1. Reunion of old classmates
It's just May, but the climate in Cloud City is already very hot.
At the gate of Allure Jewelry Company, Ou Muqing held the letter of introduction written to her by Yang Xiuhang tightly, and hesitated for a while before making up her mind to walk into the building.
As soon as he entered the hall, the cold air of the air conditioner came from the surface, which made Ou Muqing couldn't help but shake his body slightly. She took a deep breath and calmly walked into the elevator under the different looks of everyone.
As soon as the elevator door closed, several women at the front desk immediately chattered open.
"Oh my God, where did this woman come from? It's such a hot day now, we're all wearing sundresses, and she's still wearing such a thick coat. The most terrifying thing is, where did she buy that coat? It's too ugly, do you still have such old-fashioned clothes to buy in department stores now? One of the front desk ladies said with a disgusted face.
"Heck, the clothes are only secondary. Didn't you notice the way she looked? That messy curly hair, with that ugly and big pair of black-rimmed glasses, and freckles on his face, is that too miserable, isn't it? If I had been staring at such a face for a long time, I would have been so disgusted that I wouldn't even be able to eat. The other interface said.
"yes, she's a walking disaster." Someone nodded and said.
There were several women standing at the front desk, and although the others did not speak as badly as the two of them, they also clearly expressed dislike for Ou Muqing's dress.
"By the way, what is this woman doing in our company?" After a while, everyone remembered that they seemed to have forgotten to ask Ou Muqing about her purpose.
"Isn't our company hiring an assistant to the president today? Maybe she's here to apply? One of them speculated.
But her speculation immediately drew the scoffs of several other people, "How is it possible?" Is she embarrassed to come to our company to apply for the assistant to the president? It's no wonder she's not blasted out. ”
Although Allure Jewelry is not an international group, it has a lot of requirements for employees. Education, appearance, experience, and ability to handle things are all strict requirements. And Ou Muqing, needless to say, it is impossible to pass the test with appearance alone, so why waste time to humiliate yourself.
But in fact, Ou Muqing really came to apply for the assistant president's job.
Of course, she knew the requirements of the employees who applied for Allure Jewelry, and she also knew that her appearance and education did not meet the requirements, and she didn't want to come, but she couldn't stand the threat of her two girlfriends, so she had to bite the bullet.
Sure enough, as soon as Ou Muqing appeared in the crowd of applicants, she immediately attracted everyone's ridicule.
Maybe the waiting time was too long and boring, and suddenly saw Ou Muqing, who seemed out of place here, this group of arrogant beauties immediately started to bully and tease her.
"Yo, you're not here to apply for the job, are you? With you in this picture, I don't think it's better to waste everyone's time, right? A very fashionably dressed woman said directly and unceremoniously to Ou Muqing.
"That is, it's still a little self-aware to be a man, just like what you look like, and I'm embarrassed to come to Allure Jewelry to apply for the assistant to the president, and you're not afraid of scaring other presidents." The other immediately continued.
The others also nodded in agreement, "You better hurry up, stand with you, our style has been lowered by you." ”
was said such ugly words in front of someone, but Ou Muqing didn't lose her temper, just sighed slightly, glanced at these people, and walked away quietly. She had heard such words too much, and she might have been angry and sad before, but now, she was already immune, and no matter how ugly the words were, it was difficult to cause her mood swings.
Everyone thought there would be a good show to watch, but who knew that she actually left the stage silently, and a large group of people on their side stared at each other and didn't know what to do to react.
Ou Muqing came to the door of the general manager's office of Allure Jewelry according to the address given to her by Yang Xiuhang, took a deep breath before reaching out and knocking on the door, and walked in calmly after getting an answer from the other party.
"Hello, I'm Ou Muqing, I'm here to apply for your assistant president, this is a letter of introduction written to me by Yang Xiuhang." Ou Muqing didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained the meaning of the door.
In fact, she originally wanted to apply for the job by herself, even if she couldn't pass the test, it didn't matter, at least she had an explanation with her best friend. But apparently, those beauties didn't give her this chance. As a last resort, she followed her best friend's wishes and came to find the general manager of Allure Jewelry, who is said to be a good friend of Yang Xiuhang, through the back door.
Tang Shumo stared at Ou Muqing in front of him for a while, but he didn't reach out to take the letter of introduction handed to him by Ou Muqing, but asked with interest, "What is the relationship between you and Yang Xiuhang?" I've known him for more than 3 years, and it's the first time I've seen him beg me for help in such a low voice. ”
Tang Shumo's ambiguous look was too obvious, Ou Muqing naturally knew that he had misunderstood the relationship between herself and Yang Xiuhang, she squinted her eyes and said unceremoniously, "What's the matter with you?" This doesn't seem to have anything to do with you. ”
Yang Xiuhang is the brother of one of Ou Muqing's best friends, and he has always taken care of her as a sister, Ou Muqing respects him very much, so naturally no one can help him ruin his reputation.
Anyway, she is not an employee of Allure Jewelry now, and it doesn't matter if she offends him, the big deal is that her work is in vain, and she really doesn't care too much.
But she didn't know that in Yang Xiuhang's heart, he wished that everyone would misunderstand.
Tang Shumo was not angry at all when he heard Ou Muqing's unkind words, he shook his head helplessly, and chuckled in a low voice.
Ou Muqing didn't understand what he was laughing at, and looked at him inexplicably, and couldn't help but plan the handsome and dashing man in front of him to the category of neurosis.
Maybe Ou Muqing's eyes were too straightforward, even if she didn't say anything, Tang Shumo still saw what she was thinking. He stopped teasing her, coughed lightly, looked at Ou Muqing helplessly and said softly, "Ou Muqing, don't you really recognize who I am at all?" ”
Ou Muqing shook her head blankly, in her impression, she really didn't remember the existence of such a person.
Tang Shumo sighed helplessly, stood up and walked in front of Ou Muqing, stretched out his hand and gently knocked on Ou Muqing's forehead and said, "You stinky girl with no conscience, we haven't seen each other for a few years, you can't even recognize me, an old classmate?" It's a shame that the two of us were still at the same table back then. ”
Ou Muqing stared at Tang Shumo carefully when she heard this, and after thinking about it for a long time, she said with some shock and uncertainty, "You...... Are you Tang Shumo? ”
Tang Shumo nodded with a smile and said jokingly, "Well, it seems that you haven't completely forgotten me." ”
Ou Muqing was surprised, she never thought that the handsome and handsome man in front of her would be the one who gave the whole school a headache when she was studying.
Tang Shumo and Ou Muqing are junior high school classmates. At that time, Tang Shumo was a little devil who gave the whole school a headache, late arrivals and early departures, fighting and absenteeism were his daily homework, and he took a bunch of followers to make trouble everywhere in the school every day. He has so many heroic deeds that his classmates avoid him.
Only Ou Muqing doesn't care, she is willing to take the initiative to approach him and sit at the same table with him.
At that time, Ou Muqing was just the opposite of Tang Shumo, she was smart and well-behaved, cheerful and smiling, and helpful, and she was the darling of all teachers.
There should have been no intersection between such two people, but Ou Muqing saw Tang Shumo's loneliness under his nonsense every day, and took the initiative to approach him, care about him, and stare at him every day not to be like this, not to be like that.
Although Tang Shumo always complained that Ou Muqing was nosy, in fact, anyone could see his change. Basically, as long as Ou Muqing speaks, Tang Shumo will definitely do it obediently.
Later, Ou Muqing transferred to the third year of junior high school for some reason, and after that, she never saw Tang Shumo again. Unexpectedly, when they reunited many years later, he became a successful son at a young age, but she herself was like an ugly duckling, and was disgusted and ridiculed by many people.
"Girl, you haven't heard from you since you transferred to another school, and you haven't been in contact with our old classmates for so many years, are you doing a little too much?" Perhaps seeing the inferiority complex and helplessness in Ou Muqing's eyes, Tang Shumo pretended to be aggrieved and teased her.
Ou Muqing only smiled at Tang Shumo embarrassedly when she heard this, and didn't explain anything.
Regarding Ou Muqing's attitude, Tang Shumo didn't mind, but just sighed secretly. To be honest, seeing Ou Muqing like this now, Tang Shumo was surprised and distressed.
Ou Muqing, whom he knew back then, had an extremely good look, and was very confident and optimistic, he always liked to smile and smile, even if he was sometimes angry, he just jumped and burst out.
But now, I don't know what has happened to her in the past few years, which has turned her whole person upside down.
This change is not only in her appearance, but most importantly in her heart.
In her, he could not see a trace of the optimism she had before, and the whole person was shrouded in a sense of sorrow.
Although he cared about her, he also knew that now was not a good time to ask, so he could only change the topic with a smile and say, "Okay, don't mess with you, I'll joke with you." Mu Qing, welcome to work at Allure Jewelry, we will be colleagues from today onwards. Don't worry, I will take care of you in the company in the future. Let's go, and to celebrate our reunion, I'll invite you out to dinner. ”
Ou Muqing was a little hesitant, not that she was unwilling to go out to eat with Tang Shumo, but that she was worried that her entering Allure Jewelry through the back door would bring gossip to Tang Shumo, after all, she knew that with her situation, she would not be able to meet the conditions of Allure Jewelry employees.
It would be fine if it was someone else who interviewed her today, but Tang Shumo was different, she could feel that Tang Shumo cared about her from the bottom of her heart, and she didn't want to cause trouble to Tang Shumo at all.