Nocturnal

Qin Mochi sat in the car and rubbed his temples wearily.Too many things have happened recently, and he always feels that his IQ is not enough, or since he discovered that his eyes have problems, the things around him are getting more and more out of the original track, and slowly embarked on a direction that he can't control.He didn't know how much these things would change his life, but Master Fa Ming said that everything depends on fate, and these changes...maybe not that serious.

The Buddhist beads that Master Fa Ming gave him were wrapped around his wrists, emitting a kind of ironing temperature silently, like an invisible protection, protecting his aura as a "human being" from being covered up and annihilated in the invisible .

He remembered the phone call Li Yedu had made to Na Kun in front of him just now, and the weird feeling came to his mind again.He can be sure that he has heard this person's voice before, it is slightly hoarse, with a slightly raised tail, with a lazy and careless taste...

Qin Mochi thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any clues. After a long time, many things are difficult to be sure for a while, so he can only suppress the doubts in his heart.It will be New Year's Eve in two days, and there are still many things to be busy. Maybe the matter of inviting Li Yedu to dinner will be postponed until the next year.Of course, the most troublesome one is the Xia family. According to the tradition of the Xia family, all family members have to go back to live with Xia Zhenghe starting two or three days before the first year. If there is nothing important, they will stay there until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before going back one after another.Crowded under the same roof, it is inevitable to meet Xia Hong's family face to face, even if it is only a superficial courtesy, it is still a troublesome thing for Qin Mochi.

Qin Mochi thinks that the saying "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong" is very reasonable. He lived in Xia Zhi's house before, and Xia Hong ignored him. Since he won several awards, he opened his own studio After that, Xia Hong began to find fault with himself every now and then, as if he really regarded himself as Qin Mochi's real father.Qin Mochi had been holding back before, because he didn't want to embarrass Xia Zhi and Lin Tang. He knew that Liu Xiaowan had gone to the old man to insinuate and complained, saying that Xia Zhi and his wife had taught Qin Mochi badly. and so on.Qin Mochi didn't know what the old man said at the time.In private, Lin Tang could complain, "I don't want others to teach my son badly, so why didn't I take him home to teach him?" But in front of Xia Zhenghe, even if she had grievances, she could only listen with her head down.After all, Xia Zhenghe was the head of the family, and considering the general situation, he might have to say a few words about Xia Hong and Liu Xiaowan in front of them.

It is estimated that there were more than one or two complaints. At the beginning, Lin Tang implicitly reminded Qin Mochi to be more polite when talking to Xia Hong and his wife.Later, they simply didn't say anything, anyway, the Xia family's business had nothing to do with the long house, and if they wanted to fight Qin Mochi, they had to see if they had the ability.Qin Mochi looked at it as a joke at first, but seeing that Xia's jewelry store was opened up to his nose, if someone still jumped out to find fault, he didn't intend to bear it any longer.There is always a limit to patience.Blindly forbearance, for those who don't know good and evil, will only make them feel that this person is weak and deceptive, and has no ability to fight back.

As soon as the car drove out of the parking lot, Qin Mochi's cell phone rang. It was Ning Ning's call. The voice was still low and mysterious, "Brother Qin, where are you? Someone came to the store to look for you. I asked for your phone number, but I didn't say yes."

Qin Mochi asked: "Did he say what his name is?"

"He said he was the director of 'Fu Yuan'," Ning Ning said, "surnamed Lu."

Qin Mochi slammed on the brakes, "Lu Qiming?!"

"It seems to be," Ning Ning said uncertainly, "he is tall, of mixed race, and quite handsome."

Qin Mochi raised his forehead, Tao Li said during the meal that Lu Qiming was back, how could he forget this big trouble?Even if he wanted to avoid him, but the studio was always open to the public, so what's so difficult about checking the address of a studio?

"Is he still in the store now?"

Ning Ning hummed, "I said I'll wait for you to come back."

Qin Mochi really didn't want to go back.

"Brother Qin?"

Qin Mochi sighed in his heart, "Ask him to wait for me at the coffee shop diagonally opposite. I'll arrive in about half an hour. You can do whatever you want, and leave him alone."

Ning Ning hurriedly said, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Mochi felt that he hadn't had such a headache for a long time.He couldn't understand why Lu Qiming traveled all the way to Linhai. For AM Company, the cooperation with "Fuyuan" is definitely not a big deal, and there is no reason to send Lu Qiming out. Qiming's position in AM is not low.If it was for him, Qin Mochi...how could it be possible, it's so funny.

Back at Xinghai Building, Qin Mochi went back to his shop to put down his things, and then strolled to the coffee shop next to the cinema.A few steps away, Qin Mochi had many thoughts in his mind, and finally came to the most reasonable conclusion: Lu Qiming wanted to use his identity as the Xia family to help "Fuyuan" fight against the biggest competitor of the Xia family.

Also boring enough.Qin Mochi thought to himself, some people do things, why do they always involve innocent people?Isn't it good to compete honestly?Or is it possible to show that he has a level only by making the stall bigger?

Before Qin Mochi entered the coffee shop, he saw Lu Qiming sitting by the window through the glass wall.There is no way, this person will be eye-catching wherever he appears. He is tall, black-haired and blue-eyed, as handsome as a model in a magazine coloring page.Just such a person, who looks like a fox, and even more like a fox in his heart, every time Qin Mochi sees him, he will be secretly on guard, and will think over and over whether what he said has a second meaning.After a long time, a strange conditioned reflex has been formed. I feel tired when I see him, a kind of tiredness that radiates from my heart.

Lu Qiming saw him with a smile on his face, "Tang, long time no see."

"Long time no see." Qin Mochi sat down in front of him, "I thought you went back to China for Christmas."

Lu Qiming's blue eyes often give people the illusion of "affectionate staring", Qin Mochi insists that it is just an illusion, because everything Lu Qiming does has nothing to do with feelings.This man is a working machine at heart.

"Going back," Lu Qiming smiled, "Didn't you just come back. What would you like to drink?"

Qin Mochi was a little puzzled that he would actually use the phrase "come back", "Let's have black tea."

Lu Qiming beckoned to the waiter, ordered a cup of hot black tea, and another cookie, "I asked, this dessert is not too sweet. It goes well with black tea."

Qin Mochi smiled, and found it interesting that Lu Qiming acted as if he was taking care of his girlfriend, "Thank you. It's almost Chinese New Year, what are you rushing back for? Doesn't 'Fuyuan' give you a holiday?"

Lu Qiming pushed the steaming teacup in front of him, with a meaningful expression on his face.

Qin Mochi wanted to sigh.At the beginning, it was his expression that made Tao Li scream, "What an affectionate man, let's go!" Later, when he found out that Lu Qiming just wanted to pull Qin Mochi into AM, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, and even said it was a pity for such a good face.Later, knowing that Lu Qiming really had such a little interest in him, Tao Li no longer knew how to react.

"You're so free, you just want to drink tea with me?" Qin Mochi asked him, "Is there something else?"

Lu Qiming took out a few pieces of paper from the briefcase on the desktop and handed them to him, "Of course there is something serious. You should take a look first."

Qin Mochi guessed what it was before looking at it, took it and flipped through it casually, "You should know that my surname is actually Xia."

Lu Qiming nodded, "I also know that you are not taken seriously in the Xia family. They didn't start to notice you until you won the award, and then they wanted to pull you into the Xia family to show them."

Qin Mochi smiled, "Your Chinese has improved, and you can even speak it for appearance."

Lu Qiming didn't smile, Qin Mochi's figure was clearly reflected in his clear blue eyes, "You should know why I learn Chinese."

Qin Mochi let out a dry "Oh".He noticed that there was a cup of black coffee in front of Lu Qiming. After all, they had worked together once, and they knew some of their habits. For example, Lu Qiming only drank black coffee during working hours, and chose pure water and fruit juice during breaks.No matter how charming his eyes are, sitting here and dealing with Qin Mochi is just a matter of business for him.

Qin Mochi put down the contract in his hand, with a proper apology on his face, "Louis, I'm sorry. I can only say that you haven't mastered Chinese yet, and you still don't understand what the word family means to you personally."

Lu Qiming made a gesture of all ears.

"There's nothing to explain," Qin Mochi said lightly, "For example, you left AM and moved to Tiffany... What do you think your family will think?"

Lu Qiming blinked, "Our situation is different. My family has never rejected me."

Qin Mochi shook his head, not intending to talk to him about the bad things in his family, "Maybe. But I have my own studio now, and I don't have that much energy to take over other jobs, so... sorry, Louis , I can't agree."

Lu Qiming sighed softly, "Tang, you should take a good look at the terms I'm offering you. You don't need to spend a lot of time on this job. You only need to grasp a large amount of work time for twenty hours a week. the direction of..."

"I think it should be your job to grasp the direction of the design department." Qin Mochi interrupted him, "With all due respect, Louis, 'Fuyuan' is also a family business, and they won't accept an outsider into the top management. What do you want?" The job prospects portrayed are realistically ... almost impossible to achieve."

A look of anxiety flashed in Lu Qiming's eyes, "'Fuyuan' is indeed a family business model, but they also know that if 'Fuyuan' wants to have greater development, it must absorb more innovative elements..."

"Louis," Qin Mochi interrupted him, "I don't have the slightest interest in being a chess piece of 'Fu Yuan' to attack my own family."

Lu Qiming felt a little helpless, "It's not what you said!"

"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. What's important is that everyone understands it that way. Besides," Qin Mochi looked at him, "I hate being used... no matter what form it is."

Lu Qiming spread his hands helplessly, "You always misunderstand me. It's not fair to me."

Qin Mochi smiled, and changed the subject calmly, "How long will you stay in Linhai?"

Lu Qiming made an exaggerated expression, "It makes me sad when you say that, are you pushing me away?"

"Of course not." Qin Mochi replied sincerely, and at the same time added in his heart: As long as you don't bother me, you can stay wherever you like.

Lu Qiming raised his eyebrows slightly, "Really?"

Qin Mochi smiled, "When I was in AM, you helped me a lot. I have always been very grateful to you. Although I can't be a colleague now, but..."

"Okay, don't say any more," Lu Qiming made a "stop" gesture, "If you continue to talk, it will be more serious. You should know that if you weren't here, I wouldn't have come here."

Qin Mochi pondered the credibility of his words, and a just-right smile appeared on his face, "Then I'm really honored."

Lu Qiming felt that he was going to fall ill, and he wanted to sigh when he saw Qin Mochi.Qin Mochi was younger than him, and he was always straightforward in what he said and did, sometimes offending people without knowing it.On the outside, he has a very simple and straightforward personality, but after getting along for a long time, you will find that this kid has a lot of eyes and is very tactful. When he is in a good mood, he can get along well with anyone.As for offending others... Lu Qiming sometimes felt that Qin Mochi probably did it on purpose, but he really didn't care.

Very interesting character.Seems to be polite, he thought.But let's say he obeys the rules, but in his bones, he has a bit of arrogance and unruly like a prodigal son.Lu Qiming was always unable to guess what Qin Mochi was thinking—the more he couldn't figure it out, the more he wanted to figure it out, so he wanted to get closer to this person unconsciously.There must be attraction, but Lu Qiming himself is not very clear about what he is thinking about Qin Mochi.

"If all goes well, I will stay in Linhai for about half a year," Lu Qiming looked at him tentatively, "I am here, except for the people from 'Fuyuan', I only know you. Do we often get together?"

"No problem." Qin Mochi nodded with a smile, "But it's the Chinese New Year soon, there are many people in the family, and there are many things to do, so I probably can't leave. Otherwise, after the fifteenth day, I'll ask Tao Li to come out together. Then I will introduce some friends to you." If you get to know a few more people, Lu Qiming won't be bored and always come to harass him, right?

Lu Qiming, "...OK." Can he say that he doesn't want to see Tao Li, that eccentric tomboy at all?

"This..." Lu Qiming changed the subject helplessly, pointing to the Buddhist beads on Qin Mochi's wrist, "Is this your new work?"

"Of course not." Qin Mochi hurriedly said, "This is what I asked the master from the temple to ward off evil spirits."

"In the temple? Master?" Lu Qiming showed a surprised expression, "I remember you said that you are a materialist."

"I am." Qin Mochi insisted on this point, but right now his insistence has loosened up a little bit.

Lu Qiming laughed, "You..."

Qin Mochi was agitated by his tone, and the feeling in his heart suddenly became more subtle. By the way, what kind of eyes are those?Are Playboys Picking Up Girls?

Lu Qiming is quite a winking person. Before Qin Mochi exploded, he ended the informal meeting in a timely manner. Although Qin Mochi did not agree to accept the letter of appointment from "Fuyuan" in the end, Lu Qiming still felt very happy. At least this person has been contacted, other things... just take your time.