old love contract

Chapter 67
When he first arrived in the United States, he was like a walking dead. Fortunately, architectural design was his salvation.

It was something he had always loved. In the first 20 years of his life, although he liked it, he couldn't do it.

Architectural design relieves the pain of longing.Only in the dead of night would he think of that person, and when he thought of it, he hated him, wishing he could rush to her right away and strangle her to death.

However, there was no news of her, and he didn't want to hear from her.

He was in New York, isolated from everything, and even refused to accept financial support from his family. He supported himself and worked part-time while studying.

The hatred for Qiao Ran supported him to survive better, and he was looking forward to the day when he returned to China, to appear in front of her with a brand new look.

On the wedding day of the head teacher of the university, he deliberately brought Xiao Runjie and Su Qiao to participate, just to stimulate her, with a vengeful mentality, to let her understand that he, Lu Jichen, could not live without her, Qiao Ran.

She aborted their child, and now his son is four and a half years old.

Looking back now, how much pain did her heart have at that time?
Perhaps, the long years have already diluted her pain, and now she is really reborn, but he still wants to redeem her.

Qiao's annual year-end end-of-year party was held at the Los Angeles Gymnasium.Attending the party were Trader Joe's executives, important customers, partners and representatives of outstanding employees.

The location of the party was no different from a large-scale cultural performance. Many popular first- and second-tier singers were invited. Unlike the previous ones, this time there were programs written and directed by employees. In particular, there were joint performances by the company's top and bottom employees.

Qiao Ran wore a generous black and white collage dress and a white suit jacket to attend. Mo Yicheng's name was posted on the right side of her, but he never appeared.

Originally, that was supposed to be Lu Jichen's position. Yesterday, Dong Jingmeng asked her to confirm whether Lu Jichen would come or not. She said that he would not participate.

He is abroad, how could he come?
When the party started, she took the stage to speak. She took off her suit jacket generously, got up, and went on stage.

The spotlight hit her face, illuminating her delicate face. Her bangs were combed neatly, obliquely covering half of her forehead, and her long hair was tied into an elegant and neat bun.

The tube top evening dress with black and white splicing made her look intellectual, mature, and sexy as a woman.

She stood there confidently, with a faint smile on her lips, looking at the audience.

Year after year, standing on the stage, facing employees and customers, you can clearly feel the weight on your shoulders.

She never thought that such a day would come to her before. Since she was a child, she knew that she was a girl and that the business of the Qiao family would be inherited by men.But one day, she really took it.

Seeing the brilliance and achievements of Qiao's today, she was a little unbelievable.

A woman who used to be insane and became a lunatic, now she has become what she is now.

"Thank you, everyone, for coming to Qiao's year-end party..." Her voice was a little hoarse. She cleared her throat and continued. When her eyes fell to her position, there was someone next to her.

Mo Yicheng.

He held the wine glass in his hand and smiled at himself. She nodded politely and continued her unscripted speech.

Well, still some old-fashioned words of gratitude.

These are obviously not what she said in her heart, but she said it generously, naturally, politely and appropriately, and did not leave a single partner or customer behind.

It's just to pretend to prevent anyone from discovering her shortcomings and weaknesses.

Mo Yicheng's eyes stared at Qiao Ran on the stage without blinking. Like him, Lin Xu, who was on the left side of Qiao Ran's position, also kept looking at her.

When Lin Xu turned his head by chance, he realized that Mo Yicheng was staring at Qiao Ran and was slightly absent-minded. Mo Yicheng spotted him, raised his wine glass, and smiled at him. Lin Xu also nodded politely.

This man feels strange to Qiao Ran.

Also one of her admirers?

Lin Xu still had doubts about Jin'an Industrial's signing of an order last time. As smart as he was, how could he believe Qiao Ran's explanation, and Qiao Ran probably didn't believe his own explanation either.

This Mo Yicheng has a mysterious background and whereabouts, making it unpredictable.

There was warm applause, Qiao Ran had finished her speech, and she stepped off the stage gracefully, everything was perfect and impeccable.

Passing by the guest area, she was greeted by many male customers. She shook hands one by one and socialized calmly. Lin Xu was worried that she would not be able to socialize well, so he picked up her coat and walked over.

He thoughtfully put on his coat for her, and naturally blocked the wine for her, Qiao Ran was able to get away and return to his seat.

"Mr. Mo, I thought you wouldn't come. Jin'an is our number one customer this year, no, last year." Qiao Ran sat down, holding champagne, looking at Mo Yicheng on the right, and said generously.

"Why don't you come to join us? It's Jin'an's honor to cooperate with Qiao's." Mo Yicheng said, the bright champagne glass touched her lightly, and Qiao Ran smiled.

Booming down the glass, he put down the glass.

"Where's Mr. Lu?" Mo Yicheng asked suspiciously.

"He's on a business trip." Qiao Ran replied naturally, and said the same to Dong Jingmeng.

"Oh? Is it convenient for the competitors to get married?" Mo Yicheng asked in a low voice, and Qiao Ran smiled.

"It is said that shopping malls are like battlefields, but I don't think so. In shopping malls, there are no enemies, only interests." Qiao Ran said with a smile, what to say on what occasion, at this moment, she didn't say anything to Mo Yicheng at the restaurant that night. appear close.

"I like this statement. Win-win is the truth." Mo Yicheng said with a smile, Qiao Ran smiled, stopped talking, and watched the performance together.

The performances on the stage were wonderful, and there was a lottery in the performance space. The biggest prize was a sports car worth more than 100 million yuan, which would be announced at the end of the party.

What made Qiao Ran smile bitterly was that a pair of singers interacted with everyone on the song "Love in Hiroshima". The men sang the male part and the women sang the female part.

The audience sang in chorus, and the interaction was wonderful, but she kept silent.

"Why don't you sing along?" Mo Yicheng approached her ear and asked in a low voice.

Qiao Ran smiled, "I won't. Mr. Mo, what about you?" She lied naturally and asked back.

"Really not? You have sung with Mr. Lu before, right?" Mo Yicheng asked in a low voice, Qiao Ran turned her head, "How do you know?" The question blurted out, and she stared at Mo Yicheng's face in the dark .

Mo Yicheng smiled naturally, "I guess, many couples like to sing this song. It is said that if they sing it, they will definitely break up. So, I won't sing it." He said jokingly.

"Superstition, aren't we together again?" She said in a deep voice, the singing of the audience shook her heart, and that sour feeling was at play again.

You can deceive others, but you can't deceive yourself. What is it if you are together on the surface?
What's more, it scored in the end.

"Before love and hate disappear, warm my face with your hands and prove to me that I have truly loved you..." Lyrics were displayed on the subtitle screens on both sides of the large screen. Qiao Ran looked at the white luminous words, those words Words, embedded in the heart.

The audience kept singing the last line: "I loved you, I loved you, I loved you..."

Obviously, it was the song they sang when they broke up. At the time, my head got hot, and I insisted on picking this song to sing with him!
"Next, let's have the finale tonight! Now, please invite Ms. Qiao Ran, the director and CEO of Qiao Group, to come on stage!" Qiao Ran was slightly stunned, why didn't she know about this show?
After taking off her coat and greeting Mo Yicheng, she came onto the stage.

"This link is like this. Everyone has seen it. Our President Qiao is already on stage. We will let her draw a number later. The guests who are drawn can perform a show with our President Qiao!" After the hostess finished speaking, Qiao Ran glanced at Dong Jingmeng in the audience. She didn't say this was the mysterious link at all!

Dong Jingmeng stuck out her tongue mischievously at her.

"Now, I want to ask, is there anyone who voluntarily came on stage to perform with Mr. Qiao?" The host asked, and the audience was bustling, everyone rushed to raise their hands.

"There are so many people, we can only draw numbers!" The hostess in a big red evening dress said with a smile, and asked the master of ceremonies to bring the lottery box.

If she really wanted to perform, what would she perform?
Sing?or dance?
Qiao Ran was a little bit embarrassed, it was different from her student days!
"Mr. Qiao, please!"

Qiao Ran smiled, walked to the lottery box, shook her hand in it, and then drew out a white ball, which she held in her hand. The host kept it out of the way, and amidst the warm cheers of the audience, announced Answer.

"Number 999!" The host shouted out.

Is there?There aren't that many people here tonight, are there?She remembered that Dong Jingmeng reported only 400 people.

The audience was in an uproar, and everyone was looking at the number ball in their hands. At this moment, the spotlight shone in a distant direction, "Our lighting engineer found number 999! Who is he?" the host said excitedly.

Qiao Ran also looked over, feeling something was wrong.

The audience was looking at the big screen, and someone was screaming. Qiao Ran thought it was some finale superstar, and looked at the screen behind him. At that moment, he was suffocated.

The man in a dark royal blue suit had a tall and tall figure, and he was wearing a black masquerade eyepatch. Even with the eyepatch covering his face, she could recognize who he was.

"Lu Jichen! You must dance with me!"

"No! I hate crowded places, I hate bustle!"

"Are you shy?" The girl held his face in her hands and asked mischievously, the big boy's cheeks flushed.

"Hey, if you wear this mask, no one will recognize you! If you don't dance with me, then I'll find another boy, Latin body dance..." The girl said, rubbing against his key parts.

"Qiao Ran! How dare you?" The boy roared angrily!

"Who is it? Who is he? It's so mysterious!" Just like back then, the audience was discussing hotly, not knowing who the man wearing the mask was.

Why is he here?

Was this link arranged by Dong Jingmeng, or did he arrange it suddenly?What's the meaning?What does he want?

(End of this chapter)