Mr. Dong Guo

"Ma Po Tofu?" Guo Qiyu wrote it down on the paper, a little embarrassed, "But I don't know how to make it."

"I'll make it, you buy the ingredients," Meng Xiaoyan said on the other end of the phone while packing up his things, "I'll be home at about five o'clock for the plane at 01:30 tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, you pay attention to safety," Guo Qiyu added after thinking for a while, "I will come back early tomorrow."

"That's good."

The two were silent for a while, and Guo Qiyu tentatively asked, "Did you hang up?"

"Hang it."

Before Guo Qiyu could respond, there was a beeping sound in a hurry.

Guo Qiyu put the phone aside and calculated the time. If he wants to leave early tomorrow, he will have to work overtime today. It seems that he will get up early tomorrow to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Life seems to be going on like this step by step.

If there is nothing wrong with the Meng family, Meng Xiaoyan will go back to W City on weekends and live with Guo Qiyu.

I don't know how Meng Xiaoyan persuaded Mr. Meng, but no one stopped him anyway.

On the other hand, Meng Xiaoyan himself would sometimes go to Meng's house to accompany the old man. He could play Go, and of course it was inseparable from Guo Qiyu's vigorous cultivation of his cram school, which made old man Meng have a better impression of Guo Qiyu.

"Xiao Guo, are you still leaving?"

When it was time to get off work, someone from the same team knocked on the door and asked a question.

Guo Qiyu looked at the dense numbers on the form and felt a little dizzy, "Well, there is one more thing, you go first, be careful on the road."

"You don't have to fight like that, do you?" the man said, "Go out for a date, so why don't you want someone else's girl to wait for you?"

"What?" Guo Qiyu shook his head, looked up from the form, a little dazed.

The man was also taken aback, "Why, you don't know?"

He stretched out his hand and pointed out, "Isn't that Zheng Qing? I heard from Sister Li that they are relatives of her family who are with you."

Guo Qiyu stood up and looked out of the window, there was indeed a girl standing at the door of the company, it was Zheng Qing.

"When did Sister Li say that, no, why did Sister Li say such things..." Guo Qiyu couldn't argue.

He thought in his heart that Sister Li must have misunderstood something, and it was still spreading around the company. He had to explain it clearly to Zheng Qing, and then went to talk to Sister Li tomorrow.

So he turned around and tidied up the reports on the table a few times, picked up his briefcase and rushed out.

The man was a little puzzled, "I'm sorry, hehe."

Guo Qiyu left the company, but Zheng Qing was nowhere to be seen.

He turned around and looked down from his office window, just in time to see the main entrance of the company. Zheng Qing was wandering around here just now, but within a few minutes, he disappeared.

Suddenly a harsh horn sounded behind him, and Guo Qiyu blocked the exit of the underground garage.

He quickly gave way and stood on the side of the road.

When passing him, the car window was rolled up, but Guo Qiyu could clearly see that Zheng Qing was sitting inside.

Smiling very happily, just like the last time I saw her.

Guo Qiyu shook his head, it seems that it was not Zheng Qing's fault, it should be that he had a boyfriend from their company, which made Sister Li misunderstand.

Then just talk to Sister Li tomorrow.

Guo Qiyu raised his hand to check the time. He was planning to work overtime, but now he has already come out.

Guo Qiyu decided to go home and tidy up, buy vegetables by the way, and will not rest at noon tomorrow, trying to finish the work as soon as possible.

When I got home, I made the bed and washed the clothes that needed to be washed. Meng Xiaoyan came back last week and washed all the dirty clothes that Guo Qiyu put in the clothes basket.

Guo Qiyu felt sorry for the child who worked so hard for him, so he planned to clean the inside and outside of the house tonight.

The two still slept in Guo Qiyu's bedroom, not to mention that this small suite only had one bedroom and one living room, even if there was a utility room, it would not be easy to live in given Meng Xiaoyan's stature.

So the two still huddled together on the same bed.

Fortunately, the child doesn't seem to have the rebelliousness of adolescence, he is well-behaved and obedient, and he would rather squeeze with him than sleep on the floor.

Speaking of which, the child seems to have entered puberty recently, and began to grow rapidly.

After cleaning, Guo Qiyu walked to the door and compared the height with a pencil on the wall. When the child came last time, he grew a lot, and it reached his ears.

Guo Qiyu is a little embarrassed that he will soon be surpassed by a kid under 13 years old, but he still has a lot of nutrition at home.

Several items were sent by Mrs. Meng, saying that Meng Xiaoyan had been eating them all the time in City A, and it would not be good to replace them with other ones.

"Sister Li!" At noon, Guo Qiyu called to stop Sister Li.

"Little Guo, what's the matter?"

Guo Qiyu paused, "Sister Li, why are you talking about me and Ms. Zheng being together?"

Sister Li was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled and said, "Oh, it's not because I slipped my tongue for a while!"

She patted Guo Qiyu's shoulder, a little annoyed, "Ah, you too, a young man, you're so awkward when you talk about friends!"

Guo Qiyu was a little confused, "Are you talking about friends?"

"I've heard what Zheng Qing said, it's pretty good, and besides, your adopted son has also been sent away, so it's great to talk about marriage now!" Sister Li clapped her hands to celebrate.

Guo Qiyu's heart sank, the problem still lies with Zheng Qing?

He looked serious and said solemnly: "Sister Li, I think you may have misunderstood. I have no contact with Zheng Qing, nor are we together."

Sister Li's smile suddenly disappeared, "What did you say?"

Guo Qiyu repeated it again.

Sister Li frowned, "Zheng Qing said she was talking about friends with you!"

Guo Qiyu shook his head, "It's not me."

He turned and left, leaving the inexplicable Sister Li muttering behind her back.

When he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Meng Xiaoyan called.

"Xiaobei, are you here?"

"Ah."

"The things are in the refrigerator. I cleaned the house yesterday, so don't mess with it." Guo Qiyu said quickly.

Meng Xiaoyan didn't reply, and seemed to have patrolled around the room, seeing that there was nothing serious, he gave a soft "hmm".

"I'm off work in 10 minutes," Guo Qiyu looked at the clock, "I'll be right back."

"Let's cook together, don't finish it alone." Guo Qiyu said.

Meng Xiaoyan seemed to be stuck on the road for a while, and when he got home, he really couldn't be able to eat as soon as Guo Qiyu got off work, so he had to agree, "Just come back soon."

"Okay, okay." Guo Qiyu responded repeatedly and hung up the phone.

Just as I was about to pack up and leave, my phone rang again.

"Hey, Xiaobei, I'm packing up..."

"Mr. Guo? I'm Zheng Qing."

Guo Qiyu was taken aback for a moment, Zheng Qing called him, probably because Sister Li had already asked her.

"I'm Guo Qiyu, Ms. Zheng is looking for me for something?" Guo Qiyu calmed down and kept comforting herself, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you are right about this matter.

Zheng Qing seemed a little unaccustomed to his extremely polite address, and said cautiously: "Mr. Guo, just call me Ah Qing."

Guo Qiyu frowned slightly, according to the etiquette, he thought for a while, "Then you..."

"Can I call you Brother Qi Yu?"

"……Um."

"Brother Qi Yu, it's like this. You told Aunt Li at noon today. She has already asked me. I'm really sorry. I used you as a shield at the beginning."

Zheng Qinglian said "sorry" a few times.

Guo Qiyu couldn't continue to tangle, "It's okay."

Zheng Qing said with some embarrassment: "But my current boyfriend also belongs to your company, but he doesn't want our relationship to be made public, and I was seen by Aunt Li appearing at the door of your company again, and I was annoyed by the question, so I said I'm waiting for you."

Guo Qiyu pursed his lips, "It's good to be clear now."

Guo Qiyu felt relieved, but he never thought about why the normal relationship between male and female friends cannot be made public, and why Zheng Qing is still standing at the door of the company openly waiting for others.

Seeing that Guo Qiyu meant that he had nothing to do with me, Zheng Qing also became a little anxious, "I can't explain this clearly!"

"what?"

Zheng Qing's tone softened again, "That's not the case, Brother Qi Yu, I can't explain this clearly on the phone, can we talk face to face?"

Guo Qiyu didn't speak.

Zheng Qing seemed to have made up his mind, and his voice suddenly choked up, "Actually, Brother Qi Yu, I have no one to talk about this matter except you. Please help me."

After Zheng Qing finished speaking, he burst into tears, and Guo Qiyu could only ask, "When?"

Seemingly expecting Guo Qiyu to let go, Zheng Qing hurriedly said: "Tonight, actually, I'm in the coffee shop opposite your company right now, let's talk, and I'll treat you to dinner after the talk."

Guo Qiyu glanced at the time, and it was already time to get off work. He packed his things with one hand and held his mobile phone with the other.

He didn't know how to refuse, the soft-natured man packed his things in a hurry, but didn't say a word for a long time.

"Brother Qi Yu?" There was also a soft call from the other side.

Guo Qiyu stuffed the documents into the briefcase, took a deep breath, "Sorry, I can't do it tonight, actually I can't do it this weekend, can I talk about it next week?"

He spoke very fast, and after he finished speaking in one breath, his face was a little hot. He was never used to rejecting others, but he was even more reluctant to let Xiaobei, who came back after a long time, wait for him at home alone.

Zheng Qing didn't seem to expect to be rejected, Guo Qiyu saw that there was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and said "Hello" carefully.

Zheng Qing seemed to have just recovered, "Ah? What? Are you coming to pick me up later?"

"Ah?" Guo Qiyu was so anxious that he couldn't see the other party, and hurriedly waved his hands, "No, no, I mean..."

"Then why are you so embarrassed?" Zheng Qing ignored it, and said with a giggle, "What romance, I just need to be plain."

Guo Qiyu was silent, he didn't know what Zheng Qing meant.

But he heard a vague voice over there, Zheng Qing was greeting someone, his laughter was a bit shrill, and the words he said were not very pleasant.

Zheng Qing seemed to say "goodbye".

Then the phone's voice became clear again.

A clear cry.

Zheng Qing cried very sadly, unable to speak clearly, "It's okay, Brother Qi Yu, I heard what you just said, if you have something to do, go to work, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Zheng Qing, are you okay?" Guo Qiyu asked.

"It's okay, thank you Brother Qi Yu."

Guo Qiyu glanced at the clock, "Why don't we talk now?"

Zheng Qing rejected him, crying so loudly that she could hardly hear what she was saying. She spoke intermittently and illogically, but the main idea was that she was fine, she left first, and we will talk next week.

Guo Qiyu quickly picked up his bag, and when he arrived at the cafe opposite the company, Zheng Qing was nowhere to be seen.

Call again, it's turned off.

He called Sister Li, but no one answered.

He searched back and forth, but found no one, but the child seemed to be waiting impatiently, and called.

"I remember that it only takes 30 minutes for the company to get home." The child said as soon as the connection was made.

Guo Qiyu had no choice but to explain: "Something happened before I got off work, and I'll be right back."

"Hurry up," the child paused again, "be careful."

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