Chapter 16 Invite him out for dinner. One person's success brings prosperity to the whole family...

Li Su couldn't remember how she left the office.

She was in a daze and had no idea

what was going on. Her mind was completely focused on the phone that Zheng Ting gave her. After sitting back in her seat, she began to stare at the phone, as if she was looking at a time bomb with a countdown.

Was it him? Or were they just people with the same name?

Li Su guessed for a long time, until her arms were numb, and she stretched out her slightly trembling fingertips to click on the familiar name, the plain white avatar.

She clicked into Xu Shen's circle of friends, and the cover was a basketball that had just fallen into a blue frame.

This coincidence made Li Su feel guilty, as if she had accidentally bitten her tongue or was scalded by boiling water. She hurriedly turned off the screen.

Her heart was pounding, and she thought of the basketball seven years ago, which brought them a brand new beginning.

During the break, at 11:08, she stared at her watch, calculated the timing, stood up and quickly picked up the basketball and threw it back.

No one knows that Li Su, who seems to be brave and fearless, is actually very weak. She told herself not to be afraid, Cheng Yan was sitting behind her, and at least, Cheng Yan would protect her.

Until Xu Qie raised his sleeves and ran towards her with his fists, God knows, she was so scared that her legs were weak, her throat was dry, and she wanted to shout "Help", and reminded herself again and again that she must not admit defeat.

She didn't expect that Cheng Yan didn't stand up, maybe he didn't react, or maybe he was used to civilization and was completely bluffed.

She didn't expect that Xu Shen would protect her again and again, not only stopping Xu Qie, but also kicking him down.

The mood at that moment was really wonderful. Li Su had seen it with her own eyes. When she was in the art school, many times after class... the teenagers who were besieged like criminals never succeeded in breaking out of the siege. Obviously

Xu Shen had been weak for so long, bullied for so long, and had his claws plucked out... It is said that if you are cowardly for a long time, you will lose your courage, but how did he do it?

That day, she helped him, and he protected her. They both ended safely.

Li Su had a delicate heart since she was a child. She didn't dare to take credit for helping Xu Shen. She was even more worried that the fragmented Xu Shen was naturally sensitive and would develop a new disease because of her meddling.

Not wanting her intervention to bring new harm, Li Su tried not to pay attention to him and downplay everything.

Until she vaguely heard Xu Shen laugh. She couldn't help but look up at him. In the hurried crowd, the boy stood quietly.

Xu Shen was very tall, as straight as a green bamboo. The heat wave lifted the broken hair on his forehead, revealing gentle eyes, like a bright moon in the sky, shining softly on people. The corners of his mouth were implicitly raised, and his smile was green and bright, like a feather falling on his forehead, itchy.

That was the first time Li Su saw him laugh. ——She had never seen him laugh before. He always kept his head down and was silent, when he was bullied or laughed at.

No one knew how long Li Su had pondered and savored this day and moment as a witness.

It was like witnessing an ant lifting food three or four times heavier than itself, trekking through mountains and rivers to carry it home, or witnessing a drop of water persisting for thousands of years and finally falling through a rock.

Li Su was very happy. Bravery can also have a butterfly effect, vibrating and contagious, becoming an opportunity for Xu Shen to be reborn.

She liked Xu Shen at that moment. Xu Shen who fought to protect others, Xu Shen who would shine.

No one knew that later, when Li Su also unexpectedly became the protagonist besieged by rumors, in those suffocating times when she almost couldn't hold on, as long as Li Su thought of that day, when Xu Shen stood up to protect her and smiled again in the sun, Li Su could calm her fear of oppression and raise her head a little higher.

"Buzz--" The vibration of the message interrupted Li Su's meditation.

Li Su shuddered, sat up straight, patted his cheeks, and threw the memories behind him fiercely, hiding them in the deepest part of his heart.

Looking at the computer screen, Li Su was a little surprised that it was a message from Zhang Youqing, whom she had just met yesterday.

She clicked on the chat and saw that Zhang Youqing had sent her a website address. She continued to click on it and was caught off guard by the sight of Xu Shen, who was wearing a white suit and had cold eyes, looking straight at the camera.

His indifferent expression was naturally distant and defensive, and his sharp and delicate facial features revealed a meticulous and noble demeanor. How dazzling a young man with great potential is.

Li Su's breath was choked, and she didn't even have the courage to scroll down and get to know him over the years. She stretched out her hand and immediately closed the webpage like a snake.

Before she could recover, she saw a new message from Zhang Youqing: How is your relationship with him?

This question was very interesting. It wasn't "Do you know him?" It was that Zhang Youqing was very sure that Li Su knew Xu Shen. ——It was very likely that Zhang Youqing had already investigated Li Su.

But... why did she suddenly investigate me? Li Su subconsciously became alert, with a high wall in her heart, and was completely on guard.

Her fingertips tapped on the keyboard countless times, and then lifted it up without typing a word. She hesitated again and again.

She had to be perfect or she would reveal her flaws.

Zhang Youqing was not someone who could be easily fooled. To be more precise, Zhang Youqing was very sensitive and could see the big picture from the small details.

After a few minutes, Li Su had a clear plan in her mind. She typed it in without hesitation and sent it.

"I'm here, I was busy just now. Sorry! Let me see!"

"This, this, this... Is this the Xu Shen I know? He seems to be my high school classmate? I haven't been in touch for five years, so I'm not sure. I didn't expect him to be so successful!"

The almost exaggerated envious tone, as if he was just a bystander who happened to see the excitement, covered up Li Su's true heart layer by layer.

Li Su stared at the screen tightly, and his hands on the keyboard trembled uncontrollably. He didn't dare to think about what he was worried about.

The prompt on the name column lit up and disappeared countless times. Obviously, Li Su's reply also made Zhang Youqing entangled.

"The other party is typing..."

"The other party is typing..."

Li Su bit her lip, moved left and right in her seat, and felt uneasy. She once again looked at the work phone that Zheng Ting had just handed her. She picked it up and didn't put it down.

"Buzz--" Zhang Youqing sent another message:

Do you have WeChat? Based on our friendship back then, can you help me arrange a dinner with him?

Damn!

The tense heartstrings were instantly broken. Li Su couldn't help but punch the table, and a strange noise and vibration attracted the attention of colleagues sitting next to her.

Everyone looked over, caring with their eyes, but no one took off their headphones.

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Su waved her hand embarrassedly, leaned down, buried her head, and hid under the computer screen.

Something happened. Something happened.

The phone has been turned on again. Li Su looked at her trembling fingertips, and her heart was covered with her face and spitting, and then calm as still water.

It should be painful, but it didn't seem to be like that. It

was more like she finally found a sufficient reason to muster up the strength to click on Xu Shen's WeChat and confirm that it was the strange and familiar person she knew.

It was really Xu Shen.

Seeing the suffix of Zheng Ting's note: director, investor.

Li Su was very sure: he succeeded.

The flower in her heart blossomed for a moment, and the corners of Li Su's mouth slightly raised. She was happy for him, but she didn't dare to think about the hardships she would have to endure along the way.

Maybe it was because of the basketball on the cover, or maybe it was because of Xu Shen's white head portrait, and countless shadows of the past, which made Li Su unexpectedly lively.

She really wouldn't go back. But she didn't want to cause any fluctuations to Xu Shen.

Using offense instead of defense, Li Su took a picture of Xu Shen's WeChat business card with her mobile phone and sent it to Zhang Youqing.

Type the reply again: It seems that he is also in our circle. I just tried to ask a colleague, and there really is one! This is what I took from someone else's mobile phone. It should be him. See if you need it.

She was enthusiastic and asked Zhang Youqing for WeChat after a lot of twists and turns. She was afraid of being presumptuous and was so cautious that she didn't even add Xu Shen's WeChat. Li Su's handling was almost impeccable.

Use this trick - send the WeChat business card you took. It indirectly emphasizes: be cautious! It's not that people will agree to add friends just because you want to. Only when the other party is willing to interact with you, your enthusiasm and initiative will have a chance to be responded to.

Li Su believes that with Zhang Youqing's emotional intelligence, she will understand this truth. She is not good at refusing, and she doesn't want to become a channel. That's why she chose to handle it this way.

With consistent handling and performance, no one would suspect Li Su, and they would probably remember Li Su's favor.

Li Su stared at the screen confidently, waiting for Zhang Youqing's reply.

But this time, she unexpectedly waited for a long time, as if the other end had completely stopped making any noise. The long silence made her a little uneasy.

Zhang Youqing wouldn't really add Xu Shen, right? Li Su clenched her fists, and felt as if the blood in her body was blocked in one place, and she felt cold all over.

She almost couldn't hold it back, and wanted to know what Zhang Youqing was doing. After enduring it again and again, she still pressed it: Have you added it? Is it the person you are looking for?

This time, Zhang Youqing replied almost immediately, as if she had also been waiting on the other side of the screen for a long time, waiting for something to happen, and Li Su had already been exposed.

Zhang Youqing: I added it a long time ago. Isn't there Lu Jiayi? I asked her to help me with the matchmaking last night, and she was so eager to distance herself from him... You didn't fool me like she did, did you?

Fool?! Li Su was like a liar who was exposed, her face trembled, and she was shocked.

Covering her chest, she read this reply over and over again, but Li Su still didn't react.

Lu Jiayi has connections and capital, and he likes Xu Shen, so it's normal for him to help Xu Shen. But what does it mean to distance himself from him? Is she helping or not? Why is it so awkward?

Li Su couldn't guess, and tentatively replied with an ambiguous answer: What?

Zhang Youqing replied almost immediately: Xu Shen is the young master.

The short answer revealed the mystery. So many things last night changed their meaning.

Lu Jiayi's reaction, Lu Jiayi's silence, Lu Jiayi's refusal.

Some things seem to have no answers, and some things seem to have answers. It turns out that the unattainable young master that everyone talked about last night was Xu Shen.

She remembered that intersection, the red light, the green light, the merganser swimming past them, the sun shining on them, beaming with joy.

At that time, she didn't know how to comfort Xu Shen. She tried to use some inspiring expectations to cover the time when he was excluded and beaten.

She told him: "Xu Shen, one day, everyone will be proud to know you."

In some quiet moments in the middle of the night, she also imagined the arrival of this day, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. Surprisingly, surprisingly, a young tree was pulled up and grew faster, but it didn't die.

Five years later, Xu Shen turned her encouragement into truth.

Let everyone be proud to know Xu Shen. Let Zhang Youqing, who is thousands of times more powerful than Li Su, take the initiative to contact Li Su, ask her, and intersect with her because of their former classmates.

Li Su pulled the corners of her mouth, as if the scab was accidentally torn open again, and her smile was particularly bitter.

When one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit, Xu Shen.

Li Su couldn't describe the feeling in her heart. She closed the conversation and didn't reply.

Just last night, Li Su, who had briefly speculated with Zhang Youqing, also thought about interacting with Zhang Youqing and making friends, but at this moment, she gave up.

She can borrow the light of anyone, but not Xu Shen.