The layers of thin clouds gradually became level with the window through the sunlight, and the skyline in the distance was a clean blue.
The originally huge buildings on the land became like building blocks, and large areas of green slowly unfolded in Lu Shizhen's sight like a scroll.
The spacious seat was exactly flush with the window glass, reflecting the girl's profile clearly.
Lu Shizhen just looked at the rare scenery. I don't know if she was carefully recording everything she saw, or if she was simply tired and distracted. Her distant gaze fell on an unknown focus.
Suddenly, the cat in Lu Shizhen's arms moved slightly, and then she saw a glass of orange juice being handed to her.
Xu Shiyue walked over and asked in a friendly manner: "Juice?"
"Thank you." Lu Shizhen nodded and took it.
At that time, Xu Shiyue asked herself whether she would be welcome to go back to the capital with them to attend the celebration banquet. Before Lu Shizhen answered, she felt two gazes from Editor-in-Chief Chen and Xiaoning respectively.
That gaze was so fiery and intense that Lu Shizhen dared not say that he was not welcome.
If she said she was not welcome, she wouldn't have to go back, she would be criticized and fought to death by these two people on the spot.
Speaking of the top money management capabilities in the country, it is really impressive.
On the return flight, Xu Shiyue upgraded Lu Shizhen's team to first class for free. It was not the peak tourist season, so the entire first class cabin was theirs, and even Qiuqiu was brought up with them.
Lu Shizhen finally understood what it meant when one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit.
Lu Shizhen specially picked a double seat when he came up, intending to let Qiuqiu enjoy it.
But she just forgot about Xu Shiyue's existence.
A slender shadow fell on Lu Shizhen's shoulder, and Xu Shiyue slowly sat down in the seat next to Lu Shizhen.
The blanket was spread out and laid flat on her legs. As she arranged it, she asked, "Did you check in when you came here?"
Lu Shizhen had been busy all day and his mind was a little dull. He didn't understand Xu Shiyue's words for a moment and was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Xu Shiyue smoothed a corner of the blanket and casually suggested, "Cat."
Lu Shizhen suddenly understood.
—The consignment that Xu Shiyue mentioned refers to Qiuqiu’s pet consignment.
In fact, there is another very important but unknown reason why Lu Shizhen always chooses to act with a large force first.
Qiuqiu is not a real cat, so she doesn't need to go through pet shipping and spend an extra ton of money. She also doesn't like being locked up in that cramped and dark space. In the past, wherever Lu Shizhen went, she would take out her body and enter the system space.
Lu Shizhen was also considerate enough to give Qiuqiu an extra external storage location in the system space, which was simply like a wardrobe.
Although at most there were only two sets of clothes in it.
"You mean Qiuqiu..." Worried that his hesitation would reveal something, Lu Shizhen immediately acted as if he knew everything and agreed with Xu Shiyue: "Yes, it's shipped. The value of this little cat will rise rapidly in the years to come."
Xu Shiyue just looked at Lu Shizhen's answer in her sight, lowered her eyes slightly, and naturally set her sights on Qiuqiu, as if she was very interested: "Can I hug it?"
Qiuqiu, who was pretending to be asleep, suddenly became nervous when she heard that, and kept stepping on Lu Shizhen's legs with her claws.
But Lu Shizhen didn't know how to refuse, so she could only give a reminder when she agreed: "Of course you can... But it's not very well behaved, you have to be careful, it hurts if it's scratched."
"It doesn't matter." But Xu Shiyue thought otherwise.
After saying that, she took the initiative to reach out her hand and calmly took Qiuqiu from Lu Shizhen's arms.
Siamese cats look slender, but they are actually very heavy.
Xu Shiyue's movements were not very standard, but Qiuqiu was as quiet as a chicken. The cool temperature of his fingers penetrated through his fur and into his blood vessels. Every time Xu Shiyue caressed him, he felt that his fate was in the hands of others. Even though he was a rebellious cat, he didn't have the courage to resist.
"This is the first time I see it so calm. It might have been noisy when it was with me." Lu Shizhen stretched his numb legs and watched from the side. He really had the illusion that Qiuqiu was a cat that looked to the person who treated him best.
"Then I'll hold you for a while longer." Xu Shiyue held Qiuqiu, who was curled up on her lap, and turned to Lu Shizhen and said, "Why don't you take this opportunity to rest for a while? It takes about an hour to get to the capital from here, so you can take a break."
"That's true."
After hearing this, Lu Shizhen really felt a little tired and yawned as he spoke.
I don’t know if it was the physiological tears produced by yawning that blurred the distance between the two of them, Lu Shizhen then said to Xu Shiyue in a normal yet unusual way: "I was woken up at five this morning, I’m so sleepy..."
As he spoke, another yawn came over Lu Shizhen's head.
But this time, when she closed her eyes and opened them again, she was shrouded in darkness. Something slightly tight suddenly clamped in front of her eyes, and her head, which was leaning on the back of the chair, was lifted up by a soft hand.
Her sight was taken away without warning, and in the dim light she smelled a faint fragrance.
—It was the smell that Xu Shiyue's fingers left on her nose intentionally or unintentionally.
The slightly cool fingers gently scraped across the fabric in front of my face, making a slight sound.
Although there was no direct contact with her skin, Lu Shizhen felt as if something was tickling the tip of her heart. It was itchy, but more than just itchy. It was like a hook that hooked her.
Her eyelashes flickered faintly under the eye mask. Lu Shizhen was at a loss when she heard Xu Shiyue's voice: "Go to sleep. I'm next to you."
Xu Shiyue's voice was as calm as ever, but maybe it was because she was deprived of her sight, Lu Shizhen felt that the coldness had taken on a hint of low magnetism, deep and warm as if it was right next to her ear.
Plop, plop.
My heart was beating restlessly and randomly again.
But the strange thing is that even with such a chaotic rhythm, Lu Shizhen's fatigue was slowly and peacefully released.
The faint fragrance slowly enveloped her from one side, slowly soothing her already drowsy and tired soul.
I don’t know how many minutes passed, maybe less than ten seconds, and Lu Shizhen really fell asleep.
Qiuqiu was not willing to be restrained, but Lu Shizhen fell asleep peacefully. She wanted to leave Xu Shiyue's arms when she was not paying attention.
But just as the body that was squatting there stood up, or even before it got up completely, someone grabbed it by the back of its neck, which is the most fatal thing for cats.
Xu Shiyue stood straight with a calm expression and effortlessly pressed Qiuqiu back onto his legs.
Then he stroked the back of its neck gently and slowly, lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the seemingly well-behaved kitten gently: "You'd better be good. I don't want anyone to disturb your master's rest."
This was the most gentle voice from Xu Shiyue that Qiuqiu had ever heard, but somehow the pads of flesh that she was curled up in suddenly felt cold.
An unprecedented pressure invisibly enveloped Qiuqiu's head, making it immediately nestle obediently in Xu Shiyue's arms.
Then, just like an ordinary kitten, it flashed its innocent big eyes that were enough to bewitch anyone, looked up at Xu Shiyue, and gave her a long and tender "meow", as if to show its understanding.
And the desire to survive.
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Since there was no point in keeping the guests waiting, everyone went straight to the celebration party venue as soon as they got off the plane.
The celebration banquet became unusually grand because of Xu Shiyue's arrival.
There are some things that I dare not say above as it would seem that I have little knowledge, but the slacking off group was in an uproar. Members who attended the celebration banquet posted pictures of the scene one after another, saying: Miss Xu is really amazing, she finally made Editor-in-Chief Chen, this stingy person, pluck his feathers!
The delicious delicacies were placed all over the table in an extremely exquisite manner, and just looking at the pictures would whet one's appetite.
The members who were unable to attend the celebration party, as well as Qiuqiu who was sent home early, all drooled with envy.
What is even more valuable than an expensive and delicious meal is a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere at the dinner table.
Xu Shiyue looks cold and aloof, but he really doesn't put on airs.
She responded politely when Editor-in-Chief Chen toasted her, and when everyone was talking and laughing and occasionally talked about her, she would also echo and answer a sentence or two, just like a lion cat sitting on a high platform, proud and aloof but not strongly aggressive.
Seeing how friendly Xu Shiyue was, everyone slowly returned to their normal ways as the food on the table became less.
Loud laughter rang out in the box. It really was like a reward dinner to celebrate the great success of the book signing event.
Lu Shizhen just watched from the side, and from time to time he would pick up his phone to record a moment that would be enough to make them socially dead when they woke up.
She really likes this atmosphere.
The square frame stopped the scene at the banquet. Suddenly, Lu Shizhen remembered that she had also talked and laughed with everyone at such a celebration party and had a very happy time.
That was five years ago, when the school symphony orchestra secured the gold medal ahead of schedule.
Xu Shiyue was also there, and was also the protagonist.
"boom!"
Suddenly, the sound of wine glasses clinking together rang in Lu Shizhen's ears, bringing her back from her memories.
Xiaoning came over with a wine glass, forcibly took the glass from her hand, and filled it half full for her.
This person doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance, but he particularly likes drinking. Every time there is a party, he will drag people at the table to drink three or four times.
Lu Shizhen felt a little helpless. Just as he was about to raise his hand to drink the wine Xiaoning poured for him, a pair of hands reached out from his side.
"I'll take her place."
Xu Shiyue sat next to Lu Shizhen and took the wine glass from her hand.
Lu Shizhen was completely unprepared for this action. The raised arm firmly wrapped her in Xu Shiyue's arms.
The originally friendly distance was suddenly shortened, and the shadows projected on the wall seemed to be pressed together.
The distance was too close, and the floating air was trapped in a narrow gap. The fragrance belonging to this person was unreasonably rolled up by the smell of alcohol, and immediately surrounded Lu Shizhen.
The pure wine kissed Xu Shiyue's lips through the glass, and soon all fell into her throat.
Lu Shizhen was watching from the side, and from a very close distance she could clearly see the water drops on Xu Shiyue's lips stop in her pupils, but in just half a second, they were wrapped up by the tip of her tongue.
It was done casually, but it made the people watching stunned for a moment.
"Great!" Xiaoning, who was watching from the side, clapped his hands excitedly and swung the bottle of wine in his arms towards Xu Shiyue's glass.
"Sister Xu, come with me! Come with me, come with me!"
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
Just when Xiaoning was about to lock on Xu Shiyue as the next target for drinking, the sound of a vibrating cell phone interrupted her.
Lu Shizhen came back to her senses and looked in the direction of the voice, and saw the three words "Shen Yanxing" jumping on the screen of Xu Shiyue's mobile phone placed towards her.
Seeing this, Xu Shiyue immediately put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up and answered the phone.
The cold voice passed through Lu Shizhen's ears clearly without any disguise or fluctuation: "Yanxing, I'm here. Sorry, I forgot to tell you."
It's flying geese.
Not Shen Yanxing.
No last name, only first name.
Xu Shiyue's voice was as calm as ever, but Lu Shizhen felt that it was more harsh than ever before.
It was as if something suddenly fell from the sky and blocked her heart, unable to move up or down, making it difficult for her to breathe.
Xiao Ning was the second person to hear this. Seeing Xu Shiyue leave the box, she started gossiping drunkenly: "Is he checking up on her, or is he reporting safety? Who is Yan Xing?"
The party had entered the second half. Xiaoning had forced almost everyone present to drink two rounds of wine. They began to chat about everything. The girl who was very close to Xiaoning seemed to have remembered something. She patted Xiaoning's arm excitedly when she heard it: "Yanxing, Shen Yanxing, La Ge, La Ge La Ge... Miss La Ge from Shen Group!"
Xiao Ning was puzzled: "Who?"
"It's the Shen Group, which has close cooperation with many of Miss Xu's family's companies." The man explained vaguely, "That landmark building in City S was completed by the cooperation of the two companies!"
"Oh! Is this the legendary powerful alliance?" another person interrupted.
"It's not necessarily just a strong alliance~" The man didn't know whether it was unstable or intentional, and shook his head very hard, "I heard that Miss Xu and Miss Shen are actually..."
"No! Miss Xu is totally my type, wuwuwu, sister, no."
"Go to hell, what are you daydreaming about in the middle of the night? Sister Xu is mine."
The gossip topic turned to personal feelings. Xiaoning, who had been struck by Xu Shiyue's beauty this morning, held the bottle of wine as if she was holding Xu Shiyue, and started competing with everyone for it.
And as the topic gradually went off topic, there was only one person who did not participate.
That is Lu Shizhen.
She usually doesn't like gossip, and this time she is even more resistant to it.
Even the tone of voice became much stiffer than usual.
Xiao Ning was about to say something obscene while holding the bottle, but was interrupted by Lu Shi Zhen's voice the next second: "Xiao Ning, it's almost time, isn't it time to end? You still have to get up early to make a report tomorrow, will you wake up if you drink more?"
"But my sister Xu hasn't yet..." Xiaoning was a little reluctant, looking aggrieved.
But Lu Shizhen didn't give her a chance and interrupted her again, his tone was even more harsh than before: "There are so many people around her, you don't have to worry."
"Oh... then, it's time to go back..." Xiaoning nodded hesitantly, completely forgetting how disrespectful it was to end the party early before the guests returned.
Lu Shizhen glanced at the others who were not much better than Xiaoning, and sighed with a headache.
She didn't expect that the person who would get dizzy after drinking a little bit of alcohol at that time would now have the best alcohol tolerance among this group of people.
Bright light slowly fell from the box into the corridor. Li Zheng followed Xu Shiyue's instructions and stood guard outside the box. He heard a strange voice saying to him, "Li, I'm sorry everyone is drunk. Can you help me take them to the car?"
Li looked at the woman standing in front of him, a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes.
Not only was he aware of her name, but also the tone of voice she used when she gave him orders.
This feeling of déjà vu made him afraid to think further, so he just nodded silently, agreeing to help this person.
With Li's help, Lu Shizhen found it easier to send everyone back this time than usual.
She listened to Chief Editor Chen telling Xiaoning the story for the third time in the taxi about how he was cheated out of 250 yuan when he first came to the capital, and she closed the door without mercy.
The night wind suddenly blew, lifting the hair on the side of Lu Shizhen's face.
The slightly stiff ends of her freshly styled hair brushed across her neck, causing a slight stinging sensation.
The corduroy skirt was blown up by the wind and fluttered aimlessly.
Lu Shizhen turned around and looked at the bustling pedestrian street as if nothing had happened, but his sight could not find a focus in the bustling crowd.
She didn't know what she was looking at, and she slowly retracted her gaze from far away, and said to Li Jiang who was standing beside her: "Thanks for your help. Please tell Xu Shiyue that we are all drunk and sorry to leave first. She can take her time to call, there is no need to rush."
Lu Shizhen spoke calmly, but her tone became increasingly stiff.
Li heard this and hesitated to say something to Lu Shizhen, but Lu Shizhen had already walked to the side of the road again and waved to the taxi coming from a distance.
The night wind brought a chill that was not common in spring, and the taxi with the green light on stopped smoothly in front of its customer.
Lu Shizhen let out a light breath, and without any reluctance, reached out to open the door.
Unexpectedly, someone suddenly came from behind her and grabbed her hand as she was about to open the car door.
The feeling of being enveloped from behind by someone that he had just experienced once again surrounded Lu Shizhen, with the aroma of alcohol mixed in.
Xu Shiyue leaned towards Lu Shizhen from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, and said to her drunkenly: "Teacher Shiliu, how can you kidnap someone and not take responsibility?"
(End of this chapter)