Qin Yuan felt that something was wrong with Ling Changfeng today.
All morning, whenever he was free, he would stare at himself silently.
And his eyes weren’t friendly, but also carried a bit of inquiry.
This put Qin Yuan under a lot of pressure.
He endured and endured, and finally when he felt a certain line of sight again, he turned to meet Ling Changfeng’s gaze. “Sir, is there something on my face?”
“No.” Ling Changfeng’s expression was the same as always, indifferent, without any guilty conscience of being caught. “You continue to work.”
Qin Yuan: “…”
Since the boss said so, Adjutant Qin had no choice but to look away and continue to work tirelessly.
When the morning ended, he finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and asked his superior bluntly: “Have I offended you recently?”
Ling Changfeng: “No.”
Qin Yuan: “Then why do you keep staring at me?” Still with this strange look.
Thinking for a bit, Ling Changfeng decided that some things are better to ask directly instead of watching, so he asked directly: “Is it a good experience to fall in love with you?”
Qin Yuan’s expression cracked.
“What, what??”
Ling Changfeng repeated his question again.
Qin Yuan swallowed: “Sir, if I didn’t know that you just got married and have a good relationship with your spouse, hearing this kind of question, I would think that you have other plans for me.” Is this some kind of low-level greasy flirting opener?
Hearing his words, Ling Changfeng became impatient, and he tapped the table with his index finger. “Answer my question.”
Qin Yuan: “…” Well, he thought too much. His boss really is so indifferent still.
Adjutant Qin adjusted his mentality and put on a smiley face: “Of course – I am a gentle, considerate, humorous, golden bachelor who is willing to spend money on his partner, and they must have a great experience in falling in love with me.”
After that, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and his expression looked a little smug. “Why, do you need me to teach you a little, sir?”
Ling Changfeng looked at him and remained silent.
Feeling a sudden cold, Qin Yuan couldn’t help shivering. “By the way, why did you suddenly think of such a question? Did you finally realize my charm?”
Ling Changfeng said slowly: “Xinghe said so.”
Qin Yuan was shocked: “???”
Ling Changfeng said indifferently: “On the way home last night, he said that those who fell in love with you should have a very good time.”
Qin Yuan and Ling Changfeng have fought side by side for decades. He is all too familiar with every microexpression on his face.
At this moment, a sense of crisis arose spontaneously, and Qin Yuan’s instinct to survive burst out. His tone took a sharp turn. “No no no! An older bachelor like me, who is incomprehensible, rigid, boring, and self-motivated, is not a good lover at all!”
“Older?” Ling Changfeng looked at him blankly. “We are the same age.”
“…” Qin Yuan shivered again, and changed his words again: “I was wrong! I’m still very young. The reason I can’t find someone at present is not because of age, it’s entirely my own problem!!”
“But Xinghe said…”
“People always make mistakes in judgment!” Qin Yuan rarely directly interrupted Ling Changfeng’s words. He righteously said, “I don’t deserve this kind of compliment, please don’t say such scary words.”
Ling Changfeng: “…”
Ling Changfeng retracted his gaze, raised his hand and glanced at the time. “It’s lunch time, let’s go eat.”
Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly changed the subject. “Let’s go! Humans are not iron or steel, eating is the most important thing.”
“That’s right.” The two walked to the door together, Ling Changfeng suddenly added calmly, “At the party this weekend, you guys should be more restrained.”
Qin Yuan: “?”
Ling Changfeng lowered his eyes and said, “Don’t scare him.”
——
After checking the operation of the blocks his group was in charge of, replying to work emails, and writing a few lines of code, he could finally relax and take a break.
When it was time for lunch, he put away the papers on the table, placed a napkin, and brought out the luxurious bento that he brought.
Due to Team Leader Xu’s persistent refusal, everyone now basically knows that he brings his own lunch at noon, so fewer and fewer people invited him to lunch.
Noon tranquility was finally restored in his office.
“Dong dong dong—”
Team Leader Xu just opened the bento when there was a knock on the door of the office.
Xu Xinghe was stunned. Ajia and the others never knocked on the door when they entered his office. Who’s here?
“Come in,” he said.
A familiar young man in a plaid shirt walked in.
It seems unexpected, but it can be said to be expected.
Xu Xinghe asked Gu Nai, “Why are you here?”
Gu Nai’s eyes swept across the luxurious bento on his table. “I originally wanted to ask Team Leader Xu to have lunch together…”
Xu Xinghe smiled. “I thought everyone knew that I brought my own meals.”
Gu Nai smiled and said, “Yes, Team Leader Xu’s bento looks much better than the food in the cafeteria.”
Xu Xinghe waved his hand. “You’re exaggerating, I made it myself.”
Gu Nai’s eyes flashed with surprise. “Homemade? I can’t see that Team Leader Xu still has this skill.”
Then he carefully looked at the meals on the desk. “I also cooked and am good at cooking, but my skills are far from that of Team Leader Xu.”
Xu Xinghe smiled and said, “You’ve never eaten it, how do you know that I’m good at cooking? There are so many dishes in restaurants that look good but taste average. “
“Oh? “Gu Nai’s brown eyes slowly turned around, and said with a gentle smile, “Then I don’t know if I have the pleasure of tasting Team Leader Xu’s cooking skills?”
Xu Xinghe was stunned for a while, then thought about it and said, “Well, wait until the next team gathering. I’ll bring some food I made by myself to share with everyone.”
It seems like he agreed, but it was actually a polite rejection.
Although he thinks Gu Nai is a good person, and he is very sorry for scalding him, he always feels that Gu Nai has been looking for him a little too frequently these days.
Gu Nai also understood the rejection, but still smiled softly: “Well, I’m sorry to disturb your meal. You can eat first, and I’ll go downstairs to eat.”
His tone was calm, as if he didn’t mean to continue entangling him at all.
Xu Xinghe couldn’t help but wonder if he was thinking too much. He waved to Gu Nai: “Goodbye, there should be sweet and sour steaks in Canteen F today. I recommend you try it.”
“Okay, thank you.” Gu Nai turned and left.
When the door of the office was opened, two colleagues happened to pass by. Since most of the people had already eaten at this point, the building was empty and quiet, and the chatter between the two was particularly evident.
”I heard that the new intern from the third group is applying for a replacement today…” The voice came to an abrupt end.
As the door of the office was opened, the two saw Xu Xinghe here.
The expression was as if someone was choking, unable to say a word.
They quickly lowered their heads and slipped away as if they were running away.
Xu Xinghe: “?”
In the next few days, Gu Nai never came to him again.
And Xu Xinghe didn’t care too much. Although the relationship between colleagues does not need to be rigid, it doesn’t need to be warm either.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the weekend.
This morning, after Xu Xinghe got up and came to the dining room, he found that Ling Changfeng was also there.
“Morning, what time did you get up today?” Xu Xinghe asked casually after taking his seat.
“Six o’clock.” Marshal Ling, who was reading the newspaper, replied casually.
“Huh?” Xu Xinghe raised his head, “Then why are you still in the dining room at this hour?”
Isn’t it almost ten now?
Ling Changfeng put down the newspaper: “Everything in the morning has been dealt with. I was waiting for you here.”
Xu Xinghe winked at him: “Waiting for me?”
Ling Changfeng: “The party tonight…”
Xu Xinghe took over.
“Oh right, I was just about to ask, do I need to dress formally to go to your class reunion?” Xu Xinghe asked.
Ling Changfeng: “No need, you can wear whatever you want.”
Xu Xinghe asked him: “Then what do you wear?”
Ling Changfeng: “Casual clothes.”
There seem to be three black bars on Xu Xinghe’s head. “A shirt is casual, t-shirts are also casual, sportswear and denim are all casual. Your words are completely useless.”
Ling Changfeng replied: “My casual clothes are only shirts.”
Xu Xinghe: “…”
Well, in fact, Ling Changfeng’s so-called ‘casual clothes’ are probably all upright and meticulous.
In contrast, it was difficult for him to imagine what a casual t-shirt would look like on Marshal Ling.
After a moment of silence, Ling Changfeng suddenly asked Xu Xinghe. “What color are you wearing at the party tonight?”
Xu Xinghe swallowed the shrimp ball in his mouth and replied, “I haven’t decided what to wear, let alone the color. Why are you asking me this?”
“It’s nothing.” Ling Changfeng picked up the newspaper and read it again, then added casually, “Let me know when you’ve decided.” After a while, he said, “If there is anything you want to wear in the future, you can tell He Han directly. He will arrange for someone to come measure your size.”
Xu Xinghe: “Uh… thank you, but the ones I like to wear are generally the popular fashion styles on the market. They’re in stock, and don’t need to be tailored.”
Ling Changfeng nodded, put down the newspaper and got up. “I still have something to do, I need to go out and will pick you up at five o’clock this afternoon.”
Xu Xinghe replied while eating. “Okay, I have to go back to the Capital University in a while, I have something to do in the laboratory.”
Ling Changfeng paused slightly: “Your classmate?”
Xu Xinghe nodded: “Well, my son1Lin Qi.” As soon as he finished speaking, he thought that Ling Changfeng may not understand the joy of being a father, so he explained: “Actually, it is to help him with the processing of the thesis data – for the sake of him calling me father.”
Ling Changfeng looked at him and asked, “Do you like children very much?”
Xu Xinghe: “…”
That’s not what he meant at all!
“No, no, go and do your work first. I’ll see you in the afternoon.”
At five o’clock in the afternoon, when Xu Xinghe changed his clothes and came down from the second floor, Ling Changfeng was already waiting in the hall.
Xu Xinghe thought, after all, this was the first time he went to a class reunion with Ling Changfeng, and it was not good to dress too casually, so he finally changed into a white shirt that would never be wrong. However, he wore a light blue denim jacket he liked over the shirt, one that could be taken off when he arrived.
After going downstairs, he found that Ling Changfeng was also wearing a white shirt.
Xu Xinghe rarely saw Ling Changfeng wearing white, so he couldn’t help but take a second glance.
It is said that people rely on clothes – Ling Changfeng feels really different, as if he suddenly became a little more homely.
Xu Xinghe said casually: “We match pretty well.”
Mismatched eyes flashed, as if he was satisfied with this statement.
“Let’s go.”
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