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There was a power outage in the community, and Coco grabbed Wood's clothes and refused to let go.

"How can I find candles when you're like this?" Wood sighed helplessly. The night was windy and the clouds were low, and the sky flashed with demon blue lightning from time to time. There were bursts of thunder and heavy rain, which was the culprit that caused the sudden power outage in the community.

"Do you have candles here?" Coco asked in surprise.

Wood smiled and asked back: "Who said last week that we will celebrate our birthday early and bought a [-]-inch cake?"

It was a huge dessert enough for seven or eight people. It made Wood feel sick when he first saw it, and the layer of chocolate sauce on top was so thick and rich that it would definitely kill people's sense of taste.

But Coco ate so much that he almost buried his whole face in the cake, his curved eyebrows were filled with happiness, and he turned into a bunny made of honey in a blink of an eye.

The bunny ate the cake, and she ate the bunny, and each had his own place. It was a joyous night.

"Yes, we have a big pack of birthday candles." Coco was reminded by Wood, recalled it immediately, and exclaimed excitedly, "It must be beautiful if they are all lit, find it quickly, find it quickly."

"Then you stay here obediently and wait for me." Wood stood up and walked to the cabinet where the sundries were placed in the dark.

The moment Wood got up, Coco began to regret, suddenly lost the warm support, as if he had been discarded for no reason, the darkness suddenly became extremely heavy, overwhelming his head and face, unable to resist.

"Wood! Where are you? Wood?" Coco could hear the sound of the iron chain shaking, it was not far away, but the sound of metal hitting at this moment could only make one's hair stand on end.

"Where else can I be?" Wood couldn't help laughing, and asked a few steps away, "Apart from being afraid of Xiaoqiang and the dark, what else are you afraid of?"

Hearing Wood's familiar deep voice, Coco was a little calmed down. She raised her knees and hugged herself into a ball, with her chin resting on her arms, thinking seriously: "I'm still afraid of monsters and aliens."

"Fortunately, those two creatures are relatively rare." Teased with a deep smile, mixed with a trace of imperceptible pampering.

"...I'm still afraid of the end of the world." The serious tone can almost make people imagine that the speaker is counting each item with his fingers, cutely silly.

"There's nothing to be afraid of if the end really happens. There are people from the whole earth with you." Wood always couldn't avoid the collision of chains when he opened the drawer to search for things. Harsh accompaniment.

"I'm afraid to bring my boyfriend home." Coco stared at the place where Wood was through the boundless darkness, "Mom wants me to bring my boyfriend home."

The iron chain seemed to vibrate heavily. In fact, it was making noise all the time, but Coco could tell which sound came from the unnatural shaking of the iron chain.

"Did you bring it?"

"I brought it."

There was a long silence, and the air in the room froze.

The thunder rumbled outside the window one after another, clamoring and disturbing, only blindly looking for a gap, trying to vent.

"Hmm." In the end, Wood just responded calmly. At the same time, his fingers touched the candle under the debris, and he could feel the heavy weight in his hand.

Coco asked anxiously: "Are you angry?"

"No." Wood admired herself for being able to laugh. She rummaged through other cabinets and found a box of matches.

"You must be angry..." Coco lowered his head, but at the moment of frustration, he noticed the flame jumping.

The first candle was lit, and the faint flame kept flickering, sending out tiny "crackling" sparks. Wood pinned it to the ground and lit a second one.

Coco stared blankly until the curved flames extended to his feet.

"Would you like to light one too?" Wood's remaining candles and matches were stuffed into Coco's hands. Coco stared blankly at the thing in his hand, and said slowly: "That...match...how do I light it?"

"Are you asking me to make fun of you on purpose..." Wood smiled suddenly, a bit bitter and helpless.This is the gap between them, one is a spoiled little princess who doesn’t even know how to use a match, and the other is a poor Cinderella who is beaten back to her original form after the twelve o’clock magic disappears, leaving nothing .

Coco said: "I'm afraid my hands will burn and it will hurt..."

"Come on, I'll teach you." Wood pulled Coco up from the sofa, walked around behind her, and demonstrated how to strike a match with his hands.

Wood's palm is wider than Coco's, with slender and well-proportioned fingers, strong and strong, and feels very reliable.

Another candle was lit, and the dancing light warmed the two hands that were tightly held together.

"Wood, you haven't answered me yet, are you angry?" Coco asked timidly, with an uneasy expression on his face.

Wood lowered his head and kissed her earlobe, sighed softly: "I'm not angry, just a little disappointed."

Coco heard Wood's soft and tired voice resounding in a brilliant candlelight: "Can you be brave for me?"

After chewing the beef in his mouth gracefully, swallowing it, and taking another sip of red wine, his probing eyes could not help but show a trace of inquiry.

"The candlesticks are very beautiful." Ouping cooperated with Coco's stubborn gaze that hadn't moved since the meal, and praised the candlesticks placed in the middle of the table.

Coco came back to his senses, gave a soft "hmm", and absent-mindedly drank the borscht in front of him.

"You resemble it."

"Huh? With whom?" Coco blinked blankly.

Ouping pointed to the candlestick with his finger: "It looks inconspicuous, but it was made by a famous designer."

so what?

Coco directly expressed this rhetorical question on his face.

"Unexpectedly, Director Hua is your mother." Ou Ping said bluntly.

This is what Coco cares about the most, it can also be said to be the death spot, and he hates being mentioned the most.But Ou Ping didn't mean anything malicious, he just told the truth, and everyone in the company knew this fact.

Immediately aware of Coco's embarrassment, Ou Ping consciously made a slip of the tongue, and quickly put on a smiling face and said: "As a woman, Director Hua is too shrewd and powerful, and always looks aggressive, making people unable to get close. You are different, very cute."

"Thank you." Coco picked up the red wine and took a sip, feeling even more displeased.

Ou Ping looked at her quietly for a long time, until she looked back uncomfortably, and her eyes gradually became wary.

"You mother and daughter are really two extremes." Ou Ping couldn't help laughing.

Coco resisted the urge to walk away, secretly gnashing her teeth and cursing the other party's rudeness.

"Okay, let's talk about it today." Ou Ping couldn't see the girl's innocent thoughts, and she was really hated, but she didn't leave immediately, which showed that there was still room for change.

Coco looked at him puzzled, waiting for the next step.

He picked up the knife and fork and continued to cut the steak. The chefs in this restaurant are skilled, and the dishes he made are very suitable for his appetite.

Delicious food paired with good wine is always a good mood.

"I wanted to pursue you at first because I thought you were very innocent." Ouping forked a piece of meat into his mouth and tasted it carefully, "but slowly I realized that you are not innocent, at least you use me."

Coco was so frightened that he could hardly hold the spoon firmly, and stared over in surprise.

"I guess you have a lover who can't be accepted by Hua Dong, right?" Ou Ping told the truth, and the unpredictable and profound expression made Coco completely flustered.

"You, you...I..."

"Don't worry, don't worry," Ou Ping made a stop gesture, and then said in a leisurely tone, "Whether it's love or life, everyone should be free to choose. I don't mean to blame or look down on you. Besides, you can I feel extremely honored to be used by the daughter of the dignified Mega Enterprise."

Coco's glib words didn't impress Coco, she had faintly sensed Ouping's intentions.

"Speak directly, okay?" The words that were supposed to serve as a warning came out of Coco's mouth, but they were a little weak.

Ouping smiled.

"Happy, I like to talk straight to the point." He added some red wine to Coco's glass, and then filled it up for himself, "I like you very much, but not to the point of love, you clearly hate me, but you still accept My invitation, hehe, do you want me to guess the reason?"

Coco blushed, both ashamed and angry.

"If you want to tell mom the truth, go ahead and tell me, don't try to threaten me."

"Threat? How come? I'm a businessman, and of course I want a win-win situation. Business at the expense of others cannot last long." Ouping sipped his red wine with a smile, closed his eyes as if enjoying himself, and sighed softly, "Although I don’t know if your lover is a married man or a down-and-out prince, anyway, Director Hua doesn’t approve of you being together, turning against his mother and daughter, and the family has no peace, have you ever thought about the road of ‘Cultivate plank roads to cross Chencang secretly’?”

Coco didn't speak, the hand holding the spoon couldn't help trembling slightly.

"I can act with you very well, whether it's a boyfriend, a fiance...a husband." Ouping looked at her meaningfully, and the smile on his lips grew wider.

"Stop dreaming." Coco yelled sharply, "You want to deceive Meijia Enterprise!"

"I'm not a liar. I'm a young and promising entrepreneur. In my hands, Meijia will only get better and better. Since we are legally husband and wife, how can I do things that harm my own interests?"

"I won't get married, don't even think about it." Coco stood up, turned around and left, the action was so hasty that she almost knocked over the chair.

"Don't rush to answer, it's not too late to go back and think about it." Ou Ping smiled flatly, with an expression of determination.

Coco felt very uncomfortable in the stomach, and the food he ate just now was churning, extremely disgusting.

She ran to the street and hailed a taxi and gave Wood's address.

There shouldn't be any boyfriends in the first place, there shouldn't be cheating in the first place.I told a lie, and then I had to use another lie to smooth things over. From then on, I continued to use big and small lies to justify myself, until I forgot what is the truth.

She's going to find Wood, and she's going to tell Wood herself, I've always wronged and disappointed you before, but from now on, I will change and be strong.

"Miss, there's a heavy traffic jam ahead, so I can't get through. Do you... have friends who live in Dongyuan District?"

Coco poked his head out of the window to see the chaotic scene ahead, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"My buddy passed by the square a few minutes ago, and heard that the gas stove of a family in Dongyuan exploded, and now there is a fire over there..."

Coco opened the car door without waiting for the driver to finish speaking, and ran forward desperately.