Chapter 17: Let It Be
On Thursday, I was the first to arrive at the office, and I didn't go in or stand at the door to wait.
I smoked in the stairwell, pricked up my ears to listen to the sound of the elevator outside, and whenever I heard a ding, I poked my head out to see if it was Xiaoyou.
At 7:45, Xiaoyou walked out of the elevator, and as usual, as soon as he got out of the elevator, he found the key in his bag and prepared to open the door.
I threw away my cigarette butt and walked out of the stairwell.
"You're finally here."
Xiaoyou, who was about to open the door, was startled by this sudden sound.
"You're sick, you're scared to death."
"I didn't mean to be frivolous, you were too focused to be scared." As I spoke, I walked over to the familiar doorway and watched her open it.
"Didn't you bring your key?"
"No, I won't bring it in the future, I can't carry a small backpack like you, I can bring one less than I can, it's much lighter." Just find a lame reason, whether it seems plausible or not.
"Nerves."
In the hallway, I was washing the tea set, and she was about to pick up the mop to wash it.
"Didn't I say that? I'll mop the floor later, you put it. Just wipe the table. β
She didn't speak, threw down the mop, and washed the rag.
She doesn't speak, and neither do I.
I quickly washed the tea set and went straight in to mop the floor.
When dragged into her office.
"You put it down, I'll drag it myself."
"Okay." Put down the mop and I'll stand by the door.
"Can you get out?"
"Okay, after dragging it out, I'll go wash it."
I just stood outside the door and didn't let her see it.
"Alright." In less than a minute, she was finished.
She put the mop outside the door, glanced at me, and walked in again.
Just as I was about to take it to wash, Xiao Chen entered the company.
"What? The boss told you to mop the floor? β
"Nope. Does this have to be arranged by the boss? β
"It wasn't all Xiaoyou who did well before."
"Watching a girl do this kind of rough work all day long, does it hurt if you touch your conscience?"
"It hurts." He didn't touch his own, he touched mine.
"Get out!" I slapped his hand away.
"I think we need to rearrange this cleaning before we go to work."
I grabbed Xiao Chen, who was about to leave.
"Yes, I agree." Xiao Chen agreed without even thinking about it.
Xiao Yu did not speak. So, Xiao Chen and I stood at Xiao You's door and reassigned the cleaning work.
"Xiaoyou, you're in charge of your own office."
"I'm in charge of mopping the rest of the floor outside, as well as the tea set. Xiao Chen just wiped the table outside, the air conditioner or something. β
"Whatever." This is what Xiao Yu said.
"You're a great man!" This is what Xiao Chen said.
"Well, then it was so happily decided! Work! β
After speaking, I went back to my job with Xiao Chen.
"Progress?" Before my ass was hot, Xiao Chen asked me secretly.
I shook my head.
"Then why are you so active?"
"This is what men should do, okay, what does this have to do with that."
"Really?"
I nodded.
"Is the consciousness so high?"
"This is a basic quality, what kind of consciousness is required."
"Is the quality so high?"
"A must. You'd better be diligent too. β
"You are such a great, glorious man."
"Don't insult the greats, be serious!"
"If I were a woman, I would definitely not fall in love with you."
"You think highly of yourself, just like you, I'm afraid I can't bear it no matter how much I like it."
"Xiao Chen, I see that you are so idle, can you try that software more if you have nothing to do."
"It's too much trouble to put that much data together."
"Hey~ I know you. Take it, I made two copies of the data myself, you can use it. "After that, I threw the USB flash drive to him.
"Hehe, that's easy."
"You'd better use more snacks. I'm really afraid that you will drop the chain at a critical time. β
"Roger, team leader."
"Don't make a fuss, it's really telling you."
"I'm convinced of you."
"Serve what? What's so convincing about this? β
"Hey, don't you know that people are sinister, it's hard to find a job now, and there are those colleagues who wish you died."
"Is it as terrible as you say?"
"Aren't you worried that I'm better than you and let you give me a hand?"
"You're better than me, I'll give you a hand, so is there a problem? Not very normal. β
"You're naΓ―ve."
"It's you who are too complicated."
"You lack social beatings."
"Well, you said that."
"Fortunately, I'm also a kind person, and I won't take credit from you."
"Well, you're right."
"I mean seriously, don't be so perfunctory to me, okay?"
"Well, not perfunctory."
He looked at me and didn't bother to continue.
All morning, I didn't think much about Xiaoyou, although my mind would think of her from time to time, and glance at her monitor from time to time, but most of my thoughts were on work.
Be a hard worker and have fewer illusions.
Leave work at noon. Passing by the door of Xiaoyou.
"Xiaoyou, do you want to have lunch together?" I asked her a question pretending to be nonchalant.
"No, I'll eat it myself."
Well, the same answer I had in mind.
"Xiao Chen, let's go, let's eat, what are you rubbing."
"Come on."
"I feel like you're taking the initiative." At lunch, Xiao Chen told me while eating.
"Okay?"
"Okay."
"Does it seem natural to you?"
"Okay."
"It's just not particularly natural."
"There's a bit of deliberateness in nature."
"How?"
He shook his head. Then he suddenly clapped my hands and motioned for me to look behind me. I thought it was Xiaoyou, so I turned my head without hesitation, but it turned out that four or five women were coming this way. Damn, stupid b, I'll turn back.
"Hey, isn't it pretty?" He lowered his voice.
", are you pheating me? Let me look back like this, what has become of it? β
"Isn't it normal to look at beautiful women?"
"You can't turn your head to look at it, it's so urgent."
"Are you sick? Like to sneak a peek? β
"Deliberately turned his head to look, and was found to be weird? Just walk over and take a look at it normally, and you don't have to look sneaky. β
"You're shy, aren't you? A little pathologically shy. β
"You're sick."
"Here we are." He gave a quiet gesture.
I was suddenly a little nervous, and I turned my head just now to see that I shouldn't have been found, which was a bit embarrassing.
Five young girls, all tall, short, fat and thin, could not see their faces from my perspective. I didn't look back before I came, but Xiao Chen looked serious.
A few people walked over with a smile, I didn't look at it, I just looked at Xiao Chen.
"The one in light yellow looks better." He gave me a summary.
I listened to what he said and looked up.
"Well, it's in good shape, it's slim, it's not for you."
"Why?"
"You're too fat. What to do if she is crushed? β
",."
After saying that, he laughed out loud.
"I think you're a hypocrisy." Seeing that I finished laughing, Xiao Chen continued.
"I didn't say I was serious."
"Look at a beautiful woman Du Rory, this can't do this, that can't work, and my brain is full of dirty ideas."
"Then I don't, I'm pure appreciation."
"A few peeks call pure appreciation?"
"Don't use the word steal. I just don't think it's good to keep staring at other girls, and I don't know them, I always feel like I want to be a pig brother. β
"Then what you just said, it's not what you said to crush her."
"I'm joking with you, but I didn't expect those images."
"You're a hypocrisy, a hypocrisy."
"Okay, okay, then hypocrisy. Anyway, I don't dare to stare directly at a woman like you. β
"I don't dare to look at Xiaoyou."
"So far, I don't dare."
"Then what step do you dare?"
"I don't know."
"You're really inexplicable sometimes, don't you think?"
"I know. I'm sometimes baffled and contradictory about my own thoughts and practices, you know? β
"I don't understand."
"Hey, maybe it's what you call a false serious."
"That's right, the kind of torii."
"That's right."
I nodded, agreeing with him, that a lot of what I was doing was really contrary to most people's perceptions.
And the terrible thing is that I'm not a saint, I should be one of those people.