Louis and Lisa left tactfully and closed the door considerately.
With a light "click" sound, the small space instantly returned to silence, but the sound insulation here was not very good. The hurried footsteps outside and the mixed conversations in several languages occasionally came in through the thin door panel, making the quiet here even more silent.
Xiao Yuanmu stood by the door and did not move forward. Song Xuanhe also stood in the original position. The two looked at each other quietly. No one spoke, and no one looked away.
Nearly a year had passed, and they were standing face to face again. Song Xuan and Xiao Yuanmu both suppressed their surging emotions beneath their calm surfaces.
Xiao Yuanmu has changed a lot. This change cannot be detected in the video, but it can be felt very clearly when looking at him face to face. If Xiao Yuanmu gave people a more cold and calm feeling ten months ago, he has now become unfathomable.
Ten months ago, Song Xuanhe might have been able to detect his emotions from his eyes and details, but at this moment, he had no idea what Xiao Yuanmu was thinking or whether he was happy or not.
Song Xuanhe moved his hands beside him, looked away and said, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Yuanmu stared at him, his clear voice became heavy and a little hoarse: "Why didn't you answer my call?"
Song Xuanhe's pupils trembled slightly, and he immediately raised his eyes and looked directly at Xiao Yuanmu and said, "You should know the reason."
"I'd like to hear more about it."
Xiao Yuanmu raised his legs and walked towards Song Xuanhe. There was a slight "tapping" sound from his handmade leather shoes touching the floor. In just two steps, he was already standing less than half a meter away from Song Xuanhe.
The shortened distance forced Song Xuanhe to slightly raise his chin, and he pursed his lips: "You were the one who called Guan Zhi over, right?"
"right."
Xiao Yuanmu's answer was so clear and concise that Song Xuanhe, who thought he would not admit it, was stunned for a moment.
"Are you angry because I asked Guan Zhi to find you?"
Song Xuanhe answered subconsciously: "No."
"That's why."
"because……"
When the words came to his lips, Song Xuanhe couldn't explain it. Of course, he didn't answer Xiao Yuanmu's call not because of Guan Zhi. Although he was indeed very unhappy that Xiao Yuanmu sent people to follow him all the time, he knew Xiao Yuanmu's character, so when he knew that he would do such a thing, Song Xuanhe was a little unhappy and just wanted to get rid of those people. He was not really angry.
If he wanted to be angry, he would have been angry when he knew that there were people following Xiao Yuanmu around, and would not have waited until now.
However, he couldn't tell the real reason why he didn't answer Xiao Yuanmu's call.
"No reason." Song Xuanhe turned his face away and said coldly, "I just don't want to answer it."
Seeing Song Xuanhe's expressionless face, Xiao Yuanmu curled the corners of his mouth, his eyes fell on Song Xuanhe's slightly pink earlobe, he bent the fingers on his side, then raised his hand to cover Song Xuanhe's ears as he wished, pinched his delicate and thick earlobe with his thumb and index finger, and gently rubbed it.
Song Xuanhe froze, eyes wide open, clapped his hands, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Yuanmu did not withdraw his hand. He used a little force with his thumb and index finger, looked at Song Xuanhe's eyes that suddenly revealed a bad look, and said lightly: "When you lie, your ears will turn red."
Song Xuan's pupils trembled slightly. She pushed his hand away and replied calmly, "My ears are red because of the heat. Your ears are also red. Why?"
Xiao Yuanmu: "I saw you."
Seeing Song Xuanhe's stunned expression, as if thinking he didn't understand, Xiao Yuanmu repeated calmly: "Because I saw you."
It's not at all the expression one would have when missing someone or meeting someone after a long absence.
Song Xuanhe suddenly felt that his earlobe, which had just been touched by Xiao Yuanmu, was burning from the base of his ear to his throat, and even his lips were a little dry. He licked his lower lip, looked away, and suddenly didn't know what to say.
The sudden silence made the atmosphere strange, and the heat from the air conditioner seemed to be increasing.
Song Xuanhe's mind was working rapidly, and he pursed his lips again and again, and finally came up with a topic: "I heard that you want to move the RE headquarters to China."
"Um."
"Why?" Talking about serious topics, Song Xuanhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't wait to continue the topic and took the initiative to open the conversation: "RE's prospects in the United States are better than those in China at present. If you want to shift the focus of your business to China, there is no need to move RE's headquarters, or postpone the plan to move RE's headquarters for about five years. This will maximize your benefits."
"Do you like the United States?"
It was another unrelated topic, but Song Xuan instinctively sensed danger.
His eyelashes trembled slightly, his eyebrows slightly raised, and he looked at Xiao Yuanmu warily, and gave a vague answer after careful consideration: "I can't say whether I like it or not."
"What about China?"
Song Xuanhe's eyebrows jumped and he replied, "I can't say whether I like it or not."
"What about me?"
Song Xuanhe: "Say..."
He pursed his lips and saw Xiao Yuanmu's slightly smiling eyes.
The two looked at each other, Xiao Yuanmu took a step forward and hugged him, his chin against his shoulder, and his low voice with vibration slid into his ears: "I miss you so much."
Song Xuanhe's body stiffened, and he raised his hands at his sides a little and then put them down again. After a long time, he hummed "hmm" from his nose.
The moment after he made the sound, Song Xuanhe became a little nervous. He was worried that Xiao Yuanmu would ask him if he missed him, and began to prepare in his mind how to answer.
However, Xiao Yuanmu just hugged him tightly and said nothing more.
Song Xuanhe let him hold her and gently closed her eyes, her nose filled with the faint, fresh scent of his body.
squeak--
"oh!"
Song Xuanhe opened his eyes and met Louis' smiling face.
Louis held the door handle with one hand and waved with the other, saying in an unapologetic tone of surprise, "I'm very sorry to bother you, but Mr. Feng just asked me to tell Mr. Song that the show is less than twenty minutes away and you should go over."
Song Xuanhe let go of Xiao Yuanmu, and when he did, he realized that he had hugged him without knowing when. He took a step back awkwardly, nodded to Louis, thanked him, and left quickly.
Looking at Song Xuanhe's leaving back, Louis shrugged and spread his hands and said, "Friend, you won't blame me for interrupting you, but I'm really surprised. I thought you didn't see each other like this, and there should be some more intense situations inside, so later I reminded the staff walking this way to take a detour, but I didn't expect..."
Xiao Yuanmu's face was full of frost, his dark eyes were gloomy, and his voice was extremely cold: "What didn't you expect?"
"I didn't expect to see such a wonderful expression from you." Louis shook his head and sighed, "Oh - I really should have taken a picture with my phone and let the people in the company see how angry you are. They all thought that you were indifferent except when you answered the phone, and you wouldn't get angry or laugh."
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at him coldly, then walked over to the place where Song Xuanhe had just been interviewed and sat down.
Louis closed the door and walked in, sitting opposite Xiao Yuanmu, raised his eyebrows and said to him: "How is it? Does my trick work?"
Xiao Yuanmu gently stroked the cup from which Song Xuanhe had taken a sip of coffee, without answering.
Louis smiled and said, "I know it's very useful. This is my experience that I have accumulated for fifteen years since I was ten years old. From an empirical point of view, such a long time is not enough to make a person an expert, but it is enough to guide you."
"How many of the things I taught you before did you use?" Louis asked curiously.
Xiao Yuanmu pondered for a few seconds and said calmly: "Change the topic, follow the level of the conversation, and end the topic if it fails."
Louis shook his head: "In just half an hour, you actually used three strategies, which shows that Song has not completely fallen in love with you, but you have not seen each other for such a long time, and he can still treat you with the same attitude and method as before. This also proves that Song is a very determined and long-lasting person. Generally speaking, such people will be very stubborn once they like someone, but if they don't like someone, it will be difficult to impress him. Fortunately, he still has feelings for you, so what you have to do now is to appear in front of him as much as possible to deepen his feelings for you."
"But I don't agree to move RE to China." Louis changed the subject and said, "Xiao, this matter cannot be decided by you alone. You should know that I also have the same decision-making power. I oppose this proposal that has no benefit to the development of the company. And I believe that if you move the company to China, the biggest obstacle will not be me, but the Xiao family."
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyebrows, his eyes fell on the cold coffee, and said lightly: "I have made up my mind."
The smile on Louis' face faded. He knew what Xiao Yuanmu meant. He always had to execute his decisions without any room for maneuver. However, this matter was of great importance. He could not let his good friend and partner treat the company they had worked so hard to build as a joke just because of a man and because of a love affair.
"I don't agree." Louis said seriously: "If you have no other reason to convince me besides love, I will oppose it to the end, and I believe that the senior management will oppose your proposal."
"They won't object." Xiao Yuanmu raised his eyes, his calm eyes showing calmness: "Neither will you."
Louis frowned: "I will definitely object, Xiao, I know love is great, I also know that giving is different for you, I also know how much you love him, and he loves you very much, but the distance between the two countries will not be the distance of your feelings, in fact, whether it is the United States or China, you can love freely, even if he likes China more, he can take a private plane back and forth every week, not to mention that he is a designer now, with all due respect, in the fashion design industry, his development space in China is definitely not comparable..."
"What did you say?"
Louis said: “If Song wants to develop in the fashion design industry…”
"That's not it." Xiao Yuanmu asked him directly, "Why do you think Song Xuanhe loves me too?"
Louis was at a loss: "Does this need a reason? If you like someone, you can't hide it in your eyes."
Seeing Xiao Yuanmu's eyes suddenly light up, Louis quickly added: "But I have said before that he may not love you as deeply as you do him, but if you want to make the relationship deeper, you can't just stay in the same...Xiao! Where are you going?"
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