On the evening of the third day after returning to San Francisco from City S, while waiting for the meeting, Li Shu flipped through a book.
At Christmas a few years ago, Li Shu's friend Fred presented this book to him, calling it the Silicon Valley Love Bible.
When he first received the book, Li Shu read a few pages. The content of the book is supported by a lot of theoretical basis and data, and the writing method is relatively scientific, which Li Shu can recognize.
But at that time, he didn't have an intimate relationship that needed to be maintained, and after getting to know Shen Yiyou, the relationship between the two developed very smoothly, so he never read any further.
Until one recent night, when Li Shu suffered from insomnia, he came to the study room, wanting to pick a book to help him fall asleep, and saw it on the bookshelf.
Li Shu thought that maybe he could find a solution to his problems from this book, so he often took the book with him recently and read it in fragmented time.
When I read the section on the root of relationship changes, Irene knocked on the door of Li Shu's office and walked in. She held the phone and informed Li Shu: "Mr. Shen called the driver."
"Mr. Shen didn't want to bother the driver, so he asked the driver for his address and wanted to pick it up by himself," Eileen repeated.
But the driver didn't dare to agree without permission, so he had to call Irene and ask her to ask Li Shu's opinion for help.
"Excuse me, can I send the address to Mr. Shen?" Irene stood in the middle of Li Shu's office, waiting for Li Shu to make a decision.
Li Shu looked at her and didn't speak immediately.
He felt indescribably uncomfortable and anxious, because the cloth bag placed in City S was not left behind by Shen Yiyou, but he made it with modeling software, and it was impossible to distinguish the real one from the real one.
To be honest, during the production process, Li Shu clearly knew that this was futile labor. His image memory ability was not good enough to allow him to make a perfect score, and he was wasting time.
But Li Shu couldn't control himself, nor could he shut down the modeling software rationally. He only wanted to see Shen Yiyou, so he changed the model again and again to make a clumsy textile and asked his secretary to send it to a 3D printing modeling company.
When he got the model, Li Shu sat on the chair and spent two minutes imagining what Shen Yiyou would look like when he saw the bag.
First of all, Shen Yiyou must be able to recognize it as a fake at a glance.
If it was before, Shen Yiyou might have laughed, but Li Shu couldn't be sure how Shen Yiyou would react now. —Maybe not happy, maybe surprised.
No matter what, Li Shu stubbornly took him to City S. He put the cloth bag in his pocket, made a phone call outside Shen Yiyou Community, sat in the car for a while, ate half a cake, and didn't know what to do with the bouquet. Handed it over to the secretary, and finally left the bag with the driver and returned to San Francisco alone.
Eileen Felton was a very good secretary. She handled the roses for Li Shu, and she didn't remind or urge Li Shu when he was thinking.
Li Shu thought about Shen Yiyou for a short period of time, and then made a decision: "Let him take it."
"Okay," Irene nodded, and then reminded Li Shu, "The rehearsal preparatory meeting will start in fifteen minutes. Do you want me to tie your tie?"
Li Shu shook his head and said to Irene, "No need."
He looked down at the ironed white shirt and trousers, raised his head slightly, and buttoned the top two buttons of the shirt.
The collar of the shirt made him uncomfortable, but he ignored it. He opened the tie box that Irene had placed on his desk, took out the dark tie, and tied it for himself in the way he remembered the clerk demonstrated. Well, I looked up and asked Irene: "Is this standard?"
"Completely correct."
Li Shu nodded to her: "Thank you."
The environmental protection company he is the CEO of is preparing to go public, and there is only one week left before the rehearsal, and the problems that arise one after another, as well as the various emergencies that follow, occupy almost all of his time.
The listing team was very firm and asked Li Shu to wear formal clothes at the rehearsal dinner. After ten minutes of negotiation, Li Shu compromised with them. He hates bankers who are hypocritical and submissive, but when necessary, he can temporarily give in.
"By the way," Irene looked down at the electronic notebook and told Li Shu, "Miss Li just called to ask if you are free to have dinner with Miss Lilith recently."
Li Shu glanced at Irene and asked, "Who is Lilith?"
"Lilith Leslie, Miss Li's friend," Irene reminded, "The lady who appeared in the middle of your meal with Miss Li last month was also there when you bought an apartment in Los Angeles."
"No time." Li Shu put the bookmark among the pages of the book, stood up, put on the suit jacket hanging at the side, buttoned up a single button, and walked to his dedicated elevator with Irene Felton.
Thirty-seven minutes into the preparatory meeting for the rehearsal, Li Shu received a text message from Shen Yiyou.
The analyst of the listing team was introducing to Li Shu in detail the situation of the banks that will participate in the preview. Li Shu's phone on the table vibrated, and he looked down. Shen Yiyou sent him: "It seems that I made a mistake. It wasn't me who dropped it."
Li Shu put his fingers on the keyboard, thinking about how to reply Shen Yiyou's message,
As if aware of Li Shu's movements, the analyst slowed down his speech, showing hesitation, and the team leader coughed lightly.
Li Shu raised his head, looked at the person in charge, repeated word by word what the analyst had said in half a minute, and asked, "Any questions?"
The person in charge looked a little embarrassed, and immediately shook his head to explain a few words. Li Shu didn't pay attention to what he said, and while continuing to listen to the analyst's introduction, he typed in the reply box: "Are you sure?"
After a while, Shen Yiyou suddenly called him.
The incoming call screen is still a photo taken by Li Shu, a photo that Li Shu likes very much, a photo of Shen Yiyou sitting in Li Shu's San Francisco property, on Li Shu's chair.
Li Shu gripped the phone tightly, and said to the analyst, "I'll answer the call, you continue to talk", and then answered Shen Yiyou's call.
"What's wrong?" Li Shu asked Shen Yiyou.
"I didn't drop it." Shen Yiyou said.
Shen Yiyou's voice was very soft and soft, with a little sleepiness, as if he was tired after traveling for too long. He didn't get angry because he drove a long distance and got the wrong things, but told Li Shu in a soft voice: "But thank you for remembering."
Li Shu looked at the analyst's mouth opening and closing, thought for a while, then moved his eyes away, and calmly said to Shen Yiyou: "You're welcome. I thought it was yours."
"Well," Shen Yiyou paused, and asked Li Shu, "Where did you find it?"
"Study." Li Shu said without blushing.
Shen Yiyou seemed to be in a bit of a dilemma, he paused for a few seconds, and then said: "Would someone else leave it behind in your study, you can ask someone else."
"I'll leave it with the driver, and you can take it with you next time you come to S City." Shen Yiyou said again.
Shen Yiyou's speaking speed seems to have become a little faster, but it's not very obvious. Before waiting for Li Shu's answer, he asked again, "Is that all right?"
Li Shu really wanted to hear what Shen Yiyou said to him again, but Shen Yiyou didn't seem to intend to continue talking.
"I'll hang up if I can," he said.
"Wait." Li Shu stopped him.
Shen Yiyou said "hmm", and Li Shu said to Shen Yiyou after a few seconds: "You should find it yourself."
After uttering these words, the following words of deceit came easily, Li Shu threatened Shen Yiyou: "I am going to sell this property, if I sell it, I will not be able to find it again."
Hearing Shen Yiyou's silence, Li Shu said again: "Isn't it something very important? You can find it yourself."
After a long time, Shen Yiyou asked him: "Have you bought a new house yet?"
Li Shu said yes.
"Congratulations," Shen Yiyou said in a softer voice, "but I'm not free recently."
"It's okay," Li Shu replied quickly, "I can wait."