The car drove deep into the Xu family manor and stopped at the door of a four-story Western-style house built near the lake.
Tang Zhi looked out through the car window. The exterior wall of the bungalow was pure white. The exterior facade was square and square with no protruding balconies. It was so smooth that it blended in with the cloudy sky and lake water, making people feel inexplicable. of depression.
The bungalow seems to have been built later than other Chinese-style buildings in the manor, and its design style is completely different.
It takes about five minutes to drive from the Chinese-style building complex to the bungalow, which stands alone by the lake, like a tombstone on the lake.
The driver opened the door for Tang Zhi: "Mr. Tang, we're here."
Tang Zhi looked at the door of the bungalow opened for him, hesitated for two seconds, and got out of the car.
It was the first time he walked into this strange-looking mansion, and his throat itched with uneasiness.
The entrance, living room, and stairs within sight were all covered with white marble floor tiles, and the furniture was all black. There was no firelight in the glass fireplace in late summer, and the house was filled with the aroma he had smelled near Xu Keyu. .
Tang Zhi felt uncomfortable, and every conscious skin on his body curled up and wanted to wrinkle.
The gray-haired butler stood at the door and told him expressionlessly: "Miss is still changing clothes."
Tang Zhi sat in the living room for a while, drank half a glass of soda, and then Xu Keyu went downstairs.
Like a flying butterfly, she softly hugged Tang Zhi's neck from behind and whispered happily: "Tang Zhi!"
Mixed with the smell of powder, light perfume, and the smell of aromatherapy, it mixes into a hot cloud that wraps the soup.
Tang Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the arms wrapped around his chest.
He found that although he accepted the fact that he was going to marry Xu Keyu more calmly than he imagined, he still could not make up his mind to hold her hand.
"Miss." The housekeeper suddenly called Xu Keyu.
The arms around Tang Zhi tightened, and Tang Zhi raised his head. The old housekeeper looked at Tang Zhi and Xu Keyu without blinking like a monitor and caregiver, and announced calmly: "The young master will go home for dinner in the evening. "
Xu Keyu slowly let go of Tang Zhi and stood up straight.
Tang Zhi turned back to look at her and found that her expression became a little timid, so he said to the housekeeper: "Okay."
"The young master also told me that after you see Mr. Tang, you should ask Mr. Tang to go to the guest room to rest first." He told Xu Keyu respectfully but forcefully.
Xu Keyu looked at Tang Zhi and nodded reluctantly.
She is a slender, thin girl with slender red eyes, a few freckles on her cheeks, and wears a pink dress.
Compared with when Tang Zhi met her in the first year of high school, Xu Keyu's appearance did not seem to have changed much, but her personality had changed. She was no longer so introverted, but became paranoid and uncertain.
At that time, Tang Zhi was still a good student with a scholarship, and he was sitting at the same table with Xu Keyu. Xu Keyu was a man of few words, and the two of them could not speak more than a few words all year long.
There was a mean fat man sitting at the table behind the two of them, who enjoyed making fun of Xu Keyu's freckles. Tang Zhi couldn't stand it, so he scolded Xu Keyu back.
The fat man bullied the weak and feared the strong, and did not dare to quarrel with Tang Zhi. After being contradicted by Tang Zhi several times, he no longer provoked Xu Keyu.
Xu Keyu wrote a note of thanks to Tang Zhi. After reading it, Tang Zhi stuffed it into the desk drawer and told her that you were welcome. He did not take it with him when he graduated.
When he was about to change jobs after being harassed by her, Tang Zhi spent a few seconds missing the Xu Keyu from before.
He didn't know Xu Keyu well, and he didn't know her motives for setting him up as the object of her love delusions.
But after more than half a month, when he saw Xu Keyu again, Tang Zhi found that it was difficult to truly hate her, but he also couldn't love her.
Tang Zhi put down the cup in his hand and followed the housekeeper upstairs.
Pictures of Xu Keyu, Xu Sheng and a woman in gorgeous clothes are hung on the stairs.
The photo frames are white, with fewer of Xu Keyu and more of Xu Sheng. Most of the women appear in the group photos, and they should be their mothers.
Going all the way to the second floor, Tang Zhi didn't see any photos of their fathers.
The guest room where he will live for two months is very large for Tang Zhi.
The room is decorated with beige wallpaper, dark green carpet, pure white bedding, a single sofa and table placed on the wall, and a small walk-in closet.
The floor-to-ceiling windows of the room faced the lake. Tang Zhi opened the curtains and looked out.
The iron-gray lake surface is like a huge jade stone, embedded heavily in the deep forest.
The dark tones and low rain clouds gave Tang Zhi a vague sense of ominousness.
According to Jiang Yan, Tang Zhi will stay here for at least two months, accompanying Xu Keyu to do everything he wants to do, and only after the wedding is over will the task be completed.
Tang Zhi sat on the sofa, quietly thinking about what Jiang Yan said about lawyers, but he still dared not let himself have too many expectations.
Anyway, he had nothing. It was better to have a chance to try than not to have a chance.
At noon, the housekeeper came to invite Tang Zhi to go downstairs for dinner, saying that the lady had gone out and would be back in the afternoon.
The housekeeper didn't tell Tang Zhi where Xu Keyu had gone, and Tang Zhi didn't ask.
During lunch, the housekeeper and two maids stood at the table, looking at him without blinking, which made Tang Zhi unable to swallow. After a few bites, he put down the tableware and returned to the room.
Perhaps because he got up too early, he felt a little sleepy, so he took a nap in his room, then turned on the TV and watched the replay of the lunch interview on Bingang Cable TV Station.
The topic of the interview is the future of the special economic zone’s chaebols as the term of the last remaining chief executive of the Bingang Special Economic Zone enters a three-year countdown.
The host and the guests talked loudly, predicting whether the complex business empire of the chaebols in the Special Administrative Region would be shaken to its foundations by the arrival of the new chief.
Such issues had nothing to do with Tang Zhi. Just as he was falling asleep, there was a knock on the door.
The maid outside said anxiously: "Mr. Tang, the young master will be back soon. Please come downstairs for dinner."
Tang Zhi hurried downstairs and sat at the dining table for half an hour before waiting for Xu Sheng and Xu Keyu to come back together.
Xu Keyu looked very shy in front of Xu Sheng and sat down opposite Tang Zhi without saying a word.
Xu Sheng took off his suit jacket and sat on the main seat.
In a slightly weird atmosphere, the three of them ate quietly for a while. Xu Sheng suddenly spoke and asked Xu Keyu casually: "When are you going to pick out a wedding dress?"
Xu Keyu's hand ladling soup paused in the air, and he looked at Tang Zhi nervously. Tang Zhi was also stunned, and then looked at Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng looked at Tang Zhi, as if his patience was about to run out: "Have you not determined the time with Keyu yet?"
From Xu Sheng's eyes, Tang Zhi read the dissatisfaction and contempt from the distinguished customers.
In order to make a living, Tang Zhi had no choice but to answer: "Just for a few days."
"What specific day?" Xu Sheng asked.
The question itself was a bit sharp, but Xu Sheng's tone was not intense, as if he just wanted Tang Zhi to tell an exact time. He added: "The wedding date should be determined early and invitations should be sent out."
While Tang Zhi was thinking about how to answer, he picked up the juice and drank it. The glass was a little slippery and he didn't hold it tightly, so it fell down and hit the table with the bottom. The juice sloshed out of the glass and flowed onto the back of his hand and the table.
The maid hurriedly came over to wipe it. Tang Zhi said sorry, got up and went to wash his hands in the bathroom in the middle of the corridor next to the restaurant.
The light in the bathroom is bright, brighter than any house Tang Zhi has ever lived in.
The white marble on the sink was polished to a gleaming shine. He turned on the water, rinsed away the juice on the back of his hands, and looked up in the mirror again.
Tang Zhi has a classic and rich face.
The ends of his eyes are long and slightly upturned, his lips are red and plump, and his voice is soft and has a natural hoarseness. More than one person has said that when they first saw Tang Zhi, they knew he was not heterosexual.
Tang Zhi thought so himself, but he didn't understand why Xu Keyu couldn't see it.
He turned off the water, dried his hands, turned around and walked out the door. Within two steps, he bumped into Xu Sheng who was about to walk in.
"Sorry." Tang Zhi apologized and took a step back, wanting Xu Sheng to pass first.
But Xu Sheng didn't move and stopped Tang Zhi.
Compared to just now at the dinner table, Xu Sheng's attitude was more distant. He asked Tang Zhi: "Can you be more attentive when you get along with Xu Keyu?"
Tang Zhi looked at Xu Sheng and said nothing.
"Especially at the wedding," Xu Sheng looked down at Tang Zhi and continued without wavering, "I will invite some relatives and friends, and Xu Keyu's mother and I will also be present. She is very keen, unlike Xu Keyu, so I hope at least on your wedding day you can do better than you did today.”
Tang Zhi's eyes first fell on the flat corners of Xu Sheng's lips. After Xu Sheng said a few words, he raised his face and looked at Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng is not like Xu Keyu. He has no powdery smell on his body, only a very light woody fragrance.
Tang Zhi stared into his eyes and felt that it was a waste to have Xu Sheng's eyebrows so affectionate.
Xu Sheng was not as patient as Tang Zhi expected. After waiting for half a minute, without waiting for Tang Zhi's answer, he asked Tang Zhi: "Can you do it?"
Tang Zhi looked at his slightly sunken eye sockets with focused eyes, and suddenly felt an uneasy tightening in his stomach.
"I'll try my best," Tang Zhi said.
Xu Sheng twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and commented on Tang Zhi without emotion in his eyes: "It seems difficult for you to directly say 'yes'."
"But since you accepted this job, I hope you can have professional ethics." He added condescendingly.
Tang Zhi's temper is actually not very good.
When I usually go to work and face customers, I have to sacrifice myself for five buckets of rice, but I can still control myself.
But after being tortured at close range by Xu Keyu, and before seeing the lawyer, facing Xu Sheng, an employer with a higher vision, Tang Zhi's reason seemed to disappear out of thin air just like last night, and he just wanted to Xu Sheng was angered and made Xu Sheng lose his dignified attitude.
So Tang Zhi smiled at Xu Sheng: "Okay, but I need to add some money."
"Because I don't like women, and I can't pretend it without trying hard," he stared at Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng frowned almost invisible.
Tang Zhi smiled and leaned closer to him, and said softly: "I like men, especially those like Mr. Xu. What about Mr. Xu?"
Seeing Xu Sheng's cold eyes, Tang Zhi felt much more comfortable.
But after a few seconds, Tang Zhi knew that Xu Sheng was not actually irritated by him.
Xu Sheng just lowered his head slightly and looked at Tang Zhi who was close at hand for a moment. There was a hint of sincere ridicule on his face, and he told Tang Zhi in a low voice: "I don't like things that are attached, and I don't like things that are too cheap."