When he mentioned Shao Qian, he seemed to look at her, then said "sorry" to start looking for cigarettes. She shook her head and said, "It's okay, you smoke."

It is undeniable that he is a very polite gentleman. Even when he is at a strife, he will politely ask her for advice.

Xia Xiaobei repeated what happened these days to him in detail, and of course he skipped the scene she saw in the bar and their entanglement last night. Lei Yunze listened and smoked, and the smoke lingered around him, and his face was always in mist.

After she finished speaking, he didn't respond for a while, and then said, "What do you want me to do?"

"I know Mr. Lei, you have a wide connection. As long as you say something, it is not difficult to find out Shaoqian's whereabouts." She asked sincerely.

"This is a problem between you two young couples and it has nothing to do with me." He dusted the ashes, and his reaction was much colder than she thought.

Xia Xiaobei became anxious: "But Shaoqian is also your relative, don't you worry about him?"

"He is not a child anymore, not to mention that he has hands and feet and friends around him. Do I need to worry about me?"

His words blocked her so much that he had to take a gaze and beg him: "Then think you do me a favor. I will definitely remember your kindness."

"How do you want me to help you? Or use those shameless means to bully others? Sorry, I will only bully those poor and innocent little people who have no background. I can't help with Miss Xia's care." His tone was full of sarcasm. The smoke was almost burning, and he kept holding it in his hand and did not suck it.

She guessed that the result would be like this. She was not surprised or dissatisfied, but just turned around and said, "I have apologized to you about the last time. Whether you accept it or not, I did make a mistake that time. I came up to disturb you again today. I am really sorry, I said goodbye."

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground and let it continue to burn, without looking up at her. She turned around and was about to leave. Before she could touch the door handle, she suddenly grabbed her arm. She looked back and faced Lei Yunze's dark eyes, and his voice was also in a weird tone: "Have you ever thought about asking me in another way?"

She was stunned, and he had already pulled open the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "For example..., please exchange something for Miss Xia?"

When she understood, she felt her blood surge. After a brief silence, she raised her hand and shook him away, and shouted at him with a bit of contemptuous look: "Lei Yunze, I tell you, don't think that it's great to have a few stinky money. I will never come to beg you, and I will not exchange anything with you! I am really disappointed. I thought you had a little stinky temper at most. I didn't expect you to be such a person, shameless and vulgar, profit-oriented, and knowing the law to break the law!"

He also approached her and said loudly, "Yes, did you know that I am not a good person? Did you know that my upbringing is an illusion? Did you know that I am a businessman with a stinky body? If I were a good person, I would not evade taxes. If I was a good person, I would not bribe everywhere. If I was a good person, I would not be jealous of Shaoqian. If I was a good person..." His tone suddenly lowered, he looked down at her eyes and said word by word: "I would not talk about marriage with Wen Zi, but also have unfair thoughts about you..."

His chest was slightly undulating, and there seemed to be an ancient well in his black eyes, deeply attracting her.

Xia Xiaobei was shocked. After a moment, she said hatefully: "You are so shameless!"

He nodded: "Yes, I'm just shameless. Xia Xiaobei, don't be too arrogant. I've been holding you up for a long time!" Before he finished speaking, he reached out to bring her into his arms. She instinctively raised her hands to block it, but he grabbed her wrist and pulled it away. She was hammering and hitting her, but he didn't move at all, and kissed her lips.

He pressed her firmly against the door like an eagle pounced on the bird, and his hot lips kissed her lips and cheeks, with wet heat. She twisted desperately and avoided, but his lips kept chasing. Finally, she pulled out a hand and threw it on his face without hesitation.

With a loud sound, she used all her strength in desperation. Red fingerprints quickly appeared on his face, and he looked at her with some vibration.

Xia Xiaobei pushed away his hand, his face pale but fearless expression, and repeated again: "Lei Yunze, you are so shameless!"

He lowered his head and said nothing. The frustrated expression was unbearable. But she could no longer see it. She quickly turned the door handle and left his office.

On the way back from the taxi, her mind was extremely confused. When she first met Shao Qian, he was still a playful young master, with a casual smile on his face. I don’t know when the smile in his eyes turned into deep contusions. On that passionate night, he left without saying goodbye. Her acquaintance with Lei Yunze was a situation where she had secretly promised her, but she had no hope. Until he got married and got married, she had buried that little thought in her heart. Now he admitted his feelings for her, and the conflicting struggle made her feel powerless and sad.

She just hopes that everything will disappear. These entanglements in the extravagant world that did not belong to her are like letting the wind disappear in the air, letting the water disappear in the sand, and letting him not leave any traces.

She was stunned when her phone suddenly rang. She turned on the screen and showed that it was Lei Yunze's call.

They had just quarreled like that, but I don't know if he calls now... She was a little hesitant, wondering if she should answer. The driver had already reminded her: "Little girl, the phone rings."

"Hmm." She turned around and lowered her voice and said, "Hi".

His voice was cold and without any ups and downs: "Shaoqian is in Beijing. I have sent the specific address to your email via text."

Xia Xiaobei was stunned for a moment, and before he could come back to his senses, he had already hung up the phone.

She returned to the main menu interface and opened the email address, which was indeed a line of Beijing’s address. She immediately called the airline and booked the most recent flight to Beijing.

When I got home to pack my luggage, I received another call from Lan Jia. I originally wanted to comfort her, but when I learned that she was packing her luggage, I was about to fly to Beijing to chase someone, I immediately said on the phone: "Hey, then wait, I'll come and see you off."

Less than half an hour after putting down the phone, the doorbell had already rang. She was packing her last bag of luggage, so she stopped and opened the door.

Lan Jia flashed in, glanced at the suitcase on the ground, and said, "You really have you, I will leave as soon as you say you want. I admire you for chasing my husband for thousands of miles."

Xia Xiaobei smiled bitterly: "I don't want to do it either. The rent here has been paid by the end of the year, and it is now equivalent to vacant."

Lan Jia swept around, and the basic furniture and daily necessities were there, so she said, "Then you throw the key away from me. I'll find a suitable person and rent it out."

Xia Xiaobei also looked at the surrounding environment. There were still dark blue camel fleece slippers on the shoe rack at the door, and several financial magazines were also built on the coffee table. In the past, he often came, so he left a lot of things here. She thought about it and said, "Forget it, let it be empty. I am quite nostalgic."

Lan Jia squatted down to help her pack up her luggage and asked by the way: "Where did you find out about him? Even Kelly kept his mouth shut and refused to leak a word."

"His brother, that is, my former boss. You've seen it."

"Oh, that Xia Nan's biological father..." Lan Jia looked clear and shrugged awkwardly, "I heard from Kelly that something was wrong with their company. She was targeted by the tax authorities. She was in trouble recently."

Xia Xiaobei was stunned for a moment, remembering what she accidentally heard Lei Yunze say in anger in the afternoon. This matter has spread so widely. It seems that it cannot be solved in just a few meals.

"Actually, it's not easy for those high-ranking officials to be surnamed Lei. You think that those high-ranking officials nowadays are not just about eating and drinking. He can stay away from the background in Beijing and go to Shanghai to do a career alone, and there is no real problem." Lan Jia was quite touched, "But he has a lot of trouble this time. The country has been strictly enforced by taxes these days, and the amount of tax evasion in his company has increased by tens of millions. If he is arrested, he will definitely have to be jailed."

Xia Xiaobei suddenly shook and turned around and asked her: "This time it's so serious?"

"No, several listed companies have collapsed. You said that any company has not evaded taxes these days. It's just killing the chicken to warn the monkeys, and whoever catches will be unlucky."

Xia Xiaobei was frightened by her words. After thinking about it, she smiled and said, "But the Lei family has a strong background and there are so many people on it, so it shouldn't be able to deal with him."

"That's hard to say," Lan Jia glanced at her leisurely, "Have you ever heard that there was no way to go? The Beijing-Tianjin Gang and the Shanghai Gang are so powerful, maybe I'll take you for surgery."

Xia Xiaobei was no longer calm, and his hands folded his clothes slowed down. In the end, Lan Jia was doing it all. After a while, she packed it up. Lan Jia said, "Will you take you to the airport later?"

She was in a daze, but she didn't hear it at all. After a while, she said "um" like she woke up from a dream. Lan Jia saw her thoughts and said, "Then I'll go downstairs to pick up the car first. When you get ready, call me." She shook the phone in her hand, but she guessed in her heart that she would probably not call her.

Sure enough, not long after Lan Jia left, Xia Xiaobei couldn't sit still and walked to the balcony to dial a number. The phone number was transferred to the secretary's room, which was her most familiar female voice in the past: "Hello, the president is not here now. If you have anything to leave a message, I will tell you."

She hesitated for a moment, hung up the phone without saying anything. Looking at the wall clock, it was more than three hours before the plane took off, so it should be still time.

She only took a close-fitting handbag and went downstairs. When she took a taxi to Huanyu, she saw the familiar Maserati in the special parking space. She ran up in person. The people in the secretary's room were surprised to see her going back and returning. She asked, "Is Lei Yunze there?" There were only a few people calling him with names in front of people. The secretary just shook his head, all looking at him. Through the frosted glass on the outside, you could vaguely see that there was indeed no one inside. But his car was still downstairs just now? Maybe they just passed by.

When leaving the secretary's room, there was an indescribable sense of loss. This is the office she entered and left countless times in the past four years, passed the lobby, elevator countless times, and greeted Lei Yunze with countless times. But never once, like today, even with a kind of eager hope, could see his face at a certain moment. When she stood in front of the elevator door that was about to open, when a black car drove by behind her, when she was walking on the endless road,

She couldn't help but expect to see him. As for what she wanted to say when she saw him, she had never thought about it. Maybe she misunderstood him not long ago, or maybe she just accepted his favor, she just felt that she owed him something, so at this critical moment, she wanted to do her best to help him, that's all. She told herself in her heart. Unfortunately, there was nothing everywhere, and as the time for the plane to take off was getting closer, she still didn't see any traces of him.

It was already seven o'clock when I got home again. Xia Xiaobei stood in the empty and quiet living room, his mind was chaotic and complicated, and he was immersed in a moment.

After a while, she woke up, hung up the phone to Lan Jia, telling her that she didn't have to pick her up, she had already taken a taxi to the airport.

As soon as the phone was put down, it suddenly rang. She thought Lan Jia had nothing to say, but there was only silence inside when she answered it.

Xia Xiaobei "heat" it didn't seem like he was calling the wrong one, because there was a breathing sound on the phone, and it rang in his ears. She immediately realized that it might be Lei Yunze. Sure enough, his voice came from there soon.

"Xia Xiaobei..." He called her, and his name was very soft, as if he was afraid to scare her away.

Instead, she was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. She was so eager to see him just now, but when she really heard his voice, she could only hold the microphone blankly.

"Xia Xiaobei..." He continued to call her from the other end of the phone.

"Hmm?" She answered involuntarily.

"Did you call me just now?"

"Um..." She guessed that the secretary's office transferred the phone to him, and stammered in a low voice, "I... called the wrong one."

"Oh," he paused, his voice was dull, "I've called the wrong one, you can also speak."

She was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

"If you make a mistake in the future, just say a few words to me. You can do anything, and you can scold me." He spoke very slowly, his tone was unprecedentedly gentle, but she felt a deep sadness, like running water, slowly seeping out of the receiver, almost flooding her.

Today, he seemed to have suffered some blow, and his voice was a bit abnormal. Maybe the tax matter was really tricky, so he was so depressed.

She held the phone and was at a loss. He couldn't wait for an answer, so he asked, "Are you still here..."

She took a deep breath and said, "Well, I'm here, I'm listening. I just went back to the company to find you, and the secretary said you're out."

"Well, I'm a little annoyed, so I came out to play basketball." His tone was relaxed, and she couldn't help asking, "Play basketball?"

He replied: "Squash. It's the one you took me to last time."

She remembered that it was Wei Feng. That time he got angry because of business affairs, and then called her and asked seriously: What would you do when you are in a bad mood...

Today, is his mood...bad too?

After a while, he asked softly: "Are you here?"

She held her cell phone and shook her head involuntarily: "No, I bought the ticket tonight for Beijing, and I will go to the airport later."

"Oh... the road is good." His tone dimmed.

She said, "Thank you." Then she fell silent again.

After a long time, she finally said "goodbye". Without waiting for his answer, she hung up the phone and leaned against her suitcase in a daze.

The wall clock was still walking in an orderly manner, getting closer and closer to eight o'clock. She stood up, dragged the lever and walked two steps. Before she could reach the door, she stopped again, looked at the balcony, her eyebrows were locked.

Finally, she gritted her teeth, threw down her luggage and pushed the door out.

When she arrived downstairs of Wei Feng, it was already 8:30. There was indeed his Maserati on the parking floor. The plane she booked took off at 9:00 and could not catch up. So she calmed down and stood far under a sycamore tree, facing the rear of his car, only eight or nine meters away from his car, so she could clearly see the three 6 behind his license plate.

Just as he was in a daze, the car suddenly beeped, Xia Xiaobei felt tight and saw Lei Yunze, who had just been exercising, walking towards this side, wearing a loose sportswear and still wet hair.

Since she was standing under the tree and he had been opening the door with his back to her, he did not notice her existence. With a "bang", he had already gotten into the car and closed the door vigorously.

After a moment, Maserati started, the taillights were on, and a smoke was sprayed out of the exhaust pipe. With a "boom", the car drove forward and he was about to drive away.

Xia Xiaobei stood behind the bus, motionless, thinking, it would be good, don't let him see it, it's just a little more embarrassing to meet.

However, the car drove forward less than five meters and stopped suddenly.

Her heart became nervous again in an instant. Maybe he had already discovered that if he got out of the car and walked towards her, should she turn around and leave, or smile and say "Hey, what a coincidence", it seems that neither of them is reliable.

But the car just stopped silently, no one got out of the car, no one came over, the brake lights shook her eyes in the dim twilight. The back of the black rear car was like an unfathomable figure when he turned his back to her.

Xia Xiaobei stood there blankly, at a loss. However, the car door was not opened and he did not move.
To be continued...