The afternoon before the banquet, Xia Li was busy putting the finishing touches on the exhibition.
The mobile phone placed in the pile of materials aside vibrated several times in succession, but it did not interrupt the movements of her hands.
At the gate of Beijing University, a black Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in the middle of the gate.
The car window slowly lowered, and the handsome elbow stuck out from the car window, resting lazily.
There is a bit of scarlet on the sharp-jointed fingertips, which flickers in the hot summer wind that occasionally blows over.
Xie Yin held the phone and opened the door to get out of the car, slowly bringing the cigarette in his hand to his mouth.
Biting the cigarette butt on her thin lips, she narrowed her deep eyes and closed the car door behind her.
The man leaned lazily on the car, and blue-white smoke curled up in front of him.
Xie Yin lowered his eyes and looked at several words of "Cancelled" on the screen, and extinguished the last cigarette on his fingertips.
Thinking that Xia Li was probably too busy to pay attention, Xie Yin was not annoyed. He was about to go directly to the exhibition hall to find her when the cell phone in his hand suddenly rang.
"Mr. Xie, did you call me?" Xia Lillo's voice came from the other end of the phone, "I was busy finishing the work just now and didn't pay attention to my phone."
Xia Li, who was standing at the booth, rummaged for a napkin from his bag with one hand, bit into the tissue package, pulled out a piece of paper and wiped the sweat on his forehead.
Because she was anxious to explain to Xie Yin, she spoke with some rapid breathing that she didn't even notice.
The man's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his voice was clear and pleasant:
"I'm at the school gate."
"Eh?"
Xia Li's confused voice came from the other end of the phone, and Xie Yin's eyes were filled with a faint smile.
"The dress has been delivered to Tingyuan. I happened to be passing by after a meeting and wanted to take Miss Xia to try it on to see if the dress fits."
Xia Li almost jogged to the school gate.
She stopped when she was still a short distance away from the man, took a breath and walked to Xie Yin.
"Mr. Xie, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
If she hadn't happened to send a message to Chu Shishi, she wouldn't have discovered that Xie Yin had made so many calls to her.
"fine."
Xie Yin walked sideways to the passenger door, raised his hand to open the passenger door and motioned for Xia Li to sit in.
Xia Li was stunned for a moment before leaning over and sitting in the car.
She looked around in the car for a week and realized that Xie Yin not only didn't have a driver with him today, but also changed to another car.
It wasn't until Xie Yin closed the driver's door that Xia Li said:
"Mr. Xie, did you buy a new car?"
The man responded and replied without changing his expression:
"The previous one was sent for maintenance."
Xia Li nodded and said nothing more.
Tingyuan is a long way from Beijing University. No one in the car spoke to break the quiet atmosphere, only the sound of each other's shallow breathing.
The sun shone in from the car window and fell on Xia Li, making Xia Li feel drowsy for a while.
The calm and low-pitched voice on the side slowly reached Xia Li's ears the moment she almost closed her eyes:
"Want to listen to some music?"
"Huh?" Xia Li opened his sleepy eyes and turned to look at the man beside him.
I have to say, Xie Yin's hands are really beautiful.
At this moment, he put one hand on the steering wheel, and his slender fingertips looked very beautiful in the sunlight.
He casually turned his head to meet Xia Li's eyes, stretched out his hand and clicked on the electronic screen in front of him:
"It's still a long way to Tingyuan. If you want to listen to music, you can connect via Bluetooth."
Xia Li withdrew his gaze from the man's beautiful hands, silently took out his mobile phone from his pocket and connected it to the Bluetooth in the car.
She chose Miriam Yeung's "Small Town" from her favorite song list.
I remember that she happened to come across this song from the daily recommendations in the music software the night before she went to Hong Kong City. She thought it sounded good and put it in her favorite playlist.
Later, when she was drawing the manuscript for the design exhibition, she often played this song.
The soothing prelude slowly sounded in the carriage. Xia Li turned his head and looked at the rapidly receding green belt outside the window.
From the corner of his eye, Xie Yin caught a glimpse of the girl looking out the window, the corners of her mouth rising a little unnoticedly.
When we arrived at Tingyuan, the servant thoughtfully opened the car door.
As soon as Xia Li got out of the car, he saw "White Cotton" running not far away and obediently stopped beside the man's legs.
Xia Li recognized the snow-white Samoyed on Xie Yin's WeChat profile picture.
The Samoyed wagged its tail and rubbed its furry head against the man's trousers: "Woof woof."
Xie Yin knelt down and scratched Samoyed's chin, then raised his head and looked at Xia Li, who was standing in front.
"Didn't you say you wanted to touch me last time? Do you want to try?"
"C-is it okay?" Xia Li looked at the cute smiling Samoyed in front of him, feeling a little moved.
"certainly."
Xia Li walked to the man's side and squatted down, carefully reaching out his hand.
His hand reached halfway, and when his eyes met Samoyed's clear and bright eyes, he suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Seeing the girl suddenly stop, Xie Yin turned his head and looked at her: "What's wrong?"
"No, it's okay," Xia Li curled up his hand slightly in the air and said in a low voice, "I'm just worried that it won't like being touched by strangers."
After all, even if dogs are cute and obedient, they are still in front of their owners. Some dogs may be wary of strangers.
A low hoarse voice sounded in the girl's ears.
"Will not."
The man reached out to hold her wrist that was raised in the air, and led her to gently touch the snow-white hair of the Samoyed in front of her.
Xia Li's breathing stagnated when he felt a warm touch on his wrist.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the place where the man touched her seemed to have ignited a prairie fire in an instant, burning her cheeks.
The shells of her ears felt a little hot. She lowered her eyes and looked at the hands with sharp joints holding her own and gently rubbing the snow-white and soft hair of the Samoyed. Her heart beat a little faster.
Xie Yin released Xia Li's hand at the right time and said calmly:
"He won't bite."
The Samoyed in front of him seemed to enjoy Xia Li's touch, and his round head rubbed against the girl's palm.
Xia Li was so cute by this little guy. With a bright smile on his face, he looked sideways at the man beside him:
"It's really cute. Does it have a name?"
The man curled his lips and looked at the girl with half-smiling eyes: "Yes, her name is Yeye."
Xia Li rubbed Samoyed's round head again:
"Coconut?"
Ye Ye seemed to understand, wagging her tail and barking twice at Xia Li.
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Xie Yin took Xia Li into the house and led her to the cloakroom on the second floor.
Opening the door, Xia Li immediately saw the burgundy dress hanging on the hanger and being ironed.
The man reached out and took the dress off the hanger and handed it to Xia Li:
"Try it on and see if it fits."
Xia Li took the dress from the man's hand and raised her eyes to look at the man in front of her.
Xie Yin walked out of the cloakroom, put his fingers on the door handle, and opened his thin lips slightly:
"I'll wait for you at the door."
After the words fell, the man closed the door.
When Xia Li opened the door and came out after changing her clothes, she didn't see Xie Yin in the corridor.
She lifted the hem of her skirt slightly with her hands and walked along the corridor to the end.
Looking down from above, her eyes fell on the man who was sitting lazily on the sofa with his legs crossed.
The man in the living room downstairs took off his suit jacket and put it aside. He was leaning on the sofa with a dignified posture, looking at the laptop on his lap.
Sensing her gaze, Xie Yin raised his head and looked at her.
Up and down, their eyes collided through the air.
Wearing a burgundy suspender velvet dress, it was well cut and vividly outlined her voluptuous waist.
The burgundy fabric made her skin as white as snow, and a large area of fair skin was exposed on her chest and collarbone.
It was empty and lacked some decorations.
Just one glance made Xie Yin feel his throat itchy.
He looked away from the girl without any trace, closed the notebook on his lap and put it aside. He raised his hand to pick up the teacup on the table and took a sip pretending to be calm.
Immediately afterwards, the man stood up from the sofa with his knees in hand, took the velvet box on the table in his hand, and walked slowly up the steps to Xia Li's side.
"Thank you, sir."
For some reason, Xia Li felt a little embarrassed when she was standing next to a man wearing this dress.
She lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to look into the man's eyes.
The mellow and deep voice was like a blurry and numb electric current passing through Xia Li's ears:
"This dress suits you very well."
A faint blush appeared on the girl's fair and beautiful face.
The man's eyes were fixed on her red cheeks, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.
Xie Yin opened the black velvet box in his hand and took out the diamond necklace in the box.
The man's slender fingers hooked the necklace and shook it lightly.
He came behind the girl, leaned a little closer to the girl's back, and gently helped her put on the necklace.
Xie Yin's sudden approach made Xia Li freeze on the spot.
The crisp and clean scent of ebony agarwood enveloped her, and the strings in her brain were suddenly torn apart, becoming blank.
The cold feeling on his neck brought Xia Li back to reality.
She subconsciously lowered her eyes and saw the diamond necklace falling on her skin, emitting a tiny halo with the light.
The man's fingertips inadvertently touched the skin on the back of her neck, running straight into her limbs like an electric current.
Xia Li's ears felt slightly hot without any clue.
Xie Yin lowered his eyes and looked at the red tips of the girl's ears, and deliberately leaned closer to her in a mischievous manner.
The rich and low-mellow voice, accompanied by the man's warm breath, sounded unhurriedly in the girl's ears:
"It's beautiful."
The air is mixed with an ambiguous atmosphere that is fermenting uncontrollably and spreading.
The warm breath sprayed on the skin between her neck, causing Xia Li's eyelashes to tremble slightly.
Before the blush on his face could fade away, it became hot again with the man's two simple words.
Xia Li opened his lips and tried to find his voice: "Thank you, Mr. Xie..."
The girl's soft voice came to Xie Yin's ears with shyness, as soft and soft as feathers blown by the breeze.
The man behind him had a serious look in his eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly to cover up the unknown bad thoughts in his heart, and returned to his usual dignified and cold demeanor.
Xie Yin grasped the situation carefully and took a step back to put some distance between the two of them.
Xia Li blushed and turned around, a bit shy in her amber eyes.
"I....."
The girl said "I" for a long time but could not say a complete sentence.
Xie Yin saw through her confusion at the moment, raised his hand and glanced at the time on the watch, and slowly raised his eyes to look at the girl in front of him.
"It's getting late. Miss Xia, please stay for a meal and I'll take you back."
