While waiting for the other party to answer, Nancy turned and walked into the small kitchen at the back, slowly preparing a small dessert.
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Gu's Group
This week, Gu Yanzhi looked like the eye of a typhoon, with dark clouds and violent storms.
Gu's senior executives are walking on thin ice, everyone is in danger, and everyone's nerves are highly tense.
"There will be a meeting in the conference room in ten minutes."
Another impromptu meeting.
The moment the notice was issued and the executives opened it, everyone's faces were ashen.
This week, meetings were like being tortured. It was extremely painful, both mentally and physically.
No matter how painful it was, the senior executives gathered in the conference room consciously and quickly, and Gu Yanzhi was the last one to show up.
As he walked in, the already quiet conference room became even quieter.
Everyone breathed lightly, not daring to take a breath.
Each one of them was looking at the nose, nose and heart, sitting upright with their eyes on the one-third of an acre of land in front of them.
Gu Yanzhi seemed to have not seen him. After sitting down, he said in a cold voice: "It's a meeting."
The sound falls.
He glanced at the first person on the left, indicating that he should start with them.
The marketing manager was worried about the questions raised by Gu Yanzhi in the meeting yesterday afternoon. They rushed to revise and improve the content overnight to report.
Because of time constraints, there are several issues they have not yet resolved.
At this point, there was a pause.
After Gu Yanzhi raised his eyes and glanced at him, the marketing manager pointed out the unresolved problems in one go.
After saying that, he waited for Gu Yanzhi's reprimand.
To extend one's head is a knife, and to shrink one's head is also a knife.
When he came to the meeting, he knew that today was the day he would be criticized again.
After this week of beatings, they deeply realized how gentle and gentle Mr. Gu was in the past.
Gu Yanzhi's face became obviously darker, he raised his eyes coldly and was about to speak.
The cell phone rang suddenly in the office.
At this sound, everyone present reflexively looked at their mobile phones.
My nerves were so tense that I was not sure whether I had turned off my phone before entering the meeting room.
I still remember that a few days ago, a supervisor forgot to turn off his phone because he was too nervous. His phone rang while he was on it, and he was scolded by Mr. Gu.
After discovering that it is not yours, immediately look around you.
Everyone is guessing whose phone number it is.
Until everyone's eyes met, and it wasn't theirs.
Whose could that be?
Who else could it be?!
Apart from them, there is only...
Everyone's eyes fell on the main seat, and the screen of Gu Yanzhi's mobile phone on the table was indeed on.
Gu Yanzhi, who was sullen and angry, noticed everyone's gaze.
When he realized it was his cell phone, his expression changed instantly.
This week, he would bring his personal mobile phone with him to meetings, and his mobile phone only set up call reminders for one person, fearing that he would miss the call if he was concentrating on the meeting.
The big hand quickly picked up the phone from the table and saw the name flashing on the screen.
It's really Nancy.
Gu Yanzhi's fingers tightened on the phone visibly, and he didn't bother to train anyone anymore. "The meeting will be suspended for five minutes."
After speaking, Gu Yanzhi took his mobile phone and strode outside the conference room.
As soon as the conference room door closed, the marketing manager slowly let out the breath he was holding.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, not relaxing because Gu Yanzhi left. Everyone's nerves were still tense, waiting for him to come back and continue to disturb their bodies and minds.
…
After Gu Yanzhi came out of the conference room, he strode towards his office, but no matter how fast he walked, he still didn't catch up with the automatic hanging up and headed to the office.
The door closed behind him, and Gu Yanzhi stood upright, watching the screen of his phone slowly dim.
After waiting for a few seconds, the screen did not light up again, and Gu Yanzhi's fingers tightened obviously on the phone.
The eyebrows that had just soothed because of Nancy's call were frowned again.
My heart slowly sank when I was reminded of this phone call.
He didn't know what was wrong with him.
It's obviously not a big deal, but if she doesn't call, he can just call her back.
But, he waited for her for a week. Whether it was on the phone or going to the coffee shop.
A week after she disappeared, she called him only once and then hung up.
Thinking about how many calls he made to her this week.
Nancy's phone call seemed like a perfunctory response.
My heart felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Who cares whether she calls or not.
Gu Yanzhi was about to put his phone back into his pocket and return to the conference room to continue the meeting, when the phone screen lit up again.
The hand answered the question before the brain could think about it, and Nancy's voice rang in her ear, "Are you busy?"
Gu Yanzhi stabilized his mind, kept his voice steady, and calmly responded in a low voice: "Yes."
Nancy knew Gu Yanzhi very well, and when she heard his pretended to be deep through the line, the corners of her lips could not help but slightly rise.
Nancy didn't speak further because she had desserts in hand.
On the other side of the line, Gu Yanzhi, who was waiting for Nancy to take the initiative to tell her where she was now, couldn't hold his breath and asked proactively: "Where are you?"
"Encounter."
Nancy responded lightly, and at the same time opened the oven door and put the snacks in.
During this gap, there was silence again.
It wasn't until the time was adjusted and the oven started running that Nancy continued: "Very busy now?"
"Well, is something wrong?"
Gu Yan then leaned against the office door and raised his hand to tug on his tie.
Gu Yanzhi tugged on his tie, feeling as if he was being restrained.
One action completely revealed his inner unrest.
"It's nothing. I just came back. I made coffee and made some snacks. I called to see if you have time to have a cup of coffee. If you're busy, I'll make an appointment next time. I hung up."
Nancy's voice had little fluctuation, no different from before.
It seems like this phone call is really just a time dialing for an old friend.
Gu Yanzhi was ignited with a light sentence, and his tone was obviously serious, "Nancy!"
Between them, she was really too compliant and cooperative with him.
Because I understand him, I always follow his will.
But this time, she knew it but deliberately didn't follow it.
"Um?"
Nancy took the initiative.
"We'll be there in half an hour."
Words, blurted out.
Obviously, he still has a meeting, but——
He really wants to see her.
"good."
Nancy responded with a chuckle and cut off the call.
Gu Yanzhi opened the office door and looked at his assistant waiting at the door of the conference room.
When I saw him, I immediately came over and said, "Mr. Gu."
"Let them dismiss the meeting and continue tomorrow morning."
After Gu Yanzhi confessed, he strode away.
…
In less than half an hour, Gu Yanzhi's car stopped outside the encounter gate.
He opened the door and strode in, striding up to the second floor.
Because Nancy arrived early, there were no customers on the second floor, so she asked the store manager not to receive customers, so it became empty.
Standing at the top of the stairs, looking at Nancy sitting in her old seat.
Two cups of steaming coffee with delicate snacks placed in the middle, as if the time had been marked.
Seeing him, Nancy raised her eyes and chuckled: "Come over and try the freshly brewed coffee."
Gu Yanzhi's eyes fell on Nancy's face.
The familiar aroma of coffee in the air, familiar music in her ears, and her eyes looking at familiar people, she smiled calmly and calmly.
In such a space, Gu Yanzhi's raging mood for a week finally settled down.
Nancy picked up the coffee, took a sip, looked up and saw that he was still standing at the top of the stairs, and said, "What are you doing standing there? You don't know me after not seeing me for a week?"
Gu Yanzhi walked over and sat down opposite her.
When he mentioned this week, he couldn't help but get angry, and his tone was not very good, "You also know that you have been missing for a week for no reason!"
Nancy looked at Gu Yanzhi through the steam rising from the coffee, looking straight into the deepest part of his eyes.
The look in his eyes that seemed to see through him made Gu Yanzhi avoid it by drinking coffee.
"Eat something to cushion your stomach and then drink."
He doesn't like breakfast, so if he comes here at this time, he must be on an empty stomach.
It would not be a big problem for normal people to drink coffee on an empty stomach occasionally, but his stomach was not very good, so every time Nancy would let him rest his stomach first before drinking.
Gu Yanzhi was angry and didn't want to hear it.
But his hands refused to obey him. Even though the coffee had reached his mouth, he still stopped and reached for a snack.
Gu Yanzhi: "..."
Not knowing what the fight was about, Gu Yanzhi stuffed it directly into his mouth.
As a result, I ate too quickly and choked.
"cough."
A violent cough sounded.
Nancy: "..."
When he reached for the coffee to swallow, he stopped him and said, "It's hot, wait a minute."
The coffee has just been brewed and you are not afraid of burning your tongue.
He stood up and walked quickly to the side, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him.
Gu Yanzhi took Gulugulu and drank a few mouthfuls before he stopped coughing.
Nancy walked back to her seat and sat down. After eating a piece of pastry slowly, she picked up her coffee and took another sip.
The snacks are not very sweet, but the sweetness in the mouth will still linger between the lips and teeth. If you drink black coffee, it will be even more bitter.
Nancy liked this feeling very much.
Sweetness mixed with bitterness, bitterness mixed with sweetness, very much like how she felt about Gu Yanzhi.
Nancy was slightly shaken.
Gu Yanzhi calmed down, took a sip of coffee, and looked up to see Nancy sitting opposite, who didn't intend to take the initiative to explain.
After enduring it for a while, I couldn't help but asked, "Nancy, where have you been this week?"
Why shut down?
Why not contact him?
I wonder if he would be worried?
Nancy put down the coffee cup and looked up at Gu Yanzhi, "Went to Nuannuan's house."
She had no intention of hiding it from him.
Hearing Nuan Nuan's name, Gu Yan subconsciously avoided Nancy's gaze, trying to hide the turbulence in his eyes.
After a while, he couldn't hold it back, "Would you please warm her up?"
Nancy felt a bitter taste in her throat.
This coffee is a bit too bitter.
There was no immediate answer, so Gu Yanzhi asked again anxiously, "Nancy, can you warm her up?"
Nancy whispered: "How could it be bad for her to be with the person she loves?"
She said this while looking at Gu Yanzhi.
You can see the loss and sadness on his face.
My heart also sank to the bottom.
The sweetness lingering on the tip of the tongue was eventually suppressed by the bitterness of the coffee.
In front of Nuannuan, she is nothing.
A week will change nothing.
"You sit down by yourself. I'm going back first. I'm a little tired after driving for two hours."
Gu Yan subconsciously stretched out his hand and said, "Nancy."
A big hand fell on Nancy's wrist, stopping her from getting up.
Nancy paused and turned to look at him.
There was a hint of hope in his eyes that Gu Yanzhi couldn't understand.
At this time, he had no intention of taking a closer look. After grabbing Nancy, he asked eagerly: "Are you living at Nuan Nuan's house? Are Nuan Nuan and Lu Jingxing together?"
The trace of hope in Nancy's eyes quickly disappeared as Gu Yanzhi opened his mouth, and in a short period of time, there was no more waves.
His eyes were like calm lake water, without any ripples. He just looked at Gu Yanzhi, watching him keep thinking about the words to find out about Wen Nuan and Lu Jingxing.
"Have they already lived together?"
Nancy brushed away Gu Yanzhi's hand.
Because of his emotional ups and downs, he unconsciously pinched her without realizing it.
Withdrawing his hand, his eyes fell coldly on Gu Yanzhi's handsome face.
Nan Xiang, who had always considered his feelings in front of him, showed him mercy and silently accompanied him, did not leave any room for Gu Yanzhi for the first time.
"Why don't you just ask me if Nuannuan and Lu Jingxing are already sleeping in the same bed?"
"Gu Yanzhi, Wen Nuan divorced you a year ago. She no longer belongs to you."
"What does it have to do with you whether she and Lu Jingxing sleep together?"
"What are you looking forward to in your heart? Do you expect Nuan Nuan to stay safe for you after she divorces you, or do you want to be able to be with Nuan Nuan again one day?"
"No, I didn't."
Gu Yan subconsciously retorted.
Choosing to divorce Nuannuan was a choice he made after careful consideration.
He does not regret divorcing Nuannuan.
Nancy looked at Gu Yanzhi and spoke more sharply, "Then what do you care about?"
"You said that you hope Nuan Nuan can find her blessings and wish her and Lu Jingxing, but in your heart you don't want Nuan Nuan to belong to another man anymore. You just said it nicely!"
Gu Yanzhi's inner thoughts were revealed by Nancy. As if he had been stepped on, he interrupted sharply, "Shut up!"
The inner fear that he didn't dare to face made Gu Yanzhi's voice become even colder, "Nancy, do you really think you know me well?"
Nancy chuckled lightly, and for the first time in front of Gu Yanzhi, her smile did not reach her eyes, "Sometimes, I would rather I didn't know you like this!"
If she didn't know him too well and was too involved in his story, she wouldn't have unconsciously thought that she was the one in the story, losing her heart and only adding to the pain.
Gu Yanzhi caught the flash of pain in his eyes.
The moment they passed each other, Gu Yanzhi reached out to grab her wrist again.
Nancy closed her eyes, then opened them again, and her eyes were calm again.
Looking at Gu Yanzhi, "Let go!"
Her eyes were too calm, in stark contrast to her aggressive look just now.
Seeing that he wouldn't let go, Nancy suddenly asked him, "Gu Yanzhi, why do you come to the coffee shop every day after I've been away for a week?"
Still not reconciled!
Gu Yanzhi was obviously stunned when he heard this.
He didn't expect Nancy to ask him this question.
This question is tearing apart the veil between the two of them.
A week ago, he thought she didn't want to change their relationship.
But this week, he vaguely understood.
Still can't control myself from coming here.
But at this moment, looking at Nancy.
Her attitude was already very clear, but he didn't dare to take a step forward and said, "Stop by for coffee."
The moment the sound fell, Nancy also looked away.
This time, he reached out his hand firmly and brushed Gu Yanzhi's hand away, and left the cafe without looking back.
In fact, what she wants is very simple.
Even if it’s just two words: for you.
She wanted to make sure that there was a place for her in his heart.
She thought she had.
Therefore, she left for a week without leaving a word, and only used the store manager's mouth to leave him a little message.
She wanted to make him realize that he already had her in his heart.
Originally, the store manager said that Gu Yanzhi came here every day to wait for her.
She was excited inside.
She thought he was like her and responded to her in this way after knowing what she was doing.
She was in a good mood, making coffee, making snacks, and waiting for him.
But it turned out that she thought of herself too seriously.
Sitting in the car, Nancy closed her eyes tiredly.
It takes courage to take a step forward. Since she is sure that he doesn't have her in his heart and obviously has no intention of letting go of Nuan Nuan, then she gives up.
After you have passed the age of risking everything for love, stopping losses in time is the best way for yourself.
…
Half an hour later, Gu Yanzhi returned to the company.
When the special assistant saw him coming back, he was about to ask him if he wanted to adjust the meeting time again. When he saw that the boss looked wrong, he shrunk his neck and shut up.
Gu Yanzhi walked into the office, his mind filled with what Nancy had just said.
Nuannuan and Lu Jingxing are really together again.
Nancy is right.
He is a contradiction.
He wanted Nuannuan to be happy, but he couldn't control his inner selfishness and didn't want her to belong to another man.
He clearly knew that there was no possibility between him and Nuannuan, but he just didn't want to let go.
He clearly knew that Nuannuan and Lu Jingxing fell in love and it was inevitable that they would be together.
He already knew the phone call a week ago, but he still didn't want to face it.
Nancy's words forced him to face it, and the last bit of self-deception was disillusioned.
He has been clinging to someone who never really belonged to him.
Now that she has her own happiness, she can no longer belong to him.
Should he come out?
…
In the small town, after Nancy left, Lu Jingxing and Nuan Nuan walked into Nuan Nuan's home one after another.
It has become a world of two people again.
Entering the house, Lu Jingxing helped Nuan Nuan get his slippers.
When she lowered her head to change her shoes, looking at her side face, love surged in her eyes, and her gaze became intense, but when she stood up, she regained her composure.
He changed his shoes and walked in behind her.
The rhythm slowly returned to the rhythm of the two of them getting along before. They spent most of the day doing their own things.
The day passed quickly.
In the evening, after dinner, Nuan Nuan sat on the sofa with a tablet and didn't know what to read.
Lu Jingxing finished washing the dishes and came out of the kitchen, walked up to her and sat down next to her.
Without prying, I reached for the remote control to turn on the TV and casually asked, "What are you watching?"
Warm lowered eyes, with a hidden light in them, pretended to be nonchalant and said: "I'm getting ready to go on a trip. I'm just thinking about where I want to go."
"travel?"
When Lu Jingxing heard about travel, his nerves tensed up instantly. He looked at Nuan Nuan nervously, but he was afraid of being too obvious. He tried his best to suppress his emotions and asked Wen Nuan, "Nuan Nuan, why did you suddenly decide to travel?"
He thought of her previous trip, which lasted more than half a year.
At that time, he had not seen Nuan Nuan for several years, and was used to waiting silently for her return.
But now, the two of them get along day and night, and he wishes that Nuannuan was under his nose every second.
He wouldn't be able to part with her for even a few days, let alone half a year or a few months apart, and he couldn't bear it.
“I haven’t gone out for a long time, so I wanted to travel.”
Nuan Nuan raised his eyes to look at Lu Jingxing and raised his eyebrows, "Why did you react so much?"
"No way."
Lu Jingxing denied that he was not qualified to take care of Wen Nuan now, and he didn't dare to interfere with her too much.
Nuan Nuan looked at him, retracted his gaze, and continued to slide on the screen, with the corners of his lips rising slightly.
Lu Jingxing couldn't help but glance at the warm flat screen with his peripheral vision. He didn't remember to watch TV.
Nuan Nuan turned off the tablet, took the remote control from his hand, and adjusted it to the program she wanted to watch. Just as she was about to turn up the volume, Lu Jingxing reached out to grab it and pressed mute.
I couldn't help but asked: "Nuan Nuan, have you decided where to go? How long do you plan to go?"
That sentence, "Can I go with you?" stuck in my throat. I wanted to ask, but I was thinking about it.
Lu Jingxing was really panicked.
Although he doesn't express it now, his words and deeds indicate that he is pursuing her.
Nuannuan also knows.
She didn't express her position either.
Now with Nuan Nuan, he really couldn't grasp what she was thinking. Although he always wanted to be together again, he never dared to push her too hastily, for fear of causing her to rebound.
As soon as Nancy arrived, she suddenly had to leave the town to travel, and she felt uneasy no matter how much she thought about it.
"Well, I'm going to S City. It's a good time to go there in winter."
Speaking of City S, the corners of Wen Nuan's lips curved upward, and he chuckled: "I heard there are many romantic encounters there, and I might even have an romantic encounter in the past."
When Lu Jingxing heard the word "Yan Yu", he finally couldn't hold it back anymore, "Nuan Nuan!"
If it had been before, Nuan Nuan would have been thrown onto the sofa by him and executed on the spot.
Dare to talk about having an affair in front of him!
But now, he can do nothing but express his dissatisfaction with a slightly louder voice.
It should be said that I dare not do it.
Even the moment she looked at him, the momentum he had maintained was weakening.
Lu Jingxing's face looked aggrieved.
Wen Nuan couldn't help it and chuckled.
I obviously wanted to ask her if I could go with her, but I didn't ask her for a while.
This smile made Lu Jingxing feel even more aggrieved, "Nuan Nuan..."
Nuan Nuan stopped teasing him and said with a smile: "I'll take you, and you take the money."
After she finished speaking, she successfully saw Lu Jingxing as if he had been struck by lightning.
Stunned.
I was stunned by the pie falling from the sky. I couldn't believe it, so I asked a silly question, "Nuan Nuan, what does this mean?"
"Let's go together! Why, aren't you going to come with me?"
The smile on the warm lips deepened.
"Plan to plan."
Lu Jingxing was almost beside himself with joy.
The head is like a chicken digging rice, nodding constantly.
I was afraid that if I was too slow to respond, Nuan Nuan would change my mind.