strange i love you

Chapter 14 Look, Time's Clown (3)
When they arrived at the coffee shop, Tang Mengran hadn't come yet. Zheng Tao glanced at the time on his watch, and then sighed: "The problem of being late really hasn't changed at all."

About half an hour later, Zheng Tao called impatiently: "Are you coming or not? Do you know how much I can do in half an hour?"

Lin Youxi, who was sitting by the side, murmured in her heart, who is pestering whom?

Tang Mengran finally came, wearing a short pink dress.Although she is not young, she also wears a girly pink feeling.There was no expression on her face, and an iceberg feeling of aloofness could be felt even more than ten meters away from Lin Youxi.

"You're late again." Zheng Tao said impatiently.

Tang Mengran sat down and put the bag aside: "Then why don't you wait too?"

One sentence choked Zheng Tao.

Tang Mengran never glanced at Lin Youxi from the moment he walked into the cafe door to when he sat down, his eyes only stayed on Zheng Tao.Lin Youxi thought this move was really ruthless, it would be better to ignore it than confront her opponent.

Lin Youxi took a few sips of water from the glass in front of her, trying to calm down.Fortunately, she and Zheng Tao were just acting on occasion. If she was really his girlfriend, she might be crying because of her spinelessness right now.

"This is my girlfriend, Youxi." Zheng Tao said to Tang Mengran, "I believe you have seen it before, we are from the same company."

Lin Youxi coughed twice nervously. She wanted to talk about the meeting in Party A's meeting room before to break the awkward atmosphere, but Tang Mengran was the first to say: "Really? I was late for the first meeting. I really don't know." Excuse me."

"...Ah, it's all right." Lin Youxi swallowed back her previous words hastily.

"Tell me, why didn't you bring a foreign girl back after you have been abroad for the past few years." Tang Mengran said this seemingly casually, and then looked at his nails casually.

"I'm busy working and going to school abroad, so I don't have that time."

"That's right." Tang Mengran said, "Didn't you go to Australia to study in the past because the tuition fee was cheaper there? But that's what you asked for. Obviously you can't go to London, so you have to go to Australia."

"I'm not accompanying you. There's no reason I'll follow you wherever you go." Zheng Tao smiled and glanced at Tang Mengran after speaking, but the smile was so stiff that Lin Youxi, who was sitting by the side, saw it. , I feel uneasy for him, this situation seems to be about to start a quarrel.

"You men's poor self-esteem is really vulnerable."

"Hehe, is that so?" The smile on Zheng Tao's face became increasingly ugly.Lin Youxi has been drinking water non-stop, I really hope this conversation can end soon.

At this time, Tang Mengran looked at Lin Youxi faintly, grinned and said, "It seems that Miss Lin has a big stomach, after all, not everyone can endure a megalomaniac in life." Made it."

"Who is the egomaniac?" Zheng Tao's voice suddenly rose.

"Isn't it?" Tang Mengran still looked calm, "Am I wrong?"

"Speaking of arrogance, no one can compare to you. The ad competition in the sophomore year was originally a teamwork. Everyone decided to adopt plan B. If you insist on going your own way, you have to use another plan. You will lose the champion who is so good. It's because of your arrogance from the beginning to the end." Zheng Tao brought up the matter of Chen Zhima's rotten millet in the past, and Lin Youxi was shocked when he heard it, and felt that something was wrong.

"Am I arrogant? If I hadn't adopted Plan A, we wouldn't have even gotten No. 2. You should thank me for my wisdom. Complaining about me afterwards is nothing."

"Who complained about you? Aren't you the one complaining about yourself? You are so capable and smart, why do you need others to help you? Now that you are the advertising director, you can finally do whatever you want." Zheng Tao smiled sarcastically, "It's really Congratulations."

"You—" Tang Mengran finally couldn't maintain her elegant and arrogant image anymore, she angrily asked Zheng Tao, "What qualifications do you have to say about me, it's really enough for you to learn advertising and go to do brand public relations Yes, it was a waste of your years of study!"

"..."

The two people quarreled more and more intensely. There was no one in the coffee shop, and their voices immediately attracted the waiter.The waiter was sandwiched between them with a look of embarrassment: "Sir, miss, I'm sorry, you can't make loud noises in the coffee shop, it will disturb other customers."

Tang Mengran glanced at the waiter, knowing that he was losing his composure, coughed twice and sat down, took a sip of water to moisten his throat: "I'm sorry, I won't quarrel with this unmannered man again."

"You—" Zheng Tao lowered his voice, "Who do you say has no grace?"

"you."

The voices of the two were low, but the smell of gunpowder was still very strong.Lin Youxi ordered a cake from the waiter, sat aside and put all her thoughts on the cake, muttering in her heart: "Please ignore me, please ignore me..."

Drinking the coffee made Lin Youxi terrified, but luckily the scene where the two of them splashed coffee on each other's faces didn't happen.Walking out of the coffee shop, the wind outside was chilly. Zheng Tao deliberately took off his coat and put it on Lin Youxi intimately. Tang Mengran smiled coldly when he saw it, and walked away without saying "goodbye" .

"I'll take you home." Zheng Tao rubbed his hands and stopped the car on the side of the road.

When they got into the car, the two sat side by side in the back.The car was driving on the road, the two of them were speechless for a moment, Lin Youxi turned her head to look at the passing scenery outside, then looked back at Zheng Tao, and said tentatively: "Actually, there is a saying, I I don’t know if I should say it or not.”

"Say."

"Forget it, I still won't say it."

"...Why are you so awkward?"

"Anyway, I haven't said anything yet, so what if I regret it." In fact, what Lin Youxi wanted to say was that even Zheng Tao himself didn't realize that he still cared about Tang Mengran, just like Tang Mengran still cared about him. My performance in the coffee shop just now proved everything, like two stubborn little kids.

"It's really tantalizing." Zheng Tao sighed.

"Okay, I'll help if I'm busy." Lin Youxi took off her coat and returned it to him, "Leave me alone for this matter in the future, I don't have such a strong ability to resist pressure in my heart."

"You can wear the coat and return it to me tomorrow."

Lin Youxi got out of the car wearing his coat.It wasn't until she went home and opened the door that Lin Youxi realized that Qin Zhihao would be misunderstood by her coming back in the clothes of other boys.But she didn't take it off, and opened the door deliberately.

The house was pitch black.

"Sorry, the number you dialed has been turned off, please try again later..." Listening to the cold voice on the phone, Lin Youxi stared blankly at the phone screen until the screen went black before she woke up like a dream.

Qin Zhihao didn't get home until early in the morning.Lin Youxi stayed up all night, sitting on the sofa in the living room and waiting for him.The moment Qin Zhihao turned on the light, he was severely startled.

"Why haven't you slept so late?" He rubbed his eyes, bent down and began to change his shoes.

"Why is the phone turned off?"

"out of battery."

"Is it out of battery, or do you not want me to find you?"

Qin Zhihao raised his head: "What do you mean?"

"What do you think I mean?" After not sleeping all night, Lin Youxi looked very haggard with two big dark circles under her eyes, "Tell me the truth, did you go to find that woman?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Qin Zhihao said angrily, "I told you that we have nothing to do with each other anymore, why do you still mention that?"

"You work in the same company and face each other day and night, do you think I really believe that you are fine?"

Qin Zhihao was rendered speechless by her unreasonable teasing, and said coldly: "It's a bit late for my colleagues to have dinner tonight, and I just found out that my phone is out of battery."

"Then you haven't thought about calling me beforehand?"

"Didn't we never fight before?"

"It's different now. You are the one who made a mistake. How do I know if you are really having dinner with your colleagues, or what?"

"So there is no trust between us?" Qin Zhihao sneered, "It turns out that you don't trust me anymore. If you don't even have the most basic trust, what else can you say?" After finishing speaking, Qin Zhihao After changing into slippers, I put the leather shoes heavily into the shoe cabinet, and then kicked the shoes to the bathroom to take a shower.

Listening to the sound of water coming from the bathroom, Lin Youxi couldn't help crying.She covered her face and kept shrugging her shoulders, but Qin Zhihao didn't hear it.When he came out of the bathroom, Lin Youxi had already gone to bed and slept on her side.

The cracks in the relationship are getting bigger little by little, but no one is willing to take the initiative to take a step forward, even though the distance between the two is getting farther and farther.Lin Youxi fell asleep with her back to Qin Zhihao, but there was still no sleepiness, her tears fell silently, she wished that Qin Zhihao could turn around to comfort herself at this time.

In the past, even if she shed a tear, he would immediately come over and ask what happened, but now, even if she shed all the tears, he wouldn't know it.

The next morning, Lin Youxi went to the company with two big swollen eyes, and before she sat down, she heard Wu Fei'er's voice.

"Why did you come here? I'm really anxious to death."

"What's the matter?" Lin Youxi really couldn't stand her startled character.Although they have been together for several years, she is still not immune to Wu Feier's character.

"Urgent mission, why don't you answer the call?"

"Did you call me?" Lin Youxi took out her mobile phone, and sure enough, there were several missed calls from Wu Fei'er, "The bus was too noisy, so I didn't hear it."

"Pack up quickly and get ready to go."

"where to?"

"Meeting!"

Lin Youxi hurriedly took the notebook and pen and followed Wu Fei'er towards the elevator entrance. During this period, Wu Fei'er explained the ins and outs of the incident to her.It turned out to be the company that competed with Tang Mengran before, and I always felt sorry for the failure to cooperate last time. This time, their company happened to have a small project. Although it was not a big case, but fortunately, the project was easy and simple. took over.The direct person in charge this time is Lin Youxi.

"Your efforts last time were not in vain. Thanks to your outstanding performance last time, the company directly handed over the project to you." Wu Fei'er said.

Lin Youxi blushed unconsciously when she thought of the last time she was crying at the elevator door of their company. Fortunately, no one saw her at that time except Wu Fei'er.No, it's not that no one saw it, there was another one.Lin Youxi finally remembered the man who handed herself tissues in the stairwell.He is an employee of that company, I hope we don't meet again this time.

Because I have been here last time, so this time I am familiar with the road, and the person in charge of the other company is already waiting for them in the office.The two sides discussed some details, discussed the general style and direction of the advertisement, and finally the meeting ended happily and easily.

Walking out of the conference room, Lin Youxi's mood suddenly improved again, she couldn't help stretching, but immediately the expression on her face froze.Isn't the man walking towards you the same one you met in the stairwell last time?Lin Youxi froze for a moment, the other party obviously recognized him, he bowed his head and smiled at Lin Youxi.The person in charge went up to meet him, and shouted "Thank you, manager" at the man.

Thank you, manager?Lin Youxi was taken aback. If there is no mistake, he should be Xie Jin, the marketing manager of the company.As for why she knew this name, it was because Zhao Zixin was the one who confessed his love at the reception last time!
At this moment, Lin Youxi turned her head and saw Wu Feier's eyes that were about to squeeze out of shape.She wanted to hehe.

After entering the elevator, Wu Fei'er asked Lin Youxi: "How is it? That Xie Jin just now is handsome. It is said that he was divorced the year before last, and Zhao Zixin fell in love with him, so there is really no hope."

"He was married?" Lin Youxi was surprised.

"That's right. He's almost 40 years old, how could he never be married?" Wu Fei'er took it for granted, "But it's said that his ex-wife cheated. Xie Jin is a typical high-quality man, rich, car and house , and has a good personality, anyway, when people around me talk about Xie Jin, they can only get praise from everyone if they praise him without harming him and how successful he is."

Seeing that Wu Fei'er didn't intend to end the topic, Lin Youxi automatically blocked her voice, thinking about the project in her mind.

"So in summary, Zhao Zixin has absolutely no chance to be with Xie Jin."

Lin Youxi didn't like Wu Fei'er's meanness, so she didn't express any opinion on it.

Eating in the cafeteria at noon, Lin Youxi looked at the documents in her hand while picking up the food on the plate.Zheng Tao came over and saw it, and joked, "You're so motivated."

Hearing the sound, Lin Youxi raised her head, with a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth.Zheng Tao couldn't help pointing at her face with a smile: "What kind of project did you accept again? You don't need to work so hard."

"It's not for repaying the mortgage."

"Tsk tsk, I became a house slave at a young age."

"It's not for future marriage."

"...Why do you feel that your tone is full of resentment, is this the tone that a person who is going to get married should have?"

"It's still too early to get married." Lin Youxi took a big mouthful of rice, her voice was ambiguous, "Now it's a question of whether or not they will get married."

"What happened?" Zheng Tao was a little serious.

Lin Youxi deliberately teased him: "It's all because my boyfriend mistook me for a change of heart when I wore your coat home last time."

"Ah, is it really because of this?" Zheng Tao said in surprise, "I forgot that you lived with your boyfriend at the time. If he misunderstood, I will help you explain it to him."

"Forget it." Lin Youxi pretended to be sad, "If you can't reconcile the lover, let him go."

"...you're kidding me again."

Lin Youxi was chatting and laughing with Zheng Tao here, and Wu Fei'er, who was sitting not far away, saw all of this.She poked at the colleague sitting across from her, pointed in their direction and said, "It seems that the relationship between those two people is very good."

"Aren't you sitting next to Lin Youxi, what's going on with her that you don't know yet?"

"Sitting next to me, I have to know." Wu Fei'er curled her lips and said, "It's not like you don't know about Lin Youxi, you keep everything under wraps, it's so boring."

"Isn't she the one who picked up Zheng Tao at the beginning? It's the first person Zheng Tao met in the company. It's normal to have a good relationship. The key is that one has a boyfriend and the other has such an excellent ex-girlfriend."

"Have insights."

"Why do you care so much about them?"

Wu Fei'er was stunned, and then added: "Just curious."

In order to coax Lin Youxi, Qin Zhihao got off work early, went to the farmer's market to buy a lot of vegetables, and then went home to cook dinner.During the cooking, he also cleaned the house by the way. After washing the washing machine, he took out the clothes one by one to dry, and when he picked up Zheng Tao's men's suit, his expression changed instantly.Lin Youxi put the suit into the washing machine, ready to return it to Zheng Tao after washing, but she didn't tell him about it because of the cold war last night.So when Qin Zhihao saw this dress, he threw it on the chair beside him.

When Lin Youxi got off work, when she opened the door, she smelled the aroma of food, sniffed, and felt hungry.

(End of this chapter)