The silence in the small conference room was terrifying, and under the light of the miserable white projector, Xu Jinghe's face was even more ugly, "Ye Shucheng, you are blatantly favoring her now, have you already decided not to take me in your eyes?" ”

Ye Shucheng turned a pen between his fingers, his eyes fell on the projector screen, and said lightly: "I'll tell you the truth, from the very beginning of this project, I did it for her." ”

After a pause, he continued: "I know that it may be cruel for you to say this, but Jinghe, if you and her well water do not violate the river water, I will not do this, you forced me to drive her out of Rongcheng first, and in the internal training quota from the second, you make me feel ......"

He hesitated, but still said, "You've changed." ”

Xu Jinghe's heart suddenly tightened.

The first time we met, it was very chaotic, I was kidnapped, but you were implicated by me and arrested, when the house caught fire, I had actually accepted my fate, I didn't think I could escape, if it wasn't for you, I would have died there a long time ago, but you ...... At such a young age, you were able to make a decision calmly and calmly and find a way to escape, and you at that time, in my eyes, were a miracle. ”

He thought back to the scene in the fire years ago, and the corners of his lips curled.

Giving him the strength and courage to escape in the sea of fire, she was a hero to him at that time.

He smiled for only a few seconds, and the corners of his lips drooped, "But what about you now?" ”

The corner of the notebook in Xu Jinghe's hand was slightly deformed by her, and she couldn't speak.

The reason why Ye Shucheng was willing to tolerate her was nothing more than because of the accident many years ago, which she felt afraid when she thought of it, if there was a case, Ye Shucheng found out that it was not her who saved him back then, she didn't know how angry he would be.

So. She couldn't let Su Nian take advantage of it.

Her tone softened, a little sad, "I saved you at that time because I liked you, and I was willing to give my life for you, but I'm just a woman, I think my boyfriend is dedicated to me, am I wrong?" ”

He fell silent, raised his hand to press his eyebrows, and rubbed them gently.

Xu Jinghe blocked what he was about to say.

What he wanted to say was still a breakup, but he couldn't continue to talk about breaking up like this.

She added: "If you don't participate, don't participate, don't worry, since you are so opposed." I won't make it difficult for her again, but Shucheng, don't talk nonsense if you break up, I've been waiting for you for ten years, I saved you with my life, I still have the scar left on my neck at that time, this is all going to follow me for a lifetime, you can't unilaterally decide to end it so hastily, I agree with what you said, we should all calm down, and let's talk about it after we are busy with the new product launch. ”

With that, she got up and took her things and walked out.

She walked slowly, because it was in the dark. He didn't see it, her legs trembling, her face darkened.

Lies are snowballs, they can't stop at the beginning, Liang Jie's creditor came to the door, leaving a scar on her neck that cannot be completely removed for the rest of her life, when Ye Shucheng asked, she told him that it was the scar she left in the fire that year, so that everything she made up was more credible.

She couldn't let him be suspicious, so she had to bring up the old things again, but fortunately, the relationship between him and Su Nian back then, coupled with the chaos of the scene, was not too deeply impressed and understood, leaving her enough space.

But she is still afraid, she thinks carefully about every word, and every step is like walking on thin ice, at this time, if she is not careful, the truth is exposed, and she is finished.

……

The atmosphere of the entire department of the Architectural Design Department has recently become more and more delicate.

Competition is a double-edged sword, can improve work efficiency and results, but also is a sharp weapon to divide the feelings of colleagues, the atmosphere between the various groups is on the verge of breaking out, hollowing out how to step on others to get on their own good position, human nature in the face of interest disputes exposed.

In this atmosphere, Su Nian's progress was difficult.

Liu Jia intensified her accusation at Sang and scolded Huai, saying that she had lowered the level of the entire team. Pull out a new employee casually, and his salary is better than her.

He Zeng thought Liu Jia was noisy, and at the beginning, he would occasionally count down two sentences and tell Liu Jia to shut up, and slowly, He Zeng became more and more silent.

Su Nian knew very well that He Zeng's position was also very difficult to do, even if he wanted to help her, he had to take care of other people in the group.

A few days passed, Su Nian was completely isolated, and most of the members of the group began to echo Liu Jia, looking at Su Nian's gaze like a knife, everyone wanted her to disappear immediately.

Su Nian is under such a lot of pressure, she often feels that it is difficult to even breathe in the office, and many times she sits in front of the computer with a feeling of suffocation, and when she gets a gap, she will run to the safety exit at the end of the corridor to smoke.

If this is Xu Jinghe's method, I have to say that this method is too clever, and it will be difficult for her to continue to stay without anyone driving her away like this.

On this day, when she was sitting on the stairs and smoking, He Zeng came to her.

She was a little surprised to see He Zeng, He Zeng was busy these days, and basically rarely talked to her.

He Zeng stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at her slightly, "I just went to the director's office to inquire about the news. ”

She extinguished her cigarette and got up and slowly descended the steps, "What do you hear?" ”

Old employees should have some priority, but many of the new employees recruited by the expansion are themselves with good qualifications and work experience, so the results are not easy to say. ”

She had already walked up to He Zeng, and was a little discouraged when she heard the words, "That's not the same as not saying it." ”

He Zeng leaned against the window, "From the perspective of the works alone, the situation of each group will not be too different, I have compared the situation, in terms of technical level, our group is considered to be in the middle and upper reaches, and it stands to reason that it will not be eliminated......"

He Zeng's last sentence was very slow, and the words stopped.

Su Nian felt that she knew what he was going to say.

Technology is in the middle and upper reaches, in addition to the assessment of technology, there are also requirements for qualifications and experience, which is not safe, so he used the word "it stands to reason", once there is competition between the groups that belong to the middle and upper reaches, the soft conditions that Xu Jinghe said before will be transformed into a hard law of elimination, and Su Nian's lack of qualifications and experience will drag down the entire team.

He Zeng looked at her and said with difficulty: "Su Nian, you can go and find Mr. Ye." ”

She was expressionless and looked at He Zeng quietly.

The eyes were dark and bright, and there seemed to be some confusion in the bottom of the eyes, He had never turned his face away, and simply didn't look at her.

You know, even I don't have many opportunities to participate in such projects, let alone the two mid-level designers in our group now, as well as other design assistants, and it is unknown whether they will be able to work on such projects again in their lifetimes. It's not my business alone, I'm responsible for the whole team, and we have to find a way to make sure we don't miss anything. ”

Su Nian's expression became cold, his heart seemed to be frozen, and he slowly lowered his head and clenched his hands into fists.

You also heard Liu Jia's words, in case the time is really stuck in your qualifications and our group loses......"

He paused, as if pondering the wording.

How to say it.

The words turned into a sigh, "Xu Jinghe's attitude was already obvious when he was training internally, it was aimed at you, and now only Mr. Ye can help you, and he can also help our group, only he can give a guarantee." ”

Su Nian was stunned for a while, and said in a low voice: "But I have broken up with him." ”

Last time we met. He wanted to give her the necklace, but she coldly refused, and she didn't even look back that day.

He Zeng said: "He helped you during the internal training, and I can see that he asked you is still concerned about you, you go to him to talk, at least to ensure that this elimination can not really focus on the qualifications to assess, this time and internal training is different, even if you don't participate in the internal training, you can also go outside to learn by yourself, this time if there is a case, don't talk about you, stay again, so ......"

I know. Su Nian interrupted him.

……”

He Zeng looked at her. He opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

What to say.

How Su Nian and Ye Shucheng got to this point all the way, he looked at it, how much she was wronged, how aggrieved she was, he knew it all, and now he wanted her to bow her head and go to Ye Shucheng, or for the project, he knew very well how difficult it was.

Half-ringing, he said, "Sorry......"

Su Nian's face was gloomy, he pulled the corners of his lips, and smiled very reluctantly, "What do you have to apologize for, I know it, this is work, it's all for the team......"

She understands, but she is unwilling.

She felt humiliated, very humiliated.

Because of her own shortcomings, she can't raise her head in front of others, and now she has to whisper to ask Ye Shucheng, He Zeng clearly knows what the situation between her and Ye Shucheng is, and now she has to push her to Ye Shucheng, her current feeling is that she is embattled by enemies on her back, and there is no corner for her to live in peace.

And the mental torture of the past few days was about to crush her.

He Zeng couldn't find anything to say, so he asked, "Are you going back to the office?" ”

She reached for the cigarette case, "You go first, I'll smoke another cigarette." ”

He Zeng glimpsed in the afterglow. Her fingers shaking as she held the cigarette case.

He couldn't bear to look at it anymore and turned away.

The door was closed, she was weak, she leaned against the wall, her waist slowly bent down, tears rolled in her eyes, and for a few seconds, she opened the cigarette case with trembling hands, only to find that there was no smoke inside.

She stared at the cigarette case for a few seconds, and finally crumpled it vigorously and threw it against the opposite wall.

There was a "snap" in the silence, the cigarette case fell, and she slowly slid down with her back against the wall, covering her face, with a lot of effort. I held back the tears.

……

Han Jing returned to the house in the afternoon, and after going back, he put the photos all over the ground, Su Nian came back very early this day, his face was not very good-looking, he saw him choosing photos when he entered the door, said hello, put down his things and washed his hands and walked to the kitchen.

He sat cross-legged on the carpet next to the sofa, poked his head out and asked, "What are you cooking?" ”

Su Nian seemed to say something, but he didn't hear it clearly, put down the photo in his hand and got up to go to the kitchen, leaned against the door and asked again, "What did you say, I didn't hear clearly." ”

Let's go below, it's more convenient, I'm tired today. She said, not looking at him, bowing her head and chopping vegetables.

He let out an "oh", his eyes dropped, and he exclaimed, "Be careful, you!" ”

It was too late, she didn't know what was in her head, the kitchen knife fell on the place where her index finger was close to the back of her hand, and the lower hand was still neat, and the blood gushed out at once.

She looked at her in a daze, Han Jing was in a hurry, grabbed her hand and took the person out, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the living room for a few minutes before turning out a medical box, and looked back at her standing in a daze, blood had dripped to the floor.

She was like a nerd, he frowned and pulled a tissue to wipe the blood first, she was too ruthless with this knife, as far as the wound of chopping vegetables was concerned, it was also amazing, and a cut of about three centimeters was made on the back of his hand, he pressed it with white gauze, held her hand, and asked, "What do you want?" I told you that I don't like to eat human flesh and I don't like to drink human blood, so why do you want to give me food? ”

She didn't speak, she didn't move, he sensed something was wrong, and looked down at her face.

What's wrong? ”

She didn't talk to him anymore, but he was a little unaccustomed.

Her head lowered, her hand slowly pulling back. He clenched hard.

His palm was wide and warm, holding her tightly, she didn't know why, she suddenly broke down a little, didn't want to continue to hide it, she said, "I'm uncomfortable......"

Han Jing was stunned, "Where is it uncomfortable?" Are you feeling unwell, you have a cold or something......"

While speaking, the other hand reached her forehead and touched it, the temperature was quite normal, and he was a little anxious, "Where are you uncomfortable for you to speak, I'll take you to the hospital to see." ”

Her eyes turned red and her vision blurred.

People who have forgotten where they have seen it and have been lonely for a long time. In fact, I am not afraid of loneliness, but I am most afraid that someone will come to ask about the warmth and coldness, because there are people around you, which will make people weak.

And so her tears flowed, drop after drop, silent, and indulgent.

She was so uncomfortable.

He was stunned, and then seemed to be a little panicked, and hurriedly took a tissue to wipe her tears, and he couldn't wipe them dry, the more he wiped, the more he wiped, he frowned, leaned over slightly and looked down at her face.

A good delicate little face is now crying and wrinkled, accustomed to her poisonous tongue in the past, seeing her like this, his heart is pinched, uncomfortable, and his hand pats her behind her back.

It's okay, it's okay, don't cry, don't cry......"

He actually didn't coax people, and when he came over a few words, the language was monotonous, his forehead was sweating, and for a few seconds, he stretched out his hands and tentatively hugged her gently.

He felt her forehead resting lightly on his shoulder.

He couldn't speak, but his heart was blocked, and his hand caressed her back.

His hand touched her protruding shoulder blades. Her shoulders were small, and it looked a little pitiful to shrink into his arms like this, and he hugged her a little tighter, and sighed slowly.

Su Nian cried for a long time, and in the end, he couldn't raise his head, the tip of his red nose, the swollen eyes, and he sniffled and said, "Senior......"

Because he spoke against his chest, his voice was muffled and nasal.

He let her go, and heard her say, "I may not be able to get along, and this place is not a ......."

He said, "Good, good." If you don't stay, you won't stay, what are you crying about, you don't have a place to stay here, why don't you have to love a flower without grass at the end of the world, you can't stay, you can choose. ”

Her voice still had a residual cry, "But...... People don't choose me, no one chooses me......"

No one chose her, which is really the best summary of her current situation.

He was stunned, she really wanted to bring the topic to a dead end, he thought for a few seconds, "They don't choose you, they have no vision, they will regret it, I feel sorry for them, if it were me, I would definitely choose you." ”

His words were firm, and her crying face broke into a smile, "It's useless for you to choose me, if you are my leader, I have to mix a lot of backs, and the leader can't mix up the human ......"

He breathed a sigh of relief, "I have the strength to hurt me, it seems to be much better." ”

She sniffled and fell silent.

After the tears were gone, she vented out, and her heart did open up a little, but the unresolved questions were still there, and she still needed to face them.

Han Jing hooked her chin with his fingers. pretended to lift it up lightly, and then said with a disgusted face: "Look, you are crying ugly to death, I want to retract what I just said, I won't choose you, you are too ugly." ”

She slapped his hand away, only to hit her own wound and gasp.

Han Jing laughed, "You deserve it." ”

As he said that, he took her hand and sat on the sofa and bandaged it carefully.

His movements were slow and soft, and she stared blankly as she spoke slowly.

Some people say that there is no dream life. It's no different from salted fish. ”

He was stunned for a moment and glanced at her, "What, you have become a philosopher?" ”

She said: "When I was with my ex-husband, every day I thought about how to start their company and how to make money to treat him. ”

He didn't speak, taped, and looked up at her.

She was a little distracted and smiled faintly, "I think I might be better suited to be a salted fish, I shouldn't be too greedy." ”

Han Jing was silent for a few seconds. "How greedy I am, according to what you say."

She tilted her head, looking a little confused.

I said I wanted to be a freelance photographer, and then I was kicked out by my family, and I was just given a penny, and my family actually told the magazines and forums I had contacted before that I didn't want to use my photos, and blocked my way. Han Jing looked hateful, "They want to force me to go back, force me to admit defeat, I don't, I think a road will go dark, no one wants me to take a photo and I keep it for myself." ”

......," she was a little surprised, "so you're so pathetic." ”

He said, "So you have to cheer up, those people want you to not be able to do this." You have to do it, them off! ”

She smiled bleakly, "Senior, chicken soup is useless to me. ”

Frustrated, he let her go, "So what are you going to do?" ”

I don't know," she said, getting up to wash her face, her voice fluttering, "Let's take one step at a time." ”

Han Jing's food this night was in the soup, and the last two of them still made do with instant noodles, after eating, Su Nian was unusual, and went to sleep directly without even touching the computer, and her body was a little prostration after crying, she actually had a good night's sleep.

……

Following.

Su Nian to the company. Her eyes were still slightly swollen, it was a group meeting early in the morning, and she had just put her hand on the doorknob when she arrived at the door of the conference room, and heard Liu Jia's voice coming out loudly.

Master He, you really have to help us think of a way, if we miss the opportunity like this, we are not reconciled, I should have known that today, when I was in the group, I shouldn't have entered this group! ”

Su Nian's body seemed to be nailed, and her whole body was stiff, and for a few seconds, she heard He Zeng's voice inside, which was very small, but she heard it clearly.

Stop arguing. I'll figure it out. ”

Liu Jia continued to shout, "This is all burning eyebrows, Master He, you are really calm, do you know, other groups don't treat us as opponents now, thinking that our group has Su Nian, it must be eliminated, Su Nian has offended Director Xu, and her qualifications are not very good, she is ...... both public and private."

Su Nian pushed the door in, Liu Jia was stunned, and swallowed the words behind her.

The meeting focused on the meaningful pictures in everyone's hands at present, and Su Nian had the least pictures in his hand, so he didn't say a few words, most of the time, he stared at his book in a daze.

He had promised to find a way, but that solution required her to put down her self-esteem and cooperate.

She also wanted to be like what Han Jing said, stick to it and show it to those who wanted to defeat her, but it was too difficult......

The motivation to insist on her at the beginning has almost been exhausted, just like her feelings for Ye Shucheng, she has also been painful, struggling, and uncomfortable for a long time, but in the end, she actually has no nostalgia.

Sad and terrible.

After the meeting, He Zeng stopped her. "Su Nian, you wait a minute."

Everyone else went out, Liu Jia still looked at her in a weird way before taking the door to the door, He Zeng lowered his voice, "Did you go to Mr. Ye yesterday?" ”

She was stunned, and her expression was a little stiff.

…… Not yet. ”

He Zeng frowned, and for a few seconds, his voice sank.

Are you not going to go? ”

She clenched the pen in her hand, bit her lip, and asked, "What if I don't go?" ”

He Zeng tugged at the corners of his mouth, "If you don't go, what can I do." ”

He Zeng's words made her feel extremely uncomfortable, "Master He, you know. I was kicked out of Rongcheng by Mr. Ye......"

He Zeng raised his hand to block, "Don't say it." ”

Her face turned pale, her lips pursed, and her nose began to sour again.

Forget it, if you don't go, you won't go. He Zeng stood up and pulled a chair, sighing, "I did everything I needed to do, and I said what I shouldn't say, let's group this time, just leave it to fate." ”

After He Zeng finished speaking, he pushed the door and walked out, she heard the sound of the door being closed, the sound made her heart start, and she could clearly feel He Zeng's alienation and impatience with her.

She was stunned for a long time, walked over and locked the door, took out her mobile phone, and looked for the number in the address book with her hands trembling.

It's been a long time since this phone number has been dialed.

The fingertips stopped at the word "Mr. Ye" for a few minutes before pressing it and choosing to dial.

CRBT was so long that it seemed to drain all her courage, and before she could respond, she hung up.

The feeling in her heart couldn't tell whether she was happy or lost, she held her mobile phone, and just wanted to get up and leave here, the phone rang.

It's Ye Shucheng, he's back.

She took a deep breath and pressed answer.

I just heard, I was about to pick up ......," his magnetic voice came, "but you hung up." ”

She had wrinkled the corner of her notebook, biting her lip, and was struggling inwardly.

Unable to hear her voice, he asked again, "Su Nian, what's wrong?" ”

He knew very well that it was okay, she wouldn't call.

She opened her mouth for a long time, squeezing out a few words with difficulty.

I want to see you......"