Chapter Thirty-Four: The Rival Ahead Faces the Flames
General manager, someone in the meeting room is looking for you, and she said that she is the project manager of Xiang's Group. ”
Xian Xinchen was flipping through the papers, and after listening to the report of the secretary Dylan, he looked suspicious. Over the years, Xiang's Group can be said to have proudly avoided Shengxing Real Estate, and Xian Xinchen still knows this.
"Project manager? We don't have any projects to work with them, so it's a strange cold wind today! ”
Dylan also shook his head: "yes, I think it's weird too. ”
"Men and women? Did you say what it was? ”
"A young woman, she didn't say what it was."
Xian Xinchen closed the document in his hand and turned it over to the side, and said without raising his head: "You tell her, let her wait a while, and I will finish the matter in hand." ”
About a quarter of an hour later, Xian Xinchen came out to meet her. Before the footsteps approached, the sound of the steps had already reached the girl's spiritual ears, and she didn't turn around, she opened her mouth and laughed: "Manager Xian has such a big face, he actually refused to let people go out, so I waited here for a full fifteen minutes!" ”
When Xian Xinchen approached, he saw her back, and her long hair on the back bridge was thick and soft like black silk, which made her face unturned pave a layer of fantasy.
"Priorities, since you don't have anything too important, forgive me for keeping you waiting."
Xiang Xiyan listened to his lonely and proud words, turned around with a smile, and looked at him with bright eyes, "Hello, my name is Xiang Xiyan." ”
Xian Xinchen's eyes were still indifferent, and he had never pondered the appearance of a woman. What is good-looking, pretty; And peerless, what should the city be? Those words, in his eyes, are not like work things, and they can't be distinguished.
"Please take a seat, I don't know why Miss Xiang came to the door today?"
Xiang Xiyan smiled and replied, "Do you have to have something to do to ascend the Three Treasures Palace?" Then he paused his words and made an expression that he had just remembered something, "Oh, I forgot, just now Manager Xian also said that things should be prioritized, isn't it that I came to have nothing to do, Manager Xian is going to catch up with the doorman?" ”
"Miss Xiang laughed, I didn't mean that."
Before Xian Xinchen finished speaking, Xiang Xiyan said straightly: "On behalf of Xiang's Group, I came to Shengxing to talk about a cooperation project, about the suburbs of Erxi. ”
Listening to her tone, it is inevitable to get it. Xian Xinchen wanted to deliberately frustrate her spirit, and said with a rhetorical smile: "Oh? Miss Xiang knows that there is a piece of fragrant food in the suburbs of Erxi City now, and we are not short of buildings in this area. ”
Xiang Xiyan smiled and sighed, his eyes looked through the glass, shining the dust in the air so that the butterflies danced, but he didn't dare to fall on her eyebrows, and she smiled excitedly: "Manager Xian really made it clear that he rejected me directly, when I came, my father said that he didn't lend a helping hand when you were in trouble, and now it is even more difficult to cooperate!" It seems that this is the case. ”
"No, Miss Xiang, that's not what I meant. Back then, I was still an ignorant child, and my father never mentioned it. ”
At this point, Xian Xinchen pretended to be ignorant and pushed it cleanly.
Xiang Xiyan smiled and spread his hole cards, "I haven't said what project it is, and Manager Xian is too arbitrary, is it because we are a construction group, there are only construction cooperation projects?" ”
"It's not this, then what's there..."
"I think Manager Xian is a smart person, since Shengxing is doing a public welfare and charity project, to expand the construction of buildings, and the flow of funds is also very strong, in the entire Changnan City, the construction industry is the strongest Xiangshi Group. Although we have not been in touch with each other before, the situation is changing, and we have to move around a lot. Instead of cooperating with those small construction companies without pain, unhappy and unhappy to be limited by their scale and funds, which has lowered the overall scale, it is better for us to take a stake in Xiang's and join forces with the two strong ones, such as Shengxing Real Estate and the strong Xiang's Building, one to open up the soil and one to build the pipe. I think it's also the situation that Uncle Xian wants to see the most! ”
"You're a shareholder?"
When Xian Xinchen reacted, he heard his father's applause and followed the footsteps, "This girl, I haven't seen her for many years, her mouth is as sharp as a knife!" ”
Xiang Xiyan saw Father Xian, and went over with a smile and greeted: "Uncle Xian, I haven't seen you for many years, you have become the head of the real estate, no, as soon as I return to China, my father will rush me to you!" ”
Xian Xinchen was still a little surprised, "Dad, do you know Miss Xiang?" ”
"Don't you know, my father and I are old classmates, and we were like brothers back then!"
Xian Xinchen only despised one sentence in his heart: "Hmph, like brothers, it's not estranged for money!" Oh, for the sake of profit, it's time to get closer again! However, he just wanted to think about it, and there was nothing unusual on his face.
When Father Xian saw Xi Yan, and saw that her wisdom and beauty were becoming more and more unparalleled in the world, he was overjoyed and warmly invited: "Xi Yan, when will you come to your uncle's house to sit down, and also get to know your aunt and Xiaomian." ”
Xiang Xiyan readily agreed, but she couldn't ask for it, "Uncle, naturally I want to sit down, but today I'm still here to talk about business, I wonder if my father's thoughts are like-minded with yours?" ”
"Hahaha, who's to say it's not!"
Father Xian raised his head and laughed, his voice was as powerful as Hong Zhong, his deep-set eyes shone with wisdom, and the corners of his eyes were folded into several deep wrinkles. is kind to Xiang Xiyan, so that Xiang Xiyan does not hit the wall at all.
After so many years, Xian Xiuyuan is not a person who cares. At that time, Shengxing Real Estate was facing bankruptcy, that kind of situation, not to mention just brothers of classmates and friendships, I am afraid that even brothers will avoid it! Moreover, at that time, Xian Xiuyuan had never asked Xiang Yan for help, the family was silent, the family was silent, and everyone understood in their hearts. Xian Xiuyuan made it and earned back face, but the ugly thing was Xiang Yan's face, and he couldn't pass this threshold.
"Go back and tell your dad that Sheng Xing Charity welcomes him to join!"
"Thank you, Uncle Xian."
Xian Xinchen listened to his father's words on the side, so he didn't refute anything, and took two cups and poured water for them. Xiang Xiyan quipped: "Could it be that we only deserve to drink white water?" We're already partners, so why don't you invite me to a drink? ”
Xian Xinchen choked for a while, stunned, and Father Xian hurriedly said: "Xinchen, Xi Yan came back from abroad, why don't you invite someone for a coffee." ”
"Oh... Good. Xian Xinchen agreed with a reluctant expression.
Half an hour later, two customers came to the Starbucks downstairs of the company.
"Otherwise, this is the place." Xiang Xiyan pointed casually, and preferred the location by the window.
Xian Xinchen's gaze moved out of the window and proposed, "The sun is going to shine there soon, why don't you change the position inside." ”
"It's winter, and warm coffee in the sun is good!" Xiang Xiyan said and sat up straight.
"Hello, you two, what do you need to drink?"
Xiang Xiyan was not polite, and spoke first: "I want a cup of iced mocha and a flame cheesecake." ”
The waiter saw that Xian Xinchen next to him was silent for a few seconds, and then took the initiative to ask him, "Sir, what do you need?" ”
"Cappuccino, thank you."
After Xian Xinchen finished speaking, he looked at his watch and glanced out the window, not having much interest in talking to Xiang Xiyan. Because he made an appointment with Jiang Xiaomian to go to the relics later, he thought that this coffee would not delay much.
Xiang Xiyan looked at him absent-mindedly and laughed at him: "Could it be that Manager Xian is stingy and not willing to invite me to this meal?" ”
"No, Miss Xiang thought too much."
"Our fathers have a relationship, even if it's not because of work, we can call each other by name, don't call me Miss Xiang one by one, it sounds weird, just call me Xiyan!"
It may be that she is talking face-to-face, and the distance is close, so Xian Xinchen can hear the tone of her name clearly, not the "smoking" from her father's mouth. He wanted to laugh because of the previous misunderstanding, but he couldn't hold back the laughter, and he couldn't hold back the curvature of his cheeks laughing. After a few seconds, he asked, "West geese, geese flying west?" ”
Xiang Xiyan saw that he secretly held back a smile, and his flabby facial muscles became a little more handsome and flying, and he didn't care what he was laughing at, but he was amused by his words: "It's not a wild goose, it's a three-point water, a flame of flame." ”
When Xian Xinchen heard this name, he felt rare and interesting, and asked: "The flame of the flame is rarely used in personal names, is the 'tide' of the three-point water the 'tide' of the tide?" ”
Xiang Xiyan shook his head, saw that there was no paper and no pen next to him, and said with a smile: "Stretch out your hand to me, and I'll write it to you." ”
Xian Xinchen stretched out his hand, and the strokes of his palm were scratched, and he always felt that he was tickled, and he wanted to retract it, but he still endured waiting for her to finish writing, and smiled after understanding: "It turned out to be this 'Xi', this name, water and fire meet!" ”
Xiang Yanle talked about the origin of his name, "In the past, when I was born, my father struggled with what kind of name to give me to be different. Later, my mother asked the master in the temple to tell my fortune, saying that my five elements of life Gerrigin and Mu were too vigorous, and the two were mutually restrictive, so the name should start from the five elements, and the four elements should correspond to each other, and the names between the two elements should be deterred. When my mother mentioned it, my dad looked through the Xinhua dictionary to find the word, and my name came out like this. ”
After listening to it, Xian Xinchen was as interesting as listening to a small story, and he also laughed: "So that's the case!" ”
Through the glass outside the window, Xian Xinchen's face was warmed, Jiang Xiaomian stopped outside the window and stared at the two of them, their fingertips scratched on the palms of their hands, and the side faces that talked and laughed freely seemed to blur their vision as if the darkness had hit, and the ticking time was erased and disappeared by them little by little.
I made an appointment to go to the relics together, but I was forgotten.
Even the sunlight sprinkled overhead would turn into a pinch of tiny and sharp needles, piercing Jiang Xiaomian's head, through his chest and then on the soles of his feet. So the name to be called was pierced in the heart, unable to speak, and staggered away with a tingling pain under his feet.
"Master, the outskirts of Erxi City."
"Get in the car, girl."
Jiang Xiaomian thought that the driver would wave at her, and then drove the car away, leaving herself alone and with nowhere to go. But the time has come and gone, and the place that was once so remote that no one wants to go is now no longer refused.
She had just opened the car door and had not yet sat down, when someone moved faster and came in directly from the opposite door to sit down first.
"I'm sorry, this is my taxi...... Jiang Xiaomian's word "car" has not yet been spoken, and he saw clearly that the person in the car is Xiang Dongyang, he sat on the seat and hunched his back, moved his hand to support his chin, his two eyes revealed a wicked smile, and he looked "It's not a surprise to see me".
Jiang Xiaomian thought to himself, the wicked smile on the corner of his mouth could not be forgotten in this life. Fortunately, he is not a bad person, otherwise he would be a shadow for a lifetime.
Seeing him like this, he must be entangled in this car, Jiang Xiaomian was speechless, "Xiang Dongyang, this is my taxi." ”
"I know, I won't be able to get a taxi if it's not you!"
Jiang Xiaomian can also be a little forgivable for his occasional flamboyant tongue, "Do you know where I'm going?" ”
"I know, you just said, Erxi Road, it's a Changnan people, everyone knows that it is a place for your family to alleviate poverty."
The driver was very tacit, didn't say anything, and drove forward.
Xian Xinchen's no-show made Jiang Xiaomian too lazy to speak, she leaned back slightly, her eyelids seemed to be coated with a layer of lead, not very heavy, but she was too lazy to open them. It wasn't until the smell of gasoline in the carriage became stronger and stronger that she opened her eyes and opened a small window to let the fresh air blow.
Seeing this, Xiang Dongyang moved over and approached her side, and raised the topic: "Hey, my sister came back from abroad, and she came to your company today to talk about cooperation, have you seen my sister?" ”
"Nope." Jiang Xiaomian's answer was very cold, and he changed to a more lazy position to sleep.
Xiang Dongyang blindly pouted and wondered, "How could it not be?" Her name is Xi Yan, she has long hair, round eyes, and she is very beautiful..."
"Don't make noise, the road is a little far, I want to squint for a while."
"Oh." Xiang Dongyang saw that she didn't think much about herself, so she was obedient and kept silent.
The cold wind outside the car window was blowing, and Jiang Xiaomian would occasionally open his eyes to see the kapok all the way, standing bare like a soldier guarding in the cold winter. When the wind blows, other trees are shaking their branches and leaves, but Kapok will not. Looking at the changing scenes around him, Jiang Xiaomian didn't feel that he would be in a daze, and the road slipped by. Until the driver reminded them: "Girl, the construction ahead, the car is not easy to drive in, you can get here." ”。
After getting off the bus, there is a slightly wider river, and on the silt beach stands a broken and decaying old waterwheel, and a thick layer of stone mud has accumulated on the bucket. Xiang Dongyang was afraid of getting lost, so he followed Jiang Xiaomian and came all the way to the large-scale construction site of the dust. As soon as the orphanage was completed, construction of a Hope Primary School was to be built for these poor children. The cold wind is howling, the figures of the cement road are crawling forward, the excavator workers are also wrapped in cotton jackets, digging half of the mountain to open the road, digging the earth to fill the depression, it is hard to imagine how it was in disrepair before the construction started.
Shocked, Xiang Dongyang couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, is this the countryside?" I've never been to the countryside in my life. ”
Jiang Xiaomian wanted to say that this is just a remote suburb, compared to the countryside, the countryside is more than the smell of fireworks and local customs. When she turned her head and wanted to tell the rich young master that this was redundant, she went all the way without answering.
Passing by the abandoned building, which is now also broken wood and bricks, and the ruins are piled up. Because the building was demolished relatively late when the gleamyard was built, it is now in ruins.
Xiang Dongyang asked again: "Was this a community before?" ”
"Yes, this is my former home."
Yes, once home! Now it is a ruined ruin, where time has crushed by, and history has been desolate. Jiang Xiaomian found out that after demolishing these five-story houses, there was no obstruction, and the volume of the hill behind the building became majestic. When I was a child, I always thought that this mountain was very small, but it turned out that what I saw was only the "tip of the iceberg". The dense green patch on the mountain, with clusters of new leaves, seemed to give winter a war letter.
Scold! In the winter of Changnan, this group of trees is so weird, when people are enjoying the flowers, it falls leaves, and when people sweep the fallen leaves, it is growing new leaves. Jiang Xiaomian forgot what it was called, she once heard her father talk about it once, but she was illiterate and didn't hear clearly at that time, and she didn't know it again.
Walking along the ridge path, you will find the relics, the whole building has a new look, boxy, stable octagonal, and the layout is still the same as before. Xian Xinchen was originally going to build it more widely, but Wu Yuanhao said that the orphanage should be built small, so that the number of orphans living in it would become fewer.
"Look, Sister Xiaomian is here!"
"Sister Xiaomian..."
Daying saw the unfamiliar face, so he asked, "Sister Xiaomian, who is this big brother?" Is it your boyfriend? ”
Xiang Dongyang listened, and hurriedly nodded quietly at them in the direction where Jiang Xiaomian was out of sight, and when Jiang Xiaomian noticed something and turned his head to look, he scratched his neck as if nothing happened, like that, not to mention how funny it was.
Jiang Xiaomian smiled and said: "He's a good friend of my sister, and he's different from her boyfriend."
"Can you play eagle and catch chicks with us?"
Xiang Dongyang hurriedly agreed: "Of course you can, do you want me to be an eagle and Sister Xiaomian to be your hen?"
"That's right!" The group of children spoke in unison, and they lined up behind Jiang Xiaomian.
Xiang Dongyang smiled and grabbed his hand: "The eagle is coming!"
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