Chapter 11: An Awkward Meeting

I forgot the first time I woke up from a nightmare, in which I was forced to the edge of a cliff by an invisible force, and there was an abyss at my feet. Not far away, the blue sky was watching coldly, and the clouds shouted for help, but he was indifferent, watching her fall to the bottom little by little... The coldness soaked the pillow, and when her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, she habitually touched the side, there was no familiar body, familiar hugs, only cold sheets and frightened and helpless herself.

In the early morning, the clouds made breakfast, and the blue sky curled up on the inside of the sofa, and the thin body trembled slightly, helplessly like a child, which was distressing. The clouds hugged him gently, and the blue sky slowly turned around and asked coldly, "Is there something wrong?" As if a basin of cold water was poured down, Yun Duo felt cold to the bone, looking at his bloodshot eyes and messy stubble, Yun Duo barely squeezed out a smile: "Get up and eat, make your favorite egg cake." Lan Tian didn't reply, glanced at the clouds lightly, covered his head with the quilt, and nestled back in the sofa, looking like he refused to communicate.

Lan Tian hadn't been to the company for two days, maybe he had wanted to escape from that job for a long time, maybe this hopeless life made him depressed. Yun Duo didn't know how to comfort him, she didn't know what she had done wrong, there seemed to be an unsurmountable gap between the two people, no matter how hard Yun Duo tried, she could never close the distance between them.

In the morning, the clouds were all in a trance, everyone was still immersed in the joy of the party, but she couldn't raise any interest, Baozi had nothing to say to chat with her a few times, and the clouds were just "um, ah" perfunctory. Now she is full of grievances and despair, she has gradually been unable to control her emotions, irrelevant topics can make her completely collapse, and choosing silence is the only thing she can do.

At noon, colleagues went out to eat one after another, and Yun Duo lied about stomach pain and left alone in the office. After a long time, Nicole came over with a bento, she patted Yunduo on the shoulder, and whispered, "Girl, eat the meal first, and then we will go to Starbucks to have a good chat." At this time, the sun was just right, looking at the office workers coming and going at Starbucks, Yun Duo remembered the scene of his first day of employment, and now although he drank the latte he longed for, his mouth was full of bitterness and there was no other taste.

"What's wrong, did you quarrel with your boyfriend?" Nicole asked with concern. It seems that the heart that has been closed for a long time has finally found an outlet for catharsis, and the clouds can no longer suppress themselves, and they say it one by one, the city is very cold, and it is a luxury to be so indifferent that someone listens to your distress. The cloud bit her lower lip and tried her best to keep the tears from flowing, but Nicole persuaded: "If you want to cry, cry out, no one will laugh at you." As he spoke, he handed her a tissue.

After listening to Yunduo's narration, Nicole took a deep breath, she pondered for a while and said, "In this way, you send a message to your boyfriend, be sincere." Indeed, I can understand that I have a lot of misunderstandings about our company and me because I always take up your personal time. I'll invite you to dinner in the evening, and I think he'll give me this face. ”

Yun Duo hesitated for a few minutes and sent a long message to Lan Tian, but the other party did not reply. Yun Duo said disappointedly: "His personality is so twisted, it is useless to say all the good things." Nicole smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, wait." When a latte had bottomed out, Lan Tian finally replied to the message, just a faint "good" word, Yun Duo was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he hurriedly sent the time and place. Ni Xiang quipped: "It seems that you still care about him, and you have to face your heart bravely." Yun Duo lowered his head shyly and smiled without saying a word.

At half past six, Yun Duo stood at the door of Wuyue Tea Restaurant on time. She specially told Lan Tian to dress appropriately, looking at the crowd coming and going, she looked forward to the familiar figure appearing as soon as possible. Not far away, Lan Tian walked slowly, his unkempt hair, sloppy shirt and mud-stained shoes, the whole person looked embarrassed. Although Yun Duo was unhappy in her heart, she didn't say anything, she smiled and grabbed Lan Tian's arm and walked upstairs.

After taking a seat, Nicole greeted Lan Tian warmly: "Hello, I'm Nicole, it's nice to meet you." Lan Tian nodded slightly, didn't say much, and sat down. Lan Tian, I ordered a few of your favorite dishes, are you hungry? Eat something first. Yun Duo said as he kept putting vegetables into the blue sky bowl. There was an awkward atmosphere in the air, and in order to break the silence, Nicole asked with a smile: "Listen to the clouds, you work in a real estate company, and you are usually very busy, right?" ”

Lan Tian wiped his mouth and replied lazily: "Make do, just barely make ends meet." Nicole continued: "Young man, it's better to be busy and gain experience for the future." Lan Tian sneered, raised his head and said, "What is the standard of busy?" The difficulty is to be on call, and the leader will go to the company to work overtime with a word? Yun Duo was startled, the words were obviously hostile, and she gently touched the blue sky with her leg, and the atmosphere fell into freezing point again.

Nicole paused for a moment and responded with a smile: "I have never advocated overtime. However, sometimes you have to take matters into account. In the initial stage of the company, there are indeed a lot of trivial matters, and Yun Duo is my right-hand man, so I am willing to discuss many things with her. At the last company dinner, I specially asked Yunduo to call you, and I really want to thank my family for their support and understanding in person. ”

Lan Tian put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and said in a weird manner: "I don't need to be grateful, it's enough to understand each other." However, I hope that my daughter-in-law will not be so tired in the future, after all, we also have to live a normal life, right? Nicole nodded noncommittally. At this time, the clouds are caught in the middle, and they are in a dilemma. She said to the blue sky: "Nicole is really a rare good leader, and I have learned a lot from her. ”

Lan Tian didn't answer, he picked up the bowl and kept stuffing the food into his mouth, and the exaggerated eating attracted the guests at the next table to look sideways. At this time, Yunduo couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, she secretly looked at Nicole, only to see Nicole with a displeased face, flipping through her phone to pass the time. After eating and drinking, Lan Tian burped, he got up and said, "Thank you for dinner, I'm a little sleepy, I'll take the clouds home first." With that, he picked up the cloud and walked downstairs, and the cloud waved his hand to Nicole in a panic, not even having time to say goodbye.

When I got home, Lan Tian sat in front of the computer and played a game, and Yun Duo asked angrily, "Don't you think what you said today is a bit excessive?" Lan Tian tapped on the keyboard, and said without looking back: "What do I say is my business, don't let me go if you have an opinion!" Just as Cloud was about to lose his temper, he received a message from Nicole on his phone...