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The passionate love affair usually lasts for three to six months. When the matter comes to Boss Chang and Manager Tao, due to work, the concentration is diluted and the reaction time is lengthened.

The working process of consulting companies like them is generally as follows: partners maintain customer relationships, and the project enters the bidding stage and starts to cooperate with the project manager. After the official start, the manager will introduce consultants to start the actual work.Theoretically, when Tao Ran started working on a project, Chang Zheng should get away and focus on other things, as long as he roughly controlled the project delivered to the execution stage so that there were no problems.

As long as Tao Ran was still working for Chang Zheng, it was normal for the two of them not to meet each other, so they had to spend as much time as possible on weekends.

On Saturday afternoon, Tao Ran hurriedly finished the work in hand, and flew back in a hurry with the good wish of spending a Sunday with Chang Zheng.He had just stopped a car with his suitcase, and before he could sit firmly in the back seat, Chang Zheng's phone came after him.

"Why haven't you come back... Caesar misses you."

The tone dragged on for a long time, and it was still the same deep and deep voice, but it was inexplicably filled with a sense of emptiness, loneliness and coldness. Tao Ran laughed as soon as he heard it: "He misses me? You want him to call out for me? "

There was a rustling sound from the other end, and after a few seconds, Chang Zheng said frustratedly: "...I can't find him, I don't know where he went. That means I miss you, okay?"

Tao Ran moved towards the car window, afraid that his uncontrollable smile would frighten the innocent brother driver: "Well, I kept you waiting for a long time. I got in the car, there is still an hour, you wait for me to eat dinner."

The phone hung up not long after, and Tao Ran heard the subtle embarrassment in Chang Zheng's words after hearing the blunt words that he missed him, so he stopped teasing him.Don't be stingy with what you can and should give to the other party, even if you are not used to it, if you can have this kind of affection waiting for you at home, thousands of kilometers of miles will not be in vain.

The journey was exhausting, the car stopped and went, the driver brother sighed one after another, Tao Ran couldn't get up the energy to chat with him about the old topic of traffic jams on all roads, and it was not easy to say to strangers, "I I don't want to talk right now", so I turned my head and looked outside, avoiding eye contact.

The elevated highway passes through the hinterland of the city. It is dusk, and the lights are gradually lit up. The office buildings of various shapes are like a group of mechas whose energy has been cut off. The stagnant posture is a cold gaze at the sky.When the light supports the lines of thousands of buildings, like a mother-of-pearl opening up the flesh and blood to support pearls, he looks at all this, and there is a touch of warmth in his heart.

It seems that the world has not yet happened, and the destiny has not yet begun. I am still a young man with a soft heart, and I am about to see the throbbing of my sweetheart in my chest.

Chang Zheng, Chang Zheng, this name is his honey.The two words rolled over the tip of the tongue one by one,

As he thought about it, when Wu Yueyin answered the phone call, it was naturally a gentle and smiling voice.

The other end immediately froze for a moment: "Why are you so beaming, what good things have happened to you recently?"

"Cough, no. Are you looking for me at this time...Are you going on a business trip again? Little Xunyan wants to stay with me for a few days?"

"Our family, Mr. He, has recently been seconded, and he can only come back for a day or two in about half a month. I have a meeting in Switzerland at the end of the month, and it is best to go to work a week in advance. It is always good to get acquainted in front of the bosses at the headquarters. ..."

"Have you set a time for your business trip?" When it finally arrived, Tao Ran paid the fare with his mobile phone, took out the suitcase with one hand, and continued to talk to her: "I'm on a business trip early in the morning on Monday, come back on Wednesday, and stay until Tuesday next week. There are no arrangements. If you plan to leave immediately in these two days, I won't be able to help you this time."

"Okay, I'll see how to arrange the time."

Standing on the balcony downstairs, I could just see the light in the living room of my house.Tao Ran stopped in his tracks, remained silent for a few seconds, and suddenly changed the subject: "Just now you asked me what good things happened to me... Yes, there really have been recently."

Wu Yueyin originally planned to exchange some pleasantries before closing the line, but when he heard it, he became interested: "Oh? Did you get promoted and raise your salary? Or are you in love again."

With the familiar lights in front of him, Tao Ran couldn't find any hesitation in his heart: "Yes, I'm with a colleague in the company now. His name is Chang Zheng, I think you should know him."

The other end of the phone immediately fell into the dead silence he expected.

Then, Wu Yueyin directly turned off the phone.

Tao Ran breathed a sigh of relief at the disconnection notification.He calmly put the phone back into his pocket, and finally looked back at the dark night sky, then turned and pushed open the door of the corridor.

Tao Ran said in advance that he would not feel comfortable eating at noon, and that it would be better to lighten up at night, so Chang Zheng prepared a sweet porridge for him, which was just warm enough for him, and he could eat it right away.

This porridge was something they remembered together when they ate out together.Soybean milk porridge, no additional water is added after the pot, served with diced yam or water chestnut.After taking a sip, in addition to the soft and crisp taste, there is also a special fragrance, which makes me feel like I have really come home.Tao Ran relaxed comfortably, feeling refreshed.

"Is this the soy milk you made today?"

While Chang Zheng answered, he took the pagoda vegetables out of the glass bottle, put them in small dishes, and put them in front of Tao Ran: "The soy milk bought in the supermarket is all flavored. Yes, there are enough soybeans, so I made it myself."

The plane was late, and we didn't serve dinner until then, and both of us were hungry.Sharing hunger with another human being is, in some ways, a deeply personal experience, like sharing sex.When there is no need to hold on to airs and chew slowly, it is also a time when the mind is relaxed and you can fully trust the other party.

At this moment, Tao Ran felt safe from the bottom of his heart.He didn't say it clearly, but Chang Zheng looked at him with similar emotions.This is enough.

"You're really busier than me recently, who made you make so many mistakes..."

Tao Ran glanced at him, and replied bluntly: "You, you let me go."

"..."

"Isn't this good?" The taste of lettuce fried tenderloin is impeccable, and the plate bottomed out before he knew it, and Tao Ran reached for the last piece with the tip of his chopsticks: "Once the two of you have slept, no one will be able to tell It's impossible. We're all in the office less time, it's better than going in and out all the time."

Chang Zheng couldn't help laughing: "Oh, I've slept, and that's how you define my relationship with you?"

In fact, Chang Zheng also thought so.Perhaps it was because of a similar situation with Xu Yuan, Tao Ran's cautiousness in this aspect has reached the point where he is useless.He said twice that even if there were gossips, he didn't care, Tao Ran was still careful, and he gradually understood that avoiding unnecessary troubles was a habit that the other party thought was very important.It's not a big deal anyway, if Tao Ran insists on being considerate in every way, he will be happy to enjoy the dividends brought by such prudence.

With a quick thought, Tao Ran drank half a cup of porridge and used the remaining soybean milk, and answered slowly: "There are only two kinds of relationships between two human beings? Either they have slept or they haven't slept."

Chang Zheng chewed over these words, and there was really nothing wrong with them, so he had to start another line.

"It's been a while since you've been flying around, you should take a break. The next project I'm looking for doesn't require a business trip, at least it will allow you to stay at the client's site and commute normally for a month. How about it, will you take it?"

This is the first time Chang Zheng has made it clear that he is using power for personal gain after establishing a relationship.

Just as Tao Ran insisted that he didn't want to provoke criticism and would make it clear to Chang Zheng, the things Chang Zheng did to take care of him so that he wouldn't work so hard would also be put on the table to make each other's information transparent.This is their default sincerity.

"What project is it, show me first?"

——Actually, he will accept any project.

Chang Zheng picked up his phone, forwarded an email to him, and motioned him to read it directly with his eyes.

Work has already forced out the ability to see ten lines at a glance. Tao Ran took a quick glance and understood what was going on. He couldn't help laughing and said, "If you don't ask someone from the professional team for this kind of content, just leave it to me." Is it? What I used to do was just general personnel work, not a full-time salary and benefit system, what if I screwed up for you."

"I can't beat it, who doesn't know what it means to ask for advice on this kind of thing." Chang Zheng took out the lo-mei that he bought on the way here in the afternoon, picked out a duck collarbone and handed it to Tao Ran: "The client company must have an idea. When the time comes, you should spend a few more days interviewing to find out what their personnel department thinks and what the management thinks, and you will almost have a framework. After you understand these things, if you If I really need it, it won’t be too late for me to go to the professional team to borrow someone.”

Speaking of which, everything was planned for him, Tao Ran nodded silently, and turned his attention to eating.But I don’t know what happened that day. There were children crying on the plane, and the driver’s elder brother nagging in the car. Now I was wearing the gloves from the lo-mei shop to eat something, but I was disturbed for no reason.

He held a half-gnawed piece of cartilage in his hand, and Chang Zheng glanced at the flickering screen: "An unfamiliar call, answer it?"

Tao Ran frowned and sighed: "If there is something urgent, please take it."

Chang Zheng pressed the answer button for him and switched on the speakerphone.

"Hello."

"Tao... Uncle?"

Tao Ran was stunned.Chang Zheng put on a questioning expression towards him, he felt that he couldn't say anything, so he could only signal him to stop talking.

"Yes, it's me. As I said, you can call me by my name."

He Xunyan's voice was a bit muffled, as if he was hiding in a small space, and he heard a buzzing echo: "My mother said that she would call you to ask if I could borrow from you next week, and then Didn't tell me the result. Did you quarrel with her?"

Tao Ran didn't know how to answer these words.After all, educating children is a private matter of other people's family. As a friend of this family, no matter how close he is, he is still an outsider.

"...It's not a quarrel, it's just that I told her something, and she may not be able to accept it for a while."

Young master He was quiet for a while, then suddenly sighed: "Is this about her, or about you? Good or bad?"

"It's a good thing about me."

How can something good happen to be unhappy? No matter how clever He Xunyan is, after all his age is there, he can't understand it in a few words: "I thought you were good friends."

Tao Ran also wanted to sigh, so he had no choice but to hold back: "Yes, it's still the same now. I just need a little time with her..."

The more I talked, the more unsustainable it became. Fortunately, there was a strange movement on the phone, which just happened to relieve me.A soft female voice asked "Why are you hiding under the blanket, who are you talking to", and then He Xunyan simply said "goodbye" and hung up.

There was a moment of silence in the room. Just as Tao Ran was about to speak, the phone screen suddenly turned on again.Both Chang Zheng and him saw the three words Wu Yueyin, so Tao Ran simply continued hands-free.

Wu Yueyin simply expressed her apology, saying that she was rude in the previous phone call, and Chang Zheng was a very safe target, and she hoped that this matter would not affect her friendship with Tao Ran.If it's convenient, she will bring He Xunyan over next Thursday night and stay with him for two weeks.

She's always been like that.In order to avoid losing control of words and deeds when you become impulsive, you have to escape for a while, and then come back to face after sorting out your emotions, and you can't be more peaceful.

Everything returned to normal, within the range he expected. Before saying goodbye, Tao Ran thought about it and added a sentence: "Don't embarrass the kid, it's not a big deal for him to call me."

Wu Yueyin replied: "No, I have already let him sleep. I told him just now, Tao Ran is still his good friend."

When the call ended, of course Chang Zheng understood everything.

In many cases, silence is worse than words, such as now.Facing Tao Ran's heroic act of taking responsibility without making a fuss, Chang Zheng thought for a long time, and could only think of a "thank you".

Tao Ran leaned over and kissed him on the forehead very gently.