Lost [Transmigration Book]

a long time.

There is no sound in the room, even the sound of breathing needs to be carefully captured.

The almost condensed dull breath almost crushed Xiao Wu to death. He was standing aside, but he didn't dare to leave, and he didn't know whether he should stay or not.He always felt that their husband definitely didn't want people to see them now, but he didn't even dare to make a sound or move.

Qiao Nanqi lowered his head.

In front of him is the report card of Zhao Rong before the age of 19 that can be found in the past years.That is, even if Qiao Nanqi had long forgotten his school days, he could see the excellent numbers at a glance.

And the awards written on paper one by one.

On a photocopied document, the teenager's ID photo was pasted in the upper right corner. Even if it was only in black and white, it still couldn't stop the beauty of the smile on that clean face.

Vigorous and pure.

It was the Zhao Rong whom he should have seen again all these years, but because he covered his eyes and gave up listening, he never saw Zhao Rong again.

He once said the word "trash" in front of Zhao Rong.

Also, when I heard the contempt of others countless times before, I indifferently passed those other people's evaluation of Zhao Rong: idiot, waste, dude, worthless...

But these contempt are nothing more than a helpless illegitimate son who was admitted back to the Chen family halfway to make a compromise in order to protect himself.

Every word is Zhao Rong's pain.

But not only did he fail to protect the person behind him, he failed to gouge out the pain, on the contrary, like Chen Da and Chen Er, he poured salt water indifferently towards the wound.

If he had found out earlier, or understood earlier, he could have protected Zhao Rong five or six years ago, making Zhao Rong shine continuously.

Like the boy left in this photo.

Bright as a sword, warm and bright as a sharp blade cutting through water.

Qiao Nanqi felt that his eyes were a little wet.

He should have been used to hiding all his emotions in front of others.

After Qiao Anqing left, the nightmares, waking up, and irritability that he couldn't control at first gradually adjusted back. Even if he lost control, he could hide it very well.

He has experience with this before.

But now, knowing that Xiao Wu was watching, he didn't even have the energy to wave his hand to let Xiao Wu go out first.

Birds flying outside the window broke through the sky, flashing past with a short cry.

Floating clouds overlook the hustle and bustle in the vastness, but they seem to have walked silently for an unknown amount of time between gathering and dispersing.

He once thought that every insignificant moment in his past life, pieced together, was enough to make him feel like a thousand arrows pierced his heart.

He calmed down for a while, and then said to Xiao Wu: "You go back first."

Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but said, "There is one more thing..."

"Say."

"There is a business party tonight, which is something we are not very involved in, so you accepted the invitation before, but you didn't plan to go," Xiao Wu took out the invitation letter from under the pile of materials related to Zhao Rong, "but I In the past few days, I have checked the news about Mr. Zhao, and now, I found out that he will also go..."

Qiao Nanqi glanced at the invitation letter.

His voice has become hoarse: "I see, you help me prepare. I'll take a look at these first."

Only then did Xiao Wu leave as if he had received an amnesty.

The stars are falling.

The classical piano music mixed with the sound of the violin echoed melodiously in the spacious party scene.

The toasts were interlaced, and the sound of small conversations melted into the sound of music.

The scene of this business dinner was not luxuriously arranged, but even the goblets placed in the corner and the flat embossing on the corners of the carpet revealed impeccable delicacy.

Understated but flamboyant.

Zhao Rong stood under the bandstand, holding a goblet with fragrant orange juice in his hand.

It was rare for him to wear such a formal dress. The jet-black suit made him more dignified, yet elegant.

He looked at the people performing on the stage, took a sip of orange juice from time to time, and quietly listened to the people around him saying: "...after I finish the work in Yangcheng, I will find someone to talk to Mr. Zhao about capital injection." question."

The speaker was wearing a suit and leather shoes, half a head taller than Zhao Rong, and should be about the same as Qiao Nanqi.His facial features are quite sharp, with deep eye sockets, and a pair of sharp sword eyebrows. It is not difficult to see that he is of mixed Western blood.

This person is not from Yangcheng, but just wants to do some projects in Yangcheng.Although Ruan Cheng's roots are not in Yangcheng, in terms of family background, he is no worse than someone like Qiao Nanqi Xia Yuantu.

Ruan Cheng was met by Zhao Rong through Liu Shun's parents.

For the past half month, he had chatted with Fang Zhuoqun, thinking that since Qiao Nanqi would not deal with him now, and Chen Da and Chen Er couldn't get out, he might as well let go.

Why don't you make up for the freedom and casualness that you have missed in the past?

He has always wanted to be a freewheeling person.

He wanted to take the money to gain a firm foothold in Zhuxi and make some investments in the development of the entertainment industry, so he made up his mind and started doing it.It happened that Liu Shun's family was doing business development in this area, so he naturally wouldn't waste it. Through Liu Shun's introduction, he talked with Liu Shun's parents.

But Liu Shun's family didn't know much about the Zhuxi area, so they could only give Zhao Rong some experience in this area, and recommended Ruan Cheng, who had been discussing projects in Yangcheng these days, to Zhao Rong.Ruan Cheng's family was near Zhuxi, and it happened to be in line with Zhao Rong's development direction. With the help of Liu Shun's parents, the two made an appointment to meet at this evening.

Zhao Rong originally thought that this first meeting would hit a wall.He was even prepared for a long tug-of-war.

But I didn't expect it to hit it off.

"Mr. Ruan trusts me so much?" Zhao Rong smiled. "It's actually the first time I've invested in these things. I'm inexperienced and my ideas are simple. Apart from some money, I have no other advantages. And..."

He scanned the surroundings with his eyes, and at a glance, he caught several people looking this way.

"Even if I appear here, many people can't understand. How about my reputation, Mr. Ruan should have heard of it in the past two days in Yangcheng."

Ruan Cheng shook the wine in his glass and said slowly, "It's because I heard about it."

Zhao Rong was taken aback.

"I believe that a person who can escape unscathed after such a big turmoil at home, and even has the capital to come to me to talk about capital injection, is a worthy partner for development."

"Even though Mr. Zhao is immature now, a person with a long-term vision is looking at the future."

"The most important thing is, I found that Mr. Zhao doesn't seem confident enough." Ruan Cheng looked at Zhao Rong with a sizing look, "When you talked to me just now, I didn't see what's lacking in experience and simple thinking '."

With a movement of Zhao Rong's wrist, the mouth of the cup tilted, "Thank you."

Ruan Cheng had a drink with him.

The man took another sip of his wine, then suddenly leaned forward and said in a low voice, "...Mr. Zhao seems to be the same kind of person as me."

He got so close that Zhao Rong could even feel the heat from this man's words.

Zhao Rong hurriedly took a step back, shaking the goblet in his hand, and almost didn't spill the orange juice on his own shirt.

He frowned, and before he said anything, Ruan Cheng laughed a few times: "Don't worry, I won't do anything hot, you're not interested in me."

Zhao Rong's face was slightly cold, and he said in a low voice, "I don't like such jokes."

Maybe it was because he spoke too softly before, but suddenly he was so cold, Ruan Cheng was taken aback for a moment, took a step back politely, and said with a smile: "Okay, my fault, I apologize."

"I have other people to meet, excuse me first," Ruan Cheng accepted the expression just now, "See you next time."

At this time, the classical piece of music had already ended, and after a moment of silence, there was a new piece.

Zhao Rong stayed where he was alone, looked at the stage, and stared for a moment—the violinist was replaced by someone he was familiar with.

Lu Xingping was wearing a light blue dress shirt, with his head slightly lowered, holding the piano in one hand and the bow in the other, pulling the strings gracefully.

He seemed to be on a whim, temporarily replacing someone else, and his behavior was full of casualness.

All of a sudden, there were many more eyes looking at the stage.

Zhao Rong was surprised at first, and then thought that this was a business dinner, and besides those who talked about things, those who were interested in some projects, there were also those who simply came here to get acquainted.It's normal for Lu Xing to shake hands with the shopkeeper in ordinary times, so it's normal to manage contacts on such occasions.

Lu Xingping obviously saw him too.When their eyes met, Zhao Rong smiled as a silent greeting.

I don't know how Lu Xingping thinks about the marriage contract.

After that day, they didn't talk about the marriage contract anymore.

Maybe he can ask in these two days.

Before the end of the song, Zhao Rong was listening in the audience, his eyes wandering randomly, and suddenly saw Qiao Nanqi.

This person is wearing a light gray plaid suit today, with a pure white shirt still on the inside.The curve of the suit made his slender figure stand out even more.

In the sparse light shadow, it can still be seen at a glance.

He seemed to have just arrived and was approaching Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong was a little surprised.

He clearly remembered that Qiao Nanqi would never come to such business dinners that had nothing to do with Qiao Nanqi's business in the past.

He hadn't seen Qiao Nanqi for many, many days.Since he left Qiao Nanqi's company, there was really nothing to be involved between them, and the contact information was deleted, so naturally they would not meet.

And Qiao Nanqi didn't come to him again.

Zhao Rong thinks that this is normal - Young Master Qiao is so arrogant, at that moment half a month ago, he might have been "condescension", this is the first time in so many years.Qiao Nanqi's liking may be the same as his liking for Liuyun in the sky and Cangyue in the galaxy, which makes it hard to believe the truth.

Now that the momentum goes down, naturally it will not come again.

As for now...

Zhao Rong glanced at Lu Xingping on the stage.

Maybe they came to find Lu Xingping.

He didn't want to meet Qiao Nanqi face to face, so he waved to Lu Xingping from the air, and walked all the way to Liu Shun who was doing nothing in another place.

Some people around who had seen him a few times, their tentative gazes never stopped.Zhao Rong kept his gaze fixed from beginning to end, as if these gazes did not exist.

He smiled and walked in front of Liu Shun: "Aren't you saying you can't come?"

"I didn't intend to come," said Liu Shun, who looked like a human today, even dyed his yellow hair back, "but I heard that Yu Xian's grandchildren also came, so I wanted to come and see. Hey, three No, you didn't see it just now. When you were talking to Mr. Ruan, Yu Xian was staring at the back, his eyes were almost out of anger. Also, before the Chen family collapsed, everyone said you were trash. Those who are definitely finished are following their parents in disgrace today, and seeing you talking to President Ruan alone, your face turned green. Do you want to go for a stroll in front of them?"

Zhao Rong didn't care what those people were thinking, and said helplessly, "Why waste this time."

"Cough," Liu Shun whispered, "Third Young Master, let's talk about business."

Zhao Rong: "?"

Liu Shun pulled the young man beside him forward: "You were not satisfied with that one last time, what about this one?"

The young man was wearing a very simple dress and was on the thin side. Although his facial features could not be said to be very beautiful, they were clean and delicate.He also wears a pair of glasses, adding a bit of elegance.

Although he was not in the same style as the person who was brought by Liu Shun in the bar that night, his eyebrows and eyes were so similar to Lu Xingping's, but he did have a similar temperament.

Just as Zhao Rong's gaze subconsciously fell on this person, the other party caught Zhao Rong's gaze and smiled at him.

A look is a veteran in this area.

Zhao Rong: "..."

Liu Shun leaned into his ear and whispered, "How is it?"

"Is this business?"

"Why not? A lifetime event!"

"..." Zhao Rong knew that Liu Shun also had good intentions, but the angle was really wrong.He raised his hand, and patted Liu Shun on the head with less force, "Don't mess around with it every day, I don't want to fall in love for the time being."

"Third Young Master, really don't want it?"

"It's no use."

He fished out his pocket, trying to transfer money to someone, but found that his phone was left on the car, so he waved to the person Liu Shun brought, "Come with me, I'll transfer the money to you."

The man was disappointed when he saw that Zhao Rong was not interested, but when he heard that he was rich, he obediently followed.

Before leaving, Zhao Rong said again: "Don't call me Third Young Master."

Liu Shun was taken aback.

"The Chen family is gone, my surname is Zhao."

After speaking, he led the man towards the parking lot.

As soon as he walked out of the banquet hall, Zhao Rong suddenly paused.

The corners of his mouth that were slightly raised because he was in a good mood also fell at this moment.

On the aisle, Qiao Nanqi seemed to come here from the other side, and was facing Zhao Rong at the moment, standing in front of him, blocking his way.

As they got closer, Zhao Rong realized that although Qiao Nanqi looked handsome today, he seemed to be a little thinner than Zhao Rong remembered.

He looked straight at Zhao Rong, his eyes seemed to contain a bottomless galaxy, and he wanted to see Zhao Rong in a glance.

Without saying a word, Zhao Rong frowned slightly, and raised his hand to signal the young man behind him to follow him, intending to bypass Qiao Nanqi.

But just as he took a few steps, Qiao Nanqi grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

The man grabbed him with his backhand, his eyes darkened, and he glanced at the person behind Zhao Rong, his voice was so low that it sounded like he was sharpening a knife: "Who is he?"

After all, that person was not from a family like Zhao Rong's, so he couldn't stand Qiao Nanqi's cold stare at all.After being swept away, the man subconsciously hid behind Zhao Rong.

This hiding told Qiao Nanqi the answer as if it were obvious.

The man's gaze became more serious.

Zhao Rong raised her hand, trying to shake off Qiao Nanqi's hand, and said, "What are you going to do again?"

He thought that this person was the same as before, and they were those who used the reason of "like" to do things he didn't understand, grabbed him and didn't let go.In the end, it was no different from before.

But when he swung it hard, Qiao Nanqi was actually thrown away by him, as if he had restrained his strength just now.

Zhao Rong was startled.

Qiao Nanqi subconsciously raised his hand and wanted to grab him again, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, seeing Zhao Rong's rather displeased eyes, he resisted and took it back.

His eyes were slightly red, his Adam's apple rolled, and he paused, "Where are you taking him?"

Zhao Rong looked at Qiao Nanqi's expression and realized what Qiao Nanqi had misunderstood.

——Didn't it mean that the last time they met, it was a complete break?

I haven't seen him in half a month. This person appeared at a dinner party that he would not have been invited to before. Instead of watching Bai Yueguang, whom Young Master Qiao used to go to, play on stage, he broke up with him in this quiet corridor.

He had already let go of the past, and even started planning to leave. Qiao Nanqi was still standing in front of him at this time.

Zhao Rong sighed, broke the jar and said, "Of course we take him away."

Qiao Nanqi first showed an expression of disbelief, then gritted his teeth and said, "You don't like him."

"Whether I like him or not has nothing to do with whether I want to take him home or not? I am an adult with needs. We have been separated for so long, and I finally found someone who looks right. Even if I don't like him, I can take him home. So, it’s not too much to meet my needs, and I can also provide what he wants, right? Mr. Qiao,” he said, “Aren’t you the clearest about such things?”

The man behind Zhao Rong didn't dare to speak at all.

Qiao Nanqi's eyes turned redder.

Zhao Rong actually saw grievance, shock and powerlessness from the sharp eyes of this portrait.

As long as anyone was randomly pulled out from the dinner party to take a look, no one would believe that it was Qiao Nanqi.

Zhao Rong didn't know how to deal with Qiao Nanqi like this.

He felt that Qiao Nanqi seemed to have changed something, and became different from what he knew.But he no longer had the leisure to explore the slightest change in this person.

He had let go, and looking back, he couldn't see anything that could hold him back.

He didn't say anything when he saw Qiao Nanqi, thinking that Qiao Nanqi would not stop him, so he said to the man, "Let's go."

Qiao Nanqi had just stood there slumped when he heard his words, but at this moment, he suddenly stepped forward again and quickly stopped Zhao Rong.

"I...I have a lot to say to you," he suppressed his voice, as if deliberately softening his tone, "Zhao Rong, I understand what you said. Don't take him back, okay?"

A normal person would get angry if he was stopped halfway in front of others and entangled again and again.

Zhao Rong is also a normal person.

He took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay."

Qiao Nanqi's eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Zhao Rong continued, "But I don't want to have a relationship, I just want to get what we need. If I don't take this person home, is it possible that Mr. Qiao will accompany me for a night? "

"I don't ask for anything low. Apart from making me comfortable and available whenever I'm called, the people who accompany me have to be quiet and obedient. When I'm done, pack up my things and leave. As for the money..."

Zhao Rong asked the person Liu Shun recommended to him: "Is a house considered a small amount for you?"

That person was not ignorant, so he could clearly see the entanglement between Zhao Rong and the man who suddenly appeared in front of him.He shook his head and whispered, "It's very generous..."

"That's a flat." Zhao Rong said, "Mr. Qiao, would you like it?"

Before he finished speaking, Qiao Nanqi clenched his fists, clenched his teeth, and his complexion was frighteningly dark.

For a moment he didn't speak, he didn't move.

Zhao Rong knew that what he said was enough.

He had been chasing this man for ten years, and no one knew Qiao Nanqi's pride better than him.

That is the arrogance that cannot be erased even if she is abandoned by her mother, targeted by her father, and has come to this day alone all these years.It was the self-esteem that this person was born in Qiao's family since he was a child, and he was surrounded by stars, and he had been crushing his peers all the time.

It was already a great insult to say such words to Qiao Nanqi.

This time Zhao Rong didn't immediately lift his foot and left.

After he said this, he realized that he himself had changed a lot these days.

In the past, he never dared to speak like this in front of Qiao Nanqi.He was worried about even saying a confession, and he kept it in his heart, covering it up for so many years, before he said it before leaving.

Really improved.

he thought to himself.

After a while.

Zhao Rong chuckled, and said to the people behind him, "What are you doing standing there? Let's go, the night is getting dark."

The man scrambled to keep up with him.

After walking out a few steps, two footsteps staggered and sounded, and the faint sound of music pierced through the dinner hall behind.

Suddenly, the voice that Zhao Rong was very familiar with, and that he had been looking forward to hearing day and night, moistened the pleadings like a fantasy, suppressed the humiliation, and seemed to be uprooted word by word from the deepest part of his heart.

"Yes." Qiao Nanqi said, like a leaf poking out of a branch cautiously from a dark corner, desperate and hopeful.

As if he was afraid that Zhao Rong would not hear, he repeated again: "I am willing."

Zhao Rong suddenly froze.

At this moment, he almost turned around.

But he stopped.

"Oh," he said with his back to Qiao Nanqi, "but I don't want to."