Fin pattern

  "What's wrong with you, you're acting strange" Gu Mo sat beside her, reached out to pull the pillow away, but she held on tight, refusing to let go. "Get up and confess honestly".

  "I'm telling you it's nothing, why keep asking and asking?" Si Mian pouted.

  Gu Mo sternly lectured her, "I am your husband, I have the right to ask about your affairs, will you or won't you tell me?"

  Si Mian threw away his pillow and sat up, staring at him before saying, "Uncle Gu, I want to discuss something with you."

  "say"

  "Aren't you going on a business trip next month? Are you going to leave me some living expenses or should I ask you to give them to me in advance?"

  "Why? Always give me a reason"

  She stared at him with a resentful gaze, "No reason, just one sentence, will you or won't you? If not, then forget it, I'm going to sleep." After that, she turned over and prepared to lie down again.

  Gu Mo grabbed her collar and wouldn't let her escape, "Are you going to say it or not?"

  After struggling with all his might, he finally managed to get up, stood up with his hands on his hips, and was full of vigor. "Ah, forget it, forget it, just consider what I said earlier as fart."

  Gu Mo saw this girl with a look of refusing to say even if she was beaten to death, slightly raised an eyebrow, so stubborn.

  "How much living expenses do you want?"

  Si Rou's eyes lit up and she leaned in close to him, asking tentatively, "You mean... I can have whatever I want?"

  "Let's talk about it"

  She held up two fingers, "Twenty thousand"

  He didn't speak, and Si Mian felt uncertain in his heart, pursing his lips. "Then 15,000 it is."

  Gu Mo just looked at her, still not speaking, Si Mian scratched his head, why wasn't he speaking? Was she talking too much? He was going to die from waiting for a reaction.

  "Ten thousand, ten thousand will do"

  Not speaking, huh? Fine, she won't lend it then. The lady can't take this anymore, she'll figure something out herself.

  Si Mian raised his head, full of vigor, "Hmph, I knew you were playing with me. I don't want it anymore, go away, don't block my sleep."

  This girl is still angry, with a pretty big temper, Gu Mo knows, it's almost over, won't tease her anymore, the little girl can't hold back.

  Gu Mo turned and went towards the bedroom, Si Mian sat up, I groaned, this man really left, humph, I hate him.

  Sleeping soundly, suddenly felt that there was something flashing in front of his eyes, opened his eyes to find a card.

  Seeing her dazed expression, Gu Mo's face showed impatience, "Do you want it or not? If not, I'll take it away."

  "Don't" - Si Mian immediately chimed in, the gloom on his face swept away, replaced by an excitement that he couldn't hide.

  After all, she was young, and all her emotions were exposed on her face, making it easy for people to see through her. However, having been accustomed to the intrigue of officialdom, Gu Mo felt that her temperament was quite worthy of admiration.

  She is his wife, married to him, so spending his money is justified, Gu Mo also thinks so. However, one day, he received a text message from the bank on his mobile phone, and only then did he realize that she had spent all the money in the card, and every time she got paid, she would top it up again.

  Unexpectedly, this young girl is quite arrogant.

  "Look at you," Gu Mo said, "you change your expression faster than flipping through a book, how realistic."

  She smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Gu. Don't worry, I won't waste this money. When I get my salary, I'll pay it back to you bit by bit."

  "Alright, I'm not petty enough to make my wife pay for something she's already spent on. It would be embarrassing if it got out. Don't do anything that would embarrass me either."

  "Ah!" exclaimed Si Mian, jumping up and hugging his neck excitedly. "Thank you, Uncle Gu! You're really great! I just realized that you're not as annoying as I thought." Suddenly, she put her hands on her chest in a defensive posture. "Don't think about taking advantage of me, or setting any traps for me, like asking for physical repayment or something. I won't fall for it, even if my head gets chopped off and my blood spills..."

  Gu Mengbai gave her a glance and slapped the back of her head, "What kind of nonsense are you thinking about in that brain of yours all day?"

  He secretly muttered to himself, "Could it be that our ancestral tomb is emitting smoke? Has our ancestors' blessing arrived?"

  "Or I'll take back the card," threatened Gu Mo.

  "Never mind, never mind!" Si Mian immediately covered her mouth. "Uncle Gu, this money is yours to keep, don't try to return it later and then regret it, I won't acknowledge it."

  Gu Mo's face was speechless, and he didn't want to continue talking about such a childish topic with her anymore, so he got up and returned to his room.

  Lying on the sofa, Si Mian curled up her mouth and smiled, suddenly feeling that Gu Bian was not so annoying to her anymore, just a little less annoying.

  In the bedroom, Gu Mo sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about how she had just actively hugged him and rubbed against him, seemingly acting coquettishly again. He couldn't help but curve up the corners of his mouth, this feeling wasn't bad at all.

  …..

  In the dilapidated house, there was a musty smell everywhere. Xiao Qiang rushed in recklessly and completely occupied this place.

  Sai Da Wei's arm was hanging, lying in bed, the whole person looked very thin, rough skin, only in his forties, but his hair was almost all gone.

  "Put the envelope with money on the bedside table. Your wound needs to be changed every three days for a month, so there's 10,000 yuan in here for you to use for that. Don't take it to gamble anymore, find a proper job and stop dreaming of getting rich overnight, it's been years, time to wake up."

  Si Dawei didn't say a word, his whole person was in a daze. Si Mian didn't know if he heard what she said or not, but she still wanted to say it: "Dad, this is the last time I'm giving you money. The card last time and this money aren't mine either, they're someone else's, all need to be repaid. If you want to live, you have to go out and work yourself, don't spend every day hanging around in tea houses."

  "I sneaked out, so now I have to rush back to work. You take a good rest, I'm leaving."

  After finishing speaking, Si Mian turned around and walked out quickly. When the door closed, she leaned against the door panel, stubbornly biting her red lips.

  All these years, she was very angry with what her father did, but thinking of the kindness he showed when accompanying her in childhood, she couldn't help but care about him, so she felt very entangled and conflicted.

  She didn't dare tell her mom about these things. Her mom had completely lost hope in her dad and didn't want to hear anything about him.

  Taking a closer look, Si Dawei actually wasn't indifferent, his eyes were red, his chapped lips trembled slightly, and a flash of apology passed through his eyes.

  ……

  Si Mianliu returned to the company and sat down quietly asking Xia Ri, "How was it? Has the supervisor come?"

  "On a sunny day, I joked with him and said 'Where have you been? He asked me where I went, and I said I had diarrhea and went to the bathroom. Then he walked away with a look of disgust."

  Si Mian spat out her tongue, "Fortunately, if he found out I wasn't there, I'd be dead for sure."

  The boss is very effeminate and likes to use his middle finger when speaking. Whoever makes a mistake will not only be scolded but also poked in the head by him.

  In private, everyone gave him a nickname called "Eunuch".

  At noon when eating lunch, Si Mian suddenly said, "I've decided, I'm going to report to an English training class, I'm going to take the TOEFL, I'm going to take the IELTS."

  It's been a long time since she made this decision on a summer day with a head full of black hair.

  "This time I'm serious, I want to learn English"

  "Why? Didn't you hate memorizing English?"

  "Even if you dislike it, you still have to learn," said Si Mian, and then he buried his head in eating.

  Xia Ri and Fei Xue exchanged a glance, her brain went haywire, or maybe she just put in the wrong batteries today.

  A text message came in on the phone. Si Mian picked it up and took a look, it was Gu Da Shu who sent it, saying he had a meeting and would be back very late today.

  A smile of joy on her face, yes, tonight is hers again, she can do whatever she wants.

  ….

  As soon as I got home, I sneaked a peek inside and found no one was there. Overjoyed, I quickly took off my shoes and threw down my bag, then boiled some instant noodles, grabbed an ice cream from the fridge, sat cross-legged by the coffee table, turned on the TV, and cranked up the volume.

  Watching "Kangxi Lai Le", one mouthful of ice cream, one mouthful of instant noodles, it's really cool, and then I laughed so hard that I fell over.

  "Haha... Chen Handian is too funny... Haha..."

  Suddenly, the sound of a key opening the door came from the entrance. Si Mian's eyes widened in surprise. Could it be that Gu Da Hui had returned? No way, he said he was going to have a meeting. Si Mian quickly jumped up and ran towards the door, looking out through the peephole, and immediately gasped.

  Damn it, you're really perverted!

  He didn't like her eating too much ice cream and instant noodles, if he knew she was eating both together, I reckon these two things would never appear at home again.

  No way, can't let him know.

  She made a quick decision, locked the door from inside, then rushed back to stuff instant noodles and ice cream into a bag, before sneaking out of the back door and throwing them away. She then pretended to have just returned from outside.

  Gu Mo fiddled with the key for a while and found that the door couldn't be opened. Had that girl already come back and locked the door again?

  "Huh, you're back!" exclaimed Sima's surprised voice from behind him.

  Gu Mo turned around, his face somewhat serious, "Have you just come back? Or are you leaving again?"

  "Just got back, worked an extra half hour today" Si Mian's heart was a bit empty, but on the surface he seemed calm.

  "Would you mind taking off your slippers before telling lies? My eyes aren't blind yet."

  After finishing speaking, Gu Mo walked towards the back door, opened it and went in. As soon as he entered, he smelled a strong instant noodle flavor, which he extremely disliked, and his mood began to get irritated.

  Si Mian was so anxious she was about to die, one mistake in a hundred, and she quickly ran to catch up.

  Gu Mo roughly pulled off his tie and carelessly threw it aside, then turned a blind eye to Si Mian and headed towards the study, slamming the door shut behind him.

  Who provoked him? He's in such a bad mood today.

  Si Mian blinked her eyes, very puzzled. She was eating instant noodles, no reason to make him so angry, could it be that he had encountered problems at work?

  "Uncle Gu, would you like some water? I'll pour you a cup." Siwen knocked gently and asked tentatively.

  "Not now, can I just have some peace and quiet?" Gu Mo's tone was filled with annoyance.

  "Oh" Si Mian left.

  Gu Mo threw himself into the chair, rubbing his temples with his hands, feeling extremely bad-tempered. However, he didn't want to vent his anger on Si Mian, so he needed to stay in the study room to calm down first.

  The meeting originally scheduled for today was suddenly cancelled, so he left the office building early, but unexpectedly saw that figure while driving home, his whole body shook, and he hastily braked, opened the door and got out, running awkwardly in the crowded street.

  Is it her? Joys, didn't she leave this city already? How did she come back.

  He was excited for a moment, when he was about to approach that figure, he was actually very nervous, and his palms were sweating.

  He slowly stood up and called out to her, "Joss—"

  She didn't stop, Gu Mo chased after her and grabbed her wrist from behind. The person's body shook, "What are you doing?"

  "When did you come back? Why didn't you tell me?"

  "I've been here all along"

  "Have you been here all along? Then why did you lie to me that you left Nanhua City? Why? Didn't you know I've been waiting for you?"

  "What did you say?" Her voice was full of surprise.

  "That's right, even if you turn your back on me first" Gu Mo sneered with a smile, but his voice was very serious, "but I still can't forget"

  After finishing speaking, Gu Mo pulled her around to face him. When she appeared in his line of sight, he suddenly let go of her hand and immediately reined in the emotions that had been revealed, reverting back to being aloof. His eyes were filled with a difficult-to-conceal awkwardness.

  He actually spoke a lot of words he had never said before to a strange woman.

  When was he so embarrassing?

  The woman was very nervous, "Sir, I think you've mistaken me for someone else," she said and quickly walked away, apparently very afraid that he was a bad person.

  He suppressed his inner anger, turned black and returned to the car, heavily knocking on the steering wheel.

  Damn it! Damn it!!

  That's right. Although he hasn't mentioned her to anyone in the past three years, he still misses her deep down inside. He can deceive others but not himself.

  These thoughts he had never spoken out loud, today they were said, but ended up being such a big joke.

  "Bang!" Gu Mo kicked the desk in anger, causing everything on it to fall off with a loud crash.

  Si Mian heard the movement inside and slightly raised an eyebrow, dismantling the house?

  Today Gu Biantai was very unusual, as if he had been holding back a belly full of anger. Wow, who has the ability to provoke him like that?

  "What's wrong?" Si Mian still symbolically asked.

  "It's nothing" came a voice from inside, sounding as calm as if nothing was wrong. "I'm working, don't come in and disturb me."

  "Oh" she curled her lip in disdain, who would want to go in anyway, she didn't want to go in at all.

  It's eleven o'clock, Si Mian was ready for bed. He opened the door, his face didn't show any abnormality, "I'm hungry, bring something over."

  Her mouth twitched at the corner, and she went there to get something. The refrigerator was left with only ice cream and fruit.

  But she still hid a few packs of instant noodles, does he want them? Forget it, probably not, maybe they'll even be thrown away.

  "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and go!" He scowled, walked out, poured a glass of water, and then gulped down the whole cup.

  "Ugh... there's nothing to eat at home" Si Mian really felt that he was difficult to serve.

  "You won't think of a way? Your brain wasn't grown for holding tofu dregs"

  Xiao Mian can only go online to check the takeout phone number, Gu Bian is not in menopause or something, yeah, it must be, otherwise she wouldn't have a stinky face all day.

  …..

  The department head cleared his throat and said sharply, "The meeting is about to start. Either turn off your phone or put it on silent mode. Whoever's phone rings will have to wait till the end." After finishing speaking, he flicked back a stray hair with his index finger.

  The boss dresses up like a peacock all day long, wearing a pair of exaggerated black-framed glasses, and walks with more swag than a woman.

  Si Mian listened drowsily, his whole person lowering his head, then secretly closing his eyes to catch up on sleep.

  Anyway, she's just a small fry, and the big boss usually won't pay attention to her, so it's fine, she can sleep soundly until the end.

  "Buzz buzz buzz——" The mobile phone suddenly shook violently, and then the most stylish and high-pitched voice broke through the solemn meeting.

  Si Mian was so frightened that she suddenly woke up, turned off the power and removed the battery in a flurry, and only then did she let out a sigh of relief. But when she looked up, she found that everyone was staring at her.

  Including 'eunuchs' in charge of the adults.

  "Bang" The boss slammed his hand on the table and stood up, with his hands on his hips, glaring at him angrily, "Saiweng, why didn't you turn it off?"

  He had a helpless look on his face, "It shut down... then it automatically turned back on... This phone is second-hand goods, often has problems... I also can't do anything about it..." Then he smiled obsequiously again, "But don't worry, boss, when I get back I'll deal with it and take it apart piece by piece."

  "Hahaha——" Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing, the boss glared, everyone immediately lowered their heads, forcing themselves to hold it in, their shoulders shaking.

  Summer walked over and patted his shoulder, "Don't get angry, it's easy to get wrinkles." Then she leaned in, with a surprised face, "Oh my, boss, look at the corner of your eyes, there seems to be a fish tail wrinkle already!"

  "What? Fish tail mark? Where?" The sharp voice sounded again, and then immediately took out a mirror to carefully examine it, gently tapping the skin at the corner of her eye with her fingertips.

  Seeing the boss shift his attention, Xia Ri's proud and arrogant expression changed as he exchanged a glance with Si Mian, who raised an eyebrow.

  "Alright, alright, I'm telling you this won't set a precedent. From now on, during meetings, whoever's phone rings, I'll throw it in the toilet and then ask that person to pick it up and use it."

  After finishing speaking, she supported her chin with a lan flower finger, looking weak and delicate, extremely charming.

  Seeing him like this, Si Mian and Xia Ri couldn't help but laugh so hard that their stomachs hurt, almost to the point of being suffocated by laughter.

  Standing in front of her boss, Si Mian suddenly felt like a strong and capable woman.

  ….

  As soon as the meeting was over, Si Mian immediately hid in the stairwell to make a call. As soon as it connected, a roar came from the other end, "You've got a lot of nerve, not only did you hang up on me, but you also dared to turn off your phone, are you itching for trouble?"

  "Boss, was I doing well in the meeting just now?" Si Mian couldn't help but roll her eyes.

  After hearing her explanation, Gu Mo's tone eased a bit, "Come find me after work, and go back to that place tonight."

  "After work, I want to discuss with Xia Ri and others about the entrepreneurship competition"

  Back to her parents' home, suffocated to death, it's like a war, she didn't want to go at all.

  "Whatever, I've given up on you anyway." The tone was full of disdain, and then suddenly turned strong, "In short, if I don't see you half an hour after work, you're dead meat. That's it, I'm going to the meeting now."

  After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone on the other end.