i prefer you

Chapter 5

Perhaps passion consumes too much energy, perhaps these two people are really carried away.Anyway, the next day at the Nth meeting of the collaboration between "Yingyuan" and "Guan Yu"—

"I'm sorry, Miss Xuan is not feeling well, but she is on her way here, everyone can discuss the part that has not been discussed before." Xiaowen said awkwardly, this Ying'ai is really weird, I have known her for so long , I didn't see her late because she overslept!

Unexpectedly, facing Xiaowen's embarrassment, Director Li of "Guan Yu" also looked embarrassed.

"What we haven't discussed before is about the design of the database. Last time, Director Xia had an opinion on this place. But..." Director Li smiled a little stiffly. "He hasn't entered the office yet."

Wow!
"These two people have an appointment?" Xiaowen complained right away, and then immediately stopped talking.

damn it!Maybe they are!

For a moment, she and Director Li looked at each other awkwardly, and then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Sorry, I'm late!" After the laughter fell, Ying Ai rushed into the conference room, apologizing hastily.

Then there was another burst of laughter.

"It seems that you are going well!" Ying Ai said with a smile. "Where did the discussion go?" She didn't even enter the office, she came directly to "Guan Yu". When she woke up from the bed in the morning, she found that both she and Xu Yong were late.

"Because Director Xia was late like you, we can't discuss the part about the database for the time being." Xiaowen said with a smile on her lips.

Speaking of Xia Xuyong, she couldn't help but blush a little, remembering the lingering last night... She hurriedly restrained her mind so as not to reveal her secrets in front of everyone.

In fact, she didn't know. From the fact that she and Xia Xuyong were late at the same time, many things were self-evident.

Then Xia Xuyong appeared, but he was a man after all, a mature man with experience, and he didn't show any embarrassment at all.

The meeting proceeded quickly, and in fact the cooperation project between the two parties has already come to an end.

"Then I'm going back to the company." Ying Ai waited for everyone to leave the conference room before saying softly to him.

He leaned over and kissed her. "This is for you." He stuffed something cold into her hand.

She spread her hands and looked. "key?"

"The key to my house, you were there last time." He once took her to his residence, which was Xu Yong's own residence. He only went home to eat with his parents on holidays, and he lived alone on weekdays, but But much larger than her nest. "It's very close to here. If you're too tired, please take a leave of absence. Go back and sleep first. I'll pick you up for dinner after get off work."

She froze for a moment, then realized the soreness between her legs, but asked for leave... Isn't that 300 taels of silver here?Looking at everyone's ambiguous eyes today, she can't even invite her to death!
"I can, no need to ask for leave." He said he wanted to pay him back.

"You don't have to pay it back, it's for you." He stroked the ends of her hair on the forehead, liking her soft hair, especially when it was scattered on the pillow... "If you are too tired, you can go to my place anytime." side, treat it as your other nest!"

Ying Ai stared into his gentle eyes, her eyes were red.

How she wanted this man!
How much she wanted to rest her arms on his broad shoulders, but could she?If she perches, will she lose the ability to fly when this shoulder is no longer for her to lean on?
"Then I'll go back first, Xiaowen is still waiting for me." She suppressed the emotion in her eyes and said.

Looking at her leaving back, he could feel her retreat, but he was not discouraged.He knew she was insecure, but maybe time would tell.

+++

Although Xia Xuyong didn't go to work on time today, he got off work on time.

He returned to his residence, made some simple food, and planned to pick Ying'ai over for dinner later after she finished working overtime.Since he was studying abroad in the past, he had to arrange everything by himself, so simple eating was not a problem for him.

When the doorbell rang, he thought Ying'ai had finished her work early because it was only six o'clock.

"Brother-in-law!"

Standing outside the door was a shy and delicate girl, wearing a long dress with childish lace on the hem.But on the whole, the girl's weak appearance is quite touching.

"Yingrou?" Xu Yong was taken aback. "Why did you suddenly think of coming to me?"

Ying Rou is the younger sister of his dead fiancée Ying Shuang, and the two families are considered aristocratic families, so he and Ying Rou have also known each other since childhood.It's just that Ying Rou is three years younger than Ying Shuang, and she is only 21 now.

Ying Rou walked into Xu Yong's residence, looked around, and checked to see if there was another woman. "Can't I find you? If I don't come to you again, you will be snatched away!" She pouted and said, full of coquettishness.

Xu Yong was a little embarrassed. Although Yingrou was Yingshuang's younger sister, he didn't even know Yingshuang well, let alone her younger sister.After Ying Shuang's death, apart from treating her as his younger sister, he rarely had any contact with her on weekdays, except that he occasionally ran into her at some family dinners.

"You didn't have class today?" He asked casually, still surprised that she came to him.

Ying Rou didn't answer his question, but instead asked, "Brother-in-law, I heard you got a new girlfriend?"

She stared straight at Xu Yong.Xu Yong was a little surprised, Yingrou in her impression was soft and had no opinion on anything, but the firmness in her eyes seemed to make it clear that he had to answer.

"Yeah!" Speaking of Ying'ai, he couldn't help but think of her serious and somewhat confused appearance. When she woke up this morning, her screams almost knocked the roof off, and he couldn't help but a doting smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That smile stung Yingrou. How far are you guys? "

Xu Yong immediately felt disgusted. "I don't have to..." Explain my private life to you!His stern words froze on his lips, he didn't want to treat her like this, she was also Ying Shuang's younger sister after all.But he couldn't be too indulgent about her overly aggressive questions.

"Answer me first, unless you think this matter is shameful!" She immediately blocked him.

"This is my private life, there's no need to explain it to you." His eyes were shining with displeasure, and a sensible person should touch his nose and leave when he sees this expression, because it is a sign of his anger.

"How can you?!" She swallowed hard, and tears fell like this. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?"

"You..." The sudden change made him dumbfounded.

"You know that I have always loved you since I was a child. At that time, you already had a sister, so I admit it, but..." She cried with tears all over her face, accusing while speaking. "I thought I had another chance, I'm so happy, can't you see my hard work..."

"Yingrou," he sighed. "I think you misunderstood. I never thought that about you."

"No! Don't say that." She shook her head violently. "In order to get close to you, I spent so much time learning something you like. You know that I originally studied business management. I switched to commercial art design for you, just to get closer to you... I will admit it no matter how hard it is! But now you don't even give me a chance..."

Xu Yong sighed quietly in his heart, he never thought that Ying Rou would have such an idea.But seeing her crying so excitedly, he couldn't talk to her properly.

"Calm down." He said in a low voice, not wanting her to continue to have inappropriate imaginations about him. "It's just your crush, it's not real, when you grow up..."

"I've grown up a long time ago!" She stopped him.

Xu Yong took a step back helplessly, wanting to wait for her to calm down.

She finally realized this too, and sobbed and stopped crying.But she still looked at him with hopeful face. "You're not serious with her, are you? You're just fresh...I heard that that woman is the supervisor of your cooperative company, and you're with her for the sake of smooth work, right?"

"Stop, stop talking! You don't even know what you're talking about now!" He looked at the unreasonable woman in front of him in frustration, turned around and wanted to leave.

As if seeing his intentions, Ying Rou's eyes flashed a reckless light, and the next moment she climbed onto his shoulders and pressed her lips together.

Things always seem to happen in fatal moments!
Just when Xu Yong was taken aback by this sudden movement, the next moment he had no time to push her away, an exclamation cast another variable into this panicked situation.

"what!"

Xu Yong suddenly raised his eyes and met Ying'ai's painful face.That exclamation turned out to be from her!
"Ying'ai!" He pushed Ying Rou away, and nervously called her name.

Ying'ai's eyes were full of astonishment and pain, and she could only be described as panic. When she heard him calling her, she also ran towards her, but an impulse made her turn around and run outside.

As if chasing her behind is a scourge.

＋＋ten

The sensational relationship between Xu Yong and Ying Ai between the two companies is very dramatic, and the subsequent development is of course the focus of everyone's attention.Now, it is simply the gossip that the people of these two companies are most concerned about at present.

"Xiaowen, tell me quickly, it's been three days, what's going on?" asked No. [-] eighth woman of Yingyuan Technology.

"That's right, aren't you the most familiar with Ying'ai? Tell me quickly!" Ba Po No. [-] took over.

"Why hasn't she come two days in a row? I went to the Human Resources Department to check, one day of sick leave and one day of annual leave..." Eighth Wife No. [-] asked while announcing important news.

What they said to each other made Xiaowen, who was already annoyed, even darker.

"How do I know!" Xiaowen pushed away the crowd surrounding her. "She doesn't answer the phone, doesn't turn on her mobile phone, and even goes to her house to wait for her, but she can't find anyone. If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed together.

"Then it looks like you don't know if she and Director Xia are fighting?"

Rumor has it that Xuan Yingai's unprecedented temporary leave in the past two days was because of a quarrel with Xia Xuyong.This matter has also been widely spread in "Guan Yu", especially the female colleagues of "Guan Yu", they are more concerned about the veracity of this rumor, after all, it has a lot to do with their welfare.

"Do you think it's possible they've hooked up and gone on vacation together?"

"Impossible! According to reliable reports, people from 'Guan Yu' said that Xia Xuyong has been going to work for the past two days."

"Really?"

When everyone continued to discuss, Xiaowen slipped out through a gap.

Of course she knew that Xia Xuyong had gone to work, because he had called over the past two days.He was really caring, somehow found out that she and Ying'ai had a good relationship, and if he couldn't find Ying'ai, he went to her directly, and Xu Yong also roughly told her what happened.

well!Feeling good?

Just say it and complain!Ying Ai didn't contact her at all. Fortunately, she thought that such an exaggerated thing happened, Ying Ai should talk to her, whether it is to help her make up ideas, or help her scold people. Who would have thought...

"What a heartless woman!" Xiao Wen was cursing, when she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Ying Ai walking into the office.

Xiao Wen strode forward, grabbed Ying Ai's arm and walked towards the corner.

"What are you doing?" Ying Ai seemed uninspired.

"Say, where did you go?" Xiaowen asked threateningly with a fierce look.

Ying'ai's eyes flashed. "I'm not feeling well, take a break. I called to ask for leave..."

"Who cares about asking for leave!" She interrupted Ying'ai's dodge. "You didn't answer the phone, and no one was at home. Where did you go?"

Ying Ai sighed. "I'm going back south."

"What are you running away from?" Xiaowen said with an unbearable expression on her face. "You really don't look like Xuan Ying'ai! The Xuan Ying'ai I know is a brave woman. What are you running away from?"

Compared to Xiaowen's excitement, Ying'ai's reaction was much colder. "I... just tired and want to rest."

"If you're doing that with that stinky woman because of Xia Xuyong, you should listen to what he has to say! You can't avoid seeing Xia Xuyong, it's a bit unfair to him."

In fact, Xiaowen felt that Xia Xuyong was really pitiful, and she knew about the whole thing, and in her opinion there was nothing wrong with it.But this woman ran and hid for two days. If she said it was okay, who was she lying to?
"I know, I will talk to him again." Ying Ai said, with tiredness in her tone and shadows under her eyes.

Xiaowen's heart softened.Since she met Ying'ai, she had never seen her like this. Ying'ai gave the impression that she was rational and strong, but what a woman!In the face of love, how can there be an eternal strong? !

"Yingai," Xiaowen called to stop her. "If you really find the right person, don't give up."

But Ying'ai just froze, and was arrested by Shao Zhongxin when she was about to enter the office.
"I happen to have something to ask you, so come to my office." Shao Zhongxin said solemnly.

Ying Ai had no choice but to follow him into the office.

"Your dream is about to come true." Shao Zhongxin said happily, and handed over an official document.

She opened the briefcase. "The cadre training plan..." She was stunned, and suddenly looked up at him. "Passed? The company wants to send me there?"

This is a talent cultivation plan of the company, mainly aimed at the cultivation of executive talents and doing some advanced training.By the way, you can go to other overseas branches to study, and you can study and study at the same time, which is very helpful for your future.

"Didn't you always feel that your professional background is not enough? Your opportunity has come. This time the company has added two special places, and I have won the opportunity for you."

"I miss things that are directly related to information, so as to increase my information background." She studied mass communication in college, and worked as an AE in an advertising company before entering the information industry.Although the current job is mainly planning and marketing, she believes that she needs to strengthen her information knowledge.

This is a chance to prove yourself.

Her parents divorced a few years ago, and she was regarded as an unwanted child by her relatives, who always took it for granted that she was worthless.It is because of this that she is very competitive. Whether it is studying or working, she always strives for good results.

This was indeed the opportunity she had dreamed of.But why now?
"Now you have a chance! As long as you fill in the information, the follow-up procedures will be completed soon, and then you just need to prepare to go abroad." Shao Zhongxin has never seen a woman who loves work more than her, so he Expect her to be ecstatic!

"So fast?" She was confused.

Her reaction was completely out of Shao Zhongxin's expectation.

"That's right! Because the number of places is temporarily increased by the company, the preparation work will be a little rushed, but it can still be in time for the start of the spring class over there. As for the work here, I will find someone to take your seat." He said Comforted, thinking that she was surprised by the sudden good news and didn't know how to react.

"When... when will I decide?"

"When?" Shao Zhongxin finally found that her performance was far from what she expected. "You still have to think about it? Isn't this what you have been fighting for for a long time? If you miss this time, it will be hard to say whether you will have another chance in the future."

Of course she knew this truth, but...

Xia Xuyong's figure flashed across her mind, and she wanted to push away the feeling of reluctance angrily.

"Always give me time to think about it, it's too sudden, too sudden..." She murmured, not knowing if the so-called too sudden was just a chance to study, or...

"Then... give me an answer the day after tomorrow at the latest." Shao Zhongxin said.

Ying'ai nodded, took the official document and walked out, full of confusion!
In the past two days, she has been hiding in the south, but in fact, she has no relatives in the south. After her parents divorced, they all married each other, so she is homeless at all.

She knew what she was running from.It's not that she doesn't know that Xu Yong will have a good explanation, but she is frightened by her own strong feelings.At that moment, she was so painful that she was about to die!How can the human heart be so fragile?She was terrified!
According to her experience, the happiness that comes for no reason will always be lost without warning. She has lost too much in her life. She has become accustomed to expecting to lose while gaining it, just like her parents abandoned her.

But this time is different!

She had never liked a man so much!She even liked it so much that she suspected it was love.

She struggled back to her seat.But she sat down.The phone rang wildly, and she picked it up.

"I want to see you." Xia Xuyong's voice was gloomy.

What time should we face the [-] offer? "

Only after hearing his voice did she know how much she missed this deep voice.

"I'm downstairs in your company." He said.

"Downstairs?" When did he become so impulsive? "I'm going to work..." She wanted to hide again.

"You come down or I go up, choose one." He won't do her tricks anymore!
Ying Ai sighed. "I'll go down." Is it okay to let him come up?

＋＋ten

Five minutes later, the express elevator took her downstairs, and as soon as she walked out of the gate of the building, she saw the familiar figure standing on the sidewalk.

He turned his back to her, looking at the traffic on the road, his back looked a little desolate.She stopped and looked at him carefully, thinking how strange human connection is, if someone told her a few days ago that she would perform such an exaggerated performance for a man, she would have laughed three times to show it Disdain.

But it turned out that in just two or three days, her heart was completely inclined to him.

So she not only kissed him in public, but also made this relationship like an eight o'clock drama, which was staged in the mouths of colleagues on both sides every day.In the end, she played the role of the tragic heroine again, and escaped for two days.

It was the first time in her life that she asked for leave without warning.

Thinking of the scene that day, her whole heart twisted.She finished her work early that day and happily planned to surprise him, but when she opened the door with the key he gave her, what greeted her was a picture of kissing!

She didn't know that her heart could hurt so much!

And when the other party hugged Xu Yong and touched his lips in that intimate way, she just wanted to rush over and tear that girl apart.

The strong feeling frightened her.

This is the real reason why she ran away and avoided seeing anyone.

"Xu Yong."

Her lips spit out his name lightly, and when the two words swirled behind, the throbbing began to rippling in the bottom of her heart again.

He heard her call and turned around. At that moment, she opened her mouth slightly in surprise, she couldn't believe how emaciated he was.

The gloom in his eyes was even worse than when we first met.

God!See what she's made of each other? !
Why would such an immature woman let him pay for her?
"I'm sorry." She swallowed.

Xu Yong opened his arms, and pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.At that moment, the feelings for each other were so complicated, as if we had passed through thousands of mountains and rivers to meet each other.

"You are hateful!" He cupped her face and scolded. "I ran away without listening to my explanation, do you know how many of my cells died?"

Her eye sockets were completely red, and tears pooled in her eyes.

"I'm not worth it..." she choked out. "I don't know how to love, and how to be loved! Look at me..." She was too sad to speak.

Are some people simply born emotional idiots?
She can handle complex cooperation cases and write excellent business proposals, but she cannot handle her own strong feelings.

Maybe it's because she doesn't have any harmonious and stable relationship in her life to refer to, her parents have taken pleasure in hurting each other since she was very young, so that she has become a person who can't create stable emotions at all!Can only wait to lose forever!

Xu Yong looked at her frowning with pity, held her face in one hand, and rubbed her brow with his thumb. "It's not that serious, we all need to learn, no one is born a relationship expert."

"But I'm really... so afraid of this strong feeling! It seems that I'm about to lose control!" It seems that I'm about to fall in love with you!Falling in love with you uncontrollably, wildly, and completely abandoning myself!
Touched in his eyes, he pressed her head against his chest. "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

have me!

She had waited all her life for this kind of words, but no one had ever said anything to her.Even her parents are often absent when she is suffering and helpless.

She doesn't doubt his sincerity at the moment, but she herself is simply not mature enough to love or be loved.She needs to grow up, and before that, she...

"I...will go to the United States next month." She said hesitantly, already having a decision in her mind.

"How many days are you going?" He deliberately ignored the hesitation in her tone.

"At least two years." She paused. "The company asked me to go for advanced studies. I have applied for it for a long time. Today... I was just notified..."

"Enough." He interrupted her. "If I hear you right. You're 'telling' me that you're going abroad."

He knew that she was facing a choice in front of her.

This is her last chance to keep him.She knows that she can be selfish and ask him to wait for her, maybe he will compromise, but is it fair?
"I've always wanted to study abroad. I've thought about it for a long time..." Her voice echoed in his condensed gaze.

"Then what do you want to do with me?" He took a deep breath, for she never thought of consulting him.Make him very hurt!
"What can I do with you? You have your life, and only you can decide your life." How much she wanted to tell him how much she wanted him to continue to exist in the rest of her life.

But, can she be so selfish?
This may be two or three years.Even four years!
For a woman who has only known each other for two or three months?
Why is she? !

But stay like this?

She knows it won't work, she needs more growth, maybe she can mature a bit, and face her feelings with a brave attitude.If she stays in front of her, it will only tear each other's feelings, and it is her long-standing dream to study abroad!

But her answer made his eyes completely cold.

"That's your answer?" He let her go, letting her out of his arms.

She bit her lip and nodded slightly. "Sorry, that was my dream."

These few gentle movements stabbed him heavily.

"The point is never whether to dream or not, you know it well." He said slowly, staring at her eyes full of clear pain.

She covered her mouth and almost cried.

"Okay!" He stared at her deeply, his gaze pierced her eyes and the depths of her soul. "Don't regret it!" His words directly hit the softest part of her heart!
She stood trembling in the wind, but she never asked to stay.

Standing on the sidewalk and watching his leaving back, she suddenly felt that this winter was so cold!
Perhaps the winter of her life has come, and she will never leave.

Maybe she is the kind of person destined to be alone...

perhaps.

(End of this chapter)