A colleague who was just arriving at work on time happened to see this and asked curiously, "Hey, is someone else driving you to work today? It doesn't look like your car."
Wen Xi nodded: "I've been having such bad luck lately. Yesterday, I ran into a pervert on my way home. He smashed my car window, and I had to take the car to the repair shop to get the window replaced. I asked my neighbor to drive me home."
Colleague: "Oh."
In the afternoon, I received a message on my phone from Song Xici: "When are you coming back?"
"immediately."
Song Xici: "I made your favorite pork ribs today."
Mu Wenxi: "Okay, be careful on the road."
In the following days, Song Xici drove Mu Wenxi to and from get off work every day, and many colleagues were very curious about his relationship with Mu Wenxi.
Colleague: "I don't believe it's the neighbor. Neighbors don't come to pick you up and drop you off every day. It must be your boyfriend, right?"
Mu Wenxi shook his head: "Really not."
Colleague: "Why would someone treat you so well if he's not your boyfriend? He's one of your suitors."
Mu Wenxi thought for a moment and realized that the other party hadn't pursued her: "No, the other party didn't pursue me."
Colleague: "No way! Such a handsome guy, aren't you tempted? Maybe you don't even know it, but someone else is already pursuing you."
Mu Wenxi: "Get lost! I'm a career-driven female lead, how can I let love hold me back?"
The supervisor, who happened to be passing by, chuckled and said, "Great job, Wenxi. I'll look forward to seeing how you do."
Mu Wenxi glared at her colleague.
Just as I was leaving get off work around 5 p.m., it suddenly started raining heavily.
Just as Mu Wenxi was about to send a message to Song Xici at the company entrance, she saw a car stop not far away.
A man holding an umbrella slowly walked out of the car. He was so handsome that Mu Wenxi thought she had met the male lead in a Korean drama.
Song Xici walked up to her, holding an umbrella that was tilted towards her, and said softly, "It's time to go home after get off work."
Mu Wenxi felt a little awkward and tried to tilt the umbrella towards him, but the umbrella didn't budge: "Hmm."
He opened the passenger door and helped her into the car. Raindrops slid down the edge of the umbrella and gradually soaked his black shirt. Mu Wenxi felt his care and looked away, not daring to look at him anymore.
She would never admit that she had felt a flutter in her heart for a moment just now.
Mu Wenxi fastened his seatbelt: "Don't come next time it rains, it's inconvenient."
Song Xici looked into the distance: "There's nothing inconvenient about it."
Mu Wenxi: "Your clothes are all wet."
Song Xici: "Just change to another one."
"It's okay, I can take the subway when it rains, driving won't give me good visibility."
Mu Wenxi thought that she could finally persuade him this time.
The car slowly came to a stop at a red light. Song Xici turned to look at her: "Don't you want me to pick you up?"
His rain-soaked bangs clung to his forehead, and he looked at her with wet eyes. Mu Wenxi couldn't bear to refuse, so she turned her head to look out the window and said, "No, I just didn't want to bother you."
Song Xici shifted his gaze back: "No."
Seeing the hot pot restaurant not far away, Mu Wenxi, too lazy to go grocery shopping because of the rain, said, "Do you want hot pot? I'll treat you to hot pot."
Song Xici: "Okay."
The weather in November was getting colder and colder, so it was the perfect time to have hot pot. The two got out of the car and went into the hot pot restaurant.
It was much warmer inside than outside. Mu Wenxi rubbed her fingers together and said, "Hello, two people."
The waiter led the two into a small private room and handed them the menu.
Mu Wenxi pointed to the menu: "How about a hot pot with two broths? You can have the non-spicy one, and I'll have the spicy one."
Song Xici: "Okay."
Mu Wenxi: "If you can't handle spicy food, then don't eat it. You don't have to make spicy food every time."
During this period, the two would occasionally eat together. Mu Wenxi had long noticed that the other person couldn't handle spicy food and would drink a lot of water every time he ate spicy food, but he had never cooked a non-spicy dish.
Song Xici felt a warmth in her heart: "Mm."
Mu Wenxi kept putting food into Song Xici's bowl: "This is delicious, eat this."
In winter, it's best to eat something warm. The rain outside the window stopped sometime ago.
"Shall we take a walk?"
The two strolled along the edge of the bridge.
Song Xici spoke first: "How's the new job?"
Mu Wenxi: "It's great, my colleagues are all very friendly."
Song Xici: "That's good."
The two were at a loss for words. Mu Wenxi turned to look at him and met his focused gaze, which held something she could not quite make out.
She turned her head, licked her lips, and wrapped her coat tighter: "It's a bit cold, and it feels like it's going to rain again soon. Let's go back first."
Song Xici: "Okay."
In the underground parking garage, Mu Wenxi was unbuckling her seatbelt when Song Xici got out of the car and opened the door for her.
"Thanks".
Song Xici held the elevator door open for her: "No need to be so polite."
The atmosphere in the elevator was somewhat quiet, and Mu Wenxi felt a little uneasy. Ever since her colleague said those things during the day, she had been overthinking things.
The other party escorted her to her doorstep, watched her go into her room, and then left.
Mu Wenxi, inside the door, patted his cheeks: "Never be seduced by beauty."
On the other side, Song Xici's lips never drooped.
They both fell into a deep sleep, thinking of each other.
A colleague walked over with a cup of coffee, and remembering the person who picked her up last night, asked curiously, "How are you two doing now?"
Mu Wenxi detached herself from her work: "Whatever, it's fine as it is."
My colleague rolled his eyes and joked, "Your car—isn't it fixed yet?"
Mu Wenxi: "It's fixed."
Colleague: "Then why does he still pick you up and drop you off every day?"
Mu Wenxi suddenly couldn't answer. She pretended to be deaf and dumb; she couldn't very well say that she deliberately didn't go to get it, could she?
A colleague glanced at Mu Wenxi, who didn't want to answer, and said as he walked away, "Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly."
I happened to be waiting for the elevator with a colleague to leave work, and the two of us walked to the company entrance.
Her colleague gestured for her to look over, and not far away was Song Xici, who had come to pick her up. Through the rolled-down car window, she could see that the man inside was wearing a white shirt and had a handsome appearance.
Her colleague winked at her and gave her a push: "Make the most of it!"
Mu Wenxi shook his head helplessly and walked westward.
Song Xici: "What's wrong?"
Mu Wenxi: "It's nothing, my colleague was just joking. By the way, Christmas is coming soon, and I might have to work overtime these few days. I just wanted to let you know, so you don't need to pick me up these days."
Song Xici knew that she wasn't just being polite but was genuinely busy, which could be seen from the fact that she had been picking her up later and later these past few days: "Okay."
When Mu Wenxi said he was working overtime, he wasn't making excuses.
The company needs to complete the planning of a project before Christmas, and New Year's Day is just around the corner.
In order to have a comfortable New Year's Day, everyone has to work overtime recently.
For several days in a row, Mu Wenxi went to work as soon as she opened her eyes, and after getting home from work, she had to wash up and go to sleep. She was so busy that she felt very tired, and then bad things just kept happening.
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