The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 272 Two Cups of Milk Tea
"How have you been lately?"

On a bench in the mall, Xi Cheng handed Nan Xiang a cup of freshly bought milk tea.

Originally, he wanted to invite Nan Xiang to find a place to sit down and chat, but Nan Xiang refused on the grounds that her colleagues were waiting for her to have dinner.

Although Xi Cheng was a little unhappy, he was actually relieved. If he really found a place to sit down and eat and chat in this business district, his already empty wallet would be directly drained.

Just buying this milk tea, I felt a little painful when I paid for it.

Damn, why are these two cups of water so expensive?
Nan Xiang looked at the milk tea handed to her, hesitated for a moment, and finally took it.

In fact, she doesn't drink milk tea. After all, this kind of drink with high calories and sugar content has always been in conflict with her body management.

Moreover, compared to holding a cup of milk tea, holding a cup of coffee is more in line with her goddess image.

It was just because of what happened in the office before that she suddenly felt guilty towards Xi Cheng, so she took the milk tea.

It's very strange. I have already broken up with Xi Cheng, and I still hate Xi Cheng, but I still feel guilty.

Just like just now in the office, when that bastard Jian Xi suddenly mentioned Xi Cheng, why did I suddenly freeze?
Nan Xiang didn't want to think about it anymore, nor did she dare to think about it anymore.

After taking the milk tea, Nan Xiang met Xi Cheng's gaze, pursed her lips and nodded, "Very good."

"Did that guy named Jian bully you?" Xi Cheng asked immediately.

Nan Xiang lowered her eyes and looked at the milk tea in her hand, her eyes flickered and she shook her head: "No, we just have a normal working relationship."

Well...if you really count it, both office incidents were initiated by me.

Besides, what kind of bullying is considered bullying?
"really?"

Xi Cheng frowned, somewhat incredulously saying, "How could a hypocrite like him not have some thoughts about you?"

"What are you thinking about?" Nan Xiang also frowned and looked at Xi Cheng and said, "I said it's just an ordinary work relationship. There are so many people in the company. Does he still want to make money?"

"..."

Is that right?

Xi Cheng didn't quite believe it in his heart, but what Nan Xiang said seemed to make some sense. Looking at the other party's unhappy expression, he also felt a little unhappy, but didn't say anything else.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Nan Xiang said, "Anything else? I'm going to eat."

Xi Cheng, who was already unhappy, couldn't control his temper after hearing this and said angrily, "You stayed in front of that Jian for so long, and you're already impatient after just a few minutes with me?!"

"He can pay me a salary, what about you?"

Nan Xiang did not give in at all and said the same thing to Xi Cheng in the same angry tone.

Just like between a husband and wife, one party may feel guilty after cheating, but in order to cover up this guilt, the cheating party may attack the other party with anger or other excited emotions.

Of course, Nan Xiang and Xi Cheng are not husband and wife, not even lovers. At most, they are just exes.

So Nan Xiang felt that the guilt she had just felt was completely inexplicable. Why should she feel guilty?

Who have I let down?
Rather than feeling sorry for Xi Cheng, Nan Xiang felt more sorry for her best friend Lin Xiao.

After all, Lin Xiao still often cared about her after she left, but she secretly had a fever in front of Jian Xi without her knowing.

But then again, Lin Xiao has already broken up with Jian Xi!

No matter whether they are still in contact now or not, no matter whether they have broken up in name only but are still together.

At least, on the surface, they did break up, and they did not resume their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

Then do I still have to feel guilty?

Totally unnecessary!
We are all single men and women, it is normal to have affairs accidentally, there is no need to feel sorry for anyone, and the word "cheating" will not appear.

Besides, she hasn't even cleaned the gun yet, so how could it accidentally go off?
At most... it's just a little bit of ambiguity.

Thinking of this, Nan Xiang suddenly felt more confident when facing Xi Cheng.

"Why are you so excited? I'm just asking." Faced with Nan Xiang's sudden agitation, Xi Cheng was also frightened by her.

"I'm excited?" Nan Xiang said angrily, "You came here to find me, and asked me if I slept with Jian Xi as soon as we met. What do you mean? What is our relationship? Do you want to destroy me again just because my life is a little better now?!"

To be honest, seeing that Nan Xiang's life is getting better now, Xi Cheng still feels a little uncomfortable.

After all, you two are obviously the same type of people. How can you be getting better while I am still struggling?

Will your wealth make me rich?

Xi Cheng is a simple man who only believes that the good life earned with his own hands is the real good life.

But now he just thought about it. Before, Nan Xiang left Gu Li because of him and did not stay with him. Even if he let her leave here again this time, it would only make her hate him more.

However, Xi Cheng was still very angry when Nan Xiang yelled at him like this, and he also said angrily: "Was it just me who destroyed it before? Nan Xiang, don't make yourself sound so innocent!"

The past was brought up again, and the bad memories resurfaced. Nan Xiang's face changed and she stood up angrily and said, "Yes, I am not innocent. I have separated from her now. What about you? You asked her for so much money, why are you still living like this now?"

After a pause, Nan Xiang changed to a mocking tone and said, "I can't live well without Gu Li, and you can't live well without sucking Gu Li's blood, right? Do you think you can still blackmail her?"

Nan Xiang's words were heart-breaking for Xi Cheng. He had used all the money he had extorted from Gu Li to pay off his debts, and now his life was very tight.

If there really was a chance, he would certainly want to continue blackmailing Gu Li.

If the debt collectors had not been so aggressive in the past, he really would not have come to Gu Li's house. He could have continued to slowly ask Gu Li for money, and he would not have ended up living like this.

It’s all the fault of those debt collectors!

Seeing Nan Xiang poking his lungs like this, Xi Cheng immediately raised his hands.

Seeing this, Nan Xiang subconsciously closed her eyes and took half a step back, but soon she widened her eyes and took that half step back, and then just stared at Xi Cheng.

Just like last time, Xi Cheng raised his hands in the air but couldn't hit him.

He looked at the way Nan Xiang was looking at him, his expression changing again and again, and finally he slowly put down his hand and said in a slow voice: "I just... want to care about you."

Nan Xiang also felt relieved. After all, she didn't want to be slapped for no reason.

Well... in the past, she might have had some masochism that most teenagers in pain have, but now, she feels that she enjoys the psychological stimulation more.

Especially when you are in the office...

Looking at Xi Cheng in front of him, Nan Xiang, who had breathed a sigh of relief, regained her momentum and said stiffly, "Oh, thank you. I'm still used to you beating me like before."

After a pause, Nan Xiang said coldly, "Are you still afraid that Jian Xi will bully me? Afraid that he will do something to me? At least he won't suddenly slap me in the face, kick me, or send me to the hospital. At most, he will just deduct some money from me."

After hearing Nan Xiang's words, Xi Cheng's just calmed down mentality was instantly filled with anger again. After taking a deep breath to suppress it, he ignored the previous words and said harshly:
"Can you please stop talking about money when you mention him in front of me?!"

Damn, except for being poor, how am I not better than that hypocrite?

However, seeing him like this, Nan Xiang subconsciously wanted to mock him again, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and said:
"Xi Cheng, find a class to attend. You've spent all the money you got from Gu Li. What are you going to do now?"

At this point, Nan Xiang pulled out her wallet from her pocket, took out a stack of thinner bills and handed it to him.

Looking at the banknotes in front of him, Xi Cheng felt a little jealous and wanted to raise his hand to take it, but he still asked, "Did you get paid? Is this all?" "No." Nan Xiang's throat moved slightly, and finally turned her head and spit out softly, "This is the little money left over from my previous drinking. Use it to find a class."

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xi Cheng's jealous look instantly disappeared, and the hand he wanted to raise became extremely heavy.

Finally, he made up his mind and opened Nan Xiang's hand, and the banknotes fell all over the floor.

Xi Cheng turned his back to Nan Xiang and said coldly: "You don't need to pity me. Go to work? I will never go to work in my life!"

After he finished speaking, Xi Cheng, who had rejected the temptation of the money, strode away, leaving Nan Xiang squatting on the ground picking up the scattered money.

This money was certainly not left over from her part-time job at KTV, as that had already been spent. This money was the money left over from the money she borrowed from Jian Xi when she moved a few days ago. It could also be said to be an advance on her own salary. Of course, it was only an advance on her basic salary, as the commission was the bulk of the money, but it was difficult to calculate before the end of this month.

By the next month, she had basically escaped poverty.

Xi Cheng asked that just now, and she only said that out of morbid revenge.

If someone else tells your unbearable past, it is a mockery and an attack on yourself, but if you take the initiative to tell it, especially to someone who still loves you, it is a self-mutilation revenge.

After Xianglin Sao’s baby was taken away by a wolf, she told everyone she met, “I was really stupid. I only knew that when it snowed, the wild animals in the valleys had no food to eat, so they would come to the village. I didn’t know that there would be…”

She has long been numb and can only gain sympathy from others by bringing up her sad past over and over again. Isn't this a kind of self-abuse pleasure?

Nan Xiang is naturally different from Xianglin Sao. At least she is not numb. This method will only work on Xi Cheng. If she said it to Jian Xi, she would probably just say "What? You want to clock me?"

Young men and women who love and hate each other can never avoid this kind of subconscious mutual harm.

This has long become a habit.

Xi Cheng once physically hurt Nan Xiang, and now Nan Xiang is hurting Xi Cheng mentally.

She deliberately mentioned money in front of Xi Cheng.

Otherwise, why do you call her a bitch?
Ignoring the looks of passers-by, Nan Xiang picked up the money on the ground again. After she let out a long sigh, she stood up and was about to go find her two assistants for dinner, but suddenly she found that she was still holding the cup of milk tea in her hand that she had not yet finished.

"Ho!"

Nan Xiang stared at it for a while with a complicated look in her eyes, and finally sneered, inserted the straw and took a sip.

Then he threw it into the trash can next to him.

"It is too sweet."

……

Xi Cheng was drinking the milk tea in his hand when he walked out of the business district. After taking two sips, he spit it out, looked up at the not-so-warm sun in the winter, and cursed, "Damn it, it's full of sugar and still tastes so bland!"

But as he was cursing, tears suddenly flowed from the corners of Xi Cheng's eyes, perhaps because the sunlight stung his eyes.

He quickly lowered his head to wipe off the few drops of horse urine that seemed to have never existed, and then took a few deep breaths in revenge.

After all, it cost him twenty dollars!
After quickly finishing the cup of milk tea, which did not taste very sweet to him, Xi Cheng threw the empty cup away.

Throwing it into the trash can? Sorry, such a decent thing is not in line with my identity as Xi Cheng.

Xi Cheng's expression turned fierce as he left the business district with his back to the business district. Nan Xiang's words just now hurt him greatly.

money! money! money!
Now his mind is filled with only these three words: Doesn’t Nan Xiang look down on him just because he has no money?

Then I will use money to prove myself and slap you hard in the face!

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don’t bully young people into poverty!

Although Xi Cheng, who dropped out of high school, didn't like reading novels very much, he had heard this sentence before.

But now, where can I get money?

It would be great if I could extort some money from Gu Li. This bitch is really generous. Unfortunately...

Xi Cheng walked with his head down, muttering Gu Li's name. His face, which was not illuminated by the sunlight, began to show an uncertain expression.

……

December 23rd, Ye family villa in Puxi.

Jian Xi, dressed in a casual suit, was drinking tea on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. Next to him sat his good brother Gu Yuan, and opposite him sat Ye Chuanping, who was elegantly crossing his legs.

Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be unhappy at all about the failed acquisition of Shenggu Group a few days ago.

And now she is reading a future plan for Hongye Media.

The plan was of course provided by Jian Xi. Gu Yuan went to the company a few days ago, but Nan Xiang was shooting a video outside at that time and he didn't meet her, so Jian Xi didn't say anything about it.

After taking a quick look at the company's current development status, Gu Yuan asked him when he would be free to come to his house for dinner, and at the end he specifically mentioned that he could come up with a business plan.

Jian Xi naturally understood what the other party meant, and agreed after hesitating for less than a second.

If someone wants to give you money now, of course you should take it.

The living room was unusually quiet. Jian Xi calmly blew on the teacup in his hand and took a sip leisurely. But Gu Yuan next to him was a little nervous. He couldn't tell what his mother's attitude was at the moment, so he didn't even dare to breathe.

Anyway, he was optimistic about the future development of Hongye Media, but he had to admit that his mother was much better than him in business acumen. Although his mother had supported him before, it was just verbal talk after all. When it came to paying the money, she became a little uncertain.

After a while, Ye Chuanping put the plan aside, raised her head and looked at Jian Xi beside Haodaer with strange eyes.

At this time, Gu Yuan, who was a little nervous, couldn't help but ask: "Mom, how is it? You..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Chuanping glanced at Haodaer, and Gu Yuan immediately shut up.

Then Ye Chuanping spoke slowly: "I have also talked to some friends about the internet celebrity economy model you mentioned these days. Some of them are optimistic about it, while others are not."

"Mom, then you..."

Gu Yuan was about to speak again, but Ye Chuanping frowned and he shut up obediently.

But after being interrupted by Haodaer, Ye Chuanping did not continue to speak. She just hesitated for a while before she spoke again:

"Jian Xi, how much money can you take in now?"

When the conversation got to the point, Jian Xi was no longer silent. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I can eat as much as you can."

"Are you not afraid of destroying the company?"

"Don't worry, because this is still far from what I expected."

After the words fell, Ye Chuanping also laughed, then looked at the time on the clock in the living room, stood up and said, "Let's eat first."

Then she looked at Haodaer and said, "By the way, Yuan Yi, who went home two days ago, will be back soon. She will eat with us too."

When Gu Yuan heard this, his expression immediately turned ugly.

(End of this chapter)