Chapter 22: An Awkward Couple
When Ran Xixi rested, he looked at the time again, and it was already early eleven o'clock.
She calculated that it was impossible to go home for lunch and a formal interview at one o'clock in the afternoon, and she had to prepare everything before half past twelve anyway, and she could not afford to lose this opportunity again.
The assistant's words just now were still in his ears, and Ran Xixi was carrying a heavy equipment bag and was about to go to the company restaurant upstairs to eat something.
She didn't even eat breakfast, first rushed to the hospital on an empty stomach, and then ran all the way here, at the moment hungry, after being too hungry, the whole person had a feeling that she thought she could eat a cow, but she really picked up chopsticks and couldn't eat a bite.
There are not too many employees in the restaurant for the time being, so Ran Xixi ordered a business package.
She chose a table for two, in the corner, very quiet, even if there were more people in the dining room for a while, no one would easily notice it. Putting down a bag of equipment gently, she took out her mobile phone, hesitated for a moment, and still called Kong Miaomiao.
"Is he better?"
Ran Xixi lowered her voice and asked in a low voice.
Kong Miaomiao's helpless voice came from the mobile phone: "I really don't know what crazy he is, he woke up, and he didn't want to speak, let him eat, and he wasn't happy to eat." Did you have a high fever and burn out your brain?"
After saying that, she herself felt unlucky, and snorted several times.
After a pause, Ran Xixi said, "Maybe he can't figure out something himself." You take good care of him, I still have a job today. ”
Seeing that she was about to hang up the phone, Kong Miaomiao hurriedly called out to her: "What's wrong with the two of you? Don't scare me, okay? First he was clamoring to get married, and then he didn't get married, and now he looks like he's looking for death and life, I'm really losing to him!"
Ran Xixi was also helpless: "I don't know, you can ask him." I still have something to do, I'll get in touch later. ”
Hurriedly hung up the phone with Kong Miaomiao, she looked at the package in front of her and felt even more unappetizing.
After half past eleven, employees from various departments came to the restaurant one after another, and the number of people around gradually increased.
Ran Xixi sat in the corner, although one person occupied the two-person table, however, no one else came here to share the table with her for the time being, after all, it was not so crowded.
She had no appetite, but for the sake of the afternoon interview, she had to endure a mouthful.
The chicken steak was a little greasy, Ran Xixi put it aside, ate some vegetables and rice, and drank some soup, although the taste was not bad, but she was in a very messy mood now, eating it in her mouth, the same taste was chewing wax.
Fortunately, she saw that there were coffee machines on each floor, so she could go for a black cup of coffee later to refresh herself.
Ran Xixi was so engrossed that he didn't realize that there seemed to be a small commotion around him.
What she thought was that the interviewer at noon, the senior manager of the advertising department, didn't know what kind of person he was, if he hadn't been blocked on the highway today and had to postpone the interview, she would not have had a chance. In this way, he is still his own nobleman, and whether he can get the final qualification or not, it seems that he should be thanked.
Ran Xixi was pondering, and suddenly there was another person in front of him.
"You don't mind if I'm sitting here for lunch, right?"
She was startled, and when she looked at it, it turned out to be Lu Qinghuan.
He stood across from her, holding a tray with several dishes on it, a serving of rice, and a small bowl of soup, exactly like the employees around him.
Ran Xixi suddenly stammered: "Why are you here?"
Unexpectedly, he would come to the staff cafeteria to eat.
Lu Qinghuan didn't wait for her permission, he sat down directly opposite Ran Xixi, put the dinner plate, loosened his neckline, he replied with a calm face, and smiled: "Dinner, it's already twelve o'clock, lunch break." ”
She was extremely stunned, and when she finally came to her senses, Ran Xixi saw that Lu Qinghuan had already eaten a big gulp.
As a thief, he looked around, and most of the employees around him were really peeking at this side, and as soon as they saw Ran Xixi looking up, they immediately turned their heads and pretended to concentrate on eating.
As the name suggests, 95% of the people who come to eat are employees of the company. Of course, there are occasional exceptions, such as people who come to run errands, just in time for a meal, a simple lunch, a short rest, etc., Ran Xixi is a living example.
She retracted her gaze a little embarrassed and lowered her voice: "Do you usually come here for dinner?"
Hearing Ran Xixi's question, Lu Qinghuan put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and recalled, "The second time, the first time was to check the hygiene of the restaurant." ”
Sure enough, she knew that he must have rarely come here!
Otherwise, how could his arrival have aroused so many curious eyes, all with the smell of inquiry!
Ran Xixi couldn't wait to curl up her whole body into a small dot, but unfortunately, as early as the moment Lu Qinghuan appeared here, even if she was completely exposed in front of everyone, it was too late to pretend to be invisible now.
"Why are you coming to the office again today?
Lu Qinghuan took a sip of soup and lowered his head and asked.
It stands to reason that the cooperation between NG Group and Jiahuang Entertainment has come to an end, and the part in China has ended, so there should be nothing, and there is no need for Ran Xixi to go again.
She glanced at the bag of equipment that was sitting next to her, not intending to tell the truth, of course.
"Well, anyway, I'm not going to leave for the next few days, so I'll come over to see if there is any finishing work. ”
Ran Xixi casually said an excuse, which sounded very reasonable.
Lu Qinghuan nodded, as if he didn't have any suspicions.
Still, his gaze fell on the large backpack next to her, which he stayed on for a few seconds. In the past few seconds, Ran Xixi was very nervous, and his heart was raised, for fear that Lu Qinghuan would suspect something.
Thankfully, he quickly looked away.
"I don't have anything to do at noon, where do you want to go, I'll accompany you?"
Lu Qinghuan didn't break it, but took the initiative to propose, wanting to hear what Ran Xixi had to say.
Sure enough, her eyes suddenly widened, and she immediately shook her head, refusing in her mouth: "No, no, I made an appointment at noon, and I have other things to do." ”
Ran Xixi was unusually weak-hearted, for fear that Lu Qinghuan would continue to ask.
He nodded, showing a regretful expression: "That's it, then you go, let's go out together another day." ”
She said yes again and again.
You don't have to look to know that the employees around you must have pricked up their ears to hear the conversation between the two of them.
Seeing Ran Xixi's discomfort, Lu Qinghuan stood up and stretched out his hand to her: "Let's go, go to my office and have something to drink." Didn't you just make an appointment with a friend at noon? It's not half an hour, right?"
She glanced at the time, it was past twelve, and she had planned to sit in the dining room until half an o'clock, but now it seemed impossible to do so.
Rather than being stared at by so many employees of Jiahuang Entertainment, Ran Xixi would rather go to Lu Qinghuan's office.
She struggled to pick up the equipment bag, and Lu Qinghuan naturally took it. He probably didn't expect it to be so heavy, and couldn't help but say, "It's so heavy, you carried it yourself?"
What Ran Xixi thought in his heart was, not only did I carry it, but I still ran all the way. However, of course, she couldn't tell the truth, so she could only say, "Well, it's a little thing." ”
Lu Qinghuan smiled and didn't say anything more.
When the two of them entered the elevator, he naturally reached out and grabbed her waist.
Ran Xixi instinctively wanted to take a step away, and suddenly remembered that no, the current relationship between himself and him, it is normal to have this kind of physical contact, once you dodge, you will be embarrassed by each other. So, she stood still, motionless and let Lu Qinghuan's hand wrap around her waist, but the muscles in her body were a little stiff.
Lu Qinghuan was silent, how could he not notice her nervousness.
What an awkward couple.
It seems that after last night, Zhan Xingchuan still had an impact on her.
He had some indescribable frustration, or rather, a sense of gain and loss. The feeling of having it in your hand and being full of joy and having to look at it every now and then lest it disappear or be taken away from you is very painful.
When he arrived at Lu Qinghuan's office, he asked Emily to pour Ran Xixi a cup of coffee.
She was not polite, in order not to fall asleep at noon, a cup of black coffee was the best choice at the moment.
"Talked to Mr. Kears? What did he say?"
Seeing that Ran Xixi's makeup was a slightly tired face, Lu Qinghuan thought that she had an argument with Bonnie Kers last night. No matter what he thought, he couldn't guess that Zhan Xingchuan was actually out in the rain for several hours, tossed for a night, and now he was still lying in the hospital because of high fever turned pneumonia.
To be precise, there is no such crazy and willful factor in Lu Qinghuan's body.
"He said that I was on vacation now, anyway, I had never taken a vacation in the past three years, and I had been together for more than a month. ”
According to Ran Xixi's idea, even if she really gets the shooting project, it will definitely be completed on schedule in a month at most, and no matter how slow it is, it should not exceed this time limit.
"So," Lu Qinghuan asked with a smile in his eyes and deliberately slowly, "What are you going to do in the past month or so?"
She opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer him.
Fortunately, Emily knocked on the door and brought coffee to Ran Xixi, and she hurriedly thanked her, which was considered to have stopped the previous conversation.
Lu Qinghuan smiled and didn't say anything more.
Without waiting for a cup of coffee to finish, Ran Xixi had already watched the time several times, and when it was twelve forty o'clock, she couldn't sit still and was ready to leave.
"I'll send you there. ”
When she saw Lu Qinghuan go to get her coat, she hurriedly stopped: "No, no, I don't want them to see ......"
Not wanting to be seen is only one of the reasons, if he really accompanies him upstairs, won't he have to sneakily take the elevator to the interview floor after he reaches the first floor, which will delay time.
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