Chapter 31

The next day was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky.

Xu Zhi checked the weather forecast and found that there had not been much snow in the past two days.

"I want to go out and play with my friends." She lay in front of the window and looked at it for a while, then turned back and said to him.

Fei Nanzhou lowered his head to read a fax and said calmly: "Do you have to report this kind of thing to me?"

Xu Zhi said: "Then I won't report it to you in the future!"

"That won't work." He said in a tone of voice Han teased lightly, "What should I do if I get into trouble outside? If someone comes to criticize me, should I pay her back or not?"

His tone was quite troubled, and he turned to look at her with a pair of smiling eyes.

The sunlight filtered in through the gap in the unclosed curtains, swaying brightly on his face.

Xu Zhi finally knows what it means to be unparalleled in elegance. The spring breeze is not as good as yours.

He must have caught her losing her composure. Her smile deepened, and Xu Zhi abruptly withdrew her gaze, pretending to look at a cactus in the corner.

With a "pop" sound, the desk lamp turned up one degree.

Xu Zhi turned around in surprise and heard him say seriously: "Make it brighter so you can see more easily."

Xu Zhi was teased by him so much that he couldn't even walk down the steps: "Asshole!"

"Zhizhi, you can't just scold. Despicable, shameless, and a bastard, what else can you call him?"

Xu Zhi couldn't play with him. Even if he sat on the Diaoyutai and teased her without hesitation, she asked herself that she couldn't match him.

"Going out." She went back to the room and picked up her bag.

"Where to go?"

"Going on a date!" She changed her shoes at the door.

"Have fun." He chuckled from behind.

The door slammed shut behind him, and Xu Zhi's face dropped in frustration.

In fact, she had no intention of dating Duan Hong that day. The two just met by chance in the supermarket. When he saw a bunch of things in her cart, he took it and pushed it for her.

The two casually chatted about work, and Duan Hong said why don't you try to play high-level games? Your translation skills are so good. If I had been as good as you when I was in school, I wouldn't have to inherit the family business because of my versatility.

"What you said sounds like Versailles." Xu Zhi complained helplessly.

He laughed.

"Besides, there is no formal establishment, and you are still an employee when you enter." Xu Zhi added.

"You can try it first, and then you..."

Xu Zhi could no longer hear his voice, and on the escalator opposite, a familiar figure slowly came down.

A gentle and intellectual lady next to him, wearing a French bun, a wooden hairpin inserted diagonally on her temples, and a bateau-collared sweater that exposed her shoulders and neck, with a very beautiful shoulder and neck line, was joking with him.

Fei Nanzhou was quite calm, with his usual gentle and polite expression, indicating that he was not familiar with this person.

However, many people like them go on blind dates with such "unfamiliar" people, and then get married and stay together for the rest of their lives.

Xu Zhi seemed to be able to see his future life trajectory at that moment.

And she is the stain and deviance in his life trajectory.

She suddenly felt a little sad and felt that she was an unforgivable sinner.

Especially every time I go to see Yao Yanlan and listen to her words of concern for him, I feel even more despicable and despicable, only coveting the sound of pleasure.

In fact, she was more afraid that one day the incident would come to light and Yao Yanlan would know about it.

She didn't dare to face her shocked or disappointed eyes.

But she was too greedy, she couldn't let him go, she wanted and wanted him at the same time.

"Isn't that the eldest lady of the merchant? I heard that she has returned to China, and her family is planning a blind date for her." Duan Hong's tone was quite gossipy, "She actually went on a blind date with Fei Nanzhou? Two boring gourds, what a coincidence It would be fun together."

Xu Zhi said silently in his heart, he is not a boring gourd.

He just watches people order their dishes, and uses a mask of indifference and politeness to persuade others away when he doesn't want to have a close relationship.

Not only did they lose their own identities, but they also put aside unnecessary arguments and saved each other's face.

Fei Nanzhou listened to the gentle whisper in his ear, his handsome face showing no expression.

Shang Xia is a gentle person, well-educated and gentle in speech. He is an ideal partner in the eyes of his parents. Unfortunately, he was not the person he had in mind.

There will be countless people like this after sending one away, but the crux still lies with himself.

He suddenly felt very tired and had a feeling that he was at his wits' end. When he raised his head, he met a pair of clear eyes.

There was also a boy standing next to Xu Zhi, who looked very familiar.

Fei Nanzhou recognized it for a while before remembering that he had seen this person before.

The moment she met his eyes, her expression was blank for a moment, as if she was a little disappointed, but after a while she looked away as if nothing had happened, as if she didn't see him and Shang Xia.

It was a gloomy afternoon, and Fei Nanzhou took a rare nap. He was unable to do anything. When he woke up, he still had a splitting headache.

He sat on the bedside for a while, took out his mobile phone and looked at it.

There was not a single word from Xu Zhi, not even a question like "Are you on a blind date?"

He typed in the chat box, entered a line and deleted it, then exited with a sarcastic smile on his lips.

Explain what?

Oh, I am on a blind date and you are also on a blind date. Do we really have a tacit understanding?

The unhealthy relationship that is tacitly understood and revealed is because they think each other is not embarrassed enough and it collapses not fast enough?

The rain outside the window was falling, wetting the transparent glass, and the coldness seemed to sneak into the room along with the night wind.

He clutched the phone, loosened it and then tightened it, over and over again, and finally smashed the phone against the wall with a gloomy expression when the first thunder struck.

Anger is the catharsis of his own incompetence. Fei Nanzhou has never realized so clearly that there are some things that he cannot control, and there are some situations that even he cannot save.

-On

the last day of the year, Fei Nanzhou returned to his hometown.

When he stepped into the courtyard gate, his footsteps stopped. The guard at the door has changed. Although he is in plain clothes, his figure and demeanor are different from those of ordinary bodyguards. When he saw him, he stood at attention and saluted.

Fei Nanzhou nodded coldly and walked straight in under the guidance of Hu Qishan.

But after taking two steps, he stopped again and looked up.

At the top of the stairs, the study door opened, and Fei Pucun, dressed in casual clothes, stood on the steps, looking at him from a distance.

"Why didn't you say hello when you came back?" Fei Pucun looked him over and said.

Fei Nanzhou didn't answer.

Fei Pucun walked down the stairs slowly, and soon the two of them met in the corridor. His eyes were sharp and bright, with the intimidating power of a long-standing official, and the keenness of insight into everything, which made people breathless.

Fei Nanzhou didn't seem to see it, and said calmly: "Director Fei is here, and I should welcome him from a distance. However, you should not come to this old house in the future. My old friend has passed away. It's hard for her to rest in peace if she sees you."

Hu Qishan's scalp was numb and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Fei Pucun's face.

Fei Pucun was quite calm. He only smiled slowly, stretched out a chair beside him and sat down at the dining table, and poured himself a cup of tea: "You always think that I killed your mother. But have you ever thought that she was like that?" With her background and outlook, even if I don't divorce her, it will be difficult for her to live in the future. It is difficult for a person to fit into a circle that does not belong to her. That would be torture for her. I will support her for the rest of her life and hope that she will live in peace for the rest of her life. However, is it wrong not to get involved in this power struggle?"

"Really?" Fei Nanzhou looked up at him with a smile on his face, "Isn't it because her background is no longer worthy of Qingyun Zhishang? Do you need to find stronger help? Her character cannot help you. She is an abandoned child. Is it wise to abandon her? "

"She is such a simple person, and she is not suitable for this circle. At that time, I was in danger, and if I was not careful, I would be in danger. Wasn't I protecting her by separating from her?" Fei Pucun looked at him, "Nan Zhou, believe it or not, your father is not a good person, but he is not a good person. It's not as mercenary and ruthless as you imagined. I'm sorry that your mother passed away unexpectedly, but this was not my intention. "

Why did you suddenly mention this matter after pretending to be deaf and dumb for so many years?" Take a sip of tea and say.

Nothing escapes his eyes.

Fei Nanzhou didn't intend to hide it from him, and said sarcastically: "Why do you need to ask me? There is nothing about me that you don't know."

He didn't ask because he was too lazy to care, thinking that he could handle it himself.

"You have persuaded your Uncle Chen and Uncle Zhou to leave Huarui even regardless of my face. Why? I originally sent these uncles to you to help you develop your ambitions, but now you regard them as surveillance "Are you really sure that you will be able to join CITIC's senior management after the reorganization and continue to control CITIC's voice? "You really let me down by giving up the foundation you have worked for for more than ten years for a woman." Cun said.

Fei Nanzhou smiled sarcastically and said: "Both each other."

Fei Pucun also smiled and nodded: "Then let's open the sky and talk openly. Your future wife, my future daughter-in-law, she can be from a poor family background. Although your appearance and appearance are average, you must not ruin the family style and bring shame to your ancestors."

Fei Nanzhou said nothing, his chest rose sharply: "Destroying the family style? Is it affecting your reputation?"

"If you think so, I can't help it. ." He shook his head, ran out of patience, and turned around to go upstairs.

Fei Nanzhou did not wait for him to go upstairs, but resolutely turned around and walked out before he went upstairs.

Hu Qishan's expression changed and he looked at Fei Nanzhou, then hesitantly raised his head to ask for instructions.

"Let him go!" Fei Pucun was slightly angry.

"But, it's raining outside..."

"That's better. Rinse the water out of your head, and he will know what he is doing!"

-Xu

Zhi and Duan Hong went skiing in Changping, and it was already the day before New Year's Eve when they came back. .

"Let's go." She waved to him happily.

He also waved his hand without looking back, signaling her not to give it away.

She was very happy when she was at the ski resort. She was not very good at skiing, and she kept stumbling and falling, but she also had a reckless impetus and felt like something was activated in her body.

At that moment, there was no need to think about anything. I raised my head and took a breath of cold air. The turbid air in my chest seemed to have been emptied.

But after quieting down, there was an indescribable emptiness.

Looking back, the excitement was still someone else's, and the laughter was getting further and further away from her, as unreal as watching a documentary.

Xu Zhi took out the key and prepared to open the door, but the door opened from the inside first.

Fei Nanzhou stood at the door.

Xu Zhi was stunned and clenched the key in his hand: "...Didn't you go home to celebrate the New Year?"

He was silent for a while, and then he said: "I came back."

He took the gift in her hand bags and bags, without asking her where she had been in the past two days.

Xu Zhi didn't mention it, and the two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.

After entering the house, the smile on her face disappeared, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

He also stood there, and after a while he said: "Let's take a shower first."

She said "um" softly and obediently, and pulled off her slippers to the bathroom.

Fei Nanzhou watched her delicate back gradually disappear around the corner, and felt that she seemed to be gradually disappearing in his own life, like melting snow, slowly melted by the sun.

He didn't want to recall her bright smile and the loneliness hidden under it.

-Xu

Zhi took the shower for a long time, so long that Fei Nanzhou even knocked on the door.

At first, he just stood outside the door and called her, but she didn't hear it. Then he knocked twice urgently, and she woke up like a dream. She turned off the shower and said, "It will be fine soon."

It became quiet again outside.

Xu Zhi wiped her hair in front of the mirror, and gradually she no longer recognized the person in the mirror.

She still had the same slim and fair body, graceful and graceful, but her face was too pale to be true.

She repeated the action of wiping her hair mechanically, feeling like she no longer looked like herself.

Compromising, worrying about gains and losses, seems to be trapped in a strange circle.

She was like a death row prisoner waiting to be sentenced, still coveting that touch of tenderness until the last moment.

The cold wind flowed into the bathroom along the blinds. She sneezed and suddenly realized that she had forgotten to close the window.

She put on her clothes and went over to close the window before walking out of the bathroom.

The corridor was dark and there were no lights on. She only remembered halfway through that the corridor had two steps. By the time she realized it, it was already too late.

She staggered and fell to the ground, feeling a sharp and piercing pain in her ankle, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Zhizhi!" Fei Nanzhou heard the noise and rushed over to check her ankle.

She hissed as soon as his hand touched her. He didn't dare to move any more. He gently carried her to the sofa and turned back to find the medical kit.

His tall back was hunched, and Xu Zhi had never seen him look like this before. It seemed that he was not looking for a medical kit, but something extremely important.

When he finally found the medicine box, he couldn't help but smile on his face. It was different from any of his usual arrogant, calm, or sinister appearance. It was just a very simple joy. From between his eyebrows, reveal.

But it was like an ice pick piercing into her heart, and she was speechless and unable to say anything.

He is the proud man of heaven and should not be like this.

After applying the medicine, the two looked at each other in the dimness and didn't speak for a while.

Later, he smiled first and asked her how she wanted to spend this year.

She really thought about it for a while: "Go to the supermarket and make some dumplings."

"Okay." His expression made her feel that he would comply with any rude request she made at that time.

Why bother? He doesn't need to compromise like this.

There was astringency in her chest, and she tasted salty liquid in her mouth. It turned out to be tears.

His smile faded, he stared at her silently for a while, then opened his arms to hold her in his arms.

This embrace made her feel suffocated, and it bore an unbearable weight in her heart.