Chapter Eighty-Six: Good Night
If it weren't for Zhuang Linrui's invitation to New York to attend his daughter's wedding banquet, Liang Qian's work for the next quarter would have been full.
Zhuang Linrui is her biggest benefactor, and Liang Qian naturally wants to put aside everything at hand and set off.
Huo Liuyin went to New York with her, and when she saw Zhuang Linrui at the hotel, Huo Liuyin actually said: "I really want to thank Mr. Zhuang, if it weren't for you, this girl probably wouldn't be ready to give her a holiday for the rest of her life." β
Liang Qian didn't expect him to say this, and was immediately stunned. Zhuang Linrui looked at her and Huo Liuyin back and forth thoughtfully, and smiled meaningfully at the end, as if he had identified the relationship between the two young people.
In this regard, Liang Qian could only cough embarrassedly.
The wedding banquet of the daughter of the Liang family lasted three days, in New York and Long Island. The last night of the party was set up in the Zhuang house on Long Island, and there were many domestic and foreign magnates among the people invited to attend, Liang Qian also heard that Miss Zhuang's husband had served as the personal assistant of a financial predator, and now he was a district manager in New York.
On the night of the party, Zhuang Linrui's wife naturally attended in full costume.
Sure enough, he is very young and beautiful.
Although it was the first time in his life to see this Mrs. Zhuang, Liang Qian always felt that he had seen it beforeβit was so familiar. So much so that he couldn't help frowning and watching from afar, until a sentence suddenly floated in his ear: "Why are you peeking at other people's wives all the time?" β
Liang Qian was stunned for a moment, and retracted his gaze, only to see that Huo Liuyin had returned at some point, and was standing in front of her at this moment.
Huo Liuyin gentlemanly handed over a glass of wine.
Liang Qian had to lower his eyes and take the wine glass.
But she only took a sip, and then she couldn't stop raising her head and looked in the direction of Zhuang Linrui and his beautiful wife again.
Unexpectedly, this time her snooping was bumped into by Mrs. Zhuang.
Eyes met in the air, and Mrs. Zhuang smiled at Liang Qian.
Liang Qian was about to smile back to hide her embarrassment, but at this moment, the memory valve in Liang Qian's brain was suddenly opened, so that her smile froze on her lips.
Liang Qian immediately put down the wine glass and took out his mobile phone from his handbag.
Her sudden eagerness couldn't help but arouse Huo Liuyin's concern: "What's wrong?" β
Liang Qian just shook his head silently, and only lowered his eyes and squeezed his mobile phone.
Finally, Liang Qian found the lace news from nearly a year ago -
The headline of the entertainment section at that time: Pei Yibai and the mysterious woman went in and out of the private club together.
At the end of the news, the author added a meaningful sentence: "As of press time, the two have not left the club." β
The photo accompanying the text was not taken clearly, but at that time she still recognized at a glance who the man in the photo was. And the graceful woman in the photo...
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At this moment, something flashed in Liang Qian's mind at the party scene, forcing her to suddenly look up at Mrs. Zhuang in the distance......
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Isn't she the woman who was photographed by the media going in and out of a private club with Pei Yibai?
Liang Qian was so stunned that he took a step back.
Fortunately, Huo Liuyin helped her at the right time.
Huo Liuyin lowered his eyes and saw her eyes full of confusion: "What's wrong?" β
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"Not feeling well?"
Liang Qian looked up at him at this time, and shook his head with a reluctant smile.
The first floor of the villa and the adjacent garden and the surrounding area of the swimming pool are arranged as a banquet hall, full of guests, and finally waited until Zhuang Linrui came to toast with his wife, it was half an hour later, Liang Qian and Mrs. Zhuang were of the same age, but they chatted for a while, Huo Liuyin originally still had a trace of worry, but seeing that Liang Qian's face did not appear any strange, he left with confidence and went to meet his friends.
Mrs. Zhuang is indeed as rumored by the outside world, very interested in cosmetics, and also talked about the intention to participate in the Yiyi Group in the near future, Zhuang Linrui's love for his wife is beyond words, the two women chatted, Zhuang Linrui is such a powerful figure just like this moment, standing aside with a wine glass and listening silently, from time to time helplessly smiling and shaking his head, looking at his wife. Until the servant of the Liang family came over and said to Zhuang Linrui, "Miss asked you to go up." β
Zhuang Linrui hugged his wife and said, "I'll leave for a while." β
Finally, only Liang Qian and Mrs. Zhuang were left here, and the waiter staggered past them with a tray, Mrs. Zhuang took two glasses of wine from the tray and handed one of them to Liang Qian: "Where did we talk about it just now?" β
Liang Qian smiled and took the wine glass, and when he smiled slightly, the conversation suddenly changed: "Has Mrs. Zhuang ever known Pei Yibai?" β
Mrs. Zhuang was stunned.
After being silent for a few seconds, taking a sip of wine, and coughing falsely, Mrs. Zhuang replied: "I've heard of this name, but I haven't seen this person." Why do you suddenly ask that? β
"Oh, it's nothing," Liang Qian also took a sip of wine, making a blank look, "You just said that you worked in a cosmetics company before you met your husband, and you also mentioned the all-win sales model. As far as I know, the all-win sales model was pioneered by CGCM. β
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"I should be right, right?"
"That's right." Mrs. Zhuang still had a smile on her lips as she spoke, but this smile was obviously a little unbearable.
Liang Qianwu nodded to himself, and said: "I just suddenly thought that Pei Yibai was poached to the Liang family by headhunters during his tenure as the CEO of CGCM. The reason why Pei Yibai was promoted so quickly at CGCM, and even finally became the only Chinese president since the establishment of CGCM, was because the win-win sales model he proposed helped the company make a lot of money. β
"Really? Such a capable person...... It's a pity that I'm only here
CGCM has been in class for a few months, and this period of time does not seem to be the tenure of this Mr. Pei. β
The emotions of the woman in front of her were well hidden, and when she was about to be found out by Liang Qian, Mrs. Zhuang suddenly took the initiative to clink glasses with Liang Qian: "A friend is calling me over there, I'll go over first, let's talk later." β
Liang Qian followed her gesture and turned his head to look behind him, and there was indeed a Caucasian waving towards them. Liang Qian had to silently salute her, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.
Before the cocktail party ended, Liang Qian had left early and returned to the hotel. Before I had time to change my dress, I just took off my high heels, and I have been pacing back and forth in the room ever since.
I can't figure it out, let alone think about it, and my mind is a mess. After hesitating for nearly half an hour, Liang Qian finally made up his mind to dial a string of mobile phone numbers.
Why hasn't my lawyer heard from you yet? - After brewing for half an hour, she only came up with such a sentence, but fortunately, she had already figured out how to speak, and she finally didn't have to be anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
The phone seemed to be connected, and Liang Qian immediately said, "Pei ......"
"I'm sorry, but the number you dialed is down."
The answer to Liang Qian was such an indifferent and mechanical sentence. So much so that Shengsheng froze her in place, unable to think. It wasn't until the third time that Liang Qian came back to his senses and wanted to hang up the phone. At this moment, Liang Qian's ears suddenly rang with the doorbell.
"Ding-dong-"
The crisp sound like a dripping stone made Liang Qian's heart stop for half a beat, and in the blink of an eye, the doorbell rang a second time, Liang Qian looked at his mobile phone, and then looked at the door.
No way......
When Liang Qian rushed over to open the door, she didn't even know what she was thinking about, until the moment she suddenly opened the door, she saw that it was not anyone standing outside - but Huo Liuyin, at this time, a voice finally echoed faintly in Liang Qian's mind:
She had finally lost his voice and was completely ......
Huo Liuyin looked at the woman who was stunned by the door, "Why did you leave early?" I didn't change my clothes. β
Liang Qian stood there straight like this, blocking Huo, it seemed to be an unintentional move and it seemed that he really didn't want him to enter the door, Huo Liuyin could only smile awkwardly: "Not feeling well? β
Liang Qian didn't answer, was silent for a while, and suddenly called him: "Huo Liuyin." β
She just called his name as usual, but Huo Liuyin seemed to smell a hint of danger from it. Sure enough, she saidβ
"I booked a plane ticket for tomorrow to go home."
"Why don't you play for two more days?"
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Huo Liuyin subconsciously put away his smile, but after all, he was Huo Liuyin, a gentleman's Huo Liuyin, and soon smiled again: "Okay, which flight did you book?" I'll go back with you tomorrow. β
"No, really not."
It was the first time in so long that she had definitively rejected the man.
"I've lived here
Over a person. Liang Qian pointed to his heart.
"Don't say ......"
It's a pity that Huo Liuyin's protest was ineffective, and she continued to herself: "Later, I personally pulled this person out of my heart, and I didn't even dare to think about how painful the process was. Do you think there is anyone who has been able to live in my heart since then? β
Huo Liuyin finally completely restrained his smile.
"Let's go." Liang Qian said that he was about to close the door.
This is the right moment...... Everything is being sentenced, his death sentence...... Seeing that the door was closing little by little in front of his eyes, and the expression of the woman in the door gradually transitioned from the original indifference to guilt, Huo Liuyin suddenly raised his hand against the door.
He had never lost his temper with her, but this time it was a sudden outburst, Huo Liuyin pushed the door open, and the force was so strong that the door slammed into the wall with a loud "bang".
Liang Qian seemed to have expected him to do this, and even planned to gladly accept all the actions he might have next, and yelled at her? Beat her up? He could do whatever he wanted, but ...... Liang Qian's most and least desirable thing is what he did next-
Huo Liuyin looked at her with a smile, as if there was no anger in an instant, and all that was left was a majestic sense of loss and helplessness: "Do you know? If I were the same person I was before I met you, maybe I would just smile coldly and walk away peacefully, without a tree, I still have a whole forest. But ......"
He didn't seem to know how to phrase it. In his first confession, he was poor and cramped, like a child.
After a pause, Huo Liuyin finally spoke again: "I have heard the story of your sister and Zhou Mo. β
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Zhou Mo ...... Ninety-nine percent of the people would despise him, right? β
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"But I'm ...... I don't know what to say, but I can tell you right now that I'm your Zhou Mo. β
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"I love you, I can love you without reason, I love without principle. Love ......."
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There is no dignity......
Liang Qian stood there speechless, she would rather not hear anything, in that case, it would not be like now, the calmer he behaved, the more ...... she would be
Distressed.
Huo Liuyin stepped forward and came to her, there was only half a step between them now, and the invisible gap between them, how should he cross it?
He cupped her face.
He condescendingly looked at the lowly man reflected in the woman's eyes......
Huo Liuyin leaned down slightly.
Ended up just kissing her forehead.
Pious, humble, and careful.
"Good night."
(End of chapter)