The official career of rebirth

"Aunt Qiao, I'm back~"

Over there, Liu Duande was in charge of leading the people from the Investment Promotion Office of Binhai City to get to know each other with the Investment Promotion Office of Zhongzhou City to prepare for the follow-up work.Here, Xiao Tianruo, who was going well, came to Qiao Anrong's office happily.

He was very happy before entering the door, but as soon as he opened the door, Xiao Tianruo immediately became quiet.

The lights in the office were not turned on, and the morning glow poured into the room through the white curtains and became the only light source.Several blurred lights and shadows slanted on the ground, making the room appear somewhat inexplicably gloomy.Qiao Anrong, whom she hadn't seen for many days, was leaning on her desk at this moment, holding a long cigarette in her hand.He rested his elbows on the table, and exhaled a smoke ring from his mouth.Where the smoke drifted past, the originally blurred projection became clear in an instant, and then gradually blurred, as if running water overflowed dilapidated cement.

"En." Hearing Xiao Tianruo's voice, Qiao Anrong immediately stood up and threw the cigarette into the ashtray casually, beckoning to Xiao Tianruo. "Little guy, come here and give Aunt Qiao a pinch~"

"Aunt Qiao, how many cigarettes have you smoked now, why does the whole room smell of smoke?" Turning on the fluorescent light in the office at the door, she patted Qiao Anrong's hand away and went to draw the curtains.Before the window was opened, most of the smell of smoke inside was washed away by the sunlight.

"No one talked at first, so it's boring." Qiao Anrong picked up the almost empty cigarette case on the desk and was about to stuff it in the drawer, and Qiao Anrong replied awkwardly like a child who has done something wrong.Before Qiao Anrong could hide the cigarette, Xiao Tianruo snatched it from her hand.

"You are too addicted to smoking now, it's time to control it." Glancing at the crystal ashtray, eleven or twelve burnt cigarette butts were snuffed out in various gestures.Knowing that Qiao Anrong has the habit of cleaning out the ashtray every morning, Xiao Tianruo frowned and shook his head.

"Little guy! I haven't seen you for a few days and I'm still taking care of you, Aunt Qiao~" Seeing that Xiao Tianruo casually locked his cigarette in the drawer of the bookcase and put the key in his pocket, Qiao Anrong was not angry.Facing Xiao Tianruo who was coming, he said with a smile. "It's all right now, come and give me a pinch~"

"Aunt Qiao, I don't care what you have experienced in the past. But is it necessary for you to torture yourself like this!" Xiao Tianruo asked Qiao Anrong, staring straight into her eyes, not caring about Qiao Anrong's hands pinching her face.

When Xiao Tianruo suddenly mentioned this, Qiao Anrong was stunned for a moment, and retracted her hand. "There are some things I don't want to mention, I will be angry if you talk nonsense again!"

Seeing Qiao Anrong like this, Xiao Tianruo sighed heavily, the good mood of returning from victory was gone.Shaking his head, Xiao Tianruo got up and walked towards the bookcase where the cigarettes had just been placed, looking for the key in his pocket casually.

"What are you going to do?" Xiao Tianruo didn't understand why he locked up his cigarette and wanted to go there to get it, Qiao Anrong stopped him and asked.

Turning his head, looking helplessly at Qiao Anrong who had been haggard a lot after not seeing him for a few days, Xiao Tianruo sighed again. "If you really have to use tobacco to numb yourself, then go on like this. I'll get you cigarettes." Really unwilling to see Qiao Anrong like this, Xiao Tianruo took out the key and prepared to open the drawer.Before Xiao Tianruo put the key in the keyhole, Qiao Anrong stopped him again.

"Don't bother!"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Tianruo asked puzzledly looking back at Qiao Anrong.

"I have another one here." Qiao Anrong took out a recently unpacked female cigarette from the cabinet next to the desk, and said flatly.Saying that, he casually threw the cigarette at the corner of the desk, and didn't care if Xiao Tianruo confiscated it.

Seeing the cigarette that had only smoked two packs, Xiao Tianruo didn't need to bother anymore, he turned back and sat at the desk.

"Why don't you take it and lock it up together?" Qiao Anrong asked as if Xiao Tian wanted to put away this opened cigarette, seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time and only looked at himself.

"It's still the same if you buy it after I lock it." Looking at Qiao Anrong who looked indifferent, Xiao Tianruo felt a little helpless.

"You locked this cigarette too, so I won't buy it." Glancing at Xiao Tianruo, Qiao Anrong didn't know if it was a joke. "If I want to smoke again, I'll let you buy it for me, okay?" Before Xiao Tianruo could speak, Qiao Anrong added.

"Then you should keep these cigarettes for yourself and smoke slowly, let me buy them, I can't stand it anymore." Qiao Anrong used to smoke behind her back, Xiao Tianruo couldn't see how much she smoked.But when Xiao Tianruo saw her sad face smoking alone in a dark corner, Xiao Tianruo's heart ached.Such a natural beauty, why bother to toss herself so much!

"One pack every two days." Qiao Anrong said without following Xiao Tianruo's suggestion.Qiao Anrong used to smoke two packs for three days.

"Don't do it!" Xiao Tianruo felt uncomfortable seeing Qiao Anrong smoking cigarettes, asking him to help buy cigarettes, wouldn't it torture Xiao Tianruo?

"One pack for three days!" Gritting her teeth, Qiao Anrong cut the ration by half.Xiao Tianruo was a little moved.

"One pack a week!" Looking at Qiao Anrong who had already made up his mind, Xiao Tianruo still hoped to fight for it again.

"Two packs!" It couldn't be lower!

From two packs in three days to two packs in a week, it is already a very difficult progress.After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Tianruo nodded.

Seeing Xiao Tianruo nodded, Qiao Anrong hurriedly reached out to steal the cigarettes from the unpacked package, but Xiao Tianruo, who was quick-sighted, put the cigarettes into his arms first. "You have already smoked all the rations for this week in the past two days, these cigarettes will be confiscated!" Xiao Tianruo reprimanded Qiao Anrong with a straight face as he didn't want Qiao Anrong to smoke more.

"You" didn't expect Xiao Tianruo to take care of himself just after the plan was made, Qiao Anrong couldn't adapt.

"If you want to smoke, you can take this cigarette and smoke it slowly. But you have to wait until I leave, let me watch you smoke, I am upset." Throwing the whole cigarette in front of Qiao Anrong, Xiao Tianruo knew If she really doesn't want to abide by the rules just set, I can't control her.

"Take it away, I'm annoyed to see that the cigarette won't let me smoke!" With a curl of her lips, Qiao Anrong pushed the cigarette back in front of Xiao Tianruo.

"Aunt Qiao, I'm doing this for your own good." After snatching the cigarettes back, Xiao Tianruo said earnestly as he stood up and prepared to go over to put the cigarettes away.

Her mouth moved, but Qiao Anrong didn't reply.He waved his hand, asking Xiao Tianruo to lock the cigarette as soon as possible.Turning around to open the drawer, looking at the cigarette in his hand, Xiao Tianruo smiled slightly.If she could really quit smoking, Qiao Anrong would be prettier than her own mother.

"I hate you!" Xiao Tianruo had already locked all the cigarettes.Looking at Xiao Tianruo who was sitting next to her, Qiao Anrong gritted her teeth and cursed.

"Hate, just hate~" Xiao Tianruo doesn't care if he can help this poor woman who always lives in the shadows.

[dedication]