Paper Lover At Old Town Bookstore Chapter 64
byeverything is beautiful
The strings of lanterns on Internet Celebrity Street were so dazzling that people were dizzy. As soon as Song Qiusheng finished taking pictures of the graffiti wall at the entrance of the alley with his camera, Song Zhili gently hugged his waist.”There are many people, don’t get lost.” The man’s voice was close to his ear, with a gentleness that could not be rejected, and his fingertips helped him gather the collar that was blown by the wind.
Just as Song Qiusheng was about to raise her hand to slap him away, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure standing not far away from the corner of her eye – it was Xiao Zhang, an intern from the marketing department, looking at them in surprise with his eyes open.He paused, but did not push Song Zhili away after all. He just whispered, “Someone is watching.”
Song Zhili followed his gaze and caught a glimpse of Xiao Zhang. Not only did she not let go, but she hugged him tighter. She lowered her head and kissed him lightly on the top of his hair. Her voice was not loud enough for the other party to hear: “Just look, you are mine.”
Song Qiusheng: “…” This person is still the same, not caring at all about the eyes of others.
Xiao Zhang was obviously shocked by this intimate gesture. He nodded hurriedly and said hello and walked away quickly, his eyes full of gossip.Song Qiusheng sighed helplessly: “It’s over. I’m afraid the company will go crazy tomorrow.”
Song Zhili didn’t take it seriously and took his hand and walked to the food stall: “Pass it around, just to let them know that you have an owner.”
Sure enough, as soon as Song Qiusheng entered the company the next day, he felt the eyes from all directions.In the tea room, several female colleagues were whispering in low voices. They immediately shut up when they saw him coming in, but they could still catch a few words: “The man raised by Director Song…”
“He’s quite tall, and I look very fond of him.”
“We went shopping yesterday and kissed each other. We were so tight around the waist.”
As soon as he sat down, the assistant came over with a suppressed smile on his face: “Director, you are so popular! Now everyone in the company is guessing whether that is your boyfriend or…”
Song Qiusheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. Just as he was about to speak, the office door was pushed open.
Song Zhili walked in with a thermos bucket. Ignoring the probing glances in the room, he walked straight to his desk and put down the thermos bucket: “The white fungus soup I stewed in the morning is just right to drink after it’s cooled.”
His movements were as natural as if he were at home, and his fingertips habitually wiped the non-existent stains at the corners of his mouth.
The office instantly became quiet, all eyes were focused on the two of them, and even the breathing became much softer.
Song Qiusheng looked at his calm look and suddenly no longer felt embarrassed.He raised his head to meet everyone’s gaze, picked up the thermos bucket, opened it, and said to Song Zhili in a natural tone: “Thank you, what do you want to eat tonight?”
“It’s all up to you.” Song Zhili smiled, stretched out his hand to rub his hair, and then turned to leave. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to look back, with a hint of declaring sovereignty in his eyes.
The whispers in the office immediately started again, but this time there was more envy.
Song Qiusheng drank the sweet and glutinous Tremella soup, feeling at ease in her heart.
On the way home from get off work, Song Qiusheng thought of the rumors in the company and couldn’t help but joke: “Mr. Song, now the whole company knows that I have raised a tall and handsome man, and he still obeys your words.”
Song Zhili’s hand on the steering wheel tightened and she looked sideways at him with a serious look in her eyes: “You don’t support me, we accompany each other.” He paused and added, “Next time someone asks, I will wait for you at the company door and let them see how Director Song’s lover loves him.”
Song Qiusheng’s heart warmed, and she reached out to hold his hand on his knee.The setting sun shone in through the car window, stretching the shadows of the two of them very long.Those rumors, in the face of each other’s firmness and tenderness, eventually became irrelevant background sounds.
Their love spans two worlds and has gone through life and death, so they are not afraid of a few comments from others.As long as they can hold each other’s hands, whether it’s the rocking chair in the alley or the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 18th floor, it is their safest destination.
Song Zhili didn’t have to deal with the identity issue too much – relying on the contacts he had accumulated in the business world and the coordination of an old lawyer who he had helped, within half a month, the brand new ID card was handed to Song Qiusheng.
The man’s eyebrows in the photo are still the same, but his sharpness has faded and become more gentle. The address column clearly states the flat floor on the 18th floor.
“I won’t be a gangster anymore.” Song Zhili put his ID card into his pocket, and the paper was still warm on his fingertips. “I can go to and from get off work with you openly.”
As soon as Song Qiusheng laughed at him for making a fuss out of a molehill, the company ran into trouble – an important cooperation project was maliciously blocked by a competitor. The plan proposed by the other party almost copied their core ideas, but kept cost control extremely low. Customers had begun to waver.The entire marketing department was so overwhelmed that they held meetings for three consecutive days without coming up with any countermeasures.
In the evening, Song Qiusheng went home with the documents and lay on the dining table with a frown.Song Zhili brought the hot milk, glanced at the cooperation details on the document and the other party’s quotation, and tapped his fingertips on the paper twice: “There is a loophole here.”
He pointed to the cost details of the other party: “The purchase price of this kind of raw material is 30% lower than the market price. It is either cutting corners or making false accounts. In addition, the delivery cycle they promised is half shorter than the industry standard, and the supply chain cannot support it at all.”
Song Qiusheng’s eyes lit up – it’s not like they haven’t considered these issues, but they haven’t found any tangible evidence.Song Zhili picked up the pen and quickly wrote down a few names and contact information on the paper: “These are the top supply chain manufacturers in the industry. If you ask your assistant to verify it, they will definitely not supply this company. In addition, find a third-party audit agency to uncover the other party’s cost account. What customers care about most is risk.”
These suggestions are precise and vicious, and are completely the thinking of top businessmen.Song Qiusheng did as he said, and sure enough, within three days, she had evidence that the other party had cut corners and made false accounts.In the final negotiation with the client, Song Qiusheng eloquently presented evidence and successfully restored the cooperation.
At the project celebration banquet, the general manager specifically mentioned: “Qiu Sheng, thanks to you this time, several key points in the plan were grasped so accurately. Did anyone give guidance?”
Song Qiusheng smiled and looked at Song Zhili, who was standing in the corner. The latter was holding a glass of juice and his eyes fell on him gently.”That’s right, my wife gave me some advice.”
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.The previous rumor about “Director Song raising a man” was instantly overturned, and was replaced by a look of shock and envy.
Song Zhili followed his gaze and walked over, hugged his waist naturally, and nodded to the general manager: “It’s just some past business experience, it won’t be of much help.”
The general manager had also heard Song Zhili’s name in the early years. Now he suddenly realized it and raised his glass quickly: “Mr. Song is so talented. No wonder Qiu Sheng can make a comeback this time. You two are really a couple of gods!”
Since then, Song Zhili has become the company’s “non-staff military advisor.”Occasionally when Song Qiusheng worked overtime, he would come to the company to deliver dinner and help analyze project problems; he would also accompany him to participate in department team building. He was well-spoken and gentle in his treatment of others. He was not at all humble as “being raised” as rumored. Instead, he cherished Song Qiusheng everywhere.
Colleagues gradually changed their tune and stopped talking about it. Instead, they often joked: “Director Song, this guy in your family is so awesome. I have to ask him for advice next time I have a problem!”
“Sure enough, good people are with good people. I fell in love with this divine love!”
One weekend, the two of them were sitting in the sunroom on the 18th floor, with rocking chairs placed side by side and a broad view of the river outside the window.
Song Qiusheng leaned on Song Zhili’s shoulder, flipping through the photos of the “fairy couple” sent by his colleagues on his phone, and couldn’t help laughing: “I didn’t expect you to be a celebrity in the company now.”
Song Zhili lowered his head and kissed the top of his hair, with a gentle voice: “I just want to be your support.”
The sun shone in through the glass, and it was warm and illuminated the hands held by the two people.
From the paranoid confinement when they were in the book, to the three years of stability in the neighboring city, and then to the reunion across the third dimension, they went through ups and downs, and finally redeemed each other and fulfilled each other in this strange world.
There are no grudges between wealthy families, no partings between life and death, only the sunshine on the 18th floor, the fragrance of books in the room, and the company of the flowing water.This is their most happy ending.