Chapter 1: Unexpected Promotions
Xu Qin quickly took out a thick stack of money from the bank and stuffed it into a small briefcase that she carried with her, and then handed it to me and took the opportunity to click on my palm, and then she drove me to the tallest building in the center of the city, she rolled down the window and said to me: "Well, we will have a banquet in this revolving restaurant on the top floor today, everything has been taken care of, Chiba has negotiated, you just need to go up and pay now, and remember, don't be wrong, we use your name when we make an appointment." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Then she let me get out of the car, I drove to the underground parking lot, I looked up at the towering building in a bit of a daze, to be honest, it was indeed a wish of mine to have a meal here, but I didn't expect that one day I couldn't help but eat, and it was a private dinner. I struggled to control my emotions and walked to the elevator. The elevator went up one floor after another, and I half-leaned quietly through the window and watched the crowd getting shorter and smaller, and my heart was flooded with thoughts.
I have joys and sorrows when these people come alone.,But I always feel like there's no soul.,I thought it was because of Xiaoya's departure.,But these days a thrilling period of life makes me seem to have a little feeling of returning to my soul.,Maybe there's a restless heart hidden in my body.,I've been looking for excitement.。 But it's good, why did the trajectory of life suddenly flip so big, did it start from knowing Wang Modao, or from a blind date Ouyang Qingwen, or from Xiaoya's sudden natural disaster?
Just as I was indulging my thoughts, a pleasant chime told me that the top floor had arrived, so I flipped my briefcase again, afraid that it was just a dream of my own. The two receptionists at the front desk who looked good stood up and bowed slightly and asked me what was the matter, I was a little nervous and said that I was here to charter the venue, the receptionist smiled professionally and asked if there had been an appointment, I hurriedly said that I had made an appointment, this would be to pay, and then pushed the briefcase to the table, the receptionist smiled and then made a phone call, and soon a young woman in uniform with the lobby manager's nameplate led me to the manager's room on the side, and then I said about the appointment, and then registered, She looked it up on the computer and wrapped a number for me, and I handed over the briefcase, still secretly thinking about the number that I would be able to make up for more than ten years without eating or drinking.
Then she smiled politely and handed me back the briefcase, and said, "Okay, Mr. Wang, you have paid all the money, does Mr. Wang need to issue an invoice?" I thought about it and opened an invoice in the name of the company, and then she continued: "Okay, Mr. Wang, you can wait quietly in the VIP area on the side later, we will send someone to arrange the venue, by the way, there is still your remaining 150,000 yuan in cash for you to check, what else do you need?" As our guest of honor, you can enjoy our top-notch service. She winked at me.
I was just about to say yes, but Xu Qin's inquiry came from outside, so I quickly got up and left with a smile saying that I didn't need it for the time being. After walking out of the door, I saw Xu Qin wearing a royal blue evening dress, a pure white pearl necklace lined her neck was even fairer, she looked at me a little shyly and walked over quickly, and then took my arm and whispered: "Let's go, the extra money is for you to add money, don't ask why or something, don't forget that you want to get some news from me." ”
I looked at Xu Qin a little dazed and took me shopping like a girl next door, and soon she helped me pick out a set of outfits, and 150,000 instantly shrank to more than 2,000, and then she looked at me and said seriously: "Well, sure enough, people rely on clothes, and I usually look at your otaku ** silk equipment, it turns out that you also have the potential to become a male god, hey, see I helped you so much, do you want to mean it?" I was a little uncomfortable and asked what it meant, she tilted her head and thought about it: "Well, I want to think about it, you are also a nouveau riche now, so rich, I can't just let you go, or else, you can invite me to eat ice cream!" After saying that, she pulled me to the nearby McDonald's dessert station, asked for two chocolate cylinders and looked at me, I paid a little strange and ate with her and walked back slowly.
Soon night fell, and everyone in the company received invitations to come here, and after a while, the general manager accompanied three people with obvious majesty also walked in, and suddenly the originally noisy restaurant was silent. The general manager nodded with a little satisfaction, and then walked to the middle and introduced the three in a unique tone, the only woman among the three is the eldest daughter of the president of the group, the current chief spokesperson of the group; On the left is the regional director of Asia, and on the right is the CEO of East Asia, and this time they are here to read out a promotion plan of the company, which involves the appointment of our original general manager to be promoted to the operation supervisor of East China, and at the same time, he recommended me to take over the position of general manager The business is approved first, and the final answer will be given after observing the performance for half a year, so this banquet is also organized by the group with funds.
"Originally, I was going to follow the boss, but his tigress has recently returned to China for development, and he didn't dare to mention me for fear of accidents, but it's just right, I just happen to be able to cultivate the person I like in my heart to take the position." Xu Qin bit her ear and said to me while people were not paying attention. I looked at the eyes of the people around me, and I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat with suspicion, jealousy, envy, and joy.
Then the three pigeons came to the stage to make an impassioned speech, and each came down to talk to the general manager I was about to be promoted, and then the three of them had a drink with everyone and left first, the moment of farewell, the eldest daughter of the president suddenly mysteriously stuffed me with a business card, and then the three of them took the general manager away. I stood in the light and looked at the business card, which seemed to be the business card of a private detective, and I threw it into my trouser pocket in a bit of confusion.
Maybe there is no deterrence of the top boss, plus I, the incoming boss, and I don't look so fierce, everyone seems to have planned to come over one by one to toast, I don't often drink how can I stand this wheel war, even if some good relations help to solve the siege, I can't stand the crowd, and finally drink a dizzy head, even the dishes are not stable, someone in the confusion carefully fed me some, how did the dishes not taste, but a stream of fragrance is not stimulating my nasal cavity.
Because it's the weekend, after eating, someone proposes to sing K and someone wants to go clubbing, and finally they are separated, I use cold water to my somewhat hot face, and then stand by the window and look at the night scene under the neon lights, and suddenly remember the scene when Xiaoya accompanied me along the river many years ago, and I was also drunk and dazed, and then I said goodbye to everyone with her first, and then walked aimlessly along the river, chatting while walking, and finally kissed each other naturally.
When I was reminiscing, a pair of Rouyi wrapped around my waist, I felt the petite head on my back, and Xu Qin's voice came faintly for a while: "Do you think I'm a good girl?" I didn't answer immediately, and after a period of silence behind her, she continued: "You know, since the day I entered the company, I noticed you, although you are not very handsome, but you are very sincere, I often see you help colleagues work overtime, every time I see your tired eyes, I want to rush over to share a burden for you, but I don't have that ability, and then he was very grateful after helping the beast to relieve the siege, and took me to the movies, dinner, dancing and clubbing, and gradually he said to me, as long as I understand things, Everything will naturally pay off, and I thought about resisting, but what can I do to expose him? I'm afraid I'll only be swept out of the house by myself! Later, I felt distressed when I saw your tired look every time you worked overtime, so I told myself, as long as you are given better space, what if I suffer a little sin, so I became an underground lover with the beast. ”
After saying that, there was a sudden silence, the touch of the body told me that she was sobbing, I tried to turn around, looked at her twitching shoulders with her head down, couldn't help but sigh softly and patted her on the back, and suddenly she hugged me tightly, and said intermittently: "I also know, there are a lot of gossips about me now, but I don't care, I only care about the man I like can get better development, finally, I waited for this day, and I can, stay by his side, Although I am no longer the same person I used to be, I am so happy when I think of seeing him every day in the future......" She choked and could no longer speak.
I didn't know what words to use to comfort me for a while, so I had to let her hold me and cry, after a while she slowly stopped crying, I raised her head, she was a little scared and wanted to bow her head, but I insisted on lifting her and then took the napkin next to her and gently wiped her tears and then said with a smile: "Okay, don't cry, feel better, remember that Hearthstone came out by itself, no matter what others say about you, remember what you were pursuing, when you one day stand at a height that others can't reach, Do you still need to care about the so-called gossip of those people, the mouth is long, the upper and lower skins touch each other, why bother, you don't want to live in the shadow of other people's mouths! She smiled after hearing this, and then told me that she was going to touch up her makeup and asked me to wait for me at the front desk first.
I don't know if it's my delusion, it seems that today because of my "Lu Fu", the reception at the front desk looks at me with extra affection, I turned my back a little embarrassed and touched my chin, and suddenly laughed silently. Just thinking about it, Xu Qin's voice came from behind him: "Let's go, we've been delaying for a long time, let's go find them, are you going to sing K or clubbing?" ”
I turned around, at this time Xu Qin changed into a black low-V high-split cheongsam, wrapping her bumpy figure, coupled with a beautiful face after a little light makeup, giving people a bright illusion, she saw me staring blankly, she couldn't help covering her mouth and sneering: "What, I was scared silly when I saw the monster?" I came back to my senses at this time, and responded with a smile: "That's absolutely not, I just suddenly suddenly sighed, there is a girl in my family who has just grown up, and she is eighteen years old." She said a poor word coquettishly, and then led me to the elevator.
In the end, we decided to sing the song first, and then go to the club, so that we would not be overburdened by others. When the two of us finally came out of the bar and were dazed, I saw that she was a little unsteady walking, and hurriedly supported her, she leaned on my shoulder with half-squinted eyes and said with a slight smell of alcohol: "Hao, I can call you Brother Sheng, I don't expect to be your wife, I just hope to be with you every day in the future, I know that I am not clean, and I am not worthy of you, I just want to be by your side, look at you a few more times, and it will be fine!" I didn't know how to comfort her, so I held her tight.
After that, I resolutely dispelled the idea of her driving and stopped a taxi, and I didn't know where her home was when I got into the car, so I reported the address of my home, but I didn't expect that she was going to vomit halfway through, so I quickly asked the driver to stop. The driver was also a warm-hearted person, so he stopped the car and ran to a nearby food stall to ask for some vinegar and hot tea, handed it to me and said, "Alas, young man, drinking hurts your body, you can't be so used to your girlfriend, or are you thinking about something drunk?" "I was a little embarrassed to take vinegar and strong tea, and poured it into Xu Qin, and the driver waited for us to toss before continuing on the road.
When I arrived at my house, I realized that she seemed to be asleep, so I could only gently pick her up and go upstairs slowly. When I put her lightly on the anti-theft bed, I was so tired that I was about to fall down, and I tried to pour a glass of water but felt dizzy for a while, and I remembered that I said that the amount of alcohol was not good at the bar just now, so they poured me a lot of Rio, saying that it was the same as drinking drinks, these liars! I cursed and fell headlong into the bed.
I woke up in the middle of the night in a daze, feeling unusually thirsty and hot, so I took off my coat and pants, came to the refrigerator with hazy eyes and drank a bottle of mineral water, and then groped and climbed into bed, and slowly felt a delicate and smooth softness in my hand, I was a little suspicious and a little excited, and the one under my hand seemed to be very urgent, and then I seemed to see the familiar Xiaoya beckoning to me, and as if I saw Ouyang Qingwen shyly half-naked in front of me, I couldn't distinguish the real and the unreal, only a fire in my heart was burning urgently.
The next day, I woke up groggily, a heavy burden came from my left hand, and an object was pressed on my chest, I tried to open my eyes, and a white body broke into my eyes, I just wanted to close my eyes and wake up suddenly, and the body in my chest gradually woke up, it turned out to be Xu Qin. She looked at me half-propped up, her expressions of surprise and delight flashing back and forth, and finally we all turned our backs and got dressed silently.
"I'm sorry!" She bowed her head silently when she apologized first, I sighed in my heart and then turned around and hugged her in my arms: "Don't blame yourself anymore, no matter how difficult the road you choose, you have to finish it, never say sorry to yourself, and don't always say that you are worthy of it or not, there are not so many people in this world who are worthy of your heart and lungs, and you can only pay for those few people in the future." She didn't say anything, leaned quietly on my chest and hugged me tightly.
In the next two days, I also asked her about Ouyang Qingwen, just accompanied her to play around, she slowly became active from the beginning of the nervousness, and then finally I was able to drink my jokes and chats, I found that she seemed to have observed me for a long time, many habits that I didn't pay attention to she knew, and she was obviously afraid to die but would still accompany me to watch horror movies, until Sunday night she offered to go home and said that she was afraid that Monday would be seen by colleagues It would not affect me well, but I hugged her and criticized seriously:" You forgot what I told you before, don't change your way of life because others will say it, it seems that you are not sad, you have to punish and punish you so that you can remember it longer! ”
She looked up in surprise: "You really don't mind? Ah, how are you going to punish it, you've touched it all over your body, how else can you punish it, ah, don't, itchy! I grinned and scratched the soles of her feet, then grabbed her as she couldn't stand up with her laughter, and threw her onto the bed. After a night of lingering, I walked into the company with her, and then began to adapt to the life of the new position, sometimes she would leave first when working overtime, and after a while, she would come to work with me with food, and then continue to work after some lingering.
Soon a month passed, and I was woken up by a bell on a normal Saturday morning, and I looked at the time when she should go grocery shopping, so I answered the phone with some impatience. There was a strange bass on the other end: "Mr. Wang, you may not know me, but you should remember that someone gave you a business card of mine when you were promoted, I have something here that I believe you will be interested in, don't be in a hurry to hang up the phone, it's about Xu Qin, if you are interested, at half past three this afternoon, come to the café in the street garden alone, and someone will bring you to me there." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
I was a little overwhelmed, but after thinking about it, I decided to take a look, no matter what he had in his hand, I didn't want this girl to be hurt again, so I made an excuse to go out alone in the afternoon and came to the Yuanmeng coffee house. Not long after I entered the door, someone came up to me and the sound of a flute whispered in my ear, "Don't talk, follow me." Then he led me to the bathroom and twisted the sailboat on the wall from a chart of sailing, and soon a passage appeared on the floor.
After walking along the passage for a while, a huge brightly lit room appeared in front of me, many strange things and some ancient line-bound books and even bamboo slips were quietly placed on the shelves on both sides, in the middle was a quaint table of eight immortals with some paint off, a huge Taiji yin and yang fish on the ground was tiled, and eight gossip diagrams were drawn around each side, and there was a gossip symbol in the center of each picture.
"You're really an afterthought, I made people deliberately send business cards, I didn't think you were still so stupid, it's just not in contact, and I'm entangled in that thing, although it's not clear what its purpose is now, but in the long run, it will eventually absorb your Yang Yuan!" A voice that made me feel a little nostalgic sounded, and Wang Modao silently walked out of the shadows, still holding a glass of red wine in his hand and shaking it gently.
"Wang Modao, where did you go, and why did you appear here, how did the eldest daughter of the president of our group know you? By the way, what do you just mean? I asked a lot of questions. He smiled and slowly drank the red wine and said, "Yes, delicious!" Hey, I said that during the time I left, why are you still so curious baby, as soon as you come up, there are 100,000 whys, there are such a welcome to old friends. After speaking, he motioned for me to sit down, and then I realized that the soft sofa and some snacks had been placed behind me at some point, "Don't worry, we have time to talk about it, let's tell you some cruel truths about Xu Qin first!" ”