Chapter 67

When he heard that Xu Qiao was at school, Cheng Lang was being lectured in his study.

The mess in the restaurant last night has been properly dealt with, and the incident has not spread in the form of any video news, but it is inevitable that it still shocked the Cheng family.

Cheng Zongyue called his grandson to his study early in the morning and taught him how to act recklessly for a long time. Of course, it's hard to avoid mentioning Xu Qiao.

"I heard that you did it for the girl of the Xu family?" Cheng Zongyue sat on a yellow pear rattan chair with a crutch in his hand. "Your family doesn't interfere in your freedom of love, but since you choose to be high-profile and open, you should be running for the result."

Cheng Lang accepted the test, but did not deny it.

Cheng Zongyue nodded: "if that's the case, my grandfather would like to remind you that your marriage partner should not be tainted, not to mention adding luster to you. I've known the family background of this girl, and I've known her relationship with Xiao Ye. You don't have to explain to me that this is a false prejudice. I will have such prejudice, and other people will have it, so this is an unavoidable problem. So I don't agree that she is your ideal development target. I just heard your mother say that you have made some troubles. I think it's good to cut it off. "

Cheng Lang smiles: "grandfather, are you suggesting or asking me now?"

Cheng Zongyue raised his eyebrows: "what about suggestions and requirements?"

"If you are suggesting to me, then I don't think I will accept your suggestion."

"What if I'm asking you?" Cheng Zongyue's voice sank.

"Grandfather," Cheng Lang said solemnly, "you asked me to be a gentleman, so before yesterday, I never had a hand with anyone."

Cheng Zongyue was too angry.

His good grandson is saying that he was asked to be a gentleman when he was young, but he broke the rules for Xu Qiao, so he would not listen to any requirements in Xu Qiao's affairs.

Whether it's a suggestion or a request, his answer is the same.

Cheng Lang winks at Cai an.

Cai an comes forward with a tablet and turns to an electronic contract.

Cheng Zongyue said with a gloomy face that he didn't want to see it.

Cheng Lang lost the old man's smile and took the tablet by himself: "this is the M & A that I decided with Long'an years ago. Have you seen it?"

Cheng Zongyue looked at him unexpectedly, and reluctantly gave him a good look: "you boy, you ate half of his family quietly?"

"The signing ceremony is already in preparation, probably in the middle of next month."

Seeing Cheng Zongyue wearing presbyopia glasses and picking up the tablet, Cheng Lang continued to talk about the topic just now: "grandfather, I understand your expectations, but I don't need anyone to help me. If I have to rely on my marriage to succeed in my career, I don't think I have the ability to inherit LAN Chen. Then I might as well be like Xiao Ye and be idle from now on. "

Cheng Zongyue looked at him and said, "I teach you how to negotiate with others with both hard and soft, so that you can challenge me one day?"

Cheng Lang smiles and spreads out his hand: "it's really a must."

It was at this time that Cai an received the news from Xu Qiao and risked his life to say something in Cheng Lang's ear.

Cheng Lang frowned, dropped a "grandfather, I'll come back later to listen to your training" and hurried to school.

-

however, Cheng Lang was a little late to get the news, and there was a lot of delay on the way. When he got to the coffee shop, the incident was over.

The moment I opened the door, there came a sentence: "my hands are darker and harder than Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Lang suddenly stops at the door.

Then, the second half of Xu Qiao's words resounded: "if you continue to disturb our lives, the law can not rule you, I rule you."

Cheng Lang kept pushing the door half way, still for a long time.

He didn't know how to describe the feeling of the moment.

He thought that he came all the way in a hurry to save the field, but he didn't expect the result.

He has been independent since childhood, always on top of people, and never had the need and expectation to be protected.

But now, there is a girl who is powerless and helpless. She has suffered so much and even been cheated by him for so long, but she should hate him today. She stands in front of him and raises a weapon for him.

For a moment, Cheng Lang felt that he was not good enough.

She has nothing, but she is still so bright. And what is left after he takes off the aura of money power, identity and status?

What grandfather said just now seems to turn black and white upside down. It's because he doesn't deserve Xu Qiao.

A "may I help you sir" interrupts his stillness, and makes Xu Qiao divert her attention from the confrontation.

Xu Qiao turns her head and looks at Cheng Lang with complicated eyes.

That is a kind of look, as if looking at a rare treasure that can't be bought.

Cheng Lang regained his natural manner when he touched her eyes. He pushed the door to the end and walked in. He gently buttoned up the suit button and ironed the fold of the placket. He came to her and took her hand. He turned his head slightly and said with a smile: "baby, although I trust your ability very much, I still have to deal with the dirty hands." Then he took a look at the opposite person. "Of course, I don't think he will disturb our life any more."His mouth is a gentle statement, but his eyes are not temperature warning, like a clear ultimatum.

The man on the other side was livid, and he seemed to remember Cheng Lang's cruel hand last night. He picked up his bag with a cool back.

"Before leaving," Cheng stopped him, "please apologize for last night, including the unpleasantness caused to my girlfriend."

The man on the other side gritted his teeth and bowed to Xu Qiao in a hurry: "yes I'm sorry Then he walked out of the coffee shop.

"Did he just bully you?" Cheng Lang and others asked after they left.

"No She just came to give each other a warning, originally did not intend to fight, the other side of her unshakable strong attitude unexpected, even if Cheng Lang does not appear, it is time to flee.

"I'm not bullied at this level." Xu Qiao made a little effort and drew her hand.

Cheng Lang immediately released her hand.

After a pause, Xu Qiao added: "what I just said has nothing to do with you. What we have is just acting."

Cheng Lang nodded after a pause: "well, you just think that what I said just now is just acting."

It's strange to be so obedient. Xu Qiao looked at him and said, "can you stop staring at me?"

"Why don't I try not to disturb you? I don't mean anything else, but I don't trust that you are in a foreign country. "

"Well, you don't have to look at me from this afternoon."

Cheng Lang's eyes narrowed slightly: "are you planning to return home?"

"Yes." She looked out of the window and answered.

Cheng Lang was silent for a moment and nodded: "yesterday afternoon, assistant Lin called me and said that the studio mailbox has received more than ten e-mails inviting cooperation in recent days. According to your current situation, I left two more suitable projects after filtering. You can choose one to try. In addition, there are also some private orders, most of which come from the wives and ladies in the rich circle. You can choose according to your own preferences. "

Xu Qiao took her eyes back and looked at him with some annoyance.

Cheng Lang guessed what she thought: "after you return home, I will not interfere in your life's decisions, but I hope you don't have to get along with your career because of me. The shareholders of the studio are not only me, but also miss Yu's share. All your working conditions there, including the allocation of staff apartments, and no additional resources due to personal feelings, are legitimate and you deserve the benefits. "

"If one day you really want to leave the studio, it should also be because you have a higher pursuit in your career, rather than just considering the change of relationship with me. I'm sorry for you, but you just walked away and wasted your career. Isn't that too bad? "

Xu Qiao shriveled and said, "Oh.".

Cheng Lang smiles and looks down at her eyes: "that's right. Such an excellent girl will shine even without me. "

-

after returning to China, Xu Qiao moved from Lishan residence to live in the staff apartment again. After the Spring Festival holiday, she put herself into work step by step. According to Cheng Lang's judgment, she selected two partners from more than ten cooperation invitation and finally selected one of them.

The other side is a fashion designer with an independent brand and plans to hold a fashion show with the theme of "deep sea" this year. Recently, we are looking for a jewelry designer who is inspired by this theme to create a jewelry accessory for the fashion show.

After several rounds of email communication with Xu Qiao, the British Chinese asked her to have an interview with her when she came to China next month.

In the past, Xu Qiao was very fond of Mr. Pan's unrestrained design style and had many interesting ideas about the theme of this fashion show, so before the interview, she temporarily delayed all private orders and concentrated on drafting creative ideas.

It was not until the middle of February that pander's invitation to meet was officially received.

The meeting was held in a teahouse near the central business district of Beicheng, not far from the lanchen group. Xu Qiao is no stranger to this area. After getting off the bus, she takes Lin Baishu to the private room of the teahouse.

Pander arrived five minutes earlier than she did with an accompanying assistant.

The two sides exchanged greetings and said two scene words. Pan de went straight to the theme in Mandarin: "first of all, to be honest, Miss Yuli, you are the third jewelry designer I contacted for this fashion show. After you, I don't guarantee whether I will continue to contact the fifth and sixth. If you mind, please ask me."

Maybe Cheng Lang has already filtered out unreliable objects for her in advance when selecting partners. The fashion designer's straightforward and unshakable attitude makes Xu Qiao feel very comfortable.

She nodded and lowered her voice: "it's my honor that you choose to consider me as a new designer. I don't mind."

"Miss Yu Li doesn't have to be too modest. After all, the term" qualification "is not worth mentioning in the field of art." Pander laughed. "I can say that you are my first choice for the time being."

Xu Qiao slightly surprised: "because of my works at the London exhibition?""It's really an opportunity for me to get to know you, but it's not the key factor." Pander took the tablet from his assistant and handed it to the opposite. "The key is these works. I'd like to confirm with you whether the jewelry design of this shell series, including the story behind it, is original by you? "

Xu Qiao a Leng under, took the tablet to see.

A set of electronic scanning drafts of jewelry design drawings are displayed on the screen, and the signature of each design drawing is "Xu Qiao".

This is not a work created by her as Yu Lishi, but a sketch she sketched two years ago in college.

At that time, I didn't plan to work seriously, but occasionally I had some creative passion, and I also saved a lot of paintings.

But these design drawings are not mature, just a draft to vent their creativity, and the fineness is not up to the drawing standard at all. And it's all works that she's never published.

She was surprised and said, "where did you get these scans? My manuscript should be in... "

It should be in the villa of Xijiang mansion of Xu family.

Cheng Lang photographed the luxury goods in her whole cloakroom at the beginning, but he didn't waste the money to photograph the villa - maybe he had planned to coax her home, of course, he wouldn't give her a second gorgeous golden house.

In a word, she didn't know who was the owner of the villa, including the whereabouts of the waste items in the villa.

Pander watched her expression change: "so they are really your works?"

"It's my early work, but the original is no longer in my hands. I don't know who published them." Xu Qiao's face is incredible.

"Don't worry," pander gestured. "They haven't been published. They just came to me through a jeweler. When the other party asked me if I was interested in buying, I noticed something unusual, so I came to you for confirmation. "

While Xu Qiao was relieved, she was even more puzzled: "who is the jeweler and where did she get these scanned copies?"

"The scanned copy may have been changed hands several times. I can't disclose the identity of the jeweler to you for the time being until we find out the situation, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstanding. However, since your permission has been obtained, I will start to investigate the matter and give you a reply at that time."

Xu Qiao nodded: "please."

"Let's get down to business," pander said with a smile. "I like the series of works you created in your early days. Although there are some shortcomings in painting skills, its creativity is very suitable for the theme of my fashion show. Of course, because the source of these scanned copies is unknown, considering the potential disputes, I don't intend to use them directly. I think it's right to recognize you as a designer. "

Xu Qiao also laughed: "I think I will create more mature works than this series, more in line with the theme of your fashion show."

-

it's lunch time to finish the conversation with Pan De, and it's at least an hour and a half's drive back to the studio, so Lin Bai arranged for Xu Qiao to have dinner nearby.

Xu Qiao has no idea about the leakage of the design drawings. She has been imagining the possibility all the way. When she walks into a nearby tea restaurant and passes by the window seat, she hears a familiar male voice: "Xu Qiao?"

The other side's voice and tone were very warm, but Xu Qiao was wandering in the sky. She was startled. When she looked back, she found that it was song Mian.

"I'm sorry to scare you." Song Mian is sorry to get up.

"No, no, I'm thinking about things." Xu Qiao waved her hand and looked at his casual clothes. "Are you not in the community hospital today?"

"I'm on vacation today. I just gave you..." Considering that there were miscellaneous people in the restaurant, song Mian didn't name them directly, "my employer finished the inspection and came to the neighborhood to have a meal."

Xu Qiao understood the identity of his employer for the first time, and her face was slightly unnatural.

These days, Cheng Lang keeps his promise to give her time to sort out and consider, never bothering her. Of course, every day, the "good morning" and "good night" on wechat are still the same, and the meal urges her to remember to eat on time.

She is not sure whether song Mian knows her current relationship with Cheng Lang.

"What are you doing?" Song Mian asked.

"I've just finished my work and come here for a snack."

"Would you like to join us?" Song Mian compared a "please" gesture with a smile.

Xu Qiao looks at Lin Bai behind him.

Lin Bai said that he would go to the next room to have a simple meal.

Xu Qiao sat down opposite to song Mian, took the menu he handed him, and after ordering, she looked at him with hesitation.

"If you want to ask about him, don't be shy," Song Mian volunteered to get rid of her encirclement. "Now there should be nothing you can't say."

Listening to him, Xu Qiao is sure. Song Mian is very clear about her recent situation with Cheng Lang.

After all, the last time she contacted him in London, his answer was "I can't disclose any information about my patient. I'm sorry.".

"It's not an important thing," Xu Qiao said with an embarrassed smile, "just as you said that you had just finished the examination for him..."

"It's just a routine examination like heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose. It's no problem. He has not been exposed to allergens recently, and his condition is stable for the time being. "Allergens Women?

What's the matter? Is the personal doctor still responsible for explaining this kind of thing to his ex girlfriend?

"Oh." Xu Qiao nodded and took a sip of the warm water in front of her.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth on the phone last time." Song Mian apologized.

"Oh, don't say that. You are the doctor first, and then my friend. It's right to abide by the professional ethics, the rules and the line spacing. That's what he and I do."

"How do you think about it now?"

Xu Qiao watched him warily: "can't he send you to spy on the military?"

Song Mian shook his head with a smile: "as far as I know, he is not such a person."

Oh, yeah.

How can Cheng Lang ask her male friends for help.

"I just feel that I'm partly responsible for this," Song Mian looked at her. "If you need someone to talk to, I'm very happy to be an audience."

Xu Qiao was a little nervous.

Considering Cheng Lang's hidden illness, she can't really talk about it with any of her friends. It's true that only song Mian, who already knows everything, can be her audience.

"I've been a little annoyed recently..." She bowed her head and sighed.

"Is it because you don't know what you think of him?"

Xu Qiao vaguely understood that song Mian was asking her implicitly whether she liked Cheng Lang or not.

"No," said Xu Qiao, shaking her head and answering implicitly. She thought she still liked Cheng Lang, "I just don't know if I should forgive him."

Song Mian pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have love experience and it's not suitable to give you advice on this issue, but I don't think your choice should or shouldn't be."

"Well?" Xu Qiao raised her head.

"Whether to forgive a person's mistakes is not because he should or shouldn't, but because he believes or doesn't believe." Song Mian picked up the seasoning bottle and poured a drop of soy sauce into the glass filled with water.

The thick black ink slowly fainted in the water.

"The occurrence of errors is an established fact. Just like the ink in this glass of water, you can't completely peel and remove it. Even if you give it time to dilute and dissolve, the glass of water may not be transparent again. But what if you add more clear water to the glass? Until the water in the container overflows and fresh water is constantly replaced, how many traces will be left in that drop of ink? "

"If you believe that the new water in the future is clear, give this cup a chance. Instead, throw it away. The past can't be changed. I think the key is whether you believe in the future. " Song Mian came to a conclusion.

Xu Qiao nodded in a trance. After a while, she seemed to come back and nodded again.

The waiter interrupted the conversation.

They turned their eyes and looked at the birthday cake in the waiter's cart.

"We didn't want a cake." Song Mian said.

"The cake is attached. Happy birthday, Mr. Song."

Xu Qiao is stunned: "today is your birthday?"

Song Mian nodded and then turned to the waiter: "who told you today is my birthday?"

"You used to register your birthday information in the restaurant."

Song Mian frowned and didn't seem to remember it, but he said "thank you" to the waiter.

Xu Qiao immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know today was your birthday. I didn't prepare any gifts. I'll make them up later."

"It's OK. Don't talk about you. I forgot myself." Song Mian smiles and looks at the style of the cake on the table. He looks out of the window as if something is wrong. He sees a little girl hiding behind the street tree on the other side of the road and only shows half her head.

He found that when he looked over, the opposite person ran away in a hurry and was accidentally tripped by the steps.

Song Mian straightened up and saw that the little girl could hold the tree firmly and left in a hurry.

Xu Qiao looked in the direction he was looking at: "what's the matter?"

Song Mian slowly took back his eyes and shook his head: "nothing." It's just this meal, I'm a little absent-minded.

-

both of them have work to do. After lunch, they leave at the restaurant.

Back in the studio, Xu Qiao rummages about the leakage of the design drawings. She hesitates to contact Cheng Lang to inquire about the situation.

But when I opened wechat, I found that he didn't remind her to have dinner at noon today, and the news became a bit hard to send. After thinking about it, I decided to wait until he reminded her to have dinner.

As a result, he didn't remind her to have dinner until dark.

This is the first time Cheng Lang has missed her two meals in a row since she came back from London.

Xu Qiao gets angry and thinks that the water she and Cheng Lang have may not be good. She grabs a few working meals and turns her grief and anger into inspiration. She works overtime in the studio until 10 p.m. before yawning and getting on the bus back to her apartment.Walking into the elevator of the apartment building, she took out her mobile phone again and confirmed wechat.

No arrearage, no disconnection, but no news of Cheng Lang.

It's time for him to say good night to her at this time.

Does this dog man find that it is not good to retreat and play the routine of being aloof?

As the elevator ascended to the 16th floor, Xu Qiao sighed, threw her mobile phone into her bag and went out.

The voice control light came on when the elevator door opened. She walked around the corner and suddenly held the wall: "Oh, Ma!"

Xu Qiao took a breath of air, because she saw a man standing in front of her house quietly.

The man heard the sound and turned back.

Of course, don't need him to look back, Xu Qiao also recognized his back after the heart liver son trembles.

"What are you doing? I'm scared to death by not saying a word She was shaken and patted her chest. At the same time, she smelled a strong smell of wine.

Cheng Lang looks at her from a distance and doesn't speak. I don't know if it's because of alcohol. He seems to be a little slow and not very smart.

Xu Qiao went up to him and sniffed: "Wow, how much wine did you drink?"

It seemed that he finally realized that she was coming back, and raised his hand to take her into his arms.

Before Xu Qiao could react, she heard a very hurt sentence from her head: "did you go to celebrate song Mian's birthday today?" Even after asking, his chin still rubbed pitifully on her shoulder, which made her heart tremble again.

This time, it's not frightening. It's for crispy.

“……” What's the matter? Is this man so drunk?