Ruoshui Qiaochu

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5. Section 1

—had known her before—

Qiao Chu had already driven the car to the vicinity of Taoyuan, and turned around a traffic circle three times. In the end, she almost bit the bullet and rushed upstairs.

In fact, she no longer dared to see Ruoshui anymore, because her appearance meant that Zhou Linshan was absent again!And what she couldn't bear to face the most was Ruoshui's hurt eyes.

But, on the other hand, she couldn't go against Zhou Linshan's wishes.Didn't she beg her all the time?

Qiao Chu hated herself for being soft-hearted the most!

Ruoshui happened to be boiling a pot of water in the kitchen, and when she heard footsteps in the corridor, she rushed to open the door without waiting for someone outside to call.

Qiao Chu's prediction was correct, when Ruoshui saw her was the person outside the door, for a moment, she had a very lonely expression on her face.Then, she forced a smile.

"Qiao Chu..." she said.

Qiao Chu could only pat the laptop on her body, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Come to borrow your WIFI."

That said, it seems to be quite useful, Ruoshui smiled again, and she said: "Okay, I'm bored, you came just in time, let me make freshly ground coffee to refresh you."

Qiao Chu said: "That's great! I'm sleepy."

Ruoshui didn't ask about Zhou Linshan, she went to the kitchen by herself.

Qiao Chu put down the computer and went to the kitchen to see her.

Ruoshui took out two packs of coffee beans from the cabinet, turned around and asked Qiao Chu: "Qiao Chu, do you like coffee that is bitter or sour?"

Qiao Chu chose one of the two and said, "The bitter one."

"it is good."

"It turns out that besides tea, you really also study coffee."

"Well, it's not considered research, but I once thought about opening a tea house or a café, and what I want to open more is a two-in-one, what is the correct name..."

Qiao Chu thought for a while and said, "It's just a Ruoshui shop for drinking?"

When Ruoshui heard this weird name, it was rare for him to laugh.

Then, Qiao Chu saw Ruoshui carefully pouring the coffee beans into a coffee-grinding vessel, and grinding them desperately.

When the aroma of coffee was wafting in the room, Qiao Chu had already sat down and turned on the computer.

Ruoshui said: "Qiao Chu, do you want coffee with milk?"

Qiao Chu said, "No."

She brought the coffee to her computer.

"Thank you." Qiao Chu looked up at Ruoshui, because the distance was relatively close, she realized that Ruoshui was not in good spirits, and her eyes seemed a little swollen.

Qiao Chu said, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Ruoshui has already gone to tinker with her record player.After a while, an old song sang again.

Qiao Chu stopped what she was doing and stared at Ruoshui from afar.She suddenly felt that she was really lonely.

She came to find Zhou Linshan, and now several days have passed, but she is trapped in this apartment every day.

Qiao Chu thought to herself, in fact, she should really take her out for a walk, to bask in the sun and enjoy some fresh air.

Just thinking about it, she had already covered the computer and stood up and said, "Ruoshui, let's go out."

Ruoshui looked at her in astonishment: "Where are we going?"

"Anyway, don't stay here."

Although Ruoshui no longer refused, Qiao Chu could tell that she was still a little bit lonely.

Finally, in the car, she asked, "Is she busy today?"

She, Zhou Linshan.That workaholic.

Qiao Chu could only bite the bullet and say yes.

Ruoshui said: "Are people in your industry so busy?"

Qiao Chu didn't know how to answer.

"Qiao Chu, thank you." Ruoshui suddenly said out of nowhere.

Qiao Chu looked at her anxiously.Ruoshui said: "I always ask you to come here to accompany me..."

Qiao Chu took Ruoshui to a very old street, where there are many exquisite teahouses and cafes with exterior and interior design, she thinks that Ruoshui will like it.

Ruoshui was attracted by a kitten who seemed to be left in the ditch.She knelt down, stroked the kitten's head back and forth, and said to Qiao Chu, "I want to take her back..."

Qiao Chu can't say good, but also can't say bad.Can Zhou Linshan's apartment keep cats?

Without Qiao Chu's approval, Ruoshui had no choice but to let go, and she said to the pitiful kitten, "Cat, cat, you must be too stupid to be reborn in the animal realm. You know, if you You are blessed, you will not be a cat, a cat by the ditch. So, this life is over, you don't want to come again, okay?"

Qiao Chu looked at Ruoshui, a little moved, she also squatted down, looked at the cat, and said to Ruoshui: "Do you really want to take it back?"

At this moment, someone shouted behind him, "Mimimi—" obviously calling the cat.It has an owner.

When they were walking towards a long street, Ruoshui said, "Actually, I don't have the courage to raise small animals."

Qiao Chu asked: "Why?"

"I'm afraid of forming an indissoluble bond with small animals."

"Indissoluble bond?" Qiao Chu had never heard anyone say that.

Ruoshui said: "Unless I am sure to get them out of reincarnation, I am willing to be their mistress."

Qiao Chu didn't quite understand, but she was very willing to listen.

"Humans and small animals are also brought together by fate. Since everything is arranged by fate, then we should follow fate. If it is not fate, we can't deliberately climb."

Qiao Chu felt that there was some truth in what she said, so she nodded and said yes.

Ruoshui said faintly: "I'm a person who can't protect myself, I have to live myself clearly before talking about other things..."

Qiao Chu looked at her sadly, not knowing what to say for a while.In fact, how deep does she know Ruoshui?

But the strange thing is that there are many, many brief moments when she feels that she and she have known each other before.

6. Section 2

——the person who hurt the most—

After the sun went down, Qiao Chu decided to accompany Ruoshui to watch the movie Zhou Linshan mentioned.

She has checked, and the movie is called "Light and Shadow", which is full of Zen and religious flavor.

Qiao Chu heard Ruoshui's profound words in the afternoon, and she felt that she should resonate with her.Moreover, Zhou Linshan also said that Ruoshui has always wanted to watch this film.

This night, Pan Liren also joined them.

They went back to Taoyuan to rest first, and it happened that Pan Liren called Qiao Chu to have dinner, so they made an appointment together.

Qiao Chu, Ruoshui and Pan Liren, this is definitely the strangest combination.Pan Liren is a stranger to Ruoshui, and Qiao Chu is just a new friend to her.

Pan Liren was driving the car, and he was also the one who kept talking and laughing to create the atmosphere.

When he first saw the imposing aura and the watery eyes, he was very dazed, but he pretended to be calm and said: "I heard Xiao Qiao mention your name before, weak water weak water, weak water three thousand, which one is weak?"

Qiao Chu knew that he did it on purpose, but she still looked surprised and corrected him, "The best kindness is like water."

After all, Pan Liren's nature is hard to change, and he started to make jokes about others: "When you were studying, did any teachers mistakenly call you "suffering bitter water"? "

Ruoshui was amused by him, but Qiao Chu didn't give him any face, "Your joke is not funny."

Pan Liren's voice is always cheerful and cheerful, making it hard to refuse any response.

Ruoshui occasionally added a sentence or two.Qiao Chu has long been used to his style, but she could see that Ruoshui was not infected. Out of politeness, she just tried her best to laugh with him and socialize.Perhaps, her mind was really too heavy.It's so hard for her.

After the movie ended, Qiao Chu proposed to have a midnight snack.

She asked Ruoshui what she wanted to eat. The car happened to pass by a busy street. Ruoshui saw the wonton stand through the car window, and she said, "I want to eat wontons."

Qiao Chu said, "Then let's eat wontons."

Pan Liren cheered like a child and said, "I haven't eaten wonton for a long time."

The wonton stalls were full of people.They can only wait for seats on the side of the road.

On the side of the noisy road with people coming and going, Qiao Chu and Ruoshui stood side by side, and Pan Liren stood opposite them. A circle of light under the street lamp was filled with white smoke from a hot pot in all directions.

Suddenly, Qiao Chu found that Ruoshui's shoelace was loose, and when Ruoshui found out, Qiao Chu had already knelt down to tie it for her, but when she looked up, she found that Ruoshui's face was red.That was the first time that Qiao Chu saw her face turn red.

Ruoshui said softly, "Thank you."

Pan Liren raised his feet in a mischievous manner, and said loudly, "My shoelaces are also taken off."

Qiao Chu simply kicked him, Pan Liren intentionally screamed in pain, then looked at Ruoshui, and complained to Qiao Chu full of grievances: "The same person is not the same, believe me, it is always better to be her girlfriend than to be her boyfriend." Friend. No, it's my blue-faced confidant!"

Ruoshui smiled shyly, pointed to a table in front of him, and said, "We have a seat."

The three of them sat down around the small round table, and three bowls of hot wontons were quickly brought to the table. Pan Liren also ordered a bottle of beer for himself.

After a few cups, his attitude became presumptuous, and he suddenly said to Qiao Chu: "Xiao Qiao, have you noticed that Ruoshui has a pair of watery eyes." It seemed that he was purely praising her, but also seemed to have another opinion.

Qiao Chu thought he was just admiring the beautiful girls, so he nodded and smiled in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Pan Liren said: "Water eyes look charming, but this is what people call peach blossom eyes. From another angle, peach blossom eyes are not lucky eyes..."

Qiao Chu subconsciously stepped on him under the table, but Pan Liren couldn't stop talking, he looked at Qiao Chu, then at Ruoshui, and finally ordered Ruoshui, saying: "Ruoshui, look at Little Joe's eyes!"

Ruoshui had no choice but to accept the order to look at Qiao Chu.

Pan Liren continued to comment on Ruo Shui like an expert: "Your eyes should be like hers, firmer and sharper, so that no one dares to bully you. Human eyes are the window to the soul, and they will betray you..."

Then he turned his head and said to Qiao Chu: "Little Qiao, no one has ever said that you have watery eyes, right? Such eyes are not good, they are not worthy of your envy, hahaha."

Qiao Chu began to feel embarrassed, she just wanted him to shut up quickly, "Stop saying a few words, won't you still eat the wontons?"

Ruoshui smiled helplessly. In fact, she had heard things like this before.

After Pan Liren finally shut up, the three fell into a brief silence.

Ruoshui didn't really care about it. At the age of 26, she has been stumbling over, she is really not very good, at least in terms of emotional encounters, she is not good.

She was silent, just remembered that Zhou Linshan often flew to the city where she lived to see her three years ago.

At that time, she would make wontons for her by herself, and she would cook all kinds of delicious things for her.

At that time, she was willing to make time for her, and they also had a lot of time together, which was not at all like now.

When going back, Qiao Chu went upstairs with Ruoshui because the computer was still in Zhou Linshan's apartment.

When in the elevator, Qiao Chu noticed that Ruoshui's face was not very good-looking.She said: "Don't mind what Pan Moumou said tonight."

Ruoshui said, "I don't mind."

Qiao Chu felt relieved.

Ruoshui asked: "Is Pan Liren your blue-faced confidant?"

Qiao Chu laughed, "Don't listen to his nonsense."

Ruoshui was a little confused, she asked, "Then, is he your boyfriend?"

Qiao Chu said, "That's right, it's a male friend..."

Ruoshui smiled and said, "You will accept him sooner or later."

"Sooner or later?" Qiao Chu couldn't help laughing, Ruoshui looked so determined when he said this, as if he was a prophet.

Ruoshui further said: "You are very right, I can see that he likes you very much, your blue-faced confidant."

Qiao Chu just smiled wryly.

At home, Qiao Chu went to the living room to get the computer and was about to leave. Ruoshui stood at the door the whole time, and she said, "Qiao Chu, can you stay with me tonight?"

Qiao Chu seems to have been tapped somewhere.It is always difficult for her to refuse Ruoshui's request, especially this request.

She looked at her watch subconsciously, and then said, "Then, I'll call Pan XX and ask him to go first." Pan Liren was waiting for her downstairs.

Ruo Shui nodded gratefully.

Qiao Chu's pajamas had already been brought back that day, and Ruoshui lent her his clothes to change.

It was a set of white pajamas.Qiao Chu found that she really likes white, almost all the clothes in her closet are white.

That night Qiao Chu went to bed and fell asleep soon after taking a bath.

However, Ruoshui suffered from insomnia, she tossed and turned all night, accompanied by groans, finally woke Qiao Chu up.

"Ruoshui, what's the matter? Ah? Can't sleep?"

Qiao Chu clearly heard her squeeze out two words between her teeth in the darkness: "Stomach hurts..."

Qiao Chu got up quickly and turned on the bedside lamp, only to see that Ruoshui's forehead was covered with sweat.

She remembered that Zhou Linshan once told her that Ruoshui had a bad stomach. "What should I do? Have you brought your stomach medicine?"

Ruoshui struggled on the bed, grabbed a pillow and put it on her stomach, but this couldn't offset her pain.

"There is a belt..." Ruoshui was so painful that she couldn't get up, Qiao Chu stopped her, "Lie down and don't move, tell me where the medicine is, and I'll get it."

"It seems to be in the kitchen, but I forgot where to put it, which drawer it should be stuffed in..."

Qiao Chu rushed to the kitchen. She opened all the drawers and found the only medicine in a white bag.She poured a glass of warm water and ran back to the room.

Ruo Shui took medicine, but did not improve quickly.

Qiao Chu wiped the sweat off her forehead with a tissue, and she felt uneasy again, and asked, "Why did you suddenly have a stomachache?"

Ruoshui said: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I'm used to it..."

In fact, as long as her mood drops to a freezing point, her stomach and intestines will naturally convulse. This is not the first time.It's just that Qiao Chu didn't know about it at that time.

In this way, the two tossed until the early hours of the morning.

Qiao Chu secretly sent a message to Zhou Linshan's Whatsapp, telling about Ruoshui's stomach cramps.

Zhou Linshan is a night owl, a night owl with a bit of conscience, when she received the news, she quickly dialed the phone, and it was to Ruoshui.

Ruoshui held the phone, did not say a few words, tears fell down, as if he had endured it for a long time and suffered a great grievance.

Qiao Chu just stared blankly at her crying.

Zhou Linshan didn't know what she said, which made her cry even more aggrieved and desolate, and also forgot that there was someone beside her.

Perhaps, Ruoshui really wanted to see her too much.It's been a week, and this woman surnamed Zhou hasn't shown up yet...

Qiao Chu felt more and more confused, and couldn't figure out what their relationship was for a while, and she didn't know how to deal with herself at first.

She decided to get out of bed and stay in the living room to make room for Ruoshui.

Ruoshui cried again within a few words in the room, talking and crying, crying and crying, Qiao Chu went to close the door.

When there was finally no movement in the room, Qiao Chu realized that he had fallen asleep on the sofa at some point.

She fell back into the room and saw that Ruoshui was still holding her mobile phone in her hand, but she was already asleep.

Her stomach shouldn't hurt.Perhaps it wasn't those drugs that were effective, but Zhou Linshan.

Qiao Chu put her mobile phone away, and climbed into bed, but couldn't fall asleep anyway.

He vaguely fell into sleep just now, but this woman Zhou Linshan came.Early in the morning.Neither of them woke up yet.

Zhou Linshan went to wake up Qiao Chu first.Qiao Chu opened his eyes and saw that it was her, rubbed his eyes and said, "Thank God, you are finally here."

Zhou Linshan made a "shh" gesture, and they all turned to look at Ruoshui.Ruoshui didn't sleep until it was almost dawn, but now he slept very deeply.

Zhou Linshan and Qiao Chu tiptoed out of the room.

In the living room, Zhou Linshan said to Qiao Chu: "Qiao Chu, fortunately, you were by her side last night..."

Qiao Chu couldn't find anything to say for a while, and she felt that she should have seen the essence of the matter clearly in one night.

But she remained calm, and only asked Zhou Linshan, "Are you free today?"

Zhou Linshan said in a low voice: "I have been criticized by others, how dare I not be free?"

Qiao Chu turned silently and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

Zhou Linshan returned to the bedroom, sat down gently on the edge of the bed, and stared at Ruoshui who was sleeping soundly——

This is a person she loves, but this is also a person who has been deeply hurt by her.

After an unknown amount of time, Ruoshui turned over, and dimly saw Zhou Linshan sitting there. She thought she was asleep—until Zhou Linshan went to hold her hand.

Ruoshui cried, she grabbed the pillow and covered her face.

Zhou Linshan went to take her pillow, reached out to wipe her tears away, but couldn't speak.She thought for a while, and finally went to lock the door.

7. Section 3

——Qiao Chu's thoughts are chaotic——

Qiao Chu washed up and came back, and immediately found that the door was locked.She wisely stayed outside.She blamed herself for being too slow, and she didn't fully wake up until this moment.

Sitting blankly in the living room for a while, she was only thinking about leaving when Zhou Linshan came out.But there seemed to be no movement in the room, so she decided to send Zhou Linshan a message, telling her to go ahead.

Originally, she wanted to change into the suit of clothes last night before leaving, but she left the clothes in the bedroom. She felt that it was not good to call the door to disturb her, so she decided to leave directly wearing Ruoshui's pajamas.

When she came to the ground floor, she used her mobile phone to locate and called an Uber to go home.

Strange to say, this morning was extremely cold, it was almost seven o'clock in the morning, but the sun hadn't risen yet.Maybe it was because the clothes were too thin, but Qiao Chu trembled a little.

Finally, the car came, and just stopped, she quickly got into the car, with a mentality of fleeing.

She felt that it was time for her to "retire".

After living for nearly 28 years, it was the first time she went to the car in her pajamas, and she was wearing someone else's pajamas. Qiao Chu thought it was incredible, but all this was barely tragic.

She rested her head on the back of the car seat, replaying the events of these days over and over in her mind——

All she thought about over and over was Ruoshui and Zhou Linshan, Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui.

Zhou Linshan, this woman who has been married for nearly [-] years, doesn't she have a very happy family?

Qiao Chu also knew her husband, Wu Jiawan. He and Zhou Linshan were college classmates, a good man who couldn't find anyone else with a lantern, and their son Wu Chongfeng.How could she have a lover outside, a girl? !

Her head began to ache violently.One was that her nerves were too tense last night, and the other was that she couldn't sleep for three hours.

Qiao Chu knew that the reason for her insomnia was because her brain was too stimulated.

Having worked with Zhou Linshan for at least four years, Qiao Chu has never noticed anything wrong with her, and of course she has never heard of a close friend of the same sex in her emotional world.

She doesn't even know that she has a distant friend and confidant.Of course, up to now, she didn't rule out that she was too dull and careless.

In a short period of time, she felt that she had wandered unscrupulously in the most mysterious and unknown world of others.

Her thoughts were racing and she desperately needed to calm down.

As for Ruoshui, what jumped in front of her was always her pale face, the kind of eyes that looked like they were about to bleed and hurt at any time.

Qiao Chu began to feel that what Pan Liren said was not without secrets, and that watery eyes were not good eyes.

She turned on her phone and found Ruoshui's only photo in the gallery that she took for her that day in Old Street.

Qiao Chu began to feel sorry for this girl!

She looked at this girl who looked a little weak but was extremely beautiful.She is still so young, her life has just begun, under what circumstances did she break into Zhou Linshan's life and become someone else's third party?Or, under what circumstances did they break into each other's lives?

She can accept that Ruoshui loves women, any woman is fine, except Zhou Linshan.Why Zhou Linshan?

Qiao Chu had to think of what Ruoshui said that day - fate?It's fate!

People and small animals are drawn together by fate, and if people want to be together, then of course it is even more drawn by fate!

Fate, is it really so overbearing?

Qiao Chu still couldn't figure out why.

She never expected that this kind of brain stimulation would approach her again and again in the days to come.

One evening later, Qiao Chu was on his way back from get off work.By coincidence, she deliberately took a detour and drove the car in the direction of Taoyuan.There was a highway there that would take her home as well.

It was time to get off work, and there was a heavy traffic jam on the road, and her car was stuck in front of the traffic light opposite Zhou Linshan's apartment.

In the dazzling slanting light before sunset, she unexpectedly found Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui.

They were walking on the sidewalk outside the apartment.Ruoshui clasped Zhou Linshan's arm like a child, and the other hand was busy gesticulating, and when he was happy, he didn't clasp her hand at all, but went to hug her waist, and Zhou Linshan had only one hand. Putting his hands in his pockets, he also hugged Ruoshui later, looking around from time to time.

They were also wearing sportswear. The difference was that Zhou Linshan was wearing a sports suit and surrounded herself tightly, but Ruoshui was only wearing sports shorts and shorts.

Knowing Ruoshui only a few days, Qiao Chu always felt that it had been a long time, and she had never seen such a happy and lively Ruoshui.

With Zhou Linshan, everything is really fine.After the haze dispelled, the sun came out, and the birds jumped up to the branches and sang joyfully.

Love turns out to be great, Qiao Chu dare not underestimate it anymore.She always felt that she didn't understand love, and never believed in love, because she didn't understand and didn't believe in love, so she didn't talk about love, she thought she didn't need it.

The red light finally turned green, Qiao Chu turned the car to the right, passed by them, through the rear-view mirror, she could vaguely see the smile on Ruo Shui's mouth.

Qiao Chu suddenly remembered that within a short walk from Taoyuan, there was a mountain—the Mount Foshan.

In the evening, the nearby residents like to go hiking there for exercise, and more Buddhist disciples like to go to this mountain to circumambulate the Buddha, hence the name of the mountain.

Zhou Linshan will definitely go hiking with Ruoshui.Qiao Chu also went around Foshan with Zhou Linshan.

There are dense jungles on the side of the mountain road, and the biggest disadvantage is that there are many mosquitoes. Zhou Linshan also specially asked her to wear long clothes and trousers to avoid being bitten.But why didn't she let Ruoshui wear it like this?

Thinking of this, Qiao Chu couldn't help laughing bitterly, Qiao Chu Qiaochu, you are worrying too much, right? !

Zhou Linshan has not contacted her for three days.No phone calls, no Whatsapp messages.

Going to RealMccoy didn't see her either.Colleagues said she was on leave.

She passed some important tasks to Qiao Chu through her colleagues, but she didn't directly tell her as usual.

Although Qiao Chu's heart was quite agitated because of her relationship with Ruoshui, she still felt a little relieved by it. It is best for her not to appear in RealMccoy for a few days or nights, and it is best for her not to contact her again.

She just hoped that Ruoshui would be happy, but for some reason, she thought that this girl would never be happy again.

Qiao Chu just changed her mind about this serious problem in her opinion - if she was Ruoshui, in her position, she would never be happy if she fell in love with a woman like Zhou Linshan!

What qualifications does Zhou Linshan have to manage another relationship other than her marriage?Does she want to come?Why should she want it?

Qiao Chu can accept same-sex love, but not a woman in Zhou Linshan's situation——

Qiao Chu couldn't help thinking back to Zhou Linshan's many evasions about meeting Ruoshui because of going abroad for work in those days, and she felt unprecedented and strange feelings in her heart.

Poor Ruoshui, no wonder she said that she must first live herself clearly.Facing a kitten, she also deeply lamented their fate.

A person who mourns even the life of small animals shows how small she feels.

Qiao Chu only hoped that Zhou Linshan would treat her well.

can sheQiao Chu had no confidence in this woman.

8. Section 4

—Don't mind our business—

When she went back that day, Qiao Chu washed Ruoshui's pajamas carefully by hand, and then hung them to dry on the balcony.

She sat on the small stool at the door of the kitchen, watching it swaying non-stop under the dark blue night sky, with the breeze and the faint but rhythmic cicadas coming from nowhere.

Pan Liren sent a message asking her to have a midnight snack.

This is the first time in Qiao Chu's life that she feels that her life is really too monotonous and lonely. It would be good if someone is willing to disturb her and make some noise.

But she was really sleepy and unable to do what she wanted.She told him that she was sleepy and would go to bed early tonight.

She hardly had insomnia, but she still suffered from insomnia just like last night.She was obviously very sleepy, but her brain couldn't stop being active, which made her feel painful.

It was so peaceful for two days.

Qiao Chu thought that the matter between Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui was a big secret, a secret that only she knew and had to be kept tightly guarded, but the truth turned out to be——only she, alone, now Know!

That morning, Qiao Chu and three colleagues - Zhang Mingyang, Zhong Ning and Sophia had breakfast in the restaurant on the ground floor of the company.

Except for Xiao Yang and Qiao Chu who were in the software programming department, the other two were staff at the front desk, and the three of them had one thing in common: they all arrived at RealMccoy earlier than Qiao Chu.Especially Sophia, she is almost at the same age as Zhou Linshan.

When Qiao Chu first came to report for duty, she vaguely knew that they had formed a dispute over some trivial matter, and now whenever Zhou Linshan was mentioned, Sophia would have a certain prejudice.

Zhong Ning was the first to mention Zhou Linshan, she said to Xiao Yang and Qiao Chu: "Joe is not here, are you busy these days?"

Qiao Chu didn't answer, Xiao Yang smiled and said, "That's right. I've never been so busy."

Sophia said meaningfully: "Joe will also be on vacation, which is really rare. Something must have happened."

Zhong Ning looked around, then said in a low voice but ambiguously: "I heard that her little girlfriend is here."

Qiao Chu was taken aback.

Apparently, Sophia also knew about this, she answered the conversation quickly, and asked Xiao Yang in a gossip tone: "They, is the old relationship rekindled?"

Xiao Yang just smiled embarrassingly, staying out of the matter, she didn't want to tell people's right and wrong behind her back, this person is still her team leader, "I don't know, it's hard to talk about this kind of thing."

Qiao Chu was extremely depressed, even Xiao Yang seemed to know what was going on inside.

Sophia turned her head to look at Qiao Chu, and actually asked her, "Qiao Chu, you are so close to Joe, you should have heard about it? Tell me."

Qiao Chu subconsciously shook her head.What else can I say besides pretending not to know?She felt it was immoral to speak openly about other people's privacy.

Zhong Ning suddenly seemed to realize that Qiao Chu and Zhou Linshan are close work partners until now, and quickly reminded everyone: "It's good for us to just hang out here."

Qiao Chu was really puzzled, why, everyone in the company probably knew about Zhou Linshan, but she didn't.Instead, she was the one closest to Zhou Linshan, and things were really weird.

Maybe, everything is timing, what you should know and what you shouldn't know, there is timing, when the timing is ripe, it's time for this matter to be exposed to you.

Xiao Yang seemed to see through her mind, she looked at her thoughtfully, and said, "Qiao Chu, it's actually not surprising that you don't know about Joe, because not long after you came in, there was a problem with their relationship."

Qiao Chu didn't understand this sentence. This sentence can have two meanings. She didn't have time to think deeply, and Zhong Ning said again: "Before you came, Joe was crazy about her, and he often flew to Where she goes, it takes half a month and a month."

Sophia said: "At that time, she seemed to be in charge of some overseas oil field project."

"In the next few years, I haven't seen her go out. I heard that their relationship seems to have faded, and they seem to be separated..." Zhong Ning said.

Indeed, Qiao Chu has been in the company for several years, and she hardly sees Zhou Linshan going out on business.

She was very reluctant to inquire about Zhou Linshan from them, but she still couldn't help asking her own questions: "Then what's going on with her and her husband?"

The two women, Zhong Ning and Sophia, stared at Qiao Chu at the same time, as if her question was very inappropriate, or that no one had thought about such a question.

Sophia made fun of Qiao Chu: "Qiao Chu, you are too decent. This is not the era when one plus one equals two. Joe, that is an open secret. A person like her, what extraordinary things can't be done? Everyone in the small circle knows her..."

What is the small circle?Qiao Chu couldn't understand.

Having said that, Zhou Linshan appeared at the door far away.

Xiao Yang turned his head to look, and said to Qiao Chu with a guilty conscience: "I'll go up first."

Zhong Ning and Sophia looked at each other, Sophia made a funny face, and they also left one after another.

Leave Qiao Chu alone.She drank the last sip of coffee, subconsciously turned around and looked at Zhou Linshan.

For Zhou Linshan, Qiao Chu really had to reevaluate.

Zhou Linshan's hair was cut short. As usual, she used to go to the restaurant counter to buy coffee before going to work. She had already spotted Qiao Chu in the corner, but she didn't go up to say hello to her.

Apart from her outstanding performance at work, Qiao Chu never particularly felt that Zhou Linshan had any other special features. She is not particularly beautiful, but she is also somewhat pretty. In terms of personality, she is a relatively straightforward person. She doesn’t understand what to say. It is easy to offend people.

She likes to perm her curly hair, and put a lot of it on her shoulders, like a cloud. She once told Qiao Chu coquettishly: My husband likes it!She looks really feminine like this.When she is busy, she wears a ponytail and doesn't pay much attention to her clothes. Sometimes she even wears the same clothes to work two days in a row. In their line of work, she has no time to take care of herself when she is busy.

Because of Ruoshui, Qiao Chu also began to subconsciously pay attention to her.She was curious to know why Ruo Shui fell in love with her?

If there is anything attractive about her personality, it is straightforward, generous, and informal.

I thought that seeing Zhou Linshan again, at least she should have a happy face, but unexpectedly it was the opposite, her eyes were empty and expressionless, as if she had just experienced something very painful.

Qiao Chu just felt that if she could see even a little bit of joy on Zhou Linshan's face, she would intuitively and subjectively think that she and Ruoshui got along well these few days.

But she is like a zombie!Qiao Chu really can't stand her like this.So she was not in the mood to greet her actively.

The more important factor was—her brain was stimulated again, and she had messy thoughts to sort through.

On this day, they didn't meet each other at work, and Qiao Chu wanted to ask her something, so she held off for the time being.

It was not until the lunch break that Zhou Linshan came to Qiao Chu's table, tapped on her table, and asked, "Do you want to have dinner together at noon?"

In the past, they had a tacit understanding, and there was no need to make a special appointment at all, they must have lunch together.

Qiao Chu raised her head to look at her, and just hummed lightly.

"Old Place" Hotel.

This is the shop they would visit every now and then.The restaurant is close to the company, with many choices of dishes, delicious and affordable.

In the past, the two people who hadn't sat down had chatted from the office to the restaurant, but today they were silent.

Zhou Linshan didn't know what stimulated her, so she ordered a table of dishes, including Qiao Chu's favorite crispy tofu, asparagus with scallops, braised eggplant, steamed crucian carp with pepper...

She watched the waiter serve one dish after another, and asked Zhou Linshan, "How many dishes do you need to order for two people?"

But Zhou Linshan said bluntly: "It's not for you, I'm hungry."

Talking with this attitude, Qiao Chu didn't bother to pay attention to her, even though she knew she must have something on her mind.

She eats by herself, but