An Kang and Liu Xinran, who came back from France, chose to meet at the first Yaohan in Shanghai.

Located on Zhangyang Road, First Yaohan is an iconic shopping mall built in Lujiazui, Pudong, and has a long reputation even in the country. Even after the collapse of Japan's Yaohan more than a decade later, Shanghai's Yaohan is still a popular golden signboard.

The reason why we chose to meet in this high-end shopping mall is not because of Ankang's deliberate arrangement, but because it is relatively close to Ankang's company. Ankang got off work late, so Liu Xinran decided to go from Puxi to Lujiazui to meet Ankang.

The two of them chose a Japanese restaurant with some consensus. If a Japanese restaurant is located elsewhere, customers often worry about the authenticity of the restaurant, the chef, and the ingredients. But if you can open in the famous Japanese brand mall of First Yaohan, there must be no need to worry about it.

I haven't seen her for a few years, Liu Xinran is still the same as before, but Ankang has changed a lot in Liu Xinran's opinion.

Ankang was just a fledgling hairy young man when he was with Liu Xinran, but now he has more maturity and confidence on Ankang's face, which makes Liu Xinran look at Ankang with admiration.

"You went to France for three years, and it seems that the years have left no trace on your face." Ankang naturally pays attention to the youth and beauty that this ex-girlfriend still blooms.

"That's my natural beauty, but you've changed a lot."

"The vicissitudes of time have been left."

"What vicissitudes? You're a little older. Besides, it's good for a man to leave some vicissitudes of time. Liu happily looked at the wine list and asked, "Do you drink sake or shochu?" ”

"Beer bar."

Liu Xinran smiled and said: "When old friends meet, just drink some beer?" Let's have a bottle of roast bar. How about one and a half of us? ”

"The shochu is almost 40 degrees. One and a half? Can you drink this high number of wines? ”

"How does it compare to vodka?"

"You can drink vodka too?"

"Jokes. I can drink half a bottle of liquor with more than 60 degrees. ”

Ankang didn't believe it at all: "Why haven't I ever seen any high-grade wine?" You only drink cocktails, rum and stuff when you go clubbing. ”

Liu Xinran called the waiter and ordered a bottle of soju with a rather chic name and said, "I can actually drink it, but I don't like it." Drinking is a skill that doesn't have to be used, but it must be mastered. ”

An Kang agrees with this very much. He was often forced to drink alcohol, but he never mastered this skill. And I regret it.

"You came to Shanghai this time because of the school holidays?" An Kang asked.

"Of course not, I have finished reading the book and am ready to return to China for development."

"It's only been a few years since you finished the book?"

Liu Xinran said: "Schools in Europe graduate very quickly. I'm just a small master's degree, and it's not an important degree. ”

An Kang and Liu happily clinked glasses and took a sip of soju: "This wine is really a bit strong." ”

"Hahaha. Don't you think it tastes good? ”

"It's ok. I thought you'd stay in romantic France and not come back. ”

"I also want to stay in France romantically, but the conditions don't allow it. Who made me the only girl in our family? It's not a big business, and my dad has to come back to inherit it. He is not seventy or eighty, and he wants to retire at the age of fifty. ”

"You can disagree."

"If he didn't agree, he pretended to be sick to show me. I can't stand this old drama anymore. Think about it or forget it. Sooner or later, the old man has been doing it for half his life, so let him rest if he wants to. But I have one condition. Let me manage the company, and the headquarters will be moved to Shanghai. ”

"Surely he wouldn't agree to that. The headquarters has moved over, how to solve the company's local relations, labor services, and taxes? ”

"Hahaha. You're right. My dad didn't agree. But we came up with a compromise. He agreed to set up another company in Shanghai to focus on marketing, and the original company focused on production. ”

"It's a two-generation leader who uses a transition of power."

"Uh-huh. I can't afford to hand over the whole company to me at once. Besides, I'm not really interested in mining. The old man should take care of it for a few years first. He wanted to rest, so I went back and helped him take care of it for a few days. He's rested, and I'll go back to Shanghai. Anyway, I've been in France for a few years, and I've traveled to the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Africa, and that's it. Now let's calm down and get down to business. How are you? ”

Ankang said: "What else can I do? It's still the boss of that company. ”

"I don't believe it. What kind of official are you now? ”

"What an official, just an ordinary investment manager. Our financial company has a three-tier structure, analysts, investment managers, and general managers. Don't look at the titles on the business card to bluff people, what presidents and vice presidents are actually miscellaneous. By the way, I'll tell you a joke, do you know what we call P and VP? ”

"Isn't it the president, vicepresident?"

"Yes, yes. We call P a fart, and VP a microfart. It's all a piece of. ”

"Hahaha. So what kind of fart are you? ”

"Xiao Shengnai is a little fart."

Half of the wine has been drunk, and the amount of health is already unbearable. Just this half bottle of wine was also poured by Liu Xinran more than half, and Ankang poured a small half. The remaining half bottle was basically filled for Liu Xinran. She is indeed very good at drinking.

Liu Xinran's face gradually flushed, she looked at Ankang with a smile and said, "Ankang, you are not only more mature than before, but also more flavorful than before." ”

"Huh? What flavor do you mean? ”

"The smell of men." Liu said happily.

An Kang smiled and didn't say anything.

When a woman drinks wine and praises a man for his taste, most of them have a deep meaning.

However, Ankang ignores this deep meaning in a polite and modest way.

Liu Xinran did not continue to expand the topic of taste.

The meal was eaten for two hours. Two hours is the standard time for men and women to eat together. Dinner is too hurried and less polite if it is less than two hours, and too intimate if it is more than two hours.

This time is controlled by Ankang, and it is precisely controlled.

After returning home from the restaurant, Ankang simply took a shower and fell asleep.

It's not that he didn't have any waves in his heart when he met Liu Xinran again, but the turbulent waves had long been wiped out by time into small ripples.

Time polishes everything.

Liu Xinran, who returned home, was completely different from Ankang.

Originally, the purpose of her appointment to meet Ankang was just because she planned to develop in this city, hoping to reconnect with the previous people, which could be regarded as a preparation for managing her network in the future.

However, meeting Ankang had a big impact on her. Such an impact made her heart unable to calm down for a long time. The memories that she thought had dissipated seemed to emerge again, like a tsunami, catching her off guard.