A ten-year rival in love

"When are you going to get your wallet?"

"tomorrow."

"You said the same thing yesterday."

"..." Li Xu put down his pen, "Tonight."

"Then I'll wash it up and wait for you."

Li Xu: "..."

His waist is still a little sore now, and the bruises on his neck are turning yellow. When he saw Shao Lang's meaningful expression when he came home from get off work yesterday, he felt uncomfortable for a long time, and now he really doesn't want to talk about this kind of topic.

"It's a little noisy over there."

"Oh." Lu Hui replied lazily, "I rent it to a dance troupe as a practice room during the day, and it's empty anyway."

"Dance troupe?"

"Yes, I didn't tell you that Li Yan is the lead dancer of an audition troupe here. This kid is very good. He has won the national championship.... Tsk! Drink! Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, don't make trouble, I don't eat here Yes, be good, I'm talking to your mother... um, do you want to say hello to your mother?"

... Who is its mother?

"I have nothing else to do, I'll hang up first, I'm working."

Lu Hui was quiet for a moment, not knowing what he was doing.Li Xu's hand was about to hit the end button when he suddenly said something.

"Remember to come over tonight."

"Ah."

"I love you."

Li Xu paused, subconsciously glanced at the office door, pushed away the documents in front of him, and put them together one by one.

"..."

The other party has ended the call.

That's all.Things got to this point slowly, recognizing my own sexuality, disobeying my mother's wishes, and even becoming a lover with a former rival.

Live your life, take one step at a time.

Before leaving get off work in the afternoon, Li Yansheng came to him and said, "Xuzi, give me a ride when I go to the party later."

"Party? What party?"

"Today is the tenth anniversary of the law firm. I said it last week. Did you forget?"

The [-]th anniversary... Li Xu silently withdrew his hand to get the file bag. The past few days have been messed up, so I really forgot about it.

"Don't say no, it's a big deal for the law firm, the one who reserved your seat, if you don't go, Lao Cheng will kill you, really."

Even if he doesn't understand this socially, he has been a lawyer for so many years for nothing. He picked up his mobile phone and briefcase, and walked outside: "Go."

Li Yansheng is a typical old lady character, he doesn't talk for a minute, and everything feels wrong, Li Xu counted along the way, just listening to him say "My God" no less than twenty times.

"How is Xiao Lang with you?"

"It's okay, I didn't abuse him."

Li Yansheng's words got stuck in his throat, and he laughed haha: "Why do I think you are very aggressive today."

Li Xu squinted at him, and then withdrew his gaze after just one glance, which made Li Yansheng very hurt: "Don't look at me with that kind of eyes, you are just like my wife, if you don't agree with me, you will dislike me."

No one answered him, Li Xu turned on the car stereo, and a deep and affectionate male voice sounded in the car: "I—keep you by my side—"

"Heart - still far away -

I tried to reach out closer—but I couldn’t reach there—”

The lyrics are in Cantonese, and Li Yansheng didn't quite understand them. He just thought the melody was good and familiar: "Who sang this? It sounds so good."

"Just a little—but a little—"

He didn't save this song, it should be Lu Hui.Li Xu turned on the turn signal, and suddenly remembered Lu Hui singing this song standing on the brown stage: the golden light shone behind him, writing a bright and dark silhouette for him.

"But it's far—"

The meeting place was in the city center, a fairly upscale hotel.I still remember that when he first entered the law firm as an intern, everyone held a simple welcome party for him. There were not many people at that time, and the overall quality was not so good.

How much can seven years change?It can make a conservative city full of high-rise buildings, make a young girl full of youth become old-fashioned, and make him such a lifeless man.He smiled wryly, he has always been so lifeless, a person without much emotion.

"It is an honor for Cheng to have all of you gathered here tonight. Over the past ten years, I have watched Huajiang start from a baby, learn to walk, and finally reach today. All of these are inseparable from the contributions of everyone present. I Thank you for being willing to regard me as a teacher and a family member. In the future, I hope that everyone can work together to build a better Huajiang."

Cheng De raised the wine glass in his hand, his face flushed with excitement: "Cheers to Huajiang tomorrow!"

"cheers!"

Forty cups collided with each other.

"It's the first time I've seen Lao Cheng so happy, and I've never laughed so much when I won a case." Li Yansheng said while chewing beef, "It's so serious that I can't get used to it. Hey, his steak really tastes good! She brought Qiaoqiao over to eat this time, she has been thinking about it for a long time."

"Yeah." Li Xu lowered his hair and texted, and didn't pay him much attention.

"Who is this, you kid was not like this before, looking down at your phone every day, how dare you say you didn't have a girlfriend?"

"Li Guifei, Lawyer Li doesn't want to talk to you at all, can you, you can't bet on you with so much food!"

Several people laughed in response, Li Xu also smiled in tandem, and heard a female assistant lawyer ask: "Ms. Li has a girlfriend?"

"No." Li Xu denied it casually, without looking at the newly received text message, and casually put the phone on the table.Li Yansheng accidentally glanced at the screen that was not yet black, and glanced at the content by the way.

Lu Hui: Little liar.

Li Yansheng shivered.

"I don't know if you have paid attention to that case of missing persons recently. The police said that the body was found."

"Huh? True or false."

"Xiao Xiang from the police station revealed something to me. It was just dug out a few days ago, and the autopsy is still underway. It's sealed in cement. I don't know how they found it."

"Put it in cement and it will rot, and it will smell if it rots."

"Ah—don't say it's so disgusting!"

"Simply a beast."

"Hurry up and find the culprit. Thinking that the murderer is in S City makes me shudder, hey...really!"

"Hey, we're eating, okay?" Li Yansheng scolded with a smile, "Don't discuss work during meal time, okay? Sisters, please give me back my piece of pure land!"

"Your mental quality is not good, noble concubine, take care of yourself, if you disappear one day, we will die of grief."

"That's not necessarily true." Li Yansheng hugged Li Xu: "Our lawyer Li is so good-looking, if the criminal wants to stare at him, he will be staring at him."

Li Xu raised his hand, pinched his armpit and twisted it.

"It hurts, it hurts - I was wrong, I was wrong, grab me, grab me!"

Everyone had a great time.

There is a common problem with a group of people having dinner together, and that is drinking.Chinese people have a long history of wine drinking culture, such as punching and guessing riddles, high-end Qushui flowing cups, and wine drinking orders.In modern times, there have been some various small games, but the endings are the same over and over again, catch a poor guy, and then punish him.There are people in the law firm who know how to play, recite legal rules in competitions, and drink if they can't recite them.

After several rounds, a few newcomers couldn't bear it, and they repeatedly protested against the unfairness.

Yin Huan came up with an idea: "Either come to guess the number? Like this, I choose a number between one and one hundred, then guess from Lawyer Li to the right, and then gradually narrow the range of numbers, and finally the one who guesses the right number will come Big risk. If I choose 32 and Lawyer Li guesses 27, then the next person will have to continue guessing between 27 and 100."

"Understood." Li Yansheng complained, "Half a century has passed, Obama is about to step down, and human beings are still playing truth or dare."

Li Xu was helpless: "Please continue to eat."

Yin Huan laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.

"Then let's start. I've chosen the number, and it's on my phone. Well... Lawyer Li will guess."

Li Xu: "32."

The audience was quiet for a few seconds, and Yin Huan suddenly laughed: "It's too unfortunate for Lawyer Li, opportunism is not an option! Congratulations on winning the prize!"

Li Xu: "..."

What does it mean to be clever and be mistaken by cleverness?

Li Yansheng: "I have a punishment here! Let Li Xu call the person at the top of his call log and ask him 'Why did you abandon me'!"

"Cut—the stem is too old, concubine!"

"I think it's quite difficult for Lawyer Li..."

"Concubine, it's too miserable to deceive people, be careful of retribution—"

Li Xu clicked on the call record, and the ominous premonition in his heart was finally confirmed: the two characters of Lu Hui were in front of his eyes.

Not only is it difficult, it is simply torture.

"No other proposals? It's a rare opportunity to embarrass me. I thought everyone would be very positive."

"Don't fan the flames! That's it! Call, Mr. Li!" Li Yansheng smiled meanly, "Turn on the hands-free, everyone needs to listen to the reaction."

Everyone nodded in unison, and Li Yansheng snatched the phone over: "I'll call you, so you don't have to cheat."

"..."

Li Xu watched helplessly as he pressed the dial number, the call interface popped up, and the gray half-length figure faced him face to face.It's just a game, he doesn't know what's going on, he's a little nervous.

I can only hope that Lu Hui will stop talking nonsense.

"Huh? Didn't you go to a dinner party? Bao——"

"Lu Hui!" Li Xu yelled, the tone of his voice startled Li Yansheng.Facing the expressions of the crowd, he calmed down a bit before opening his mouth with difficulty: "You...Why did you...abandon me."

The voice became lower and lower, sounding like an abandoned little daughter-in-law.Li Yansheng gave him a thumbs up and mouthed: Awesome!Acting school!

Li Xu wanted to poke him blind with his chopsticks.

Lu Hui thought he heard it wrong, and asked incredulously, "What?"

"I said." Li Xu took a deep breath, his tone dry as if he was reading a textbook, "Why did you abandon me?"

A few female colleagues couldn't help laughing anymore, Yin Huan covered her mouth and her shoulders trembled.

"Me? Abandoned you?" Lu Hui's voice sounded even more pitiful, "You forgot how you treated me? I refused to admit it when I fell asleep, turned my face and refused to recognize anyone as soon as I got into bed, and didn't even say hello while I was sleeping. Just walk away. What's more, when I was with you, you took me as the driver of the car—"

"Hello!" Li Xu's face was hot, trying to keep calm, trying to snatch the phone back: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"But even so, I still love you very much, my dear baby, are you satisfied with my answer? Is it exciting? Haha! Next time you play games, don't ask me for such a cheap mouth. Your wallet is still in my store , Remember to pick it up tomorrow, have fun!"

The phone hangs up.

Li Xu seemed to be on a roller coaster, his entire face was white, without any blood, his chest was so tight that he couldn't breathe, his heartbeat was out of control, almost jumping out of his throat.

"Ah—" the female colleague remembered it and exclaimed, "I almost thought it was true just now..."

"Me too..." Yin Huan said awkwardly, "So I figured it out...haha... Lawyer Li, your friend is so naughty..."

Li Xu didn't know what expression he was making, it was probably ugly.

"hehe yes."

"But even if it's true, it doesn't matter!" A female colleague said, "It would be a waste for a handsome man not to be gay."

Another male colleague retorted: "Hey, I'm not happy with this? Are you trying to say that we are not handsome?"

"Are you weaker than Lawyer Li?"

"Okay, okay, thank you, Lawyer Li, next one! This round is for Lawyer Li to choose the number."

Everyone teased a few words, except that Li Yansheng looked at him a little strangely, this matter is over.Li Xu forced a smile, stood up and said, "You guys are playing, I'm going to the bathroom."

He stood in front of the washstand, looked at the mirror, and let out a long breath.Another new message was received on his phone. He dried his hands and clicked to open it.

Lu Hui: Don't be angry.

Li Xu clenched his fist, then slowly released it, picked up his phone and went back to the private room.

It was still very lively inside, but now it was Li Yansheng who was being tossed about.For the rest of the party, Li Xu was completely out of shape, couldn't eat, and didn't have the heart to watch them quarrel, the only thing in his mind was Lu Hui's teasing just now.

That bastard, how could he believe that he had really changed?