Winner Takes All

Li Shuo's brain is blank for a moment.

The short lines were almost empty in his eyes. He pressed the callback key hard, but the phone turned off unexpectedly. He kicked the table angrily and called his assistant.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered. Li Shuo had long forgotten that it was midnight in China. When it was connected, he shouted, "Li Chengxiu!"

The assistant was confused, not because he didn't wake up, but because he had been with Li Shuo for more than three years. He had never seen the boss so fierce before. He murmured: "ah Li Li Chengxiu

"Where's Li Chengxiu?!"

"He He is... " The assistant woke up a little. "Isn't he at home? I'll pick him up tomorrow and help him move to the hotel. "

Li Shuo wiped his face hard and forced himself to calm down: "Xiao Guo, you have to work hard. Now go to Li Chengxiu's house. He may be gone."

"Gone? I'm still on the phone with him during the day to set a time for moving. "

"Go now and reply to me after confirmation."

"Yes, yes, I will go now." The assistant scrambled out of the bed.

Hang up the phone, Li Shuo in the room anxiously paced a few back and forth, the text message read several times. Although the text is so plain, lishuo still smells a sense of despair.

Nine times out of ten, Shao Qun went to find Li Chengxiu and threatened him

He has been worried about something for two days, but it still happened. He didn't think Shao Qun would look for trouble, but he thought that maybe he met Shao Qun, and Li Chengxiu would be more frustrated and would like to come to him.

So he left?!

Where will he go? Who will he run for? Is he still in touch with himself?

Li Shuo felt that his emotions were boiling. He was worried, confused and anxious. He would not be so nervous if he was not too far away.

After waiting restlessly in the room for half an hour, the assistant called back.

Li Shuo also held a trace of expectation: "how?"

"There's really no one at home." The assistant's voice seemed to be crying, "asked the security guard and said that people left in the daytime with their luggage. President Li, what can I do? "

Li Shuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "book me a ticket and I'll go back."

"But Xiang always said that you must not come back..."

"Don't worry, order it for me..." Li Shuo calculated the time when he could get back to New York as soon as possible to pack up his things and arrive at the airport, "the plane after seven."

“…… All right, all right. "

"Go to check all the traffic information you can find right now. Be sure to find Li Chengxiu."

"Yes!"

Li Shuo rubbed his temple twice, threw his cell phone aside and began to pack.

Now I can't think about it so much. Even if Li Chengxiu wants to break up with him and would rather leave than come to the United States, the pain and despair he read in this message is enough to make him understand that Li Chengxiu needs help now. At this time, how could he be on holiday here safely!

When he had packed his bags, he picked up the box and went downstairs.

Just after opening the door, Zhao Jinxin happened to knock on it. Before he could put his hand down, his eyes fell on lishuo's suitcase: "where are you going?"

"I want to go home." Lishuo will go over him.

Zhao Jinxin pressed his shoulder: "what's the matter? In a hurry. "

"I don't want to explain. In short, there is something urgent. I'll go back right away." Lishuo reached out and tried to push him away.

Zhao Jinxin grabbed Li Shuo's arm and went to the front of him. Then he caught him by the neck with his right arm, almost holding him full, and then dragged him into the room.

That series of movements are too fast and too sharp. Li Shuo hasn't regained his mind. Zhao Jinxin has kicked the door. Although lishuo didn't know martial arts, he always felt that it was a kind of gentle and improved version of capture. His neck was strangled like this, and he would not suffocate, but he could not get rid of it.

Zhao Jinxin soon let go of his hand, just stopped in front of the door and smiled at Li Shuo.

Li Shuo dropped the box and said angrily, "what are you doing?! I really have an emergency! "

"You promised to drink with me tonight." Zhao Jinxin said innocently.

"Do you have a little weight?"

Zhao Jinxin shrugged his shoulders and said positively, "I don't know what happened in your country, but do you forget that you are taking a chance to return home now?"

"I know, but I have to go back."

"Why?"

"It's none of your business."

Zhao Jinxin opened his arms and said with a smile, "if you don't say it, I won't let you go. Honey, you really can't beat me."

Li Shuo clenched his fist. Now he really has no mind to verify Zhao Jinxin's statement. He took a deep breath: "Li Chengxiu may be missing."

Zhao Jinxin is stunned: "what?"

"I can't explain it to you," said Li Shuo, fretting. "In short, I want to go back home now and get out of the way."Zhao Jinxin kept blocking the door: "missing? Why? "

"What does it have to do with you!" Li Shuo raised his voice, "he sent a message and the man left. It may be very serious. Can you be more sensible?"

Zhao Jinxin's face slightly changed: "go? Did he take the initiative? "

"Yes!"

Zhao Jinxin pondered for two seconds: "he's gone. What's the use of going back?"

"You..."

"If you can't go back, you can still find it. If you can't find it, you can't find it." Zhao Jinxin interrupts him, "on the contrary, if you go back and something goes wrong, how much energy can you spare to find him? You go back to make a mess. "

Li Shuo was speechless for a while.

Zhao Jinxin came over and asked him to sit down on his shoulder. "Calm down first. It's only over an hour since you went back to your room. That is to say, you have received messages and made decisions in such a short time. Don't you think it's too impulsive and reckless? " The voice was warm and gentle, and there was a reassuring force to listen to.

Li Shuo looks at the carpet dully, and his stiff spine slowly relaxes, accompanied by a sigh.

Zhao Jinxin squatted in front of him, took his hand, smiled and said: "in fact, you can think about it more, don't worry, don't impulse, you are not like Uncle Li at ordinary times."

Lishuo reluctantly smiles. At this point, of course, he won't fail to understand. He really can't go back. For the matter of finding someone, what he can do is to spend money and find a relationship. In these two ways, he can communicate by phone. If he is really detained when he goes back, it's not that he's attacked head and tail, and it's difficult to give consideration to both.

But he's in such a mess now that he can't even sit on a stool.

Zhao Jinxin pinched his palm: "you are in such a hurry, if only for me."

For a while, Li Shuo couldn't look directly at Zhao Jinxin's eager eyes. He got out of sight and stood up.

Zhao Jinxin was very different from the two when they first met. The first time I met him, he was frivolous and unrestrained, like a flamboyant viper, approaching step by step, so he was only suitable for a long view. Later, he found that he was fond of coquetry, playing tricks and flirtatious, but he was always controlled within a proper range, which made people dislike him, and even felt that he was somewhat frank and lovely. With the deepening of his contact, Li Shuo was gradually confused by the love he showed And daze, also peeped at the gentleness behind his cynicism.

His impression of Zhao Jinxin soared all the way from the bottom of the valley, and now he feels a little guilty for being unable to respond to Zhao Jinxin's enthusiasm.

Zhao Jinxin also stood up: "I have many friends in China. I will help you find them. Don't go out with me at this time. Finding talents is the most important thing, isn't it?"

Li Shuo opened his mouth and nodded slowly: "Jinxin, thank you."

"You're welcome." Zhao Jinxin gently hooked his index finger to goulishuo's chin. "So, did you break up?"

Li Shuo is slightly Zheng: "now which has the heart to think this."

"Don't run away. Isn't Li Chengxiu's attitude obvious enough?"

Li Shuo said: "he must be very difficult now. I hope he is good and will help him."

"You are a good man." Zhao Jinxin said slowly.

I don't know why, Li Shuo listened to this sentence with some ironic meaning. He thought he probably wanted more, or Zhao Jinxin was jealous.

Lishuo shook his head and said, "Jinxin, please let me be quiet for a while."

"Good." Zhao Jinxin patted him on the shoulder. "You send the current information to my mobile phone. I'll go to my friend for help. Don't worry, we will find him."

Li Shuo nodded gratefully.

Li Shuo was anxiously waiting for the news because it was not dawn in China. He repeatedly recalled the little things he had known with Li Chengxiu, and the more he thought about it, the more he got stuck in his heart.

He was a little reluctant. He asked himself that he was a man of integrity, kindness and strict self-discipline. He never deviated greatly from his life and work, and he has always been popular. Why did his emotional experience always go wrong?

Those childish feelings in his teens are not mentioned. His favorite and most like-minded college boyfriend broke up because he temporarily regretted and refused to go to Africa with him. No matter who he interacted with these years, he treated each other sincerely and respected each other, but finally broke up without exception.

He was not even sure what he had done wrong.

But there was a man who told him frankly that he was too rational to feel much love.

Thinking of that man, he once liked a little boy who was very clever and strange. He happened to be his common friend with Li Chengxiu. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone.

There was an extremely impatient voice over the phone: "who?"

"Xiaohui, it's me, lishuo."

"Well..." The voice woke up a little bit, "hey? Brother Li, you are so late Why do you call so early? Get up two hours early and doze off all morning. " He yawned a great deal before his voice fell.

"Xiaohui, did Cheng Xiu go to see you again?""I haven't recently. I called today to find a relative."

"Which relative, where?"

Wen Xiaohui obviously realized that things were wrong, and said, "I didn't say what happened"

"he left, sent me a message, and then turned off the machine. Now, no one can be found."

"What!" Wen Xiaohui howled and said, "maybe he is going to visit his relatives. He is in a normal state when he calls today. Maybe his cell phone is out of power when it is turned off?"

"I'm afraid it's not that easy." Li Shuo said in a deep voice, "if Li Chengxiu contacts you again, he must tell me immediately, or if you think of any place where he might go, you should also tell me."

"I, I, I, I think now."

In this way, Li Shuo locked himself in his room and anxiously searched for people through various channels. In the afternoon, he passed away, and the whole country woke up, but Li Chengxiu had not heard from him.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, which pulled lishuo's mood back from the gloom. He said, "please come in."

When the door opened, Zhao Jinxin came in and said with a smile, "it's time to go drinking with me."

Li Shuo said helplessly, "what's my mood now..." He said half, but changed his mind. Sometimes, wine is really a good thing. For example, now, he really wants to have a good drink.