shallow affection

Jiuhe's spring show was a great success, whether it was praise or criticism, it attracted enough attention and heated discussions, which gave a good start to the development of the new year.

Amidst the chatter, the audience who bought tickets left one after another, and a few VIPs were invited to attend the post-show reception.Lu Yong wanted to break into the fashion industry and invest in several designer brands with commercial potential, so he got an invitation letter in advance and asked Fang Mingzhan to go with him.

Although Wen Yue is in medicine, there is no harm in getting to know a few more investors.When Fang Mingzhan first returned to Cangshi, he was not very familiar with the local circle. With Lu Yong as an introduction, it was convenient for him to integrate in. After a little thought, he agreed.

Backstage the costume room was buzzing with murmurs, giggles, objects being dropped, and the resulting screams and berates all intertwined.Xiang Tingzhou changed back into his own clothes, put his small items into a black square satchel, carried them on his shoulder smartly, and rushed out to find Jian Qingli.

Jiuhe was very generous and sent invitations to all the models. After all, it is not a bad thing to have more handsome men and women at the banquet, and it can also attract those bosses who have capital and love beautiful skins to stay for a while.

"Are you really going to act in a movie?" Jian Qingli held up a tray, walked around the dessert area, and brought up a few pieces of cake.

Xiang Tingzhou nodded with a smile: "Well, my model contract expires this month, and I won't renew it in the future. I met with the general manager of Feitian Company a few days ago, and it's basically settled."

Jian Qingli had a little impression of this name: "Huang Jing belongs to their company, right? And that actor who was very popular a few years ago...Chu Quan?"

"Yes, Feitian was founded by Chu Quan, and he is the major shareholder. But he doesn't act much now." Xiang Tingzhou's eyes lit up, and he introduced the situation of the new owner with great interest.

Jian Qingli asked hesitantly: "Fei Tian took the initiative to dig you?"

"How is it possible," Xiang Tingzhou whispered triumphantly close to his ear, "He Cen introduced it."

Jian Qingli raised her eyebrows and let out a meaningful "Yo".He said why Xiang Tingzhou had such good luck all of a sudden, it turned out that he hooked up with He Cen and had a backer.

"Don't mock me, I'm miserable too, fuck it, you don't know how hard He Cen is to serve you." Xiang Tingzhou pouted slightly, with a disgusted expression on his face, "I'm critical, arrogant, desperate for face, I'm really going to be annoyed by him. "

Jian Qingli was digging the cake with a small spoon to eat, and when he heard a chuckle here, he attracted a lot of attention from around. He noticed it, and put the spoon into his mouth, pursing his lips tightly to make no sound, his eyes bent into two crescents, his shoulders trembling.

Xiang Tingzhou was a little embarrassed, deliberately made a fierce expression, and stared at Jian Qingli.In fact, he looks very heroic, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of heaven, and looks like the sunny one, completely different from He Cen's arrogance and alienation. When these two people get together, I don't know what kind of strange sparks will collide.

"Don't get me wrong, I just think you sum it up very well." Jian Qingli laughed enough, changed the subject, and asked Xiang Tingzhou if he had ever studied acting.

Xiang Tingzhou nodded: "When I was in college, I attended the film school for a year, and even played a supporting role in the graduation work of my classmates in the directing department.

Jian Qingli was taken aback, and joked, "You really have something?"

"Nonsense, otherwise you thought He Cen would introduce Xiaobai to Fei Tian. He is smart and calculated everything, and even let me owe him a big favor." Xiang Tingzhou took a sip of champagne, looking a little depressed.

Jian Qingli teased him: "Then you should work harder on the bed."

Xiang Tingzhou smiled and asked, "What about you, how is that ex-boyfriend from last time?"

Jian Qingli licked off the cream on his lips, and his eyes were a little empty. He and Fang Mingzhan hadn't contacted each other for a week. Although they added WeChat again, they both kept silent cautiously.So he doesn't know "what's up" with them either.

Xiang Tingzhou said, "Hey, forget it, pretend I didn't ask."

In the hall, the clothes were fragrant, the lights were bright, the scene was lively but not noisy, and everyone behaved very decently.From time to time, three or five people would gather in a pile, exchange greetings with wine glasses, exchange business cards with each other, and then disperse after a while, sending friendly signals to new interests.

"Qing Li, thank you for your hard work today." Wearing a light blue dress, Wen Jiuhe stepped forward gracefully.

Jian Qingli came back to her senses, clinked glasses with her politely, and said, "What's the matter, Sister Wen, you are the hardest ones."

Xiang Tingzhou backed away tactfully, leaving the two of them to talk.

Wen Jiuhe wore an elegant bun today, with a strand of wavy curly hair hanging from his temples, full of retro style.She asked: "What do you think of Jiuhe's design this spring?"

Jian Qingli praised sincerely: "Very good, I like it very much."

Wen Jiuhe smiled, and asked again: "This is the first time you come to this kind of occasion?"

Jian Qingli nodded and said, "Yes, I'm really nervous."

Wen Jiuhe followed the Huatou and asked him why he was nervous.

"There are too many handsome men and beautiful women." Jian Qingli put down his wine glass, and motioned Wen Jiuhe to look at the models coming and going. "I thought I was quite good-looking, but after seeing it now, I am completely lost to everyone."

"Hahaha," Wen Jiuhe spent the whole night circling with all kinds of people, and then he laughed heartily, ignoring other people's eyes, holding on to the side of the stone ornaments and trembling.

Jian Qingli held the flute-shaped cup, and tapped her little finger on the slender stem of the cup, with an innocent expression: "Sister Wen, I mean it."

"Qing Li, you are so interesting." Wen Jiuhe straightened his hair and looked at him with admiration, "Although there are many beautiful boys and girls here, I think you must be the most charming one."

The two people looked at each other, and they both felt relaxed and comfortable, with a feeling of being overwhelmed and cherishing each other. "Sister Wen, I'm ashamed of you praising me so much." Jian Qingli smiled and clinked glasses with her again.

Wen Jiuhe took a sip of champagne, looked past Jian Qingli, saw two people walking towards this side, and said, "I have a friend over there, let's go first."

Jian Qingli nodded, "You are busy, you are busy."

Before Wen Jiuhe took two steps, her friend came over and called "Miss Wen", while Wen Jiuhe politely called him "Mr. Lu".

With his back to them, Jian Qingli felt that the male voice sounded familiar, so he turned his head and took a look.

Really acquaintances.The ex-boyfriend was standing next to the acquaintance.

Seeing him, Lu Yong was also taken aback: "Jian Qingli, you are also at the reception."

Jian Qingli nodded, shifted her gaze to the right, met Fang Mingzhan's eyes, and smiled.

Wen Jiuhe said, "You guys know each other."

"Well, the three of us are high school alumni." Lu Yong introduced Fang Mingzhan to her, "This is Chairman Fang of Wenyue Medicine."

"Wenyue Medicine, a big company!" Wen Jiuhe shook hands with Fang Mingzhan, and asked with a smile, "Why, President Fang also intends to enter the fashion industry?"

Fang Mingzhan shook his head: "Don't dare, I'll join in the fun."

Lu Yong asked bluntly: "Miss Wen, how did you think about the proposal last time?"

Wen Jiuhe didn't reply immediately, his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he was holding the dress skirt with his left hand, looking a bit hesitant.

Jian Qingli stepped forward to make a rescue: "Is it about investment? Why don't you find a place where you can sit and have a good chat."

Wen Jiuhe said: "I do have some doubts, and I need Mr. Lu to give me a clear answer."

Lu Yong made a gesture of invitation: "Then let's sit on the sofa for a while."

They said hello and left, leaving Fang Mingzhan and Jian Qingli in this deserted corner.The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, but it quickly dissipated.Jian Qingli glanced at Fang Mingzhan briskly, and said, "Boss Fang actually came to the fashion show, I can't think of it."

Fang Mingzhan asked back: "I can't come?"

"Yes, yes. Which model do you like, do you want me to introduce it for you?" Jian Qingli looked at him with high interest, her eyes rolled, and she seemed very enthusiastic.

As he wished, Fang Mingzhan cast his eyes on those well-dressed models and asked, "Do you know them all?"

"If you don't know me well, you have to help. Who told you that you are my brother? It is my duty to go through fire and water."

Fang Mingzhan let out a short chuckle: "Idioms are used well."

Jian Qingli also laughed. He raised his right hand, slipped in along Fang Mingzhan's open coat, touched it frivolously, and sighed pretendingly: "Fang Mingzhan, you don't know how to dress stylishly when you come to the show."

Fang Mingzhan looked down at his outfit, camel trench coat, light green waistcoat, and casual shirt, and didn't think there was anything wrong.Jian Qingli smiled slyly, poked his slender index finger on his chest, and said word by word: "Tai, Gu, Ban, la."

Fang Mingzhan held the finger and pulled it in his direction. Jian Qingli didn't resist, and leaned over obediently. Suddenly, the distance between the two was much closer.

Jian Qingli was a few centimeters shorter than Fang Mingzhan, looked up at him, his dark and deep eyes reflected the small lights on the ceiling, he blinked, and the crystal light flickered.

The two just looked at each other, and for a while, the air seemed to stop flowing.

"Speaking of clothes." Jian Qingli's Adam's apple rolled, "You still have a set of clothes at my house, when will you come to get them? I also washed my underwear, I'm not as stingy as you."

Fang Mingzhan couldn't understand him asking for credit, and said, "You don't wash what you wear?"

Jian Qingli chuckled, and acted softly: "What are you and me between us?"

Fang Mingzhan was silent.For some reason, Jian Qingli suddenly felt very happy, so she stood on tiptoe, raised her head, and kissed the man's lips, as quickly as a superficial touch.

Fang Mingzhan was a little taken aback, but he quickly regained his composure.He let go of Jian Qingli's index finger, followed his shoulders all the way to his waist, rubbed it twice and then went around his back, lightly picking at the lace skull. "I don't think your aesthetics are very good."

Jian Qingli scolded: "It's not good, you still touch it?"

Fang Mingzhan pinched his flesh through the black lace.

Jian Qingli played with the buttons on his windbreaker, and complained in a low voice: "What are you busy with recently, and you don't look for me."

Fang Mingzhan snorted coldly: "What are you looking for?"

Jian Qingli compared her mouth and said in a breathy voice: "Have sex."

Fang Mingzhan looked down at him, with one hand still wrapping around his lower back, with an imperceptible temperature radiating from his palm.He was about to speak when Jian Qingli's cell phone rang.

"Wait," Jian Qingli backed away, took out his phone and looked, his face changed slightly.

He walked to a corner where the light was not so bright, and answered the phone like a thief: "Hello?"

"Fang Mingzhan has returned to Cangshi, do you know?!" A nervous voice, as if facing a formidable enemy, exploded in the receiver.

Jian Qingli's back tightened, his scalp tingled, thinking that Fang Mingzhan must have heard Song Jingyou's voice.With this thought, the eyes that fell on the body really became sharp and sharp.

"I know, don't get excited." Jian Qingli asked reassuringly, "What's wrong?"

"I know you didn't remind me!" Song Jingyou sighed, "Our company was entrusted by Wenyue Pharmaceutical last month to help them import a batch of medicines, you remember."

Jian Qingli tilted his head slightly, and quickly glanced behind him. Fang Mingzhan was typing on his mobile phone without looking at him.

"I don't remember, let's get to the point."

"Because of policy changes, the medicines were held at the customs for an extra period of time, causing our delivery time to be two days later than agreed in the contract."

"and then?"

"Then Wenyue asked us to compensate for the losses, and the listed amount was extremely huge. In fact, two days later is very common in practice, but they were very serious and said that we would go through legal procedures. How can our company have money to waste with them? The boss asked me to talk about reconciliation. As a result, Wenyue’s legal director was so tough that he kicked me out after a few words. Later, I met Fang Mingzhan in the corridor, and I understood what was going on. Tell me, Did he tease me on purpose?"

Song Jingyou's position is legal affairs. When their company accepted Wen Yue's entrustment, he was reluctant, but he thought Fang Mingzhan was far away in the UK, and the business between the companies would not involve any personal affair, so he didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, this transaction happened to go wrong, and Wen Yue demanded huge compensation so unkindly.

"Have you met him?" Song Jingyou asked.

"Ah."

"reconciled?"

Jian Qingli hummed twice, but did not give a clear answer.

"No, even if you all bid farewell, you still have to explain what happened at the beginning. Otherwise, if he targets me so much, the company will fire me sooner or later after he finds out."

"I'll think of a way and hang up first."

Jian Qingli hesitated for a while, feeling upset.He slowly returned to Fang Mingzhan, and decided to confess: "Song Jingyou called me and said that Wen Yue wanted them to compensate for the delay in delivery."

Fang Mingzhan looked at him indifferently: "Shouldn't it?"

"Isn't it late because of policy changes?" Jian Qingli racked his brains and came up with a word that he didn't understand, "It's force majeure, don't embarrass others."

He thought about the vague terms of force majeure, business risk, and liability for breach of contract, unconsciously biting his lower lip, and his expression became serious.

Fang Mingzhan said coldly, "You begged me for him?"

Jian Qingli knew something was wrong as soon as he heard his tone, said the word "I", stuck for a few seconds, and explained: "I think this matter itself is not big, if you file a lawsuit, you have to pay lawyer fees and legal fees , the gain outweighs the loss. Moreover, the judge will definitely not judge according to the expected profit you claim.”

"So what," Fang Mingzhan sneered, with a contemptuous expression, "I'm happy."

"You don't really think I've slept with him, do you?" Jian Qingli lowered her head, gently tugged at the corner of Fang Mingzhan's clothes, trying to keep her tone as calm as possible, as if she was telling a trivial matter.

"What do you want to express?" Fang Mingzhan looked sharply at the person in front of him, but Jian Qingli didn't look at him, but stared at the toe of the shoe, revealing a white and tender neck.

"Did you embarrass Song Jingyou because you were jealous?" Jian Qingli asked.The sound is very soft, not much louder than a mosquito vibrating its wings.

Fang Mingzhan felt tight in his chest, as if something hard was stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down.He took a breath and said with a sneer: "Jian Qingli, do you really think I have to be with you?"

Jian Qingli still looked at the ground. I don't know what kind of texture the tiles in the banquet hall are. They are light and discernible. They also designed some very charming cracks that spread randomly.Countless small lights cast countless shadows on him and Fang Mingzhan, they are all light, some are far apart, and some overlap. "I don't think so. Anyway, I don't need you."

Fang Mingzhan left.After a while, Jian Qingli raised his head and glanced absently into the crowd.Xiang Tingzhou came to his side, patted his shoulder heavily, and said, "Why, we broke up on a bad day?"