207 The Mermaid in Modern Times (3)
"Why are you here?" In addition to the accident, there was also a secret surprise in Mu Guang's eyes, he stared at the other party's back just now, and he didn't know it until the other party turned around, and immediately strode over, and subconsciously grabbed the other party's arm - this was all caused by that kid who suddenly panicked yesterday.
"IβI've been working here." The mermaid also recognized Mu Guang, he struggled uncomfortably, but couldn't pull his arm back, "Then why are you here?" β
Mu Guang finally realized that something was wrong, he let go, took half a step back and stood up, but he was still very close, and said in a deep and deep voice with a smile: "I also work here." As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the company's logo.
βοΌβ The mermaid immediately panicked, because he didn't have any impression of Mu Guang, "You also work here?" Then why haven't I seen you? β
Mu Guangguan said, "I'm new." "He was tall and sturdy, wearing a proper suit, with tough features, unhurried speech, deep and focused eyes, and was a very attractive man.
"Oh, so you're new here, no wonder I haven't seen you." The mermaid breathed a sigh of relief, he hurried in to familiarize himself with the working environment, and had no intention of chatting with the man who was so hungry that he almost fainted yesterday, and was ready to go in without saying a word.
"What's your name? Which department is it? Intern or new hire? Mu Guang didn't know what was wrong with him, so he asked the other party several questions in a row.
Fortunately, the mermaid didn't care at all, on the contrary, he cherished the feeling of having someone chatting with him easily, and asked questions one by one while walking: "My name is Ji Mo, from the technical department, and I have been working for almost three years." β
The two walked in side by side and ran into Hao Jia, the boss of the technical department.
"Alas, why did Manager Mu come so early? Hahaha~ Your office is in front, please come in and sit down and talk. Hao Jia smiled very heartily and enthusiastically, and barely glanced at Ji Mo, a subordinate of the department, out of the corner of his eye.
"Morning, boss!" When the mermaid saw Hao Jia, she immediately pulled away her smiling face and tried to say hello as usual.
"Hmm, Ji Mo came quite early." Hao Jia smiled and replied, his eyes turned, and he swept towards the two people opposite, and asked casually: "Does Ji Mo know Manager Mu?" β
The mermaid stood respectfully and honestly, "Oh, yesterday morningβ"
"Ahem~" Mu Guang immediately coughed loudly, took over the conversation first, and said: "Ji Mo and I are friends, we just had a meal yesterday, let's go in and talk." As he spoke, he grabbed the arm of the stunned man next to him and brought it in.
- Do you want to tell me what happened yesterday morning? It's been three years since you came out to work, why are you so stupid......
Strangely, Mu Guang almost didn't think much about it, and knew that if he didn't stop it, the other party would definitely tell the truth.
"Oh, hahaha, it turns out that you are friends, Ji Mo is really, I don't usually reveal a word, or we would have eaten together yesterday hahaha~" Hao Jia looked at Mu Guang's hand holding Ji Mo's arm, and his attitude towards Ji Mo was immediately much more enthusiastic, although he had doubts in his heart, he definitely couldn't show it at this time.
"I-" The mermaid was stunned and walked by the arm, he was so anxious that he shouted: Let go of me, I am still in a hurry to get into the office to familiarize myself with the working environment!
However, the mermaid itself is not good at dealing with strangers, and now that she is dressed as an earthling, she doesn't know how to resolve the current predicament, so she can only do it in a hurry.
Moments later, they pushed the door open and entered a large, bright office. After entering the door, Mu Guang finally realized what was wrong with him, he let go in annoyance, walked over and sat down, Hao Jia followed, turned his head and naturally ordered: "Ji Mo, go make tea and drink." β
In front of him, even if the mermaid came from the orc world, he knew that he couldn't go over and sit down, after all, there were levels everywhere, he quickly nodded; "Okay, I'll go right away!" After saying that, he turned around and went out, just like an ordinary employee in front of the company's top management, there was nothing wrong with it, and he was quite motivated.
But Mu Guang was inexplicably unhappy. He quietly tidied up the cufflinks, and said casually: "Ji Mo is young, and he has many deficiencies in all aspects, so he usually causes you a lot of trouble, right?" β
Hao Jia has been mixed with the society for so many years, and he is more of a good person, through the words and deeds of the other party, he immediately said in his heart: "How can it? Ji Mo was recruited by me personally, the young man is responsible for being motivated, smart and clever, quick thinking, drawing inferences from one another, I am very optimistic about him! At that time, he hadn't graduated yet, first he had an internship, and I let him stay after graduation, and it had been several years in the blink of an eye, and he really didn't disappoint me, he was the backbone of the technical department......"
Smart and clever? Draw inferences?
You can boast about it.
Mu Guang listened carefully, couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking that Ji Mo's confused and stupid appearance yesterday morning, I believe that he is responsible and motivated, and his skills are excellent, after all, work requires strength. But in other respects, there is a question mark......
At this time, the mermaid who obediently went to make tea came in with two cups of tea, he was extremely nervous, walking on thin ice, for fear that he would not be able to cope with it and lose the work that Ji Mo had worked so hard to love.
"Tea, two of you." The mermaid bent over, her eyes blinked, and her thick and slender eyelashes were like light and soft feathers, which swept through Mu Guang's heart lightly and lightly, and she was numb and itchy.
In order to show his reliance on and satisfaction with Ji Mo, Hao Jia said a lot of good things, and embarrassed the mermaid - because the mermaid really believed Hao Jia's evaluation, he originally thought that Ji Mo was excellent, and now he felt that the other party was so good that he was shining, and he was just a clownfish......
The mermaid couldn't help but sigh again: It's all called Ji Mo, why am I so far behind?
During the conversation, Mu Guang would always inadvertently glance at Ji Mo, who was listening quietly on the side.
It wasn't until the time was about the same that Hao Jia cautiously asked; "Manager Mu, ...... you take a look at the morning meeting? If you ask, the technical department is ready to provide all the support available! β
Mu Guang smiled, lazily fell back to the back of the sofa, waved his hand casually and said: "I won't go to the morning meeting of your department, just Ji Mo, since you said that he has excellent skills, presumably he can do a good job in that part of the Nanshi project." β
"Huh?" Hao Jia was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips unwillingly, and just wanted to say something, he was frightened back by Mu Guang's eyes with a deep background, Hao Jia quickly adjusted his facial expression, and nodded again and again: "Okay!" Wow, I originally wanted to recommend Ji Mo, the young man is young and excellent, and he knows how to advance and retreat, so it is perfect to assist Manager Mu. β
The mermaid who was listening next to him couldn't react at all: Just Ji Mo? Just me? He reacted under Hao Jia's repeated eyebrows, and after thinking about it, he replied with an almighty polite sentence: "Thank you for your cultivation, I will definitely work hard!" β
After a while, under the urging of Mu Guang's eyes, Hao Jia finally couldn't sit still, and was about to quit and go out to work.
"Ji Mo, you stay, I have something to explain to you." Mu Guang opened his mouth solemnly to keep people.
The mermaid hesitated a little, he looked at Hao Jia and said, "Boss, I-"
Hao Jia immediately said: "You stay, the Nanshi project is very important, Ji Mo, do a good job!" After speaking, he patted Ji Mo's shoulder heavily, and made a cheering gesture before leaving.
*****
There are only two mermaids and Mu Guang left in the office.
"Come and sit down and talk, what are you doing all the time standing?" Mu Guang patted the sofa beside him.
But no matter how stupid the mermaid is, he will not sit side by side with the senior executives of the company who are attentive to the boss of the department, he cautiously picked the position opposite Mu Guang, and sat down carefully, his back straight.
"Heh~" Mu Guang chuckled, and suddenly leaned over and stretched out his hand, attacking the mermaid.
βοΌβ The mermaid reflexively leaned back, but took a step too late, and his work card had been pinched in Mu Guang's hand, and he was carefully studying it.
"It turns out that Ji Mo is these two words." Mu Guang raised his eyebrows, because whenever anyone hears "jimo", the first thing that pops up in their minds will be the word "lonely".
The mermaid nodded, unable to find anything to say, because they only met yesterday, and today they also found out that the other party was a senior executive of the company, and the mermaid was even more cautious in words and deeds, for fear of revealing their stuffing.
Mu Guang looked at Ji Mo, who was sitting precariously, and couldn't help but tease: "You are so white, you shouldn't be called Ji Mo, you should be called Ji Bai, right?" β
The mermaid looked at the other party's eyes full of friendly smiles, and he dared to blurt out: "Then are you called Mu Hei?" β
Mu Guang is a deep honey-colored skin who is diligent in fitness and outdoor sports, but the mermaid grew up in the depths of the East China Sea since he was a child, and the sea tribe is all fair-skinned, and in the eyes of the mermaid, Mu Guang is indeed black.
"Hahaha~~" Mu Guang glared for a moment, then laughed loudly, unconcealing his emotions.
"I-I'm sorry, I'm kidding." The mermaid didn't know whether the earthlings on the other side were really laughing or laughing angrily, so they immediately explained nervously.
Mu Guang finished laughing for a long time, he waved his hand indifferently, and kept pinching the work card during the period, causing the mermaid to lean forward slightly, and it was not easy to snatch the work card clearly.
After a moment of silence.
"You-" Mu Guang started his head, and then stopped again, because he originally wanted to ask Ji Mo why he ran away yesterday morning, what happened, etc., and after thinking about it, they just knew each other, and it was not suitable to inquire about each other's private affairs. So, Mu Guang turned to introduce himself: "My name is not Mu Hei, my name is Mu Guang, the light of time, I hope to have a happy cooperation!" With that, he finally let go of Ji Mo's work card and stretched out his right hand.
This action was so familiar that the mermaid barely had to think about it, and his body had already subconsciously responded. The mermaid quickly reached out as well, and the two shook each other and shook solemnly.
Then, not knowing what to say, the mermaid sat stiffly, waiting for the other to open his question.
Maybe it was because the other party's eyes were too clean and clear, Mu Guang was fascinated for a moment, and after reacting, he cleared his throat in embarrassment, and finally took out a working attitude, and asked: "Ji Mo, how much do you know about the project in Nanshi?" β
It's coming, it's coming! Fortunately, Brother Cheng mentioned it to me in his mobile phone the day before yesterday!
The mermaid was shocked, and immediately poured out the relevant information about the Nanshi project stored in his mind, because he had rehearsed many times in advance, so he was able to talk eloquently and clearly.
Mu Guang kept smiling, nodding from time to time, encouraging the other party to continue. In the end, he patted Ji Mo's arm with satisfaction and instructed, "Okay!" Let's go to Nanshi early tomorrow morning, you remember to book a ticket, it is estimated that you will have to stay there until the end of the year, you watch the office pack your luggage. β
"I-" The mermaid actually didn't understand why it was himself at all, but through Chen Cheng's reminder, he knew that it was a good opportunity to show his face to earn money and save experience, so although he was a little dazed, he was still extremely happy, stood up and bowed to Mu Guang, and said gratefully: "Thank you!" β
Mu Guang quickly raised his hand to support the other party, and reminded with a smile: "Don't thank you first, if you drag your feet, I will not show mercy." Let's go out and do things. Also, what happened when you saw me yesterday morning is not allowed to be publicized! β
Thinking of Hao Jia's response when he asked just now, the mermaid smiled embarrassedly, nodded, cheered up 120,000 points, and mustered up the courage to go out to do things.
*****
Needless to say, after returning to the department office, the mermaid was curiously asked by all his colleagues, and asked him thoroughly, but he promised not to reveal the experience of knowing Mu Guang, so he could only rack his brains and weave an excuse to deal with the past.
The mermaid has been working hard, cherishing everything in front of him very much, and he wants to completely change himself by taking advantage of the identity of Ji Mo, an excellent earthling. Therefore, even if he was afraid of many strange and unpredictable things, he gritted his teeth and held on, and he did not flinch.
So, according to the company's arrangement, the mermaid took her suitcase and followed Mu Guang on a business trip the next day.
The first time I took a plane, the first time I ate a plane meal, the first time I followed a strange earthling to work in a strange place, too many firsts......
At noon, they arrived in Nanshi, where the project is located.
Nanshi was next to the sea, the blue sky and white clouds were shining, and the mermaid could even distinguish the faint breath of the sea in the air, which made him instantly excited, so excited that he looked around and took a deep breath.
Mu Guang looked at the other party's happy and bright eyes, and asked with a smile: "Do you like Nanshi?" Been here before? β
The mermaid shook her head, and said longingly, "I smell the smell of the sea, and I really want to...... Let's go to the beach. The mermaid almost slipped out of her mouth, saying that she wanted to go back to the deep sea to live.
"What's so hard about that? Although it is very busy at the moment, I can always find time to go to the beach to play, and the seafood in Nanshi is very good. Mu Guang introduced.
In order to facilitate the development of the project, the working group rented a five-story house in a good location, which is an idle villa built by local tyrants.
Looking at the young Ji Mo with the accompanying face, the resident staff took it for granted that the other party was Mu Guang's assistant, so they deliberately arranged the rooms of the two of them next to each other. Mu Guang lives in the master bedroom on the fourth floor with a large bay window and a balcony with a bathroom, Ji Mo is Mu Guang's assistant, he is particularly treated, and he is also assigned a small guest bedroom.
Because of the nature of the work, I often have to run the construction site, except for the aunt who comes over to cook lunch and dinner every day, the rest are all men, or they are drawn from various departments, and they start to be very busy as soon as they come, so most of the colleagues are not familiar with each other, which gives the mermaid enough buffer period, after all, he is the worst at dealing with interpersonal relationships, which is very different from Ji Mo.
The work intensity of the station is very high: breakfast is solved by itself, work at eight o'clock in the morning, after a simple meeting, run the construction site, catch up with the data, and deliver the results, the aunt comes to cook at noon, what she does and eats, and the dishes will be divided one by one; After dinner, those who are idle go to take a lunch break, and those who do not finish their work work work overtime; After getting off work at half past five in the afternoon, I also ate the food cooked by my aunt, and I generally worked overtime until about half past nine in the evening.
Tired, very tired, but also fulfilling.
After hiding in its shell and stretching out its tentacles to probe for a long time, the mermaid finally let go a little, and could talk to her colleagues generously when she was resting.
The young people of the working group jokingly said that the station was like a prison/room, and even if they ran to the construction site, it was extremely boring and boring, and they could only joke with the cooking aunt.
*****
More than a month later.
Mu Guang went out to the construction site with a few technicians in the morning, and did not come back until lunch. That's what they do, no matter what level, when it's time to go to the construction site to eat soil, you have to go to the construction site, without exception.
The boss is not there, and the young people are making a lot of noise.
At noon, a group of men gathered around the dining table, got their own dish and started eating, and in the middle of the table were Lao Gan Ma, chopped pepper sauce, olive vegetables, next meals, etc., whoever wanted to take it.
"Hey~~~" Liu Hui raised a piece of ginger and scallion chicken with chopsticks and yelled: "Aunt Zhang, is this a chicken fart/share?" β
Many people stopped their chopsticks and jingled on the bowl to coax: "Isn't it Aunt Zhang?" You're actually giving us chicken fart/shares? β
"yes, I look like it!"
"Aunt Zhang, let's fry some beef tomorrow, how long has it been since you eaten?"
"There is no oil in this dish, what is Aunt Zhang doing so economically? The company gave you money to buy vegetables, didn't the boss let you give us good food? β
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The chubby cooking aunt ran out of the kitchen with a shovel in her hand, not afraid at all, and shouted in a loud voice and crossed her waist quickly; "What/share? I cut it and threw it away in the morning! Didn't you eat stir-fried beef just a few days ago? There is no fresh beef to buy in the market recently, so I'll talk about it in a few days! Who says there is no oil? The oil is going to spill out of the dishes! Can't eat well? It's not good to have three meats, one vegetarian and one soup? Can't get enough to eat? There is also a half-pot of rice in it, which one can't eat enough? β
Most of the technicians in the station are young people in their early twenties, and they don't mean to make things difficult, in fact, they are just bored and want to have fun. They were not angry when they were trained by the cooking aunt, but they were even more hippie and smiling. The aunt has already had experience, and she is chubby like a small mountain standing on her waist, majestic, picking a group of young people.
Outside, Mu Guang finally came back from the construction site with a mermaid and a few technicians, all of them were disgraced, carrying work bags, listening to bursts of laughter in the canteen, and his eyes lit up with hunger.
The mermaid took the initiative to take Mu Guang's work bag and prepared to put it back in the office, and several technicians also habitually took the opportunity to stuff their own work bags into the mermaid's arms and let them help by the way, but they washed their hands in a hurry and went to eat hungry.
When working, Mu Guang was very serious, even harsh, and ate and lived with the technicians at the station. At this time, looking at Ji Mo's figure of struggling to hold a large number of work bags stuffed with tools and materials, smiling happily on his face, and stupidly returning to the office, Mu Guang sighed secretly and wrinkled his brows, but he couldn't say this kind of thing.
- Don't bully Ji Mo, the general branch asked him to help do this and that? No, how can that!
As soon as the young people saw that Mu Guang was back, they immediately closed their mouths tightly and did not say a word, and for a while they could only hear the sound of soup bowls, chopsticks and spoons colliding in the cafeteria.
"Yo, Manager Mu is back, come and wash your hands and eat!" Aunt Cooking also put on a courteous smiling face, "Ji Mo, that young man?" That's what left him. The aunt grinned and helped take out the two warm dishes, and used their respective bowls to help serve the rice.
"He went up." Mu Guang replied while washing his hands.
The mermaid quickly went downstairs again, he enjoyed the feeling of helping others and being needed by others, during this time, as long as he could do what he could, he rushed to do it, and he did it seriously and happily, so his popularity was very good.
"Ji Mo come over to eat, the dishes are going to be cold." Aunt Cooking greeted loudly, among the technicians, she likes the polite Ji Mo the most, if it weren't for the fact that she also gave birth to a son, I'm afraid I would have to catch Ji Mo and go home for dinner.
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang." After washing her hands, the mermaid couldn't wait to sit down, and said happily: "Wow~ so much delicious? There are also ginger and scallion chicken and braised duck! In the eyes of the newcomers, the food of the earth is so delicious that he is very happy with whatever he eats, and he does not waste a single drop.
- For this reason, Mu Guang privately reminded him at the beginning: Ji Mo, you can't lick plates and bowls when you eat out, others will laugh, remember?
"Aha, hey, hey~ If you like to eat, it's good!" Aunt Cooking was praised so much that her eyes narrowed into a slit, patted Ji Mo's shoulder affectionately, raised her eyebrows and glanced at the young people who had just coaxed with the corner of her eye, proud. She is a local, she is not short of money, she just wants to find something to do, her temper is about as loud as her voice, but she has clean hands and feet, excellent cooking skills, and is familiar with the local vegetable market.
A group of technicians secretly rolled their eyes, annoyed by Ji Mo's good appetite, the two goods said that any dish was delicious, at first they thought he was pretending to be hypocritical, but after getting along for a month, everyone found out powerlessly that Ji Mo really didn't pretend: Ji Mo's dishes and rice bowls were always eaten cleanly, there was nothing left, and he ate with a smile!
What a second-duty rice bucket that looks so handsome......
Mu Guang and Ji Mo always sat next to each other, and while he drank the soup, he glanced at Ji Mo from time to time, who was gulping down and eating deliciously.
The rest of the technicians ate quickly, and it didn't take long for them to wash their own bowls, and after the cooking aunt did a good job of cleaning the kitchen, she also hummed a song and went home, and there were only two Mu Guang Jimo left in the canteen.
There was no one around, Mu Guang sandwiched the meat from his plate into Ji Mo's bowl again, and his gentle voice carried unconscious distress: "Eat more, sort out the data tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and don't go to the construction site first." β
"Hmm, thank you, don't you like it, boss? It's delicious. "Merfolk happily accepted.
Mu Guang said casually: "It's hot, I don't have much appetite, you can eat more if you like." β
"Boss, you're such a good guy!" The mermaid's eyes are full of gratitude, this month, the mermaid can still cope with it at work, but there are inevitably many jokes in life, colleagues often laugh at the mermaid's two shortages, two goods, and even specially buy a Snickers to give him a ...... But Mu Guang never will, always helps to solve the siege, and often mentions many big and small things to him in private, so that the mermaid has spent the most embarrassing and helpless first month without danger.
"Really?" Mu Guang asked with a smile
The mermaid nodded heavily and said solemnly, "Yes!" β
*****
After eating, many people went back to the house for a lunch break, and the whole house was quiet.
The mermaid held the change of clothes again and knocked on Mu Guang's door.
- After coming to Earth, everything is new and interesting, but the mermaid just can't stand the dirty feeling of being covered with dust or sweat, which is simply torture for the sea tribes of the orc world!
But there was always a queue in the public bathroom, so Mu Guang asked Ji Mo to wash up in his room.
"Knock knock~"
Mu Guang opened the door quickly, he had already taken a quick shower first, his shirt had just been buttoned, and he instructed: "Hurry up and wash it, don't rub it again, you have to rest for at least an hour at noon." β
"Got it, I'll be soon!" The mermaid hurried into the bathroom, and a moment later there was a rattling of water.
Mu Guang could only sit on the bay windowsill and smoke impatiently, turning his head to look at the bathroom door from time to time.
After the sound of the water stopped, there was suddenly no movement inside, and the mermaid wanted to cry for a moment without tears, and then had to open the door and lean out, saying with a bitter face: "Boss, can you go to my house and help get a pair of pants?" I accidentally took two pieces of clothing...... "Mermaids can barely go out topless, but barefoot/naked?" He felt very embarrassed.
Mu Guang unconsciously stared at Ji Mo who was exposed for a long time, and then he came down from the bay window sill in a bit of embarrassment, and hurriedly said, "Wait!" Right away! "He almost ran out of the door.
*****
Mu Guang pushed open the door of Ji Mo's empty room next door, and his heartbeat calmed down for a long time, he had come in many times, and he went to open the wardrobe familiarly, and took a pair of pants for Ji Mo, but when he turned around, he suddenly saw an extra picture frame on the bedside table.
Why haven't I seen it before?
Since it was a photo frame placed on the bedside table, Mu Guang didn't think much about it, and reached out to pick it up and look at it.
- That's Ji Mo wearing a bachelor's uniform and a graduation photo taken by his parents.
Mu Guangwaner couldn't help but rub his fingertips against Ji Mo's younger and immature smiling face in the photo.
I couldn't put it down, Mu Guang looked left and right, up and down, and then inadvertently flipped it and found the post-it note on the back:
What are your goals for five years after graduation?
Mu Guang was very curious, what three goals did Ji Mo's stupid boy have? He looked down at 166Reading.com