The difference between cloud and mud

"...In short, it's just one sentence! There is him without me, and there is me without him!" Song Jiaqi's saliva seemed to be sprayed out of the receiver, and Jiang Tong subconsciously kept the phone away from his ears: "I have been in company G for ten years, and I haven't seen him." Guo Fangyuan messed with government relations like this! This person has no professionalism and compliance awareness, and I am ashamed to work with him!"

"You don't need to work with him." Jiang Tong said calmly: "You just let your subordinates hand over the work to him."

Song Jiaqi raised her voice an octave: "Don't think I don't know, Fang Yuan was introduced by Hua Yu! Capital will definitely use all means to promote the research and development process for financial returns. They don't care about the long-term development of your company, how can you raise the valuation? Come on, the big deal is to sell the shares and leave. Our wealth and life are hanging on the boat of Huaqing!"

"I'm thinking for you!"

"Yong Peng received the approval from btk27Ind last week."

Song Jiaqi was speechless for a while.

"Yongping's relationship with the General Administration is stronger and the clinical strength is stronger. We must race against time." Jiang Tong's tone slowed down: "I believe that if you really think about Huaqing, you should understand that the interests of us and investors are at this stage. It is unanimous - BTK clinical trials must move forward as soon as possible, no matter what method is used."

"I have been asking the legal department to focus on the Fangyuan team. So far, no compliance issues have been reported. I understand that your work backgrounds are different, and there will inevitably be friction in your interactions. But this is China, and we are competing with a local company, and many things cannot be resolved. . . . I hope you will cooperate as much as possible—especially you.”

"After the first phase of Btk27 is over, cd30 will also start clinical practice within this year. I see both you and Fang Yuan's work, and I hope you can focus on the right thing. Now that the application materials for Cd30 have been handed over to Fang Yuan, you You don't need to ask."

The other end of the receiver was silent for a long time, and Song Jiaqi finally said roughly: "I see."

Jiang Tong hung up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief, then remembered and turned to apologize to Xiao Fengtai: "I'm sorry to disturb your rest so early in the morning."

However, Xiao Fengtai didn't know when he was already sitting on the head of the bed, typing on the laptop keyboard.He was wearing a pair of thin gold-rimmed glasses, and he pushed the frame meaninglessly after hearing the words, without taking his eyes off the screen: "Is that Song Jiaqi?"

Jiang Tong felt an unspeakable embarrassment in his nonchalance: "Yes..."

"He was arguing with Fangyuan again?" Xiao Fengtai said casually, "Song Jiaqi's ability is not bad, but she was born in a foreign company and is used to being pampered, and she is too rigid to be flexible."

Jiang Tong agreed with him from the bottom of his heart, but after all, Song Jiaqi accompanied him all the way through hard work, and his loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon: "It is also necessary to be more clinically rigorous."

Xiao Fengtai didn't care if he hit a soft nail.After processing the email, he closed the computer and threw it aside, lifted the quilt and got out of bed: "How is Huaqing now?"

The silk nightgown had no ties and hung loosely around him.Following Xiao Fengtai's footsteps and movements, the sleeves of his clothes fluttered lightly, and the young man's muscular, thin and fit body was also looming under the fabric.Jiang Tong's mouth was dry, and he controlled himself not to look at Xiao Fengtai's direction: "The clinical data of the first phase of btk27 is being sorted out. Fangyuan has communicated with CFDA. The General Administration said that as long as we submit all the materials this time, we will forget the past."

"The next round of financing plan?" Xiao Fengtai's voice came from the bathroom, accompanied by the sound of running water.

"The next round will be raised when btk27 starts the second and third rounds, and the fundraising will start at the same time as the cd30ind declaration." Jiang Tong replied, getting out of bed, picking up the scattered shirts and trousers from the ground one by one , belt and tie.

When bending down to pick up the shirt, Jiang Tong keenly noticed that there was a darker shadow in the dead corner of the dark carpet.He knew what it was - the two of them played too crazy last time, and accidentally spilled the red wine brought by Xiao Fengtai all over the floor.Cleaning obviously carefully cleaned most of the areas visible to the naked eye, but missed the hidden corner of the sofa.

He subconsciously thought of asking the front desk to clean up when he went downstairs, and then he smiled wryly at his own thought - when he first visited this suite half a year ago, Jiang Tong never thought that he would become a frequent visitor to it, so that he was so unattractive to the carpet. Pay attention to the small stains are so rare.

But what is a stain?Thinking of all the outrageous things he has done in this absolutely soundproof hotel suite overlooking the main road in the capital, Jiang Tong couldn't help but blush.Xiao Fengtai has no scruples, he shouldn't be crazy with him.However, every time the mobile phone rang, Jiang Tong was like a child seduced by the piper, his mind fell into a paralysis and dizziness similar to drunkenness, and he let his body move automatically to respond to the call.

Leaving this suite, they are partners of a star private equity fund, a famous biologist, the only son of a Nanyang rich man, and the legal guardian of an orphan.Once the door is closed, all the social relationships that define them, protect them, and bind them are also left outside the door.They were just two people, naked, pure people.

Ten years ago, they often met secretly in his small apartment in Singapore.Everything is like a repeat of the past, but completely different.Jiang Tong remembered the first time he met Xiao Fengtai, he was already sweating before doing anything.The young man's blank and docile eyes pressed heavily on him.Jiang Tong doesn't have much experience and his movements are jerky, so he can only do his best to be careful and gentle.

And now... the sound of the latch on the door sounded like Pavlov's bell.Without saying a word, with deadpan faces, they roughly ripped each other's ties off, ripping off their suit jackets, shirts, and any textiles that got in the way.A bloody kiss, half the pain and pleasure in the collision.There was no sound during the whole process, except for the muffled sound of flesh hitting the wall and furniture and the low humming of one party suffering from pain.They bit and kicked like two beasts, venting their chaotic and surging emotions in a primitive and violent form, as if there was no tomorrow.

Jiang Tong is still in a daze, Xiao Fengtai has already walked out of the bathroom, except that his forehead hair is still slightly wet, Xiao Fengtai has returned to his usual well-dressed image: "The idea is good. Since Yongping has already started btk27, the story you tell investors must be further advanced .”

While talking, he took his mobile phone wallet and walked towards the entrance: "I'm leaving for the United States the day after tomorrow. If there is something urgent, I will contact Fang Zhixing."

Jiang Tong blurted out: "How many days are you going?"

Xiao Fengtai had already opened the door, turned around and smiled when he heard the words: "It has nothing to do with you, does it?"

Jiang Tong paused, his expression unchanged: "You are not the only one with physical needs."

Xiao Fengtai's smile deepened: "Well said. Is your wife in the United States? Go back and see her when you have time - you are not the only one with physical needs."

Jiang Tong's expression was blank for a second, he almost forgot that he still has a legal American wife.He hesitated for a moment: "She...she's not here anymore. "

"She was gone before I went back to China."

Xiao Fengtai opened his eyes slightly.

"I'm very sorry."

"This has nothing to do with you." Jiang Tong said lightly, and began to pack his things: "Bon voyage."

There was an awkward silence.Xiao Fengtai seemed to be standing motionless at the door, neither leaving nor speaking.With his back to the door, Jiang Tong rolled up and loosened a tie over and over again.It wasn't until he started counting the knitted patterns on his tie that there was finally a very light click at the door.

He turned around, only the empty entrance and the closed door remained in front of him.

Dennis has been busy with primary school interviews recently, and Jiang Tong took Beibei's class to send him to school in the afternoon. Dennis didn't know if he was over-stressed or in good interview condition. Along the way, he recounted the latest new things in the kindergarten in detail.

Dennis talked enthusiastically halfway and finally realized something was wrong, and turned his head to observe Jiang Tong calmly.

"Areyouseeingsomeone?" (Are you dating someone?) He asked abruptly.

Jiang Tong was driving, and almost turned the steering wheel backwards when his hand slipped.At the red light ahead, he slammed on the brakes, Dennis was driven forward by the inertia, and the seat belt was deeply strangled into his body.

"I'm going to get strangled by my seat belt!" the boy screamed.

"Where did you learn these things?" Jiang Tong said helplessly, "I'll make a call when I get back. From tomorrow onwards, I must control your time watching TV dramas."

Dennis is not afraid of threats: "Don't think about me, you have the right to pursue your own happiness."

The signal light turned from red to green, Jiang Tong looked straight ahead, released the handbrake and stepped on the accelerator: "My happiness is that you can successfully pass the public school interview, otherwise I will pay several times the tuition fee to send you to a private elementary school."

Dennis' round face wrinkled into a bun: "I didn't spend your money."

Jiang Tong's answer was a little angry: "Yes, young master, but considering that this money has to be used for you to finish the Ivy League, I suggest you save some money."

Dennis noticed that Jiang Tong was really angry, and he didn't dare to raise the bar again. He opened the car window to watch the scenery in silence, and the atmosphere in the car fell into an embarrassing stalemate for a while.Fortunately, the gate of the school is already in sight.As soon as the car stopped, Dennis didn't need Jiang Tong's help, opened the car door and ran to the registration teacher in the reception room with his schoolbag on his back.

The interview lasted only over an hour, so Jiang Tong simply stopped the car.He wanted to take a nap in the car, but he was so disturbed that he got out of the car to smoke.

The pungent and bitter smell of tobacco filled the nostrils, Jiang Tong exhaled slowly, watching the green smoke change shape in the air and gradually dissipate, Xiao Fengtai's hesitant expression before leaving came to his eyes again.

This is not the first time Xiao Fengtai tried to hurt him with ridicule.In fact, every time before leaving the room, he would be inexplicably irritated, and then try to make Jiang Tong lose control with the most vitriolic words he could think of.He has almost never succeeded - patience is Jiang Tong's strong point.

But today...he shouldn't have said those words, Jiang Tong thought. Dennis' mother is dead or alive, what difference does it make to them?

Unless he also has some kind of hope, the delusion nourished in the half-year dream-like double life, delusion about them... Jiang Tong took a puff of cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it, as if those shameful thoughts were also trampled on the ground. underfoot.

Dennis looked relaxed when he came out.Jiang Tong asked him how he was doing, and the boy raised his neck: "It's easy to handle!"

Maybe it was because he felt too good about himself, he quickly forgot how he had offended the guardian before entering the examination room.After driving a few meters away, Jiang Tong was proposing a dinner celebration plan to ask for opinions, and Dennis answered irrelevantly: "So what kind of person is she?"

Jiang Tong didn't respond: "What?"

Dennis looked at him calmly: "Your date."

Jiang Tong couldn't laugh or cry in his powerlessness: "I promise, if one day I have a date, you will be the first to know."

Dennis curled his lips: "It seems that you haven't dealt with her yet."

Just as Jiang Tong was about to refute, the phone vibrated in his pocket.The car was coming to the corner, but Jiang Tong couldn't make a move, and his eyes signaled Dennis to take out his mobile phone and turn on the power amplifier.

He should have looked at the number first.The moment the sound came out of the receiver, Jiang Tong began to regret it.

"You left your tie in the hotel room." Xiao Fengtai's voice was calm and unwavering: "The front desk called me and said that you can pick it up anytime."

"Wow." Dennis held the phone in one hand, blinked his big eyes, looked at the phone and then at Jiang Tong, mouthing silently.

Jiang Tong's face was hot: "Okay, thank you, I'll go back and get it."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Xiao Fengtai said quickly: "I'll go to New York first and then to LA, and I'll be back from the West Bank in a week."

"I see." Jiang Tong paused for a moment: "Bon voyage, I will contact you when you come back."

The phone hung up and the car fell silent.The silence didn't last long, and was broken by the boy's small titter.

"so it's she, not she."

"Don't worry." He patted his small chest, "I'll keep it a secret for you."