Chapter 27: Thinking of Survival (2)
This is a western restaurant called "Kokoen". At this moment, it is a meal, and the figures are bustling, but the soft lighting, melodious music, and gorgeous and dignified style in the restaurant set off a quiet and elegant atmosphere, which is very suitable for talking and communicating.
We chose a window seat to sit down, I took the initiative to hand the menu to Wang Hao to ask him to order, he looked at me, understood my thoughts at a glance, and handed the menu back, "What are you kidding, did I call you here to let you invite me?" β
I smiled awkwardly, "No, no, Manager Wang, I should have invited this meal a long time ago, you have always taken such care of me, thank you very much." I haven't had much eyesight, so please don't take it to heart. What's more, you invited me to dinner last time, even if you invite me back, I should pay for it. β
"Why are you still so polite to me? I thought we were already very acquainted," Wang Hao said suddenly staring into my eyes.
I couldn't help but be stunned there, accustomed to Wang Hao's usual hippie smile, and his seriousness at the moment made people a little uncomfortable. Something seemed to be slowly fermenting in the air, and I couldn't help but clear my throat uneasily, but I didn't know what to say for a while.
After a long time, he withdrew his eyes from looking at me, "Forget it, let's order food first"
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly handed him the menu, and followed his words, "Yes, yes, order first, Manager Wang." The food here looks pretty good. I pointed to the names of the rows of flowery dishes on the menu and pretended to be relaxed, "Manager Wang, you have always been so easy-going to your subordinates, I see that my colleagues in the department have already mingled with you, including me, and I also think that it is my luck to meet a good leader like you, how can I be polite to you." β
Wang Hao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled softly, "Really?" Why didn't I notice it? There was a hint of helplessness and self-deprecation in his words.
"Really, Manager Wang, you see that I don't know how to live up to your kindness so many times, and other leaders have long hated me, you are still willing to give me the opportunity to take the blame, I really feel ashamed" My voice unconsciously lowered, and the guilt of Wang Hao was indeed revealed, and I couldn't help but say a few more words at this moment, "In fact, my personality has always been more introverted, I don't talk much, and I don't know how to deal with others, so if there are any inappropriate words and deeds, please bear with Manager Wang, I was definitely unintentional. My hands were a little cramped on the water glass in front of me, and I didn't dare to look directly into Wang Hao's eyes when I spoke, I always felt that something was wrong with him today, but I couldn't tell what was wrong.
Wang Hao picked up the kettle on the table and filled the water cup for me, I woke up and was busy taking the kettle, "Manager Wang, I'll come, I'll come, how embarrassed are you to add water to me, these should I do......"
"Just sit down, you!" Wang Hao glared at me slightly, and couldn't help but say that he blocked my hand, "Xiao Li, you are always like this, how can we talk, is it possible, you have to be careful all the time for this meal tonight?" Are you tired? After a pause, he replied, "Why do you always make people feel close and far away?" β
I was speechless for a while, Wang Hao was right, I was not good at words, although I entered Kai and then understood that I had to approach the crowd for work, but after all, I had a sparse and quiet personality in my bones, and it was inevitable that I would feel hot and cold; What's more, Wang Hao, although he is an interesting person, I am willing to joke with him, but he really can't afford another layer of affection for me, so I often deliberately keep my distance from him. It wasn't what I wanted to do to make him feel like this, but there was really nothing I could do.
"Is it because of Zhang Xiaoqi?" Wang Hao took a sip of water and asked casually. His tone was slow and calm, but there was something aggressive to my ears.
"Ah, no, no, I'm ...... cough, cough ...... "I was in a hurry to confess, but I choked myself, I almost couldn't breathe, my face was red, thinking that I was really full of foreign appearances, I was anxious and annoyed, and I couldn't help but secretly regret agreeing to today's dinner.
"What's the hurry, say it slowly," Wang Hao couldn't bear to say angrily. Seeing that I was uncomfortable, I hurriedly handed my cup over and motioned for me to drink slowly, but my throat was itchy at the moment, how could I care about drinking water, and waved my hand while coughing, "No, no, thank you......, thank you, Manager Wang......"
"Hey, thank you for telling me at this time!" Wang Hao intercepted my words, suddenly got up and walked to me, patted me on the back, frowned, and said, "Are you better?" Slow down, and no one is forcing you."
His breath suddenly enveloped me, as if the invisible pressure made me very uneasy, I turned sideways, slightly avoided his back hand, and forced a smile at him, "It's better, Manager Wang, it's okay, thank you." β
"Can you please not thank me one by one? Do you have to be angry with me like this? β
"Huh?" I was a little overwhelmed by his words, and suddenly I felt that these words sounded like anger and anger, and they had a different meaning, and I didn't know how to answer for a while, "I, I don't have ......"
"Alas, that's why you're angry with me." Wang Hao looked at me with a blank expression, shook his head, sighed and said with a wry smile, "That's why you can be angry with me like this." β
Gorgeous music wafted in the air, waiters in tuxedos shuttled back and forth in the restaurant, and people tasting food whispered, their faces full of happiness, but Wang Hao and I, standing and sitting, were incompatible with this romantic atmosphere. I was a little at a loss for a moment, as if I had returned to that night walk, and there was a moment in the carriage that was exactly the same as it is now!
"Yo, isn't this our big manager Wang?! What a coincidence, I met it here! A familiar voice came, with the usual coquettishness, vaguely revealing some surprise and excitement.
This voice is too familiar, I can't help but feel a pang in my heart, it's really a coincidence that there is no book, is this considered a "narrow road"?
"Heh, Xiaoqi, it's such a coincidence, I can still meet you here." Wang Hao seemed to subconsciously block me in, and said unhurriedly.
"Hey, you kid, what are you putting on a poker face!?" A male voice came, and he punched Wang Hao in the chest, "Dare to love our big beauty and stick your cold ass with a hot face?!" β
I frowned slightly, this voice didn't seem to be unfamiliar, and I only heard Wang Hao smile and say, "Mr. Guo, aren't you sowing discord?" How dare I put a stinky face on our Xiaoqi beauty, usually I usually offer her in a low voice and good words, for fear that she will give me a stall, even if our administrative department is missing, I can't do without her, right, Xiaoqi? β
"Hmph" Zhang Xiaoqi seemed to smile disgustedly, and said disapprerovitically, "Manager Wang is not afraid to flash his tongue when he says big things, I don't feel how important I am, at least I don't feel it here with you Manager Wang." β
"This, this, Xiao Qi, you say this, as if we have abused you, the conscience of heaven and earth!" Wang Hao was slightly embarrassed by the army, so he had to change the topic, "The two of you are also here to eat?" His eyes swept over Zhang Xiaoqi and Guo Xin, smiling rather than smiling.
"Cough, cough," Zhang Xiaoqi seemed to clear his throat a little crampedly, but his voice seemed to be a little higher, "Yes, is it only allowed for Manager Wang to come here?" I accompanied Mr. Guo to run errands outside, and stopped by for a meal. After a moment of conversation, he smiled faintly and said, "Manager Wang is rare to be so elegant today, how can you invite you to this kind of place before, with friends?" Which friend has such a big face? As he spoke, he ignored Wang Hao's obstruction, and leaned behind him and met my eyes.
The air seemed to stop flowing in an instant, Zhang Xiaoqi's mouth was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, Wang Hao's eyes that couldn't cry and laugh, and Guo Xin's unpredictable face were all frozen in the fragments of time at the same time, and after a few seconds of stagnation, they cracked and scattered all over the ground, silent but as if brewing a violent storm, the mountain rain was about to come, and the wind was full of buildings, but this wind was actually full of lifeless weirdness.
It's not that enemies don't get together, C City is so big, it can still meet here, if Brother Chen knows, should he say that this is a coincidence or a coincidence? sighed helplessly, the matter has come to this, once it has come, then it will be safe. I pulled the hair around my ears, stood up calmly, and smiled decently, "Mr. Guo, Sister Xiaoqi, hello." β
"Heh, it's Li Yue'er" Guo Xin's eyes rolled on me a few times and then fell on Wang Hao's face, jokingly, "Our Manager Wang is really a good fortune, there are a bunch of beauties in the administration department, and Manager Wang is afraid that he will be overwhelmed!" β
"What does Xiao Guo always say!" Wang Hao smiled and said to himself, "No matter how many beauties there are in the administration department, isn't it also to decorate our Kairan faΓ§ade, what does it have to do with me, isn't this also a late overtime today and came out for a meal!" β
"Really? Why didn't I enjoy this kind of treatment when I worked overtime before? Zhang Xiaoqi looked at my face and said in a cold tone, "Manager Wang is really good to Xiao Li!" β
I heard her say harshly, although I understood the original situation, I couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, bit my lip and said, "Sister Xiaoqi, you misunderstood, you did work overtime late." β
Zhang Xiaoqi turned his face away, as if he hadn't heard my words at all, "Xiao Li works so hard, no wonder Manager Wang is so active in recommending others, I just don't know if people appreciate it?" β
My eyes jumped, and my expression had changed. Zhang Xiaoqi's words were too explicit, and he didn't care about each other's feelings at all. I couldn't bear it for a while, and I was about to refute it, but when I saw Wang Hao's eyes swept over, he signaled me not to be silent, forcibly suppressed the anger in my heart, and just pretended not to understand.
Wang Hao's face was blue and white for a while, hindering Guo Xin's presence, "Xiaoqi, where did you go, did our department have less overtime dinners?" Why are you involved with Xiao Li for no reason? You are about to take office now, why do you keep demolishing me as a deputy, I still expect the two of us to work together to fight for the advanced, what do you say if you first infighting and spread out? It's not good for your development either. We have to set a good example for the department, don't we? β
"You ......" Zhang Xiaoqi frowned, his lips moved, and he seemed to want to have a seizure, but he endured it and didn't say it anymore after all.
"Okay, okay, Xiaoqi, is it worth being so angry? It's almost time to be a manager, and you have to learn to be a little moody. Seeing this, Guo Xin interjected, "Wang Hao, you kid listen to me, our Xiaoqi beauty is our Kairan talent, and I will be your deputy soon, you have to cultivate and take care of it, my Guo Xin's words will be here today, if we Xiaoqi are wronged in the future, don't blame me for not giving you face, do you hear?" β
"Hey, what did Mr. Xiao Guo say," Wang Hao hurriedly rolled down, "Xiao Qi still don't understand after so many years?" Her ability is obvious to all, you look at her posture just now, can I still let her be wronged? It's good if she doesn't dislike me! Rest assured, rest assured! He turned his head and said to Xiao Qi and Yan Yuese, "Xiao Qi, look, Mr. Xiao Guo has spoken today, what else is there to worry about?" You know that I'm a person, careless and confused, and I often don't have any sense of proportion, if there is anything that offends you, please have a lot of adults who don't care about me, okay? You see, after this, the two of us will join hands, and there will be more places to rely on you, if you are not happy, Xiao Guo will catch me first, but I am unlucky, even if I can live a little more comfortably, please raise your noble hand and take more responsibility, right? Everyone couldn't help laughing when he said this, and Zhang Xiaoqi also put away the cold words of Shicai, and "spitted" Wang Hao with a smile.
Seeing this, Wang Hao said: "Mr. Xiao Guo, you see that we have met so coincidentally, or let's have dinner together, just add two pairs of dishes and chopsticks!" β
"That's not possible, I finally have a chance to have a meal alone with our Xiaoqi beauty, what kind of light bulb are you going to be, get out of the way, let's eat our own food, go, Xiaoqi, ignore him, let's go over there." Guo Xin said as he led Zhang Xiaoqi inside.
Zhang Xiaoqi agreed, but his steps were still a little hesitant, he glanced at me again, seemed to want to say something and stopped, and finally didn't say anything, he crossed Wang Hao sadly, raised his feet and followed Guo Xin.
The play started abruptly and ended so abruptly, but I felt as if I had been outside the play, watching the three of them appear on the stage. And they treated me as a spectator from beginning to end, and even my name was not in the roadshow crowd. The workplace ecology they represent is ultimately out of place for me; And Wang Hao's sleek rudder and his attitude of not distinguishing between truth and falsehood when he saw the wind did make it difficult for me to adapt. When Wang Hao and I sat back in our seats again, I was extremely convinced that it was a wise choice for me to give up the position of assistant manager.