Chapter 54.
The lounge is filled with fresh and elegant citrus aroma. Everything here is simple and elegant. Judging from the succulents placed on the shelves, Lan Rujue often rests here.
Tangli observed the surroundings without leaving a trace, and finally her eyes fell on Lan Rujue's face. She blinked and asked tentatively, "What time does Sister Rujue usually leave the company."
It was getting dark outside, but Lan Rujue seemed to be in great spirits. Not to mention Lan Rujue, even the assistant and the manager she had locked out just now looked very energetic. So when Tangli came to Lan Rujue's company this time, she couldn't help but pay some attention to her and wanted to know what she was doing in the company.
Lan Rujue's legs in suit pants suddenly touched Tang Li, and their knees rubbed. Even with a thin blanket as a barrier between the two of them, Lan Rujue still felt the heat in her knees, which made her purse her red lips to hide herself.
Lan Rujue explained, "I usually leave the company at seven o'clock. I don't have a time limit. I can do whatever I want. Sometimes if things are not finished, I will drag others to work overtime."
Tangli squinted at her with contempt, her eyes full of cunning and cleverness. Generally speaking, she was still used to playing against Lan Rujue, and felt that this kind of herself was the most authentic. Oh, that's not the case. Every time she sees Lan Rujue's serious look, she can't help but transform into a living jerk. It's so funny how Lan Rujue sighs when she has no choice but to do so.
"Fortunately you are not my boss, otherwise I would have scolded you every time I worked overtime."
Lan Rujue seemed to have expected that Tangli would ridicule her. She smiled softly. She approached her and touched her earlobe with her fingers. She tucked the black hair that was scattered around her ear behind her ear and said: "I'm not a shady boss. Overtime pay is paid for overtime work. Of course, I'm not a philanthropist either. I will force them to work overtime just because their progress is not satisfactory to me, or the project is not perfect enough. I strive to keep improving. Naturally, I will be harsher."
Tangli glared at her and said angrily: "We are talking about business, why are you touching my ears? You are really making excuses for yourself. After all, you are not exploiting employees."
"Give them satisfactory overtime pay, and at the same time, they can take leave the next day. Do you think this is exploitation? I just mobilized their time in advance. Why didn't Xiaoli wear earrings today?"
"I was in a hurry to go out. I even left my hair casually tied up. Sister Rujue, your assistant was staring at my hairpins before and was so scared that I thought my hair was a mess."
The two of them were talking. Lan Rujue's eyes were warm and affectionate. She smiled lightly and said, "How did you and my assistant meet?"
"Someone is too busy. I couldn't get through the phone several times. Fortunately, your assistant is here. Otherwise, I would definitely be guarding the door of your company today and I would have to squat."
Lan Rujue couldn't help laughing. She didn't expect that this ordinary person would bring a surprise to her in the evening. She didn't know why Tangli came to have dinner with her, but she took the initiative to come to her door today. She had to say that she was really pleased.
How could people not be excited to have Tangli, who likes to avoid her, come to see her in person?
"What to eat?"
"That must be Chinese food."
Lan Rujue shook her hand and left quickly, not staying long. Her touch made Tangli hold her breath. After seeing her take back her hand, Tangli returned to normal.
Tangli scratched her ears and turned her head slightly, no longer paying attention to Lan Rujue sitting on her left.
"Today's meeting was an impromptu meeting. I left in a hurry and left my phone in the office. The assistant didn't say anything to you."
Tang Li frowned in confusion, "An assistant who can say anything to me casually can still be kept by your side?"
She had affirmed the assistant's ability before, which also indirectly recognized Lan Rujue's ability to judge people. People with a personality like hers are not usually able to stay by her side as an assistant.
What trash, the only ones left behind are the elites.
So how could a human assistant say inappropriate things?
Tangli's rhetorical question made Lan Rujue stand up. She looked down at Tangli and said warmly, "I'll get the phone and then take you to dinner."
"Well, I'll wait for you."
Lan Rujue turned away, exhaled, and pinched her brows in frustration.
She was really confused.Suddenly she remembered the note she gave Tangli. She was really worried that the assistant would say something she shouldn't have said, so she asked Tangli about it. As soon as she said the words, she regretted it. If the assistant had really said those words, Tangli would have been furious, and she would not be able to talk to her as calmly as she did just now.
Did she lose her brain during the meeting? How could such a low-level mistake be made?
Fortunately, Tang Li didn't become suspicious, so it was okay.
She saw the mobile phone on her desk, which had several missed calls. She saw Tangli's phone number. Lan Rujue subconsciously looked in the direction of the lounge. She swiped up and saw Fu Kexin's call, who she had an appointment with tonight.
Lan Rujue held her right elbow with one hand, leaned against the desk and called Fu Kexin back. The other party seemed to have been waiting for her and got through quickly.
"President Fu, I'm really sorry. Something suddenly happened in the company. I can't be present at the dinner you are hosting tonight."
A violent look flashed across Fu Kexin's eyes, and she said without changing her expression: "It doesn't matter, something happened in the company that neither you nor I could have predicted. Since President Lan has missed the appointment this time, I will wait for President Lan to come over next time. We can't let this happen again."
If she is so arrogant, Lan Rujue will naturally feel guilty. Not to mention meeting again next time, it is possible to meet again next time.
But Fu Kexin didn't understand that Lan Rujue was a soft-spoken person who always spoke in a weird and eccentric manner. She underestimated Lan Rujue's temper and overestimated Lan Rujue's tolerance for her.
Therefore, Lan Rujue kept her pace and did not fall for her deception, "Let's talk about it then, so as not to change the plan again. President Fu, I have something else to do, so we won't talk about it for now."
She didn't want to go to Fu Kexin's dinner party, but she had nothing to do at night. Now that Tangli is here, what does Fu Kexin mean?
Lan Rujue broke the contract without any psychological burden. She was originally an unreliable businessman. Breaking the contract was nothing, as long as she didn't break the contract with the important people.
The conversation between her and Fu Kexin was overheard by Tang Li. Tang Li had already remembered the name Fu Kexin in her heart. Naturally, Tang Li would not let go of this woman who wanted to rob her role.
There can only be one person in this world who can drug Lan Rujue, and that must be her!
Who is Fu Kexin, how dare she touch Lan Rujue!
"I haven't touched her yet."
[So when are you going to take action? ]
"Don't worry, you think I don't want to, but the wedding hasn't come yet, so it doesn't matter if I drug her. We have to wait until the wedding comes!"
Tangli said and 001 murmured, and conveniently leaked the news about the restaurant they were going to. Now that the bait has been released, it depends on whether Fu Kexin will take the bait. If not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Tangli has nothing to lose. If she takes the bait, it's going to be great.
She held her cell phone and smiled sinisterly, which made Lan Rujue, who was leaning against the door, raise her eyebrows, crossed her arms helplessly, and said, "What are you holding back? Xiaoli."
"Why do words taste bad when they are said like this by you?"
Lan Rujue shrugged. No matter what she said or did, Tangli always had an excuse to criticize her. She has been like this since she was a kid, she is used to it. She never thought about taking the initiative before, but now she took the initiative to get involved with her, which has improved a lot, but this also further confirms Tang Li's words.
Maybe, I just have a bit of a masochistic tendency and like to be abused by Tangli.
She took out a windbreaker from the closet and stood in front of Tangli. The old god said: "Put it on."
Tang Li shook her head in disgust: "No, it doesn't match my outfit."
"Then change this outfit."
"Ah?" Tangli put her hands in front of her and looked at her warily.
Lan Rujue laughed and said, "I have new clothes here, which I have never worn before. Your cheongsam looks good, but your legs aren't cold?"
"It's not cold in the car."
"Don't get out of the car? You are weak. Don't go out to eat with me then. If you still catch a cold, I will really become a sinner. Be good and change into thick clothes."
Tang Li said reluctantly: "I don't want to wear new clothes. Tags are not cut off. Forget it I will just take the jacket. It doesn't touch my body. But if I don't wash the inner trousers, I feel awkward wearing them."
Lan Rujue stretched out her hand and pressed her head, "Squeamish! Can you wear mine?"
Tang Li retorted disdainfully: "We wore a set of skirts when we were kids. I won't dislike you for wearing your clothes."
Lan Rujue went to the closet to find clothes for her and said, "I did wear the same skirt, but you cut it into a ripped skirt and forced it on me."
"?"
No way? Has she ever been so... twisted before?
Lan Rujue faced her with her sweater and jeans in her arms. Seeing that she was unwilling to admit it, she smiled and said, "Go home and look through the photos, and you will know."
Tangli felt a rare feeling of guilt. She blinked and smiled flatteringly: "Sister Rujue, you are indeed very kind to me."
"But you are always ungrateful."
Tangli immediately retracted her expression, snatched away her clothes and pushed her to the office, not letting her stay in the lounge.
"It sounds like I am a scumbag when you say this!"
Lan Rujue nodded and said, "It's true."
In order not to be scolded by Tang Li, she retracted her head and ran away after speaking. How could she still look like a majestic boss in front of others.
Tangli always thought that she and Lan Rujue didn't have many memories in the past, but after all, they grew up together, so how could there be a lack of memories?
She has seen Lan Rujue's appearance as a young child, and she has also seen her as a graceful girl. The same is true for Lan Rujue.
The bond between Qingmei is deeper than Tangli imagined.
The bond was established from the moment they met.
She put on clothes with the fragrance of Lan Rujue, and couldn't help but smell it strangely. Except for the underwear, all of this set was from Lan Rujue.
Tangli realized it later and murmured: "Oh no, I was fooled!"
When she came here, she didn't feel cold even in those clothes. Why did Lan Rujue fooled her into wearing her clothes?
Windbreaker, sweater and jeans, the two of them are about the same height, but the styles they wear are quite different.
Tangli is gentle and casual, while Lan Rujue is calm and unrestrained.
Probably it has something to do with her own temperament.
When she walked out, Lan Rujue looked at Tangli wearing her own clothes, and felt a sense of joy in her heart that was about to overwhelm her. It even gave Lan Rujue the illusion that Tangli had become hers. But no matter what, Lan Rujue smiled tenderly when she saw Tang Li dressed up like this and sighed: "It's great."
"Hehe."
She ordered Lan Rujue, "Pack up all the clothes I changed."
"Ok."
Lan Rujue touched the cheongsam, and it seemed that Tangli's body temperature still remained on it. She blinked her eyelashes unnaturally, and smelled the fragrance of the clothes when Tangli wasn't prepared.
When Lan Rujue realized what she had done, she turned red and wanted to slap herself.
She was carrying the packed clothes bag, with a blush on her face. Tangli beside her had changed her clothes. It was no longer the cheongsam and outer shirt that the assistant had remembered. Even her hair seemed slightly messy, which made Tangli look a little bit more lazy and beautiful.
The assistant clutched her chest, her heart, which had been broken into millions of pieces, stinging at this moment.
This...is something done inside, or is it...done?
"Xiaoli, wait for me."
Tangli pressed the elevator button expressionlessly and let Lan Rujue chatter on.
The assistant stared blankly for a long time until the colleague next to her took a gossiping photo of her and said, "Who is that person? I wanted to ask you before, but I didn't dare to disturb you when I saw your solemn face. But I really can't hold it in anymore. Have you seen President Lan's expression? Cautious! I actually saw the caution on President Lan's face. Oh my god, I must have not worn my invisible cloak properly, that's why I'm blind."
"Yes, yes, I thought that President Lan would be a cold ice cube no matter who she was in front of. It turns out that she would also turn into fire when she met that woman."
"Hey hey."
"Wait a minute, have you forgotten President Lan's little puppy?"
"But I always feel that President Lan and the beautiful lady just now are more charming."
"That won't stop me from seeing beautiful women."
The assistant's ears couldn't hear her colleagues' voices at all. She only knew that she was... lovelorn.
And she lost miserably.
It's not that Lan Rujue can't be gentle, but that she is not the right person.
It turns out that all the strange things about Lan Rujue are related to that woman.
The enemy is that woman, and the hosta is also for that woman, so how can she possibly win the fight?
"Are you drinking tonight?" She asked.
The night was really cool, and the autumn wind blew into her heart. She wished she could feel the autumn.
Tangli shuddered and stamped her feet.
Lan Rujue grabbed her hand and warmed her up. She didn't blame her, she just wanted to walk faster so that she and Tangli could get into the car without letting the little liar around her freeze.
"Sister Rujue."
"Um?"
Tang Li suddenly said: "Actually, it would be nice for the two of us to do this occasionally."
There are no tense situations, no plot problems, no heroine and supporting character, just Qingmei.
Lan Rujue put her hands on her shoulders and said seriously and solemnly: "Tangli, from the beginning to the end, I have never thought about losing contact with you. It's just that you trapped yourself in a corner. Although I don't know why this is, what happened to make you resist me and don't want to be close to me, but I hope I can wait until the day you reconcile."
Tangli laughed, her eyes changed from the usual, and turned into a reflection of Lan Rujue. Tangli said: "Reconciliation? What if, I mean if, what if we can't reconcile."
Lan Rujue took her into her arms without hesitation. This was the first hug between two people after they grew up. It felt completely different from when they were young. The soft Tangli turned into a woman about the same height as her. She is obviously a mature woman with enough charm to make people fall in love with her.
Lan Rujue didn't regret doing this at all. This was a rare moment for the two of them to talk to each other. What's the harm in doing something intimate?
What didn't she see when she was a child? Besides, it's just a hug.
Lan Rujue convinced herself in her heart.
She said sonorously and forcefully: "Then break it and no longer be bothered by it."
"We can be friends, right?"
Tangli's eyes were deep and unreadable, she pursed her lips and smiled bitterly. In order to relieve the seriousness, she raised her hand and gave Lan Rujue a punch. It was gentle and didn't hurt at all. It was the kind of coquettishness Lan Rujue had been fantasizing about in her heart.
"I can't even understand what you're talking about. We are Qingmei, isn't that enough?"
Qingmei is not the same as friend. This word is very complicated.
Tangli felt that Qingmei was a suitable name for their relationship.
To say that a friend is too close is not to say that a good friend is that far away. Only Qingmei is the most appropriate.
Tangli pushed her away, got into the car, and said carelessly: "Drive quickly, I'm going to starve to death. It's really troublesome for President Lan to feed a meal."
Although Lan Rujue was beaten and scolded, she smiled happily. To use her most straightforward words, she was happier than signing a big business deal.
As for why, well, she doesn't know.
Probably, yes, she deserve that hug.
This is a private restaurant, business is booming, and there is a limited amount every day. If you want to get the VIP of this restaurant, you don't need money, but you need favors.
Tangli's mother is a good friend of the owner of this store, so she must have a VIP card.
She took Lan Rujue into the restaurant and didn't choose to go to the private room, but sat at a random table.
Lan Rujue habitually picked the dishes that the two of them liked to eat.
Tangli usually didn't care about this and just lowered her head and started playing with her phone.
"Would you like jasmine tea?"
"Um."
"OK, just a second."
Tangli glanced at her and said sarcastically: "Since when did you like drinking jasmine tea?"
"You always drink jasmine tea. Am I remembering it wrong?"
Tangli hesitated to speak, looked deeply at Lan Rujue, and said awkwardly: "You don't have to always accommodate me. It seems to be aggrieved to you."
It is said that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Lan Rujue disagreed and said: "Fortunately it is not Kuding tea. I am really not used to drinking this. It's not that I am accommodating you, but slowly I also like the taste."
Tangli's ears felt warm for no reason. The speaker didn't mean what she said, but the listener had some intentions.
She said nothing, lowered her head and continued playing with her phone.
"Who are you talking to?"
"Friend."
"Do I know him?"
Tang Li chuckled and pretended to be mysterious: "Then you definitely don't recognize her."
Lan Rujue held her chin, unconsciously curled her lips and said with a smile, "Maybe I really know her."
Tangli was about to refute her categorically, but when she thought about it, it seemed that Lan Rujue knew that Shi Chaoyan was here.
Lan Rujue understood everything when she saw that Tang Li's arrogance had softened.
Tang Li said: "Whether you recognize her or not, you will know her from now on."
Lan Rujue looked at Tangli leisurely. She liked the fun of playing riddles and watching Tangli act bad.
She is indeed quite strange, and her aesthetics are a bit different from others.
She pondered: "Really?"
Tangli winked slyly, "Believe me, you will definitely recognize her."
The two of them said something that they thought the other could not understand. The waiter quickly brought over the brewed jasmine tea. After a few cups of hot tea, Tangli sighed comfortably and stared outside.
She and Shi Chaoyan exchanged information, but they didn't want to cause any trouble for her in the end.
Tangli said to Lan Rujue, "Sit next to me, don't sit across from me."
Sitting opposite her with her back to the door, how could she show off to Fu Kexin?
What is important is that Fu Kexin will see Lan Rujue as soon as she enters the door. Only in this way is the most intuitive slap in the face!
Humph.
Tangli's suggestion made Lan Rujue tilt her head and smile, and Tangli silently drank a cup of tea.
It's incredible that Lan Rujue, who is so young, can knock her down with her head tilted! !
"Sit over here, do you need me to say it a third time?"
Lan Rujue stood up with a smile. She pretended not to understand just now, she just wanted to listen to Tangli's words. It sounded good, so she just wanted to hear more.
There was no gap between the two people sitting, shoulders touching shoulders.
Tangli moved to the side and said, "Don't hit me later."
"It's okay. I can use both my left and right hands."
Tang Li was helpless: "I know you are smart, so stop showing off!"
Lan Rujue explained: "I don't."
"Okay, let's stop this topic. I don't want to argue with you today."
"Why."
Tangli sighed, winked and said, "It's quite tiring to argue every day."
Lan Rujue held back her smile and turned her head.
Tangli was also a little embarrassed, so she stared at the door instead of her.
Soon, a group of people appeared in front of Tangli.
The woman at the front of the queue was wearing a leather jacket and had long black hair. She was not easy to mess with. Behind her were two women, one of whom, Tangli, found familiar.
Tangli took a closer look, oh, here it comes!
She pretended not to see anything and lowered her head to drink tea as if her eyes were not working well.
But after being reminded by Shi Chaoyan, Fu Kexin walked towards her with a sneer.
"President Lan, what a coincidence. We actually met here."
"I don't know, what official business are you busy with?"
Although Lan Rujue hadn't figured out how she got here, she was sure it had something to do with the little liar pretending to be innocent. Lan Rujue put her arm around her shoulders and said without flinching, "Have a meal with my Qingmei. She is much more important than official business, President Fu, people always have personal relationships, don't you think so."
Shi Chaoyan bit her lip hard and shouted crazily in his heart -
Miss Tang, you are really here to show your affection, right?
Why do you want to slap President Fu in the face? Showing affection is your ultimate goal, right?