Chapter 62: Self-deception
When Xiaojing followed behind Yu Yang blankly, she was accidentally mixed with a small pebble under her feet, "ouch" She screamed in pain.
Hearing her voice, Yu Yang hurriedly turned around, subconsciously squatted down and touched her feet: "What's wrong, it's sprained, here?" Over here? His concern was instinctive, unaware that he had crossed the distance between his friends.
Xiaojing stepped back embarrassedly: "It's okay, it's just a twist." β
Only then did Yu Yang realize that he had overreacted, so he withdrew his hands and said, "You sit here for a while, and I'll go buy some medicine." β
"No need, I'll just sit down for a while."
"Soon, I'll go and go back."
Xiaojing sat down and took out her mobile phone, only to find that there were several missed calls in the mobile phone, and they were too noisy on the road just now, so they didn't hear it, and the caller ID was the same person: Chen Ling.
Only then did she remember that if she hadn't come on a business trip today, the person around her at this time should be Chen Ling, thinking of this, she felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in her heart, she took a deep breath, and then dialed the phone back.
"Are you done?"
"yes, I didn't hear the phone just now."
"Have you eaten?"
"Eat. What about you? β
"You're not here, I can only use overtime to pass the lonely time, but I've just eaten."
"You have to eat on time, so your stomach is going to be bad again."
"With your care, I'm all right. Weather forecast: It's snowing in Beijing today, right? β
"Yes, it's beautiful."
"If only I could accompany you to see the snow."
"I'm sorry, it's all because of me."
"Fool, don't always tell me I'm sorry, with you, it's Valentine's Day, it doesn't matter what day it is." Although Chen Ling said this, he didn't know why, he always felt unsteady in his heart tonight.
"Happy Holidays!" When she said this, she was entangled in her heart, she was really happy tonight, but she didn't dare to delve into the reason, and she didn't dare to tell him, but she really hoped that he could be happy.
"Happy Holidays and love you!"
"Well, good night."
"Good night."
After hanging up the phone, Xiaojing sat there in a daze, and after a while, Yu Yang slowly walked over from not far behind him. In fact, he had just returned, but he heard her call and walked away to avoid it.
"What's the sprain, I'll spray you." Listening to him, Xiaojing was stunned for a moment before reacting, the one on the phone was the lover, and the one in front of her was a friend.
"Give me the medicine, I can do it myself." Between words, it is deliberately estranged.
"Oh, give." At this distance from her friends, in fact, they haven't really adapted yet, so Yu Yang can only pretend to sit aside as if nothing happened.
When the two walked back to the hotel, they met Yu Yang's classmates in the United States.
βHi,Steve
,lo
g time so see.β As soon as he saw Yu Yang, he walked over and gave him an American hug.
βHi,Simo
,happy to see you.β Yu Yang also hugged back with a salute ceremony.
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βWhe
e is She
y? Was she came cake with you?β As soon as they were chatting, Xiaojing took the first step forward, but their conversation still reached her ears.
βShe still i
Califo
ia.β Yu Yang didn't answer directly, he didn't expect him to ask Qin Xue. He subconsciously looked at Xiaojing who was striding away, this name was probably their biggest taboo.
Hearing the English name Shirley, Xiaojing remembered that Maggie had mentioned this name, which was Qin Xue's English name. Everyone who knows Yu Yang knows Qin Xue, it can be seen that they have been together for a long time, Yi Lin and they also mentioned that they almost got married, but what is the reason why they are separated again? In the past ten years, her heart has once again turned a thousand times.
She went back to her room alone, and the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, and she made herself a cup of coffee to warm up. Then she turned on her computer and immersed all her energy in her work.
Yu Yang also returned to the room where he lived, before entering the door, he looked at the opposite door, it was the room where Xiaojing lived, hesitated for a while, he still gave up knocking on her door, but opened his own door.
When he came out of the shower, the mobile phone just rang, he picked it up, and looked at the number as if it was a foreign phone, and he habitually greeted in English: "Hello?"
"Hi, it's me." Qin Xue's voice sounded peaceful.
"Qin Xue?" Yu Yang was a little surprised.
"It's been almost a year, are you okay?"
"Pretty good, how about you? Where is it now? How are you doing? β
"I'm in Africa, and now I'm learning photography with the National Geographic team, and I've found that I've fallen in love with photography and I'm happy to be able to do what I love."
"I'm glad to hear you say that, and I'm happy for you."
"Thank you, today is Valentine's Day, so I wanted to give you a call to say hello, nothing special." She actually wanted to know, did he go back to her? What happened to them, but what if they knew, it was just adding to her troubles, and now being free and carefree was the life she wanted to live.
"Then you take care of yourself outside."
"I will, so do you, you have to pay attention to your body when you are busy with work! Goodbye then, I'll hang up first! β
"Goodbye!"
He also felt relieved that she had been doing well after not being contacted for a year. As for himself, is he really good? He couldn't help but smile wryly.
He was about to put down his mobile phone, and heard a WeChat voice again: Mr. Yu, the contract sent to the legal department in the afternoon, they have replied, there is one article they have some objections, if it is convenient for you, I will go over to you to communicate with you to modify the ideas.
Xiaojing hoped to avoid Yu Yang calmly at this time, but at the moment of work, she had no choice. After Yu Yang replied to her, she took the computer and knocked on his door.
"You see, this is the article, the revision traces on it have been adjusted by the legal department, but I remember that Mr. Yu is particularly concerned about this aspect today, so I want to communicate with you about how to make the other party better accept the ...... on the basis of ensuring the interests of the company."
"I'll take a look, right here," Xiaojing nodded, he thought for a moment, and then said, "I said you should change it." β
He stood behind her, leaned forward, and pointed at the computer in front of her. His breath reached her nose, and she felt her heart beating harder than usual, and she couldn't help but flash her body to the side.
He didn't know what was going on in her heart, and thought that it was Qin Xue's matter just now that made her sensitive again, so he saw her typing and thought about whether to mention it to her about Qin Xue.
But before he could figure out how to explain the course of the decade, there was another knock on the door of his room.
βRoom se
vice!β Opening the door, Maggie smiled ambiguously. But when she saw a woman sitting on the table behind Yu Yang, the smile disappeared in an instant.
"Lu Xiaojing? Why are you here, isn't it Mr. Qiao who is on a business trip today? Seeing Xiaojing, Maggie's face was full of displeasure, even if she was sitting in front of the computer, even if she and he were just working, but she just felt unhappy.
"Mr. Qiao's child is sick, so I came over for her."
"Really?" She asked Xiaojing, but looked at Yu Yang.
"Aren't you in Shenzhen at this time?" Yu Yang did not answer positively, but deliberately asked a rhetorical question.
"I ......"
"Mr. Yu, I've changed it, it's nothing, I'll go back first." Xiaojing couldn't stand this atmosphere of being interrogated anymore.
When Xiaojing returned to the room and slammed the door behind her, she closed her eyes tightly, and the ambiguous smile on Maggie's face lingered in her mind. Qin Xue's affairs haven't passed yet, and there is another Maggie, why is it so difficult to be an ordinary friend? Xiaojing couldn't help laughing at herself.
Maggie saw Yu Yang's reaction and felt very disappointed: "I thought I flew from Shenzhen for so many hours, and you would be happy to see me." β
"Maggie, we are good partners at work, but I don't have any other ideas, I hope you understand."
"There was Qin Xue before, but now there is no obstacle between us, why don't you still accept me?" Maggie looked at Yu Yang puzzled.
"It's not your problem, it's just that I don't want to start a new relationship just yet."
"You still need time, don't you? Okay, I'll wait. β
"Maggie, that's not what I meant."
"Whatever you mean, I mean it very clearly. I'm tired, so I'll go back and rest first. This gift is for you, Happy Holidays! Maggie didn't want Yu Yang to see herself crying, she was a strong person. She knew she might be waiting for a while, but at this moment, she didn't want to let herself face the facts in front of her.
Yu Yang looked at the gift box on the table, and couldn't help but feel bored in his heart. Maggie and him, presumably, are poor people.
He walked to the window, looked at the flying snow outside the window, and felt a chill in his heart.