Chapter 17 Chapter Six

In the end, she still didn't finish the bowl of Meng Po soup, and kept a mouthful to spit it out secretly. She didn't know that he saw all her actions, but said nothing. When it was his turn to drink, he stole a sip just like her. She didn't notice anything, and walked forward happily, occasionally turning her head to look at him, showing a sly look, like a bad child who did something bad and was proud that no one found out. "Did you not finish your drink?" He deliberately scolded her with a straight face. Her face turned pale. "No...no, how... how do you know! No, I don't have one!"

After finishing speaking, she shook off his hand guiltily, and hurried forward. Stupid woman!He scolded lightly in his heart. Looking at her flustered figure, a touch of tenderness that no one has ever seen flashed across her cold eyes. "Hi, good morning, I'm here." On Saturday morning, Xiao Wu still appeared energetically at the door of Du's house. "You don't need to come this week." After a while of silence, his cold voice came from the intercom. "why?" "No reason." "No, this is my job, I can't be lazy." "you……"

There was a click from the door, and Xiao Wu unlocked it with the backup key in her hand. She walked in, but when she turned around unexpectedly, she saw Du Tianyu standing at the door of the main house, with his arms folded on his chest, looking at her displeasedly. "Who allowed you to come in?" Xiao Wu shrank her shoulders guiltily. "You give me a backup key, so you can let me open the door by myself." "No." He growled. "That's if I'm not at home, you can use that key." Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue. "Well, I'm here anyway."

Du Tianyu was so angry that he didn't want to talk to her, and turned to go back to the main house, but Xiao Wu took his hand. "Didn't your parents come back? What about them?" "They're jet-lagged and still sleeping." "I really want to meet them!" He stared at her silently, as if he wanted to say something, but soon he seemed to give up again. With a tense face, he said coldly, "I don't want them to see you." Don't want them to see her?What would that mean?Did he think she was shameful?Will she embarrass him?Or did he think she was insignificant at all?

Xiao Wu repeatedly guessed what he said, she was not idle on the one hand, and worked hard. The sun was very strong, and it made her sweat profusely, and the braids that were originally neatly combed were also slightly messy, and a few strands of unruly hair and sweat stuck to her neck in embarrassment. Soon, human voices began to be heard in the main house. "The weather is awesome today, Tian Yu, shall we have breakfast in the yard?" It was the voice of a middle-aged woman, and Xiao Wu guessed it was his mother. A middle-aged couple came out of the main house, Xiao Wu's heart beat faster, and she looked at them with bated breath.

Now she knew that Du Tianyu's deep facial features and tall figure were inherited from his father, while the straight nose bridge and beautifully shaped thin lips came from his mother. They sat under umbrellas by the pool, a family as elegant and handsome as a wealthy family in a TV series. Xiao Wu stopped sweeping the fallen leaves, she was a little crazy. "Come on, Tianyu, Mommy brought these flavors of cheese back from the United States. You can't buy them in Taiwan. You can try them." Du Tianyu frowned slightly, looking at the food in front of him. A basket of croissants, a plate of ham and eggs, a plate of cheese, a glass of iced milk.

He hates eating these Western-style things the most. For breakfast, he wants pancakes, fried dough sticks and soy milk. For lunch and dinner, he wants hot three dishes and one soup. Also, he thinks cheese is smelly and disgusting.Xiao Wu thought in her heart. Sure enough, he pushed the plate away. "I'm not hungry," he said. His eyes drifted to Xiao Wu standing under the tree, raised his eyebrows, and asked silently: Did you bring anything to eat? Xiao Wu froze for a moment, then nodded vigorously. He smiled, the corners of his lips raised only slightly, and Xiao Wu's heart flew to the sky.

Just a look at each other with tacit understanding and a smile of mutual understanding made her unable to hold back tears. "Morning." A clear female voice broke into this magical moment. Xiao Wu raised her eyes, she was a girl with bright and big eyes in fashionable clothes, she was wearing a dress with the word Channel printed on her chest, her soft long hair seemed to be carefully arranged, and the light makeup on her face was even more transparent flawless. "Morning, Uncle, Aunt." The girl pressed a kiss on the cheeks of Du Tianyu's parents familiarly. The moment Xiao Wu held her breath, the girl walked up to Du Tianyu and kissed him on the cheek.

"Morning, Ted." The world fell apart in an instant in front of Xiao Wu, she swayed, and suddenly a sense of dizziness hit her. It's okay, it's okay, she tried to tell herself, that's just the way foreigners say hello, it doesn't mean anything. But when he also turned around, he pressed a kiss on the girl's cheek. "Good Morning, Irene." Xiao Wu's mind lost consciousness with a bang, leaving nothing but a blank. "What a hearty breakfast, thank you Aunt." Irene smiled happily and sat down to eat breakfast. "Huh? Ted, why don't you eat?" She noticed his untouched plate.

"I'm not hungry." "No way, isn't this a disappointment to Aunt's hard work in cooking?" What she said obviously hit Tianyu's mother's heart, and she looked at Irene with admiration and smiled. "Come on, I'll feed you." Irene forcefully forked a piece of cheese to Tian Yu's mouth. He glared at her, but didn't complain, and ate the cheese with his mouth open. With a bang, the sudden sound interrupted the harmonious scene in front of him. Xiao Wu didn't notice anything until the eyes of the four people were all focused on her in surprise.

"Yes... I'm sorry." She apologized in a panic, only to realize that the broom she was holding had fallen to the ground at some point, and she hurriedly lowered her body to pick it up. "Tianyu, is she..." Song Demei asked her son. Xiao Wu stopped her movements, squatted on the ground, held her breath and waited for what he would say next, would he introduce her?What position does she occupy in his heart? "The employees of the company came to clean the yard on a part-time job during the holiday." When his cold voice came to her ears, Xiao Wu's heart seemed to have a big hole, and the huge pain expanded and expanded unscrupulously from that gap. "Oh!" Song Demei got a satisfactory answer, so she stopped looking at Xiao Wu, bowed her head and continued to eat breakfast. Even though the sun was still very strong, Xiao Wu felt very cold, her body didn't have any warmth. She finally picked up the broom, but she was no longer interested in sweeping the floor. She walked back to the tool room dully, and no one would notice her presence anyway. There was a restroom at the back of the house, where she was used to cleaning herself up after sweating. The girl in the mirror has a bloodless face. She has no makeup and messy hair. She is wearing a T-shirt and jeans suitable for work. She can even smell the slight smell of sweat on her body. The girl named Irene just now came to my mind... She is a good match for this villa, his parents, and him. Seeing the four of them having breakfast by the pool is such a pleasing picture! Xiao Wu turned on the faucet, lowered her head and splashed water on her face. Ashamed of herself, she felt as if she wanted to dig a hole to hide herself immediately, so embarrassing! She turned off the faucet, supported the sink with her hands, and kept her head down for a long time. "I told you not to come today." She heard his voice behind her.His voice was subdued, veiled with displeasure. Water ran into her eyes, sour and astringent. She wiped her face vigorously, and it took a while before she turned around. "I want to go first." She said briskly, keeping her eyes on the floor beneath her feet. "Suddenly remembered that something happened today, I will make up the rest next time." Without waiting for his answer, she quickly passed by him, almost running away from him. She never looked up, and of course she didn't see the sullen expression on his face when he watched her leave. He knew it would be like this, damn it! He didn't want his parents to first meet her when she was working for him. He wanted her to show her best side when introducing her. Who taught her not to think about anything, so she rushed in recklessly. Stupid woman, really stupid!Du Tianyu cursed in a low voice, raking his hair with both hands irritably. Xiao Wu walked on the mountain road in a daze, and it took a long time before she suddenly remembered that she was riding a motorcycle. She walked back again, and it took dozens of minutes before she walked back to his house.However, when the engine car was turned on, it couldn't start anyway. Today is really bad!She squatted on the ground in frustration, tears could not help but flow down. A blue Corsa pulls up beside her. "Hi, what's the matter with you?" Xiao Wu raised her head to look for the source of the sound. First, it was the car that she felt familiar with, and then it was the man poking out her head. "Gao Zhekai!" He smiled softly at her. "What's wrong? Why are you sitting on the side of the road crying alone?" "My motorcycle can't be launched..." Xiao Wu brushed away the messy hair stuck to her cheek by tears, and said sobbing, "I saw him... and her, so sad, why don't I have Channel's clothes, oh... ..." "Get in the car!" With just one simple sentence, he stabilized her mood. Xiao Wu got into the car, he silently handed her a large box of tissues, and then activated the car. He opened the car window, the car slid through the forest, and the refreshing mountain breeze blew into the car. After a while, Xiao Wu finally stopped crying.She sniffed and looked at him sheepishly. "Well, thank you, you always seem to appear when I am most frustrated." Gao Zhekai smiled. "I also find it strange. I probably owed you in my previous life, and I always feel that I have to pay it back in this life." "Do you also believe in such things as past lives and present lives?" She opened her eyes slightly. "believe." His resolute answer surprised her at first, and then she was ecstatic for a while. "Really? No one has ever told me that! They all think I'm crazy. It's true, isn't it?" She grabbed his hand and laughed and screamed. "Miss, be careful, I'm driving." He reminded her with a wry smile before letting her go. She sat back in her seat, but she couldn't recover from her excitement for a long time. "If you're not in a hurry to go home, shall we go to the sea?" he asked. "Well, wow!" His car drove away from Yangmingshan Mountain to the north coast, and after a big turn, a clear blue sea appeared in the distance. This sea view reminded her of the scenery she saw when she and Du Tianyu went to Jiufen a year ago, but it was night at that time, but now it was daytime, and the person beside him was not him, so her mood darkened slightly. Gao Zhekai parked the car at a scenic spot, and they walked down and sat by the guardrail to watch the sea. "Can you tell me why you cried today?" he asked suddenly. Xiao Wu lowered her head. "I saw him with another girl today." "The 'he' you mentioned is Mr. Du!" "how do you know?" Gao Zhekai smiled. "The whole company knows about your relationship with him." Xiao Wu let out an "oh" in a daze, and then dropped her shoulders in frustration. "I have nothing to do with him, I'm chasing after him." Xiao Wu's honesty made him smile. "But he's also interested in you, isn't he? Otherwise, he wouldn't have put you by his side. I heard that Mr. Du hates women pestering him the most, so the top executives are all men, except Jiang Tezhu, who is in his forties, and you .” "It's not that he wants to! It's Jane who helped me, and I who pushed him hard." She said sullenly. Gao Zhekai looked at her. "May I ask you a question?" "talk!" "I have no malice, but why do you like him so persistently?" "It must be related to that dream!" Xiao Wu said. "I had a dream. I dreamed that I died in love with him in my previous life. I think in this life we ​​must come to make up for that unrealized shortcoming." Gao Zhekai was shocked when he heard her say that. "How are you sure it's him?" Jane also asked her this question, and she answered it without any hesitation. "Instinct! When I saw his eyes for the first time, there was a voice in my heart telling me—it was him." Xiao Wu tilted her head. "Strange, in fact, I noticed you a long time ago. I also have the intuition you mentioned. When I saw you for the first time, I seemed to have a feeling of deja vu." "It's normal! People will get to know each other, and they have all kinds of deep and shallow relationships with each other." "Maybe!" After finishing this topic, they quietly enjoyed the sea breeze. After a while, he asked again: "I heard that you help President Du prepare three meals every day. I got up very early that day and passed by a breakfast shop near the company to see you fry fried dough sticks there. Am I wrong?" "You read that right, I go to the breakfast shop every morning to help out, the boss agreed to teach me the secret recipe of making fried dough sticks, and kindly let me use his fryer, on the condition that I go to help at five o'clock every morning seven thirty." "Why are you doing this?" "He said he loves to eat!" Xiao Wu replied as a matter of course. "Don't you find it very hard?" "No! That's when I feel the happiest! Prepare food for someone I like, and imagine how satisfied he is when he eats. Nothing makes me happier than that." Gao Zhekai shook his head. "You really have perseverance, but don't you ever think of giving up? With all due respect, there is a gap between you and his world." "I know!" Xiao Wu said. "You don't have to be embarrassed, I know that he is so rich and good-looking, and I'm just an ordinary girl, but because of this, I can't give up. Between me and him, it's like two The parallel tracks, if I give up, may never meet." "Why is it all your unilateral efforts? Even if you relax a little bit, won't he come after you?" Xiao Wu thought for a while. "He will not." Gao Zhekai opened his eyes slightly. The two fell silent. "How about going to Fuji Fishing Port to eat seafood? I invite you." After a long time, he proposed. Xiao Wu shook her head and looked at him apologetically. "Sorry, I'm very tired today and I want to go home." "It's okay, I'll see you off." They walked back, and an hour later, the car stopped downstairs in the small suite that Xiao Wu rented. "Thank you," she said to him before getting out of the car. "By the way, your motorcycle is broken and it's still left on the side of the road. Give me the key, and I'll help you fix it, okay?" "No need." Xiao Wu shook her hand. "I can ask Xiao Shen to help me. He is very good at cars, and he is going to pick up Mr. Du to go to work anyway." "Then how do you go to work on Monday? May I pick you up?" "No, it's very convenient for me to take the bus." "Okay." He looked a little frustrated. "That Monday at noon, can we have a meal together? I invite you." "No, let me invite you! I should thank you for helping me like this." A smile finally appeared on Gao Zhekai's face. "See you on Monday then." "Well, Bye Bye." =Monday= Xiao Wu actually came to work with very contradictory feelings.She was eagerly looking forward to seeing him, but on the other hand, she couldn't help but recall the way the girl kissed him that day, and how he treated her ruthlessly. Fortunately, he stayed in the office all morning and had a meeting with the supervisors, which saved her from worrying, but the realization that he was behind that door still made Xiao Wu unable to calm down. "Xiao Wu, can you help them make coffee and go in?" Jane said to her. Xiao Wu shrank her shoulders. "Just ask Obasan to help, okay?" Jiang Yuexiang raised her eyebrows. "It's rare, you didn't rush to make his coffee." Xiao Wu lowered her head sullenly and remained silent. "What happened?" "No." There were times when she didn't want to talk. Jiang Yuexiang shrugged. "Okay, I'll call Obasan." Time seemed to pass very slowly, and it was hard to stay until noon. "Hi!" Gao Zhekai appeared in Xiao Wu's office quite punctually. "You're here." Xiao Wu greeted him with a relieved expression. "Great." He shows up = lunch break = she can leave = gasp. "What do we want to eat?" Xiao Wu asked. Gao Zhekai smiled wryly. "Miss, you are the one who wants to treat me! You still ask me." "Oh, yes, let's go! I'll treat you to Japanese food." "It's not that good." "It's okay." She just wanted to get out of here and "him" quickly. They walked away side by side, when the door of the general manager's office opened, and a pair of cold eyes stared at the two people. "Who is that man?" He pressed his thin lips tightly and asked Jiang Yuexiang displeased. "It seems to belong to the General Affairs Department." Du Tianyu sullenly. "Why didn't she make the coffee just now? Is the thing as watery as boiling water drinkable?" He slapped the table angrily, and a few white papers fell to the ground. Jiang Yuexiang glanced at him, eyes full of interest.She remained calm, lowered her body to pick up all the papers calmly, and then said slowly: "Xiao Wu said, she doesn't want to soak." "What does she mean when she says she doesn't want to have sex?" Du Tianyu roared angrily. "What are you doing so angry? It's just a cup of coffee." "I'm not angry, that's her job, she should do it well." He roared louder than before. "Aren't you angry?" Jiang Yuexiang raised her eyebrows mockingly. "Are you jealous that she went to dinner with other men?" Du Tianyu froze. "Joke, why should I be jealous." After finishing speaking, he strode back to the office angrily, and slammed the door hard. Jiang Yuexiang sighed.Alas... pity those senior executives who are still inside. She felt that being with Gao Zhekai was very peaceful and pleasant, and she could chat with him naturally without any burden.Unlike being with Du Tianyu, her heartbeat was always too fast, her mind was always in a mess, and it was difficult to speak clearly. "So you are from Taichung, and so am I!" "When you were in Taichung, did you often eat the meat soup from Jianguo Market? I really miss that taste." "Yes, yes, every time I go back, I will definitely eat it. Ah! Also, and, the Dandan noodles next to the city hall." "Yeah! You know that too." "Of course, I live there." "How about we go back together next time? Let's eat all the things we want to eat. Anyway, I have a car, so it's very convenient." "Hurrah!" Speaking of going back to Taichung, Xiao Wu felt a little guilty, because of Du Tianyu, she hadn't been home for a long time, and her parents had read her many times. "We can also buy a Daokou Roast Chicken and take it back to Taipei to eat." "I still have to go shopping in Jingming Street and drink pearl milk tea." good!For the first time anyone could talk to her about these things.It is impossible to talk to Du Tianyu. How can we talk about these local snacks for a person who has never even eaten carrot cake?Thinking of this, she felt a little depressed. Oh, why does she always think of him?Xiao Wu raised her smile and looked up at Gao Zhekai beside her. "That's it, let's go back to Taichung next time." "it is good." They walked back to the office from the restaurant, still enthusiastically exchanging common memories of their hometown along the way. "Taichung has changed a lot in recent years, and Zhonggang Road has become very lively." "Only the park side hasn't changed." "Hmm," he suddenly thought, "do you believe I have a picture of a park on me." "Huh?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Show me." He took out a photo from his wallet, which almost everyone in Taichung has, a photo of the family with the famous water pavilion in the park as the background. "Wow! This little boy is you!" "Give it back to me, it's embarrassing." He wanted to snatch it back. "No, let others take a look, it's so cute!" "Give me back!" The two of them fought for the photo, and finally Xiao Wu got it, and she happily raised the photo. "Hey, here I am." Gao Zhekai stretched out his hand to pull her. The smile on Xiao Wu's face froze suddenly. Gao Zhekai noticed her strangeness, and followed her gaze to look forward. Du Tianyu stood in front of them, watching their intimacy with a cold face. She had never seen such a daunting coldness in his eyes, Xiao Wu immediately put the photo back into Gao Zhekai's hand, and hurried to Du Tianyu. "You misunderstood, I have nothing to do with him, we are just... just grabbing photos for fun, he is not..." "No need." Du Tianyu interrupted her, the strong jealousy made his tone more serious. "You don't have to explain anything to me, it's none of my business." The sentence "None of my business" completely knocked Xiao Wu down, her expression seemed to be slapped hard by him. She stood on the spot in a daze, unable to think or move for a long time. Du Tianyu clenched his teeth and stared at her pale face. He finally turned around and left her. It's none of my business... that's because he doesn't care, Xiao Wu thought sadly. Don't care... because he never liked her...