Chapter 42: Sending Flowers

  After a long time, Qiao Yu finally spoke again, his voice carrying an unprecedented clarity and depth. "Even now, I still think that every building should have its own character and soul, not just innovation and luxury, but also natural comfort, energy efficiency and low cost will not reduce the value of the building itself. The shape and function should complement each other seamlessly, architects are alive, buildings should be too. Good architecture is not a pile of technology and talent, but a fusion of emotions and connotations. Xuan Huang, Xu Gong, Wei Gong, in your design schemes and concepts, there is no infectious power, I can't feel any emotional input, soulless buildings are empty and tasteless. From the moment it's just a building, it loses its meaning of existence."

  Only after finishing did he raise his eyes to look back at Ji Si Xuan, staring tightly at her. His gaze and tone were more powerful and piercing than ever before, "Your designs have always been recognizable, but here, I can barely see any. Ji Si Xuan, what are you escaping from?"

  Ji Siyun's heart sank, he had seen through her attempt to escape with just one glance.

  She admitted that she was perfunctory, from the moment she stepped into the resort where she used to live, she instinctively resisted, and what came to mind when revisiting the old place was the person who had passed away. She didn't want to put in effort, from start to finish it was just perfunctory, escaping memories and the pain of past hurts.

  Ji Siyuan and he locked eyes for a long time, his face defeated, took a deep breath and slowly let it out, lowered his eyelids and spoke softly, "Change."

  The meeting ended quickly, and when only the people from the law firm were left in the conference room, Wei Xin was still in shock, rarely serious sighing, "What a pity...the loss of the architectural world..."

  The plan made by overtime and rush was so disliked that someone couldn't help but complain. Perhaps it was the accumulation of negative energy bursting, and later all the spearheads were directed at the decision-maker Qiao Yu.

  Ji Siyu watched coldly for a while, then opened her mouth with a cold smile. "I don't know if others are pretending to understand or not, but I only know that in those years, X University was circulating several sentences about the school's legendary figures. One of them is 'counting the elegant and talented scholars', and look at 'Jian Qiao'

  "What is meant by 'Jian Qiao' refers to the Qiao Yu of the School of Architecture. In those years, he led his junior brothers and sisters to participate in competitions and won awards until they were tired, relaxed and happy, and effortlessly successful. The teachers in the school didn't need to worry at all. Even if he doesn't do this job now, it's not something you can casually arrange."

  Everyone looked at me, I looked at them, it was clear that Ji Siyuan was unhappy, no one dared to say anything else, and were driven out of the conference room by Xu Bingjun and Wei Xing.

  Ji Siyuan sat alone in the conference room, lost in thought. She remained seated in the same position as before, her eyes cast downward at the edge of the table, slowly lifting her hand to touch her head.

  At that time if she had moved a bit more, she would have probably touched that hand.

  A creaking sound came from behind her, and the door of the conference room was opened. A person quickly walked in and stood behind her.

  Qiao Yu remained silent for half a day before hesitantly speaking up, "What I said during the meeting earlier, did it make you unhappy?"

  Ji Siyun shook her head, "No." (Cotton, flower 'sugar' small 'talk')

  Qiao Yu walked a few steps and leaned against the conference table, no longer speaking.

  Ji Siyun noticed Qiao Yu staring at her and turned around with a smile, "Really nothing. I just..."

  The smile on her face suddenly disappeared, furrowed her brow and lowered her eyes, sinking into thought for a long time. "I just feel..."

  After saying a few words, she stopped again, leaving her words unspoken.

  The sky gradually darkened, the room was dimly lit, Qiao Yu couldn't see her facial expression clearly anymore. She sat quietly with her long eyelashes slightly closed, but she didn't speak again.

  After a few abrupt knocks on the door, the conference room door slowly opened, and Yin Hechang stood at the entrance, not surprised to see that the lights were not turned on. He spoke towards the two blurry figures in the darkness, "Director Qiao, everything has been arranged. Let's go have dinner."

  Qiao Yu quickly replied, "Alright, you go out first, we'll come right away."

  Yin Hechang closed the door and went out.

  Ji Siyuan jumped up in the next second, with a somewhat deliberate and exaggerated movement, "Ah, we can eat now, let's hurry, I'm starving to death!"

  ！”

  Having said that, he walked towards the door.

  As Chao Yu passed by, he suddenly stood up straight and hugged her from behind, whispering in her ear, "What do you think?"

  His arm loosely encircled her waist, his breath was right by her ear, slow and warm and yet so familiar, Ji Siyu suddenly felt a little flustered.

  I just feel that no matter what Qiao Bu says to Ji Si Huang, it's all acceptable. If opinions differ, they can communicate; if the style isn't right, they can discuss; if the design is unreasonable, it can be revised. She never expected a plan to pass in one go. But when Qiao Yu said those words to Ji Si Huang, I was unexpectedly heartbroken, heartbroken to an unbelievable extent. Even I myself couldn't understand why I was so heartbroken.

  Qiao Yu, I didn't even know myself, but it seems I'm really concerned about this.

  Ji Siyuan knew she had a knot in her heart, and spoke softly, her voice trembling uncontrollably. "Qiao Yu, do you regret it? The more buildings I see, the more excellent architects I meet, the more sorrowful I become, and the more I pity you. I can see your shadow on them, but you are also very different from them. In the early years, when I came into contact with each project, I couldn't help but think, if it were you, how would you design it."

  Qiao Yu, if I and your career path were to be chosen again, who would you choose?

  Ji Siyun suddenly didn't dare ask out loud.

  The person in his arms trembled slightly, Qiao Yu slowly tightened his arm, but didn't speak for a long time.

  A group of people left the office and just realized today is Halloween.

  He worked an extra day, and most people were in a bad mood. Only Qiao Yu had a gentle expression. The little girl selling flowers grabbed him, "Handsome guy, buy a bouquet of flowers for your girlfriend."

  Probably didn't know whether Ji Si Xuan or Bo Qi Shi was the real host, and after scanning back and forth several times, finally gave up.

  Ji Siyun furrowed her brow, "Those who do not stand by my side at critical moments will be put to death!"

  Recently it suddenly dropped in temperature, and the weather was very cold. Qiao Yu probably thought that the little girl would not be easy, so he took out his wallet to buy a bunch.

  Ji Si Xuan suddenly stopped him, smiling at the 'flower' selling 'girl', "He doesn't have a girlfriend, didn't you notice, he... uh?"

  The girl reacted extremely quickly, giggling as she opened her mouth, "Then buy a bunch for your boyfriend."

  ！”

  Everyone in the room burst out laughing, Qiao Yu frowned and looked at Ji Siyuan who was smiling with her eyes open, but she didn't seem to be angry.

  Ji Siyuan didn't even glance at Qiao Yu, "He is... the one who's waiting for his boyfriend to buy him 'flowers'!"

  The little girl opened her eyes wide and looked up and down at the tall, big man in front of her, seemingly unable to accept this information, swallowed hard, and turned around and left.

  Everyone burst out laughing, but Qiao Yu looked at Ji Si Xuan with a helpless expression.

  Ji Siyun showed no guilt, glancing at Boji Poetry with a hint of indifference. "I'm doing this for you, if you really bought the 'flower', who were you planning to give it to? Me? Probably General Ji would be unhappy. Her? With so many people watching, I'd lose face."

  Qiao Yu looked at her with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, until Ji Siyun felt somewhat uneasy in her heart and glared back at him, "What's wrong?"

  Qiao Yu stretched out his hand to stop a passing flower girl, bought a bunch of flowers and stuffed them into Ji Siyu's arms, with a pampered and helpless expression, "What's wrong!"

  Ji Siyuan immediately held the 'flower' far away and pushed Qiao Yu, "You're not allergic to pollen, are you? Get a bit further away."

  Qiao Yu seemed to suddenly understand why Ji Si Xuan had stopped him earlier. He smiled and looked up at her.

  Qiao Yu's five senses are gentle and elegant, with a pair of bright phoenix eyes inherited from her mother, clear and warm. Looking at her gaze is calm and quiet, with a hint of smile, carrying a refined and elegant temperament.

  The likes in life are often not so many twists and turns, just for a moment, he makes your heart move a little, softens a little.

  Ji Siyuan looked at him expressionlessly, then turned her head and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened. Qiao Yu lowered his head and smiled, quickly catching up to her.

  The crowd behind her suddenly buzzed, "Hey hey hey, what did I just see? Xuan Huang's face turned red!"

  Xie Ningchun looked at the figures walking side by side in front of her, furrowed her brow and turned to look at Bao Jishi. Bao Jishi comfortingly smiled and pulled her forward.

  Even if the plan didn't pass, everyone has been working overtime and staying up all night recently, it's very tiring, taking advantage of the holiday to relax.

  。

  Everyone has their own weakness, and Ji Siyuan's weakness is playing truth or dare.

  That night, Ji Siyu fell into someone's hands, and it had to be Xie Ningchun.

  Ji Siyuan's heart skipped a beat as she thought to herself that she was out of luck and just considered it a tribulation.

  Xie Ningchun had a smug expression on her face and threw out a bombshell right from the start, "Is Xuan Huang a 'virgin'? I'm not talking about star signs."

  Because of her one sentence, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

  Ji Siyun swept a glance over the crowd, and those faces full of expectation made her roll her eyes inwardly. She replied straightforwardly, "No."

  "Oh~" Xie Ningchun sneaked a glance at Qiao Yu, whose face looked somewhat unsightly, his eyes cast downward as if lost in thought.

  She smiled with pride at Bo Qi Shi's poem, and Bo Qi Shi silently shook her head.

  This round is over, but unexpectedly, the next one is also Ji Si Xuan.

  Xie Ningchun continued from the previous question, "When was the first time?"

  Ji Siyuan nodded, "University."

  Everyone who heard it was stirred up again.

  Ji Siyun was straightforward and directly asked, "What else do you want to know, go ahead and ask?"

  Xie Ning's question became more and more shameless, "Who was your first time with?"

  Ji Siyun's eyebrows didn't even wrinkle, and she smiled slightly as she looked at her.

  Xie Ningchun thought she was going to play dumb and provoked her by saying, "The Xuan Emperor won't lose face, will he?"

  Qiao Yu suddenly picked up the wine glass beside him, drank it all in one breath, his face slightly pale, looked up at Ji Siyu and slowly said, "Give it to me."

  Everyone's face was expressionless, but in their hearts, they were scrolling through bullet comments.

  Wow

  What's going on?! Is there anyone who can talk to me about it?!

  It's too exciting! My heart can't take it!

  I knew it, something was wrong with Qiao and Xuan Huang!!!!!

  That day, no one knew what had happened, only that Ji Siyuan had made an appointment with Qiao Yu. Then, one of them left with a sorrowful face and told Yi that even if she never saw Qiao Yu again in this lifetime, she would not regret it. The other returned to the dormitory with red eyes, making no attempt to conceal their emotions.

  It was actually Ji Siyu who took the initiative, and she didn't know what kind of evil spirit she had at that time. There was a kind of obsession, wanting to give it to Qiao Yu, as if there would be no regrets in doing so.

  "The 'girlfriend' I mentioned during university is her." Qiao Yu raised his hand and pointed at Ji Si Xuan, "When I said I had a 'girlfriend', I was referring to her too."

  Qiao Yu looked at Xie Ningchun after finishing speaking, without his usual gentle appearance, his voice low and cold, "No other questions?"

  Xie Ning Chun didn't expect it would end up like this, mechanically shaking her head.

  Qiao Yu pulled Ji Si Xuan up, he had always been well-behaved, even if he was unhappy, he wouldn't neglect the necessary courtesy. "If there's no problem, we'll leave first, you guys can continue playing."

  Qiao Yu pulled Ji Siyuan out and didn't stop until they got in the car, his eyes still shrouded in dark clouds.

  Ji Siyun tilted her head and looked at him, smiling and asking, "Why are you so angry?"

  Qiao Yu looked at her and said, "You're still smiling?"

  Ji Siyuan's face was nonchalant, "It's originally a fact, I'm not afraid of what others say."

  "But I was afraid." Qiao Yu looked into her eyes, forcing a difficult smile. "After that day, I regretted it, I thought I was a 'bastard', couldn't take responsibility for you but still took you."

  Ji Siyun suddenly became unhappy, raised her chin and said with an air of superiority, "Hey hey hey, you got it wrong, didn't I overpower you?"

  "...All the annoyance and sadness in Qiao Yu's heart were dispelled by this sentence, leaving only a black line on his face.