Chapter 26: Christmas Eve II
As soon as I walked to the elevator, I found Zheng Lian standing there.
"Brother Zheng Lian, why haven't you left yet?"
"I'm waiting for you, guess you won't be talking for long."
"You guessed it."
"Have you eaten?" I shook my head, Zheng Lian raised his hand and looked at his watch, "It's not even a little bit, let's go upstairs and eat some together." ”
I followed and got on the elevator.
"Are you going to go on a business trip to the headquarters with Mr. Yifan at night?"
"yes, report back."
"Why do you have a big business trip for the holidays, what time do you leave?"
"On the plane at 9 o'clock in the evening, where is the work still divided into holidays, I have to rush to the company for a meeting as soon as I get off the plane."
"So sometimes it's better to be a grassroots person, you say."
"Each has its own difficulties."
While talking, we walked into the cafeteria together, there was basically no one in the cafeteria, and when I finished the dishes, Zheng Lian was already sitting in his position and beckoning to me, so he sat with Ze Xin.
I walked over with a plate, sat down and ate straight away, without speaking.
"What did Gang Yifan give you, I'll take a look." Zheng Lian took out a box from his handbag, and when he opened it, it was a string of bracelets, in fact, I didn't have time to see what it was, so I couldn't help but lean my head over to look at it.
"Cartier, Yifan's vision is still the same as always, haha."
"What do you mean?" I asked Zheng Lian curiously.
"No matter what gift we want to give someone, it will always be Cartier."
I thought to myself, no, people give Simi a house.
Ze Xin didn't raise his head and ate silently, replying to WeChat messages from time to time.
"Jiajia, how did you spend Christmas Eve?"
"I made an appointment with friends to eat, drink and admire the moon, but I am not as good as you, and I can travel by plane with Mr. Yifan." I quipped
"You're just gloating, you, Zexin, what about you? How do you spend the night with your girlfriend? Saying that, Zheng Lian turned his head to look at Ze Xin.
Zexin raised his head, "I have to work overtime at night." ”
"Working overtime every day, be careful that your body can't bear it, and you should rest or rest."
"You shouldn't be pushing us to work overtime, right?"
"It turns out that our personnel is like this in everyone's eyes, Jiajia, you hurry up and get the data report of the questionnaire survey and send it to me to see how many people are complaining about our department."
"I'm afraid that you will be stunned on the plane after watching it, and I will always take care of you." I smiled even more happily and looked at Ze Xin, who was also smiling with his head down.
"I don't think you can give a watch, haven't you done it yet?"
"Who said that, I can give it to you before getting off work, so that you can't go to the airport after watching it, lest you have to bother to take care of you when you arrive at the headquarters, saving worry and effort."
"Choke me, you just, no wonder Mr. Cheng has to call you Little Pepper."
I grimaced and went back.
"I've eaten it, you eat slowly." When we were still chatting, Ze Xin got up to wash the dishes, he should be busy working overtime again.
"This Ji Zexin, work is the first." Zheng Lian said with a sigh.
"Aren't you too?"
"Yes, it's all involuntary."
"Sudden feeling, this is the rhythm of trying to find a partner."
"Our object is work and leadership."
"If I were Mr. Zhen, I would be moved to death by you."
As I spoke, I looked at the sink, Zexin was chatting with a girl next to me, and then walked to the door of the cafeteria together.
"What are you looking at?" Zheng Lian found that I didn't speak and shook his hand in front of me.
"I just saw a girl I've never seen before, with Zexin, very beautiful."
"That's probably the new intern in their department, it seems to be called Ruan Wenyu, they Luo personally picked it."
"So, you men know how to look at faces, and you have no taste." I was so angry that I left with the plates, leaving Zheng Lian alone at the table.
When I went to buy coffee in the afternoon, I met Zexin drinking coffee with the person named Ruan, why are there always so many girls around him, is it really like Simi said, he is a scumbag.
I began to hate that I had developed the same habits as him, and the more I saw him, the more I couldn't let go, he was my addiction, and he always made me have regular seizures.
Finally got off work, sent all the information that should be sent to Zheng Lian, packed it up casually, took the bracelet that Nie Yifan bought, went downstairs to the mall to meet Simi Siwan and them.
Simi and Siwan were bouncing towards me in Chinese red sisterhoods.
"What's the situation with you, is this a sisterhood? Can I step down? ”
"What, sour?" Saying that, Simi threw the handbag in his hand to me, "Yours, hurry up and find a place to replace it, let's go and tease the little brother." ”
"Count yourself reliable, you first find a food shop to order, and I'll go to the bathroom to change clothes."
After saying that, I ran to the bathroom to change clothes, Simi's vision is really good, and when I first met him, it was a different person, this red and black waistless tight long-sleeved top, short skirt, Martin boots and overcoat jacket, proper night shining star, I am very satisfied, it is wonderful to have a rich and generous friend with vision.
I happily changed my clothes and walked out of the bathroom, walking towards the location where they texted me, and when I passed by a Cantonese restaurant, I saw Nie Yifan, who was feeding the little boy next to him with vegetables, he looked like he was five or six years old, it should be his son, and next to him, it was his wife, the same as the day of the party, dressed very decently, with exquisite makeup, and a family of three talking and laughing.
"My sister Jia, I'm waiting for you, it's so slow to change clothes."
As I was watching, Simi ran over and grabbed my hand, probably waiting for me too long, I immediately withdrew my eyes and pretended to be okay and pulled her forward.
"Isn't his kid cute?"
"You saw it all?" I was a little surprised, looking at her normal face, I thought she didn't see it.
"Well, I saw it."
"Are you alright?"
"It's okay, he has to accompany his family every Christmas Eve, and Christmas will be spent with me, evenly distributed, how good."
Didn't she know that Nie Yifan would be on a business trip tomorrow? I looked at Simi with an expectant look, I didn't dare to ask or say more, she pulled me all the way and said.
"You know, in previous years, he would prepare a super surprise for me at Christmas, and last year there was a whole sea of balloons in a sky garden..."
The more I listened to her happy descriptions of the past, the more I felt like a bad person, I knew the answer in advance, but I couldn't tell her, I was conflicted, I didn't know what I had to do to be right.
After sitting down in the store, I took out the bracelet box that Nie Yifan had prepared.
"Nie Yifan bought it for our three children, bracelet."
"Cartier, this old man is not bad, and he knows how to please his sisters." Siwan opened the box and tried it on with a very fast hand, and saw that he couldn't buckle it, so I had to put it on him.
"We are sisters and bracelets today, fully equipped, thank you Simi." I picked up the tea and clinked glasses with Siwan Sami.
Simi seemed to be a little unhappy, I looked at Siwan, Siwan picked up her phone and sent me a text message, 'Last year, this old man also seemed to give Simi a Cartier necklace, and the year before last was also Cartier. ’
I put away all the boxes and poured all the best side dishes into the hot pot soup base.
"This soup is going to be boiled dry, hurry up and eat it, don't you want to take me to the bar to meet after eating."
"What, don't you want your central air conditioner and our little brother?" Simi adjusted his mood and poured the dish.
"It can be done at the same time, isn't it, Siwan."
"I didn't see it, I still want to step on three boats, I deserve to be my best sister." Siwan said, raising her glass to me.
Simi immediately followed Siwan's words: "But how can my sister Jia only drink tea." After saying that, a bottle of beer was thrown in front of me.
"I'm in my period, don't mess with me any of you, I'll tell you."
"I'm scared, I'm afraid." Simi quickly withdrew the beer in front of me and drank it with Siwan.
After eating and drinking, we headed towards the bar, this is not the first time I have been to this kind of formal bar, my roommate has taken me once or twice when I was a student, to be honest I love the atmosphere of the bar and I would love to try dancing in the middle of the dance floor, and tonight, I decided to have a meat dinner.
This bar is not far from Simi's bar, hidden in the basement, no one brought it in, I think it is really difficult for ordinary people to find, the music inside feels like it is going to blow up my ears, I can't hear what Siwan is explaining to me, I can only follow them towards the inside.
Siwan exchanged words with Simi and the staff at the bar, they should be frequent customers here, and many of the little girls nodded and said hello when they saw her, and sometimes hugged her.
I followed them to a table next to the dance floor and sat down, and I once again felt in my heart that it was good to have a rich friend, like the table next to the dance floor we sat on tonight, the opening fee was almost worth my monthly salary, and they were like they were here to drink milk tea.
"When the three of us are free, we will meet on the dance floor when the dance begins." Siwan leaned into my ear and said loudly.
I nodded, and the two of them went to chat with other desks with their wine glasses, leaving me alone, and I could only look around to see if there was anyone who looked a little more honest and could safely go over and have a drink with him or something, after all, they were all here, and they had to blend in here.
In order to prevent her from seeing the joke, I had to go to the bathroom first, lest they laugh at me when they saw that I had been sitting in my position. But the bathroom of this bar is at the outermost door, I walked for a long time to find it, and before I entered the bathroom, I saw Ji Zexin and a group of people walking in, I turned around and walked into the bathroom, trying not to let him see me.
Obviously, he can have nothing, why do I have to react so much, and besides, he must not have seen the note I wrote, you can clearly face him normally, Lin Jiajia, what are you hiding.
I tidied up my makeup, took off my coat, brushed back the hair from my left ear, tied a small braid, fastened it behind my ear with a hairpin, and strode inside.
I went back to my desk and started my drink alone.
"Little sister, what's the point of drinking drinks alone, drink with us."
There was a boy walking over from the next stage, who looked about the same age as me, dressed in black, and combed a small back, in fact, he looked very good, but I hated the back the most.
"Who said I'm alone, I'm waiting for my friends, you guys drink it yourself."
I turned sideways, and all the cells in my body were telling me to reject him.
He just continued to walk over, "You look good, do you have a boyfriend?" ”
"Yes, I said that a group of good-looking long-legged beauties over there came to provoke me to do something." I looked impatient.
"I'm tired of watching them, but you're a first-time bar-goer."
"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in you."
"My name is Ou Hao, you don't need to be interested in me, it's enough for me to be interested in you."
I really didn't want to continue the conversation with him, so I watched the lights on the dance floor and immediately went inside, just wanting to avoid him quickly.
"Sister Jia, the peach blossoms are very prosperous, that man's appearance is really good." Siwan walked over with Gu Zai and said loudly.
"What's the situation, why did Gu Tsai come?"
"Sister Jia, we are here to relieve Simi's pain, so I will trouble you to come out and cooperate." Gu Zai said as he pulled Siwan up and walked further inside, jumping up.
Well, I can only dance by myself, I learn to raise my hands and dance to the music, I may have a talent for this, I dance with this music very highly, and from time to time I gesture with people I don't know next to me.
The range of movement may be a little large, and the lower abdomen will be a little painful from time to time.
"Guess who I saw?" Simi leaned over and said to me excitedly.
"Ji Zexin"
"How do you know?"
"I saw it early in the morning, followed by a group of women."
"Those are all senior sisters, all of them are famous people."
"Really?" I was a little happy, and then looked for him everywhere, "Do you know where they are now?" ”
"Over there." I followed Simi's gesture and looked over, they were probably late to the party, sitting in a small corner very nearby, a few people were drinking, and the others were probably on the dance floor.
Before I could see what Ze Xin was doing, I was pulled by Simi and walked towards them.
"Senior brothers and sisters, you are also here for recreation."
"Yo, this isn't Xiao Simi, who's next to this?"
They looked at me, and I smiled at them and nodded.
"This Lin Jiajia, Senior Brother Zexin's girlfriend, you don't know." Simi really opened his mouth to come, and as he spoke, he pulled me over with one hand and pressed me to sit down next to Zexin, and everyone immediately moved to the side.
"I haven't heard Ze Xin say this, Ze Xin has always been so modest, and his work feelings have developed together."
I was about to stand up and explain, but Simi put one hand on my shoulder, "Brothers and sisters, shouldn't we go dancing, such a lively scene." ”
Then everyone stood up in unison, "Yes, yes, walk, dance." ”
After a while, the whole couch was just the two of us.
"Why didn't you just explain." I asked him.
"They like to watch the excitement, and they won't listen to explanations."
"Hello Miss, this is a hot drink that Mr. Ou Hao from the No. 8 station over there ordered for you." The bartender came over with a glass of corn juice and placed it in front of me.
I looked over there, and the back that had just wrapped around me was looking at me, then nodded and continued drinking with his friend.
"You know?" Ze Xin looked at the drink and then at Ou Hao.
"I don't know, I've been talking to each other, it's annoying."
"Aren't you cold dressed like this?"
When he asked this, I really felt cold, especially after the dance was dried by the wind, I subconsciously covered my lower abdomen, and rubbed my bare knee with the other hand.
"I've got a coat, I'll get it."
"Let's put this on first." As he spoke, he took off his coat and handed it to me, and I felt warm all over my body.
"Do you have a class reunion today?"
"Sort of, Lu Fei's pre-marital single."
I know this Lu Fei, I seem to have met at the door of their school cafeteria before, and I heard Simi say that they have a good relationship.
"That's going to have to be fun, aren't you going to dance?"
"I'll just drink, you can go, but I don't think you're feeling well, usually drink and drink corn juice tonight."
"Special times, special times."
After chatting for a while, they finally came back from the dance floor, and as soon as they came back, they gossiped about me and Zexin.
"When did you meet?"
"Ze Xinke has been hiding from us, and he must have a good treat another day."
"I thought Zexin would find a gentle young lady, but I didn't expect to like hot girls too."
One of them looked at my clothes and said something that I didn't feel comfortable listening to, and pulled his coat and didn't answer.
Zexin didn't explain or answer, raised his wine glass, and after drinking for a while, they said that I was not feeling well and wanted to send me back first, so he took me to get my clothes and bag and walked outside.
"Simi and Siwan are still inside."
"They know this place very well, where do you live, I'll take you to a taxi."
"It's still early, I can play for a while."
"You need to rest early, and besides, they'll keep asking questions, do you want to go back?"
I shook my head, "I live nearby, the company dormitory, I'll just walk back." ”
He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's a little late, I'll send you." ”
I nodded quickly.
The wind was strong at night, but I didn't feel cold at all, and I hope there will never be an end to this road.
"Happy Christmas Eve." I looked up at him affectionately.
"Happy Christmas Eve." He still answered me in his gentle voice.
We didn't talk all the time, so we walked slowly, but I don't know why, tonight's road was very short, and I felt like I was downstairs in the dormitory all of a sudden, and I looked up at him, and my eyes couldn't be shifted from him at all.
"Hurry up, I'll go first."
"Zexin." I stopped him.
He turned to look at me, I had so much to say to him, but after this glance, my mind went blank.
"It's okay, you go back early, good night."
"Good night."
After saying that, I watched him cross the street, and then slowly, completely disappeared from my sight, this was the first time he sent me home, and I hope there will be more beautiful firsts like this between us.