long-term marriage

Chapter 38

From the elevator to the office, Qiao Zhi heard about Tai Ling and Su Zi all the way. Everyone was talking about it, and those who didn't know it at first also learned about the photo through the introduction of others.

Qiao Zhi quickened her pace and entered the office, Ye Qing had already arrived, lying on the desk, looking sleepy and listless.

Qiao Zhi walked over and smiled, "Ye Qing..."

Ye Qing looked up at her upon hearing the sound, "Qiao Zhi, you're here." The voice was weak.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Zhi's heart skipped a beat, Ye Qing couldn't be sad because of Tai Ling's matter.

Ye Qing lay down on the table again, waved his hands, "It's nothing, I just didn't sleep well."

Qiao Zhi walked over and sat down next to her, staring at her expression, it didn't look like she was heartbroken, but it really seemed that she didn't sleep well, and her eyes were full of bags.

"What did you do last night, sleep so late?" Qiao Zhi asked sideways.

"Don't mention it, Mickey is a night owl..." Ye Qing looked unbearable, "Last night, he dragged me to play games until three o'clock in the morning, and refused to let me rest, saying that if I left her, I would come to the company today Come here to trouble me, Qiao Zhi, tell me, is this a kind person being bullied, and I gave her a unique baby with such kindness, how envious the people in our clothes are to her... "

Qiao Zhi's heart was fluctuating, did Ye Qing know what he looked like or didn't know?
"Ye Qing..." Qiao Zhi said cautiously, "You..."

Before Qiao Zhi finished speaking, a male employee from the technical department ran over, "Ye Qing, Ye Qing, did you read yesterday's newspaper?"

"What newspaper?" Ye Qing looked at him suspiciously.

The male employee handed her a newspaper with an expression of 'you are stupid', "Ye Qing, don't be angry when you read it, it may not be true..." The male employee was in the technical department with Ye Qing. It can be regarded as getting along well, and he was also one of the members who witnessed Ye Qing and Tai Ling's 'intimate contact' that day.

Ye Qing unfolded the newspaper and looked at it with no expression on his face. He looked at the male employee nonchalantly, "What's wrong? Let's not take too much care of the boss's personal affairs." He pushed the newspaper to him, "Hurry up and go back to work. , or you will be scolded later."

The male employee pushed Ye Qing away in a daze, Ye Qing turned around and looked at Qiao Zhi with a smile on his face, "Qiao Zhi, what are we having for lunch?" He looked like a standard foodie.

"I brought you sweet and sour short ribs. I asked my mother to make them this morning." Qiao Zhi smiled gently, but she sighed helplessly in her heart. She knew Ye Qing too well, such a reaction was definitely not normal for Ye Qing. Green should have.

Ye Qing salivated and nodded, his eyes sparkled, he looked the same as before.

Qiao Zhi didn't intend to expose her, just smiled, and went back to the desk. When she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Ye Qing's darkened little face, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Tai Ling entered the office, and Su Zi followed, "Ling..."

Tai Ling looked at her coldly, "Su Zi, did you report the photo to the media?"

Su Zi looked at him in disbelief, "Ling, do you think I am such a person?"

Tai Ling said nothing, just looked at her coldly.

With tears in Su Zi's eyes, "Tai Ling, I didn't expect me to exist in your heart like this, and that photo was not taken by me, it was taken by someone else at first glance, could it be that I asked someone to secretly take a picture of myself, or It’s going to come out after such a long time? Apart from damaging my reputation, what benefit can I get?”

Su Zi's appearance was indeed pitiful, and Tai Ling's expression gradually softened, and he sighed heavily, "I'm sorry, I'm a little impatient."

Su Zi calmed down and looked straight at him with scrutiny in his eyes, "Ling, you are not a person who cares about these things, what happened today? It's just a photo, why are you so excited?"

Tai Ling's eyes dodged a little, and he said lightly, "It's nothing, I just don't want everyone to misunderstand. After all, you will marry in the future, because it will be bad if my reputation is bad."

"Marry?" Su Zi smiled wryly, "Ling, what am I in your heart?"

Tai Ling remained silent, Su Zi sneered, "Tai Ling, you fell in love with someone else, didn't you?"

Tai Ling raised her eyes to look at her, with a warning in her eyes, "Su Zi, you are not allowed to intervene in my private affairs, and I have no obligation to report everything about me to you."

Su Zi was a little injured, a layer of mist gathered in his eyes, and the hand hanging by his side was slightly clenched.

"You go out first..."

"Tai Ling..." The office door was pushed open, and an energetic middle-aged man walked in, opening his mouth to curse, "You brat..."

"Dad, why are you here?" Tai Ling frowned.

Tai's father glared at Tai Ling, "Why can't I come..." Turning to see Su Zi standing aside, Tai's father took a look, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and walked over, "You are Su Zi Zi, I am Tai Ling's father, you can call me uncle."

Su Zi quickly put on a decent smile, "Hello, Uncle Tai, when I was abroad, I often heard Ling mention you."

Father Tai's eyes flickered, and he invited her, "Do you have time to have a cup of coffee?"

"Dad..." Tai Ling cut off his voice forcefully, "You misunderstood..."

"What's the misunderstanding?" Tai's father glared at him, then looked at Su Zi's outstretched hand, "Please..."

Su Zi glanced at Tai Ling, then nodded slightly, "Please, Uncle Tai."

Father Tai nodded and left the office first, Su Zi followed, and Tai Ling also followed, but Father Tai stopped and turned to look at him, "I didn't invite you, you should work first!"

Tai Ling stopped in resentment, watching Su Zi and Father Tai disappear in the elevator.

Holding back his anger, Tai Ling called Gu Yechen, explained the matter, and then said, "Otherwise, you can ask Qi Zhen to check for me..."

Gu Yechen stared at the documents on the table, the speed of turning pages was not affected at all, and said, "Tai Ling, you have lost your mind."

Tai Ling was a little taken aback, "What do you mean?"

"It's just a photo. You overreacted. Once a person's emotions are too agitated, it's easy to ignore many obvious things." Gu Yechen said lightly.

Tai Ling didn't speak, but gradually calmed down because of Gu Yechen's words.

Gu Yechen continued, "Tai Ling, didn't you notice it yourself? You are flustered. What is the reason for your panic? You know it in your heart, but you just don't want to admit it. Whoever exploded the photo is not the most important thing, the most important thing is The thing should be your attitude, your thoughts, you don’t know yourself, so what if you know who posted the photos? You’re running around like a headless chicken, it’s useless at all.”

Tai Ling is not an emotional person, he listened to what Gu Yechen said, was silent for a while, and then said, "Then what should I do now?"

Gu Yechen sighed, a little helpless, "I don't think you are needed at Su Zi's place, Uncle Tai can help you solve it, and leave the rest of the matter to me. As for the matter of dating, please handle it yourself!"

"My dad? My dad now wants me to get married quickly. What can he do for me? Send me to the bridal chamber?" Tai Ling snorted disdainfully.

Gu Yechen pressed the center of his brows with a headache, "Uncle Tai is not a fool, and not anyone in your Tai family can be a young mistress if they want to be."

Tai Ling was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes shone brightly, he rubbed his nose, and smiled broadly, "It seems to be too!"

"Tai Ling, eat more walnuts or something if you have nothing to do, and refresh your mind!" Gu Yechen hung up the phone angrily.

Hearing the beeping sound on the phone, Tai Ling twitched the corners of his mouth and put the phone away, but his mood was mostly better.

The company is such a big place, the news that Tai's father invited Su Zi to drink coffee spread widely, no matter in the corridor, in the pantry, or in the toilet, it was rumored that Su Zi was going to become Tian Tai's proprietress up.

At lunch time, Qiao Zhi warmed up the vegetables she brought and ate with Ye Qing. Ye Qing ate deliciously, one piece after another of sweet and sour short ribs, but Qiao Zhi didn't have much appetite. He said, "Ye Qing, who do you think leaked the vice president's photo? The photo looks like it was taken a long time ago, and it looks like it was taken when the vice president was abroad. What's the use of releasing it?" ?" She said she wouldn't help Tai Ling, but she couldn't bear to see Ye Qing's 'as if nothing had happened'.

Ye Qing tossed his chopsticks, then smiled, "Qiao Zhi, when did you like gossip?"

Qiao Zhi smiled awkwardly, "Ye Qing..."

Ye Qing put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at her intently, "Qiao Zhi, I think you have already guessed it, haven't you? It is true that there is a little relationship between Tai Ling and me, but that is not enough for me to worry about it." He was heartbroken, weeping bitterly, we stay together if we get along, we separate if we don’t get along, it’s no big deal, don’t worry, besides, the two of us are not together at all, so I’m fine, don’t worry.”

After finishing speaking, Ye Qing took another piece of meat and put it in her mouth. Qiao Zhi couldn't tell if what Ye Qing said was true or not, whether it was to comfort her or not, but at this moment she could only listen.

Qiao Zhi smiled with relief, "Ye Qing, I found that your appetite is getting bigger and bigger."

"Really?" Ye Qing smiled mischievously.

When Tai Ling came over, the two of them had just finished their lunch, they hadn't cleaned up yet, and the diners hadn't come back yet, only Qiao Zhi and Ye Qing were in the office.

Tai Ling leaned over like a dog, with a fawning smile on his face, "Where are you eating?"

Ye Qing raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, "Bad eyes? Can't you see that we finished eating?"

Tai Ling was choked up for a moment, but still smiled, "Do you have time to say a few words?"

Ye Qing smiled gently, his voice was as soft as water, "Is the vice president okay?"

Seeing that she had a good attitude, Tai Ling relaxed and took a step forward, "It's nothing serious, it's just..."

Before he finished speaking, a glass of warm water was poured from his head and slid down his cheek.

Qiao Zhi's eyes widened, she turned her head away, she couldn't bear it, Ye Qing looked quite normal from this look.

Tai Ling stroked her wet hair in disbelief, then looked down at her half-wet shirt, her eyes were wide open, "What are you doing?"

Ye Qing sneered, "I've done everything, and the vice president still asked me what to do? Didn't I have a brain?" After speaking, he picked up his lunch box and walked away gracefully.

Only Qiao Zhi and Tai Ling were left in the office. Tai Ling looked at Qiao Zhi with slightly resentful eyes. Qiao Zhi blinked her clear eyes, turned around and left the office calmly.

Tai Ling's office has an inner room, a bed and a bathroom. Tai Ling turned off the light, took off his clothes and went into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and hot water gushed out. The bathroom was so dark that he couldn't see anything clearly. Only the hot water was washing his body, and some superheated water hit his body, but he didn't feel anything.

Looking up to let the hot water spray on his face, Tai Ling put his hands on his face and his back against the white tiles. Darkness often breeds memories.

"Tai Ling, stop for me..."

"Tai Ling, where are you going? I'm going too."

"Tai Ling, wait for me, I will go with you..."

"Tai Ling, I like you..."

"Tai Ling, marry me, I want to marry you..."

"Tai Ling, I know you don't like me, but I only want one day, and you like me for one day..."

"Tai Ling, I beg you, even if you lied to me, I just want to hear you say that you like me..."

"Tai Ling, Tai Ling..."

"Qin Ru, I've said it countless times, I don't like you, don't like you, don't pester me anymore..."

"Tai Ling, as long as you kiss me once, I will never pester you again. Just once, I have never tried what it feels like to be kissed by others. I heard people say that it is like eating jelly, soft. Slippery, Tai Ling, give me a kiss, okay?"

The petite girl closed her eyes and raised her head, her pale pink lips were soft and delicate under the sunshine in the afternoon.

"Qin Ru, if I don't like you, I will never touch you..." The boy turned and left resolutely.

Tai Ling, I'm leaving, my body is getting worse day by day, I see those people who have the same disease as me, become ugly and ugly because of chemotherapy, I don't want to be like that, I want to be beautiful , leaving with a beautiful smile, so I chose to end my own life, I have no right to choose when to come to this world, let me choose when to leave this world.

In fact, I don't like you very much, I just want to experience the taste of love in my last time, so don't blame yourself, don't be sad, and always be that free and easy sunny boy, in the next life, I will definitely I want you to kiss me once.

Goodbye, Tai Ling!
Tai Ling squatted on the ground in pain, I don't know whether it was hot water or tears falling from his eyes, some people, you will never fall in love with her after all, but some guilt will accompany you all your life , go hand in hand, never forget.

After a long time, the lights in the room came on, and Tai Ling wrapped himself in a bathrobe and threw himself on the bed. There were some things that he hadn't remembered for a long time, but now all the past happened because of a photo because of Gu Yechen's words It exists so clearly in front of his eyes.

Gu Yechen is right, Ye Qing's personality is very similar to Qin Ru's, did he really not notice it, or did he ignore it on purpose?

But is that inexplicable throbbing really because of guilt towards Qin Ru?Tai Ling slowly closed his eyes, maybe he should be quiet for a while.

(End of this chapter)