Chapter 9：

Xu Chenghao was still stunned, completely unaware of what had happened.

Li Nian frowned and said, "There was a lot of trouble at the engagement banquet last night, and it was even published in the newspaper this morning..." He recounted everything he knew, and Xu Chenghao finally understood what was going on.

In the final analysis, the banquet last night was so smooth that not only the onlookers didn't believe it, but even Ruan Chenxuan had an unreal illusion - after all, neither Xu Chenghao nor Jing Yicheng had a good relationship with him, he didn't believe it. When the opponent seizes the opportunity to get in trouble, they will choose to close their hands!

But in fact, whether it was Xu Chenghao, who was watching closely, or Jing Yicheng, who was very guarded by Ruan Chenxuan, they didn't make any movement, as if they were just attending an ordinary banquet. There is no imaginary dog ​​blood to tear or fall into the ground.

While this made Ruan Chenxuan vigilant, it also made all the onlookers feel strange and puzzled, and they discussed in a low voice: Could it be that Xu Chenghao walked out of the emotional shadow so quickly?

Someone said: "Sure, Xu Chenghao is the eldest son of the Xu family. He is rich, powerful, and good-looking. If he lacks anything, he will definitely not lack a woman who can go up."

"I also think that he must not care about someone, so he can come to the engagement banquet calmly, or he must go to accompany someone."

"Don't talk about it, I suspect that when Xu Chenghao broke the marriage contract, he didn't give the other party freedom at all, but because he was tired of being put on a green hat and broke off the marriage!"

"Could it be that some people want to make a statement, so they say it on purpose?"

"Hahaha, don't talk nonsense, you will cry if you are heard in the future."

For wealthy and time rich women, this kind of gossip after dinner is their favorite thing. At the beginning, Xu Chenghao broke off the marriage and there was a lot of fuss. On Rou Yu.

No way, who asked Ruan Chenxuan to **** away his fiancée, and he suddenly got engaged again. Xu Chenghao's attitude and An Rouyu, who didn't show up, must have a story.

In order to preserve her relationship with Ruan Chenxuan and Ruan Chenxuan's image, Zhou Qian later publicly stated that An Rouyu was entangled with her fiancé. She was shameless and directly pushed everything on An Rouyu's body.

It is conceivable that An Rouyu's reputation of being 'competed by two great male gods for everyone's envy' has become a reputation of 'entanglement with men and no one wants it'. What a cliff-like split.

It is also conceivable that An Rouyu had a bad life in the An family, and this kind of scandal suddenly appeared, it is estimated that it will be even more difficult.

In response, Xu Chenghao only said: "Fuck."

When he went to the engagement banquet, he didn't do a single word or even an extra action, but the rumor spread suddenly and quickly, and he picked himself up to consolidate his reputation. No matter how he looked at it, he was the most suspicious, no wonder Li Nian would think so.

If he hadn't been a party, he would have thought so!

Xu Chenghao suddenly felt a headache, covered his head and started to think about everything that happened at the engagement banquet last night. Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, thinking that all this would not be done by the villain, right?

After all, if this matter continues, it will only make the hero and heroine misunderstand and hate him, and the heroine's hardships are more in line with his courtship plan. No matter how you look at it, he is the one who benefits the most, so...it must be him!

Dragging myself into the water again... madman!

Xu Chenghao gritted his posterior molars: "This group of neurotics!"

Li Nian looked at him: "Do you know who did it? What are you going to do?"

Xu Chenghao waved his hand weakly: "I don't want to pay attention to them... Don't worry, go to work."

Li Nian: "Aren't you angry?"

Xu Chenghao was expressionless: "I'm too lazy to care about neurosis."

Li Nian hesitated, seeing that Xu Chenghao really didn't want to talk, so he silently got up and left the office.

As soon as the office door was closed, Xu Chenghao immediately took out an A4 piece of paper to outline the outline of a certain lunatic, and then wrote the words like lunatic neurosis on it.

I don't care because I don't have the ability, I don't get angry!

Xu Chenghao took out a piece of A4 paper again and filled it up again. When he was satisfied to look at it, Li Nian went back and knocked on the door: "Mr. Xu, I'm in."

Xu Chenghao suddenly felt guilty, hurriedly threw two A4 papers into the drawer, locked them and pretended to say, "Come in."

Li Nian opened the door and sent the documents in: "The above is the documents accumulated yesterday afternoon, and the following is this morning; there is a high-level meeting at 2:30 in the afternoon, and a video conference at 5 o'clock..."

After stacking the documents on the desk and reporting on today's itinerary, Li Nian left again.

Xu Chenghao poured half a glass of water into the little yellow duck's Duzui flowerpot and resumed his spiritual work.

He also needs to live, work, grow peppers and work hard to go back. Anyway, he is very busy and has no time to pay attention to these lunatics, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with them.

What is an engagement party! After spending it is only an episode of life! !

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In the secret research institute, researchers wearing white coats with work badges, and protection teams with narcotics guns and headsets can be seen everywhere. They move like gear teeth with precision, and treat their own work faithfully and rigorously.

As for the person who mastered this gear... He was sitting in the office, staring strangely at the computer in front of him, and didn't move for a while.

On the screen is a paused video. The screen shows the back of a young man in a suit. He is holding an A4 paper with his left hand and holding a black lacquer pen with his right hand. He is writing, a 'crazy' character that is about to be formed, with slightly darker handwriting, separated by the screen. You can feel his anger and grief.

Jing Yicheng rubbed the porcelain cup in his hand, unable to say what he felt for a while.

He has acted erratically over the years, and it's really disgusting. He laughed at him on the open face, and privately called him crazy and stumbled, but it was the first time I met him who drew him on paper.

The means are a little... naive.

Childish enough to make people laugh, and completely out of breath.

He lowered his head to drink tea, and when the corner of his mouth touched the edge of the teacup, he was surprised to find that he had just laughed.

The long and tedious work and the increasingly heavy feelings made him gradually immersed in the darkness and gloom, and it seemed that he had not laughed while holding a cup of tea like this for a long time.

...really makes me miss it.

The tea that invaded his tongue gradually had a bitter taste, and Jing Yicheng subconsciously imagined the last trace of sweet candy in his heart as before to wash away the current discomfort.

But I remembered that the girl who handed the candy had become indifferent now. Instead of washing it, I felt that the bitter taste had been transmitted to my heart, turning the candy in my memory into bitter fruit, and there was no sweetness anymore.

Jing Yicheng's mood was instantly shattered. He took out the candies he carried with him from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth one by one. He desperately recalled the sweetness he had tasted before, but the more he did, the more able his brain was. Think back to the indifference and rejection of the sugar-handling girl.

- "I don't like you, don't pester me!"

- "Please let me go, I can't change that you like me?"

——"Jing Yicheng, you are a lunatic! Why did I give you candy in the first place! If I did it again, I would definitely hide away!"

boom! The porcelain cup slammed **** the table, pressing Jing Yicheng's chaotic thoughts to the bottom of his heart.

He got up, took off his white coat and walked out, desperately hoping to see An Rouyu immediately to calm down—otherwise, he wouldn't even know what greeted him.

At this moment, it is the peak time of noon traffic, office workers go out to eat, and even the office building of Xu's Group is lively.

Xu Chenghao and Li Nian took the elevator downstairs, and while they were going through the hall to discuss what to eat, they saw a very familiar person standing at the door -- An Rouyu.

She also saw Xu Chenghao, and her already haggard face instantly showed a bit of grievance, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Hao..."

Xu Chenghao felt that there must be no good thing for her to come to him, and said indifferently, "Miss An."

It's only been a week since the last time they met. But An Rouyu's haggard and Xu Chenghao's indifference gave people the illusion that it was like the next year.

An Rouyu couldn't accept the cold face of the gentle brother Hao in her memory, she stepped closer and said, "Brother Hao, why are you doing this to me...Did you do what happened at the banquet last night? You said you would protect me. Yes, but why did you hurt me in the end?"

Xu Chenghao was very upset because of what happened at the banquet last night. At this moment, when he was mentioned in person, his face suddenly sank, and he said coldly, "Miss An is self-respecting. You throw dirty water casually, if you come to me because of this matter, go back quickly."

An Rouyu froze in place, a little incredulous: "Big Brother Hao, are you murdering me? You, why are you doing this to me?"

Xu Chenghao smiled but not smiled: "Why can't I treat you like this? What is my relationship with you, Miss An?"

"I'm you—" An Rouyu opened her mouth, but suddenly realized that she had thrown away the protective shell of her fiancée that she had been talking about for more than ten years.

An Rouyu was suddenly a little scared, because she knew clearly what would happen if she lost this protective cover before she established a relationship with Ruan Chenxuan, she felt scared and wanted to make up for her mistake: "Brother Hao, did you give birth to me? Angry? I'm sorry, I also heard that it was you who came to question, I was impulsive, I'm sorry brother Hao, don't be angry."

Xu Chenghao sneered: "You throw dirty water on me and don't make me angry? Who do you think you are!"

The more Xu Chenghao mentioned his identity, the more terrified An Rouyu became. She completely forgot that she came to question the other party this time, and by the way, she cried and complained about the blame of the An family and the exclusion from the outside world, her mind was full of saving the relationship: "Brother Hao, I'm sorry, I know it was my fault before, how can you not be angry and tell me, okay? I apologize to you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you, please don't do this? I'm afraid."

If she had been soft and coquettish before, Xu Chenghao would have forgiven her long ago, and began to comfort her in a soft voice. But today, no matter how much An Rouyu looked at each other, all she got was a cold sentence: "Miss An's self-respect."

The tears in An Rouyu's eyes suddenly fell, and she sobbed softly: "Brother Hao, don't do this, when we said we could be friends, you are still my brother and I or your sister... Are we not as good as before? Hao? Brother, have you really forgotten our relationship for so many years?"