Chapter 30: Is it worth the effort?

Fan Chengze was late. He was distracted by the meeting just now, and he just wanted it to end quickly. He strode happily across the street, and when he arrived at the door, he pretended to be calm and slowly pushed open the door of the coffee shop, looking for Su Xiaoyan's figure. She sat in a corner, flipping through a book, but she didn't get caught up, and kept looking up at the door. When she saw Fan Chengze, she put the book back on the bookshelf next to her, stood up, and greeted him politely.

It's been almost a month since the last drunken meeting. This was their first close-up gaze since they met. His inquiring gaze made Su Xiaoyan uncomfortable.

"What's the matter with me?"

"Can you not embarrass Ke Hui and continue to put advertisements in the evening newspaper."

"Ke Hui?"

"Yes, my photography partner. Because you no longer advertise in the evening newspaper, he may face work sanctions. ”

"I don't really understand."

The restraint of waiting, Fan Chengze's tardiness, and pretending to be at a loss after meeting made Su Xiaoyan unhappy, and she unconsciously raised her voice: "Don't understand? You want me and Ke Hui to take pictures of your company's celebration, but I refuse. You don't think it's a loss of face, so you use this to blackmail Ke Hui, who works at the evening newspaper, and if you don't agree, you withdraw the advertisement. For this reason, the leader was angry with him and may want to suspend him. Don't you think these children's tricks are very boring? Ke Hui works hard, you rely on yourself as an advertiser, it's too much to embarrass him like this. ”

Su Xiaoyan's fiery appearance made Fan Chengze unfamiliar, she was always faint and gentle, and sometimes she could see that she was unhappy in him, but she was also very calm. Now he is accusing himself sharply because of another man, which makes Fan Chengze feel very uncomfortable. He glanced at Su Xiaoyan coldly, snorted mockingly, took a sip of coffee, and asked stiffly, "Why do you think I will do these children's tricks?" ”

"Your company wants to remove the advertisement, and Ke Hui faces suspension. This is a fact that has just happened. Su Xiaoyan argued with reason. She was very unaccustomed to Fan Chengze's tone. He also made her very strange. He was always pleasant in front of her and doted on her. Even sometimes, when she suddenly came and went, sweeping his temperament, he was always tolerant and understanding.

Fan Chengze laughed and said, "Do you have a good relationship with this Ke Hui?" Where we want to invest in Tianyi's advertising is determined by the audience of the media. It's not up to you or Ke Hui to decide. This is my company's business, and I don't need to explain it to you. He looked at Su Xiaoyan intently, her skin was still fair, glowing with a warm luster under the light. As he approached her, he could see faint lines at the corners of her eyes, proving that the years had passed between them, two years. "It's ridiculous, where did you get the confidence to think that I, Fan Chengze, would use the company's affairs to blackmail you? Just to make money for you to take on jobs? You ......" Fan Chengze leaned back and continued: "You, such a woman, are married and like to cheat, are you worth my effort??" ”

Her face turned red, embarrassed, hurt, angry, and glared at Fan Chengze. It turned out that God let them meet again, just to be humiliated again and again, and Su Xiaoyan's heart was blocked uncomfortably. The last sentence, Fan Chengze regretted it when he said it. He was really dizzy, what position did he have, to accuse her.

They looked at each other, unable to see through each other's hearts. The disdain on Fan Chengze's face deeply stung Su Xiaoyan. She was tempted to say, I'm divorced. But if these words came out, it seemed to admit that she was having an affair with Ke Hui.

"Mr. Fan, I'm very sorry to disturb you." Su Xiaoyan's voice was a little choked, she took out her bag and shouted, "Waiter, pay the bill." ”

Fan Chengze looked at her messy appearance, reluctant, but he couldn't pull down his face to apologize, but his voice was much softer, and said, "I'll pay." Su Xiaoyan obviously didn't want to entangle with him anymore, nodded, and left quickly.

It was already dark, and Su Xiaoyan ran into his car as if he had escaped, closed the safety lock, put down the mirror, and looked at himself in tears. If Fan Chengze's humiliation made her cry, it would be better to say that she had been pretending to be strong all along, and she was crushed. Thinking of the pain she suffered in the divorce, the peace she managed to hold up now makes her cherish it even more. Fan Chengze's appearance gave her a sense of danger. She rashly went to Fan Chengze to reason, not only because she didn't want to embarrass Ke Hui, but also for herself.

His straightforward ridicule made Su Xiaoyan completely sober. How ridiculous she is, he's right, and who qualifies him to play tricks for himself? She finally faced herself, "Su Xiaoyan, do you actually think that Fan Chengze still likes herself." "This man who once gave himself the purest love, but now hidden in a secret place by the vanity of love, was suddenly pulled out, and she was caught off guard and ridiculed.

She wiped her tears with a tissue fiercely and took out the phone: "Hey, Ke Hui." The last time I talked about the celebration of Tianyi Group, can we still take it? ”

"That ......" Ke Hui stammered a little: "Don't you want to take on this kind of activity?" ”

"I changed my mind. If there is money to be made, why don't I take it. With you, there's nothing to worry about. Su Xiaoyan said.

"Xiaoyan, have you heard something?"

"What did you hear?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Then I'll ask if I've invited anyone else. ”

"Well, Ke Hui, we are partners and good friends. Thank you for helping me. Su Xiaoyan said softly. Although Ke Hui felt that her change might be related to herself, she had agreed now, so she didn't say more, and said happily: "Why are friends talking about this, I will send you the specific arrangements for the celebration in a few days." In addition, on the weekend, my wife said to go to the surrounding farmhouse to play, and bring Xixi with her. ”

"Okay."

The next day, Fan Chengze was just about to ask about the advertisement in the evening newspaper, and his assistant Chen Juesen first reported the final plan of the celebration to Fan Chengze, and said seemingly casually: "The matter of hiring a photographer from Yan Studio last time you mentioned it has been implemented." Fan Chengze glanced up at Chen Juesen and didn't ask anything more. I went on to look at the plan. "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Assistant Chen, this celebration is meticulous and thoughtful, and it is very good. Tomorrow all staff, including external recruits, will be brought together for another implementation meeting. After we set it, we will report it to the chairman for review. ”

At the implementation meeting the next day, Su Xiaoyan did not come. Fan Chengze didn't ask, just looked at Ke Hui several times, "Su Xiaoyan's vision is really getting worse and worse. He thought indignantly.