Chapter 35: New Year's Gift (2)
The scarf carefully selected for Chen Ran is lying quietly on my desk at the moment, and I specially asked the salesperson to match it with a gift box of the same color and lined with a red bow, which looks warm and elegant. "When you need warmth the most, I have always been the closest place to your heart", a line of gilded small characters inlaid on the light gray box surface, carved out a faint soft light, making people full of joy, but they couldn't help but lower their heads and blushed slightly.
I wonder what Brother Chen will look like when he receives this gift? Will he like it? Will he wear it? Will he understand my mind? I am closest to his heart, silently hugging him, only willing to give him warmth.
"Xiao Li, take this to Mr. Chen, I'll go out" Wang Hao's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting my thoughts, "The ticket he booked" After speaking, he put it on my desk and hurried away with a stack of reports.
A white ticket floated in, with Chen Ran's name suddenly printed on it, as well as the destination of the flight-N City. The crimson font writhed under my eyelids, jumping like insects and ants, shaking people's eyes painfully. The tenderness in my heart seemed to be cut off, like a dead leaf hanging on the branch outside the window, crumbling, only one or two wilted stems hanging on the stem, and there was no trace of it with just a gust of wind.
N City, where is that? How could I not know that this is where his home is, with his wife, his lover, waiting for his family reunion.
Yes, the Spring Festival is a day of wandering angelica and family reunion, which is just an ordinary ticket home.
It was spread out before me silently, without a sound, and as a matter of course, declaring its sovereignty, and disdaining my pestle. Looking at the gift box on the other side of the desk, the light gray that was originally rippling with wisps of manliness and affection was only depressed at the moment, and the fiery red bow and grain heart seemed to have lost their brilliance, leaving only the eye-catching sting and stiff blank space.
Can I still give it to him? Is it okay? Do you still need it? It turns out that I still mind like this, even if I swore the night before that I would not hesitate to fight the fire with moths, but at this moment I am as weak as a remnant in the rain. I'm overestimating myself after all! N city is so warm, how can you use this cashmere scarf!
I looked at them for a long time, until the corners of my eyes became sore. Sighing slightly, is my love loop like a spring flowing eastward? It's a shame that yesterday I was carefully selected and pecked repeatedly, but I didn't think that in the end, I was so hesitant to even send it out. If I were a pleasant goat, I would be full of joy without any worries at this moment, just to offer a piece of true love to the man in my heart. If, if, but how can there be so many what ifs in the world......
The mobile phone rang at this moment, and when I took it out, it was Chen Ran's text message: "Yue'er, I'm in a meeting outside now." How have you rested these two days? Nothing about the body, right? ”
My heart warms, my brother Chen, he is always so caring and considerate like a spring breeze that makes people unable to let go. "Well, it's good, I'm fine, thank you Brother Chen" thought about it and said, "Brother Chen, how are you?" You also drank quite a bit that night. ”
Chen Ran's text message quickly replied, "Your eldest brother and I are old Jianghu, that little wine, no problem", "Don't worry".
My face was slightly hot, he knew that I was worried, so he specially told me to rest assured. He also understood me like this, there was a dampness in his eyes, and there was a mixture of joy and sorrow for a while, and he seemed to see Chen Ran's clear eyes in the haze, and he was whispering to me with a smile like spring, which made people's hearts shake and couldn't move.
Maybe you can still give him this heart? Even if the ticket in front of him was directing him home; Even if the paper-thin certificate builds an iron wall against all pretenders; Putting aside all this, he is my eldest brother Chen after all, under the sky of Kairan, he is no longer a person who is not a relative to me, because of him, I finally feel that I am no longer a person in the wind and frost world.
Why not? Yes, Li Yue'er, it should be regarded as a holiday gift from the younger sister to the eldest brother, and it should be regarded as a thank you for his concern and care for you, so that the natural expression of true feelings, why care where he will go, what he will do, and who he will see? That's something that can be indifferent, so why bother with mediocrity? You have to believe that your brother Chen must be happy to receive your gift, so why not do something that makes him happy? Doesn't liking someone mean wanting him to be happy?
Go ahead, Li Yue'er, be simpler and braver, maybe you will be happier.
My hand gradually moved to the gift box on my desk, and the elaborate bow seemed to shimmer with hope, eager to be passed to where it should be. "When you need warmth the most, I have always been in the closest place to your heart", reciting this soft sentence again, my heart was faintly surging, looking at the soft light shining between the lines in front of me and whispering, "When you need warmth the most, when you need warmth the most...... But what I want to tell you, Brother Chen, whether you need it or not, I have always been in the closest place to your heart.
Suddenly getting up, I didn't hesitate, picked up the ticket and gift box, and walked towards Chen Ran's office.
I knew that Chen Ran was not in the company at the moment, so I put the gift box and the ticket on his desk. The ginkgo tree outside the window has long since withered, its branches are sparse, and it glows with a blue and white halo in the sunlight, which makes people's eyes astringent. Before leaving the door, I looked back at the quiet table again, the return ticket, my gifts, one left and one right, gently placed on the desk, like two boundary monuments in opposite directions, looking at each other from afar but close to the end of the world. I couldn't tell if it was sad or happy, or mixed tastes, I sighed lightly, took out my mobile phone and sent a message to Chen Ran, telling him that the gift I had prepared for him was on his table, and closed the door.
Passing by Wang Hao's office, I caught a glimpse of Zhang Xiaoqi sitting across from him and seemed to be arguing about something. I frowned slightly, knowing too well the entanglement between the two of them, and really felt that I should stay as far away as possible, and turned around to leave, but I heard my name drifting in the wind.
"You just asked Li Yue'er to accompany that Zhao Bing because of this?!"
My heart froze, and my steps stopped.
"Yes, so what, Wang Hao, are you surprised? What's there to be surprised about? Haven't I always been like this in your eyes? Isn't it normal for me to do this? ”
"Xiaoqi, you, you, why do you talk like this?" Wang Hao's voice seemed to be indignant, "When did I say that you are such a person?" ”
"You didn't say it,......" Zhang Xiaoqi smiled bitterly, "but have you forgotten?" Who else in Karan has stayed with you longer than me? Who else knows you better than I do? Don't look at your usual giggling, you seem to often hold me and coax me, but this is what you look like to outsiders! You are talking and laughing, but you look at my eyes, the look in your words, in fact, you have long regarded me as that kind of person in your heart......"
"This, where does this start" Wang Hao sighed helplessly, "Moreover, what does this have to do with Xiao Li, you know that Zhao Bing is a person, and Xiao Li can't drink, why bother her so much?"
"She can't drink, she shouldn't go, I can drink, should I deal with that pervert?!" Zhang Xiaoqi's voice was full of sorrow, as if crying, "I know what that Zhao Bing is, you know better!" From the first time I invited him to dinner, he did not know about those actions and dirty thoughts about me, do you dare to say that you don't know?! But have you ever said a word about me? Have you thought about it for me once? From beginning to end, I was placed around as a vase by you, you turned a blind eye and ignored it, okay, for the benefit of the company, I don't blame you, I told myself, it is inevitable to play in the mall, these are for work, for you, I admit! Anyway, I'm not bad at drinking, who else in the administration department can support you except me? How can I watch you face those demons and monsters alone? It would be nice to be able to share some of it with you. Zhang Xiaoqi's voice seemed to float slowly from a very distance, "So, I will do my best to support your work." Even if the business department has long wanted to poach me, I am indifferent, don't I want to make more money? Is your work in the administration department so valuable? After all, it's not all because of you...... Over the years, even the company's drivers know what I do to you, but you are always noncommittal. It's me stupid, I know that you don't like me and I have to die begging in front of you, I thought that one day you would see me, but I was wrong, what is there in this world' When I happily sent you a ticket to Sanya and you tried your best to refuse, I knew that the feeling was really inhuman, so when you rejected me and persuaded me not to waste time on you, I also admitted it, I was mentally prepared, you said that you have seen too many people and too many things, and it is difficult to be tempted again, I also felt very powerless, thinking that maybe your last marriage left you a psychological shadow, but I have waited for so many years, I have tried my best, but I still can't walk into your heart...... ”
Zhang Xiaoqi seemed to pause and continued, "I also thought about leaving you and leaving the Administration Department, but after several times, I couldn't let you go, so I thought, since you don't have confidence in love and marriage, maybe it's okay to be by your side." Even if I can't make you fall in love with me, even if I want to be a confidante, I think you should think the same way. Therefore, the company engages in competition, and the position of deputy manager of the administration department, I naturally thought that you would recommend me, and who else is more suitable than me in the administrative department in terms of qualifications and ability? But I never expected that you would recommend Li Yue'er! How long has she been in the company? What qualifications does she have to be this assistant manager?! But is the writing better, but this is the deputy manager, is the deputy manager of the administration department of Kairan just a little ink to be able to come down? Can you imagine how I felt when I first heard the news? A bolt from the blue! Really, Wang Hao, I racked my brains and couldn't figure out why you would recommend her! Fortunately, she still has the self-knowledge to give up on her own initiative, hehe, it's ridiculous, is this position given to me by her? ”
"As for the time I met you in the Xinyuan Restaurant later, I didn't say anything, I was suspicious at the time, but you and Xiao Guo were both playing a round on the side, and I also saved face for each other. But after all, my heart is put down, a woman's intuition is the most accurate, and sure enough, I finally heard about your thoughts about her, no wonder, no wonder, everything before and after, can be explained...... Hehe, I think I'm really stupid, Zhang Xiaoqi, you are really smart and confused for a while, how can you believe a man's words? Wang Hao said on New Year's Day that it was difficult for him to be tempted by others, and he confessed to other women in less than two months. Hehe, I'm so stupid, he's just an excuse to refuse you and make you die, only you take it seriously! ”
"But Wang Hao, I'm also a person, I'm also a woman, I'm not invulnerable, I also have a lot of sad and fragile times, have you considered my feelings even a little?! ......" Zhang Xiaoqi finally cried.
The heating in the room is very sufficient, and the warm wind blows from the various vents, making people feel intoxicated, but my heart is chilled by Zhang Xiaoqi's intermittent whimpering. The air seemed to be frozen, and after a long time, Wang Hao seemed to open his mouth, but his voice was very low, I couldn't hear it anymore, only Zhang Xiaoqi's last words drifted with the wind, and there was no excitement and sadness before.
"Wang Hao, no matter what you think, I don't think there's anything wrong with arranging Li Yue'er to go that night. Whatever she is to you, to Karan, she is an employee, no exceptions. ”
My heart is tightly pinched together, even though Zhang Xiaoqi treats me like a thorn in her side, she is not wrong, the workplace will not pity anyone's discomfort and helplessness, and no one has the obligation to take care of and help others.
What's more, Zhang Xiaoqi's feelings for Wang Hao have gone through such a long wait and waiting, but after all, because I was injured, the wounded flowers are so clear and profound, and they are still dripping with blood.
I understand the pain and helplessness of asking for nothing, think about myself, why not another Zhang Xiaoqi? She and I, after so many entanglements, have come to the same end in this way.
I couldn't bear to stop any longer, so I turned and left quickly.
The familiar mobile phone ringtone, Chen Ran's text message jumped into my eyes with unconcealable excitement and excitement: "Really? Yue'er, did you prepare a gift for me? I'm so happy, thank you! But I looked at the screen full of joy, and I couldn't squeeze out a smile.