Chapter 21 021 Put an end to office romances!

The earth can turn without anyone.

Tang Sijia often heard this from her teachers when she was in school and her superiors when she was at work. Now she has a deep understanding of this.

Her sadness did not last too long, and she threw herself into the tight work.

In order to get the company's previously delayed projects back on track as soon as possible, during this period, people from various departments were brightly lit almost every night.

Tang Sijia had to sort out the specific script content while being responsible for writing some short video scripts for promotion. She also had to cooperate with content production and execution, and keep in touch with the technical department at any time.

Sometimes she received a call from a colleague in the technical center at midnight. She was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but her brain had already passed the information instructions to her mouth and told the person on the other end of the phone.

In addition, she was also packing her luggage, and even used her lunch break to look at several rental houses. Finally, she chose a new two-bedroom, one-living room house near the subway station.

The house belonged to a newly married couple, but due to work scheduling issues, the couple needed to move to another place to stay permanently, so they had to rent out the house they had only lived in for half a year. The only requirement was to treat the house well, and even reduce the rent appropriately.

Tang Sijia quickly signed the rental contract and decided to move in this weekend.

She did not plan to live in the two houses that Shichuan gave her. Maybe one day, when she thought of him and touched the things that hid his memories, and her internal organs did not feel anything, she would consider selling the large flat in the business center.

But that was something to consider in the future.

Now think about it, this deception in exchange for two houses, she still made money.

Tang Sijia pulled the corner of her lips, thinking of a sentence that had been circulated on the Internet a long time ago: You can cheat on feelings, but you can't cheat on money. You can love many people in your life, but how much money can you make?

Tang Sijia was amused by this idea, and she retracted her thoughts and posted the last mattress that belonged to Shichuan in the rental house on a second-hand website.

Maybe she filled in a low price, and often someone would buy her things on the day she posted them on the second-hand website.

Mattresses were no exception. Soon someone chatted with her privately, asking about the size and brand of the mattress. After looking at the invoice, they placed an order without hesitation.

Looking at the prompt "the other party is waiting to pick up the goods", Tang Sijia was in a trance for a long time, then closed the webpage, opened the file, and returned to work.

She was busy for a while, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief until the weekend when the adjusted script content was finalized.

On Saturday, Tang Sijia slept in for a rare time and didn't get up until half past ten. She made a simple brunch, dressed up casually after eating, and rushed to the east district of the city.

Before arriving at the entrance of the pet hospital, Tang Sijia saw Lu Langzhou from a distance wearing a simple white shirt and black trousers, holding a black and white pet space box and standing there waiting.

Seeing her hurried figure, Lu Langzhou laughed first: "It's okay, don't worry, there's still half an hour before the appointment time."

Tang Sijia calmed her rapid breathing and looked down at the space box.

The puppy noticed her arrival and was jumping around in the space box excitedly.

"See, I told you last time that Xiao Hei likes you," Lu Langzhou said helplessly, "I've fed it for many days, but it has forgotten its roots when it sees you."

As he spoke, he reached out and soothed the puppy's head from the entrance above.

Tang Sijia looked at the puppy that became obedient in an instant, and laughed: "Obviously, he likes you too."

As they talked, they walked into the pet hospital. Tang Sijia thought of something: "Squad leader, are you going to name it 'Xiao Hei'?"

"Isn't it a bit hasty?" Lu Langzhou sighed, "I'm not good at naming, and I originally planned to call it 'Coal Ball'."

At this point, he turned his head and looked at her: "Why don't you give it a name?"

"Me?" Tang Sijia was surprised. Meeting Lu Langzhou's expectant and serious gaze, she thought carefully, "...Why not call it Lulu?"

"Lulu?" Lu Langzhou's face looked a little weird.

"Well," Tang Sijia nodded, "When I first saw it, it was hiding in a Lulu packaging box and shivering. Later, several times, it would carry the box wherever it went..."

As he spoke, Tang Sijia's voice gradually became softer, and he looked at Lu Langzhou's strange expression in confusion: "Why?"

Lu Langzhou shook his head and laughed: "To be honest, when I was a child, my parents gave me a nickname called 'Lu Lu', but it's the Lu of land." After hearing

what he said, Tang Sijia realized that "Lulu" and Lu Langzhou's last name overlapped, and said awkwardly: "Then think about it again..."

"It doesn't matter," Lu Langzhou thought for a while, "Just call it Lulu, it sounds good too."

It happened that they had arrived at the pet vaccination room, so he took Lulu out and held her in his arms: "From now on, you will have a formal name, called Lulu, are you happy?"

Lulu stuck out her tongue in cooperation and smiled.

Tang Sijia looked at Lulu's belly in Lu Langzhou's arms trustingly, and couldn't help but curl her lips.

Unfortunately, Lulu didn't feel happy for long. When the doctor came in with a syringe, Lulu might have sensed the danger and began to struggle.

The doctor was obviously used to this kind of scene. He skillfully let Lu Langzhou hold Lulu's limbs and head, and groped his fingers on her buttocks.

The moment the needle tip pierced, Lulu screamed and opened her mouth to bite the nearest hand.

Tang Sijia was startled. Before she could react, someone stepped forward and blocked Lulu's mouth with his hand, but the tiger's mouth was sent to its mouth.

"Tang Sijia?" Lu Langzhou called her in surprise. After making sure that the doctor had finished the vaccination, he hurriedly took Lulu away.

Tang Sijia looked at the tiger's mouth. Perhaps because she smelled a familiar smell, Lulu's teeth trembled twice when they touched her skin, but did not really bite down. At this time, there was only a little red mark.

"It's okay." Tang Sijia showed the tiger's mouth and breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Langzhou glanced at her without saying anything. He didn't ask until the two of them walked out of the hospital, "Why did you block that just now?"

Tang Sijia was stunned for a moment, then looked at the puppy who was lying listlessly in the space box after getting an injection: "...I heard that many adopted puppies are abandoned for the second time because they bite people." "

Of course, I'm not saying that dogs that bite people should be tolerated, it's just that Lulu is very well-behaved. She was stimulated just now and reacted because she thought she was hurt. If this is the case..."

Lu Langzhou understood and looked at her to assure her: "Don't worry, I won't abandon it."

Tang Sijia looked at his gentle eyes and nodded: "I believe you."

"But you like Lulu so much, why don't we take it to the river in the suburbs to play together tomorrow?" Lu Langzhou suggested.

Tang Sijia was a little tempted, but soon thought of something and shook his head regretfully: "I have to move tomorrow, so I may not be able to go."

"Moving?"

"Yes," Tang Sijia nodded, "The place I live now... is very inconvenient, the new house will be better."

Lu Langzhou hesitated for a few seconds: "Is it related to the boy named Shichuan?"

Tang Sijia's smile froze slightly, and he lowered his eyes: "I guess so."

"But it's also for myself."

Lu Langzhou blinked: "Do you know that the metabolic cycle of most human cells ranges from a few days to a few years, and every day there will be a new you to replace the old you, that is to say, your emotions, whether happy or sad, are diluted every day."

Emotions, diluted.

Tang Sijia thought about these words quietly, and a complex feeling surged in his heart.

"Thank you," Tang Sijia smiled, "This is really useful to me."

That night, Tang Sijia called the landlord and explained that she was moving out tomorrow.

The landlord was very reasonable and quickly agreed.

The next morning, while the moving master had not arrived yet, Tang Sijia went to buy a brand new light bulb and replaced the broken petal-shaped induction light at the door.

However, due to her height limitation and the lack of a ladder, Tang Sijia pulled the table over, but she was still just a little short of reaching the light bulb.

Just as she was thinking about pulling the sofa over, there was a knock on the door.

Tang Sijia thought it was just a mover, so she got down from the table and opened the door, but was startled by the person who appeared at the door: "Team leader?"

Lu Langzhou glanced inside the house and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it's not too late."

"You..."

"You specially accompanied me to vaccinate Lulu yesterday. I would feel bad if I didn't come to help with the move today," Lu Langzhou smiled and saw the light bulb in her hand, "Do you want to change the light bulb?"

"Yes..."

Before she finished speaking, Lu Langzhou had already stepped onto the table and stretched out his hand to her: "Tang Sijia, give me the light bulb."

Tang Sijia came back to her senses, hesitated, put the light bulb in the other's hand, and took the old light bulb.

Lu Langzhou changed the light bulb in a few seconds, tried the switch, and the new light bulb was on with a warm yellow light: "It's changed."

Tang Sijia looked at the dim petal light bulb in her hand and whispered: "Yes, it's changed."

The petal light bulb fell into the trash can and was thrown out with other garbage.

Tang Sijia didn't have much luggage, so the two movers and Lu Langzhou who came to help quickly moved everything to the car. On

the last trip, when Tang Sijia returned to the rental house to see if there was anything missing, she suddenly found that this small rental house was empty.

She looked at it all in a daze, and it seemed that she could see a memory in every inch of space.

Until the taboo name came into her mind again, Tang Sijia remembered a little thing.

When she was choosing a house, she turned her head by chance and saw Guo Shichuan looking at her with an almost pitying look.

But at that time she was immersed in the joy of the new house and didn't pay attention.

Thinking about it now, at that time, he might have been thinking: This poor guy is actually imagining their future.

Tang Sijia's throat tightened, her heart didn't react yet, and her stomach and intestines began to move physiologically as if warning her.

She quickly cleared her sight and slowly closed the door. She

closed everything behind her and walked downstairs step by step without looking back.

*

"Shi Chuan, if you move to a new home, what kind of house do you like?" The woman sat on the carpet, holding a laptop, and looked at him curiously.

"What about my sister?" Shi Chuan asked back.

"Me?" The woman thought carefully, and a faint, gentle smile appeared on the corner of her lips. "I like sunny ones with big windows, so that the sun can shine on the carpet every day."

"At least there should be two bedrooms. You are now squeezed in the living room, which is uncomfortable and has no privacy."

"It would be better to have a big TV, so that we can watch movies together on weekends. The big screen looks more immersive."

"Oh, by the way, there must be a spacious bathroom..."

"Only talking about me, Shi Chuan, what about you?"

Shi Chuan looked at the woman and thought for a while: "I want a bedroom with a bigger and more comfortable bed, or a coffee table that won't shake. As for the bathroom, I agree with my sister. It's better to have a spacious one..."

The woman looked at him puzzledly: "Ah?"

Shi Chuan laughed and hugged the woman on his legs: "In this way, my sister has no reason to let me be gentler and slower..."

The body temperature gradually became hot, and the breathing intertwined.

The woman's eyes were wet, full of dark brown lust...

"Master? Master?" A cautious call entered his mind.

Shi Chuan slowly opened his eyes, his dark blue pupils were dazed for a moment, but soon fell into a sober darkness.

This was the deepest sleep he had had since he came to Hai City ten days ago.

"Madam is waiting for Master to have dinner." The housekeeper whispered.

Shi Chuan came back to his senses, said "hmm", opened the car door and got out.

The European-style manor carved with white marble stood coldly in front of him, and dark red roses were planted not far away, swaying in the wind.

But all this luxury, in his eyes, was just a boring gray scene.

Shi Chuan walked slowly into the main hall. The luxuriously decorated ceiling reflected a bit of the literary and artistic atmosphere of the heyday of Europe. When his footsteps stepped on the floor, he could hear waves of echoes.

"Chris, long time no see." The elegant woman walked down the stairs in a black velvet dress. Because she had lived abroad for a long time, she spoke Chinese with a bit of over-stretched clarity.

She walked up to the boy, her posture like a swan.

Shi Chuan leaned forward and bent down like a gentleman: "Mother."

Zhou Qing: "Dinner has been prepared for a long time, just waiting for you," she said as she turned and walked towards the restaurant first, "By the way, your grandmother is now in Haicheng to live out her old age, did you know?"

"I know." Shi Chuan lowered his eyes and responded.

Zhou Qing sat down in front of the dining table: "Your father has been cold-blooded all his life, and transferring you to Haicheng is the most worthy thing he has done

for us mother and son." When mentioning Jiang Huaian, Zhou Qing's tone became much colder: "If it weren't for your grandmother, the Jiang family would not be as big as it is now. Since you changed her surname, you should get to know her more. She mentioned you not long ago."

"I will, mother." Shi Chuan sat opposite Zhou Qing and did not move.

"Chris, you must successfully take over the Hansi Group and become the head of the Jiang family. This is my only expectation for you as a mother."

Shi Chuan raised his eyes and glanced at her.

After Jiang Huaian ruthlessly abandoned Zhou Qing abroad, leaving nothing but money, eight years was enough to grind a woman's deep affection into paranoid and weird hatred.

"Chris?"

"I know, mother."

Zhou Qing picked up the knife and fork with satisfaction, and elegantly forked a piece of foie gras jelly, her eyes softened: "Try it, I specially asked the chef to bring it from my home in the United States, and I remember you like it very much."

Shi Chuan lowered his head, the crystal clear skin wrapped in the rich foie gras, which was the taste he hated the most.

However, when he showed disgust as a child, the only food he had to survive on for a week was foie gras.

Inexplicably, Shi Chuan remembered the small mountain of chopped coriander that Tang Sijia had picked out.

After a long time, he picked up the cutlery and started eating as if nothing had happened, feeling the strong and fishy smell that filled his mouth.

"By the way, I heard that you had a love affair in Jingshi?" Zhou Qing said in a calm tone.

The knife and fork rubbed against the plate, making a slight harsh sound.

Zhou Qing frowned: "Chris, you are rude."

"Sorry, mother," Shi Chuan said calmly, "I'm just surprised, where did you hear such a thing?"

"Your grandmother told me," Zhou Qing looked at him, "Chris, you should know that you can't do whatever you want in your future marriage."

Shi Chuan suddenly fell silent. In the huge and empty restaurant, even breathing could be heard in an instant, and the air seemed to be freezing inch by inch.

Zhou Qing only felt a chill slowly creeping up her back. She didn't know when she began to not see through her son.

But soon, a chuckle broke the silence: "Grandma's information is not all accurate. I have never been in a relationship. I just want to get Jiang Su out."

It was just a game. He and Tang Sijia had never confirmed their relationship, and Tang Sijia had never told him any boring love.

Zhou Qing looked at the indifferent smile on his face, as if he saw the man who abandoned him ten years ago. In an instant, his tone was like a rose with thorns erected: "You are really like your father, cold-blooded and shameless. " "

I really don't understand what the girl you used saw in you."

Shi Chuan's hand holding the knife and fork suddenly stopped. On the neatly cut steak in front of him was the parsley he hated.

"Chris." Zhou Qing frowned and called his name.

Shi Chuan was silent for a moment, pushed the plate forward, and wiped the corner of his lips calmly: "I'm done, enjoy."

After that, he stood up expressionlessly and walked towards the door.

"Chris!" Zhou Qing looked at his son who rarely disobeyed her, and his voice was a little higher.

The young man left with a resolute step, without the slightest hesitation.

"Shi Chuan!" Zhou Qing's voice became sharp, but the only response she got was the figure disappearing at the door.

When Shi Chuan returned to his residence at No. 1 Dongjiao, it was already late at night.

He took a shower, brushed his teeth carefully, rinsed his mouth, and washed away the taste of foie gras and the strong perfume in his mouth, but he still felt that there was a layer of greasy stuff in his lungs, which was disgusting. There was

an inexplicable anger in his heart, and he wanted to vent it, but he couldn't even tell where the anger came from.

The fogged mirror began to reflect the dream in the car today.

Shi Chuan closed his eyes and felt it.

The misty bathroom, the woman hanging on his arm, the wall covered with water droplets behind him, accompanied by a strong rhythmic vibration...

until the photo that William showed him came into his mind, and the picture of her laughing with the man next to him became clear.

His mother's words "What did the girl you used see in you?" followed.

Shi Chuan opened his eyes suddenly.

For a second, he felt that his face had turned into someone else.

Walking out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, Shi Chuan went to the cloakroom to take out his bathrobe, but stopped when he saw the simple black puppy doll on the top.

The puppy's eyes were looking at him clearly, just like... that woman's eyes.

Shi Chuan suddenly came back to his senses and calmly closed the door of the cloakroom.

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the gray night scene outside.

He hadn't seen the colors imprinted in his heart for a long time.

Of course, he thought that after he left, someone like Tang Sijia who longed for home would make friends, fall in love, and even... get married.

The house he left for her, even in the current sluggish housing market, is worth tens of millions.

She can use this to find a partner with a wealthy family, instead of... an ordinary specialist in a poor media company.

As if he had finally convinced himself, Shi Chuan took out his mobile phone and called William.

The other party was obviously busy, and his tone when he answered the phone was not good: "You'd better have something important to do."

When William heard what Shi Chuan wanted him to do, he was obviously angry and laughed: "During this period of time, I have not only been busy with the affairs of the overseas branch, but also had to deal with Jiang Su's mess. Now I have to take care of even this kind of trivial matter?"

"Well," Shi Chuan responded, "I can help you with the project in Hong Kong."

William snorted coldly: "Can you handle it?"

"Sure."

William finally hung up the phone in a bad mood.

Shi Chuan still stood there, his fingers unconsciously opened the text message interface.

As if they were secretly competing with each other, Tang Sijia didn't reply to him, and he never sent her a message again.

*

That night, not long after Tang Sijia fell asleep, the phone on the bedside table lit up.

In the work group, Manager Sun sent a message overnight:

[In view of the fact that employees of friendly companies secretly fell in love, seriously delayed the progress of the project, and caused heavy losses, our company has learned from the lesson and will resolutely put an end to office romances from today on. 】