Min Xi listened to the voice message twice and replied: [We all have to have our own lives sooner or later. It’s normal to feel a little reluctant at first. I had the same experience before. When I graduated from high school and college, I would cry because of my classmates, not to mention that you and I were once husband and wife. Once you take that step psychologically, you will find that letting go is not as difficult as you thought. 】
It was a hundred times, even a thousand times easier for him to let go than for her.
[Calm down, you won’t feel so bad tomorrow morning. 】
Fu Yanzhou: [Yeah. You go to bed early. 】
Min Xi had a hunch that this would be their last chat.
Tomorrow, when the possessive desire is no longer a factor, he will be able to face it calmly. And she is going on a blind date tomorrow night and will not contact him privately anymore.
"Xixi?" There were two knocks on the door, and Min Ting called her from outside.
The door was ajar, but my brother didn't push it.
Min Xi took several deep breaths and said, "I'll be right out." She went to the bathroom and wiped her tears in front of the mirror.
Her eyes were slightly red, showing signs of having been crying, but Min Ting understood why she was crying. Anyone would be touched to receive such a thoughtful gift.
"Go downstairs, I'll give you a cold compress with a towel." He reminded her, "Tomorrow is Wednesday and we have to go to work. It's not the weekend."
Min Xi tilted his head to look at him: "Did you help sneak the gift up here?"
"Um."
"You're so good to Fu Yanzhou that you don't even act like my brother anymore."
"Soon he'll be like your brother."
"?"
Min Xi was confused: "What do you mean?"
Min Ting walked faster than her. He said, "Keep looking at Fu Yanzhou's unhappy expression."
When he reached the staircase landing, he looked back at his sister and asked, "What are your plans next?" Should he let Fu Yanzhou continue to pursue her, or remarry her directly.
If we remarry directly, he will be the first to disagree.
Min Xi: "I'm going on a blind date tomorrow night. Sheng Jianqi introduced me to a friend of his. She's good in every way."
"..." Min Ting held onto the handrail of the stairs and tapped his fingers a few times without any rhythm. He had to understand his sister's thoughts: "What about Fu Yanzhou?"
Min Xi didn't understand what his brother meant: "He has almost come out of the shadow of divorce. I can't always give in to him."
Min Ting suddenly laughed. His sister was walking eastwards, and Fu Yanzhou was chasing her westwards, getting farther and farther away.
"Does Fu Yanzhou know that you're going on a blind date tomorrow night?"
"I know. I told him not to make up for it by giving me gifts in the future."
That's all he said. He won't take on too much anymore.
Min Ting took a few clean wet towels and put them in the refrigerator. He turned his head and glanced at the living room. His sister was slumped on the sofa, staring at a certain spot and was distracted.
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In just over ten minutes, Fu Yanzhou arranged for Secretary Bai to apply for a flight back home at night. He quickly packed his suitcase, went to the elevator and called Yan Heyu, asking him to attend tomorrow's meeting on his behalf.
Yan Heyu thought he had drunk too much tonight and was feeling unwell, so he asked him if he needed to go to the hospital.
Fu Yanzhou took some hangover medicine, but his head still felt uncomfortable. "No, I'm going to the airport now. I have something to do when I get back."
It seems that there is a difficult matter to deal with. The reason why Fu Yanzhou rushed back overnight should involve the commercial secrets of Lingyu Group. Yan Heyu did not ask any more questions.
"Okay, I have a meeting tomorrow, call me anytime."
Fu Yanzhou hung up the phone, but the elevator had not yet reached the bottom floor.
The short few tens of seconds seemed to be stretched infinitely.
At around eleven o'clock, Jiangcheng became quiet, with few vehicles on the road. The Maybach sped towards the airport highway.
The car was silent and the other people held their breath at the same time.
Not knowing what happened in the end as he hurried back, Secretary Bai didn't dare to ask too much, and the bodyguard and the driver were even less likely to say anything.
They had already gone to bed, but when the boss notified them to go back, they suddenly lost all their sleepiness.
The last time the schedule was suddenly changed was in London. We had an appointment to sign a contract with a rose breeding base that day, and the boss suddenly decided to go back to Shanghai. It was morning, and they had breakfast before going to the airport. It was not as rushed and urgent as today, and it seemed that even a minute of delay would not be enough.
In the past, they could feel it slightly when a car ran over a speed bump. But today, from the airport highway to the exit, no one knew when the car passed the speed bump, and their nerves were tense the entire time.
Fu Yanzhou drank both white wine and red wine during a social event tonight. He gets drunk easily with mixed drinks, and at this time he should have been too drunk to open his eyes, but from the moment he got in the car to the moment he went through airport security, he was always sober.
My head hurts more and more.
All I could think of was Min Xi’s words: Thank you for your desk lamp, I have no regrets.
The alcohol mixed with the blood kept churning and my heart tightened.
We returned to the old house at five o'clock the next morning, before daybreak.
Xu Xiangqing woke up early and went downstairs when he heard the noise.
"You..." I was panicking and worried that something had happened to my son, but when I saw the suitcase in the living room, I realized that he must have come directly from the plane.
"Just returned from abroad?"
"I came back from Jiangcheng."
There are no flights from Jiangcheng to Beijing in the second half of the night. "Is there something urgent that you rushed back for?" Xu Xiangqing's heart, which had been at ease for less than ten seconds, was hanging again. If something happened at the company, he would not come to the old house.
Fu Yanzhou took off his windbreaker and said, "Come back to see Min Xi."
"What's wrong with Min Xi? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, I'm not feeling unwell. I haven't seen her for a few days." Fu Yanzhou looked calm and composed. He walked a few steps and realized that he had forgotten to take his phone. He returned to the sofa, picked it up and went upstairs. "Mom, go do your morning exercise."
Xu Xiangqing always felt that her son was a little abnormal today. As a mother, she could only see through one or two points of her son. As her son was about to reach the second floor, she said to his dusty back, "You can't keep everything in your heart. You have to tell Min Xi what you need to say. Otherwise, how can she understand what you are thinking?"
"Know."
Fu Yanzhou returned to his room and went to the bathroom to take a shower, still wearing the clothes he had worn for yesterday's social event.
At six o'clock, the sky gradually brightened.
Fu Yanzhou was waiting at the door of Min Xi's house. The last time he waited for her at the door was on a rainy night. Today there was no rain or snow, and the weather was clear.
Min Xi woke up early and turned on the lights in the room before 6:30, and the light was a little dim.
Fu Yanzhou sent a message: [Xixi, I’m at your door. 】
Min Xi only turned on the wooden table lamp and lay on the bed, staring at the white roses on the lampshade. Her cell phone vibrated, but she didn't notice because she was concentrating on looking at the lampshade.
She woke up three times during the night and turned on the desk lamp three times.
The alarm rang, and Min Xi picked up his phone to see that the first unread message was from him. She checked the time and found out it had been sent just a few minutes ago, not midnight yesterday.
She sat up from the bed, walked a few steps to the window, opened the curtains and looked out of the yard. Fu Yanzhou was outside the flower vine fence, wearing a dark windbreaker, with one hand in his pocket, looking down at his cell phone.
Min Xi lowered the curtains and washed and changed clothes as quickly as possible.
Min Ting hadn't gotten up yet. She walked past his door lightly, her footsteps were very light as she went downstairs, and she quickened her pace when she walked into the yard.
Fu Yanzhou put away his phone. Just as she was walking quickly towards him from the villa, he had the urge to go up and hug her, but he was worried about scaring her, which would be counterproductive.
Min Xi was breathing rapidly because he was walking fast. She calmed herself down before speaking: "Why did you come back?" She advised him: "When you calm down, you will be able to let it go soon."
Fu Yanzhou: "I have no intention of letting it go. There is no need to calm down."
Min Xi didn't respond. It was unclear whether it was because he had just woken up and his brain was slow or because he didn't dare to think deeply about what he meant for the moment.
Fu Yanzhou looked at her, his throat moving slightly: "Xixi, do you want to start over with me? Start by being my girlfriend." After saying that, his breathing became disordered, his heart beat wildly, and all his emotions were no longer under his control.
Min Xi was stunned for a moment. She looked at the man in front of her with disbelief. He had a cold temperament but gentle eyes. He was confessing to her.
Even though he was standing right in front of her, it still didn't seem real.
There were two forces in her heart that were fighting fiercely. She cut the Gordian knot quickly and didn't give herself the chance to get stuck: "No need, I've let you go."
Every word she said was like a blunt knife, swinging at him repeatedly.
Fu Yanzhou said in a deep voice: "It's okay to let it go. I didn't do well in the past. I couldn't give you the hug you wanted. From now on, I will keep you in my heart. You can get whatever you want. It's not that I don't miss you during this year of separation. I also missed you when I was on a long business trip before."
The line of defense that Min Xi had tried so hard to maintain was about to break. It was the first time she heard from him that he missed her. She hadn't heard it in two years of marriage. Before her divorce, she had thought about this question countless times: Would he miss her when they were on business trips and couldn't see each other?
Fu Yanzhou continued, "I didn't express my feelings to you earlier because I wanted to spend more time with you, so that you can feel that I am trying to win you back because I like you, not because I am unwilling to lose you."
She thought that after receiving his lamp, she would have no regrets and could let him go.
But facing his confession, she still felt excited.
The only thing she could do at this time was to manage her expression and try not to reveal her emotions.
At this time, the sun came out, but was blocked by the lush trees on the roadside. The morning light passed through the branches and leaves, and a soft beam fell on his shoulder and another on her wrist.
"Xixi, breakfast is ready." Min Ting walked out of the villa and interrupted the confession.
Fu Yanzhou didn't have time to say the remaining half.
Min Xi felt like she had seen a life-saving straw when she saw her brother. She was the one being confessed to, but it was not any easier than confessing to him herself because she didn't know how to respond.
"elder brother."
Min Ting walked closer and realized that his sister could not withstand the bombardment, so he came out in time to rescue her.
He patted Min Xi's shoulder and said, "Go have breakfast. The weather is cold and the food gets cold quickly."
Min Xi glanced at Fu Yanzhou. He looked calm and was not angry at Min Ting for interfering.
"Let's go eat first," he said.
As soon as Min Xi left, the atmosphere between them became tense.
Fu Yanzhou said coldly: "Can't you show some tact?"
Min Ting didn't care about his attitude at all, and said calmly: "I remember I told you more than once, don't be in a hurry to thank me, there are still days to trip you up. If you don't take it seriously, who can you blame?"
Helping him and creating obstacles are never contradictory.
"If you want to pursue Xixi, I won't stop you or interfere. If you want to remarry, it will be hard for you to pass my test. This concerns Xixi's lifelong happiness, and I won't accept bargaining."
Fu Yanzhou stopped talking nonsense and asked, "Sheng Jianqi, are you going to handle it or should I handle it?"
Min Ting was not surprised that he found out so quickly that it was Sheng Jianqi who helped his sister find a blind date. It seemed that he not only rushed back from Jiangcheng that night, but also did a lot of things.
He has cooperated with Sheng Jianqi. Fu Yanzhou did not contact Sheng Jianqi directly because he was considering his project.
Min Ting said, "I'll take care of it."
After Fu Yanzhou went back, Min Ting smoked a cigarette in the yard and called Sheng Jianqi. He was used to being straightforward and strong, so he didn't explain why his sister didn't go: "I'll treat you tonight, and you can go over and play the role of host on behalf of Min Xi."
Sheng Jianqi understands that Min Ting disagrees with the blind date he introduced to Min Xi. Or maybe Min Ting has his own plans for Min Xi's next marriage.
He didn't refuse: "Let's have a drink tonight."
After agreeing on where to meet, Min Ting hung up the call.
When I returned to the room, my sister sat on the sofa, at a loss.
He glanced at her and said, "What a success!"
Min Xi was not convinced: "If it were you, you wouldn't necessarily be better than me."
Min Ting took out the cigarettes from his windbreaker pocket and threw them in front of his sister. There were only a few cigarettes left in the box. He had quit smoking for some time, but because of his sister's matter, he smoked a little more recently.
He showed his sister the cigarette box to remind her that she should promise to buy him a few more expensive ashtrays instead of just writing a check.
"Put my gift in place as soon as possible."
Min Xi had no time to discuss the ashtray now. She looked at Min Ting intently.
"Don't look at me. I can't help you with your own emotional issues."
"Why don't you ask me why I didn't agree to Fu Yanzhou?"
"I was confused at the time and didn't know how to respond. Why else could I respond?" Min Ting went to the kitchen. "I didn't wrongly say you were useless."
Min Xi did not deny it and stopped hiding himself. The person she had secretly loved for so many years suddenly responded to her. She couldn't believe it and was at a loss what to do.
Fu Yanzhou's confession today was something she would never have even thought of before.
She wanted to discuss something with Min Ting, so she followed him to the kitchen.
Min Ting was frying eggs and took a moment to look at her. "I called Sheng Jianqi. You don't have to go over tonight." He asked his sister, "Now that you've calmed down, are you sure what you want?"
Min Xi nodded: "OK."
"Now that you've confirmed it, adjust your mindset to face Fu Yanzhou." Min Ting didn't say anything else.
The feeling of unreality of being confessed to continued until I entered the office.
The large amount of dopamine secreted made her restless.
Yu Chengtan called her on the internal line and asked her to go to his office.
Min Xi's frantic thoughts returned to work. He put down the phone, picked up the notebook and went upstairs.
Yu Chengtan stood in front of the tea cabinet, struggling over whether to prepare warm water or give her a glass of juice.
Before I could figure out the result, Min Xi knocked on the door.
There were dark circles under her eyes, showing that she didn't sleep well at night, but her whole spirit was different, and the ease in her eyes was not something she could fake.
He hadn't seen her like this since the Lemeng Food case.
Yu Chengtan motioned to her: "Sit down first." There was no need to worry about whether to pour a cup of warm water or a glass of juice, so he made her a cup of coffee.
I added half a stick of sugar and some fresh cream, which was once the standard.
Min Xi stirred the coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I'm drinking the same coffee again. Is there any happy event in the company?" During working hours, she didn't gossip about whether he had any happy event recently.
She hasn't had this flavor of coffee for almost a year. He is the boss, and every time she comes to report on her work, she accepts whatever the boss gives her. She wondered why he suddenly gave up coffee.
Yu Chengtan smiled and said: "This year's revenue-generating task has been completed ahead of schedule."
It’s not that there’s a happy event in the company, nor that he’s in a good mood, but that her current mood is suitable for drinking bitter coffee.
He took a sip of coffee, put the cup down and talked about business.
"Shengshi Automobile has a new spokesperson and will be reshooting the commercial this month. Sheng Jianqi was not very satisfied with the previous commercial, saying that the artistic conception was a little lacking. This time, I hope you can go to the scene to check it out."
"This is the business of the advertising company. It is inappropriate for me to interfere."
Yu Chengtan explained in detail: "Sheng Jianqi hopes that the advertising film is consistent with the theme of the communication, which requires you to communicate with the advertising company and the shooting director. You used to do your job and there was no need to make decisions. During the shooting, Sheng Jianqi and the person in charge of the advertising company were on site."
He took over her job just to follow up, and she still had to participate in some specific work.
Min Xi asked: "Where was the commercial filmed?"
"We shot in several places, starting with the northwest." She had previously included a section in her project proposal called 'On the way to search, at the end of loneliness'. Sheng Jianqi liked the mood and decided to go to the northwest to shoot.
Compared with the previous CEO of Shengshi Automobile, Sheng Jianqi pays more attention to details.
Min Xi expressed his opinion: "New energy off-road vehicles are not suitable for conquering the Gobi Desert at present." It is inappropriate to shoot in the northwest.
Yu Chengtan smiled: "Sheng Jianqi is very ambitious. His goal is to make the next generation of Shengshi off-road vehicles able to roam the Gobi Desert without having to worry about battery life."
The specific shooting time is the 20th of this month. It is planned to shoot for two days. Including the travel time, this business trip will take at least four or five days.
"You should arrange Bei Qingyu's work in advance."
Min Xi returned to his office to make a work plan when his cell phone vibrated on his desk.
Fu Yanzhou: [Come over for the meeting this afternoon? Three-thirty. 】
On the first day after his confession, she didn't want to see him and she hadn't adjusted her mindset yet.
But he asked her to meet him in the name of work, and she couldn't refuse.
Min Xi typed a reply: [OK, Mr. Fu. 】
Before sending it out, she thought for a moment and deleted the words "Mr. Fu".
Fu Yanzhou had just finished a video conference. Since he learned last night that she was going on a blind date, he hadn’t slept for a minute. After confessing his love in the morning, he came directly to the company to handle work, and his body was under high workload.
He closed his laptop, muted his phone, and went to the lounge to catch up on some sleep.
After four hours of sleep, my heart rate returned to normal.
Fu Yanzhou had just washed his face and had not had time to wipe it when he vaguely heard his cell phone ringing. He turned off the faucet and strode to the bedside. His father-in-law appeared on the phone screen.
Including this time, his father-in-law has called him three times.
The first time was before the marriage, and the second time was when he divorced Min Xi. My father-in-law doesn't talk much and always hangs up after just a few words.
"dad."
It was still the original name, Min Jiangyuan neither rejected nor corrected it. At noon, he received a call from Min Ting, who told him that Fu Yanzhou had confessed his love to Min Xi and that they might remarry soon, so he should be mentally prepared.
Min Ting also said: My mother has regretted her whole life, and she also hopes that Xixi and Fu Yanzhou can have a good ending.
Min Jiangyuan asked Fu Yanzhou: "Is it convenient to talk?"
"That's convenient. Dad, what's the matter? Tell me."
"Nothing."
Two superiors in different fields became inexplicably restrained because of a phone call.
Fu Yanzhou walked out of the lounge and sat at his desk. Water was dripping from the ends of his hair on his forehead. His hair was wet when he washed his face just now. He didn't have a towel in his hand, so he wiped the water dripping on his forehead with his hand.
Min Jiangyuan was unable to bring himself to say what he was about to say, and paused again and again: "I heard that you and Xixi are doing well now," and then paused for half a second, "How did you do it?"
Fu Yanzhou: "...Dad, Xixi and I haven't reconciled yet. I'll report to you when we're reconciled."
Min Jiangyuan: "...Okay. You guys get along well."
"You're busy." He hung up.
Fu Yanzhou had just taken the phone from his ear when Secretary Bai knocked on the door and reminded him, "Mr. Fu, Min Xi is here. She is in the conference room on the 36th floor."
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