After giving the Orange Time proposal, all we can do is wait for the news from the Orange Hour, whether the competition has been successful or has failed.

I sorted out the documents related to the orange time, filed them, and then moved on to other projects. I don't know if Cao Hui really went back to Xi'an as he said, anyway, there was no movement in Orange for the next week, and there was no movement in Lin Jiangnan.

I conveyed to Yan Hua the bad news that Lin Jiangnan had a girlfriend, Yan Hua was very disappointed, but in a blink of an eye, he spread his hands again, "Cough, in fact, it doesn't matter, even if people are single, they probably can't look down on me." ”

"You are a flower in our group's design, don't be presumptuous."

"Let's group up just me and you!" Yan Hua said.

I looked at her and narrowed my eyes, "What's wrong?" There's no sense of accomplishment in beating me, is it? ”

"No, no, no, if you win, you win the whole world." Yan Hua immediately changed his words and nodded very affirmatively, "I was wrong, obviously Lin Jiangnan is not worthy of me, I am the one who designed three groups of flowers for us, and I deserve the best man in the world!" ”

"Yan Hua, you are stupid! How can you win Mr. Su? The male designer next to him couldn't take it anymore, so he took off his headphones and corrected Yan Hua's wording.

"Oh, yes, yes." Yan Hua said to me again: "Even if I win, the whole world can't win you!" Lin Jiangnan can't even look down on you, how can you look at me? Wrong! If he's single, even if he can take a fancy to you, he won't be able to look down on me! ”

The male designers all laughed like crazy, and I also laughed angrily, and slapped the table: "Are you going to make a good ass!" ”

A few days later, our boss called me to go to his office. I don't know what it is, I feel a little nervous, when I went out of my office, I happened to see Lin Su also come out of her office, we looked at each other, and walked towards each other tacitly.

"The boss is looking for you?" She and I asked each other in unison, and we smiled.

"Do you know what's going on?" I asked her.

"Looking for the two of us at the same time, either there is a new project, or the matter of Orange Time has come to fruition."

My heart tightened, and I didn't know whether I wanted Orange to pass or not. When I was about to arrive at the boss's office, I saw Li Yuanwei, the director of the design group, walk out of it, and immediately put a smile on his face when he saw me, as if he was elated, "Su Mi, congratulations!" ”

It seems to have passed. But I'm a little unhappy.

The boss was so excited that he even asked his secretary to make two cups of instant coffee for us, saying that signing the project of Orange Time would be beneficial to the development of the company, and then promised me and Lin Su a big red envelope for encouragement.

So I felt a little better.

The boss told Lin Su to follow up on the signing of the contract with Orange, and the legal affairs would ask her for questions about Orange. Lin Su should come down, this is all routine work.

After saying this, we got up and prepared to leave, but the boss stopped me again, "Sumi, you wait a minute. ”

My heart sank, and I exchanged glances with Lin Su, and then I watched her leave the office and close the door.

"Mr. Cao called me just now, he told me, and I will give you the answer." The boss stood up, went to the water dispenser and filled his teapot with water, then poured a cup from a paper cup and put it in front of me.

I stared at the cup of coffee and tea in front of me, thinking that it was two bowls of ecstasy soup, so I didn't drink it.

"We all know about design, there is no standard when it comes to saying that there is a standard, each flower is in its own eye, and it doesn't matter whether it is absolutely good or bad. Mr. Cao said that the level of proposals from the three companies in this competition is actually about the same. He took a sip of tea and continued: "When the level is about the same, this is very much a matter of personal preferences and emotions, Mr. Cao said, to a large extent, he is because you are in Chengmei, so he finally gave us a proposal for cooperation with the general manager." ”

I opened my mouth to speak, but was pushed back by a gesture from my boss.

"Of course, the first condition for this must be that you are good enough, and I am not denying your level." He seemed to think about it for a moment, "I mean, you should understand that social relationships and connections are very important, not only for us to become beautiful, but also for you personally, you should maintain it well." ”

"You mean, let me go as a client?" I'm pretending to be stupid.

"Of course not that." He laughed dryly: "After Mr. Liu resigned, several of your design teams will work independently, and I think there must be someone in charge." I just talked to Li Yuanwei, and you are the same, you all inspect and investigate, if you are promoted, is there any suitable executive director in your group? I'm still inclined to cultivate inwardly. ”

I nodded, not thrilled by the pie he had drawn. Because this cake is stained with Cao Hui, I can't get my mouth down.

Sure enough, Cheng Liren continued: "You and Mr. Cao were originally college classmates, old acquaintances, and as friends, you often walk around and have a meal together. In this way, if you usually invite Mr. Cao to dinner, go out, and come back with an invoice, the company will report it to you. ”

"Oh." I responded perfunctorily.

After leaving the boss's office, I went straight to Lin Su, sat on the sofa and sneered when I entered the door, "Lin Su, the last time Cheng Liren called you to go back to the company, it was on purpose!" ”

"What's wrong? What did Cheng Liren tell you? ”

"Let me move around Cao Hui more and maintain a good relationship." I exasperated, "Why am I eating too much or drinking too much, and I walk around with him more?!" I wish I wouldn't see him again in this life! ”

"And what did you tell the boss?"

My arrogance was a little shorter, and I sighed, "What else can I say?" Uh-huh. It's the end of the year, my performance salary and year-end bonus, I can't get along with the money! I deserve it. ”

"As soon as he said this, you heard this, anyway, when the contract is signed, it will be fine, and the contract will be fulfilled. When the time comes, find a way to dump the project to another group. It's okay. Lin Su comforted me with kind words.

I was noncommittal. Is it okay to sign the contract? If Cao Hui's thief heart does not die, he has ways to card us, such as not passing the plan and not paying the monthly fee. In short, Party A is Party A, and it's really Dad.

I sat on the couch in Lin Su's office and was dazed.

"What are you talking about this Cao Hui picture?" Lin Su read to me while browsing the files on the computer, "He has a family in Xi'an, and you are not a little girl in your early twenties......" She looked at me with a smile after speaking, "I didn't mean you were old, you know what I mean." ”

"I understand. If you want to attract bees and butterflies outside like Cao Hui, you can either find a pure little girl to push down, or you can find a fun person who is glamorous, and I don't want him to do anything with me, right? ”

"It's funny...... Lin Xu snickered twice and nodded, "Does he want to renew his relationship with you?" ”

"I have a fart edge with him!" I categorically denied it, "He just wants to come back and get revenge on me!" He felt that he was very good, I didn't like him at the beginning, I loved vanity, greedy for wealth, I didn't like him because he didn't have money. ”

I raised my eyes and glanced at Lin Su, and saw that she was puzzled, so I sighed slowly and said weakly: "It's old." My boyfriend in college had money at home, and Cao Hui thought I was with my ex-boyfriend for money. When I was in school, he told me that rich men are not sincere, they just have fun. ”

"This Cao Hui really takes himself seriously." Lin Su is a gentle person, and she can't say anything serious, which can already be regarded as her scolding. I smiled, "No, when I am a green onion standing up to the sky." ”

"And what about your ex-boyfriend? I haven't heard you mention it. ”

"It's early. Nothing to mention. I stood up, "Go back to work." ”

When I got back to my office, I didn't want to work, and I was a little sad to look at the pictures that covered the screen. I thought that designing this kind of work was very simple, and I would eat by my skills. But now I feel that my craft is particularly worthless and meaningless.

Among the three companies that competed for the manuscript, the other two must have spent a lot of effort on the design, but in the end, just because Cao Hui and I were classmates and because Cao Hui had ulterior motives, all their efforts were in vain.

It's not a matter of success or failure.

I don't know if it's because others are used to and accepted this kind of thing at my age, maybe I'm too naïve to be frustrated.

The mobile phone rang, and it was a message from Lin Jiangnan: "I heard that your company won the competition." ”

"Well, unfortunately, it won." I replied to him.

He sent a link to the music, which was 'drumming and scolding Cao'. I curled the corners of my lips and smiled like a dragonfly, "Although they are all surnamed Cao, comparing Cao Hui to Cao Cao, I think it is my disrespect for Cao Cao." ”

Lin Jiangnan sent a smiling face, and sent another message: "The matter has come to this point, and I can only mourn and change." Why don't you go for a pastime? Be happy. ”

A pastime? I was filthy for two seconds and asked him, "How do you spend your time?" ”

"Playing badminton? I remember you said you like to fight. ”

Actually, I'm a little too lazy to move, but after thinking about it, I think it's not bad to play, and there is always a better mood and body.

"It's okay, it's been a long time." I replied to him.

"Then the day after tomorrow, Saturday, the badminton hall of Jiaotong University. All right? Lin Jiangnan asked me.

"Good. I asked Xu Yijing if she would work overtime, and if she didn't work overtime, she would be together. ”

After going home, I told Xu Yijing about playing badminton, Xu Yijing didn't take her eyes off the TV, patted the mask on her face, and rejected me bluntly: "I won't go, I shouldn't be a light bulb." ”

"Electric light your sister's bubble! Don't talk nonsense, people have girlfriends. Speaking of this, I pondered for a moment and said to Xu Yijing: "No, you reminded me that you have to go on Saturday." What if he brings a girlfriend? Wouldn't I be a light bulb? ”

"In that case, won't it be over if you don't go?"

I was suddenly pushed by Xu Yijing's words, and thought: "yes! But the appointments are all made, and I really want to go to sports, and I don't want to miss the appointment, so I said: "This appointment is all made, so I'll give you a big ride, please." ”

Xu Yijing's eyes chased over, a pair of eyes shimmering behind the mask, and glanced at me expressionlessly, "Does he really have a girlfriend?" ”

"I guess so." I was actually a little vague, peeling oranges and saying, "The last time I sent him back after eating hot pot, I saw a woman picking him up at the gate of the community after he got out of the car." ”

"It's not, is it?"

"That's definitely not, the woman is quite young and in good shape. It looks good, and it's quite a lady's kind. ”

"Maybe it's his sister or his sister?" Xu Yijing said, but she was not convinced by her tone, "But if it were me, I wouldn't go to the gate of the community to pick up my brother." Her fingers tapped back and forth on her face, and after a while, she spoke: "Su Mi, does this Lin Jiangnan usually care about you?" ”

"Nope." I looked at her suspiciously, and handed the peeled orange to Xu Yijing with two petals, "What do you mean?" ”

Xu Yijing didn't ask for oranges, raised his hand to tear off the mask and threw it in the trash, and said to me: "Although I don't know much about Lin Jiangnan, from the observation of the last meal, this person should be a warm man, very thoughtful, polite, and educated." ”

"So what?"

"I'm afraid he's a central air conditioner that warms everyone. You said that you have been single for so long, lonely and cold for a long time, and he cares about you so much every day, what if it ignites a small spark in your heart? You get stuck in it and he has a girlfriend over there. Xu Yijing looked at me with her hands outstretched, "Aren't you going to heal for a few more years?" ”

"It's really annoying to add the word 'again' to you, I just haven't met the right one in the past few years, who has healed." I raised my eyebrows, "Besides, why am I lonely and cold?" How nourishing my single life has been in the past seven years! ”

"You have a hard mouth, you don't want to moisturize it. In the past seven years, as long as a man approaches you, you will be like a hell of a life, either run away by yourself or beat the other person to death. To be honest, it's rare to have a Lin Jiangnan who can have a close relationship with you now, do you know how touched I am, but if you ......"

"How close have I been with him?!" I almost jumped up from the sofa when I heard this, and slapped the orange in my hand on the coffee table, "I just took him home twice, and I had three meals with him, two of which were with my colleagues and one with you. Which society did you cross over? ”

"Why are you so excited?"

"I'm not excited. Even if it's gossip, you have to have some factual basis, okay? Is it good to take some responsibility? ”

"What kind of factual basis do you need for gossip?" Xu Yijing smiled indispensably, "Okay, okay, count me talking nonsense, you guys are okay." Are you still going to badminton? ”

"Go! Why don't we go? I picked up another orange and peeled it in my hand, "Not only will I go, but you must also go!" ”

"Okay." Xu Yijing stood up, looking at me with a meaningful smile on the corner of her lips, "You haven't finished eating the oranges you peeled just now." ”

"I'd love to!" I said without looking up.