The beloved one of the rich brother

study

At around nine o'clock in the evening, a sudden knock on the door broke the originally quiet atmosphere.

Huo Chengluo came back from the company in the evening and went straight into the study to continue working without even raising his head. "Come in!"

After a moment of silence, the study door was gently pushed open. A frail and slender figure appeared at the door and walked in slowly.

"Brother Chengluo..." Then a soft voice sounded in front of the desk.

Huo Chengluo paused with the pen in his hand. He slowly raised his head and immediately came face to face with the slightly reserved Shu Yingxue.

He opened his mouth slightly, and spoke in a faint voice, without a single ups and downs. "Are you back?"

Shu Yingxue smiled shyly, lowered her eyes, and replied softly: "Well, I just got back this afternoon, and I didn't see you at dinner. I just went downstairs and heard Auntie say you were back, so I came over now."

"Well, I just got back from work at the company." He replied with a faint smile.

As Huo Chengluo's distant and polite words fell, Shu Yingxue, who was already nervous and awkward, also fell silent. The two were speechless for a while. There was no further conversation, and the atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.

Shu Yingxue bit her lower lip lightly, and her hands hidden behind her back nervously clenched the rope of the gift box in her hands.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Shu Yingxue raised her eyes and mustered up the courage to speak to break the silence, "Brother Chengluo, this is the gift I brought back. It's just a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hands and handed over a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Huo Chengluo leaned back, his indifferent eyes lightly falling on the gift box, but he did not take the next step.

Shu Yingxue's fingertips holding the small gift box shrank slightly, and she explained in a low voice, "This, this is the gift I brought back for everyone. I didn't see you when I came back, and I couldn't give it to you in time, so I, I'll take it now."

Huo Chengluo withdrew his gaze without leaving a trace. He raised his hand to take the gift box and casually placed it on the table beside him. He looked at her, slowly opened his lips, and said politely: "Okay, thank you. Since you just came back, go back and rest early!"

Although they had known each other for several years and had lived together under the same roof, the man in front of her was still as distant as ever when facing her whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and there was never any excessive greeting or warmth between them.

Shu Yingxue tried her best to suppress the bitterness and embarrassment in her heart. She pretended to be calm and pulled the corner of her mouth, "Well, I'll go back to my room first. Brother Chengluo, you should also go to bed early."

Huo Chengluo didn't say much, just nodded slightly. Shu Yingxue bit her lower lip lightly and turned away.

The man did not open the gift box on the table. He opened the drawer and put it in.

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Because he was extremely dissatisfied with the tourism development plan submitted by the Development Planning Department, Huo Chengluo did not stay in Jicheng for half a month as expected, but returned to Tianjin early.

The first thing Huo Chengluo did when he returned was to launch a massive, low-pressure attack on the company because the progress of various tasks had not met expectations. All department heads and project leaders were not immune. For a time, the entire branch company felt like they were walking on thin ice.

In the office, Huo Chengluo glanced at the project executive in front of him with a stern look, and the documents in his hand slammed onto the smooth desk with a bang, which made everyone present feel a chill down their spine.

"The proposal for the tourism development project is just empty talk and unrealistic. Is this the proposal you spent so much time, manpower and material resources to give me?"

The project leader trembled, "Boss Huo, we, we..."

An indistinguishable voice sounded: "What did I do to give you the illusion that I'm easy to fool?"

"No, no, Mr. Huo, please give us a little more time, and we will make a new plan that will absolutely satisfy you."

Huo Chengluo leaned back, folded his hands on his lower abdomen, looked at the person standing in front of him calmly, and said nothing. Everyone's expression was tense, and they dared not breathe.

When everyone was trembling with fear and anxiety, Huo Chengluo finally spoke, "One week."

The project leader swallowed his saliva secretly and responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Mr. Huo, we will conduct a thorough investigation and make a new plan."

Wen Yiyou stood at the door holding a cup of hot tea, watching the company's executives walk out of the president's office with pale faces one by one, and she couldn't help but wrinkled her nose.

Why does everyone look like they are going to the execution ground before entering, and look like they would rather die than live after leaving? Is the president that scary?

Wen Yiyou put the hot tea in front of him, "President, please have some tea."

Hearing the girl's voice, Huo Chengluo lowered his eyes slightly, and the anger in his eyebrows quickly disappeared in the next second. He raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you give me coffee?"

"It's better to drink strong tea than that bitter and astringent black coffee." Wen Yiyou said with disdain.

"Didn't you add milk and sugar?"

She stuck out her tongue, "But you can't drink milk, right?"

A strange look suddenly flashed across Huo Chengluo's face. He looked at Wen Yiyu dimly and asked indifferently, "You finally remembered?"

She had been clinging to him since she was a child, so she naturally knew that he was allergic to milk. She had always pretended not to know him and treated him as a stranger, but now she was not going to pretend anymore?

Wen Yiyou's mouth curled up, "I remember, Secretary Jiang emphasized it to me!"

Huo Chengluo's face froze when he heard this.

Now Wen Yiyu was no longer as reserved and respectful towards Huo Chengluo as she was at first, but instead looked very familiar with him.

After spending several times together, she inexplicably felt that Huo Chengluo was familiar, but she couldn't tell how familiar he was.

The president looked cold and distant, as if he kept a distance from everyone, making people afraid to talk to him easily, but she felt that was an illusion.

Wen Yiyu glanced at him with resentful eyes and said angrily, "Boss, why didn't you tell me before?" If you knew that I couldn't drink milk, why didn't you just say it?

Huo Chengluo glanced at her lightly without saying a word.

"President?" Perhaps because she hadn't heard a reply for a long time, she turned her head and looked at him eagerly.

Huo Chengluo changed the subject and asked instead, "Are you familiar with this place?"

"It's familiar!"

Huo Chengluo nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Well, follow me out for an investigation tomorrow, and you lead the way!"

Wen Yiyou hesitated for a moment and blurted out, "But tomorrow is Saturday, a day off. If you want me to lead the way, isn't that a disguised way of asking you to work overtime?"

"What's wrong with working overtime?" the man asked calmly.

"No, let me start by refusing to work overtime." The first step for new employees to tidy up the workplace is to refuse to work overtime.

The girl's matter-of-fact and fearless words made Huo Chengluo laugh. "You're so brave to refuse to work overtime. Aren't you afraid of being fired?"

Wen Yiyou curled her lips and said, "Just quit. Anyway, I have the right to refuse unreasonable overtime."

"Tough?"

Wen Yiyou argued: "I am defending the rights that belong to me."

Huo Chengluo was patient and asked, "Would you like to go for overtime pay?"

"Go!" Wen Yiyou spoke without hesitation, and he seemed like a completely different person from the person who had claimed a moment ago that he refused to work overtime.

Huo Chengluo raised his eyebrows, "Why? Are you short of money?"

"I am in need. I am working now, but my salary is still not enough to spend. I think I will be successful one day without my mother's help."

But in reality, it is a bit difficult. She likes to eat, drink, play, shop and have fun, and her salary is not enough to cover her expenses. She still needs to rely on her mother to support her.

Huo Chengluo listened to the girl's words, but remained silent, with his brows drooped, not knowing what he was thinking, and his fingertips unconsciously rubbed the dragon totem ring on his thumb.