Autumn is turning to winter, and today is Friday, the beginning of winter. According to northern custom, we have to eat dumplings today.
Qiao Liang received three calls in the afternoon. One was from Li Youwei, saying that Gu Shuyun had made Qiao Liang's favorite mutton dumplings at home and asked him to eat them after get off work. Fang Xiaoya was also coming.
Although Fang Xiaoya is the chairman of Chint Group, she has no father or mother. After Li Youwei arrived at Chint Group, he strongly assisted Fang Xiaoya on the one hand and played the role of big brother on the other.
She is very concerned about her daily life and often invites her to eat at home to make her feel the warmth of the family.
Fang Xiaoya was very moved by this and often expressed her gratitude to Li Youwei and his wife in front of Qiao Liang.
Qiao Liang immediately agreed to Li Youwei.
Then Zhang Mei called and said that she had received a call from Ji Hong and that today was the beginning of winter and she invited them to eat dumplings at home.
At this time, Qiao Liang felt that among the four of him, Chu Heng, Zhang Mei, and Ji Hong, he and Ji Hong were the saddest characters. They were being played by Chu Heng and Zhang Mei together. Now that he knew the truth, he was pitiful.
Ji Hong continues to be kept in the dark.
Qiao Liang immediately refused, saying that he had a business dinner to attend tonight.
Zhang Mei immediately hung up the phone.
The third call was from Jiang Xiuxiu, who also invited her to eat dumplings in her dormitory at the beginning of winter.
Qiao Liang knew that eating dumplings at Jiang Xiuxiu's place would inevitably lead to errands.
Thinking of the pain and contradiction in Jiang Xiuxiu's heart that she had recently noticed, Qiao Liang couldn't help but feel entangled in her heart. Besides, she had already agreed to Li Youwei, so she found an excuse for a business dinner.
Jiang Xiuxiu hung up the phone in disappointment.
When it was almost time to get off work, Qiao Liang went to Ye Xinyi's office to deliver a document, where Ye Xinyi was sitting there worried.
Ning Hailong was on a business trip, and Ye Xinyi just received a call from her father-in-law Ning Zixuan, asking her to go home for dinner tonight.
Thinking of Ning Zixuan's tired eyes every time she went to her mother-in-law's house, Ye Xinyi got goosebumps all over and wanted to vomit. But Ning Zixuan's reasons were very good. She went home to eat dumplings at the beginning of winter. She couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she He vaguely said that if there was no official dinner, he would go there after get off work.
Seeing Ye Xinyi's frown, Qiao Liang said: "Mr. Ye, what happened to you that made you unhappy?"
Ye Xinyi didn't want to tell Qiao Liang her troubles, so she took the document and said listlessly: "Today is the beginning of winter, you two don't eat dumplings?"
"Eat."
"Where to eat?" Ye Xinyi asked again casually.
"Go where everyone deserves to go."
Ye Xinyi raised her eyelids and looked at Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang's words seemed to mean that he and Zhang Mei were not together and wanted to eat separately.
"Where are you going to eat?"
"I'm going to Secretary Li's house." Qiao Liang paused, "Do you want to go with me?"
Ye Xinyi shook her head and then sighed.
Seeing Ye Xinyi like this, Qiao Liang's heart moved. She remembered what Zhang Lin had told her about Ye Xinyi's marriage, and seemed to realize something.
Although I don’t know the specific reason, it is obvious that Ye Xinyi does not want to go to her parents-in-law’s house for dinner.
Thinking about Ye Xinyi's unfortunate marriage, Qiao Liang suddenly felt sorry for this woman.
Qiao Liang didn't say anything, went back to the office directly, picked up his cell phone and called Zhang Lin.
"Sister Lin, today is the beginning of winter."
"Yes, we want to eat dumplings at the beginning of winter. I was planning to go home from get off work and make dumplings. Do you want to come and eat?"
"Haha, thank you, Sister Lin. I have made an appointment a long time ago. Do you think the family is deserted?"
"Yes, you are a eloquent guy, and it became lively as soon as you arrived." Zhang Lin said with a smile.
"You guys will still be having fun without me."
"us……"
"Yes, such as Minister Ye, such as Jiang Xiuxiu..."
"Oh, yes, Xiuxiu can be called here by herself. I like her... I'll ask her."
"I went to Minister Ye's office just now and saw her frowning. I wonder if she was worried about where to go to eat tonight. In fact, she can have a business dinner tonight." There was something in Qiao Liang's words.
Zhang Lin was very smart and immediately understood the meaning of Qiao Liang's words. Ye Xinyi was very reluctant to go to her parents-in-law's house for dinner. Every time she went, it was like going to the execution ground.
"Okay, I'll call my favorite right now. I'm so considerate."
Qiao Liang smiled and hung up the phone.
After get off work, Qiao Liang walked out and met Ye Xinyi.
"Minister Ye, where are you going to eat dumplings tonight?" Qiao Liang said.
"Go to Sister Lin's house, Jiang Xiuxiu will go too." Ye Xinyi said easily.
Just now, Ye Xinyi received a call from Zhang Lin, asking her to skip her mother-in-law's house and come to her own house to eat dumplings in the name of a business dinner. She also said that this was Qiao Liang's reminder.
Thinking that Qiao Liang helped her solve this problem, Ye Xinyi was a little grateful and couldn't help but smile at Qiao Liang.
Seeing Ye Xinyi smiling at him, Qiao Liang felt warm in his heart.
"Minister Ye, you should smile like this more often in the future, and come several times a day."
Ye Xinyi stopped laughing when she heard this, snorted, and then left.
Qiao Liang laughed silently behind him.
As night fell, in Li Youwei's restaurant, under the warm light, Qiao Liang, Fang Xiaoya and Li Youwei sat around the dining table. Gu Shuyun prepared a table of sumptuous dishes and made mutton dumplings.
Li Youwei opened a bottle of high-strength liquor, and Qiao Liang drank with him. Fang Xiaoya happily ate the food while praising Gu Shuyun's craftsmanship.
Seeing Fang Xiaoya's happy face, everyone couldn't help but sigh inwardly when they thought that Fang Xiaoya had lost her mother in her early years and now her father.
Qiao Liang's eyes suddenly became moist. Alas, a child without a mother is like a grass, not to mention that Xiaoya doesn't have a father now. Compared with Fang Xiaoya, her parents are still alive, so she is really happy.
"Come, Liang Zi, have a drink with me." Li Youwei seemed to notice something strange in Qiao Liang's expression, and raised his glass.
Qiao Liang calmed down and drank with Li Youwei.
After a few glasses of wine, Li Youwei said with emotion: "Liangzi, you are back to being a regular doctor now. This makes me feel relieved. Alas, if it weren't for me, you should have been a deputy minister by now..."
Li Youwei's tone was apologetic.
Qiao Liang felt very uncomfortable. He couldn't blame Li Youwei. He didn't know the trap Chu Heng had set for him. He could only blame himself.
"Boss, I did this all by myself. In fact, I hurt you and myself."
Hearing what Qiao Liang said, Gu Shuyun and Fang Xiaoya both looked at Qiao Liang in surprise.
Li Youwei remained calm.
The drunken Qiao Liang was a little impulsive at this time and simply let go: "Boss, I finally figured out why you went in. It was Chu Heng who was responsible for it. Chu Heng knew about the two gold bars from Zhang Mei.
And Zhang Mei knew it was because of my momentary negligence."
"Ah——" Gu Shuyun lost her voice.
Li Youwei continued to remain calm and looked at Qiao Liang with gentle eyes.
Qiao Liang continued: "Boss, Chu Heng is the matchmaker between me and Zhang Mei. Because of your relationship with Chu Heng, and because Chu Heng has always been very concerned about me and Zhang Mei, I'm worried that you will think too much about it."
, I never told you. For a long period of time, I was very grateful to Chu Heng, and I never expected..."
Qiao Liang's face was filled with pain and shame, and he couldn't go on, no matter how specific he was.
