Qiao Nian didn't go to the drinking party held by Qiao Yan.

When Xiao Li called her in the hotel banquet hall, Qiao Nian was already lying on the bed.

Qiao Nian actually didn't have a good influence on Xiao Li, after all, she had never been a magnanimous person, and when she first met, she heard him say bad things about her to Qiao Yu, and Qiao Nian really couldn't bring up the interest of having a good feeling.

Therefore, he would call Qiao Nian, and Qiao Nian was really surprised.

But thinking that everything would be working in the future, I didn't think much about it, and took it directly.

Before she could say anything, Xiao Li said directly: "The whole crew has arrived, why didn't you come?" ”

Qiao Nian was silent for a while.

The fact is that she has no way to explain to Xiao Li, and naturally Qiao Yu will not tell him this, so Qiao Nian thought for a while before saying slowly: "I am too tired from running and interacting in the past two days, and I want to come back early to rest." ”

"So unsociable?" Xiao Li chuckled.

Qiao Nian was speechless.

Xiao Li said this, crossed the line, right?

Qiao Nian was silent for a long time before slowly asking: "Will I be deducted if I don't go?" ”

Xiao Li was obviously stunned, and after a moment, he sneered and said, "That's not going to happen." ”

"Since it won't, then I should have the right to decide whether I want to go or not." Qiao Nian's words were obviously a little more aggressive.

Xiao Li over there was completely silent.

Qiao Nian continued: "I have the right to weigh my physical condition and decide whether I want to participate in those private activities, right? ”

Xiao Li breathed a sigh of relief: "Of course, this is your right. ”

"Since it's my right, whether it's gregarious or not, there's no need for Director Xiao to call Xingshi in person to ask for guilt, right?" Qiao Nian's voice was faint, and he couldn't tell if he was bored or what.

It's that kind of apathy, without emotion.

After all, Xiao Li on the other end of the phone is a complete stranger to her.

Outside the corridor of the hotel banquet hall, Xiao Li leaned against the wall of the corridor obliquely, and for a while, he sneered with his eyebrows and eyes: "Miss Qiao Nian, please don't be so hostile to me, I have no ill will towards you." ”

"But I don't care if you have any ill will towards me." Qiao Nian is still that kind of indifferent character.

For inconsequential people, she has always been like this, and over the years, she has also gotten used to it.

After she finished speaking, she wanted to hang up the phone and rest and sleep, but Xiao Li's voice came at the right time: "Miss Qiao Nian, if you think that your evaluation in front of Qiao Yu that day made you very unhappy, you can just beat me or scold me twice, I can accept it." ”

Qiao Nian is indeed very good at hiding his emotions, but Xiao Li's insight is not bad.

The first time I saw Qiao Nian that day, what she said, Xiao Li knew Qiao Nian's attitude towards her, and after joining the group, except for work, Qiao Nian had no intersection with him at all, Xiao Li was not in a hurry, but he didn't expect Qiao Nian to come.

"Originally, I wanted to apologize to you in person, but" Xiao Li stopped talking for a while, and his tone was slow: "Is there any unhappiness between following Qiao Yan?" ”

"Director Xiao," Qiao Nian's indifferent voice woke up with a bit of shock: "If I'm not mistaken, I don't seem to have any intersection with you." ”

"Yes, that's true." Xiao Li didn't hide it, but he didn't agree with Qiao Nian's words: "But when anyone comes to this world, they are independent, naturally, and they are lonely when they leave, but when they are alive, they will always turn people who have nothing to do with themselves into their relatives, lovers, friends, confidants, I think, you should enjoy this process." ”

"Mr. Xiao."

If calling him Director Xiao just now was an obstacle to the relationship between the two of them, then now, Qiao Nian treats him as a stranger as he is.

Xiao Li naturally noticed Qiao Nian's changes, but he didn't care at all, he still smiled casually, his tone was not hurried, and he was quite gentle: "Qiao Nian." ”

As for Qiao Nian's indifference, Xiao Li's address to her became more and more intimate.

Qiao Nian's lips opened, and he stopped talking for a while, and finally didn't say anything, as if he was helpless.

Xiao Li was as light and gentle as ever: "Actually, you don't have to pay attention to Qiao Yan, for you, Ji Bei is already in the past, even if you can't let go of him, you still won't be with him, right?" ”

Qiao Nian was speechless.

Xiao Li paused, and then continued: "I know what Ji Bei means to you, but, your life is still very long, Ji Bei is just a part of it, besides, you have Li Yao now, whether you don't want to admit it or not, compared with Li Yao, there is always a gap, urban men and women, after separating from their ex, get better love, isn't it worth being happy?" ”

Qiao Nian's voice was slightly cold, and her lips trembled with anger: "Xiao Li, don't you think, have you crossed the line?" ”

"Really?" Xiao Li chuckled, his tone as casual as ever: "I don't think I've crossed the line." ”

Qiao Nian listened to him, and only felt that he had no place to communicate with him, so he quickly hung up the phone directly.

However, after a while, Xiao Li's text message came.

"Qiao Nian, you always tell Qiao Yan that it is the road she chose by herself, whether she is willing to take it or not, she has already stood on it, but have you thought about it, today you are also standing on the road you chose at the beginning, whether you want to or not, you have to go on?"

"What Qiao Yan got is just the Ji Bei you have got, for you, it's just a piece of the past, whether you want to be with Li Yao or not, there's no need for them to make you uncomfortable"

Qiao Nian didn't finish reading it, so he directly deleted the text message and blocked Xiao Li's number.

In the hotel banquet hall, Xiao Li looked at the four words of delivery failure displayed on the SMS interface of the mobile phone screen, slightly frowned, sneered casually, and then put the mobile phone into his pocket.

Qiao Yan's cocktail party invited many people to come, in addition to the crew, there were also many investors and people, but most of them were Qiao Yan's friends, after all, today's dinner was completely private.

It's just that Qiao Yan used to be the eldest lady of the Qiao family, Ji Beiming's girlfriend, and most of the people who interacted with her valued her commercial value, but just like Xiao Li said, Qiao Yan herself is very suitable for mixing in the entertainment industry, with a backstage, but she is not a showman, she is easy to approach and willing to give people opportunities, she is beautiful, but she is not a vase, and she has acting skills.

Walking in this circle that requires great connections, Qiao Yan is simply a perfect character.

But I don't know why, after seeing this kind of character, Xiao Li always feels a little fake.

Everyone has their own character and edges, and Qiao Yan gives people the feeling that they are too angular.

Qiao Yan was surrounded by a group of people, talking and laughing, and glanced back at Xiao Li's direction with the crowd, and saw him standing in a relatively quiet corner of the banquet hall looking at her, and the smile on the corner of his mouth involuntarily twisted.

After a while, he turned his head and smiled at the people around him: "You guys play first, I'm so good." ”

After speaking, he walked towards Xiao Li with a wine glass.

"Director Xiao." As he spoke, Qiao Yan touched the red wine glass in Xiao Li's hand with the champagne glass in his hand, and smiled gently and elegantly: "I don't have much fun watching Director Xiao, what?" Did I do something wrong to snub you? ”

Xiao Li smiled and shook his head: "That's not it." ”

Qiao Yan's eyebrows condensed involuntarily: "Sure enough, does it still make Director Xiao unhappy?" ”

Xiao Li's eyebrows narrowed slightly, and then he chuckled and said, "It's not that I'm not happy, but I'm a little worried." ”

Qiao Yan had a little puzzled on his face: "I don't know what Director Xiao is worried about?" ”

"I'm worried that today's incident will be dug up by media reporters, and there will be a discord between a woman and a woman during the promotion of the movie!" Xiao Li didn't hide it, and went straight to the point.

The smile on the corner of Qiao Yan's mouth stiffened slightly, but soon, he smiled and said, "How come?" Although my relationship with Sister Nian is not very good, it is really not a good discord. said, paused, and then explained: "Moreover, I don't think Director Xiao, you don't have to worry, even if you are borrowed by media friends, it's nothing, movie promotion also needs heat, female artists!" The media also understand that they have always been incompatible with this and that, but in fact, it is not like that at all. ”

Xiao Li glanced casually around the people in the banquet hall.

Among the people invited by Qiao Yan, there were really a few people from the media he knew.

So, he's not talking nonsense.

It's just that Qiao Yan has always been thoughtful, since the news that Ji Bei and her were going to get engaged came out from the Ji family, Qiao Yan had worked with artists, both big and small, jumped out and posted blessings on Weibo, but Qiao Nian didn't move there.

There have been more and more private discussions about this, wouldn't Qiao Yan know?

Qiao Nian didn't even want to do anything on the scene, let alone come to participate in the dinner led by her?

Didn't Qiao Yan ever think about this?

Anyway, Xiao Li didn't believe it.

But Qiao Yan was as plain and quiet as ever: "Oh, Director Xiao, don't worry, those are my friends, private dinners, they know what to do, you don't have to worry, they will definitely not go out and talk nonsense." ”

The corners of Xiao Li's mouth were raised, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "It's better to be like this." ”

After saying that, he left directly.

When Li Yao returned to the villa, Qiao Nian had already slept.

In the past, Li Yao never turned on the light when he came back at night, because he was afraid of making Qiao Nian noisy, but this time, he went into the bedroom and directly turned on the light in the bedroom, and then walked to the cloakroom to change his clothes and came out.

Qiao Nian has always slept lightly, she didn't hear Li Yao open the door and turn on the light, but when she entered the cloakroom to change clothes, she heard it, and she felt that it was not in a daze, and when she opened her eyes, she was stabbed by the light on in the bedroom, and she woke up completely.

Li Yao changed his clothes and came out of the cloakroom, while Qiao Nian lay on his side on the bed, looking at the position of the cloakroom, and when he saw him come out, he asked in a soft and lazy voice: "Have you been busy lately?" Coming back so late? ”