Early the next morning, Song Xuanhe went directly to the company. At noon, because of Song's mother's arrival, he couldn't have dinner with Xiao Yuanmu. It wasn't until the two of them were sitting in the same car that Song Xuanhe found Xiao Yuanmu belatedly. Yuan Mu was a little abnormal.
Although Xiao Yuanmu usually has no expression, keeping silent is the golden style—unless it is necessary, he will not say a word to him—but even so, he looks calm and harmless, not as he is now , lowered his eyes thoughtfully, the air pressure in his body was extremely low, and the eyes that occasionally leaked were gloomy.
The quietness of the former makes people think that he is like a melancholy and beautiful boy exuding a cold aura, and his every move makes people admire and indulge, while the latter seems like a thoughtful, high-intelligence anti-social person, whose hairs stand on end with a glance.
If the system in his mind hadn't firmly told him that Xiao Yuanmu hadn't been reborn at this time, Song Xuanhe felt that he might leave the steering wheel and run away.
It's not a problem to keep silent like this. Thinking of the pool party that will be held later, Song Xuanhe began to find nothing to say: "Can you swim?"
Hearing his voice, Xiao Yuanmu slightly raised his eyes, pointed his long eyelashes in his direction, and then lowered them: "No."
Thinking of what would happen later, Song Xuanhe pursed his lips, and unconsciously frowned: "Then try not to get close to the swimming pool later."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanmu raised his eyes. He looked straight at Song Xuanhe, his pupils settled down: "Why?"
"I'm afraid you'll fall."
[Even if you say that, the boss will still fall, this is the main plot, and it cannot be changed.]
"Can you swim?"
Song Xuanhe was just about to talk to the system when he heard Xiao Yuanmu's voice. He turned his head and looked at Xiao Yuanmu in surprise. This was the first time he asked a question. The boss wanted to continue the conversation. The tone brought the topic back.
"Yes, but I can swim well." Song Xuanhe said, "I don't like water very much."
Xiao Yuanmu looked away, the neon lights outside the car window quickly flashed across his eyes, unable to see the expression in the bottom of the eyes, he asked casually: "Where did you go last night?"
"Old house." After answering, Song Xuanhe remembered that he left directly after answering the phone yesterday. He didn't tell Xiao Yuanmu where he was going, and he didn't know how he got back.
"How did you go back yesterday? Take a taxi?"
"walk."
Song Xuanhe pursed his lips. Although they lived not far from the company, the place where they had dinner was far away from the company. If they wanted to walk back from there, it would take about half an hour even if they walked quickly.
Thinking about it this way, for some reason, he suddenly felt that it was wrong to leave Xiao Yuanmu alone.
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The location of the pool party is the villa area in the western suburbs. Because the villas have just been put on sale for a short time, there are not many residents at this time. There are very few dwellings with exposed lights.
Therefore, in the darkness, the brightly lit modern double-story building with rock music blaring in front of him was particularly eye-catching, and Xiao Yuanmu, who had always been quiet, frowned.
As soon as Song Xuanhe opened the car door, people in twos and threes surrounded the lawn. These people were men and women. Among them, a man in a white bathrobe stepped forward, hugged him with a smile, and said, "I have an appointment with you before." You didn't make an appointment several times, but this time Lin Zi came out as soon as he called you, which is a differential treatment!"
"I still love differential treatment." Song Xuanhe pulled away the man's hand with a smile, grabbed Xiao Yuanmu who was at the side, and introduced to both parties: "Let me introduce, Xiao Yuanmu. This is Zhou Nan, my friend. "
Zhou Nan's eyes swept over Xiao Yuanmu's body, and then quickly moved away, "Yes, this is the one you've been chasing for a while ago? So it's not discrimination, it's about sex over friends."
When talking, Zhou Nan's voice was full of laughter, but he didn't hide his indifference towards Xiao Yuanmu in his teasing. He didn't even look at him when he was talking, and he didn't mean to greet him. It can't be said to be contemptuous, but there is absolutely no respect. .
Ordinary people would be a little annoyed when faced with such an almost ignoring attitude, but Xiao Yuanmu's expression did not change at all, calm and indifferent from beginning to end.
Seeing this, Zhou Nan chuckled lightly and said, "This one looks better than your previous ones."
Song Xuanhe shrugged and walked inside with Zhou Nan.
Walking into the living room, seeing a group of people sitting and talking, Zhou Nan winked at Song Xuanhe, with ambiguous expressions and eyes, which made Song Xuanhe very puzzled.
He turned his eyes around the people sitting in the living room, and then went through his memory. The original owners of these people here knew each other, but they didn't have any special friendship. He didn't understand the reason for Zhou Nan's wink.
"Young Master Song."
The people sitting inside also saw them, and someone stood up and said, "Xuanhe, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Zhou Nan agreed after hearing the words: "Since he went to their company, he has never appeared in front of others. Those who know him are going to work, but those who don't know think he has gone undercover. There is no trace of him."
The person who spoke smiled, and his handsome facial features were gentle: "I thought you wouldn't come today, and I planned to have dinner with you in a few days."
Song Xuanhe said with a smile, "I just joined the company and I have a lot of things to do."
The man nodded in understanding, and paused when he saw the person behind him, with a puzzled expression: "Who is this?"
Song Xuanhe glanced sideways at Xiao Yuanmu, and introduced again: "Xiao Yuanmu."
Only the name was mentioned, neither the identity nor the relationship was mentioned, which caused several people to look at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't figure out the relationship between Xiao Yuanmu and Song Xuanhe for a while, only one person knocked on the head, frowned and thought for a long time before suddenly realizing: "This is the one you chased some time ago, right? Speed, the knife is so fast!"
After the man finished speaking, everyone's eyes were on Xiao Yuanmu, only the person who started to ask the question looked at Xiao Yuanmu apologetically, then stepped forward and stretched out his hand and said, "Xiao Shenglin, it's a pleasure to meet you. "
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at his eyes with a good smile, and stretched out his hand: "Xiao Yuanmu."
Xiao Shenglin smiled very cleanly, with a sense of comfort that people couldn't help approaching. He said, "Which Xiao are you? The one with the cursive initials?"
Xiao Yuanmu nodded lightly, "Yes."
"Then we are very destined, I am also this Xiao."
Xiao Shenglin easily resolved Xiao Yuanmu's embarrassment, and when he spoke, he secretly glanced at Song Xuanhe, obviously expressing disapproval of his informal introduction.
Song Xuan and Wanyan smiled, and there was more real smile in their eyes.
In fact, before coming here, he had already done an analysis of the people who might appear here today based on the memory of the original owner and the plot in the book, so he had an impression of the people here, and even two on the sofa were stabbed in the back. The original owner's stalker and dog friend.
It should be said that most of the people at this party are the ones who will hurt Song Xuan and others in the future.
The only two exceptions were Zhou Nan and Xiao Shenglin, both of them treated the original owner sincerely, but compared with those few followers who were very flattering, the relationship between the original owner and these two people was not so good.
Zhou Nan is still a good friend who grew up together and often contacts at parties, while Xiao Shenglin, who went abroad after graduating from junior high school, can only be said to be an ordinary friend who occasionally contacts.
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes swept over Song Xuanhe without any trace, and when he looked at Xiao Shenglin, he seemed to have the same expression as others, and suddenly said: "I'm a little thirsty."
Xiao Shenglin: "There are juices and drinks here, at the bar, and outside by the pool, do you want me to take you there?"
Xiao Yuanmu didn't answer, but just looked at Song Xuanhe quietly.
Song Xuanhe smiled at Xiao Shenglin and said, "I'll just take him there."
"Golden Feishi." Sitting down at the bar, after finishing talking about the drink he wanted to drink, Song Xuanhe turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu: "What are you drinking?"
"Same."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows and looked at the bartender, who nodded.
But after a while, two glasses of cocktails with lemon slices were placed in front of them.
Xiao Yuanmu picked it up, took a sip, and then put it back on the table. Song Xuanhe propped his chin with one hand, and held the cup in the other, looking at the people who were flirting in the swimming pool outside the floor-to-ceiling windows with a dull expression.
No one wanted to drink, so the bartender went to the pool. It may be because of the wine, or it may be because of the lively sound of the pool. Although neither of them spoke, the atmosphere was not awkward, it was a kind of relaxed Leisurely.
Zhou Nan on the other side withdrew his gaze, and he crossed his legs and said to Xiao Shenglin: "Do you think Song Er and his little boyfriend are a bit strange, there is no atmosphere of a couple between the two of them, if you don't know that Song Er was chasing before That's him, and I didn't even realize they were a couple."
Hearing this, Xiao Shenglin glanced at Song Xuan and the direction of the two, and said with a helpless smile: "What kind of atmosphere do you need between the couple, I think they are pretty good."
Zhou Nan clicked his tongue, "What can you tell from a steel straight man whose mother has been soloing so far? Before Song Er and his little lovers, they hugged their waists and kissed everywhere they went. What about this, two You have to sit half a meter apart, have you ever seen this kind of couple?"
Xiao Shenglin frowned when he heard the words, and smiled slightly: "This shows that he knows how to respect others, and has decided to fall in love seriously. There is nothing wrong."
Zhou Nan rolled his eyes, stopped playing the piano to Niu, got up and said, "I'm going to go to the pool with Song Er, you can sit here by yourself."
Xiao Shenglin looked at the back of Zhou Nan who was walking quickly, and swallowed the words again.
Zhou Nan walked up behind Song Xuanhe, put his elbow on his shoulder, stretched his head and said, "Go swimming?"
Song Xuanhe didn't move his eyes, and said lazily, "I don't want to go."
"It's so boring to sit here. If you don't go swimming, go upstairs. There is someone who wants you to meet."
Knowing that this is the force majeure of the plot, Song Xuanhe could only raise his head, "Who is it?"
"You'll know when you see it." Zhou Nan glanced at Xiao Yuanmu and said, "Let's go."
Song Xuanhe looked at Xiao Yuanmu, and when he was about to say something, Zhou Nan said, "You are afraid that he will be eaten by others. You are on my territory. Don't worry, go up."
After finishing speaking, he smiled at Xiao Yuanmu: "We have something to do up there, you have fun."
Xiao Yuanmu looked at him for two seconds, then nodded slightly.
Song Xuanhe was dragged up to the second floor by Zhou Nan, and he heard him say, "You and the one downstairs are serious, right?"
"Are you serious or not?"
"Tsk, what are you pretending to do?" Zhou Nan glanced at him and said, "I have never seen you pay so much attention to any boyfriend before. Although I always feel that something is wrong when I look at it, I can't tell. You are not really with Lin Zi. As you said, are you planning to start a serious relationship?"
"Xiao Shenglin?"
"Who else?" Zhou Nan walked to a door, put his hand on the doorknob and said, "I don't think you and the brother downstairs are suitable, you can fall in love, but don't really fall in, don't say Otherwise, your family is a big trouble."
Seeing the seriousness in Zhou Nan's eyes, Song Xuanhe couldn't help but sigh, how ignorant the original owner was to treat a group of wolves as close friends, but ignore friends who really cared about him.
Song Xuanhe has a shortcoming, that is, when others are really good for him, it is difficult for him to speak hard words, and he will soften unconsciously in a few words, so for people he really agrees with and likes, He is quite talkative, even if the person gave him expectations beyond his ability, he would grit his teeth and hold on, fearing that he would be disappointed.
Probably because he experienced too much malice after his parents passed away, so even if it was a little bit of kindness, even if it was the care of strangers, he always wanted to return something.
So when Zhou Nan was seriously worried, even though he knew that he was not the original owner, he couldn't help but seriously respond: "I know, you don't have to worry."
Zhou Nan touched his nose when he saw him, and sneered: "Who cares about you, go in."
This is a study room, and a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses was already sitting in it. Seeing them open the door, he also stood up.
"Mr. Zhou, this is the Mr. Song you mentioned?"
Song Xuanhe followed Zhou Nan and sat down opposite the man with black-rimmed glasses, and raised his eyebrows when he heard his words.
Zhou Nan introduced: "Yes, this is the friend I told you about, Song Xuanhe."
"Hello, Mr. Song, my name is Zhao Si, Si of the temple, nice to meet you."
Song Xuanhe got up and held the hand he extended, pursed his lips and said, "Hi, your name is quite interesting."
Zhao Si smiled shyly and said, "Many people say that."
After the two sat down, Zhou Nan got down to business: "I asked you to come today because I want to invite you to collaborate on a project. The information is on the table, so you can take a look."
Song Xuanhe had expected it when he entered the door, so he didn't have any surprised expression when he picked up the information. He flipped through it and found that it was a project introduction for the production and design of intelligent robots. The content was detailed, from the budget to the goal. The prospects are also very good.
However, in the original plot, only Song Xuan and being called away were written, and there was no specific description of where he went. It should be that he was pulled up by Zhou Nan to discuss investment, but it was not mentioned in the book later, so The original owner should have rejected it, and he didn't want to cause trouble.
Song Xuanhe paused his fingers flipping through the documents, and moved his eyes to Zhao Si, who was a little nervous on the opposite side. Just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a very awkward place name from the corner of his eyes: "The address chosen by your company is... Ji'ao City? where is that?"
This world is not much different from his original world in terms of technology and history, and even the sections of each country are the same, so even though the names of the cities are different, they can even guess where it is.
However, when Song Xuanhe saw this Ji'ao City, he really didn't expect where it was.
Zhao Si on the opposite side smiled when he heard the words, and said: "It is a place near the national border in Yunshi, and it is very remote. Although it is called a city, it is actually no different from a small town, and our company address is still in the town. In the mountain village, it is more inconvenient to go in and out, but we chose the company there because there is a very rare mineral there, which happens to be needed for the robots we make, and it will be more convenient if the factory and the company are together in the future Improve supervision at any time during the production process, and we stay there, and it is better to concentrate on research and development.”
Song Xuanhe nodded thoughtfully. In fact, he only heard four words—very remote.
This is simply a place where sleepiness came to deliver a pillow, and he just wanted to find a place like this, which is not shit but can still live, has people to take care of it but is difficult to find, as a place for him to run away in the future.
"Where is it particularly remote?"
Zhao Si nodded nervously. He thought that Song Xuanhe was dissatisfied with the remote location of the company. In fact, he had pulled in a few investments before, and most of the reasons why investors gave up were because of the location, but he chose it because of the location. For my own reasons, I don't want to change it.
However, he is not willing to let go of every opportunity that may attract investment.
Therefore, Zhao Si said anxiously: "Although the address is very remote, I can guarantee that it will not affect the development of our company. Whether it is recruitment or cooperation, we have a fixed team and don't..."
"I agree." Song Xuanhe interrupted him and said with a smile, "But I have one condition."
Zhao Si has not recovered from the surprise of Song Xuanhe's sudden agreement, and he became nervous again when he heard that he had conditions, "You said."
"I want my investment to be completely confidential, no fourth person besides the three of us here will know about it, even to the rest of your team, I want you to maintain that there is only one investor , that investor is Zhou Nan."
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Zhou Nan.
Zhou Nan frowned and said, "Why do you want to do it?"
"I have my own considerations." Although we only got together for less than an hour, through the memory of the original owner and the description in the book, Song Xuanhe decided to believe his own feelings. He said to Zhou Nan: "This matter is very important to me. Important, not just now, even in the future, don't tell anyone that I participated in this investment."
Seeing his serious expression, Zhou Nan nodded after thinking for a while, and said, "I know, there will be no fourth person to know about this matter."
Only then did Song Xuanhe really laugh, stood up and stretched out his hand, saying, "It's a pleasant cooperation."
As soon as he stepped out of the study, the voice of the system sounded in his head: [The plot has begun.]
[Didn't it start when we came in? big bro.]
Having just decided where to run in the future, Song Xuanhe almost let go of a big rock in his heart, and he is also in a very comfortable mood. When he communicates with the system in his mind, he always has a smile on his face.
[I'm not talking about this.]Ergou's voice was a little anxious,[The boss fell into the water, he really can't swim!]
Song Xuanhe paused, a little confused: [Isn't this also a plot?]
[The problem is that the person who was supposed to save him did not show up in the plot! In a little while, he was really going to drown! Once the main character dies, your mission will fail!]
Zhou Nan, who pushed the door behind him, saw Song Xuanhe standing at the stairs, and was just about to call him when he ran into the next room.
Zhou Nan was taken aback, just at this time he heard the noise downstairs, he walked quickly to the window of the stairs, looked down and saw the panicked crowd by the swimming pool, and Song Xuanhe who was about to dive on the window sill next to him.
"Fuck! Song Er, come down!"
Song Xuanhe was also a little nervous, he was very average in swimming, let alone diving, but the system analyzed that he just fell into the swimming pool when he jumped from this window, and it was very close to the place where Xiao Yuanmu choked on the water. Now it was too late, Xiao Once Yuan Mu died, he had to die, even if he was nervous, he could only dance.
Plop—
There was a big splash in the swimming pool, Song Xuanhe floated up quickly, and frowned amidst the screams from the shore. He hadn't swum for a long time, and his posture was not very skillful. Quickly swam towards Xiao Yuanmu's direction.
Xiao Yuanmu felt that water had choked into his nasal cavity, and then choked from his nose into his lungs, and the strength in his body was also peeled off a little bit. Thinking of the force that pushed him down just now and made his ribs hurt, his body gained some strength , clenched his teeth and wanted to float up, but no matter how he moved, water from all directions still poured into his mouth and nose.
The calf muscles twitched violently, the body heat seemed to be drawn away with the strength, even the eyes felt a little bloodshot, the ear-piercing screams and voices gradually disappeared, Xiao Yuanmu slowly closed his eyes.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with dying.
How much difference can there be between such a lifetime, ending earlier and ending later.
The dean's kind smile flashed across his mind, and his expression gradually calmed down. In this world, the only thing that made him feel warm, and the only thing that he could miss was the dean. I hope that in the next life, I can be filial to her. .
"Xiao Yuanmu!"
In a trance, there seemed to be a vaguely familiar voice, Xiao Yuanmu opened his eyes a little and then widened slightly, with a surprised expression.
The light from the top of the swimming pool shines in the water, and the man struggling to swim towards him happens to be in the circle of light. The blue water floats around the circle of light, and the light and shadows of the water are scattered on his sliding hands and anxious face, forming a Xiao The most beautiful picture Yuan Mu has ever seen in his life.
The author has something to say: Xiao Yuanmu: My sweetheart is a mermaid, and one day he will come to save me with bubbles and a white halo around him.
Song Xuanhe: Is the halo you are talking about on the head of a dead person