Chapter 52: The Lost Lover
Early the next morning, Xiaojing came to the company and found a box of snacks on the table, and there was a small note under the snacks: Take care of your body when you work overtime.
Although she didn't sign it, she knew the word, the one he left behind when he used to do his homework with her every day. This kind of dim sum was her favorite when she was in G University, and he was so hearty that he sent someone to buy it from there.
Looking at her favorite dim sum, her heart was mixed, and after a fierce ideological struggle, she crumpled the note and threw it into the trash, and then distributed the dim sum to everyone, leaving no one for herself.
"Xiaojing, Mr. Yu is asking about the progress of the plan, you can go to the general office in a while." She was just about to throw away the box in her hand when she received a call from Director Qiao.
"Okay, I'll get ready, and I'll go in a moment." Hanging up the phone, Xiaojing glanced at Yu Yang's office, there had just been a group of people out of it, and now it was a good time to go in.
She took a deep breath and deliberately pinched the ring on her hand as a reminder of herself. Then she put the paperwork in order before walking towards his office with heavy, slow steps.
"Mr. Yu, Mr. Qiao asked me to report to you about the company's latest marketing plan, will it be convenient for you?" Seeing Yu Yang staring at the information in her hand, Xiaojing knocked lightly on the door and said businesslikely.
Hearing her voice, Yu Yang's originally slightly locked brows relaxed, he looked up at her, and said to her with a smile: "You sit down first, I and I will be fine immediately." ”
Then his eyebrows returned to his solemnity, picked up the phone and called the assistant: "Xiao Li, you ask the finance department to make a new budget, this one has a lot of problems, and about the part of the human resources budget, you ask Mr. Chen to come to the office to find me later, I need to adjust some contents....."
He sat in front of her like that, still in the same voice, magnetic, and speaking a little faster than the average person; It's still the same familiar face, the face is slightly thinner than before, the nose is more pointed than before, the eyes are still bright, less childish, more profound and connotative.
It was the first time since they met again that she had observed him so closely, and the man who had haunted her had come across as alienated and alien to her.
When he worked, he was full of passion, calm, and had the momentum that a leader should have, but he could handle the scale well, he had only come for a short time, and the company was well received by him.
"I'm sorry." Yu Yang's voice pulled Xiaojing's thoughts back to reality.
"Mr. Yu, this is a good plan, take a look." After speaking, she presented the information to him, and at this time she inexplicably added a little awe to him.
"Okay" As he spoke, he glanced at her, and his gaze fell on Xiaojing's hands where he put the information, where a small diamond ring was clearly set, and it was dazzling under the light.
His heart sank suddenly, and his face twitched, when did she put on the ring? What he gave her?
She also realized that his eyes were fixed on her ring, which she had thought of before she went inside, but she saw that his face suddenly sank, and for some reason, her heart did not have the pleasure she had expected.
Realizing his own gaffe, Yu Yang forced himself to calm down, which is a quality that a person in the workplace should have, and it is working time. He adjusted his mood for a moment before picking up the information given by Xiaojing.
Xiaojing's plan is remarkable, except for one or two details, he basically has no other objections; And Xiaojing was also amazed by his rigor and thoughtfulness, she looked at the person in front of her who was quick to think and spoke clearly, and couldn't help but wonder, is this still the one who used to be easy to get sleepy when he reads a book?
Every day, watching him energetic and orderly in handling the company's large and small and complicated things, she once again felt his charm as a professional manager, which seemed to be the same as when he had the court, but it seemed to be very different.
Accidentally, she was distracted again, and when Yu Yang talked to her, she reacted. Yu Yang looked at her, her face suddenly turned red as before, red to the root of her ears. Yu Yang felt that her flustered appearance was as cute as before.
"Have you eaten the dim sum? I think that's your favorite. I also want to mention that in the past, she fell a big fall in order to rush to the queue to buy snacks, but the ring on her hand never lingered in front of his eyes. He couldn't easily mention the topic at this time.
"Huh? I, eaten. Thank you! She had no choice but to say against her will.
"Does it taste the same as it used to be?" He had nothing to say.
"Almost," she apparently didn't want to answer the question, so she quickly diverted the subject, "there's training in the evening, you remember." ”
"I may not be able to participate in today's training, but I will definitely come to the preliminaries next week."
"Oh, okay."
"Take care of yourself." He wanted to say something, but a thousand words were stuck in his throat, but he couldn't come out anyway.
"If it's okay, I'll go out first." She saw that his gaze had returned from his previous state of work to his life, and she subconsciously wanted to escape from it.
"Hmm."
Looking at her back as she turned to leave, Yu Yang's heart was empty. She is really no longer his, this result is a hundred times more uncomfortable than he expected, his heart is filled with loss and helplessness, what should he do with her? He asked himself again.
On this day, Yu Yang got off work very late, he was so tired that he walked out of the empty office area, he didn't get into the driver's car, and he didn't want to go home directly, but drove to Xiaojing's house by himself.
On the way, he looked at his watch, it was already late, I don't know if she slept? He didn't know why he was going to her at this point in time, or if the light of the ring on her fingertip was still shining in his eyes in the morning.
Fortunately, the lights on the fifth floor were still slightly on, and he guessed that she might still be reading at this time, she had always had the habit of reading before going to bed, and it should not be easy to change this habit.
Xiaojing was flipping through a book when a strange phone call came.
"Hello! Which one, please? ”
"It's me." Yu Yang's voice was a little low, and he was a little tired.
"Mr. Yu, what instructions do you have at this time?" Xiaojing is afraid that she will be soft-hearted, and she needs to put each other in the right position so that he and herself will not be confused.
"I'm downstairs at your house, and I want to talk to you." Her attitude did not surprise him, he was very abrupt like this, but because of that ring, his heart was extremely lost for a day. At the moment he missed her, wanted to see her, wanted to talk to her, and this thought drove him to come here and call her.
"If it's a business matter, I've already reported it to you in the morning, and if it's a private matter, I'm afraid it's not very convenient at this time. I'm going to sleep. With that, she pressed the hang up button ruthlessly, and then quickly extinguished the nightlight at the head of the bed.
She could have been more blunt and determined in rejecting him, but in the end she still couldn't give up. As she spoke, her body moved uncontrollably to the window.
Through the window, she saw him standing under the street lamp, looking up at her home alone. At this time, he was different from what he had seen in the morning, the dim light made his figure look dazed and lonely, completely lacking the pride and confidence he had before.
The softest part of her heart was touched. She thought that she could no longer be happy or sad for him, but she overestimated herself, and his every move still deeply affected her heart.
She looked at him stupidly, until a long time later, when he left indifferently, and she felt stunned.
When he got home, he poured himself a glass of whiskey, and with the help of alcohol, he might be able to fall asleep faster.
He had a dream in which he was holding her hand and walking in a sun-drenched forest, when suddenly a gust of wind rose and rolling dark clouds obscured the sky. They got lost, and by accident he fell off a cliff, and when he got up and looked for her, another figure was pulling her into the forest.
"Xiaojing, where are you going," he kept calling out to her, but she didn't hear it, and walked farther and farther, "Don't go, wait for me." ”
He kept chasing after her, but he couldn't keep up with her; He cried until his throat was hoarse, but she didn't stop, he just watched her disappear completely into the misty woods......
"No, no, you can't leave me." With this last cry, he struggled to wake up from his dream, and the corners of his eyes were the tears left by the dream.
This dream was so real that it made him feel like he had fallen into the abyss of his grandfather, abandoned by her and the world.