Song Xuanhe's eyelids twitched, and his hand at his side instantly raised and placed it on the car door. He opened the door and looked up at Xiao Yuanmu: "What are you talking about?"
A pair of drooping eyes stared straight at him, the pupils were clear, innocent yet just the right amount of bewilderment. If Xiao Yuanmu hadn't taken his eyes off his face, he would have been fooled by his puzzled expression.
However, thinking of Song Xuanhe who held him tightly with tears in her eyes and asked him not to leave that night, Xiao Yuanmu's eyes darkened, and he looked away and said, "You got drunk after the last party, don't you remember?"
"I don't remember." Song Xuanhe answered firmly. It was impossible for him to remember such an embarrassing thing. "I'll take you home. Get in the car."
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at him, and seeing Song Xuanhe's indifferent expression, he bent down and got into the car.
After closing the car door, Song Xuanhe breathed a sigh of relief without leaving a trace, walked around the car, opened the driver's door and got in.
"You're not coming with me?" Xiao Yuanmu asked calmly, looking out the window.
Song Xuanhe didn't even raise his eyes: "I have something to do."
Xiao Yuanmu turned to look at him, his tone unchanged: "Song family matters?"
Song Xuanhe's heart skipped a beat and he became alert. He remembered that by now Xiao Yuanmu should have been close to finding evidence that the Song family bribed the authorities for the land in the development zone. He was asking unnecessary questions now, perhaps just trying to grab more bargaining chips while the Song family was still uneasy.
Thinking of what Li Nian'an said to him when he handed the shares to him, Song Xuanhe pursed his lips. No matter what, the Song Group couldn't go bankrupt so quickly.
"Are you interested?" Song Xuanhe asked casually, looking ahead.
Xiao Yuanmu naturally did not miss the flash of vigilance on Song Xuanhe's face. His eyes flickered slightly. In the previous life, Song Xuanhe treated him like an ant, so he never took him to heart. Even the door of the study was foolishly left wide open. In this life, Song Xuanhe seemed to be arrogant and domineering, but he would always protect him at the critical moment. Logically, he should have taken him to heart, but he could not see what he was thinking. He only knew that he was afraid and cautious.
The memories before his rebirth had a huge impact on him. If it weren't for that memory that had already touched his heart, even if he wanted to relax and rest for a while before returning to the Xiao family, he would not have stayed with Song Xuanhe and wasted time. Just like how Song Xuanhe looked at him in his previous life, in his view, the Song family and Song Xuanhe were nothing more than ants that could be crushed by a single move.
But that memory was so profound that it constantly troubled his mind and changed what he had already planned to do.
Even after the fusion of his memories from his previous two lives, he had already seen clearly that Song Xuanhe had never had any good feelings for him, and was even more wary of him than having good feelings for him, but that memory still wouldn't let him go, and he couldn't leave here calmly. It was like the abandoned emotions had returned to his body, making his calm brain no longer able to issue orders based on reason alone.
Xiao Yuanmu thought, since this is the case, he will just treat what happened during this period as a vacation, and by the way, find out the reason why Song Xuan and Liangshi wanted to be with him, and see through his true face. Then, that colorful memory will naturally be covered with gray fog and will no longer affect him.
After observing for a period of time, he found that Song Xuanhe was indeed hiding something, but the appearance he showed was not a disguise. Since he couldn't give up by digging out his true face, he would probably be able to return to normal after finding out why Song Xuanhe was afraid of him and why he wanted to get close to him even though he was obviously afraid of him.
His mind was full of thoughts, but in just a moment, Xiao Yuanmu's eyes were calm, and he answered: "No, I just want to know when you will return to the apartment."
Song Xuan and Huang Ran realized that Xiao Yuanmu asked so many questions probably because he didn't want him to go back and disturb him.
It just so happened that they agreed on this point. If it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to live under the same roof with Xiao Yuanmu.
Although thinking so, Song Xuanhe curled his lips and said to him disgustedly: "Don't worry, I will be back soon, don't miss me too much."
Xiao Yuanmu's fingers on his legs bent slightly, and after a few seconds his voice dropped a few degrees: "I don't miss you."
This was exactly the effect Song Xuanhe wanted. He was very proud in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "It doesn't matter. I think..."
I think you are the one, but before I could finish my sentence, the cell phone rang.
Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, Song Xuanhe put on the Bluetooth headset anyway and said, "I'm Song Xuanhe."
"It's me, Xiao Shenglin." Xiao Shenglin's gentle and smiling voice came from the other side.
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you change your number?"
"Yes, I got the previous number casually after returning to China. Since it was useless for a little while, I changed to this number now."
Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Yuanmu who was looking over and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"I want to invite you to have dinner with me." Xiao Shenglin said with a smile: "Last time we had dinner with a friend, he mentioned your talent as a designer, and he really wanted to meet you."
Song Xuanhe was stunned and did not answer.
Xiao Shenglin continued, "I know it's easy for you to open a studio, but he is Master Fannodi's last disciple. His name is Feng Tong, and he has a lot of connections in the clothing industry. I think even if you don't really want to do this business, it's okay to have a meal and get to know each other."
"Okay." Song Xuanhe was not an ungrateful person for someone's unprofitable kindness, so he naturally wouldn't refuse. Moreover, he had seen several shows that Feng Tong had independently designed since he became an apprentice. The use of colors in the shows made him feel very touched and interested. "Thank you."
When Xiao Yuanmu saw the smile on Song Xuanhe's face that had not faded since he hung up the phone, he couldn't help but look away. A dark light flashed across his calm eyes. He was very curious about who was the person who had just spoken to him and could make him express his happiness so directly.
After sending Xiao Yuanmu to the apartment, Song Xuanhe turned around and went to the place where he had agreed to meet Xiao Shenglin.
Of course, it was impossible for him to meet the designer in such a hurry. He just made an appointment with Xiao Shenglin to have a simple meal.
After returning to the old house, Song Xuanhe did not hold back. He usually went to work and got off work on time, but during his rest time after get off work, he would not go back to the Song house directly. Instead, he would wander around casually or find some place that interested him to sit for a while.
It happened that at that time, he met Xiao Shenglin, who was alone, in a bar specially used for fans to watch games during the World Cup. He sat quietly in a corner of the bar. When he saw his favorite team win, he would smile with his eyes curved, looking very gentle. After discovering Song Xuanhe, he asked him to sit with him.
Song Xuanhe also likes football very much. In his original world, he would even go to the stadium where his favorite team played to watch the game. This is no exception in this world. He has watched many football games in this world when he was bored, and naturally he has his favorite team.
Unexpectedly, he and Xiao Shenglin liked the same team.
They watched their favorite team win, and while others were rejoicing, they just smiled at each other and clinked their beer glasses to celebrate.
After having several more meals together, Song Xuanhe discovered that Xiao Shenglin was very compatible with him in terms of both personality and hobbies. He was unrestrained while Xiao Shenglin was gentle, and they would never quarrel even if they had different opinions. Moreover, he and Xiao Shenglin had most of the same hobbies and could talk about almost anything, so naturally there would not be too many times when they had different opinions.
Moreover, Xiao Shenglin is a character outside the plot, so Song Xuanhe can be more relaxed when getting along with him. So after a period of time together, the relationship between Song Xuanhe and Xiao Shenglin has become like that of good friends who have known each other for a long time, and it is not uncommon for them to make dinner appointments with just a phone call.
When Song Xuanhe arrived, Xiao Shenglin had already arrived. Seeing him come in, he smiled and said, "Qian Ping called me today and said that you guys met Wei Chen when you had crabs together at noon."
"Yes." Song Xuanhe sat down opposite him, stretched out his legs and relaxed, "And he was sitting next to us. Qian Ping was talking about him at that time, so he heard everything."
Xiao Shenglin smiled even more deeply upon hearing this, but he was not worried. He knew that Qian Ping and Song Xuanhe were not the type to speak ill of others behind their backs, so he just said, "Qian Ping said that you were going to ask Professor Li for information?"
The waiter brought the dishes in in an orderly manner, and then left quietly, with his movements being light and neat.
Song Xuanhe nodded: "Well, I'll ask for him."
Xiao Shenglin nodded, without asking any more questions, picked up his chopsticks and started talking about other things: "Zhou Nan asked me to ask you to go bowling together tonight, do you want to go?"
"Go." Song Xuanhe just wanted to stretch his muscles and bones: "It's just right for digestion."
When the two met up with Zhou Nan, Song Xuanhe realized that it was not just Zhou Nan who came, but also several other people who were both familiar and unfamiliar, one of whom was Wei Chen.
When Wei Chen saw Song Xuanhe, he also raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "I didn't expect to see you again."
"I didn't expect that either." Song Xuanhe smiled and took a bowling ball without saying anything else.
Wei Chen followed behind him and saw that he and Xiao Shenglin were walking on their own paths, and their expressions were relaxed and familiar when they talked. He couldn't help but say, "I didn't know you two were so familiar with each other before."
Song Xuanhe glanced at him and said, "I didn't know I knew you so well."
"If you're not familiar with each other, get to know each other better." Wei Chen smiled, not at all discouraged by Song Xuan's obvious attitude of trying to get rid of him, and said, "We'll get to know each other over time."
"I don't want to lose, but I don't want to be too familiar with the game." Song Xuanhe's bowling ball slipped out of his hand, slid straight down, and hit the target.
The last time Song Xuanhe answered Wei Chen's call, Zhou Nan knew that Wei Chen might be nice to Song Xuanhe, but when he saw him smiling and sticking to Song Xuanhe despite her cold face, he was still shocked and opened his eyes wide.
Although he was not familiar with Wei Chen, he was very familiar with Wei Chen's usually indifferent character. There were not many people who could make him in a good mood. Why would he talk and laugh at that kid Song Er?
Zhou Nan's eyes swept across Song Xuan's fair and smiling profile, and he was suddenly shocked. Could it be that Wei Chen fell in love with Song Er?
No way!
Everyone knows that Song Er has a boyfriend now and he is very much in love with him. Besides, Wei Chen knew Song Er before and he had never seen him being very attentive to her. He had never even heard them talk a few words. How could he change so suddenly? Besides, he had never heard that he had liked anyone before.
Zhou Nan's face changed slightly. Could it be that Wei Chen just likes to steal girls?
No matter what Wei Chen is going to do, Song Er, that idiot, is no match for Wei Chen. Although he is ready to board the big ship of Wei Chen's medical robot, he can't just watch Song Er cheat.
What's more, Xiao Yuanmu looks harmless, but he is actually unfathomable. As the old saying goes, don't bully the poor young man. If Song Er is really mentally unstable, he might regret it later.
"That's amazing!" Zhou Nan walked over and glanced at Wei Chen casually, then smiled and said to Song Xuanhe: "Let me introduce you to a friend."
Song Xuan didn't know what Zhou Nan, who was winking at him, was thinking, but he was too lazy to deal with Wei Chen, so he put down the ball and followed him without saying anything.
When they reached the door of the lounge next to them, Zhou Nan frowned and said, "Don't you have something on you that Wei Chen really wants?"
Song Xuanhe paused, and Xiao Yuanmu's figure instantly appeared in his mind. He asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you notice that Wei Chen's attitude towards you is a little strange?" Zhou Nan said, "He didn't look down on others before, but no matter how many people tried to curry favor with him, they couldn't find a way. Besides, he has never been a person who would put himself in a difficult position. Except for his mother and grandmother, I have never seen him be friendly to others."
"So you suspect that he has other purposes in approaching me?" Song Xuanhe asked.
Zhou Nan looked him up and down, then shook his head and said, "I just can't figure out what it is about you that could interest him so much. Your uncle's information alone wouldn't be enough to interest him so much."
"Of course not." Song Xuanhe curled his lips. He was not quite sure what Wei Chen wanted now, but he knew very well what Wei Chen wanted in the future.
"What is that?" Seeing Song Xuanhe so confident, Zhou Nan couldn't help but wonder, "You don't really have something that he particularly wants, do you?"
After saying that, Zhou Nan thought for a long time, clenched his right fist and hung it on his palm, and said, "Is it about Mr. Wei's 70th birthday? He seems to be looking for antiques that he likes recently. Do you have any?"
"No." Song Xuanhe shook his head. Seeing Zhou Nan frown again, he said, "But I don't know if Song Guochao and my mother have it."
Zhou Nan suddenly realized, yes, Mrs. Song has always been fond of collecting antiques. She majored in cultural relics restoration in college, so it is normal for her to have some good things. In this light, it is easy to explain why Wei Chen was so friendly to Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe didn't want Zhou Nan to continue to dwell on this topic, so he asked, "You said you wanted to introduce someone to me, who is it?"
"You'll know when you meet him." Zhou Nan smiled unreservedly and said, "This is the reason why Wei Chen came here."
Song Xuanhe was not interested at all, but still cooperated and pretended to want to get to know him.
Zhou Nan pushed open the heavy door of the lounge, and the three people sitting inside looked up.
One of them laughed and said, "Mr. Zhou, didn't you say that this bowling alley has a talented chef who makes dim sum? How long will it take for the dim sum to arrive? We are so hungry."
Zhou Nan: "It will be here soon. You will know after you eat it."
Song Xuanhe, who was following behind, raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that these people came here not to play but to eat. However, he had just had dinner and was not very interested in the snacks in their mouths.
"Let me introduce him to you." Zhou Nan said with a smile, "My brother, Song Xuanhe, the second oldest son of the Song family."
The man who spoke just now smiled politely at Song Xuan. The other two sat there with their heads down looking at their phones. It was unknown what they were playing and they didn't even raise their heads.
Song Xuanhe didn't care. He came here just to avoid Wei Chen. It was more comfortable to sit here alone without anyone talking to him.
As the person being introduced, Zhou Nan was not embarrassed at all. He smiled and introduced the three people who were sitting there to him again, then sat down next to Song Xuanhe.
The hacker he had hired before was very honest in his business. Not only did he find Zhang Xiuya's information for him, but after Zhang Xiuya took the money and went abroad, he also sent her location abroad to him.
Song Xuanhe was a little surprised and replied: Additional charge items?
******: I'm bored, so I'm going to give you a follow-up. You can pay for it if you want.
Song Xuanhe knew that this person was a money-grubber, so he transferred 50,000 yuan to him.
*******: That’s too much. Next time you have something to check, you can come to me.
Song Xuanhe didn't reply because Zhou Nan's head moved closer.
"What's up?"
"Who are you chatting with?" Zhou Nan asked casually, leaning close to his ear and whispering, "I'll introduce the food to you when it's served."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyes, glanced at the two young men whose heads were still close together, and said lightly: "No, I just came here to rest."
Zhou Nan sighed and said, "You'll know in a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the heavy door. Zhou Nan answered and someone pushed the door open and walked in.
Several simply arranged plates were placed on the central coffee table. The snacks inside looked simple and plain, but exuded a very attractive light milky aroma.
The two heads that had just come together finally raised their heads, and when Song Xuanhe's eyes moved away from the snacks, they happened to meet someone's gaze, and they were both stunned.
"It's you?" The young man with watery eyes opened his eyes wide.
Song Xuanhe didn't expect that he would meet this baby-faced boy for two consecutive days, but compared to his surprise, he just nodded lightly.
When the young man spoke, everyone looked towards Song Xuanhe. Another person who had not looked up before asked, "Changan, do you know him?"
The young man nodded, then shook his head. Seeing Song Xuanhe's expression was calm, he snorted, "We just met once."
Zhou Nan was also very surprised. He looked at Song Xuanhe and asked, "When did you meet Master Guan?"
Song Xuanhe didn't listen carefully to Zhou Nan's address to the boy, and said in a cold tone: "We shared a table for dinner yesterday."
The young man called Guan Shao also looked away, picked up a piece of dessert and took a bite. Seeing that no one else was touching, he said, "Not bad, try it everyone."
Although he was talking to everyone, his eyes were looking in the direction of Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe noticed his gaze and said, "I just had dinner."
It means I don't want to eat.
The expressions of the other people changed subtly after hearing this. The young man also frowned, put down the snack in his hand, and said, "I don't want to eat something that he doesn't like."
Zhou Nan nudged Song Xuanhe with his elbow and said in a low voice, "I don't care, just coax this ancestor for me."
Song Xuan and Mo Mingqimiao lived in two different worlds and had never coaxed anyone. However, Zhou Nan took him away from Wei Chen's harassment. He didn't want to go out, but he could only resolve the current stagnant atmosphere.
And the snacks did smell good, not greasy at all. Song Xuanhe leaned over and picked up a piece that he liked. He took a bite and found that it tasted good. He curved his eyes and said, "Not bad."
He picked up the snack, put it in his mouth and made a comment. His series of actions were generous and casual. He did not feel embarrassed at all as if he was being slapped in the face by his own words. Instead, he seemed a bit lazy and unrestrained. Not only did he not make people feel that he was pretending to be calm, but he also felt that he was calm and confident.
After seeing the snacks he had eaten, the boy's expression improved a little. He stood up and walked to the sofa a little distance away from Song Xuanhe and sat down. When he saw Song Xuanhe looking at him, he pursed his lips and said, "I want to eat this. It's not convenient to sit over there."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows, slowly finished the snack in his hand, wiped his hands with a tissue, stood up and prepared to leave.
Compared to Wei Chen who pretended to be friendly outside, the spoiled young master in front of him was obviously more troublesome. It would be better for him to go out and have some comfort.
However, as soon as Song Xuanhe stood up, the young man frowned and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Get out." Song Xuanhe actually didn't have any bad feelings towards him, because this boy was just as arrogant as he was when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and no one would hate him. But because he knew him very well, Song Xuanhe knew how difficult this boy was.
The boy also stood up, crossed his chest and raised his chin as he looked at him, "I'll go with you."
Song Xuanhe felt that his action was somewhat familiar, but after hearing his words, he no longer thought about it. If he followed him, what would he go out for?
Facing double trouble?
Thinking of this, Song Xuanhe sat down again.
The boy's expression changed. Even if he was blind, he could see that Song Xuanhe's action of standing up and sitting down clearly showed that she didn't want to have more contact with him.
He pursed his lips, snorted coldly, and was about to go out. However, before he reached the door, it was pushed open.
Xiao Shenglin and Wei Chen appeared in front of everyone. When Wei Chen saw the young man coming towards him, a smile appeared on his expressionless face: "Master Guan."
The boy nodded: "Brother Wei."
Wei Chen looked around, his eyes lingering on Song Xuanhe for a few seconds before he walked in: "I just heard you were here, so I came over. Are you planning to go out and play?"
"Didn't you say you were coming here to eat?" Wei Chen glanced at the untouched snacks and asked, "Not tasty?"
The young man followed Wei Chen's gaze, glanced at Song Xuanhe's face, and then looked away: "Not bad."
"Then eat more. I just want to talk to you about something." Wei Chen walked straight to Song Xuanhe and sat down, then said to the young man, "Come and sit down."
The young man glanced at Song Xuanhe, and just as he sat down on the other side of Wei Chen, he saw Xiao Shenglin walking towards him and asked, "Who is this?"
Wei Chen introduced: "Xiao Shenglin, my friend."
After that, he introduced the boy to Xiao Shenglin: "This is Guan Zhi, he is my cousin."
Xiao Shenglin smiled slightly and greeted Guan Zhi.
No one noticed Song Xuan, who was lazily leaning on the side playing with his phone, and his eyelids twitched - Guan Zhi?
The youngest of Xiao Yuanmu's seven suitors? Why doesn’t the book mention that he is Wei Chen’s cousin?
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