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After eating a meal, Shen Qi never touched his chopsticks. He didn't ask Zhou Jingtang until Xu Xiaoxiao and Zhou Jingtang put down their chopsticks, "Is your company busy?"

The implication is that you can go.

Zhou Jingtang handed Xu Xiaoxiao a tissue in a very gentlemanly manner, and said casually: "It's hard to become a boss, isn't it just for free time?"

Xu Xiaoxiao said: "Brother, I have an appointment with a friend in the afternoon, so I'm leaving first."

"I'll see you off," Zhou Jingtang said.

"Is it not on the way?"

"No matter where I go, I will drop by," Zhou Jingtang thought to himself who made you Shen Qi's younger sister.

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't think too much about it. Of course she was very happy to have a free car ride.

"Shen Muxi, see you tomorrow."

It wasn't until Zhou Jingtang and Xu Xiaoxiao had disappeared that Shen Qi realized that he had a terrible idea in his heart.

He suspected that Zhou Jingtang also liked Xu Xiaoxiao.

Why is "also"?Because he always remembered Xu Xiaoxiao's love at first sight for Zhou Jingtang's photo.He knew that Xu Xiaoxiao had a crush on Zhou Jingtang, but judging from Zhou Jingtang's attitude towards Xu Xiaoxiao just now, he should also like her.

Shen Qi suddenly felt a little lost, maybe Zhou Jingtang reappeared in his life, tried every means to have a relationship with him, just wanted to get to know Xu Xiaoxiao through him.

Back then, Zhou Jingtang said he liked him, wasn't it because he mistook fish eyes for pearls?But he is not Pearl, but Xiaoxiao is.

He didn't want to have any more contact with Zhou Jingtang, for fear that he would be delusional, but if Zhou Jingtang really liked Xu Xiaoxiao, and Xu Xiaoxiao also liked him, he was willing to make it happen.Such a good Zhou Jingtang, such a good Xiaoxiao, there is no reason to miss him because of him.

The more Shen Qi thought about it, he thought that if Zhou Jingtang was really with Xu Xiaoxiao, then he would leave Jincheng.He will wish them happiness, but will not witness their happiness.

On the other side, Zhou Jingtang was driving on Linjin Avenue, and Xu Xiaoxiao was sitting in the passenger seat.

Girls love beauty, and use a small mirror to touch up lipstick.Zhou Jingtang glanced at it, and thought of Shen Qi many years ago, with such a beautiful appearance, but much cooler than Xu Xiaoxiao.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Xiaoxiao noticed him.

"You and your brother are quite alike," Zhou Jingtang concentrated on driving, and said casually, "Xiqi was the same back then, with hair like Chibi Maruko-chan, and he doesn't like to smile. He is a cold Chibi-Maruko-chan."

"You'd better call him Shen Muxi," Xu Xiaoxiao said, "You call him Qiqi even more disgusting."

Zhou Jingtang laughed lightly, and did not continue to argue with the little girl.

Xu Xiaoxiao was attracted by Zhou Jingtang's chuckle, only to find that Zhou Jingtang's side face was very good-looking when she looked over. She pinched her thigh and told herself not to be fooled by beauty. This is someone her brother liked, and she is destined to miss it in this life.

"Look at what?" Zhou Jingtang noticed her gaze.

Xu Xiaoxiao coughed lightly in embarrassment, turned her face away, and said, "I found that you are quite good-looking."

Zhou Jingtang joked with her with a smile: "That's why your brother became friends with me because he coveted my beauty."

"Stop talking," Xu Xiaoxiao said, "My brother is ten thousand times prettier than you."

Zhou Jingtang echoed: "Well, he is the prettiest in the whole world."

Xu Xiaoxiao started staring at him again, she had a rather bold idea, she couldn't help it: "You..."

She choked back again, afraid that talking too much would bring some bad results.

"What am I?"

Xu Xiaoxiao shook her head: "Nothing."

The car drove smoothly and at a constant speed for a long time, and Zhou Jingtang started to talk to her again: "How is your brother doing these years?"

It's not good, but Xu Xiaoxiao won't say it, she just smiled and said: "It's so-so, it's okay."

"Has he been alone all this time?"

After Zhou Jingtang asked this question, his hand on the steering wheel relaxed unnaturally. There was no superfluous expression on his face, and he just looked ahead intently.

"Well," Xu Xiaoxiao responded.

Zhou Jingtang smiled relaxedly.

"What about you?" Xu Xiaoxiao asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Zhou Jingtang said, "Never."

He didn't say no, he said never.He has never, ever liked anyone other than Shen Xi.

Zhou Jingtang sent Xu Xiaoxiao to the building of the department store, got out of the car and opened the door for her in front of her little sisters, and the two left a contact information.

"Xiaoxiao, is your boyfriend?"

"very handsome!"

"But it's a lot older than you, isn't it?"

The girls talked one after the other, and Xu Xiaoxiao was still staring at the direction Zhou Jingtang's car was leaving. She sighed and said, "It's not my boyfriend."

"I can't tell in the future."

"It won't be in the future," Xu Xiaoxiao said, "but he seems to be pretty good."

The weather in Jincheng began to turn cold. For several cloudy days in a row, Shen Qi's calf hurt badly, and the dog skin plaster smelled too strong, so he didn't go to Liucheng, but stayed at home for several days.

Zhou Jingtang went to Liucheng several times but failed to find anyone, and Shen Qi never responded to his messages.Heng Yi and Xu Ye were about to formally sign the contract at this time. He was in a suit and leather shoes, and he met Xu Dongcheng at the negotiating table.

"Pleasant to work with."

Zhou Jingtang formally held Xu Dongcheng's hand and said with a smile, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

Hengyi's people went out first, and Zhou Jingtang had no intention of leaving. He sat opposite Xu Dongcheng and said, "Mr. Xu, how is Shen Qi these days?"

Xu Dongcheng didn't expect Zhou Jingtang to care about Shen Qi, after all, in the story he knew, it was Shen Qi who liked Zhou Jingtang.He was startled for a moment, then polite and alienated: "It's okay."

About Shen Qi, Zhou Jingtang has too many unknowns, he and Shen Qi have been separated for too long, so long that he has almost faded out of Shen Qi's life.When he sat in front of Xu Dongcheng, he had too many questions to ask.

"It's quite surprising," Zhou Jingtang said, "Shen Qi and I had a good relationship back then. You may not know that Shen Qi was introverted back then. I might think he had the best relationship."

"Qiqi never told me that he had any friends in high school." Xu Dongcheng has always had lingering fears about Shen Qi's gloomy high school life. He didn't want to admit that Shen Qi had any friends at that time, because there was never anyone at that time. Helped Shen Qi.

Zhou Jingtang's eyes dimmed, and he said flatly: "I was in a hurry to go back to Jincheng at that time, and I didn't go back later. He was probably angry."

"Perhaps angry."

Xu Dongcheng smiled again, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he said, "But now that he's grown up, how can he still be angry. After all, no one can be angry for so many years."

Zhou Jingtang could sense that Xu Dongcheng was dissatisfied with him, so he could only keep a smile on his face, and he would not over-please.

"I want to know what happened to Shen Qi these years," Zhou Jingtang said.

"Why don't you ask him directly?" Xu Dongcheng asked him back.

Zhou Jingtang thought that Shen Qi would definitely not tell him, but he also understood that Xu Dongcheng might not tell him either.

"Shen Qi is very good," Xu Dongcheng said, "he doesn't need anyone to be sympathetic, and he doesn't need anyone to feel guilty. If you feel guilty because you left Shen Qi without saying goodbye, just pretend it never happened and don't go disturb him."

Xu Dongcheng couldn't forget the scene when Shen Qi met Zhou Jingtang the day he met Zhou Jingtang, and he couldn't forget how Shen Qi lost control.It wasn't the first time that Shen Qi was so hysterical, but it was the first time that after just meeting and talking a few words, he became so sad.

It can be seen that Zhou Jingtang brought him more sadness than happiness.

It was already afternoon when Zhou Jingtang came out from Xu Ye. He didn't find out anything from Xu Dongcheng's place, and he felt a little tired.

Coincidentally, he met Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Yang, sister and brother, in front of the Xuye Building.

"Mr. Zhou, what a coincidence," Xu Xiaoxiao greeted politely, and introduced to Xu Yang, "President Zhou of Hengyi."

Xu Yang thought that being famous would be better than seeing each other, and he couldn't speak his mind, so he asked, "Zhou Jingtang?"

Zhou Jingtang smiled and asked him, "Know me?"

"I just found out," Xu Yang said.

"It's time for dinner, shall I treat you to dinner?" Zhou Jingtang suggested, "Your brother and I are old classmates, why don't you call him out too?"

"Why don't you call yourself?" Xu Yang asked immediately.

Xu Yang's tone was too impolite, Xu Xiaoxiao poked him, smiled, and said to Zhou Jingtang: "If you want to invite my brother to dinner, just say so, I..."

"I want to invite your brother to dinner," Zhou Jingtang said frankly, "I'm going to tell you the truth, just call me for me, okay?"

Xu Xiaoxiao quite liked Zhou Jingtang's open-minded and open-minded personality. She narrowed her eyes and looked at him for a while, before asking him, "Where should we go to eat?"

Shen Qi took the medicine in the morning, fell asleep in a daze, and woke up in the afternoon, but he was much more awake.He was woken up by Xu Xiaoxiao's phone call.

Xu Xiaoxiao acted like a baby at him on the other end of the phone, and insisted on asking him to go out for dinner, but he couldn't hold back the little girl, so he had to agree.

He washed up briefly, changed into a khaki sweater, and went out. When he arrived at the hot pot restaurant Xu Xiaoxiao mentioned, he saw Zhou Jingtang through the glass outside the store.

This little girl who eats inside and out.

Shen Xiyou wanted to turn around and leave. He stood outside the shop and watched for a while. Zhou Jingtang sat opposite to the siblings. He was much more mature and stable. He rolled up his sleeves to make dipping sauce for the little girl. When he smiled, his brows were rare Gentle, he couldn't bear to look away for a moment.

Finally, the impulse in his heart overcame his reason, he tidied up his mood, and walked into the hot pot restaurant.

There were only four seats in the booth, Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Yang sat side by side, Shen Qi bit the bullet and sat next to Zhou Jingtang.

"How did you meet?" Shen Xi asked.

Xu Yang said: "At the door of Dad's company, I met by chance."

Shen Qi looked at the two of them: "Has Uncle Xu got off work? Have you eaten yet? You can enjoy yourself while eating."

Shen Qi put on his elder brother's airs and taught others a lesson, Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Yang generally didn't dare to talk back to him, they could only obediently lower their heads and listen.On the other hand, Zhou Jingtang laughed out loud and said, "So you're quite fierce."

Shen Qi didn't look at him, his face was a little hot, and his tone was not good: "It's not as fierce as you."

Zhou Jingtang smiled and said nothing, added vegetables to the bottom of the pot, cut the fruit next to it into small pieces, and passed it to the three people.

Xu Yang noticed that Zhou Jingtang hadn't touched his chopsticks from the beginning to the end, so he couldn't help asking, "Brother Zhou, don't you want to eat?"

Shen Qi opened his mouth subconsciously: "He can't eat spicy food."

Zhou Jingtang smiled and nodded: "Well, yes, I usually don't eat spicy food."

"Then why did you propose to eat hot pot?" Xu Yang asked.

Zhou Jingtang said, "Your brother likes to eat."

Shen Qi didn't move his chopsticks, and ate the fruit in a random manner. When Zhou Jingtang said this, he couldn't even hold the toothpick firmly in his hand.

Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at them, lowered her head as if nothing had happened, and said casually: "My brother hasn't eaten spicy food in recent years. He has a bad stomach."

Shen Qi has been taking medicine for several years, and his stomach has been ruined for a long time. Eating spicy food is especially prone to stomach pain, and in severe cases, he will vomit blood.Everyone around him knew it, but Zhou Jingtang didn't.

Xu Xiaoxiao spoke casually, but Zhou Jingtang was stunned for a long time. After several minutes, he came back to his senses, continued to peel the apples, cut them into small pieces and handed them to Shen Qi, saying, "Eat the apples."

Shen Qi said: "It's good to eat hot pot, Xiaoxiao likes to eat hot pot."

Shen Qi said it calmly, he just wanted to tell Zhou Jingtang Xu Xiaoxiao's preferences quietly, and then Zhou Jingtang went in his left ear and out of his right ear.

At the end of the hot pot, there was still a lot left. Zhou Jingtang and Shen Qi didn't move their chopsticks very much, and Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Yang didn't eat much either.

Zhou Jingtang insisted on sending them home, but Shen Qi couldn't resist him, so he had to agree.Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Yang quickly got into the back seat, so he had to sit in the passenger seat.

The space inside the car was small, and the smell of dog skin plaster wafted out. At first, Zhou Jingtang thought it was the smell from the outside, but it became more obvious after a long time, and he was sure that it was a smell of plaster.

"Are any of you uncomfortable?" Zhou Jingtang asked.

Shen Qi's back stiffened all of a sudden, he didn't speak, and subconsciously touched the position of his calf.He drew his legs back, wishing wildly that this would restrain him a bit.

"Musi, are you feeling unwell?" Zhou Jingtang asked.

Shen Qi looked out of the car window, and said in a low voice, "It's stuck on my leg, open the car window and let it go."

Zhou Jingtang smiled: "It's okay, don't open it, the weather is cold."

Shen Qi leaned against the car window unnaturally, his eyes drifted out of the car window vaguely, but he was always watching Zhou Jingtang from the corner of his eye.He was sitting on pins and needles, always feeling Zhou Jingtang's eyes falling back and forth on his calf.

In his own imagination, he felt that his heart was being tightened.