Chapter Twenty-Six: A Woman's Friendship
Out of the office building, Yang Cheng, Zhang Qingqing, and Jiang Xunze stood at the bus stop and waited for the bus together.
Watching Chen Zizhen come over on a motorcycle from afar, stopped on the side of the road, took off his helmet, looked at Zhang Qingqing and said.
"Qingqing is leaving, right?"
Chen Zizhen nodded and smiled and greeted Yang Cheng.
"Chengcheng, then I'll go first."
"Okay, bye-bye."
Yang Cheng said goodbye to Zhang Qingqing, and Jiang Xunze fanned the flames on the side, highlighting his importance.
"See, who is the best for you, it's not me Jiang Xunze at the critical time!"
"You're less poor, why don't you go first, I can get home by bus."
"I have to protect you."
"How old am I, and I still need your protection?"
While the two were talking, a car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and under the window was Li Xinghe.
"I'll take you?"
Yang Cheng looked at the people in his company around him, and hurriedly refused.
"No, you can go first."
The people next to him were talking about the two of them.
"Isn't this Yang Cheng from our department? How did she meet Li Xinghe? ”
"Maybe it's a friend."
"Don't be a boyfriend or girlfriend, I'm still waiting to be his girlfriend."
"Who isn't? He said that he doesn't have a girlfriend, and it is estimated that Yang Cheng and the two of them know each other at most. Li Xinghe's character is so good, she must see that acquaintances will help her. ”
Yang Cheng couldn't stand the discussion of the people around him, and looked to the side, trying to reduce his sense of existence. He reached out again and grabbed Jiang Xunze's arm, and said to the person opposite.
"I'll go back with my friend, you can go quickly."
Li Xinghe smiled and looked at the man's actions, probably guessing what he was thinking, so he had to take a step first.
"That's... I'll go first. ”
"Okay, bye-bye."
Jiang Xunze looked at his arm and smiled contentedly, with a childlike smile on his face.
"Chengcheng, this is the first time you have taken the initiative to carry me."
Hearing him say this, Yang Cheng let go of his hand in disgust.
"Don't worry, there won't be a next time."
"Don't, keep carrying me."
Jiang Xunze picked up her hand again, put it on his arm, and waited stupidly for the car to come in the distance.
"You're still comfortable with the company, aren't you? ”
"Hmm."
"Has anyone bullied you?"
"Nope."
"Will they keep calling you?"
"No, it won't."
"That..."
"Jiang Xunze, can you stop talking?"
Yang Cheng couldn't bear his temperament, he had always talked a lot, and he was also a little bit in front of Jiang Xunze.
"Oh."
"Don't you come to see me off next time? We don't go along the way, and we save you trouble. ”
"I'm not worried about you."
"How old am I, I won't say anything, I'm leaving."
Yang Cheng got off the bus and walked in the direction of the community. Jiang Xunze poked his head out of the window and shouted at her.
"Hey, Chengcheng, it's been a long time since you haven't been to my house to see, my mother misses you."
"I'll go."
"Then you have a good rest, I'm leaving!"
As I said before, Yang Cheng and Jiang Xunze have a baby kiss. Jiang Xunze's family likes Yang Cheng very much, and she often visits her home. However, there were fewer opportunities to meet later, and I only went to see it during the New Year's holidays. Jiang's mother felt sorry for her that a girl lived alone outside and treated her as her own daughter.
"Coming back?"
"Hmm."
"I've cooked, let's eat some."
"Thanks, no appetite, no eating."
Yang Cheng slumped on the sofa, didn't want to do anything, just wanted to lie quietly.
"What's wrong with you? Work doesn't go your way. ”
"No, you don't have to worry about me."
Li Xinghe stood by and watched for a while, and when he saw that she didn't react, he silently returned to the dining table to eat, and carefully left one in the microwave.
"If you're hungry, heat up the food, I'll go and rest first."
"Okay."
Lin Yang called, and when he came up, he first asked if the work was okay and whether it was suitable for him.
Lin Yang's voice seemed to have magic, whenever she was tired, as soon as she heard his voice, she was very relaxed and forgot about her anxiety.
"Lin Yang, I miss you."
Listening to her tone of voice was a little crying, I thought something had happened to her.
"Are you uncomfortable? Do you want to see you now? ”
"No, I'm probably too tired and want to rest early for a while."
"Then you have to take care of yourself, and I'll see you another day."
"yes, okay."
The two hung up the phone, and Yang Cheng lay on the sofa, his eyes staring at the ceiling, his head empty.
About an hour, Yang Cheng suddenly jumped up from the sofa, and his eyes shone again.
"The day is over, keep up tomorrow! There's nothing to be afraid of, I'm still going to survive it alone. ”
Yang Cheng, who rekindled his confidence, was full of energy, heated up the things in the microwave oven, gobbled it up, and praised Li Xinghe's cooking skills in his heart for becoming more and more exquisite.
Due to the different places where the three people lived, Yang Cheng didn't care about eating in the morning, so he packed his things and came to the bus stop near the community to wait for the bus.
Just as Yang Cheng sat on the window seat and put on her headphones and looked at the scenery outside the window, a person sat down on her left hand, and she subconsciously leaned towards the window to keep her distance.
A white lunch box was delivered to her, Yang Cheng took off the headphones and turned his head to see that this person turned out to be Li Xinghe, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.
"How are you?"
"Yes, that's me. You didn't eat in the morning, but you have this morning's meal in it, and you can eat some at the company. ”
Li Xinghe knew that she wouldn't take care of herself, she loved to lie in bed in the morning, she didn't like to eat breakfast, and she didn't have time to eat just now, so she packed it up and handed it to her.
Yang Cheng is not, and it is not okay not to answer. Thinking that I was just roommates with him, would I trouble him all day? But Yang Cheng is a 'good old man' who doesn't know how to refuse, whether it's helping others or others helping himself.
She took the lunch box and put it in her backpack, and her gratitude was indescribable.
"Don't you have a car? Why do you still take the bus? ”
"The car broke down and was sent for repair."
"Oh~"
Then the two fell into silence again, and there was silence in the car, which was surprisingly quiet.
Li Xinghe looked sideways at Yang Cheng next to him, the smile in his eyes deepened, and a gentle and doting smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In fact, his car is not broken, he just wants to increase the time with her, watch her silently by her side, and protect her.
Yang Cheng received a kind smile from the people around her in the morning, and she herself was very confused, she didn't communicate much with others as a newcomer, why did others look at her like this?
"Hey, Yang Cheng, let's have a meal together at noon today. It can be regarded as a welcome newcomer to the company. ”
Seeing that he was invited, Yang Cheng was also very happy and readily agreed.
"However, can you ask Li Xinghe next door out for a meal? I heard that you have a good relationship, so let's come together. ”
"Huh? It's not good. ”
Yang Cheng was a little embarrassed, after all, Yang Cheng couldn't be sure whether he would agree, and said.
"But I don't know him very well."
"Our colleagues in the company have seen it, he was going to take you after work yesterday, and you came together this morning, you must be very familiar. It should be easy to have a meal, right? ”
"But..."
Yang Cheng's hesitant appearance made the man lose his patience, and he said her with a straight face, and his tone was yin and yang.
"Don't you think of us as friends? Just ask you for such a thing, and you are not willing to help us. ”
"No, then I'll ask him."
She didn't want to make the relationship between her colleagues so stiff at the beginning, so she had to try to see if she could make an appointment with him.
And the man's face also changed from cloudy to sunny with her words, and sure enough, the change of face was faster than the change of day.
"I knew you were kind and considerate, we'll see you after work."
Yang Cheng watched a few of them walk away, picked up his mobile phone and sent a message to Li Xinghe.
'Li Xinghe, do you have time?' Eating together at noon? ’
Half a minute, Li Xinghe sent a message.
'Come to the rest area now. ’
Seeing the message he sent, Yang Cheng stood up from his seat and went straight to the rest area.
"Why did you suddenly have the kind heart to invite me to dinner? You can't be someone asking me out, right? ”
Yang Cheng was afraid that he would see through his thoughts, so he turned sideways and didn't look at him.
"You just say you're not coming, are you?"
"Come, can you not come? You invite me, how can I not go? ”
Yang Cheng didn't speak, after all, he felt that he had sold him.
"Have you had breakfast?"
"I ate it, it tasted good."
Yang Cheng said again.
"Li Xinghe, I don't want to trouble you, and I don't want to owe you favors, don't make me breakfast in the future."
"Why did you say that all of a sudden?"
"No, I'm just not used to being nice to me. After a long time, I will take it for granted that you are good to me, and I don't want to do that. ”
"You're worth it."
"Whether I'm worth it or not, I know. I still have to go to work, so I'll go first, and remember to eat together at noon. ”
Looking at her back, Li Xinghe was a little confused about her thinking. While not allowing herself to be nice to her, she invited herself to dinner.
Obviously looking so generous, confident, sunny and cheerful girl, why is she suddenly so sensitive, fickle and unkind? He's getting more and more unable to see through her...
As soon as he got off work at noon, Yang Cheng sent Li Xinghe an address and asked him to wait there first.
Then Yang Cheng and the three girls came to the restaurant together.
At a table of four people, Li Xinghe sat in a position, and the other three girls sat next to and opposite Li Xinghe in turn, while Yang Cheng could only stand aside and watch.
"Li Xinghe, hello. I'm from the company next door, my name is Zhao Wan, I've been paying attention to you for a long time, you are really much more handsome than the photos. ”
"Do you still have a picture of me?"
"Yes, yes, your photos have spread throughout our company."
Another, older woman interjected again.
"I'm Ye Qing, and I'm also from the Personnel Department, I like you. You're welcome to lunch today, I'm invited. ”
Li Xinghe smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and looked at the person opposite politely, but he was glancing at Yang Cheng next to him.
"Brother Xinghe, I'm the new intern Zheng Lu, it's nice to meet you."
The girl named Zheng Lu has just graduated, and she is not much older than Yang Cheng, she seems to be gentle and shy, but she is actually scheming, otherwise how can she have a smooth ride in the old people's circle?
"Yang Cheng, don't you still want to eat with Zhang Qingqing? We're here for us, so you can go back first. ”
Ye Qing instructed Yang Cheng to make her wake up, sure enough, the relationship between adults is like this, when they use you, they are good to you in every way, and when they don't use you, they are like dog skin plasters to throw you away.
"Then I'll go back first."
Yang Cheng complained to Zhang Qingqing about what happened just now, and when she said this, Zhang Qingqing slapped the table angrily.
"It's too much! It's clear that it's using you as a cover, why are you so stupid! ”
"Oh, I'm not going to eat a trench to grow wise, and I won't be next time."
"I really didn't expect Li Xinghe to be a fragrant bait and be robbed by so many people."
"Actually, others are also very good, probably because their character is appreciated by them."
"Ahh A group of materialistic hypocritical women, the most infuriating thing is to use you. Li Xinghe is not a good thing, when he saw so many people coming, he didn't shirk it, he was still there, 'one man and three women', and his appetite was not small. ”
"Qingqing, don't talk about it."
"Why can't I say that? Are you still distressed? I'm just going to say! ”
Yang Cheng tugged at her sleeve and tried to stop her remarks, not because of a public place that disturbed the environment, but because Li Xinghe was standing behind her at this time, listening to her abuse.
"Huh."
"What are you talking about?"
Zhang Qingqing turned around and looked at the person who interrupted her next to her, and she didn't dare to speak for an instant.
"Lee... Li Xinghe? What are you doing here? ”
"I'll hear what you think of me."
"Isn't that a compliment to you, what a coincidence that you came. Just now I told Chengcheng how handsome you are and how good your character is, right? ”
Li Xinghe nodded while looking at Yang Cheng's answer. And she also held back a smile and nodded.
Zhang Qingqing smiled on the side, her face was full of embarrassment, and she thought about how to end.