Chapter 112: You're still being tough, you're good, okay?

Chapter 112: You're still being tough, you're good, okay?

Before Huo Qilai, he didn't know that there would be another Duan Chulai beside Lian Xi.

He asked the driver to drive, originally wanting to talk more time with Lian Xi in the car.

As a result, the current situation is: the driver is driving in front, and in the spacious business compartment of the Maybach, Huo Qi, Lian Xi, and Duan Chu are sitting face to face.

After Donna and Shen Li came out of the airport, they saw Huo Qi coming to pick her up. After saying hello, they took a taxi back to their home.

Huo Qi and Lian Xi were sitting side by side, and Duan Chu was sitting opposite them because he was tall.

Fortunately, the backseats of business models are spacious, not knee-to-knee. Even if they were sitting opposite each other, there was still about half a meter of space between them.

Huo Qi put one hand on his lap, and the other hand held Lian Xi's hand tightly.

The atmosphere in the car has always been a little weird at first.

Duan Chu didn't speak, and Huo Qi didn't speak either. At this moment, Lian Xi realized that the atmosphere between the two men was a bit strange.

As an intermediary, she had to come out to liven up the atmosphere.

"I also happened to meet Duan Chu in Beijing this time. He works by his wife's side, and he has a special interest and needs to be kept secret, so his family, including Aunt Qin, never knew about him."

After speaking, Lian Xi raised her eyes, and saw that Duan Chu still had a light expression, as if he had no desire to talk, and turned to look at Huo Qi, he was also indifferent, as if he didn't care about other people's affairs, but put her finger in the palm of his hand. Tossing and kneading, as if that was what he was most interested in right now.

Lian Xi rolled his eyes in his heart: "..."

After a while, Huo Qi opened the built-in wine rack at hand, took out a bottle of Macallan Sherry, poured a glass and handed it to Lian Xi: "Are you tired of flying all the way, and relieved?"

Lian Xi took it and took a sip.

Huo Qi poured another glass, handed it to the man opposite, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Duan, please."

Duan Chu glanced down: "I'm sorry, I don't drink."

Seeing that Huo Qi's hand stopped slightly, Lian Xi helped Duan Chuduo to explain: "His profession does not allow him to drink."

Huo Qi glanced at Lian Xi, took back the wine glass with a light expression, poured himself a glass, and took a sip.

The direction they are going now is Lianjia.

Duan Chu went back mainly to see Aunt Qin, and naturally he also went to Lian's house.

Huo Qi talked to Lian Xi as usual, asked her about her work arrangements after returning, and asked her if she was tired, what she wanted to eat at night, and whether she wanted to go out for a drive after dinner.

Lian Xi chatted with him once and for all, and she was really tired. She didn't seem to talk too much in the narrow and closed carriage. She didn't say a few words. She took two sips of sherry and put it down. He said to Huo Qi, "I'll stay for a while, and call me when I get there."

Just as Huo Qi was about to reach out and hug her against his shoulder, he saw her head tilted, leaning on the pillow by the window, and closed her eyes.

Huo Qi pursed the corners of his lips.

When he turned his head, Duan Chu stared at him blankly, with a few sharp considerations.

Huo Qi chuckled in his heart, and looked back blankly, a cold light flashing under the gold-framed lenses.

"I wonder when Mr. Huo and Miss Huo met?" Duan Chu said calmly.

Huo Qi shook the wine in the glass and smiled: "About ten years ago."

"Oh, that's been a long time." Duan Chu raised his eyebrows in confusion, "I was still in City A more than ten years ago, and I also lived in Lian's house. Why haven't I seen Mr. Huo?"

Huo Qi looked at him lightly and said nothing.

Duan Chu thought for a while and came to understand: "Are you a disciple of the Huo family?"

Some time ago, Zhenting Huo's case shook the whole city A. Even if Duan Chuyuan was in Beijing, he had heard of it. It seemed that all of this was because of the man in front of him.

The means are not simple, Duan Chu made an objective evaluation in his heart.

"When did you get engaged?"

Huo Qi helped Lian Xi to hook up the loose hair, and his movements were gentle and intimate: "Three months ago, the wedding was scheduled for May next year."

Duan Chu looked at Lian Xi with his eyes closed again, and didn't ask any more questions.

For a while, the car fell silent.

Lian Xi didn't actually fall asleep, and she could hear the conversation between the two men clearly.

She understood what Duan Chu asked about. He wanted to know whether Huo Qi was someone she liked or someone she liked.

But Huo Qi was chosen by herself, and the corners of Lian Xi's mouth with her eyes closed were slightly raised.

The car drove to the gate of Lianjia's villa in a short time.

Butler Cao and Aunt Qin both came out, and Lian Xi informed them in advance.

Seeing that Duan Chu, whom he hadn't seen for a few years, finally came home, several elders were overjoyed, especially Aunt Qin, who was so excited that she couldn't say anything.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it in the house, don't stand outside."

Duan Chu heard that Cao Xinghui had also returned, and when he asked him, Cao Guanjia said: "He is still in the company and will be back in a while. He is also very happy to hear that you have come back for the Chinese New Year this time. The two of you haven't seen each other in four or five years. Bar."

Everyone was talking around Duan Chu, but Huo Qi, the most popular pretty girl, was left out in the cold.

Knowing that Aunt Qin wanted to know more about Duan Chu, Lian Xi had to tell the story of how she met Duan Chu in Beijing again. The family exclaimed again and again, and there was no time to talk to Huo. Pray to speak.

Huo Qi sat quietly beside him, watching the Lian family surrounded Duan Chu and asked for warmth.

And he found something.

Duan Chu and Lian Xi had an inexplicable tacit understanding.

This kind of tacit understanding does not mean that it is not like some kind of ambiguity between men and women. That kind of tacit understanding comes from their childhood friendship or mutual understanding. In the past, Duan Chu would automatically take over the topic.

The man who was taciturn in the car also smiled, friendly and relaxed when facing even his family.

The atmosphere in front of him made Huo Qi feel like an outsider.

After a series of questioning, everyone knew that Duan Chu had already joined the head of state in Beijing from the special forces to be an officer on duty. That was a great honor. Aunt Qin was so happy that she could not see her teeth and took Duan Chu's hand. Eyes red again.

It was a double happiness to learn that Lian Xi went to Beijing this time and successfully won the first lady's diplomatic dress design.

Even Lian Binnian nodded with satisfaction. Rarely, he began to praise Lian Xilai, and the old **** was stroking the beard he had just grown, reminding her to take it seriously and not to be careless, so as not to smash her own brand.

When Cao Xinghui came back in the evening, it was naturally a sumptuous reception. The family had never gathered so well before.

The dinner table was very lively, and Huo Qi's heart was very delicate.

The appearance of Duan Chu made him even more uncomfortable than Cao Xinghui.

After dinner, Huo Qi did not plan to stay at Lian's house for the night.

In fact, except for the night he and Lian Binnian were drunk, he never stayed at Lian's house for the night.

After all, he and Lian Xi haven't officially married yet, and he is not a son-in-law who comes to the house. It's very outrageous to spend the night at Lian's house. Only occasionally Lian Xi will stay with him for one night.

Lian Xi sent him out: "Then see you tomorrow?"

Huo Qi looked at her and told her with soft and reluctant eyes that he wanted to stay with her for a while.

Lian Xi smiled and tiptoed to kiss his cheek: "I won't go there tonight, I've been rushing all the way, I'm exhausted by boat and car, I'll rest at home for a night, and we'll make an appointment tomorrow."

Huo Qi felt the feather-like kiss of her lips on her face. Not only was the uneasiness in her heart not smoothed out, but instead an increasingly unreasonable irritability arose.

When he looked up, he could see Duan Chu and Cao Xinghui sitting in the pavilion in the garden laughing and chatting.

Huo Qi could almost imagine that as soon as he left, Lian Xi would immediately join the conversation between them. The three of them would sit in front of the round table and chat about their childhood anecdotes, and even carry a bottle of beer each, under the moonlight night light. Next, recall the childhood and madness of the former childhood sweethearts.

Huo Qi frowned, feeling a little stuffy breathing.

Seeing that his face was a little cold, Lian Xi asked outside, "What's the matter with you?"

"Or..." Huo Qi turned around and asked her in anticipation, "Should I stay tonight?"

Lian Xi raised his eyebrows: "Are you drunk?"

Huo Qi pursed his thin lips into a straight line, and stopped talking. In short, his feet were like being welded, and he couldn't move.

Lian Xi rubbed his hair helplessly: "Duan Chu just came back today, the family should be busy for a while, you go back first, I will make time to meet you tomorrow, be good, okay?"

Huo Qi's eyes darkened slightly when she heard what she said.

Why can't Duan Chu stay overnight when he comes back, but he can before Duan Chu comes back?

Huo Qi looked up and saw that in the bright and warm big house, the family was laughing and laughing, while Lian Xi stood in front of him, looking at him with the expression he was making a fool of...

Huo Qi's protruding Adam's apple moved slightly, and said lightly with a hint of anger: "Then I'll go first."

"Well, bye, be careful while driving." Lian Xi waved at him while leaning under the porch.

Huo Qi's face was ugly for a moment, his breathing was blocked, and he couldn't tell the loss in his heart.

Huo Qi got in the car, sat in the car, and did not start the engine for a long time.

It had been a long time since he had smoked, and he suddenly felt the urge to smoke.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from the storage table of the console and lit it up.

In the white smoke, Huo Qi's handsome brows and eyes looked very cold, with no expression on his face, his eyes stared at the windshield, and he did not look at the direction of Lianjia's villa.

After sitting quietly in the car for about 20 minutes, after smoking three cigarettes, Huo Qi started the car and disappeared into the lonely and silent night.

After Lian Xi sent Huo Qi off, he entered the house, and Cao Xinghui came to call her.

"Miss, Duan Chu finally came back. We haven't been together for a long time."

Lian Hao also took a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet, and walked out of the garden with a few glasses, while saying to Lian Xi, "Sister, come and have a drink!"

Lian Xi smiled and shook his head: "No, you can drink it. I'm tired from the journey today. Tomorrow, the company has something to do, so I have to go upstairs to rest early."

After speaking, Lian Xi went upstairs, leaving a few men behind to gather for the second time.

It's not that she doesn't fit in with the group, it's just that Lian Xi guessed that a few childhood playmates were sitting together, and they would definitely tell some embarrassing anecdotes from the past. Although Lian Xi knew about those past events, she had never empathized with her personally. Let them participate in this kind of reminiscence of their youth.

Seeing that Lian Xi went upstairs without hesitation, Lian Hao and Cao Xinghui were stunned.

On the other hand, Duan Chu's expression was very calm: "Miss dizzy on the plane today, she's going around in Beijing this time, let her rest."

Cao Xinghui observed his expression. Compared with the past, he seemed more and more unfathomable. Maybe there was a professional reason, but maybe he hid his thoughts deeper.

Now that he has come out, he also holds the attitude of blessing to the eldest miss and Huo Qi, but I don't know whether Duan Chu has let go after so many years.

Cao Xinghui asked half-jokingly and half-probingly: "How old are you the oldest? Now the eldest miss is engaged, and even Hao has a girlfriend. What about you? What's the situation? Still alone?"

Duan Chu said: "The army is strictly disciplined, so there is no time to fall in love."

Cao Xinghui secretly said that it is bad, I am afraid that she has not let go of the eldest lady yet.

But he didn't know, Duan Chu actually knew that Lian Xi was no longer the original eldest lady.

Duan Chu just glanced at Cao Xinghui lightly, and knew what he was thinking about in his heart, a trace of detachment and indifference appeared on his stern face: "In my line of work, my life is always hanging on the outside, it is not a good thing to have concerns, and it is very good now. OK."

No worries, no worries, for the country and the cause, dedicated life.

Cao Xinghui didn't know what he was thinking, but Duan Chu was still stubborn.

Even Lian Hao next to him thought that Brother Duan Chu must still be thinking about his old sister.