Chapter 66
Chen Mo was awakened early the next morning by the ringing of his cell phone.
Under the dark thin quilt, his slightly frowned brows showed his irritability at having his sweet dream disturbed.
When he struggled to open his eyes and got up, the first thing he did was to sit on the bed and stare blankly. This was a habit he had long ago. Emptying his mind could help his brain, which had been working at high speed, to relax in the best way possible.
But today, it's hard to calm down.
Because he quickly remembered what happened with Xi Siyan last night, and the suit he said he would send to him was now hanging neatly on the floor-standing rack by the window in his bedroom.
The phone notification tone is still ringing.
Chen Mo leaned over and took out the charging phone from the bedside table.
It’s Lao Gou who I haven’t contacted for a while.
A few years have passed, and he is still struggling in the bitter sea of studying for a bachelor's and master's degree in medicine. Three months ago, he started his internship at the First Affiliated Hospital of the city. He is so busy every day that he hardly finds time to harass Chen Mo.
His first voice message was, "Mr. Chen! Did you hear that Xi Siyan has returned to China?"
Then he sent a lot of screenshots to Chen Mo.
They are all group messages from my old high school alumni group.
Chen Mo flipped through it and found that it started because some of his classmates took the same flight back to China as him. There were several people around him at the time, and the person taking the photo was shaking, so there was only a blurry silhouette, and he asked in the group if it was him.
Then many alumni who graduated from high school and went abroad responded.
"It should be. You are extremely lucky."
"He and I went to the same university, but I've only met him a few times."
"There are indeed rumors that CM is entering the country. It won't be long before there will be official large-scale news and reports."
"CM, are you still short of people? Can I go and clean the toilet?"
"Where did they land? I've always heard legends about this person. When can I see him in person?"
The last two pictures are not like that.
Rather, they are some domestic gossip and marketing accounts.
It tells the story of a female star who has recently shown her potential in the entertainment industry, but has offended a big shot and is about to be banned.
Chen Mo sent a question mark to Lao Gou.
Lao Gou replied immediately, with another long string of voice messages.
He said: "You must be wondering why I sent you these meaningless things from unscrupulous media. Because according to the latest news I got, this marketing account is talking about Xi Siyan!"
Chen Mo was speechless for a while: "He just arrived yesterday, are you sure?"
"One hundred percent!" Old Gou probably hadn't started his ward rounds yet this early in the morning. He spoke quickly and without any consideration, "You've heard of the six degrees of separation theory, right? Don't ask how I know that. I'm just telling you that this is real and it can't be faked at all. And many people are saying that the reason the little star offended him was because she spread the word that he was gay! Wow, are you surprised?"
Chen Mo covered his forehead, still a little sleepy, and said without much interest: "You woke me up so early in the morning, just for this?"
"Aren't you angry?" Lao Gou asked back, and then suddenly said: "That's not right, did you know he came back yesterday?"
Chen Mo leaned back on the bed, puzzled: "I know what's strange?"
"You still can't let it go?" Lao Gou opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Chen, after all, we are leading such a large team and are at the forefront of emerging fields. You know the truth that the past cannot be brought back, right? Although it is a bit unfair to say this to the squad leader, he is so shy about being gay. Considering his current wealth and status, maybe he really never wanted to admit the past between you two."
"Tsk." Chen Mo was annoyed. "I wouldn't admit it in front of my colleagues at the company. Why would he admit it? I finally got two days off. Can you let me go? I want to sleep."
Having said that.
As Chen Mo lay back on the bed with his phone in his hand, he recalled the scene of their meeting last night.
Is he avoiding it?
Chen Mo was indeed a little skeptical.
Speaking of sleeping in, Lao Gou was extremely distressed: "At least you still have vacation time. You don't know the pain of a medical dog at all, let alone how miserable my life is now."
"I'll treat you to a meal during the holidays." Chen Mo said.
Lao Gou: "That's fine. When you have time, invite Jiang Xu and the others to come together. We haven't been together for a long time since we graduated from college."
Chen Mo said ok.
Everyone has gone their separate ways over the years.
Not many of the people that were most familiar to him at the beginning stayed in Suicheng, and they could be counted on one hand. Occasionally getting together and chatting about the recent situation was the most common schedule in Chen Mo's life in the past few years.
They always jokingly call him Mr. Chen.
It was as if the years we spent together had never changed, noisy and pure, passionate. It became a unique and rare time to relax in the adult world.
Chen Mo then fell asleep again.
When I woke up again it was already half past ten in the morning.
He got up and made himself some food. Although Chen Mo had a miserable childhood, his cooking skills were always terrible. His cooking skills were only at the level of barely being able to cook food but not being able to kill people with poison.
He was sitting at the dining table, picking up tomatoes from the plate with his knife and fork, when he received an urgent call from Old K.
"Come with me to Huanshang." he urged.
Chen Mo slowly swallowed what he had in his mouth, "Why go to Huanshang at this time?"
Lao K: "Please pack first. I'll be downstairs soon. We can talk on the way."
Ten minutes later.
Chen Mo changed his clothes and went downstairs, and sure enough, he saw Lao K's car.
He subconsciously opened the passenger door, only to find Yuan Hao sitting in the front holding a large stack of documents.
Yuan Hao almost cried when he saw him, and said with difficulty: "Master, I'm sorry to disturb you on your vacation. Huanshang is undergoing a major overhaul and requires all companies that cooperate with the project to submit project PPTs for re-screening and review. I had submitted them, but Huanshang questioned our Phase II project's ability to achieve the market share stipulated in the contract because the content was unclear. I'm sorry, but I'm just too incompetent."
Chen Mo walked to the back door, opened it, and got in.
Reaching out to Yuan Hao: "Give me the information."
At the same time, Lao K started the car and said, "Actually, we went to Huanshang today mainly to attend the project briefing. Yuan Hao is a weak guy with weak psychological quality. You have been leading the second phase of the project, so I think it would be safer for you to attend."
"Yeah." Chen Mo flipped through the information on his lap and did not question it. "It's not just us newcomers who are going, right?"
"All the companies we have cooperation with will be present." Old K said with a smile, "That's why I said Yuan Hao still lacks experience. He was scared by a rejected PPT. Huan Shang made such a big fuss just because CM needs an attitude for the investment. Our contract has been signed, and there will be no changes."
Yuan Hao turned around and asked Chen Mo: "Master, is that so?"
Chen Mo looked up at him and nodded, "Probably."
"Isn't that the guy we met last night?" Yuan Hao showed his chatterbox nature, forgetting that he was still nervous, and said, "Although the boss of CM is your classmate, I think he is a little scary."
"How can old classmates come from the business world? They are only Party A and Party B." Chen Mo closed the document, glanced out the car window and said, "Besides, this is an internal meeting of Huanshang, so it may not be necessary for the boss of CM to show up."
Chen Mo's words were slapped in the face when he arrived at Huanshang's office building.
As soon as they stepped into the building, they ran into Xi Siyan and Huanshang's boss and his group at the elevator.
Nowadays, Xi Siyan always wears formal clothes, and his intimidating aura is obvious when he stands among a group of people.
When their eyes met, both of them were stunned.
Chen Mo greeted first: "Mr. Xi, Mr. Song."
Huanshang boss Song Yao nodded: "Mr. Chen, you guys are here quite early."
"Not as early as Mr. Song." Old K started speaking on behalf of Chen Mo and had a friendly chat with the boss of Huanshang.
Soon the elevator arrived.
Chen Mo noticed that Xi Siyan, who had not spoken much, paused and waited, but since everyone was waiting for him, he quickly went in first.
There were three of Chen Mo and the other party, plus seven or eight others, so the elevator was full and a bit crowded.
In order to avoid touching Mr. Song's female secretary, Chen Mo turned sideways in an uncomfortable position. Just when he couldn't find a way to stand still, someone pulled him from behind.
"Don't move, just stand still." It was Xi Siyan.
He pulled Chen Mo in front of him, and everyone subconsciously avoided squeezing him, so when Chen Mo's arm was against his body, there was still a clear sense of space around him.
Chen Mo looked up at him and said, "Thank you."
The elevator was not quiet, as Old K was socializing effectively.
So no one noticed this unobvious interaction between the two.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
Huanshang's conference room was full of people.
Xi Siyan did not sit in the main seat, but sat in a chair next to it. From beginning to end, he only made a few key suggestions and did not participate in decision-making opinions.
When it was the turn of the newcomer, Yuan Hao started by giving a detailed explanation of the PPT. He spoke very clearly about the concept and technical challenges of the second phase of R2D, but he got stuck when it came to the market and looked at Chen Mo in panic.
Chen Mo gave him a calming look, stood up from his seat, and said, "Yuan Hao is a young backbone of our technical department, who is devoted to research. As for the market, I will explain it next. The second phase of R2D took us half a year to make an in-depth and accurate assessment of basic medical diseases based on the first phase... In the future, it will mainly focus on..."
Chen Mo did not go on stage.
The signal pen in his hand talked freely with each turn of the page.
That kind of calmness and composure is not something that can be accumulated overnight, and it makes people unconsciously think and understand along with his words.
When he finished his speech, the entire conference room burst into applause.
At this time, the head of another equipment company that cooperated with Huanshang suddenly said: "Your new ideas and concepts are indeed excellent, but as far as I know, the smart project of Chuanxing Technology in the second half of the year is similar to your research direction, and their progress is ahead of yours."
Chen Mo immediately thought of Richie Ren of Chuanxing.
He didn't know much about this person, only that he returned to China three years ago and served as acting vice president. He assembled a group of technical elites in the industry, claiming to be the only leader in the field, but in fact he stole experimental research results and published rival products first, and his malicious competition was notorious.
Chen Mo was ruthless every time he fought with him.
It was just such a person. Chen Mo had no idea which mountain he was relying on to keep jumping around like this.
He was about to respond to the question just now.
As a result, he was interrupted by two soft noises.
It was the sound of Xi Siyan tapping the tablet interface on his knee with his backhand. When everyone looked over, he said, "It is not the first or second time that Chuanxing Technology's products have been reported to have problems. Neither Huanshang nor CM will cooperate with such a company in any form. Mr. Chen's report just now was very exciting. I am looking forward to seeing Xinrui hold its second phase press conference soon."
Old K next to Chen Mo clenched his fists excitedly.
Yuan Hao, who was walking back from the front, also gave Chen Mo a look of starry eyes. Chen Mo found it funny and pressed Yuan Hao on the head, signaling him to sit down quickly.
As a result, as soon as he started, he noticed a pair of eyes staring at him.
Follow and look over.
I felt that Xi Siyan’s eyes were a little cold.
But he quickly looked away, making Chen Mo wonder if he had seen it wrong.
The meeting lasted until 5pm.
Chen Mo had simply eaten something like vegetable salad the whole day, and now he was so hungry that his stomach was aching.
Stand up as soon as you hear the meeting is over.
The crowd walked out one by one.
Yuan Hao said excitedly beside Chen Mo: "Master, today is all thanks to you. You don't know that I was so nervous that I was sweating when I stood there, but as soon as you opened your mouth, I was no longer nervous."
"It will be fine after some practice." Chen Mo rested his elbow on his coat and pressed it lightly on his stomach.
When I was almost at the door, someone suddenly stopped me.
"Mr. Chen, please stay."
Chen Mo looked over and recognized the other person as Xi Siyan's assistant.
The other party bent down slightly and handed over his business card: "My boss wants to talk to Mr. Chen about some details about the project. I wonder if Mr. Chen has time?"
Chen Mo took the business card and found that it was indeed from Xi Siyan.
The pure black business card was printed with the words CM in gold, and Xi Siyan's title was also written simply.
Lao K and Yuan Hao both came over.
"Master, is President Xi looking for you?"
"About the project? Maybe there's something wrong with the project."
Chen Mo actually wanted to tell his assistant that he didn’t have time and wanted to go out for a meal right now.
But seeing that Old K looked worried, he could only say, "It shouldn't be anything. You go first and I'll contact you if there's anything." Then he turned to the assistant and said, "Yes, lead the way."
It was a separate office.
It should be that no one has used it yet, it is very empty inside and I found it temporarily.
As soon as Chen Mo entered the room, the assistant tactfully closed the door from the outside.
Chen Mo stood behind the door, looking at the person with his back to him.
Xi Siyan had taken off his coat, and his black shirt was tucked into his trousers, which made his body proportions look very good from behind.
He turned around when he heard the noise, "Here they come."
"How can I not come?" Chen Mo's eyes swept over his current eyebrows and his tone was naturally relaxed: "Party A's father is God."
Xi Siyan smiled, picked up one of the two glasses of water prepared on the table, and walked over.
While asking: "Where is your colleague?"
"Leave."
"Your little apprentice has left too?"
Chen Mo was surprised that he still cared about such a trivial matter, and replied: "Let's go."
Xi Siyan stood in front of him, looked at him and said calmly: "You are really good to this little disciple. You take him everywhere."
Chen Mo reached out to grab the water cup himself, "Then you are wrong, I won't bring it with me when I eat, sleep, or go to the toilet."
Xi Siyan dodged and didn't give it to him, raising his hand to feed him, "Drink some, your lips are a little dry."
Chen Mo suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
He was refused several times when he tried to take the drink. Looking at the rim of the cup in front of him, he didn't know why it turned out like this when they met. He had no choice but to try to drink a few sips.
Xi Siyan was not in a hurry to feed him, but Chen Mo was not used to it and was distracted, so he choked.
The water slid down the corners of his lips and wet the shirt on his chest.
He raised his hand to cover his lips and coughed, not bothering to wipe them.
Xi Siyan pushed his hand away to check the situation, then frowned and wiped it for him.
The skin on the back of his hand brushed against Chen Mo's chin. Chen Mo stiffened and looked at Xi Siyan with his eyes slightly red from coughing.
Xi Siyan didn't notice it and it just brushed the corner of his lips, and he subconsciously used force with the tip of his thumb.
Looking at the blood that seeped back, his eyes deepened.
For a moment, no one spoke and the air became stagnant and thin.
Until Chen Mo couldn't help coughing again, the moment Xi Siyan's hand touched his lips again, Chen Mo grabbed his wrist, panted softly, and said: "Xi Siyan, I'm hungry."
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