Lu Qinglan knew her heart knot, and when he saw this, he patted the back of her hand and said, "If you don't want to go with Qin Xin, then go alone another day, it's okay." ”

Shi Xiaorui hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head: "No need, it's so troublesome Auntie, it's okay to go together." ”

"Okay, then I'll tell my mom." Lu Qinglan didn't say anything more, his eyes fell back on the invitation, his eyes were full of smiles, "I'll go with you when this competition comes, and I've worked hard for you in the past two days." ”

The evaluation score once in these two years is two parts: the exchange cocktail party and the award party, after all, it is the first time that the magazine has been shortlisted for this kind of evaluation, and Lu Qinglan is still very relieved.

Xiao Gu smiled mischievously: "Sister Lan, don't worry." ”

When it was almost noon, Lu Qinglan made a phone call to Lu Minhua and told her that Qin Xin and Shi Xiaorui had time to come to dinner in the past two days.

Lu Qinglan conveyed the meaning of his mother to Qin Xin and Shi Xiaorui respectively.

Qin Xin was almost happy to find Bei at that time, and he was thinking about what clothes to wear at night, so as to leave a good impression on Shi Xiaorui. And Shi Xiaorui was a little embarrassed and even anxious at first, but she quickly calmed down and decided to treat it normally.

In the evening, Su's house.

Lu Qinglan told Ye Tingshen about the magazine's shortlisted competition.

Ye Ting pinched her face and said apologetically: "On the day of the reception, I happened to go below to inspect it, so I couldn't accompany you." ”

"It's okay." Lu Qinglan hooked his neck and snuggled in his arms, with a smile on his face, and said coquettishly, "I'm not a child, I don't have to accompany me for everything, Xiao Gu and Shi Xiaorui will go then." Isn't it, Xiaorui? ”

Shi Xiaorui happened to come out of the bathroom, and smiled slightly when she heard this: "Well, yes, Mr. Ye, you can rest assured." ”

Lu Qinglan looked at Ye Tingshen arrogantly, and then straightened up from his arms, deliberately glaring at him: "Besides, didn't you let Xiao Gu look at me all the time?" ”

Ye Tingshen explained without changing his face: "How can you say that you are watching?" It's obviously taking care of you. ”

Lu Qinglan feigned anger: "Sophistry! ”

Ye Tingshen laughed.

Shi Xiaorui stood not far away and saw the happy appearance of the two, she couldn't help but feel gloomy in her heart, and at the same time there was a strong envy, she retracted her gaze, she planned to go to the kitchen to help, but she didn't expect that as soon as she looked up, her eyes collided with Qin Xin, who had just come in.

Shi Xiaorui turned around and left, without looking at him.

"Xiaorui!" Qin Xin subconsciously called out to stop her, and her body froze in place.

Lu Qinglan and Ye Tingshen glanced at each other, and both shook their heads helplessly.

"What are you doing? Go to the kitchen to help. "In the end, I can't bear it, Ye Tingshen bowed his chin to the kitchen Nannu, signaling him to seize the opportunity.

"Oh! Good! A touch of joy finally appeared on his face, and Qin Xin strode towards the kitchen full of joy.

Lu Minhua made a table full of dishes today, and at the dinner table, he asked Qin Xin and Shi Xiaorui to treat it as their own home and eat more.

"Xiaorui, you see that you are thin, now you little girls always like to be thin, in fact, if you want me to say, it is still the best, too thin is not necessarily the best." Lu Minhua looked at Shi Xiaorui with a smile, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

"Thank you, Auntie, I'll take care of it." Being cared for like this, Shi Xiaorui felt very warm in her heart, raised her head, and she smiled sincerely.

"What's polite to Auntie?" Lu Minhua glanced at her with disgust.

Qin Xin, who was opposite, hadn't seen Shi Xiaorui's smile for a long time, and was stunned all of a sudden. If he could, he really wanted to see Shi Xiaorui smile happily every day.

Lu Minhua thought he was thinking about something, and laughed at him: "Don't think about business when you eat, eat more." After thinking about it, she pretended to be unintentional and asked, "By the way, Qin Xin, do you have a girlfriend?" Do you want your aunt to introduce you? ”

When she talked to Pingshuang on the phone today, Pingshuang asked herself to probe Qin Xin's tone, Qin Xin is also a big boss, and he is so single, which makes people feel weirdly anxious.

"Auntie, no." Qin Xin refused with a smile, his eyes fell on Shi Xiaorui, who was eating with his head bowed, intentionally or unintentionally, and said very seriously, "I have a girl I like, and in this life, I will not marry her." ”

Lu Minhua was very happy to hear it, and originally wanted to ask clearly, but then he thought about it or forget it.

Lu Qinglan and Ye Tingshen both knew that he was talking about Shi Xiaorui, so they didn't speak.

And Shi Xiaorui, although she lowered her head, she still felt Qin Xin's strong gaze, especially when she heard the words "she won't marry", the hand holding the chopsticks shook unconsciously, I don't know why, she suddenly felt very irritable in her heart.

Qin Xin had been paying attention to her changes, and after noticing her slight stiffness, his eyes darkened, but soon, he returned to normal.

When it was time to say goodbye, Qin Xin offered to send Shi Xiaorui back.

Without any suspense, Shi Xiaorui refused: "No need, I'll just take a taxi." ”

Lu Minhua shook his head and disagreed: "Let Qin Xin send it to you, it's a big night, Auntie is not at ease." ”

It was useless to refuse, Shi Xiaorui could only agree.

Lu Qinglan knew that Shi Xiaorui agreed very reluctantly, and originally wanted to say that she and Ye Tingshen would send her back, but she didn't expect to be stopped by Ye Tingshen before she spoke.

"Let them talk about it." Ye Tingshen whispered in her ear.

Knowing that only the parties are most qualified to make decisions about emotional matters, Lu Qinglan thought about it and swallowed the words that had come to his mouth.

Outside the cell.

Qin Xin couldn't hide the smile on his face, he quickly opened the co-pilot's door, and cautiously said to Shi Xiaorui: "Get in the car?" ”

Shi Xiaorui's face was complicated, and she finally got into the car.

But it didn't take long for her to regret it, and those unbearable memories came back to her, and she couldn't get rid of them, reminding her of what had happened in the car.

"Stop!" Clenching her handbag with both hands, she almost shouted in a hoarse voice, "Let me go down!" ”

Qin Xin's heart twitched, and she instantly reacted, she thought of that incident.

"Xiao Rui......" The deep voice was full of regret and worry.

Shi Xiaorui's breathing immediately became short, and she shouted regardless of it: "Did you hear it when you asked you to stop!" ”

Qin Xin's face turned pale, and the car stopped.

Shi Xiaorui opened the door without saying a word and fled.

"Xiaorui......" Qin Xin wanted to call her, but all the words were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't pronounce a single syllable.

After a while, he hooked his lips, overflowed with a wry smile, and started the car again, he slowly followed behind Shi Xiaorui, not far away, until she arrived home safely.

That night, Qin Xin stayed downstairs at Shi Xiaorui's house for a whole night.

The next day, just after the sun had risen, the car finally left, leaving behind a field of cigarette butts.

What Qin Xin didn't know was that Shi Xiaorui upstairs also didn't sleep all night.

Three days passed, and soon it was the day of the competition exchange reception.

Lu Qinglan took Shi Xiaorui and Xiao Gu to attend the reception together as a shortlisted magazine.

According to the usual practice, many magazines will send people to participate in this kind of drinking party, which is considered a grand event in the circle, and the location of each event is uncertain, and this year it was selected in City A. In addition to facilitating communication between different magazines, there will also be annual lectures by teachers from industry associations. Lu Qinglan still remembers that when he was in college, he joked with the dormitory that this competition was similar to all kinds of fashion weeks, and every magazine sharpened its head and wanted to squeeze in it so that it could be gilded.

Although the metaphor is a bit exaggerated, it is more or less the same.

Lu Qinglan intended to let Xiao Gu and Shi Xiaorui exercise, and she became more and more lazy after pregnancy, so she asked them to communicate with people from other magazines, while she walked to the rest area and sat for a while.

With a cup in her hand, she was not idle, and from time to time a pair of eyes would sweep over other people in the field, and if she encountered something interesting, she would observe. In this line of work, observation is the most basic and important, and many times, even humble observations will often inspire you to infinitely inspire.

Lu Qinglan likes this way.

It didn't take long for her to find that there was a young man in the field surrounded by a lot of little girls, the man may have said something interesting, the little girls laughed and trembled, and some even had pretty eyebrows.

Perhaps she had been paying attention for too long, and the man raised his head without warning, and his gaze shot straight at him.

Lu Qinglan pursed his lips weakly and quickly looked away.

She didn't notice that the man's eyes lit up the moment he saw her.

"Sister Lan......" Just when she began to feel a little bored, Shi Xiaorui came back, as if she was running away from something, and there was still a little embarrassment on her face.

"What's wrong? Not in good spirits, didn't sleep well last night? Lu Qinglan asked with concern.

"It's a little." Shi Xiaorui hung her head and responded perfunctorily.

In fact, she didn't want to go over, just now, she met a few people, and those people happened to be at Xia Yan's birthday party before, because Qin Xin said in public that he was his girlfriend, so those people pulled her and didn't let her go, and the words were either to inquire about Qin Xin, or to take the opportunity to climb the relationship, it was best to cooperate with Ruishang.

Shi Xiaorui didn't want to deal with it, and she didn't want to be labeled as Qin Xin's girlfriend everywhere, so she found an excuse to escape back, and Qin Xintian stayed downstairs in her house every day for the past two days, she felt even more irritable.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her recent life was a mess, and she subconsciously wanted to seek Lu Qinglan's enlightenment: "Sister Lan, I ......"

Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the sudden ringing of her mobile phone.

It's a call from home.

Sighing, she changed her tone and said, "Sister Lan, I'll go out and answer the phone, and I'll come back to you later." ”

"Okay, let's go." Lu Qinglan guessed that what he was going to say should be related to Qin Xin, so he planned to wait for her to come back.

It didn't take long for her to feel a little thirsty, so she got up and prepared to get a glass of water.

Unexpectedly, after only a few steps, he was stopped by a person: "Hey! Belle! I'll just say we'll see each other soon! ”