In the next few days, the architectural design department was in full swing.

The teams began to try their best to combat this first round of elimination, and everyone added some extra work in addition to their original workload, and everyone without exception had to choose a representative submission from the cases they had done before.

In a sense, this is more like a competition of experience, in the entire department, except for the new employees who have just joined the company and have not graduated for a long time, Su Nian is the most lacking in this regard.

The drawings in her hand are very limited, others have sifted through them, and when she looks back, she finds that there are very few renderings that she has actually put into business cases.

He Zeng held non-stop meetings every day, and he had to summarize his previous cases, which was completely a state of self-care, even if the two artificial positions were next to each other, but he couldn't say a few words a day, He Zeng became more and more silent.

This silence itself is an invisible pressure for Su Nian.

The relationship between people and people is fragile and can't withstand scrutiny, Su Nian began to think non-stop, interests themselves are a sharp blade that divides the fetters, and now the huge interests are in front of him, and the inferior roots in everyone's bones are ready to move.

In a few days, the atmosphere in the entire group has become very strange, relying on Liu Jia constantly talking about Su Nian's gossip, and adding oil and vinegar to make various comments and analysis, the other members of the group have become more and more complicated in their eyes on Su Nian.

If this is Xu Jinghe's means, then this time this method is very terrifying, this kind of invisible, spiritual destruction is more depressing and anxious than directly tearing his face and making a fuss before, Su Nian has been in a meeting in his dreams for several days, listening to Liu Jia's cynicism, and in the dream, He Zeng didn't even pay attention to her.

In the past few days, the new season of Jinghe jewelry products have been officially put into production, the main product is a ring inlaid with broken diamonds, the group has invested a lot of publicity and promotion funds, just a few days, the Logo. She was upset and thought it was better to take the bus, but it turned out that the bus stop sign was too.

The advertisement is simply overwhelming, and the eponymous series is like a hurricane sweeping across Jincheng, causing a heated discussion.

She bought some vegetables at the fruit and vegetable supermarket at the entrance of the community, carried them back, hung her head, and hit a human wall downstairs in the cold. The bag in her hand fell to the ground, and there were tomatoes rolling out of it, she looked up depressedly, and was stunned for a moment, and found that it was Ye Shucheng.

I haven't seen her for a few days, he seems to be in a good mood when he sees her, with a little smile on the corner of his lips, and his eyebrows frown when he bends over to help her pick up things, "You want to cook?" ”

She wasn't angry, "Or else? Grocery shopping? ”

The first sentence choked, and she was a little angry in her heart.

It's been annoying enough these days. She really didn't want to see him at this time, and she was too busy to think about it these days, what are they now?

obviously broke up, so dragging the mud and water lotus root and breaking the thread, she couldn't bear it herself.

He didn't get angry with her, he packed the things and straightened up, she was going to get them, but he blocked them first, "Did you cook for that man?" ”

What if you do it, and what does it have to do with you? Her delicate brows tucked into each other, too lazy to say more to him.

……”

Ye Shucheng was blocked to death, she cooked for other men, this matter made him feel a little blocked in his heart, but his current position, it is not easy to say anything, Su Nian snatched the bag in his hand, and did not ask him what he was going to do, he was about to move forward, he stopped, "Wait a minute, I have something for you." ”

He pulled out a delicate jewelry box from his coat pocket.

She looked at it coldly, but the inexplicable anger was churning in her heart.

She has been suppressed for a few days, despised and blamed by her fellow group, and the advertisements for the eponymous series are overwhelming. All this made her extremely irritable and tired, she had nowhere to vent, and she had a bitter word, but now it was okay, the root of all this that could be traced back to - Ye Shucheng, was standing in front of her now, and he also took a ridiculous jewelry box and smiled at her.

He opened it, and inside was a platinum necklace with a somewhat grim diamond pendant style.

He asked, "Do you like it?" ”

She looked at it for a few seconds, remembering that it was the necklace she had voted for that day.

Now it's no longer a rendering, it's a real thing, in his hands, in front of her eyes, the diamonds refract the light of the setting sun.

She was silent for a moment and said, "I don't like it." ”

He was stunned.

Not your choice? ”

She laughed mockingly, "When I was choosing, I thought that as long as I didn't vote for Xu Jinghe, it would be the same for anyone, and I would tick it casually." ”

His fingers holding the jewelry box tightened, and a trace of imperceptible frustration flashed under his eyes, "I thought you liked it, so the factory made it special." ”

Then I'll tell you now, I don't like it, you take it. ”

Her words were cold, almost heartless.

In fact, she is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to be good, even if he gave her a cold bank card before, she knew that he had a heart to be good to her, and she would try to be very happy, but now, she doesn't have that heart.

What's more, she felt that she couldn't be so unclear and entangled anymore.

Among the two people, there must be one more decisive to end all this, and now Ye Shucheng has become hesitant, she can only be the one who is the person.

She said: "I don't like anything you send, don't come here in the future, you make me feel very troubled, I'm just a grassroots employee, I can't stand it." ”

After she finished speaking, she passed by him.

He was still holding the jewelry box and bowing his head slightly, her words making him react extremely slowly, and her speed was as fast as a gust of wind that he couldn't grasp.

The footsteps were tapping, getting smaller, and she couldn't wait to leave him.

For a few days, she really didn't want to see him at all.

After a long time, he closed the box in his hand. Putting it in her pocket, she was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look at her window upstairs.

The light was on, not for him, and it would not be for him again, and he guessed that she might be cooking, but it wasn't for him.

There was no expression on his face, but there was a thick fog under his eyes that couldn't be dissolved.

He didn't know what else he could do to keep her.

The last time I received this kind of cold reception in my memories was a long time ago, when he was Cheng Rin, an unattended gangster who roamed the streets and alleys, and he couldn't count the cold faces he had seen. It was the first time since he had abandoned his previous identity that someone had spoken to him in this way.

— and he couldn't do anything about it.

He drove away, and when he approached Banyan City, he reversed course and went to the "Enchanted" clubhouse.

An Ziyan sang songs night and night, resident charming, and met Ye Shucheng at the door, looking puzzled.

It's only been since you've had a stomach problem, what are you doing here? ”

Most of the people who come here are drinking, and if I remember correctly, the doctor told Ye Shucheng to wait for three months to drink, and the amount of alcohol needs to be strictly controlled. Now seeing Ye Shucheng in this kind of land of dogs and horses, An Ziyan was very surprised.

Ye Shucheng said lightly: "It's okay to drink less." ”

What else did An Ziyan say, there were a few Jincheng gentlemen who often played together, and they walked to the box with their friends, and Ye Shucheng knew one or two of them, and they were also pulled over together.

He was calm, he didn't like this kind of place in the past, most of them came for entertainment, but at this time, his heart was blocked, and he had to find a way to make his heart feel more comfortable, but unfortunately when he entered the box, he didn't even touch the wine glass, and An Ziyan kept blocking it.

I can understand that you are in a bad mood, no, I will find you a girl to accompany you? ”

An Ziyan felt that playing with women was also a kind of venting, and like everyone else in the box, he called some girls from the club to come in, and one of them was pushed to Ye Shucheng's side, and the girl's voice was delicate, and when she came up, she hugged Ye Shucheng's arm and rubbed it affectionately.

He didn't push it away, but his expression was very cold, and the cold was incompatible with this already hot box.

The boys next to him are talking about a famous family, and the Han family has an extremely tossed second young master, a good rich second generation who doesn't have to pursue his dreams, and runs to be a photographer. And then he was cut off by his family, Ye Shucheng didn't like to participate in these topics, and listened in a trance, there was a drunken scene in the luxury box, and the dazzling lights crossed his expressionless face.

Even if he is in the crowd, even if there are more sounds in his ears, he can't forget, he began to miss Su Nian again, miss the time together in the past, the memory became a thorn in the bone, faintly painful, and the girl next to him came over to blow in his ear.

Shall we sneak out? ”

As he spoke, his whole body came over him. With his chest against his arm, and the low-cut skirt revealing the furrows that made the man reverie, he squinted at the girl, and she rubbed against his body, and suddenly froze, and looked down.

It turned out that a strange thing in his pocket was rubbed and fell out, she picked it up, a jewelry box, her eyes lit up, "Why did Mr. come out to have fun, and brought the baby over...... Can I watch it? ”

He nodded his head a little abruptly, and when he saw that the girl had really opened it, he snatched it again and closed it.

Before the girl could take a closer look, she was startled by his snatching action, and laughed: "I won't rob ...... again."

He didn't speak, clutched the box in his palm like a treasure, and then said, "I'm leaving, you let go." ”

The sudden change of face made the girl a little embarrassed, but it was not a joke to see that his expression was cold, so she had to let go.

He greeted a few people around him and went out, and An Ziyan followed, "What's wrong with you today?" ”

He didn't speak, his hands were in his pockets, and the box was warm in his palms.

An Ziyan followed his footsteps past the hall, "You said you, didn't you fall out of love?" Why can't you get over it, I see that you have recently come down in the bidding quota for the horticultural expo project, and the new Jinghe jewelry is about to be listed, and you are busy with work alone, why are you still so sluggish? ”

An Ziyan speaks like an old mother, he doesn't like to listen, and his steps are hurried.

Having already walked to the parking lot, An Ziyan simply opened the car door and sat in the moment he unlocked it.

He wrinkled his eyebrows from the driver's seat and looked at An Ziyan, "Go down." ”

An Ziyan said: "You really can't go on like this, aren't you going to marry Xu Jinghe?" Think of the good in everything. You see that Xu Jinghe is still relatively simple to you after all, people really like you, from your teens to the present, how deep the feelings are, almost burned to death for you, and there is no complaint, you always remember a woman who does not have you in your heart, do you say that you are worthy of Xu Jinghe, are you worthy of yourself? ”

Ye Shucheng was stunned for a long time before he said, "Not everything can be measured by whether it is cost-effective or not. ”

An Ziyan was speechless, "Then it's all divided now." What more do you want? Could it be true that it's the same as those guys inside, one at home and one outside? Even if you want to, with Su Jinghe and Su Nian's temperament, I'm afraid that no one is willing to live that kind of life. ”

Ye Shucheng looked ahead and said, "I want to break up with Jinghe." ”

An Ziyan was stunned, "What are you kidding......?"

I'm serious, I agreed to be with her before, I agreed to marry her, because I wanted to take care of her, but now she is miserable with me, her whole person has changed, I can't give her what she wants, it drags on like this, we are tired of each other, I have tried my best to do the eponymous series of jewelry, and it will soon be effective, so that she will have her own career in the future, I will pave the way for her, and I will do my best to help her after separation......"

An Ziyan interrupted him, "After doing so much, you still can't escape the guilt in your heart, but women have a big appetite, you think that giving them some material things can make up for it, but they want more." You can't fill it, Xu Jinghe wants to marry you, it's clear that everything you want, you are like this, it's useless. ”

He fell silent.

It's not that he hasn't thought about what An Ziyan said, maybe even if he makes Xu Jinghe's dream come true, sit as the chief designer, or have his own jewelry design company, it's all useless, and she still won't accept the arrangement he gave.

An Ziyan said again: "Have you ever thought that you treated Xu Jinghe like this, and Su Nian did the same to you, and I can't wait to escape." Are you sure you can still get together with Su Nian? Although Su Nian is ruthless in the whole thing, it is not wrong to think about it, she has suffered a lot of grievances, and now she definitely doesn't want to have any entanglement with you, you used to deal with everything in an orderly manner, but now why are you panicking like this, the thinking mode is not rational at all, in this case, you may regret the decision you made, you think clearly. ”

After An Ziyan finished speaking, he sighed, "I'm going to drink, you should go home early." ”

After An Ziyan got out of the car and left, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

In the darkness he saw the city he had built for himself, to defend against all the external disturbances that would disturb him, and from more than ten years ago to the present, his heart had been placed in such a corner without light, sealed to death, so that he could remain indifferent and meaningless to everything in this world, and thus remain rational.

But now, the whole city is collapsing, and not a single brick is under his control.

The house in Rongcheng is too big and there is no Su Nian. Seemingly empty, the place he ended up going to was the hotel.

He used to live alone, and he didn't feel lonely, but this night he felt that the night was endless, and no matter where he was, he couldn't sleep peacefully.

……

An Ziyan is right, Ye Shucheng has been very busy recently, not only he is busy, but there is no idler up and down, and the director of the architectural design department took the time to go to the president's office and made a report on the bidding.

Ye Shucheng had probably heard that the internal group elimination system of the department would be adopted for screening, and this time the official document was submitted. Together with the details of the grouping, he took a closer look, Su Nian and He Zeng were in a group, and the designers in the same group were in the middle except for He Zeng, he frowned, looked up and asked the director of the design department: "What is the principle of grouping?" ”

The old employees are grouped according to the original, and the new employees are assigned to build a group. ”

Ye Shucheng propped his chin in his hand, and stared at Su Nian's name on the white paper, "According to the requirements given by the tenderer, I think it shouldn't be a problem for the old employees to participate in the project, right?" ”

He had long expected the problem of more monks and less porridge, and according to the original size of the staff, everyone should be able to participate. It's just that there are too many new recruits after the expansion, and this kind of internal competition will appear, and in his plan, Su Nian should enjoy the same priority as other old employees as an old employee.

The director said: "The number of old employees can be satisfied, but when we discussed, Mr. Xu put forward a point, which is very reasonable, if the old employees are directly involved and do not give the new employees a chance, then it will hit the enthusiasm of the new employees, so we are also considering all aspects, and feel that we can take this opportunity to let the new employees also show their own value." ”

Ye Shucheng closed the file a little impatiently, "I just want to know." Is it possible for all the old employees in the department to participate, I strive for this project, the most important thing is for the old employees, and I can't put the cart before the horse. ”

The director thought for a while, "There shouldn't be much of a problem, except for Su Nian's ...... from He Zeng's group."

Ye Shucheng's voice sank: "What's wrong with Su Nian?" ”

When formulating the rules, Mr. Xu put forward a soft condition, that is, qualifications, although we don't care much about this, but what Mr. Xu said is also reasonable, qualifications are also proof of strength, from the perspective of professionalism. It is not wrong to assess the qualifications of designers, but if the strength of each group is equal, this will be transformed into a hard condition, then He Zeng's group is likely to be eliminated. ”

After a pause, he said: "It would be a pity if that was the case, how could he be a rare talent......

Ye Shucheng was silent for a few seconds, and he couldn't figure out whether Xu Jinghe was really thinking about professionalism or aiming at Su Nian, he advised: "Try to keep He Zeng's group, I'm busy with Jinghe jewelry's new products now, and I may not have much time to pay attention." Report to me in time if you have any situation. ”

After the director went out, Ye Shucheng smoked a cigarette, woke up, and forcibly poured himself two cups of black coffee.

Jinghe jewelry's new products are about to be launched, and he has to go there in person if his work needs.

In the conference room on the twentieth floor, Xu Jinghe had arranged for all the people who needed to attend the meeting to be in place since she received Rita's internal line.

Looking at the ring on the cover page of the product brochure in front of him, Xu Jinghe's face was not very calm.

Who would have thought that she used Kelly's two designs in order to rush the delivery, and one of them ended up becoming the main product, and half a layman actually crushed her work.

Kelly was naturally happy, but her feelings were much more complicated.

The door of the conference room was pushed open, everyone stood up, Xu Jinghe also stood up, turned back to Ye Shucheng's emotionless eyes, she bowed her head slightly, and looked away.

Since the unhappy breakup that day, the two have not met, and when she saw him at this moment, the first thing she felt was still grievance.

As her boyfriend, he was able to say it so bluntly about falling in love with another woman. Even if she begged hard, he didn't give her a word, and it would be difficult to accept any woman.

The content of the meeting naturally revolved around the launch of new products, and Ye Shucheng didn't look at her again during the whole process, even when she was making a report, his eyes kept staring at the projection.

After the meeting, the crowd walked away, and Ye Shucheng spoke up at this time, "Director Xu, you stay for a while." ”

She put the packed notebook on the table, and when the people were done, the door was closed. The room was quiet, only the light of the projector remained in the house, and Ye Shucheng's whole person was hidden in the dark, and he spoke in a slow tone.

Group elimination, is it your idea? ”

She was stunned for a moment, although it was expected, she was still extremely bitter in her heart, he was still concerned about whether Su Nian could participate in that project.

"Yes, in order to choose the best team, of course, there has to be competition," she said. ”

He nodded, "Will you be involved in the entire process of actual elimination?" ”

She tugged at the corners of her lips and smiled sarcastically, "If you're afraid that I'll take the opportunity to target Su Nian, I won't participate." ”

He said, "Well, don't get involved." ”

She clenched her fists, feeling the urge to give him a few slaps.