When I returned home from the old villa where the first brother had been, it was already more than ten o'clock, and when Li Mai parked the car, he raised his eyes and saw that the lights on the second floor were still on.

Hao Hao must have slept, the light was still on, and it was obviously Zhai Ruonan waiting for him. After thinking about it, Li Mai took out his mobile phone, made a call, and said to the person on the other side of the phone: "Come here." ”

After doing this, he walked in and went up to the second floor.

In the living room, Zhai Ruonan was not there, and the door of her room was open. Li Mai walked over and stood at the door.

Zhai Ruonan was slowly sorting out the things on the dressing table, and the two suitcases were placed in the corner on one side.

Li Mai said, "Everything is packed up. ”

"Packed up. Zhai Ruonan stopped what he was doing, looked at the room where he had not lived for a few days, and walked out.

watched Zhai Ruonan walk to the water bar on the edge of the living room, took a bottle of wine and two glasses, walked to the sofa and sat down, looked at Li Mai and said, "Have a drink." ”

Li Mai looked at Zhai Ruonan for a while and said, "Okay." ”

The two clinked glasses and took a sip relatively wordlessly.

Putting down the wine glass, Li Mai looked at Zhai Ruonan. Today's Zhai Ruonan is different from usual, she is used to sports casual wear, and today she wore a good-looking tunic and jeans, looking very youthful and lively. But she had a light-hearted contradictory expression in her heavy weight, but it made people unconsciously stern and heavy.

A heavy thing hung in Li Mai's heart.

Zhai Ruonan's past impression, even a few days ago, Li Mai still felt that this woman was annoying because of arrogance and self-righteousness and the loss of biased values, and at this time, Li Mai could no longer afford any dissatisfaction with this woman, but felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

As a result, a sense of guilt naturally filled his heart.

"Do you have to go?"

I don't know how long it took, the two looked at each other and drank wine without saying a word, and when Li Mai poured wine for Zhai Ruonan, he finally asked.

Zhai Ruonan nodded slowly, "If I leave, it will only be good for everyone, and there is no harm." ”

Brushing her bangs, she said, "The only thing I can't let go of is Haohao." Smiling, she looked at Haohao's room and said, "Now do you still think that I can't let go of Haohao, it's just a disguise?"

Li Mai smiled lightly and did not speak.

"But you're right, Hao Hao has to have his own life after all. I will eventually have my own life and my own children. Auntie, after all, can't replace her mother. Zhai Ruonan said slowly.

Li Mai took a sip of wine and said, "Actually, things don't have to be like this. If something happens to you at home, you should tell me. Tens of millions, I can still get it. There's really no need to take such a big risk for this money. Qin Guohua is not a fuel-efficient lamp, once you arouse his suspicion, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Zhai Ruonan smiled and shook his head, "Fortunately, I deceived him." My acting skills are not bad, or I will consider a career in acting after I go abroad. ”

Li Mai smiled and said, "A promising career." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, this was the first time since they met that they smiled at each other so easily.

"Wakao, thank you. Li Mai said.

Zhai Ruonan shook his head slightly and said, "I deserve your feelings." If you do something wrong, you will be held accountable for it. I squandered my sister's inheritance to Haohao, and I had to make amends. will deal with Qin Guohua's bribery and hand over the fake bidding documents to him. It's not a big deal. Even without me, you have other options. ”

Li Mai said, "But I really didn't expect that you would do this." You surprise me. ”

Zhai Ruonan looked at Li Mai and asked with a smile: "In what you mean, do you believe that you have reformed your ways." ”

"Hehe, that's not what I meant. Li Mai didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say, "All in all, I was surprised and guilty." ”

"Guilt? Where does guilt come from? Zhai Ruonan asked with interest.

Li Mai looked at Hao Hao's room and said, "Half of Hao Hao's life was given by you, without you, there would be no healthy and lively son like me." I valued you too much in the past, and I also attributed some of Haohao's problems to you. In fact, I didn't see it, saying a thousand things and ten thousand, you, the aunt, have paid much more than my father, not to mention a hundred times. ”

"I promised my sister that I would raise Haohao and hand it over to you. I'm just fulfilling my promise to my sister. You don't have to feel guilty, and you don't have to compare. To borrow a phrase from you, an aunt is just an aunt after all. Zhai Ruonan said.

Li Mai doesn't want to continue this topic, no matter how he says it, he can't say it clearly, and he can't finish it, feelings are always difficult to express, all feelings.

"The tender you handed over to Qin Guohua is true. Li Mai changed his words and said.

Zhai Ruonan was stunned, looked at Li Mai, and couldn't understand why Li Mai did this.

"I asked Pei Xiaoshuai to take out the real bid, I didn't tell you in advance. Li Mai said.

Zhai Ruonan asked, "Why?"

Li Mai took a sip of wine and said, "Guosheng Group has been following the steel city project for so long, and they know the situation of the project very well. Fake bids can't deceive Qin Guohua. ”

"But your offer leaked out, tomorrow's bidding meeting, wouldn't the Gun Regiment Company ......" Zhai Ruonan said, seeing that Li Mai didn't speak, her tone became even lower, "I originally thought that I could contribute to the Gun Regiment Company to win the project of Steel City, but I didn't expect the result to be like this." ”

Li Mai smiled, waved his hand, and said, "The bid is real, but even if the quotation leaks out, no one will be able to snatch the project of Steel City." ”

After a pause, he smiled again and said, "I know the reserve price of Datang Industrial, and my offer is 80% of theirs." No one would come and snatch this project knowing that they were losing 20 percent. Moreover, Guosheng Group is no longer eligible to participate in the bidding, and I estimate that Qin Guohua has only one way to go. Join up with several other companies, form an alliance, and convince them to make a lower offer than mine. It's unlikely, though. Unless Guosheng Group is willing to subsidize the loss. ”

Zhai Ruonan understood and nodded slowly, but had doubts, "So, even if the gun regiment company wins the project, it can't escape the result of loss?"

Smiling, Li Mai said, "I never thought of making money on the steel city project, and I was even ready to lose more than a billion yuan." ”

"I don't understand why you're doing this. Zhai Ruonan said.

Waving his hand, Li Mai said, "Don't talk about that." Ruonan, in fact, you can stay, Nangang is still a very livable city, and your parents are here. When a person goes to a foreign country, he has to rely on himself for many things, which is very hard. ”

Speaking of this topic, Zhai Ruonan became heavy and said, "You don't have to persuade me. Because there are so many relatives and friends here, I'm leaving. I want to be quiet for a while, to think for a while. Figured something out, found the direction, and I'll be back. ”

With that, she picked up her glass and said, "Come, have a drink." I wish you a qiē shun lì. ”

Li Mai raised his glass and touched her, "You too, cheers." ”

The two drank it all.

Putting down the wine glass, Zhai Ruonan said, "Li Mai, I want to talk about you and Zhang Xiaoyu." ”

Li Mai stretched out his palm, "You say." ”

Brushing his bangs, Zhai Ruonan said, "Zhang Xiaoyu is a woman that a woman will fall in love with, she is very good." She will feel out of place in this irritable era, and whenever you see her, your mood will always settle down. I've seen two such women, one is my sister and the other is her. ”

"Li Mai, there are some things I wanted to say a long time ago, but you were very disgusted with me at the time, even if you said it, you wouldn't care. Now, I think I can say a good thing. I can feel that even if I don't show up, Zhang Xiaoyu will leave you. The first time I saw her, I saw it in her eyes. I didn't understand it until what she said to me before she left. ”

"You may not be able to see it in it, but we outsiders can see it clearly, especially me. I found out that you treat her like you treat me as my sister, and you haven't been aware of the problem. The most taboo thing for a woman is that the man she likes treats her as an ex-wife and ex-girlfriend. Zhang Xiaoyu felt this and left. ”

"Li Mai, you should really think about it, whether you love her or my sister. No matter how much we struggle with the past, we can't go back, and I feel this truth the most deeply now. Time can only move forward, not backward. You made me look forward and find my life. But you've been immersed in the past. ”

Li Mai's mood became heavier and heavier, and Zhai Ruonan's words hit the place he had been subconsciously avoiding in his heart.

"My sister is gone, you're still there, Haohao is still there. I hope you can come out completely, I think, that's what my sister wants. ”

After Zhai Ruonan finished speaking, he poured wine for Li Mai, poured wine for himself, and raised his glass.

"Alright, after this glass of wine, it's time for you to go. ”

Taking a deep breath, Li Mai clinked glasses with her, drank them all, and said, "I will think carefully and think clearly." ”

Putting down the wine glass, Li Mai looked at the time and said, "Wait a minute, he should have arrived." ”

"Who's coming?" Zhai Ruonan asked.

Li Mai smiled, "You'll know in a moment." ”

As soon as the voice fell, the phone rang. Li Mai connected, listened to it, got up and walked over to the access control station to open the door.

After a while, a man came up. The familiar shape, the familiar face, and the smile on his face that he had never smiled before.

Zhai Ruonan saw the person who came clearly, and immediately stood up in surprise, "It's you?"

The man walked over, stood in front of Zhai Ruonan, and bowed slightly, "Miss Zhai, hello." ”

The person who came was actually Zhou Qi.