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◎The remaining warmth. ◎

Chen Zui returned to the room and quickly ducked into the bathroom.

She held the sink with both hands, waiting for her heartbeat to return to its normal rate.

When the truth came to light in an unexpected way, she didn't feel heartily happy.

Just get some sleep, just get some sleep. Tomorrow morning, everything will be over.

She told herself so.

For a long time, she raised her head and stared at herself in the mirror. Her cheeks and eyes were still slightly red, and there seemed to be residual warmth on her wrist.

The inspection continued in the morning the next day and returned in the afternoon.

On the high-speed train back, Chen Zui remained silent the whole way, and Liang Yuwei also rarely closed his eyes to rest. Fred and Shen Miao realized that their emotions were not right, but they didn't know what happened.

Shen Miao was a talkative person who was measured and winking, so she didn't ask anything.

But she is trying hard to make Chen most happy.

She opened her bag and counted her "trophies" from this business trip on her seat.

On this business trip, I visited all high-end luxury stores. Shen Miao comes from a good family and is a bit of a shopaholic. She inspected and shopped all the way and collected two limited-edition bags and many accessories.

She took out a diamond necklace, compared it to Chen Zui's chest, and strongly recommended it: "Do you want to try it?"

Chen Zui couldn't resist her enthusiasm, so he put it on and tried it on.

Her collarbones are obvious, and she wears a sparkling diamond chain, which makes her neck become more slender and fairer.

Shen Miao sounded envious: "Sure enough, as long as a person is good-looking, he will look good in anything he wears."

Chen Zui smiled. She has always been simple and rarely wears such bright jewelry.

She took off her diamond necklace and replaced it with her original necklace.

Shen Miao glanced at it and said, "Your necklace is also beautiful."

Two delicate ginkgo leaves hung from the thin silver chain.

Chen Zui nodded: "I've worn it for many years."

Shen Miao tried on the new earrings and asked, "Let me guess, it was a gift from someone else?"

"Well, it was a gift from a very important person."

That necklace, according to the photo Showing her seventeen years old.

So she kept wearing it and never took it off.

"First boyfriend?" Shen Miao asked with a smirk.

Liang Yuwei opened his eyes, stood up and left quickly.

He had seen that scene with his own eyes and didn't want to hear the story of Jiang Siyao giving her gifts again.

Chen Zui glanced at Liang Yuwei's leaving figure and denied, "It was given by my best friend."

Shen Miao also nodded: "That's true, long live friendship, no matter how beautiful it is, nothing can compare to it.

" At the high-speed rail station, EM Block sent a commercial vehicle to take them home.

According to the best route, send Fred first, then Shen Miao.

Before Shen Miao got out of the car, she expressed her dissatisfaction with Chen Zui and asked her to hang out with her when she had time on weekends.

Liang Yuwei sneered.

Chen Zhi doesn't really have many social activities, but she likes Shen Miao, a generous and interesting girl, so she agreed.

After the chattering Shen Miao left, only Chen Zui and Liang Yuwei were left in the car.

As long as Chen Zui looks at Liang Yuwei, he will think of his eyes that were as calm as if they had been soaked in water the night before.

So she chose to look out the car window. After a long time, my neck became a little sore.

Liang Yuwei occasionally glanced at her profile and couldn't guess what this girl was thinking.

When they were approaching Chen Zui's house, there was a traffic jam, and Liang Yuwei took the initiative to ask about Sheng Hui's current situation.

Chen Zui simply said a few words: "She has been admitted to a public institution and works from nine to six, which is quite stable."

Liang Yuwei was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes."

The topic stopped there.

She just thought Liang Yuwei was just looking for words and didn't care much.

Before getting off the car, Liang Yuwei announced the time for the follow-up online meeting.

Chen Zui paused, thinking that a new assistant might be taking over the work, but ultimately said nothing.

-

As soon as Chen Zui walked to the gate of the community, he saw Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao.

Sheng Hui cried as soon as she saw Chen Zui.

She ran over and hugged Chen Zui and said, "Chen Zui, I'm sorry."

Chen Zui asked why they were here and wiped away her tears with his fingers: "What's wrong? Why are you saying sorry?"

"I didn't know Jing Yu was actually here. He is that kind of person... You have endured so much, and I still want to ask you why you are not willing to donate to him..." Sheng Hui sniffed, "I'm sorry."

"I don't blame you."

Sheng Hui pulled her. He held up his hands and his eyes were red: "Why have you never said that?"

Chen Zui didn't want to talk more, so he smiled lightly: "It's all over."

At night, the three of them crowded into Chen Zui's small rental house. Inside, each person has a can of beer.

Chen Zui twisted the pendant on his necklace and asked Sheng Hui, "Do you still remember this?"

"How could you not remember?" Sheng Hui took a sip of beer and said, "This is my seventeenth birthday gift for you."

Chen Zui seventeen On her birthday, Sheng Hui went to all the boutiques before buying a necklace that suited Chen Zui.

On her birthday, Sheng Hui took a leave of absence due to family matters. In order to ensure that the necklace could be delivered to Chen Zui on time, she asked Jiang Siyao to deliver it on her behalf.

It was also on that day that Chen Zui decided to be friends with them for life.

She took a sip of her beer.

In high school, there were many versions of rumors about her, but there was only one core: she was not clean.

She was not clean, so she was able to enter the No. 1 Middle School as a recommended student.

She is not clean, so she seduces the teacher in exchange for privileges.

Although people who have sat at the same table or come into contact with Chen Zui have found that she is not as annoying as the rumors say. On the contrary, she is an easy-to-get-together and quiet person.

But the power of the group is terrible, and she will still be targeted intentionally or unintentionally.

When Chen Zui appears, everyone will suddenly change from a lively chatter to silence, and they will also make jokes to each other such as "Don't get too close to her" and "You are not clean if you talk to her."

There are not many people who are willing to take the initiative to talk to Chen Zui, and Sheng Hui is one of them.

Not all boys participated in the specific actions to isolate Chen Zui. In addition, Jiang Siyao and Chen Zui sat close to each other, so he was considered one of the more friendly classmates.

The three of them were temporarily formed into a group in the experimental class, and later became a fixed group.

Over time, some people began to say that Jiang Siyao and Chen Zui were in love.

Everyone took it for granted that there was nothing wrong with Sheng Hui.

Rumors about Chen Zui and Jiang Siyao's love were abuzz, and they were even called in by the teacher for questioning.

In this way, the rumors are further confirmed.

"Why is she harming the boys in the class even though she is close to the teacher?"

"Jiang Siyao doesn't mind being dirty either."

"She learned all those skills from the teacher and used them on Jiang Siyao."

"What kind of technology?"

"Of course it's the technology in bed, hahahahaha."

...

Chen has heard most of the discussions about her in the class. When she can't hear them, their words will only become more dirty. dirty.

At that time, Sheng Hui liked Jiang Siyao, which was something only Chen knew best.

Chen Zui was worried about this, but Sheng Hui didn't care.

"Let them say whatever they want. It's not like you don't understand those people."

Over the years, Chen Zui has been hurt a lot, and the friendship with Sheng Hui and Jiang Siyao is one of the few things she cherishes. They walked with her through the difficult days.

She was indifferent and didn't care about many things, but the few sincerities she had were all given to Sheng Hui.

The distant thoughts were brought back by Sheng Hui's sigh.

"I didn't expect that ten years have passed."

Chen Zui added: "Yes, time flies so fast."

-After

the weekend, Chen Zui returned to the library to work.

It happened to be her birthday. She woke up early and put on full makeup. She wanted to look energetic so that she could say goodbye to Qiao Sen and the art museum properly.

When she arrived at the museum, she met Li Songyi head-on.

Li Songyi seemed to have something to say to her, but didn't say anything.

Walking to her desk, she saw the envelope with her name on it.

She thought she was ready, but when she opened the envelope, her hands were still shaking.

There was no handwritten letter from Qiao Sen in the envelope, only a cash coupon from the mall that could be spent directly. The amount was so high that she thought it was her resignation compensation.

She looked up at Qiao Sen's office.

Qiaosen sat up straight and worked in front of the computer. He always arrives early.

Chen Zui knocked on the door and went in.

Qiao Sen didn't raise his eyes and said, "You're back?"

Chen Zui said "Yes" from his throat, and then stood motionless in front of Qiao Sen.

She put the envelope on her desk and asked, "Boss, what is this?" After

Qiao Sen finished typing on the keyboard, he had time to give her a look.

He glanced at the envelope and said, "Oh, this is your birthday gift, happy birthday."

Chen Zui was a little unbelievable. Before she could say anything, Qiao Sen spoke again: "Is there anything else? I have to go out. ." Chen

Zui was a little confused. She couldn't help but ask, "Will there be a new assistant?"

Qiao Sen frowned and said, "I didn't know you didn't want to do it."

He said frankly: "I heard some rumors that Mr. Fan..."

"I remember you asked this question last time, and I also remember the answer I gave you." Qiao Sen packed the information in his hand into his briefcase. "I don't know what you are worried about."

"Oh..." Chen seemed to understand, "But the denomination of the birthday gift seems a bit large."

"This is the result after I discussed with the personnel, the birthday gift should be based on the time of employment. It will be divided according to the degree of contribution, and employees with outstanding contributions will be doubled on this basis. This standard will be implemented in the future."

When Chen Zui walked out of Qiao Sen's office, his head was a little confused.

Li Songyi ran over and said to her: "I'm so suffocated that I can finally tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"You don't need to look at the job search website anymore."

Li Songyi told her that Mr. Fan had indeed replaced his assistant. The idea is that Qiao Sen persuaded Mr. Fan to try his best to keep her.

Chen was a little touched. When Qiao Sen hurriedly passed by the door of her office, she quickly followed him and said "thank you".

Qiao Sen did not slow down and only said: "I'm afraid of trouble and don't want to adapt to the new assistant again."

She seemed to see a smile on Qiao Sen's face.

Although the smile is fleeting.

Chen Zui returned to his desk, turned on his phone, and clicked on the chat interface with Liang Yuwei.

I don’t know what the evil is, but I want to be the first to share it with Liang Yuwei.

After that, she thought that Liang Yuwei didn't know the reason, and calmly exited the chat interface.

She was blowing in the wind in front of the lawn in the parking lot, and tears filled her eyes unknowingly.

She thought of Liang Yuwei's hot palms, her years with Sheng Hui, and Qiao Sen's cold-sounding words.

There were so many surprises on her birthday. It was almost the happiest day in her life of more than 20 years ago.

The world was so cold that it made her sad, but there was still residual warmth.

At noon, just after Chen Zui had eaten, he received a call from Sheng Hui. Sheng Hui cried so hard that she was out of breath: "What should we do, Chen Zui? Jiang Siyao was... beaten..."

Chen Zui frowned: "Speak slowly, what happened?"

"Jiang Si Yao" Yao was beaten by Liang Yuwei! "