Chapter 90
If the silence in the dark can make people afraid, then the silence in the box at this moment will probably strangle people.
"Mr. Gu, you, do you want to come together?" Fu Bowen was uneasy, not knowing what had happened. The atmosphere was suffocating. If he didn't say something, he would suffocate to death.
From beginning to end, Gu Cunxi's eyes never left Xiao Peiyin for a moment. She didn't know how to describe her mood at the moment. She resisted the urge to hug her and couldn't help but hate her.
"Okay!" She sneered and looked away
“…”
Because of Gu Cunxi's words, the people in the box wanted to escape immediately.
"Um, Mr. Gu...Mr. Gu, how about you sit here with me?" Fu Bowen asked
Fu Bowen's position is facing Xiao Peiyin
"Okay!" Gu Cunxi stepped back and walked over, sitting down opposite her. From this position, he could see her clearly, her expression, her panic and helplessness.
"Call the waiter in!" She waved her hand, and Fu Bowen immediately responded and went outside to call someone.
After a while, the waiter came in
"Help her change a pair of chopsticks, hers is dirty!" Gu Cunxi raised his hand and pointed at the person opposite him.
Xiao Peiyin kept her head down and dared not look up. Tears welled up in her eyes. She pinched her fingers to hold back the tears.
Even a blind person in the box could see the strange atmosphere between the two, and no one dared to say a word.
Fu Bowen coughed lightly, raised his glass and said, "Mr. Gu, I'll toast you a glass." Gu Cunxi ignored him, looked at Xiao Peiyin straight in the eyes and replied, "I'm driving."
“…”
"Then Mr. Gu, let me change some tea for you."
“No need!”
“…”
Fu Bowen tried his best to ease the awkward atmosphere, but the more he tried to ease it, the more awkward it became. Seeing Gu Cunxi's dark face, he dared not utter a word.
Xiao Peiyin never looked at her from beginning to end. Gu Cunxi stared at her, his heart seemed to be corroded by acid and alkali. She was thinner than four years ago, and her whole body was shrouded in a layer of melancholy.
"Is the sales department trying to cooperate with Vanke City Park's project recently?" Gu Cunxi looked away and looked at Fu Bowen.
When asked suddenly, Fu Bowen reacted for a moment before replying, "Yes, I've been working on the Vanke City Park project..."
"Who's responsible?" Gu Cunxi interrupted
"Oh, I'm currently leading the team to follow up." Fu Bowen wiped his forehead, fearing that he might say something wrong and lose his job. Gu Cunxi asked again, "Who is leading the team?"
A moment of silence
Fu Bowen was calculating in his mind. After his observation just now, he concluded that there was probably some grudge between Gu Cunxi and Xiao Peiyin. Just based on the look in Mr. Gu's eyes just now, he was almost staring at the person opposite to death. If he said that the person he brought was Xiao Peiyin, he might be directly removed. However, it didn't affect him much. Thinking about the interests involved, Fu Bowen cleared his throat and said, "It's Xiao Peiyin from Sales Department 1."
"Oh?" She raised her eyebrows: "Xiao, Pei, Yin"
Xiao Peiyin didn't dare to raise her eyes. Her heart suddenly ached. She thought that Gu Cunxi would never call her in such a cold tone before.
"Who is it?" she asked deliberately, with a cold look in her eyes.
Fu Bowen was surprised and stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, don't these two people know each other? Seeing that the person opposite him didn't react at all, Fu Bowen lowered his head and said with displeasure: "Xiao Peiyin! Mr. Gu is asking you!"
Gu Cunxi sneered at her. Xiao Peiyin trembled as she clutched herself tightly under the table. She slowly raised her eyes, but she couldn't call out "Mr. Gu". It was too unfamiliar, and it would hurt her heart.
After four years of looking at each other, Gu Cunxi's eyebrows wrinkled slightly without a trace, and her heart was bitter. If it were not for this, she might not even plan to look at her.
"Mr. Gu, I'm the one leading her on the current Vanke project. If you think it's inappropriate..."
"There's nothing inappropriate about it!" Gu Cunxi interrupted, "Cooperation with Vanke is crucial to the company. We must strive for it!"
"Sure!" Fu Bowen nodded.
The box returned to a dead silence. Su Bailinhan and the others did not dare to speak, nor did they dare to touch the dishes in front of them.
Xiao Peiyin used up all her strength to look up. The moment they met, she saw that the eyes were full of disgust, hatred and anger. She turned her head away in panic, feeling so painful that she couldn't breathe.
I got what I wanted, I could see her.
She once greedily hoped that Gu Cunxi would leave a little tenderness for her, but when she saw him today, just that one glance, she suddenly realized that she should no longer have any delusion.
If I sit down again, tears will start to flow
I can't let her see me cry...
Xiao Peiyin stood up with her weak body, and everyone in the box was looking at her.
"Mr. Fu, I feel a little...uncomfortable! I'll take my leave now!" Then, she bent down towards Gu Cunxi without saying a word. Thousands of words were stuck in her chest. She couldn't call her by name, nor did she want to call her by her identity. She didn't know how to address Gu Cunxi anymore.
I picked up my coat from the back of the chair and was about to leave when she called me.
"Stop!" Gu Cunxi tapped the table with his fingertips, his eyes frozen.
Xiao Peiyin stopped and took a deep breath
"I don't think I've given you permission to leave yet? That's too casual!"
A cold voice sounded behind her, piercing her heart. Xiao Peiyin slightly tilted her body, looking at the ground, and squeezed out a sentence from her throat with great difficulty: "Then...can I leave?"
"Sure!" Gu Cunxi smiled, leaned back in his chair, pointed at her seat and said, "Drink the unfinished drink in front of you before you leave. That's the rule!"
While making things difficult for her, Gu Cunxi is also making things difficult for herself. If she hurts Xiao Peiyin, her heart will ache. In fact, this is not her intention! After four years, she still wants to keep her love for this person.
But what she said was hurtful! She couldn't say the words of love to her.
…
Xiao Peiyin bit her lip tightly, and stood there hesitantly for a moment before turning around and walking back to her seat. The wine cup in front of her was full of two taels. She was not good at drinking, so this was her limit.
"Boss Gu, this..." Fu Bowen looked embarrassed. Gu Cunxi said firmly, "Either you stay or drink the wine before leaving!"
She hopes she can stay, that's the intention
But the next second, Xiao Peiyin's behavior made her disappointed and reluctant.
The moment she drank the liquor in front of her, Gu Cunxi stood up in shock, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
—Ahem
The spicy taste of the liquor made her cough uncontrollably. She didn't know if it was because of the wine that made her tears well up, or because her heart was too painful. Xiao Peiyin raised the glass, looked at her, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... I've finished drinking, I'm leaving first!"
After that, she left without looking back. Her figure was a little shaky and she was as thin as a piece of paper. Seeing this, Gu Cunxi felt both pained and angry. She would rather drink like this than sit here with her for a while longer.
"Boss Gu" Fu Bowen stood aside, looking nervous: "Don't mind, she..."
Before he could finish, Gu Cunxi's figure had disappeared at the door.
She was thinner than she was four years ago, her pretty face was lifeless, and she looked shaky after drinking, as if she was about to fall.
Gu Cunxi quickly chased after him after coming out of the box. At the hotel entrance, the lonely figure suddenly hurt her.
"Xiao..."
I couldn't shout, so I just chased after him.
Xiao Peiyin heard the hurried footsteps behind him, paused for a moment, and then ran out faster the next second.
The alcohol made her body slow and clumsy, or perhaps it was because she wanted to wait for Gu Cunxi that she couldn't escape at all. She was pulled away in a moment.
"Where are you going?" Gu Cunxi grabbed her, his resentful tone making Xiao Peiyin's eyes sore and speechless. Seeing that she didn't answer or look at him, Gu Cunxi angrily pulled her to face him and asked sternly: "Where are you going?"
Her wrist was hurt by her grip, Xiao Peiyin bit her lip to endure it, and called softly: "Cunxi"
“!”
This call made Gu Cunxi's heart warm, but she was so stubborn that even if she thought about it in her heart, she would say the opposite. Gu Cunxi sneered and said, "Who are you to call me like that?"
Xiao Peiyin was speechless. When her identity was mentioned, she felt like being pricked by needles. Gu Cunxi pulled her closer and said, "You work in my company. Isn't it a bit rude to call me by my name?"
"No, I..."
"You're not what?"
The strength in his hands increased a bit. Through her clothes, Gu Cunxi could even feel that her arms were so thin that only bones were left. Suddenly, he felt sorry for her.
Xiao Peiyin's arm was squeezed so hard that it hurt. She frowned slightly, bit her lips tightly, and groaned. Gu Cunxi then realized that he had squeezed her too hard and hurt her, and he let go of her hand immediately.
"You'd rather drink than sit with me for a while?"
The tone softened a bit
"I... just want to go home, let me go!" Xiao Peiyin pleaded
--Oh
Gu Cunxi couldn't help but sneer, his eyes cold. "Don't pretend to be weak and pitiful again. That's how you lied to me four years ago. You were the one who broke into my place first. How come you're the one who came in, and you're the one who's leaving?"
"Do you still think this is four years ago?" She gradually approached, trapping Xiao Peiyin on the stone pillar behind her, and placed her hands on either side of her shoulders, preventing her from dodging or escaping. "Do you think I'll let you do what you want like before, and let you deceive me?"
"Do you think I won't hate you and find you disgusting?"
Xiao Peiyin looked up in shock, tears almost uncontrollable. She hastily looked away, the minty scent all around her. In her mind were those words: disgusting, dirty...
She pushed away Gu Cunxi who was pressing on her body and wanted to escape, but was pulled back fiercely: "Where are you going?" Gu Cunxi pushed her hard, and her body instantly lost weight and fell back, hitting the stone pillar behind her. The pain made her already dizzy, and she felt even more dizzy.
In a split second, Gu Cunxi had no time to hold her back, and the sound of his body hitting the stone pillar made her heart skip a beat, as if she was also the one in pain.
"Cunxi..." Xiao Peiyin covered her shoulders, dizzy and unable to see clearly, begging her: "I... really don't feel well!"
"Let me go, please."
A faint hoarse voice seemed to be squeezed out of the throat
"Oh? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Gu Cunxi said coldly. He approached her again and pressed her against the wall. A warm feeling came into his arms. "You can tell me and I'll take you to the hospital."
His lips stopped near the corner of her mouth. When they looked at each other, Gu Cunxi saw the pain in her eyes, which were dull and lifeless. She was still as beautiful as before, but her temperament had completely changed. She used to be gentle and charming, but now she looked a little fragile and sick.
A warm and familiar breath spread on her cheeks. Xiao Peiyin froze in place. She wanted to turn her head away, but she seemed to be expecting something in her heart.
So she closed her eyes
Gu Cunxi looked at her, her red lips were crystal clear and tender due to the wine, which made her want to kiss them. She couldn't help herself, and at the moment when she was about to kiss her, the photo that had tormented her for four years appeared in her mind.
My heart suddenly sank to the bottom. Looking at her face, I couldn't ask any more questions. Gu Cunxi stopped, stepped back, and smiled dumbly.
"Xiao Peiyin!" She called her, her eyes misty: "Do you think I will kiss you?"
The warmth in front of him disappeared, and a cold voice was heard in his ears. Xiao Peiyin opened his eyes, feeling lost and confused.
"You got it wrong. I can't kiss you because you make me sick!"
The tears that had been held back for a long time suddenly burst out. Her words were like a knife, piercing the softest part of her heart. The sharp pain spread. Xiao Peiyin looked at her in astonishment, then smiled bitterly and nodded: "I'm sorry, I made you sick..."
"You can go now..."
After saying that, Gu Cunxi turned his back without even looking at her, his lips trembling.
"Cunxi, I'm sorry!"
The voice behind her seemed to float from far away, a word of sorry, which made her feel sad.
Xiao Peiyin supported himself, turned around with great difficulty, and moved his feet. Her voice filled his ears. It was disgusting and dirty.
Suddenly, the world was spinning, and my vision was blurred into a white mass.
——Dong
After a few steps, he stumbled and fell to the ground
“!”
Gu Cunxi looked back upon hearing the sound. The moment he saw her collapse at the door, he was extremely panicked. He quickly ran over, supported her in his arms, and said with great distress: "Xiao Peiyin! What's wrong with you? Wake up!"
The person in my arms is silent
"Pei Pei, I'll take you to the hospital! Don't be afraid..." Without time to think about anything else, Gu Cunxi picked up her bag and car keys that fell on the ground and carried her into the car.
Can't feel her weight, as thin as paper
…
In the hospital ward, Xiao Peiyin lay quietly, her face pale. The doctor pushed the door open and walked in. Gu Cunxi stood up suddenly and lowered his voice: "Doctor, how is she?"
"Well, nothing serious..." The doctor looked at the examination report: "The patient has some moderate anemia and malnutrition. In this case, he cannot drink alcohol! It's not a big problem, just pay more attention to rest."
"Thanks…"
After the doctor left, Gu Cunxi sat back on the bed, reached out to tidy up her hair, and brushed her cheek with his fingers. Thinking of the white wine she had just drunk, he felt a pang of guilt in his heart.
I forced her to do that.
How can I be anemic and malnourished?
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