In the early morning of the next day, at the Lishan Mansion in Xinglin Bay, Cheng Lang slowly opened his eyes amid the sound of the alarm.
The light in the bedroom was dim, like the chaotic thoughts of a person after a hangover. He reached out to the bedside table, pressed the button on the wall, and the blackout curtain slowly moved away, and the dazzling morning light shone in through the gauze curtain.
Cheng Lang closed his eyes, adapted to the light, rubbed between his brows and recalled what absurd things he did last night, and when he sighed and laughed at the absurdity, he seemed to retrieve some important information from his memory, and the movement of rubbing between his brows suddenly stopped.
When Gao Rui knocked on the door and walked into the cloakroom, he saw him arranging cuff buttons in front of the full-length mirror. At first glance, his expression was flat, but on closer inspection, there was a rare smugness in his brows, which made people wonder, isn't it? Last night's drinking still hasn't completely passed away—
Later last night, Gao Rui received a second call from Xu Qiao, asking the driver to take Cheng Lang home.
After the driver received the person, he reported to him tremblingly, saying that Cheng Lang had a smile as warm as the spring breeze and as warm as the sun on the way home, and wondered if something had happened...
What can happen? It's not bloody love yet.
Gao Rui didn't panic in the slightest, and even had a little refreshment.
After asking the boss for a good morning, he picked up the tablet and was about to report today's schedule, but he saw Cheng Lang made a gesture of pressing down: "I will emphasize again with all departments, the report meeting in the afternoon, in addition to the exact and executable plan As a result, I don’t want to hear any kind of nonsense discussion process where you think about it and think about it.”
Gao Rui's heart trembled, he glanced at the date displayed on the upper right corner of the tablet, quickly realized it, said "Understood", and suggested: "The meeting will end before six o'clock, do you think so?"
Cheng Lang lightly buckled the watch strap firmly: "Five thirty."
—
While brushing her teeth, Xu Qiao received Cheng Lang's usual good morning greeting.
Holding an electric toothbrush in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, she looked at the calm screen, trying to see a flower from the two characters and a period in the twelve strokes—does she remember this or not?
Before she was unsure of the situation, she didn't reply blindly. When she finished washing and putting on her makeup, she finally received the next message from the other party who couldn't hold back: "The hangover soup is delicious."
Xu Qiao raised her eyebrows slightly.
Cheng Lang followed another: "I'll pick you up after get off work."
Xu Qiao raised her eyebrows even higher.
Soon, the other person added a sentence with a strong desire to survive: "How about it?"
Only then did Xu Qiao put down the eyeshadow palette, moved her delicate fingers, and sent a message: "It depends on your mood."
Cheng Lang: "Okay."
Alas, being so serious, I suddenly miss last night's drunk version of Cheng Lang.
Xu Qiao thought for a while, and searched for an emoticon package that she thought was disgusting, a little rabbit gnawing on a carrot, and sent it: "Yeah.jpg"
Then, before Cheng Lang was ecstatic because of her well-behaved heart, he added a text description: "If you use the above emoji to express "yes", it will add points to Princess Xu's mood."
The other side was silent.
After waiting for three minutes, nothing happened.
Xu Qiao shook her head, feeling so bored, she didn't expect to receive the message just as she put down her phone in disappointment.
Cheng Lang: "Yeah.jpg"
Cheng Lang: "I searched for a tutorial on adding and sending emoticons for a while, waiting for a long time."
"..."
—
Little princess Xu's mood was indeed added points, and all the staff of Berg Jewelry Studio felt the same way.
Since the end of the spring break, Xu Qiao has been busy working in the studio in a "noble and glamorous" way. I don't see her sticky holding her mobile phone, nor does Cheng Lang pick her up from get off work. Although everyone dare not ask, they secretly draw conclusions , I think the two should have some kind of conflict.
But today's Xu Qiao looked refreshed and energetic, exuding a kind of doting hormone all over his body. Combined with the date of February 14th, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that the boss would make a big move and put People are coaxed.
The studio, which had been suffering from low air pressure for a long time, returned to sunshine. When everyone sat around the sofa area in the lobby and had afternoon tea, they finally dared to talk about the boss.
Seeing that Xu Qiao hadn't come downstairs yet, Su Shan asked softly: "Hey, did you see the news push two minutes ago? The boss and his group are so powerful that they actually acquired Long An! Long An is also an old-fashioned department store. Come on!"
Cheng Lang's identity and background were originally not disclosed to the people in the studio, but after appearing in the same frame as Xu Qiao at the London High Jewelry Show, the secret was no longer a secret after being reported by the media.
As early as during the spring break, several girls had met each other and wept bitterly, saying that they had no virtue or ability, and actually had dinner at the same table with the president of a group whose assets amounted to nearly trillions.
"Isn't Lanchen also in the department store business, why did he acquire another department store?" Pi Dan asked puzzled.
"I don't understand this. The content of the news is too long, and I didn't read it carefully just now." Su Shan said.
"It's probably the reason why big fish eat small fish," Rosa said a little bit more knowledgeable, "Now that the department store business is in a downturn, everyone is trying to find a way out. If you hold a group for warmth, you will end up freezing to death together. It's better for the big ones to swallow the small ones. Live one."
"Yes, that's what the report said, saying that Lanchen plans to pilot a new department store model."
"The commercial value of this merger seems to be very high. Is it due to our boss?" Rosa asked in a low voice, "I heard that the boss was parachuted to Lanchen last year. In this way, is it possible to climb to the top in one step?"
"Then I don't know." Su Shan took out her mobile phone and called up the news page, "Hey, read it for yourself, I don't understand those technical terms."
Rosa took the phone, swipe the screen with her index finger to read the report, and paused slightly when she scrolled down to a media photo.
The photo is of the signing ceremony. In the middle of the first row, Cheng Lang and a young woman are seated side by side. The two are facing the stage in unison, smiling and applauding.
According to the introduction below the photo, the young woman in the picture is Miss He Yuxuan, the granddaughter of the chairman of Longan Department Store.
That's not the point, and there's nothing surprising about it. For such a grand signing ceremony, it is a matter of course for the representatives of the grandchildren on both sides to attend, not to mention that the expressions and actions of the two are very businesslike, and the seats are separated by a normal half-arm distance.
But the problem lies in the emphasis of the media reports. The narrative below the photo, such as "a man with a beautiful face" and "a perfect match", make people have to trigger some associations that are not of a commercial nature.
"What the hell?" Rosa pulled down the report, "Why does this mean that behind Lanchen's acquisition of Long'an, there is a marriage between the two grandchildren?"
Su Shan and Lin Bai were shocked: "Who is married to whom?"
"Who else?"
The two probed over to watch the news: "No way, is the news accurate?"
"It's not exact, but the implication is obvious."
"No..." Su Shan was taken aback, "Isn't the boss in a relationship with our sister Yuli?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a burst of violent high-heeled shoes sounded suddenly from above her head.
Everyone slowly raised their heads, looked towards the ceiling—the direction of the studio, and swallowed nervously.
In the studio, Xu Qiao was sneering while walking wildly on high heels.
"ten."
"Nine."
"eight."
She held up her mobile phone for a countdown, counting from "ten" to "three", from furious to furious: "Two..."
The phone vibrated when the word "one" was about to fall, and the screen displayed an incoming call from "dog man".
Xu Qiao chuckled and nodded, "For you to rush into the deadline." Then he took a deep breath, connected the phone, and without waiting for a voice from the other side, he said directly, "You'd better give me a complete answer within three sentences." explanation of."
On the other end of the phone, Cheng Lang seemed relieved that she was willing to answer the phone.
He immediately said: "The matter of the marriage is created out of nothing by the media, and I have no ambiguous relationship with this Miss He."
"The first sentence." Xu Qiao counted down coldly.
"The media created something out of nothing at the behest of others. This is a business matter. It is aimed at me, not you."
"The second sentence."
"I guarantee that within ten minutes, the entire network report will be withdrawn, and there will be no such picture in the search."
"Isn't ten minutes enough to swell your ... ex-girlfriend's face?" Xu Qiao stomped her feet on the spot, "I've seen everything I should and shouldn't read, so what if the report is withdrawn? Are you not Is it awesome? The media release dared to release it without the PR team carefully reviewing it. Do you think my hair is too black and beautiful, so you insist on smearing me green? Last month, I made a high-profile announcement, and this month give it to me Cuckold, I'm a joke!"
When Xu Qiao said this, the more he thought about it, the more wronged he became: "People originally guessed that you and I were just playing casually, but now it's all right, the media all named He Hexuan as your real card, who would know that someone else They are playing tricks behind the scenes, everyone must think that the draft is only released after the group confirms it is correct! And today is Valentine’s Day!"
"It's my fault, it's my negligence," Cheng Lang said in a low voice, "I'll come to you as soon as the meeting is over, and let's settle this matter together, shall we?"
"No!" Xu Qiao said categorically, "I don't want to see you today, cancel it, cancel the meeting!"
Cheng Lang wanted to say something, but Xu Qiao had already hung up.
Outside the meeting room, Gao Rui, who had just given Cheng Lang's instructions, hurried over: "Mr. Cheng, the report is already being withdrawn, and the group's internal bulletin is also being drafted. It is expected to confirm the release before get off work."
Cheng Lang's forehead was twitching with blue veins, he closed his eyes and calmed down for a moment: "The external handling is not strong enough."
"Tell me." Gao Rui looked at him in fear.
"Contact the He family and publicly release a joint statement to refute the rumors."
"Understood." Gao Rui nodded, looked at the phone in his hand hesitantly, and whispered, "Where is Miss Xu?"
Cheng Lang let out a deep breath.
This kind of thing cannot be solved by mouth. Before he had dealt with the problem thoroughly, he could not stand up for calling her blindly and sending messages.
"Don't bother her, deal with things first." He didn't know whether he was reminding Gao Rui or himself.
—
Two hours later, the sky gradually darkened, and when it was close to the end of get off work time, the three girls in the studio saw that the door of the studio was closed, worried that Xu Qiao was bored in the room and couldn't think about it, so they sent Lin Bai as a representative to check on the situation.
Lin Bai knocked on the studio door nervously, but no one answered. He stood downstairs and looked at the French window of the studio, but there was no one there, so he worriedly took the spare key and came over.
As soon as the studio door was opened, Lin Bai, Su Shan and Rosa were all stunned.
A pile of messy drawing papers piled up on the floor of the studio. Xu Qiaozheng, with a pen in his left hand and a pen in his right, stood in front of the easel and created passionately—drawing a dog who eats shit with relish
Xu Qiao turned her head and saw the three of them, but she didn't hide her anger: "What's wrong?"
Lin Bai cleared his throat: "Oh, that, we..."
"Let's just talk about it," Rosa came in bluntly, "Did you quarrel with the boss? If you're in a bad mood, come out and eat something delicious with us?"
In the same way, just now Zhu Li called to ask about it, and even Yu Jin, who was far away in Italy, saw the news and sent a message to care about her.
"No, you guys get off work." Xu Qiao waved her hands, caught the sympathetic eyes of the three, and added, "I'm waiting for someone to come and admit my mistake!"
She doesn't want to be treated as an abandoned wife by everyone, no matter whether Cheng Lang comes or not, let's find the place first.
Su Shan suddenly realized: "Oh, the boss will come over later?"
"My principle in dating is that I never bow my head when I quarrel. He doesn't kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, does he expect me to urge me three times?"
The three of them looked at each other, and found that the situation seemed to be different from what they expected, so they retreated in peace.
Xu Qiao continued to draw dogs resentfully, just picked up the pen, suddenly heard Su Shan's excited voice from the stairs: "Look, look, the boss and the group's official blog have issued a statement!"
She put down her pen, picked up her mobile phone, and searched the official blog of Lanchen Group.
A latest pinned Weibo posted a quarter of an hour ago: "Solemn statement: This afternoon, some media outlets misinterpreted the signing of the merger agreement between Lanchen Group and Longan Department Store by using ambiguous and ambiguous terms without verifying the facts. and false reports have seriously affected the reputation of our company and the parties concerned, and our company will reserve the right to take legal rights protection measures against relevant media that publish false information.”
On the other hand, Long An also issued a similarly worded statement at the same time.
Xu Qiao's pent-up anger eased a little, and she was about to click in to read the comments, but when she scrolled down, she first saw a Weibo that was liked five minutes ago on the official blog.
A Weibo post belonging to a male celebrity in the entertainment industry that doesn't fit in with the group's painting style: "@何何玄—this is my girlfriend, please don't get me wrong, thank you."
This is Long An's daughter's boyfriend coming out to declare sovereignty
Xu Qiao was stunned for a moment, clicked on the male star's Weibo, and saw a bunch of comments on the bottom of his girlfriend fans who were crying and howling about their broken love.
However, there is another hot comment with a unique style: "They are all fairy boyfriends, the parties on both sides are so funny, pointing to Lu Lanchen's official blog as the top Weibo hot comment."
The reply at the bottom of this comment is full of screen swiping: "When you start a business, why do you learn from our brother? @兰智集团"
Xu Qiao was taken aback again, and returned to the Weibo posted by Lanchen.
The first hot comment is the statement of the official blog: "@格格珠珠工作室—This is the studio where our CEO Xiao Cheng's girlfriend is located, please don't make any mistakes, thank you."
Under this comment, Berg Jewelry Studio immediately responded with three expressions: "[Smile][Smile][Smile]"
Immediately afterwards, Lanchen Group: "[kneeling] [kneeling] [kneeling]"
"..."
At the same time, a new WeChat message popped up.
Cheng Lang: "I'm sorry baby, I've made you feel wronged, do you think it's satisfactory to deal with it this way?"