Melbourne.

Chufeng Group Headquarters. Chenxi sat on a chair in the conference room, leaning back on the back of the chair, staring blankly at the light overhead, extremely tired.

As soon as he got off the plane, he rushed to the company to attend the shareholders' meeting, and after three hours of fierce quarrels, the meeting was fruitless and dispersed, leaving only Chenxi alone in the conference room.

In the morning, Qiao Jiang specially called him from Melbourne, and he said that today's meeting was extraordinary, and if Chenxi did not come forward, then everyone was likely to acquiesce that he had given up his rights as a shareholder.

"Now is a critical juncture, your parents' efforts for more than ten years are likely to be ruined, you can tell for yourself!"

"Chenxi, it's not peaceful here at the Melbourne headquarters, my father meant to send you over to suppress them, it's a very good time, but we won't ask you to come back if we have any way."

Qiao Jiang and Qiao Xiaoyan's words still echoed in his ears, and Chen Xi covered his forehead with his hand to prevent the stimulating light from shining on his eyes.

Call!

The feeling of pressing a stone on my chest. Chen Xi slowly opened his eyes, took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, at a quarter past nine, he didn't have time to report his safety to Su Xiaoran.

Picking up the phone, he wanted to make a call to Su Xiaoran, but as soon as the phone reached his mouth, he hesitated to put the phone down.

What do you say?

It's better not to talk about some things, right?

Chenxi lowered his head and threw his phone heavily on the table.

"What do you think?"

The door of the conference room creaked open, and Qiao Xiaoyan walked in with a bag of things in his hand. Chen Xi knew that Qiao Xiaoyan must have brought him food again.

"I've been to several stores, and finally there is one that sells dumplings, so let's eat them while they're hot!"

Qiao Xiaoyan put the food box in front of Chenxi, and his smile was pure.

When Qiao Xiaoyan laughed, there was a small pear vortex at the corner of his mouth, which was not amazing, but it was very warm.

In the past, Chenxi would talk and laugh with her and talk about interesting things about life, but now, after these few quarrels, he began to feel the estrangement between him and her, and that estrangement made him unable to laugh and talk with her as happily as before.

"Why don't you eat it? You haven't eaten all day. ”

Qiao Xiaoyan didn't seem to mind, she sat down and helped him open the box, and a hot breath came out, followed by the fragrance of dumplings.

"I'm not hungry, thank you."

Chen Xi really didn't have much appetite, for today's meeting, he had never liked to have a verbal dispute, he actually quarreled and competed with several people at the same time, and now, what made him feel most tired was how to explain this matter to Su Xiaoran.

"Don't eat if you're not hungry, I won't force you." Qiao Xiaoyan smiled, closed the box, and the two sat next to each other, without a common topic.

"There's another meeting tomorrow. My dad said that as long as we can suppress the arrogance of those people, we will basically succeed. Chenxi, if you really don't want to do such a thing, just leave it to me, right? ”

Chen Xi turned his head and saw Qiao Xiaoyan's affectionate eyes, he quickly looked away, lowered his head and smiled:

"I don't deserve you to do this for me, don't worry, I can handle it."

"You're a liar, you're obviously not good at doing such things. Chenxi, I understand you, just like autumn understands falling leaves, we have been for so many years, I ask you to respect my understanding. ”

"It's not worth it." Chen Xi looked at Qiao Xiaoyan lightly, she was a very good friend, but she was just a friend.

"What point am I not as good as Su Xiaoran?"

"There is no comparison." Chenxi stood up and was about to leave.

"Stop!" Qiao Xiaoyan suddenly grabbed his hand, and then gave Chen Xi a hug when he was defenseless, she hugged him tightly, as serious as the last time in her life.

"Xiao Yan, let go of me!"

"I don't! I don't want to let go of you, I don't want to leave you, you are mine, I have waited so many years, I don't want to give you to someone else. ”

"Little Rock!"

Chen Xi pushed her away hard, Qiao Xiaoyan didn't stand firmly, his body fell back sharply, and collided with a row of chairs, and two chairs fell down instantly, making a clanging sound.

"Are you alright?" Chen Xi felt guilty, Qiao Xiaoyan refused his hand, and struggled to stand up, his face flushed.

"It's okay, I can wait for you."

Qiao Xiaoyan walked out, there were still dumplings with residual warmth on the table, and beside him were two chairs that had fallen to the ground, Chen Xi sighed, picked up the chair, and sat in a daze, at a loss.

In the end, it was Su Xiaoran who called Chenxi first.

The sudden ringtone of the mobile phone resounded throughout the empty conference room, cutting through the quiet night, Chenxi hesitated for a moment before answering the phone, Su Xiaoran split his head and covered his face to ask him if he had arrived, whether he had rested.

Chen Xi's heart was sour, but he could barely cope with Su Xiaoran's problem. He didn't want to deceive her, but he had to.

Su Xiaoran asked Chenxi when will you come back. Chenxi looked at the white light and whispered that I don't know, and then the conversation suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

"Then you get some rest early." Su Xiaoran's voice was so small that she couldn't even hear it.

Chenxi didn't notice whether he answered or not, anyway, he quickly hung up the phone, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

How much courage does it take to lie to your loved ones?

Destined to be sleepless nights.

When Su Xiaoran returned home, it was already late. She walked alone on the icy streets, and the late autumn night was cool, but what made people feel cold was the barrier between lovers that could not be crossed.

She didn't want to think about so many things that she couldn't figure out, and people should move on, shouldn't they?

For several days, there has been no news from Chenxi, and just like the last time he was on a business trip, he would not take the initiative to contact her, nor would he explain why he didn't contact her.

With the first experience, Su Xiaoran didn't plan to dwell on anything anymore, she went to and from work as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Of course, if others are willing to let themselves go.

The company is not peaceful, and it is not peaceful for Su Xiaoran. Without Chenxi's protection, those who had a knot in her heart in the past all ran out at this moment, embarrassing Su Xiaoran from time to time.

It was Lia who took the lead, and also, with her status as a distant relative of the chairman, no matter how good others were, they had to give her three points of face, not to mention Su Xiaoran, who had mediocre qualifications?

In just a few days, Su Xiaoran's workload is several times more than usual, and her desktop is always full of piles of materials that cannot be translated no matter how she translates, and Lia's explanation is very simple, if a stupid bird wants to fly first, it must learn to work hard.

That's right, in her mouth, Su Xiaoran has become a veritable 'stupid bird'.

At the beginning, May would occasionally jump out to defend her a few words when she was uneven, but later, after being openly shouted at by Lia a few times, no one dared to stand up and speak for Su Xiaoran anymore.

Su Xiaoran is not weak, but she doesn't want to be like them and provoke right and wrong. What's more, Chenxi's lack of news was a blow to her, and she had no time to take care of other unhappy things.

Fortunately, there are seven sevens.

Su Xiaoran will go to Teacher Hou's house (to be precise, Teacher Fang's house) to talk to them when she gets off work, Qiqi has no intention of working for the time being, so she has been accompanying Su Xiaoran in recent days.

On this day, as soon as the two of them came out of Teacher Fang's house, Su Xiaoran received a call from Hua Yan, and as soon as Hua Yan heard that they were at the door of Teacher Fang's house, she couldn't wait to come over.

Su Xiaoran and Qiqi stood at the bottom of the building, looking at the dim street lamps and chatting with each other.

Whenever Qiqi asked about Chenxi, Su Xiaoran always said that he was busy, she loved face, and she was even more afraid that Qiqi would pity herself who was left out.

Hua Yan came very swaggeringly, to Su Xiaoran's surprise, he dyed his silver-white hair back, and now Hua Yan is a young man with black hair.

I love to laugh.

Hua Yan is already a bit girly, and there is a shallow dimple on the left half of his face, so if he doesn't make a sound when he laughs, he can easily be mistaken for a girl.

"Two beauties, is there anything I can do for you?" Hua Yan made a gesture of please, causing Qiqi to giggle.

"Huayan, where's your girlfriend? It's not going to really break up, is it? Su Xiaoran thought that Huayan's 'makeover' this time must have something to do with broken love.

Hua Yan was stunned and said with a smile: "Xiao Chenchen knows me best, I guess you already know." By the way, Xiaoran, when will my little Chenchen come back, I haven't heard from him for several days! ”

He ...... It should be soon. Su Xiaoran smiled lightly, followed Qiqi into Huayan's car, and the three of them quickly went to a barbecue stall in the downtown area, Huayan threatened to get Qiqi drunk, and then insulted Su Xiaoran.

Hua Yan and Qiqi chattered and didn't listen, Su Xiaoran listened to their noise quietly, and there was a warm sense of happiness. Sometimes, one or two unscrupulous friends are far better than one person's cranky desires.

Su Xiaoran wanted to get drunk, I don't know why, although she knew that Chenxi must have his troubles, but she was not a saint after all, and she couldn't fully understand his disappearance for no reason.

This is the second time, and another time, she should be mad, right?

Su Xiaoran secretly decided that as soon as Chenxi came back, she must set the rules well, instead of being swallowed up by a kiss like last time, and she was relieved.

The lively barbecue stall, Hua Yan should be a frequent visitor here, as soon as the boss saw him, he immediately trotted over, one by one, Hua Yan listened to it very comfortable, and couldn't help but order a large case of beer arrogantly.

Qiqi doesn't matter, anyway, she has a good amount of alcohol, and Su Xiaoran has become indifferent, anyway, she can't sleep when she goes back, so it's better to let the alcohol anesthetize herself.

Chenxi, if you don't contact me again, I'm really going to start hating you.

Su Xiaoran drank a big glass in one gulp, and a cold teardrop fell on the bottom of her heart, and the more lively she was, the more she was lonely.

rang for a while, Su Xiaoran hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her bag and took a look: the screen was black, and she was overjoyed, only to see Hua Yan slowly take out her mobile phone, at this time, how much Su Xiaoran hated Hua Yan's mobile phone ringtone was the same as her own.

"Little Rock?"

Hua Yan's voice interrupted Su Xiaoran's thoughts, she held her breath and stared at Hua Yan. Qiao Xiaoyan is in Melbourne at the moment, and she is with Chenxi, so at this time, when she is on the phone, is Chenxi next to her?

Su Xiaoran completely fell.