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Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Shen Zhao took the document and took a taxi to the Song Group. The reception seemed to have been greeted in advance. As soon as she heard her name, she let go without saying a word.
Shen Zhao went upstairs and went straight to Song Ling's office on the top floor.
There is a reception desk for the secretary outside the office. When he saw someone coming up, he hurriedly asked, "Hello, who are you..."
Shen Zhao reported on his name, "I'm Shen Zhao, I'm here to find you Song Ling to sign the documents."
Secretary Xiao Tang was stunned when she heard her name. Today, Secretary Ji had instructed that anyone who was called Shen Zhao should not be stopped, and just passed through. He greeted her respectfully and said, "Miss Shen, please."
Shen Zhao walked into the office. There was a separate compartment at the door. She remembered that Ji Mingshu was there.
At this moment, there was no one there, and Song Ling had probably ordered him to do other things.
The office door was slightly closed, revealing a gap, but it was not closed tightly.
Shen Zhao knew that Song Ling was inside, she bit her lip, raised her foot and walked over.
As soon as the person walked to the door, he suddenly heard a sentence from inside: "Boss, the hospital said that Xiang Jin is gone."
Shen Zhao's hand that pushed the door stopped abruptly and stood there quietly, she could hear that the voice was Ji Mingshu's.
Hearing the long-lost name, an unknown meaning rose in her heart. She didn't know how she was feeling at the moment. She didn't go in, but stood outside, as if waiting for the answer from the person inside.
The air was stagnant for a moment. Shen Zhao held his breath and stood outside the door. After waiting for a long time, he suddenly heard the man say, "Let her go."
When Shen Zhao heard Song Ling's answer, his mind was empty and he had no thoughts.
She didn't want to mention that, it was her scar, showing how she had been deceived.
In a trance, the door in front of him suddenly opened from the inside. Shen Zhao didn't react for a while, and he raised his head and bumped into Ji Mingshu who came out of the office.
Ji Mingshu didn't expect her to stand outside the door, and said in surprise, "Miss Shen—"
Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment, as if someone had broken the secret, and hurriedly turned around and left.
In the office, Song Ling heard Ji Mingshu's voice, and hurriedly followed, seeing Shen Zhao who was leaving not far away, Song Ling anxiously called her: "Zhaozhao..."
Shen Zhao stopped, his expression stunned, and his heart suddenly became a little nervous.
What is she doing, is she guilty of being a thief, as if afraid that people will think she still cares, she deliberately turned around and walked over with the document, without looking up at her eyes, raised her hand and handed the document to her, and said in a cold voice: It's signed."
Song Ling looked down at her profile, did not take the document in her hand, raised her hand to clasp her wrist, and pulled the person into the office.
Outside the door, Ji Mingshu understood, knowing that Shen Zhao had just stood at the door and must have heard what she said.
She curled her lips into a chuckle and turned to leave the office.
In the office, Song Ling pulled Shen Zhao in. She looked at her face and asked, "You just heard that, didn't you?"
Shen Zhao pursed his lips, a kind of embarrassment turned into anger, and raised his face to face her: "What if I heard it, can't I listen?"
Song Ling stared at her face, stunned for a long time, and suddenly a smile appeared on her lips.
She probably didn't know that the slight annoyance in those words had already betrayed her.
It's rare to have such an opportunity. These days, she can hardly talk to her, and as soon as they meet, they want to quarrel, and she doesn't even have a chance to explain.
If she hadn't called her over on purpose, she probably didn't know when she would have to wait.
"Are you angry?" Song Ling stood in front of her, her voice lowered unconsciously, and asked her softly.
There was a kind of cover that was pierced by others, Shen Zhao sneered, looked up at her, and asked, "Why should I be angry?"
Song Ling stared into her eyes and remained silent for a while before seriously saying to her, "Azhao, you haven't listened to my explanation from start to finish."
Shen Zhao was slightly startled, knowing what she meant and what she was referring to.
"Is it still necessary?" she laughed to herself.
"Why not?" Song Ling asked her in a hurry.
The past was vaguely like yesterday, Shen Zhao lowered his eyelashes, and when he recalled that heart-wrenching pain, it seemed that he was still lingering in his heart at this moment.
She didn't know what she cared about, being played with applause, like a fool, it couldn't be more ridiculous. She should give up and leave without looking back, instead of still clinging to it like this moment.
She looked up at her, no longer running away, and asked her with a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to your explanation."
Song Ling remembered Meng Yunan's words. It may not be necessary to explain what happened to this day, and it seems too pale, but things have to be said face to face.
"Nothing happened to me and her." She stared into her eyes and said this sentence, paused for a while and then said, "The one I love is the one who is by my side from beginning to end. Ah Zhao, are you willing to believe me?"
Shen Zhao thought it was ridiculous, it seemed that love and dislike were not that important anymore.
She looked up and asked her, "So, in the beginning, it was intentional, wasn't it?"
Song Ling was silent, she knew that she couldn't deny her incident, and she did a lot of irreversible things.
It will always be a hurdle to hurt people and sad, and it will never pass.
Shen Zhao didn't wait for the answer from the person in front of her, she laughed at herself, lowered her head and said, "Let it go, Song Ling, can we both let go of each other? It's just a deal, you have your intentions. , I am for money, to save my father, although I still can't save it in the end, but I still thank you, no one can give anything unconditionally, everything is what I am willing to do, I have nothing to complain about, now the transaction has long been over Now, you don't owe me anything."
Song Ling heard her indifferent voice, her words were full of care and relief, a kind of relief that was between irrelevance and indifference.
Sadness spread from the bottom of her heart, she thought that explanation could save something, be it anger or hatred, she was ready to accept it, but such relief was beyond her expectations.
Shen Zhao put the document on the coffee table and turned to leave.
Resisting the sourness in her heart, Song Ling's voice was slightly hoarse, she looked up at her back, and asked her anxiously, "What about love?"
Shen Zhao stopped and didn't look back. After a moment of silence, he smiled and said, "That's too extravagant. It's something I can't afford anymore."
After speaking, Shen Zhao opened the door and left without looking back.
Song Ling stood there, and she didn't regain her senses for a long time. The coolness around her approached. She seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, and she no longer felt any warmth in her body.
She said that the two do not owe each other, there is no hate, and there is no love, just that the two do not owe each other.
Yeah, this is the best ending.
But she felt a lot of heartache, even more uncomfortable than dying.
Shen Zhao left the Song Family Building, the sun rose outside, the light shone on her body, and poured down from the top of her head, covering her entire body.
She stopped and stood there blankly.
It was obviously over, but her heart was still empty. The needless entanglement was meaningless. Everything seemed to have returned to the original point. Those powers in the past were just a dream. Now that she woke up, she should give up completely.
Looking up at the sky, the sun was so bright that it stabbed her to tears.
"Zhaozhao—" A familiar voice came from beside him, it was Chi Zhoubai.
Chi Zhoubai drove downstairs and ran into her standing alone in a daze as soon as she got out of the car. She heard that she had gone to Song Ling, and drove over quickly.
She was afraid that they would meet, and she was even more afraid that she would be soft-hearted and ask others to give her a reason easily, and she would compromise.
There was moisture in her eyes, Chi Zhoubai's eyes fell on her face, that expression made her in a trance, she subconsciously called her: "Zhaozhao..."
Shen Zhao took a deep breath, didn't look at her, and said lightly, "Let's go."
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The filming of the second phase, with the signing of the documents from Song's side, was quickly arranged.
It's just that a shooting of Chi Zhoubai and Shen Zhao combined was added to this issue, which was arranged on the last day. The amount of work that could have been shot in half a day, because of the photographer's dissatisfaction, it took a whole day to shoot.
The photographer looked at the draft in the camera with a melancholy expression.
Chi Zhoubai walked over and asked her, "Is there a problem?"
Photographer Chen Zi shook his head lightly and said, "It doesn't feel right."
Chen Zi is an internationally renowned photographer. She has been abroad in her early years. She has only returned to China to pick up some jobs in the past few years. However, she had been in Tingcheng before and rarely came to Jiangcheng. This time, it was also because of Shengzhi. , she came to help.
Chen Zi looked at the person sitting on the reef by the river not far away, smiled hesitantly, and said, "Joan told me the backstory of Angel Eye, to be honest, I didn't feel a special liking for it. theme."
Chi Zhoubai was silent, and looked at the back not far away.
Since the last time she came back from Song Ling, she has been sullen, sitting in a daze at every turn, not knowing what she was thinking. She didn't know what they said when they met that day, but she could feel that Shen Zhao was not happy.
Chi Zhoubai smiled apologetically at Chen Zi, "I'm sorry, I asked you to bother."
Chen Zi shook his head with a smile and said that it was all right, "It's my duty. However, I have a proposal."
Chi Zhoubai raised his eyes, looked at her, and asked, "What?"
Chen Zi looked at her and said deliberately, "You can be a little closer, like a kiss or something."
Chi Zhoubai was slightly stunned, pursed his lips and did not reply to her words.
It was the biggest concession that Shen Zhao agreed to cooperate with her to shoot a magazine together. Of course, she knew what Chen Zi meant and understood the problem.
The fundamental reason is that Shen Zhao doesn't love her.
It's really impossible to love someone, no matter how good that person is, it's useless, if you don't love it, you don't love it.
She can bind her body, but she can't control her heart.
And where that heart is now, she doesn't know.
Chen Zi looked at Chi Zhoubai and suddenly said, "She doesn't love you right?"
Chi Zhoubai was stunned, looked up at her, and said nothing.
Chen Zi smiled and said: "As a photographer, I still have this power of observation, not to mention the fact that I have been shooting for so many days. Where does true love need to be deliberate? With just one look and one action, you can easily tell the difference. come out."
Chi Zhoubai laughed at himself, making such a big joke that even an outsider could tell at a glance that Shen Zhao didn't love her.
The public interview of the relationship...it's ridiculous.
Chen Zi took a deep breath and said in relief, "Okay, let's call it a day, and go back and grind again."
Chi Zhoubai responded lightly and said nothing more.
After a long time, the sky will be late, and the sunset will be reflected on the lake surface. As the lake waves ripple, golden ripples appear.
Chi Zhoubai walked towards the lake, and Shen Zhao sat there watching the sunset, looking dazed, wondering what he was thinking.
"Zhaozhao..." Chi Zhoubai called her softly.
Shen Zhao turned around and answered her lightly, "Have you finished work?"
Chi Zhoubai hummed, reached out to her, and wanted to pick her up.
Shen Zhao's eyes fell on her palm, he hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out, Chi Zhoubai grabbed her and helped her over.
Occasionally a breeze blew across the lake, blowing her hair, Chi Zhoubai raised his hand behind her ear, Shen Zhao raised his eyes and glanced at her, there was a faint starlight in his eyes, with affection.
Shen Zhao lowered his eyes and wanted to stretch out his hand, but Chi Zhoubai grabbed her hand tightly and said softly, "Don't move."
Shen Zhao clenched her palms and saw the deep affection in those eyes, she said hesitantly, "Chi Zhoubai, I'm sorry, I..."
"It's just a magazine. After shooting this magazine, I'll announce our breakup, okay?" Chi Zhoubai said lightly.
Shen Zhao was stunned for a while, she could feel the loneliness and sadness in those words, the more she was like this, the more she felt guilty.
She doesn't owe anyone, but she has unspeakable guilt towards Chi Zhoubai.
Chi Zhoubai held her face with both hands, lowered his head gently, and pressed against her forehead, his voice was full of helplessness: "Zhaozhao, I really like you..."