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Tonghezhai's stewed chicken feet are really fragrant and delicious.After Xu You gnawed off most of the stewed chicken feet on the plate, he realized that Zhuang Shaodong on the opposite side of the square table didn't seem to have much appetite. deliver.

"Are you actually protesting that I ate all the chicken feet?" Xu You handed the half-gnawed chicken feet to his mouth, and smiled and teased him like a child, "Come on, good boy, this uncle rewards you!" is you."

Zhuang Shaodong couldn't help laughing, moved his lips closer, and lightly bit Xu You's finger that was holding the chicken paw.

"You're so unscrupulous." Xu You withdrew his hands in disgust, "I'm eating right now. Look, you're starting to be restricted..."

Zhuang Shaodong laughed loudly, "Where is the restricted level?"

Xu You continued to gnaw on the chicken feet, and asked him in a vague voice, "Tell me, do I need to pay some food expenses for your kitchen? You eat delicious and spicy food at your place every day, and you don't pay for it. Your subordinates The employees will definitely think: This guy who eats the king's meal is really thick-skinned, why does he come here every day..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhuang Shaodong narrowed his eyes dangerously immediately, "Someone said that?"

"No." Xu You shook his head honestly, "Not yet. The advantage of me is that I am better at self-reflection."

Zhuang Shaodong laughed again.At this moment, he also came to his senses a little bit, Xu You could see that he was deliberately teasing himself to talk.

"Do you want it or not?" Xu You shook his chicken paw impatiently, "If you don't want me, I will make it round."

"You can eat." Zhuang Shaodong has never been very interested in this kind of food that has little meat and takes a lot of effort to eat.

Xu You honestly and bluntly moved the plate in front of her again, "Hey, what do you like to eat?"

Zhuang Shaodong thought for a while, "There is nothing I particularly like to eat. Well, fish, corn, and broccoli."

Xu You pointed to the plate of steamed mandarin fish on the table, "Isn't there fish?"

Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly, "Okay, stop beating around the bush, what exactly do you want to ask?"

"What's the matter?" Xu You stopped playing around with him, and asked him directly, "Did you go to see your queen mother again?"

"Well," Zhuang Shaodong replied absent-mindedly, "She hasn't had a good rest recently."

Xu You frowned, didn't you rest well?Could it be that he intends to play the family card and pretend to be a weak and hard-working mother to lure Zhuang Shaodong back to the dealer to help her?

"Stop thinking about it," Zhuang Shaodong looked at him hesitantly, "Xu You, do you know that this year's Engineering Equipment and Technology Summit will be held in Munich, Germany next week?"

Xu You froze for a moment, "How did you mention this?"

"I got an invitation for you," Zhuang Shaodong thought for a while, "I think this is a rare opportunity for a professional in engineering management like you. Besides, it's almost the end of the year, and things in the company If you are not busy, you will not delay your work if you take half a month off, so it is considered a vacation."

Xu You still had a chicken paw in his mouth, and after a few seconds of being stunned, a look of surprise appeared on his face, "Oh, it seems that this is the only way you want to get rid of someone."

Knowing that he was talking about Su Chengze, Zhuang Shaodong felt slightly embarrassed, "Xu You..."

Xu You waved his hand, "Say it straight, what's the matter? If something happens, I'll go out and hide for half a month. It's nothing to worry about. Could it be that I won't come back?"

How dare Zhuang Shaodong tell him that Zhuang Li Yunxin has prepared all the fiancées for him?He thought that when a workaholic like Xu You heard the invitation to the summit, he would immediately focus on this grand event, and he didn't even think about making up a few more passable excuses.

Zhuang Shaodong grimaced and went through the improvised excuses in his head one by one, not sure which one to choose so as not to reveal his truth, when he looked up, he saw Xu You slowly nibbling on a chicken paw, with a pair of eyes that were slightly tinged. A cloudy expression looked up and down at him.

Zhuang Shaodong sighed, "I want you to go out and hide."

"Hiding your wife?"

Zhuang Shaodong frowned, "Don't talk like that."

Xu You sneered and nodded him with the half-gnawed chicken paw, "The last time I ate at Huang Haitao's house, I said I was going to start a war with your old lady, but Zhao Xiaoqi blasted me all night, saying that my strategic angle was wrong, just Knowing how to commit two crimes, I also said that I should not use such a bloody term as war, but to have a good relationship with her, and try every means to soften her... Zhuang Shaodong, tell yourself, may your old lady be softened by me, or you, or someone else? ?”

Zhuang Shaodong remained silent.

"So soft feelings are not suitable for a cold and heartless family like your banker." Xu You threw away the half-pulled chicken paw in his hand angrily, "After all, only people like you who claim to be in the upper class , the animal instinct is preserved to the greatest extent in the bones, the most primitive and bloody. You only believe in the strong eating the weak, and love, ethics and family affection are farts in your rules."

"Xu You!"

Xu You stared at him with angry eyes, "Dare you say otherwise?"

Zhuang Shaodong looked at him intently, his dark eyes clearly reflected his angry expression, "I dare say I love you."

Xu You was stunned.

"I love you." Zhuang Shaodong reached out from the table and gently held Xu You's oily paw, "I don't care about other people's relationship issues, and I don't care. But here, there is nothing more important than you." It's important."

Xu You stared at this guy who didn't play cards according to common sense, it really felt like he had punched nothing.The anger in his heart was unknowingly mixed with a little irony, and the roots of his ears gradually became warm.

"You're such a bad person..." Xu You waved his hands uncomfortably, "Going off topic again..."

"I'm serious." Zhuang Shaodong leaned over and kissed his fingers, "Xu You, go hide. I said that I will protect you well. Some tricks will inevitably be used here, and I don't want you to see it." arrive."

Xu You looked down at the hand he was holding her, and shook his arm impatiently, "Let go, I still want to eat chicken feet."

Zhuang Shaodong let go of his hand helplessly, "Xu You, did you listen to what I said just now?"

Xu You threw the chicken feet back on the plate, and yelled unbearably, "You're talking nonsense, are you finished? I'm not going anywhere. Just stay in Daocheng!"

"I don't want you to get involved in these things!" Zhuang Shaodong unconsciously raised his voice.

Xu You was very annoyed by his tone of supporting you when the sky fell, "Protect, protect, it sounds nice. Zhuang Shijie said the same way back then: You don't have to worry about anything, you have me, you have me." Xu You There was a slight trill in You's voice, and Zhuang Shaodong couldn't tell whether he was angry or sad for a while.

"But where was he when I was framed? Where was he when I almost got fired? Where was he when I was kicked out by my family?!"

Zhuang Shaodong got up and walked over, wrapping him in his arms.

Xu You's body froze for a moment, and slowly leaned on Zhuang Shaodong, "I said I don't blame him, I can't blame him for these things, but tell me, who should blame the resentment in my heart all these years?" ?”

Zhuang Shaodong patted him on the back silently.

"I don't want anyone to protect me." Xu You pushed him away, her eyes were a little red, but her expression was vicious, "I protect myself. Your old lady is not the Queen Mother, I really don't believe she can harm me once or twice .I'm not going anywhere. Did you hear that?!"

"I heard." Zhuang Shaodong was helpless, but thinking of Zuo Yan, he could even think of using his lover to negotiate terms, and he didn't know how he planned with Zhuang Li Yunxin behind his back... Zuo Yan's matter is actually not difficult to solve.As long as they see that Zhuang Shaodong has nothing to fish for, they will turn their heads and leave.But before this matter is resolved, how dare Zhuang Shaodong risk Xu You's safety?The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and his tone became slightly irritable, "But Xu You, I still hope you can seriously consider my suggestion. You don't know what kind of means they will use, you are just a technical person ..."

Xu You was upset, she dropped the chopsticks in her hand, turned around and left.

Zhuang Shaodong took a step forward and grabbed Xu You's arm, "I haven't finished my words yet."

Xu You waved his hand, "You've already said a lot."

Zhuang Shaodong watched him walk out without looking back, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He knew that Zhuang Shijie protected him like a child back then, hiding any problems, for fear that Xu You would be upset if he found out, and would affect his studies.Did Zhuang Shijie feel exactly the same as himself at the moment?I want to cherish him, I want to open up a sky without haze for him, I want to see him lazy and happy every day.However, Zhuang Shijie's incomparably beautiful original intention was nothing more than giving his opponents more opportunities in the end, giving them more choices to hurt his sweetheart unscrupulously.

Zhuang Shaodong knew all this, but he couldn't control the urge to hide him.When he thought that Zhuang Li Yunxin or Zuo Yan or someone else would approach Xu You when he was not paying attention, he almost trembled with fear.The existence of Xu You is a stumbling block to the Zuo family, and they will be happy to get rid of this obstacle.As for Zhuang Li Yunxin, without Xu You, her son would have no reason to leave the family.She would be very happy to see Xu You being dealt with by the Zuo family without having to come forward, and her son didn't even have an excuse to complain about him.

How could Xu You know all this?

Zhuang Shaodong walked back and forth in the room for a few times, barely suppressing the anxiety in his heart.At this time, he can't mess up his position, otherwise, he will lose.

Zhuang Shaodong called out a number from his mobile phone, hesitated for a moment, and pressed the dial button.

Xu You was only half full for dinner, but Zhuang Shaodong made a fuss and lost his appetite. Now he was hungry again after walking around the street twice, so he found a noodle restaurant that was not closed and asked for a bowl of beef noodles, and ate it The two felt that it was really not to their appetite.

Xu You stood on the street in a daze for a while, and suddenly didn't know where he should go.He hasn't been home for several days, but he doesn't want to go back.I don't know why, when I think of the deserted look at home, I feel a little tired in my heart.What's more, it's almost time for the annual vacation, and there is no work in the company that requires him to work overtime. He has even left his notebook in the office these days and didn't bother to bring it back.There is no job, and when I go back, I just guard the whole room in a deserted daze.

Xu You was a little discouraged to find out that it had only been a few days, and he was no longer used to being alone at home.He took out his mobile phone, but there was no text message or call notification on it.

Xu You felt a little uncomfortable.

He decided to spend the night at Huang Haitao's place.