Xu Yan Yimo

"gentlemen."

The man who had ordered a glass of warm water at the bar looked up from his laptop screen and responded with a gentle and polite "Thank you."

The bartender put the water glass next to his computer, and subconsciously saw the man's fingers tapping on the keyboard, slender, powerful, shiny and smooth, with a thin layer of callus, rising and falling, like a pianist tapping Touching the keys, even with a sense of music, it hits people's hearts.

Raising his head, he inadvertently met those dark purple eyes with a thin smile.For a moment, the light of the lantern shone on that young and handsome face, leaving mottled silhouettes on the mirror surface of the glasses, adding a bit of cold temperature to him.He was startled to be rude, and left in a hurry.

The dance floor was full of feasting lights, and the inorganic light did not enter Xu Mo's eyes.The smell of alcohol and sweat in the air teased the hormones of the men on the dance floor, and the moans of women were integrated into the overly cheerful music.Those expensive and intoxicating wines are like enchanting and intoxicating men and women on the dance floor. They indulge in pleasure during a song and spend a whole night going crazy, but for the sweet and spicy taste on the tip of the tongue when drinking, they may Destroy the body's already excellent senses - and this is the taboo of scientific researchers.

He glanced at the current time in the lower right corner of the computer, and it was already 01:30.The report on the scientific research results also came to an end, and after signing the final signature, he turned off the computer, drank water, put away his glasses, and rubbed the space between his sore and swollen eyebrows.

In fact, sleeping is irrelevant to him. In addition to his evol, not sleeping for a few days will not affect his work and tasks.He didn't know why he suddenly felt tired like a normal person, even if it was only for a short moment.

As he packed up and walked across the frenetic dance floor, he was bumped by a drunken man and woman.The scantily clad and drunken woman raised her head angrily, the flames in her eyes turned into soft fingers when her eyes touched the delicate and gentle mask, she said sorry affectionately, and asked him coyly name.

Xu Mo politely declined this obviously rude request. His profile seemed to be polished by water without edges and corners. His voice was cold and pleasant, and his smile was also charmingly alienated.Even though there was an unquestionable meaning in this refusal, the tenderness in his reserved tone did not make this woman unable to step down.When he turned around and walked by, he looked at the back of the male companion who was walking with the woman in a tall and straight suit, and a vague shadow appeared in his mind.

Li Zeyan.

His investors, collaborators, and... nothing, their relationship is nothing more than that.

The scientist's clever brain remembered many things in an instant, but even he himself didn't know why he recalled the relationship with Li Zeyan, and even showed a certain degree of care without knowing it.Is it important?

But when he walked out of the bar, he was still thinking about what he saw when he went to Huarui for a report and pushed open the president's door: that financial emperor Li Zeyan, who was rumored to be unsmiling, calm and wise, and known for his sharpness and decisiveness, was sitting in the room with his back against the floor-to-ceiling windows. in the office.Through the special glasses, he saw Li Zeyan wearing a black shirt and a gray tie, with golden afterglow in the afternoon sun.The warm color relieved a lot of the oppression he felt from his body, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that his eyes were sizing him up.

It's not the aggressive eyes of a tiger when it catches its prey, nor the eyes of a businessman shrewdly calculating its value.

Maybe it's a bit too arrogant to say this, Xu Mo felt that the look in his eyes seemed to be telling him that they had known each other for a long time, and this meeting was a reunion after a long absence.

However, this is not realistic... Unless it is said that the first time I met Li Zeyan was when he saw the name in the file, then they have known each other for a long time.After seeing this, the reputation is well-deserved.

... As for the momentary joy in "Reunion after a long absence", it seems to be a harmless joke made by the other party in the afternoon sun, so he doesn't need to care about it.

The report went well, and he had always been a good observer.As long as he met once, the information revealed by the other party's frown and smile is enough for him to make appropriate adjustments—even though the other party is Li Zeyan, he didn't smile, he just watched his slightly frowning eyebrows loosen, and he could Guess one or two.In today's popular vocabulary, this is called... an iceberg?

Li Zeyan only brought up the ambiguity of a few professional words at the end, and even he was surprised at how well this person grasped the key points.The fields of brain science and evol in his statement are not too obscure, but some new pronouns are destined to be a little strange to others.As expected of a person who built a financial empire in ten years, his excellence is not only reflected in his expertise, but also has a good dabble in other sectors.

"Then, if there is no problem, Mr. Li will sign this."

He lowered his head when he signed, Xu Mo didn't speak.There was only the sound of "swish swish" signatures in the room for a while, and it seemed that it took longer than ordinary signatures.After everything was settled, he was about to withdraw and leave, and just as he touched the doorknob, he heard a cold voice behind him.

"and many more."

Xu Mo turned around with a gentle smile on his face: "Is there anything else Mr. Li wants to do?"

Li Zeyan seemed to be frowning in distress, coughed at last, and said, "You... when is your next report?"

"If Mr. Li needs it, I can come to you every month to report on the progress of the experiment."

"It's been too long...I mean, I want to keep abreast of the progress of your experiment." Answering too quickly seemed to indicate that he had lost his composure, but he quickly returned to his indifferent look: "I don't want to spend money Investing in a research that I don't have the means to keep up with front-line intelligence, especially about evol."

"Then... three weeks, okay?"

"Two weeks. Every two weeks on Tuesdays, I'll wait for your report here, Professor Xu Da." There was a hint of teasing in his eyes, "I hope you won't let me down."

"Then I have to be respectful rather than obedient." Two weeks is not impossible.he thinks.

"Boss Li doesn't need to call me professor like that, just call me Xu Mo." He added, after all, they are similar in age, and this is not in classrooms or research institutes.

"...Xu Mo?" He read it again, and the coldness in his eyes seemed to melt a little for the two words: "Xu Mo, you don't have to call me Mr. Li, you can call me Li Zeyan. We are an equal cooperative relationship. restraint."

"Okay, Li Zeyan," it seems to be more familiar to call him this way, "do you have anything else to ask me?"

"……there is none left."

"Can I go?"

"……Um."

When he walked out of the office, Xu Mo seemed to be able to sense Li Zeyan's dissatisfaction at the end... I don't know what I said wrong to make him unhappy.This sense of powerlessness for no apparent reason was exactly the emotion he had always wanted to avoid, so he remembered it for a long time.

In the next two weeks, he will go to Huarui to report, and Li Zeyan will occasionally invite him to have a meal together.

Very businesslike, nothing special.

Tomorrow is another report day.

Under the cold wind blowing outside the bar, Xu Mo suddenly remembered that he was not outside Huarui's president's office.It was early morning, and there were not many people on the street, and the cold wind stimulated his senses.Although he told Youran that he was not very sensitive to any senses except for scientific research, the cold cannot be avoided by being insensitive - he stood at the door for too long.

And he found that when he recalled Li Zeyan, what he always thought of was not his last gloomy face, but the Li Zeyan who looked at him with warm colors when he opened the door.

Just like an old friend coming.