Seven years

Chapter 13 Dilemma
It was around four or five o'clock in the afternoon that Mu Xue woke up. When she opened her eyes, she found that Li Binghuan had also fallen asleep lying on the bed.During this period, Pete came to take the needle and took her temperature. The fever had almost subsided, and she could fully recover after taking some medicine for a few days.Maybe it was because she slept for too long, Mu Xue felt sore all over her body, and wanted to get out of bed, but she was afraid of waking Binghuan, so she only moved her body slightly.Li Binghuan finally woke up, got up and touched Mu Xue's forehead, finally relieved, "Fortunately, the burn is gone."

"En." Mu Xue said and got out of bed, "Thanks to you."

"You're polite to me."

When the two came to the living room, Mu Shuting, who was preparing the ingredients for dinner, heard their voices coming out of the kitchen, she couldn't hide her worry, "Mu Xue, are you feeling better?"

"Well, it's all over, don't worry about it." Mu Xue comforted her mother.

Only then did Mu Shuting smile comfortably, "Okay, okay, Binghuan, dinner is at my house, and Auntie is ready."

Li Binghuan glanced at Mu Xue, saw her nodding, and said, "Okay, thank you, auntie."

"Be polite with auntie, you guys just sit and watch TV for a while, and I'll call you when the meal is ready."

Mu Xue hugged her mother, "Mom, thank you for your hard work."

Mu Shuting smiled from ear to ear, "Oh, I'm so grown up that I still act like a baby with my mother, so I'm not afraid that Binghuan will laugh at you."

Mu Xue hugged her like no one was around for a few seconds before letting go, and then put on a proud posture, "You are my mother, what's the joke!"

Binghuan looked at her with a smile in his eyes, and Mu Shuting naturally saw her, and she said to her daughter: "Okay, you can talk to Binghuan, there is still water boiling in my pot!"

Mu Xue sent her mother to the kitchen, turned on the TV, handed the remote control to Li Binghuan, and said, "Change what you want to see, um... let me pour you a cup of tea."

"Don't be so troublesome, just white water." These two lines of dialogue made Li Binghuan feel as if he had returned to the time when the two first met, thinking that yesterday's incident would more or less affect their relationship.

After Mu Xue poured the water and put it on the table, the atmosphere became inexplicably quiet, and no one spoke. It looked like the TV was watching, but in fact, she didn't listen to a word.After a few minutes, Mu Xue asked, "I want to drink milk, do you want it?"

"No, drink it." Li Binghuan looked at her.

Mu Xue avoided his gaze, squatted down and turned over the storage drawer of the tea table where milk was usually stored, but it was already empty. "I forgot to finish it. I'll buy some at a nearby convenience store."

Li Binghuan stood up and said, "I'll go buy it."

"No, you sit." Mu Xue stopped him and said, "I slept too long today, so I can just go out and walk around. If my mother asks, just say I'll be back soon."

In fact, it is not necessary to drink milk, but I just want to come out alone to breathe.Li Binghuan can pretend not to care, but she still can't immediately face this man who was hurt by herself just yesterday.The feeling of being alone with him is too depressing.

Fortunately, when I went out, I was wearing a long-sleeved gray cotton and linen dress. It was windy and chilly outside, and the dark clouds kept pressing down. It seemed that there would be a downpour in the near future, and I had to return before it rained. home.Thinking of this, Mu Xue quickened her pace.

At this time, there were very few people in the Family Mart, and Mu Xue was standing in front of the cabinet picking out a brand of milk, when suddenly she heard a "crash" outside, and then a pale lightning flashed across.

"It's raining a lot!" The clerk sighed at this moment.

Mu Xue took a few bottles of milk and paid for it. She stood at the door and looked at the pouring rain in front of her, she was dumbfounded. Judging by the force of the rain, she probably wouldn't stop for a while.She looked down at the rainwater falling on the ground and splashing on her shoe, and the water splashed slowly from one bead to the other, she just thought it was fun.At this time, a pair of black leather shoes appeared in Mu Xue's field of vision, and brought a warm current at the same time, because the raindrops hitting obliquely were blocked by the umbrella.

Mu Xue was startled when she raised her head, she didn't expect him to appear here at this moment, "You..."

"I'm also quite surprised to see you here." Gu Yan said, but his tone was surprisingly calm.After the meal, Gu Yan originally wanted to go for a walk alone, but then he went into a music bookstore and stayed for a while, and when he came out, he just wandered around, unexpectedly, after walking so far, he came here.

Also met her.

"Why don't you bring an umbrella when you go out?" Gu Yan asked.

Mu Xue naturally wouldn't say that she had been lying in bed with a high fever all day and didn't know the weather, let alone that she hurried out to avoid other men and didn't have time to look at the sky. "I thought it wouldn't rain until I went home. I didn't expect the rain to come so fast."

It's true.

The two of them had no intention of leaving, they blocked the door of the store, fortunately there was no traffic at the moment, otherwise they would have been blasted away.

"Have you... had dinner yet?" Gu Yan looked at the heavy rain like a huge bead curtain hanging between the sky and the earth, and asked.

"Not yet, the house is ready and waiting." Because he was a bit taller than her, Mu Xue raised her head slightly when she turned to look at him.

Gu Yan also turned to look at her, the lights in the store and the gloom outside the door made half of their faces bright and half in darkness, the rain was loud, but the world seemed to be quiet, and time seemed to be frozen at this moment.

"You...you seem to have a bad complexion. Are you uncomfortable?" Gu Yan saw that her little face was pale, as if she was ill.

Mu Xue shook her head, "No, I have a slight cold, but I'm fine now."

Gu Yan stuffed the handle of the umbrella into her hand, "Hold it and don't move."

Seeing him take off the thin shirt with short sleeves and put it on her shoulders, Mu Xue said softly, "Don't catch cold again."

When this kind of plot that I saw a lot in movies happened to me, Mu Xue had to admit that she was touched at that moment. She bit her lip and squeezed out two words: "Thank you."

Gu Yan looked at her and smiled lightly, then nodded, Mu Xue couldn't help but smile when she saw him.Gu Yan stretched out his hand to take the handle of the umbrella, but accidentally touched her hand, and saw her fingers shrunk and lowered her eyes.Gu Yan smiled secretly, the more she felt like this, the more she felt cute, the more she wanted to get close to her, so she covered hers with both hands, and sure enough, Mu Xue was startled and looked at him with wide eyes.

Gu Yan admired her expression, just like admiring a beautiful painting.He noticed that something was wrong with her face suddenly, so he followed her gaze -

Li Binghuan stood watching them in the dark rainy night with a black umbrella, as if he had been standing there for a long time.

"Binghuan..." Mu Xue pulled her hand out of Gu Yan's, a little at a loss, but then she thought, firstly, they are not boyfriend and girlfriend, and secondly, she has done nothing wrong, so why should she be trembling.

Just when Mu Xue was sorting out his emotions, Li Binghuan rushed over and punched Gu Yan in a few strides, "You bastard!" That punch was full of anger and jealousy, and it came so violently that Gu Yan couldn't stand still and fell to the door There was a loud bang.

"Gu Yan!" Mu Xue was terrified by this sudden change. She had never seen Li Binghuan like this. In her eyes, he was always gentle and a gentleman, but he was so gentle and gentle. hand!Mu Xue supported Gu Yan in a panic, and worriedly looked at the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Gu Yan wiped the corner of his mouth, looked into her eyes and said, "I'm fine."

Only then did Mu Xue feel relieved, raised her head to look at Li Binghuan, and questioned him, "What are you doing?!"

"Mu Xue, the first time I saw him, I thought he was unusual. As expected, he has ulterior motives for you. You must not be used!"

In Li Binghuan's eyes, Gu Yan is just a small employee, so she naturally understands the meaning of his words, "Don't speak too harshly, I know whether you have been used or not."

"You..." Seeing her attitude, Li Binghuan became furious, and grabbed her hand to leave, "I think you've lost your mind! Come back with me!"

After walking two steps, Li Binghuan felt a force coming from behind. Li Binghuan turned his head and saw Mu Xue standing there with a look of embarrassment, and Gu Yan grabbed her other hand!
"I'll let you go if I say a word." This sentence was obviously addressed to Mu Xue. After speaking, he met Li Binghuan's eyes and said solemnly: "You are right. I have ulterior motives for Mu Xue. We have known each other for almost eight years. I have been attracted to her since the first time I saw her. Until now, my feelings for her have never changed. Seeing that you have been by her side to take care of her these years, just now I won't pay you back that punch. I can let her go with you today, but it won't be so easy next time."

Li Binghuan didn't fully digest his words, he stared blankly at Gu Yan, then at Mu Xue, "You..."

"We knew each other before we knew you." Mu Xue said succinctly.

Gu Yan didn't care about Li Binghuan's mood, he said to Mu Xue: "It's still raining, you go back with him first, don't catch a cold again. We...see you tomorrow."

Mu Xue didn't nod her head. What he said just now made her feel secretly happy, but also put her in a dilemma. These two men who loved her deeply were hurt by her again and again. She felt that she was really bad.

"Finally back, why have you been away for so long?" Hearing the sound of the door opening, Mu Shuting came out with the last dish.

Mu Xue put the milk on the dining table and said, "It's raining too much, so I just waited for a while."

Seeing that her daughter was getting wet, Mu Shuting patted the rain on her hair, "Why is it still raining? The fever went away and you committed another crime. You go take a hot bath, and I will eat with Binghuan first."

Mu Xue glanced at Li Binghuan, then turned to her mother and said, "Okay, then I'll go."

After Li Binghuan waited for Mu Xue to enter the bedroom to look for a change of clothes, he said to Mu Shuting: "Auntie, my dad just called to say that there is an important guest at home, and told me to go back quickly, so I can't accompany you for dinner."

"That's it..." Mu Shuting thought about the current situation of him and his daughter, and felt that it would be better to have less contact with him during this time, so she said, "That's fine, next time I come to Auntie, I'll make it for you."

Li Binghuan squeezed out a smile and said, "Okay, then I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road."

Mu Xue stood at the bedroom door with her clothes in her arms, watching her mother send Li Binghuan out, lowered her head and sighed.

"Give me the information about Gu Yan from the design department, as quickly as you can!" Li Binghuan turned the steering wheel and yelled at the director of the personnel department.

The minister on the other end of the phone replied obediently: "Yes, Mr. Li!"

Compared with the downpour just now, the rain at this moment is obviously much lighter. When the next traffic light stopped, the minister called: "Mr. Li, this Gu Yan was recruited a while ago, and now he is a designer. Assistant to the Ministry, he used to work as a design director in a small clothing company, and the school he graduated from is quite good, S University..."

"Wait," Li Binghuan interrupted him, "Which university did you say he was from?"

The minister was afraid that he might say something wrong, so he hesitated and said: "...S is big..."

S University can be regarded as one of the few key universities in China, especially the fashion design major is more famous.If I remember correctly, Mu Xue was in S University when she was a freshman.He remembered what Gu Yan said: "You are right, I have ulterior motives for Mu Xue, we have known each other for almost eight years, since the first time I saw her, I have been attracted to her, until now I My feelings for her have never changed..."

It turned out that they knew each other so early.

After a rain, it cleared up early the next morning. The sky was as if it had just been washed. It was so blue that there was no impurity, not even a cloud.The autumn morning was still a bit chilly. Gu Yan wore a white shirt and black trousers. The simple attire was full of heroism. At the age of 26, he lost his childishness. It was the time when he was full of energy and became more attractive. .

The sunny weather and the same sunny mood were wiped out by traffic jams on the way to work. Fortunately, there were still 5 minutes left when we arrived at the company gate.There was a middle-aged man at the door who was stopped by the guards. The man was about to barge in while making a rough mouth. Gu Yan hurried in without paying attention.When he walked to the elevator, he always felt that he had seen that person somewhere before, and after thinking about it, he turned back.

"Let me in! Do you know who I am?" the man shouted at the guard.

One of the guards said, "Whoever you are, you can't go in without a company pass."

The man raised one hand high and shouted, "Call Mu Xue out! I have something to tell her!"

When Gu Yan heard the name of the person named Mu Xue, he was even more sure of his thoughts, only to hear another guard say: "Who are you? You dare to ask our designer Mu to come out! Not everyone can see her!"

"I'm his father! Tell her to come out and meet me!" The man squinted with a proud expression.

"Fuck! If you were her father, I would still be her brother!"

Gu Yan came over and took a closer look, and found that this person was Su Qi, "Uncle?"

Su Qi stopped arguing with the guard and stopped to look at him, "Who are you?"

Gu Yan said to the guard with an apologetic smile: "It's okay, I know him, so leave it to me."

The two guards shook their heads helplessly and left, Gu Yan said to Su Qi: "Uncle, let's chat in another place."

(End of this chapter)