There was silence in the office, and as Ye Shucheng spoke, his eyes fell on Su Nian's face with contempt.

The gaze stung her eyes.

She felt that this kind of Ye Shucheng was very unfamiliar, but it was not right to think about it carefully, in fact, when the two of them first met, he was like this.

High up, contemptuous of her, contemptuous of her.

Her face was slightly pale, her fists were clenched tightly, her nails were embedded in her palms, and the slight pain reminded her that she was not here to bring humiliation on herself, she wanted an answer.

She bit her lower lip, and after a few seconds, she spoke: "Okay, since it's not aimed at me, then Mr. Ye, where is the average quotation level in the industry, which company do you think will do it at the price of 150,000?" ”

The corners of Ye Shucheng's lips slowly hooked, "If it is a more professional company, I may consider giving a higher price." ”

She was anxious, "Even if you consider professionalism, the price can't be lowered to this extent, and the labor cost of our case is the same as that of those professional companies......"

"Su Nian," he interrupted her, "As a salesman, what about your professionalism." You should at least figure out the hierarchy, and if you can't meet the price needs of customers, you will directly make trouble with the other party's senior management, what kind of business ability is this? ”

His words were mocking, and she was stunned.

She didn't need to say these words to her, but she said them as soon as her brain was hot, and his attitude and words made her hold back a wave of anger and not vomit unpleasantly.

But he had forgotten that class, the thing he was now reminding her of, was between him and her, and kept her in a passive, inferior position, and even when she heard his insulting words, she could not straighten her spine and refute it.

Her expression was extremely embarrassed, her face was pale as if she had been drained, and her head was slightly lowered.

These embarrassments were all given by him, and he seemed to base his happiness on her pain, looking at her embarrassment condescendingly, and he was still laughing, sneering, and indifferent.

Her heart tightened for a while, the office door was knocked, Rita pushed the door, but did not walk in, stood at the door and said: "Mr. Ye, the materials are ready, the meeting will start in five minutes, do you need to postpone it?" ”

"No, I'll just go."

Rita answered the door and Ye Shucheng stood up and took one last look at Su Nian.

"I don't know why Zhang Zhuo would use someone like you."

His voice was slow throughout, his posture was extremely arrogant, and she turned her head to grab him by the sleeve just as she was about to pass by.

He was stunned for a moment, and then his eyebrows frowned, and disgust suddenly rose between his eyebrows, "Let go." ”

"Since it's not aimed at me," she stubbornly cried, "then you won't interfere with my work in the future, will you?" ”

He furrowed his eyebrows, looked down at her hand that was gripping his sleeve, and then raised his head slightly, his gaze close to her eyes.

After the hospital, the closest distance between the two of them was only more than ten centimeters, and a chill erupted between his eyebrows and eyes, which were as deep as a knife. And she didn't have the slightest fear to retreat, just met his gaze, stubbornly waiting for an answer.

He resolutely said that she didn't deserve his thoughts, so she should take the opportunity to ask for a guarantee to prevent future troubles.

This kind of silent confrontation is the most scorching, his deep eyes are like black holes, almost sucking her in, time passes minute by minute, his aura is like ice, powerful, full of oppression, cold to the bone, her confidence is fading little by little, but stubbornly refusing to admit defeat. She clutched the cufflinks of his white shirt, crumpling up along with the surrounding fabric.

He just stared into her eyes, and suddenly—very suddenly, without warning, he took a step and lowered his head, and she didn't react until her lips were hot.

After a few seconds, the hot and moist gnawing on her lips brought her back to her senses, her eyes widening as his breath pervasive.

In a pounding panic, she unconsciously let go of his cufflinks, but in an instant she saw that he was also looking at her.

He was kissing her, devouring her breath, but there was a little bit of indulgence in color in his eyes, and the cold color of his eyes frightened her. She reacted and pushed away, and then reflexively raised her hand and waved it over.

He was obviously calm, but he didn't dodge or dodge, he took the slap firmly, his face turned slightly away, but the corners of his lips hooked up a wicked smile.

Raising his hand to touch the place where she had hit, she didn't have much force, and he slowly turned his head and looked at her.

And she was stunned, her eyes wandered from side to side, and she couldn't find a place to put it.

Unbelievable, for him, but also for himself.

He was shameless, but what about her, she came for her own work, and now she had a head-on conflict with him, who was already in a high position.

The conflict is just that, if Zhang Zhuo knows that she has beaten Ye Shucheng......

She looked at her hands, clenched them slowly, and heard a deep male voice coming from her.

"Asking for people also needs to have an attitude of asking for people, do you want me not to interfere, or invite me to interfere?"

She realized that he was answering her previous question.

Her face turned pale, her fists trembled slightly, and her mouth retorted awkwardly: "It was you who suddenly leaned over, and you ......"

He raised an eyebrow, "How am I?" ”

She was silent, bowing her head to avoid his gaze.

He grabbed her chin and forced her to look up, "Isn't it very backbone, do you have to come and ask me for an explanation?" ”

She wanted to turn her face away, but his jaw hurt and tears rolled in her eyes.

"Huh...... Who gives me an explanation, who gives a child an explanation? ”

His hand unconsciously exerted force, twisting her jaw even tighter, and she was in great pain, tears sliding down her cheeks and dripping down his hand, near the tiger's mouth, a hot temperature.

He sneered, almost hideous, "Come on, cry better, you can still cry, my child can't even cry, you didn't even give ...... chance to cry"

His hands were shaking, his anger was approaching the breaking point, and he suddenly let go of his hand, and the moment it was still so hard that her face was pushed to the side, and tears welled up more.

He tried to calm down his chaotic aura because of extreme anger, and after a few seconds, he spoke: "Su Nian, don't be too anxious, it's just about to start." ”

After saying this, he did not stop any longer, and walked out, while she held on to the table a little weakly. Soking, he took a tissue from the desk to wipe his face, and the office door was pushed open again, and it was Rita who came in, with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"Su Nian, Mr. Ye said...... Miscellaneous people can't stay in his office, I want you to ......"

"I'll be gone soon." She interrupted Rita with a frenzied wipe of her face.

Rita fell silent and stood there.

Su Nian's face was still stained with tears, this appearance was to go out directly to show people the excitement, even if Ye Shucheng asked Rita to drive her away so quickly, she didn't plan to save face for her, but she still wanted to save some face for herself, she raised her hand to wipe her face hard, the corners of her eyes were wiped red, and she opened her mouth to catch her breath. Found Rita still there.

Rita bumped into her gaze, understood, and her voice was a little quieter: "Mr. Ye said, let me watch you go before I can go to the meeting......"

She suddenly laughed, she didn't know what she was laughing at, she just felt that all this was ridiculous and funny, why did she come?

She nodded, "Okay, I'll go, I'll go." ”

She walked out quickly, and Rita looked at the figure and sighed.

……

Su Nian ran to the bathroom and washed his face with cold water.

This is the time of winter when it is hardest, the indoor temperature is lower than the outside, and the hot water supply has not yet started. The water of the faucet is cold and seeping, and it hits the face like a pinprick.

She endured this biting temperature and washed her face, her breath seemed to freeze, and a chill diffused from the bottom of her heart, and when she looked up, the woman in the mirror looked so embarrassed.

The circles under his eyes were still red, his face was pale and bloodless, and his hair was slightly messy.

She suddenly wanted to smoke again, touched the bag, and remembered that because of pregnancy, the cigarettes had been thrown away by her.

She rinsed her cold fingers with cold water and gently applied them to her eyes, and her mind began to spin slowly and chaotically.

Ye Shucheng has really changed, and it is completely different from before. This time he came with full hostility towards her, and with her status, it was too difficult to compete with him.

Telling him about the child may make him stop hating him, but then he may continue to put her under house arrest and try to control her, which she can't stand anymore.

Or, leave Juren......

This level of salary is difficult to find in Jincheng, and she still has to plan for her children, so she can't accept a low salary.

What's more, leaving Juren means that she admits defeat and retires.

Why is he obviously wrong, and he is shameless, but she wants to admit defeat?

After a while, she looked up and saw that the traces of crying in the corners of her eyes were not so obvious, so she straightened her hair, then turned around and left, taking the elevator to the architectural design department.

He Zeng saw her and was stunned.

"Your face is so ugly, sick?"

She squeezed out a smile and shook her head, "It's okay, have you talked to the director?" ”

He Zeng nodded, "You wait a while, the director is in a meeting now, and the meeting will end in more than ten minutes, and then you can go in directly." ”

She nodded slightly, "Thank you, Master He." ”

He Zeng frowned and sighed.

"Don't be so polite to me, or I'll think you haven't forgiven me."

She pursed her lips and stopped talking.

He Zeng made her sit at her original workstation and wait, and then poured a cup of hot water and brought it to her.

Her thoughts were still a little slow, and she looked at the computer she had used in front of her, and she was in a trance.

The self who once pursued his dreams like a warrior here seems to have become very far away.

She touched the table and asked He Zeng, "Master He...... Why is no one sitting here? ”

He Zeng pulled his chair over and approached her, his voice lowered a little, "The director confessed." Said that this place should be kept, keep it as it is, in fact, I also think it is weird, there were new employees before I wanted to arrange here, but the director vetoed it, I also wondered, could it be Ye ......"

"No," Su Nian interrupted him and smiled faintly, "It can't be him." ”

He Zeng fell silent.

After a while, Su Nian said again: "I want to win this case, if I can't take it, I probably don't have to do it in Juren anymore, Ye Shucheng is going to force me to have no way out." There is no way to go horizontally and vertically, so I can only fight again. ”

He Zeng was stunned, for a long time, and said with difficulty: "I'm sorry...... I'm obviously in charge of this case, but I can't help you. ”

Su Nian smiled, "It's okay, Master He, you're already helping me." ”

He Zeng felt a little uncomfortable.

Time and time again, they were on opposite sides because of their work, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Su Nian waited for a while, and then went to the director's office at the end of the meeting, and the director saw her and smiled: "I was a little surprised when I heard He Zeng say, I didn't expect you to really go to Juren......

Su Nian smiled politely. I heard the director sigh again.

"Actually, Su Nian, do you want to consider coming back? The previous theft of the picture has now been thoroughly investigated, Xu Jinghe was found out, Mr. Ye appealed, she and that Xu Cheng probably have to accept punishment, I know that you suffered some grievances at that time, but I can see that you love design, and this little twist and turn should be overcome. ”

Su Nian shook his head, "Thank you, but I'm used to it in Juren now." ”

The superintendent nodded, and did not force it again.

Originally, the two of them were not familiar with each other, and there was inevitably politeness in the words, Su Nian didn't take it too seriously, but the director said: "Don't worry, you can also think about it, your workstation is reserved for you, it was explained by Mr. Ye, saying that he wants to maintain that appearance." ”

Su Nian was stunned, as if his heart had been poked.

At this point, Yeshucheng doesn't seem to have changed.

can never let her hate happily, but he can't sink in peace, he seems to be used to this, so that she is not embarrassed or embarrassed to be stuck in the middle.

But the embarrassment he gave her was real, and after she came back to her senses, she quickly changed the topic, "Director, Master He should have mentioned it to you, I came to talk about the case about that commercial real estate." ”

The director's face sank slightly, "I know, you are indeed a little embarrassed for me, you also know that your main focus is financial products, architectural design cost budget this part of the business belongs to the incident, this time I even cooperated with the outsourcer have been set, Mr. Ye said that day at the dinner I heard that Juren has this kind of business, asked me to consult, Mr. Ye said that if the price given by Juren is low enough, then we can choose Juren in order to save money, if the two are similar, then I don't say that you also understand, Juren is really not competitive. ”

Su Nian's smile was a little stiff and nodded. "I can understand your thoughts, but I think so, we can lower the price to a certain extent, but this price can not be fixed, after all, our company also has its own operating costs and labor costs, no matter how small our company is, it still needs to spend money to hire a professional cost engineer to complete the work, do you say?"

The director touched his chin, as if in thought.

Su Nian hurriedly said: "As far as I know, if you go to a professional cost budget outsourcing company, according to the cycle and scale of this case, the price will basically fluctuate around 300,000, and we can give up 50,000 or 230,000 on the basis of our original 280,000." What do you think? Compared with your original partner, you can save at least 60,000 or 70,000 yuan. ”

The director looked hesitant, and seemed to be a little moved, "But the problem is that the price that Mr. Ye approved for the non-professional cost outsourcing company is 150,000 ......."

Su Nian hesitated for a few seconds.

There are a lot of electric sparks in my mind.

finally fixed on Ye Shucheng's meaningful words.

It's just the beginning, he said.

Maybe she is dying and struggling, but she can't give up struggling, she is unwilling to admit defeat like this.

She said, "Why don't you try to rewrite the outsourcing budget report?" After all, this is more cost-effective than going to the previous partners, and there is no problem with our cost qualifications, which is very cost-effective, you should also know that if you really want to press the price of 150,000, even if it is a non-professional outsourcing company, you can't do it, unless you reduce it in labor, but that will inevitably affect the results, how important is the cost budget in the project, I don't say that you should also understand, I can assure you that Juren will never have omissions at this point. ”

The director wanted to speak and stopped, and for a moment wanted Su Nian to talk to Ye Shucheng by himself, but after Su Nian left, the company was full of rumors, he had more or less heard about it, and he couldn't figure out what the relationship between Su Nian and Ye Shucheng was, so he only glanced at her deeply, saw that her face was sincere, thought about it, and then said, "Let me think about it." ”

After all, when Su Nian used to work here, her attitude at work was also recognized, and what she said was reasonable, and the director also had some considerations of his own.

"Actually, I didn't want to find Juren, so I didn't care too much about the budget of 150,000 yuan, because I thought Juren would definitely be eliminated, and sooner or later we would have to find the previous fixed partners...... But what you said makes sense, I will try to talk to Mr. Ye. ”

After a pause, he frowned again, "But the result is really hard to say, Mr. Ye is now more strict in his work than before, and it is difficult for him to re-examine the budget that has been approved, I can only say try." ”

Su Nian breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat a little hope, she nodded. "Thank you, Director."

Coming out of the director's office, she talked to He Zeng about the situation and then left.

In the hall of the headquarters, her steps became slow again.

It wasn't a wise decision to confront Ye Shucheng, she knew very well that it was probably the most unwise decision she'd ever made, but she didn't seem to have a choice.

Many times things that are not right will definitely be done, and things that are not wrong will definitely be able to be bypassed, there is only this one way in front of her, if Ye Shucheng is blocked, she can't imagine what to do in the future.

To Juren, at such a long distance, she can't hide from Ye Shucheng's influence, in case she loses to Ye Shucheng again this time, then she won't be able to stay in this Jincheng.

In the past, when she was in the Shen family, Shen Mao once said that Ye Shucheng's position in the business community of Jincheng was very important, but she didn't understand it at that time, and only now did she understand that the huge industrial chain system gave him enough foundation to get involved in any industry.

If she was alone, she was not afraid, she could go to another distant city and work hard from scratch, but now everything is different, and she has scruples.

When she was a child, she couldn't bear to look back on the days she spent with Su Keying, orphans and widows were displaced and had no fixed place, life was always stretched, and Su Keying was always worried about money.

She couldn't let her children follow her through that kind of life.

She walked with her head down, vaguely heard someone calling her name, and followed the sound to look over. A Lamborghini on the side of the road drove slowly, the window was lowered, and Yu Kun looked at her inside, looking worried.

"Where are you going, do you want me to send you? You've got a bad face......"

Her expression instantly cooled, "No need, thank you." ”

Yu Kun wanted to say something more, but she had already turned to leave, and the driver's voice came: "Sir, you can't park here......"

Yu Kun waved his hand, "Forget it, let's go." ”

He feebly closed the window, leaned back in his chair, and laughed a little abruptly.

This feeling is somewhat familiar, and the stubbornness and refusal to bow his head in Su Nian's body are all the same as Su Keying.

How could he expect a few words of sorry to make her compromise?

Their mother and daughter are the same people, and they need more patience if they are not in a hurry.

……

Looking down from the 33rd floor, the people downstairs are as small as ants, and it becomes very difficult to identify.

Still in the meeting, but Ye Shucheng chose the position of the window to sit, lowered his head and tried his best to find the figure, again and again, his eyes were disappointed again, and then fell on the cuffs that were wrinkled by Su Nian.

I spent the whole afternoon absent-mindedly, thinking about her and the child......

I still want that kiss.

Why he kissed, in fact, he didn't know, it was more like an instinct without deep thought, the body made decisions before the brain, out of control - this is what she has always brought to him.

Isn't there something that should resist and hate touching her, because he is already full of hatred for her, just like Cheng Yi, if he can be rare, he will be rare, and if he can't see it, he won't see it, but it's different for her......

He still wants to see her, contradictory to the extreme, he wants to see a person he hates, he wants to kiss an enemy he doesn't share, and he wants to hug her...... Can't think about it anymore.

The long suffering has created a hole in his heart that is difficult to fill, once she filled for him, his truest joy and happiness are all given by her, but she peeled off a bigger piece of flesh from the bottom of his heart, threw him into hell and let him be drenched in blood, and she strode forward, how could he endure it, how could he think again?

At the end of the meeting, he returned to the office, and after a while, the director of the architectural design department came up to make a work report on the progress of the bidding for the horticultural expo, and after the report ended, he mentioned the matter of talking about cost outsourcing with Juren, and said with some hesitation: "Just now the staff of Juren came to talk to me, and also showed me their cost accounting report, that outsourcing, to give the price of 150,000 yuan, it is indeed a little low, Mr. Ye, I think so, if they can ensure their existing personnel level, and then press the price to about 200,000, I think it's acceptable to do it in Juren, compared to a company that specializes in cost outsourcing, it will save nearly 100,000 yuan for this project, you see......"

Ye Shucheng was raising his hand to loosen his tie, and when he heard this, he suddenly smiled.

As soon as he smiled, the director was stunned.

The current Yeshu City is really a little cloudy.

He loosened his tie and looked up at his cuffs, which were an eyesore. He said, "Su Nian's mouth is quite powerful, isn't it?" ”

The director smiled, "That's right, her analysis is right, and I think there is some truth." ”

Ye Shucheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a few seconds, he said, "Your ears are so soft." ”

The director was a little embarrassed and touched his head, "Of course, if you don't think it's okay, I'll find another ......"

Ye Shucheng interrupted him, "No need. ”

The director was stunned, "That is, if I re-make the budget, you will approve it?" ”

Ye Shucheng shook his head slightly, "It's too troublesome, you don't have to worry about this matter, the outsourcing of this case will be handed over to me." ”

“…… Yes? ”

The director looked stunned and didn't understand.

"Let the people of Juren not have to look for you or He Zeng in the future, just look for me."

The director was dumbfounded for several seconds.

What kind of joke is the big president personally coming to outsource such a medium-sized project?

He couldn't speculate on the leader's thinking logic, and in the end he had to nod, "Understood." ”

After the director of the design department left, the office fell silent again, Ye Shucheng lit a cigarette and got up to the window to swallow the clouds and smoke.

It was a gloomy and cold day, and his arm ached, and the white smoke from the corners of his lips to his eyes obscured his vision.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the entire Jincheng fell into the white fog in front of him, and on the huge LED screen not far away, the recent smash hit American drama "A Song of Ice and Fire" made a huge publicity, and he squinted to see the classic lines on it clearly:

“interising.”

- Winter is coming.

He tugged at the corners of his lips and laughed.

In this way, winter is coming.

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