Chapter 20 Chapter 20 When did he fall asleep

Tang Linglin stared at the statement in front of him, maintaining a posture for a long time. Xiang Xinyang's credit card bills have always been sent to the company for her to handle, and she has never concealed anything.Most of his expenses are used for official business. After receiving it, she arranged for the accounting department to keep accounts separately without checking.The accountant came to her just now and asked about an invoice for a consumption. She glanced at it, was stunned, and waved the accountant to go out. The amount of consumption is not high, and the place of transaction is Yiyuan Garden Company in the city where Xiang Xinyang is currently located.Their local house is a high-rise apartment in the city center, and the company's business is construction, and they have never had any business dealings with landscape companies.She found the company's phone number, reported the credit card number and amount, and asked to check the details.

The girl who answered the phone told her while flipping through the records: "I checked the invoice, and the money was spent by the customer Mr. Xiang in our company by swiping his card. Ms. Nan has signed and accepted it, is there any problem?" She could only say in a hoarse voice, "No problem, thank you." Putting down the phone, her fingers tightly gripped the armrest of the chair until her knuckles turned white and numb. She reminded herself to take a deep breath to calm down, but the rage in her heart grew uncontrollably. After a while, she called the secretary , told her to book the nearest flight, and called a meeting of managers of various departments.

Tang Linglin finished her company affairs and got on the plane. The stewardess served the meal on the plane. She had no appetite, so she just ordered a cup of coffee. The instant coffee served on the plane was not very tasty. After drinking it, she even felt a faint discomfort in her stomach. Since the Spring Festival, she went back to the branch office in other places alone, and has been alone in the other place for almost a month.Xiang Xinyang still maintains contact with her on the phone every day, but the relationship between the two has dropped to a freezing point. The content of the call is all business, and the greetings are purely polite, which does not sound like a conversation between husband and wife at all.

The plane encountered high air currents, and the fuselage was bumped. The broadcast reminded passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seat belts.Tang Linglin had been on business trips by plane since college, so he naturally didn't panic. He just silently watched the snow-like clouds outside the string window and the faint blue of the distant sky. If she bid farewell to this world, a few people would remember and miss her, and the person she cared most about felt relieved.This absurd thought flashed through her heart like lightning, she was startled, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, she leaned weakly on the back of the chair, and raised her hand to cover her eyes.The stewardess who was patrolling the cabin slightly leaned over and asked her softly, "Ma'am, do you feel unwell?"

She calmed down, put down her hands and smiled slightly: "It's okay." Of course, if something happens to her, her relatives will feel sorry for her, and her employees will also feel sorry for her; as for Xiang Xinyang, he is always a kind man, and he probably won't feel relieved on the spot, but he will probably feel relieved soon. Be indifferent. She had thought that after spending seven years, she had gradually consolidated the foundation of their marriage, which was not solid, but she did not expect that this marriage was still built on quicksand. The smile on the corner of Tang Linglin's mouth was somewhat self-deprecating, reminding himself: You once thought that you looked down on Xiang Xinyang.

Of course, Tang Linglin didn't like Xiang Xinyang since she was a child. To her, who was precocious and strong, this boy of her age was simply synonymous with worthlessness. No one could understand Tang Linglin's harshness towards Xiang Xinyang. Because Xiang Xinyang didn't have any serious crimes except that he didn't pay much attention to his studies and was a bit mischievous and playful.Everyone likes this handsome boy with a cheerful personality, and doesn't think it's a big deal that his poor grades are a big deal.Tang Linglin's father, Tang Jiye, even lamented at home: "My company has developed better than Laoxiang, and the market has grown bigger than Laoxiang, but there is one blessing in this life that will never be comparable to Laoxiang. He has both sons and daughters." , Alas, I only have two daughters, it would be great if Xinyang was my son."

Tang Linglin's mother and elder sister, who was eight years older, were very good-natured, and they had long been tired of hearing his moans and sighs. They didn't take it seriously, but Tang Linglin, who was only nine years old, was furious and said angrily: "Xiang Xinyang's test scores are so poor, and he is always punished by the teacher. What's so good about him?" Tang Jiye smiled and patted her head: "My family Ling Lin is the most obedient and smartest. I haven't studied much. From now on, you will be my female scholar. Just study hard. It would be best if you get a doctorate in the future."

No matter how strong Tang Linglin was, he could still hear his father's regret.Holding her breath, she became more and more serious in her studies, her grades were always outstanding, and she looked at Xiang Xinyang even more contemptuously. But Xiang Xinyang didn't realize it. From the beginning to the end, he didn't even notice Tang Linglin's attitude towards him.He has always had his own playmates, and like all boys who are not good at grades, he keeps a respectful distance from girls with good grades. When Tang Linglin was approaching his third year of high school, he heard his father sigh that Lao Xiang had an eldest son to take over, and his eldest daughter and son-in-law were not suitable for business, so he could only continue to work hard.She began to shift part of her focus on homework to the family business. Her sudden interest and understanding surprised her father. For the first time, he began to consider the possibility of training his daughter to take over the business. Still sighing: "It's a pity that the construction business is not suitable for girls."

Tang Linglin did not refute her father. She made her own decision and applied for a local university to study business management and a law degree at the same time.In college, she was still eye-catching, with outstanding grades, strong organizational skills, and good eloquence. Xiang Xinyang, who went to the same university as her, is also eye-catching in another way.He has an outstanding appearance, coupled with a wealthy family, a bright personality, carefree, friendly and honest, very popular with his classmates, especially female classmates. Tang Linglin added another charge to him without hesitation: frivolity.

However, to say that Xiang Xinyang was frivolous would be an overstatement.He didn't keep flirting with girls of different names like some flirtatious boys.In fact, his attitude towards girls is no different from his attitude towards studies, he doesn't care much about it, what he likes is playing, playing snooker, playing computer games, hanging out with friends... Life is really comfortable and free. In contrast to him is Tang Linglin, who spends all his spare time in his father's company.As her father admired her more and more, her behavior became more confident and sophisticated. In her opinion, boys of the same age were somewhat naive, and they were not in her eyes at all, let alone judged by her as irresponsible and immature. Xiang Xinyang is mature, flirtatious, and not an opponent at all.

But she couldn't help paying attention to him, watching his every move critically, evaluating the girls around him, and secretly criticizing his behavior. This has long been her habit since she was a child, and she didn't even realize that there was something wrong and wrong about paying so much attention to this boy she thought she hated. Until she was in the second semester of her senior year, returning to school from the company late one night, she happened to see Xiang Xinyang walking in front with a girl on his back. He put his arms around her legs, and her chin rested on his shoulder.The campus was very quiet in the early spring and late at night. Xiang Xinyang walked in front slowly and easily. She could only faintly hear the two talking softly, but couldn't make out the content. She thought contemptuously, she had a girlfriend again, then turned and walked another way. After returning to the dormitory to sleep, she suffered from insomnia.From childhood to adulthood, no boy has ever been so intimate with her. Others may look at her with admiration, but they have no intention of being close.That night, she had a vague and ambiguous dream, and the only thing she remembered clearly after waking up was that Xiang Xinyang appeared in her dream. It took her a long time to gather herself. Information about Xiang Xinyang's girlfriend came to her little by little: Xie Nan, a first-year freshman, majored in accounting, could play the piano, and was pretty. Xu Yan, who was in the same class as Xie Nan, had known Tang Linglin for a long time. Her mother worked as the deputy manager of the financial department of the Tang family's construction company. Rustic, the piano level is very ordinary, scheming, and can be loud... Tang Linglin didn't like Xu Yan's absurd superiority of the natives of the provincial capital, and thought that when it came to scheming, there were quite a few girls with round faces and big eyes who often acted innocently.She has always been not interested in this kind of unnutritious gossip, and she felt a little ashamed when she realized that she was actually listening to the other person's gossip. For the first time, she realized that her attention to Xiang Xinyang was out of control. When she met Xiang Xinyang and the girl again at school, she acted more indifferent than usual, glanced at them with disdain, nodded her head as a greeting, and walked away. Just one glance is enough for her to see the girl clearly. She is not very beautiful, but youthful and delicate. Xiang Xinyang looked at her with gentle eyes, and she enjoyed the tenderness calmly without any anxiety. . Tang Linglin painfully realized that the impression of that glance lingered in her heart for a long time, bringing a feeling similar to sourness.She had never experienced such a feeling before, and she couldn't believe that she was actually jealous.From childhood to adulthood, only others are jealous of her, jealous of her wealthy family, easy achievements, strong reason, logical and rigorous conversation... She has never reflected on her conceit, because she has enough conceited capital, however, in After continuing to feel uneasy, she could only admit that she had different feelings for Xiang Xinyang. She began to look at Xiang Xinyang with different eyes. Of course, Xiang Xinyang has advantages.His smile is sunny, his eyes are pure, and he has the spirit of a person who has no worries; he is generous, if something happens to a classmate's family, he immediately helps him with all his money, and he fully takes care of the other's self-esteem without being ostentatious; He gets on well with everyone, without scheming; his joy is contagious... After looking at him from another angle, Tang Linglin's worries only increased. However, the long-term reserve and arrogance have accumulated, even if he does not have a girlfriend, she will not take the initiative to confess his love, she can only watch helplessly as he and Xie Nan flirt with each other openly. Maybe, they won't last long. Campus romances are always fragile, and Xiang Xinyang, like himself, is about to graduate.As soon as this idea came to her mind, she firmly suppressed it. She said to herself sternly: Did you actually put yourself in a substitute position?It's so sad. Her pride didn't allow her to think, in the eyes of Xiang Xinyang, who ignored her at all, maybe she wouldn't even be a substitute. In the summer of that year, Tang Linglin and Xiang Xinyang graduated.The two went to work in their respective home companies. The difference was that Tang Linglin took the position of vice president of the company directly, and held the real power. Few people in the company could not accept her ability; Xiang Xinyang served as the vice president under his elder brother A idle job, life continues to live carefree. The construction circle is not big or small. Tang Linglin and Xiang Xinyang are doing different jobs, so they rarely meet each other again. On the contrary, she meets his elder brother Xiang Xinhai more often. Finally one day, during a meeting, she chatted leisurely with Xiang Xinhai and talked about Xiang Xinyang: "I haven't seen him for a long time, I don't know what he is busy with?" "What can he be busy with? Busy with love." Talking about his younger brother, Xiang Xinhai's tone was unconsciously pampered. "Men can never treat love as work." She teased with a smile. Xiang Xinhai also laughed: "That's what I said, but he is still young, let him do as he pleases for a few years. In our family, he has always had the right to be willful." The boy of her age can enjoy life under the pampering of her father and brother, but she has set goals for herself and has no time to look around. It is true that this is her choice, and she also enjoys the satisfaction brought by busyness and power, but at this time she Can't help but feel a little desolate. However, Xiang Xinyang did not enjoy himself as his elder brother predicted. He and Xie Nan's love lasted for a long time, which was beyond her expectation. Occasionally meet Xu Yan, she will provide her with news.When it comes to Xie Nan, Xu Yan's most usual expression is to cast aside. "The two are quite ostentatious. Xiang Xinyang often drives to school to pick her up." "On Valentine's Day, he gave her a trunk full of red tulips, and she distributed them all over the dormitory building. I'm afraid that others will not know about that show off." "I heard that he went to her house on vacation. Parents in a small city have no reason not to try their best to catch such a golden tortoise." These news made Tang Linglin gradually disheartened. In this way, a youthful campus love will actually come to fruition, and Xiang Xinyang will be farther and farther away from her life. She has always been self-confident, and her personality is not lacking in initiative, striving and persistence. In the business field, she has already won the reputation of being more difficult to deal with than her father, but she has no experience in dealing with feelings, and at the same time, she instinctively knows that she must fight for someone. It is probably a shameful thing to pay attention to a boy who is completely unintentional and interested in him. But after returning home, her parents began to worry about her life-long affairs, chatting about possible candidates, and even mentioned Xiang Xinyang: "Actually, the third son of Xiang's family is not bad, she is about the same age as Lin Lin in my family, although she is not as capable as Lin Lin, But the two people's personalities are just complementary, it would be great if the two can start dating." She suddenly darkened: "don't mention this person in front of me." "Lin Lin, Xin Yang has a very pure nature. If you can marry him, I will be satisfied. I can leave the business to you two in the future." "First, I have no feelings for him at all; second, he already has a girlfriend. I don't want to hear you mention him in front of me anymore." Her determination so frightened her parents that they stopped discussing the subject. Tang Linglin was only secretly glad that he hadn't exposed his heart to others, which only added to the laughing stock.She thought that, like other girls, she couldn't avoid falling in love with a certain boy, but she could prove that she was not weird.But this matter should be rotten in her heart, and she will never share it with anyone. No one could have predicted where the sudden turn of fate would take place. When Xiang Xinhai put his company in trouble and the Xiang family ran around asking for help, her father Tang Jiye discussed with her: "What the Xiang family lacks is only working capital. In the construction industry, working capital is the lifeblood. Seeing that they have been with the old Xiang for many years For the sake of friendship, I can only lend him an extra sum of money to help him in an emergency, as for whether I can survive it, it all depends on his luck." Tang Linglin had no objection to the amount her father said. In business, she instinctively considered from the perspective of the company. If the Xiang family could not survive, what should she do after withdrawing from the market, so as to seize the opportunity and win more markets? share. Her father sighed suddenly: "Actually, if the Xiang family wants to get out of this predicament, there are still other opportunities." Tang Linglin disagrees: "The bank will definitely not lend money to his family right now. The existing project of his family cannot continue to start. If he wants to participate in the bidding of other projects, firstly, he may not be able to get the project deposit, and secondly, he will definitely not be able to guarantee the smooth progress of the project. It can be said that unless a miracle happens, the most optimistic outcome is to see if we can recover in three to five years." "If the two of us can cooperate and reach an agreement to inject capital and hold a part of his company's shares in the past, based on the market foundation laid by his company's years of operation, we should be able to get back on track soon." Tang Linglin was very surprised: "Dad, if we are a construction company like this, if we try to hold shares in the other company, we will inevitably have an attempt to acquire them. The Xiang family will not think that we are trying to help them with good intentions. They will not do it until the end of the mountain. Will accept this kind of condition. And why do we need to do this? It is already a great favor to lend them a sum of money. It is their luck that they can survive. We also have to give priority to part of the market, and then we can at least take the position of the boss locally.” "You've only considered part of it, Lin Lin. The competition is so fierce now, anyone who wants to monopolize this market is delusional." Her father changed the subject, "I don't know if the Xiang family's accident happened this time, and the third child in his family is still like that. Heart." Tang Linglin didn't know why his father would suddenly mention Xiang Xinyang. Thinking about such a big change in the family, no matter how the oil bottle fell and couldn't help the young master, he might have to worry about it. He would probably just be anxious by the side.Tang Linglin tried hard to be the same as usual, and said this with a bit of disdain, but he only opened his mouth and said nothing, feeling sorry for him in his heart.Such a big boy who lacks adaptability and only knows how to enjoy himself can only be helpless at this time, wondering if he still has the mood to fall in love with his girlfriend. "If the Xiang and Tang families can get married, everything can be discussed." Tang Linglin was stunned by her father's sudden words, and she instinctively raised her head: "Just kidding, who married whom?" She caught Tang Jiye's eyes and immediately shut her mouth tightly.It turned out that her thoughts were not as secret as she imagined, at least not hidden from her father's sophisticated eyes. Her face was flushed and her mind was in a state of confusion. After a long time, she murmured, "But he has a girlfriend." "Who didn't have a girlfriend when he was young, how can his girlfriend help him? If his family can't survive the current test, at best it will take many years to recover, and at worst it will return to its original shape. Will his girlfriend accept him with nothing?" Of course, her father's words were very cold and objective, but Tang Linglin had always been a realist. After admitting the rationality and logic of these words, he immediately thought about the feasibility of this proposal. "Lin Lin, your vision has always been high. Ordinary people can't talk to you at all, let alone marry you in love. Xinyang grew up with you since childhood. He will be a reassuring and good husband candidate, otherwise Dad I won't bother to think about it. As long as you nod your head, you don't need to come forward for the rest, it won't hurt your self-esteem, and it won't make you lose face." "But...he doesn't love me." She still hesitated. "He just didn't have the chance to see your strengths." Her father said calmly and firmly, "It's his good fortune to marry a smart and capable girl like you." Tang Linglin couldn't refuse the opportunity that fate suddenly gave her by her father. She is 24 years old and has accumulated enough business experience, but her love life is blank.When she thought of the possibility of marrying Xiang Xinyang, her heart beat urgently and irregularly. She had never had a similar impulse when facing other men. To her, breaking up a love affair that seemed childish to her was not a burden on her conscience.The only thing she was afraid of was that Xiang Xinyang would dislike her because of this.With such a bad start, is it possible for him to fall in love with her? No matter how strong a person is, when faced with an unsure relationship, he will also worry about gains and losses. Xiang Xinhai's wife was more eager than anyone else to see the success of this marriage. She took the initiative to inform Tang Linglin of the progress of the family negotiations: "My little brother-in-law is just too soft-hearted. If he can't do it, he will end it." Tang Linglin resented being impatient to be a sister-in-law, but said with a smile: "It's okay, let him think about it slowly. To be honest, I still can't make up my mind." Putting down the phone, she thought, this sister-in-law will probably continue to use soft and hard tactics to make Xiang Xinyang give in.She deliberately waited a day, expecting that Xiang Xinyang was under enough pressure, and then called him to ask him to meet in the cafe, and was ready to understand and move her with reason. She had enough confidence in her persuasion ability. Appearing in front of her, Xiang Xinyang was a little haggard, but he seemed to have figured it out suddenly, without her persuasion, without asking why, he looked directly into her eyes and said that he was willing to accept this arrangement. Tang Linglin couldn't believe her ears, but she had a calm head after all, and she didn't show any surprise, she only asked about Xie Nan. Xiang Xinyang said that he would break up with her as soon as possible, his voice was calm, but the depression and despair in his eyes made her unable to bear to look at her. Tang Linglin can only comfort himself, it's not painful but weird when falling in love, Xiang Xinyang is an adult, he has to learn to choose and choose. She went back to inform her father, suggesting that in order to show her sincerity, she might as well draw up an agreement immediately and inject capital in advance.Tang Jihai praised her for being generous and fully agreed with her arrangement. Manager Sun, who is in charge of the financial department, is Xu Yan's mother. After hearing about this incident, she immediately made an appointment with Tang Linglin alone: ​​"Mr. Tang, I don't know if you understand some things, but I think it is necessary to tell you." "Manager Sun, please speak." "Xiang Xinyang has been in love with my daughter Xu Yan's classmate for several years, and everyone in their school knows about it." Tang Linglin smiled: "They just broke up, so it's not an obstacle." "But according to what my daughter told me when she came back, they had bought a house with a joint mortgage in the first half of this year. That girl was very scheming and refused to let go easily. She still calls and pesters Xiang Xinyang every day." The matter of jointly buying a house was beyond Tang Linglin's expectations. She nodded to indicate that she knew.After Manager Sun left, she asked someone to investigate the situation of their house purchase, and then went directly to Xie Nan's dormitory. It was the afternoon class time, and the dormitory was empty, only Xie Nan was lying straight on the bed, with his eyes closed in a daze, and there were still tears in the corners of his eyes.She pulled up a chair and sat down, and looked at the girl in front of her. The unkempt face, red eyes, and pale face somehow aroused a little pity in her.The girl didn't see any scheming, lying helpless like this, she was as stupid as a sudden lightning strike.She thought contemptuously, Xiang Xinyang actually likes this kind of useless little white rabbit girl. It was this bit of pity and contempt that made Tang Linglin speak with reservations, instead of taking a 300,000 credit card to Xie Nan as planned in advance, so that the other party would disappear automatically. She thought, forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. In such a situation, if you spend money on it, I'm afraid this fragile girl won't be able to bear it. Tang Linglin turned around and handed the card to Xiang Xinyang, letting him handle the matter.She thought that she was benevolent and her attitude was high enough.