captured by your prey

"Manager, I'm here to deliver the documents to you. It's really hard for you to work overtime during the holidays." Xinxi first greeted Zhou Sheng respectfully when she entered the door, and then said hello to the other people in the living room one by one.

She pinned one side of her hair behind her ear, revealing her slightly rosy cheeks. Of course, Zhou Sheng didn't know this striking girl in front of her, but she only had the impression that she had seen it in Xie Xiyuan's store.Although Xinxi is wearing ordinary shirts and western skirts, people can still feel her attractive temperament and want to get close to her. Xie Xiyuan understands this. It just so happens that Xinxi has no home to go back to celebrate the New Year. These few days All very free.

"Boss, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. This is some statistics of our company this year. Please take a look at it first." Xinxi handed the document to Xie Xiyuan, and while talking, she turned to find a convenient The other people in the living room looked at her angle and continued: "Then the following are the content materials of this project, that... I will tell you in detail later."

Embarrassed, she raised her head and asked Zhou Sheng: "Uh, that... Manager Zhou, can I borrow your bathroom?"

Zhou Sheng was taken aback, hesitated for a while and could only nod to her.

Before Zhou Sheng could say anything, the man sitting next to him had already greeted Xinxi, and pointed to the corner: "It's there, just walk over and you'll see it!"

"Okay, thank you!" Xinxi thanked him with a faint smile.

Seeing the situation, Zhou Sheng turned his head to look at Xie Xiyuan who was pretending to be flipping through the documents over there, wondering what this guy was up to.

But not a while after Xinxi entered, she ran out from the bathroom and apologized to Zhou Sheng, saying that she had broken the lock on the door handle. Although she was speaking to Zhou Sheng, she walked around to Zhou Sheng's brother. s position.

When Xinxi put her hand on the back of the sofa chair, she lightly touched his shoulder with her fingers intentionally or unintentionally.

"Really, then I'll help you to take a look!" The man responded immediately, and Zhou's mother waved her hand to Xinxi and told Xinxi to ignore it, but the man was very active in repairing, and Xinxi followed her to show him.

After the two of them left, the living room became more spacious. Xie Xiyuan flipped through the documents beside him, the paper rustled in her hands, and when she didn't speak, she seemed to return to the dull atmosphere before.

Zhou Sheng took a sip of water uncomfortably, and sat in the living room of his home, but suddenly felt that this place was very strange.

It's like this every year...

She has obviously heard these words for many, many years, from childhood until now, why hasn't she gotten used to them?

I thought it would be almost time, and the family conversation should be over, but in the eyes of the mother, this became a good opportunity to urge Zhou Sheng: "I said you, in this position, you will take care of the children at home in the future." Wouldn't you feel unbalanced?"

"Do you still want a man to accommodate you? Are you ashamed to say that!"

I don't like it, I don't want to accept it... Why is this being said as deviant.

But I don't have the qualifications and courage to talk back.

Zhou Sheng also knew that she couldn't do it, otherwise, she wouldn't have maintained this appearance for so many years.Behind Xie Xiyuan raised her eyes to look at Zhou Sheng, her mind was actually on Zhou Sheng over there.Although she kept silent, it didn't mean she didn't care about the situation.

Zhou Sheng sat there sullenly, taking all those words without saying a word.

She was counting down the time almost by the second, waiting for the evening to come soon, so that the rest of the program could replace the time spent with her family.

After a while, her situation was finally interrupted by Xinxi's voice behind her.

"I'm really sorry, Manager Zhou..." Xinxi said apologetically to Zhou Sheng, her nose was a little red, so it seemed that there was something endearing in it.Xie Xiyuan walked up and said to her: "The documents behind this..."

"Ah—yes, let me tell you!"

Seeing that they seemed to be talking about business matters, Zhou's mother wanted to say something more, but the son next to her spoke first: "Mom, you see that they still want to talk about business matters, so why don't we start?" Let's go, there will be more people in the restaurant when it's late, it's so troublesome to wait for a seat!"

Only then did Zhou's mother stop the gesture of chanting again, seeing that her grandson seemed to have gotten tired of playing in this place, and clamored to go to the park to play on the slide, and Zhou's father was beside him again, so they packed up and prepared to leave .Before leaving, Zhou's mother did not forget to say Zhou Sheng, but a box of things was suddenly stuffed in her hand. She looked up and saw Xie Xiyuan handing it to her, and said with a smile: "Auntie, remember to bring something. , I blame me for not reminding you... Be careful on the road, the weather is cold." "Okay, it's good that Zhou Sheng is half as smart as you, then let's go first!"

Seeing Xie Xiyuan close the door, Zhou Sheng felt relieved.

The house was a mess, fruit peels and rubbish were all over the table, the floor and the sofa were covered with chocolates that had just been opened by the child, and some of them were still stuck on the sofa.

After they left, none of the three people in the room spoke for a while, so there was no sound for a while.

It was Xie Xiyuan who spoke first at the end: "Oh...you go back first, your performance is not bad, they are really tossing." I wanted to use my strength of speaking against my conscience to chat with customers in the store on weekdays When I made a comparison, I felt that it was not good to say this in front of Zhou Sheng, but when I thought about it, I burst out laughing unconsciously.He waved his hand and told her that she can clean up here by herself.Xinxi also knew what Xie Xiyuan meant, and left after saying hello.

Xie Xiyuan approached Zhou Sheng, stretched out his hand to touch her arm, and asked in a soft voice, "Aren't you happy, huh?"

"Well, of course, but it's okay..."

She stretched her arms around Zhou Sheng's waist and hugged her, then rubbed her cheek against Zhou Sheng's neck coquettishly: "You don't like them, do you?"

Zhou Sheng was still in the moment of trance just now, but when Xie Xiyuan teased him and heard her ask, he suddenly remembered and pulled the person on him up: "What the hell were you playing here just now?" What?" Xie Xiyuan obediently replied, "I think maybe they won't come here again...at least your brother won't."

After thinking about the meaning of these words, I didn't understand all of a sudden, so I could only smile helplessly, expressing that there was nothing they could do if they really wanted to come. Could it be that they had to be locked up?As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Xie Xiyuan continue to say: "They are so conservative and save face..."

"I don't want others to know that a man who has a wife in his family has a relationship with an employee of his sister's company."

"Stealing food outside is nothing in itself, the main thing is that we have to do a good job in the post-publicity work."

"So if they... Ah Sheng again?"

Zhou Sheng froze.

She didn't break free from Xie Xiyuan's arms, and she didn't speak for a long time. This was her look of surprise, and she couldn't find a response to face it for a while.Xie Xiyuan also shut up, not daring to continue, she told Xinxi to do this in order to achieve her goal thoroughly, but after all, they are Zhou Sheng's family.Only then did she realize that Zhou Sheng was different from herself, and she might not be able to accept such a thing. She hadn't considered whether Zhou Sheng would be angry at all before.

"You..." After a long time, she sighed.

Xie Xiyuan raised his eyebrows.

"Why are you so bad." However, the tone in this tone contained more resignation than blame, and the blame was only out of her sense of justice, while Xie Xiyuan did not have such moral restraints. Hearing what she said, it was totally unreasonable. He didn't take it seriously, instead he clinged to Zhou Sheng's body more brazenly, acting like a spoiled child.

"If you can't use proper means to achieve your goal, you have to find another way."

Zhou Sheng responded, knowing that Xie Xiyuan had such a temperament in his bones, otherwise he would not be able to live in such an environment for so long, so he didn't want to blame her for this.

Besides, it is of course impossible to say that I did not feel even a little bit relieved by this result.

"They are very unreasonable..." Zhou Sheng didn't know whether he was speaking to Xie Xiyuan or to himself.

Xie Xiyuan listened quietly.

"This kind of troublesome thing can actually be dealt with by myself."

"I'll stay as many times as I want." Sensing that Zhou Sheng didn't seem to break away from the influence of his family so quickly, Xie Xiyuan understood that there was no need to rush, so he could only slowly bring her out of the shadow of the family.Yes, she has never seen such unreasonable family members, and there are many worse than this.

It's just that being so close to her is really disturbing. If her family...she doesn't have such a family every year, if she does, she will think of the same bad means to keep them away from her life.On the other hand, Zhou Sheng always endured everything.

It was only later that Xie Xiyuan found out that the reason why Zhou Sheng was always worried was because there was a blind date arranged for her by her family.

This is also the main reason why her family came to her today, to tell her how excellent and suitable the other person—the son of a friend from the old family who also works in this city—is, while telling Zhou Sheng that someone at her age wanted That's good enough.

Xie Xiyuan froze, the two were silent for a moment, and asked softly: "Do you want to promise the family?"

In fact, when she heard this, she subconsciously wanted to let go of Zhou Sheng. In Xie Xiyuan's heart, she always thought that being a woman like Zhou Sheng was more suitable than a man in Zhou Sheng's eyes anyway.

Although Zhou Sheng once said that she doesn't think the sex of two people is the main condition for being together, it should be to show Xie Xiyuan that she doesn't reject her homosexuality.

Thinking that Zhou Sheng might need her more at this time, she resisted the urge to run away.

"I don't want to..." Zhou Sheng sighed, and continued: "There is no way... go first, and then push it away."

Xie Xiyuan insisted on accompanying Zhou Sheng to the agreed hotel. Earlier, it rained a little, and the moisture in the air became heavier, which made the already cold weather even more bitter.

The two walked side by side on the road, Xie Xiyuan glanced at Zhou Sheng who hadn't spoken to him since just now, and then went to hold Zhou Sheng's hand, and found that it was very cold, so he wrapped her hand and put it together. into his pocket.

"What if the other party is particularly ugly, I'll rush over and drag you away if you squeak, how about it!" She suddenly turned her head and said to Zhou Sheng with a smile.

"puff--"

Amused by her expression, Zhou Sheng shook his head helplessly: "No way."

"That's hard to say, there are everyone in this world, what if the other person can reach new heights." Xie Xiyuan simply started talking about this, as a daily chat to ease Zhou Sheng's mood.

"I don't know." Zhou Sheng echoed her, listening to her happily talking over there.

Because the two came early, there were still many seats in the restaurant to choose from.

Entering the room, Xie Xiyuan looked around for a week, and finally chose a seat by the window for Zhou Sheng to sit down first. She was leaning against the table, and it happened that Zhou Sheng noticed that she had been looking at her.

"Don't worry, of course I can handle it." She smiled at Xie Xiyuan, and she could see that she was a little more relaxed than on the way here.

Xie Xiyuan raised the corner of his mouth, then suddenly remembered something: "That's right..."

"Ok?"

She looked at the person standing beside her, and Xie Xiyuan hesitated for a while, as if wanting to confirm something, he spoke slowly, and asked the question she had asked before: "You like boys, right?" Bar?"

Zhou Sheng lowered his eyes when he heard the words, unable to express his thoughts to Xie Xiyuan for a while.

Without giving her a chance to think clearly, Xie Xiyuan glanced at a man looking around the corner looking for something, she immediately walked to the table behind Zhou Sheng and sat down, then raised her hand Greeted the waiter to come over.

"Sorry, I'm late." The man walked to Zhou Sheng's desk.At the next table, the waiter walked up to Xie Xiyuan and greeted him with a smile: "May I help you?"

"It's okay, it's just that I arrived early." Zhou Sheng said unhurriedly.Xie Xiyuan behind her glanced at the menu quickly, looked up at the waiter and said with a smile: "This is the first time I've come to your restaurant, do you have any recommendations for delicious dishes? But I'm alone, so Try to keep the portion as small as possible, I hope to be able to try a few more dishes.”

"How about, let's order first. Is there anything you don't want to eat?" The man raised his hand to signal the waiter next door, and the waiter had just recommended some dishes to Xie Xiyuan, then turned around and said please Wait a moment.

"Some ordinary dishes are fine." Zhou Sheng handed a menu to the man.Xie Xiyuan finished choosing the dishes, and handed the menu to the waiter: "Well, I'll order these first, thank you."

"Okay, you're welcome." After she finished speaking, she turned and walked to Zhou Sheng's table: "What do you need?"

Xie Xiyuan poured herself a glass of water, and looked sideways at the city full of lights outside the window. For some reason, she suddenly felt that the city was a little far away from her, and she even thought that the person sitting behind her was also a little far away from her.

She could hold her hand just a moment ago, but now they are two strangers who cannot know each other and have nothing to do with each other.