i prefer you

Chapter 3

Surprising!

This is what Xuan Yingai felt when she entered the office in the morning.Everyone looked at her with strange eyes, some would smile at her, some would pat her on the shoulder, and even the slightest would look at her twice more.

Putting the briefcase on her desk, taking out the laptop, she turned on the machine to receive the mail.

"Could it be another strange letter?" Thinking of Minmin making such a fuss yesterday, I still feel numb.

In the letter accusing her, Minmin described her as a third party who robbed someone's boyfriend.Of course, this was explained by Xiaowen, otherwise, with her nervousness, she would probably not be able to understand those words that are obviously simple but difficult to understand.

"Yingai." A call interrupted her meditation.

She raised her head and happened to see Shao Zhongxin parked by her table. Today, he looked a little gray and seemed to be in a bad mood.

In fact, Shao Zhongxin is really good-looking, even if he has a gloomy face, it may only be interpreted as melancholy, right?Especially in the eyes of girls like Minmin.

"What's the matter? Are you busy recently? You're not in a good mood!" She asked with concern.

To be honest, she did owe him a little. He had taken good care of her for a long time, and the two had known each other for a while, but she never even invited him to a meal.

"Are you... in a good mood?" He didn't answer her question.

Ying Ai shrugged habitually. "Not bad! Why, do you have a job for me?"

But her answer seemed to annoy him. "Aside from work, is there no other possibility between us?" He did not hide the frustration in his tone.

"I'm in a bad mood, I should have said it earlier!" She told him proudly. "Go to the balcony to relax, and I will listen to your bitterness."

Shao Zhongxin looked at her with gloomy eyes, which made her a little uncomfortable.

"I have coffee, would you like a cup?" What is wrong with him?Her smile was a little forced.

"Coffee, I want, I want!" Xiao Wen chattered from afar.

"I'm not..." Yingai's words were interrupted by Xiaowen again.

"Here is the cup, soak it for me." Xiaowen conjured a cup out of nowhere and handed it to her.Shoved it to her. "Hurry up! My eyelids are closing."

Ying Ai glanced at her.

not bad!Be energetic!How can you look like you want to sleep?
Ying Ai looked at Zhong Xin helplessly. "Do you have any business to explain? I'll be right away after I finish making coffee."

Unexpectedly, her words made him look even more lethargic. "No, it's okay." After saying that, he walked away.

"I think he is the one who really needs coffee." Ying'ai muttered.

Xiaowen slapped her directly on the forehead. "you are hopeless!"

"Why did you hit me?" Ying Ai was still screaming, and she was dragged to the balcony by Xiao Wen.

"Aren't you going to drink coffee? You haven't brewed it yet!" She was already standing on the balcony, but Ying'ai still didn't understand Xiaowen's behavior.

"I can't stand you, who wants coffee?! I'm here to save you." Xiao Wen rolled her eyes.

"You..." Ying Ai suddenly looked at her with comprehension. "How do you know what Shao Zhongsuo wants to say to me?"

"You can figure it out with your knees!" Xiaowen was almost impatient, wondering why this woman's brain is not good at anything other than work? [-] The whole company knows about your story, so of course he wants to confirm it with you, or put in more effort! "

"My business?" Now Ying'ai's head is filled with question marks. "As soon as I arrived at the company today, I noticed that everyone was behaving strangely. Which one is they acting in now?" I wanted to ask Xiaowen for a long time, but I was a little sad to hold back the questions.

"Now I'm acting in a romantic literary film, and these colleagues who are described as weird are the audience. As for the protagonist... the heroine is Xuan Yingai..." Xiaowen stopped pointingly, waiting for her reaction .

"What?!" As expected, Ying Ai yelled out.

Xiaowen just smiled "hehe" and looked at her wordlessly.

Although Ying Ai was a little late, she was not so stupid that she didn't know what she was talking about.It's just... how did it spread?Did someone see it yesterday?

Thinking of this, her whole face turned red.She didn't return to the office until very late yesterday, and Xia Xuyong sent her back.After that, the two went to eat something together before parting reluctantly.

That feeling is too strong!

It was an unprecedented experience for her to feel so strongly pulled by a person that she could not be herself at all.

"What did you hear?" she asked in a low voice, and her movements became sneaky.

Xiaowen snorted. "I also know that the leading actor is Xia Xuyong. The two of you staged a hot love scene at the exit of the World Trade Exhibition Hall. I think not only our 'Yingyuan' people saw it, but now 'Guan Yu' must also be passed on. Quite brilliant."

Ying'ai covered her face, wanting to moan.

"Oh my God!" She really wanted to disappear in the company, thinking of everyone's expressions and reactions to her today, it was indeed extremely ambiguous.

"What should I do now?" She looked up at the smiling Xiaowen.

Xiaowen looked satisfied. "Good job, Ying'ai!" She smiled and hugged Ying'ai. "I didn't expect that in just two days, you'd fall into the talent of 'Guan Yu'. Now the female employees of 'Guan Yu' must be gritting their wrists and gnashing their teeth!"

Bundle?
Ying Ai saw the monster's expression on her face. "It's so obscene by you!"

"What's obscene?! It's only natural to fall in love, and you're upright and confident. Don't tell me you're already with him... Haha! You move so fast!" Xiaowen smiled even more ambiguously.

Ying Ai stared at her unbearably. "Stop talking nonsense, are you a friend? Hurry up and clarify for me! I don't want to be observed by everyone like a white mouse anymore."

"You also care about other people's opinions? You, Xuan Ying'ai, are not always misunderstood and don't bother to clarify. Look at what Minmin did, you never spoke for yourself."

"You are different! I can't quarrel with her, can I? Wouldn't that make things worse?!"

"It's the same!" Xiaowen waved her hand. "Anyway, it's a good thing to fall in love with Xia Xuyong. You don't need to worry about what you have and what you don't have. It's his face every day. Are you suffering from this temper?"

"What face? He's actually a nice person. Maybe he was under too much pressure that day, and we were also at fault..." It turns out that he can also be a funny and cheerful person!She remembered the way he laughed, the feeling...

"Wow! I heard the sound of someone falling into the pit of love." Xiao Wen said with a sigh. "I obviously got into a fight with him on the spot that day, but now I'm helping him."

"Hey! I never said that I was not wrong that day. Even if I had a problem with his attitude at that time, I never said that I was not wrong. It's just... people need time to get along. The impression at the beginning is different from the reality. Maybe there is a gap!" Ying Ai explained nervously, looking a bit at a loss.

Xiaowen crossed her arms and stared at her leisurely. "Next, do you want to tell me that he is actually a funny and humorous man, not only looks good, but also has a charming personality?"

"I..." You really hit the spot!She opened her mouth, was taken aback for a moment, and then denied it. "I have nothing to say, I don't know him very well yet." It's right to get rid of it quickly!
"Yes?" Xiaowen raised her eyebrows. "So you kiss people you don't know well in the street? I misunderstood, I misunderstood."

"Chen Xiaowen!" Ying Ai screamed and chased her.

＋＋ten

Just as this drama was being staged at this end, Xia Xuyong at the other end also faced the curious eyes of his colleagues.

It's just that Xia Xuyong is much more stable.

"Xu Yong, I heard that you yesterday..." When the good colleague saw him, he asked honestly, with an ambiguous expression on his face.

Xia Xuyong just pursed his lips and smiled noncommittally.

This smile says something.

Colleagues who are familiar with Xia Xuyong know that he is serious except for those he is familiar with.But since such an accident happened a while ago, his smile has become less, and even among acquaintances, he is rarely seen relaxing.

However, I heard that he talked and laughed with the planning team leader of "Yingyuan" yesterday. Of course, the most talked about is that classic kiss.

"Anyway, congratulations!" The colleague patted him on the shoulder.

The corner of Xu Yong's mouth twitched into a smile.

Thinking of Xuan Yingai's energetic and innocent face, his upright appearance... It really makes people feel alive!
It's just that not everyone has a blessed attitude towards this new relationship, at least for most female colleagues, it is a big loss for "employee benefits".

However, due to Xia Xuyong's high position in the company, the people who have contact with him are senior executives other than those in the design department. Besides, he doesn't laugh much at ordinary times. Even if the female colleagues gnash their teeth in private, no one Dare to ask him to confirm the truth of the rumors, so he has no special troubles throughout the day, except...

"Director Xia..." A female colleague who was not in the design department ran up to Xu Yong and yelled, then looked at him with worried and resentful eyes, and then ran away with sobs.

"Hahaha!" The male colleague next to Xu Yong laughed out loud.

Xu Yong frowned.

"It's so popular!" The male colleague pushed him. "It's really unfair, we've snatched away all our opportunities! But, it's all over now, I wish you and the lady from 'Yingyuan' all the best, that's the greatest blessing for our male colleague 'Guan Yu'. "

Xu Yong could only squint at him.

+ a ten

At seven o'clock in the evening, those who usually get off work on time have already left, and those who have to work overtime have also gone to have dinner.

Ying Ai sat in front of the computer, looking absent-minded.So when the phone on the table rang, I was taken aback.

"I'm downstairs in your company, can I get off work?" Xia Xuyong's mellow voice came from the phone.

Ying Ai looked around. "Go ahead, turn right and then left in the alley ahead, there is a convenience store there, I'll meet you there." She said in a low voice.

"Which drama is going on now?" His voice was full of laughter.

"I'll talk to you later, see you later." Hanging up the phone in a hurry, Ying Ai tidied up her things neatly, and left the company very quietly.

Ten minutes later, she got into Xia Xuyong's car.

Xu Yong looked at Ying Ai who was running away with a flushed face, smiled and curled his index finger to sweep the blush on her cheeks.

The movement caused her to shudder.

Again!
Every time his careless movements made her heart fluctuate, it wasn't annoying, but the feeling was so strong!This man obviously looks so gentle, how can he be such a master flirt, he will always find a way to provoke her to let him lead her, flustered.

Just like that day in front of the World Trade Center, it's still embarrassing to think about it!
"Stop laughing!" She couldn't help tugging at the corner of his mouth, and then backed away embarrassedly. "sorry!"

"Why?" He neatly manipulated the steering wheel of the car, driving in the crowded Taipei City but seemed so calm, as if everything was under control.

Even between them, he seemed quite calm, always with a faint smile, always with a playful smile at her abnormal performances.

"Don't you think we..." She couldn't speak, a little hesitant. "We don't know each other well, it seems like we've known each other for a long time."

"Because you don't know me well, so you can't pinch me?" He raised his beautiful eyebrows.

"It's not whether you can pinch or not... Alas!" She asked angrily. "You know what I mean!" I couldn't stand him, so I pretended to be dead!
Xu Yong raised his head and laughed.

She is so cute!
He had never seen a woman who was so serious and focused on everything, that when she showed the stubbornness of a little old woman in her relationship, he found it quite interesting.

This woman is like a baby!
"Okay, let's not discuss this for now. I'm so hungry, let's get out of the car." I don't know when the car has stopped by the side of the road, Xu Yong urged.

"Where is this?" She asked as she got out of the car.

"A place to eat. Your whole mind is spent on how to separate the relationship between the two of us, of course you don't know where you are now." He answered absolutely.

"I...how can I." Her volume automatically decreased.

"Then who forced me to wait for her in the alley just now?" He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"That's because I've been terrified these past two days. I don't like to be the heroine of gossip. Even when I go to the toilet, I will be looked at twice! I'm acting low-key, but it's not shameful. Besides... "Bringing that kiss, she really didn't have the courage to continue the discussion.

"If I hadn't kissed you, you wouldn't have been caught having an affair with me?" He asked narrowly.

"Who has an ambiguous relationship with you? Before that, we only met twice..." At this point, she couldn't help but want to cry again.She Xuan Ying'ai has never been impulsive, how could she kiss a man who has only met twice in public?
"Yes, you said everything, I will find a more secluded place next time." He winked at her, and pulled her into the shop.

"You...wow!" Her complaint was interrupted by the atmosphere in the store, and the melodious jazz music wafting in the room calmed her down. "How do you know about this store? I wanted to come here a long time ago, but I couldn't find where."

This is a restaurant with live performances. The main meals are actually very simple, but the atmosphere is very quiet, especially at night when it is full of regular customers.Because of this, its evaluation is quite high, but it is located in an alley, and ordinary people may not be able to find it even if they look for it deliberately.

"I knew you would like it!" He took her to find a quiet corner and sat down. "Eat first, it should be the saxophone performance tonight."

"It feels great, how do you know that I love to listen to jazz?" His intentions moved her.

"My sixth sense is working." In fact, when he called her, Xiaowen helped her answer the phone and secretly revealed it to him.

"Do you often go to PUB?" I remember the first day we met, he was also unable to escape in the PUB, and he was alone.

"Sometimes the work is too tiring. After work, I don't want to face an empty house alone, but also want to be quiet, so I will find a place to listen to music and take a rest."

Empty house?

She couldn't imagine how lonely he looked when he was alone at home.Is it for the sake of losing the one he loves, so that makes his sense of loss even heavier?
If he loves his ex-fiancée so much, is there room in his heart for her?

She felt a sudden question in her heart.

"What's wrong?" He noticed her mood swings.

She shook her head, "I just thought, losing her... must be a big blow to you."

Xu Yong was stunned, and was silent for a few seconds. Just when she began to regret her abruptness, he spoke.

"It's a big blow to me, but it's not because I love her very much." He said calmly, with a gloomy shadow in his eyes.

She looked at him in surprise.

"Ying Shuang can be regarded as my childhood sweetheart. Our two families have known each other for a long time. In the past, I didn't care much about marriage. For me, marriage is just a process of choice in life. When the two families have such expectations, I hope we are together, and we will get engaged according to everyone's wishes."

"You mean...you don't love each other?" This truth is really far from the guess!But why did he become gloomy and silent because of her death?
"It's not correct to say that. At least she loves me between the two of us. I know this very well, because I can feel her dedication to me all the time."

So you only found out you loved her after you lost it?
Ying'ai didn't let that sentence come out, her hand holding the napkin got tangled up, just like her tangled heart, the whole thing got tangled up.

"And then?" Fortunately, her voice sounded calm.

"When something happened to her, I felt very guilty. After all, she paid so much to me, but I didn't care enough for her, because I found that I couldn't even figure out what she liked!"

"Do you... regret it?" She asked hesitantly.In fact, what she really wants to ask is, does he love her?
"Regret? Right!" He sat back, his brows were obviously tired. "If I had found out earlier that there was an asymmetry between the two of us, then I would have done something about it."

"You mean to care about her and love her?" Her heart was suspended, she didn't know what she was nervous about.

He paused. "I don't think so. It should mean that we will think about our relationship with her. At least I want to know her views on marriage. Maybe I don't have the ability to provide what she wants. People can't always have only one party Are you paying?"

She was a little moved when she heard it, but also a little relieved.

"So now, do you still think the same about marriage?" Would it be misunderstood to ask?she asked a little worried.

"I used to really think that love or marriage is just a part of life for men. If you want it to exist, it can exist, but it is not so necessary, but now my thoughts are slowly changing. .” He looked at her intently as he spoke.

Under the soft light, her face looked a little hazy, but it had a soft beauty.When he stared at her like this, suddenly he had an urge to hold her in his arms.See if that body feels the same as her when hugged, strong and gentle!

"How to change?" She was asking, but found that he was not listening to her question at all.

He leaned forward and hooked his hands at her.

"What?" She also leaned forward naturally.

Xu Yong put his mouth close to her ear and said in a whisper, "I want to hug you."

Her reaction was to be stunned for a moment, then she stepped back, covering her mouth with her slender hands, her face flushed red!
Thinking of the shock caused by his deep voice echoing in her sensitive ears, she blushed so much that even her ears were flushed.

Seeing her reaction, he smiled slowly.

That smile is so damn sexy!

"Can I order food?" The appearance of the service staff broke their ambiguity.

Ying'ai nodded hurriedly, as if there was no silver 300 taels here.

Her reaction made him laugh again.

The service staff looked at the two strange-looking people inexplicably, with question marks on their faces.

"I want a roasted chicken leg with red wine." Ying Ai hurriedly buried her face in the temporary menu.

"Me too." When he spoke, he still stared at her, as if he was pointing at her.

She was so angry that she wanted to splash water in his face.

man!

"It's okay!" Damn it!Short legs are a disadvantage!

"Why is it all right? You won't let me hold your hand." He stood in front of the elevator, determined to get an answer just like that.

"Don't hurt me! Holding hands with you today, I don't know how much trouble I will have tomorrow." She said half-jokingly and half-complainingly, turning around and waiting for the elevator to arrive seriously.

Xu Yong held her arm. "say clearly."

The elevator door opened with a "dang", and she was about to step in, but was restrained by his strong hand.

"If you don't tell me why you won't let me take it, we won't leave." He insisted.

Ying'ai gasped and looked at him in disbelief.He actually did this trick? !

Unexpectedly, if he is stubborn, it will kill him!

"I'm here for you, come in!" She stretched out her hand and called him helplessly.

Xu Yong hesitated for a few seconds, and then held her hand, to spare her temporarily.

"Okay, because I don't want to be stared at by the female colleagues in your company anymore, so can you stop asking me, I'm already very..." Ying'ai suddenly felt a little bad, and some things that happened to her today came to her mind at the same time, making her I feel so tired.

"Hush..." His slender fingers pressed against her lips, then wrapped his other hand around her waist, put her head on his chest, and hugged her into his arms.

Burying her face into his warm embrace, his breath filled with different wings, she felt her fragility gushed out nakedly, her eye sockets were wet...

For so many years, she has been alone, working hard and enduring some joys and sorrows by herself, but these arms gave her a place to perch. The question is how long can these arms allow her to perch?

Complicated emotions welled up in my heart, mixed feelings!

For Xu Yong, the fragility she showed for the first time also made him feel distressed.He could see that she was under a lot of pressure recently, with such a petite body and such small shoulders, she was always living so stubbornly, carrying everything in life alone.How much he wanted to participate in her life and make each other's lives more complete!
The elevator quickly reached the underground parking lot, and the two walked out together.

"Would you like to go for a walk after eating later?" He asked, still wrapping his big hands around her shoulders.

"I have to go back to the company to get some materials, and I have to go back to catch up on a case tonight." She said, suddenly feeling very tired.

"Are you in such a hurry to write? You look very tired." He shook her delicate shoulder distressedly.

"Actually, physical fatigue is second. It's not that I haven't done it in one night, but I feel a little tired in my heart. This case was originally the work of the public relations group, and you know that I am also the supervisor of that group now. Because there are A colleague just said that something was not done right away, but I can’t let it open the skylight for the things I need tomorrow, right?” She was also very helpless.

This oolong's colleague is Min Min, because she is still quite hostile to Ying Ai, so Ying Ai would rather work overtime by herself than to talk to her anymore.

"How could this happen?" Xu Yong couldn't believe that Ying Ai, who was so serious about her work, would bring out such a person.

"It's not a matter of relationship. For the sake of relationship, work can be left aside. How can I worry about other things." Speaking of this, she became angry. Why did Miss Min Min lose her love to her? !
Why do so many women bring their emotions to work, and even affect the progress of work?

Ying Ai couldn't quite agree with this point.

"Then have you thought of a way to enlighten and enlighten her? It should be a junior, still young?" He asked, everyone has their own way of leading others, and he also has his own views on this point.However, now Xu Yong's strictness has spread far and wide, and the people under him are quite knowledgeable.

"Me?" Ying'ai laughed dryly. "I'm not very suitable. Because the person who rejected her and caused her to break up with her is my boss..." It was Shao Zhongxin!
If you want to refuse Minmin's confession, just refuse. Why do you say that he likes her type?It's simply because she didn't die fast enough!

At this time, she still opened her mouth to persuade Minmin, isn't she asking for embarrassment?

"Boss? That's it?" He looked at her suspiciously. "I can see from the look in your eyes that there are other things you haven't said."

"Ouch!" she exclaimed. "You hate it! Well, I'll tell you! Because my precious boss actually told people that he likes my type, so you know how embarrassing I am? I'm so innocent!"

It is indeed full of innocence, but it cannot be said to be completely innocent!
"Has he pursued you before?" Xu Yong's voice began to ask.

Of course Ying Ai felt that something was wrong, the temperature in the compartment rose a few degrees.

"That... doesn't count!" She stammered.

"What do you mean by not being counted? Then what 'not counting' pursuits has he done?" He really planned to break the casserole and ask the end.

"Oh, I just found out today that you are a very stubborn person!" Ying'ai sighed.

(End of this chapter)