Chapter 257: Night Question (2nd Watch)
There is an old Chinese saying that people go to tea and cool, and people go to empty buildings. This was learned when Frank first came to China at the age of ten, and he didn't understand what it meant until he lost her.
It was at a family party, fifteen-year-old Frank fell in love with Hua Meng, who was also fifteen years old, at the party, Xiao Meng was dressed in white mansha, Qianqian walked in, Frank had never seen such a beautiful Chinese girl, and immediately had a special affection for Xiao Meng. Later, because of the work relationship between the two parents, he and her also became partners, and he would come to China to play with her every year during the holidays, until she said that she had a boyfriend.
It was only a year later, sixteen-year-old Xiaomeng was in high school, and she fell in love with her brother's friend, Chenxi. After being with Chenxi, Xiaomeng rarely spent time with Rrank, and sometimes even forgot to reply to emails.
I didn't know the changes and struggles in Frank's heart, and he was in adolescence at that time, and he experienced the pain of crush and broken love alone, although he never mentioned these things to Xiaomeng.
The changes in the world can no one predict, later, Xiaomeng suddenly reported that he had a rare cancer, struggled on the line of life and death several times, and after lying in bed for half a year, the situation finally improved, but Hua's business was suddenly hit hard, and the entire Hua's faced many crises.
Possessiveness dominates Frank's entire soul, and he tells his parents that he is willing to listen to them for anything as long as he can get Dream to marry him. Frank's parents made a deal with the flower mother, and after weighing the day's time, the flower mother made the decision to sell her daughter to save the company.
Because she didn't like to spread the scandal, she claimed that her daughter had died, and thus let her start over in the United States.
It was all a long time ago, and Frank couldn't even remember how he got it in the first place, and whether he was happy or sad when he got it.
The marriage of the two had nothing but quarrels, and in those five years, the marriage he had worked so hard to get almost destroyed him, Xiaomeng didn't love him at all, from beginning to end. Sometimes, she would suddenly say the same name in her sleep.
Chenxi.
Until now, Frank still reflexively panicked and sad when he heard these two words. Although he is not a man with deep affection, he has already emptied his mind for Xiaomeng.
Five years have passed, not only has the relationship between the two not warmed up, Xiaomeng even made the decision to come back to find Chenxi, which completely ruined Frank's dreams and hopes for many years.
Although, she didn't know that he was also coming.
The night is heavy, don't come unharmed?
Frank raised a glass of wine to the heavy darkness of the night and drank it alone.
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Su Xiaoran ran into trouble on her first day as head of the translation department. Lia was fired because she was not convinced, and came behind Qiao Xiaoyan the next day.
This is still a head-to-head confrontation between Su Xiaoran and Qiao Xiaoyan after 'that incident' was exposed. The two looked at each other and had a general understanding of each other's bottom line. At the end, Qiao Xiaoyan took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "I hope you can lead the translation department well." ”
"I'm going to live up to expectations."
Su Xiaoran said, with a chuckle on the corner of her mouth, and did not reach out, she looked at Lia on the side with cold eyes, and while being surprised by her entanglement ability, she asked, "What, is there anything else?" ”
"My cousin said let me come back as her assistant." Lia's chin was higher than the tip of her nose, and with Qiao Xiaoyan there, she didn't have the embarrassment of yesterday's anger at all.
Su Xiaoran looked at Qiao Xiaoyan incredulously, she had just opened LIa yesterday, if Qiao Xiaoyan recruited her back today, it would obviously not give her face and openly fight against her.
"Are you sure?"
"If my little cousin offends you in any way, please bear with me, and I will take her with me to discipline her."
Qiao Xiaoyan meant to stay Lia, Su Xiaoran smiled lightly, this was really something she never expected, it seems that after that incident, Qiao Xiaoyan didn't plan to hide it anymore.
It's okay, she's willing to toss and let her toss.
"You're the general manager, of course you have the final say."
"Thank you for your understanding."
Qiao Xiaoyan half-lowered his head, said thank you, and left the translation department with a shallow smile, Lia followed behind Qiao Xiaoyan with her head held high, very proud.
Do what you want.
Su Xiaoran looked at their backs and secretly cursed a few words in her heart. For her, the most important thing now is not to get rid of Lia, but to help Chenxi restore the position of chairman, since the flower mother can't help, then there is only another way out.
Although Chen Xi always said that he had his own way, Su Xiaoran understood that this was just a panic he said in order to comfort her, otherwise, he would not get up at the third watch in the middle of the night and lock himself in the study alone until dawn.
An inexplicable thought broke into Su Xiaoran's mind, and she vaguely felt that Gu Bei would be a way out.
Although Gu Bei never mentioned it, Su Xiaoran felt that there was a strong enough background behind Gu Bei to support him, the presidential car that night, and his mysterious friend Frank, these people and things did not seem simple.
Su Xiaoran told Chenxi about his idea, and was immediately strongly opposed by Chenxi. He had just been haunted by her straying into his arms last night, and now she was going to rely on his power to help her regain her rights?
No, how can a man accept the help of a rival in love? Even if it's an imaginary rival, it can't.
"I have my own way, you don't have to worry about it." Chenxi's heart was already anxious, but he still had to act as if nothing had happened in front of Su Xiaoran. But he forgot that after the two of them have been together for a long time, they can't hide any secrets from each other in their hearts, Su Xiaoran saw through his stubbornness at a glance, and simply hit him directly: "Is face important or is my parents' industry important?" ”
"You're finally admitting it's your parents?" Chenxi took the opportunity to brush it up, reached out and hugged Su Xiaoran into his arms, and successfully diverted the topic.
Su Xiaoran broke free, and was so angry that she wanted to scold him a few words: "Can you be serious?" ”
"I'm serious."
"Come on, you're not like this at all when you're serious."
"And what is it like when I'm not serious?"
"You ......"
"You're amazing, I'm too lazy to argue with you." Su Xiaoran turned around to leave, but was pulled by Chenxi: "You're still angry with me." ”
"Don't be angry, too lazy to be angry with you." Su Xiaoran held her breath back, she couldn't tell Chenxi how anxious she was, if she let him know that she had gone to Hua Mu for this matter, would he understand her good intentions?
"Trust me, I'll fix it."
"Qiao Xiaoyan came back with Lia. I guess after this incident, Qiao Jiang will definitely not let us go easily, so I am in a hurry. Su Xiaoran looked at Chenxi with a pair of bright eyes, and Chenxi pressed her head on her shoulder, "I can solve any big things, you just need to take care of the translation department." ”
……
Su Xiaoran, who persuaded to no avail, felt very discouraged, Xia Lin was not in the company today, there was a saying that she went to the field to inspect new products, but Su Xiaoran always felt that it was not so simple, Qiao Xiaoyan returned, Xia Lin left temporarily, there must be some ulterior conspiracy in between.
For the first time, without Chenxi's consent, Su Xiaoran made an appointment with Gu Bei to meet, but the chance was very slim, so she could only fight for it herself.
Gu Bei was very willing to meet Su Xiaoran, especially, alone.
The two made an appointment in an elegant café, Gu Bei arrived first, and Gu Bei had already ordered coffee when Su Xiaoran arrived.
"I remember you said you liked to drink the Blue Mountains, so I took it upon myself to order one for you."
Su Xiaoran sat down, looked at the fragrant coffee in front of her, and smiled, "Thank you Gu Bei, you are always very careful." ”
"Because of our profession, we can't make a mistake as doctors."
"That's just as well." Su Xiaoran laughed with Gu Bei, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Gu Bei held the coffee in his hand, glanced at Su Xiaoran a few times, and then asked, "Are you looking for me today...... What's the matter, right? Is it Chenxi's business? ”
"How do you know it's Chenxi's business?" Su Xiaoran was surprised, but at the same time, she saw the small loss in Gu Bei's eyes. He spread out his hands to express helplessness: "Your expressions were so stiff last night, I must have guessed that you would quarrel." ”
It turned out to be this thing.
Su Xiaoran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said very embarrassedly: "Gu Bei, I haven't apologized to you for what happened last night, you see, I originally invited you to play, but I was in a bad mood myself, so you can't have fun." ”
"Where don't you do it, I was very happy when I was there Frank, what, is Chenxi really angry because I just hugged you?"
Gu Bei is a little incredible, he lives in a foreign environment all the year round, kisses and hugs are just a kind of politeness, I don't understand why Chenxi minds so much.
Su Xiaoran also felt embarrassed, but it was necessary for her to correct Chenxi's name, so she explained: "Actually, he wasn't angry, he just didn't like me to drink." ”
"Oh, I won't let you drink that much next time." Gu Bei regained his bright smile.
"By the way, don't you have to go to work today? Is it really possible to come out at will? Su Xiaoran was afraid of delaying Gu Bei's work, so she asked. Unexpectedly, Gu Bei laughed, and only then did he look at her seriously at the end and said, "Didn't you listen to Frank last night?" I go to work to see how I feel. ”
"Then you returned last time"
"It's not because you're there."
After Gu Bei finished speaking, Su Xiaoran's face turned red, and he himself felt embarrassed, just now he was straightforward and fast, and accidentally said what was in his heart.