At night, the community was quiet, the street lights were dim, and Su Nian remembered a lot of things from a long time ago.

She actually didn't want to say that it was all her old scars, and it was not only a painful problem to uncover, but also a dull face - it was her wishful thinking that regarded Xu Jinghe as a friend, so she was nosy to send the letter, and in the end it was all her own passion, she sighed, "I deserved what happened back then, and now I ...... it."

There was a sound of footsteps in the silence, she glanced at the voice, and Han Jing came back with a large oversized backpack.

Seeing her, Han Jing was stunned at first, and then moved his gaze to Ye Shucheng opposite her, and was stunned for a few seconds.

Ye Shucheng also looked at Han Jing, vaguely feeling that he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

After a few seconds of cold play, Su Nian took the lead in breaking the deadlock and asked Han Jing, "Why didn't you call me when you came back?" There was nothing left in the fridge. ”

Han Jing came back to his senses and pointed to his backpack, "It's okay, I have instant noodles." ”

She hurriedly asked, "Is there any mine?" I didn't eat either. ”

Han Jing said: "Fuck off, you person in charge of my food still wants to rob me of my rations." ”

Han Jing talked to her about this virtue, and she was already surprised, "Is there any?" ”

Han Jing said: "Ten pieces in a bucket." ”

......" Su Nian was stunned for a few seconds and shouted: "There are only four yuan in the supermarket!" ”

I'm a high noodle, do you like it or not? ”

As he spoke, he was about to go upstairs, Su Nian tugged at the corners of his mouth, shivering coldly, thinking that there were still hundreds of meters to go from here to the supermarket in the community, he decided to surrender, and shouted at Han Jing's back: "Then you leave one for me, and I will go up immediately!" ”

Han Jing didn't look back, and waved his hand to signal that he heard it.

Su Nian turned her head and rubbed her hands, she couldn't stand the cold, and said to Ye Shucheng: "You go, I'm going upstairs." ”

Ye Shucheng's whole face darkened, "Who is that man, the senior you are talking about?" ”

She nodded. "Are you leaving? If you don't go, you keep standing, I'm really going up, I'm cold. ”

She shrunk a little, he twisted his eyebrows to take off his coat and give it to her, but she saw through and stopped, repeating, "I'm really going upstairs." ”

…… Say it clearly and then go upstairs. He ran out of patience and grabbed her by the wrist to open the car door and shoved people inside.

She struggled up, pressed the car door with her other hand, and refused to give in, "You are insane, you are crazy, so if you want to know what happened back then, will you ask Xu Jinghe yourself?" ”

He said in a deeper tone, "It's more old than the old." Why don't you start by talking about you and your seniors? ”

He grabbed her wrist with a force, she felt pain, her eyebrows were tangled, and she glared at him, "You...... You know that you force me, every time, Ye Shucheng...... When exactly will you learn to respect others? ”

He was stunned, her strength slowed down, she wanted to take the opportunity to withdraw her hand, but he leaned forward against her, she was caught between him and the car, unable to move, and he held his hands on both sides to imprison her. Her body was close to her body, her face burned, and she was angry and anxious, "If you dare to be like that night, I will shout for help!" It's a community! ”

He stared at her with heavy eyebrows, "Why do you live with him?" ”

She said, "You ...... me."

Before he could finish speaking, he gasped, because his hand fell on her waist and twisted it, it was not very painful, but his touch made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

You make it clear, and I'll go. He said.

She decided to throw in the towel and make a quick decision, "We are a shared house. ”

After a pause, he said discouragedly: "Besides, you see that a man who sells me ten yuan for four pieces of bucket noodles, what do you think I can do with him?" I really want to find a man, not to mention how rich he is, I can't find someone who has hollowed out his mind and even has to earn me a few dollars for a bucket of instant noodles......"

She was frustrated, feeling that Han Jing had really given her a long face, and she felt ashamed to talk to her about a few yuan business in front of Ye Shucheng.

Ye Shucheng was silent for a few seconds, and thought about it, but he still didn't feel at ease, a lonely man and a widow, he felt dangerous when he thought of it, "I'll accompany you up to change your clothes, change your clothes and follow me." ”

She sneered twice, "You really think you are the master of the world, and everyone has to listen to you." Why am I renting a house? If you tell me to get out, I'll get out, if I want to go with you, I'll go with you, what do you think of me? ”

He was momentarily speechless.

She was emphasizing the issue of respect, An Ziyan had told him before that he didn't know how to respect her, but now respecting her meant giving in, and he was not happy to see her go to live with that man.

He easily squeezed out a few words: "...... I'll find you a house. ”

Excuse me," she moved, "you get out of the way, I'm going upstairs." ”

……”

Ye Shucheng was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, and he couldn't do anything about her.

Maybe you can force her away, but it's useless, it will be worse between the two of them, she is not the kind of person who will go against the grain and obey his arrangement, and taking it by force can only make her disgusted.

If it was before, I would be disgusted, so I would still take her away, no matter how much she made a fuss, but now......

Respect him has not learned, but he has been controlled by others, he doesn't want her to hate him and hate him.

He moved out of the way a little, and she couldn't wait to step away, and as he passed by, he took her hand again.

Wait for me. ”

She was stunned for a moment, and heard his voice as if he was floating: "You must wait for me, I will ...... as soon as possible"

An extremely shameless sentence actually gave birth to some restraint in her ears, she didn't stop jumping until she shook off his hand and entered the elevator heart, she patted her face, it was useless, and her mouth was absolutely speechless, but she always had luck and expectation in her heart, she was disgusted with herself, and she was always led by his nose by his words.

When she returned to the house, she opened the door to see the smell of instant noodles, she ran to the restaurant to see that Han Jing was already eating, and pointed to another steaming bucket of noodles opposite, "Look at how good my service is, I've got it all for you." ”

She was happy, "What, you still want to tip me or not?" ”

She sat down, was welcome, and began to eat.

There is an advantage to being with people like Han Jing, there are no taboos in talking, and you can make any jokes, so it is much easier, probably because they are both fallen people from the end of the world, and the situation is not very good, she enjoys this stress-free atmosphere and feeling very much.

Han Jing finished eating, wiped his mouth with a tissue, "No need to tip, I won't ask you for face money, I'll ask you something." ”

What the? ”

You fan girl can do it. People have hooked you to the door, you are looking for a rich and handsome person to walk on the rhythm of the pinnacle of life, how do you do it? ”

She almost squirted, coughed twice, and hurriedly took a cup and took a sip of water, "What is the pinnacle of life, do you know him?" ”

I've seen him. ”

"He was just passing by today," she said. ”

I'll give you instant noodles, and you're fooling me like this, the president of the group ran downstairs in this broken community to stand with you in the middle of the night, and you told me that he was passing by? ”

She pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, he's coming for me." But ......"

Han Jing looked at her with a good face.

She couldn't help it, and tried to make up a credible version: "We are friends." ”

Then you call him by his name when you are drunk. ”

…… Can you please not reveal the black history," she lowered her head for a few seconds, and her voice was a little lower, "We used to have a relationship, but now we don't have it, and we don't have the gossip you think, his girlfriend is my high school classmate, they may ...... I'm getting married. ”

Han Jing was stunned, watching her head droop, and realized that her gossip heart might poke at other people's pain points. I couldn't ask anymore, so I rubbed my head awkwardly and changed the topic very stiffly: "Oh...... Then you eat quickly, go to bed early after eating, don't you still have to go to work tomorrow? ”

She didn't speak, and began to continue eating, Han Jing got up to leave, and paused again, "Actually...... Don't be too uncomfortable, it's that you can't run away, it's not that you can't ask for it, and you'll be much better off if you look away. ”

Su Nian raised his head when he heard this, but Han Jing had already left, and his steps were extremely fast.

She smiled self-deprecatingly.

……

Since the beginning of the establishment of Jinghe jewelry, it is to build Xu Jinghe's design into a brand, so when Xu Jinghe's first batch of works passed the review, Jinghe jewelry fully put into the rhythm of high-speed operation, from the early promotion, to the audit and production, every link can not be relaxed, this is Xu Jinghe's first batch of works to be officially put on the market, regardless of personal grievances, this belongs to the scope of work after all, Ye Shucheng can not ignore, fortunately, the bidding qualification for the horticultural expo project has arrived, he is also relieved. It took more energy to contact the cooperation of Jinghe Jewelry.

Jewelry is mainly a women's business, most men can't understand jewelry, and Jinghe jewelry designers have seen visual numbness, how can not choose the main products, in order to do research and promotion, the approved design drawings were all made of finished product renderings, all female employees in the mailbox, and set up voting options, to investigate public opinion.

Su Nian was making a picture when he received the email, and lazily opened the pop-up window to prompt that the email was sent by Rita in a group, which first sprinkled a lot of official words, for the development of the branch. There are already other female colleagues around talking about the jewelry in the picture.

She slid the mouse to look, the Logo, it was obvious that it was Xu Jinghe's work, Ye Shucheng was really painstakingly praising Xu Jinghe, she was upset when she looked at it, and she was just about to close the page, but she saw the works of other designers in Xu Jinghe's group.

It's a necklace, in fact, it's nothing special, but she thought about it, as long as she didn't vote for Xu Jinghe's work, it would be the same for anyone, so she neatly ticked it and submitted.

The fastest female employee to submit a vote.

After making this small revenge that was very cautious and had no practical impact, she was actually in a better mood, and lowered her voice next to He Zeng, "Master He, you can also vote for the necklace of the third designer, it looks good." ”

He Zeng rolled his eyes, "That email is only sent to female employees." ”

She was stunned for a moment, "Oh...... I forgot. ”

She added: "I forgot that you weren't a female employee. ”

He Zeng said: "You are looking for death, have you finished the picture, there is a meeting at four o'clock today, and if you can't hand in the picture, just wait for overtime." ”

She snorted, sneered and went back to make a picture, tired and tired, and finally finished the picture He Zeng asked for before four o'clock, and went to the meeting with He Zeng.

It was still the general meeting of the architectural design department, and after the expansion, more than 100 people were in the large conference room, she looked at the direction of the rostrum, and thought to herself, who was going to appear here.

Ye Shucheng, or Xu Jinghe?

A few minutes later, she took her eyes back, Xu Jinghe appeared there, and Ye Shucheng ......

Eighty percent was busy with Jinghe jewelry, and he didn't show up at the beginning of the meeting.

The theme of today's meeting is much clearer, for the bidding of the horticultural expo project, the people below are a little excited, after all, there are not many such a big project, it is a shot of chicken blood for everyone, who doesn't want to participate in it.

The director roughly talked about the requirements given by the tenderer at the moment of the project. Then let Xu Jinghe talk about a preliminary bidding strategy.

Su Nian's head was lowered, but she listened carefully, and quickly wrote and scratched in the notebook to make notes.

Xu Jinghe cleared his throat, and the voice came out of the amplifier, echoing throughout the conference room.

After several days of discussion, the first step of the bidding principles we have formulated for this project will be to adopt an internal group competition system. ”

When the words fell, there was an uproar below.

Xu Jinghe smiled, "I know that everyone here is an elite and wants to participate in the project, but you have just heard the requirements of the director, and there are only three versions of the bid." And in these three versions, we have to divide the key points and sub-points, there are many bidding companies, we can't smash a lot of drawings on it, so who on the bidding side will have the patience to read it? Therefore, we can only do high-quality products, that is, before officially participating in the bidding, there will be a round of group elimination within the department. ”

There was a suppressed sigh below, and Su Nian's heart sank.

This kind of competition seems to be fierce, but it also makes sense that under the condition that the bidding documents are limited in the drawing, the competition within the department is undoubtedly a good way to screen high-quality products, but ......

If this idea is Xu Jinghe's idea, then I'm afraid it's not just as simple as screening high-quality products, and she may be the target to be eliminated.

But to eliminate her, why to adopt the group system, she can't figure it out.

Next, Xu Jinghe talked in detail about the grouping principle and the elimination process.

In this part of the grouping, the old employees are all maintaining the previous project team structure, Su Nian thought for a while, the project team he stayed in was led and the main designer He Zeng, in addition to her, there were two intermediate designers, four design assistants, if Xu Jinghe's purpose was really her......

Suddenly, she felt a chill down her spine, cold to the bone.

She thought of a possibility.

Xu Jinghe's voice is still echoing: "The principle of competition, everyone can rest assured, we are fair." The first look at the picture, all the teams can select the most representative project drawings before handing in, the second look at the historical data and the income that has been traded, the third is the soft requirements, that is, the professionalism of the member structure, such as the qualifications of all members, project experience, and the experience of negotiating with customers, after this round of screening, we can only enter the second round, we will specify the requirements for the group to pass the drawing, through the second round of screening, you can enter the formal project team of the horticultural expo. ”

The more He Zeng listened, the more ugly his face became.

If Xu Jinghe really wants to grasp Su Nian's qualifications, this time it is not only Su Nian's problem. The entire group he led was implicated, and as the leader of the group, he not only escaped being implicated, but also felt sorry for the other employees led by his subordinates.

After the meeting, Su Nian sat in his seat, the people around him were sparsely pulled away, He Zeng didn't move at all, for a long time, he saw that everyone was almost gone, and Xu Jinghe was still talking to the director on the stage, so he called Su Nian softly, "Let's go, don't leave, stay and wait for Xu Jinghe to talk to you?" ”

Deliberately returned to his senses, answered with a gloomy face, and followed He Zeng out of the conference room.

Before going out, she glanced in the direction of the rostrum, Xu Jinghe didn't pay attention to her, and was still concentrating on talking to the deputy director.

She was still a little dizzy when she went out, wondering if she was worrying about the sky, but once she germinated this idea, she couldn't control it.

She returned to her workstation and took a pack of cigarettes from the drawer to go out, He Zeng frowned when she saw this, "You come back quickly, wait for us to have a group meeting." ”

She nodded. This was a long-time thought, and after the all-hands meeting, each group would have an internal meeting to discuss how to survive this cruel competition.

The exit was empty, so she lit a cigarette and took two puffs, feeling a little better before calming down and sorting out her thoughts.

Xu Jinghe didn't look at her in the process of speaking, she couldn't figure out whether Xu Jinghe had anything to do with this group competition system, and took a step back and said, even if there was, this system was reasonable.

The bidding documents can present a limited number of drawings, and from the company's point of view, of course, it is necessary to choose the best to bid to have a chance of winning, so this system can obtain the approval of the director and deputy director, of course. It is possible that Yeshu City is also included.

But the soft principle mentioned by Xu Jinghe is her fatal shortcoming, the soft principle has a lot of room for activity, once she grasps her qualifications, this time it is different from internal training, and it is no longer her alone, but the whole team.

In case Xu Jinghe's target is her, then this move is simply a joint sitting.

……

He Zeng called several other team members to the small conference room, and then sent a meeting notification text message to Su Nian, several people waited in the small conference room, and Liu Jia, who was also a design assistant, spoke out first: "Master He, what should we do in our group?" ”

What to do, since the top has decided to use the elimination system, it can only be hard-headed. ”

He Zeng replied lightly.

Liu Jia was silent for a few seconds. whispered: "But, our group has Su Nian." ”

He Zeng looked up at Liu Jia, "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Jia hurriedly lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.

Liu Jia has always been the source of gossip news, and naturally knows more about the matter between Su Nian and Xu Jinghe, and she has already begun to mumble in her heart.

Now no one knows who doesn't know, Su Nian and Xu Jinghe are incompatible, Xu Jinghe is the director, Su Nian is a little assistant, how to fight? And it has been clearly pointed out at the meeting that there is also seniority in the elimination principle, and Su Nian's qualifications are especially criticized in the entire department, in other words, Su Nian is likely to drag the entire group back.

This hind leg is not an ordinary hind leg, and it cannot be solved by everyone working overtime or taking a step back. Whether it's a designer or a design assistant, I don't think there are a few opportunities in my career to be able to participate in such a big project.

Liu Jia's little Jiujiu actually everyone knows in their hearts, He Zeng is not so stupid that he can't see it, he has thought of all this, but he hasn't thought of a solution yet.

Don't talk about Liu Jia, it is estimated that the other members of the group have already had ideas in their hearts at this time, as a leader, he now has to think twice before saying every sentence, if he doesn't say a word well, the hearts of the whole group will be chaotic.

In fact, he is not good at and has no intention of doing management. He doesn't look like a small leader at all, and he doesn't have any shelf, just such a group, most of the time Liu Jia is shouting, Liu Jia loves to worry, he only cares about technical support, fortunately, everyone else in the group belongs to the kind of person who buries his head in the drawing and doesn't make a lot of noise, but when it comes to big problems, he still has to make decisions.

But this decision, it is difficult to make.

Su Nian's position was too awkward.

He couldn't be sure whether the group elimination system was a means for Xu Jinghe to target Su Nian, or if it was really as Xu Jinghe said at the meeting, there would be fair competition.

When Su Nian pushed the door and came in, he was covered in smoke, and the small conference room was not very spacey. He Zeng frowned slightly, and Liu Jia fanned the front of his nose with his hand.

Su Nian saw it, and didn't care, sat at the round table, and put the notebook and pen in his hand on the table.

He Zeng cleared his throat and began to summarize the projects that the team had done before, and the data and benefits he could find so far, and the projects that everyone had been in contact with before.

When asked about Su Nian, Su Nian's voice was sneering, "I used to ...... No exposure to design projects. ”

Her face was a little feverish when she said this, and it felt like she was back when she was a child, when she was called up by the teacher and couldn't answer questions, everyone was looking at her, and they all secretly despised her in their hearts.

He Zeng continued to ask the next one, Su Nian lowered his head, clenched the pen in his hand, and his mind was in a mess.

This meeting was too long for her, listening to others talk about their past project experience, their academic qualifications, and work experience, everyone talked about it, but she couldn't hold her head up.

Finally survived to the end, He Zeng looked at his watch at seven o'clock, and felt that he couldn't continue to drag it on, so he hastily ended the meeting, and the conference room next door seemed to have just ended, and the people in that group were shouting some slogan of victory. It came loudly, He Zeng was pulling a chair, and when he heard it, he frowned.

He doesn't like this kind of thing, all slogans are empty, so he doesn't look like a leader, and he can't even mobilize and lift the spirits of the group members.

Liu Jiawei closed the notebook in her hand, and sighed very loudly, "I don't think our group has hope......"

He Zeng didn't bother to pay attention to her and went straight out.

Su Nian also heard the words, but she was silent and packed her things to leave, and Liu Jia called her.

She turned around at the door, and Liu Jia said, "Master He doesn't say anything, but he knows everything in his heart. Su Nian, think about it, this kind of project is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you can't pull everyone into the ditch with you......"

She turned to leave, and Liu Jia was angry: "...... I'm not done yet! ”

She quickly returned to her workstation, He Zeng had already collected her things and walked, she didn't stop when she passed by, and she didn't say a word, she was stunned in place, looking back at He Zeng's back disappearing, her heart seemed to be frozen.

……

President's Office.

Rita got the survey statistics at seven o'clock, took the printed report and analysis to Ye Shucheng's office, Ye Shucheng was still answering the phone, listening to the content seemed to be the original stone had arrived at the factory, after hanging up the phone, he took the report and analysis handed over by Rita and looked at it.

"Most female employees are currently more inclined to this ring......

She pointed to the picture, "But there are some less popular designs in the same group, so I got a few votes." ”

There are thousands of female employees in the group, the product research results are not good, and the significance of putting into production is not great, so he casually asked: "Which one did you vote for?" ”

Rita was stunned for a moment and said, "This time, the target group of the client is modern urban women, and the style proposed by Director Xu is mainly gentle and generous, so I think the ring with the highest votes is very suitable, and I voted for this one." ”

He nodded and put aside the three pictures with the fewest votes, "Then you can go down to the factory with me tomorrow." ”

Rita nodded, and when she took the three unpopular blueprints and was about to leave, Ye Shucheng suddenly asked out loud again: "Do you know which one Su Nian voted for?" ”

Rita was stunned, then reacted and took one out of her arms, "She voted for the most unpopular ...... This one. ”

It was a design that passed the internal audit of Jinghe Jewelry but received a cold reception in the actual research, and only received six votes in total.

A necklace, a diamond-shaped pendant, and a diamond model on the renderings glows with a cold glow.

Originally, there were so many votes, Rita tossed and was dizzy all afternoon, and the reason why she remembered it was because this picture was the most unpopular, but Su Nian chose it, and it was the earliest one to be submitted.

Ye Shucheng took the picture and looked at it for a few seconds, and the corners of his lips curved slightly.

Leave the picture to me, you can get off work. ”