give me years of peace

Chapter 77
Her stomach was still aching, so Xin Zimo squatted beside her, put on her clothes and handed her tissues as usual.At night when the lights were dim and cars were driving around, Xin Zimo hugged Du Anran and held her tightly in his arms.

He could clearly feel her trembling body, and he held her cold hand, warming her with his own temperature.

She no longer had the strength to refuse him, she was exhausted.In this icy city, being in it is like being on an isolated island, lonely and helpless, only his temperature is slowly melting away his body and mind.Whether this counts as hugging a snake to keep warm, she has no power to care about these anymore, all she knows is that it's so cold...

"An Ran, I'll take you to the hospital." Xin Zimo picked her up and got into the car.

Du Anran didn't refuse either, she closed her eyes slightly and covered her stomach.In the car, Xin Zi turned on the air conditioner silently, and there was still a faint smell of lavender. After a long time, she felt much better.

Xin Zimo's car drove smoothly and did not dare to speed up. It stopped at the nearest hospital.It was very late, only the doctor on duty was there, and Xin Zimo was so busy that he finally settled Du Anran down.

Because it was just a small stomach problem, Du Anran insisted on going home, Xin Zimo disagreed, and sat by the bed to accompany her all the time, giving her the most meticulous care.

But the two of them still had nothing to say, Du Anran was on the drip, and Xin Zimo watched the drip dripping down.Everything is very quiet, so quiet that you can hear each other's breathing, time seems to stand still.

Du Anran closed his eyes and lay on the bed, but scene after scene appeared in his mind.These are almost all related to Xin Zimo, and they can't get rid of them.She tried hard to think about some happy things, such as when she was with Jin Shaonan, when she was with Liu Wanwan, and when she was with her mother, but the more she thought about happy things, the more painful she was.

She didn't know when she and Xin Zimo came to such a situation. Although he was taciturn before, he would not be like this now.Why is she not? Where is that Du Anran who loves to talk and laugh in the past...

At the end of the day, Du Anran was very tired, closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then fell into a deep sleep.Xin Zimo guarded her, the two of them were close at hand, but for the first time he had the feeling of being far away.

It's right in front of him, but he thought, she... still doesn't belong to him.

His hands stroked her thin cheeks over and over again... When he lowered his head, he could clearly smell the rosemary in her hair, and his heart suddenly ached. Why can't they go back to the past? Woolen cloth……

In those two years, from meeting to "falling in love", every detail was full of use and hatred. He regretted that he had let down two good years, and how many more years would be waiting for him...

"Anran..." He whispered her name in a low voice, holding her right hand tightly with his left hand, he was afraid that if he let go, there would be no end of life after the vicissitudes of life.

The dark night is silent, the autumn leaves fall silently, the fireworks do not bloom, and the loneliness does not disperse.

When Du Anran woke up early the next morning, it was already past ten in the morning, and Xin Zimo was no longer by her side.She realizes that today is Thursday and she has to go to work.

Xin Zimo said that if you arrive late and leave early, your salary will be deducted as usual.

In a hurry, she hurried to find her mobile phone, but when she turned on her mobile phone, she saw a text message from him: I will always wait for you.

The time it was sent was after four o'clock at night, and he was still awake at that time... Du Anran clutched his phone, his mind went blank.

Suddenly, she sat on the hospital bed and cried silently...

It was already afternoon when I arrived at Xin's. Xin Zimo was sitting in the office reading documents, and she knocked on the door symbolically.

Xin Zimo was very serious when working, his brows were furrowed, as if he had encountered a problem.Hearing Du Anran's knock on the door, he flipped through the documents without looking up: "Come in."

Du Anran's name is Xin Zimo's secretary, but he only helps Xin Zimo deal with some trivial daily matters, and many things are left to other secretaries.She works very leisurely, and she also knows that she is not much different from her lover now.

Xin Zimo's office is very big, and Du Anran was assigned there. He didn't allow her to go out, so she could only face Xin Zimo every day.The entire Xin family only knew that Xin Zimo had recruited a new secretary, but no one knew that it was Du Anran.

After hiding it like this for a month, Du Anran also knew that the paper could not contain the fire after all.It's just that she doesn't know how the world will look at her.She has been treated with cold eyes and ridicule, and even her uncle's huge gambling debt was paid by him, so what is she...

"Why are you in a daze, you're not going to work yet." Xin Zimo said calmly seeing the person standing in front of him for a long time.

"Oh..." Du Anran sat down at the desk behind Xin Zimo, and just as he sat down, he said, "Boss Xin, I'm late for the morning shift..."

"I know." Xin Zimo lowered his head to look at the documents, "I work overtime until nine o'clock at night, if you want to keep me and let the past go, if you don't, you can deduct wages."

Xin Zimo was very serious and serious at work, and never flirted with her in the office. She nodded, "Then I'll go back at nine o'clock..."

"Hmm." Xin Zimo tapped on the keyboard with a solemn expression.The accounts of several major projects in this period were not matched at all, and the finances were actually hidden from him.Had it not been for his sudden spot check of the accounts, would they have just sat around and waited for the spoils to be shared?

Seeing that Xin Zimo no longer wanted to be disturbed, Du Anran also turned on the computer to do what she should do.

The office was quiet for a while, only the sound of Xin Zimo and Du Anran typing on the keyboard could be heard.The more Xin Zimo checked, the more something went wrong, and there were huge loopholes in the accounts of the entire first quarter.

He pondered for a long time in front of the computer, then turned around and gave Du Anran behind him the large book and financial accounts in his hand.

"Help me reconcile the account." Xin Zimo turned to look at the computer again.

Du Anran was slightly taken aback when he took the account. The account...is one of the most confidential things in a company. How dare he throw this to her? Isn't he afraid that she will take the opportunity to find Xin's financial loopholes and take revenge on him?

Or he felt that even if she read this part of the accounts, she would not have the ability to find Xin's fatal point.

She stared at his back for a long time, but she never guessed him anyway.

That afternoon, she had been helping him reconcile the accounts. She used to do this kind of thing often, so now she took over smoothly and found abnormalities easily.

Sure enough, several items in Xin's accounts for this quarter were obviously loss-making, but in the financial statements, they were profitable.And the report has been changed so that no trace is revealed, and the method is very clever.

"What did I tell you? You need to be efficient in doing things. You only need to look at the accounts for an afternoon?" When it was getting dark, Xin Zimo, who was sitting in front, suddenly broke the silence in the office.

Du Anran was also afraid of making mistakes, so he carefully corrected it over and over again, but Xin Zimo didn't expect to call it moji.She handed over the accounts to Xin Zimo and pointed out the problems.

"Mr. Xin, Xin bought a building materials company last month. It stands to reason that the accounts should only be profitable and not loss-making, but this month's report shows that the shares have fallen, and the report does not specify the problem. This account , should be the biggest hole this quarter."

"It's the same as I thought." Xin Zimo pressed his fist to his chin, and there was a kind of deep precipitation in his eyes.

"Then what are you going to do..." Du Anran asked.It's not easy for her to make up his mind for him, and these involve Xin's financial secrets.

"On the sidelines." Xin Zimo thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow I will ask the finance department to bring all this year's reports, and then you can see when the loophole started. In the ant nest, the Xin family will never allow this kind of thing to happen."

"I don't know much about finances. Mr. Xin, you'd better hire someone else." Du Anran politely declined. She didn't want to interfere with Xin's secrets. What's more, this year's report will definitely include the part about the acquisition of Shihe. When it comes to Shihe, she will only feel sad.

Xin Zimo looked at her dodging eyes and knew that she was obviously worried.He just sighed in his heart...

That night, Xin Zimo and Du Anran worked overtime together until nine o'clock. Before leaving, Xin Zimo insisted on sending Du Anran off, but she refused and rejected him.

Just as Du Anran and Xin Zimo were standing side by side outside Xin's building, not far away, a red Ferrari quietly closed the window.Mother Xin took off her sunglasses and made a phone call.

Then, Du Anran's cell phone rang untimely.

Seeing that it was Xin's mother, she didn't dare to answer in front of Xin Zimo, so she secretly pressed the hang up button.Xin Zimo didn't notice anything unusual, he still insisted on sending Du Anran off, but Du Anran shook his head and ran to the side of the road to take a taxi.

Xin Zimo had no choice but to watch her get into the taxi and then watch the car drive away.When will she not reject him? Is he not even her friend...

After Xin Zimo went to pick up the car, Xin's mother started the Ferrari and followed Du Anran's taxi all the way.

Halfway through, Xin's mother called Du Anran again.This time Du Anran bit the bullet and pressed the answer button.

"How did you think about what I said last night?" Mother Xin asked straight to the point.

"What..." Du Anran couldn't remember what she had agreed with Xin's mother.

"I asked you to consider the matter with Han Yuan. If you can accept it, I will help you arrange a meeting this weekend." Xin's mother's attitude was quite polite today.

"We can't discuss this matter." Du Anran directly refused, "My attitude was very clear yesterday!"

"Then I'd like to ask you, how long do you want to be ambiguous with Zimo?" Xin's mother spoke fiercely, obviously dissatisfied.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. My attitude towards Mr. Xin has been made very clear."

"Really? While talking, we are already like passers-by with him, and at the same time, we are still chatting, going out and in with each other?"

"If you just want to question me about this, I'm sorry, I'll hang up first."

"Wait!" Mother Xin said angrily, "Why did you show up at Xin's tonight?"

"Are you following me?" Du Anran asked with a frown.

"Stalking? Do I need to follow you?" Mother Xin snorted, "I just care about my son, everything about him cannot be ruined by an ignorant woman!"

"You..." Du Anran was so angry that his heart ached, "You should stop calling me in the future... You won, I'm afraid of you..."

She was really afraid of this woman, why did she keep pestering her.What was she thinking in her heart, and what did the Du family owe her...

Du Anran resolutely hung up Xin's mother's phone, she was really afraid that she would not be able to control herself and quarrel with her again.But Mother Xin refused to relax, and followed Du Anran into Shimen Alley, and when she saw Du Anran entered the yard, she gritted her teeth angrily.

Du Anran wanted to call Jin Shaonan after returning home, but she heard Liu Wanwan said that he was not in good health, and she didn't go to see him... She felt very guilty, she was the one who was sorry for Jin Shaonan, she failed over him.

It's not that she didn't see the kindness of the Jin family to her, and she is not an ungrateful person, but she really can't figure out some feelings.Now that she has fallen to such a point, what face does she have to accept Jin Shaonan's love...

Picking up the phone and putting it down again, she still didn't have the courage to press the familiar number, she was not as powerful as she imagined.She had no choice but to send a text message to Liu Wanwan: Is Shaonan feeling better?

When Liu Wanwan, who was playing a game on the phone, saw the text message, he shook his head, sighed, and replied with three simple and clear words: He is fine.

On a clear moonlit night, the north wind blows the fallen leaves outside the courtyard, and one or two birds fly up from the treetops and branches.Thin shadows of branches fluttered on the ground, and in the middle of the night, snowflakes fell sparsely.

This is the first snow of this year. It came neither early nor late, quietly, but brought a little bit of fleeting loneliness.

(End of this chapter)