After successfully coaxing Xi Duan to sleep, Duan Shutong rubbed his waist and went downstairs, drank some water, cleaned up the countertop, and mopped up the water on the floor before slowly returning to the room.
He lifted up the corner of his clothes, turned his body to look, and there was indeed a bruise on the back of his waist, which hurt even if he didn't touch it.
Just as he was about to take a bath, the phone beside the bed rang. He glanced at the caller ID. It was an unfamiliar number from Yanshi.
He didn't answer the call, and kept arranging and changing his clothes until the ringing stopped. But in the next second, it rang again.
Duan Shutong had no choice but to answer.
"Can you remove me from the blacklist?" Li Xiao gritted his teeth and kept his voice very low.
Duan Shutong raised his eyebrows, "Get out and make you make harassing calls every day?"
Li Xiao: "..."
He sighed deeply, his tone suddenly became weaker, and his voice seemed very tired, "It's up to you. I just want to ask, has Ruowei moved away?"
"yes."
Li Xiao pulled his hair violently and weakly, "She lives with you?"
"No," Duan Shutong didn't want to be gossiped about, "she lives alone. Is there anything else? I'm fine and hang up."
"Wait a moment!"
The crown prince of the Li family has never been so embarrassed. After canceling the engagement with Lin Manman, the Li family and the Lin family entered a cold war. In order to seek justice for his sister, Lin Huan continued to target him one after another.
He has not yet taken power in the Li family, and only manages a subsidiary of the Li family, which is the cornerstone of his promotion. But now, because of Lin Huan's existence, his company has encountered many problems, and it has been battered during this period.
Tribulations make people grow up. The man who used to be invincible and looked like a god in front of Pei Ruowei gradually realized that the world does not revolve around him.
Duan Shutong was waiting for him.
The man's difficult voice passed through the eardrums, "I hurt her many times before, and I failed to support her when she needed it. I almost... I deserve it for her not forgiving me, but Duan Shutong, I don't want to admit defeat yet."
"oh."
"She likes me, and the child she conceives is also mine." Li Xiao paused, "I don't ask you to take good care of her, I just ask you not to hurt her because of it."
Duan Shutong was speechless, "Hang up."
"Duan Shutong!" Li Xiao hurriedly said, "Take care of her!"
Duan Shutong smiled after hanging up, now that he knew he was in a hurry, what did he do before
In the early morning of the next day, the biological clock woke Duan Shutong up on time. He sat up as usual, but suddenly felt a pain in his waist, and almost lay down again.
When I opened the clothes, it seemed to be a little more purple. I have to go to Uncle Sun to ask if there is any medicinal wine.
When he went downstairs, he pressed his waist. He thought it was the same as usual, only he and Uncle Sun had dinner together, but he didn't expect to see the Xi family's uncle and nephew on the sofa.
The two of them occupied one side of the sofa, and they were neither far nor close. When they heard the movement of the stairs, they raised their heads at the same time, focusing on Duan Shutong.
Duan Shutong: ...
There is a lot of pressure.
He greeted him with a smile, put down the hand supporting his waist, and tried to make his walking posture as normal as possible.
Unexpectedly, when Cen Ning came out of the kitchen, he said, "Young Master Duan, what did you do last night? Did you hurt your waist?"
Duan Shutong: ... I just wanted to go downstairs for a drink last night, but I bumped into your drunk boss and hit the edge of the stage while helping him and hurt my waist.
Can he answer that? The cliff is impossible. After all, looking at Xi Duan's appearance, he must not remember what happened last night, and talking about it would only add embarrassment.
He looked calm, "I slipped in the bathroom last night and hit the sink."
"Oh," Cen Ning and Liu Zhifei helped put the breakfast on the table, "Is it serious? Why don't you go to the hospital later?"
Duan Shutong heard the words and looked at Xi Duan, and Xi Duan's gaze also turned around. The two were stunned for a few seconds, Duan Shutong took the lead to look away, and followed Cen Ning's words, "It's not serious, just apply some medicinal wine and rub it. "
He went to the dining table to help set the tableware, Xi Yu rushed over like a monkey, and joined him as a companion.
Under the surprised eyes of everyone, the young man served a bowl of porridge with both hands, and said shyly, "Uncle, have breakfast."
Xi Duan:
I haven't seen you all night, changed
He took it calmly, and said lightly: "You eat too."
That's all there is to it, but during the meal, Xi Yu kept sandwiching this and that for Xi Duan, just like a filial and good nephew.
Duan Shutong, Cen Ning and the others were watching the fun, they looked at Xi Yu with embarrassment, and secretly glared at them.
Cen Ning reacted the fastest, quickly picked up the pickled radish and handed it to Liu Zhifei, and said with concern, "Brother, eat more."
Liu Zhifei: ... Brother, thank you, but I don't like carrots.
He pinpointed pickled cucumbers, reciprocated them, stuffed them into Cen Ning's bowl, and said earnestly, "Brother Cen, you've worked hard, so you should eat more."
Cen Ning wanted to cry, but he hated pickled cucumbers.
With their booing, Xi Yu felt much more at ease. He was immersed in the important task of repairing the relationship between his uncle and his nephew, and he didn't notice Duan Shutong who was "lonely" eating at the side.
Looking at the mountains of "filial piety" on the plate, Xi Duan felt a little helpless, he reached out to stop Xi Yu from making another filial piety, his corner of the eye glanced at the two subordinates of Shau Bao, and finally landed on the young man opposite him.
Xi Yu followed his gaze, and a look of annoyance suddenly appeared on his face. It was too rude to leave Brother Duan alone like this, so Qiqi Ai Ai put a piece of poached egg for Duan Shutong, her big eyes were full of sincerity, "Brother Duan, you should also eat more point."
Seeing Duan Shutong take it with a smile, Xi Duan looked away and started to eat slowly.
After the meal, Duan Shutong found Uncle Sun to get the medicinal wine and was about to go upstairs to wipe it off. Seeing that the people at Xiduan hadn't left the house yet, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to work today?"
Xi Duan's eyes fell on the medicinal wine in his hand, "Take a day off. Can you wipe it yourself?"
Duan Shutong nodded, "I can get it." After saying that, he quickly looked away and went upstairs with his waist supported.
Looking at Xi Duan, it always reminded him of the closeness in the kitchen last night. He still clearly remembered that when Xi Duan pounced on him, there was a faint scent of rosin mixed with a little bit of wine, which made people feel nostalgic.
He regretted a little, regretting that he agreed to live together without careful consideration before.
Duan Shutong had to remind himself all the time that Xi Duan was the third male, he had someone he liked, even if he wasn't with Pei Ruowei in the future, he wouldn't be with a man.
After rubbing the medicinal wine, he hurried out to the Spring and Autumn Hall.
Zhou Ling has resigned, and now he has no assistants. The company plans to recruit some new technicians.
With the current reputation of Chunqiu Hall, it is still very easy to recruit people. However, the researcher Duan Shutong wants may be different from what Zhai Jun and the others think.
He went to Zhai Jun's office, Gao Fang poured tea for the two of them, and left with interest.
"What's Duan Shao's order?" Zhai Jun smiled and took a sip of tea.
Duan Shutong didn't correct his address, "I heard that the company has a recruitment plan recently, right?"
Zhai Jun nodded, "Just say what you need."
"I want to wait for No. 2 to come out, and then recruit a few researchers with professional counterparts." He cut straight to the point, "The original intention of developing No. 1 is to revitalize Chunqiu Hall. Manager Zhai must also know that the medicinal value of No. 2 is even greater. High, it has been out of the category of skin care products.”
Zhai Jun was puzzled, "What does Young Master Duan mean?"
"We are a pharmaceutical company, and we have the qualifications for pharmaceuticals. It would be wasteful to specialize in the field of skin care products. After No. 2 comes out, I want to build a laboratory with more complete equipment to specialize in the research and development of drugs."
Chunqiutang's laboratory was built many years ago and is not advanced enough.
"This drug... refers to?" Zhai Jun felt that he couldn't get his head around.
Duan Shutong smiled, "I haven't decided what kind of medicine to make yet."
Zhai Jun: "..."
Forget it, Duan Shao's ingenuity is indispensable for Chunqiu Hall to be what it is today, why not just build a laboratory, what a big deal. Besides, even if Chunqiu Tang's money is gone, there will still be Duan's behind.
"Duan Shao's plan, the whole company, must give full support!" Zhai Jun temporarily gave up thinking about the laboratory, and said with a smile, "But there is one thing that Duan Shao appreciates."
"You say."
"Our Chunhua No. 1 has achieved such a great victory. The whole company is very excited. In order to encourage everyone, I want to hold a celebration banquet. We will sit together and have a meal to enhance cohesion. What do you think?"
"when?"
"Just this Friday night." Zhai Jun was worried that Duan Shutong would disdain to attend this kind of gathering, so he lobbied shyly, "Duan Shao is the biggest contributor, everyone hopes you can attend, look..."
Duan Shutong had no reason to refuse, and simply said: "I will go."
"There's also Designer Pei." Zhai Jun pushed forward.
Duan Shutong shook his head, "She is pregnant, which is inconvenient."
"Convenience and convenience," Zhai Jun desperately suppressed his gossip expression, "I won't let her drink, she is a great hero, we can't all go, she is the only one missing, right?"
Duan Shutong thought about it, so he agreed.
After leaving the office, he was about to ask Pei Ruowei on WeChat, when he saw the unread message from Pei Ruowei: Li Xiao said he would never come to me again. Can I move out
Duan Shutong: Are you not used to living here
Pei Ruowei: I am really not used to living in such a big house by myself. [cover face][cover face][cover face]
Duan Shutong: Do you believe him
Pei Ruowei: Half. Just as a last chance.
Duan Shutong: Okay, I will tell my friend.
He is well aware of the loneliness of living alone in a big house, and it happens that he also wants to move out of Xi Duan's house.
After a pause, he sent another message: On Friday night, the company will hold a celebration banquet, so you don't need to drink, will you come
Pei Ruowei hadn't had any social activities for too long, so she agreed after a little thought.
The two communicated to move on the weekend, so Duan Shutong turned off his phone and went to find He Run.
From now on, he will specialize in medicine, and He Run will lead Chunqiutang's skin care products.
He Run was obviously a little surprised when he heard his intention, but he accepted it well.
Duan Shutong patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "No matter what happens in the future, we can discuss it."
Director He nodded with a smile. He is ambitious now, so naturally there is no need to refuse.