Driving Xiao Ai's Mercedes Benz, I drove fast in the night, and the rain still fell, the whole city seemed sometimes real and sometimes illusory between the alternation of wipers, and the neon light was as light as a feather, and stretched out a gentle hand to me in the distance, but even so, I didn't feel much of a sense of belonging to the city, because it was so big, so big that I dared to be obsessed with the tulip road that was only a few thousand meters long and a small alley hundreds of meters long.

I parked Xiao Ai's car in the open space outside the alley, but did not get out of the car immediately, but lit a cigarette in the car, and then looked at the boundless rainy night for some empathy, and the next moment, I really felt the pain that happened to Xiao Ai, but I was very powerless about her pain, and finally just stared at the puppets she put in the back seat of the car for a while, and regretted that the sight blocked by the rain could not see farther.

After a long time, I finally got out of the car, held the old folding umbrella, and walked on the bluestone paved path......

Back at the accommodation, after a brief wash, I went into my room, and Qiao Ye was lying on my bed smoking a cigarette, as if he had been waiting for me to come back.

I also lay down on the bed, lit a cigarette and asked him, "Have you signed the transfer contract for the Aden Hotel?" ”

"Signed."

I answered, then took a deep puff of my cigarette and asked, "What are you going to name your new hotel?" ”

Qiao Ye didn't think about it, so he replied: "Suhan Hotel...... Jiang Qiao, you said that one day, there will be my Suhan Hotel all over the country, will she see it? ”

"It's hard to say!"

Qiao Ye nodded: "Well, it's hard to say, but at least it's a thought." ”

I remembered Qin Miao's good intentions for him, and I couldn't help but persuade: "Qiao Ye, why do you do this, no matter how good Su Han is, she is already in the past, you should cherish your current life and the people around you, otherwise you will regret it." ”

Qiao Ye replied indifferently: "I am now making money with my own ability, waiting for the person I want to wait, what is there to regret, I feel that this is the life I want to live." ”

"You're all, maybe the Su Han you have to wait for already has his own family and children, what you are nostalgic for doesn't mean that the other party will also be nostalgic, only the people close to you are real, because you can clearly see her every move, and the past and first love are really too illusory, at most you can only put them in your memory and occasionally take them out and think about them."

"You're, Su Han will never forget me, you don't understand the feelings and experiences between us, the only man she loves in her life is me Qiao Ye."

I smiled and replied, "Even if the only person she loves is you, Qiao Ye, won't she leave Nanjing?" So no matter how big love is, it's no bigger than life! ”

"It is precisely because of this that I feel even more sorry for her, it was I who hurt her with a marriage that I didn't want to accept, and made her leave Nanjing with so much pain and grievance...... So the most wrong thing Qiao Ye did in my life was to marry Qin Miao and hurt Su Han! ”

I haven't experienced love, but I'm already very sad in Qiao Ye's tangled love, so I said to him: "Don't talk about these clueless things, I'm going to Shanghai to pick up Jin Qiu tomorrow, I have to go to bed early, where are you from, just take the love you can't figure back, don't bother a buddy who can't empathize with you!" ”

When Qiao Ye heard that Jin Qiu was coming back, his expression was surprised, and he said, "She has been studying abroad for almost three years, right?" ”

"Almost."

Qiao Ye looked at me with a very gossipy look, and then asked, "I remember when she was still studying at Nanda back then, you had a good relationship, didn't you go to school to bring her food?" ”

"I sent it, it was all for our boss's wife, but our relationship is still very good!"

"Have you ever loved it?"

"Are you really in love? You can do anything about this! ”

"Really haven't you loved?"

"I have nothing but admiration for the golden autumn."

Qiao Ye nodded and said: "Fortunately, it is appreciation, this woman is not something that ordinary men can control, I think the decisive strength in her body can really kill people!" ”

I didn't have words, but I thought about what I knew about Jin Qiu again in my heart, as if Qiao Ye's description was more appropriate, because she did things vigorously and resolutely, which would make many men feel ashamed, and one of the things I remembered most about her was her performance in a debate organized by the school. That day, she was speechless to say the three debate masters on the other side alone, and that kind of momentum of tongue warfare required not only wisdom, but also great courage and the ability to control the scene.

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The next day, when the rain finally stopped after a night of rain, I drove Xiao Ai's car to Shanghai's Pudong Airport early, which was a long journey, so I arrived in Shanghai around noon.

After about 20 minutes, I finally saw Jin Qiu wearing sunglasses and wearing a women's leather jacket, although they haven't spoken to each other yet, but I can already feel that her aura is stronger than a few years ago, she seems to be born a leader, no wonder the old Jin couple will be proud of her, more assured to hand over the company to her, in fact, I am also full of confidence in her.

I walked over to her, and waved to her from afar, and she also took off her sunglasses at the same time, smiled at me, I quickened my pace to walk in front of her, and then took the suitcase in her hand, and said: "It's been hard all the way, the people of the motherland welcome you!" ”

"I'm not hard, I slept all the way on the plane, but the way you drove from Nanjing was really hard!"

I jokingly said, "I serve the eldest lady willingly, and it is not hard." ”

Jin Qiu smiled, and then motioned for me to go to the restaurant at the airport with her to have lunch first, and my task today is to pick her up and take her back to Nanjing, so there is still plenty of time, and I don't mind having a meal before leaving, so I followed her footsteps and walked towards the restaurant.

In the restaurant, Jin Qiu and I each asked for a fast food, and then chatted during the meal, she said to me: "Jiangqiao, my mother called me to tell me about the current situation of the company, but I still can't figure it out, why I have only been walking for a few years, and the company has come to this difficult situation?" ”

"Mainly because the overall environment of the market is not good, powerful wedding companies have completed the upgrading, and our company has been using the past business ideas, so it has been eliminated by the market...... However, the boss lady and the boss have high hopes for your return to China this time, and we are all looking forward to you leading the company out of the predicament! ”

Jin Qiu looked at me and then asked, "I heard: My parents have promised you that after I take over the company, you will manage the planning and engineering departments?" ”

I didn't expect Jin Qiu to ask so directly, so I was stunned for a moment before replying: "Yes, I am personally grateful to your parents for giving me this opportunity and trust, I will do my best." ”

Jin Qiu shook her head, after she was silent for a while, she said to me very resolutely: "Jiang Qiao, I know that saying this will hurt you, but the interests of the company are more important, I personally feel that my parents' decision is very unwise, and I have a very clear idea of the company's future operation, first of all, I plan to streamline the company's departments and personnel, the first batch of layoffs are the employees who have been left in the company by my parents for so many years because of personal relationships, because the company must carry out a comprehensive upgrade in the personnel structure, Building a high-quality team is a top priority for me......"

I was a little confused, so I didn't hear what she said too clearly, but the meaning of her words was roughly understood, and after a period of silence, I asked her without any expression: "You mean, I, Jiang Qiao, will not appear in your new team system, right?" ”

Jin Qiu didn't have a word of superfluous nonsense, just nodded to me affirmatively, and then looked at my increasingly ugly face, and when I was about to explode, she said to me again: "Jiang Qiao, I hope you can understand my decision, you yourself just said the reason why the company has been going downhill in recent years, and we can all see the disadvantages of the favor business, but my dad is too emotional, so that the personnel structure has not been upgraded, and the consequence is that it directly affects the competitiveness of the company...... Now the company is terminally ill, if I don't have some major surgery at the root, the company is still like a frog in warm water, and then die little by little in an increasingly competitive market environment! ”

My heart ached for a while, and it took a long time to lower my voice and reply, "Jin Qiu, are you joking with me?" …… Do you think that your parents have left me Jiangqiao in the past few years out of favor, and I am not because I have done things down-to-earth? ”

"Jiangqiao, don't get excited, I'm absolutely sure of your work, but the wedding planning department is too important, and it is also the core of the company, I must build the most high-end planning team in Nanjing, so I require at least one education of the planners, and it is a graduate of a prestigious school, only in this way can we form a difference from other wedding companies, and then shape the company's unique business route...... You have been in this industry for so many years, and you should also know that the more high-end customers have higher requirements for planning ability, and it is those high-end customers who can really bring profits to the company, so I have to make this decision with pain...... But this is not to deny you, on the contrary, you are very practical and excellent, but it is not in line with the company's business strategy, so I can only regret asking you to understand and forgive! ”