falling angel

Chapter 23

All the way back to school silently, without any dialogue.Parked at the gate of the school, each walked with their heads down, each chose their own path, and parted ways.I am too lazy to pursue the reason for that kiss.The story of Zhang Shaoyang still lingers in my mind.Like me, he grew up in adversity, and like me, he left Mo and came to Chu.He had the same incomplete childhood as me, and even he and I had the same love-hate entanglement—my hate, his love, that shameless Luo Fei.

In fact, I should have seen the similarity between him and Luo Fei, the same delicate and soft eyebrows, the same clear and quiet eyes.The difference from Luo Fei is that Luo Fei is quiet and aggressive, while Zhang Shaoyang is quiet and elegant.Suddenly, some admired Zhang Shaoyang, he was able to grow in the gray soil with a sunny temperament that was not stained with silt.And I... I raised the corner of my mouth and smiled bitterly.I don't hate Zhang Shaoyang at all. Although he is Luo Fei's son, he is just like me, an incidental and victim of some people's shameful desires.Compared with Zhang Shaoyang, Yuan Xueyi's simplicity seemed superficial, not to mention that he had such a face.I shook my head, as if surprised what I was comparing.

Back in the dormitory, I found a desk lamp left by Moon Shadow by the bedside.Although she told Yueying that she didn't have to wait for me when she didn't return, she still smiled at me with a tired face, and asked me where I was and how I came back, saying that I went to the Green Demon and didn't see me.I faltered and said casually, and she let out a soft ow, but secretly, with some anxiety, she glanced at my face.I turned my head away and said, it's getting late, go to bed early, and lay on the bed, covering my face with the quilt indiscriminately.I began to recall Yuan Xueyi's noncommittal and inexplicable kiss, and felt a little ashamed of Yueying.Randomly thinking about past and recent events, before I knew it, the sky had already turned pale.I heard Yueying turn over on the bed repressedly and cautiously, such a delicate and fragile little thing unexpectedly stayed up all night like a telepathy.The next day, I went to get out of class as usual, finished class, and studied by myself.It was as if nothing had happened, so calm and outrageous.

After two weeks like this, Yuan Xueyi disappeared without a trace again.It made me suspect that the frequent "unexpected encounters" in the past were a premeditated arrangement.I have no intention of wasting time on these matters. I recently heard that the Xiao Group is negotiating cooperation with a multinational bank.I searched a lot of information about that multinational bank on the Internet, and found that the predecessor of that bank was an old American bank.I heard that this is the first time they have discussed cooperation matters with Chinese financiers, and their attitudes are still very ambiguous.I used my knowledge to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Xiao Group's cooperation with that bank, and even spent a lot of time lingering in library management.During the class, he became more focused than usual, and he would consciously or unintentionally ask for various information about the bank in the United States during the break.The knowledge I have learned and the situation I have mastered suddenly swell my keen intuition and vigilance. The Xiao Group has been operating in the domestic credit, securities, and insurance industries for many years, and its influence in the industry can be said to be Unmatched.Xiao's stock is also rising steadily, why suddenly choose a powerful foreign bank to cooperate at such a time.There is no possibility of bringing any profit to the Xiao family.There must be something wrong with Xiao Shi.

The strong impulse of revenge and curiosity led me to fly back to Mocheng overnight.After getting off the plane, I took a car and went straight to Shaw's Building.Fortunately, I haven't been back to Mocheng for many days, and I rarely visited Xiao's when I was in Mocheng. The lady in the hall didn't find out that I was the rumored "illegitimate daughter" of President Xiao.I deliberately lowered my head to avoid the camera in the foyer, slipped into the stairwell while they were receiving customers, and didn't take the elevator.Because I know there is surveillance video inside.I used to frequent this building as a child so I vividly remember its layout and camera placement.

When I stood on the ninth floor of Xiao's Building again, it was like a memory from another world, silently gnawing at my mottled wound.I seemed to see that little girl in a princess dress, but not beautiful, sneaking into her father's office like a thief, and secretly blindfolded her father who was reading documents.The father smiled lovingly, rubbed his daughter's little head distressedly, and the daughter gently kissed his father's face... Tears almost welled up, and she hurriedly wiped them away.Those are memories that don't belong to me anymore. All the happiness had already ended when my mother's body was turned into ashes.I leaned my back against the wall, took a deep breath, and peeked at the door of the president's office through the glass door between the stairwell and the corridor.The time is 11:45.In another 5 minutes, Xiao Zicheng should go to the restaurant on the sixth floor to rest and have lunch.He has always been a person who sticks to a schedule and works regularly.That way, I have half an hour to sneak into his office and get the information I want.On the 9th floor, the president's office floor is the only floor without monitoring equipment.I lit a cigarette, trying to use nicotine to squeeze out the memory of when I was.

At 11:50, I saw Xiao Zicheng leave the office, lock the door, and walk towards the elevator.A few minutes later, the secretary and other department managers walked out of the office one after another and went downstairs for dinner.I just opened the door from the hidden stairwell and walked to the secretary's desk. The drawer was really unlocked (this is the secretary's habit for many years).Very easily, I got the key to the president's office (when Xiao Zicheng is not in the company, he will ask the secretary to go to his office to pick up some documents, so I have his key).Calmly following his habit of putting away important documents, he found the documents related to his cooperation with multinational banks.

It turns out that the Xiao Corporation has really encountered an unprecedented crisis. Its securities, banking, and insurance industries all have serious financial problems.I raised the corner of my mouth and sneered, imagining the choice that the multinational company should make after knowing the real purpose of cooperation between Xiao's enterprises.My heart beat faster, and I was excited by a sense of imminent revenge.I calmly selected important documents, copied them, sealed them, and put them in my small bag.According to Xiao Zicheng's habit, put the items back in the original place, wipe the fingerprints, lock the door, return the key, and leave the same way.

Walking out of the building, I suddenly felt a little hungry, only to realize that I had spent all my money on air tickets and taxis.Can't even afford lunch.I walked to the secluded street alone, wandering around until the night was dark.Stomach growled again.He took out his phone and thought about it, but he could only call Yueying.

"Hey, Yao, where are you?" Yueying's anxiety warmed me up.

"I need some money." After saying this, there was no movement over there, and only then did I realize that the phone was out of battery.I don't know if Moon Shadow heard my plea.I had no choice but to tentatively go to the cash machine to check the balance with the card, but unfortunately I didn't have the card with me.I smiled helplessly, there is no green demon here who can sing and sing all night.Bored, continue to wander aimlessly.Unknowingly, I arrived at Xishui Road.

I looked at the gardenia trees on both sides that had already passed their flowering period, and returned to the old house in a daze.There is a lamp that does not belong to me, and the light is warm.What kind of family would live there?How do they know what happened here.I leaned against the tree, my hunger and fatigue made me unable to support the weight of my body, and I fell limply along the trunk and fell to the ground.So familiar air and scene, it seems that I have never gone far.


(End of this chapter)