If this is not love

Chapter 12 Dare to be my girlfriend (1)
It was dark and overcast outside, with a cold wind blowing through the bare branches.The dim streetlights stretched Tan Shaojie's figure into a slender figure, his clothes were slightly raised, and his short hair was a bit messy. He put his hands in his pockets and walked slowly along the straight road.

Almost all shopping malls, hotels and small roadside shops have been carefully decorated, revealing a festive atmosphere everywhere.It turns out that the day after tomorrow is Christmas, time flies so fast, and before you know it, the year is coming to an end.

Tan Shaojie's expression was gloomy, and his footsteps stopped slowly.In front, a five or six-year-old girl stood alone in front of the Christmas pine and cypress, looking eagerly at the window of the toy store.

"What do you want? Uncle will buy it for you." Tan Shaojie squatted down beside the little girl.

Seeing him, the girl's small face suddenly glowed, hugged his neck, and cried out with sobs: "Uncle Jie..."

He bent his index finger to scratch the tip of the child's nose, and said with a smile, "Where's Dad? Why are you here alone, so you're not afraid of being abducted by bad guys!"

"Father said he met a friend and asked me to wait for him here." The child pointed to a certain direction of the street, Tan Shaojie narrowed his eyes, and recognized a man and a woman who were standing on the side of the street chatting.He quietly blocked the child's sight, and held up his little hand: "Oh, let's go in and pick out toys! Christmas is here, and uncle wants to give you a present."

A child's heart is easy to be happy and easy to buy, and she smiled when she received a lot of favorite gifts.Ten minutes later, a man hurriedly ran out of the window, looking for something anxiously.

Tan Shaojie stood behind him, his voice was low and indifferent: "Did you only think of looking for Shanshan now? What if she is taken away by bad guys? Have you thought about the consequences?"

Zhou Wei'an turned around, saw Shanshan who was still in the toy store, and exhaled: "I suddenly saw that woman Qiao Weiwei just now, and I couldn't be more angry! I regret that I am too tolerant, I didn't expect her to do such a great job, not only buying people to do it Perjury, and even dragged the reporter to the company to make trouble. She has already won the lawsuit, how much more trouble does she want?"

"You still don't admit that you are naive. I reminded you early on, don't be too kind to that kind of woman." Tan Shaojie frowned, "You stay with Shanshan well, and leave other troubles to me."

"Thank you, Shaojie."

"It's good to know that you are grateful, and you owe me first!" Tan Shaojie led Shanshan out and tugged at her pigtails, "Do you like the gift from uncle?"

Shanshan held up the fairy wand, and the colored lights on the wand flickered. She nodded vigorously, showing a smile missing two small front teeth.

"Kiss uncle if you like it!" Even taking advantage of the children, tsk tsk.

The little girl was so easy to turn, she hugged his neck and gave him a big sip.Satisfied, Tan Shaojie patted Zhou Wei'an's shoulder: "No matter how dissatisfied you are with this marriage, for the sake of Shanshan, you should pay more attention in the future."

He turned around, and Zhou Wei'an suddenly stopped him: "What about you? As the person in charge of the firm, but you only want to lose the lawsuit. Are you willing to sacrifice everything for my sake, or for the sake of your iceberg beauty? I'm afraid she will know the truth behind…"

Tan Shaojie raised his eyebrows pretending to be confused: "What iceberg beauty? I don't know who you are talking about. Anyway, I have made money now, so I can only help you, the victim, to solve the trouble!"

"It's fine if you don't admit it, I know you're afraid that Aunt Nian will..."

"Okay, I'll go first."

Tan Shaojie turned around quickly as if avoiding something.Holding the child in his arms, Zhou Wei'an watched his lonely and arrogant back, and sighed silently.

After eating the western food, Ruxu was not in the mood to go to other places with Han Chen and went straight home.

She turned on the computer, and there was a constant beeping on QQ. Xinning and Yichen sent many messages, congratulating her on another beautiful victory.

Xinning's last sentence - how are you going with the prosecutor?

Ruxu thought for a while, and typed the next line: I am afraid that there is a beginning and no end.

Xinning: Why?
Like life: no feeling of heartbeat.

After Xin Ning was silent: Sometimes heartbeats appear at inadvertent moments, do you want to give up?

Ruxu bit her lip, hesitating whether to tell Xinning that besides family pressure, there was another important factor when she agreed to continue dating Han Chen, and that was Yichen.Yichen encourages her to open her heart and meet other excellent men. He will be very happy to see her get the same happiness as Xinning.This sentence made her feel very warm, at least in Yichen's heart, sometimes she is as important as Xinning...

Xin Ning: Where's Tan Shaojie?Once threatened to chase you, is he continuing?
Ruxu immediately snapped back and said: Him?I will not accept him in my next life either.

Next, she told Xin Ning what happened after she left the court.

Xin Ning stared at the standard Song style characters, and suddenly had a new understanding of Tan Shaojie.Seeing Ruxu dating Han Chen, he insisted on interposing between the two, and became a super light bulb regardless of face, what kind of mood should he be in!Is he deliberately picky about the style of the restaurant, the taste of the steak, or the man Ruxu is dating?

Xin Ning couldn't help laughing lightly, she understood a little bit.

Ruxu: My doorbell is about to be pressed, so I'll come whenever I go.

Recently, people often visit late at night. Except for Tan Shaojie, she doesn't make second guesses about the uninvited guests.He slammed the door open, just about to open his mouth to reprimand, but quickly calmed down because a courier appeared.

"Miss Wang? Your courier, please sign for it."

Unpacking the box, there is an exquisite gift box inside, and then opening it, a black and white checked wool shawl is displayed in front of you.This color is so special!There is a small card next to it, without a signature, only a line of strong and flamboyant words-trust me, this shawl is unique enough, it is the most suitable for you.

Ruxu returned to the computer in a hurry and typed quickly: What the hell is Tan doing?Really lost a shawl to me.

Xin Ning smiled knowingly: The color suits you very well, right?

Ruxu frowned dully: I don't know.

Xin Ning: I think it should be very suitable.Tan Shaojie dressed in unique fashion, which is quite admirable.He understands your personality and dress style, if this shawl is picked by him himself, his vision will not be bad.

This night, Ruxu opened the door of the cabinet, picked out a few sets of favorite clothes, and matched the shawl as a scarf.

After trying on the clothes back and forth, she still didn't realize that she caught a cold, until she shrank and sneezed suddenly, and she quickly got into bed.

Before going to bed, holding the phone tightly, I couldn't help stretching out my hand from the quilt several times, and opened my eyes to look at the screen.

Strange, that guy came over with a gift, but he didn't even call or send a text message?This is so out of his style.

But...why did she wait for news from him?don't want to, don't want to...

Consciousness gradually blurred, and she fell asleep, dreaming that Tan Shaojie had a sneer on his face, and asked her triumphantly: How is it?Or the shawl I picked is the best for you!Believe in my vision, you must bring it to me every day in the future, and you are not allowed to accept gifts from other men...

Ruxu's eyes widened suddenly, half of the drowsiness disappeared.what happened?As if under a spell, she found that the phone was still in her hand, bit her lip, and dialed his number.

Does Tan Shaojie go clubbing every day at this time?Can his life have more meaning besides singing and singing every night?Ruxu could feel that he was covering the microphone and answering loudly.

"Hello? Lawyer Wang, it's really rare to take the initiative to call me!"

"Why do you want to express the shawl?"

"Hey, you said it so sadly, isn't it because I didn't send it there in person? Are you disappointed that I didn't show up?"

"Be serious." Ruxu held the plaid shawl in his hand and circled it. He originally wanted to say thank you, but he changed his mind immediately after hearing his narcissistic tone, "I said that I don't care for the things you gave me. Tomorrow Go to the office and I'll give it back to you."

"It was specially bought for you. What do I, a big man, want with that thing? You can treat it as an apology, congratulations on your victory, or a Christmas present. In short, I, Tan Shaojie, will not take back anything given away by me. "

Ruxu could not help but sit up from the bed when she heard the frenzied music beside him, accompanied by the woman's ecstatic screams from time to time. "You don't recycle, do you? Then I throw it away!"

"It's up to you, it's yours if you give it to you, and you can do whatever you like with it."

The other end suddenly pressed the line, leaving Ruxu staring at the phone in a daze.He hung up on her?He grabbed the shawl, crumpled it into a ball, threw it on the floor, and lay back on the bed.However, after a long time, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, reluctantly picked up the poor shawl, and then fell into inexplicable troubles.

well!In the long cold night, what is she struggling with?
The city that never sleeps, lively bars, at eleven o'clock in the evening, the wonderful nightlife has just begun.

The young men and women on the dance floor squandered their enthusiasm wantonly, twisting their bodies to their heart's content to release themselves amidst the intense music.

Tan Shaojie walked all the way to the center of the dance floor, and many charming and enchanting beauties danced in front of him and winked at him ambiguously.The colorful ball lights rotated, casting shadows on his handsome facial features, his sharp eyes catching around like sharp swords, and finally saw the target and walked straight in one direction.

The big hand grabbed a woman with a model figure violently, and dragged her out without saying a word.

The woman panicked when she saw him, but she couldn't break free from his strong grip and was quickly dragged out of the bar.It turned out that she was the new female companion who accompanied him to the movies a few days ago.

With his back to the light, Tan Shaojie's figure appeared even taller, almost completely covering the woman in the shadow. "Why did you run away? You clearly agreed to be the plaintiff's witness, accusing Qiao Weiwei of being greedy for vanity and carefully designing Zhou Wei'an. The result! How dare you play me? Have you thought about the consequences!" He burst into anger, knuckles There was a soft sound.

The woman was terrified: "Jie...don't blame me, I have nothing to do. I promised you to appear in court...but...but if I really testify against Qiao Weiwei, she will take revenge on me..."

Tan Shaojie wrapped his steely fingers around her wrist, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Are you afraid of her revenge, are you not afraid of my revenge?"

"You won't, you never hurt a woman, you won't..."

"Really?" He sneered.

"Jie... Forgive me for being forced. The lawsuit is over. It's useless for me to say anything now, but I can tell you something."

"what news?"

"At the beginning, Qiao Weiwei wanted to hire you as her attorney because she knew about your relationship with Zhou Wei'an, and she was afraid that you would hinder her plan, but she didn't expect you to withdraw from her case. Before the trial, you can find She, warn her, she is annoyed in her heart, even if she wins the lawsuit now, she might do something that annoys you." She has lived with Qiao Weiwei for many years, and if she hadn't been held against her by the other party, she wouldn't have stepped forward defection.

Tan Shaojie narrowed his black eyes and said sharply, "What else do you know?"

"Qiao Weiwei is good at disguising and scheming, you know as well as I do. From what I know about her, she will take revenge on you sooner or later. After beating Zhou Wei'an, she might create rumors against the firm and let people outside People think that in order to win the lawsuit, you will disregard right and wrong and use any means..."

Hearing this, Tan Shaojie's eyes were clouded, and a storm was about to come, "I will never allow such a thing to happen!" Pushing the woman away without mercy, he turned his head and left.

Tan Shaojie once again deeply verified the truth that women can't just look at appearances.

It's not just him, Ruxu is also the same. I have met Xin Ning's rival in love before, that woman named Yao Xinyu looks gentle and beautiful, with a peaceful smile on her face, but no one would have imagined that she would make a series of sinister and vicious things. This incident caused Xinning and Shen Yitang's marriage to break down, and they have not been reunited until now.

Therefore, when Qiao Weiwei insisted on inviting Ruxu to go out at Christmas, and revealed the truth of the case while saying words of thanks, Ruxu's heart suddenly fell into the ice cave, a mouthful of food stuck in her throat and she couldn't swallow it no matter what .

"Lawyer Wang, you are the most capable and smartest lawyer I have ever seen. You are amazing. That stinky man Zhou Wei'an never dreamed that he would lose the lawsuit! It's not that easy to defeat me, Qiao Weiwei, let alone one waiter, even ten , I can find them, let them say whatever they say." She was very proud, but this sentence sent a chill down Ruxu's spine, and she realized some terrible facts hidden behind.

The meal was hard to swallow, and Ruxu walked down the street in a daze, with a heavy heart.

Christmas and New Year are coming soon, as far as the eye can see, it is lively and colorful, and there are joyful sounds of congratulations from the shops on the roadside.Even though night fell, the road was illuminated by the flashing neon lights as if it were daytime, and the traffic on the street was full of traffic, which looked like a long river of stars from a distance.Such an atmosphere, such a view, is so lifelike that I have no mood to appreciate it.

Qiao Weiwei's words and expressions echoed repeatedly in her ears, and Zhou Wei'an's expression of trying to endure anger in court... She asked herself, as a lawyer, as long as she won the lawsuit, why did she feel so unhappy after knowing the truth? ?It seems that I made a big mistake, and I don't know who to talk to, and I feel panicked for a while, and the depression is hard to relieve.

On such a beautiful night, Xinning was invited by Shen Yitang to go to the world of two to share the romance.Yichen wasn't free either, his mother came to stay for a while, and he didn't have many opportunities to accompany his mother on weekdays, so he, being filial, naturally made time for it.

In contrast, Ruxu became a loner, and she didn't want to go home to face her parents' persuasive questions about how she and Han Chen were going.It was inconvenient to answer this question, she would rather spend the festival alone.

But, why did he promise Qiao Weiwei to eat together?Why do you want to know such false facts on such a day?Why destroy her peace and affect her mood?
Ruxu walked aimlessly, and unknowingly came to the Civic Square in the center of Lingjiang.Although the weather is cold, there are people coming and going in the square, there are young couples flirting, some loving couples take their children out for a walk together...

There is a music fountain behind it, and every eight o'clock in the evening, the moving movement will reverberate in the sky above the square on time.The white water column fluctuates up and down with the beat of the music, dancing gracefully, its posture is sometimes noble and sometimes enchanting.From time to time, people cheered with joy and admiration, and they applauded the wonderful fountain show.

In the crowd, he stood still, his thin figure cast a shadow of loneliness.She seemed to have lost her mind, but in fact her mind had already flown away.Her thoughts flew to Tan Shaojie, and she remembered what Tan Shaojie had reminded her over and over again, persuading her to give up the lawsuit... She thought he was deliberately playing the wrong tune again, but now that she thought about it, he knew the truth a long time ago.

Oh!He has been emphasizing the so-called truth, which she arbitrarily chooses not to believe...

This time, she couldn't blame him.

Ruxu tucked her neck into her collar, forgot to bring a scarf when she went out, the cold wind was blowing into her collar, it was so cold.She rubbed her cold fingertips, turned around with her head down.

A pair of white casual leather shoes and light-colored trousers appeared in the bottom of her eyes, and she looked up along the trousers—her heart trembled quietly, another unexpected encounter?

How long has he been standing behind him?

"You...why do you always follow me like a shadow?" Ruxu met the exceptionally handsome face under the light, was thinking about him, and suddenly saw him, feeling very complicated.

Tan Shaojie rubbed his chin, "Shadow? Hehe, if I were your shadow, I should be the one asking you, why do you take me with you everywhere? Do you know how hard it is for me to always follow you like this?"

Don't forget that Young Master Tan's eloquence is also top-notch. His way of shouting "stop thief" made her speechless.Ruxu shook her head, frowning: "What are you doing here?"

"Whatever you come for, I'll do it for you!" The usual sloppy tone, unable to tell the truth from the fake.

"I'm going to see the fountain."

"Then me too." Tan Shaojie raised his eyebrows and stared at her with a smile. It seemed that he was in a particularly good mood tonight.

Ruxu stared blankly at his bright smile, is he happy?
"Let's go!" Tan Shaojie said suddenly.

"Where are you going?" She asked out of nowhere, so she wouldn't run around blindly.

"Where do you want to go?" he asked back.

For Christmas, there are activities in many places, and she has a lot of room to choose.However, her eyes fell on his chest, with a troubled expression on her face.

"So hesitant? That means there is no place you want to go yet! Why don't you go with me." Tan Shaojie took the opportunity to grab her hand, and was immediately startled by the cold temperature, "You are going to become a popsicle! Forget it, originally I want to see the ice sculptures, it seems that I have to change the place, otherwise you will be frozen, and I don't want to be responsible."

"Who made you responsible." Ruxu retorted smoothly.The palm of his hand was dry and warm, and there was a strange force at the fingertips. She passively let him hold her, and for the first time, she had no desire to break free.It felt weird being held by him like this, and she tried to sound calm.

"Hey, I never intended to be responsible. I kidnapped and sold you, and you have to be responsible for counting the money for me." This man's mouth is really bad, as if he wanted to make her angry.

However, Ruxu's feeling at this time is different from any time before, she lost the interest in bickering, listening to him teasing herself, her eyes suddenly felt slightly sour.Why didn't he ask her?She won the lawsuit self-righteously, and her cleverness fueled Qiao Weiwei's arrogance.Although it was a job and a responsibility, if she had calmed down and believed in his words back then, she would not have lost and felt uncomfortable now.

Holding her hand, not being rejected, being counterattacked, or being evaded, Tan Shaojie also felt very subtle, with more excitement in satisfaction, and the corners of his thin lips fluttered quietly.He knew what was on her mind. He had seen this woman walking alone on the street for so long, staring at the fountain in a daze for so long, and blowing the cold wind alone for so long. How could he not know?
"Tan Shaojie." Ruxu stopped, with a nasal voice.

"En?" Tan Shaojie then stopped, looked down at her, and noticed that her nose was slightly red, and she was more pitiful than ever.When will a capable woman look at him with this expression?
"Speak up! I'm waiting for you to finish!" He reminded her loudly.

"Tan Shaojie." She shouted again in a low voice, really wanting to ask about Qiao Weiwei's case.

"Oh, it's so intimate, you don't mean to seduce me, do you?" Tan Shaojie deliberately lowered his head, his dark eyes were at her level, and he was immediately rewarded with a small fist from her.

Ruxu turned her face away, took a breath quietly, her voice was much calmer than before. "I want to ask..."

"Oh, you want to ask me why I'm so happy tonight, don't you?" He cut her off with a smile.

"For the sake of our acquaintance for many years, I won't hide it from you. There is a woman who has been pestering me for a long time, and I finally let go today. Relief! Relax! Hey, do you think it's worth celebrating? "

"You want to take me to the bar?" To be honest, Ruxu really wanted to drink some wine and get drunk.

(End of this chapter)