Chapter 43 43 I always have similar dreams, and the protagonists in the dreams are...

The two men walked out of the banquet hall one after the other. At the entrance, Qin Jixiu met Mr. Cheng. He explained that he had to go out for something and would be back later.

Seeing the young man behind Qin Jixiu, who was of outstanding appearance and about the same age as the little girl, Mr. Cheng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Who is this?"

To avoid further discussion, Qin Jixiu said casually, "This is a friend of mine. I'll excuse myself for now."

Afterwards, he casually pushed open a half-open door, which turned out to be a lounge. He and Shi Rui walked in and turned on the lights in the room.

Turning around, Qin Jixiu had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but when the words came to his lips, only concern remained. He asked, "Is it okay to eat dessert since your cold hasn't healed yet?"

Shi Rui's expression changed from apprehension to confusion and then to joy. He thought for a moment and said, "I didn't eat it. Shi Xi took it. I just borrowed the cake to take a picture."

Mentioning Shi Xi, Qin Jixiu's brows furrowed again. He couldn't help but ask, "How old is he this year? How long has he been with Mr. Shi? Do Mr. Shi's wife and son know about it? Why didn't you stop him? Or do you agree with your brother's actions? Destroying other people's families is not what a good person does."

Shi Rui wanted to drag Shi Xi over and strangle him to death. He clenched his fists and began to make up a lie: "He and President Shi just met this year. I asked him, and Shi Xi said that they are close friends regardless of age, and it's not the kind of relationship that's shameful."

Qin Jixiu sneered, "A friend of different ages wants to call Shi Wenjun 'dear'? Do you think you're coaxing a three-year-old?"

Shi Rui quickly nodded his temples and said, "My brother has had a mental problem since he was young. He thinks he can be so close to everyone. He lacks a sense of boundaries. You've noticed that, right?"

Qin Jixiu said honestly: "Yes."

As if the situation had been resolved, Shi Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Jixiu then asked, "Then is it appropriate for you to come along? This isn't an ordinary cocktail party. The Cheng family is very influential in Yuancheng. This cocktail party is like throwing a bouquet for their daughter. Are you interested too?"

Shi Rui quickly shook his head, and in order to distance himself from the matter and sell out Shi Xi without any psychological burden, he said, "My brother lied to me and said I was just having dinner with him, so I came here."

Qin Jixiu took a sudden step closer to him, stared into his eyes and said, "Really? Mr. Cheng's invitation is very valuable. Is your brother's relationship with Mr. Shi so good that Mr. Shi would ask for an extra invitation for you?"

Meeting Qin Jixiu's hawk-like sharp gaze, Shi Rui mechanically replied, "I don't know. Maybe Mr. Shi is more appreciative of pretty idiots like Shi Xi. I don't understand either."

Qin Jixiu thought about it and it was true. Different people have different tastes. Maybe when he was a child, he always thought that boys like Shi Xi were innocent and cute.

He didn't dwell on this issue anymore. As soon as the room became quiet, Qin Jixiu immediately remembered what he had done last night while listening to Shi Rui's voice on the phone, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He turned his face away awkwardly.

Shi Rui suddenly said, "I dreamed of you last night."

Qin Jixiu turned around suddenly, thinking he was hallucinating. Why are you saying my words?

"I dreamed that we were standing in a large room," he said, looking around. "It was a large European-style room like this, with a bed and a sofa."

When Qin Jixiu heard a keyword, his eyelids suddenly twitched.

Shi Rui took a step forward, and the story finally reached the verb: "We are making love."

Qin Jixiu's eyes widened, unable to believe that such straightforward words had come out of Shi Rui's mouth so easily. He had desires, and it was normal for him to have erotic dreams. But Shi Rui and the others also had such needs? Shi Rui had dreamed that he...

When he spoke, his voice was hoarse: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Shi Rui had just drunk two glasses of champagne, and the floor heating made him feel a little dizzy. He heard his own voice say, "Actually, this isn't the first time I've had this kind of dream. Since my first day at the CEO's office, I've always had similar dreams, and you're the main character in them. At first, I felt very offended..."

"It's really offensive." Qin Jixiu straightened his suit jacket without reflecting on his own actions, which were obviously not as good as Guang Feng Jiyue.

Shi Rui smiled and said, "But you obviously like me too. I think it's okay to rehearse in a dream. I'm just exercising my rights in advance. There's no reason for me to need your approval to dream, right?"

For some reason, Qin Jixiu opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter the words "I don't like you." If he didn't like her, then what was the point of him comforting himself by listening to Shi Rui's voice? It wasn't that hard to find a movie to watch.

After thinking about it, Qin Jixiu stared at Shi Rui's slightly flushed face, wanting to take the opportunity to change the subject. He stretched out his hand, and Shi Rui consciously put his forehead against him.

Still a little hot, Qin Jixiu said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll have someone take you back to the hotel. Put your personal belongings away and wait for my call in the room. As soon as I'm done here, I'll have the driver take us to the airport. Do you understand?"

"But I want to be with you." Shi Rui said softly.

"It's not an important occasion, and I'm not the protagonist, so I don't need you to accompany me."

"Then when we return to Jiangcheng, are you going to continue hiding from me?"

Qin Jixiu began to feel guilty: "When have I ever avoided you?"

"A lot of times," Shi Rui muttered quietly, "I feel like when we get back to the company, you're going to treat me like a stranger again, and pretend that what happened here never happened."

"Won't."

"If you act like nothing happened, I'll tell everyone in R&D about it."

Qin Jixiu narrowed his eyes slightly: "What nonsense would you say?"

"I said that President Qin was on a business trip from Yuancheng and took the opportunity to trick me into his room and do this and that, but he turned against me and was so ruthless."

"They won't believe it."

"Then I'll keep talking until they believe me."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll ask you to leave the company?"

"Don't worry, I know your address. I will come to your door every day and pester you."

"You," Qin Jixiu suddenly smelled a faint smell of alcohol and realized that the reason Shi Rui was talking so irrelevantly was because he was drunk. He stretched out his finger and tapped Shi Rui's forehead. "I hope that when you sober up tomorrow, you can still face me with the same confidence as you do now."

Qin Jixiu pointed to the sofa and said, "Go sit there. I'll call the driver to come over."

Qin Jixiu was about to go out to make a phone call, but the call had already been made.

Shi Rui suddenly grabbed his finger and slowly moved his palm upwards until he completely held Qin Jixiu's left hand.

With his heart beating faster, Qin Jixiu heard even more thrilling words coming out of his mouth.

"Would you like to have a relationship with me? It doesn't have to be public."

Their eyes met, but Qin Jixiu didn't hold out for long before he looked away. He thought, this was just Shi Rui talking nonsense because he was drunk and had a low fever.

Shi Rui seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and raised four fingers: "I promise, I will never let anyone know about our relationship in the company."

After Qin Jixiu gave a brief instruction to the driver on the other end of the phone, he began to tease Shi Rui: "Didn't you just say you were going to spread our story everywhere? Now you're going to have an underground relationship again?"

Shi Rui opened his mouth, his voice sounding a little aggrieved: "Because I really like you."

Qin Jixiu's heart beat violently a few times. His throat felt itchy and he cleared it deliberately: "You really should go home and check if the date on your birth certificate is wrong." People of the earth sign are all reserved and taciturn. If they like someone, they can keep it in their heart for a lifetime. Who is like Shi Rui?

"Huh?" Shi Rui didn't understand what he meant and scratched his face in confusion.

Qin Jixiu didn't care about anything and pushed the man to sit on the sofa. Shi Rui looked up at him and suddenly laughed a few times: "I dreamed of this scene last night. I was sitting, and you..."

Qin Jixiu scolded: "Shut up!"

Shi Rui made a sealing gesture.

Qin Jixiu lowered his head to look at the well-behaved little boy for a few seconds, and couldn't help but reach out and rub his head. Shi Rui's hairstyle was messed up, and he immediately looked more like a puppy.

Qin Jixiu suddenly remembered and asked him, "This suit is not cheap, is it? Did you ask someone to make it?"

Shi Rui nodded and said yes.

"How much did it cost?"

This suit was brought by his father from Lincheng. Shi Rui was afraid that if he asked for a high price, it would arouse Qin Jixiu's suspicion, so he quoted a cautious price: "Three thousand eight hundred."

"It's not expensive," Qin Jixiu commented objectively. "Push the tailor to me. I think it's no worse than my 38,000 yuan custom-made suit."

Shi Rui: "...Okay, I'll look for it."

How could he possibly find it? Shi Rui was swiping on his phone and was just about to ask Shi Xi to pretend to be a tailor when someone poked their head in from the doorway.

"Brother, Mr. Qin, are you here? The dance is about to start."

For the first time, Shi Rui felt grateful to God for Shi Xi's appearance.

"Go right away." Shi Rui was about to stand up when he was pushed back by a big hand.

He looked up and met Qin Jixiu's dissatisfied gaze. Qin Jixiu turned to Shi Xi and said, "Your brother is not feeling well. I'll have someone send him back first."

Shi Xi's eyes darted around, and he said, "Then I'll accompany him to wait for the driver. Mr. Qin, you go ahead and do your work. I just saw Mr. Cheng looking for you."

"Well," Qin Jixiu was about to leave, but he felt a little worried. He walked past the door, took off Shi Xi's cute furry hat, and threw it to Shi Rui, "Wear this when you go out."

Shi Xi was threatening behind him.

After Qin Jixiu's back disappeared, Shi Xi looked stealthily into the corridor, walked in and closed the door.

Shi Xi immediately began to take credit: "Brother, did I show up just in time?"

Without Qin Jixiu, the confusion and helplessness in Shi Rui's eyes disappeared completely. He was a little surprised: "Did you come in to help on purpose?"

"Of course. Am I smart?"

Shi Rui squinted his eyes and asked him, "When did you start eavesdropping?"

Shi Xi exaggeratedly imitated his speech: "When did I start eavesdropping? From the first moment you started acting cute and coquettish towards President Qin, I was standing at the door. Brother, your throat is about to smoke."

Shi Rui coughed uncomfortably: "What's wrong?"

"So," Shi Xi leaned forward, a clever expression on his face, "the person you like isn't some ordinary-looking colleague, but Boss Qin, right?"

Shi Rui choked: "How do you know?"

"Even though I couldn't hear what you were saying at first, your eyes were fixed on him, unwilling to move away for even a second. I think you couldn't wait to stick to him, right?"

Shi Rui didn't want to discuss this with his brother. He stood up and said, "The driver is almost here. I'll go wait for him at the hotel entrance."

"Don't go, show me what you dreamed about?" Shi Xi said with a smile.

Shi Rui's face suddenly turned red. He warned Shi Xi, "Don't say anything nonsense or make random guesses. Just pretend you didn't hear what I said just now. Don't eavesdrop in the future. What does a child know?"

Shi Xi took out his phone and said, "I should have recorded what you said just now and showed it to Mr. Qin. I'll see what you're like normally. You're always pretending to be innocent in front of him! Also, it was clearly me who fell in love with Mr. Qin first, but you tried to stop me, acting as if it was for my own good. It turns out you were just pursuing your own selfish interests! Brother, I really misjudged you!"

"You misjudged me, but you have good eyes."

Being praised suddenly, Shi Xi was confused for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that Mr. Qin, whom you like, is really good, and I like him too."

"Ahhh..." Shi Xi snatched his hat and said angrily, "This is my hat, why should I give it to you?"

Shi Rui reached out and patted him on the head: "It's okay, brother will let you do it this time."

But Mr. Qin won't let you.

What happened in return was Shi Xi's rampage.

Qin Jixiu returned to the banquet hall and was met by a lady who invited him to dance. He raised the champagne in his hand and declined politely, "Would you like to have a drink together?"

The other party readily agreed.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Qin Jixiu whispered, "Sorry, I don't like women."

The lady was slightly surprised, but she drank a whole glass of champagne generously and said to Qin Jixiu, "Bless you."

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when the banquet ended. He hurriedly got into the car, rushed back to the hotel to pick up Shi Rui, and then went to the airport together.

In the car, Shi Rui still looked drunk. Qin Jixiu found it a little funny. The alcohol tolerance of southerners was indeed not comparable to that of Yuancheng people.

A bottle of water was handed over. Shi Rui looked over slowly and thanked him in a low voice. After taking the water, he tried hard to open it only to find that the bottle cap had been considerately unscrewed.

Shi Rui's face was hidden in the dim carriage, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

Qin Jixiu only heard him suddenly say something in a low voice, but he didn't hear it clearly, so he bent over and moved closer.

Shi Rui said: "Thank you, brother."

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The author has something to say: In fact, Mr. Qin has always regarded himself as the number one, and treats his lover like a brother.