Contention

After eating, my stomach felt warm and even my face was hot.

Before arriving at the hotel, they got out of the car ahead of time and walked back slowly.

The winter night is cold, even if it is dark, it feels dark and gloomy, and the cold wind is like a knife.

After buying a bag of snacks from a convenience store, they were still a little leisurely looking at the surrounding street scene, but when they realized that it was raining, the two quickened their pace and trotted back.

Just arrived at the gate, just bumped into those people from the association.

Lu Yuexi hadn't met this group of people since getting off the plane until just now.They all know each other, she has nothing to avoid, and said with a smile: "President Qiu."

Qiu Jiayan was a little surprised, but then understood, smiled, and came over to shake her hand politely: "Boss Lu."

As he spoke, he glanced at Zou Feiniao, and sighed softly, "Feiniao, why didn't your sister tell us when she came here? We are all acquaintances, so we must say hello."

Lu Yuexi explained in a warm voice: "I told her not to say anything. I just heard her running over, and I will come and play with you for two days. I don't want to disturb you."

"What do you mean to bother me? Last time I planned to visit you in Oucheng to talk about future cooperation, but unfortunately I haven't been able to spare time... Boss Lu happened to come over today, so I won't bother you until our forum is over. How about a meal together?"

Lu Yuexi smiled: "Of course."

These are the people that Zou Feiniao deals with on a daily basis, she wants to blend in and doesn't find it troublesome.

It was windy outside, so they walked towards the hotel lobby and chatted with each other.

Zou Feiniao followed behind and was pulled aside by others to chat.

Lu Yuexi was exhausted after running for a day. Seeing that Qiu Jiayan was also sleepy, he thoughtfully ended the topic first: "Let's talk about it today. Anyway, I live in the same room with Feiniao. If you have something to say, you can tell her, or Just contact me directly. I’m here just to play, and I don’t have any arrangements.”

Qiu Jiayan smiled and said, "Okay."

Finally back in the room, Lu Yuexi put water in the bathroom to clean the bathtub, and then refilled the water.

Zou Feiniao didn't know what to do outside, she just lay down in the bathtub when someone suddenly opened the door and came in.

Lu Yuexi narrowed his eyes to look at her, knowing what she meant, smiled, and hooked his fingers lazily: "Come here."

Late at night, it seemed that the faucet in the bathroom was not turned off tightly, and the water was dripping.

A hand reached out to screw it in place, then quickly withdrew it.

The mirror was hot and steamy.

Warm-colored lights shone on the condensed bathtub, swaying, and the light was fragmented.

Wipe the wet hair out, look at the time, it is already past twelve o'clock in the morning.

Feeling cold, Lu Yuexi turned up the heating temperature, turned on the cocoa oatmeal latte bought on the way, took a sip leisurely, sighed sleepily, his lazy bones were exhausted.

Zou Feiniao lowered his head and swiped his phone twice, suddenly realized something, walked quickly to the window, and pulled open the heavy curtains.

Lu Yuexi was startled: "What are you doing..."

However, before he finished speaking, he automatically rolled back down his throat.

The snow is falling, and the city is full of light.

In the breathless silence, rustle like a song.

Zou Feiniao was wearing a loose black shirt that fell below his knees.

She turned around and smiled at her, and said, "It's snowing."

Lu Yuexi couldn't say anything else, looked at the beautiful and gentle girl in front of him, and nodded: "I'll watch it with you."

The next day there was snow on the street, but it was not thick, it was a thin layer, and the city was covered with new white clothes.

I took a taxi and went to the nearby Jindingxuan Restaurant for morning tea. There were sanitation workers shoveling snow on the road.

Zou Feiniao looked at it and suddenly sighed.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Yuexi said impassively, "Impossible, you will go to the forum after breakfast, and you have to meet Boss Yu at night. You don't have time."

As he said that, he blushed, turned his head away, and complained in a low voice, "How old are you, I don't want to play such a childish game as snowball fights with you."

"That……"

"Not even making a snowman."

Zou Feiniao: "Oh."

The restaurant is overcrowded and lively.There are many people who go to work early, and the hustle and bustle of fireworks is everywhere.

I ordered char siew crisps, shrimp dumplings, and ebony sweet and sour short ribs, but I couldn't find a place to sit.

I had no choice but to pack it and take it back. On the way, Zou Feiniao received a call from Qiu Jiayan, saying that Yu Huai had arrived and asked her to come over and entertain some people.

The place is in the private room of the restaurant next door to the hotel, a distance of tens of meters on foot.

Lu Yuexi asked the driver to drive there, and when he sent her off, he rubbed her hair: "Come back quickly if you can, otherwise the shrimp dumplings will be cold."

Zou Feiniao nodded with a smile, patted the hair on the down jacket, and went to the restaurant in the light of Xi Weixue.

Lu Yuexi watched quietly, then paid and got out of the car, and walked slowly towards the hotel.

She took only two mouthfuls of the morning tea she bought and put it aside, waiting for Zou Feiniao to come back.

Looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows, there are still sanitation workers shoveling snow.It is now past nine o'clock in the morning, the sun has just risen, and it looks like a hazy egg yolk, and soon the snow will melt.

Unable to stay, she went downstairs, wanting to find her in the restaurant.

The snow has stopped, but the wind is strong.I forgot to wear a scarf, my neck was chilly, and my bones were chilled.

Fortunately, Zou Feiniao came out before he got there.

Seeing her rubbing her hands and breathing, she hurriedly took off the scarf she was wearing and put it on her: "Why did you get down?"

"If you don't come back, the shrimp dumplings will be cold." Lu Yuexi sniffed his nose, "I'm afraid you will eat Tianguang with Boss Yu instead of eating with me."

"Tianguang" means breakfast.

There were two Oucheng dialects in the mandarin, and the tone softened, teasing and complaining, meaning acting like a baby.

Zou Feiniao said, "I haven't eaten yet, I'll eat with you when I come back."

After eating the daylight, it was ten o'clock, and I was going to participate in that forum again.

Green Heng held it jointly with three other environmental protection organizations in China, and invited several scholars from Singapore and the United States. The sponsors were two green technology companies in Beijing to discuss the development of contemporary big data in environmental protection.

The time is set from 10:30 to [-]:[-] pm, with lunch time in between, and interviews with arranged network media reporters after the end.

Lu Yuexi had no interest in following, so he simply stayed in the room and used the small portable laptop he brought to deal with the documents sent by the company.

Once Zou Feiniao got busy, he was out of shape. Except for a phone call he took the initiative to make during lunch, he had no news.

Lu Yuexi imagined the appearance of the little girl seriously recording and discussing, and couldn't help laughing.

Towards the end, I sent a sentence: I'm coming back.

Lu Yuexi chatted with her, sensitively aware that she seemed a little depressed.

Limp, as if hiding something.

So when she saw that the car she was taking was about to arrive at the hotel, she straightened her clothes and went downstairs to pick her up.

The heavy snow will not melt, the road has been restored to smoothness, and the green belt next to it is still covered with snow.

The dusk is heavy ocher, refracted through that layer of transparent white, and reflected in the eyes, it is a hazy blue-purple.

After Zou Feiniao saw her at the door, he got out of the car, stepped on the melted snow and sand on the ground, his black eyebrows slightly stretched, and he finally smiled.

Because she still had an appointment with Yu Huai, she didn't go to the dinner and came back directly.

Going upstairs to take a rest, Lu Yuexi bought her a hot drink. Seeing her sitting on the sofa drinking it, she seemed to be enjoying it, and asked, "How was today's forum?"

Zou Feiniao originally closed his eyes, but opened them again when he heard the words, his tone was a little loose: "Very good, I learned a lot."

Lu Yuexi smiled: "Then you should tell me what you have learned in detail, and show me the photos. You are so listless today, what's wrong?"

Zou Feiniao said, "Nothing."

"You can hang a teapot on your mouth. We've been together for so many years. I still can't see it?"

"It's about other organizations." Zou Feiniao said as she tilted her head back slightly, revealing her fragile and slender neck. If you have a relationship, find our president in the preparation background and tell him, let's stop posting those articles on Weibo..."

Lu Yuexi was taken aback: "Huh?"

"As far as those surveys are concerned, they said that Zhuyang is doing this to facilitate the popularization of cetacean knowledge. Nowadays, humans have many activities in the ocean. Although they are raised in captivity, they can also provide them with a habitat, which can be regarded as a kind of protection." Zou Feiniao lowered his eyes. , sneered, "Protection and performing for profit are not the same concept at all. They have exchange activities with Zhuyang, and regularly promote them to Sea World, especially the cetacean show, to help them whitewash the peace..."

Anything can be used for business.Not to mention animals, people are fine.As for concern, as for love, they are all good gimmicks that can be used to make money.

"Then you will be president?"

"I'm not very happy, but it's hard to say anything on the surface, so I can only ignore them."

Lu Yuexi looked at her frowning expression and remained silent.

Young people are good at this.

When I was young, I was full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm. When I saw injustice, I wanted to fight against it. I even had naive ideas about changing the world and people.

Later, when he entered the society, he bumped into various obstacles, and under the ridicule and pressure of all kinds of tactful adults, he gradually restrained his mind.

But there are also people who have been sincere and persistent.

Finally changed the world too.

She was very happy that Zou Feiniao was the latter.

"Recently, there have been more and more speeches on the Internet, questioning the nature of Luheng." Zou Feiniao sighed, holding the cup of hot drink to warm his hands, and did not take a few sips. We are planning to publish a public welfare documentary, similar to the ones filmed abroad, and invite a retired cetacean and dolphin trainer to do an interview."

"..."

"Yue Xi," she called out suddenly, turned her head to look over, and took her hand, "...I think we can invest, okay?"

The pleading and anticipation in her eyes was so obvious.

This was the first time that Zou Feiniao had asked her for something so explicitly.

"Our property is shared." Lu Yuexi smiled, "You can invest as much as you want, as you like."

Yu Huai's appointment is at six o'clock in the evening, and she will ask someone to drive to pick her up in person.

Because he had asked her in advance, Lu Yuexi could also follow her.

At six o'clock, an amber-brown red flag slowly stopped at the entrance of the hotel.

The two went downstairs, and the driver got out of the car and opened the door.

Although dressed formally, he smiled kindly.

After getting into the car, Lu Yuexi asked, "Where are you going?"

The driver said: "You will know when you arrive."

Lu Yuexi sat in the back seat of the car bored, playing with Zou Feiniao's fingers.

Since they talked a while ago, the ring has never been taken off.Even this time I came to the forum, I still wear it.

But no one asked about their personal affairs, and no one seemed to pay attention to the pair of rings in their hands.

Looking out of the car window from the corner of the eye, I somehow felt that the scenery seemed familiar.

When they arrived at the place, the driver asked them to get off the car, and when he saw the simple and elegant building, Lu Yuexi raised his eyebrows: "Isn't this the tea house owned by Boss Yu's cousin?"

The driver just said, "Go in, please."

When they came to the lobby, another waiter came to lead them to the private room.

On the second floor, because of nightfall, the porch is lit with lights, and when you look outside, the bamboo forest is rustling.There are not many people in the teahouse at the moment, and it is quiet and peaceful.

Opening the door and entering, Yu Huai was not the only one, her cousin was concentrating on making tea, wearing a thin shirt with thin wrist bones.

Lu Yuexi glanced at it, his wrist was empty, but he couldn't see the string of Buddha beads bracelet.

She smiled and said, "Boss Yu."

Yu Huai stood up and said in a steady voice, "Long time no see, Miss Lu, you are not a bird."

After being seated, they introduced each other again.

Yu Chengyun's eyes fell on Zou Feiniao, and he smiled brightly: "Sister Huai and I always praise you, and we finally met you today."

Lu Yue took a sip of tea calmly, but smiled and said nothing.

This time, Yu Huai seemed to only want to chat with Zou Feiniao.Ask about the research you are doing and your future plans.

After hesitating for a moment, Zou Feiniao told her about today's forum.

After Yu Huai listened patiently, he sighed: "Deeds are turbid and words are clear, too many interests are involved. Your president must be clear in his heart, don't worry about his emotions, these things..."

After a pause, he said meaningfully, "There will be many more in the future."

Zou Feiniao frowned and nodded.

The tea and pastries were almost enough, Yu Huai occasionally glanced at Zou Feiniao's hand, showing hesitation.

Seeing this, Lu Yuexi asked directly: "Boss Yu specially suggested Feiniao to visit today, probably not just for the sake of chatting, right?"

Yu Huai coughed lightly, looked at Yu Chengyun who was sitting across from him enjoying tea leisurely, was silent for a moment, and finally opened his mouth tentatively: "I have some private matters... I want to talk to Feiniao."

Lu Yue said regretfully, "You tell me."

"But you are her older sister, so I'm too embarrassed to speak up here." Yu Huai thought about it, and smiled, "This is really..."

Lu Yuexi looked at Yu Huai, then at Zou Feiniao, the topic they had just talked about was still in his mind, and he thought it was also about Luheng, so he said, "Then I, avoid it?"

Yu Huai breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and stretched out his hand: "There is a private room on the right next door, please excuse me, it's only five minutes."

Lu Yuexi got up and walked towards the door. Halfway there, she realized that Yu Chengyun hadn't moved. Instead, she was casually looking out the window and reacted suddenly.

Men, private matters, isn't that what it is?

But halfway through, Yu Huai was still looking at herself with a smile, so she couldn't insist on staying any longer.

Turning his head, he gave Zou Feiniao a warning wink, and walked away sullenly, closing the door for them by the way.

She didn't sit in the next room, but stood in the corridor leaning against the railing in a daze.

Quit smoking too, nothing to do, just staring at the gloomy night sky in a daze.

The cold wind was blowing outside, which made people sober up a lot.

She counted the time until the people inside came out.

After 5 minutes, there was no movement.

She held her breath and almost rushed in.

After waiting patiently for another 3 minutes, the sliding door was pushed open, and Zou Feiniao came out from inside, his expression still calm and unchanged.

Just as Lu Yuexi was about to speak, Yu Chengyun followed behind.

He closed the door and said, "I'm sorry."

Zou Feiniao felt inexplicable: "There is nothing worth apologizing for, is there?"

"No," Yu Chengyun turned his head away and wanted to explain, but he still didn't say anything because he was concerned about the people in the room behind him. He just said, "I'll take you downstairs. My cousin arranged for the driver to wait."

Lu Yuexi went over to grab Zou Feiniao's hand, and then felt a little relieved, and said goodbye with a polite smile: "No need to send it off, just say hello to Boss Yu, let's go first."

Although there was no need to send them off, Yu Chengyun followed them leisurely and entered the elevator with them.

In the elevator, he spoke again and sighed softly:

"I don't like women. But I haven't come out of the closet because of some things, and I haven't been in contact with anyone, so the family is in a hurry, otherwise my cousin wouldn't have called you here...to connect us."

Lu Yuexi guessed it was this, but it looked yellow, so she didn't care about it, she hummed softly, and turned her head away.

Zou Feiniao smiled, and admitted generously: "That's a coincidence, me too. And put a ring on me..."

As he spoke, he raised Lu Yuexi's right hand, and the two matching rings shone brightly.

"It's her."

Yu Chengyun just came back to it, and was stunned for a moment: "Isn't she your sister?"

Lu Yuexi's face darkened: "There is no blood relationship, just to introduce her to the outside world. She is my sister, I recognize it."

After listening to the explanation, Yu Chengyun touched his nose: "Okay."

"Ding--"

The elevator goes to the first floor.

Walking to the door, when the two were about to get in the car, Yu Chengyun suddenly said, "Why don't you be friends? I'll go to Oucheng some other day, and I can visit you. I appreciate you very much. Don't get me wrong. I just mean you. what you did."

Lu Yuexi opened the car door, pushed Zou Feiniao into the back seat of the car, turned around and smiled lightly: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome."

Yu Chengyun was puzzled, she pointed to his wrist, and signaled: "Uncle Lu Min, he has a gallery. We are quite destined."

After a moment of sluggishness, Yu Chengyun suddenly came back to his senses. Yu Chengyun was visibly excited, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone: "Leave a phone number, and contact again, contact again!"

Lu Yuexi left him his number, and watched the young man wave to them excitedly before the car drove away.

In the car, Zou Feiniao asked, "What happened to him?"

"It's nothing." Lu Yuexi said lightly, "My uncle is going to have a second spring."

Zou Feiniao was a little dazed, Lu Yuexi tapped her nose again, and asked, "What were you doing just now?"

When mentioning this, Zou Feiniao didn't have much resistance, but couldn't help laughing: "Well, Sister Yu wants to introduce him to me, let us try to date."

"and then."

"I said I was engaged, but she didn't insist on seeing the ring."

"How long have we talked?"

"She always wants to inquire about who is engaged to me."

Lu Yuexi glanced at her sideways: "What is it like?"

Zou Feiniao said, "I like the look."

Lu Yuexi smiled, rested his head on her shoulder, and closed his eyes.