Chapter 8 Shrimp dumplings
The inspection team stayed in Huaxin for four days, and then returned to the bureau to conduct off-site inspections and draft drafts of the collected archives.
Although the inspection is not over, with the departure of the inspection team, everyone is still relieved, and they can arrange some private life outside of work.
Huo Lang didn't know many people in Hangzhou, except for a few friends who were sent down for internships together, and there was also a college classmate who was familiar with him. The two only made an appointment for dinner once when Huo Lang first arrived in Hangzhou, and then Huo Lang was busy and never saw each other again. Now that we're finally free, we can drink together.
Huo Lang's classmate, named Fang Yiguang, is a native of Hangzhou. In the college entrance examination that year, he entered Beijing University with the extra points of students with sports specialties. Although he returned to Hangzhou after graduating from his bachelor's degree, he shared a dormitory with Huo Lang when he was in school, and the two had a good relationship and kept in touch after graduation.
Huo Lang didn't have a car, so the two made an appointment to meet near the Huaxin Building. The place was chosen by Fang Yiguang, and according to him, there was no second such store in Hangzhou.
Huo Lang drove the navigation and held his mobile phone around the alley for a long time, and finally saw Fang Yiguang's car before finding a place. It was a small black door, the signboard had long been smoked so that it could not be seen clearly, and the tables, chairs and benches inside were greasy, as if they had never been wiped.
"I said buddy, you are from the head office, shouldn't you be the leader?Why do you still work overtime every day, and you don't even have time to drink?" Fang Yiguang began to complain as soon as they met.
"What are you talking nonsense, why am I here to be the leader?" Huo Lang scolded with a smile: "And this store you picked, a place with a big palm, the navigation can't be guided, how to choose here?"
"Don't underestimate this place, that is, you, I brought it here, and I don't tell him about ordinary people! Don't look at it now, wait until it gets dark and look at it, you can't sit down, and a lot of people are squatting outside to eat. Huo Lang looked down on this small shop, and Fang Yiguang was very indignant.
"Okay, Hangzhou is your territory, listen to you. But last time you invited me, so I had to settle the bill. Huo Lang waved his hand, asked the proprietress and waitress to bring the beer first, and spoke before Fang Yiguang objected: "How is your business lately?"
Fang Yiguang is a second-generation demolitionist, with more than a dozen houses and shops in his family, and he has long been financially free. However, he was too bored to be idle, so he opened a small company, taking advantage of the rise of cross-border e-commerce in Hangzhou and Hangzhou, specializing in imported food.
Although starting a company is just a pastime, Fang Yiguang is not the kind of hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't use his brains and doesn't worry. He registered accounts in the name of the company on popular social platforms such as WeChat public account, Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, etc., invited a few beautiful models with good looks and good figures, and posted snack evaluation videos on it every day, which made the company hot, and the business of the online flagship store has been very good.
"That's it, earn some pocket money. In Fang Yiguang's view, the monthly turnover of hundreds of thousands is indeed just pocket money.
"Forget it, you earn pocket money, so what about me? After a bottle of beer, both of them found the feeling of masturbating in college, and they spoke more casually.
"I'm surprised when I mention this," Fang Yiguang grabbed the barbecue on the table and said while eating: "Didn't you have been practicing as a lawyer before you graduated? I heard from my classmates that you did a good job and made a lot of money, and several law firms were vying for you when you graduated." Besides, you have another ......."
"What did he do in the past," Huo Lang interrupted Fang Yiguang, "I think my current work is quite good." ”
Fang Yiguang noticed Huo Lang's reluctance, and also changed the topic: "Yes, banks are better than law firms. said, and squeezed his eyes: "Every time I go to the bank, the girls I see are beautiful and gentle, you kid is close to the water and the building is the first to get the moon, don't patronize yourself, and introduce me to a few." ”
"you," Huo Lang snatched a skewer of barbecue from Fang Yiguang's hand, the taste of this shop is really good: "Lao Tzu is still single, how many will I introduce you?
The two of them chatted while eating and drinking, and they chatted until more than nine o'clock. Fang Yiguang wanted to change places and have another drink, but Huo Lang politely refused with "I have to go to work tomorrow".
Called a substitute driver and helped the drunk Fang Yiguang into the car, Huo Lang stood alone on the side of the street, blown by the hot evening breeze at the end of August, and somehow, suddenly wanted to take a walk. After walking for a while, I realized that I had walked back to the building of CEFC. I couldn't help but look up, and there was a window with a light still on the location of the trade department on the ninth floor.
It was Ling Yuyan's office.
In the past few days, Ling Yuyan has accompanied the inspection team during the day, and has to stay in the office for a long time after work at night, always leaving late. Huo Lang looked at the time on his phone, it was already half past nine, and he only hesitated for half a minute, and then walked quickly to the Cantonese restaurant where he had supper last time.
When Huo Lang panted and ran back to the trade department, Ling Yuyan was turning off the computer and preparing to go home. Seeing the packing box in his hand and the familiar logo on it, he was stunned before asking, "Who are you?"
"I, I made an appointment with my friend to have dinner together, thinking that Mr. Ling might not have gotten off work, so I packed some food. Huo Lang was still out of breath, and he couldn't breathe when he spoke.
"But aren't you going to eat barbecue?" Ling Yuyan clearly remembered that Huo Lang was asking around the office before getting off work about how to get to a barbecue restaurant.
Belch...... Huo Lang was greatly embarrassed, he didn't expect Ling Yuyan to know where he had an appointment, so he had to make up a set of words, and he didn't care about whether it was logical or not: "That, after we ate the barbecue, we went to drink some porridge." ”
Ling Yuyan didn't answer, looked at the packing box, and then at Huo Lang, I don't know if it was because he ran back, his face was red.
Huo Lang was a little embarrassed to look at, and hurriedly put down the packing box: "That, Mr. Ling, you eat first, I'll go out." ”
Ling Yuyan looked at Huo Lang's back as he ran out in a hurry, and wanted to laugh a little, but when the laughter was over, his heart was a little sour and soft. From the first day of work to now, she doesn't know how many overtime nights she has spent, but no one has ever made a special trip to bring her a supper, let alone choose her favorite restaurant. This intern from the head office had a very bad impression of him when they first met, but after getting along for so many days, they unconsciously regarded him as a colleague.
After a while, Huo Lang estimated that Ling Yuyan should finish eating, so he went to knock on the door again: "That, Mr. Ling, it's late, do you want to go back?" You have to go to the garage to pick up the car, there is no one in the building, I'll go down with you." As he spoke, he glanced at the table and found that he had drunk more than half of the porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, but the shrimp dumplings had not moved.
Doesn't Ling Yuyan like to eat shrimp dumplings? I packed two boxes last time. Huo Lang asked cautiously, "Mr. Ling, don't you like shrimp dumplings?"
Ling Yuyan hesitated for half a second, but decided to tell the truth: "I'm allergic to shrimp. ”
Allergies, allergies, ...... Quick. Huo Lang held back for a long time, but he couldn't hold it back: "Then you packed shrimp dumplings last time?"
Ling Yuyan looked too funny at Huo Lang's stunned appearance, and rewrapped the shrimp dumplings in a good mood: "Let's go, let's send the shrimp dumplings out." ”
Although Huo Lang followed Ling Yuyan's car, he sat stiffly in the passenger seat and didn't want to say a word. It's so embarrassing! What a bad thing to buy, but I bought the shrimp dumplings she was allergic to!
Huo Lang didn't speak, and Ling Yuyan didn't say anything. It was already past ten o'clock, and it was not as hot outside as during the day, so Ling Yuyan simply turned off the air conditioner and opened the front and rear windows.
A gentle warm breeze blew in, brushing the faces of the two, and Huo Lang seemed to smell a hint of fragrance. At first, he thought it was the scent of flowers outside, but although the fragrance was not strong, it was wrapped around him little by little, and it went straight to the bottom of his heart.
Huo Lang carefully distinguished, and suddenly realized that this was the smell of perfume on Ling Yuyan's body, so he stiffened even more, and he didn't even dare to move his fingers.
Fortunately, it was late, there were few cars on the road, and after only driving for more than 20 minutes, Ling Yuyan parked the car on the side of the road.
"Let's go. Ling Yuyan picked up the packing box and got out of the car first.
Not long after Huo Lang arrived in Hangzhou, he didn't know each other, and it was night, so he didn't know where he was. It was only after following Ling Yuyan and following her into a community that she realized that this should be her home.
Ling Yuyan took him back to his home! Huo Lang's heart was pounding with excitement, what did this mean? Could it be ......
Before he could come up with anything, he heard Ling Yuyan "shhh Then there was a burst of soos in the grass, and two little milk dogs ran out!
Huo Lang's whole body stiffened all of a sudden, and this time it was different from when he was in the car. At that time, it was embarrassed and a little excited, but this time it was nervous and scared.
The two puppies seemed to be familiar with Ling Yuyan, shaking their heads and tails around her. Ling Yuyan opened the packing box in her hand and exposed the shrimp dumplings inside: "I'm bringing you supper, let's eat it quickly." The indescribable tenderness in his tone is like a pair of people from his calm and capable appearance during the day.
The puppy barked twice and happily buried his head in eating. Ling Yuyan looked at it for a while, and then remembered that there was another person behind him, and he turned around to greet Huo Lang, but found that he was standing far away.
"Why are you standing so far away?" Ling Yuyan said strangely.
At this time, the puppy was also full, and when he saw a living person appear, he was also very curious, and he staggered and paced, sniffing around Huo Lang.
"You guys, go away, go away. Huo Lang was about to cry: "Mr. Ling, let them go away." ”
Only then did Ling Yuyan understand that Huo Lang was probably afraid of dogs. Seeing that he was standing there helplessly and did not dare to move, the two little milk dogs went crazy again, and when they saw that he did not move, they jumped and bit his trouser legs. I wanted to call the puppy back, but suddenly got into a prank, and sat down on the bench on the side of the road slowly: "They don't bite, they play with you." ”
But Huo Lang was too nervous to hear Ling Yuyan holding back a smile. Attention was all on the puppy under his feet, and he couldn't see Ling Yuyan's expression. It's just trembling and chattering: "Mr. Ling, let them go." If you let them go, I promise to be obedient in the future! If you need to ask for something from An Jia in the future, just let me go! I can still send Yu Wen home every day! Mr. Ling, I promise, you let them go quickly. ”
Ling Yuyan snickered for a while, and then called the puppy back with two more "shhhhh Not knowing what she said, the two puppies shook their heads and went back into the grass.
Only then did Ling Yuyan straighten up and walk to Huo Lang's side: "You are very afraid of dogs?"