they went to the kitchen to prepare the food.

After an afternoon of thinking, Qin Se decided to talk to Tang Muchuan again, although she didn't have much hope for the outcome of the negotiation, but at least Tang Muchuan should be made to understand her attitude, she didn't go downstairs, just estimated the time of his meal, standing at the door and listening carefully to the footsteps outside.

After a long time, she finally heard the sound of low, steady footsteps, and she opened the door.

Tang Muchuan was originally going to go to the study, but at this moment, looking at the woman in front of him who was obviously waiting for him, he felt that it was okay to listen to what she wanted to say, so he stopped and looked at her lightly:

"Something?"

"Mr. Tang, I want to talk to you."

"What are you talking about?" Tang Muchuan asked lightly: "If it's still a topic you want to leave, I think it's better not to waste time." ”

Qin Se tried not to be angry, and was as calm as possible: "No matter what you talk about, please ask Mr. Tang to give me a few minutes." ”

Tang Muchuan looked at her for a few seconds, didn't speak, and took a step forward, Qin Se looked at his tall and steep back, and followed.

His study room is more than 100 square meters, connected to a small conference room, with four rows of large bookshelves, Qin Se thought that this was his study, and the books in it must be suitable for him, but when he got closer, he found that there were actually many novels suitable for women on the bookshelf, and they accounted for the vast majority.

The study is dark and blue, revealing a sense of heaviness, obviously a very masculine space, but in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows there is a set of pure white chaise longues, next to a small round table, covered with a layer of lace tablecloth, a little out of place, but not strange.

The person who uses more people in this study should be the woman called Zhanyan.

Tang Muchuan noticed her gaze, and did not disturb her, quietly waiting for her to finish her observation and look at himself.

Qin Se didn't speak immediately, probably thinking of a suitable way to speak, and after a while, she asked Tang Muchuan, "Does Mr. Tang mind if I mention Mrs. Tang?" ”

"No, it won't."

Showing off is not a taboo for him.

Qin Se smiled:

"If I'm not mistaken, this study Mr. Tang is for her, right?"

"She loves to read."

"So when you have time, sit in your current position with her?"

Tang Muchuan did not deny it, nor did he admit it: "This is what you want to talk to me about?" ”

"It's not." Qin Se looked at him: "What I want to say is that I don't want to be a stand-in. ”

Tang Muchuan looked at her without a sound.

"I think I can understand how much you miss your wife, but I'm sorry, I'm not Zhanyan, even if I am similar to her, we are two completely different people, I know more or less the purpose of keeping me around, but I have a lot of shortcomings, and I am not an obedient person, especially I can't accept the things that others have arranged for me, if you want to turn me into a Yanyan, I'm afraid the result is not what you want to see."

"Finished?" His voice was still faint, so that people couldn't hear any emotion, and Qin Se didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he could only nod: "It's over." ”

"Who sued you, I left you to make you a stand-in for Yan Yan? You think I'm going to treat you like a doll and make you pose whatever I want to see? Qin Se, I don't have this fetish! ”

Qin Se smiled:

"Aside from being a stand-in, I really don't understand that I have any other value to Mr. Tang."

"If you position yourself as a commodity or a stand-in, then I can't do anything about it."

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

Tang Muchuan pondered for a moment, and seemed to be thinking about what kind of way to make Qin Se understand: "After half a year, I will send you away." ”

"Why half a year?"

"I want to keep a little bit of privacy, you can understand that, right?"

Of course, Qin Se would not force him, but he was still not very satisfied with this answer:

"What if I have a reason to go?"

"What reason? Nan Xiuyuan? ”

When this name came out of Tang Muchuan's mouth, a moment of shock flashed on Qin Se's face, but looking back, since he already knew that he was not Zhanyan, then he must have seen all the information about himself, and it was not strange to know that Nan Xiuyuan's cunning.

Qin Segang wanted to open his mouth to admit his speculation, but unexpectedly, Tang Muchuan did not give himself a chance.

"Do you love Nan Xiuyuan?"

"I love him."

These three words did not cause the slightest fluctuation of Tang Muchuan's feelings, as if Qin Se's answer was in his expectation, but Tang Muchuan's next question made Qin Se difficult, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, she heard Tang Muchuan's voice:

"Does he love you?"

Qin Se was stunned, she didn't expect Tang Muchuan to ask this question at all, she was unprepared, she even missed the best opportunity to lie, and in the end, she could only look at Tang Muchuan silently, watching the smile on the corner of his mouth appear.

"Mr. Tang......"

"Qin Se." Tang Muchuan interrupted her, and it was the first time that he solemnly called out her name, and his voice couldn't hear the emotion, but Qin Se almost subconsciously stopped his voice: "You don't have to lie to me, I don't have any interest in the story between you and Nan Xiuyuan, after half a year, I will send you away, but for half a year, you must stay by my side." ”

It is non-negotiable and cannot be changed.

――

Most of the business dinners are like this, with staggered cups and shadows, and polite greetings.

Gu Chen is the protagonist of this dinner, although his face does not change and talks to everyone, but he has quietly looked at his watch several times, and he doesn't know what happened to the little girl at home, although Su Ya has already arrived at the banquet and told him that he has sent Nan Sheng home safely, but because Nan Sheng is injured, he is still not at ease after all.

He shouldn't have let her be at home alone, even if it was because of business, he should have found an excuse to leave the table, but it was really rude to leave a few high-level Yatai executives.

At this time, Fang Yu, the high-level representative of Yatai, toasted him, Gu Chen collected his thoughts and picked up the teacup in front of him, Fang Yu was a little unhappy:

"Mr. Gu doesn't give face? With such a big cooperation case reached, why do you have to drink two glasses? ”

Gu Chen smiled faintly:

"I'm sorry Mr. Fang, I promised a person not to drink today, it's really inconvenient to make an exception, and the next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely accompany Mr. Fang to have a good time."

Fang Yu came to be interested:

"Who has such a great charm that can make Mr. Gu a promise? Let me guess, it must be a woman who can make Mr. Gu pay so much attention, could it be that Mr. Gu has a girlfriend? ”

Gu Chen smiled lightly: "I'm not a girlfriend yet, I'm chasing it." ”

"Who does Mr. Gu like? The other party is too ignorant of lifting, right? ”

After Fang Yu said this, he felt that it was not appropriate, after all, he was the person Gu Chen liked, so he was afraid that Gu Chen would be unhappy, so he opened his mouth to explain just now, but unexpectedly, Gu Chen opened his mouth first:

"Mr. Fang doesn't know, the person who doesn't know how to lift me is me, I once accidentally lost her, and now it should take some effort and time to pursue it again."

Fang Yu opened his mouth, he couldn't speak for a while, he boasted that he had read countless people, but he didn't want this cold man in front of him to be an infatuated species, this recognition couldn't help but make him more curious about the woman Gu Chen liked, just wanted to ask, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Su Ya, who was sitting next to Gu Chen, lowered his head, and a thought passed through Fang Yu's mind.

"The person Mr. Gu likes, it shouldn't be the beautiful secretary lady next to him, right?"

Su Ya was startled, she didn't understand how the topic turned to herself, she was a little embarrassed for a while, and just wanted to explain, but she heard Gu Chen's voice ringing in her ears:

"Mr. Fang misunderstood."

"Then in that case, how could Mr. Gu know if he drank or not?"

Gu Chen smiled slightly:

"But I know, if I don't even trust her, how can she trust herself to me in the future?"

When Gu Chen returned to the apartment, it was nearly ten o'clock, the TV in the living room was on, but the person was not there, but his heart fell back to its original place.

After the end of the dinner he did not delay for a moment to gallop home, although knowing that she was injured could not leave alone, but after all, he was still a little relieved, at this time he saw that there was a taste of her at home, he was really relieved, bent down and changed his shoes, ripped off his tie while walking into the living room, threw it on the sofa casually, and shouted:

"Nansheng?"

In response to him, there was a sound in the kitchen, Gu Chen's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he walked over, and saw that she was standing in front of the glass table with one foot off the ground cooking, and when she heard the sound, she looked at him sideways: "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"What are you doing?"

He walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, and Nan Sheng was just about to break free, but heard him say:

"I'm helping you balance and don't overthink it." R1154