Chapter 60 love moon·060^^……
The trial of Mingchan Pharmaceutical ended in the second week after the Lantern Festival.
He Changda was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined for stealing experimental data of great value. Key project-related personnel of California ADR Biopharmaceuticals were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and deprived of their political rights, and the pharmaceutical company was also blacklisted from medical project cooperation.
The case attracted much attention from the beginning until it came to an end, causing a huge stir. HC was interviewed by dozens of media outlets, and the manager Mei Qingxue became even more famous.
"Where's Lawyer Mei?"
"We are here to interview Lawyer Mei!"
"I'm a reporter from the New News Agency. Is Lawyer Mei here?"
"......"
The front desk was packed with people and I couldn't get through to the phone upstairs, so I told them that their appointments were full today and they could come back another day.
On the other side, Mei Qingxue was admiring her manicure in the conference room. She looked so relaxed, as if she was completely unaware that so many people were looking for her downstairs.
"Look, is my butterfly crooked?" She raised her middle finger to him, "Is it crooked?"
He Chuyue raised her head from a pile of cases, glanced at her and said nothing.
Mei Qingxue was dissatisfied when she didn't hear the answer, and poked her: "Hey, you said Xiao Wei was transferred to the Shanghai branch to be the chief, so who will be given the position of partner? To you? Or to me? Aren't you curious?"
“Pah.”
The pen was pressed against the pile of cases, and the pair of beautiful eyes looked at him coldly: "If you have so much free time, just write it yourself."
"Oh, oh, oh, I'm wrong, I'm wrong." She shook her left hand, which still had the cast on. "At least I helped you find Wang Zhenzhen's husband, which was a great help to you. Don't treat a patient like this."
"...So you do this to a pregnant woman?"
"What should we do? Mr. Gu invested 5 billion in HC. They mentioned by name that 30% of it was for Lawyer He. Thank you, Lawyer He—"
"Okay, okay." He Chuyue interrupted her, "He doesn't know the inside story, doesn't he? The fact that the two of them were able to reach a cooperation was not only due to me, but also because of Mr. Gu."
Mei Qingxue's joking expression changed, and she was silent for a few seconds before frowning, "You mean, Mr. Gu deliberately recommended Xiao Wei to HC and deliberately let Gu Qianqian and Xiao Wei have an emotional entanglement, in order to make Lin En feel that he is not irreplaceable? Without Lin En, Mr. Gu will support another one, and Xiao Wei will become... Then transferring him to the Shanghai region to promote him, is actually telling Lin En that Xiao Wei is no longer a threat?"
He Chuyue agreed without saying anything. Mei Qingxue was already convinced of her analysis. A storm swept through her mind in a few seconds. She felt a chill on her back. Finally, she said awkwardly, "Fortunately, your husband is just a professor."
He Chuyue: “…”
"What I mean is, you can't get involved with such a wealthy family. They are too calculating." After she finished speaking, she checked the time and said, "Why hasn't your bestie come yet? Didn't you say you would write a column for us?"
He Chuyue took the phone: "I'll ask her."
Mei Qingxue propped up her chin and looked at her.
The sunlight shines directly into the floor-to-ceiling windows with no curtains drawn. He Chuyue is facing the light, and her profile with smooth lines and three-dimensional features is as exquisite as a human model. Even when she lowers her head, there is no double chin. Her swan neck is slender and long, and the arc when she lowers her head seems to be set.
There was a light pink on that fair face, and her eyebrows and eyes were gentle when she lowered her eyes.
She said, "If I don't look at your face, I can't tell you're pregnant. Our HC has really good benefits for girls. After six months, you can work from home unless you are in court. After giving birth, you also get a hundred days of maternity leave. I don't know when I can take this leave."
After finishing the last stroke, He Chuyue rubbed her sore hands, "Did you save so much on purpose and let me finish it?"
"What are you talking about? Didn't you say you owed me a favor?" After putting all the documents together, Mei Qingxue smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Lawyer He. Can I take you out to play this weekend?"
"No, I have something to do."
"What's up?"
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Lin Wen came in with Zhou Yu, who was carrying equipment, and then closed the door and left.
"Oh my god, Chuchu, my godson is so old now, has he been through a lot?" Zhou Yu wanted to hug him but didn't know what position to use, "Haven't you decided on a name yet?"
"Not yet."
The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Zhou Yu had lost a lot of weight and looked darker. Her energetic smile made He Chuyue's eyes sore.
She introduced the two people: "Mei Qingxue, Lawyer Mei. This is the reporter Zhou Yu I told you about, my good friend."
"Hello."
"I've heard of your name for a long time."
After a polite handshake, the three of them sat down. The cameraman was looking for a place to set up the camera, and Zhou Yu showed them the interview outline first.
He Chuyue hadn't finished looking at Mei Qingxue yet, so she took Zhou Yu's hand and began to wander off: "Did Xibei realize your dream of being on the front line?"
Zhou Yu smiled and explained when Mei Qingxue came over: "I signed up to go to the Northwest before the New Year. The two months of settling down after the New Year also allowed me to figure out my future goals. I feel much more refreshed. My performance has also improved after I relaxed. Didn't I see that my editor-in-chief thought about me a lot? I was the first person he thought of when he wrote the HC female lawyer column."
"I've heard Lawyer He talk about having a best friend who's a journalist several times before, but Reporter Zhou gives me a different feeling from those journalists. Her spirit is different." Mei Qingxue's eyes were full of admiration. "I read the report on the Northwest Granary last month. I was shocked."
"Thank you." Zhou Yu said sincerely.
"Sister Zhou, I've got the camera ready." The photographer reminded.
Zhou Yu nodded, and the three of them stood up to be interviewed.
It was already dark after the end. Zhou Yu was checking today's materials. He Chuyue was waiting for her on the side. Mei Qingxue was conscientious and handed the car keys to her directly.
He Chuyue hissed, but took back the words before she could finish them, smiling playfully.
"What are you doing? I'm just joking. I wouldn't really want you to send me off with a big belly." Mei Qingxue shook her hair. "Then I'll leave first. You guys go back and be careful."
Finally, he raised his hand towards Zhou Yu and said, "I'm leaving first, reporter Zhou."
Zhou Yu raised her head: "Okay."
Zhou Yu had already checked the materials and said a few words to the photographer before walking over here: "I'm so sorry that I had to ask Xiao Xueshen to take a detour to send me."
He Chuyue thought of the last line of words on the phone and hesitated: "Yiyi, I have something to tell you."
"Hmm? Tell me, are you two going to go somewhere for yourselves? I'm definitely not going to be a third wheel. It's the same if I take a taxi home."
She shook her head: "Xiao Zhiyan said that Duan Zeming was also in the car."
The last time they met before Zhou Yu went to the northwest, she was not in a good state, and it seemed that problems had arisen in their relationship since the time she went to bring the coffee home. But after knowing that Zhou Yu had repeatedly stated that she was fine, He Chuyue no longer asked any questions. Later, when she went to the northwest, Duan Zeming continued to act as usual.
Hearing this, Zhou Yu's smile froze. She waved her hand and smiled again when she met her gaze: "Here he is, we're not on the same route anyway. Eh? Doesn't he live in the staff quarters? Why is he taking Xiao Zhiyan's car?"
"It seems like his family's birthday is today, so he took Xiao Zhiyan's car." After a pause, He Chuyue felt that today was just a coincidence, "... and he's going the same way as you."
"......"
Zhou Yu shrugged, "You don't know me, you can take it and let it go, let's go."
Downstairs, Xiao Zhiyan, who was waiting by the car, saw someone coming out and walked over to her. He took the bag from her hand with one hand and hugged her with the other. After greeting Zhou Yu, she was asked softly, "Is the baby well behaved today?"
"Very good." She raised her face, and the light shining on her face became soft.
They smiled at each other, and Zhou Yu next to them said, "No need to eat tonight, I'm full of dog food."
As she spoke, she quickly walked away and opened the car door. He Chuyue, who was behind her, was about to remind her when she saw that everyone had already got into the car with their hands and feet together.
"Do you know what happened to these two people?"
Xiao Zhiyan shook his head.
"Forget it, let's get in the car first."
"Um."
The door closed and the engine started, and an awkward silence filled the car.
He Chuyue kept glancing at the two people sitting far behind her through the rearview mirror. She coughed and prepared to break the silence.
"Yiyi, when are you leaving next time? Let's go shopping this weekend?"
Before Zhou Yu could speak, Xiao Zhiyan interrupted: "Aunt took us to the temple on the weekend, did you forget?"
"Oh, yes."
She had just rejected Mei Qingxue's invitation because of this, but now she is coming back on this idea.
Zhou Yu behind him asked, "What are you doing in the temple?"
He Chuyue: "It's to fulfill a wish."
Zhou Yu knew that Dai Wenchun often went to the Xuezhong Temple to pray for marriage and peace, so she didn't ask what wish he made. Duan Zeming, on the other hand, changed his silent personality and asked, "What else do you wish for?"
He Chuyue subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yu's expression. The latter was hiding in the shadows and leaning against the window, so her expression could not be seen clearly.
"My aunt prayed for me in the Snow Temple before, but I was busy with work and never went to fulfill my wish."
"Oh, I see."
Finally, he asked, "But you and Lao Xiao have been in love for a year, don't your family know? Why are you paying it back now?"
She and Xiao Zhiyan looked at each other.
Currently, only Zhou Yu knows the inside story of the lie the two initially made up.
"Because there is a senior monk living in the temple, he has told my fortune. He was in seclusion for a while, and now that he is out, I naturally want to go and thank him."
Duan Zeming let out a long sigh and asked, "I didn't expect you and Lao Xiao still believe this?"
"I don't believe it. The elders in my family believe this." He Chuyue leaned to the side, "Does Professor Xiao believe in the origin and destruction of fate?"
Xiao Zhiyan looked away from the 90-second red light, and his eyes were like water: "Believe it."
She was a little surprised: "You actually believe it?"
He chuckled softly, and held her hand on the steering wheel, his slender fingertips rubbing the red rope on her wrist: "Fate made me meet you, so I believe."
Their eyes were bright and they met each other's gazes.
Under the fingertips was a pulse that was rising and falling violently because of these words. Their body temperatures were connected, and the two hands, which were holding each other's wrists, were overlapped together, with their fingers tightly intertwined.
He Chuyue smiled and didn't think the words were cliché. Instead, they sounded even more beautiful after Xiao Zhiyan said them.
Then she believed it too.
Duan Zeming, who had a full view from the back seat, said coldly, "The red light will be on for ten seconds."
"......"
The car started again, and Duan Zeming asked again: "So that temple is really so powerful?"
He Chuyue shook her head: "I don't know, maybe it works if you are sincere."
"Then I'll try it some other day." Leaning back in his chair, he glanced to the right.
He Chuyue didn't notice his little action and asked, "What do you want?"
"Seeking marriage."
In the mirror, Zhou Yu, who had not moved, seemed to turn her head, and Duan Zeming's voice sounded firmly: "Seek marriage with Zhou Yu."
"......"
He Chuyue sat in the passenger seat and forgot to speak for a moment. The next second, Zhou Yu said in a cold voice: "Fuck you."
Duan Zeming said, "Zhou Yu, why are you cursing?"
"I'm scolding you. You're not a human being."
"How can I——"
"parking!"
The car stopped steadily at the side of the road. Zhou Yu got out of the car and quickly said to He Chuyue, "Chuchu, I have something else to do and I'm leaving first. My flight is next week. I'll tell you before I leave. Think of a name for the baby quickly. The baby will be born in a few months."
After saying that, he slammed the car door shut without waiting for her to speak. On the other side, Duan Zeming also got out of the car in a hurry after saying something.
The cold air from the door lifted up her hair, which swirled around and stuck to her shoulders again. They were the only two people left in the car.
The two people in the rearview mirror were pulling and tugging at each other. He Chuyue was anxious and reached out to fasten the seat belt but was somewhat powerless.
"Let them handle it." Xiao Zhiyan held her hand, "It's not our place to interfere in matters of the heart."
After a long while, she retracted her gaze: "Yeah."
The car left and He Chuyue could no longer see the two people in the rearview mirror. But she could feel that Zhou Yu did not let go of Duan Zeming, otherwise the Taekwondo black belt would not have been able to shake him off with such force when he grabbed her the first time.
I sent a message to Zhou Yu, asking her to let me know when she got home. He put down his phone and breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go home and eat!"
"good."
As the two came up from the garage arm in arm, the elevator stopped on the first floor. Xiao Zhiyan tapped the back of her hand with his finger.
"I'll go out and take a look."
"What are you looking at?" He Chuyue was confused.
Not long ago, Xiao Zhiyan often lingered on the first floor when he passed by after get off work. She was busy with work at the time and only asked a question. Now she can't remember how he answered. Now that I remembered it, I became alert and followed him out.
There was a man and a woman at the front desk talking to the guy from the day before yesterday.
-"It's been so long and it's still under repair. Are you so inefficient?"
- "Yeah, it's been almost half a month."
Front desk: "I'm sorry, I just received the latest news that the correspondence is in the mailbox, but it has not been distributed according to the address. If you have time now, you can go to the studio's box with the staff to look for it."
-"Ah, we don't have time. We're waiting to buy movie tickets later. We thought we'd stop by and ask when we pass by."
Front desk: "It will be delivered to the mailbox at the corresponding address on time before tomorrow night, both of you..."
-"Okay, okay, hurry up."
The two left, and the day before yesterday looked at Xiao Zhiyan again: "Excuse me, how can I help you?"
Xiao Zhiyan: "Can you take me to the office to find the letter?"
"Of course, please follow me."
He Chuyue behind him: What letter?
Five minutes later, she was sitting on a chair and saw Xiao Zhiyan walking towards her after thanking someone.
He helped her up, put the letters in his hand into her hands, put one arm around her waist to protect her and walked slowly.
Looking at the letter in her hand, she recognized the handwriting of Xiao Zhiyan.
"Written for me?"
His Adam's apple rolled, and he tried to act nervous: "Yeah."
He Chuyue became interested when she saw this: "What did you write?"
The man clenched his fingers, then realized that he was holding He Chuyue's clothes and quickly loosened his hands, coughing, "Love letter."
Her pupils trembled and she counted them: "Five, so many?"
"Yeah." He quietly tightened his arms around her, "Niuniu when she was a child, Niuniu in high school, Niuniu in college, and Niuniu before we got married."
"What about the other one?"
His eyes flashed with a smile, and he looked at her brightly: "For the current Niuniu."
The elevator was quiet, and the clear voice was amplified, surrounding my ears. He Chuyue's ears felt hot and she lowered her eyes.
His eyes fell on the pink envelope in his hand.
Every envelope had his strong and neat handwriting, just like the first time she saw it, the handwriting was like a reflection of the person.
As her fingertips stroked the lines of words, they seemed to have temperature and heartbeat. She could even feel his mood and expectations when he wrote them, just like she felt when she received the love letter.
"When did you write it? I don't even know."
"Next to you every night after work."
She recalled, "I thought you were working, not sneaking around at all. Aren't you afraid that I'll find out?"
He smiled, and the stars in his eyes huddled together: "My love for you is open and aboveboard."
-
It was a sunny day.
He Chuyue rubbed her eyes and half-lay on the passenger seat and fell asleep without knowing when. She didn't even know when Dai Wenchun got in the car. She was not awakened until she reached the foot of the temple mountain and was gently shaken awake by someone.
"Hmm?" She just woke up and was not fully conscious. After seeing who was who, she frowned and muttered, "Annoying."
Xiao Zhiyan, whose face was pushed away, curled his lips, pulled her hand over and placed it on his lips to kiss it, and coaxed softly: "We have arrived at the temple, and my aunt has already got off the car. Let's get off too, Xingxing?"
"Are we there?" She finally came back to herself. After seeing the scenery outside the window, she paused for a long while and asked in a hoarse voice, "When did I fall asleep?"
"When I went to pick up my aunt."
He unscrewed the thermos cup and said, "Moisten your throat."
"Stop drinking, get out of the car."
Xiao Zhiyan held her back, "It won't take a moment."
He handed over the cup and the water was just the right temperature.
He Chuyue took a sip and glared at him resentfully: "It's all your fault. The love letter was written so sincerely that I fell asleep in the middle of the night."
Xiao Zhiyan frowned and realized that He Chuyue had let the cat out of the bag, hurriedly put on his coat, opened the door and got out of the car. He had already come around, holding her wrist, and brought her down steadily.
"What time did you go to bed last night?"
She didn’t remember: “I was just thinking about what you said and couldn’t sleep.”
Xiao Zhiyan stopped, looked at her, and finally swallowed his words. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Why don't you catch up on your sleep in the car and I'll help you pay it back."
"It's okay." She laughed at him for making a fuss, "Let's go."
Xuezhong Temple is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with high and rugged terrain. It stands halfway up the mountain. The huge century-old palm tree in front of the gate rises into the clouds, and even if you stand at the foot of the mountain, you can see the treetops looming in the clouds.
He Chuyue was no longer suitable for strenuous exercise. After walking up three steps, she took the cable car and went up the mountain first, leaving Dai Wenchun and Xiao Zhiyan to walk.
When she arrived at the temple, she was led by a young monk through the front porch, passing two halls and a pavilion before she worshipped the Buddha's throne. After the worship, the road was led back to the fork where we came from.
The little monk clasped his hands together, lowered his eyes and said coldly: "Friends, just wait here for your family to arrive."
The monk left after he finished speaking, and He Chuyue stopped him and reminded him: "Excuse me, where is the place for fulfilling vows in your temple?"
"That bow just now was a repayment."
He Chuyue was puzzled and wanted to ask again, but the other party bowed again: "Amitabha. Master said that only believers kneel before the Buddha. My friend has a firm will and can turn misfortune into fortune. Everything he has done is for his own benefit, so you don't need to repay this wish."
She stood there, chewing over these words, and did not try to stop the little monk from leaving.
At this moment, a golden light flashed before her eyes. She squinted her eyes and then saw the towering buildings in the distance.
Xuezhong Temple is located on the mountainside. Although it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, it is open and flat. Looking east from where He Chuyue was standing, he could just see the layers of golden waves dyed by the sunrise. The hidden green mountains made it difficult to tell whether they were clouds that came from the clouds or clouds that floated from the mountains.
The wisp of blue smoke rises with the wind, like clouds and sea, covering the east.
She just stood there, watching the sun gradually rising from the east, until its light completely penetrated the clouds and shone on her, also illuminating the green branches swaying gently behind her.
He was so absorbed in looking that he didn't notice Xiao Zhiyan coming towards him from the other side of the corridor.
He held her hand, stood beside her and looked in the direction she was looking.
"Where's my aunt?"
"I'm listening to Zen in the Sutra Library. The monk who brought me here said I could go to the Podocarpus arborvitae behind the Medicine King Hall and learn quietly."
"OK."
Since they had nothing to do, He Chuyue held his hand tightly and they left.
At the end of the corridor, the two men walked around the red pillars to the other end. The two men hidden in the palm leaves gradually came into view.
The cassock, which was made even more red by the sunlight, floated in the wind. The person in front of him stood still, his pupils under his white beard were as black as obsidian:
"Jingxingqingyun, look up and see happiness. Wenchun, it's time for you to walk the road to heaven. Go forward, go ahead, and don't look back."
-
The vast treetops hung with red silk were swaying and making sounds, and the rustling sound was very pleasant to the ear.
The gold in the clouds still dissipated, and the sunlight without any fog blocking it illuminated every inch and every leaf of the tree trunk.
He Chuyue looked at the tree for a while and asked him, "Which tree is older, this one or the one at the door?"
Xiao Zhiyan looked up and said, "This one."
She tilted her head: "Did you see its growth rings?"
"No. It's just that we are in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the world, and we are carrying the wishes of everyone. It's inevitable that we will blend into the world, and it's also taking up our own time."
He Chuyue didn’t quite understand what he heard. She just felt that the red stripes swaying in the wind were very beautiful, as if they were carrying the hope of time.
"Are you two here to make a wish?"
The man selling red-striped blessing cards at the door came over with a bunch of blessing cards on his head. "Want peace, career, or a happy marriage? Come over here and scan the code to pay."
She couldn't help laughing when she heard the last sentence, but then she felt that since money is a commodity, there's no point in making fun of others.
"Let's go, and pray for peace and happiness."
"good."
After taking the blessing card, He Chuyue just wrote down eight simple words and did nothing else, when suddenly a cry caught his attention. She searched for a long time and finally saw the bird perched on a branch.
The bird was very strange. Only its head was white, while its entire body had dark fur. Standing in the shade of the tree, it was hard to tell whether it was a leaf or a bird.
"Have you finished writing it?"
She came back to her senses, "I have already written it."
The two took a step forward, found the right position and threw it up together.
I saw two red silks drawing graceful arcs in the air, and then falling on the same branch at the same frequency.
The branches and leaves trembled, and the chirping birds flapped their wings and flew away. After circling above the tree canopy, it landed on the branch that would stabilize.
On the way back, the two held hands tightly and walked side by side.
"Xiao Zhiyan." She suddenly spoke.
"Um?"
"I've thought of a name for the baby."
"What's your name?"
"Xiao Heyu, Xiao Hean." She walked briskly, "How is it?"
Xiao Zhiyan murmured, and soon understood what she meant: "Peace and joy, happiness every year."
"Well, how's it going?"
"I like it." He nodded and looked at it. "It's just like what's written on my lucky plaque."
He Chuyue raised her eyebrows and her eyes curved.
"What does your blessing plaque say?"
"I won't tell you."
"That's what I know."
"You know? You're confusing me, right? Tell me what you want to hear."
Under He Chuyue's gaze, Xiao Zhiyan raised the corners of his lips and his eyes were full of her.
Slowly open your lips, and speak in a clear voice:
"I guess..."
“We wrote the same thing.”
The camera zooms out.
The swaying treetops swayed with the sound of birds singing. Looking closely, the white-crowned bunting, a symbol of all beauty, raised its head and scratched the white hair on its head, then stood up again.
Under its claws, two red-ribbon blessing plaques were placed together and collided with each other. The same eight words were written on them in different handwritings.
[Peace and joy, happiness every year.] ]
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