If this is not love

Chapter 3 Proud (2)
"Don't be too quick to deny it. In the jewelry store, I see you want everyone to know who you are. Is this a sign of shame? Also, I didn't buy that bracelet for you, are you Are you disappointed? The reason is very simple. Although I, Tan Shaojie, am generous, I will never give women things for no reason. There are only two kinds of women who can receive my gifts—one is compensation for breaking up, and the other is my most beloved woman. "The second woman has not yet appeared, and he is looking forward to it.

"Jay, listen to me!"

"Needless to say, in the last ten seconds, I solemnly tell you that I will not accept this lawsuit, nor will Rising Sun Firm." His voice was deep and firm, but the volume was loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Jay..." Maria's complexion suddenly turned pale, and her bright red lips were trembling with laughter.

Ruxu only raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and told Yichen with the shape of her lips that she admired this Maria very much. She was rejected by the man's relentless ridicule, and she still insisted on acting like a baby with such a soft voice, her skill is extraordinary!As for the incident of being secretly filmed and blackmailed, judging from Tan Shaojie's few words, it can almost be concluded that even if the incident is true, Maria just wanted to use the opportunity to hype herself.This is the first time that Ruxu agrees with Tan Shaojie's approach. It is really rare that he would refuse!How could she refuse a tender and sexy model!
Tan Shaojie stood up, brushed his fingers over the hem of his clothes, and looked at Maria calmly: "Okay, it's an hour. You can go." The people around should have seen enough of the show!Especially Wang Ruxu and Wang Yichen, he was sure they could hear them most clearly.

Maria received strange sights from all directions, and the arrogance she had when she entered the door disappeared, and she couldn't smile anymore.She was angry and annoyed, stomping her feet angrily: "I'm going to go back and tell Aunt Nian."

"Okay! Just go back and tell her, thank her for being so respectful of me, and I hope you can also tell that woman for me that the hour of precious time I spared has already given her enough face! And next time, I will give you 10 minutes at a time. Don't want to waste it."

"Jie, are you so unfeeling? How can you say that Aunt Nian is yours..."

"Miss Maria!" Tan Shaojie interrupted her abruptly, his eyes were gloomy and full of imperceptible storms, "We don't know each other well, and I didn't correct you in time to address me out of politeness. From now on, please call me Mr. Tan or Tan Shaojie, of course, if you can, it would be best if you pretend not to know me! Because a man like me is so heartless!"

Ruxu didn't look back, but she keenly sensed a trace of weirdness.When Tan Shaojie mentioned "Aunt Nian" in Maria's mouth, he always replaced it with "that woman", and it was mixed with an unusual chill and a hidden resentment. Why?She didn't have time to think about it anymore, a strong force pulled her wrist up, and she looked up to see Tan Shaojie's gloomy and cold face, his sharp eyes were truly frightening.He was very strong, too big to allow her to refuse.

"Tan Shaojie!" Ruxu exclaimed his name.

Yichen got up quickly beside him, trying to stop him, but Tan Shaojie narrowed his eyes coldly: "Young Master Chen should not interfere with my affairs with her."

Yichen firmly supported Ruxu's shoulders, without changing his face, he said: "Let me correct you, I should be with Xiaoxu, and Young Master Tan should not interfere."

Tan Shaojie's face is so stinky, who will explain what it means for them to be together?
"Screaming so affectionately, are you her boyfriend?" She looked at them sharply.

Yichen shrugged with a smile, neither admitting nor denying, there was no need to report his relationship with Ruxu, so he lowered his head and asked Ruxu, "Do you want to go with him?"

Ruxu returned with a sweet smile: "Of course not. Let's go! Don't you still want to watch a movie?" She pushed Tan Shaojie away and took the initiative to hold Yichen, which was very obvious.Yichen patted the back of her hand gently, and the two put away the book calmly, and walked out of Starbucks together.

Surrounded by curious eyes, Tan Shaojie looked at their backs with a serious face.He never knew that Wang Ruxu would smile like this, it was sweet and vivid, making the originally cold face suddenly bright. Maria was puzzled and surprised: "Who is that woman?"

"It's none of your business." Tan Shaojie glanced at her lightly from the corner of his eyes, "I don't want to be exposed to more scandals, I advise you not to come out and make a fool of yourself these two days." In fact, he rarely speaks so meanly, especially when In front of women, anyone who has had a relationship with him regards him as a Perfect Lover.Ruxu is an exception, not that he doesn't regard her as a woman, but that she has never regarded him as a man of courage and charm like other women.

The relationship between Ruxu and Tan Shaojie can be traced back to high school.

They were in the same class in the first year of high school, and Tan Shaojie's seat happened to be behind her.Ruxu is the kind who is very partial to science. Whenever she sees physics and chemistry, she gets a headache, and only her math scores barely catch her eye.Tan Shaojie is different, he doesn't put his heart and soul into taking notes at all in class, and he often misses out in lectures, but every time he takes an exam, his science scores are so good that people are envious!
Ruxu thought to himself countless times, God is very unfair, doesn't it mean that no pain, no gain?Why did she put in so much hard work but couldn't see the rewards?She hated his villainous face, and after the exam papers were handed out, he would always make a pretentious laugh behind his back.They didn't talk much, and for some reason, she just felt that he was laughing at her.Fortunately, Ruxu is very proud of her grades in liberal arts, especially in Chinese and politics. She is fully qualified to give Tan Shaojie a few smug laughs in return.

Of course she didn't do that, because she and he didn't seem to get along well.

He had a good relationship with her at the same table. The two boys played ball together and chatted happily before and after class.The topic that excites them the most is naturally about girls. They often comment on the girls in the class and even the whole grade, who is beautiful, who is gentle, who has good skin and figure.

Are men inherently superficial?People and things only look at the surface, and they are more gossip than girls. Ruxu really hates that they always talk about this. Although she keeps her head on the questions in silence, they talk so loudly every time that it is difficult for people not to hear them.She should protest loudly, they are seriously affecting her studies!However, the words of protest were circling around in my stomach, and they were about to rot, so I didn't say it.

Yes, she doesn't like talking to them!There is no common topic at all!
Once, when the deskmate didn't come to school, Tan Shaojie quietly poked her on the back with a pen and asked her, "Where are others?"

"How do I know." Ruxu didn't turn her head. In math class, the teacher was staring at her from the podium. She is a good student who never talks small things in class.

"You don't care about it, just call and ask!" Tan Shaojie lay on the table, twirling the pen carelessly with his fingertips, not caring whether the teacher paid attention to it or not.

Ruxu snorted coldly and didn't continue to answer.Although she is at the same table, but because of her unsociable personality, she is not close to her at the same table.What's more, it's class time now, how can we discuss topics outside of class?
"Hey, maybe Xiaoyang is sick!" Tan Shaojie poked her back again without giving up, and raised his voice slightly.

Ruxu glanced at the teacher nervously, straightened her spine subconsciously, and decided to ignore her.It's a pity that Tan Shaojie didn't know what it was to be rejected. The pen kept poking and poking quietly. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore, and turned her head quickly to stare at him angrily: "Is there an end?"

When it was over, the teacher's eyes had swept over, Ruxu pulled the chair and sat upright again.

Tan Shaojie received the warning, and slowly raised a hand: "Teacher, you made a mistake in that question, teach the students not to be too careless!" See what he said?How proud and arrogant!But when the teacher turned around, he saw a number on the blackboard with 3 written as 2, and he was so embarrassed that he died on the spot.

Dismissal.

"Wang Ruxu, you are so cold-blooded!"

"Tan Shaojie, you care so much about him, why don't you call yourself?"

"You are his deskmate, you should do your duty!"

"You call him brother and brother every day, so you should do your duty even more?"

"However, he would prefer a girl to greet him."

"There are a lot of girls in the class, why are you looking for me?"

"Because he only has you at the same table." In the last sentence, Tan Shaojie stared at her closely with his deep dark eyes, "Wang Ruxu, I didn't expect you to be silent at ordinary times, but you are actually quite sharp-tongued!"

Ruxu's face suddenly became hot, and she couldn't explain whether it was anger or embarrassment.Naturally, I didn't call to greet my deskmate afterwards, but something even more unexpected happened.The deskmate who had been on leave for two days returned to class, Ruhui packed her schoolbag after school, and suddenly found a blue envelope in the textbook, opened it, and was stunned.

This is the first time I have received a love letter since I was 16 years old, and it was signed by her deskmate!
He, he, he likes her?When did it start?Just kidding!Even if it's not a joke...

No no no!The teacher often teaches everyone that we should devote all our attention to study now. The three years of high school will pass by in a flash, and we must not waste time.She grabbed the letter and quickly ran to the teacher's office.

The next day, the head teacher read the letter publicly in the classroom, and used this as a typical case to educate everyone again.Ruxu was praised, and after school she also got a lesson from Tan Shaojie who was furious...

In winter, the warm sun can't shine through the curtains, and the bed is icy cold, as if waking up from a dream.The air conditioner in the room broke down at some point and could not provide heating. She curled up and hugged herself.It's only been two days since I asked for leave for a week. I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable when I'm not working, and I have nothing to do.However, she didn't want to see Tan Shaojie's evil and insidious villain face in the office. He ran into him at Starbucks yesterday, and at night he sent a threatening text message ordering her to resume work. She turned off her phone completely and ignored it.

Unexpectedly, in the dream, he was still entangled, and his sharp accusations about the love letter incident in the first year of high school clearly rang in his ears.

"Wang Ruxu, it doesn't matter if you don't understand style, do you have to hurt someone who really likes you like this? You have no taste at all, and your personality is cold and hard. I don't know what Xiaoyang likes about you when you are blind?"

"Then let him not like it!"

"You really think you are great? Xiaoyang is so sincere to you, you don't even have the most basic sense of gratitude, you are not worthy of being liked by others!"

"If you don't like it, you don't like it! Whoever makes him like it! Who wants to make others like it..."

Ruxu remembered that after the quarrel that day, she was so suffocated that she went home at night and hid under the quilt and cried a lot.She has been stubborn since she was a child, she doesn't know how to beat around the bush, she doesn't know how to be clever, she doesn't know how to flatter, she has few friends and contacts with people, she knows that this is a character flaw, but no matter how flawed it is, it is Tan Shaojie's turn to blame her .

The teacher changed her to a new deskmate.Xiaoyang, her old deskmate, saw her and walked around detoured, looking lonely. For a long time, she was inexplicably uneasy and had an unknown regret.

Tan Shaojie was still sitting behind her, and began to frequently find faults and find fault in every possible way. When handing out the physical and chemical exam papers, his mocking laughter became even more arrogant, and he even raised her failed exam papers viciously, lest no one in the class would know her. score.She didn't have a chance to fight back with her liberal arts grades, because he didn't know where his luck was, his political history scores soared, and he got higher than her on several occasions.He deliberately poked his head over to glance at her exam paper, and said triumphantly, "Oh, what kind of head! You answered such a simple question wrong, hahaha!"

Ruxu seriously suspects that his grades were obtained by plagiarism, but unfortunately there is no evidence.He arrogantly pointed to his head and clicked twice: "Do you want to compare with me? You idiot with such a low EQ, why don't you test your IQ again!"

She couldn't stand it anymore, and fought back coldly, glaring at each other.Later, in front of him, the unsmiling she turned into a hedgehog ready to guard against at any time. Only by erecting the spikes all over her body can she protect herself...

Fortunately, bad luck did not last long. The second year of high school required arts and sciences. She chose arts and sciences without hesitation, so she was assigned to the same class as Xinning and Yichen. From then on, she began her career as the "Three Musketeers" and embarked on the most important and precious emotional journey in life. .But Tan Shaojie, who thought he would enter the science key class, disappeared in the new semester. It turned out that he transferred...

Ruxu tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep, sat up and only sighed, why did she think about the first year of high school again?She moved the computer to the bed and logged on to QQ. Within a few seconds of logging in, QQ started beeping crazily, and Tan Shaojie's bearded avatar began to question him viciously.

"Wang Ruxu, why did you turn off the phone? Turn it on immediately."

"You are limited to rush to the office within half an hour, there is an important case to discuss!"

"Reply quickly, it's best not to let me come to your door."

Ruxu stared at the avatar for a long time, like waking up from a dream, frantically clicking the mouse to make QQ invisible.Excuses, excuses, who doesn't know that this rotten person has the most excuses, can't she see her happy and carefree?Over the years, she has devoted herself to her work and devoted herself to the office. There are no public holidays throughout the year. Now she has only asked for a week. Why is he urging?

"Okay, Wang Ruxu, you have the guts! Just wait and see!" the hair said harshly.

"Damn woman, get out!"

"I'm talking business to you! You want to get fired, don't you?"

Ruxu patted her chest, imagining that man's furious appearance, and couldn't help but smile.Damn boy, after hearing this threat no less than ten times, you want to fire her, right?Then fry it!Anyway, facing him every day made her feel very upset. I hope he can be more straightforward.She didn't feel sleepy at all, she got up lazily, washed her face and brushed her teeth, soaked Master Baokang's instant noodles, brought them to her room and ate them in big mouthfuls.Well, it's been a long time since I ate instant noodles, so the aroma is so attractive!
QQ beeps again.

"Wang Ruxu!" Young Master Tan, your patience is really good.

"Okay." Ruxu grasped the chopsticks with his right hand, stretched out a little finger with his left hand, and typed this word lightly.

"What a ghost! What's so good!" Even the best patience will be like a volcano, on the verge of erupting.

"It's well fried." It was really not easy for Xiaoyou to type out three words with one finger.She looked at her beautiful hands with satisfaction, and swallowed another big mouthful of noodles.

The head of the bearded man suddenly turned gray and stopped flashing. Has Young Master Tan exploded?

Ruxu didn't bother to pay attention to it, and simply concentrated on savoring the spicy beef noodles in the bucket at the bottom of the cabinet.She is no longer the little girl who didn't understand the world at all, and she is not a weak subordinate who is afraid to beg for mercy after being threatened. If a job does not even have the freedom to take vacations, it is better to quit!

The instant noodles are so delicious, she wondered if she should go to the supermarket and buy a few more buckets.There are still five days off, one bucket per day, at least five buckets to buy...

While thinking about it, the doorbell rang.

Ruxu's heart clenched, with an ominous premonition, only one person would be so impolite and immature in this way of ringing the doorbell like a ghost.Does he really have a leisurely heart, or is he deliberately finding fault as he did back then, and he must confront her tit for tat to be happy?Seeing that the doorbell was about to be pressed, she reluctantly opened the door.

The two stood facing each other sullenly, staring at each other.

Ruxu didn't give in, and blocked the door with her thin body, not going to let him step into her room.The last time this person broke in rudely and kissed her forcefully like a flower picker, it was a humiliation, and she would never let the same thing happen again this time.

Tan Shaojie narrowed his black eyes slightly, and his eyes locked on her for a moment, and dark clouds shrouded the two of them.

"You really want to be fired?" he asked her, but his eyes fell on her long hair.Well, this woman always likes to wear her hair up at work, as if that can show her shrewdness.The last time he broke into her place early in the morning, what he saw was a head of messy hair like a bird's nest. He didn't expect that her hair was actually quite good, soft and shiny, and naturally vertical. Maybe she used some new shampoo. Something magical has happened...

"You said it, you are the boss, you decide." She said aggrievedly, but her expression was indifferent.The boss loses his temper and wants to fire someone, can she stop it?It's impossible for her to beg him in a low voice. It's not that she can't find a new job.

"Oh, what?" Tan Shaojie withdrew his thoughts from her hair absently, and stuffed a cowhide bag into her arms, "Okay, even if you don't want to do it, you have to finish this case first. Here is a woman named Qiao Weiwei, she must ask you to be her attorney, saying that half a month ago, you promised yourself that you can come to you at any time if you need it, and you will spare no effort to help her. "

Is it really for official business?A woman named Qiao Weiwei approached her and consulted her on some legal knowledge, but when did Young Master Tan become so dedicated?Ruxu dubiously opened the cowhide bag, and there was a stack of documents inside, which was signed with Qiao Weiwei's name.

"Okay, I have received the information, thank you, Young Master Tan." She is a polite and good child, and she should thank you.

"So?" Tan Shaojie's expression softened immediately when he heard this thank you.

"So goodbye!" Would you like to invite him in for a drink?She didn't have that plan, she held on to the door frame with one hand, and was about to close the door bluntly.

Tan Shaojie has never been an easy person to dismiss. His tall body quickly turned sideways to resist the door that was about to close. "I came here to bring you something out of kindness, and you just drove me away like this? Miss Wang, I have never seen a more indifferent woman than you."

Ruxu frowned, held the cowhide bag in front of her, and looked at him: "I've already said thank you. Besides, half an hour ago you said you were going to fire me, I wouldn't be so naive as to think that you sent me the materials on a special trip, pure It's out of kindness. You and I know how kind you are to me. It's not speculative. Since we don't have a common language, it's better to let it go. I'm on vacation now. Qiao Weiwei's case is my own Will handle it."

Tan Shaojie's face darkened slightly. He knew how bad the relationship between the two was, but it didn't have to be so obvious!His imposing young master and her boss came to serve him personally, how could she not appreciate it at all?never mind!Tan Shaojie, what exactly do you want from her?If I can get a "thank you", I should go back with peace of mind...

Ruxu said again: "If you encounter such a thing in the future, just leave a message and tell me. I will find time to go and get it. If I trouble you, Young Master Tan, I won't be able to bear it." In front of him, she no longer He hesitated to close the door.The moment the door was closed, she clearly saw fire jumping out of his dark pupils, and his words came in through the crack of the door.

(End of this chapter)