Xu Qiao's harsh words were so fierce that the person involved seemed to be in pain and lived a colorful nightlife in the office of the vice president on the 62nd floor of the headquarters of Lanchen Group.

Through the large floor-to-ceiling windows of this oval office, you can see the mountains and the lines of office buildings in the Central Business District. So even if the office is brightly lit at this moment, it is inevitable that there is a bit of cold and cold place.

When Cheng Lang ended the two cross-border video conferences, Gao Rui was already holding back the yawn and tears were filled with tears.

This trip tonight started because of Li Nianda, deputy general manager of Lanchen Department Store.

Since the flattery came back to receive Cheng Lang to inspect the branch, he came to show his goodwill every now and then tonight, and "provided" another financial account details list that said it was a different world. Cheng Lang and Xu Qiao passed by the business district after they were separated, and then came to the company to check the accounts.

As a result, the accounts were completed soon, but he seemed to have no overtime work and held another meeting.

Gao Rui was in a state of distress, and suddenly heard the words "What time is it in Moscow?" and immediately cheered up: "It's already 9:30 pm, Mr. Xiao Cheng."

The sentence structure of "already" and "really" fully expresses the petition "Isn't it enough for you to harass Switzerland and London, but let Moscow go."

Cheng Lang glanced at him gently: "You can get off work."

If the emperor doesn’t sleep, how dare the eunuchs pay?

"I'll notify Moscow now." Gao Rui cheered up and prepared to attend the third video conference.

When the meeting was halfway through, Shen Dang called frequently, but Cheng Lang didn't answer it. It was not until the end of the meeting that Gao Ruidi called back.

Gao Rui went out and called Shen Dang to explain Cheng Lang's situation.

There was a sigh of relief: "Just be busy, I thought he was stimulated by that girl tonight."

"It's a bit, otherwise you can't have three consecutive meetings in the middle of the night."

"He really didn't ask about the details of others in advance?"

"No. You also know that since he was calling 'that incident', he has been very cautious in this regard. He was still in the evaluation stage and was not at the time of the survey. By the way, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Fang, two young masters, didn't feel suspicious tonight, right?"

"Don't worry, these people are all very worried. Pay more attention to his status and contact me if you have any questions."

"I see."

When Gao Rui returned to the office, Cheng Lang had already finished the meeting and was leaning against the back of the chair and resting.

He stepped forward with a slight hand and unexpectedly found that Cheng Lang's ears were slightly red.

Cheng Lang couldn't drink alcohol and had an ear, and he was not on the spot, so he had to wait for the momentum. Once this signal came, he was basically half drunk.

"..." Wait a minute, is this big guy already drunk when he was in the meeting?

"Mr. Xiao Cheng?" Gao Rui whispered.

Cheng Lang slowly opened his eyes and his eyes were focused after a while.

"Are you drunk? Are you going to send you back to Xinglin Bay?"

"No."

"Look at your ears are pretty red..."

"A red ear must mean drunkenness?"

The subtext that does not necessarily mean drunk is: it may also mean being scolded? Looking at ancient and modern times, drunk people have never admitted that they are drunk, otherwise how could they even say such superstitious words?

However, Gao Rui gave up the argument and deliberately tried his unpredictable mood while he was not awake: "Are you worried that the young master will scold you behind your back now?"

"That boy dares to scold me?"

"Then do you mean Miss Xu? But Miss Xu won't scold you. You are considerate with her tonight and solved the young master's entanglement for her..." Gao Rui reacted, "Did you draw a clear line with her in the car in the end?"

Cheng Lang closed his eyes, as if he was accused.

"Do you do this because you are concerned about the young master?"

"Does it look like?"

Not like.

Lan Chen took action, let alone a woman. In Cheng Lang's opinion, only he wants or doesn't want the things in this world, and no one comes first and who comes later.

Gao Rui knew that this should be the case, but he didn't give up and wanted to confirm whether he and Xu Qiao had any room for improvement.

As a result, Cheng Lang still couldn't accept such a "troubled" woman - he lived in the same circle, not only rich in love but not poor, he was extravagant and proactive, and had a good temper.

In short, Xu Qiao almost occupied all the attributes Cheng Lang didn't like.

Gao Rui said: "I blamed me for dereliction of duty and didn't understand Miss Xu's background early. But it's strange that how could Jinlu Jewelry's daughter charge for the highway?"

"I don't know," Cheng Lang spoke slowly, "I'm not curious."

The desire to survive made Gao Rui not say the words in his heart, "You are not curious, I am curious", and only comforted him: "I know it is not easy for you to be happy. Although the result is not satisfactory, as the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. When a Miss Xu falls down, thousands of Miss Xu stand up..."

"History rumored that Yang Xiu was extremely intelligent," Cheng Lang interrupted him lazily, "When he was a strategist around Cao Cao, he made many suggestions and made contributions, but he was killed by Cao Cao in the end. Do you know why?"

Gao Rui was slightly stunned: "Why is this?"

"Because he has too many words."

“…”

Gao Rui sighed with a sigh of relief - if Miss Xu knew that his boss had such a poisonous inner hiding under his well-dressed skin, she would have thanked him for his strategic retreat tonight.

——

In the next few days, Xu Qiao was still wandering between the toll station and the hotel, but he never saw Cheng Lang again.

It’s not a question of being sad, it’s just anger.

When Feng Sasa asked to change shifts with her again, she cursed directly: "I think beautifully! Do you think you are your ancestor?"

Feng Sasa was inexplicably slandered, and since then she was incompatible with her, she rolled her eyes all day long with her. However, Shi Huan has always shared the same hatred with her.

Xu Qiao thought to himself that there are indeed people in the world, and a toll station even made a scheming come out of the palace. Unfortunately, she was not in Xinglin Bay. The love, hate and hatred of the pediatric department here cannot arouse her emotional fluctuations at all.

What is worthy of her fluctuation happened on Friday night - when she got off work, she saw her Rolls-Royce Gest parked on the side of the road, and Uncle Li greeted her: "Miss, Mr. Xu is not at home on weekends, so my wife asked me to pick you up quietly and stay for two days."

The "madam" mentioned by Uncle Li refers to her father's current wife Yan Lizhen.

What is this called? The biological father is not as good as the stepmother.

Xu Qiao was so moved that she burst into tears. When she arrived at Xijiang Prefecture, she even had a fragile and literary thought of being close to homesickness.

The night is already dark, and villa groups in Xijiangfu are standing by the river. The family yard is covered with floor lamps. The milky white exquisite villas are quietly soaked in the golden halo, which heals people's hearts like the crescent moon in the sky.

As soon as Xu Qiao entered the courtyard, Yan Lizhen came out in an apron: "Oh, why has Qiao Qiao lost so much weight in my family? I feel sorry for my mother!"

"Mom, it's so hard for me-!"

Yan Lizhen patted her on the shoulder: "I have prepared bath soup for you. I'll take a bath to relieve my fatigue. I'll come down to have a midnight snack later. Mom is cooking herself. Fresh crabs shipped from Devon, making your favorite seafood curry."

Xu Qiao did not go to take a bath immediately. Feng Fenghuohuo first went to the second floor, which occupies one-quarter of the indoor area of ​​the villa and belonged to her alone - it is also the most valuable place in the entire Xu family except for the safe.

The voice-controlled light strip lit up as she pushed open the doors. She jumped from the east to the west like a bee, passing through a row of wardrobes, shoe racks, and cabinets. She was buzzing in her mouth with "nothing or not" and "still still there", and finally stopped in front of the jewelry table with gratitude.

The track lights above the head illuminated the entire jewelry table, and countless flashing silver lights jumped and floated in the air. Xu Qiao hugged the glass table and sucked the long-lost jewelry air until the comfort spread from her hair to her toes, and finally felt that she had come alive.

After taking a shower for an hour and rolling in the soft and big bed for more than ten minutes, Xu Qiao slowly went downstairs.

Because she actually doesn't want to eat midnight snacks. Her sleep disorder has caused her to have poor appetite recently, and she often feels bloated and nauseous after taking a few bites.

After Xu Qiao went downstairs, he barely went to the dining table at Yan Lizhen's kind invitation. Sure enough, he just scooped a spoonful of curry and put it in his mouth. He suddenly felt nauseous because the taste was too heavy, and he ran into the bathroom and retching.

She rubbed her stomach, sighed and washed her face, but found that Yan Lizhen's face had changed.

"Qiaoqiao," her stepmother looked at her with a look of surprise and suspicion, "You are..."

Xu Qiao looked back at her strangely.

"Damn it, are you on time recently?"

This thinking seems to be a bit far.

Xu Qiao sat back at the table and sighed again when she talked about this: Staying up late not only hurt her stomach, but also caused her to have severe endocrine disorders.

"It's been delayed for half a month." She replied.

Yan Lizhen had an indescribable ambiguous look on her face: "Mom, I heard that you are quite close to the second son of the Cheng family recently?"

This thinking extends a bit far.

Xu Qiao didn't touch the curry again and poured a glass of water to drink: "Who did you hear?"

"Don't worry about who said it," Yan Lizhen looked at her with a flashing look, "Mom asked you, will you have it?"

Xu Qiao choked and sipped up a big mouthful of water: "...what has it? Why did it have it?"

"No," Yan Lizhen arranged it on her own, "Mom, I have to make an appointment for you to check, so we must not go to the toll station anymore. How bad is this toil! By the way, does the second son of the Cheng family know about this?"

"..." She didn't know, what did Cheng Lang need to know?

Just as Xu Qiao was about to explain, Xu Lie went downstairs with slippers: "Mom, can you stop listening to the wind and rain? Are there few things that can be done out of nothing?"

Yan Lizhen returned to her true feelings: "What kind of goblin? This kind of word is something you scholars can say? Go back to the study!"

"It's all a swear word, why do you have to distinguish between high and low?"

Xu Qiao looked at the mother and son: "Excuse me, who is this?"

Yan Lizhen smiled dryly: "Qiao Qiao, don't worry about what you say outside, it's all people jealous that you can get the second son Cheng's eyes. This is my mother absolutely supports you. The second son of the Cheng family is much better than the third son who your father has helped you!"
To be continued...