Chapter 4 Warm on the outside and cold on the inside

Quickly taking off the rubber gloves, Xu Jingyou finished cleaning the ground floor and rushed to the 39th floor of the elevator. The elevator door slowly closed, and she looked up and saw Ji Cheng coming in through the door, and hurriedly pressed the door opening button.

Ji Cheng walked at a very fast pace, and when he approached the elevator door, he suddenly stopped, staring at Xu Jingyou inside, and the two of them recalled in their minds what happened the night before, Ji Cheng turned his head and quickly returned to the right.

He waved his hand backwards and motioned for the assistant to go in first, Xu Jingyou moved the cleaning car to give up his seat, and blocked himself in the corner and couldn't move.

Ji Cheng pressed the close button, and the elevator began to rise steadily.

"Boss morning!" Xu Jingyou greeted shyly, Ji Cheng turned his head, smiled slightly, and responded naturally:

"Early."

Should I ask him about yesterday? Xu Jingyou was entangled.

It doesn't seem good to ask, after all, someone else is there.

But don't ask, what if he misunderstands himself?

Xu Jingyou had a flash of inspiration, took out his mobile phone and pretended to answer the phone.

show time

"Hello? Ah, Yumi! Oh, I was going to set up a stall last night, but suddenly I saw an acquaintance enter the bar, so I followed, I didn't go to the bar to play, um, um, okay, bye-bye. ”

She took her phone back and secretly observed Ji Cheng's expression, thinking that he should understand now, right?

The corners of Ji Cheng's mouth rose slightly, and seeing through her little plan at a glance, he turned back to the assistant and explained:

"When will this problem of no signal when entering the elevator be solved?"

The assistant was confused, "BOSS, didn't you say you don't have to worry about it?"

Xu Jingyou in the corner was very embarrassed, looking like he was dead.

When the elevator went up to the thirty-ninth floor, Ji Cheng and his assistant took the first step, leaving Xu Jingyou behind to push the car out slowly. She watched Ji Cheng walk into the office and watched him press the remote control, and the curtains on the glass partition were all pulled up, so that she could no longer see him.

It's boring, and if you stay in the office all day, you might as well let her sell pancakes!

Xu Jingyou pulled out the mop angrily, and almost rubbed off a layer of skin on the floor tiles.

An hour later, she dangled to the door of Ji Cheng's office with a rag in her hand and wiped the glass in style. The water-stained rag rubbed against the glass and rattled, and it was infinitely magnified in the silent office, and Ji Cheng's secretary walked over.

"Hello, you've been cleaning here for a long time, can you leave?"

Ji Cheng at the desk took off his glasses and walked to the door.

Xu Jingyou apologized, "I'm sorry, I'll leave immediately." ”

The door behind her opened, and Ji Cheng called to her, "Wait a minute." ”

"Ji Cheng? No, boss, what's the matter?" Xu Jingyou twisted the rag in his hand, nervous and expectant.

"My office needs to be cleaned up, you come in." He pressed one hand against the door and waited for her to enter.

Xu Jingyou was pleasantly surprised, and rushed in without hesitation, Ji Cheng closed the door, and then pointed to the sofa, Xu Jingyou thought it was for her to wipe the sofa, and immediately ran over and squatted on the ground to wipe it.

Ji Cheng helplessly held his forehead and stopped her, "I'm letting you sit, not letting you wipe it." ”

Xu Jingyou withdrew his hand, sat crampedly on the sofa, and handed her a cup of tea, "Thank you." ”

"Your name, Xu Jingyou, right?" Ji Cheng sat in front of her, crossed his hands, and spoke softly.

"Yes, Xu Jingyou."

"Can you tell me why you're staying here?"

Xu Jingyou let out a breath and became a little distracted, "I originally just wanted to find a job to make a living, and then it was because of you." The last word was muffled.

Ji Cheng smiled and leaned back on the sofa, "Are you a cashier, do you help others collect rent, or a pancake stall owner, I take the liberty of asking, are you short of money?"

"No, no, it doesn't count." can't be exposed, "It's just a young man, if you have the ability, you can struggle a little more, hehe." ”

Ji Cheng looked at Xu Jingyou, who was grinning, and his eyes revealed speculation, how much was true and how much was false in his analysis of her words. After waiting for a few seconds, he took a sip of the tea in front of him.

"Why do you like me?"

Well? This topic is jumping too fast, isn't it?

"Because you are a very good person, you are gentle and gentle to everyone, and you are very good at taking care of people at a glance." Xu Jingyou expects that he will be satisfied with his answer, this is a true idea, and it will never be adulterated.

Ji Cheng stared at the small tea residue floating up and down in the teacup, his lips were closed, and the emotions in his eyes returned to calm.

"Miss Xu may have misunderstood, you also saw it last night, in fact, I am not gentle at all."

"No, I know you must have been like that last night because you were unhappy, look at you now, isn't it like that when you recover?"

Ji Cheng put the teacup on the table, "Miss Xu likes me?"

"Hmm."

"Then do you want to know, why was I unhappy last night?"

"If you want to say anything, I can be your listener."

Ji Cheng moved his neck, got up and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, pondered for a while and spoke:

"I had a fight with my girlfriend."

Xu Jingyou: "......"

Girlfriend? When did you have a girlfriend? Didn't you say there weren't?

Xu Jingyou was in an extremely complicated mood at the moment, and she confirmed again, "You have a girlfriend?"

"Yes, I have a girlfriend."

She got up, smiling back with embarrassment but politeness, "Boss, excuse me, goodbye." ”

Flee in a hurry.

I got Ji Cheng to have a girlfriend for a long time! Sure enough, no gossip is reliable. But her heart was still empty, and she felt a little sad.

When Xu Jingyou went out, Ji Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, sure enough, this trick was tried, but fortunately, this little girl was not difficult, and it was done in one sentence.

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"Aunt Jiang, your news is not accurate at all!"

At noon, Aunt Jiang came over to change shifts, and she heard Xu Jingyou complaining.

"What's not accurate?"

"Ji Cheng has a girlfriend."

Aunt Jiang looked horrified and incredulous, "How is it possible?" This is absolutely impossible, let me tell you, anyone's news can be wrong, this Ji Cheng is absolutely impossible!"

The title of "Ji Cheng PHS" is something she wants to defend to the death!

"Really, Ji Cheng told me personally."

Aunt Jiang began to doubt life, her own son had a girlfriend and she didn't even know? No, I'll have to go back tonight and ask.

"Don't worry, wait for me to verify."

"Forget it, Auntie." Xu Jingyou changed his clothes and left the staff room with his feet.

β€”β€”Ji Family Mansionβ€”β€”

Aunt Jiang (Ji's mother) sat in the living room wearing a mask, and Ji's father next to her was holding up the economic newspaper and reading it with relish. Aunt Jiang stretched out her foot and kicked the person next to her,

"Lao Ji, did our son tell you that he has a girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?" Ji's father pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "He didn't tell me that he had a girlfriend, didn't he never fall in love?"

"I took a fancy to a little girl in the company, and people liked Ji Cheng, but Ji Cheng told people that he had a girlfriend and rejected the girl."

"Yo, this kid is going to lie."

"Mom and Dad." Ji Cheng, who came in the door, took off his suit jacket and handed it to the nanny.

"Come on, your mother and I just have a question that you need to answer." Father Ji beckoned Ji Cheng.

"Dad, what's the matter with you?"

"I heard from your mother, you have a girlfriend?"

Ji Cheng glanced at his mother, he didn't have to think about it to know what was going on, he asked unhurriedly:

"Xu Jingyou told you?"

Ji's mother sat up straight, "Don't worry about it, just tell me if you have a girlfriend?"

"Nope."

"Then you lied to someone's little girl?"

"It's better to let her die early, I don't want to delay her, it's nothing, I still have to go up and have a video conference, bye-" Ji Cheng quickly fled the scene, not leaving Ji's mother a chance to ask questions.

"Oh, this kid!"

The door of Ji Cheng's room closed gently, and he no longer concealed his exhaustion, and sat down on the ground without any scruples.

That's Xu Jingyou?

As the car drove by, he saw people busy in front of the pancake stall, and there were five or six people lined up in front of the simple stall.

If he remembered correctly, she was supposed to be working as a cashier in a supermarket at the moment, why was she selling pancakes here?

The car stopped at the door of the company, and Ji Cheng did not walk directly into the company as before, but turned around to Xu Jingyou's pancake stand.

Getting closer and closer, it took less than five minutes when it was Ji Cheng's turn.

"Hello, I want a pancake."

A familiar voice attacked his eardrums, and Xu Jingyou raised his head, "Ji Cheng?"

"I want a pancake."

"Oh, add what?"

"Add whatever you like."

Xu Jingyou pulled a smile at the corner of her mouth through the mask, she beat an egg, added oil strips and ham, Ji Cheng roughly estimated, almost a pancake a minute.

"Here, cool down for a while, be careful of scalding."

Ji Cheng took the pancake, stretched the plastic bag to dissipate heat, and leaned next to Xu Jingyou.

Xu Jingyou stared at him curiously, "Aren't you going to work?"

"The company has a rule that you are not allowed to bring food in."

"Then you have to be wronged to eat here."

"Xu Jingyou, have you studied computers?" Ji Cheng's sudden question caught her off guard.

"Touched before."

"I saw you operate it last time, it's not like you only know the skin."

Xu Jingyou's smile stiffened, he won't want to wear a goof, right? She waved her hand and shook her head, vigorously denying,

"I only know the skin, I don't understand the deep level at all, really, I just learned a half-tone."

"Well, I originally wanted to give you a promotion."

Promotion? A word that is extremely sensitive to Xu Jingyou, she trembled with fright, what promotion, what promotion? Don't.

"Thank you boss for your kindness, I can't do it."

Ji Cheng raised his hand to look at his watch, "It's not early, I'm leaving." ”

"Goodbye, boss."

Sending Ji Cheng away, Xu Jingyou instantly relaxed, fortunately, he escaped, he was still low-key these days, otherwise he would be promoted as a cleaner, it was too scary.

When the shift was handed over in the afternoon, Aunt Jiang explained that Ji Cheng did not have a girlfriend, and under Aunt Jiang's repeated assurances, Xu Jingyou reluctantly believed it.

The earliest person in the company is cleaning, and the latest person to leave is still cleaning.

Humming a nursery rhyme, Xu Jingyou took the elevator up to the 39th floor to do night cleaning, and since she resumed the pancake business, she quit her job as a supermarket cashier, and now it is much easier.

When she got on the elevator, the last group of people came downstairs, leaving only one aisle light in the office. Feel free to glance at it, it's not very dirty, just sweep the floor. She hunched her back and cleaned in an orderly manner, and the rustle of the broom suddenly broke into the sound of paper scattering, and she looked up nimbly to look in the direction of the sound.

The doors and windows of Ji Cheng's office were closed, and the curtains covered the glass partition tightly, so she stopped what she was doing and locked her eyes on the place.

After a while, there was the sound of Tata's footsteps, and Xu Jingyou put down the broom and tiptoed closer.

God forbid, don't meet any thieves or anything like that, or she'll have to do it again, which will really affect her image.

She pushed open the door and pulled back the curtain, which became clearer and clearer, and she was about to see the people inside.

She flicked her wrist and was ready.

"Ji Cheng?" The person standing in front of the window turned around, and Xu Jingyou couldn't help but exclaim.

The view from the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 39th floor is indeed different, and as far as the eye can see, the city is bright and prosperous, and there is an unobstructed view. Ji Cheng stood against the light, she couldn't see his expression clearly, she only knew that he was standing there facing herself, without saying a word.

"I didn't mean to disturb you, I thought there was a thief."

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The air was quiet and terrifying, and the ground was messy with documents scattered, Ji Cheng bowed slightly, and said slowly:

"Please, leave!"

Xu Jingyou: !!???

It sounded a little unpleasant, with a hint of a coercive order. Ji Cheng in front of her gave her the same feeling as if she were two people, exactly the same as the time in the bar.

Despite her consternation, she hurriedly apologized, after all, she trespassed on her own.

"I'm sorry, I'll go out now, if you need to."

"Get out!"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Good. Xu Jingyou took the door and stood outside the door in a daze, and when she reacted for a while, she realized that she was good, cowardly-

I think I was also the little devil king of the family back then, but now how can I be turned around by Ji Cheng's roar?

Hey, who makes yourself like it, no way!

Xu Jingyou temporarily retracted his attention and carefully cleaned the unfinished area.

Twenty minutes later

Wringing out the mop and packing up the cleaning car, Xu Jingyou looked at the dark office with his hands on his waist.

Ji Cheng hasn't come out yet? Isn't he going home?

Should I go, see if he is not in a good mood, what if something happens?

Forget it, I'm going to come tomorrow morning anyway, so I'll stay here for a while.

Xu Jingyou put the small cart in the toilet, changed out of his work clothes, and sat cross-legged at the door of Ji Cheng's office.

Xu Jingyou put one ear on the glass, and there was no movement in it.

What's he doing?

You can't think about it, right?

Xu Jingyou trembled, wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, and was entangled outside the door alone. The curtains were so tight that she had to lie on the ground, trying to see through the gap between the floor and the curtains.

"Xu Jingyou."

The voice came from behind, and she got up and turned back, nervous and cramped.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Help me buy milk, bottled." Ji Cheng took out a hundred yuan from his suit trouser pocket and handed it to her.

"How much to buy?"

"You can buy as much as you can."

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"I only bought six bottles, and I have ten dollars left, so I'll put them here for you." Putting down the milk, Xu Jingyou went out consciously.

"Sit down."

Ji Cheng unscrewed the cap of the bottle, took a few sips of it, and left milk stains on the corners of his mouth, he bent his index finger and wiped the corners of his mouth.

Xu Jingyou swallowed his saliva, this action is too handsome, right?

face.

Ji Cheng nested on the sofa and didn't speak, drinking milk one by one, his mind wandering.

After drinking a bottle, he casually threw the bottle on the ground, Xu Jingyou immediately bowed and picked it up, looked around, it was indeed too messy,

"Can I clean up for you?"

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There was no response, and she took it as acquiescence.

The documents were scattered around, mixed with each other, and Xu Jingyou picked them out one by one and put them back in their place.

Ji Cheng's eyelids raised slightly, and the person in front of him who sorted out the documents was really careful.

"Right now, are you peeping at company secrets?"

Xu Jingyou was stunned, "No, I'm not interested, besides, you still throw company secrets?"

Ji Cheng chuckled and twisted open the second bottle of milk.

Regarding Ji Cheng, Xu Jingyou feels that he is a mystery, for example, she has seen borrowing wine to eliminate sorrows, but she has never seen borrowing milk to eliminate sorrows.

"Let me take the liberty of it again, is the Ji family in any difficulty?"

Otherwise, how could Ji Cheng be so depressed for several days in a row?

Ji Cheng shook his head lightly,

"The Ji Cheng you see now is the real Ji Cheng."

She was also the only one who had ever seen him like this.

Xu Jingyou understands the literal meaning, but she still doesn't understand the deep meaning, isn't the gentle Ji Cheng also the real Ji Cheng?

"Are you wondering?" He saw through her.

"Sort of."

"You go and ask everyone, what is Ji Cheng like? They will all answer, gentlemanly, gentle, yes, and very good at taking care of others. Right?"

"Hmm."

Ji Cheng retracted his smile and stood up.

"But Xu Jingyou, that person is not me, let me tell you what I am like. I have a bad temper, I am not gentle at all, I am cold, emotionless, good at disguise, and an out-and-out hypocrite. ”

Xu Jingyou......

"Every time I smile and stretch out, I have been trained countless times, and every word I say has been considered many times. It's all my disguise, and when my world is just me, I stop pretending, and I become who I am. "A man who doesn't have any feelings.

He has no ability to love others, although he is gentle in all things.

As long as there is someone around him, no matter who that person is, he will immediately change his disguise, because people need his gentleness.

Even his parents had never seen the real him.

Xu Jingyou was frightened by his words, and the tone, movements, and expressions of his current speech have indeed undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Then why are you telling me this?"

Ji Cheng swooped over, imprisoned Xu Jingyou between his arms, and spit out the words lightly without hurrying,

"Because you've dismantled my mask."

At the bar, and today, seeing him like this twice, Ji Cheng suddenly found that he couldn't pretend to be in front of Xu Jingyou.

Xu Jingyou's back was stuck against the sofa, looking at this, Ji Cheng wouldn't be trying to kill people, right?

It's over, and it won't be much if I knew it earlier.

After a pause for a few seconds, Ji Cheng got up and sat next to her, leaning on the sofa tiredly and closing his eyes to rest.

Xu Jingyou sat next to her and didn't dare to move, neither did she go, she quickly peeked at the person next to her.

Tell me if you want me to go?

It's really sad.

She got up quietly, and before her ass was lifted off the ground, Ji Cheng's head had already rested on her shoulder, and she had to sit back.

The moonlight is faint, and someone's mental activity is also extremely rich.

For an hour, Mom, my shoulders are so sore, I can't bear it, I can't bear it anymore, bear with it

Two hours, it's over, it's really going to be scrapped, is this big brother's head a hammer? It hurts so much when I hit my shoulder.

Three hours, who will save me, the shoulder is going to be useless-

In four hours, the limb had to be amputated......

Early the next morning, the employees walked into the office one after another, Ji Cheng squirmed, his body was crooked, the remote control under his thigh was pressed, and the curtains were slowly opened.

The employees stared curiously at Mr. Ji's office, but they didn't expect the boss to come so early.

However, what I saw was the two people snuggling up and sleeping on the sofa.

An employee: Is Mr. Ji going to have an office romance?

Another employee: Oh my God, it's so exciting early in the morning.