Heavy trucks pulling muck drove past one after another, and this must have been a convoy that had just come out of some construction site. Pingling is full of construction, and you can often see yellow car bodies decorated with mud, showing off the roar they bring to the streets, the vibrations they bring to the ground, and the fish run through the road at the big and small intersections.

The wind began to blow on the street, and the wind lifted the loess left by the truck upward, and then blew on Long Xiaoyu's face, and he didn't even realize it. He stood on the side of the road in a daze, looking at the smoke and dust rolling away from the convoy, looking at Siping who was flying away with the smoke, and his mood was also covered by the dust. The roar of the trucks faded away, and his hearing was deaf, and the noise of the streets had somehow become smaller, and all he could hear was the voice of Siping, and his own voice, the deal they were arguing about......

Yes, they just made a deal, Siping is the buyer, he is the seller. What he was about to sell was the bottom of the Baochun Pharmaceutical Factory expansion project, and what he needed Siping to exchange for was just a simple and easy promise, that is: never come to him again. It's not fair to say who loses and who makes this deal, but at least, it's certainly their mutual wishes.

Despite this, Long Xiaoyu was still uneasy, he knew how much he had spent, what he was about to sell was not only the bottom of the bid composed of numbers, but also the loyalty of the virtue and virtue, as well as his future in Baochun Company.

Before he made a deal with Siping, he didn't know if he could get the bottom of the bid, and whether he would be exposed in the future. When the dust in the distance obscured Siping's figure, he seemed to see himself stepping on a muddy ground, and he couldn't decide if it was a swamp big enough to swallow him.

But he promised her anyway, because he wouldn't leave if he didn't promise her.

also because he had promised Luo Jingjing today to accompany her to the mall after work in the evening. They made an appointment to meet at the west gate of the Zoomlion Department Store at seven o'clock in the evening, and now that it was seven o'clock, he had to hurry up and coax Zhu Siping away and rush to the west gate of the Zoomlion Department Store.

The bell of the train station woke Long Xiaoyu from his stupor, half a street away, and he hurriedly stopped a taxi and hurried up. He had hardly ever taken a taxi in his life. It was already a quarter past seven when he arrived at Zoomlion Department Store, and before he got out of the car, he saw Luo Jingjing dressed tightly, standing motionless in the wind like a little girl waiting for an adult to take her home. Luo Jingjing's appearance made all the late explanations that Long Xiaoyu had made up along the way pale and ugly, he got out of the car and went straight over, and without saying anything, he pulled Luo Jingjing to the back of a big billboard and hugged him in his arms.

This was the first time he hugged Luo Jingjing on the street, but fortunately, there was no one behind the billboard, and his hug was full of apologies. He thought that no matter how Luo Jingjing scolded him, he had no excuse in his heart, only distressed, he said distressedly: "Why don't you go in with such a strong wind?" ”

Luo Jingjing didn't scold him, didn't say a word, didn't even have a complaining expression, she also explained to him for standing stupidly in the wind: "I'm afraid you won't see me." She also put her arm around Long Xiaoyu, and she said, "Why are you wearing so little, not afraid of freezing?" ”

They ran into the mall gate with their arms around each other. The door was much warmer, and there were more people, and the two of them let go of their hands, looked at each other, and smiled secretly. Luo Jingjing asked, "You haven't eaten, shall we go shopping or eat first?" ”

Long Xiaoyu felt empty at this time, maybe it was because the negotiations with Siping had exhausted his physical strength and made him feel extremely hungry. But he still said to Luo Jingjing: "You can do anything, whatever you want." ”

Luo Jingjing said: "I'm not hungry at all now. Are you hungry? ”

Long Xiaoyu said: "I, I'm not hungry. ”

Luo Jingjing smiled happily on her face, she was a shopaholic, and she couldn't suppress her excitement as soon as she entered the mall. She took one of Long Xiaoyu's hands, walked towards the mall excitedly, and said, "Then go shopping first!" ”

Long Xiaoyu withdrew his hand, looked around cautiously, and whispered, "Don't let people see it." ”

"What are you afraid of when you see it?"

"Don't let anyone in our company see it."

"Oh!" Luo Jingjing suddenly realized, "Then what should I do?" ”

Long Xiaoyu said, "You walk in front, and I will follow behind." Anyway, I don't buy anything, so I'll follow you. ”

Luo Jingjing said: "Okay! Then don't lose it. ”

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked forward. Luo Jingjing later told Han Ding that she and Long Xiaoyu were like this every time they went out on the street, one after the other, and they pulled away from each other. If you go to a restaurant to eat, you always have to go in with Long Xiaoyu to see if there are any people from the company who are also eating inside, if there is any, he will come out, if not, find a seat and sit down, and Luo Jingjing will come in again after a while. When you come in, you will go around first, and if you don't have a familiar face, you will turn around and sit down on Long Xiaoyu's table, and if you have one, you will go out in a circle, and wait for Long Xiaoyu outside, and Long Xiaoyu will go out, just like the underground party engaged in secret work before. At first, Luo Jingjing felt very excited, but after a long time, she was annoyed, and she was especially eager to walk around the streets and shops with Long Xiaoyu hand in hand, how good it was! But Long Xiaoyu didn't dare, he repeatedly told her that he was righteous, and he couldn't bear to make a big plan. Pingling is not a capital like Beijing and Shanghai, and on the streets of Pingling, you can meet people who look up and don't look down when you turn three or two times. If Luo Baochun heard that his baby daughter was holding his secretary's hand and shopping on the street, he would have to have a myocardial infarction.

This formation, one after the other, originated from this night in Zoomlion Department Store. To Long Xiaoyu's surprise, Luo Jingjing did not stay on the floor of the women's clothing on the second floor, and directly took the escalator to the third floor, and the third floor was men's clothing. Long Xiaoyu was full of suspicion to follow, and when he saw her walking in front, he always stopped and looked back whenever he turned a corner to see if he was lost. Long Xiaoyu smiled at her when he saw her looking back, and the two flirted from a long distance. All the way to a cashmere products ** store on the third floor, the ** store has two big characters written on the lintel of the ** store.

Long Xiaoyu followed, standing at the door of this ** store, there were not many customers in the store, but he still cautiously did not go in. He saw Luo Jingjing talking to a salesperson, and the salesman asked, "How tall is he?" Luo Jingjing turned around and stretched out her hand to Long Xiaoyu at the door: "It's so high." The salesman said, "The one who wears the number forty-four." ”

Only then did Long Xiaoyu understand that Luo Jingjing was buying him a cashmere sweater. He hurriedly walked into the store and said to Luo Jingjing: "Hey, don't buy it, I don't want it, I don't want it, I really don't want it." ”

Luo Jingjing ignored him, picked out a milk-colored cashmere sweater, and picked a scarf of similar color, no matter how Long Xiaoyu tried to stop it, she still paid the money. When she was paying the money, Long Xiaoyu heard the cashier's singing and singing: "Collect eight hundred from you, find you seventy-three, take it!" He really couldn't bear it in his heart, he was really afraid that Luo Jingjing would buy him something, a flower was seven or eight hundred, he felt that every one was like a debt owed by himself, the more he owed, the more he owed.

After buying cashmere sweaters and scarves, they went down to the women's clothing section on the second floor. Still one after the other, Luo Jingjing walked in front, and Long Xiaoyu followed behind with a plastic bag containing a sweater and a scarf. Luo Jingjing walked from store to store, trying on clothes countless times, Long Xiaoyu's feet and neck were sore, his feet and neck were sore, his feet were numb, and his eyes were blue with hunger, Luo Jingjing was still trying on clothes happily. As a result, she tried until the mall was about to close and she didn't buy it. took Long Xiaoyu down to the first floor, went straight to a counter selling jewelry, bought a jade bead bracelet for more than 1,000 yuan, turned around and handed it to Long Xiaoyu.

Luo Jingjing threw a lot of money, Long Xiaoyu was startled, and said, "What is this for?" I can't wear something so expensive. ”

Luo Jingjing said: "It's not for you, I want to change the pearl chain in your hand." ”

Long Xiaoyu: "How can this pearl chain be worth so much money, you can buy a better pearl chain for two hundred yuan if you return this." ”

Luo Jingjing looked at him resentfully: "Don't you really understand?" Good friends send things to each other. ”

"Oh," Long Xiaoyu said suddenly, "Then I'll send you something else." What else do you like? ”

"I want this, I know it's your most dear thing."

Long Xiaoyu still shook his head, this was the first time he rejected Luo Jingjing: "This is my most beloved thing, but it doesn't represent me." My mom is gone, it represents my mom, my dad is gone, it represents my dad, if one day I'm gone, it's me. I'll leave it to you then. If you're really thinking about me, you can wear it then. ”

Luo Jingjing was stunned for a long time before she suddenly woke up and said, "Why are you not here?" Net speaking unlucky words. ”

Long Xiaoyu took the jade bead chain from Luo Jingjing's hand, put it on her wrist, he held up her wrist and said, "How beautiful, this bracelet looks like it is specially matched with you." ”

The token was not replaced, and Luo Jingjing was a little disappointed. They walked out of the mall and stood in the wind waiting for the bus. While waiting for the car, Luo Jingjing took out the new scarf she had just bought from the bag in Long Xiaoyu's hand, opened the box and took it out to wrap it around Long Xiaoyu with her own hands. This is the first time Long Xiaoyu has worn cashmere in his life, and it feels much softer and warmer than he imagined, thin and soft, a bit like a woman's skin. Luo Jingjing helped him tuck his scarf and instructed: "I will wear it when I come out in the future." Long Xiaoyu agreed: "Hmm." ”

At dinner that day, Long Xiaoyu ate a lot until he could eat enough. After eating and sending Luo Jingjing home, it was very late, and he stayed in the Luo family's courtyard. He got up at six o'clock the next morning, made breakfast for Luo Jingjing first, put it on the table, and then kissed Luo Jingjing's confused face, and then left Luo's house to go to work in a hurry. He had to get to the office before eight o'clock to clean up and fill up the boiling water before everyone went to work. He always did. He didn't want the people in the company to notice that he hadn't returned overnight, and then there was a lot of rumors.

A new day begins as usual. After nine o'clock, Long Xiaoyu called the Yellow Crane Lake Villa as usual, read out the names of the documents he received today, and asked Luo Baochun whether he would come over to review them himself or have him send the documents. Luo Baochun's voice on the phone looked very tired, as if he hadn't woken up yet, he asked Long Xiaoyu to send the documents over, and asked him to go to the Luo family's courtyard by the way when he came out, and pick up his daughter to take a trip to Yellow Crane Lake.

Hearing that he was going to pick up Luo Jingjing, Long Xiaoyu couldn't hide his excitement. He and Luo Jingjing are in the stage of falling in love, and they can't get along with each other day and night. He was just about to go out in a hurry, and bumped into Director Ma of the Expansion Project Preparation Office, and heard that he was going to Yellow Crane Lake, so he took out a pile of thick materials from his leather bag and handed it to him, asking him to give it to Mr. Luo for a look. Long Xiaoyu nodded in agreement, and took the material, the material was bound, and the title of the cover suddenly made Long Xiaoyu's whole body excited like an electric shock, and he couldn't help asking:

"What is this?"

"This is the bottom of the bid for the expansion project of our factory and the budget for the entire project. The budget is made by the supervision company designated by the Urban Construction Committee, and the format meets the requirements of the bidding. You remind the boss that tomorrow afternoon is the bidding meeting, and we have notified several units that want to come to the bidding. This bid base was formulated according to the principle determined by Mr. Luo at the beginning, and it was just sent over last night. Let's take a look at Mr. Luo first, if there is no problem, we will open the bid according to this in the future. If there is a problem, you can change it again, but you have to pay the supervision company fee again, and people do it once to collect a fee. ”

Director Ma was nagging, Long Xiaoyu didn't seem to listen, his heartbeat began to speed up, and he hit his chest with a bang, and his face was a little hot, as if he had done something wrong. He hurriedly put the materials into the briefcase, and then took Director Ma and went downstairs to the car, taking every step a little uncertain. Fortunately, he didn't forget to let the driver pull him to the Luo family's courtyard first, and called Luo Jingjing, who was still sleeping.

Luo Jingjing seemed to have received a call from her father, and when she heard Long Xiaoyu ringing the bell outside the courtyard door in a serious manner, she ran to open the door and let him in. She asked sleepily, "Why did you come so quickly?" Then he asked, "What did my father tell me to do?" Long Xiaoyu said, "How do I know? After he finished speaking, he hugged Luo Jingjing and kissed him, and said, "Hurry up and get dressed, the driver is still waiting at the door." ”

Luo Jingjing didn't go to get dressed, and suddenly said something that made Long Xiaoyu's heart tremble:

"Did my dad find out about the two of us?"

Long Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, Luo Jingjing said this, he was frightened, and almost subconsciously believed that they really had an incident. After a moment's respite, he said in a blank voice, "It's impossible to ......"

Luo Jingjing was not as nervous as Long Xiaoyu at all, she even said with a somewhat indifferent look: "Actually, it's better to tell my dad clearly, it's definitely okay." My dad won't force me to decide what I decide, and he can't force me. ”

Long Xiaoyu didn't know if Luo Jingjing was casual or serious, he had learned Luo Jingjing's willfulness in the small things in life, and he was afraid that she would be so willful in the big things. Long Xiaoyu later admitted to Han Ding that he was far from understanding Luo Jingjing's personality at that time, and he often couldn't figure out what she would do in the next minute.

Therefore, his expression was a little anxious that day, and his tone was a little unsuppressed, he tried to stop Luo Jingjing with an angry expression and tone: "Didn't I tell you everything, I can't let your dad know now, why don't you listen to others in big and small things, haven't we all talked about it?" ”

Luo Jingjing didn't expect him to be angry, she wanted to show her bravery, firmness and unhesitation in love in front of him, but he got angry. Luo Jingjing turned her head aggrievedly and entered the bedroom, angrily ignoring Long Xiaoyu who followed up. Long Xiaoyu followed up the bedroom, sat on the bed, and slowly slowed down his breath, there was a little apology in that tone, and there was also a little pleading: "Don't tell your dad how it is, our relationship, your dad can't understand it at once." If he firmly disagrees, can you quarrel with him? You know he has a heart ......."

Long Xiaoyu persuaded him with good words, but Luo Jingjing was silent. Long Xiaoyu thought she was angry, and just wanted to hug her, but Luo Jingjing blocked his outstretched hand and shook it vigorously, and a finger accidentally hooked on Long Xiaoyu's bead chain, only to hear a snap, the bead chain broke, and the snow-white pearl splashed out, like a wave suddenly blooming at the moment, and then their ears were full of crackling silver beads falling to the ground, the sound was noisy, lively and pleasant, and then it was scary quiet.

Both of them were stunned, the scattered voices, the scattered beads, exaggerated the situation a little seriously, after being stunned for a moment, Long Xiaoyu opened his mouth first, and he said "I'm sorry" at a loss.

Luo Jingjing didn't say anything in the way of face, pretending to be angry like a child who had just gotten into trouble. She turned and sat on the bed, tilting her head to ignore him. But when she saw Long Xiaoyu silently squatting down to pick up the beads, her heart suddenly softened, and she felt guilty. Of course, she knew that this beaded chain was Long Xiaoyu's cherished thing, and it conveyed his sorrow for his father.

One by one, the scattered beads regathered in Long Xiaoyu's palm, but the nylon thread was missing. Luo Jingjing stretched out her two hands straight, and the palms of her palms turned upward. "Give it to me," she said, "and let me help you string it up." ”

Long Xiaoyu knew that she was angry, and obediently poured the beads into her palm, Luo Jingjing looked at the handful of pearl white, and the lines on her face softened. She raised her head and ordered Long Xiaoyu: "You turn your face back first, and now I have to change my clothes." ”

Long Xiaoyu relieved his breath, grinned at the corners of his mouth, and left the bedroom with his suitcase and came to the living room. He put his suitcase on the sofa, went into the bathroom, relieved himself in the bathroom, washed his hands again, remembered something when he washed his hands, and turned off the faucet hesitantly. He walked out of the bathroom, saw the living room quiet, and heard that the bedroom was also quiet, he lightly picked up the briefcase on the sofa, re-entered the bathroom, and locked the bathroom door with his hand. He put the briefcase on the sink, turned the digital lock, and with a snap, the lid of the box opened, and what was placed on it was the thing that Zhu Siping wanted, the confidential document called "Biaodi".

His fingers trembled slightly, and he flipped open the cover with the word "confidential" printed on it. He had studied economics, and this thing was obvious at a glance. There is also a complete set of documents such as the project budget table and the unit project fee schedule attached to the bottom of the bid, and he quickly read this set of documents, most of them are digital tables and the like, which is difficult to understand at a glance. He took out his pen, and with a trembling tip, he scribbled down a few of the main data on the "bottom of the mark" on a Clinique instruction manual that he had picked up from the sink. At this time, he heard the bathroom door being banged, and Luo Jingjing shouted outside the door: "Hurry up, I want to wash my face!" In a panic, he slipped the Clinique manual, which already contained important trade secrets, into the pocket of his pants, closed the suitcase, and opened the bathroom door in a panic. Luo Jingjing smiled evilly and asked him: "What are you doing locking the door, we are all old husbands and wives, and we are still afraid of me?" ”

Long Xiaoyu's face must have been red to the base of his neck, and his forehead was sweating, he stammered and said, "Didn't you change your clothes and let me see it?" ”

Luo Jingjing walked into the bathroom and said, "What did you cook in the morning?" It's already cool, you give me a hot one. ”

Only then did Long Xiaoyu think that the milk and toast on the table must have been cold. But he said: "You heat it yourself, the driver is waiting outside, I come in and don't go out for a long time, the driver should be suspicious." ”

Luo Jingjing said: "Then I won't eat it." ”

Long Xiaoyu was helpless, so he had to say, "Then I'll give you heat, you wash it quickly." ”

Luo Jingjing said: "I really don't eat it, I'm still afraid of gaining weight." ”

Long Xiaoyu said: "Then I'll go first, otherwise the driver will really ask me what I've been doing for so long." ”

Long Xiaoyu was about to leave with his suitcase, but Luo Jingjing stopped him again, came over and kissed him on the face, and said, "Just tell him, let's do this." ”

Long Xiaoyu walked out of the Luo family's courtyard and returned to the car. The driver really nagged and said, "Hasn't the eldest lady gotten up yet?" It's so hard to call. ”

Long Xiaoyu pushed the boat down the river and responded: "Ah, get up, come out immediately." ”

Luo Jingjing struggled for a long time before she walked out of the Luo family's courtyard. She got into the car and sat alone in the back seat. In front of the driver, he and Long Xiaoyu did not look at each other squarely and did not agree with each other. Long Xiaoyu whispered to the driver, "Let's go." ”

The car pulled them to the Yellow Crane Lake villa, and as soon as they entered the house, Luo Jingjing went into the study to see her father. Long Xiaoyu sat alone in the living room and waited. The nanny poured him a cup of tea and walked away without saying a word. The living room was very quiet, Long Xiaoyu sat silently, he might be able to experience the loneliness of Yellow Crane Lake from this surprising quietness. He listened intently, trying to hear a little sound, but all he heard was the chatter of Luo Baochun's father and daughter inside the heavy wooden door of the study. He was eager to hear what they were saying, and he focused his attention in that direction, but to no avail. The voices in the study came and went, intermittently, and although he could not hear anything clearly, he instinctively suspected that they were talking about himself. As soon as this suspicion flashed, a layer of cold sweat erupted in Long Xiaoyu's whole body. He was really afraid that Luo Jingjing would be on a whim, relying on her father to love her and get used to her, and he couldn't control their relationship and tell him, he couldn't judge what Luo Baochun would react to when he learned about this relationship, and how to deal with it. He almost didn't dare to imagine that Luo Baochun would unconditionally respect his daughter's choice, and unconditionally accept him, a homeless young man at the end of the road, to become his own son-in-law, he didn't dare to dream of it, it was a myth! All he could think of was that Luo Baochun would be furious, not to Luo Jingjing, but to him. He can't do anything to Luo Jingjing, but he will never forgive him. Maybe in Luo Baochun's eyes, his daughter is still a child who has not grown up, if someone, especially a guy like Long Xiaoyu who has just solved the problem of food and clothing, dares to pull his daughter away from under his wing inch by inch, Luo Baochun may really be like an angry female eagle, biting him to death!

As if to validate his worries and fears, the muttering of the father and daughter in the study suddenly and visibly amplified, as if it quickly escalated into a quarrel. Then the heavy door slammed open, Luo Jingjing walked out with a calm and delicate little face, she glanced at Long Xiaoyu who stood up from the sofa in the living room, her red lips grinned, and she wanted to cry, but she couldn't help it, her footsteps didn't stop, she walked straight into the opposite room, and slammed the door shut.

The whole villa was even quieter after the door rang, Long Xiaoyu glanced in the direction of the study, Luo Baochun did not come out, the door of the study was wide open, and there was no sound inside.

Long Xiaoyu carried the briefcase, and the soles of his feet walked over step by step as if he was stepping on cotton. He stood at the door of the study, his chest pounding, and he looked in tentatively, and he saw Luo Baochun sitting thoughtfully at the back of the executive desk with a straight face. Long Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, walked in hard, tried his best to make a casual expression, and shouted: "Mr. Luo......" Even he could hear the uncontrollable weakness in his voice. Luo Baochun raised his eyes, looked at him, and said "hmm" in a calm voice. This "hmm", although the mood is not high, but it is clearly peaceful, so that Long Xiaoyu's pounding heart hanging in his throat suddenly fell back to its original position, and the muscles of the whole body also relaxed. In front of Luo Baochun, he opened the briefcase, took out the documents in the box, and placed them on the table of the executive desk one by one, and then he suddenly felt exhausted.

"Mr. Luo," fortunately, he still maintained a bright and capable tone, and said in a clear voice, "This is the bottom of the bidding for the expansion project, and Director Ma of the Preparatory Office said that please tell them your opinions as soon as possible, and tomorrow will be the bidding meeting." ”