Looking out from the balcony of Marcus's apartment, the lights of thousands of homes are on, but his heart is extremely lonely:

"Actually, this is my first time working in the mainland, a few months ago, I was running between Hong Kong and Shanghai, today is the first weekend after I officially lived in Shanghai, I deliberately went to the place with the most people, thinking about such a big Shanghai, so many people, but I don't even have a friend. It was at this time that you appeared in front of me. "Marcus's Chinese is really good, the mental activities, the scene description, all so vivid – Ning Qian, who always has a rational nerve, is still not fully engaged.

"Me too, I've been in Shanghai for so long, and I've never gone shopping on weekends, and I went to the gate of Parkson today to meet my boss. I didn't expect to be so coincidental, I met you before I met the boss. This is Ning Qian's heartfelt sigh.

Yes, even a second earlier or a second later will miss each other. But it was not too early or too late, at that moment, they met.

On the phone, the tone of both of them began to twitch a little tacitly.

"I just moved into the apartment that the company rented for me, and there are still a lot of things that I haven't bought. Tomorrow is Sunday, can you come with me to go shopping? I'm not familiar with Shanghai. Marcus' tone was earnest.

"Okay, no problem. Where do we meet? "Ning Qian can finally be generous, helping others is the foundation of happiness.

"The address is Panyu Road, what is this word? A king character, a character of eight below, and a word ......"

There is also a one-one king eight in the upper and lower structures? Ning Qian laughed: "You're talking about words, right?" Lane of the Alley. She said as she wrote, and then she realized that it was so funny.

At nine a.m. the next morning, Aimee showed up in the downstairs lobby of Marcus on time. For today's meeting, Ning Qian used mascara for the first time - this was the first mascara in her life that she hurriedly rushed to the Oriental Commercial Building opposite last night to buy. She didn't know why she didn't even buy lipstick, but she wanted to buy a mascara, and when she got up in the morning, she applied it several times and it was wrong, she washed it off and applied it again, and she washed it off again, and tossed it back and forth several times, and finally it was pleasing to the eye.

She also thought a long time about what exactly she was wearing. Today's main task is to help Marcus shop, and if you want to show that you have more strength and really need to be easy to move, wear this denim dress.

Marcus couldn't help but smile when he saw Ning Qian's entire plain face, only the eyelashes were thickly painted. He reached out and gently wiped the corner of her eye, and Ning Qian instinctively took a step back in fright. Marcus couldn't bear to tell her: her mascara was in the corner of her eye. A girl who is innocent and innocent, in fact, she will look better if she doesn't wear this mascara, but he can understand her.

"Honey, I just think your eyes are beautiful and can't help but touch them." He said with a smile.

Oh my God, dear...... Ning Qian felt that her heart was about to rush out of her chest and jump on the road outside, and everyone knew that she was plopping, her face was red all of a sudden, and it was difficult to breathe.

Marcus put his arm around her shoulders very naturally: "Let's go shopping first!" Only then did Ning Qian realize that Marcus was so tall, and the peripheral vision of his eyes could only see his chest. Why didn't he think he was so tall when he was holding an umbrella before? Thinking of that umbrella, she couldn't help but smile: "Why did you only take one umbrella when I first met you?" Don't you have anything else with you? Such as mobile phones, documents, wallets? "Finally, I can solve this puzzle.

"Haha, the umbrella? Do you see that? I have a secret inside. Marcus said smugly.

"What's the secret?" She asked curiously.

"I'll show you when I'll be back later." He winked at Ning Qian, hey, this is not called blinking, this is called discharge, okay?

He continued to hold her, and she felt that she had become stiff when she walked, and she did not know where to put her hands, so she had to open them, feeling like a penguin. She didn't know how fast she could walk to match his pace, so she had to squint her eyes to peek at his stride and make adjustments in time...... Alas, how can it be that you can't even walk...... And, holding it like this...... What is it? This is the third time we've met...... I've never been held by a boy in such a position...... But why don't you want to push it away at all......

Ning Qian felt dizzy, but fortunately, the taxi came soon. Sitting in the car, the two began to talk, starting to understand each other from their basic information: age, study, work experience...... Marcus poured out everything, not at all like the Westerners in the foreign trade professional education said that age, height and weight are all private. Marcus is nine years older than Ning Qian, in his early thirties, in his prime, and handsome. The height is 1.83 meters, just right. Does it look like it, do you need to talk about it?

"Fan version of Takeshi Kaneshiro, do you know? When I first saw you, that's what I called you in my heart. Ning Qian's smile was so bright, Marcus felt that there was a circle of light around her.

"Do you know Takeshi Kaneshiro?" She added.

"I don't know, how can I care about male stars." He turned sideways to look at Ning Qian and replied, his smile was very charming.

"Then you know he's a male star?" Ning Qian quickly caught the loophole in his words.

"Haha, you found out. I know, a lot of people say that. ”

"Hey, that means you know you're handsome."

"Yes, I know I'm good-looking, just like you know you're beautiful."

Why are his eyes so focused, so emotional, so heart-pounding?

No, no, you can't look at him, every look in his eyes, every word he says, every action, there is a strong signal - he is unabashedly appreciating me, caring about me - is this a signal of love?

The two of them came to the easy to buy on Quyang Road, which is a newly opened hypermarket with a dazzling array of goods. Marcus had a list in his hand, and he looked through the list one by one, looking at the rows of goods as he searched, and said, "There are so many things here, and they are almost in the supermarket in the United States." "When I turned around, Aimee was gone. He searched around and found her in front of the Lipton pile of food. She was putting the messed up items back together.

He was about to call her, when he found her walking to Lipton's shelves again, and began to sort through the goods and price tags.

"Honey, can't you enjoy shopping?" He smiled.

"Ah, yes, as soon as I entered the hypermarket, I only had displays and promotions in my eyes, and I couldn't just buy things." She looked satisfied with the shelves.

"Then after we drop our things, I'll take you to a place." The two of them moved a car full of things to Marcus's apartment, which was new, nicely decorated, and very tidy.

Marcus pulled out his umbrella. As soon as I opened it, there was actually a bag inside, the bag was not small, the space was reasonably divided, and the belongings could be placed properly.

"Funny, isn't it? I've never seen a mechanism hidden in an umbrella! "Ning Qian is holding this magical umbrella, which is really insightful.

"I like things that have mechanisms, and I like to set them up." Marcus laughs so charmingly! No, no, my father said, don't be alone with a man, it's easy to have problems.

"Didn't you just say you were going to take me somewhere?" Ning Qian reminded him.

"Yes, I'm going to take you somewhere, but I've only seen it in magazines, and I haven't been there yet." It turned out to be a flower and bird market. They walked along the road together, passing by the roasted sweet potato seller, and the warm and glutinous aroma went straight to the nostrils. Ning Qian never dared to eat roasted sweet potatoes on the side of the road, but seeing Marcus' salivating appearance, he said to the sweet potato seller: "Come on!" Marcus hurriedly pulled out the money.

He carefully broke the hot sweet potato, held it in both hands, and brought it to Ning Qian's mouth. Is this feeding me? Ning Qian's face turned red again, but it would be embarrassing not to eat, so she took a bite, and Marcus actually took a bite immediately. Oh my God, how can you take a bite of me? Ning Qian was so afraid that he would hand it over again, so should he eat it or not? She hurriedly asked for the sweet potato, broke it into a small piece, and said, "I eat so much, and the rest is yours." ”

The two of them leaned against the wall of the flower and bird market to eat sweet potatoes, Marcus stretched out his hand and naturally wiped Ning Qian's mouth, Ning Qian's face was pink, well-behaved like a doll, she never knew that roasted sweet potatoes could be so sweet, so fragrant, and so long-lasting.

"You say, what would you and the people from my company say if you and you know that the two of us are standing on the side of the road eating roasted sweet potatoes?" Marcus asked suddenly.

"How so? You don't think the two of us shouldn't eat roasted sweet potatoes together, right? Ning Qian's mind turned several times, yes, shouldn't procurement be too close to the supplier?

"They'll say, 'Isn't our company paying enough?' Two people who have reached such a position fall in love, and they actually want to eat roasted sweet potatoes on the side of the road! ”

Marcus deliberately raised his voice to imitate those gossiping. He looked at him eagerly, and Ning Qian felt that he had to hold his breath in order to slow down his heartbeat a little.

Marcus took Aimee to Pudong's Binjiang Avenue again, they didn't expect that it was already a place where grass warblers were flying, flowers were blooming, and the historical buildings on the Bund opposite were in the sunset rendered by pink roses and bright red, there was a solemn beauty wrapped in romance, and Ning Qian was deeply moved by the picture in front of her. Marcus' hands wrapped around Ning Qian's back, grasped the railing in front of him, and completely circled Ning Qian around his chest. Ning Qian could hear his heartbeat, feel his breathing, smell his faint perfume, and she even felt that she was a little dizzy and flustered and very deprived of oxygen.

Ning Qian's mobile phone rang, and it was Bian Liancheng: "Ning Qian?" Meet tomorrow at seven o'clock in the evening, you come alone, and you are not allowed to bring anyone! If you dare to slippery, you will look good! I'm waiting for you in the lobby of the youth hostel next to People's Square! Ning Qian said hello.

Marcus hears the person on the phone, and in a bad tone, asks her if she is troublesome at work.

Ning Qian smiled and said, "If it's not troublesome, it won't be my turn to come to Shanghai." She really wanted to follow: "If I don't come to Shanghai, I can't meet you by chance." ”

She looked back, and Marcus' eyes told her that he thought the same thing.

"If it's really troublesome, you tell me." Marcus admonished with concern.

The two of them went to eat the buffet hot pot together, and after eating the hot pot and wandering along the road, Marcus suddenly put his arm around Ning Qian, pointed to the brightly lit exhibition center opposite and said, "Like a palace in a dream?" Ning Qian was about to answer, but he said again: "Is it really you in my dreams?" Ning Qian turned his head and saw the affection in his eyes.

As the night got cooler, Marcus took off his windbreaker, put it on Ning Qian's body, hugged her tightly, and walked aimlessly in the wind for a long, long way, they didn't know where they were going, maybe they just wanted to go like this.

After Marcus delivered Ning Qian to the door of the hotel, he reluctantly waved goodbye. Of course, he took a taxi to the hotel, and he also took a taxi back, no matter how romantic he was, he couldn't afford to walk all over Shanghai by his feet. Back in the room, after taking a shower, Ning Qian actually fell asleep quickly, and she didn't even see the messages she sent on the computer during the day.

Lu returned to the office on Monday and told Gupta and Lei that he had visited Ning in Shanghai, that she was fine, that she was in no danger, and that she had a boyfriend, Marcus, the purchasing director of Senbai. Gupta and Lei Yue'er were shocked: how could it be? How long has she been there? It's not easy to solve that big inventory and receivables problem so quickly, how can you still have the energy to get a boyfriend all of a sudden? They all found it unbelievable.

"Don't underestimate a girl's means and abilities, especially such a girl." Lu said with a gloomy face. The eyes that the two of them met at the door of Parkson couldn't escape the sharp-eyed him, and what annoyed him the most was the female saleswoman who couldn't figure out with the customer.

Lei Yue'er felt that it would be good if Ning Qian could really find such a good boyfriend, and Gupta was a little skeptical.

Lu also tells Justin and Fang that Aimee's boyfriend is Marcus, and they are both very surprised, but thinking about it, it's not impossible, after all, Marcus really can't find any fault. Fang Gang, who was still a little hesitant and entangled, was discouraged, and finally accepted the pursuit of the Yannan girl and officially had a girlfriend.

At this point, it seems that Aimee is the only one who doesn't know that she has a boyfriend like Marcus, because she feels that everything today is like a dream that is too good, and maybe when she wakes up tomorrow, it will be different.

Outside the window at this moment, the wind is surging and the clouds are thick.