Surprise! The rough husband is the hidden boss of the period literature

Chapter 461, Side Story: Jiang Xingye
Jiang Xingye first saw Xu Qinghuan by catching a fleeting glimpse of her on the street.

At that moment, he thought he was living in a dream.

She is the person in my dream.

Luo Jinhao noticed that his boss's gaze followed the woman. He glanced at her, didn't recognize her, and was wondering what was going on when Jiang Xingye had already gotten into the extended Rolls-Royce.

Perhaps there are people in this world who look alike.

That night, Jiang Xingye stood on the highest floor of the city, looking down with a glass of whiskey on the rocks in his hand, trying to fall asleep.

Since having that dream three days ago, he has been going to bed on time every day. Even if he can't fall asleep, he will lie in bed and think about the events in the dream.

After he started having that dream, he never suffered from insomnia again, nor did he stay up past midnight.

Jiang Xingye left the window and used voice control to close the curtains. He went to the bathroom to rinse his mouth. Looking at himself in the mirror, he realized he was no longer young and couldn't help but wonder what would happen to him in the end if he continued to dream this dream.

In his dream, he lived each day as if it were real.

After drifting off to sleep, he arrived at the low mud-brick house in Shangjiang Brigade. He overheard Xu Qinghuan and Qiao Zhiqing talking, saying that he had a reason for killing people.

Jiang Xingye was puzzled. He didn't know her at all, so why would she speak up for him?

Just because she was pushed off a tractor and he stopped her?
Upon waking, Jiang Xingye rubbed his temples, his mind still a little foggy.

He had a business dinner that evening. After leaving the hotel, it was already past nine o'clock. He took a car back and saw people walking hesitantly on the side of the road. He told the driver to slow down and followed them slowly.

He saw that woman again.

Despite the significant age difference, Jiang Xingye could still tell that this person was perhaps the middle-aged version of Xu Qinghuan from his dreams.

The car drove slowly, its headlights occasionally illuminating the woman's path, until it finally dropped her off at the municipal government compound, at which point the driver sped away.

Looking in the rearview mirror, Jiang Xingye saw the woman standing by the roadside looking in his direction.

Her eyes were not as clear as those of the person in my dream.

A few days later, Jiang Xingye dreamed that he was picking mushrooms and met Xu Qinghuan. She was afraid of snakes, so she pounced on him and hung up on him.

That sudden surge of emotion woke Jiang Xingye, and he couldn't fall back asleep until after 3 a.m.

The next day at work, Luo Jinhao handed the recruitment list to Jiang Xingye. After seeing Xu Qinghuan's name, he put a checkmark next to it and arranged for Xu Qinghuan to work in the general manager's office, doing some miscellaneous tasks.

That night, he thought he would stop dreaming, but the dream continued.

In his dream, his feelings for the girl were so real. When he woke up, leaning against the bed, he lit a cigarette between his fingers and was still savoring the memory.

He wanted to live in his dream.

After finishing his cigarette, he got up and went into the bathroom. After a long while, suppressed groans could be heard coming from inside.

After the training, Xu Qinghuan started her job. Jiang Xingye found an opportunity to bring her to his office. At just one glance, he was absolutely certain that this was not the person from his dream.

They had the same facial features and the same name, but he knew from their eyes that it wasn't her.

Xu Qinghuan's request for help came as abrupt, but Jiang Xingye still helped her, having the company's legal counsel handle her divorce case and help her escape from the Jiang family, even though it caused him to offend Jiang Chengxu.

Because, around that time, he dreamed that Jiang Chengxu had also come to Shangjiang Brigade as an educated youth, and learned that the two had once been engaged. The pain that pierced his heart was too real.

In his dream, Jiang Xingye was still wavering between inferiority and desire, but he knew very well that he had fallen in love with the girl in his dream.

He also started to love sleeping.

When he falls asleep, he dreams that Xu Qinghuan wants to get engaged to him.

In his dream, Jiang Xingye thought he was just a tool, but he knew that Xu Qinghuan also liked him, especially his body.

In real life, Xu Qinghuan also encounters all sorts of problems and always comes to him with various excuses.

Her gaze towards Jiang Xingye also became intense. But no matter what, Jiang Xingye knew that this was not his Qinghuan, and he could not accept it.

Later, Luo Jinhao intervened and gave her a sum of compensation, allowing her to resign from the company.

Xu Qinghuan couldn't accept it, so she went to find Jiang Xingye.

Even knowing she wasn't the right person, Jiang Xingye didn't dare refuse.

He didn't know what connection this Xu Qinghuan had with the one in his dream. Zhuangzi dreamed of a butterfly, and the butterfly was Zhuangzi. He didn't want to lose that dream.

After they met, Jiang Xingye told her, "In terms of career, whatever kind of support you need, I will do my best. In this world, I will protect you under my wings, but I cannot provide anything else."

"why?"

Jiang Xingye leaned back slowly, looking calmly at the woman in front of him. In recent years, Xu Qinghuan had become much younger because of her good life, but her worldly and calculating eyes were so different from the clear and bright eyes he had dreamed of.

"Because the woman I like happens to have the same name, you're just benefiting from her fame."

In reality, Xu Qinghuan was clearly unable to accept this, and her face turned pale instantly.

"Just...just because of this?"

I still can't believe it.

Jiang Xingye lit a cigarette, squinted, and took a drag. The smoke shrouded his face, making him appear hazy and indifferent. "Otherwise, what do you think would happen? Would you think that everything I did for you was because I liked you?"

I was just thinking that if I do some good deeds and accumulate some merit in this world, then if she encounters any trouble, kind people will help her in the same way. That's all!

The door was slammed shut.

The office was empty.

Jiang Xingye leaned back in his office chair, closed his eyes, and his mind was filled with yesterday's dream. The girl he loved had given birth to twins for him, and the joy of becoming a father for the first time when he held the children in his arms had lasted until now.

The fingers holding the cigarette were trembling.

He didn't understand why he kept having this dream, but now, he had to live off it.

I look forward to the arrival of night every day.

Once he enters the dream, he will be with his beloved girl in that world. He has been lonely all this time, but now he has a child and a warm family of four. How could he bear to leave?
Luo Jinhao came in and told him that there was an international conference tonight that might last until the early hours of the morning.

Jiang Xingye flatly refused, "I'll only go until eight o'clock. We'll talk about the important things first, and you can send me the meeting minutes at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

Luo Jinhao chuckled, "You're getting more and more health-conscious these days, huh? You're determined not to stay up late anymore?"

Jiang Xingye turned on his computer. "Stop talking nonsense and turn it on. I'll be going to bed by ten at the latest."

Luo Jinhao thought this was a good thing, but his boss used to stay up all night, then went to bed at midnight, and now he's even more extreme, often going to bed at nine o'clock, and now says he'll go to bed at ten o'clock at the latest.

Luo Jinhao had no idea that if Jiang Xingye hadn't stopped dreaming during his afternoon nap, he might have never woken up again.

For a moment, Jiang Xingye didn't know whether the dream was the real world or the present was the real world.

He can't tell the difference anymore, and he doesn't want to.

He had a dream for a very long time. In the dream, he held the girl and said, "Huanhuan, if this is a dream, I hope I never wake up."

He no longer has the courage to face a world where he is alone.

Ah Ye, we have tasted loneliness in our own lives, which makes us cherish the years we spend together even more.

Life is so short, I'm afraid I won't have enough time to love you enough!

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