It was a video call from Xie Yin.
Chu Wang's words were interrupted by this untimely phone call.
Xia Li glanced at Chu Wang and tapped the answer button with his fingertips.
"gone back already?"
A low voice accompanied by a vaguely noisy sound came out through the mobile phone receiver, which seemed particularly clear in the quiet living room.
Looking at the faces in the video, Xia Li shook his head:
"I plan to have dinner at home before going back."
The man on the other end of the phone was leaning casually on the wall of the corridor outside the private room, tapping the cigarette ashes in his hand twice with his fingertips.
Looking at the girl with only half of her cheek exposed in the video, there is a slight smile in her eyes.
"Okay, let the driver pick you up when the time comes."
Xia Li nodded: "Are you outside?"
"Well," Xie Yin lowered his head and put out the cigarette in his hand, and said calmly, "some old friends had a party and felt a little bored, so they ran out to call you."
Today Xie Yin rushed back to the port city and was busy with work all day.
Before getting off work, I suddenly received a call from my brother, saying that Shen Yu was back and wanted to get together.
Xie Yin was not interested in such a gathering. He wanted to refuse, but the other party did not give him a chance to refuse.
Xie Yin sighed, thinking of getting together together, since they were all familiar brothers anyway.
Because we haven’t gotten together for a long time, everyone set the time very early.
There is a special tea table in the private room, and some people who arrived early started drinking tea.
The big men here all came to the party with their female companions. Halfway through the party, those people started to hug the women around them, drink and brag.
What bothered Xie Yin the most was staying in such an environment, so he simply left the private room and smoked in the corridor.
The moment the cigarette was lit, Xie Yin thought of Xia Li, who was still in the capital.
then.
He made a video call to her.
When looking at Xia Li with half of his cheek exposed in the video, Xie Yinben's still a little irritable mood disappeared instantly.
Xia Li said "Oh", but her mind couldn't help but think of the perfume she smelled on Xie Yin last night.
Even though she had told herself many times to be clear-headed about this relationship that was destined to be impossible, when it came to her mind again, she still felt like a thorn in her heart.
The sound of the door opening came from the entrance.
Xie Yin wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Xia Li:
"My parents are back, so I'll hang up first."
Before the man could finish saying "ok", the phone screen showed the message that the other party had hung up.
Xie Yin looked at the prompt and a helpless chuckle escaped from his throat.
Xie Yin put his phone back in his pocket and opened the door of the private room next to him.
"Brother Yin! You are back. The brothers have been looking for you for most of the day."
One of the people who was already a little drunk immediately stood up from his chair when he saw Xie Yin pushing in the door and invited Xie Yin to come over and drink together.
"Brother Yin, we finally got together, let's have a drink together."
As soon as these words came out, some people who were a little drunk also started to make noises.
"That's right. I heard that our beautiful lady Shen also came back to China specifically for you. Don't you want to have a drink to express your gratitude?"
"Yes, yes, Lao Xie, you see that our beautiful lady Shen has finally returned to China after so many years. No matter what you say, you have to express it, right?"
Shen Yu, who was sitting at the wine table, was a little embarrassed by their cheers.
She looked shyly at Xie Yin, who walked into the private room with a cold face, and raised his red lips with Zhannan-colored lipstick.
There were boos and cheers in my ears, but the man in front of me still had a cold expression.
Seeing that the man had no intention of getting involved, a flash of loneliness flashed in Shen Yu's eyes.
The smile on his face faded a bit, and he looked away embarrassingly:
"Hey, don't be embarrassed, Mr. Xie..."
Amidst everyone's cheers, Xie Yin noticed Shen Yu who had been sitting in his seat.
If they hadn't mentioned it just now, he would have almost forgotten that this gathering seemed to be for Shen Yu who had returned to China.
But he had no interest in any of this.
I came to this party just to go through the process.
From beginning to end, Xie Yin just glanced at Shen Yu who was mingling with the men on the table, then turned around and sat down on the leather sofa not far away.
The people at the wine table started to cheer even more because of what Shen Yu just said.
"Hey, Miss Shen, are you starting to protect Lao Xie now?"
"Miss, why don't you tell me how this piece of wood, Lao Xie, captured your heart?"
"Yes, yes, I'm curious too."
...
Many people were cheering, and Shen Yu smiled and glanced at the man sitting on the sofa with her peripheral vision.
"Excuse me for a moment," she smiled, picked up the red wine glass on the table, and drank it in one gulp, "I'm going to find Mr. Xie."
After saying that, Shen Yu placed the empty goblet in her hand on the table, turned around and walked towards the man not far away on her high heels.
Xie Yin was not interested in anything on the wine table. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, picked up the teapot on the table in front of him and made himself a cup of tea.
He picked up the tea cup at hand and took a sip.
As soon as he put down the tea cup in his hand, Xie Yin saw Shen Yu appearing in front of him.
"Brother Yin, long time no see." She looked at the noble and elegant man in front of her with red lips slightly raised.
Xie Yin just glanced at her lightly, without any emotion in his tone:
"We know each other well?"
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Shen Yu's face froze.
The only connection between her and Xie Yin was the old men who were still drinking with women at the banquet table.
Shen Yu remembered her time in college. In order to blend in with Xie Yin, she tried every means to get along with all the brothers who had a good relationship with him at that time.
Over time, she was also taken to play with those brothers.
She thought that integrating into their group would be more conducive for her to pursue Xie Yin.
But she never expected that Xie Yin rarely participated in their group activities.
At every dinner party at that time, Shen Yu would dress up carefully in the dormitory in order to leave a deep impression on Xie Yin.
What I didn't expect was that Xie Yin was absent from almost nine out of ten gatherings.
Each time her expectations were dashed.
But Shen Yu didn't want to give up because of this.
Even after she went abroad, she still didn't stop liking Xie Yin.
To be honest, she and Xie Yin were not familiar with each other.
Shen Yu still maintained the smile on her face, walked around the tea table in front of her and came to the sofa next to the man.
"Brother Yin..."
She was just about to sit down next to the man, but she saw the man next to her frowning tightly as he stood up and sat directly on a separate sofa on the other side.
"Don't call me Brother Yin, we are not familiar with each other."
He refused simply.
Xie Yin raised his hand and pinched his temples with a headache.
When Shen Yu walked over just now, he smelled her strong and pungent perfume, which made him feel a little nauseous.
"I......"
Shen Yu didn't know what to do now and could only maintain an awkward smile on her face.
"Xie, Mr. Xie," she bit her red lips and introduced herself awkwardly, "My name is Shen Yu. Maybe Mr. Xie is not very familiar with me, but I have heard of Mr. Xie's name a long time ago. ”
"Mr. Xie, do we know each other now?"
Xie Yin took a slender cigarette from the cigarette case, held the cigarette butt between his slender fingertips and tapped it twice on the cigarette case before bringing it to his lips.
He took the metal cigarette lighter at hand and lit the cigarette.
The blue-white smoke shrouded the man's indifferent expression. He took a deep breath from the cigarette in his hand, frowned and slowly exhaled the smoke.
Shen Yu looked at the man in front of her expectantly, waiting nervously for Xie Yin's answer.
I saw the man in front of me lightly tapping the cigarette ashes in his hand and said calmly:
"I'm not interested in getting to know you."
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After dinner at Xia's house, both Xia Li and Chu Wang planned to go home.
The two stepped into the elevator door one after another. Xia Li pressed the button for the first floor and his eyes fell on the elevator door that slowly closed.
In the small and airtight elevator space, Chu Wang turned his head and looked at Xia Li, who was looking up at the electronic screen showing the elevator floor.
"Li Li."
He broke the original silence.
Catching Xia Li's gaze towards him, Chu Wang said seriously:
"From a friend's point of view, I actually hope you can divorce Xie Yin."
"Why?" Xia Li asked.
She felt that Chu Wang had been acting strangely recently.
It seemed that ever since she learned about her marriage to Xie Yin, she had a vague feeling that Chu Wang was a little strange.
Including what he said to her before dinner today and now, it seemed that he was trying to persuade her to divorce Xie Yin.
Every word Chu Wang said was extremely serious:
"Do you think Xie Yin will really love you?"
Xia Li was stunned, not knowing how to answer his question.
Will Xie Yin really love her?
Of course she didn't know whether Xie Yin loved her or not, but their original motivation for getting married was only based on each other's interests.
Seeing that the girl didn't answer, Chu Wang asked again:
"Li Li, do you love Xie Yin?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator made a "ding" sound and the elevator door opened slowly.
Xia Li stepped out of the elevator and changed the topic directly:
"Brother Chu Wang, the car to pick me up has arrived, I'll leave first."
With that said, Xia Li walked towards the door of the unit without looking back.
"Li Li."
Chu Wang looked at her back as she sped up and left, and couldn't help but raise her voice:
"Actually, you don't have Xie Yin in your heart at all, do you?"
"I know why you married him. Is it for the Xia family?"
Xia Li paused and turned around to look at Chu Wang, who was standing behind him.
When Chu Wang saw Xia Li stop, he stepped forward and walked quickly in front of her.
"I know that you married Xie Yin for the Xia family. You don't love Xie Yin at all. You also know that it is completely impossible between you and Xie Yin, don't you?"
Xia Li was silent for a long time before speaking: "Did my dad tell you?"
Chu Wang said "hmm":
"Li Li, why didn't you tell me what happened to the Xia family? Why didn't you let Shishi tell me your predicament at that time?"
"Actually, I can also help you get through this bankruptcy crisis. Why would you rather consider Xie Yin than me?"
It was pitch black outside.
There was a black Rolls-Royce Phantom parked in the center outside the unit door.
The driver who got out of the car to smoke happened to see Chu Wang and Xia Li through the glass of the unit door.
Although he didn't know what the two of them were talking about, he remembered what Mr. Xie had specifically said before going on a business trip.
He said that if someone of the opposite sex appears around his wife, he must report it to him.
At that time, the driver only felt strange. After all, he certainly didn't know what his boss was thinking.
In fact, Xie Yin's idea was very simple. He just wanted to know a few of the opposite sexes around Xia Li and see which of them were dangerous love rivals for him.
As an excellent employee around Mr. Xie, the driver did not hesitate to take out his mobile phone from his pocket while chewing a cigarette, filmed the scene inside the door, and sent it to the boss.
At this moment, the man far away in Hong Kong City left the boring party early and was sitting in the car with his eyes closed to relax.
The phone at his hand vibrated twice. He opened his eyes, took it and opened it.
Looking at the pictures sent by the driver, his deep eyes narrowed.
