"...is this the number of housekeepers you have changed this month?"
Bai Jinming looked at the housekeeping contact number on He Cheng's desk in surprise, a page full of phone numbers, six of which had been crossed out from the first one.
He Cheng ignored him, raised his hand to cross out the seventh, and began to make an appointment for the eighth editor to text.
Bai Jinming said sincerely, "It's a miracle that you haven't been blocked by the agency."
He Cheng frowned, "It's only natural for me to provide money and they provide people."
"But you are not a normal person's picky way." Bai Jinming sat down opposite him, pointing to the note after the seventh number, "What do you mean by 'talking too loudly'? He didn't clean it when you were at work. Is it? You don’t care if people speak loudly, but you can’t hear them.”
He Cheng was upset, "I find it noisy."
"So you don't need to communicate face to face, why are you..."
Bai Jinming paused, smiled and waved his hands, "Forget it, I won't tell you, it's useless."
He Cheng closed the notebook with a "snap", and looked at him coldly, "What do you mean?"
"Nothing interesting." Bai Jinming shrugged and raised his legs, "Would you bring a companion for tonight's reception?"
The middle-of-the-year thank-you banquet and the "second generation" who have cooperation projects have to participate. As early as a week ago, Zhong Xiaoru came to the He family's group intentionally or unintentionally to test it out, but He Cheng ordered people to block it.
He Cheng shook his head and said, "It's the same as before."
After showing their faces, they found an excuse to leave the venue, and a few of them who knew each other went to drink alone. This is an unshakable activity in these years.
In the past few days, He Cheng has been so annoyed by the employment of housekeeping, he thought he might as well take this opportunity to have a good drink, but when he arrived at the reception venue, he found that this year was particularly grand. The Qiao family also came, but I don't know where Qiao An hid.
He Cheng took the champagne from the waiter, walked around the table and walked along the corner. A group of people who had never met before came up to say hello, but were blocked by his indifferent attitude.
you run. He Cheng was a little irritated by the noisy environment of the venue, and thought angrily, you have been hiding for ten years, and I am not in a hurry to find you for a while.
Suddenly there was a strange commotion around. He Cheng followed the voice and saw Bai Jinming walking towards him in a hurry.
"Hey..."
Bai Jinming's raised hand abruptly froze in the air, staring behind him with a very bad expression.
He Cheng turned his head and saw Mai Xing's disgustingly contrived face.
"We meet again." Mai Xing smiled and held out his hand to him.
He Cheng lowered his eyes and looked away coldly.
Mai Xing didn't feel embarrassed at all, and naturally withdrew his hand and asked, "Is Xu Ran okay?"
The volume of his voice was controlled just right, as if he was only speaking to He Cheng, but in fact, those around him who had their ears pricked up could also hear him clearly.
He Cheng's gaze sank instantly, and he squeezed out something from his throat, "Get lost!"
"Don't be so fierce." Mai Xing actually used that face to make an aggrieved expression, and said with a smile, "Is his injury healed?"
"..."
He Cheng turned around and left, Mai Xing said abruptly, "Could it be, you don't know where he is now?"
He was really right.
The gazes cast from all directions made He Cheng very uncomfortable. He glanced around with a gloomy expression, forced back a few eyes watching the excitement, and turned to Mai Xing, "People need shame, and I advise you to behave like a human being, otherwise something big will happen one day, depending on you." With the current family fortune, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you a damn thing anymore."
The smell of gunpowder instantly filled the venue, and the girls ran away in fright. Others gathered around, looking at the two of them with probing and scrutinizing eyes.
I'm afraid there are many people who know about Xu Ran's incident. They may not know Xu Ran's name, but they must know that He Cheng had a lover who was raped by Mai Xing.
The only thing Mai Xing did after the incident was to publicize the incident to everyone, and now He Cheng knows the meaning of what he did. The thank you reception, with so many acquaintances watching, should not have been an occasion for bickering and fighting.
Although he really wanted to punch Mai Xing in the face now.
There were more and more people watching, even if Bai Jinming wanted to save the scene, it was too late. He could only get as close to He Cheng as possible, ready to give him a hand when they were about to fight.
He Cheng finally cast his eyes on Mai Xing, "What do you want to do?"
Mai Xing approached and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I used to want to be friends with you, but now...you have developed, as a former classmate, how can you not come to share a share?"
He Cheng smiled. He bent the corners of his eyes, and the sharp eyebrows and eyes showed a hint of softness.
"A share?" He repeated as if he had heard some big joke, "You really think highly of yourself."
He took a step back, restrained his smile and said coldly, "Mr. Mai's family has a big business, and he said he wanted a piece of the pie from me, which really flattered me."
He paused every word, "The He family, don't do business with inhuman guys."
He bit the word "human nature" very hard, and for a moment Mai Xing's eyes flashed a gloomy coldness, and the corner of his mouth curled up into a mocking smile, "Speaking of human nature, you and I should be the same."
He Cheng snorted coldly, ignoring his sophistry.
It is difficult to tell the winner in such an occasion, and the final result will only hurt both sides. Before Mai Xing could say even more disgusting words, He Jingtang finally arrived and shouted angrily through the crowd: "He Cheng, come here!"
He Cheng handed the wine glass he had already drunk to the waiter, and left the venue without looking back.
One of the protagonists left, and Mai Xing couldn't arouse everyone's interest. Gradually, the crowd dispersed, leaving Bai Jinming in place, not daring to walk around casually, and not daring to call He Cheng to ask about the situation.
He didn't receive a text message from He Cheng until the meeting ended at six o'clock in the evening.
—Come here, have a drink.
When Bai Jinming arrived, there were already two bottles of foreign wine in front of He Cheng, and they were all empty.
"Okay, drink less." Bai Jinming snatched the wine glass from his mouth and said to the bartender, "Have some boiled water."
He Chenghong stared at him with eyes wide open, but his words were still clear, "What kind of water do you want to drink? Go drink."
As he spoke, he wanted to reach for the wine, but Bai Jinming slapped it open.
"You've been drinking less and less recently, have you forgotten the days when you had a gastric perforation and you were in the operating room?" Bai Jinming asked with a frown.
He Cheng hummed twice, but didn't answer.
"Your dad said you didn't?" Bai Jinming asked tentatively.
He Cheng frowned and closed his eyes. The overhead light was too harsh, making him dizzy.
"Say it. How could you not say it." He Cheng murmured uncomfortably, "Isn't it just Xu Ran? It's been so long, why is there him everywhere?"
past? Bai Jinming said in his heart, ten years of relationship, how could it be possible to let it go.
But He Cheng didn't understand. Bai Jinming didn't understand anymore. A man of this age has experienced everything he should have experienced. How could he not understand
Emotionally, He Cheng is as immature as an unenlightened child. I feel that I like a kind of candy, so I insist on getting it. Even if I already have a very good candy in my hand, I am still reluctant to let go of the one I fell in love with at the beginning. He didn't even think about what to do if the candy didn't belong to him. He only stubbornly believes that whatever he likes must be his.
Qiao An was the first candy. He had already tried his best to send the signal "I don't belong to you" to He Cheng, but He Cheng turned a blind eye to it.
Xu Ran was the one that He Cheng pinched in his hand. He endured the pain of being crushed and said "I love you" to He Cheng, but He Cheng never looked down at his palm.
Now that the crushed candy slipped through his fingers, he was starting to feel uncomfortable again. The person involved didn't realize it, but Bai Jinming could tell that He Cheng's constant search for new housekeeping these days was actually to fill in the gap that Xu Ran had vacated. He is not satisfied with the cleaning done by professional housekeeping? The meals made by everyone are not delicious? If it is justifiable to say that one or two things don't go well, and three, four or five, then it is He Cheng's own heart disease.
Bai Jinming didn't know how to remind him. After talking too much, He Cheng was about to get angry again. Recently, he drank too much alcohol, which made him even more impetuous.
If this continues, He Cheng will collapse before he wakes up.
While worrying, there was another bug crawling quietly in his heart, which made Bai Jinming feel itchy.
He deserves it.
I forgot how many times this thought occurred to me, but Bai Jinming clearly knew that He Cheng deserved it.
If there is no one in this life who loves him as deeply as Xu Ran, if He Cheng can never find someone with whom he can spend his life together, then he deserves it.
He has overdrawn all his favor on Xu Ran, and he has to pay the price for it.
Thinking of Xu Ran, Bai Jinming touched his phone through his pocket. He knew where Xu Ran was, but he would never tell He Cheng.
Think of it as doing good deeds. Bai Jinming secretly apologized to himself as a bastard in his heart.
While staying at the bar, He Cheng kept asking for drinks, until finally he became unconscious. Bai Jinming was afraid that something would happen to him if he drank, so he tried to persuade him to get into the car.
"You stay here, I'll take you home." Bai Jinming, who was forced to be a driver, said resignedly.
He knew that He Cheng had a house nearby, and when he reached the intersection and was about to turn into the community, He Cheng patted the back of his chair and said, "Drive forward."
"What?" Bai Jinming was taken aback.
There was a strange clarity in He Cheng's eyes, he pointed to the front and said, "Go ahead!"
"..." Bai Jinming couldn't resist him, so he could only move forward.
He Cheng commanded him to shuttle through the night city, and as he walked, Bai Jinming's expression changed, and he fell silent, holding the steering wheel slightly tighter.
"Here, turn in." He Cheng ordered.
Bai Jinming turned to the gate of the community and said to the gatekeeper, "The sixth floor of unit four, the head of the household... Xu Ran."
He gambled that He Cheng didn't remember to change the name of the head of the household, so the gatekeeper checked his ID card and opened the door to let him through.
The drunk He Cheng completely mistook him for a taxi driver and asked him to stop at the parking line downstairs. Bai Jinming wanted to help him up, but He Cheng pushed him away.
"... He Cheng, no one in this family takes care of you." Bai Jinming is not sure if he remembers that Xu Ran has left.
He Cheng glanced at him, ignoring him.
Bai Jinming looked at his back as he staggered up the stairs, feeling a little worried, then thought again, forget it, let him realize it by himself.
What can outsiders do.
He Cheng went upstairs and opened the door, frowning at the dark room.
He remembered that someone should have lit up the lights in the room, welcomed him in with a smile, and gave him another hug that he didn't want.
The light was very warm, and the man's palm was very cold.
What's the matter with this cold house
He Cheng wandered into the bathroom, washed his face with cold water, and when he came out, his feet slipped and he almost fell.
This time, my mind was instantly awake.
"Damn it!"
The scorching heat from the stomach to the heart was accompanied by a slight drunkenness, and a rush of breath rushed into the brain.
Xu Ran, Xu Ran, Xu Ran, why is it Xu Ran again
He Cheng punched hard on the tiled wall of the bathroom.
With a click, he clearly heard the sound of snapping fingers, which was very clear in the silent and cold night.