Chapter 55 Chapter 55

After finishing the cake, there was still no news from Mr. Ling.

Ren Li was actually quite anxious. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and she was still thinking about returning to school early.

As she was about to graduate from her senior year, she was interning at a company during the day and had to stay up late at night to work on her graduation project and thesis, which was equivalent to working two jobs a day.

This place is far from the school. It takes more than an hour to go back by subway. The glass door of the dormitory building will expire at 11 o'clock in the evening, and the campus card will expire on time. At that time, the only solution she can think of is to spend the night at McDonald's outside the school.

No matter how Ren Li thought about it, she felt that she didn't have much time left:

"Lulu, why don't we go find Mr. Ling? It's no use waiting here all the time."

As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Lulu seemed to see something: "Hey, I think I saw Mr. Ling."

She quickly finished the glass of wine in her hand, pulled Ren Li up and was about to leave:

"Hurry, President Ling seems to be calling us, Ren Li... Ren Li?!"

She turned around and saw Ren Li standing there in a daze.

How could it be him?!

At that moment, a tsunami surged in Ren Li's heart. But she stood there quietly, and no one knew.

The person in front of her still looked the same as she remembered.

He was wearing a neat suit, his cufflinks sparkling in the light. His features were still uninhibited and casual, but his youthfulness had faded, and he looked more like a mature man.

At the same time, Wen Shuo also looked over here.

Just like before, he saw Ren Li at first sight in the crowd.

His tall and straight body stiffened for a moment, and then he didn't look away, just staring at Ren Li, without moving his eyes away for a long time.

Everything around her suddenly seemed to have turned into a frozen movie clip. In the noisy banquet hall, music came from far away. Wen Shuo stood in the center of Ren Li's sight, but because the memory was too old, she looked at him as if through a layer of frosted glass, and everything became unreal.

President Ling's voice came from not far away, and time began to flow forward again. Wen Shuo finally withdrew his gaze.

"Mr. Wen." Ling Yun stepped forward, smiled, and extended his hand. "It's an honor to meet you face to face. I'm Ling Yun from Pany C. I believe we've had quite a few productive discussions over the phone."

Wen Shuo shook her hand and said, "I've heard a lot about you."

Hearing him speak Chinese, Ling Yun breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great! I didn't expect you to be so young, Mr. Wen."

"You're welcome, President Ling." Wen Shuo turned to the person next to him and introduced her, "This is my secretary, Song Jin. He will be in charge of all matters concerning StarWind's strategy meeting tomorrow."

"Mr. Song, it's a pleasure to meet you..." Ling Yun exchanged a few more pleasantries, then turned to greet the two little girls standing not far away, "Cheng Lulu, Ren Li——"

She turned back and said to Wen Shuo, "These two are also members of our team. They will be in charge of the scene tomorrow. If you have anything, please feel free to contact them."

Wen Shuo glanced at Ren Li and nodded slightly to Ling Yun.

When Cheng Lulu heard Ling Yun calling her, she didn't care about Ren Li anymore and quickly stepped forward, "Hello, Mr. Wen, I'm Cheng Lulu."

Wen Shuo walked straight past her and towards Ren Li.

He stopped a few feet away and took the initiative to calmly extend his hand to Ren Li: "Hello."

For a long time, Ren Li stood there without moving.

Ling Yun, who was standing by, frowned and almost warned him. Only then did Ren Li come back to her senses and shook his hand.

"Hello, I..." She was pretending to be calm, but her inner panic had already been revealed in front of Wen Shuo.

"My name is Ren Li."

It was like their first encounter on the school bus in late summer. She raised her head in panic and saw the boy looking at her with his eyes downcast.

The warmth in his hand was fleeting, and Wen Shuo let go of her hand.

"Mr. Ling, thank you for your arrangements these past few days." He calmly adjusted his suit cuffs. Even when he was talking to Ling Yun, his eyes were always on Ren Li. "But I have other things to do today, so I can't accompany you. Forgive me."

"No problem, Mr. Wen, please go ahead and do your thing." Ling Yun said, "It's my honor to meet you tonight."

Wen Shuo is gone.

After Ling Yun finished explaining the precautions for tomorrow, he continued to work.

It took Ren Li a long time to recover.

Looking down, she saw the eye-catching necklace on her neck. She suddenly remembered that this was how she had just met Wen Shuo.

What is this, proof that I still have feelings for him?

Ren Li smiled bitterly. He remembered the usual alienation and indifference in Wen Shuo's eyes when he shook hands with him just now. He thought, it's better this way. He probably doesn't remember me anymore.

Cheng Lulu had seen everything she did tonight, and even now, thinking back on it, she still found it incredibly thrilling. "Ren Li, were you stunned just now? You looked like you'd lost your soul. Boss Ling was practically mad at you. I was worried for you."

Is there? Ren Li thought, Oh, so this is how I looked in the eyes of others.

But she didn't care so much now, she just wanted to escape from here urgently.

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It's raining outside.

The wind, carrying rain, howled through the city. Trees swayed, pedestrians struggled to move by with umbrellas, and the entire world was enveloped in a curtain of rain, drowning out even the sounds.

Ren Li stood downstairs of the China World Hotel, looking at the heavy rain in front of her, feeling a little sad.

The taxi app showed that the queue for taxis during the current period was after the 100th place, and taxis were very expensive at night. The price of more than 60 yuan left her with no choice.

She sighed, took out her umbrella from her bag, opened it, and slowly walked towards the rain curtain.

At the same time, Wen Shuo stood on the balcony of the banquet hall on the third floor, quietly looking at her outside.

She changed back into her white shirt, stood on the wet ground under the eaves, and stared blankly at the rain for more than ten minutes.

She still likes to daydream as always, and no one knows what weird things are going on in her head all day long.

After a while, she seemed to have finally made up her mind. She opened a light pink umbrella and walked quickly into the rain.

"Mr. Wen, is that person downstairs someone you know?" Song Jin stood beside him at some point and asked respectfully.

"Yes." Wen Shuo's eyes did not move.

"Then do you want me to send someone to take her back?"

The wind was quite strong, and Wen Shuo saw Ren Li's half-wet shoulder under the umbrella that was blown crooked by the wind.

He retracted his gaze. "No need. The meeting is about to start. Please help me take over the American side."

Song Jin nodded: "Okay, everything has been arranged."

Wen Shuo rubbed his brows and said, "Thank you. I have nothing else to do tonight. You can just go home and have a rest."

Song Jin continued to nod, standing still and watching his boss walk away.

He was originally from Wen Shi. Four years ago, when StarWind was first established, Wen Shi temporarily sent him to help Wen Shuo with affairs. Later, he became Wen Shuo's full-time secretary to the board.

As Wen Shuo's most trusted person, he has always had excellent business capabilities, so he often attends various important meetings on behalf of Wen Shuo.

He always had a photographic memory for people he had met once, but he seemed to have never seen Ren Li.

He knew very well what kind of person Wen Shuo was. No matter what the circumstances, he always remained extraordinarily calm.

However, just now, Wen Shuo, who always had a cold attitude towards everyone, almost lost the ability to control his expression the moment he saw Ren Li eating cake in the dessert area after entering the door.

He stood there for a long time, looking for a long time, before finally forcing himself to look away.

Although the boss's personal affairs are not within his jurisdiction, he is much older than Wen Shuo and has a good relationship with Wen Shi. He has followed Wen Shuo for so many years and watched him grow to where he is today, so he naturally has a responsibility and obligation to care about him.

He really wanted to know why Xiao Wen always cared so much about this girl, but Wen Shuo didn't want to say it, so he couldn't ask any more.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he turned on his phone, flipped through the address book, and finally his finger stopped on one of the names.

He made the call.