Chapter Forty-Five: Christmas Gifts
After Lin Xi entered the elevator, the reaction arc was extremely delayed before he sensed the excitement and trembling emotion. Even biting your lower lip can't stop the corners of your mouth from rising.
When the elevator door on the floor opened, Lin Xi thought about it and sat back on the first floor, found an open place with few people in the hotel, and whispered excitedly a few times to vent the emotions that were about to overflow.
When she was 16 years old, she fell in love with Wen Renjin, who was 6 years older than her. It's freshness, it's excitement, it's fascination, it's admiration.
This is the beginning of love, and I can't even understand what feelings are.
There have been occasional ambiguous objects in college, but boys of the same age, especially in the same circle, have never been attractive to her.
And now?
is 22 years old and likes Ye Zeyan, who is 5 years older than her.
Still fresh. Because of his age, because of his circle, because of his background.
Or irritating. Because of the unknown to him, because of the curiosity about him, because of the initiative for him.
Or infatuation. Because of his stature, because of his appearance, because of his character.
Or love. Because of his profession, because of who he is, because it is him.
But now after a kiss.
Everything, everything.
It's not what kind of Ye Zeyan he is.
It's because he's Ye Zeyan.
*
Early the next morning, Huizi accompanied Lin Xi to the grave of her mother Chen Shufen.
In addition to buying a bouquet of white roses, which was his mother's favorite during her lifetime, Lin Xi also bought some paper money at the grocery store outside the cemetery according to local customs.
She had something to say to her mother, so she asked Huizi to wait on the side.
"Mom, I think you must have a spirit in the sky, and I think Lin Xiaoxi is ill-fated, so you gave me ...... yesterday."
"Well, such a true son. β
"He's super handsome, super in shape, hey, I don't know how many times more handsome than Lin Zhengxiong. β
Lin Xi didn't know how to describe her to her mother in order to understand, so she actually compared her father.
"He's a police officer, just right. At the end, he couldn't help but add, "It's really super handsome and super man." β
"The other people are also very good, and the family background is good, anyway, there is nothing bad. He came to help me several times when I was in trouble. β
"And oh," he said for a moment, embarrassed to say the kiss to his deceased mother, "I like him very much, and I think he likes me anyway." β
If Lin Xi didn't dare to mention Wen Renjin to his mother before, because of what he did and his "occupation".
So now Ye Zeyan is completely full of show off and pride. Frank and open, he is a person worth showing off and sharing. Of course, she is only willing to share this feeling with her mother at the moment.
"Well, if it's really my boyfriend, I'll definitely bring it to my mom to show you. β
After Lin Xi finished speaking, he was quite happy.
Huizi is also the first time to see that after someone can go to the grave, they can still show this kind of first-time love.
She asked from last night to this morning, and couldn't help but pinch Lin Xi's waist again.
Her most sensitive parts let her recruit from the truth.
"You kissed?!"
Even if he talked about any pornographic jokes since he was in school, others couldn't get them, Lin Xi could still explain them to others without blushing and heartbeat. She thinks she is mature, but she is still a little girl who can't help blushing when she talks about love.
"How's his kissing skills?"
"Well, that's good. "I tried to say that my face did not change, as if I was just commenting on the taste of a dish. It's just that if you look closely, you can see the tight facial muscles, so as not to make yourself look too excited.
In fact, Lin Xi's heart suddenly felt like returning to high school, discussing a little exciting love gossip with female classmates.
... (ellipsis)
Ye Zeyan went back to the guest house last night and took a cold shower.
The next morning, Liu Fen woke up early and arrived at the Liuxian County Police Station more than an hour earlier than the large army.
Bought two buns and soy milk on the way and hurriedly coped with breakfast.
After arriving at the police station, he looked through the trial file of the Liu County police inspector interrogating Chen at a glance, and the Captain Ye in Liu Fen's eyes exuded dissatisfaction.
Qin, a native of Qintang Township, Liuxian County. The man who was with him last night was also a fellow countryman, and he was captured.
Knowing that the reason for the couple's quarrel could not be made up, he flatly denied other crimes, and insisted that it was a robbery. In addition, Qin also has a criminal record of robbery, theft, and gathering crowds to make trouble.
The more the man looked at it, the tighter his brows locked.
Before entering the interrogation room, Ye Zeyan asked his colleagues in the Information Department for some information.
... (ellipsis)
Ye Zeyan, the man Qin Youwei thought was playing the role of a kind man with a kind eyebrow and a red face, but he didn't talk much after entering the interrogation room, and his face changed in an instant.
After Lin Xi sent Huizi home around noon, he hurried back to school for the afternoon class.
As soon as the professor turned around from the podium after class, she looked at her mobile phone, company email, [Sunset Red Elderly Social Group] and several other groups' WeChat reminders, and there was nothing else.
Ye Zeyan hasn't looked for her since last night, no text messages, no phone calls. Lin Xi was a little anxious and irritable by this empty waiting.
Han Yuan asked her what the arrangements were for Christmas, and Lin Xi reacted that it would be Christmas next week.
Although she did not believe in Christ or Buddhism, she believed in herself. But when she was studying abroad, she went to her local friend's house for an authentic Christmas, and it always felt like a very warm and warm festival.
Thinking so, she took out her mobile phone and clicked on the [Sunset Red Elderly Social Group]. Half of the dozens of messages are a few stupid dogs fighting pictures.
Lin Xi was trying to find the key point by swiping the screen of his mobile phone, but he didn't notice that he bumped into someone when he left the classroom.
βSorryοΌsorryγ Before I could see it, I blurted it out.
"Lin Xi, are you okay?" the other party knew her name, a little familiar but didn't seem to be a classmate in class.
Seeing that she was stunned, Han Yuan touched her with her arm and reminded quietly, "The senior who sent water to the second year of research." β
This reminder reminded me that it was the senior who always wandered around the track and field field during the previous sports training.
"It's okay, it's okay," Lin Xi waved his hand, wanting to walk away but was blocked by the senior like a wall.
"Is there anything else?"
The senior looked around, and there were still many students who had just come out of the classroom, and there were not many people in the corridor at this time.
As soon as he hesitated for a moment, Lin Xi had already picked up the phone and left beside him.
"That classmate," the senior shifted the target to Han Yuan, and took a small packaged gift box from his bag, "Can you help me bring it to Lin Xi?"
Han Yuan looked at the senior slightly, and the dress was too different from the group of friends who saw Lin Xi at the sports meeting before. Even Wang Yubin has begun to retreat, ready to put away his good impression of Lin Xi and be a classmate.
The senior is like this, Lin Xi is eighty percent, oh no, ten percent can't look down on it.
But Han Yuan still accepted it for her, who knew that there might be a love letter in it? Maybe the senior had prepared a small gift for a long time? Maybe there was some gossip?
Han Yuan then asked silly and sweetly, "Senior, what is this?"
"Yes, a Christmas present. The senior said shyly, shyly and stammered.
"Oh yes, I'll pass it on to her in a moment. Han Yuan said normally, and followed Lin Xi's steps.
Lin Xi was talking on the phone, and his pace was not fast, so he walked outside the teaching building and sat down on a bench by the flower garden.
The three people on the other end of the phone directly opened the video group chat, and Lin Xi sat down before putting on AirPods and turning on the camera.
Qi Xiuyuan, "Yo, Sister Xi is out of class? β
Shao Yi, "Yo, NTU has done a good job in greening. β
Zhang Peng, "Yo, Sister Xi, today's makeup is without makeup." β
Lin Xi, "......"
She was in a hurry for half the day today, so she put on a cream, which eye did Zhang Peng see her putting on makeup?
The corners of his lips, which were still hooked, drooped, and he said coldly, "A few of you, say, heavy, point." β
Zhang Peng, "He talks a lot of nonsense." Sister Xi, in the past few months since you returned to China, our group has gotten together twice, and you didn't even come to the Halloween party. Now I'm starting to run the company all day long, otherwise we'll have a party at Christmas, right? β
"OK, I'm fine. β
Shao Yi, "Look at me, I'll just say that Sister Xi is fine." β
Qi Xiuyuan, "That is, Sister Xi has always been the most righteous. β
Lin Xi hesitated for a moment, "Stop, stop, how do you feel like you're going to set me up?"
Zhang Peng, "It's not a few brothers who discussed it, your house is the largest and no one cares about it, I want to say that Christmas is still a Friday, go to your house and have a party......"
Lin Xi squinted his eyes with a look of "I know you guys are not well-intentioned", "Three bottles of gray geese." β
Zhang Peng, "Deal." β
"How can it be so cheap for you, 3 bottles of Patron. β
Qi Xiuyuan, "Deal." β
"The meals and snacks are in charge. β
Shao Yi, "Deal, also, can you bring friends? β
Lin Xi originally wanted to refuse, but when she thought of the excitement, she was quite happy. Sometimes people go crazy and their hearts itch.
"3 bottles of Johnny Walker Blue. β
Shao Yi, "Damn, Sister Xi is blackmailing." β
"Then you go somewhere else. β
β......β
Shao Yi, "Deal." β
Lin Xi looked at his phone again before getting up, but there was still no letter from the man. But the Christmas party was so happily decided that she was divided into snacks.
Han Yuan saw her hang up the phone, and before she got up, she pulled her back to the bench and sat down, and stuffed the senior's gift into her hand.
Lin Xi, who received this gift, was caught off guard, took it in his hand and didn't guess why, and wondered, "Give it to me?"
She thought it was sent by Han Yuan, but when she met the other party's gossip and evil smile, it was obviously deceitful.
"It's not me, it's the senior who sent the water to the second research institute asked me to bring it to you, sacred, birthday, ceremony, thing, oh-" word by word, and the last "oh" also meaningfully lengthened the end note.
Lin Xi was stunned, and without thinking about it, he threw the gift to Han Yuan and stood up, "I didn't want to accept it, you received it." Otherwise, you take it and give it back to him, or you dispose of it. β
As he spoke, he hid a few steps away, avoiding the Qing relationship, "It's none of my business." β
She felt that she had never looked like green tea and gave her seniors any hope. Lin Xi didn't take it every time he sent water to the sports meeting, and he didn't give it to the senior to WeChat.
The only thing she did was to be polite and considerate of the other party's face.
The only thing she didn't do was to treat her coldly and refuse fiercely.
She applauded her senior's perseverance and hard work, but she was not and did not need to be moved by moral kidnapping.
The next time there is such a play, it's time to extinguish the other party's thoughts.
*
After the morning class on Friday, Lin Xi drove to the headquarters of Langyi South City to hand over the work.
It is true that she is still incompetent in development decision-making, and it is very difficult to get started.
In this Dihua acquisition, in fact, Wen Renjin talked about it almost, and she went to intervene for the last time, in order to make a name for herself in the company.
Although it wasn't her fault, she was almost messed up by Mr. Xiao Chen when she was doing the finishing work, which also made her a little discouraged.
After thinking about it, you still have to start with your own capable position and understand the company.
Lin Xi was dazzled when she looked at the positions sent by the COO operation chief and the CMO marketing chief from the operation department and the marketing department that were suitable for her position.
After reading it for a while, Lin Xi planned to go home and make a comparison table, screen the three favorite positions and then entangle.
She especially instructed the vice presidents and presidents not to tell the people below, because she really wanted to experience the most ordinary white-collar life and start from the bottom.
When I was doing the acquisition before, I didn't come to the company many times, and I basically wore big sunglasses and walked directly to the president's elevator, and few people in the company recognized her.
So she relied on the "special" relationship to join the company this time, and even the HR side was only a management trainee who was directly placed by the executives.
In the end, I chose the marketing department, firstly, because I felt relatively young and energetic, involving brand marketing and publicity planning, which could give full play to her imagination and accumulate good contacts.
Second, it is connected to the main development of the company's operation, advancing with the times, unlike the positions given by the operation, many of which are just internal management.
Coming out of the president's elevator to catch up with the rush hour, Lin Xi took out his sunglasses and put them on, and habitually took out his mobile phone.
Lying on it was a text message that Ye Zeyan sent her for an hour: [Back to Nancheng?]
Lin Xi lowered his head and looked at the screen, using his peripheral vision to discern the direction to avoid the crowd, the corners of his mouth were uncontrollably raised, and he called people back without thinking about it.
Maybe he was busy over there, but Lin Xi didn't answer two calls. She sat in the white Masha and didn't rush to start, her fingers quickly edited the text message: [Yes, Captain Ye, when will you come back?]
Ye Zeyan didn't reply to Lin Xi all weekend, and she didn't dare to add any more, there were thousands of analyses in her mind, so she almost didn't go to Weibo emotional bloggers to leave a message for help......
*
After reporting to HR on Monday, Lin Xi entered the hotel business publicity and planning group under the marketing department, and to put it bluntly, it was the company's public relations.
In addition to the well-known hotel industry, Lavida Group also has subsidiaries involved in restaurant chains and high-end property management. Although there is no separate subdivision within the marketing department, under the operation department and the finance department, the subsidiaries have set up corresponding teams to be responsible.
Although she wants to start from the grassroots level, she is not really doing the minutiae like an intern. Lin Xi is reluctant to let her start as an intern, she is too basic and can't participate in the core decision-making, she is just a small screw.
In addition to Langyi, Lin Zhengxiong has also invested in some other companies, but most of them are only shareholding directors and do not hold power.
In the end, the CMO of Langyi insisted on giving Liang Lu, the director of the planning team, a woman who has been vigorous and resolute for 10,000 years, and parachuted Lin Xi, a management trainee.
Of course, it was also arranged for Liang Lu to know the inside story.
Liang Lu has always had a clear distinction between public and private, but after knowing where the other party came from, he was still relieved. She is a native of Nancheng, although her family background is ordinary, but she has been a good student since she was a child, and she has achieved her current position with her own efforts and abilities all the way.
After all, he is a director of the company, and he has to provide for it no matter what. She doesn't have much shame or disdain for Lin Xi, and no one can get rid of and choose such a thing as life experience.
But for her low-key behavior this time, she really wants to learn from it, a little surprised and curious.
When HR led Lin Xi to Liang Lu's office, Lin Xi explained his intention to take up the job, and he really wanted to get to know the company well.
It also shows that it is not just a casual play, and there is no intention of mixing up with an internship.
Liang Lu has always admired Lin Zhengxiong, and by the way, he also has a good impression of Lin Xi's upright attitude.
Lin Xi said it herself, don't give her special treatment because of her identity, and hope that Director Liang will give strict advice.