Chapter 1256: She Has Returned
Xi Siyan tidied up briefly and rushed to the company.
At three o’clock, the contract signing went smoothly. Although the other company was wealthy and imposing, it was also a company run by young people, so there wasn’t much of the usual business etiquette. No discussions about staying for a meal; before Xi Siyan could say anything, the other party had already laughed and left.
With the successful signing and financing, everyone at Cheng Yi was naturally jubilant, clamoring for Xi Siyan to treat them.
Xi Siyan was generous, waving his hand: "Dinner tonight, it’s on me."
"Long live the boss."
Someone shouted loudly, and Xi Siyan just smiled faintly, turning to enter his office.
Everyone buzzed for a while before getting back to their work, but someone followed Xi Siyan into his office: "Master, you don’t look too good."
Xi Siyan sat at his desk, rubbing his temples: "I’m fine."
"Oh, oh, you shouldn’t overwork yourself, health is wealth."
The person added another nagging comment, adjusted his glasses, and was about to leave.
Suddenly, Xi Siyan’s voice came from behind: "She’s back."
The person turned around, his bookish face looked stunned: "Who?"
Just as the word left his mouth, the person seemed to understand something, and his originally dazed look leaped to the front of Xi Siyan: "She... she... Cheng...?"
"Yeah."
Xi Siyan nodded, and the person stammered even more, unable to get any words out.
It was a long time before he seemed to snap out of it: "Did you meet?"
"Yeah."
"Master, about what happened back then, I still want to explain to her, it’s all my fault. If it weren’t for my oversight, you two would not be like this."
Xi Siyan forced a bitter smile, shaking his head: "It’s not about you."
"But..."
"It’s an issue between us."
The person bit his lip, as if making a firm decision: "Then, can I go see her?"
Xi Siyan neither confirmed nor denied, he simply said flatly: "Don’t mention what happened back then."
"Why?"
"I want to talk to her myself."
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Zhou Chengchen stayed home all day, until it was nearly dinner time when he received a call from an unknown number: "Hello, who is this?"
The person on the other end remained silent, Zhou Chengchen frowned, about to hang up, when finally the voice stammered: "Zhou... Zhou... Chengchen?"
This voice?
Zhou Chengchen frowned again, the voice swirled twice in his head, somewhat familiar but also somewhat different.
"Liu Xiaoyu?"
"Yes... it’s me, I heard... heard you’re back, can we... meet?"
Liu Xiaoyu spoke with a notable stammer, and after just two seconds of silence, Zhou Chengchen readily agreed.
In his high school days, besides that person and Zhou Qi, there were only Xiao Rou and Liu Xiaoyu left. Although Zhou Chengchen seemed indifferent to friends, in fact, he did miss them.
Liu Xiaoyu arranged to meet at a street food stall. The place wasn’t big, reasonably clean, but the environment was not good.
Zhou Chengchen wore a simple shirt and jeans, hair tied up neatly.
"Wow, you’ve grown taller? But how come you’re still so dumb?"
At their first meeting, Zhou Chengchen joked, and instantly, some invisible barriers created by three years of time and distance melted away.