Shen Ke I'm afraid I can't hold myself back if I'm chasing people like this.

It was another Monday morning, Lin Jian went out of his house, walked to the gate of the neighborhood, and saw the wounded Barbos parked at the curb.

Lin Jian accelerated over to him after a slight pause in his footsteps.

Since half a month ago, when Shen Ke asked if he could "chase people" and received tacit approval, he has been showing up at the entrance to the Lin Jian neighborhood every morning on time.

In the first few days, because Shen Ke's arm was injured and it was not convenient for him to drive, he was driven by a full-time chauffeur, and Shen Ke's reason for picking up Lin Jian was also very reasonable, saying that there was no final result of He Zhou's case, and he was worried that Lin Jian would be unsafe.

After a while, when He Zhou was again taken into custody by the public security authorities, and Shen Ke's injured arm was getting better, he drove the car himself.

But even so, Shen Ke still arrives on time every day, only to send Lin Jian a message the night before, politely asking if it would be convenient for him to come over.

Lin Jian can't really say no to such an appropriate and decent pursuit.

Besides, he didn't want to say "no" in the first place.

In fact, it's not like Lin Jian didn't experience the advances of other people, girls and boys alike, when he was in high school and college.

Most girls are sensitive and reserved, and tend to express their affection in a polite and subtle way, so every time, Lin Jian would take the gentlest way to politely refuse.

But compared to the girl's introverted, some boys will often have no rules and regulations, or even suddenly, to make some think it is a shocking expression of love behavior, in fact, can only make the parties involved in the added embarrassment and distress, and ultimately is nothing more than to move their own only.

But Shen Ke's quest is different from that of anyone he's ever experienced.

He will tell you his purpose very clearly, no cover up, frank and open, but also act very decent, not to make Lin Jian feel hard and awkward, but also will not make the daily life of two people become awkward and unnatural.

This feeling must be described ...... somewhat similar to and a gentle gentleman, sitting together with a breakfast store door to drink soybean milk, he originally thought that the man may pull out a knife and fork to cut the fritters, but the other party raised the sugar jar and asked him to add a few spoons of sugar.

It's new and ironic at the same time.

Lin Jian familiarly sat in the passenger seat, Shen Ke very naturally greeted, and then a long arm, from the back row to carry over a paper bag, handed Lin Jian: "Monday morning rush hour may be traffic jam, eat breakfast first."

"Thanks." Lin Jian took it with a wince, flipping open the paper bag and glancing at it before freezing.

The bag actually contained a packaged water tower cake.

Lin Jian remembers that he only casually mentioned in a casual conversation two days ago that there was a store in the old town that made Ningbo snacks and had been open for many years, and that he liked the water tower cake from that store the best, which was fluffy and sweet and not greasy, but he hadn't eaten it for a long time.

Obviously the name of the store, its location, and even the general directions were not given, and Shen Ke had this heartfelt sweetness right in front of him today.

Besides--

This store is opened in the old town, every morning is the best time for business, usually the store door from five o'clock onwards to start a long queue, even so, there will often be a queue to their own but the things have been sold out of the situation.

Therefore, Lin Jian could hardly imagine at what moment Shen Ke went out, and how he found this small food store hidden in the middle of the city without any directions or hints in the crowded old city, and then handed him this warm breakfast just in time to pick him up.

Lin Jian looked at the paper bag in his hand with lowered eyelashes, only to feel the warmth of the water tower cake passing through the paper bag to his palms, and then flowing down his hands to his heart.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Shen Ke spoke softly, "It's going to get cold in a minute."

"Oh." Lin Jian snapped back to his senses now, letting out a slow breath of relief and taking a piece of the fluffy, soft white cake from the bag with the pad of his napkin, squinting his eyes pleasantly as the light, slightly sweet texture melted into his taste buds after taking a small bite.

And then his afterglow swept over Shen Ke who was concentrating on driving, and after a pause, he raised the cake in his hand towards him and asked, "It's really delicious, do you want to try it?"

Shen Ke seemed to be stunned for a moment as the sweet scent suddenly approached, then smiled and said, "Next time."

"...... Oh, okay." Lin Jian didn't notice what was wrong at first, and it wasn't until most of the soft cake was eaten that he realized with a jolt how unspeakably familiar and ...... ambiguous his behavior had just been.

Well, that's what he took a bite out of.

And Shen Ke, after being slightly taken aback, didn't go along with his words to actually taste it - although even if he did, it would still be because of his own offer and wouldn't appear to be much of a step over the line and out of line, but still, he said ...... next time.

It should be the certainty that one will have a moment to react.

And he did not want to take advantage of this unclear "ambiguity", so that after the embarrassment of their own embarrassing.

Probably ...... Shen Ke originally did not care for such a welcome wind and moon, and did not want to engage in such ambiguity and obscurity.

And the next time, when will that be?

Maybe it's when he's really "chased" someone and can honestly share a piece of cake with himself.

Lin Jian was silent as he used a tissue to wipe away the little crumbs that had gotten on the side of his mouth, but it was inevitably hot behind his ears.

Whether it is Lin Jian or Shen Ke, usually if there is no outgoing business, then it must be the earliest to the company of the group, and wait until the car in the "Wan Qian" office building under the Shen Ke's special parking space, Shen Ke off the engine, and naturally took Lin Jian hand clutched all the way to the empty paper bag, said to the person who was about to get off the car, "I'll throw it away. He naturally took the empty paper bag Lin Jian had been clutching in his hand all the way and said to the person who was about to get out of the car, "I'm going to throw it away."

Lin Jian pursed the corners of his lips, opened the door, got out of the car, stood in the parking lot, which was empty at the moment, and said to Shen Ke, who got out of the driver's side, "Then ...... I'll go upstairs first."

"Good."

Shen Ke's expression didn't ripple, and he watched Lin Jian walk a few steps away before turning to the dumpster at the edge of the parking lot and tossing the package in.

When he turned back again, that elegant back figure had already walked to the entrance of the office building and met other "Wan Qian" employees.

Shen Ke sighed softly and smiled slightly helplessly before lifting his foot towards the office building's main entrance.

Every Monday is a nightmare time for countless workers, and the "thousands" of elite wage earners are no better.

The staff of the Board of Directors Office has been busy until more than three o'clock in the afternoon, lunch is life and death casually eat, and Shen Ke morning there are three meetings, at noon time also took time to meet with the person in charge of a project contractor, most of the day down not to mention lunch, and even the water did not have time to drink.

After finally sending off a wave of partners, Shen Ke came out of the reception room and headed to his office. When he reached the corner of the corridor, he happened to see Lin Jian coming out of his office with a few folders, ready to deliver them to Tina for Shen Ke's review and signature.

The space around the corner was narrow, and Lin Jian was in a hurry, so when the two of them bumped into each other, they almost lost their footing.

"Chairman Shen." Luckily, Lin Jian braked urgently, stopping just as he was about to crash into the arms of the man across the street.

Shen Ke nodded slightly, his eyes lingering from Lin Jian's face for a second, then falling back to a couple of folders in his hand, and asked, "What's in the hold?"

Lin Jian explained briefly, adding, "It's on its way to Tina's."

"Give it to me." Shen Ke held out his hand toward him, "Don't bother making an extra trip."

Shen Ke work often pay attention to maximize efficiency, never engage in hierarchical separation of that set, so such a situation before is not unheard of, before Lin Jian also encountered a design department has just come out of the program, has not yet been sent to the deputy general manager in charge of the approval of the Shen Ke encountered halfway, directly put forward a point of modification of the matter, he did not have too much hesitation, and directly in the hands of the several So he did not hesitate much and directly handed over the several folders in his hand.

Shen Ke took it and flipped through it quickly while asking, "Got a pen?"

"Yes." As an assistant, it was the norm to carry a pen with you during working hours, and Lin Jian took the pen off his shirt pocket and handed it over.

Shen Ke just stood there in the hallway of the building with his long body, padding through the folder and signing, and when he got to the penultimate copy, he suddenly asked, "Busy today?"

"Hmm?" Lin Jian's gaze had been fixed on Shen Ke's fine handwriting, and he froze for a moment at his words before nodding, honestly, "A little bit, there's a bit more going on every Monday."

"Hard work." Shen Ke didn't say anything, but only signed the last two documents and handed them back to Lin Jian before saying in a faint voice, "Go back and drink some water, the corners of your mouth are peeling."

"Okay." Lin Jian subconsciously pressed the corner of his mouth with his words, and his fingertips did feel a small patch of dry skin.

Shen Ke looks at him for two seconds and turns back to his office.

Lin Jian took the signed documents directly back to the archives and called Tina, so that the dedicated secretary would not ask Shen Ke for the results of the signatures without her knowledge.

Ms. Tina expressed her heartfelt gratitude to him over the phone.

Lin Jian hung up the phone with a smile and started to organize the minutes of today's meeting again, while about twenty minutes or so later, Tina, who had just passed the word earlier, knocked on the door of his office.

Lin Jian stood up from behind her desk and looked at the secretary who stood in the doorway poking her head in but didn't come in and asked, "What's wrong, sis?"

"Come help!" Tina smiled and waved at him, "Boss's Monday perk for everyone - the fruit store across the street just delivered a fresh-cut fruit box, one for each employee of the board office, come and help distribute it to everyone ah!"

"Okay."

This kind of workday welfare is not uncommon in "Wanqian", Lin Jian and his secretary quickly walked to the pantry where the takeaway fruit boxes were temporarily placed, checked the quantity according to the takeaway list, and then notified the board of directors' office of the number of people who would receive them.

In a short while, the small lounge outside the pantry crowded in a lot of employees, around the hands of the work is almost busy, some colleagues sat directly in the small sofa, the scene to open the freshly cut fruit box, directly eat up.

"Hey, this store is very thoughtful!" A female coworker suddenly surprised and laughed, "There's even a warm note stuck under the box."

When she said this, her coworkers who remained in the break room held up the box to check it out, and someone laughed and joked, "Not only is it warming, but it also understands the work routine of our social animals ah! Love it love it!"

Lin Jian sent out the last of the take-outs in his hand and sniffed curiously as he took his share, flipped the plasticized box over, and glanced at it.

After two seconds, Lin Jian put down the box, and with just this one glance, she felt her side of the face actually have a tendency to burn slightly.

He took his share of the fruit box back to his office, removed the sticky note from the bottom of the box, and taped it to the lower edge of the computer monitor.

Gazing at the flimsy note, Lin Jian sighed slowly and slowly--

Shen Ke, I'm afraid I can't hold back if I'm chasing people like this.

It was a very unassuming colored sticky note, but the phrase printed on it was one he had heard someone say just a short while ago.

--Don't forget to drink water when you're busy at work.

*

By the end of the day on Friday, Xu Lang had printed out a copy of Shen Ke's schedule for the following week, checked off a few items, and was ready to take it to Shen Ke for confirmation.

Before going out, Lin Jian stood at the door and called out, "Assistant Xu."

"Yes?" Xu Lang beckoned him in. Xu Lang beckoned him in, handing over the itinerary in his hand with a smile, "It's just as well, aren't you going to accompany Chairman Shen Shen to a government reception in the evening, so stop by on the way and confirm next week's schedule with him."

Lin Jian line of sight from taking a copy of the schedule skimmed over, but did not pick up, hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth and said, "I am sorry Assistant Xu, I just came to ask for a leave of absence, I should not be able to go to the reception ...... in the evening, can you please make another arrangement temporarily? "

It was supposed to be Lin Jian's personal time after work, and Wanqian was never reluctant to take up employees' personal time for official business, so Xu Lang was just curious about the reason: "What's the matter?"

"Yes." Lin Jian nodded, "A very close classmate ...... friend of mine flew over to see me on purpose, and he'll be downstairs at the office in a while, so ......"

Xu Lang understood and said very understandingly, "That's good, I'll accompany Chairman Shen Shen to go in the evening, I'll talk to him later, if you have something to do, pack up and go first."

"Thank you Brother Xu." Lin Jian changed his private name and smiled as if he was relieved.

In the chairman's office.

Shen Ke had just hung up a call, and the cell phone was still in his hand without being put down, when there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Xu Lang changed into another suit that he had prepared in the office, walked over to his desk and handed the folder over, saying, "Chairman Shen, next week's schedule, take a look at it, there are a few events to confirm your attendance."

Shen Ke long fingers flipped open the folder, browsing while faintly asked, "Notify the driver to prepare the car, the location of the evening reception is not close ...... By the way, where is Lin Jian?"

"Oh, I was just about to talk to you about this." Assistant Xu said, "Assistant Lin just took a leave of absence from me, so I'll accompany you to the reception tonight, as he can't make it due to some personal matters."

Shen Ke's fingertips paused in turning the pages, looked up, and asked, "What is it?"

"Said ...... a very, very, very close friend flew over to see him, probably to catch up on old times and have a little get-together or something."

In order to help Lin Jian emphasize the necessity of taking a temporary leave of absence, he, Xu, spared no effort to "very" tell the boss about the relationship between Lin Jian and his friend.

Shen Ke did not have any special reaction to his words, and after two seconds of silence, he closed the itinerary with a soft click and said in a faint voice, "I see, get ready, let's go."

It was rush hour when Shen Ke and Xu Lang took the special elevator down to the first floor of the office building, and before they could walk down the long steps, Xu Lang gave a surprised "Hey? Before they could walk down the long steps, Xu Lang gave a surprised "hey?

"Is that ...... our Assistant Lin?" Xu Lang looked at the two figures not far in front of him and said in wonder, "The other one is his friend, right? I can't see it, our Assistant Lin is usually cool and unassuming, but there are times when he's so close to others."

On the square in front of the office building, Xu Yang let go of the luggage lever in her hand and jumped three steps at a time, directly toward Lin Jian, howling with excitement, "I Lin ah, brother! I've missed you so much!"

The classic lines from the Spring Festival are out.

Lin Jian was solidly pounced on a full embrace, do not care about the surrounding curious gazes, only smiled and patted the back of the red Xu flow, asked: "so loud and clear run over here, in full view of the eyes of the people no problem, not afraid of the paparazzi sneak shot?"

"That must be afraid." Xu Yang came back to her senses in a second, immediately bouncing off of him, smoothly pulling on a mask and sunglasses for herself, and after she was fully armed, she lowered her voice slightly, smiled, and asked, "You can't tell it's me now, can you?"

"Not only, can't even tell it's a person anymore." Lin Jian laughed and picked up the suitcase he had dumped aside, saying, "Let's go, the popular fried chicken sub, the restaurant has been booked, to give your old man a treat."

"Go go go." Xu Yang took Lin Jian by the shoulders and headed for the parking lot, "I'm not going to diet tonight if I say so myself, screw dietary fiber, I want meat!"

The two men talked and laughed in the direction of the parking lot and drifted away, neither looking back.

"Chairman Shen, Chairman Shen?"

The driver had already driven the car to the front door of the office building, but Shen Ke's eyes looked deeply into the distance, as if he was a little lost in thought, and it was only when Xu Lang beside him softly called out to him twice that he blinked, pressed his fingertips against his brow, and said, "Let's go."

Once in the car, with the doors closed, Shen Ke took out his cell phone and sent a message.

"Dinner reservations for tonight are canceled, please."

Soon after, the other party sent a message asking about it.

"Chairman Shen, is it confirmed to be canceled?"

After a long time, Shen Ke replied.

"Yes, with pleasure."

After Shen Ke sent this message, he pressed his cell phone off and put it to the side, tilted his head slightly back against the back of his chair, and sighed very softly as he closed his eyes.

*

When Lin Jian called for a chauffeur to arrive at the gate of the neighborhood, it was already almost twelve o'clock in the morning.

He and Xu Yang hadn't seen each other for a long time, and this time, the other party took advantage of the gap between the finalization of the upper part of the drama to fly to South City to see him, so it was inevitable that they had a few drinks.

Lin Jian okay, not too much to drink, just a few glasses of red wine only, but Xu flow may be in the crew suffocated hard, this night red beer white rounds, either in the drink is holding Lin Jian's arm bla bla bla non-stop, good Lin Jian prepared, booked the restaurant privacy is very good, eliminating the flow of Xu headlines tomorrow to see the risk.

At the end of the drink, Xu Yang has a bit of consciousness drift, Lin Jian wanted to take people back to the home, but Xu Yang said he booked a hotel, and before Lin Jian proposed to send him back, directly a phone call out, less than ten minutes, was picked up in the car.

Lin Jian was not at ease, called a chauffeur to follow the car, and eventually found that the car was indeed parked in front of the hotel that Xu Yang had booked.

And then Lin Jian sat in the passenger seat and clearly saw that after getting out of the car, Xu Yang staggered toward the hotel entrance, the young man who got out of the car with him had a deep frown on his face, but always very patiently leaned down to coax someone softly in his ear.

Not even two steps later, Xu Yang, probably because he was too nagging, and because he was too drunk to control his strength, pushed the person down the steps with a slap.

The tall young man stumbles two steps before he manages to stand still, Xu Yang stands just above the steps in front of the main door, pursing his lips as he stares down at the man below him without speaking or moving, and after a few seconds the man who came to fetch him sighs silently and retraces his steps to his side, continuing to cajole while bringing the man through the door.

Lin Jian: "......"

Shocker - drunken wild roses turned out to be my brothers?

Xu Yang's relationship with this man was self-evident, but Lin Jian stayed downstairs at the hotel for a while until Xu Yang called to tell him he was safe, then he let the chauffeur drive away.

From high school to college, and now, as long as the moment with Xu Yang appeared, it was bound to be a gag without a proper shape, tossed down all night, even Lin Jian also felt a little tired.

The valet pulls into a parking space in front of the neighborhood, Lin Jian pays and walks inside.

At the end of the night, the late night of summer has already had a cool feeling, the slightly cold night wind blows, Lin Jian only felt that the glasses of red wine that he drank not long ago were vaguely steamed out, the wine was slightly sunken, and his brain also had some dizziness.

-did swoon big time.

Walking downstairs in front of the flower bed, Lin Jian swept his eyes to the side without thinking, and then abruptly stopped in his tracks.

I don't know when it fogged up.

This summer night is exceptionally quiet, under the cold moon, the whole residential area seems to be completely asleep, the surrounding silence, Lin Jian looked at the figure sitting on the edge of the flower bed, thinking that he was hallucinating.

It was a long time before he called out uncertainly to the shadowy moonlit silhouette and whispered, "Chairman Shen?"

Although it was in a questioning tone, after calling out to the person, Lin Jian was almost certain that the person sitting on the edge of his downstairs flowerbed in the middle of the night was Shen Ke.

As the next night breeze hit, Lin Jian smelled a hint of mellow wine and a very familiar, seemingly cold note of cedar on the slightly cooler breeze.

Maybe it was also because of the alcohol, Lin Jian felt that Shen Ke's thinking and reaction seemed to be a bit slower than usual, but he wasn't too sure, because for such a long time, he had never seen Shen Ke drink himself to the point of slowing down his reaction on any occasions.

As a result, it took several seconds for the slow-moving Chairman Shen to slowly rise from the edge of the flowerbed and walk over as if he had heard him.

Thankfully--

Lin Jian took a long sigh of relief in his heart, his footsteps are still quite stable, and his figure is also very Zhou Zheng, at least he didn't drink like Xu Yang.

Lin Jian took two steps forward to welcome them until they were face to face, then asked suspiciously, "It s so late, why are you ...... here?"

Shen Ke didn't answer the question, but simply raised his eyelids and quietly looked straight at the man in front of him.

The eye color is too deep and heavy, Lin Jian inexplicably some panic.

"Is there something-" Lin Jian spoke again, but before he could finish this sentence, the person in front of him suddenly raised his hand and wrapped it around his shoulder.

Lin Jian was suddenly speechless.

The next second, he was swept straight into a warm embrace.