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Thin, like small pearls with a broken thread, each with a crystal luster.

Jiang Yan laughed: "Are you afraid of me?"

Ruan Xiqing shook his head, he put his arms around Jiang Yan's shoulders, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm also a monster."

Jiang Yan hugged him to his chest with his backhand, gently touched his soft black hair, and said warmly: "You are not a monster, you will meet many people like you in the future, and you will gradually adapt to this vast world, don't Don't be afraid, I will always be with you."

Ruan Xiqing nodded slightly and asked, "Are you going to die now?"

Jiang Yan couldn't see his eyebrows with a smile: "I could hold on for a while longer, but now I'm about to be pissed off by you."

Ruan Xiqing shook his head suddenly and said, "Don't die, stay with me."

"My primordial spirit will not disappear. When my master finds the spirit grass and rebuilds a new body for me, I will go to you again."

Ruan Xiqing was confused, but probably knew that he would come back. He leaned on Jiang Yan's chest, gently lifted his messy hair, and murmured: "Your hair is so long."

Jiang Yan said with a smile: "My hair is messed up, you can tie it for me."

Ruan Xiqing knelt and sat behind him. He didn't have a comb on him, so he could only carefully brush his hair with his fingers.

Jiang Yan's face became paler, but the corner of his mouth was still smiling, "I heard that there is a movie theater in the capital, and there is a big TV in it. After you settle down, take me to the movies."

"Okay, then you have to come to me quickly."

"I will definitely come. Your elder brother talked about the address on the phone, and I still remember your phone number. I will go to you as soon as possible."

"It's a word."

Ruan Siming and Liu Chunhua arrived here with difficulty, but the way back was blocked by rocks, and the car could not be driven. They ran and searched, and it took a long time to find Ruan Xiqing.

Jiang Yan sensed their aura, turned his back to Ruan Xiqing and said, "Your elder brother is here to pick you up, let's go."

Ruan Xiqing was unmoved, and asked again as if asking for proof: "Are you really not going to die?"

Jiang Yan turned around slowly, raised his hand to caress his brows and eyes, and murmured: "I will not die, and I am reluctant to die. Wait for me, and I will definitely go find you."

Ruan Xiqing got the promise, gave him one last look, and was forcefully dragged away by Ruan Siming.

Jiang Shu came slowly, hesitantly said: "Are you going to look for him later?"

Seeing his complex expression, Jiang Yan asked, "Why not?"

Jiang Shu blinked and asked, "Then can I not be a rabbit? I also want to eat meat."

Jiang Yan smiled and flicked him on the forehead, then closed his eyes and plunged into darkness.

Xu Yaoqing ([-])

Early 2018.

Jiang Shu was lying on the table sullenly, staring at the instant noodle bowl in front of him with big eyes. The aroma of the noodles entered his nose along with the hot air, and he felt that his saliva was speeding up.

"Can you eat?"

Jiang Yan glanced at him, tore off the paper cover with a tear, took a handful with chopsticks and put it into a disposable cup, leaving the rest to Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu took a sip of the noodle soup and let out a breath of comfort. Two people shared a bowl of noodles, and two or three mouthfuls were enough.

Jiang Shu asked pitifully, "When can we eat meat?"

Jiang Yan slowly wiped his mouth with a tissue, and replied: "If you don't secretly use the money in my account to play online games, we can eat meat every day."

Jiang Shu murmured: "I didn't spend much... This human being's money is too wasteful, or let's change it a little bit."

"The way of heaven has its own balance, one gains and one loses, you can settle the account yourself." Jiang Yan picked up his jacket and stood up, "It's time for you to start work, clean up the table, I have something to do in the afternoon, so don't bother me. "

Jiang Shu puffed up his cheeks, put on the blue vest jacket issued by the convenience store, walked around to the cash register and stood up, just like a student working in the summer.

Jiang Yan passed the cash register and took a box of chewing gum, and ordered: "If Gu Yao inquires about my whereabouts, you can tell him..."

"I know, I know, looking for someone, I will know if you don't tell me, let's go, it's annoying!"

Jiang Yan patted his face: "Work hard, don't be lazy, and buy meat for you when you earn money."

Outside the convenience store, white snow covered the world, and he walked in the white snow, making snow marks one step at a time.

In the past 18 years, he has traveled to many places and met many people, but no one is Ruan Xiqing. He seems to have disappeared in this world without a trace of his existence.

When he went back to Ruan's house, the house was always vacant, empty and devoid of popularity.

He also checked the address in Beijing, and the neighbors said that only an old man came to rent a big house, but he didn't live there for a few days, and his son and wife moved out as soon as they came.

He also dialed all the phone numbers, all of which were empty numbers, Ruan Xiqing seemed to have disappeared into this world out of thin air, or in other words, disappeared into his world out of thin air.

Jiang Yan sometimes felt that he was ridiculous. In the first few years, he even moved near the movie theater. When he was free, he went to watch the movie theater entrance. If he couldn't wait for a month, he would wait for two months. Waited for three months, and within three months, he moved to the next movie theater. It wasn't until one day that he went to all the movie theaters in Beijing that he realized that Ruan Xiqing might not appear again.

He left Beijing to go to other cities, but he has never given up searching for so many years. He thought happily that he has unlimited life, and one day he will find Ruan Xiqing out of the crowd and ask him face to face Where did you go.

Jiang Shu also teased him. He said that fortunately there were not many movie theaters in Beijing at that time. If there was a movie theater within a few steps like today, he would have to wait very tiredly.

However, Jiang Shu will never know, when he stood at the entrance of the last movie theater, how much he wished that there were countless movie theaters in Beijing for him to wait for.

He doesn't know where this persistence comes from. Maybe Ruan Xiqing is special to him, or maybe it's just to keep his promise, but he will not give up looking for it anyway. If we can meet again one day, if Ruan Xiqing asks Why didn't he come to see him? At least Jiang Yan had the confidence to answer all his questions.

Jiang Yan was standing in the crowded subway passage. When the city center arrived at the station, everyone filed out. Jiang Yan was almost squeezed out of the carriage.

He swiped his card and left the station. The ground was clean and white, and the air was filled with cold moisture. However, there was a lingering haze above the city.

Since that time when she was abandoned and sealed, Moqing has not appeared for a long time, but the world suddenly piled up with evil spirits. Jiang Yan doesn't know much about the situation in the world, but Gu Yao knows it well. Gu Yao has managed the family for 300 years, and there has never been any trouble in the wild. However, in the past 20 years, the evil spirit in the human world has increased, and the members of the Gu family are busy every day.

It's not that monsters can't come to the human world, it's just that for cultivators, the human world with thin spiritual energy is equivalent to a barren land, and they won't set foot there unless they have to.

Jiang Yan lowered his head and stopped thinking about these troublesome things, making money for food became the top priority.

He came to the entrance of Junhua Building. The building towered into the sky, and the black walls reflected light. There were several energetic security guards standing at the entrance. Seeing him standing still, the security guards all looked at him with scrutiny.

You have to swipe two cards to enter the building, there are a lot of monitoring, and the security guards patrol 24 hours. The security measures can be described as first-class.

However, it blocked people but could not stop the demon. The whole building was surrounded by a gray demonic aura. Jiang Yan took a deep breath, and he vaguely smelled the fragrance of rouge.

Before the security guard came forward to question him, he waited for the agreed person.

A slightly bald, fat middle-aged man trotted over, with a briefcase under his arm, and a bright smile on his face, just like the Maitreya Buddha depicted by humans.

This person is Zhou Cong, and the Junhua Building is owned by his brother-in-law. It is a 68-storey building and is sub-leased to various companies for offices.

Many celebrities have settled their studios in Junhua, and Junhua Building has become famous because of this, and the rent has risen. However, strange things have also come to the door.

Three months ago, a cleaner in Junhua Building died suddenly for no reason. The hospital judged him to be overtired. It is said that the cleaner had no part-time jobs and no bad habits. Last year’s physical examination report showed good indicators, and there was no heavy housework at home. Excessive fatigue may occur. If there is a problem, it must be at work. For a while, Junhua Building has been severely condemned by all walks of life, and various absurd rumors have spread on the Internet.

In fact, Junhua Building strictly follows the eight-hour working system, with generous salaries and bonuses, and annual medical examinations and gifts. It is impossible for employees to be treated harshly. Qian found a professional public relations team, and it was difficult to suppress this matter.

However, less than a week after the matter subsided, another person died in the building due to fatigue. That person was not an employee of the building. Many competitors immediately pointed their finger at the star, indirectly ignoring the location of the studio - Junhua Building.

This incident itself has no direct connection with Junhua Building, but many rich people believe in Fengshui when renting a building. It is already unlucky for people to die in the building one after another.

A month later, a security guard on night patrol was accidentally hit and killed by a car when he was crossing a traffic light after get off work. Zhou Cong saw the surveillance video when he went to the police station to understand the situation. Four words of fatigue.

Zhou Cong felt that these incidents were too coincidental, so he asked someone to introduce him to Jiang Yan. He heard that the master had real skills and the fee was not high, so he invited him to come and see.

Jiang Yan is not very good at dealing with people. He speaks straight but not harshly. In addition, he is tall, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his whole body is full of masculinity, which naturally gives people a sense of stability and reliability.

But he is direct, but the other party may not be direct.

Some people speak very smoothly, and they say everything in a specious tone, and they don't easily say things like affirmation. They go around a big circle, and they don't get to the point.

Zhou Cong belonged to this kind of person. He invited Jiang Yan to the office and talked a lot. On the one hand, he invited Jiang Yan to get rid of the demon. Cautiously, he didn't mention the main points easily, and winked to make Jiang Yan understand.

Jiang Yan waited for him to finish before saying, "Your building has a very evil aura."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense about this, what if something happens to you?"

Jiang Yan was puzzled and said, "Then what did you invite me to do?"

"Didn't I invite you to take a look? That's what I mean. I mean, can you deal with this matter secretly, and don't let the people in the building know."

"Then I'll come back tonight."

Zhou Congwei said: "It doesn't work at night. Many companies in our building operate on a 24-hour shift system, especially some art studios, which almost always start work at night. Restaurants and gyms are also on a 24-hour system, and it is not allowed to come at night." , Speaking of which, did you see anything along the way just now? How long will it take to clean it up?"

Jiang Yan shook his head: "It's not that easy. Your building is very hostile, and there are problems in every corner. The other party didn't appear recently, but you only recently discovered that something is wrong. It's not clear what the other party's origin is. I can't tell you. Absolutely."

Zhou Cong pondered for a while and said: "Little brother, can you see if this is okay? I will arrange a position for you, so that you can freely enter and exit Junhua Building. We will investigate secretly. After the investigation is clear, what should you say? Cooperate with you again, in short, it can't affect the reputation of the building, if the monster is not caught, and people get online instead, it will be bad."

Jiang Yan laughed. This Zhou Cong still didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. He thought it would be over to find the source of the evil spirit and post a talisman. Circle, let me see what is causing trouble."

"Okay, let's go then."

Zhou Cong took him out of the office and introduced the situation of the building to him as he walked.

Junhua Building has a total of 68 floors, the three underground floors are parking lots, the 27th floor is a restaurant, the 28th floor is a leisure and entertainment place, with a billiard room, gym and other leisure rooms, and the 29th floor is the floor used by Junhua Building's own employees. Except for the lobby on the third floor and the first floor, the remaining 64 floors were leased out.

To enter and exit the building, you need to swipe two access control cards. You also need to swipe the card to use the elevator. Employees on different floors are not allowed to drop by.

Jiang Yan followed Zhou Cong from floor to floor. The strange thing is that there are a total of 68 floors, and the evil spirit on each floor is very uniform. If you can't find the concentration point of evil spirit in such a large place, it will be difficult to get rid of it. Know exactly what is at work.

Maybe it is really like what Zhou Cong said, we should stay and investigate in secret for the time being.

Xu Yaoqing ([-])

Jiang Yan was assigned by Zhou Cong to the logistics department. There was a common work card for every floor. The daily work was very simple. He would go wherever he was needed, delivering printing paper, repairing the printer, and changing purified water. Generally speaking, it was just running errands. .

When Zhou Cong made arrangements, he specifically told the minister that Jiang Yan was a relative of his family, and he was only here to get familiar with the familiar environment, and asked him to arrange as little work as possible for him.

Zhou Cong's relatives were relatives of the boss. The head of the logistics department understood what Zhou Cong meant, and only occasionally asked Jiang Yan to help when he was busy.

However, he has been in the building for two days and has not made any progress. The so-called excessive fatigue is actually just a general statement. The real cause of death is hard to say for a while. According to Zhou Cong, the first thing Jiang Yan thought of was to absorb people's energy However, such ghosts are usually low-level monsters. They can replenish their own spiritual power by inhaling human energy, but human energy is very limited, and the energy of ten people cannot match the effect of his one-day practice in Penglai, so The monsters who use this kind of cultivation method are usually very weak, and the monster aura in this building is clearly not the work of those little monsters.

Jiang Yan was wandering around the building with his work permit. He had never been to the top floor. He heard that a wealthy cultural media company directly rented the entire floor. When he got out of the elevator, he was the front desk. The other floors were occupied by several companies. Sub-letting, he hangs his work card and walks around without paying attention. There is only this company on the 68th floor, so when he stepped out of the elevator, the little girl at the front desk immediately stared at him. Seeing that he looked strange, she asked: " Hello, who are you looking for?"

Jiang Yan raised the sign on his chest: "I am a new staff member."

"Excuse me, are you okay?"

Jiang Yan was silent for a moment and replied: "Your printer is broken, the minister asked me to take a look."

The little girl was slightly stunned, and muttered: "I haven't received a notice to repair the printer." She looked at the badge again, and she was sure that it was a staff member of Junhua Building, so she said, "Then go in and ask, Maybe I didn't contact the company's logistics, so I called your logistics department directly."

Jiang Yan nodded, turned around and walked in. When passing by the conference room, lively laughter could be heard inside, the shutters were half closed, and shaking figures could still be seen vaguely.

There was no meeting inside. Several people were sitting around a corner of the meeting room, eating and chatting. Someone said something, which caused a roar of laughter.

Jiang Yan couldn't see clearly. He obviously didn't notice anything unusual inside, but his legs unconsciously stepped forward. He stood at the door of the conference room and pushed open the closed glass door.

There were about four or five people, men and women, all dressed in fashionable clothes. They ate cakes and drank coffee together, chatting and laughing.

The moment Jiang Yan pushed the door and entered, several people looked at him together, and someone asked, "Who are you? Is there something wrong?"

Jiang Yan's ears were buzzing, and his eyes fixed on one of them.

The man was lazily sitting on the edge of the table, his hair was a little longer, curled and dyed sorrel, his peach eyes faded from ignorance and greenness, but full of cunning and scrutiny, he was still wearing a black shirt, but the buttons were unbuttoned. It just untied one, but opened it all the way to the chest, revealing the looming curvature of the pectoral muscles.

He is no longer the fragile but strong appearance in Jiang Yan's memory. He dyed his hair, changed his attire, and became sexy and feminine, like a proud peacock. When he looked at him, he raised his chin slightly, his eyes full of Guard and alienate.

But Jiang Yan still felt that he was as clean as a pool of clear spring water, which would cause ripples when the wind blows, but it was always transparent and clear.

"Hey, I'm asking you something! Who are you...why do I care about you!!"

The first second Jiang Yan reacted, he ran towards Ruan Xiqing, and he embraced him inseparably, desperately absorbing the familiar fragrance in his body.

The man obviously didn't react, he was stunned for a moment, then he bent his knees and kicked Jiang Yan's vital parts.

Jiang Yan held down his knee, and was slapped by the opponent while dodging.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the man he had been looking for for 18 years, and the curse words were almost on his lips, it had been 18 years!Ruan Xiqing looked at his expression as if she had never known him before!If he knew what he looked like when they met, he would rather die at that rest stop!

Jiang Yan stared at Ruan Xiqing for a while, and finally held his breath and slammed the door and left the meeting room.

"President, director, do you know that person just now?"

Xi Ran lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, where did you get crazy?"

"I just glanced at his badge, it seems to belong to the logistics department, his name is Ruan Yunshen."

Xi Ran silently said the name several times, then shook his head again: "I've never heard of it."

Several people were confused, and one of the colleagues secretly smiled and said: "Director, I have seen a lot of people who want to take advantage of you. This is the first time I have seen someone as crazy as him. Do you want to help you complain about him?"

Xi Ran was in a daze for a moment, and after recovering, he said casually: "Of course."

As soon as Jiang Yan returned to the office, he was questioned by the minister. Due to the title of the boss's relative, the minister could not say much. He only told him to be cautious in his words and deeds, but he had already classified him as a pervert in private.

When Jiang Yan learned that he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he looked for Ruan Xiqing for 18 years, but that guy dared to forget him. Jiang Yan didn't know whether he was sad or angry at this moment, but obviously he would not let it go, some Things have to be made clear.

He wanted to find a place where no one was around to talk to Ruan Xiqing, so he went to the lobby downstairs to block him. He waited like an idiot at the door for three hours. It was dark before he realized that Ruan Xiqing might have driven to work. , and left directly from the parking lot after work.

Jiang Yan stood in the same place for a long time, but unexpectedly calmed down. He had stood at the entrance of the movie theater countless times waiting for the other party to appear. He had been waiting for a full 18 years, how could it be three hours short.

What Jiang Yan didn't expect was that when he arrived at the building the next day, a colleague told him that someone on the 68th floor called him to repair the printer.

When Jiang Yan walked into the office, only Xi Ran was there. He was dressed very plainly today, but his lips were still as red as peach blossoms. He was wearing a loose white turtleneck sweater, sky blue ripped jeans, brand new The white sneakers are neatly dressed and look younger.

He leaned on the desk with his arms folded, looking at Jiang Yan's serious look with a half-smile.

Jiang Yan seemed to see Ruan Xiqing in his memory, but it was clearly different. Ruan Xiqing at that time would not have such a lively and joyful expression.

"Where's the printer?"

"Here, here."

Jiang Yan bent down to check the status of the printer while hesitating how to speak. Not only did he not think of words, but he also didn't see any problem with the printer. He straightened up and asked, "What's broken?"

"If I knew, I would still come to you?"

Jiang Yan pursed his lips and probably knew that he was just finding fault with himself.

Xi Ran sat on the swivel chair and looked at Jiang Yan with his chin in his hand. Seeing that he didn't reply or talk to himself, he said something mysteriously: "I complained to you yesterday, do you know?"

Jiang Yan let out a cold snort from his nose.

"What are you humming?"

Without raising his head, Jiang Yan said, "Your complaint belongs to the complaint, why do you say I was sexually harassed?"

Xi Ran held back his laughter and whispered, "You are sexual harassment."

Jiang Yan raised his head and stared at him, then said coldly: "I can't fix it, I can't fix it, I'm leaving."

"How dare you! Do you believe that I will sue you again?"

Jiang Yan threw the A4 paper in his hand on the table, and looked at the man in front of him in disbelief. How come he hasn't seen him for more than ten years, and this guy's personality has become so bad?

"By the way, your name is Ruan Yunshen? Your name sounds nice, who gave it to you?"

Jiang Yan looked at him fixedly and asked, "Don't you remember?"

Xi Ran blinked: "What should I remember?"

"What about you? What's your name?"

"My name is Xi Ran, and I'm all alone." He spoke slowly, with a slight nasal sound, and Jiang Yan couldn't help thinking that in this weather, he was only wearing a thin shirt yesterday.

Jiang Yan asked: "Why are you called Xi Ran, where are your father and eldest brother and sister-in-law?"

Xi Ran showed incomparable surprise, he was confused, "Why do you ask that? I don't have an elder brother, my father is Xi Ming, my mother is Liu Chunfang, and there is a grandfather, and why can't I be called Xi Ran?"

Although Jiang Yan didn't know what happened, it was obvious that Ruan Xiqing didn't remember the past. The whole family changed their names, and his elder brother and sister-in-law even became his parents. It was true, according to the age of human beings, Ruan Siming should quickly At the age of 60, old man Ruan has become his grandfather.

Xi Ran didn't remember the past, and he also forgot the fact that he would live forever, and even more, he forgot the agreement between them and the existence of Ruan Yunshen.

Ruan Xiqing, who had lost his memory, no longer remembered him, but he was no longer depressed. He became cheerful and lively, even a little arrogant and cute.

Jiang Yan couldn't say whether it was good or bad, he would go mad violently when he thought that Ruan Xiqing had completely forgotten about him, he was doing well now, and he no longer needed his company.

Jiang Yan's scalp was numb from the pain, he felt his internal organs were churned together, and his stomach acid surged upwards.

Seeing his ugly face, Xi Ran hesitated, "What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, and said in a muffled voice: "It's okay, as long as you're happy, the printer can't be repaired, I'll let my colleague take a look, I'll go first, don't come to me if you have anything to do in the future."

Xu Yaoqing ([-])

The next day, Jiang Yan met Xi Ran in the elevator. He was wearing a white long-sleeved T-shirt and black jacket, and he was dressed very vigorously, but his complexion seemed to be not very good. There was a faint cloud of black in his lying silkworms, and his breathing was oppressive. Heavy, the whole person leaned against the elevator wall listlessly.

For some reason, the words "excessive fatigue" appeared in Jiang Yan's head.

When he reached the 29th floor, the elevator door opened, he hesitated for a moment, and didn't go out immediately.

Xi Ran crossed his arms and leaned against the corner of the elevator, raised his foot and kicked his calf: "Hey, you're here, you're still not going down."

Jiang Yan glanced back at him and pressed the door close button. As the floor rose, only the two of them were left in the elevator.

He frowned and looked Xi Ran up and down, and asked in a deep voice, "Why are you wearing so little? Don't you know it's snowing today?"

"Fool, there is heating in the office, you don't go to work just to say that to me?" Xi Ran asked him back with a smile.

Jiang Yan said: "I see that you are not in a good spirit today. A few people died in Junhua Building before because of exhaustion. I hope you take care of your health."

Xi Ran looked at him speechlessly: "Are you caring about me or are you cursing me? I worked overtime yesterday until three o'clock in the morning, and I had two meetings to attend this morning. I only slept for four hours. Of course I was sleepy. "

Jiang Yan frowned: "Give me the phone."

"What are you doing?" Xi Ran muttered, taking out the phone from his pants pocket and handing it to him.

Jiang Yan used Xi Ran's mobile phone to call his own number, and said, "If you need anything, you can call me, even if you are not feeling well, you should tell me."

Xi Ran held the phone in his hand, and said with a sneer, "Didn't you tell me not to call you for anything? Besides, what can you do? You can't even repair a printer."

"Your printer isn't broken at all."

"Look, you can't even see what's bad, how dare you say you understand?"

Jiang Yan held his breath and stopped arguing with Xi Ran, why didn't he see that this kid was so sharp-tongued before.

Thinking of the past, Jiang Yan began to feel a little depressed again. At that time, Ruan Xiqing was so kind to him, he was so obedient, he gave what he wanted, and he spoke softly. Now he doesn't know how to evaluate him at all. , he couldn't get along well with him, but he was happy to be able to see those sparkling beautiful eyes.

After the elevator reached the 68th floor, Jiang Yan watched him get off the elevator, and then told him to tell him if he felt unwell.

Standing outside the elevator, Xi Ran raised an eyebrow at him noncommittally.

The elevator doors closed slowly, and Jiang Yan's face disappeared from Xi Ran's sight.

"Wow, director, is that in the elevator the one who harassed you the day before yesterday? He followed you? Do you want to call the police?"

Xi Ran squinted at his assistant, and said coldly, "It's time for a meeting, what are you still doing here? Go get ready."

After two meetings in a row in the morning, after confirming the details of the new project, Xi Ran was finally able to rest for a while. He lay down on the table and took out his mobile phone to call Jiang Yan.

"Ruan Yunshen, I don't feel well."

He first heard the creaking of the chair, and then the hasty closing of the door. Jiang Yan asked in a panic, "What's wrong?"

Xi Ran bit his knuckles and said with a suppressed smile, "I'm hungry."

The voice on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly, followed by the sound of heavy breathing. When he thought that Jiang Yan must be out of anger, Jiang Yan's voice of gnashing his teeth suddenly remembered: "What do you want to eat, I will help you purchase."

"You come up to me and we'll eat together."

He hung up the phone without waiting for Jiang Yan to agree, and twirled the phone between his fingers boredly.

Ruan Yunshen... Yunshen doesn't know where... Has he heard this name before...

Xi Ran was puzzled by his actions, he was not a person who liked to be close to others, even the friendship between colleagues was only a taste, he never liked to have too much interaction with anyone.

But when the man named Ruan Yunshen embraced him that day, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, as if his soul had been impacted, and the incomplete part of his body had been completed.

It was like a long-awaited date, and the other party finally came to the appointment.

*****

Jiang Yan stood at the elevator entrance, walked in without looking at the moment the elevator door opened.

"Jiang Yan, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Yan turned around and found that Gu Yao was standing in the elevator, leaning against the elevator wall with his arms folded and looking at him.

Jiang Yan said sullenly, "Send the courier."

Gu Yao: "...You treat me as a three-year-old child? Aren't you the Penglai God of War? You can't beat me in a fight, and you come to the world to steal my business?"

Jiang Yan looked at him for a while, then said slowly, "I took the money and divided it fifty-fifty."

"Damn you, get out of here quickly, this place is very dangerous, the whole building is full of grievances, this is not something you can handle."

"I can't go." Jiang Yan shook his head firmly.

"Why?" Gu Yao asked puzzled.

Jiang Yan was silent for a while and said, "Because of poverty."

"..."

The elevator door opened with a ding, and Jiang Yan strode out of the elevator. Gu Yao followed behind him and said in a low voice: "Usually the place where the monsters are located has the most evil spirit, but this building is very strange, and the evil spirit everywhere is very strong." Uniform, the way the monster hides must be very clever."

Jiang Yan let out a "hmm", and stopped when he was approaching the door of Xi Ran's office. He turned around and asked Gu Yao, "Why are you following me?"

Gu Yao raised his eyebrows, "I originally planned to go downstairs on the 29th floor, and I followed you when I saw you entering the elevator. Hey, it's time for dinner, or let's have a meal together and talk about it by the way."

"No money to eat."

"I have it."

"I have an appointment."

"I'll go, and I still have to queue up to invite you to dinner?" Gu Yao tutted, "You're doing well in the world."

"Get lost!" Jiang Yan pushed the door open and locked Gu Yao out before he followed in.

Xi Ran was plucking his hair in front of a full-length mirror, and suddenly his eyes were wide open. His big piercing eyes were like black grapes, and he said in disbelief, "You didn't even knock when you came in?"

Jiang Yan nodded: "No knock."

Xi Ran glanced at him in disgust, picked up the black peaked cap on the table, and put the cap on while arranging the hair around her ears.

Jiang Yan waited for him for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "You dress up like this every day... um... well?"

Xi Ran glanced at him, with a slight smile on his lips, "Does it look good?"

Jiang Yan frowned and didn't answer, but his eyes were attracted by the full-length mirror on the wall. The long mirror with four corners and arcs was embedded in the wall, perpendicular to the office door. Xi Ran's height was close to 1.8 meters. When looking in the mirror, he needed to slightly hunched over.

"Why is there a full-length mirror in the office?"

"Every office has them. We are in the media anyway, and we usually meet people in the entertainment and fashion circles. We must always pay attention to our image." Seeing him in a daze, Xi Ran chuckled and said, "Are you Is it because you don’t know what the media is? Forget it, you don’t need to know, let’s go and eat.”

Jiang Yan really doesn't know what the media is, but he also knows that Xi Ran's words are nonsense. He used to like to dress up when he was a teacher, and he could grab his hair for half an hour when he went on a blind date.

The two entered the elevator together, Xi Ran sized him up and asked, "You only have black clothes?"

"Hmm." Jiang Yan thought silently, 18 years ago he also had a whole wardrobe of clothes in all colors.

"It's a good thing you have a decent face, otherwise I would be embarrassed to sit and eat with you just because of your clothes."

"Then you go eat alone." Jiang Yan stretched out his hand to press the floor button on the 29th floor with a cold face, Xi Ran quickly grabbed his hand and said with a stare, "Are you angry?"

Jiang Yan frowned, grabbed his hand with his backhand and put it in his palm, "Why are your hands so cold?"

"Well, I'm so hungry that my hands are cold."

Jiang Yan looked at him weakly, grabbed his hand and put it in his pocket.

Xi Ran obviously didn't expect Jiang Yan to make such a bold move, he took out his hand and slapped Jiang Yan's shoulder, and said with a half-smile: "Mr. Ruan, know how to measure, don't take advantage of me when you get an opportunity."

Jiang Yan is not in the mood to argue with him, he is in a complicated mood at the moment, maybe Ruan Xiqing was too kind to him in the past, but now this sharp-tongued Xi Ran makes him unable to adapt, on the one hand he hopes that he will have a good time , On the one hand, I hope that the two can be as close as before.

This stalemate was maintained until the two entered the restaurant. Xi Ran did not enter the public restaurant, but took him to the western restaurant next to him. Xi Ran was a regular customer, so he did not open the menu, and ordered the dishes.

The two sat by the window, and Jiang Yan could see the panorama of the park across the road as soon as he lowered his head.

Seeing his lack of interest, Xi Ran waited for the waiter to leave and asked, "Are you in a bad mood?"

"Ah."

"Why are you in a bad mood?"

"I don't quite understand. You complained to me the day before yesterday, asked me to fix the printer yesterday, and sat down with me for dinner today. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know either..." Xi Ran was dumbfounded by his question, his voice suddenly softened, "I was really scared when you rushed towards me that day, but I don't know why, I just like you and want to To be friends with you, if you don't want to, we can pretend we don't know each other after this meal."

Xi Ran's expression was calm, but the corners of his eyes were red and trembling. Jiang Yan seemed to see Ruan Xiqing from that year again, no matter whether he was angry or sad, he always pursed his lips.