Chapter 10 Lust

After the industry exchange conference ended, Lin Jingchuan was stopped by several entrepreneurs.

"Boss Lin, your speech just now was very good. Would you like to have lunch with us?"

Lin Jingchuan knew the people in front of him. They were all among the top five entrepreneurs in the industry.

The person who asked him if he wanted to have dinner together was Mr. Zhang from Cheng Shin Group.

Lin Jingchuan met him once last year. Director Zhang showed great interest in him. After a brief chat, the other party extended an olive branch and invited him to work at Zhengxin with double annual salary.

Lin Jingchuan refused at that time.

But Mr. Zhang still didn't seem to give up.

Lin Jingchuan smiled and refused: "Director Zhang, I have plans this afternoon, so I won't be attending the dinner."

Director Zhang tried to persuade him again: "What arrangements are you making? Even if you have any, you still have to eat!"

Lin Jingchuan smiled: "Director Zhang, I have a date with my girlfriend."

Director Zhang: “!”

Several of Mr. Zhang’s old friends knew that he had an only daughter who was against marriage, and that he had been worried about her for many years.

Extending an olive branch to Lin Jingchuan is not only about recruiting talents, but also about cultivating a potential future son-in-law.

But who would have thought that Lin Jingchuan would remain unmoved.

Several people laughed and joked, "Old Zhang, your son-in-law has flown away again!"

Lin Jingchuan looked at WeChat for a while before getting in the car. When he saw Xu Mo's circle of friends, he paused for a moment.

She was wearing a soft knitted dress and walking against the light from the woods with her hands behind her back.

A faint ray of sunlight fell on the edges of each of her hairs.

Lin Jingchuan outlined her figure with his fingers and gave her a thumbs up.

When Xu Mo received Lin Jingchuan's like, she was in a bar, drinking listlessly.

Half of the tavern was lit by rose-red light, and the other half was hidden in darkness.

A foreign film is being shown on the screen.

Xu Mo sat in the booth, holding a glass of wine in one hand and resting the other on the backrest.

A blonde woman in the movie sneered and said:

——"I think everyone who is in love is crazy."

——"When you're in love, that's what crazy people do."

— “A form of socially sanctioned insanity.”

Xu Mo sneezed and suddenly realized that the person on the screen was scolding her.

I really want to cry and laugh at the same time.

Xu Mo shook her head, took a sip of wine, and opened her phone.

Xu Shiying sent her a message: [Momo, how was your conversation with Zhao Tingyu today? Where are you now? Why aren't you answering the phone?]

Xu Mo replied to her: [I'm fine.]

After replying to Xu Shiying, Xu Mo opened her Moments again.

Three people liked her post, two of whom were her college classmates.

The other is Lin Jingchuan.

Alcohol paralyzed Xu Mo's brain, and before she had time to think, a familiar yet unfamiliar phone call came in.

"Consultant Xu." The man's voice was as gentle as jade. "Are you still in Haizhu Lake?"

Xu Mo: "No."

Lin Jingchuan paused for a moment and said, "The launch meeting is next Monday. Should we go over the materials for the launch meeting again?"

This time it was Xu Mo's turn to remain silent.

Who could understand how she felt after just going through another heartbreak and having to work overtime?

She said uncomfortably, "I feel a little uncomfortable today. How about tomorrow?"

"What's wrong?" Lin Jingchuan asked.

Alcohol was in her head, and Xu Mo was rarely willful: "I don't want to talk about it, and I don't want to work overtime today."

Lin Jingchuan was silent for a moment: "What if I must ask?"

Xu Mo was a little angry.

"There's no reason. I just broke up with my boyfriend and I feel terrible all over. If you really want me to work overtime, then bring your computer to Lin Tavern to find me. Bye."

She threw the phone into the booth, her chest heaving slightly.

After regretting for half a minute, Xu Mo curled up in the corner of the booth, hugged herself, and watched the movie while drinking.

She wiped her tears, sniffed, and tried to calm herself down.

But the sadder she became, the more she drank, and the more dizzy she became.

She hated herself for not living up to her expectations.

I actually pestered someone who didn't like me at all for ten years.

Making some self-righteous efforts is actually just a cheap laughing stock in the eyes of him and his friends.

At Liao Haizhou's word, she came happily.

After Zhao Tingyu said a word, she rushed to sleep with him again.

Like a clown.

The owner of the tavern was a girl. When she saw two yellow-haired men approaching Xu Mo, she smiled and sent them away.

"This is my friend," the boss said. "Her boyfriend will be here soon."

Huangmao glanced at the security guard behind the boss, exchanged glances, and didn't approach him again.

The boss walked to Xu Mo's side and asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Xu Mo tried to lift her heavy head and said, "It's okay."

"Are you here to collect money?" She pulled her phone out of her bag and flashed the payment code. "I have money here. I'm a consultant. I'm a city beauty. I make a lot of money."

The boss smiled helplessly: "Okay, I know you have money. But what I want to ask is, is there anyone to pick you up?"

Xu Mo looked at the beautiful boss in front of her with smoky makeup and a princess-cut hairstyle, and suddenly looked at her sadly: "No one picked me up. I don't have a boyfriend, and I don't have a brother."

The boss had guessed this and touched her porcelain-white face: "That's his loss, you are so beautiful."

When Lin Jingchuan rushed to Lin Tavern, he saw a sober woman sitting next to Xu Mo, and his heart finally settled down.

He paid the bill and thanked the boss: "Thank you for your trouble."

The boss said, "She seems very sad. Are you her friend?"

Lin Jingchuan glanced at the woman slumped on the sofa and nodded: "Yeah."

"You like her?" The boss raised an eyebrow. "She just broke up. Now's a good opportunity."

Lin Jingchuan said nothing. He walked to the sofa with his long legs and patted Xu Mo's shoulder: "Xu Mo?"

Xu Mo opened her eyes in a daze, and suddenly saw an enlarged version of Lin Jingchuan's face appear in her sight.

She was so frightened that her eyes widened instantly: "Are you really here to ask me to work overtime?"

Lin Jingchuan: "Are you still awake? Do you want to walk by yourself, or do you want me to carry you?"

Xu Mo felt as if her whole body was filled with lead, so heavy that she couldn't even lift her arms.

Unable to walk, she closed her eyes and shook her head: "Let me rest for a while."

The next second, she was picked up into the air.

The insecurity of having her legs off the ground made Xu Mo subconsciously hug Lin Jingchuan's neck tightly. The smell of alcohol on her body mixed with the warm fragrance of Lin Jingchuan.

Xu Mo thought she must be drunk, otherwise how could she dare to say to Lin Jingchuan: "You smell so good."

Lin Jingchuan paused, carried the person into the car, fastened her seat belt, and closed the door.

When Xu Mo opened her eyes again, she found that the scene in front of her had changed from a bar to the parking lot of her own community.

She was awake for only a short while and then closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

Lin Jingchuan opened the passenger door and carried her out.

Taking her hand and pressing the fingerprint password, Lin Jingchuan carried her into her home.

The house is not big, but the decoration is very warm. The whole house is covered with wooden floors, and the cabinets and sofas are all MUJI styles.

Lin Jingchuan put her on the bed and helped her take off the furry shoes on her feet.

After doing this, Lin Jingchuan walked into the dining room again and placed half a bottle of honey on the sideboard.

Lin Jingchuan rolled up his sleeves, boiled a cup of 40-degree warm water in a flower teapot, then went to the kitchen to get a spoon and scooped half a spoonful of honey.

The honey gradually dissolves in the water, and the spoon stirs the warm water into a vortex.

Lin Jingchuan walked to Xu Mo's room with honey water. Xu Mo had sat up at some point.

She lay on the bed, her cheeks slightly red, her eyes not fully open.

Lin Jingchuan handed her the honey water: "Honey water, sober you up."

Xu Mo looked at him blankly for a while, then took it belatedly.

After drinking for a while, she felt better and lay down again.

Lin Jingchuan sat beside her bed and observed her for a while. After confirming that she should be fine, he was about to leave.

He just stood up when he suddenly found that his shirt cuff was pulled.

"Don't go." Xu Mo closed her eyes and whispered, "Stay with me, okay?"