Chapter 155: Extra Chapter: Five Years Missed (3)
Beijing, late at night.
The Xie Group headquarters had long been silent. Only the dim desk lamp in the general manager's office on the 28th floor was on, and the enclosed air was mixed with a faint smell of nicotine smoke.
In the dim light, Xie Peizhou sat in an office chair, holding a lit cigarette between his bony fingers, squinting at the flashing advertising signs on the tall buildings outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
Shortly after the beginning of autumn, the billboards have been replaced with the new autumn women's suits newly launched by XX international brand.
There was clearly a serious international supermodel face on the huge billboard, but as he looked at it, another cold little face suddenly appeared in front of him.
In just a moment, Xie Peizhou came to his senses and regained his attention.
The face of the international supermodel on the billboard became clear again.
This year's autumn is particularly deserted.
He put the cigarette to his lips, bit it and took a deep drag.
The invigorating nicotine spreads along the trachea to the lungs, and finally exhaled from the nose as grayish-white smoke.
The cigarette turned into ashes in the ashtray.
The man's eyes fell on the family portrait on the upper left corner of the desk.
Each one is a familiar and happy smiling face.
This photo was taken on New Year's Eve last year.
Xie Peizhou still clearly remembers the scene of taking the photo. The family was finally reunited, and the house was bustling with laughter.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, in the yard of the old house, the eldest brother took a camera and arranged the positions for the family photo. Xie Yiyi was arranged behind the eldest sister-in-law, and Wen Ci wore a custom-made red cheongsam and stood beside him happily.
Looking at the sweet and happy smile of the little girl next to him in the family portrait, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
After a moment, he moved his gaze away from Wen Ci's face and looked at Xie Yiyi.
Well, Xie Yiyi smiled even brighter than Wen Ci, her eyes were curved like crescent moons, and all eight of her teeth were exposed when she smiled.
She was also wearing a new Chinese-style cheongsam.
He remembered that this dress was a sister model of the same style as Wen Ci's, and he drove them both to a tailor shop a few years ago to have them tailor-made.
Xie Peizhou stared at Xie Yiyi for a while, as if he had found the answer.
This autumn is particularly cold and quiet because Xie Yiyi is abroad and not with him.
Xie Yiyi is his niece. She has loved to follow him since she was one or two years old. She calls him "uncle" and has been his little tail since she was a child.
She spent even more time with him than with her biological parents.
After Wen Ci went abroad, Xie Yiyi also insisted on going to Washington. Since then, he has been able to hear much less.
You don’t have to make a special trip to XX milk tea shop or XX dessert house every time you get off work to pack some snacks to take home; you don’t have to be unable to rest every weekend and be pampered about where to go for field trips or play; you don’t have to receive deduction and payment notifications for your secondary bank card on your mobile phone all day long.
After figuring it out, his depressed mood suddenly brightened up.
During this period, all his emotional abnormalities were due to his longing for the little tail that had been following him since childhood.
There is a 12-hour time difference between Beijing and Washington. It was 11 o'clock in the evening on his side, while it was noon on Xie Yiyi's side.
Xie Peizhou opened the address book, which was sorted alphabetically. He scrolled down and many names passed before his eyes like afterimages. When the name "Wen Ci" appeared, his thumb subconsciously pressed the screen.
Xie Peizhou stared at the name for a few seconds and slowly scrolled down.
Wen Ci's handwriting is "W", and the next letter is "X", so it is not surprising that he would pay extra attention to the name "Wen Ci".
The phone rang busy for a long time.
A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, uncle, why are you calling me?"
The girl's voice sounded a little "heartless".
Xie Peizhou frowned slightly, his voice low, "You've been abroad for so long, and I haven't seen you call back much. Are you like a kite with a broken string now? Don't you know how to contact your family?"
Across from him, Xie Yiyi flattered him, "Uncle, I'm just worried about disturbing you. There's a 12-hour time difference between here and Beijing. I wanted to call you, but I'm worried it would affect your rest."
Xie Peizhou snorted, tapping the back of his phone with his index finger. "Are you used to being in Washington?"
"Yeah, I'm quite used to it. It's just that white people's food doesn't taste good. I want to eat steamed buns with snail noodles and chicken stewed with mushrooms."
Xie Peizhou said: "Tomorrow, let the housekeeper arrange a domestic chef for you. Besides food, what about other aspects?"
"Everything is fine."
"Hmm." Xie Peizhou's Adam's apple rolled, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back.
"Uncle, do you have anything else you want to ask? If not, I'm going to hang up and go eat. I'm so hungry today."
Xie Peizhou heard Xie Yiyi's urging and opened his mouth, "Nothing else, what are you planning to eat for lunch, and who are you going to eat with?"
Xie Yiyi: "What else can I eat? The Chinese food here is even worse than Western food. I'm going to go to the cafeteria with my classmates to eat a standard white lunch... Uncle, I won't talk to you anymore. The other classes will be over soon. I'm going to the cafeteria to eat first!"
"temperature……"
When Xie Peizhou wanted to say something, the call was disconnected.
Xie Peizhou frowned as he looked at the short duration of the call.
What a heartless person.
When I was in China, I always said I loved you the most and I loved you the most. After going abroad, I will definitely miss you all the time.
But what happens after you really go abroad?
Haha, like a kite with a broken string, I quickly integrated into the new life and had no time to miss the old people.
Xie Peizhou threw his cell phone on the table, closed his eyes, pinched his brows and leaned back in his office chair, attributing the indescribable stuffiness and coldness in his heart to his longing for Xie Yiyi.
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