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After speaking, Cheng Yu looked around to make sure no one else had heard, and then she felt relieved.
“If you still haven’t figured it out,” Cheng Yu offered a solution, “Ji Shengsheng will be here in a bit. You can see for yourself what’s going on between her and Xu Yu.”
After saying that, Cheng Yu pointed to the contract on the table: "Anyway, our legal department still needs to review it, so you'll just be waiting here anyway."
On the other side, before Ji Shengsheng could answer Xing Xing's question from last night, Xing Xing had already noticed Xu Yu's coat on the sofa.
Whose clothes are these?
Ji Shengsheng: "?"
...If she remembered correctly, this was the coat she had helped Xu Yu take off yesterday.
She clearly remembered putting away the coat that Xing Xing had left in this spot.
How come Xu Yu's coat is here again?
"It's from a colleague." Ji Shengsheng didn't want to say more. She took Xu Yu's coat from Xing Xing and placed it in the corner on the other side of the sofa.
Xing Xing looked thoughtful.
Ji Shengsheng glanced at his watch and got back to the main topic: "Regarding the question you asked me yesterday, I think that as friends of the opposite sex, we should maintain an appropriate distance after the other person is in a relationship, at least so as not to cause trouble for our friend's romantic relationship."
"So I wholeheartedly agree with your girlfriend's point of view, and from now on I'm ready to support her in my actions."
“Something’s not right,” Xing Xing repeated. “Something’s not right.”
"Where?" Ji Shengsheng asked, puzzled.
“You’re so happy, you can’t hide your joy,” Xing Xing said thoughtfully, “It’s like you’ve finally gotten rid of a burden.”
Ji Shengsheng: "...You've improved."
They noticed that.
She also remembered that during her university years, although she and Xing Xing rarely appeared together except for occasionally eating in the cafeteria, some members of the choir would still tease her about their unusual relationship.
They are truly extraordinary. They are like family, even closer than ordinary friends.
At the time, she was pursuing Xu Yu, and she politely explained and responded to these jokes. Although they didn't cause any trouble, it would have been best if no one misunderstood.
"I can see that you really want to distance yourself from me." Xing Xing sighed. "So, does that mean I don't have to go on this 'business trip' with you tomorrow?"
Ji Shengsheng nodded: "Of course. I already refunded your ticket yesterday."
Xing Xing gritted his teeth: "...Fine!"
"but."
Just when Ji Shengsheng thought he could get rid of this troublesome brat, Xing Xing suddenly turned around: "That dress belongs to Xu Yu, right?"
Ji Shengsheng: "?"
"Ji Shengsheng, if you reconcile with Xu Yu, don't blame me for looking down on you." Xing Xing gave Ji Shengsheng an ultimatum. "If you don't like me, at least don't choose someone inferior to me."
Ji Shengsheng asked, puzzled, "...I don't see anything about Xu Yu that makes him inferior to you?"
"You mean, if he takes the initiative to contact you, you can still make up with him, right?" Xing Xing stomped her feet in anger.
"Go and take care of your own affairs," Ji Shengsheng said, opening the door to welcome Xing Xing away. "I know what I'm doing."
...
When Chen Mu saw Ji Shengsheng, she was carrying a small box into the conference room and then distributing drinks along the table.
It looks like you made it yourself.
After distributing the drinks, he saw Ji Shengsheng take some small items from a small box on the corner of the table and put them into a drawer at one of the workstations.
“You think she’s like a central air conditioner,” Cheng Yu said as she passed by Chen Mu, following his gaze. “She’s very energetic and treats everyone with respect. Yesterday she made fruit juice milk tea for everyone, and today she remembered the flavors and made it specially for everyone.”
"Those little things are for the colleague who was sick yesterday."
"You might think this person is pretentious, so good at pleasing others. But she might just be nice to everyone."
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw Ji Shengsheng walking towards them.
Chen Mu felt a little nervous and awkward.
He used to have a good relationship with Ji Shengsheng when he thought highly of her. But after discovering Ji Shengsheng's secret, he blocked her as a friend and treated her like she didn't exist.
"Long time no see, Chen Mu." Ji Shengsheng greeted him naturally, then looked at Cheng Yu, "Yesterday I asked Xu Yu to bring me some things, but I left his coat at my house. Could you help me return it to Xu Yu?"
"I can't really help much, I have to go out in a bit." Cheng Yu shook her head.
"Where is his desk?" Ji Shengsheng looked around. "I put my clothes on his desk."
“He doesn’t have a fixed workstation. Why don’t you wait until he finishes his IV drip and then return it to him yourself?” Cheng Yu gave a gentle smile.
“That works too.” Ji Shengsheng nodded.
"...Why don't you ask him about the IV drip?" Cheng Yu asked curiously.
"I won't ask."
Ji Shengsheng didn't quite understand.
She knew that Xu Yu had a fever and was sick.
But even if she asked Cheng Yu, it wouldn't help Xu Yu's condition. Her current status also made it unsuitable for her to take care of him.
Then it's better not to ask.
"Oh, okay." Cheng Yu looked at the glass bottle in Ji Shengsheng's hand. "What's this?"
"Canned yellow peaches."
During their university years, Xu Yu was sick once, and she took care of him all night. When Xu Yu was sick, he was very quiet and a little clingy. When he was sick, he would want to eat chilled canned yellow peaches.
It was snowing that night, and she went to several places, wasting more than two hours, before finally finding a 24-hour supermarket and buying a bottle of room-temperature canned yellow peaches.
Fortunately, it was cold enough that she was able to cool down the canned peaches on the way.
"Oh, didn't you say you wouldn't ask about his fever?" Cheng Yu laughed. "Hearing your answer just now, I thought you didn't care about him at all."
Ji Shengsheng was stunned.
She thought it was just a small favor. She was like that to everyone. She would remember the preferences of those around her and try to make them happy whenever she had the chance.
"It's good that you care, even if it's just as friends." Cheng Yu left it at that.
Ji Shengsheng remained silent. The next second, someone behind her took her coat from her wrist.
Ji Shengsheng turned around and saw Xu Yu.
"For me?"
Xu Yu looked at the canned food in her arms, while Ji Shengsheng looked at the other person's face.
Xu Yu's face was very pale, and his lips were bloodless. He looked like he was about to faint at any moment.
"……right."
"come over."
Xu Yu took the canned food from her arms and then called her to the meeting room next door.
Ji Shengsheng followed, and the conference room door closed behind her. Xu Yu took out the wrapped candied hawthorns.
"For me?"
Ji Shengsheng was puzzled.
"Mm." Xu Yu looked at her and nodded without blinking.
"We eat candied hawthorns in winter."
This was something she had told Xu Yu before.
There's a snack street near the back gate of the art academy and the university of science and technology. Every time she goes for a night run in winter, she buys a few snacks to take back to her dormitory.
Cheng Yu looked at Chen Mu beside her: "Xu Yu now knows that Ji Shengsheng has a girlfriend. Look at how proactive he is. As far as I know, he was supposed to have four IV drips, but he only finished half of them before running back."
"So..." Chen Mu felt helpless.
"So, as a friend, you're not fighting against Ji Shengsheng, you're fighting against Xu Yu. If you think that someone with a blemish on their character can't be your friend, then the person you should be rejecting is the friend you still want to be friends with right now."
"Ji Shengsheng may have problems, but Xu Yu is definitely not innocent."
"What do you think about this?" Chen Mu felt there was no solution, so he turned to ask Cheng Yu.
"I think the relationship between Ji Shengsheng and Xing Xing still needs to be observed. After all, it's all just talk behind their backs, and no one has seen them in any intimate contact."
Cheng Yucai wasn't a very moral person; he always believed in living for the moment: "Besides, I'm a rather shameless person. Even if everything you see and know is true, if they get married one day, I'll still volunteer to be their best man."
“I, Cheng Yu, will always stand unconditionally on the side of my friends, no matter when or where.” Cheng Yu paused.
"You really are aiding and abetting evil." Chen Mu said with exasperation.
“You can say that, but I also have some things to remind you.” Cheng Yu put aside her good temper.
He said all that simply to give Chen Mu a way out.
But Chen Mu himself is clearly still on the moral high ground, so he's too lazy to make any further effort for the relationship between the other party and Xu Yu.
“At the time, you only heard that Ji Shengsheng had a boyfriend, but you didn’t have any concrete evidence.” Cheng Yu paused. “Shouldn’t a truly good person verify the information carefully before spreading it?”
Chen Mu frowned and said nothing more.
He was emotional at the time and didn't really think that much. But in his view, there was no doubt about it.
If it really was a misunderstanding, why didn't Ji Shengsheng show any displeasure at his cold treatment?
Seeing that Chen Mu did not refute anything, Cheng Yu handed the stamped contract to Chen Mu, then walked to her desk and picked up the special drink that Ji Shengsheng had brought.
Yesterday, he said he loved lemon tea and also liked fruit tea names with reduplicated words. Today, he received a cup of "Lemon Lemon Tea".
How could anyone want to bully a kind and lovely girl like Ji Shengsheng?
Cheng Yu didn't understand.
Meanwhile, in Xu Yu's office, the atmosphere was anything but ordinary.
"Leaving tomorrow?" Xu Yu broke the silence first.
“Yes.” Ji Shengsheng nodded without looking at the other person.
"Where are you planning to go this time?" Xu Yu leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on her. "What's the time difference?"
Ji Shengsheng felt something was off: "What time difference?"
She originally planned to visit the girl she was sponsoring in Yunlan Mountain, but she only learned yesterday that the girl had already gone to work in Yunlan City.
Although Yunlan city is not close to Lucheng, transportation is very convenient. So she canceled her plane ticket and planned to take a taxi there.
"Not going abroad?" Xu Yu's emotions stirred.
Ji Shengsheng scratched his head: "...No."
"Not leaving?"
"Ah." Their conversation seemed to be on different wavelengths.
“We’re going to Yunlan tomorrow,” Ji Shengsheng pondered the source of Xu Yu’s question. “It’ll be a three-day trip, and it won’t affect our work during this period.”
"Going to Yunlan?" Xu Yu sat up and rubbed her temples. "With your boyfriend?"
"..." Ji Shengsheng turned her face away, "I'll go by myself."
"I send you."
The atmosphere in the office was strangely ambiguous.
“No need.” Ji Shengsheng pointed to Xu Yu’s face. “Besides, you’re still sick.”
"When you first came back, didn't you always ask for a ride?" Xu Yu's voice was very soft, as if he was coaxing her to agree. "Why are you scared now?"
"Is there a charge?" Ji Shengsheng abruptly broke the ambiguous atmosphere.
"I won't accept it." Xu Yu stared intently at her, bringing the atmosphere back to its ambiguous state. "But I want to ask you for something else."
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