Chapter 22: Biased

"Um."

Pei Xiao shook the whiskey in the wide-mouthed glass, without any unnecessary syllables.

"I'm not saying, why don't you tell Su Yan that you've done so much for her?"

Not only did he help her find a job, he also brought her such a big client.

In all these years, he had never seen Lawyer Pei care so much about that woman.

"I'm just afraid she can't afford the lawyer."

After drinking the wine in the glass, Pei Xiao walked away from the floor-to-ceiling window and returned to his desk.

He flipped through the document in his hand, but didn't read a single word.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about her. Let's go have a drink. Young Master Lin and Young Master Yu are all here, the only one missing is you."

They were all old friends, so Pei Xiao couldn't refuse.

Following Zhang Chenghan to the agreed place, those people had already arrived and invited the two of them to take a seat.

"Pei Lu came too late. I will punish myself."

As if they had discussed it in advance, they poured wine into Pei Xiao in different ways.

Not long after, he was already a little drunk.

"Axiao."

Shen Xi appeared in a white suspender skirt, which reflected the pure white camellia in his memory, making it difficult to tell whether it was a dream or reality.

Several people around her had already been dismissed by her, and only two people were left in the large box, looking at each other.

Blues music with some sadness flowed slowly between the two of them.

"you're drunk."

She put her arms around his waist and pressed her face against his chest. She could clearly feel his slightly warm body temperature caused by drinking.

"Do you know how much I miss you?"

The hot emotions that had been suppressed for many years finally burst out.

Her tears soaked his high-end limbs shirt, but they could no longer flow into his heart.

"I'm not drunk, let go."

The cold voice seemed to instantly return to the winter when Shen Xi left without looking back.

"No! I won't let go."

Shen Xi understood that as long as she let go, he would slip away.

Just like the same dream I had for many years abroad, he would disappear when I woke up.

"Have you forgotten all the beautiful memories between us? Can you forget?"

Shen Xi still understood Pei Xiao.

There was no reservation of pure love between the two at the beginning, and she didn't believe that he could forget all about it in just a few years.

Her words replayed in Pei Xiao's mind like a spell.

Every alcohol-free night she left, he relied on the memories of the two of them to survive.

Just like a treasure that is taken out again and again, there will always be wear and tear.

He found that he couldn't remember some of the details, so he didn't dare to recall them anymore and could only spend long nights relying on alcohol.

"Axiao, I'm back. Can you give me a chance to make it up to you?"

Shen Xi raised his head and looked at Pei Xiao longingly.

"You don't need another substitute."

The hands around him tightened again and again, prompting him to answer in the affirmative.

Looking at the face that he thought about so much, Pei Xiao stretched out his hand to hold her face.

I don't know if it's the alcohol or something else.

Sweet memories of the two of them in the past came to mind one after another, and he tried his best countless times to get her flowery smile to overlap.

He was about to hold her hand, and Shen Xi's heart was in her throat.

At the critical moment, Su Yan's face suddenly appeared in front of Pei Xiao's eyes.

His expression suddenly changed and he pushed the woman in front of him away.

Shen Xi didn't understand why he suddenly pushed her away when he was fine just now.

"I gave you a taxi. Don't come out so late again."

He declined politely and stood up abruptly.

Regardless of the fact that she was half-lying on the chair, half of her outer blouse had been taken off, revealing half of her shoulders.

"Axiao ... "

She kept all the remaining words in her mouth, and the only response to him was the man's decisive back.

After driving back home, Pei Xiao took a cold shower to wash away the smell of alcohol, put on a towel and walked to the window.

The moonlight spreads into the room like soft yellow silk.

He opened a new bottle of tequila.

It's been a long time since I had a late night drink.

In the past, it was to forget the familiar smiling face in my memory, but this time it was out of doubt.

Why did Su Yan’s face appear in front of me just now?

Before I knew it, half of the wine in the bottle had been gone.

...

Su Yan has been very motivated at work recently, and Mrs. Li's design has been finalized after being reported through various levels.

She went to the Li family to report, and Mrs. Li was also grinning from ear to ear.

After returning to the company, Director Wang praised her in front of everyone in the design department.

New missions were then announced.

"Mrs. Li is very satisfied with our company's design. She also asked us to design the clothes for the old lady of the Li family, Mrs. Li's mother-in-law, for her 60th birthday. So this task should naturally be given to ... "

He spread his hands and pointed in Su Yan's direction.

Before she could finish her words, Jiang Wanyi crossed her arms over her chest with a look of disdain on her face, and raised one corner of her lips to show her dissatisfaction.

"Director Wang, you were partial once, but you can't be partial a second time."

She took the document directly from Director Wang's hand, stood opposite Su Yan, and her eyes were full of ambition.

"I think this opportunity should be a fair competition between me and Su Yan."

Jiang Wanyi has never been someone who is willing to wait.

Whether it is a job opportunity or a good man, she has always taken the initiative to fight for it.

It's okay to rob when necessary.

“Isn’t this unfair to other designers?”

Director Wang pushed his glasses up on his nose.

"Who here can compare with me?"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the entire audience with contempt, and her gaze finally fell on Su Yan.

"Including you."

"Such a small design can also catch the eye of Designer Jiang?"

Jiang Wanyi was speechless after being ridiculed by Su Yan, but she still refused to give up this hard-won opportunity. She stared at Director Wang, asking him to make the final decision.

"Then follow Designer Jiang's plan. You two will compete fairly for one week. Whoever gets the old lady's nod first will get the design."

"no problem."

Jiang Wanyi agreed to the competition with confidence.

Su Yan couldn't fall behind either, so he nodded, took the folder from Director Wang, returned to his workstation and started to get busy.

"Is this mission difficult?"

Seeing Su Yan's nervous expression, Zhao Weilin asked with some confusion.

It was obvious that when she took over Mrs. Li’s design last time, she looked confident.

This time, she looked very sad.

"The old lady's mind is the hardest to guess."

Unlike Su Yan who was sighing continuously, Jiang Wanyi was in high spirits.

She symbolically flipped through the documents and then put on some makeup.

Then he came to Su Yan's workstation and knocked on her desk.

"It's getting late, should we go visit the old lady?"

Without waiting for Su Yan to answer, she walked away wearing high heels and twisting her waist.

Su Yan followed her, and the two of them came to the Li family together.

"Hello, I'm a designer, and I'm here to take your measurements."

"I'm sorry, the old lady is taking a nap and it's not convenient for us to meet you."

Hearing that it was a deliberate rejection, Su Yan could only keep smiling.

"It's okay, I'll wait outside."

The man neither agreed nor disagreed. He nodded politely and closed the door tightly.

The sound of high heels came from far away. Su Yan didn't even raise his head. He knew it was Jiang Wanyi by the strong scent of perfume.

"Grandma, here I come!"

She knocked on the door.

Su Yan wanted to tell her that the old lady was taking a nap, but he kept his mouth shut. Given her personality, she would never believe what he said.

I really didn't want to argue with her, so I just shut up and sat in the shade and watched quietly.

"Is it Miss Jiang?"

"Yes."

Seeing the woman opening the door, she quickly put on a smile and went to greet her.

"Please come in, Mr. Li is waiting for you inside."