evildoers

These days, Xia Chen is not having a good time.

Li Zhurong seems to have encountered some great event, and he has hardly returned home these days. The housekeeper said that he went to S City, and the cooperation project in C City is imminent, and calls come home every day—Li Zhurong’s mobile phone is almost dead. After turning on the phone, the people below were as anxious as headless flies. On Tuesday, Xia Chen received a call from Li Zhurong. Li Zhurong asked him to wait at home at night. After tidying up, hand it over to Chen Ke and send it to S City.

Xia Chen waited until eight o'clock, but Chen Ke was late.

A very handsome young man, seeing how Li Zhurong trusts him so much, he probably has been with Li Zhurong for many years, but there is still a gentleman's temperament in his eyebrows, very thin, a head shorter than Xia Chen, wearing a slim suit, shirt cuffs The cufflinks are very delicate.

Chen Ke handed a bulging briefcase to Xia Chen.

He probably didn't expect Xia Chen to be so young, he hesitated when he handed Xia Chen the briefcase.

But he is Li Zhurong's subordinate after all. Li Zhurong is different from Xia Zhifei. That's right, but the most important thing is to be obedient. His domineering temper won't tolerate anyone who dares to confront him.

Xia Chen went into the study, and three hours later, he took out three thin briefcases, handed them to Chen Ke, and told him: "In these three bags, he needs to sign, he needs to make a decision, and he needs to type them back. Someone re-wrote it. I marked it all up. You take these two bags to S City, and send everything in this bag back.”

A hesitant look appeared on Chen Ke's face.

These documents were sent up in a hurry. One director is still in the factory and refuses to leave, waiting for a reply.But this young man, who was too young, only took half an hour to eliminate nearly half of them, and of the remaining half, there was still a part that had to be sent back.

It's not that he doesn't trust Xia Chen, but that these documents are indeed very important. This young man has neither conducted on-site inspections nor knows the inside story. If something goes wrong...

"If I remember correctly, my brother just asked you to deliver things, there is no need to do anything else." Xia Chen said coldly.

He is not a bad-tempered person, but the people under Li Zhurong seem to have this kind of virtue. They are used to Li Zhurong's vigorous and vigorous character.

Chen Ke also noticed his transgression, and took the briefcase with his head down.

It wasn't until Chen Ke's blue Audi disappeared into the night that Xia Chen realized where the sense of disobedience in his heart came from.

It's not because of the unconscious obsequiousness on this handsome man, but because, almost the first time he saw him, Xia Chen realized that this man's face was similar to that of Professor Xu Xu who had just resigned from C University. There are seven similarities.

On Friday, Li Zhurong returned from S City.

Although he acted recklessly, he was a very rational person. In the past 26 years, he had never left a project that was at a critical moment and ran to the far away city of S like this time.

He has a deep prestige in the hearts of his subordinates, and no one dares to say anything about him for doing such an outrageous thing.

But he knew in his heart that others must be talking behind his back and making wild guesses, and he also knew how bad he was—especially when he went there and returned without success, he simply felt that he was a joke.

A proud man like him hates this the most.

In this mood, he kept his face sullen all day long, devoting himself to the cooperation project with City C, he didn't even go home very often, and had no time to take care of Xia Chen.

Saturday was a cloudy and rainy day, and the autumn rain was falling heavily. This kind of weather made Lu Zhixuan feel like a fish in water, and he huddled at home with peace of mind.

After breakfast, the baby began to follow Xia Chen to watch him do the cleaning. At eleven o'clock, Lu Zhixu got up and walked to the living room like a sleepwalker. The baby was wearing a Christmas hat made of newspaper, and was happily walking in the living room. Running around, bumping his head on his leg.

He was shaken by the bump and almost fell, when suddenly a hand stretched out from behind and held him firmly.

"Teacher, be careful."

The young man was wearing an old hat and old clothes, holding a vacuum cleaner in his hand, and lowered his eyes to teach the baby: "Jiaming, don't run around, the living room is cleaning, there is a lot of dust, go back to your room."

After a few months of good life, the baby became more courageous, and asked innocently, "Why isn't brother afraid?"

"Brother is an adult, of course I'm not afraid." Xia Chen stretched out his hand, probably wanting to touch the baby's head, but because he was doing hygiene, he took his hand back and only smiled at the baby.

The baby let out an "oh" and ran back to his room obediently. Just as he closed the door, he opened it again, poked his head out, and announced loudly, "When I grow up, I will also clean the living room!"

Only Xia Chen and Lu Zhixu were left in the living room.

Such a scene made Lu Zhixu feel a little uncomfortable.

It was Xia Chen who broke the deadlock first.

"There is porridge in the rice cooker, and the steamed buns are in the steamer. Today I made buckwheat steamed buns. The teacher remembers to heat them in the microwave first. There are a few dishes of pickles on the table, all of which are not spicy. There are pickled peppers and chicken feet in the refrigerator, which are already tasty. It's gone." After Xia Chen finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and walked away.

He is obviously a young man with a height of 1.8 meters, but at this moment, he looks like a wronged child.

Lu Zhixu didn't dare to stay in the living room anymore, so he hurried to the dining room.

He didn't know what he was running away from, maybe he was running away from Xia Chen, or maybe he simply hated this timid self.

In all the past days, he had never been so panic-stricken even when he was facing the plight of being on the street.

All fear is due to ignorance.

He was standing at the gate of a completely unknown world. Some said that there were floods and beasts in that world, and some said that that world was as beautiful and bright as April in the world. He was just a strange visitor. Xia Chen opened a corner of the curtain for him. Too scared, I can only stand there, not daring to take a step forward.

In that world, all the codes he has read, all the teaching plans he has prepared, and all the lawsuits he has fought cannot provide guidance. Whether he is a professor or he is a father, in front of that word, he is just Just an unenlightened child.

Even Xu Xu couldn't provide him with practical help.

Last night, after he asked that question, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Finally, Xu Xu asked him back.

Xu Xu said, "Xiao Yao, have you heard a word?"

"What?"

"only the guy drinking water knows it's cold or hot."

The other end of the phone paused, then continued: "You asked me about this, I can only answer you like this, I know it's hard for you to like someone, we have different ideas, and I can't tell you how I really feel. However, I want to tell you that liking someone is like drinking water. If you can’t find that soul-fit person and spend the best time with him, your life will be like a desert. It's lifeless."

At that time, Lu Zhixu really wanted to ask him: Xu Xu, now you are running away in a hurry and panic all day long, and now you are down and out and full of old feelings, but you can still say such words.You will never regret meeting the person who got you to this point.

But he didn't ask in the end.

He is Lu Zhixu, he just has a perverse personality, not all heartless.He also knows that in a lifetime, some people are just old wounds, and it only hurts to uncover the scars.And some people are thorns in your flesh and throats, and just a little touch can already hurt your heart.

In the middle of the night, Xia Chen received a call.

That call came to Lu's landline, Xia Chen was waiting for Lu Zhixu to come out for supper, so he answered it.

On the other end of the phone is Xu Xu's voice.

"Is the teacher looking for Teacher Lu? Do you want me to ask him to answer the phone?"

"No, I called to find you." Xu Xu said.

"Teacher, what's the matter?"

"You probably don't know yet. Xiaoyao called me yesterday, and he asked me what it's like to like someone." Xu Xu paused, and continued: "I asked Lin Youxi, and then I found out that that person was you."

Xia Chen's palms holding the microphone were sweating.

"Xiao Yao has always been slow in getting along with people. He has a picky personality and doesn't know how to take care of others. In fact, he is not very easy to get along with..."

"The teacher just doesn't know how to express, it's not that he's not easy to get along with."

"You know what you would say. You have a gentle personality. Although you are younger than him, you are very caring. His parents are gone and he has few relatives. I have been arranging blind dates for him over the years, but I haven't met To the right person. You are the first person in all these years who can accommodate him like this."

"I just did what I should do." Xia Chen said lightly.

Xu Xu laughed.

"I know you are good to him, you are very smart, and you are not a bad person. Thinking about it now, although I introduced you to Xiaoyao's house, you should have planned it long ago. You have liked Xiaoyao for a long time, right? ?”

Xia Chen pursed his lips, for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

He didn't have much contact with Xu Xu, and his impression of him was only a professor with a gentle personality. He didn't know that this professor with a gentle personality was once a gifted student who was invited by several top foreign universities in the world. For all the detective suspense novels that can be seen on the Internet, he can guess the general ending after seeing the beginning.

"Don't worry, I won't tell Xiaoyao. His temper is actually not good. It's rare to meet someone who can tolerate him. I know you are not a bad person. I called today to tell you that he is not a stubborn person. As long as you are patient, you will be able to keep the clouds open and see the moon."

At this moment, Xu Xu spoke in a tone as if he had handed over his most precious thing.

After talking on the phone with Xu Xu, Xia Chen entered Lu Zhixu's bedroom.

The 27-year-old young father was reclined on the sofa chair, and there was still a notebook on standby on the table. He probably just wanted to take a nap for a while, but fell asleep instead.

Xia Chen closed the notebook lightly, bowed down, picked up Lu Zhixu, and put him back on the bed.

In his sleep, Professor Lu breathed evenly, seemed to mutter something, rubbed himself on the pillow, and still slept peacefully.

After many days of regular life, his face gradually became a little bloody. He had a beautiful side face, and he was as innocent as a child when he was asleep.

Xia Chen leaned down, covered him with the quilt, and tucked in the corners of the quilt, the person he yearned for was close at hand.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered a sentence in the Buddhist scriptures.

There is a tiger in my heart, and I sniff the rose carefully.