When Jicheng took Xia Li to Tingyuan, Xie Yin was having a meeting in the study room upstairs.
When she got off the car, Yeye couldn't wait to come to Xia Li's legs, wagging her tail.
It has to be said that Ye Ye was well taken care of by Xie Yin, which can be clearly seen from the shiny white hair that is carefully taken care of.
Xia Li smiled and knelt down, stretched out his hand and rubbed Ye Ye's round head.
Since the last time, Xia Li could feel that Ye Ye also liked her very much, otherwise she wouldn't be grinning so happily.
Ji Cheng parked the car in the garage and came up. Xia Li was still squatting at the door, teasing Ye Ye happily.
"Miss Xia," Ji Cheng took out Ye Ye's snacks and toys from the house and came to Xia Li, "These are Ye Ye's favorite toys and snacks. If you are happy, you can accompany her Play with it and feed it something to eat.”
"Okay, thank you, Assistant Ji."
Xia Li took a ball from Ji Cheng's hand and gently threw it not far away.
Yeye nimbly turned around and ran to find the ball, wagging her tail, and soon returned to Xia Li with the ball in her mouth.
"So good." Xia Li rubbed Ye Ye's head again.
After playing outside with Ye Ye for a while, Xia Li took Ye Ye into the living room.
When Xie Yin came out of the study room after the meeting, he immediately saw Xia Li sitting in the living room on the first floor, having fun with Ye Ye.
The man narrowed his eyes and his Adam's apple rolled up and down twice.
The employee just reported that the meeting had made him very angry, and he got angry in the study room before ending the meeting.
Originally, I came out just to take a breath and extinguish the anger in my heart.
But he never thought that the burning anger in his heart would dissipate when he saw the girl sitting downstairs.
He raised his hand and gently tugged on his tie, then walked slowly downstairs.
"Don't feed it too much."
At this time, Xia Li was concentrating on feeding pet biscuits to Coconut, when she was startled by the sudden male voice behind her.
A mellow and low-pitched voice suddenly sounded behind her. Xia Li was so frightened that her whole body trembled violently. As a result, she lost her grip on the pet biscuits and fell to the expensive carpet on the floor.
Coconut on the side immediately took the biscuit that fell on the floor into his mouth.
"Feel sorry."
Xie Yin lowered his eyes and saw the frightened expression of the girl in his eyes, and his tone became slower:
"scared you."
"It's okay, Mr. Xie." Xia Li came back to his senses and shook his head with a smile, "I was too involved in feeding Ye Ye and I didn't notice Mr. Xie."
Xie Yin sat down next to Xia Li and waved to Ye Ye who was sitting next to Xia Li's legs:
"Yeye, come here."
Yeye obediently walked to the man's leg, wagging her furry tail and gently sliding over the delicate skin of Xia Li's leg.
Somewhat itchy.
She looked sideways at the man who was touching Coconut's head and asked curiously:
"Mr. Xie, I heard from Assistant Ji that you picked up the coconut coconut?"
When she was playing with Yeye outside just now, Ji Cheng chatted with her for a few words.
From Ji Cheng's words, she learned that Xie Yin actually didn't really like pets like cats and dogs before, and that Ye Ye's appearance in Ting Yuan was just an accident.
The man's hand on Ye Ye's head paused, and he made a low sound in his throat.
Xie Yin took back his hand calmly:
"When I met Ye Ye, he was just a cub."
At that time, Xie Yin was not the big boss who could dominate the industry today, but just an ordinary person who had just started to make progress in his career.
So much so that at that time, he often stayed late to socialize.
It was raining heavily the day I met Ye Ye, and the raindrops kept hitting the car window, making it difficult to see the road ahead.
Xie Yin, who had just been faced with various difficulties at social events, was sitting in the car with a frown on his face. The rain was noisy in his ears, making him even more irritable.
A sudden sudden brake made Xie Yin, who was in a bad mood, immediately get angry:
"What's wrong?"
There was sullenness hidden in the man's cold tone.
It wasn't that he wanted to take his anger out on irrelevant people, but he was so irritated at the time that he couldn't control his tone.
The driver driving in front was shocked and quickly got out of the car to check the situation regardless of the heavy rain outside.
It didn't take long for the driver to knock on the car window: "Mr. Xie, it's a dog."
"Do you think you're going to throw it away?"
According to Xie Yin's temperament, it would be fine for him to throw away just a dog.
But even now when he thinks about this incident, Xie Yin still can't figure out what kind of psychology he had on that day when he chose to take the dying Yeye home in the heavy rain.
Xia Li on the side held his head with one hand and listened with interest: "What happened next?"
"later?"
Xie Yin took the biscuit tin from her hand, took one out and handed it to Ye Ye's mouth. Ye Ye wagged her tail and took the snack biscuit from the man's hand.
Xie Yin closed the cookie jar and placed it on the table in front of him:
"Later I began to be glad that I brought Coconut back that night."
Maybe it was a kindness that he didn't even understand that made God finally take pity on him, or maybe it was because Yeye himself had some kind of luck.
Since Ye Ye came to Ting Yuan, Xie Yin's business life has become smooth sailing.
To this day, he feels that he can successfully take the position of the head of the Xie family, and in his opinion, Ye Ye also has a share of the credit.
"It sounds like Ye Ye is actually a lucky puppy."
The man raised his eyebrows with interest:
"Lucky puppy?"
Xia Li smiled and said, "Yes, I heard what Mr. Xie said, Ye Ye is just a lucky puppy."
Xia Li smiled and stretched out his hand to touch the soft hair on Coconut's body:
"Then I have to touch it more. I hope the coconut palm can bring good luck to my graduation exhibition."
Xie Yin's lowered eyes fell on the girl's hand on Ye Ye's snow-white hair, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve upward.
The man leaned on the sofa with a casual posture, and his low and hoarse voice reached the girl's ears unhurriedly:
"I believe it will bring you good luck."
As evening approached, Xie Yin asked Xia Li to stay for dinner.
Then he took Xia Li to play with Ye Ye in the back garden of Ting Yuan for a long time.
Xia Li, who was tired from playing, sat in the pavilion next to the garden, holding his head and looking at the coconut palm rolling on the green ground in the back garden with a smile.
With great interest, he took out his mobile phone and pressed the shutter button on a ball of white cotton in the green grass.
When Xie Yin came out of the house with coffee, he saw the girl sitting in the pavilion, holding up her mobile phone and taking pictures of the coconut palms on the grass.
He lowered his eyes and glanced at the latte in his hand, chuckled, and then took steps in the direction of the girl.
Xia Li just took a picture of Ye Ye who accidentally fell while running on the grass. Looking at Ye Ye's funny falling posture in the photo, Xia Li laughed out loud.
Suddenly, a shadow fell in front of him, followed by the man's ebony scent mixed with a faint smell of tobacco.
Xie Yin handed the warm latte in his hand to Xia Li: "Why are you laughing?"
"I'm looking at the photo of Ye Ye slipping," Xia Li covered her mouth with one hand and snickered. She held the phone in one hand and handed it to Xie Yin, "Isn't it funny and cute?"
The man glanced at the photo on the screen of the girl's phone and responded in a low voice.
Xia Li took the latte that the man put in front of her, and the faint aroma of coffee spread in her nose.
Xia Li brought the coffee cup to her lips and took a sip.
The setting sun in the summer evening casts a layer of gold over half of the sky.
The afterglow of the setting sun now fell on the two people sitting in the pavilion.
The man just turned his head quietly and looked at the girl's small side face. The long and curled eyelashes of the girl beside him were slightly lowered, as if he was admiring a particularly special scenery.
Not far away, Aunt Zhou and Ji Cheng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the house, looking at the two people in the garden.
Aunt Zhou couldn't help but sigh: "Sir, it seems that he values Miss Xia very much."
"Yes, after all these years of working with the boss, this is the first time I've discovered that the boss has such a side."
Jicheng is the person who has followed Xie Yin for the longest time and is also the person who understands Xie Yin best.
During the years of following Xie Yin, he had seen all kinds of women.
All the ladies in those circles were staring at Xie Yin eagerly, and would try to get in touch with him whenever there was an opportunity.
But every time, he would be indifferently ignored by the man.
But only Xia Li's appearance broke the peace.
Aunt Zhou looked away from the two people not far away, turned around and hesitated to speak:
"But sir..."
She glanced at the tightly locked door on the second floor, sighed, and finally closed her mouth.
never mind.
Just be happy, sir.
In the back garden.
Xia Li could clearly feel the man's gaze on her, and her back was slightly tense.
Just when she was thinking about what to say to break the quiet atmosphere, the man beside her spoke first:
"Miss Xia."
"What's wrong?" Xia Li turned around and looked into the man's deep eyes.
There was a small distance, but when her eyes met the man's line of sight again.
Her heart still couldn't stop skipping a beat.
"I need to go on a business trip tomorrow, and the time when I will come back is uncertain, so-"
Unconsciously or not, the man paused.
"I might ask Miss Xia to help take care of Ye Ye."
"Ah?" Xia Li seriously doubted whether he heard correctly, "I take care of Ye Ye?"
"Well, Yeye doesn't listen to Aunt Zhou on weekdays. It usually only listens to the people it likes. I feel that Yeye likes Miss Xia quite a lot, so I wonder if Miss Xia can help me take care of Yeye for a while?"
Xia Li blinked.
The breeze in the evening slowly reached her ears along with the man's deep and sweet voice. The words "the person you like" fell into her ears slowly, but they were particularly thought-provoking.
Xia Li's ears felt slightly hot.
She put the coffee in her hand to her lips and took a sip as if she wanted to hide it. She slightly lowered her eyes so as not to meet the man's eyes.
Seeing that Xia Li didn't speak for a long time, Xie Yin pursed his lower lip:
"If you don't want to, don't force it..."
What he just said was half true or false.
It is true that I am on a business trip, and it is also true that I don’t know when I will return.
It’s a lie if Yeye doesn’t listen to Aunt Zhou.
He admitted that he was just a little selfish.
"I'm not unwilling, I just..." Xia Li coughed lightly and explained, "I'm afraid that I can't take good care of Ye Ye."
She had no experience in raising dogs and was afraid of being a disservice to Xie Yin.
"If Miss Xia is willing to help, I will send you a guide on how to take care of Coconut later."
The man's eyes were raised slightly, and he said with a gentlemanly touch:
"However, Miss Xia doesn't have to force it."
The choice was left in Xia Li's hands both inside and outside the words.
Xia Li turned around to look for Ye Ye, but Ye Ye was no longer on the green grass.
She looked away, thinking of Ye Ye's cute and obedient appearance, and finally nodded softly.
She raised her eyes and met the man's eyes with a slight smile, as if she was undertaking some very important task, and said in a firm voice:
"I will take good care of Coconut."
