Seven years

Chapter 5 The Heartbeat in the Corner
In the evening, Li Binghuan drove Mu Xue home. Seven years ago, he only heard from his father that her family was not very well off. He did not expect to find such a big villa when he sent her home.There was a light on in one room, presumably her mother was still awake, although she was full of doubts, she didn't ask.

He sent Mu Xue to the door and said, "Go in and get some rest early."

Mu Xue didn't seem to hear it, she looked around and didn't know what she was looking at. "What's wrong?"

Only then did Mu Xue turn her head and look at him, "I don't know, I always feel that someone is watching me."

After hearing this, Li Binghuan looked around, but found no one. He tapped her on the head, "There is no one, I think you are exhausted, hallucinations? Hurry up and go to bed."

Mu Xue scratched her head, looked around again, and did not see anyone, so she said good night to him, and entered the door.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and closing, Mu Xue's mother, Mu Shuting, came out of the living room.Mu Xue hurried over to help her, "Mom, why are you still awake?"

Mu Shuting held her hand and said, "I'm fine, I just want to wait for you to come back."

"Mom, I may work late at the company in the future, don't wait for me, go to bed at nine o'clock." Mu Xue helped her sit down on the sofa.In fact, Mu Shuting's condition is almost recovering, but Mu Xue is really worried, and even set her work and rest time.

"You know, when you are at my mother's age, you will sleep less. How can it compare to you young people. But you go to bed so late every day, and your body is getting thinner and thinner. If you fall ill, there will be no one to take care of your mother." Mu Shuting straightened her daughter's hair that was blown by the evening wind.

"I'm in good health. I didn't sleep much because of the jet lag when I came back. I'll be fine in a few days." Mu Xue comforted her mother and looked at her phone. It was getting late, so she coaxed her to the bedroom, "Come on, you First go to bed and lie down, and fall asleep after lying down. As for me, I will take a shower right away and fall asleep, okay?"

Seeing her go to bed with her own eyes, Mu Xue found her pajamas and went into the bathroom. After taking a shower, she came out and lay on the bed. She thought it would be another difficult night, but she fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow due to excessive fatigue.

A few days ago, the car was sent for maintenance, it was borrowed by a friend just after it was taken out, and it was only returned last night, Gu Yan was glad that he finally didn't have to squeeze the bus today.Except for a few minutes of traffic jams, everything went well.Coming out of the underground garage, I saw a white Range Rover parked just in front of the company. Two people came out from inside. Li Binghuan said to Mu Xue: "You go up first, and I will park the car."

"Okay." Mu Xue turned her head and saw Gu Yan.

The two looked at each other, but it was Gu Yan who broke the calm first and said, "Morning."

"Morning." Mu Xue had to look away from his gaze, she took her bag and walked to the front, followed by Gu Yan.The queue was very long at the moment, and the two of them didn't speak for a while. When the elevator door opened, the number of people just reached the end of Mu Xue's previous one, so they had to wait for the next round.A few minutes later, the elevator door opened again, and there were too many people coming in, pushing Mu Xue into a corner, right against Gu Yan's chest.Gu Yan subconsciously circled her arms to prevent others from touching her.Mu Xue's body froze, she didn't dare to move around, and she didn't dare to look at him, obviously the people around her were talking, but she felt that the world was quiet, only the sound of her heartbeat could be heard.

These 2 minutes passed extremely long, finally arrived at the office floor, people got out of the elevator doors one after another, Gu Yan moved his body away, coughed lightly, Mu Xue glanced at him hastily, and walked out quickly.

There is a thin layer of sweat on the palms, it must be too hot, it must be.

Mu Xue's shock hadn't dissipated, and as soon as she arrived at the department, she heard voices arguing inside.

"Stop talking, be careful what comes out of your mouth." Chen Nina seemed to be persuading someone.

At this time, a strange female voice sounded: "There is nothing to be afraid of, isn't she the sweetheart of the general manager, and she is not married, so what if she is married, I still have to say what I should say. Although she is famous, who knows How much real material does she have? With the chairman covering her and the general manager pampering her, it is not impossible to build a behind-the-scenes team for her. I really can't believe that a 25-year-old girl can With such a great ability, it is estimated that most of it was hyped by the media. Nowadays, some people like to make things supernatural. I don’t think she has much ability. Just because she has been abroad for a few years and won a few awards, she wants to be on the list I, Zhao Yulin, will not agree to the position of chief designer, if you have the ability, show me some ability!"

Gu Yan looked at Mu Xue silently, with no expression on his face, unable to see her emotions at this time.

When Chen Nina saw Mu Xue at the door and Gu Yan beside her, she hurriedly gave Zhao Yulin a look. Zhao Yulin guessed what she meant, and although she was startled, she still bravely went up to her.

Yang Yuan, who was standing aside, wanted to say something for Zhao Yulin, but was stopped by Mu Xue: "Needless to say, I heard everything."

Seeing her walking towards her, Zhao Yulin didn't seem to be angry, the face that was getting closer and closer made her startled at Mu Xue's beauty, damn it, she still had the heart to think about it at this time.

Before Mu Xue returned to China, she heard Li Binghuan talk about Zhao Yulin.Zhao Yulin is about the same age as Chen Nina, but her talent is higher than hers. She is also a first-class designer in China. Originally, the company planned to leave the position of chief designer to her, but Mu Xue was sent here. It is normal for her to be unconvinced.I heard that she has a clear distinction between likes and hates, and she speaks quickly. She had a sudden acute appendicitis a week ago and asked for sick leave, and she didn't go to work until today.It's better to see each other than to hear each other, and it really is as said.

Mu Xue turned her head and said to Gu Yan, "Please give me the scissors and needlework."

Gu Yan found what she wanted according to her words.

Zhao Yulin looked at her in horror, and couldn't help taking a step back, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you ask me to show you some skills?" When Mu Xue spoke, the scissors moved, and a layer of rags fell off the ground quickly, "Don't worry, if you are not satisfied, I will compensate you for exactly the same of."

Zhao Yulin didn't dare to move the tools in her hands, so she could only let her fly the needle on her clothes. After only two or three minutes, Mu Xue clapped her hands and looked at her with a smile on her face.

Gu Yan breathed a sigh of relief for her.

Everyone present was stunned. Wu Baoling opened her eyes wide as if watching a magic show. After a while, she murmured: "It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful!"

Everyone is amazed at Mu Xue's exquisite tailoring and bold creativity. The speed of her technique is also unmatched by others. With just a few knives, she can cut out perfect lines, and with close-fitting stitches, she has changed the entire skirt.

Mu Xue pushed Zhao Yulin in front of the mirror, "Actually, I didn't do much, I just highlighted the parts that didn't stand out. The most beautiful clothes are not the clothes themselves, but the ones that show the best of the wearer. The design is beautiful." Clothes are not clothes that make people look good, but the people who wear them make clothes look good.”

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause. From their expressions, it can be seen that the applause was sincere, convincing, and proud.

After the applause subsided, Mu Xue bowed deeply to Zhao Yulin, "I'm making a fool of myself in front of you."

Zhao Yulin nodded with satisfaction in front of the mirror, and suddenly laughed: "I finally understand what it means to be afraid of the younger generation, Mu Xue, if you have any orders from now on, feel free to ask, and leave it to me."

Mu Xue nodded and smiled.

Seven years had changed her a lot. She was no longer exactly the one he knew.When he met her, she was so proud that she was so proud that no one was there. She knew her beauty, so she flaunted her beauty even more brazenly.At that time, she couldn't smile or bow to people. She stretched her neck to look down at the world, and she wore armor to defend everyone around her.

Gu Yan sat in front of the computer in a daze. Thinking of this, the corner of his mouth curled up unconsciously. Now, he finally doesn't have to worry about her.

Recalling just now in the elevator, it was the first time in so many years that she was so close to her. She lowered her eyes, and there was a halo of light on her long and slightly curly eyelashes. The bullet can break, the bridge of the nose is slightly high, the lips are pink, and the heartbeat can be felt in front of the chest. At that moment, his heartbeat missed a few beats.

"Ahem." At some point, Mu Xue stood in front of him.

Gu Yan was taken aback, but he remained calm on the surface, "What's the matter?"

"Don't be distracted during working hours," Mu Xue pursed her lips, and handed him a manuscript, "You sort it out."

"Okay." Gu Yan flipped through it in his hand, and when he saw that Mu Xue was about to leave, he called her to stop, but he didn't know what to say.

"Why?" Mu Xue glanced at him indifferently.

Gu Yan tossed words, phrases, sentences, various permutations and combinations in his mind for a long time, and finally said: "It would be better to exchange the phone numbers. If you have any questions in the future, just message me directly, and don't bother to come out."

Mu Xue raised her eyebrows, raised the corners of her mouth and stared at him.

Gu Yan immediately understood her smile, and explained unhurriedly: "Don't get me wrong, I won't bother you except for work needs."

Mu Xue just smiled, picked up the pen and paper on the table, and left a string of numbers.Gu Yan dialed out the numbers according to this string, then hung up immediately, "I'll show you after I sort it out."

"Okay." Mu Xue said and returned to the studio.Seeing the mobile phone on the table, with a flashing green indicator light, and after the pattern was unlocked, there was a reminder of a missed call. After opening it, she saw the number, and she couldn't help being surprised.

Unexpectedly, seven years later, nothing has changed.

Mu Xue leaned on the chair and hesitated what name to save, entered "Gu Yan", looked at it several times, decided to press the Enter key to delete, and then typed "GY" in capital letters, thought about it and deleted it, and finally only saved number, no notes.

At this moment, a text message came in, and the first thing that popped into Mu Xue's mind was the familiar number, and it turned out to be a message from Li Binghuan: "There is a meeting today and I can't take you home, or I will send a driver to take you home." you?"

Mu Xue immediately replied to him: "No, I have a way to go back."

"The weather forecast says there will be showers today, so I'd better send someone to see you off." Li Binghuan returned quickly.

"It's okay, I don't like being with strangers, believe that I still have the ability to go home, okay?" Mu Xue held the fuselage, moving her two thumbs quickly.

"Alright then, be careful." When she saw this line, Mu Xue could imagine how he was helpless against her at the other end, and suddenly her mood sank.

After so many years, I still can't accept him. In fact, Li Byung-hwan can be regarded as a perfect lover. He is capable, graceful, and good-looking. He has a special liking for her. I don't know how many women envy her good luck, but, She just has no way to like him, except for the word friend, there is nothing else to add.

Before, Mu Xue said to him: "I'm sorry."

Li Byung-hwan said to her with a smile uglier than crying: "There's nothing I'm sorry about. There's no way to force it, but I believe that one day you will fall in love with me. I have confidence."

Mu Xue didn't know where his confidence came from, she couldn't laugh or cry, "You will only turn me into a bad woman by doing this."

"That's good, no other man dares to like you, you have no choice but me." Li Binghuan in Mu Xue's memory is always a smiling face, at least he never lost his temper with himself.

With a long sigh, he walked to the window. Sure enough, the sky that was still bright in the morning turned cloudy now, and the wind was blowing. It was almost ten o'clock. It was estimated that it would start raining outside after get off work time.

In fact, the ground was wet before get off work was over.Mu Xue arrived at the entrance of the company and wanted to take a taxi, but she saw someone stopped her from a distance, without an umbrella, and it was impossible to walk to the subway station in such a heavy rain. When she was in distress, a black car came out of the underground garage. coming in the direction and stopped in front of her.

"Get in the car." The window rolled down, revealing Gu Yan's face.

Mu Xue didn't think about it any more, and got into it all at once.

Gu Yan asked casually while turning the steering wheel: "Where is your family? Why didn't you come to pick you up?"

Mu Xue was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "You mean Li Binghuan? He has a meeting."

Seeing that Mu Xue didn't deny it, Gu Yan felt unhappy, and the car started to speed up on the road, so scared that Mu Xue pressed his arm and shouted: "Hey, what's wrong with you? If you don't want to kill me, I'll kill you!"

Gu Yan realized that he was emotionally disturbed, so he slowed down the speed of the car, and his gaze fell on Mu Xue's hand that was resting on his arm. Her fingers were white and slender, very beautiful, and the temperature was icy cold. Mu Xue also found that he was looking at her, so hurry up Withdrawing his hand, he muttered in a low voice: "You still look unhappy to ask someone else to get in the car. If you don't want to send me off, forget it, and you didn't put a knife on your neck."

"Getting in my car and saying bad things about me, it's too unkind." Gu Yan looked straight ahead, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Only then did Mu Xue let go of her voice and said, "You're really stingy."

Gu Yan remained silent, the car suddenly became quiet, Mu Xue turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window, and after driving for a few blocks, she realized that she didn't tell him how to go, but the direction of the car was accurate, Mu Xue turned her face and asked : "Do you remember?"

"En." Gu Yan only responded with one sentence.

Suddenly remembering last night, she glanced at the person beside her, thought for a while, and couldn't help but open her mouth, but instead of asking directly, she turned a corner. "Have you been there before?"

"No." Gu Yan replied without thinking.

Afraid that he didn't fully understand, Mu Xue added another sentence: "Then what happens after I leave?"

"No." Gu Yan said firmly, looking at her, "Do you think that after you leave, I will go outside your house every night to wait for you to come back? You are too overestimating yourself."

Damn it, I knew he was going to say that, I knew why I was asking, I didn't know what I was expecting.In order to save face, Mu Xue said, "You think too much, I just want to praise you for having a good memory."

"Thank you, I have always had a good memory." Hearing what Gu Yan said, Mu Xue was so angry that her original grateful mood disappeared. When she got home, she didn't even want to say thank you, so she got out of the car and opened the door. .

Seeing her pissed off look, Gu Yan just thought it was cute, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously. Jiangshan is easy to change, but her nature is hard to change. After seven years, many things have changed, but some deep down things are still the same as before.

Gu Yan raised his watch and called Lu Hong: "Where is it?"

(End of this chapter)