There was a knock on the door in the office, Ning You said "please come in", and then continued to watch the documentary playing on the computer screen.

"Mr. Ning." Xiao Zhao pushed open the door and came in, the words were already on his lips, but seeing Ning You looking at the animal world again, he couldn't help but ask, "Is the animal world so beautiful?"

Ning You pressed the pause button and said to Xiao Zhao, "Go find some animal experts for me. I have some questions to ask."

Xiao Zhao looked puzzled: "Mr. Ning, do you have pets?"

"No." Ning You said, "Just look for it."

Xiao Zhao made an "OK" gesture and was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly remembered that he forgot to talk about the business, and came back and said, "By the way, Mr. Ning, Mr. Li is here."

Ning You looked at the computer screen and asked, "Which Mr. Li?"

Xiao Zhao said, "Your fiance."

"Why did he come here?" Ning You was a little surprised, because Li Chao had never come to the company to find him.

But he knew right away that he was being selfish and that Li Chao came to the company not for him.

"He went to Director Ning's office, won't you go up and take a look?" Xiao Zhao said.

There was a bad premonition in Ning You's heart. After returning from Xinjiang for two days, he hadn't figured out how to talk to his parents about the marriage contract, but he didn't expect Li Chao to be one step ahead of him.

"Animal expert." Ning You instructed Xiao Zhao again, and then hurried to the chairman's office on the higher floor.

Ning Dong in Xiao Zhao's mouth is Ning You's mother, Ning Xin.

Ning You's father was also "inverted", so the Ning family did not reject this method of marriage. It's just that Ning's right to speak is still in the hands of Ning Xin, and the future will also be in the hands of Ning You - although it will take a long time.

When Ning You came to Ning Xin's office, Li Chao and Ning Xin had just finished greeting, and the secretary hadn't had time to serve hot tea.

Ning Xin pushed down her gold-framed glasses, and Ning You appeared unexpectedly, while Li Chao stood up consciously, buttoned his suit jacket, and greeted Ning You, "You're here."

Ning You nodded politely and asked, "Why didn't you tell me when you came here?"

"I didn't intend to disturb you." Li Chao said, "There are some things I want to discuss with Ning Dong."

"Don't be so open." The secretary brought three cups of tea at the right time, Ning Xin picked it up and blew lightly, and said to Li Chao, "Just call Auntie."

Li Chao immediately responded, "Auntie."

"Sit down." Ning Xin raised her chin melodiously towards Ning, indicating that he could also listen to this conversation.

Ning You couldn't figure out the situation, but she sat down and watched the changes.

"About the future development direction of the company," Li Chao said, "according to the previous meeting, it is artificial intelligence plus life science."

"That's right." Ning Xin put down the teacup in her hand, leaving only a light lipstick mark on the mouth of the cup, "Is there any problem?"

"No, I just have some new ideas."

Li Chao began to talk about the development of the Li family, but Ning You suddenly realized one thing. It turned out that the two Ning and Li had already communicated about the future of the company, and he had no idea about it.

He didn't feel offended, because he voluntarily gave up the top management position and just wanted to focus on the project he was working on.

The reason why Ning Xin asked him to choose a fiancé was because he had no intention of managing and needed someone to take him over to take over the company's affairs.

But it wasn't until then that Ning You realized that he and Li Chao did not belong to the same level.

Li Chao is the head of the Li family, and he is a junior of the Ning family. Li Chao can directly discuss matters with his parents, but if he has any opinions, he can only put it forward to his parents, and it does not mean that the Ning family directly talks to Li Chao. to negotiate.

"So," after a lot of foreshadowing, Li Chao finally got to the point, "I hope we can put more energy into environmental protection in the future."

Hearing this, Ning You was shocked.

He looked at Li Chao calmly, thinking what does this mean, Li Chao is trying to get Li Mu back?

"We donate to the Environmental Foundation every year, which I think is enough."

Ning Xin's tone was still the same as before, with the kindness unique to her elders, but she obviously didn't have much patience for proposals that she wasn't interested in.

"The donation may not be enough." Ning You couldn't help but help.

"Why," Ning Xin asked amusingly, "Have you already started helping your future husband before you get married?"

Ning You was suddenly embarrassed. The words "future husband" sounded extremely ironic in his ears. Who made him sleep with the future uncle unintentionally?

However, Li Chao behaved in a decent manner as always, and he fought Ning Xin for a few more words, but in the end it was enough, and he found an excuse to get up and say goodbye.

After coming out of Ning Xin's office, Ning You closely followed Li Chao's footsteps and wanted to inquire about his intention to come here today. But since there was a secretary by the door, he had to swallow his doubts back in his stomach.

"Are you free on the weekend?" Li Chao took the initiative to ask Ning You, "I'll take you to ride a horse."

Ning You subconsciously felt some resistance, because riding a horse had a special meaning to him.

Li Chaoying saw that he didn't want to go very much, and added: "My brother's favorite sport."

Well, be precise.

Ning You pursed her lips and said, "Go."

When time came to the weekend, Li Chao took Ning You to a horse farm in the suburbs.

Naturally, Ning You would not rent knight uniforms at the racecourse. He had already asked Xiao Zhao to buy him a complete set of equipment, including a sturdy black whip.

On the other side, Li Chao also put on a handsome knight uniform. He looked at Ning You and smiled, "It's quite professional."

Originally, Ning You didn't understand why Li Chao wanted to laugh. It wasn't until the staff at the racecourse brought him a pony that he realized that Li Chao thought he couldn't ride a horse.

To be precise, Li Mu was the only one in the world who knew that Ning You could ride a horse—a horse in every sense.

This also shows that Li Mu did not reveal too much about the relationship between the two to Li Chao.

Ning You asked for a medium-sized horse in exchange, and then recalled what Li Mu taught him, and ran a few laps in the field.

After switching from brisk walking to walking slowly, Li Chao chased him from one side. He walked side by side with Ning You and asked, "Did Li Mu teach you?"

Ning You nodded: "Yes."

"I knew it." Li Chao said, "It's exactly the same as him, and it looks like a wild way at first glance."

The opposite of Ye Luzi is academic, Li Chao's riding movements are obviously standard academic, noble and gorgeous, not at all like Ning You and Li Mu, how comfortable they are.

If it were any other occasion, Ning You would definitely feel embarrassed.

It's like he used the wrong way to use the cutlery, and was considered rough and unrefined, like a reckless man.

But the strange thing is that he unexpectedly enjoys the feeling of being one with Li Mu, as if he is addicted to the savage style.

This will not work.

Ning You warned herself.

"By the way," Li Chao started another topic, "the night I came back, Li Mu called me."

"Huh?" Ning You immediately pricked up her ears.

For the past few days, Ning You has been afraid to contact Li Mu. First, because the two agreed not to contact him again, he did not want to be the one who took the initiative; second, because he had not figured out how to deal with the engagement, even if didn't know what to say when called.

But no contact doesn't mean you don't miss it.

He would wash his hands with Li Mu's soap every night, without applying any hand cream, he just fell asleep smelling Li Mu's scent.

"Do you want to know what he said to me?" Li Chaoying saw Ning You's nervousness, and slowly raised his appetite.

Ning You suddenly realized that since Li Chao knew about his relationship with Li Mu, he had let go a lot when he spoke. He no longer paid attention to politeness as before, but seemed to regard him as his brother's friend.

"If you want to tell me." Ning You said.

"He said he wanted you."

Ning You's heart skipped a beat, and a secret joy poured out. He can express his emotions without any scruples in front of Li Mu, but he can't when facing Li Chao, so he raised his chin slightly and said, "Really."

"After I thought about it, I thought it was acceptable that you were married to me in name, but actually with him."

"What?" Ning You frowned.

"His reaction is the same as yours." Li Chao smiled, "There is another plan, I don't mind him marrying you, but..."

"But?" Ning You couldn't help urging.

"Do you have a way to get him back?" Li Chao said.

Ning You understood the meaning of Li Chao's words and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"In the beginning, I thought that with Ning's backing, the company could invest more in environmental protection, so that there would be a reason for him to come back to marry you, and I could just implement my singleism."

"But you have seen Auntie's attitude, and other shareholders will be the same. They are not interested in what Li Mu wants to do. Do you think Li Mu would be willing to come back and be a decoration?"

"Or it's a big deal, the Ning Li family will not marry. Whoever you want to fall in love with and who you want to marry is your freedom. But the premise is that you have to let Li Mu go back to the city. I don't think your aunt will agree with you. Live in the mountains."

"Since he called you," Ning You said, "isn't it because he has the will to come back?"

"He does." Li Chao chuckled lightly, "He wants me to hand over the Li family's business to him, so that he has the meaning of coming back."

"But you don't want to." Ning You said.

"Yes." Li Chaodao, "he can marry you, and I will bless you. But he cannot marry you as the head of the Li family, because that is my position, and the company's shareholders will not approve of his development. strategy."

This is where the contradiction lies.

If Li Mu couldn't find the meaning of coming back, then he couldn't leave everything behind and return to the city.

Although the three of them have already talked about the topic of marriage, there is a prerequisite for marriage.

In fact, Ning You and Li Mucai didn't know each other for two weeks, and they didn't even have contact for a week. Even Ning You himself was not sure, if Li Mu just returned to the city and became an ordinary person, would he still be right? Li Mu has such feelings.

"Then what did he say?" Ning You asked.

"He didn't tell me." Li Chao said, "You can ask him."

Ning You faintly felt that it was not good, because Li Mu had talked with Li Chao so much, but he had never contacted him.

He came to the corner of the racecourse, took out his mobile phone and called Li Mu, but the voice call indicated that the phone was turned off.

It's weird.

Li Mu's mobile phone was often blocked due to poor signal, but it had never been turned off.

Ning You called two more times, but it was still turned off.

He came outside the racecourse and wanted to borrow Li Chao's mobile phone to try again, but when he came to the rest area, he saw that Li Chao was smoking.

"Li Chao." Ning You frowned and called out.

Li Chao turned his head around, lightly extinguished the cigarette butt, and said to Ning You, "Have you talked to him?"

"His phone is turned off." Ning You said, "I remember you said you wouldn't smoke."

Li Chao didn't deny it: "You don't care anyway, don't you?"

Ning You finally understood why Li Chao's attitude changed, because he was the one who didn't care.

He doesn't need to earn performance points in front of Ning You anymore, anyway, Li Mu has already got full points, so it doesn't make any sense for him to earn more.

But that's not the point.

Ning You looked at Li Chao and said, "Did you smoke in the woods too?"

"I know about the fire, Ning You." Li Chao said amusingly, "It's not me, okay?"

Before seeing Li Chao smoking, Ning You would 100% believe what he said, because Li Chao gave people the feeling of being mature and stable, not like a liar.

But now it seems that, no matter whether it is him or not, the cause of the fire is at least certain that maturity and stability are not the criteria for evaluating a person.

Back home from the racecourse, Ning You called Li Mu countless times.

He had an extremely legitimate reason to contact Li Mu - to ask him about his thoughts on the engagement, but apart from this high-sounding excuse, his real motive was that he missed Li Mu.

From the afternoon to the evening, the call prompt is still turned off.

After such a long time, it is impossible that the cable in the cabin has not been repaired. Even if Li Mu forgot to charge his mobile phone during the day, he should have returned to the cabin by now.

As the time approached midnight, Ning You's heart became more and more uneasy. He found Xiao Zhao and asked her to contact the person in charge of the Hanas Lake Scenic Area to see if anyone knew about Li Mu.

"Mr. Ning, do you know what time it is?"

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

"It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the night."

"Equal to ten o'clock in the evening on their side."

Speaking of which, Ning You was indeed a little bit unhappy, and said, "I'll give you a bonus this month."

Sure enough, the power of the bonus is still great. Within ten minutes, Xiao Zhao had news and called back to Ning You: "Mr. Ning, I asked the forest chief over there, Mr. Li's younger brother is catching poachers. He was injured during the process and has been hospitalized for the past two days."

"What?" Sure enough, the uneasiness in my heart was not unreasonable, Ning You sat up from the bed, "You book me a ticket to Hanas immediately."

"Now?" Xiao Zhao was dumbfounded, "Then are you still going to work on Monday?"

"Put my job down."