Chapter 4, I Heard You Also Like Me.

Xiao Yang followed her with a smile, laughing while scooping up some porridge with a spoon and bringing it to her mouth.

When there were only Xiao Yang and the assistant left in the meeting room, the assistant finally couldn't help but ask, "To be honest, General Manager, the activity of your libido today seems unusually intense!"

On the first day, apart from finding the taste of the hangover soup quite good, he didn't notice anything else. On the second day, he found that the taste of the hangover soup was different from the bowl he had on the first day. On the third day, he felt that this bowl and the previous two bowls of hangover soup all had different tastes. ... On the fourth day, fifth day, sixth day... Her hangover soup, unbelievably, had a different taste in every bowl. He thought she was amazing, being able to make the hangover soup taste so diverse... Her hangover soup, unbelievably, had a different taste in every bowl. He thought she was amazing, being able to make the hangover soup taste so diverse. Sometimes, he even had the illusion that the motivation for drinking too much at night was to taste the hangover soup of the evening.

Xiao Yang finished sending that message and waited for a while, but surprisingly, he didn't receive any reply. He couldn't help but feel a little impatient and started regretting why he sent so many words over. It would have been better to keep it short and concise.

Once in his youth, he was so pure that he could become a monk and follow only one girl with his whole heart. But now, he has been tortured by time and that girl, indulging himself in vulgar jokes all day long, and has become tainted with a dissolute and vulgar manner.

Another drinking buddy came over with a glass and asked earnestly, "What's wrong with you, Mr. Xiao? You haven't come out for a long time, and as soon as you do, you sit here alone in a daze. Did you accidentally injure your waist and kidneys by colliding with some young woman's youth and become lovesick?"

He loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt collar. However, he still couldn't suppress the stifling feeling rising in his chest. He decided to turn off the lights and stumbled into the guest room, collapsing onto the bed.

Women, they just love to act high and mighty. When you treat them nicely, they put on airs. When you ignore them, they come running to cling onto you. Xiao Yang tried to imagine what it would be like for Ji Li to cling onto him, vividly picturing the scene and atmosphere in his mind. But when it came to filling in the details of Ji Li's expression, his mind went blank. He simply couldn't imagine what Ji Li, who always appeared aloof and indifferent, would look like with a fawning and enthusiastic expression of clinging onto someone.

Xiao Yang shrugged: "I didn't force him to drink, he drank it all by himself."

Ji Li, who was drinking lemon water, suddenly sprayed it out, splashing onto her collar. "Sorry, I need to go to the restroom," Ji Li said and quickly left, leaving Xiao Yang and Qiao Hui staring at each other in surprise.

He suddenly relaxed, and his legs, which had been tense, finally loosened. Just as the talented young man got on her car, he immediately wanted to rush out.

Jili looked at him and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"

Well, let's assume he's okay for now.

Xiao Yang originally wanted to say it's not necessary, but when he saw Ji Li's skillful movements in cutting ginger and carrots, it was as if he was a chef in a five-star hotel. On one side of the blade, it remained intact, while on the other side, it turned into uniformly and neatly shredded pieces. Watching this smooth chopping motion was truly a pleasure. Xiao Yang stopped himself from trying to stop Ji Li from cooking porridge.

She drove away in her red car alone, leaving a trail of dust behind. Good, she didn't drink at night.

Xiao Yang laughed and cursed, "Go, all of you go away! Am I someone who easily reveals my magical weapon?"

Xiao Yang couldn't help but smile: "I always thought you were a cold person, but I didn't expect you to be so considerate."

Yue Xiaoying is extremely happy: "How about going to the coffee shop on the top floor of the building we used to frequent before?"

Get off the car and enter the house, turn on the lights and change shoes. Xiao Yang looked up and glanced at the antique clock hanging on the living room wall, it was half past nine. He saw Ji Li walking into the kitchen, bending down to take out a pot from the lower cabinet, and then standing up and reaching for various ingredients from the upper cabinet.

Xiao Yang asked: "Where do you usually go?"

Yue Xiaoying called out to him from behind, asking what was wrong. He didn't even turn his head to respond, instead picking up his phone to harass the Empress Dowager.

Ji Li turned his head and smiled at him, "You caught me. Okay, my graduation diploma was actually bought from a utility pole." She said it half-jokingly and half-seriously. Xiao Yang didn't know whether to believe her or not. He wanted to continue questioning her, but the car had already stopped at the door of her house.

Xiao Yang didn't have time to listen to what he was saying because his phone screen lit up. He quickly grabbed his phone.

Jili looked at him and sneered, "You really don't lose out. As for me? I'm more miserable. I was ugly and awkward when I was young because my father was the head chef of a five-star restaurant. I learned from him since I was young, so my cooking skills are not bad. Since high school, girls around me have all come to learn cooking from me to chase after boys, which led to all the boys around me being snatched away by them. So, I didn't have any first love to speak of."

Xiao Yang ignored her. He closed his eyes and many fragments whistled past his eyes. He quickly sorted out these fragments, excluding the influence of alcohol. Ji Li was the buck-toothed girl who lived next door back then.

Xiao Yang took out two tickets from his inner pocket and handed them to his friend.

And she said: "This is a very funny tongue twister. The person I like, likes someone else, and I have to help someone else cook for the person they like."

4.

Xiao Yang leaned back on the sofa and said, "I came to ask how you got to know your daughter-in-law."

But this is definitely a joke. He doesn't care about their relationship. Their marriage is just a shield united against their parents. What is there for him to deliberately avoid?

And you? Are you going to drink? If you don't drink, I'll have to drink alone!

So you are actually ... ...

Ali is different from other girls. Qiaohui was led by Xiaoyang to have the desire to confide, and for a moment, he couldn't hold back his words. "Other girls love to buy clothes and bags. Do you know what she loves to buy? She loves to buy slow cookers and recipe books! Those little fairies in our company study how to be beautiful and how to do makeup every day, but Ali, she studies soup recipes so seriously! She looks so cold, but her heart loves warm cooking, which is really cute in contrast! Those little fairies in our company study how to be beautiful and how to do makeup every day, but Ali, she studies soup recipes so seriously! She looks so cold, but her heart loves warm cooking, which is really cute in contrast! However, Ali is sometimes very disappointing. Whenever she goes out to play, she must go home at nine o'clock, rain or shine!"

Designer. Ji Li answered the questions in his heart.

Ji Li: "It seems that we can form an alliance to counter the elderly men and women."

Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned by his question: "Bring me your marriage certificate and let me have a careful look. I want to see if you just randomly obtained a number from an electric pole outside to deceive me! Otherwise, how could you have been married for so long and still not know how I met your wife!"

Qiao Hui took a big sip of alcohol to dispel his worries, and naturally answered the question, "Occasionally."

Xiao Yang regained his composure and followed the Empress Dowager's words to look up at the wall, where a portrait of the Empress Dowager was hanging. In the painting, the Empress Dowager imitated the posture and demeanor of the Mona Lisa, smiling at those outside the painting.

Friend rolls his eyes: "That man was almost vomited by your wife, how do you send her? It's your wife who sent that man!"

Xiao Yang drank some alcohol. He placed his car keys on the bar and told his assistant to come tomorrow to drive the car to the company for him. He hitched a ride home with Ji Li's car. The car slid through the streets in the night, with the alternating neon lights and the shadows of the trees shining through the car window glass, projecting onto Ji Li's face. The light was dim and flickering, creating a captivating rhythm in the quietness.

The voice of Men Lijili, slightly hoarse, asked him what was the matter. That lazy voice, awakened by the noise, made the fire inside him burn even more fiercely.

19.

However, a smile did not appear on Jili's face. She just stared blankly for a moment and replied, "You should eat outside, I have something to do tonight."

Xiao Yang smiled, and suddenly felt all the anxiety and frustration of the night disappear. He walked over and sat at the dining table, savoring the taste of tonight's hangover soup, which was flavored with lemon. It was sour with a hint of sweetness, and the aftertaste was both refreshing and satisfying. The taste of the soup was just like the person who made it, the more you tasted it, the more you wanted to savor it.

Xiao Yang turned around, pointed at the market director, and said with a smile, "Get up quickly, the PPT is well done, keep up the good work! Let's end today's meeting here, adjourn!"

I...

Before getting off work, an old friend and classmate called: "Xiao Yang, avoiding is not a solution. Come out and meet her, not for anything else, but to find a way out for yourself. What have you been doing these years? I heard that you recently casually got married to a woman. Isn't this causing trouble for yourself? Come out and meet her, open up any knots in your heart, and live a normal life in the future." The old friend also said in the end, "Xiao Yang, Yue Xiaoying got divorced." Come out and meet her, open up any knots in your heart, and live a normal life in the future.

Qiao Hui mentioned several names of bars, "Ali only wants to go to these few places to have fun." These names are all familiar to Xiao Yang, as they are the places he often goes to.

Xiao Yang raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly: "The setting is great, I choose to accept." He paused for a moment, and his smile began to become a bit cynical. "If I didn't just meet you, and another woman made such an invitation to me, I would think she took a roundabout way to propose to me for marriage."

17.

11.

Xiao Yang watched as Ji Li got into the car of a young talent, and watched as the car disappeared into the distance. Suddenly, Xiao Yang laughed. He felt that he had been eating too much lately and was a bit bored. He started the car and turned the steering wheel, deciding to go and enjoy this night of revelry with his drinking buddies.

Ji Li looked at him. He didn't speak, so she didn't either.

Hello everyone is curious and keeps asking what Xiao Yang and Ji Li said to him. Xiao Yang drank heavily and poured himself down. Seeing that he refused to say anything, everyone pinned their hopes on the young men who followed Xiao Yang back to the scene to watch the battle nearby.

Then, following closely, another message came in. This time the content was very brief. Ji Li asked, "Are you coming back for dinner tonight?"

She turned her gaze from her face and looked down. The few words that caught her eye were: divorce agreement.

The assistant said to Xiao Yang: "General Manager, you actually didn't confront the Empress Dowager this time! You easily got married to that girl! What should we do? I'm really worried that there is a huge conspiracy behind your abnormal behavior!"

Xiao Yang pulled a complicated smile and said, "Yes!" He quickly finished a bowl of porridge, then raised the bowl and handed it to Ji Li, "Is there any left?"

Xiao Yang looked up at the clock again, it was half past eleven. He was a bit absent-minded, wondering if she always did this every night. She would definitely be back home by half past nine, spending two hours carefully brewing a bowl of hangover soup. She brewed it silently, seemingly indifferent, as if it was easy to drink this bowl of soup.

Empress Dowager Xiao laughed and scolded him: "You little rascal, what nonsense! What do you mean by '山寨'? This is called high imitation!"

There are many things you can't imagine. She put the rice in the pot and turned to Xiao Yang, saying, "Drink the hot water slowly, and the porridge will be ready."

Xiao Yang absentmindedly reached out to grab the jelly box. The sudden spasm in his stomach made his fingertips suddenly weak. The jelly box "crackled" and rolled on the ground for two rounds. In the silent night, even a cough felt loud, let alone such a heavy box falling to the ground.

A person's growth is truly filled with unpredictable mysteries due to the addition of the element of time. In the past, she was unremarkable, with a sense of existence not much more than a table and chair. But now, whenever she goes out, she can always be praised for her beauty and elegance. As for the man in front of her, he might have been a clear-eyed and sunny young man in the past, but with the tempering of time, he gradually became sophisticated, smooth, unrestrained, and indulgent.

Xiao Yang sincerely exclaimed: "This is the most vivid and lifelike portrait with a unique personal touch among all the ones I have seen that imitate the Mona Lisa. Not bad!"

When others pursue me, I don't know how to refuse. When others stray, I don't know how to salvage.

Xiao Yang was stunned, then he hit his drinking buddy on the back of the head and said, "You know what? Today I'll show you what it means when a woman gets jealous!"

Xiao Yang pressed the remote control swiftly, and the screen of each channel flashed before her eyes, so fast that even Mrs. Lao couldn't see clearly.

Xiao Yang turned to look at her: "Bucktooth girl?"

Today, however, he took it off.

Juan Sheng suddenly froze, stood up and rushed to the window, gritting his teeth and shouting at Ji Li who was passing by outside, "Ji Li! You are not human! I curse your next man to cheat on you just the same!"

Jili's expression was indifferent: "Even if my stomach is uncomfortable, I can't eat jelly." She picked up the jelly and put it in the cabinet, then looked at all the open cabinet doors and smiled: "It really looks like a child."

Ji Li replied: "They can't be considered my first love."

Seeing the talented young man return to his original seat and sit down, Xiao Yang pulled one of his drinking buddies over and tempted him, "Two all-inclusive tickets for a ten-day trip to Australia. Can you help me ask those people if they will come tomorrow night? The main thing is to ask if my wife will come with them."

Yes, yes! If I had such a punctual wife at home, I would reform myself a hundred times a day, sincerely and earnestly celebrate our wedding night, and never fool around outside!

Xiao Yang felt agitated and didn't know what emotions were controlling him. He called a designated driver and went straight to Yue Xiaoying's residence.

Within a few seconds, the door was opened by Ji Li from inside.

Xiao Yang became a little impatient.

He knocked on the door loudly. He had been trying hard to restrain himself from making too much noise for the neighbors at night. However, he still couldn't completely control the restlessness of his nerves.

After a while, Jili and his small group arrived. Xiao Yang held up his glass and stood up. The other drinkers thought he would go straight to attack, but instead he held the glass... ... and confidently approached a hot and beautiful girl. The position, the perspective, it was difficult for Jili to not see.

5.

Xiao Yang almost revels every night and always comes home with a strong smell of alcohol. On this particular night, he returned home very late. He had eaten very little but drank quite a bit, which made his stomach very uncomfortable. Seeing that the master bedroom was dark and knowing that Ji Li had already gone to sleep, out of professional ethics as one of the marriage partners, he tried to move quietly and searched for stomach medicine in every cabinet.

Ji Li looked at the man sitting opposite him: he was crossing his legs, clasping his hands and placing them on his knees. He was handsome and charming, with bright eyes that revealed an unapologetic sense of world-weariness.

Looking at the delicate skin under the alternating light and shadow, Xiao Yang felt that the tranquility inside the car was about to make him sweat.

Xiao Yang called for a designated driver and raced all the way to Ji Li's house.

Mother, where does Ji Li's family live, do you know?

Xiao Zuo said, "This is not her style." Ji Li asked, "Then what style is she?" Xiao Zuo said, "You have a style of being as strong as steel, just finished dealing with a relationship that didn't touch your heart much. Generally speaking, you wouldn't immediately seek trouble for yourself, so for this blind date that came so quickly, logically you should ignore it and reject it."

Season Li, who was drinking water, choked and said, "I have to say, your self-perception is really amazing. Since that's the case, let me kindly remind you as your partner, control yourself, and don't develop feelings for me over time."

Pick up the chopsticks, take a slow bite of each dish, and after tasting them all, look at the clock on the wall. It's only a quarter past eight. She has never felt time passing so slowly, as if everything around her is frozen, and she is the only one moving along the timeline.

Looking up again, Xiao Yang was almost startled. The market director was on the verge of collapsing and crying on the ground. He turned his head to look at his assistant next to him, and was once again shocked. The assistant was half-open-mouthed and looking at him with a premonition of dementia.

Ji Li raised his eyebrows: "Don't you think it's annoying to be urged by the elderly every day?"

When released, he said fiercely, "I'm telling you, I tore up the divorce agreement, you obediently give birth to a child for me!"

The door was finally opened. He felt like he had been knocking for a century, but in reality, it may have only been a few times.

He cleared his throat and broke the silence, "I always thought you were in administration."

10.

Xiao Yang was stunned: "Why did she drink with that man?" Is she trying to do something with him after drinking?!

Ji Li looked at him with a solemn and serious expression that she had never shown before. She answered him softly, "Yes."

Xiao Yang touched his own face: "Is there anything wrong? It's fine, I am still the same upright gentleman as always!"

Yue Xiaoying happily agreed and rushed to the kitchen. Xiao Yang heard a burst of chaotic and bustling sounds coming from the kitchen. Judging from the sound, Yue Xiaoying seemed a bit flustered. Xiao Yang secretly thought that she had spent too much time abroad, so her cooking skills might have become a bit rusty.

Xiao Yang smiled. In fact, those two tickets were something he impulsively decided to give to Ji Li before leaving work. He intentionally put them in his inner pocket and planned to give them to her after dinner without her noticing. Who knew that he had read entertainment news in the living room seven or eight times and still hadn't seen his old friend return.

Yue Xiaoying asked softly, "What would you like to drink?"

The sound of slippers rubbing against the floor could be heard in the room. A few seconds later, the door was opened, and Ji Li stood in the doorway, looking up at Xiao Yang. She asked softly, "Is your stomach feeling uncomfortable again?"

Those drinking buddies sent him messages several times, but he ignored them. When more messages came to his phone, he impatiently wanted to turn off the power. As a result, when he picked up the phone and saw the flashing message on the screen, it said, "Xiao Dada, that young talent was being attentive to your wife that day. Are you coming or not?"

Xiao Yang smiled: "This is not the first time I have been proposed to by a woman, but it is the one that made me feel the proposer lacked sincerity."

Around nine o'clock, he saw Ji Li pick up her coat and stand up to put it on, apparently preparing to leave. Xiao Yang breathed a sigh of relief invisibly. Fortunately, she wasn't going home too late, and it didn't seem like she was too reluctant to leave the young talent.

Xiao Yang stood up neatly, and his expression of deep regret on his face just now immediately changed. He took the file from his assistant with great dignity and signed it.

Do people from your company often go out to play?

Ji Li smiled and took out a thin stack of printed paper and two wedding rings from beside her. She placed them on the coffee table and pushed them towards Xiao Yang, saying, "She is your first love, right?" Her smile was gentle and elegant, and the curve of her lips was perfect. "So congratulations, you have gained the freedom to pursue love again!"

Let's arrange blind dates according to my mother's ideas.The following sentence from Xiao Yang made the assistant swallow back the breath he had just exhaled in surprise.

Xiao Yang squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Li and the young talent beside her. He felt that although the wine tonight did not go down his throat, it still burned his heart unexpectedly when he thought about executing the prenuptial agreement. Women can be more free and easy than men.

Jili withdrew his gaze from outside the window and reached out to touch Xiao Yang's head. "Alright, I understand. Be good, get up now, your assistant is here."

Why can't we invite her to have a drink and have some fun together? She is not your wife!

Xiao Yang was really angry this time: "Everyone go to one side! Whoever looks over there again, I will gouge out their eyeballs!"

Two seconds later, a friend sent a live picture. A man named Qiao Hui was staring at Ji Li with shining eyes. Xiao Yang was furious. He hadn't even signed the divorce agreement yet, and someone was already trying to steal his wife! He jumped up from the sofa like a dried fish suddenly encountering water, grabbed his coat and ran out the door. However, the journey was not smooth. There was a traffic accident on the narrow road, and when the road was finally clear, Xiao Yang finally drove to the bar. Unfortunately, his friends told him, "Your wife left ten minutes ago."

The friend next to my ear is still babbling: "...hey, are you guys going to charge? If you don't charge, I'll charge ahead!"

As the end of the day approached, Xiao Yang made a decision. He picked up his phone and sent a message to Ji Li: "I have something to do tonight, so I won't be going home for dinner." After sending the message, there was no response for a while. Xiao Yang felt a faint sense of guilt lingering in his heart. After a while, the phone finally made a "ding" sound, and Xiao Yang quickly grabbed it to check.

She said: "I know you just casually found a woman and got a marriage certificate, because you didn't even have a wedding. So, Xiaoyang, do I still have a chance to start over with you?"

With the lingering sound, Qiao Hui fainted on top of his colleague.

She walked into the guest room, where Xiao Yang's clothes from last night were piled on the floor. She picked them up and held them tightly to her chest, taking a deep breath. In addition to the strong smell of alcohol, there was also a faint scent of the peony perfume that Yue Xiaoying loved.

Jili looked at him for a while and chuckled, "You see, there are many things that you can't imagine, just as I mentioned earlier."

The Empress Dowager asked him on the phone: "Did you prepare a birthday gift for Ji Li? Oh, yesterday was her birthday. I remembered it wrong and thought it was today! I couldn't reach her on the phone. When I called her company, her colleague said she went to some building to design something, and the signal there is bad. Can you help me tell her that I have prepared a birthday gift for her? Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? What's going on? I can't get a good signal to call anyone today... I couldn't reach her on the phone. When I called her company, her colleague said she went to some building to design something, and the signal there is bad. Can you help me tell her that I have prepared a birthday gift for her? Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? What's going on? I can't get a good signal to call anyone today..." The phone hung up before Xiao Yang could say a word.

During the day, while Xiao Yang was having a meeting at the company, he received a text message from Ji Li. She asked him if he wanted to come home and have dinner together in the evening.

The afternoon sun shines through the glass window, making the person sitting in front of the window lazy and listless.

He saw Yue Xiaoying furrow her brow and a hint of pain flashed in her eyes. He put the ring into his pocket and his smile grew wider.

Qiao Hui swayed twice and sat down on the sofa: "Who, who drank too much! Ali, don't talk nonsense..."

When Xiao Yang arrived at the bar, he found his drinking buddies all crowded on one side of the sofa, looking across in unison. So he walked over to the empty sofa on the opposite side and sat down, taking off his coat and asking, "What are you all looking at?"

Yue Xiaoying smiled sweetly, still as charming as ever: "Can we sit together for a while?" Looking at her youthful smile, Xiao Yang couldn't bring himself to refuse: "Where do you want to sit?"

That guy is holding her thigh and howling: "Wife, I swear I went to the bar just to make you jealous! If I touch another girl's hand, let me have ED from now on!"

Watching Xiao Yang finish the last sip of porridge, Ji Li asked, "Can you tell me the story of you and your first love?"

13.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere in the venue and people's nerves were heated up by alcohol. Xiao Yang stared across the room, where a young talent was surrounded by Ji Li. It made people want to go up and ask him, "What are you looking at? Looking at everything, everyone. Aren't you afraid of getting beaten?" As Xiao Yang thought about it, he picked up his glass and stood up again. His drinking buddies asked him where he was going, and he replied irritably, "I'm going to flirt with my own wife!"

Xiao Yang wiped his mouth while glaring at the opposite side: "Is my taste that diverse? It's either Wang Fei or Zhi Ling..."

Little Zuo said to Ji Li: "I almost doubt that you truly love Juan Sheng because you broke up with him and got married to a blind date just because you were stimulated. "

He pushed her into the room, followed himself, closed the door, pressed her against the corner, and tried to suppress the trembling of his voice as he said, "You always act like you don't care about anything! I'm telling you, I know everything! You've been secretly in love with me since college, haven't you? And then I got together with Yue Xiaoying! And you made hangover soup for her, cooked porridge for her, and made all kinds of delicious food for her, for me, right? And then silently watched us love each other passionately, while you stood by, expressionless, feeling jealous and drinking, causing your stomach ulcer, right?" He couldn't help but shake her shoulder, "You've always been jealous, haven't you?!"

Xiao Yang told his assistant, "You have indeed followed me for so many years. To be honest, it doesn't matter to me, but if my mother finds out, you will be unemployed from now on. As for me and Ji Li, in a sense, it is a fake marriage, so that in my mother's eyes, I can have peace of mind."

It seems that my mother misled me. Pausing for a moment, he turned his head to look at Ji Li and asked, "So how did you and my mother meet? Wasn't it during some administrative officer training conference?"