In the dark, Chen Xiao's eyes were bottomless. Gu Shi'an originally thought that he was going to be like usual, but his body curled up unconsciously.

But Chen Xiao didn't move, his hand was slightly propped up, and he was separated from her by a distance. The voice was low and suddenly shouted, "Gu Shi'an." ”

His voice was a little hoarse.

Before Gu Shi'an could react, he had already lay back on the bed, closed his eyes and made an even breathing sound.

This night was extremely difficult, Chen Xiao didn't lie down for long before getting up, and never came back.

Gu Shi'an squinted in a daze for a while, and when he got up at dawn, Luo Ying was already gone. The huge living room was deserted. Gu Shi'an went downstairs only to find that Chen Xiao was asleep leaning on the sofa.

He hadn't slept much all night, and a blue beard stubble appeared on his chin. He had a thin blanket on his body, and Gu Shi'an didn't go over anymore and went to the kitchen with the lights on.

Ye Qing was busy in the kitchen, cooking porridge for the old lady. Her face was a little softer than last night, and when Gu Shi'an asked how the old lady was, she said, "It's okay, I didn't sleep well in the first half of the night." In the second half of the night, I took Dr. Luo's medicine and quickly fell asleep. I haven't woken up yet. ”

She had almost never slept all night, and her eyes were blue. Gu Shi'an said, "You can also go to sleep for a while, I'll come here." ”

Ye Qing originally wanted to excuse himself, but in the end, he was still in good spirits, so he told Gu Shi'an what he needed to pay attention to, and went back to his room to rest.

It was probably the sound of her footsteps that woke Chen Xiao, and a low voice came from the living room. Soon calm returned.

Gu Shi'an was still worried in the end, and turned off the fire after a while. Then go and see the old lady. When I passed by the living room, I found that Chen Xiao was no longer there, and I didn't know if I went out or went upstairs.

Gu Shi'an just paused slightly, and walked towards the old lady's bedroom. She opened the door of the old lady's room lightly, and when she saw that the old lady was asleep, she closed the door again and went back to the kitchen.

The porridge slowly boiled over a simmer, stirring it from time to time. Standing in front of the bed in a daze. Outside, the sky was still overcast, and there was no snow today. But there was a light drizzle. It's cold in the bones in winter.

She was in a slight trance, and it took a while for her to come back to her senses. Continue to stir the porridge in the casserole.

Although the porridge was boiled early, the old lady kept sleeping.

Gu Shi'an called to ask for leave when he arrived at work. She suddenly asked for leave, and Xiao Wang was confused about many things, and would call from time to time.

When Chen Xiao came down from upstairs, Gu Shi'an was also answering the phone, probably because he was afraid of being noisy, and her voice was very low. Very attentive to explain something to the person on the other end of the phone.

Chen Xiao didn't go downstairs, took out a cigarette, leaned on the stairs and smoked slowly. It wasn't until Gu Shi'an hung up the phone that he went downstairs.

She saw that Chen Xiao had nothing to say, so she was silent for a while before she spoke: "I went to see it, and grandma is still asleep." She didn't sleep well last night, so I didn't call her. ”

She was probably short of words for a while, paused, and then continued: "The porridge is ready, I'll serve it." ”

The old house was deserted, and the smell of porridge in the kitchen. It more or less added a bit of warmth to this deserted old house.

Chen Xiao was slightly in a trance, and Gu Shi'an had already walked towards the kitchen.

She quickly served the porridge, and the white porcelain bowl was steaming hot. Chen Xiao didn't go to the dining table until he finished smoking a cigarette.

The old lady woke up at noon, probably because of the medicine prescribed by Luo Ying, although she was still weak, but her spirit was much better.

In the evening, Luo Ying came again, saying that the old lady was old. It is not recommended to take more medicine, and you have to be more careful in your diet. And gave a few recipes for food supplements.

He had something to do in the hospital, and he sat down for a short time before he got up and said goodbye.

Chen Xiao also stood up and sent him out.

He went out for a long time, the old lady went back to the room to rest, and Gu Shi'an also took a bath before he came back.

I don't know what I talked to Luo Ying, but when he came back, he sat on the sofa and smoked. I kept the same position for a long time and didn't move.

Luo Ying's prescription for food supplements was useful, and the old lady's illness slowly improved. Gu Shi'an took more than ten days off in a row, and returned to the company at the urging of the old lady.

She has been taking care of the old lady these days, and on the first day she returned to the company, she received a big surprise. Assistant Cao called her and said that Manager Xu asked her to come over to sign the contract.

She never received a call from Assistant Cao, and originally thought that this matter had been lost. Where did I think she would call and ask her to go directly to sign the contract.

Gu Shi'an was still a little confused, and Assistant Cao smiled on the phone and said, "Actually, I was going to call you a long time ago, but I don't know why your phone can't get through." Later, I found out that you had something to ask for leave, and Manager Xu said that you would call you back to the company after dealing with the matter. lest you be distracted and unable to work well. ”

It's really rare for Manager Xu to be considerate, and Gu Shi'an is sincerely grateful. asked Assistant Cao to thank Manager Xu on her behalf.

Assistant Cao just smiled slightly and turned the topic to the company. Let Gu Shi'an go over and sign the contract in the afternoon.

Gu Shi'an nodded again and again. After hanging up the phone, I began to prepare for the contract.

Because of Xu Wei's approval, the signing was very smooth. Gu Shi'an came to their company last time, and this time he really entered their company.

Xu Wei has always been resolute, and immediately after signing the contract, he asked Gu Shi'an to take him to see the scene. And prepare to start work as soon as possible.

She was very generous now, and asked her driver to send Gu Shi'an and the person in the company who took her over.

Gu Shi'an didn't forget that this matter was introduced by Qin Tang, and she couldn't control her excitement after the contract had been signed. Someone with her. It is not appropriate to call. She texted him in the car and told him that she had signed a contract with Manager Xu.

The two have not been in touch for a long time, and Gu Shi'an doesn't even know if he is still in Lincheng.

The news was sent like a sea of mud, knowing that he was busy, Gu Shi'an was not discouraged. I went back and talked to the people from Manager Xu's company about the construction site.

The car drove into the parking lot, and Gu Shi'an found that Manager Xu's new company's office was actually in the building next to Chen Xiao's company. Even the parking lot is connected.

This was something Gu Shi'an didn't expect. However, she quickly came to her senses and went upstairs with the director, surnamed Tian.

Qin Tang called at seven o'clock, and Gu Shi'an had just finished watching the scene and went downstairs. In winter, the weather is short, and the lights are on outside, and it is already dark.

Gu Shi'an quickly picked up the phone and called Mr. Qin as usual.

Qin Tang smiled faintly on the other end of the phone, and said, "After the contract is signed, you don't plan to invite me to a meal?" ”

His voice was low and mellow, and he didn't know where it was, but it was quiet over there.

Gu Shi'an laughed at this time, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said, "Of course you have to please." When are you available? ”

Qin Tang leaned against the window, dusted off the cigarette ash in his hand, and said lazily: "Please eat, anytime." ”

At this time, Gu Shi'an was embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Why not today?" ”

Qin Tang on the other end of the phone sighed and said, "I'm not in Lincheng now, let's owe it first." ”

It was a little hasty to invite him to dinner today, and I was relieved to hear him say that he was not in Gu Shi'an. I was afraid of being discovered by him, so I hurriedly said: "I have a friend who is very good at cooking, and I will take you over to try it when you come back one day." What you like to eat, I prepare in advance. ”

She's like a dog's leg. specially showed his sincerity in wanting to invite him to dinner.

Qin Tang had a faint smile on the corner of his lips, and said, "Your sincerity doesn't seem to be enough, you don't even know what I like to eat when you invite me to dinner?" ”

Gu Shi'an was dumbfounded for a while. After racking his brains for a long time, he couldn't figure out what he liked to eat, so he had to say, "I'll try to prepare it to your taste." ”

Qin Tang didn't embarrass her, and nodded in response. He should have been busy, and after saying a few words, someone seemed to knock on the door, and Gu Shi'an hung up the phone.

She was in a good mood today, and she took a deep breath when she hung up the phone. When I remembered it, I saw that there was a dim sum shop that the old lady liked not far from here, so I planned to go over and buy some dim sum. The old lady has eaten lightly during this time, and she should also eat something else to adjust her taste.

It's rush hour after work, and there's a lot of traffic on the road. The dim yellow light stretched her shadow long.

It wasn't far away, but it took five or six minutes to go. At this time, there were quite a lot of people in the store, and there was a queue.

Gu Shi'an lined up at the end of the line. The clerk's movements were quite fast, and it didn't take long for her turn to come.

She picked up several flavors of dim sum and then went back to the queue to pay. By the time I got out, it was almost eight o'clock.

She stood on the side of the road to stop the car.

At this time, taxis are not easy to stop, most of them are carrying passengers, and some are unwilling to go. After standing for so long and not stopping a car, Gu Shi'an looked at the time, and was about to go ahead to take the bus, when a car quietly stopped in front of her.

Chen Xiao pressed the horn, and Gu Shi'an raised his head. There was a jam behind, and he motioned for her to get in the car.

When he got into the car, he glanced at her and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Gu Shi'an replied at this time: "It's a little bit of a matter to come over." ”

Chen Xiao's gaze swept over the snack Gu Shi'an was carrying, he paused slightly, took out a cigarette and lit it.

There was no one in the car for a while, and the front was very congested, and it was stop-and-go.

Chen Xiao smoked half a cigarette, looked sideways at Gu Shi'an, and asked lazily, "Why did you marry me in the first place?" ”

Gu Shi'an didn't expect him to ask this, and he was slightly in a trance. She quickly came back to her senses and said lightly, "I'm crazy." ”

But no, obviously at the beginning, grandma was against it, and her only friend Chang Yan was also against it. She stubbornly got married, but she was not crazy.

Chen Xiao glanced at her. said, "Do you want to be by me until you can't get out of bed tomorrow?" ”

Gu Shi'an closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Despite this, Chen Xiao's mood still seems to be quite good. Gu Shi'an didn't know what to think, and looked out the window. I saw that my eyes were astringent, so I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.

When he was still on the way, Chen Xiao received a call from Ye Qing, and he didn't know what was said on the other end, so he hummed a few times and said thank you, Aunt Ye hung up the phone.

When she went back, Ye Qing was setting up the meal, and Gu Shi'an stepped forward to help her, and asked her to wash her hands and change her clothes and come down to eat.

The old lady had already fallen asleep, so Gu Shi'an handed over the snacks she bought to Ye Qing.

After eating, when he went upstairs, Gu Shi'an came out of the shower, and saw Chen Xiao taking a chess piece and placing it on the small table. She couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Chen Xiao probably heard the sound of her opening the door, raised his head to look at her, hooked his lips, and said, "Do you want to play?" I remember you used to like to play. ”

This word sounded a little distant before, but Gu Shi'an didn't say anything. Walked over and sat down across from him.

The heating in the room is hot and quiet. Gu Shi'an sat on the carpet, one elbow propped up on the small table, frowning and contemplating from time to time.

Although she didn't regret playing chess, she was slow and couldn't drop a single particle for a long time. Chen Xiao didn't urge her, she always fell into chess. He immediately followed.

Gu Shi'an hadn't played this chess for a long time, she was originally inferior to others, and under Chen Xiao's step-by-step pressure, she completely lost miserably in the first round.

She pursed her lips, didn't speak, and picked up the chess pieces again.

The two of them were probably not so quiet, and Chen Xiao was slightly in a trance.

Gu Shi'an belongs to the type of frustration and braver, the more he loses, the more he follows. Chen Xiao yawned a few times in a row, and she didn't see it.

In the end, Chen Xiao simply asked her to kill herself without leaving a piece of armor. He stood up with a haha and said, "Okay, you win, go to sleep." ”

Playing chess with someone who has no technical content at all is completely self-inflicted, and he just sat for more than two hours.

Gu Shi'an naturally knew that he was releasing water, and he didn't expose him, so he packed up the chessboard when he saw that the time was indeed not early.

Chen Xiao quickly went to the bathroom to wash up. When he came out, Gu Shi'an hadn't slept yet. It's still on the small side, and I don't know what I'm doing.

Chen Xiao wiped his hair and walked over, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't you sleep?" ”

When the aisle was closer, he realized that Gu Shi'an was looking at the memo on his phone. I don't know what I remembered.

Hearing his voice, Gu Shi'an realized that she had been sitting for a long time, her feet were numb, and she couldn't stand up for a while, so she turned her head to look at Chen Xiao and said, "Next Wednesday is my grandmother's birthday." Can you come with me? ”

I didn't go to the last time the old lady asked the two to eat together, and I won't go to this birthday party......

Chen Xiao's brows furrowed slightly, vaguely remembering that the old lady's birthday was in winter, so he nodded and said, "Okay, call me then." ”

Gu Shi'an said thank you now.

The end of the year was busy, and Gu Shi'an received a call from Li Ran at noon, saying that she was near their company and asked her to go out to eat together, and by the way, she would talk about the decoration of her house.

She has always said that she is not in a hurry, let Gu Shi'an finish her business first, and I don't know why she is in a hurry again this time.

From Luo Yun's words last time, Gu Shi'an thought that knowing that the house decoration was just her excuse. She didn't have the energy to spend on this, so she said directly: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Li, I have a lot of things on hand, and I may not be able to help you with your house." This thing has dragged on for a long time, and I'm embarrassed to drag it out any longer. You'd better go straight to someone else. There are also many excellent seniors in our company, if you need it, you can come over and let colleagues recommend it to you. ”

She skimmed herself out.

Li Ran was silent on the other end of the phone for a moment, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Shi'an, did I misunderstand you somewhere?" ”

Gu Shi'an took a sip of tea from the teacup and said, "Senior Sister Li, you are too worried. It's because I have a lot of things on hand, even though you say you're not busy. But I don't want to drag you like that anymore. ”

There was a hint of apology in her tone.

Li Ran didn't speak on the other end of the phone for a while, and after a few tens of seconds, she pretended to smile lightly and said, "Okay, since you're busy, I won't trouble you." Business is not benevolent, I'm near your company, come out and have a meal together, right? ”

She said that, but Gu Shi'an couldn't find a reason to refuse, and she smiled and responded with a good word. After agreeing on the place, I hung up the phone.

Gu Shi'an and Li Ran agreed on a café. When she arrived, Li Ran had already arrived, ordered two cups of coffee, and had not yet ordered anything to eat.

When she saw Gu Shi'an, she beckoned.

Gu Shi'an quickly walked over, and then called Senior Sister Li with a slight smile.

The makeup on Li Ran's face was exquisite, and she pushed the menu in front of Gu Shi'an, and said with a smile: "I'm not familiar with this neighborhood, and it's not convenient to park, so I found this place." I heard that the light food here tastes very good. ”

Gu Shi'an smiled slightly, but he was not polite, took the menu, and ordered a fried mein.

Li Ran ordered the same as hers, gave the menu to the waiter, and said with a smile: "When I was abroad, I wanted to vomit when I ate fried noodles, but I missed it when I came back." ”

Gu Shi'an smiled, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Why did Senior Sister Li come back suddenly?" Last time I heard Senior Brother Chen say it. Looks like you've been planning to settle down there. ”

Li Ran thought about it now, and said with a faint smile: "It seems that there was indeed a period of time when I had planned to do that." But that's just how to think about it. No matter how good a foreign country is, it is only someone else's homeland. Of course it has to be returned. ”

Gu Shi'an nodded now. She couldn't find what to say for a while, so she drank her coffee and didn't speak.

Li Ran didn't know what she was thinking, and she didn't speak. After a while, he smiled and asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" I saw you at your company's cocktail party that day, there were too many people. I didn't say hello either. Later, I went to look for you, but I didn't see you. ”

When she mentioned the cocktail party, Gu Shi'an thought of the shiny skirt. She smiled slightly and said, "Senior Sister Li was very beautiful that day. ”

"Even you make fun of me." Li Ran said angrily. She paused slightly, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "What's the use of being pretty, no, I haven't married yet." ”

Gu Shi'an didn't speak at this time, and it happened that the waiter sent fried noodles, so she took it.

This obviously failed to interrupt Li Ran's train of thought, and she paused. Then he said: "Marriage is really a technical job. That right person is hard to find. Even if you get married so-so, a marriage that exists in name only, it is better not to want it. If my husband didn't pretend to be me in his heart, I wouldn't be able to accept this kind of marriage without self-esteem. ”

She shrugged, giving her an understatement.

But what these words refer to is not Gu Shi'an and Chen Xiao.

Gu Shi'an paused as he ate noodles. She smiled slightly, and before she could speak, Li Ran continued: "Shi'an, the relationship between you and your husband should be good, right?" ”

She acted like she had just said it casually.

She likes to play dumb riddles, and Gu Shi'an simply plays dumb riddles. didn't expose it, smiled faintly, and said, "It should be okay." After all, feelings are like people drinking water, and they know their own warmth and coldness. It doesn't look like a good feeling. People in the game may be happier than many people. And those feelings that look at the scenery on the surface may not be as good as what others see. ”

Her tone was nonchalant, as light as water.

As she spoke, her phone rang, and she said sorry and picked up the phone.

The phone call was from Xiao Wang, asking her when she would return to the company. There are clients waiting for her.

Gu Shi'an simply stopped doing it now, stood up after hanging up the phone, and said with a slight smile: "I'm sorry Senior Sister Li, there is a bit of a rush in the company." I've got to go first. ”

She was polite and didn't forget to buy the order before leaving.

Li Ran sat still, looking at her back and narrowing her eyes slightly.

Gu Shi'an walked far away, and his pace slowed down. Li Ran came to her three times and twice, and it was a lot of effort in the clouds.

It's just that she really did it too much. The person she should be looking for is not her, but Chen Xiaocai.

Moreover, she came over like that, and she didn't spread it out. I don't know what it means.

She didn't have enough for this meal, so she packed a takeaway outside, and then returned to the company.

Gu Shi'an was disgusted with Li Ran's repeated coming to her, and when Chen Xiao came to look for her after work in the afternoon, she said lightly: "Senior Sister Li Ran Li came to look for me today." ”

Chen Xiao paused slightly when he heard the name Li Ran, looked at Gu Shi'an, and asked lightly, "What is she doing here?" ”

He didn't know if it was true or not.

Gu Shi'an didn't care about it, and said: "Her house needs to be renovated." After a slight pause, she continued: "By the way, she also showed me her house and car." Her house is in a mature community in the center of the city, and the car is driving a big Ben. ”

There were probably some other emotions in her tone, Chen Xiao's eyebrows raised, he glanced at her coldly, and said, "Say whatever you want to say, don't detour me." ”