Ring

"Manager Wei, I didn't expect to see you here?" Bennett was obviously very surprised.

"Where do we meet in life?" Wei Shenzhi stood up calmly, looked at Edgar who was standing beside him without a trace, and then moved back without a trace.He spread his hands: "It is always necessary to reward the employees."

"It's true, if you treat your subordinates badly these days, they will capsize in the gutter!" Bennett agreed deeply, and then said: "This is President Flanders." Edgar and Wei Shenzhi The fact that the private friendship is excellent is also known to the entire IT industry in Silicon Valley, and Bennett did this just as a courtesy.

"Manager Wei." Edgar shook hands with him, "Thank you for helping me catch President Bennett, so that Western Open can retain such a big client."

Bennett was very happy to be praised indirectly, so he also invited: "Where is it, Western Internet has helped us a lot, so I want to invite Mr. Flanders to have some drinks here. Unexpectedly Met Manager Wei again? I don't know if Manager Wei would like to reward you and go to the private room upstairs?"

Wei Shenzhi hesitated.Among the few friends he brought, there is no need to worry about the tall and burly ones like Casey, but the petite girls like Ai Yang and Betty are not very safe.He had to watch these people here, otherwise, if something happened to them, not only would he be responsible, but the impact would also be bad.

"Thank you, but it's better not to disturb the two of you." Wei Shenzhi politely refused.

Edgar noticed the hesitation in his tone, and then followed his gaze to see the ladies in Claire's laboratory, and he immediately understood.

"Mr. Bennett." Edgar said suddenly, "Why don't we stay downstairs."

"Huh? How is this good?"

Edgar had an impeccable smile on his face: "The leak of the proposal was originally a disadvantage of Western Network's internal supervision, which led to the technical director's self-stealing. It stands to reason that I should come to ask you to apologize for this drink. Now, it is I already felt a little guilty for you to invite me, how could I have the nerve to let you spend money?"

Seeing that Bennett was still hesitant, Edgar continued: "How about we go upstairs, but I must invite you."

"Ah! Absolutely not!" Although Edgar's words are reasonable, but compared to the dereliction of duty of Western Network's supervision, Mars who accepted the "pirated" proposal is even more aggrieved. Bennett came to invite him to drink. It is to make amends.It is not easy for him to raise any objections at the moment.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while, Bennett's gaze moved to Wei Shenzhi's face inadvertently, but he was staring at Edgar intently, as if searching for something.And Edgar still had the usual smile on the business battlefield, and this smile was familiar to all IT merchants.

"The Swan Bar is a good place. The bartender Anna is best at the cocktails that President Flanders likes, and the Bloody Mary she concocts is also unique." Wei Shenzhi said with a half-smile.

The corners of Edgar's lips twitched a little: "President Bennett's good taste should be why he chose this place. Manager Wei, don't you think so?"

Wei Shenzhi also evoked a smile, but didn't speak any more.

A wonderful atmosphere circulated between the two.In the end, it was Bennett who broke the weird atmosphere and invited the two of them to a seat not far from Ai Yang and the others.Wei Shenzhi took a look, except for the men like Casey and Arne who went out to hook up with beauties, the girls were still a little self-aware, knew where they were now, and didn't run too far.This position is just right to have a panoramic view of their positions.

Bennett first thanked Edgar, and then the two began to chat about the investment contract.Probably out of concern that Wei Shenzhi, a third party, was still present, Bennett did not mention any confidential information.Edgar answered what he said politely and decently while listening, but his eyes always stayed on Wei Shenzhi inadvertently.His eyes are as substantial as they are, making it difficult for people to ignore them, but they are not annoying.Wei Shenzhi sat on the side, sipping red wine from time to time, and finally confirmed his initial guess.

He had told Edgar that this Friday he would be entertaining his colleagues at the Swan—because Edgar had invited himself out with him on a Friday night not long ago.Asked the reason, Edgar just coped with it with "I miss you" which is more than nasty but has no substance.

Wei Shenzhi felt that instead of spending time drinking with Edgar, it would be better to quickly appease the key members of the lab who were suffering.Otherwise, if they go on strike one day, they will be sadly reminded.

Edgar: "..." Wei Shenzhi, am I going to throw it away after I use it up?

Wei Shenzhi turned a deaf ear to what Bennett and Edgar discussed over there.Because he finally realized how scumbag he was.He and Edgar are lovers, but since the relationship was established, he has never expressed any tenderness to him.Not only that, every time he wants to invite himself out, he always uses various reasons to prevaricate.Although most of the time he really has something to do, but is this really okay...

At this moment, Wei Shenzhi suddenly realized a very serious problem.In the relationship between the two, he was too passive!It's so unmanly!Even when the two kissed, they were pressed down and kissed hard by the other party.Although he didn't think he was weak, and Edgar didn't get any benefits, but it didn't feel good to have no initiative!

His eyes fell back on Edgar.Under the dim light and candlelight, the slender fingers wrapped in white gloves gently shook the goblet.The rose-red liquid swayed slightly like warm blood.His every frown, smile, and every move are decent and elegant, as if the place where the three of them are located is not a nightclub in San Francisco, but a castle of medieval nobles.He pressed the cup to his lips, and the red wine flowed down, making his pale skin show a voluptuous beauty—it was the first time Wei Shenzhi felt that the word "coquettish" could describe the beauty of a man.

— unscrupulous...

"Vampire..." He whispered the word softly.

"What?" President Bennett looked at him in bewilderment.Wei Shenzhi came back to his senses and realized that he had slipped his words.

Before he could react, Edgar had already said it for him: "Manager Wei said, 'vampire'."

——He took the opportunity again?

"Uh...Why did Manager Wei suddenly say this?"

"It's nothing, just talking casually." In fact, he really didn't just talk casually, "I just thought of Annie Rice once wrote that Daniel met Louis in a bar and listened to him tell a story all night." Louis is A planter by Anne Rice.Having lost his beloved wife and young son, he is in a daze, wandering around in the sensual arena all day long, and welcomes anyone to come and end his life.He imagined that he would die at the hands of different people, but he didn't expect that it was a vampire named Lester who ended his life.

Edgar continued to smile: "Oh? So what does Manager Wei think of Louis?"

"People who are transformed from humans into vampires always have some unavoidable difficulties. For example, someone was destined to die in the Normandy landing battle, but was saved by a beautiful vampire."

President Bennett was very interested: "What is this? Another novel?"

"No." Wei Shenzhi kept staring into Edgar's eyes.Wei Siyun just told him that Edgar should have died in a battle around 1945, and the most famous battle in 1945 was the Normandy landing battle.He brought this up, just to try his luck.As expected, a trace of astonishment flashed in Edgar's eyes, and the smile on the corner of his lips was a little stiff.However, this abnormal expression only lasted for two seconds, and he immediately put back the mask that was smiling all the time, but when his eyes touched Wei Shenzhi's eyes, he seemed a bit complicated.

Wei Shenzhi raised the corners of his lips: "It's just another story I heard."

After a few glasses of wine, President Bennett became less restrained.He and Wei Shenzhi knew each other from the beginning, and the age gap between the two was not too big, so he patted Wei Shenzhi's arm immediately: "Oh? Do you mind telling me?"

"I think I can feel his despair and pain." When he said this, Wei Shenzhi kept staring at Edgar.There was some gentle emotion in his eyes, and his tone was very gentle, "I believe that a person who is willing to betray God and believe in Satan, and a person who is willing to give up his human identity and join the cold and dark world, all have unavoidable difficulties. "

Edgar's hand holding the wine glass tightened involuntarily, and then relaxed again.He looked at the cup in his hand without saying a word.

Bennett was about to say something more when the cell phone in his pocket rang suddenly.He took out his mobile phone, glanced at the number, but immediately frowned.Edgar saw his embarrassment, and immediately smiled and said: "If President Bennett has any urgent matters, you can deal with them, don't worry about me and Manager Wei. Just in time, I planned to find a time to talk to Wei The manager talks about contract renewal."

Bennett apologized hastily, then left quickly.Edgar watched him leave, then turned around, and gave Wei Shenzhi a relaxed smile.Different from the formulaic smile just now, although it makes people feel warm, it is also repelling people thousands of miles away; he bent his eyes, and even the curvature of his eyebrows eased.

"Manager Wei, would you like to continue telling the story just now?"

Wei Shenzhi held his hand holding the wine glass.Edgar didn't expect that Wei Shenzhi, who was always in heat and polite, would take the initiative, so he didn't react for a while.

Through the thin gloves, Wei Shenzhi could feel the cold body temperature of the other party.The hands he held were slender and strong, with well-defined knuckles, and once had warm blood flowing.

Bringing up that "story" was originally just out of naive anger, wanting to win a game in front of the lover, but I didn't expect that it would make me feel a little uncomfortable.He already knew how much Edgar was suffering, but he still ignored him and plunged into his work.

Without Edgar, how could he be what he is today, and how could he "dive headfirst into work"?