"I still have something to attend to today, but tomorrow before I leave, you can have the whole day!"

  Chen Qing's sorrowful voice came over.

  Good

  She vaguely murmured a response, and didn't even know how she ended up hanging up the phone.

  She lifted her head, squinting through the dense foliage to gaze up at the azure sky, a crystal tear slowly rolling down from the corner of her eye. Is there someone like that in everyone's life, who supported you through the most important and radiant days of your youth, but whom you can never be with for this lifetime?

  Chen Qing was her that person.

  In the afternoon when it was almost time to get off work, the internal phone on Lin Shanni's office desk rang.

  "Xiaoni, tell Qin Jie that I won't need anyone to deliver dinner later, I'll go back and eat!"

  His somewhat hurried voice came over, Lin Shanni was stunned for a moment and didn't react in time. Because he would always stay at the company to work overtime when there were no banquets or social events at night, and dinner was usually sent over by Qin Jie. Today, he had no social events but suddenly said he wanted to go back and eat? However, before she could say anything, he instructed again

  "Oh, by the way, remind Qin sister to prepare dinner for two people!"

  He hung up the phone and Lin Xanni sat there with a gloomy face, clutching the phone. It turned out that he was going back to have dinner with that girl, and it was said that the girl had moved in with him yesterday. I don't know what method he used, but anyway, the girl took a step forward towards him.

  Living together every day, the girl will eventually discover his goodness and fall in love with him. Such a talented and outstanding man, which woman wouldn't love? If he were only handsome, that would be fine, but he also deeply loves the girl. Who can resist such a loving and excellent man?

  She felt a dull pain in her chest, suddenly stood up, glanced at the tightly closed CEO's office door, and finally sat down again, losing the courage to rush in and confess to him. In fact, he had already sensed her intentions without her needing to confess, but he cleverly pretended not to know. Sometimes she was grateful for his astuteness, sometimes she hated his indifference.

  She was orphaned at a young age, and since her father was a comrade-in-arms of Lu Fangting, he took her in as his adopted daughter. She grew up with him from a young age. He had always been an outstanding and eye-catching youth, and she had admired and adored him since she was old enough to remember things.

  Of course, he was very good to her, patiently tutoring her homework, and even bullying the boys who bullied her. Even after she graduated from college, he let her avoid the hardship of finding a job and directly brought her into the Lu family. However, she knew that all his kindness towards her was because he treated her like a little sister.

  She let out a long sigh, sat back down at her desk, straightened her back and threw herself into the busy work, of course she didn't forget what he had just entrusted to her. Qin Jie said on the phone,

  "Miss, what about your dinner? Otherwise, I'll ask the driver to deliver a portion to you separately?"

  She smiled wryly for a moment,

  "Never mind, I'll find somewhere myself!"

  In the past, every time Qin sister arranged for someone to deliver food, she would bring a portion for him. He was overjoyed each time, not because he had a place to eat dinner, but because he could have such an intimate dinner together with her.

  When Lu Zhou arrived home in the evening, she had not returned yet. He was a bit displeased as he had rushed back home after work. Later, he thought that she wouldn't be able to return as quickly as him since she would have to squeeze onto public transportation and might get stuck in traffic. So, he patiently waited for her in the study for a while.

  He waited from six to seven, a whole hour, and she still didn't come back. Qin sister came up to ask several times if he wanted to have dinner, he was so angry that he grabbed the phone and called her. The phone rang for a long time before she picked it up, and all she said was "hello" with a confused tone, seemingly having no idea what he wanted from her.

  "Where are you?"

  He suppressed his anger and asked, she replied very innocently.

  "I'm at school, originally I should have had two elective courses tonight but they were temporarily rescheduled to tonight"

  He was somewhat choked with anger, pursed his lips and remained silent for a while before speaking up.

  "You changed your class schedule temporarily and didn't even come back or tell me about it, did you not know that I was waiting for you to have dinner together?"

  "Uh"

  Xu Liu was stunned, she was used to being alone and free, didn't think there was anything to report to him, and even more didn't expect him to wait for her to have dinner. In the evening, after receiving a temporary class adjustment notice, she hastily went to the cafeteria to eat something and brought her textbook to the classroom to prepare for class, without thinking of him at all, but he actually waited for her to have dinner?

  She didn't know what feeling was in her heart, it was as if something was stuck there, suffocating her and making her anxious, and even a thread of guilt spread out, his voice came again.

  "What time is the class over?"

  That one

  She suddenly understood his meaning and racked her brains to come up with a suitable excuse.

  "School ends at 9:10, but it's very late after class, not very safe, I'll sleep in school tonight."

  "If I've asked you to move back home and live with me, can't I even guarantee your personal safety? I'll pick you up at school at a few o'clock!"

  He seemed to have endured for a long time and finally exploded. With her little mind, couldn't he see through it at a glance?

  She had no choice but to compromise.

  "It's okay, I'll just take a taxi myself! Never mind, I have class now"

  She'd rather take a taxi herself than have him come pick her up and risk being gossiped about by others.

  Since hanging up the phone with him, she was a bit distracted in her two classes that night. She couldn't even explain to herself what was wrong. She shouldn't feel guilty towards him, it wasn't like she made him wait for dinner. She should be angry at him, disgusted by him, and coldly scold him, but somehow all of this seemed out of control.

  After class, she hastily took a taxi to Yushu Lanting. Qin Jie opened the door for her and said calmly:

  "Master, you waited for dinner until very late, now working in the study!"

  "Oh"

  She frowned slightly, and Qin Jie stopped her.

  "Madam, sir just ordered a cup of milk, would you mind delivering it to him?"

  She looked at Qin Jie with some gratitude, because she was worried about how to find him.

  She stood at the door of the study, holding a cup of milk and hesitating. She felt like she was apologizing to him by taking the initiative to find him, but she hadn't done anything wrong, had she? Looking down at the warm milk in her hand, she steeled herself and knocked on the door again. A low voice from inside bid her enter, and she walked in with the milk.

  He was busy in front of the computer, she had never denied that he had a strong and handsome face, nor did she deny that he had a kind of charm unique to mature men, especially when he was focused on being busy at this moment. However, she couldn't quite understand people like them, who were busy day and night, what's the point of making so much money? Life is meant to be enjoyed!

  How could she know that at their current height, the daily hustle is no longer for personal economic considerations, but for the future of all those closely related to him, which for men is called responsibility.

  "Your milk!"

  She put the milk beside him, he didn't even lift his head, and his eyes continued to stare at the computer screen pretending not to see her. She turned around intending to leave, when his voice came from behind her back,

  "Is this your sincerity?"

  "What sincerity?"

  She stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at him with a puzzled expression. He relaxed himself, leaning back against the chair back, raising an eyebrow to ask her.

  "Didn't you come here tonight to apologize to me?"

  She was somewhat annoyed.

  "You're overthinking this, Qin Jie just asked me to bring you a cup of milk as a favor!"

  Even if she was really here to apologize, did he have to expose her so thoroughly?

  He rose from his chair and walked towards her with narrowed eyes.

  "Xu Liu'ou, if you want to show your sincerity, then how about accompanying me on a business trip tomorrow?"

  Tomorrow is Chen Qingchu's last day in N city, I heard that he has declined all invitations and booked an afternoon flight, so what else can he do on this whole day except coming to find her?

  About the university she is currently attending, as her teacher, he was well aware of the naive promises she had made with Chen Qingchu back then. So without even thinking about it, he knew that Chen Qingchu would not give up this opportunity to move her.

  "Accompany you on a business trip?"

  His words made Xu Liu'er somewhat stunned, remembering that he had promised to accompany Chen Qingchu to visit their school tomorrow, and she quickly refused.

  "Tomorrow is no good, I have something else tomorrow!"

  "Oh? Something's up? What is it?"

  He leaned in slightly closer to her, his eyes filled with deeper emotions.

  Regretted putting too much importance on you, had thoughts of letting go in an instant.