Under meals

Chapter 10 Repayment

Jing Ci had a rough week.

Jing Ci is actually not willing to use such words to describe her life, but right now it seems that only Hunhunai can describe her state most accurately.

The high-intensity work made Jingci's spirit highly tense. What's worse, because he couldn't see Tao Mingzhuo, he returned to the state of being unable to eat.

In fact, if it has always been in this state, it may not be so unbearable.

But because he had briefly experienced the happiness of being able to eat normally in Tao Mingzhuo, the current stark gap made Jingci feel unbearable.

He is like an extremely thirsty plant, he has been trying his best to extend the roots to absorb water, but now he restrains himself from growing towards the water source.

Because she doesn't feel hungry, Jing Ci needs to set an alarm clock to remind herself to eat.

He hung the oil painting of hamburger that Tao Mingzhuo helped him paint in his office, and he would always look up when eating, hoping that he could have even a little appetite.

But painting is just painting after all, and Jing Ci still can't eat.

Jing Ci can actually understand Tao Mingzhuo's choice, and he doesn't want other people's social life to be affected because of him, let alone such an important part of emotional life.

He also would not confess his illness to Tao Mingzhuo, because once he confessed, he would be unilaterally kidnapping Tao Mingzhuo morally. So I have to accompany him to dinner, I refused because I have no sympathy".

And this is actually unfair to Tao Mingzhuo, no matter what, Jing Ci thinks that treating her illness should not be a burden imposed on others.

To make matters worse, Jing Ci ran into an old man at the evening reception.

"Jingci?" Yao Lianchen called out his name.

During the years of studying abroad, Jing Ci also participated in the production of some game projects, and met Yao Lianchen, who also studied computer science and was very interested in game development.

At work, the two were more compatible, and later Yao Lianchen took the initiative to ask Jing Ci to try, so Jing Ci and him dated briefly for a period of time.

But after getting along for a while, Jing Ci felt that the two were not suitable, so he chose to stop the loss in time, and in the end the relationship did not develop to the point of communication.

Most of the people in the evening reception were people in related fields, so although meeting Yao Lianchen here was a bit of a coincidence, Jing Ci was not too surprised.

It may be because Jing Ci's state is so bad that the naked eye can see, Yao Lianchen's eyes are full of inquiry: "So you rejected me and chose to follow Li Yupo, just to make yourself like this?"

Although the lover failed in the end, Yao Lianchen still admired Jing Ci's extraordinary talent and ability.He later invited Jing Ci to develop new projects in China together, but in the end Jing Ci politely refused.

The Li Yupo mentioned by Yao Lianchen is the nominal president of the game company where Jing Ci works.

But what most people don't know is that the real founder of the company is actually Jing Ci's father, Jing Weisong, and Li Yupo is actually Jing Ci's half-brother.

Li Lan had been divorced once before. At the age of 35, she married Jing Weisong with nine-year-old Li Yupo, and gave birth to Jing Ci three years after their marriage.

Jing Weisong is an honest and quiet person. The only things he loves most in life are programming and Li Lan, and he treats Li Yupo as well as his own son.

And Li Yupo and Jing Ci get along like brothers. Li Yupo's cheerful and generous social character is very similar to Li Lan, while Jing Ci's gentle, cautious and meticulous temper is more like Jing Weisong. The family has formed a perfect two-two complementarity in character, and they get along harmoniously.

Unfortunately, Jing Weisong died of cancer when Jing Ci was 13 years old, when his company was just getting started.

At that time, Jing Ci was still young, and Li Yupo, who was 12 years older than him, took over the company and managed it in an orderly manner.

Li Yupo acted boldly, and the small company grew rapidly under his hands. Later, a game that Jing Weisong participated in the development of before his death finally became a hit, and the whole company also gained popularity.

At that time, a lot of fresh blood was injected into the team, so in the eyes of outsiders, Li Yupo was the founder of the company.

A few years later, Jing Ci graduated from university.

Li Yupo is bold and bold, Jing Ci is delicate and rigorous, and both brothers belong to the type of people with outstanding abilities and smart minds.Logically speaking, it should be time for the brothers to fight each other in the traditional rich and bloody dramas, and fight to the death for the family property.

However, the real situation is that when Jing Ci graduated, because Li Lan had never dared to fly long distances, Li Yupo, who was busy at the time, rejected countless meetings and flew over from China to attend him as a family member. graduation ceremony.

After the graduation ceremony, the two went to the steakhouse next to the school for dinner.

Li Yupo hesitated for a long time and said, "Xiaoci, I want to talk to you about something."

Li Yupo talked a lot, and finally concluded: "The company originally belonged to Uncle Jing, and you have grown up, so I should return it to you now."

Jing Ci shook her head: "You started the company, and you have spent a lot of energy in managing it over the past few years. I can't have it."

Li Yupo shook his head twice as often as him: "Your surname is Jing, no matter how you look at it, I should be the one who shouldn't be wanted. Come here."

Jing Ci said: "You are my elder brother, come here."

In the end, after pushing back and forth, Li Yupo scratched his head and said, "Why don't we come together for a while, you come for three years and I come for three years, what do you think?"

Jing Ci said: "Yes, but remind you, what you just sprinkled on the steak was cinnamon powder."

Li Yupo, who was holding the bottle, was dumbfounded: "Didn't you say it earlier?"

This year is the end of the first three years agreed by the two, so Li Yupo happily took his girlfriend to another country for vacation, and Jing Ci, who had just returned to China, took over the management of the company.

Although outsiders knew that Jing Ci and Li Yupo had a close relationship, they only thought that they were in an employment relationship, and Jing Ci didn't want to tell Yao Lianchen about it.

"I think I still made the right choice." Jing Ci replied calmly, "Because you look relaxed now, it means that your project is progressing smoothly."

"So if I were with you then, I wouldn't be able to work out anything now," he said.

Yao Lianchen said helplessly: "Sometimes I really want to know, how do you manage to be stingy in your words, but at the same time, you can still listen to it inexplicably?"

He saw that Jing Ci was not interested, so he changed the subject tactfully, and asked half-jokingly: "How does it feel to go back to China? Have you met someone more suitable than me?"

When hearing this question, Jing Ci even wanted to laugh.

In fact, before returning to China, Jing Ci also had expectations for her future love life, but who knew that she would suffer from such a strange disease soon after returning to China.

The biggest trouble for him in life now is actually such a simple thing as eating.

Jing Ci shook her head, and just touched the wine glass in Yao Lianchen's hand: "Not yet, maybe you can recommend some to me later."

These words are actually telling Yao Lianchen tactfully, even if I don't meet the right one now, you are useless.

Seeing that Yao Lianchen's face was about to become stiff, Jing Ci naturally changed the topic to the new project he was developing.Talking about his proud field, Yao Lianchen's face immediately eased a lot.

The two chatted for a long time, and with Yao Lianchen's intention to force him down, Jing Ci still drank a lot of wine in the end.

After the reception was over, Jing Ci was actually a bit on top, but she still wanted to go back to the company to get a copy of the materials, and was going to take another look when she had time to go home.

But Jing Ci far overestimated his drinking capacity. He didn't eat at noon and night, and his stomach was already empty, so the strength of the alcohol came up much faster than expected.

He didn't expect that he would have hypoglycemia, nor did he expect that he would meet Tao Mingzhuo.

After waking up the next day, Jing Ci's memory became very blurred.

Drunkenness and hypoglycemia made him very groggy at the time, but he vaguely remembered that Tao Mingzhuo had helped him, and finally took a taxi to take him home.

He also remembered that the two stayed in the office for a while, Tao Mingzhuo fed him a candy, and seemed to ask himself "Why don't you eat".

But Jing Ci didn't remember how he answered the answer, nor what happened afterwards, he only remembered that he was very irritable because the week had been very uncomfortable.

Jing Ci woke up late, and it was already afternoon when she arrived at the company.

After getting out of the elevator, Jing Ci walked towards the office, and then saw Tao Mingzhuo standing in the corridor.

Tao Mingzhuo was looking into his office.

In fact, from the first time she met Tao Mingzhuo, Jing Ci felt a very unique vitality from him.Jing Ci felt that he was like a tall sunflower with dew hanging on it.

He is not tactful, he blush a lot, and it can be seen from his earnestness while eating that he is a simple, transparent big boy.

Thinking of Tao Mingzhuo's clumsy look when he described his sweetheart to himself, Jing Ci felt that it would be a very happy thing to be carefully liked by such a person.

Getting along with Tao Mingzhuo makes Jing Ci very relaxed, so in fact, even if he doesn't have the function of serving meals, Jing Ci is willing to become friends with such a person.

It's just that Jing Ci feels that it may be because the gap between positions is destined to be irreversible. Tao Mingzhuo always gets along with him in a slightly hasty state. Although it is a pity, he also understands that he should not force it.

Jing Ci stopped and asked softly, "Are you looking for me?"

Tao Mingzhuo's figure paused, he turned around, and Jing Ci found that his expression was hesitant to speak.

Jing Ci thought about it, and thought that maybe she was in a bad mood when she was drunk last night, and said some impolite words to Tao Mingzhuo.

"I'm sorry." Jing Ci said, "I haven't been able to drink very well. If I said something inappropriate last night, I hope you don't take it to heart."

"Also," he smiled at Tao Mingzhuo, "Thank you for helping me last night."

Tao Mingzhuo looked at him and gave a vague "hmm".

Jing Ci felt that something was wrong with Tao Mingzhuo's face. He looked at himself, as if he was planning something, but he couldn't say it.

Jing Ci asked: "Is there anything else?"

Tao Mingzhuo paused, and said, "It's nothing, I'm just here...to make sure you're okay."

Jing Ci gave a "hmm" and said gently, "I'm fine now, thank you."

Tao Mingzhuo looked at him, and after a short silence, he suddenly said something thoughtless: "Actually, life is not always smooth, but no matter what happens, you shouldn't... you shouldn't hurt me. own body."

Jing Ci looked at him with some confusion: "...what?"

Tao Mingzhuo's Adam's apple twitched, and he changed the subject abruptly: "Have you eaten yet?"

It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and Jing Ci rushed to the company after waking up, and he didn't feel hungry, so naturally he didn't have lunch.

Jing Ci didn't know why Tao Mingzhuo would ask such a question, but she still told the truth: "Not yet."

Then he saw Tao Mingzhuo showing a distressed expression.

Jing Ci saw that Tao Mingzhuo's gaze shifted and landed on the oil painting on the wall, then looked at herself again, took a deep breath, as if she had made a very important decision.

"Jingci," Tao Mingzhuo said, "you treated me to a lot of meals before, and I know that you bought them from some very good and expensive restaurants, so I just... have always been very sorry. "

Tao Mingzhuo's expression looked heavy, Jing Ci was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing.

Only Jing Ci knows that the concept of who owes whom does not exist. In fact, Tao Mingzhuo's experience during this period cannot be measured by money.

Jing Ci shook her head and said: "You don't need to have any burdens, it's okay—"

"So starting today, I can...continue to have lunch with you." He heard Tao Mingzhuo say forcefully, "Only this time, I must treat you."

Jing Ci swallowed the phrase "it doesn't matter" almost instantly.

For a moment, he even suspected that he had heard wrong, stared blankly at Tao Mingzhuo's face, and asked after a while, "But you... don't you want to have lunch with someone you like?"

Tao Mingzhuo seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

Then Jing Ci saw that he seemed to have reacted to something, and quickly changed his words in a panic: "Yes, yes, so lunch can't be used, I mean... dinner."

Jing Ci blinked his eyes, he saw Tao Mingzhuo lowered his head, and coughed a little to conceal it.

"It doesn't mean anything else, I... I just want to give you back the money for the meal." He said so.

The author says:

Some people have a hard mouth, some people are happy