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In the clean and bright office, Xu Liang stood in front of the table, waiting for Director Li to finish reading the documents.
Her eyes wandered quietly over him, and her hands around her abdomen tightened.
The whole space was so quiet that the only sound was the turning of pages.
"It really is a touch of humanistic touch." A steady and rich voice came out smoothly.
Xu Liang swallowed twice and waited for what was to come.
"I agree with this statement." Director Li finally raised his head and pointed his finger at a sentence written by Qi Yu in the plan.
"Compared to the visible high risks, balance and long-term goals are the original intention."
The development of a company is certainly for profit, and technological elderly care can indeed capture a large amount of profit in a short period of time.
Because the community is aimed at the elderly who have relatively high pensions and are more receptive to technology.
However, the novelty brought by technology is limited and the risks are relatively high.
Previously, perhaps due to strength or luck, the community’s operations were very effective.
However, now that the risk is there and problems have arisen, what they need to think about is how to solve the problems.
No businessman will only focus on immediate interests and ignore long-term interests.
This is especially true for Mr. Li.
He was interested in Qi Yu because he saw the long-term value of Qi Yu that he could utilize.
"So what you mean?" Xu Liang asked.
Chairman Li closed the document, glanced at the time, and said with a satisfied smile, "If it passes, we'll go back and find someone to do an assessment and re-estimate the business value. Once that's done, we'll organize a board meeting and ask for everyone's opinions."
Xu Liang was a little surprised. He didn't expect it to be so easy to pass.
During the last meeting, she always felt that Mr. Li was a smiling tiger, an old stubborn man who liked to push technology to the sky like Qi Yu.
Looking at the closed elevator door, the reflective mirror reflected Qi Yu's appearance, and she sneered -
It's because her stereotype is too strong.
Isn’t she herself pushing humanities to the sky?
People will naturally add a filter to the things they love. Behind their refusal to admit defeat is that they have not yet seen each other's strengths.
After returning to the office, Xu Liang handed the plan to Liu Zhu and left the subsequent matters to him.
She didn't forget Song Ying, so she put on her coat and rushed to the hospital.
…
As You Yi's "family member", Qi Yu stayed by the bedside for several hours, while Song Ying was still busy in the office accepting new patients.
Xu Liang contacted Qi Yu in advance and went directly to the ward.
When she saw You Yi again, she thought she would be extremely disgusted.
However, after seeing the person on the bed clearly, Xu Liang almost didn't recognize him.
The man was still unconscious, his head wrapped in layers of gauze, concealing its original appearance.
In striking contrast to the white gauze was You Yi’s face.
Completely different from the vital look of You Yi in his memory, he looked lifeless on the hospital bed.
Even though the ECG monitor at the bedside showed that his heartbeat was normal, it still couldn't conceal the depressed aura emanating from him.
There is also his skin color. In my impression, You Yi had a fair complexion that many people envied, but now he is wheat-colored from head to toe, and the skin color of his face and arms is especially dark.
There were messy stubbles around his lips, and his lips were so dry and cracked that blood was coming out of them, making his whole face look sloppy.
There were also hands resting on his sides, with thick calluses on the rough fingertips, and inky unknown objects still lingering in the gaps between the fingerprints.
He looked completely unkempt.
However, in my memory, the person who loves cleanliness the most and cares the most about his image is You Yi.
Xu Liang's whole body was frozen in place, and he was reluctant to move forward.
Qi Yu, who had been guarding the bed, stood up and walked towards her. He naturally put his hands behind her back and used some force to push her forward slowly.
Only after she sat down on the sturdy stool did Xu Liang feel the tension in her body instantly relax. She pursed her lips, feeling a strange, pent-up anger building up in her chest, unable to escape or rise.
Qi Yu's hand was still on her shoulder. In a deep voice, he explained, "When I came, his colleagues and boss were still here. I roughly learned that he should have returned a month ago and was working at a car repair shop near Yikang."
Auto repair shop...
It shouldn't be like this.
You Yi was a graduate student at the time. Although he was unable to graduate because he left, his parents both had a wealthy family in Switzerland.
He shouldn't have come back to work in the repair shop anyway.
The two hands on his shoulders pinched at a slow rhythm. Xu Liang stared at the person on the bed with his lips tightly pursed.
Qi Yu continued, "I heard he lives nearby, renting a small, older apartment. His colleagues say he's quiet, and they don't know anything more about him. A week ago, he wasn't in a good state at work. He kept looking at his phone for a long time, perhaps because he got emotionally agitated. He vomited all over the floor as soon as he stood up and passed out. His colleagues called an ambulance. He was previously in the ICU, but he had a drainage tube removed and was transferred to the ward today. Tests showed he was comatose, but everything else was normal."
"His colleagues and boss are nice people. They paid for his medical expenses first, and I've already paid him back."
"I asked his attending physician, and he said it was because he had an old brain injury and his blood vessels hadn't recovered properly. Plus, his colleagues said he smoked frequently, and when he got emotional, it led to a subarachnoid hemorrhage."
"Smoking?! An old injury?"
You Yi once said that he would never touch cigarettes or alcohol in his life.
Xu Liang found it hard to accept the words that were so loaded with information, and the force on his shoulders also made her quickly realize that Qi Yu was also unable to accept it.
They had been classmates and friends for five or six years. When they met again after five years of separation, they never expected that he would become like this.
Qi Yu said that he had an old injury on the back of his head, which was probably caused by improper treatment. There was a very obvious scar. As for how and when it happened, only he knew.
"Yingying she..."
Xu Liang was worried again.
"She looks fine. She'll be here as soon as she finishes admitting patients."
Looks fine...
Xu Liang's heart sank. The area covered by the air became wider, and with each breath he took, he felt a slight soreness in the corners of his eyes.
She covered Qi Yu's hand and stood up. Not wanting to look at the person on the bed again, she turned and went to the windowsill.
The fresh, cool air from the window hit his nose, making him feel a little better. Xu Liang wanted to talk about something else first: "The plan has been approved by Director Li."
"I know, I believe you." It was still a familiar and firm answer.
For a moment, Xu Liang seemed to truly sense Qi Yu's years of accumulated affection. It was as if he had already fallen for her, but had been faced with the dilemma of choosing between principles and her, lost for a while, and now he had finally found the answer.
The familiar sense of security slowly rose, and Qi Yu suddenly called her.
Xu Liang hummed, tilted his head slightly, and waited for him to continue.
But Qi Yu was a little hesitant, with words lingering on his lips. Xu Liang wanted to urge him, but was interrupted by the movement outside the door.
Song Ying is here.
She had taken off her white coat and changed into her own clothes.
There were slight red bloodshot in the corners of her eyes and her eyelids were slightly swollen. She didn't say anything, just stared at the person on the bed.
Song Ying almost knew everything that Qi Yu knew.
Xu Liang tentatively walked towards Song Ying: "Yingying..."
Maybe it was because of the familiar nickname, maybe it was because she had persisted to the end, or maybe it was because the person in the bed had changed drastically.
As if a stretched string snapped in an instant, Song Ying rushed forward and hugged Xu Liang.
Occupying Qi Yu's body, Xu Liang was much taller than Song Ying, but he was able to hold her in his arms.
After a while, I felt a warm heat in my chest, with a little moisture.
At this moment, Xu Liang was somewhat glad that he and Qi Yu had swapped places, so that he could give Song Ying a more secure support.
The dull sobs came out in his arms, with a weak hoarseness: "How could he become like this... Why did he become like this... I would rather he stay in Switzerland forever and never come back..."
The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became heavy. Xu Liang and Qi Yu looked at each other silently and lowered their heads at the same time.
Xu Liang had no other choice but to keep comforting the person in his arms.
They also had doubts. They didn't know why You Yi came back, nor did they know why he became like this.
All we can do is wait for him to wake up.
Perhaps the only way to vent emotions now is to let Song Ying have a good cry.
The sound of the fixed-frequency ECG monitor mixed with the sad cries. The light outside the window gradually faded, like a drop of ink falling into the clouds, and the large area of white was dyed with a faint black.
Song Ying was finally tired of crying.
Several people stayed in the ward, waiting for the nurse to come and change the infusion. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal with the person on the bed, Qi Yu said he wanted to send Song Ying home.
…
Xu Liang and Qi Yu were worried about Song Ying, so they didn't go back to Qi Yu's place that night and stayed in Xu Liang's apartment.
The two of them finally coaxed Song Ying into eating something. Originally, Xu Liang planned to stay there with her, but Song Ying said she wanted to be alone.
Back in his apartment, Xu Liang relaxed a lot.
This was not Qi Yu's first time here, so he took the initiative to find slippers to change into.
Neither of them was in a very good mood, and Xu Liang just wanted to take a shower and get into bed quickly.
However, she didn't have any men's clothes, so Qi Yu asked someone to buy a few new sets of clothes. In addition, he also bought some new toiletries.
"Mr. Xu, remember to leave me half of your place in the house in the future."
Qi Yu said it very naturally and without any shame.
Xu Liang, who was washing up, almost sprayed mouthwash in his face. His temper was aroused, and she immediately retorted: "Boss Qi is still on probation, why are you in such a hurry?"
Qi Yu leaned against the door, watching the person in front of the sink skillfully applying various skin care products to his face, and then moved closer: "Anyway, most of our company's probationary employees have been converted to regular employees."
"Also, this skincare product should be applied to this face."
He just raised his chin, waiting for her move.
“…”
Xu Liang suddenly felt that this person was so shameless.
Seeing that she didn't move for a long time, Qi Yu tilted his head again, opened one of his squinting eyes and squeezed towards her: "Xiao Liang, my face is already here, hurry up."
Xu Kyung finally squeezed two pumps of lotion into his palm and slapped it directly on his face: "...Why don't you just go back to your cool attitude?"
…
The two of them played around in the bathroom for a while, and when they were about to go to bed, Xu Jing suddenly realized——
Her house has only one bedroom.
Originally there were two bedrooms, but she felt that one was enough for one person, so the other bedroom was converted into a small studio.
There was only a lazy sofa in there.
She didn't have any extra quilts.
"Then let's sleep together." Qi Yu said without hesitation.
Xu Liang subconsciously stopped him, with a clear expression of rejection on his face.
They just confirmed their relationship yesterday, and Qi Yu is still in the probation period. How can they sleep together?
Qi Yu pouted, looking somewhat dissatisfied: "Can you please stop emphasizing the word 'trial'?"
Xu Liang also heard a hint of grievance.
The corners of her mouth were about to turn up, but she pressed them down hard and pinched the tip of her nose with her fingers.
"Nothing will happen to us now, we are just sleeping."
Qi Yu is quite direct.
Xu Liang also softened his heart.
When he lay down on the bed, Xu Liang felt a sense of regret.
It's still so strange.
Even though they were in each other's bodies, even though she felt that they were already the closest people to each other, even though they had now confirmed their relationship.
She just felt awkward.
However, Qi Yu was very sensible and did not overstep the line. He even noticed her nervousness and took the initiative to bring up a topic to divert her attention.
"Have you read the message I sent you? Zhang Qilin's latest movements."
When Qi Yu mentioned it, Xu Liang quickly thought of the dozen or so unread messages. She sat up abruptly and opened her phone again.
When she saw Song Ying's message, her mind was full of Song Ying and You Yi's affairs, so she naturally ignored what Qi Yu had posted before.
As she read, Qi Yu repeated it.
His friend told him that their boss had announced today that Zhang Qilin had resigned and would not be coming to work anymore. However, he inquired and found out that Zhang Qilin had not submitted his resignation letter. Last Friday, he even said he would be back at the company this week to follow up on a new pharmaceutical project.
"So he was forced to resign?" Xu Liang was puzzled.
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