Chapter Twenty-Fifth: The Desolation of Houhai

  "Mei Shan, I still have something to do, I'll leave first, please take care of the audit for me!" Xia Xian said while putting away the files on his desk, begging Gu Mei Shan who was also working overtime beside him.

  Xia Xian rarely had such an unsettled look, it was clear that today's matter was very urgent. Guan Meishan is a few years older than Xia Xian and they are in the same office, so she naturally cared about her, smiling lightly and nodding, not forgetting to remind her to be careful on the way.

  Just now when I called Mo Xiao, Xia Xian was startled by Mo Xiao's strange words and broke out in a cold sweat. This naive and innocent silly girl, please don't do anything stupid! Xia Xian silently prayed in her heart.

  Mo Xiao just self-deprecatingly said: "Some people live as tragedies, some people live as comedies, and I live as a farce..."

  Normally, Xia Xuan would have responded with "You're being too noisy." But today was different. Although Xia Xuan didn't know what made today special, for Mo Xiao Xiao, it was another descent into a nightmare.

  White shirt, black trousers, high heels, and long straight black hair tied in a ponytail, exuding an air of professionalism, the typical image of a white-collar elite. However, looking at this fiery appearance, one can't help but add quotation marks to "elite".

  Xia Xuan, like Mo Xiao Xiao, is a third-year graduate student at the Research Institute. The two graduated from the same undergraduate university but were admitted to different universities in Beijing for their graduate studies. At that time, their feelings could be described as inseparable, and now they are even more so.

  Heaven always likes to play jokes, Xia Xian took three steps and ran out of the magazine company in two steps, preparing to stop the car to find Mo Xiao Xiao at Shi Cha Hai, but didn't know that he almost got into a car accident because of this urgent heart.

  A white BMW suddenly stopped in front of Xia Xian, if not for the good braking system, Xia Xian would have seen King Yan long ago. However, Xia Xian didn't mind at all and hurriedly hailed a taxi to rush to Shichahai.

  The man in the car gave Xia Xuan a cold glance, and she jumped into the car like a little rabbit, gradually disappearing from his line of sight. At first glance, this man had the sunny freshness of youth, as well as the calmness and prudence of a mature man. He perfectly combined these two seemingly incompatible qualities, but he gave people an unapproachable sense of distance.

  The man followed the direction where Xia Xuan disappeared, seemingly having taken an interest in him, but Xia Xuan didn't notice at all.

  "I don't know when Little Zhe will be back." Wang Rui stretched his waist and strolled along the shore of Houhai, looking like he had eaten and drunk enough, with a lazy appearance that made people want to despise him.

  In my early twenties, I'm almost thirty years old, and I don't know where the years have gone. Forever so careless and idle, with a rich second-generation image of "even if the sky falls, my dad will hold it up for me".

  "It should be this year." Xue Zhi Xiang, dressed in casual attire, smiled faintly and gazed into the distance as he replied.

  After years of struggling in the business world, social experience has transformed him from being immature to mature, and every move he makes shows the stability and prudence that a successful person should have.

  "Come back early, Wu Jiajia has been waiting for him for so many years! Jiajia didn't have any objections, I even feel sorry for her! Wang Rui's heart is really broad, he must be from a coastal hometown! Wu Jiajia doesn't have any complaints, why are you being so nosy!"

  "It's none of your business!" Xue Zhixiang said with a wry smile.

  "Others have had a crush on you for a long time too!" Wang Rui was indeed a troublemaker, after dragging Wu Jiajia into the conversation, he also dragged in Wu Xinxin, leaving Xue Zhixiang speechless.

  "I don't get along with Xinxin." Xue Zhixiang replied calmly.

  Wang Rui's mouth was twitching, and he couldn't help but sigh to the sky. This high-quality man with both talent and looks, why didn't any girls have a crush on him?

  Wang Rui's so-called girlfriend, if they sat in a row to eat fruit, could fill up the entire Beijing-Shanghai Expressway. However, among these many girls, not one has been able to truly enter his heart. His principle is "gather and disperse", just playing around, so until now he remains a single golden bachelor.

  Mo Xiao's right hand held a bottle of wine, desperately pouring it down her throat. Perhaps the alcohol could numb the pain that had become unbearable. Her left hand still clutched a bag, and upon closer inspection, it was undoubtedly another beer, leaving one to marvel at her impressive drinking capacity!

  Looking at her outfit, she is indeed a goddess with a unique temperament. It's really amazing that in this era, even goddesses can be crazy!

  Moist and misty, she didn't even notice these two people. What's the big deal? They're just passersby, no need to pay attention! She had long stopped caring about things that were already gone, after all these years, they still weren't coming back! Maybe it was the catalysis of alcohol or maybe her tears blurred her vision, she couldn't even walk steadily.

  "Miss, be careful!" Xue Zhixiang, with his hands in his pockets, walked on the outside and happened to hold onto Mo Xiao who seemed drunk.

  Mo Xiao smiled brightly, her pure and innocent face making it unbearable to desecrate that untouched white complexion. But those tears had extinguished the entire sunbeam, truly heart-wrenching.

  In a world that is always sunny and innocent, there are times when her world is also pitch black, unable to see the direction of the future.

  The wine in his hand was poured unscrupulously on Xue Zhixiang's famous brand-name clothes.

  "Sorry!" Mo Xiao Xiao smiled and shook off Xue Zhi Xiang's hand with disgust, her mouth saying sorry but her face showing a heartbroken bitter smile, genuinely unable to see any apologetic feeling, unsure if it was due to intoxication or intentional.

  "Master, stop the car!" A taxi suddenly stopped beside them. "Here's your fare, no need for change, thank you!" Xia Xian's tone was urgent.

  "Xiao Xiao, how can you drink so much!" As soon as Xia Xian got out of the taxi, he rushed over to Mei Xiao Xiao, who was drunk. The strong smell of alcohol on Mei Xiao Xiao made Xia Xian frown involuntarily.

  "Xuanxuan, you're here!" Seeing her good friend arrive, Mo Xiao Xiao smiled wryly and tears fell uncontrollably. She stretched out a hand and leaned softly against Xia Xuan's body. "Come on, let's have a drink! I forgot, you don't drink, do you?"

  "I'm really sorry, I've troubled you all, forgive me." Xia Xuan supported the almost drunk Mo Xiao Xiao and hastily apologized to Xue Zhi Xiang.

  "It's okay, your friend is drunk, hurry up and take her back! It's already very late." Xue Zhixiang smiled calmly, making a friendly suggestion, without paying attention to Mo Xiao's rashness.

  The man in the BMW rolled down the window, smiled wryly, and it turned out he was doing it for his friend. He started the car and seemed to leave carelessly, but perhaps from that moment on, all carelessness had become intentional.

  "Xuan Xuan, I'm so heartbroken, it's so hard to bear!" Mo Xiao Xiao pointed to her heart, grasping her clothes tightly, tears falling non-stop.

  Xia Xuan never thought that Mu Xiao, who seemed to be born with a sunny disposition, would also have such a decadent and disheveled side.

  In Xia Xuan's memory, Mo Xiao has always been a person who gets what she wants, not because of her family background or powerful connections, but because she doesn't ask for much, sometimes giving people the feeling that she is detached from worldly affairs.

  But what about now?

  Mo Xiao pushed open the summer strings, opened a can of beer, and desperately poured himself. Xia Xian frowned, narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists tightly, and then let go.

  "Mo Xiao! You called me saying you're feeling down, I put aside my work to come and keep you company, not to watch you drink and make a scene!" Xia Xuan opened the wine jar, the innocent wine jar smashed on the ground, Xia Xuan glared at Mo Xiao with a cold expression, his face full of disappointment.

  "Don't want to bother with me? Then leave! Get out! Scram!" Mo Xiao Xiao cried and yelled, chasing Xia Xuan away. This alcohol is really something, after drinking too much, one dares to say all sorts of nonsense.

  "Slap!" A crisp slap landed on Mo Xiao's pale face.