Dead but not stiff

The two packed up and went out together. After entering the elevator, Gu Xien said to Shen Bai: "You don't need to see me off, I'll take a taxi today."

Shen Bai was obviously not happy, Gu Xien gave him a funny look: "I will go there for almost a month when I come down, do you send it every day?"

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows: "Is there anything wrong with it?"

Gu Xien reached out and patted him on the shoulder, admonishing him earnestly: "Stop joking, are you not doing business?"

Shen Bai himself really lacked skills, so he walked down the steps: "Then you at night?"

Gu Xian smiled: "Come back."

Shen Bai knew the reason and asked: "Where are you going back?"

"your home."

Shen Bai snorted, and corrected in a low voice: "Can't it be our family?"

When the elevator reached the first floor, Gu Xien gave Shen Bai a push, walked out with a staggered body, turned around and waved to him: "Let's go, see you tonight, Mr. Shen."

Shen Bai went down to the underground garage, walked to the front of the car, opened the door and sat in, but his mind was still full of the face of Gu Xien who just turned around and smiled at him.He took out his mobile phone and called his assistant. The little assistant picked it up, came up and yelled at Shen Bai, "Boss Shen, you can no longer work part-time today. There are two meetings that you must attend in person!"

Shen Bai: "... What part-time job?"

The assistant girl realized that she had accidentally voiced her inner complaints, and hurriedly said haha: "...ah, it's nothing, Mr. Shen, you called me early this morning, what's your order?"

Shen Bai explained the business first: "Help me contact the driver that the company recently assigned to Xiao Liu's project team, and ask them to take the others back to the hotel at night, and then please take Gu Gong to Yinhai Community on Binjiang Road."

The assistant girl hurriedly nodded in agreement, and heard Shen Bai go on to say: "Have you been under too much pressure recently and started talking nonsense? Go to the doctor when you are sick. Don't shy away from medical treatment. The company bought commercial medical insurance for employees. Medical expenses It’s all paid for in full.”

Assistant girl: "..." I am stressed because of who!Also, isn't the Yinhai Community on Binjiang Road the address of Mr. Shen's house? Yesterday, I asked the housekeeper to clean it.It turned out that it was for Gu Gong to live in. Could it be that Mr. Shen and that Gu engineer were friends who had known each other before?

Shen Bai hung up the phone, but before the phone was put down, it suddenly started to vibrate again.

The notification of the incoming call showed that it was Shen's father calling, Shen Bai was reminded by this, and then he suddenly came back to his senses, he had not gone back to live with his parents for two nights.In the past, he was sometimes too busy with work, so he didn't go back to his parents' place, and went directly to the apartment nearby to sleep casually for one night, and then went back to the company to work the next day.It’s just that every time I call or send a text message to let my parents know, so that my parents don’t worry.However, these two days, he was so focused on Gu Xien that he forgot about it.

When the bell rang the second time, Shen Bai picked it up, and was immediately scolded by Shen's father with a series of sullen questions: "You son of a bitch, are you itchy? The last time you left the table in the middle of the meal without saying anything, this is a long-awaited one." You won't be home for two days, you won't make phone calls, and you won't send a text message, do you want to sever ties with your family? Just because we forced you to get married?"

When dealing with his old man, most of Shen Bai would just plead guilty immediately and obey the law in person, what to do afterwards is another matter, at least he has a correct attitude, and the old man will not say anything extra.

"Dad," Shen Bai humbly admitted his mistake, "You are fine, why are you joking with me? I have been too busy with work these two days and it will be late after work. I just stayed in the house here in the city for two nights. You and Mom called because it was too late to disturb your old couple’s rest. In addition, you just admitted that you were indeed forced to marry that day, and you guys cheated on your son together. ?"

"Slick tongue! Strong words!"

Shen Bai: "Dad, you use this idiom very well."

Shen's father interrupted Shen Bai's flattery, "Don't think that I don't know what you're planning, I'm your old man! No matter what you're busy with today, come back to me at night, you have business to do."

Shen Bai smiled wryly: "The business won't be related to forced marriage again? Dad, let me tell you straight, I don't have any feelings for Uncle Wu and his daughter, so don't delay other girls, just reject it for me."

Shen's father's anger was superimposed: "If you don't feel it, create it! You've only known him for a few days, do you understand his temper? Just say you don't feel it, what about the arguments? Stop fooling me with these nonsense, get off work today If you don't come back, I will go directly to your company to find you tomorrow."

Shen Bai was helpless: "Dad, you are an intellectual after all, how can you do such a thing as a shrew?"

"...I'll let your mother go!"

"Dad, if you don't take you two-on-one, it's still a turn-based system. Do you still have a bit of intellectual accomplishment?"

"As long as we can bring our daughter-in-law home, your mother and I would rather throw away this old face."

"..." Shen Baixin said, there is a daughter-in-law, but I can't tell you for the time being.

Seeing that Shen Bai didn't answer, Shen's father thought that he was going to start to resist passively, so he directly gave an ultimatum, "You come back tonight, we will live in peace, if you don't come back tonight, then never come back again .” Then without waiting for Shen Bai to reply, he hung up the phone directly.

"..." This little old man is bored at home with the old lady all day long. He has watched too many family ethics dramas, and he is too proficient in reciting lines.

However, the ridicule is the joke, Shen Bai drove out of the community while thinking in his heart, it seems that he must go back tonight first.There is a saying that if you want to fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside. He must first solve the big trouble of forced marriage at home, and then devote all his energy to planning and Gu Xien's future.

Shen Bai, who had been hiding from the meeting for two days, was caught by his superiors and subordinates together today, and spent almost a whole day in the meeting room. It was approaching the afternoon when he got off work. Not long after Shen Bai returned to the office, he heard the assistant The girl knocked on the door outside and told him that a lady surnamed Wu called him through the front desk.

Shen Bai's hands continued to tap on the keyboard, but he frowned slightly, and said directly: "No one told her that you can't meet casually without an appointment?"

The assistant girl hesitated and said: "The front desk said, but that Miss Wu said that she is Mr. Shen's fiancee. The front desk didn't dare to neglect, so they called me directly."

Shen Bai stopped typing on the keyboard, and after a while, the assistant girl heard him say in a rather indifferent and impatient voice: "Don't worry about her, just tell the front desk not to talk to her."

"Oh." The assistant girl responded repeatedly, quickly ran back to her seat, called the front desk back, and then quickly opened the WeChat dialog box on the computer, and began to share what she had just harvested with her colleagues. Big gossip.

Hard-working assistant: Damn you, you would never have imagined this! ! !

Nunnally, whose legs are two meters long: Are you going to work overtime tonight?

I don't want to go to work and force Yu:? ? ? WTF? ?who?Whoever said he had to work overtime, I fought with him.

Hard-working assistant: No, that's how it is. Just now, I received a call from the front desk, saying that a girl who claimed to be Mr. Shen's fiancee came to Mr. Shen.

Two-meter-long legs Nana Li: Oh, the steel straight man Mr. Shen actually got out of the order?But when it comes up, it's a fiancée or something, it can't be an arranged marriage.Tsk, arranged marriages are good, to save older single straight men from cancer.

Hard-working assistant: The point is, I just went to talk to Mr. Shen, and Mr. Shen told me very coldly—don't talk to me!

I don't want to go to work and force the fish: there is a story.

The legs are two meters long Nunnali: There is a story.

Little assistant who works hard without complaint: The minister seconded the proposal.

When it was time to get off work, Shen Bai stepped out of the office. The little assistant who was staring at the computer and typing was taken aback. There was a slight twist, as if the facial nerves were twitching.

"..." Shen Bai suggested sincerely, "I think you still have to go to the hospital."

"..." the little assistant, "Can I see a doctor with pay, Mr. Shen?"

"Impossible." Shen Bai straightened his suit and tie, strode out with two long legs, and strode out.

Shen Bai passed by the front desk on the first floor, the little girl at the front desk saw Shen Bai, her eyes were full of hesitation.Just when a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, a voice sounded and immediately interpreted the eyes of the little girl at the front desk.

"Shen Bai?"

Shen Bai followed the sound and looked over, Wu Jiaying was standing up from the sofa at the visitor's tea break, looking at him with a smile on his face: "Hello, Shen Bai."

Shen Bai returned a faint smile politely: "Hello."

Wu Jiaying came over and said with a smile: "I came for an interview, and suddenly remembered that my aunt said that your company is also here, so I wanted to try my luck."

Shen Bai: "..." And then wait until now?

Seeing that Shen Bai didn't answer, Wu Jiaying continued: "Can I spare you a little time, let's go to a coffee shop or some other place you think is suitable for a chat?"

Shen Bai looked at the time, and said bluntly: "No need, you are going to my house tonight, right? Why don't I take you along the way, let's talk about it on the way."

Wu Jiaying lowered her head and pursed her lips into a smile, then raised her head again, looking at Shen Bai with eyes full of joy, "Okay."

Following Shen Bai to the parking lot, Wu Jiaying was about to walk towards the co-driver, but she saw that Shen Bai had already walked to the rear door first, and opened the door as a gesture of invitation.

Wu Jiaying was slightly taken aback, said thank you, and sat sideways into the car.

The car followed the off-duty traffic into the main road of the city, as if a stream merged into a river.

Shen Bai drove the car silently, not intending to speak to break the silence in the car.

Wu Jiaying waited silently in the back seat for a while, seeing that the other party didn't seem to be the first to open the topic, she bit her lower lip and spoke up.

"Shen Bai, do you not like me?"

Shen Bai didn't expect her to be so straight to the point, but he really didn't want to hide it, so he followed her words and said: "Miss Wu, although I really want to be friendly to you, I am really worried about causing trouble. You make unnecessary guesses. So I'll just tell the truth, I don't think the two of us are suitable, so please don't waste time on me, Miss Wu, and go find the relationship that really belongs to you. "

Wu Jiaying didn't expect Shen Bai to refuse so simply, she was shocked and sad, but also unwilling to end this.

"However, feelings can be cultivated, and your parents like me very much." She put her hands on her lap, holding a handbag in her hand, which was slightly deformed by her because of her emotional excitement.

Shen Bai can't directly tell Wu Jiaying that he likes men, so no matter what, he won't cultivate any bullshit relationship with her.Telling Wu Jiaying meant coming out to his parents, and he didn't want to expose the fact that he was bent to his parents before he was fully prepared.

Shen Bai chose to remain silent, while Wu Jiaying bit her lower lip and tentatively asked, "Do you have someone you like?"

Shen Bai: "...No." Telling Wu Jiaying that he has someone he likes is also equivalent to exposing this matter to his parents. He can only choose to lie temporarily, and then silently apologize to Gu Xien in his heart.

Wu Jiaying hurriedly said, "Then why can't you try to like me?"

Shen Bai sighed, and said: "Miss Wu, to use an inappropriate example, it's like I go to a restaurant to order food, although I may not be able to choose which dish I like right away, but I will definitely avoid the one I don't like first. Together."

Wu Jiaying's eyes faintly leaked, she looked at Shen Bai in the front seat unwillingly, and said word by word: "I will not give up."

Shen Bai turned the steering wheel expressionlessly: "I advise you to give up as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

Wu Jiaying raised her voice: "Shen Bai, unless you like men, I will make you nod sooner or later."

Shen Bai: "..."

During lunch, Gu Xien received Shen Bai's WeChat, telling him that he would go back to his parents' house in the evening, and added a sentence, don't miss me.

Gu Xi'en replied: Please go ahead.

Shen Bai replied in seconds: ... You are too ruthless, can't you reply with two more words?

Gu Xien satisfied him: Mr. Shen, please go ahead.

After getting off work in the evening, Gu Xien followed the project team in a company business car, and arrived at the hotel where other people lived first. Gu Xien was about to get off the car with the others and then called a taxi to Shen Bai's place, but the driver stopped him: " Gu Gong, don't get out of the car, Mr. Shen told me to take you directly to Yinhai community."

Gu Xien was stunned for a moment, and replied oh yes, and withdrew his intention to get off the car.

After setting off again, only Gu Xien and the driver were left in the commercial vehicle, and it was immediately much cleaner. As the night fell, it unexpectedly rained in S City.The car window was heavily foggy and mottled with neon lights. Gu Xien leaned back on the back seat and looked at the night view of the city divided into blocks by the continuous and sliding water patterns on the window glass. He felt an inexplicable sense of stability in his heart.

He took out his mobile phone, clicked on WeChat, and sent a message to Shen Bai.

--I’m off duty.

Shen Bai, who was waiting for a red light at a certain intersection, heard a ding dong from his phone to announce new news. He picked it up and turned it on. A surprised smile appeared on his face in the next second, and then he quickly typed a sentence and went back.

——It’s windy and rainy outside, so go home quickly.

Gu Xien returned to Shen Bai's apartment, stood outside the door to enter the password, and was a little startled when he heard the sound of the door lock being unlocked successfully.

It's only been three days, and I'm already so familiar with the road, that I really have a faint feeling of returning to my own home deep in my heart.

He shook his head, trying to clear such absurd thoughts from his mind, but after he opened the door and went in, he familiarly took the slippers from the shoe cabinet in the hallway, the thought came to him again.

Gu Xien slept alone in Shen Bai's apartment for one night, and naturally he still slept on Shen Bai's bed.

When he got up in the morning and opened the bedroom door to go out, there was no one in the huge living room outside, then he remembered that Shen Bai had indeed said that he might not be able to come back at night.

The phone in his hand vibrated with the morning news push from the APP, which reminded Gu Xien to turn on the phone to check the news. The person didn't come back, but he sent several WeChat messages, all of which were sent when Gu Xien was asleep.

Gu Xien flipped up with his fingers, starting from the first one.

——It seems that I really can't go back tonight, you go to bed early, don't wait for me.

The second message was more than five minutes later, probably because Gu Xien didn't reply to him, so he sent another one.

——It seems that he is asleep, good night.

After saying good night, there was another one when I came down.

——I’m really asleep, it’s not because I don’t want to reply to my message on purpose.I miss you a little bit.

Gu Xien walked to the cooking counter and saw that the pot that was too late to clean up yesterday was still simmering on the gas stove. After a day and a night, it was still full of water and rice.He reached out and poked the handle of the pot, watched the water sparkle in the pot, and then whispered: "Stupid."