Chapter 49

  A beautiful glass wine cup, like a crystal trumpet flower, with a golden belt in the middle, white **in that beautiful trumpet flower, with the host's hand, swaying up and down.

  "Li Tuan, I'll go first."

  Wuliangye, the first sip is a fine wine, with a fragrant and mellow flavor that lingers. The second sip is a good wine, smooth to drink, with a lingering aftertaste on the lips and teeth. After drinking three or five cups, Wang Jia was already unaware of what he was drinking in his mouth.

  Only know that spicy from tongue to mouth then to throat and then roll into stomach.

  Li's face had already turned deep red, and his hand waved back and forth before slapping onto Gong Xi's, admiringly looking at Gong Xi's face. After a long while, he finally spoke with a thick tongue: "Gong Zong, good job!... So young... Good capacity for liquor."

  "Li Tuan, you're overpraising me, I'm not worthy of comparison with you." Gong Xi repeatedly waved his hand, making a painful expression on his face, shaking his head and saying: "You're the one who's truly exceptional."

  "Your current state is just like you haven't drunk any wine at all, really, just like you haven't drunk any." As he spoke, a strong smell of alcohol wafted up and Kiyoshi let out a belch.

  "I'm done for, I really am."

  Hahaha...

  Li Tuanzhang's horse was patted very comfortably, and he said proudly: "Hey, you're still young, I was at your age, but didn't have as good a capacity for liquor as you."

  He patted Gong Xi again and continued, "I like young men like you, straightforward and bold. Your father is our old leader, your uncle, we've cooperated many times."

  "So!" Li Tuanzhang's somewhat dazed eyes focused intently, "Don't worry about the supply materials! There won't be any problem."

  "With our relationship like this, it definitely can't be anyone else's."

  Gong Xi hastily grasped Li Tuanzhang's hand in a tight handshake and thanked him.

  "After that, I'll be relying on you completely."

  "Ah, mutual support, mutual support."

  "Let's drink, let's drink, I'll pour for you." Manager Yu, who was sitting beside him, immediately helped to pour the wine eagerly.

  After leaving the hotel and sending off Li Tuan, Gong Xi immediately steadied her shaky footsteps.

  "Take me to the airport right away." Gong Xi said to Manager Yu who hadn't been drinking.

  "Go on!" Manager Yu looked at his watch, it was already 10 o'clock.

  "Hey, Yu Ge, can you drive a bit faster?" Gong Xi had already opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

  The pale blue sky has already appeared on the eastern edge of the horizon, gradually lifting its corners. The clear morning mist envelops the quiet city. On the streets, a stray cat occasionally darts quickly from the dark edges, and in the withered grass at the corner of the wall, there are still one or two crickets, protesting against the cold and struggling for their last strength, screaming loudly.

  Jiayu pulled her coat tighter and walked quickly towards Xingyun's dormitory.

  In the dormitory yard, there was a white lantern, quietly emitting a bright light.

  The door creaked open, and Lucky's body jerked violently. Who would be entering his own home at this late hour?

  Gong Xi looked at Xing Yun sitting in front of the window, smoking in the dim light, and was even more surprised.

  "How come you're still up so late? Still smoking here?"

  Lucky was so surprised that he couldn't speak, how did Gong Xi end up coming?

  "What's going on?" Gong Xi rushed over and hugged Xing Yun.

  "Is it because of what I said on the phone that you're still angry?" Gong Xi gently rubbed her hand over Xiang Yun's soft hair.

  "Do you know I'm mad at you because you didn't let me come to Beijing and you're actually talking nonsense?"

  Jingyun didn't say a word, Gong Xi lowered her head and leaned in close, giving Xing Yun a gentle peck on the cheek.

  "Don't be angry, okay?"

  "Idiot."

  "Uh, I'm a big fool, okay? Don't be angry. You're not in good health, how can you stay up all night?"

  Good fortune didn't say a word, and was pulled by Gong Xi onto the bed.

  In Gong Xi's arms, with the chill of autumn night, a refreshing and cool breath was slowly absorbed into Xing Yun's heart.

  Luckily, he leaned into Gong Xi's embrace, like a lost child rushing into his mother's arms. In just a moment, Gong Xi heard his even breathing.

  Gong Xi smiled and closed her eyes too.

  Xingyun has been losing sleep for several days, and the rumors have become a quagmire that he can't escape from. Xingyun thought to himself, if it were Gong Xi facing this situation, he would definitely grab those rumor-mongers by the neck and beat them until they're picking up their teeth from the ground. If it were Yu Su facing this situation, he would definitely confront those rumor-mongers face-to-face and argue with them until the truth is revealed.

  However, he is neither a palace joy nor a success in Su. He is used to self-control, although this cannot provide better help for solving things. It will often make some harm become more and more serious due to his tolerance.

  He didn't mind being slandered a bit, but he wouldn't allow his relationship to harm Gong Xi, nor would he allow them to maliciously hurt the already deceased Yu Su.

  But he didn't know what to do, how to counterattack these people.

  Su Hang, who also faced such a question, has been awarded second-class merit this year. During the Chinese New Year holiday, he fought bravely against a knife-wielding thug in a shopping mall.

  This autumn, just after the commendation ceremony ended, it wasn't long before we caught up with this good thing of dividing houses.

  Su Hang's family was in the countryside, and after learning this small news, they were overjoyed. Almost every person they met, they would discuss it with them for a while. "You say, is this news true? Can it be true? Ah, I really didn't expect that, the hospital really cares about people's feelings."

  His happiness didn't last for a few days, and it came to an abrupt end. He messed up his relationships between men and women, Su Hang had a wife in his hometown, and he also had a romantic relationship with a female teacher from the kindergarten of this court.

  He didn't spread rumors, but instead sent an anonymous letter directly to the party committee's office desk.

  Punishment came faster than reward, and Su Hang was given a major demerit.

  The matter of dividing the house became an illusion for him.

  Lucky every day can see him shrinking his neck, bowing his waist walking in the yard.

  Xìngyùn zhǐ shuì le yī huìr, jiù bèi mèng zhōng nà ge pí ǒu zhe shēnzi de bèi yǐng xià xǐng le. Hēi qī qī de yǎnjīng zài bàn míng bàn yè de guāngxiàn zhōng dèng de lǎo dà.

  He suddenly pushed Gong Xi, who was sleeping soundly beside him. Gong Xi merely let out a gentle "hmm" with her nose and tightened her arms around the person in her embrace, continuing to sleep without opening her eyes.

  "Palace joy, palace joy." Lucky one called, and Palace Joy suddenly woke up.

  "What? What's wrong?"

  "Hurry up and go."

  "What?" Jing Xi suddenly woke up, "Where am I going?"

  "Go on, go home, or whatever, just get out of here."

  Ji Xi sat up and looked at Xing Yun seriously.

  "Lucky, what's going on? You're hiding something from me again."

  Lucky's eyes were fixed on Gong Xi, making her feel uneasy. She turned her head slightly and said in a low voice, "Nothing, it's just that the dormitory management is very strict now, people are watching you, it's not good."

  "Not true!" Gong Xi grabbed Xing Yun's wrist and bowed her head to look for Xing Yun's hidden eyes, "Tell me, what really happened?"

  Luckily, she couldn't come up with a lie in time, her small white face was flushed and red from holding back.

  "Lucky, you can't say that, we're a family. Although we can't get a certificate like those men and women to prove it, do you think our relationship needs any explanation?"

  Xingyun raised his head and looked at Gong Xi.

  "Lucky you, fool. Your business is my business, you hide it from me and then bear the pressure alone here, do you think I can feel good about it?"

  Lucky let out a sigh of relief from his chest.

  Jiayu pulled him over and they both sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard. Then Jiayu took out two more cigarettes from his pocket and they lit up.

  "What's wrong?" Gong Xi felt a bit relieved and turned her head to ask.

  After returning home safely, I told Gong Xi about the evaluation, room allocation, rumors and Su Hang's affairs.

  Jiayu was overjoyed, thought for a moment, let out an "oh" sound, and then fell silent again.

  Lucky still thought he had a way out, and kept his head tilted, waiting there.

  After a while, Gong Xi finished one cigarette and lit another, still without an answer.

  Lucky was annoyed, "Oh what's wrong, are you kidding me?"

  "Hmm? Oh, I haven't thought about it yet."

  Lucky kicked Palace Happy's foot and said "Get out! You haven't thought it through."

  "Ah! That family didn't think it through, they won't even let us have a word. It's really unreasonable!"

  In the morning, good luck arrived at work on time and locked Gong Xi in the dormitory, telling him not to go out unless necessary.

  Palace joyfully smiled and thought to herself, "It seems like I've returned to working at the National Security Bureau again?"

  At noon, Lucky brought lunch back from the cafeteria and ate with Gong Xi. After finishing their meal, Gong Xi said: "Lucky, I have something to take care of this afternoon, and I'll be back after dinner."

  "Uh-huh." He nodded in response, his good mood suppressed by the oppressive atmosphere of discrimination from his colleagues in the department that morning.

  This situation started as soon as the rumor came out, it's as if he's a monster and getting close to him would infect you with germs. Now men generally don't dare to talk to him, no one jokes or plays around with him.

  Originally good colleagues' relationships have now become distant nods, with a half-meter gap between them, brushing past each other.

  Lucky every day is pierced by those strange gazes, one by one, like thorns stabbing into the heart, and then from the heart, one by one, these thorns are plucked out.

  At noon, Gong Xi was still gently holding his waist, saying something about the house, what kind of curtains he had installed, what kind of bookshelves he had set up, and the bamboo chairs on the balcony. He said that when Xing Yun returned, he would let him sit on the balcony and watch as he set off fireworks below.

  Good fortune fell asleep in a daze.

  When the alarm clock rang, fortunately, when I woke up, Gong Xi was no longer in the house.

  The spot next to his body was already cool, without a hint of warmth. It seemed he had left for some time.

  Lucky rubbed his hands back and forth on the bed for a while before forcing himself to get up and head to the company's main courtyard.

  What he once thought was a paradise, now seems like a terrible nightmare. The entrance is the gateway to the dream, and the sunlight reflects off the cement floor, but the more I look, the darker it seems inside.