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His head was splitting with pain and his stomach felt like it was on fire. Shao Zizhuo pressed his forehead and slowly woke up. He felt an inexplicable burning pain on his arm. He tilted his head and saw several scratches on his arm with red spots around them. The scabs were still soft and looked very fresh.
This scar? Last night's events flooded back to Shao Zizhuo's mind frame by frame. His teeth ached and he squeezed his eyes shut. It was over. How could he not control himself? Would their already fragile relationship be further jeopardized?
He reached out and turned on the desk lamp. His fingers slid and touched the paper with clear patterns under the lamp. Shao Zizhuo picked it up with the light of the lamp. What was it?
One hundred dollars?
The family hadn't used cash for a long time, so where did the money come from? Shao Zizhuo stood up and sat up straight. Under the lamp, he saw a hundred-yuan note and a piece of paper underneath, revealing a hint of cinnabar red.
Shao Zizhuo took the lamp away and put the money beside it. The piece of paper recorded his true appearance. On it were written a few large characters: "That's it. Practice more in the future!!!" There was also a line of smaller characters below, "It's only worth two hundred!"
It seems that he is not angry. Shao Zizhuo breathed a sigh of relief, but then his expression became strange. Only worth two hundred?
OK.
He snorted coldly and carefully folded the two hundred yuan and put it into his wallet. This was the first time in his life that he made money from this, so it was worth keeping.
Shao Zizhuo lifted the quilt on the other side, revealing his cell phone. There was a clean, warm piece of paper stuck on the screen. He picked it up, and there were three big words on the paper: "It's even."
What do you mean by even? Just spending two hundred dollars means it's even? But it's not that easy to even out.
Shao Zizhuo tore off the paper and prepared to contact Guan Shanyue. He suddenly wanted to see her very much. He thought with a sense of evilness, what would her expression be if he asked her in person if she wanted to enjoy the two thousand yuan service tonight?
But when he opened it, the screen showed an open text message interface. "Miss Yuan's flight is about to arrive. I have already booked the flowers as usual. Do you need me to prepare a car to pick you up?"
There is another one above, which is the flight number of a flight returning from abroad, with the take-off and landing times listed.
It’s over, Guan Shanyue must be angry.
Shao Zizhuo quickly called Special Assistant Liu and asked, "How did Yuan Wangshu's flight information get sent to my phone?"
Special Assistant Liu was stunned. "Mr. Shao, you arranged this earlier. You asked Miss Yuan to send you her flight number and arrange for her to be picked up at the airport if she returned. The flowers were also ordered according to your previous arrangements. I called your private number yesterday to confirm, but you didn't say anything and didn't reply to my message. So I handled it according to your previous arrangements."
"The flowers have been delivered, but Miss Yuan has left with the troupe. She will be performing a dance in a few days, and she will retire after that."
Shao Zizhuo didn't pay attention to the rest of the words, he only heard "previous arrangements".
Shao Zizhuo closed his eyes helplessly.
He put on a complete show. He had indeed arranged for Xiao Liu to follow Yuan Wangshu's return trip. Lin Fu also arranged to send flowers and pick him up at the airport. But later Yuan Wangshu never returned to China, and he completely forgot about this matter. However, he didn't expect Xiao Liu to be so considerate and still hadn't forgotten about it.
Xiao Liu spoke tremblingly again, "Boss Shao, you asked me to pick up Miss Guan yesterday, but I couldn't get in touch with her. When the driver and I went there, she was gone."
Shao Zizhuo was silent, so yesterday he was so angry that he threw Guan Shanyue directly downstairs of Yu Yang's company?
The anger that Yu Yang had caused yesterday had completely disappeared, replaced by a guilty conscience.
He dialed Guan Shanyue's number. After a long silence, the phone was coldly prompted, "The number you dialed is not in service."
No number in service? Shao Zizhuo checked the phone number and found it was correct. He called again, but it still said no number in service.
He found Guan Shanyue's WeChat again and sent a message. A bright red exclamation mark followed the message, and a line of small words below indicated that he was no longer the other party's friend.
Shao Zizhuo stared at the red exclamation mark and stood there for dozens of seconds.
For the first time in his life, Shao Zizhuo felt helpless. His usually calm and meticulous thinking was in a mess, his decision-making system failed, and he didn't know what to do.
He held his hand up for a long time, until the muscles in his arm became sore, and then consciousness gradually returned. He took out his address book, searched for someone who knew her, and called to ask.
The phone rang a few times, and a dazed, hoarse voice came from the other end, as if being woken from sleep: "What's wrong, Brother Zizhuo?"
Shao Zizhuo glanced at his watch. It was already past twelve o'clock. He asked directly, "Niuniu, has Guan Shanyue contacted you?"
The person on the other end mumbled something, but I couldn't make out what he was saying. After a while, he leaned over and spoke again, still in a daze: "Isn't she with you? Why are you contacting me so early in the morning?"
Shao Zizhuo had no patience to coax the lazy guy: "Send me the phone number of Guan Shanyue's partner."
"Wang Xi? Oh, okay."
After hanging up the phone, Niu Niu sent me a number and there was no further news.
Shao Zizhuo called and said, "Hello, this is Shao Zizhuo. Is Guan Shanyue here?"
Wang Xi hesitated for a moment before looking at the scheduled message from Guan Shanyue. It clearly stated, "Wang Xi, I'm sorry. Something's happened recently, and I have to leave for a while. Don't look for me, I'll be here soon. It's just that the company may need you to take over temporarily. All company matters can be completed according to our previous plan. Some strategic arrangements are in the computer, and the password is the original one. If there's anything urgent, you can contact me through my new email address. Dividends can be transferred to the new card, and salary withdrawals will not be accepted. Sorry, I'll explain everything to you once this is over. You're the only one who knows how to contact me, so please keep it confidential. If anyone else asks, please don't disclose it. Thank you again."
When Wang Xi received the text message, she immediately called Guan Shanyue back, but the number was no longer in service. Unwilling to give up, she looked for him on WeChat, but it showed that the friend had been deleted. She checked all the work groups and found that Guan Shanyue had left them all. Now the only way to contact Guan Shanyue was through this email address.
Wang Xi connected what she had seen before with Shao Zizhuo's call, and she suddenly had an idea. She immediately checked Yuan Wangshu's schedule. Sure enough, Yuan Wangshu had returned to China and would perform his retirement dance drama a few days later.
Wang Xi had experienced so many secrets of wealthy families that she knew the reason without even having to think about it. Wang Xi's questioning disapproval of Guan Shanyue completely turned into understanding and heartache, and naturally, she didn't look at Shao Zizhuo in a good mood. "Boss Shao, I don't know what you did, but our manager is missing. Can you explain it to us?"
The sudden questioning startled Shao Zizhuo for a moment, and his heart sank suddenly. Even if she didn't care about him as a person, she couldn't possibly not care about her career. Didn't she want anything now?
Shao Zizhuo was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare confront Wang Xi, the only person who could possibly contact Guan Shanyue. "Boss Wang, there was a misunderstanding between us. When I woke up this morning, she was gone. I can't contact her now. If she went to work today, could you please let me know so I can come find her."
Wang Xi sneered: "Mr. Shao, I can't contact her now. She didn't come to work today. I think you need to take full responsibility for this."
Shao Zizhuo had never been so humble before: "I will take responsibility, but the most important thing now is to contact her."
Wang Xi received another call. She was very busy and didn't want to say anything more to Shao Zizhuo, the culprit. "Mr. Shao, let her calm down for a while. She is an independent individual and should not be anyone's substitute, nor can she exist in anyone's place. Now that the real owner has returned, Mr. Shao, please allow her to withdraw."
The call was hung up, and Shao Zizhuo was speechless. He felt extremely upset and could only call Special Assistant Liu: "Xiao Liu, go check Guan Shanyue's flight and train information, and then check her new phone number."
You're so angry, when will you come back? It's not safe for a girl to be out there alone.
Shao Zizhuo lowered his head helplessly and began to reflect on his actions. He shouldn't have gone to see Yu Yang, nor should he have left Guan Shanyue alone. The most inappropriate thing was that he let Guan Shanyue be Yuan Wangshu's substitute in the first place.
It was wrong from the beginning.
Later, something went wrong.
The appearance of Yu Yang and Yuan Wangshu's return to China, one thing after another, all inexplicably stood before them. The bridge they built with understanding and honesty was instantly crushed by the past events of their youth.
At this point, Shao Zizhuo finally had to admit that the biggest problem between them was not Yu Yang, nor Yuan Wangshu, but that they did not trust each other enough. He approached with hesitation, and was then comforted by Guan Shanyue's frankness at some point, but the seeds of doubt were still in his heart, especially when he saw Yu Yang, watered and nourished by the dark jealousy that could not see the light. He willfully let it grow wildly, and even ignored Guan Shanyue's own thoughts.
What about her? Is she the same?
Shao Zizhuo had never been sure of winning over her. He really didn't understand her that well, so he got angry and embarrassed the moment Yu Yang brought it up.
Shao Zizhuo murmured to himself: "Can you give us another chance?"
The huge room was so empty that only the sound of the wind could be heard. He lay on the sofa at a loss when the phone beside him suddenly rang. Shao Zizhuo covered his ears and didn't want to answer it, but the phone seemed to be tireless and kept ringing.
Shao Zizhuo picked up the phone. Niuniu sounded as if she had been crying. She said to him anxiously, "Brother Zizhuo, what happened to Sister Shanyue? She sent me a timed text message, and I just woke up and found it."
Shao Zizhuo's heart suddenly tightened, and he sat up straight: "What did she say?"
Niuniu sniffed. "The message said, 'Niuniu, I hope you're happy. I hope you'll always love the person you want to love. You don't need to find a similar person to replace you, nor do you need to be used as a stand-in. I may not have that blessing, but you, you must be happy. I'm going to be away for a while, don't worry, we'll meet again.' Brother Zizhuo, what's wrong with you guys?"
No need to find a similar replacement, nor do you need to be treated as a stand-in? Shao Zizhuo suddenly realized that when they confessed their first encounter, he said "it's even" because both parties had ulterior motives. So, did the "it's even" posted on the phone mean that she was Yuan Wangshu's stand-in and he was Yu Yang's stand-in?
Just be a substitute, we're even, can you come back?
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