chapter 57

Su Tao sighed: "But even so, you are too bold. Just like this new men's clothing, you still let him shoot such an important design. Aren't you afraid that he will leak the design photos in advance?"

"Zhang Wei didn't tell you? Because those designs were released relatively early, the patent applications have already been issued."

"..." Su Tao was speechless, "Is there such a thing? Why don't I know anything?"

"Maybe he was tight-lipped. At that time, he felt that those designs were very special and were expected to become the classic flagship model of 'Orange', so he applied for a patent at that time."

Otherwise, after seeing Fu Chen's other purpose, how could she still let him take such important photos of the finished product?

Of course, there was one more thing she didn't tell Su Tao.

This is just her personal feeling.

She felt that Fu Chen didn't fully obey Lu Keran's instructions.

So far, I have found that although he has a bad temper, he is indeed a very arrogant person when it comes to work.

Such a person has very strong work principles, and it will be very difficult to accomplish anything through work that violates his principles - this is probably why he and Lu Keran are not happy every time they meet.

More importantly, through these investigations, she roughly understood the reason why he had a high income but always seemed to be short of money.

His mother lived in the nursing home he often went to. She seemed to be suffering from some illness and was undergoing long-term treatment and seemed to be waiting for a major operation.

She didn't know if this had anything to do with him working for Lu Keran, but she still wanted to try to give him a chance - a chance to take the initiative to speak.

Of course, apart from that, there is the last possibility. He has no purpose, his acquaintance with Lu Keran was just an accident, and all malicious intentions are just speculation.

If so, of course it's best.

All things considered, this is the reason why she is currently using silence.

Su Tao knew that she had a plan in mind, so she was not in a hurry. Before she left her office that day, she sighed in a low voice: "But you hired a private detective for a month to photograph him and Lu Keran meeting once.

I'm so lucky that I can meet them every time I go out to work out or buy coffee."

The speaker has no intention but the listener has the intention. After Su Tao went out, Jiang Weicheng stopped working and tapped the table gently.

While having dinner, Huo Xichen noticed that Jiang Weicheng was a little absent-minded.

"What's wrong? It's not delicious?" He has a lot of time these days, and when he is free, he studies the dishes in the apartment.

Jiang Weicheng still lives in the previous apartment. After the two-year lease expired, she feels accustomed to living here. In addition, she likes the decoration style of the house, the location and environment are also very good, and she has a car loan.

The payment was basically paid off and there was no financial pressure, so I negotiated with the owner and bought it.

In the past two years, she had been the director of "Autumn Color" and had saved a lot of money. In addition, she had hardly touched the prize money she had won in the "Neon Clothes" competition, so she paid the down payment easily.

After he returned to China, he learned that she had bought this apartment. He was stunned for a moment and felt disappointed. He had been working hard to catch up, but she had even bought a house while he was studying abroad for more than a year.

At first he shamelessly wanted to move in because he just wanted to spend more time with her, but now that he continues to live with her, he always feels weird in his heart. He feels like a child raised by her, not like a child raised by her.

A man who can protect her.

He hasn't graduated from college yet, so it's definitely not realistic to find another place to rent now, but he doesn't want to take it for granted that she has all the material conditions she worked hard to obtain, so she proposed that he pay off the house and loan.

She was stunned at that time, looked at him for a while, and then smiled and said: "Don't make trouble, what loan do you have to pay for the house I bought? What's more, you are only a junior now, how much money can you have?"

What she said is true. After all, this house is not cheap, and the monthly loan is not a small amount.

He lowered his eyes a little disappointed: "I'm not making a fuss. I know I don't have much money now and may not be able to repay the entire loan, but it's okay to share some, right?"

She still just smiled: "Be good, I know you want to share the burden, but I have money to pay back, not to mention this house has my name on it, how can I ask you to pay back the money?"

He raised his eyes and looked at her: "Do you want to be so clearly distinguished from me?"

It was the same before, he occasionally gave her money, but she didn't use it and saved it all.

When he went to England, she transferred all the money to him at once, saying that she had to have money when she was going out, and she would not accept his refusal. She even said that if he transferred it back again, she would be angry, and she might be angry.

I can't get his call anymore.

At that time, he looked at the transfer on his mobile phone for a long time, and his mood was hard to describe. In fact, he should be happy that she was so good to him, but he was always disappointed.

Jiang Weicheng stared at him blankly for a moment before speaking: "It's not me who wants to tell the difference clearly now, it's you who want to tell me so clearly. Xiaochen, you think too much. Whether you rent or buy this apartment, it's

It's just a house.

The house is very big, and I live alone. You living in it will not have any impact on it. You didn't always live well in the past, why now... If you are really uncomfortable, you can live in the school dormitory, only occasionally

Come and stay one night.”

Huo Xichen wanted to say that there was a difference between the past and now. He was only eighteen years old at that time, but now he is twenty-one.

But he did not continue speaking these words, but lowered his eyes to avoid looking at her.

He could feel that she seemed a little angry. He had just come back and didn't want her to be angry.

After that day, he tried to transfer money to her for household use, but this time, without exception, she returned it. So in the end, he silently shouldered the food and shopping expenses of the apartment, even if he went out to have a date with her, everything

He rushed to pay the fees.

Jiang Weicheng initially tried to pay for some dates, but after finding no results, she had no choice but to give up.

But Huo Xichen could feel it. She moderately reduced the number of times the two of them went out for dinner. Most of the time they ate at home, and sometimes they would not choose expensive restaurants when going out.

His heart was always warm and astringent, but he did not express these disappointments later. She was doing it for him, and even if he was disappointed, he just digested it himself.

He has often thought recently that maybe this is the reason why the so-called gap between brother and sister is so difficult to reach the end.

No matter how passionate the emotion is, it must still be based on reality.

He doesn't want to be separated from her due to any realistic factors, and he absolutely cannot accept being separated from her, so he has to work harder. Whatever he can do now, he will take it all on himself.

She was busy at work and got off work late, so he did all the shopping and cooking. He always tried some new dishes from time to time, and he felt satisfied every time he heard her say they were delicious.

But today, she seemed a little worried.

"No, the food is delicious." She smiled at him.

"You haven't even taken a few bites." He glanced at her bowl and didn't move much with the rice.

"I'm thinking about something."

Huo Xichen looked at her and asked, "Are you thinking about Fu Chen?"

Jiang Weicheng didn't expect that he would ask this suddenly and so accurately. Although she didn't speak, her expression gave him immediate feedback.

He pursed his lips and looked a little worried.

Jiang Weicheng noticed: "It's a work matter."

Of course he knew that her relationship with Fu Chen was about work, but Fu Chen's relationship with him was not that simple, so was that person using work to attract her attention now?

It’s so shameless!

Huo Xichen endured it, but couldn't hold it back: "Don't you think you pay too much attention to him?"

The young man across the dining table had the word "unhappiness" written all over his face, his beautiful eyebrows were lowered, and he was not looking at her, but began to eat quietly.

"It's just work." She didn't tell Huo Xichen about Fu Chen and Lu Keran's acquaintance because she was afraid that he would be impulsive, but if it caused misunderstanding and made him unhappy, she felt it was unnecessary.

Jiang Weicheng opened his mouth and planned to talk to him about the matter in detail, but he interrupted him just after he said the word "Fu Chen".

"I'm not angry. You don't need to explain to me. I'm not jealous either. You've already made it public on Weibo. Why should I be so childishly jealous? I just said it casually."

Jiang Weicheng:......

She was speechless when she saw that he was very jealous written all over his face and then said he was not angry or jealous, but somehow, his efforts to pretend to be mature and generous actually made her feel a little cute.

Jiang Weicheng took back what he wanted to say and suppressed a smile: "Okay, I won't say it anymore. I'm very happy that you trust me so maturely."

Huo Xichen:......

The sequelae of trying hard to pretend to be generous and not jealous is all kinds of discomfort in his heart, which tortures him all the time.

After that dinner, Huo Xichen's attitude had always been lukewarm. When they were in the apartment at night, he no longer pestered her like a human pendant like before, but sat quietly reading his own book.

When she talked to him, he was not enthusiastic, and sometimes he would just nod or shake his head.

Jiang Weicheng knew that this was a different kind of coquettishness, so he deliberately acted coldly and waited for her to coax him. However, she was a little busy these two days, and she also wanted to see how long he could last if he didn't coax him.

So he never got what he wanted.

Huo Xichen persisted very stubbornly... for two days.

This morning when she put on her coat at the entrance and was about to go out to work, he stopped her and asked her calmly where she wanted to eat in the evening.

"Tonight?" She thought for a moment, "Why do you want to go out to eat?"

He gritted his teeth: "Have you forgotten what day it is today?"

She thought for a while, then took out her phone and looked at it before reacting: "It turns out that today is Christmas Eve! Do you want to go out to spend Christmas Eve? But I forgot about it. I have work arrangements today, and I will get off work very late."

"You..." He didn't pester her for two days, which meant he didn't touch her for two days. Now seeing her look like a workaholic, he got angry and stepped forward to pinch her breast from the inside of her coat.

Waist, "You only remember Christmas Eve? Don't you remember the rest?"

His hands were big and his fingers were slender, while her waist was slender. He held her waist with both hands like this, as if he could hold her completely in his hands.

"What else?" She held his arm and put on the high heels she wore when going out.

Just as he was about to speak, Su Tao's urgent call came. It was cold these days, so Su Tao would give her a lift when he went to the studio in the morning. Jiang Weicheng was ten minutes late today, and the other party must have been standing outside in the cold.
To be continued...