Went on a business trip and broke her leg, Yanliang thought it would be a joke if it got out, her mother called to ask her how she was doing, although she was sitting on the hospital bed and hadn't finished bandaging, but she could only grit her teeth and endure the pain, playing sloppy with her mother : "Everything is fine."
"The situation at home is not good at all." Mother Yan seemed to have a stomach full of bitterness, and she couldn't help pouring it out immediately.
The slight pain caused by the bandaging made Yan Liang unable to concentrate, so she had to ask the nurse to stop for a while, to collect herself, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yanmu's tone was anxious: "Didn't your dad always want to send Ziqing and Zhou Cheng together? As a result, Ziqing made it clear to your dad today that she would not marry Zhou Cheng. You know, she never wanted to do that before." The reason for getting married early is to prevaricate everyone, but now that he makes such a statement, it seems that he has made up his mind."
This doesn't seem to be Xu Ziqing's style of behavior. She is very good at playing the trick of playing hard to get, so expressing her position and categorically rejecting her will not disappoint both her father and Zhou Cheng
Yan Liang felt that this was very good, almost secretly happy about it, but she couldn't show it in front of her mother, so she tried to ask with concern: "Then what?"
"What else can there be? Then, your father is in a hurry."
"oh."
Mother Yan was very dissatisfied with this daughter's indifferent attitude: "Why are you in no hurry?"
Yanliang was puzzled: "Why am I so anxious? It's not that I was forced to marry."
Mother Yan sighed helplessly, and said earnestly: "Although Zhou Cheng is capable, he is still the son of a driver. If your father wants to promote him, he will be promoted to the position of general manager at most. If you are trapped by him, you are no longer a threat. Now it's better... "
Yanliang smiled bitterly silently. So what if my mother is so calculating? Xu Jinfu's love for Xu Ziqing will always give her the upper hand.
What else did my mother say, Yanliang didn't want to listen any more, and finally said, "Let's talk about it when I return to China." The conversation ended.
Stayed in the hospital for observation for one night, no one came to visit, so Yanliang was happy to be quiet, but he didn't know that the middle of the night was the hardest to bear, no one spoke, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep, like an old patient sitting on the bed At the head of the bed, I heard the footsteps of the night nurse coming from outside the corridor.
Perhaps it was the nurse's monotonous and repeated footsteps that aroused a certain desire in Yan Liang's heart, or it was the night outside the window that made people feel bad, Yan Liang finally fumbled to get his mobile phone and called out Zhou Cheng's number.
Half of himself was thinking that Xu Ziqing's refusal this time must have made Zhou Cheng very frustrated. Wasn't it an opportunity for her
The other half of me is arrogantly despising this thought.
When a certain idea finally gained the upper hand, Yan Liang hurriedly pressed the dial button, not giving herself any room for regret.
It's been a long night.
This long international long distance.
As a result, someone answered the phone very quickly, but Yanliang felt that the voice coming from it was a bit unreal: "Hello?"
Yan Liang thought about it for a long time, but she quickly denied what she wanted to say one by one, and finally she just said: "Is it okay?"
She hesitated to speak like this, but Zhou Cheng was so smart, he guessed right away: "You know everything?"
"..."
"..."
"Is it worth it to be trampled by the same woman over and over again?"
"It's not worth it. But...it's always involuntary." Zhou Cheng paused, Yan Liang knew him so well, she could hear how decadent his breath contained.
Yanliang finally couldn't say a word of consolation, after all, he felt that this man deserved it and was pathetic: "As for being so cheap?"
"Isn't love a crime?"
Yanliang couldn't help raising her head and closing her eyes, like a fish deprived of oxygen, opened her mouth to breathe heavily, and then forced all emotions back, no one in the dark knew how ugly her smile was: "It's okay, wait for me I’m going back, let’s get drunk with you. When you sober up, you’re still the invincible you.”
Before Zhou Cheng could speak again, Yan Liang had already hung up the phone.
He deserved to be pitiful, so wouldn't she deserve to be even more pitiful? Yanliang laughed. In the empty ward there was only her laughter, the more she laughed, the deeper her heart sank, almost sinking to the bottom and turning into dust—
"Laughing is uglier than crying."
Suddenly there was a cold voice.
Yan Liang was taken aback.
Looking at the sound, the door is half open, and a figure is standing there gracefully. The face that happens to be at the junction of light and dark is hard to recognize, but those eyes are still shining despite the backlight...
"Jiang Yunan?"
As soon as Yan Liang's words fell, the man had already stepped closer.
Yanliang was unavoidably alert, "Why are you here?"
Jiang Yunan was much more casual than her: "Let's see if the little lion sleeps well."
"I hate that nickname."
"It's fine if I like it." As he said that, he pushed the mobile table at the end of the bed to Yan Liang, and put the takeaway carton on it, "It's still hot, eat it."
Seeing her not moving at all, Jiang Yunan smiled: "Do you want me to disassemble the chopsticks, open the lid, and put the food in your hand before you eat it?"
Yan Liang only looked at him warily.
He actually removed the chopsticks, opened the lid of the box, and handed the paper bowl to Yanliang.
She still didn't move, Jiang Yunan put on a clear look, squinted her eyes and looked at her: "Of course, I don't mind feeding you."
Yanliang frowned even deeper.
Jiang Yunan picked up the small plastic spoon and ate the porridge by himself. Yan Liang, who was on the sidelines, didn't understand what he wanted to do, and suddenly he came towards her.
Jiang Yunan's lips only touched the corner of hers, and she had already avoided it.
Yanliang's legs and feet are inconvenient, if he had kicked him earlier, but now he can only speak quickly: "Are you sick? Are you in heat?"
"Since I want to feed you, of course I have to choose a way I like to feed you."
The more expressionless he was, the more he belittled her, Yanliang pulled the pillow and threw him, but he hid. Yanliang was even angrier: "Take your takeaway and get the hell out, this is the ward I pay for, you are not welcome!"
Jiang Yunan didn't take her anger seriously, and pushed the food on the table away to leave a space for the contract he took out later: "After reading this, it's not too late to decide whether you want to welcome me or not." .”
Yanliang glanced at him suspiciously before moving his gaze to the document.
She is very familiar with this document - the strategic cooperation agreement with Johnny Well that has already been drawn up.
Yan Liang hurriedly looked through the profit distribution clauses. In just a few tens of seconds, his mentality changed several times. He was pleasantly surprised, and then felt puzzled in an instant. He looked up at Jiang Yunan uncertainly, and thought of something. On the last page of the document, Johnny Well's name was impressively written in the signature column.
Her familiar yet resisting voice sounded in her ear again: "I negotiated such a good price for your father, how should you reward me?"
Yan Liang shook her head and laughed, she had no time to deal with his teasing, she just couldn't believe it, and was still staring at the signature: "How did you do it?"
"This business has been delayed for so many months, Johnny Well will only be more anxious than us. Although Xu Jinfu values this cooperation very much, after all, he has suffered a stroke. How I will deal with this cooperation is unknown. My every move in New York this time has already shown that I am not here to discuss business, but more for vacation and fun. It’s good if the business negotiation is successful, and it doesn’t matter if the negotiation fails. Then you suddenly fell off the horse, Crying and clamoring to return to China, your status is already special, and I am very worried about you, so I can only obey. Maybe it will be a few months before I come to New York again, or maybe I won’t come again. This business is about to close Completely shelving, Johnnywell is naturally anxious, and he took the initiative to come to me, which means that he is completely passive. As long as Johnnywell is anxious, everything will be easy to talk about."
Yan Liang, who half understood, pondered for a long time before he understood everything.
"Why don't you talk?"
Hearing this, Yan Liang slowly put down the contract, hesitated for a while before looking up at him.
Using psychological warfare in business, this man is terrifying.
What about the future? Will he be her powerful enemy, or her powerful helper
Before everything is unknown, the only thing Yanliang can do is to pick up the bowl and chopsticks again, take a sip of porridge as a gesture, then raise his head and try his best to smile at him: "It tastes good."
The day to return to China is the next day. After all, she is "crying and clamoring" to return to China with a special status. How dare Jiang Yunan disobey it
Last time, only Yanliang, Jiang Yunan, and Secretary Li were on the same flight, but this time, all the colleagues from the negotiating team were present on the return flight, and the atmosphere was obviously much more harmonious.
Yan Liang sat on the side, listening to the vice president's vivid description of the game that lasted from afternoon to night the day before.
"It was already late at night when we left the Johnnywell Building, but everyone couldn't sleep. We planned to hold a celebration banquet overnight, but Mr. Jiang was disappointed and left early."
"The celebration banquet is definitely indispensable, let's make up for it when we return home."
Another director answered the question: "The feeling of holding a celebration banquet after returning to China must be incomparable to that moment, Mr. Jiang, what are you doing in such a hurry to leave at that time?"
"A date with a friend."
"Your friend is really great."
Yanliang has been listening silently, at this moment, she obviously felt a gaze that cannot be ignored was directed at herself.
Yan Liang subconsciously did something else to bury this perception—
She chose to put on headphones and listen to music.
But one second before putting on the earphones, Yanliang still heard Jiang Yunan's answer: "A person who is very important to me."
Ten hours later, the plane landed.
After the tired people got off the plane, Yanliang was the most embarrassed, walking slowly through the aisle on crutches.
When she got out of the gate and took her luggage, Secretary Li was there to help her. Yan Liang was empty-handed, but it was not easy at all, because Jiang Yunan deliberately slowed down. The colleague in front was a long way away, he didn't touch her or help her, he was as cold as he always was, but Yanliang still felt uncomfortable all over.
Seeing the colleague who was walking in front suddenly stop, Yanliang finally found something to divert his attention.
It's a pity that Yanliang's gaze was blocked by the backs of his colleagues, so he didn't see what happened opposite.
But soon, the colleagues slowly backed away, and Yan Liang finally saw what caused this little commotion—
Xu Ziqing actually came to pick up the plane in person.
Yan Liang's expression darkened immediately.
Xu Ziqing quickly came to Yanliang's side, looked Yanliang up and down, his eyes fixed on Yanliang's plastered leg, his brows were raised when he saw it, as if he felt so distressed: "How did you make it like this?"
Xu Ziqing stretched out his hand to help her, but Yanliang silently raised his hand to block her.
Xu Ziqing smiled awkwardly.
Colleagues have heard about Miss Xu's naughty temper and her bad attitude towards her sister before, and now most of them are seeing this scene with their own eyes for the first time, either looking at Xu Ziqing sympathetically, or staying out of the way and turning their eyes to see Look elsewhere for something unimportant to look at.
Perhaps in order to ease the embarrassment, Xu Ziqing also turned his eyes to look for something else. It seemed that at this moment, Xu Ziqing realized that Jiang Yunan was there.
So he called politely: "Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Yunan also nodded with a smile.
Yanliang watched the interaction between these two people with cold eyes.
She knows Xu Ziqing well, and knows what Xu Ziqing's gaze at Jiang Yunan means at this moment—
Her sister used her as a cover.
At this moment, Xu Ziqing was approaching a dangerous but valuable man with sinister intentions, his purpose was hidden under his charming smile.
Yanliang stood aside, with a hint of ridicule silently hanging on the corner of his mouth.