The night was quiet.
Lin Qian lay on the bed, carefully listening to the sounds of the bathroom. When he heard the sound of the door being pushed open, he immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Li Zhicheng washed his face and walked back to the bedroom. He saw her slightly frowning, her eyes closed. But as a soldier, he had excellent eyesight. He could quickly hit a moving target from hundreds of meters away, not to mention at this moment. He could clearly see that she was only a few meters away. Her eyelashes were gently trembling, indicating that she wasn't asleep.
Li Zhicheng quietly walked to the bed and began to take off his clothes.
Like most men, he only wore a pair of boxer briefs when he slept. Lin Qian squinted her eyes. In a daze, she saw him lift the quilt and lie down. His well-proportioned body looked particularly masculine under the light.
Lin Qian didn't say anything and continued to pretend.
Then, she felt his body slowly pressing against hers. One of his hands was also on her waist, slowly stroking. "Are you asleep?"
"Yes," Lin Qian answered without opening her eyes.
"Have you digested it?" he asked again.
This was what he had said in the study. Although Lin Qian was overwhelmed with emotions, she still said, "Yes … I understand. Let me digest it. "
Actually, women were all the same. If you were in a cold war with him, no matter how reasonable his explanation was, you would need some time to digest it emotionally even if you had already accepted it rationally.
Lin Qian was a very rational woman. From the beginning to the end, she understood that what Li Zhicheng had done was the right thing. He had said that he wouldn't take the initiative to plot against others. He had also said that if he didn't take the initiative to kill New Bori, Ning Weikai would definitely prepare a new brand and ban their newly rising Vinda. Because of this, everyone in Aida was immersed in the joy of turning over a new leaf. Only he could see the fatal danger behind his back, so he made such a ruthless move. Deceiving the heavens, he had no other choice but to live or die.
But rationality was one thing, and emotion was another.
She turned around and faced him with her back, "No! I think it'll take a few more days! "
Since she was someone he had exchanged his heart for, like a sweetheart. Didn't she have the right to vent at will? Hmph …
Then should she have seen his brilliant plan earlier that day? Wouldn't she have realized it now?
She thought about it and still felt that it shouldn't be.
Although he had devised strategies to determine victory from a thousand miles away, it wasn't without risks and difficulties along the way. If he hadn't found Mind's high-quality fabric that day, if the old man of Mind hadn't agreed to his ownership agreement, or if Ning Weikai hadn't fallen for his trap and taken the step of Sha Ying … then Li Zhicheng wouldn't be like he was today. His victory was already set in stone, and he only had to wait for the next year to easily reach the top of the industry.
Wasn't he also lonely at the top, bearing pressure that was several times that of others, and treading on thin ice with every step?
As he thought of this, his heart softened a little.
At this moment, she felt that Li Zhicheng's breathing had gradually stabilized, and his hand on her waist had stopped moving.
Lin Qian listened carefully and was speechless. He couldn't have … fallen asleep, right?
F * ck me! She was still desperately looking for a reason to forgive him, but he had fallen asleep so easily?
Lin Qian paused for a while. There was no movement at all. Her breathing became longer and longer. This time, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at him!
Who knew that as soon as he turned around, he would meet a pair of bright eyes. Li Zhicheng stared at her quietly in the night. She didn't know how long he had been staring at her.
The surroundings were so quiet, and it was so dark. Only the two of them stared at each other in silence.
Lin Qian's heart suddenly softened again.
Then she heard him say, "I've been thinking about you these few days on the business trip."
Lin Qian's eyes suddenly felt a little warm, and she answered softly, "Yeah, me too."
I've been thinking about you, every minute and second.
She couldn't remember who kissed who first, but that night, his touch was gentler than all the times before, and her reaction was more intense than ever. He slowly moved down from the top of her hair, kissing her whole body. She hugged his neck and waist tightly, as if she wanted to sink her nails into his flesh. The grievances, sadness, loss, and longing of the past few days were all mixed in those caresses, those breaths, and those silent gazes.
Finally, when the two of them hugged each other and were released, Lin Qian indeed felt a kind of relief. She thought, so it really is like this. The intimacy of the body will really bring two people's souls closer. Because in love, we are the most real and original selves, revealing the most naked desire in our hearts, and that is —
So I want to completely own you so much. That's why I'm disappointed, that's why I'm sad. Because I want to have no barriers between us, no alienation.
Be it loyalty, be it cunning, be it scheming, be it unwavering. That's because I love you. I want to be the one who understands you the most in this world. I want to be by your side, not standing in the fog and looking up at you.
So I won't avoid you anymore, I won't be afraid anymore.
From now on, I want to see the most real you, so that I won't be sad anymore.
Outside the window, the stars twinkled.
Lin Qian was extremely tired, leaning on Li Zhicheng's shoulder, and said in a daze, "In the future, I want to see all your wonderful plans in advance."
"Okay."
"If you fail … don't feel embarrassed in front of me."
There was a hint of a smile in his voice, "I won't."
"If Aito fails this time, other people will be sad too …"
"For now. I'll make it up to you, "he said softly," Did you forget the last plan: 'Sudden Emergence'? This time next year, New Bori will lose the casual bag and outdoor bag market, and our Aito will expand into a comprehensive brand and make a comeback. "
Lin Qian was silent.
So … Aito was not only a sacrificial pawn, but also a trump card. It was just not the right time.
The two of them stayed like this in silence. After a while, Lin Qian suddenly asked, "Last time, you said that you were interested in me at first sight?"
Li Zhicheng was silent for a while before answering, "Yes."
"Me too."
Li Zhicheng didn't say anything. After a few seconds, he lowered his head and kissed her again.
The next morning.
Lin Qian woke up at the first light of day. She was used to sleeping alone for many years, and now there was suddenly another person next to her, she really hadn't gotten used to it yet.
But obviously, men adapted faster than women. Lin Qian looked at Li Zhicheng's peaceful sleeping face an inch away. His shallow breath on her forehead, with a breath that made her heart palpitate.
Thinking of last night's conversation and entanglement, it felt like a dream. Waking up from the dream, her heart felt a little empty. But looking at the misty sunlight outside the window, a new day was about to begin, and her heart seemed to be filled with motivation and hope.
Was this love?
A love that made people sad and happy at the same time, but also irresistible.
She quietly looked at him for a while, and was about to get up. Who knew that although Li Zhicheng was in a deep sleep, he was still very alert. The moment she moved, he slowly opened his eyes and stared at her.
"Morning …" Her voice was as soft as a mosquito.
"Morning." He turned over and pressed her under his body.
So heavy. The man's body was completely on top of her, so heavy.
No matter how many times she was pressed, she still felt heavy.
Lin Qian put her hand into his black hair and asked softly, "You … want it again?" She was used to it every morning. After what happened last night, she used a very gentle tone to ask this question.
Li Zhicheng didn't answer. He just rolled up her pajamas and began to kiss her chest.
Lin Qian was used to sleeping with her clothes on, so every time after sex, she would put on her pajamas and underwear. Actually, the two of them had only been together for five or six nights, but every morning, he would still take off her clothes.
Later, after a long time, when Lin Qian recalled their heart-to-heart talk that night, she still felt waves of emotions in her heart.
She was glad that when they had differences, they didn't hide their problems in their hearts. Instead, they communicated in the most frank way, cherished and comforted each other.
And she would think that Li Zhicheng actually said something wrong that night.
She didn't overestimate him, but underestimated him.
Like he said, because of his scheming, and because he was as shrewd as the sea, he saw love and life more clearly than ordinary people. Behind the interests, behind the scheming, after seeing through all the temptations and vanity in this world, he really didn't want much. As long as they were together for a lifetime, she could accompany him until he grew old.
And at this time, their love continued to support each other after a temporary separation. Aida's grand career also took a turn at this juncture, moving in a new direction according to Li Zhicheng's plan.
At work the next day, the company's management started a heated discussion. Many people suggested directly competing with Sha Ying, but there were also many who were worried that directly going against New Bori would be like throwing an egg against a rock. But the company's top management who knew the inside story mostly kept quiet. In the end, Li Zhicheng stood his ground and decided on a strategy of "keeping the current market results and not competing with Sha Ying." In fact, it was a strategy of doing nothing.
At the end of the year, other than the stable and generous profits brought by Vinda, although Aito only had a small share of the market, the huge profits from the first few months and Mind's breach of contract still made the company profitable overall. During this period, Li Zhicheng and the others focused more on improving internal management and R&D. By the end of the year in December, Aida's sales had fully recovered to the level before the drop, returning to the second place in the market. The employees and workers received the biggest red packet ever. And the entire industry's layout also quietly changed as time went by.
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