special assistant

Huo Yihang recalled the family background on Zhuoran's resume, his parents were both university professors, so it was not difficult to make some changes in the recommendation quota, but they probably didn't expect that something that was easy for them would be Ruin a young life.

Zhuo Ran clasped his fingers, and said in a guilty tone, "I didn't know the truth at the beginning. I didn't know the truth until I was almost finished in college, but it was too late to say anything. Although Uncle Li and Aunt Li didn't know at all, I always I feel very sorry for them, if I had known what my parents were thinking, maybe I could have stopped it so that it wouldn’t hurt…”

"It's not your fault. A person who committed suicide because he lost his recommended spot is too cowardly." Huo Yihang looked down on him.

Zhuo Ran frowned, as if slightly dissatisfied with Huo Yihang's words, and said, "That's not true, it's because of his family's financial problems, if he can get a recommended spot, he doesn't need to pay tuition fees during college, he just wants to relieve the burden on his family. burden."

"Isn't the act of suicide causing trouble to the parents at home?" Huo Yihang snorted.

Zhuo Ran turned his face sideways, glanced at Huo Yihang, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

The hot dumplings were brought to the table, they were white and round, and they looked delicious.

The proprietress poured two plates of mature vinegar for them, and said with a smile, "Eat it while it's hot, eat it while it's hot."

Seeing her walk away after greeting, Huo Yihang picked up a dumpling with chopsticks, frowned and sized it up, and asked Zhuo Ran who had been silent for a long time, "Do you have any objections to what I just said?"

Zhuo Ran said honestly, "Yes."

Dip it in vinegar, put it in your mouth, a delicious juice flowed out from the bitten dumpling, Huo Yihang, who thought it would be hard to swallow, was a little surprised, he couldn't help muttering: "It tastes pretty good." After hearing Zhuo Ran's answer without hesitation, he I couldn't help smiling, and said, "Zhuo Ran, you answered so directly, aren't you afraid that I'll be angry?"

"I'm sorry if you're offended by this, but I'm just answering your question." Zhuo Ran's tone returned to a stern, formulaic tone.

Huo Yihang didn't expect to throw a stone at his own foot, so he hurriedly said, "I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously, I didn't mean to offend your friend, but I really can't understand what he did."

Zhuo Ran pushed up his glasses, his black eyes looked down, and he said, "I understand, but please don't belittle him in front of me. He has his own reasons, but others can't understand them."

"I see." Huo Yihang was very annoyed. With his appearance and status, he couldn't match the status of a dead guy in Zhuo Ran's heart?

Zhuo Ran also realized that his words were too disrespectful in front of Huo Yihang who is his boss, so he immediately quieted down and ate dumplings silently.

Given this rare opportunity, Huo Yihang still wanted to know more about Zhuo Ran, so he took the lead in breaking the silence between the two of them and said, "How often do you come to eat?"

"I always come here once or twice a week, and sometimes when I suddenly feel hungry and want to have a late-night snack, I will come here to buy something to take home."

"Then if you come later, can you take me with you?"

Zhuo Ran raised his eyes in surprise, and looked at his handsome boss who asked him with a smile.

"Do you still want to come?" Mingming looked reluctant to enter the door before.

Huo Yihang swallowed a dumpling, licked his lips, and said, "Because as you said, the dumplings here are very delicious." Of course, it was more because he wanted to have the opportunity to be alone with Zhuo Ran like this.

Before leaving, Zhuo Ran asked Huo Yihang to get in the car first, saying that he himself had to talk to the boss and his wife.

Huo Yihang thought that it would be inconvenient for a stranger to stand there and listen to their chats, so he sat in the car and watched Zhuo Ran's every move through the car window.

Lighting a cigarette, he stared at Zhuo Ran with an arc that seemed to be a half-smile.

Standing at the door of the dumpling restaurant, Zhuo Ran, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, stood taller in front of the short owner and his wife because his suit jacket had already been put into the car. His two long legs stood straight and he had a round sexy buttocks. Above it is a straight waist, which is more and more sharp to set off the sharp lines of the side face, and the lips are parting and closing to talk to the boss and his wife.

Huo Yihang's eyes darkened, and the desire that had been suppressed for a whole day gradually awakened while appreciating Zhuoran.

Can I get a taste of this man tonight...

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Huo Yihang immediately understood - no, not yet, Zhuo Ran is not a man who can be easily captured.

At this time, he saw Zhuo Ran take out a few banknotes from his wallet and hand them to the boss and his wife. The boss and his wife shook their heads vigorously, then Zhuo Ran pointed to him in the car, and when they handed over the money, the boss and his wife just Accepted with gratitude.

Saying goodbye to the boss and his wife, Zhuo Ran got into the car and found that Huo Yihang was looking at him with interest. After thinking about it carefully, he knew what he was doing. Zhuo Ran explained: "I just told Uncle Li and the others that you gave me the money." If you don’t say that, they won’t accept it.”

Ha, of course, for a meal of ordinary dumplings, Zhuo Ran paid the price of a meal of delicacies from mountains and seas.

Huo Yihang suddenly thought of a question, and said, "Is this why you brought me here for dinner?"

Zhuo Ran didn't deny it either, and said, "You told me to find a place to eat." He had given Uncle Li and the others some extra money before, but they refused to accept it, but this time he gave them the money in the name of Huo Yihang , they barely refused.

Huo Yihang, who was used as a shield, stroked his chin and said, "Then I'll take some thank you."

"Thank you?" Zhuo Ran, who was driving the car, was puzzled.

"You used me, shouldn't you give it?" Huo Yihang said righteously.

"……what do you want?"

"let me see."

Glancing at the pondering Huo Yihang out of the corner of his eye, Zhuo Ran had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, in the next second, a mischievous smile flashed across that delicate neutral face.

"Then give me a goodnight kiss." Huo Yihang demanded without blushing.

"You are not a child." Zhuo Ran obviously refused.

"You can give me an adult goodnight kiss." Huo Yihang smiled ambiguously.

"No, no." Zhuo Ran categorically refused this time.

"Why not, why not?" Huo Yihang asked persistently.

"You are a man, and I am also a man." Zhuo Ran answered solemnly.

"What's the matter, I'm fine with men and women." Huo Yihang disagreed.

"That's your problem, for me, no." Zhuo Ran retorted mercilessly.

"How do you know if you haven't tried it?" Huo Yihang became impatient. The man driving the car clearly had seductive and sexy thin lips, but he always burst out words that made him angry.

To restrain such a sharp mouth, the best way is——

"parking!"

Zhuo Ran, who stepped on the brakes as Huo Yihang yelled, was suddenly pulled by the tie on his chest, and his body involuntarily leaned towards the man in the next seat. Before he could react, his lips were covered by another pair of soft lips.

what?

Zhuo Ran opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and Huo Yihang's outstanding face was reflected in his pupils.

"Let's... um!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, the tongue that was about to move between his lips seized the opportunity to slip into his mouth, not only entangled his tongue, but also blocked his protest in his throat, turning into a muffled moan.

Zhuo Ran pressed his hands on Huo Yihang's shoulders, trying his best to push away the man who was flirting wantonly in his mouth, but the narrow space of the seat and the suffocation of the tie around his neck made him feel powerless.

When Huo Yihang finished asking for his "thank you gift" with satisfaction, Zhuo Ran's face was already flushed, once he was let go, he instinctively gave Huo Yihang a hard push, resting his head on the steering wheel to breathe smoothly.

"It hurts!" Huo Yihang complained softly when the back of his head hit the car window, and then pointed his finger at his lips, and said to Zhuo Ran who was looking up at him, smiling like a cat stealing, "But it's worth it."

"morning."

The young president of Huo's who arrived at Gongke on time had a seductive smile on his face, and he released countless awesome pheromones along the way. When he came to his office, he greeted his assistant with a radiant face.

Zhuo Ran responded indifferently: "Morning, President."

Although Huo Yihang knew that it was impossible for him to call him by his first name directly during working hours, he still felt a little dissatisfied when he heard his tone of voice and address.

"Zhuo Ran, are you still angry about what happened last night?" Thinking of that stolen kiss, Huo Yihang's mood brightened.

Because of his words, the lines on Zhuo Ran's face suddenly became tense.

"Don't mind too much, I was just joking with you." Huo Yihang said with a smile.

"I understand." Zhuo Ran nodded seriously.

"That's good." Huo Yihang grinned, took a step back and said to him, "We can still have dinner together tonight, right?"

"I..." Subconsciously, Zhuo Ran wanted to refuse.

Huo Yihang hurriedly said: "Just treat it as an apology to you. You also know that I like to play sometimes. What happened last night was really rude to you. If you refuse to accept my invitation, then Do not forgive me."

He spoke clearly and logically, as if Zhuo Ran was not like him when he ate, he seemed narrow-minded, which made Zhuo Ran in a dilemma for a while.

"We can also go to the store from last night." Huo Yihang added another word to fuel the flames at the right time.

Now, Zhuo Ran hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing.

After get off work, Zhuo Ran was still in charge of driving. When they arrived at the gate of the dumpling restaurant, they unexpectedly found that the store was not open today.

Zhuo Ran felt strange and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"The door isn't open, so let's change to another one." Huo Yihang was secretly thankful, after all, it was more in line with his image to eat in a high-end restaurant.

Zhuo Ran nodded while taking out his mobile phone, and said, "Let me make a call first."

He was a little worried. According to his understanding of Uncle Li and Aunt Li, they are not the kind of people who will close the store casually. Usually, even if there are other things, they will leave one person to open the store. Today, neither of them is here, which is a bit strange up.

The phone rang for a while, and finally got connected. Zhuo Ran said a few words to the other party, and his expression became serious, even his brows that were rarely moved were frowned.

Before hanging up the phone, he said, "Wait for me, I'll be there right away."

"What happened?" Huo Yihang had never seen him so nervous, so he couldn't help being curious.

"Uncle Li got into a car accident on the way to deliver food in the evening, and he is in the hospital now, I have to go and have a look." Zhuo Ran revealed a rare anxiety in his tone.

"I……"

Huo Yihang just opened his mouth, Zhuo Ran interrupted him and said: "I'll take you back first." He started the car while talking.

Is it going to be like this tonight?How could Huo Yihang be reconciled, he immediately showed a harmless expression, and said, "No need, I'll go over with you to have a look."

"But……"

"You're in a hurry, aren't you? It's a waste of time to send me home, so it's faster to just go there." After a pause, he continued, "You don't want Aunt Li to wait too long in the hospital alone, do you?"

Zhuo Ran gave him a grateful look and said, "Thank you, Yihang."

When he arrived at the hospital, after hearing the doctor's explanation of Uncle Li's injury, Zhuo Ran finally felt relieved.

Uncle Li injured his right leg, but luckily it was only a mild fracture, and he will recover within three months of recuperation. Aunt Li happily shouted "God bless" beside his bed.

The nurse came to let them go through the hospitalization procedures, and Zhuo Ran volunteered.

"Xiao Zhuo, I'll go." Aunt Li knew that he would have to pay for the formalities, so she stopped Zhuo Ran from going.

"Let me go, you can spend more time with Uncle Li."

Zhuo Ran persisted, so Aunt Li had no choice but to let him go, and said: "Remember to take the money from me later, I can't let you pay the money."

"Okay, you can rest assured."

When registering the hospitalization information, Huo Yihang was watching from the sidelines, Zhuo Ran was distracted and said to him: "Sorry, I have caused you to not have dinner until now."

"It's okay." Huo Yihang smiled at him.

After handing over the registered form to the nurse, Zhuo Ran took out the credit card to pay the bill. After a while, the nurse returned the credit card and said sorry to him: "Sir, our credit card machine seems to be malfunctioning. I wonder if you can pay in cash." ?”

Zhuo Ran counted the cash, but it was not enough, so he had to ask the nurse, "Please try again."

The nurse tried two more times and finally shook her head apologetically.

At this time, a large stack of banknotes was placed in Zhuo Ran's hand, Zhuo Ran raised his eyes in astonishment, saw Huo Yihang shrugging his shoulders and smiling, and said, "I said, why did I bring so much cash out today? It turned out that I had a premonition that it would come in handy."

"Thank you, I will pay you back tomorrow."

"Not urgent."

After completing the formalities, they went back to the ward and looked at Uncle Li before leaving the hospital.

Sitting in the car, Zhuo Ran noticed Huo Yihang's small gesture of touching his stomach unexpectedly, Zhuo Ran didn't beat around the bush, and asked on the spot: "Are you hungry?"

"It's a bit." Huo Yihang admitted generously.

Zhuo Ran saw a supermarket opposite the hospital, thought for a while, and said, "What do you want to eat? I can cook it for you."

Huo Yihang smiled and asked, "Are you inviting me to your house as a guest?"

Zhuo Ran nodded and said, "If you don't dislike it."

"I can't ask for more!"

After buying some simple ingredients, Zhuo Ran took Huo Yihang to the apartment where he lived alone. It was the first time for Huo Yihang to come here. When he entered, he stood at the entrance and looked at his house.

"The house is a bit narrow, don't mind." Zhuo Ran handed him a pair of slippers.

Huo Yihang smiled noncommittally. Compared to his high-end apartment, Zhuo Ran's house was naturally not enough, but he didn't dislike the small size of the house, but he felt that Zhuo Ran really didn't know how to enjoy life. No thought was spent on this aspect.

"Sit down." Zhuo Ran poured a glass of water for Huo Yihang, turned on the TV, and then went to the kitchen to prepare.

Huo Yihang took off his suit jacket, sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and soon he heard the sound of cooking coming from the kitchen, and the bored Huo Yihang stood up again to look around the room.

Behind the sofa was a bookcase with a glass door, which was full of books and several photo frames. He took out the photo frames from the bookcase and looked at them. One of them was Zhuo Ran’s family portrait, and the other was Zhuo Ran’s graduation photo. , and another picture of two teenagers who looked like students, one of whom could be vaguely recognizable as Zhuo Ran when he was young, and the other had pretty eyebrows and smiled shyly at the camera.

Huo Yihang sat down and observed the photo of the two of them curiously.

Unexpectedly, when Zhuo Ran was young, he already had a serious expression on his face. He looked older than the boy next to him, and he couldn't tell that they were classmates unless they were wearing school uniforms.

Huo Yihang couldn't help laughing, at this moment Zhuo Ran walked out of the kitchen with a plate of dishes, saw him looking at a photo, walked over to see which one it was, pointed to the boy in the photo and said: "This is Uncle Li's son, my high school classmate Li Yuanming. "

"Ah?" Huo Yihang raised his head in surprise.

So, the boy who took pictures with Zhuo Ran committed suicide?

Zhuo Ran took back the photo frame and put it back in the bookcase, not intending to talk any more.

Huo Yihang was full of praise for the three ordinary home-cooked dishes after eating them. Zhuo Ran was so guilty by his praise that he hurriedly packed up the dishes and went to the kitchen to clean them.

After a while, he came out and said to Huo Yihang, "It's getting late, I'll take you home by car."

Huo Yihang glanced at his watch without a trace, it was only ten o'clock, it was just the beginning for his young master Huo's night life, how could it be considered early?

"If I say I don't want to leave yet, will you issue an order to evict me?" He gave Zhuo Ran a pure and innocent smile that he couldn't bear to refuse.

Zhuo Ran shook his head straight and said, "Then let me make you a cup of tea."

When a cup of green tea was placed in front of Huo Yihang, he patted the place beside him and said to Zhuo Ran, "Let's chat."

Zhuo Ran adjusted his glasses and sat down silently—of course, it was not within the range of Huo Yihang's satisfaction.

Huo Yihang smiled, took the initiative to sit down, and said, "Usually we just talk about business in the company, but now after work, we are equal friends, can we talk about other things at this time?"

"What do you want to talk about?" Zhuo Ran asked.

Huo Yihang laughed, and said, "Don't be so serious, just relax, don't you think you can't let go when you're with other friends?"

Zhuo Ran was puzzled, he had always acted rigidly, and had long been used to it, and if he was asked to relax, he didn't know what to do.

"Hey, hey, what are you in a daze for?"

If he didn't pay attention, Huo Yihang was already close to him, the distance between them was so close that even the eyelashes on Huo Yihang's eyes could be distinguished.

Zhuo Ran was taken aback, and instinctively moved his body back. Seeing this, Huo Yihang retreated back to his seat wisely.

"Facing me in private will make you nervous?" Huo Yihang joked.

The honest Zhuo Ran did not deny it on the spot, because Huo Yihang's purpose of approaching him was too obvious, which inevitably made him fearful of avoiding it. If he hadn't owed Huo Yihang a favor today, he would not have invited him to his home.

Unexpectedly, he would kick the iron board, Huo Yihang pursed his lower lip, laughed again, and said, "Zhuo Ran, can I have a look at your photo album?"

"There are photo albums, but they are all old photos."

"It's okay, let's take a look. If you feel embarrassed, I can show you my photo album tomorrow, how about an exchange?" Huo Yihang blinked with sincerity.

"No, I'll take it for you right now." Zhuo Ran got up and went to the room.

Huo Yihang took a sip of tea, and as soon as he put down the teacup, Zhuo Ran came out, holding a [-]-carat photo album with a hard cover in his hand.

"Only this one." Zhuo Ran handed the photo album to Huo Yihang.

"thanks."

Opening the album, the first photo that came into view was a chubby baby. Huo Yihang smiled and said, "You were cute when you were young, and you can see how big your mouth is. You should be a kid who loves to smile."

"yes?"

It was rare to see Zhuo Ran smile. Although it was slight, Huo Yihang was still very sure that his strategy was very effective.

Calmly approaching Zhuo Ran, their arms touched each other, Huo Yihang pointed to another photo and asked, "When was this one taken?"

Zhuo Ran looked at the photo, thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be when I was six years old."

"Look how happy you were smiling at the camera when you were six years old."

Indeed, the six-year-old little Zhuoran smiled so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes, but Zhuoran didn't remember anything worthy of his joy at that time, maybe it was the carefree childhood.

Flipping through the pages, Zhuo Ran in the photos gradually grew up, and the expression on his face gradually became monotonous. It was hard to see him laughing heartily, but there were countless photos of him holding various awards.

"Did your parents force you to attend a lot of cram schools when you were young?" Huo Yihang couldn't help feeling sorry for Zhuo Ran, his childhood must have been occupied by studies, no wonder he didn't like to laugh later.

"My parents are doing it for my own good." Zhuo Ran thought there was nothing wrong with that.

"God, if you have a child in the future, will you torture him like this?" Huo Yihang made an exaggerated expression.

Zhuo Ran nodded his head as a matter of course, and said, "Children learn more knowledge to help their brain develop."

Huo Yihang shook his head in disapproval.Turning to the next page, Zhuo Ran in the photo already looks like a handsome young man, but what makes Huo Yihang more interested is that in the photo, Zhuo Ran always appears with the man named Li Yuanming, which shows that the relationship between the two of them is not ordinary.

"You guys are really close," he said casually.

Zhuo Ran's eyes fell on the photo, which was as deep as the night, and for a moment, his expression was so complicated that it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"I remember you said that you have known each other for a long time, how long?"

Zhuo Ran suddenly came back to his senses, as if he didn't hear Huo Yihang's words clearly.

Huo Yihang looked at him, paused for a moment, then smiled and said in an affirmative tone: "You care about this friend very much."

"Of course." Zhuo Ran withdrew his gaze and turned his face away, as if he didn't want to look at those photos again.

Huo Yihang didn't know where the interest came from, and carefully looked at the photos of Zhuo Ran and Li Yuanming several times. When Zhuo Ran turned around, he found that he was still staring at these photos thoughtfully, and couldn't help but say: "These few pictures are not good-looking, you turn over the back."

"No, on the contrary, I think these photos are very worth seeing." Huo Yihang said meaningfully.

Zhuo Ran couldn't understand what he was saying, so he stood up and said, "Your tea is gone, I'll pour you another cup."

"No need, I'm not thirsty." Huo Yihang held him back.

Zhuo Ran sat down again.

Huo Yihang pushed the photo album in front of him and said, "Look at these photos."

Zhuo Ran glanced at it, isn't it the photo of him and Li Yuanming?He didn't know how many times he had seen it, even if he closed his eyes, he could still recall the appearance of Li Yuanming in every photo in his mind.

"Haven't you seen it yet?"

"What do you see?" Zhuo Ran was a little annoyed by Huo Yihang's blunt attitude, as if there was something shady in this photo.

Huo Yihang raised his forehead, he finally understood Zhuoran's slowness in this aspect, if he didn't understand and told him, I'm afraid he wouldn't understand until he died.

"Don't you realize that your eyes have been chasing Li Yuanming?"

"What are you talking about?" Huo Yihang's words were like an atomic bomb falling from the sky. Zhuo Ran, who was caught off guard by the bombing, went blank and could only spit out a few pale words subconsciously.

Huo Yihang said innocently, "I'm just stating what I've seen—you like him."

In fact, he was also very surprised when he saw these photos. He never expected that Zhuo Ran had such feelings for the dead Li Yuanming, and it seemed that Zhuo Ran didn't even realize that he liked him. Can there be such a dull person?He simply felt incredible!But he thought about it again, maybe Zhuo Ran's incomprehensible character is because he doesn't understand the taste of love, if Zhuo Ran understands his feelings, maybe he can easily capture Zhuo Ran.

"You...don't talk nonsense." Zhuo Ran didn't know why his voice sounded a little nervous. He tried his best to calm down, but found it difficult to maintain.

Huo Yihang, who had ulterior motives, naturally didn't care how much impact his words would have on Zhuoran, so he continued on his own: "Did I say something nonsense, you can look at these photos and think clearly, and then touch your heart, see Who the hell is lying."

After saying that, Huo Yihang stood up gracefully.

"It's really late, I think I'd better go first." Seeing that Zhuo Ran didn't respond, he smiled generously and said, "I can just go back by myself, don't bother you, see you tomorrow."

Zhuo Ran was the only one left in the living room, and he didn't realize it until the clock reminded the dawn of dawn, and reached out to the photo album with trembling hands involuntarily...