She was afraid that if she was too enthusiastic, he would become more distant from her... like last night.
Although making a phone call is really not very enthusiastic.
It took about half a minute for the call to be connected. Perhaps it was a bit of uneasy waiting, which made this half minute seem extra long. So when the man's deep voice sounded in her ears, she felt like she was in a trance for a moment. .
"Chi Huan?"
She was silent for several seconds.
"Can I help you?"
Only then did Chi Huan react, pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Ma Li said you won't come back for dinner."
The man's voice was as usual, and nothing unusual could be heard, "Well, I work overtime, and I may be back very late today, so you should go to bed early."
"work overtime?"
"I've been very busy lately, so you don't have to wait for me to eat or go to bed, okay?"
The last word, with its final sound going up, had the same gentle and doting feeling as usual. Chi Huan felt sour and depressed. He bit his lip and calmed his breathing for a long time before speaking to him clearly, "I see. Today’s news and newspapers.”
After a few seconds of silence, the man said, "Don't you like such a high-profile way?"
"No."
Mo Shiqian smiled lightly, "There's nothing you can do if you don't like it. I just want them to know that even the daughter of a corrupt official can step on their heads, and if they have any opinions, they can only shut up."
He said it in an understatement, but Chi Huan's heart still shook slightly, and he held the phone tighter with his fingers.
"Aren't you afraid that if you do this, I will love you more or create more illusions?"
The phone line was silent for a while, and then he said in a low voice, "We have been making preparations for a long time, but we encountered some trouble before, so it took a little longer. I said before that I will solve everything for you. You don’t need to be moved, because these are what I should do - even if one day we break up, you can smoothly climb to a higher position in the circle."
Chi Huan was stunned, biting his lip heavily, "You... want to break up with me?"
"No."
I just had this idea, but this idea has been rejected.
"Then you come back for dinner."
"I'll come back to stay with you when I'm done with this period of time, eh?"
Chi Huan tilted his head and looked at the thin winter sunset outside the window. He pursed his lips and exercised great restraint before saying in a normal voice, "Then don't be too tired. Eat before working."
"Okay, be good and eat by yourself."
After hanging up the phone, the study seemed even quieter without his voice.
Chi Huan sat in the chair with pillows and knees for a while before getting up and going downstairs to eat.
… …
She ate by herself and had no appetite, but she still ate a bowl and drank more soup.
After dinner, she took a shower, washed her hair, blow-dried most of her long hair, and then sat on a chair in the study to dry her hair.
The room was very warm, even if she was only wearing a nightgown, she would not feel cold. She was holding a book and reading it boredly.
When the phone vibrated, Chi Huan subconsciously raised his head and looked over.
It was a number without a note, but her eyes were still a little dazed.
She didn't answer the call, nor did she hang up. The phone kept vibrating.
Finally, she raised her hand to pick it up and slid the answer button.
A man's low and slow smile sounded on the other end of the phone, with a hint of self-deprecation, "I thought you weren't going to answer my call."
Chi Huan leaned back and said calmly, "Maybe there is something important."
"Isn't it difficult to treat you to a meal?"
"Without any special reason, it's really not suitable for us to have dinner together anymore."
"Isn't it okay to talk about business in business?"
Chi Huan calmed down and said with a smile, "Do you want me to shoot an advertisement or be an endorsement? There is a long queue of people who want to hire me. How much are you prepared to pay?"
"Twenty million a year."
20 million in endorsements per year…
Most of the endorsements of domestic female stars are between 6 million and 1,000, and those who are particularly popular may exceed this number.
Mo Xigu offered her 20 million.
Chi Huan pursed his lips and smiled, "Mr. Mo, you are really rich."
Mo Xigu smiled faintly, "Not as good as your current boyfriend, who killed the entire front page of the media for you."
She lowered her eyes, tapped her fingers on the table, and said with a smile, "You are right, he is my rich man now, I have to discuss it with him."
"To be honest, Chi Huan, do you mind cooperating with me?"
"To be honest, I'm fine with cooperating with you, but I have a deep grudge against your mother."
Mo Xigu was silent for half a second and then said in a low voice, "I understand. I'll wait for your call tomorrow."
"good."
After a while, he said calmly, "Even if you don't plan to cooperate with me, just give me a call, okay?"
"Can."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Huan held the phone and was lost in thought for a long time.
Old West.
She held her chin up and looked out the window at the dark, starless night sky. Why was it that even though Mo Shiqian was countless times nicer to her than Mo Xigu, she still seemed to be countless times more uncomfortable and worried than before
Maybe... Mo Xigu's original indifference was hopeful. In fact, in those years, he was not completely unresponsive. At some points, she even felt that he liked her a little.
But Mo Shiqian... was so kind to her, but he was stingy with the slightest response.
… …
Mo Shiqian came back not too late. It was not past ten o'clock when he returned to the bedroom. Although it was only a few minutes later, Chi Huan was sitting on the bed looking at his iPad.
When he opened the door and came in, her heart skipped a beat.
The sourness and complaints that were originally in my heart disappeared immediately after seeing the man's tired brows, leaving only the heartache that filled his eyes, "Are you back?"
He looked really tired, maybe he didn't come back so late just to escape her.
"Well, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
She looked at him without blinking, "I took a nap at noon, I'm not sleepy."
Mo Shiqian smiled, walked towards the edge of the bed, raised his hand and touched the woman's hair, then lowered his head and kissed her clean and soft cheek, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me to come back?"
"Well... I have something to tell you."
"What's up."
Chi Huan couldn't help but raised her arms and hugged his neck, looking at the man's handsome face, "My contract has almost expired. My economic company wants me to renew my contract today... What do you think?"
She actually didn't want to rely on him from now on, or get close to Clod-Summer, but Fengxing said that he had done so many things for her, and she could neither pretend not to know nor be unappreciative.
If he wants to get involved in the media, she can leave her original company. After all, he is here for her.
Mo Shiqian just touched her head and said, "Do you want to change to an economic company?"