Chapter 4: The White Dress

In the rain, a big black G stopped on the side of the road, flashing double.

There is also the smell of cedar that has not dissipated in the car, and the smell of tobacco is even stronger than that.

Shi Ze played late last night and got up early in the morning, and he said that he wanted to smoke a cigarette to refresh himself.

He sat in the main driver's seat, looked at Yan Wangshu in the back seat from the rearview mirror, and said in a Beijing accent: "Brother Yan, the field on the Bund is about to be renovated, you can call someone to give the town a field at that time." ”

Yan Wangshu didn't raise his eyes: "The scourge of the northern capital is over, come to Hucheng Huohuo?" ”

"What words? I told my old man, I came to you to develop my career. Shi Ze spat out the smoke, "I heard that you are coming back today, and I specially braved the wind and rain to pick you up at the airport, you can't fail to see my sincerity." ”

Yan Wangshu didn't answer his words: "I'll drive after smoking, I'll have a meeting in the afternoon." ”

Shi Ze grinned and glanced back, Yan Wangshu's cigarette butt had been extinguished, and the car window had risen a little.

Shi Ze took a deep puff of cigarette and frowned: "Right away." ”

Suddenly, he coughed and laughed, as if he had discovered a novelty: "What a broken car, and I want to hook up with a beautiful woman!" ”

didn't hear Yan Wangshu's response, Shi Ze was used to it.

The rain drifted into the car and fell on Yan Wangshu's cuffs, and the dark clothing was particularly obvious. He looked up, his slender fingers controlling the window to rise.

Then, the windows are lowered again, to the bottom.

The sound of the rain was loud, and it fell on the back of his hand.

Yan Wangshu looked out.

The figure of the girl in the jasmine garden two years ago overlapped with the figure of the girl in the rain curtain in front of her.

She wore a long white slip dress, longer than the one two years ago, and now the skirt was wet with rain and a little embarrassed.

Shi Ze saw that the accosting over there was rejected, and he broke his mouth: "Sure enough, the beauty is not on any car." ”

She walked a little faster, and the hem of her white dress was kicked up.

The ends of her hair were wet from the rain, and she was attached to her arms, and the handle of the umbrella rested on her shoulders, and when the wind blew, the umbrella cloth swayed, and her thin body seemed to be blown away.

Shi Ze extinguished the cigarette butt and said leisurely: "This rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it looks pitiful." ”

Yan Wangshu nodded slightly, and responded to Shi Ze's words in his heart: It looks pitiful.

Yan Wangshu knocked his finger on the car door twice: "Then you try." ”

Suddenly such a sentence came from the back seat, Shi Zewei turned sideways and glanced at Yan Wangshu, and didn't understand what he meant for a while: "Huh? ”

Yan Wangshu looked out of the car window fixedly, and said in a teasing tone: "Didn't you say that she can't look down on a good car?" ”

Shi Ze just said it casually, and suddenly Yan Wangshu was teased like this, and there was a surge of energy in his heart, just try it.

He stepped on the gas pedal lightly.

The car followed the speed of Wen Ran's walking, and Shi Ze pressed the horn: "Beauty, I'll give you a ride?" ”

Wen Ran only squinted at it, how could ventriloquist be like this.

The strange city made her dare not believe the kindness of the stranger.

She walked a little faster.

Shi Ze touched his nose, but he didn't feel embarrassed, and said: "Beauty, I just see that the rain is too heavy, and you don't have a car, so kind..."

Wen Ran turned his head to take a look and interrupted coldly: "No." ”

Shi Ze said two more words, and Wen Ran saw that he was not like the last one to talk to, and he had a rather unrelenting posture, so she stopped directly.

The vehicle continued to move slowly.

Wen Ran's unretracted defensive gaze collided with the sight of the man in the back seat in this unexpected heavy rain.

The rain fell on the umbrella cloth, and the handle of the umbrella leaning on her shoulder suddenly slid down, and the rain poured on her shoulder.

Wen Ran came back to his senses, held the handle of the umbrella, didn't even pull the suitcase, chased the car with a uniform starting speed, and stepped on a circle of splashes.

The car stopped.

Wen Ran stepped forward, looked at Yan Wangshu, and gasped a little: "Can you give me a ride?" ”

There was rain on her arm, dripping down the crook of her slender arm.

Shi Ze half-turned around, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Beauty, this is my car." ”

Wen Ran didn't seem to hear it, and his eyes were fixed on Yan Wangshu's face: "Me and you, by the way." ”

Shi Ze, who was ignored, scolded in his heart:! Which way to go?

The umbrella folds up and leans against the door, and the rain that slips down is absorbed by the fluffy mats.

Wen Ran smelled the smell of tobacco, which seemed to be mixed with a faint smell of cedar.

She tilted her head slightly and looked at Yan Wangshu next to her curiously.

He leaned slightly on the back of the chair, his legs lazily folded, and a tablet on his legs, on which his fingertips quickly operated.

The tablet should be pasted with an anti-peeping film, and Wen Ran can't see anything.

Wen Ran looked up and down, he was dressed well, and he didn't wear any jewelry on his body.

She was a little disappointed.

Yan Wangshu turned his head sideways and narrowed his eyes intriguingly at Wen Ran's gaze.

Wen Ran felt a sense of oppression.

Her pupils widened slightly, and she was ventriloquist about what to say, but Shi Ze spoke at this moment.

"Beauty, why are you following us along?"

His tone was playful.

Wen Ran retracted his gaze: "I live in 'Lanyu Feng', near 'Tanyuan'. ”

Yan Wangshu lives in 'Tan Yuan'.

The filigree incense box is also lying in the 'Tan Yuan'.

At that time, when discussing renting a house with Zhai Xinyi, he decided on a community closer to 'Tanyuan'.

So, it's just a drop-by.

"That might not be a good idea." Yan Wangshu spoke, his tone a little angular.

Wen Ran turned his head sideways, and Yan Wangshu was already looking at the tablet with his head down.

Shi Ze glanced back at Yan Wangshu from the rearview mirror. Judging by his face, he was already thinking about where to put this unknown girl out of the car.

Wen Ran didn't notice anything wrong, she swallowed slowly: "Don't you go back to 'Tanyuan'?" ”

Yan Wangshu: "Don't go back." ”

Wen Ran nodded slightly, her eyelashes drooped, and she suddenly raised again: "Are you going to eat first?" If I don't mind, can I treat you to dinner? Thank you for giving me a ride. ”

The corners of Yan Wangshu's mouth tugged, pressed the tablet on his hand, and when he looked at Wen Ran, his eyes were very straightforward.

He said it bluntly: "Do you want to invite us to dinner, or do you want to invite me?" ”

Wen Ran was also very straightforward: "Please." ”

Shi Ze was speechless, inexplicably felt that the atmosphere in the back seat was a little ambiguous, and said unhappily: "Beauty, this car is mine, and I am the one who drives it, can't you say that?" ”

Wen Ran turned his head: "I can pay for your car." ”

Shi Ze: "......"

"Eating isn't the goal, is it?" Yan Wangshu looked at her.

Wen Ran nodded, and under his gaze, he said tentatively: "I want to go to your house." ”

This was unexpected... Bold and direct.

Yan Wangshu smiled lightly, she was still the same as two years ago.

Such words came out of her mouth, not annoying, and a little seductive desire to explore.

Wen Ran didn't see anything wrong on Yan Wangshu's face, so he swallowed his saliva, stretched his neck slightly, and further said the purpose: "Look at your collection." ”

Under his gaze, Wen Ran's tone was softer and slower than just now, as if he was pleading: "Is it okay?" ”

Her eyes were a little weak, and the tails of her eyes drooped slightly. Like a homeless kitten waiting to be adopted.

Yan Wangshu unconsciously rolled his Adam's apple, and his tone became cold: "What else do you want to do?" ”

What else do you want to do?

Wen Ran's thoughts turned, it is always good to make a friend.

She pulled the bag and touched her phone: "Add your contact information." ”

Shi Ze couldn't hold back, and smiled: "Beauty, is it the first time you have a conversation?" ”

“?” Wen Ran's eyelids jumped, and after he understood, he looked at Yan Wangshu and explained, "It's not a pick-up, I remember you, I've seen you, do you remember?" Two years ago, in country M, ......"

Her explanation was interrupted by a sudden ringing of her phone.

Shi Ze held the mobile phone with one hand, and the mobile phone was also connected to the charging cable: "Brother Yan, you call." ”

"Who called?"

"Your sister."

"......" Yan Wangshu frowned slightly and raised his chin, "Turn on the hands-free." ”

A mature woman's voice came from the receiver of the mobile phone: "Wangshu, Xu Yuyu's niece did join BNile at the beginning of the year. ”

Hearing BNile, the teacher's company name, Wen Ran's heart jumped suddenly, and her palms were sweaty.

She unconsciously pricked up her ears.

Yan Wangshu paused slightly, and then responded: "What are you going to do?" ”

"The design department is in your charge, and you should make this decision."

Yan Wangshu didn't pause this time, as if he had already thought about the decision before asking the question just now: "I'll first ask someone to send her an email on compulsory leave in the name of the company." ”

The phone paused for two seconds: "Don't you need to communicate?" After all, she has been in the company for 12 years, and there has been no disclosure in her work. ”

Yan Wangshu leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes: "She has half a year to report to the company, but she doesn't." ”

“......”

Yan Wangshu added: "Instead of worrying about her loyalty to the company, I think it is more appropriate to directly cut the root cause." ”

"Okay, just do as you say." The female voice on the other side of the phone changed the topic, and her tone became brisk, "When will you arrive at the company?" Eat together in the evening. ”

Yan Wangshu lifted his eyelids and glanced at Wen Ran: "Just set your position." ”

He answered, and hung up.

Wen Ran had read the basic information of 'Carlisle', and in just a few seconds, she had roughly sorted out her thoughts.

The woman on the other side of the phone should be Yan Xihe, the CEO of 'Carlisle' and Yan Wangshu's sister.

Xu Yuyu is the head of product design at the 'Carlisle' counter and Wen Ran's direct supervisor after joining the company.

Not only is she well-known in the industry, but she has also contributed to Carlisle's best-selling design products.

So the current situation is that Xu Yuyu has worked in 'Carlisle' for more than ten years, although he has made a lot of contributions and achieved the position of design director, but because his niece joined the competing company and did not report, he was despised in a few words, and he did not even have a chance to explain.

Wen Ran didn't understand the mall, so he couldn't comment on whether Yan Wangshu's decision was too drastic.

But his decisive way of dealing with it made her realize that he was a person who was not driven by human feelings and rationally weighed interests and disadvantages.

And she, as a closed disciple of the founder of Yan Wangshu's competitive company, this is not a safe identity.

She had wanted to maintain a friendly relationship with him, and it seemed that it would not work to take a look at the filigree incense box earlier.

If he knew her identity, he was afraid that he would immediately expel her.

When Wen Ran looked at Yan Wangshu again, he was looking at him.

Unconsciously weak, she leaned against the window in a panic, turned her little face out of the window, and kept as far away as possible from him.

Yan Wangshu saw her fingers grasping the hem of her skirt, as if she was uneasy and cramped.

He retracted his gaze, picked up the tablet and sent the assistant the decision to deal with Xu Yuyu, and clicked "return" on several design drawings in a row, concentrating on business.

As the rain subsides, the line of sight becomes clearer, and you can see the high-rise buildings with a sense of design.

There are more traffic lights on the road, and there is more traffic on the road.

Shi Ze stepped on the brakes in front of the red light: "Beauty, what's your name?" ”

Wen Ran responded: "Wen Ran." ”

"You're not a native of Shanghai, are you?"

"It's not."

"Then you came to Shanghai?"

"Work."

"Oh." Shi Ze released the brake and started slowly, "What kind of line do you do?" ”

Wen Ran glanced at the man next to him: "Jewelry designer." ”

After she finished speaking, Yan Wangshu still stared at the tablet and did not react.

"Brother Yan." Shi Ze shouted, "You go along." ”

Yan Wangshu tilted his head, looked at Wen Ran's gaze that had not yet been withdrawn, and raised his eyebrows: "What a coincidence." ”

Wen Ran let out a "hmm" and turned his head awkwardly to look out of the car window: "Qiao." ”

She had never encountered such a situation, and now she really felt like a "little spy".

No!

She's not a spy.

She was afraid of being taken for a spy.

Wen Ran was a little like sitting on pins and needles, leaned forward slightly, and said in a thin voice: "The rain has stopped, you can drop me down at the intersection in front, and I will take a taxi myself, so I won't bother you." ”

Shi Ze: "Don't bother, didn't you just say that you want to eat together?" ”

"No, no." Wen Ran quickly refused, "That reminds me that I still have something to do today." ”

Shi Ze was a little confused by Wen Ran's sudden contrasting attitude, and he looked at the rearview mirror: "Brother Yan, can I let her go down at the next intersection?" ”