She finally got the seat she wanted and lived the life she wanted. He has nothing to lose. Once joy and secret love, even if they are made into a bare wound, will eventually be accelerated by reality to coagulate and scab.
A bright look
When Qizhi came to the venue after finishing what he was doing, the opening song and dance had ended, and he casually found a seat on the side. The two hosts on the stage are busy talking about crosstalk – the male host he knows is little sun, who has just arrived from the planning department. The female host has never seen him. He is petite and has a face temperament that is a bit like that of the popular movie star Tang Wei. He looks very capable with a bun, a high waisted red skirt and a pair of boots. Especially when he speaks, his words are correct and his accent is round, which contrasts with the clumsiness of the tall little sun beside him.
Qizhi couldn’t help asking casually, “was it from outside?”? There is someone nearby who speaks. Manager Qi is a new Xiaojiang from the finance department. It’s the same. She doesn’t show mountains and dew at ordinary times. I can’t see that she is still a beautiful woman! Qizhi’s mind is in a trance, Xiaojiang? I vaguely remember that when I went to the finance department to communicate for the accounts, there was such a person. Because he was new, he was arranged to sit by the door. This is also a hidden rule of the workplace. Every new comer has to survive such an embarrassing process.
He seemed to have said a few words with Xiaojiang. At that time, he thought her voice was good, and the rest was not impressed. But at this moment, Xiaojiang, standing on the stage, is dazzling. It’s really hard to match the thin girl sitting by the door. It is the annual party of the company and a program written and performed by each department. The boss is a real person and likes to make everything look like a model. Therefore, there are hosts, songs and dances, games and lucky draws.
The first prize to be drawn is the final prize. I heard Xiaojiang say above – next, let’s invite Qi Zhi, the deputy manager of the business department, and Zhang Yang, the deputy manager of the technology department, to take the third prize tonight. The prize is… Qi Zhi had to stand up and walk to the stage. Xiaojiang handed him the lottery box first, and joked that the two managers were handsome men, and their names were very pleasant and interesting. One was inspiring, and the other was unobtrusive… The audience laughed, Qizhi took a deep look at Xiaojiang, and Xiaojiang also gave him a bright look.
Since then, Qi Zhi has often recalled that look.
A lost meal card
There are about 200 people in the company. They use a recharge card for lunch, with their names and photos on it. If they lose it, they have to deduct a deposit of 50 yuan and apply again. Qizhi received a long-distance call that day. When he went to the restaurant, it was very late. When he got to the window, he saw a single meal card by the card reader alone. He picked it up and looked at Jiang Xiaoyu. An inch photo, a small face, and a very solemn look. Qizhi put it into his pocket.
It’s inconvenient to go to her and make an internal call – Xiaoyu. Come to my office when you’re free. I’m Qizhi from the business department. When I put down the phone, I was puzzled. How could I call her a joke so recklessly? Does she think I’m frivolous? I was very regretful right now. After a while, the door was knocked. Qizhi was a single room office. He quickly said, “please come in.”. Jiang Xiaoyu’s dress today is very different from that of the host on the stage that day. Plain face, wearing a ponytail, T-shirt and white jeans, looks like a student who has not left school
She shouted, manager Qi, what’s up? Her face rose slightly, and the setting sun just came out of the window, plating her little face with a layer of soft golden yellow, and she could even see the fine hairs on her face. Qizhi felt his chest tighten, and he didn’t know what to say. After a few seconds, he turned to God. Please sit down. Jiang Xiaoyu, who took back the meal card, was very happy. Manager Qi, I didn’t know I had lost it! I’m sure I won’t find it until tomorrow when I go to the restaurant. At that time, I must be in a hurry… Qizhi looks at her with a smile and really wants to touch her ponytail.
How can I thank you? Jiang Xiaoyu was polite, but Qizhi immediately seized the opportunity. There was a customer Association after work. It’s inconvenient to be alone. Why don’t you accompany me? The old-fashioned magnetic way, Qizhi thought, she would definitely refuse him. But Jiang Xiaoyu said generously, OK, what time and where?
A forgetful dinner
Haichao is a newly opened seafood restaurant in the suburbs. When Qizhi was waiting for Laijiang Xiaoyu at the door, she was already half an hour late. Instead of getting angry, Qizhi asked anxiously, “what’s the matter?”? Are you OK? Jiang Xiaoyu said dejectedly that she had been looking for a wardrobe for a long time, and there was no suitable evening clothes, so she could not go out all the time. Qizhi looked at her, still dressed in the daytime, and couldn’t help holding her shoulder and laughing. This is very good. I like it very much.
Naturally, it’s not a customer fellowship, but a dinner for two. Laughing is a straightforward person. She frankly said that she was from a poor family. She is still repaying the school grants, and her brother has to depend on her. Qizhi sighed in her heart, how can she be the same as herself, but she is a man after all. It’s normal to suffer. She is a beautiful girl, but she has to bear the same pressure! Then I ordered nourishing fish soup for her with compassion, and thoughtfully packed a spicy and salted shrimp, and asked her to take it back to my brother who lived with me for supper.
After that, Qizhi couldn’t find a reason to ask her out. He sent her a text message and always said, “sorry, manager Qi, I’ve been busy recently.”. He really wanted to throw away the new mobile phone. Why call him manager Qi again? That night, he called her to laugh, and she also changed her words to say that he was enlightened. They poured out their experiences to each other, without any sense of distance. Although it was a meal in the name of a meal card, she should also know his good intentions.
On the night that the finance department worked overtime for the year-end report, Qizhi deliberately stayed in the company until the dead of night. He pretended to pass by the finance office and was very happy. As expected, he saw that Jiang Xiaoyu was the only one working hard at the computer. Qizhi knocked on the glass window, walked in with a smile, and casually handed two egg yolk pies. God knows he has practiced for a long time to be so casual. Hehe, I’m a little hungry. Jiang Xiaoyu answered. Are you working overtime? Qi Zhi nodded. Let’s go later. I’ll see you off. It’s not safe for girls to walk alone at night. Jiang Xiaoyu shakes her head. No need. The boss said that he specially arranged a shuttle bus for overtime tonight. Qi Zhi nodded disappointedly.
A lost attempt
The business department held a meeting at the end of the year. In order to win over those dealers, the boss instructed Qizhi to bring people and horses to a small town 100 kilometers away. There were hot springs and wild vegetables to eat, which just adjusted the tricky taste of those dealers who were used to eating fierce seafood.
When the business department meets, the personnel of the finance department always accompany it to settle the expenses. Jiang Xiaoyu, a new cashier, was naturally dispatched. When the manager of the finance department proposed to Qizhi, he was afraid that Qizhi would say how to send an inexperienced new person, but he didn’t know that Qizhi was overjoyed. After eating and drinking, a group of dealers with big bellies and round waists went to the hot spring and invited Qizhi to join them, but they were pushed off. He knocks on the door of the next room. Jiang Xiaoyu is wearing a cloth skirt with bare shoulders and suspenders. Seeing him, he blushes: I thought the waiter came to deliver slippers. I just got wet when I took a bath.
Qizhi drank a little too much in the evening, and regardless of any etiquette, he forced himself in, rubbed the door shut, hugged Jiang Xiaoyu’s shoulder, and pressed his hot lips down. The kiss he had been dreaming of actually came true. Jiang Xiaoyu’s lips are cool and sweet, and he only feels infinite dizziness, like holding her and falling into the boundless abyss. It was not easy for Jiang Xiaoyu to struggle out. With only one sentence, “we are not suitable”, he extinguished half of the flame of Qizhi’s whole body.
Why? Qizhi asked. At that time, they were sitting in the open space outside the town. Behind them were the lights of the town. There were a few scattered lights in the village in front of them. The fields were silent, everything was quiet, and the sky was full of stars. It was a waste of time not to talk about love in such a night. Qizhi sighed in his heart. Because we are the same people. Jiang Xiaoyu hugged my knees. Qi Zhi, I know you too well, although we just met.
Qizhi’s heart suddenly cooled. Jiang Xiaoyu in his eyes was the first beautiful and moving thing he saw on the stage, the innocence when he went to his office to get his meal card, the congeniality of the night when he ate seafood, and the amorous feelings of a little woman who just wore a suspender skirt. However, he didn’t expect that she had such a rational and calm side, and spoke like a witch who could divine.
A showdown of fear
They are indeed the same people. They are from poor families and have no dependence. They have to rely on themselves for everything. They also have to spare some effort to support their families. Starting from the bottom is a world away from those who were born with a perfect platform and starting point.
Qizhi has tasted all these things, such as bearing humiliation and bearing heavy responsibilities and striving to become famous. Now, although Jiang Xiaoyu only stands at his former starting point, he can see his coming and going very clearly. He said, so what. I like you. You can resign and I will support you. Think about being short of breath. You can also find another job.
It’s not that simple. The voice of Jiang Xiaoyu is like a piece of ice of despair tonight. It’s not easy for you to form a white-collar company. You can provide housing, cars and family members. You can’t have any mistakes in your job. And I also know how hard it is to find a job. When I just graduated, to be honest, once I ate batter for three days and couldn’t even afford instant noodles. Qizhi couldn’t help embracing her shoulder after hearing this, but now her shoulder is very hard, not as soft as when she hugged just now.
I finally found this job. I cherish it. I want to start well, for myself and my family. Speaking of this, she resisted the urge to cry. Her brother lived with me and I had to pay for his school. But he stole the money I used to pay the rent last week. I scolded him. He said, sister, I just want to invite my girlfriend to KFC… Qizhi wanted to say, don’t be afraid, I have me. But what I didn’t say was how pale I was.
They know each other well, but there is one thing that has never been broken, that is, this company with a good reputation in the industry has an unwritten rule that whenever a colleague falls in love, at least one person must take the initiative to leave before it is made public, because the boss thinks that office romance is a betrayal of him. Moreover, the two of them, one in the business department and the other in the finance department, with the boss’s not open mind, it is enough to think that they are in collusion. If I get suspicious again, I can kick them both out of the door. It’s not that there is no precedent. I must have heard about Jiang Xiaoyu.
That night, the colder I sat. After Qizhi sent Xiaoyu back to his room, he sat on the terrace and smoked a whole bag of cigarettes until he was drunk. He quit long ago. He doesn’t want to cultivate a luxury habit for his frugal life. But tonight, he really has no sleep.
A chance to rewrite the ending
Half a year later, Jiang Xiaoyu was promoted to the manager of the finance department, and the whole company was in an uproar.
Although the former finance manager emigrated to Canada, the speed of his promotion really made him feel bad. On the afternoon of the announcement, Qizhi went on a business trip under the excuse of dunning the payment.
The day before yesterday, they met again and had a chance to rewrite the ending. At about 11 o’clock that night, Jiang Xiaoyu rang his doorbell. He was surprised. How did you find this place? She smiled. If you want, you can find it. She should have made careful preparations that night. When she came, she went to the bathroom to put toiletries and a pyjama with suspenders on the hook. He was a little surprised, but his heart was sad. He understood that it would be a farewell ceremony, and tomorrow, tomorrow is the end of the world.
In fact, he had already discovered the tacit understanding between her and her boss. He deliberately waited for her several times to work overtime, but when she came out, the boss’s black Motorhome slid right in front of her. Leaving him hiding behind the tall portico, crying in the dark night. She changed into the halter nightdress he had seen and came out, her hair falling down, giving him a bright look, just like the first time they met. His voice was dry enough to smoke, but he heard his voice say stiffly, “get dressed and I’ll take you back.”.
He drove her off, but she didn’t say a word. He opened the CD, and it was Liu Ruoying who was singing crazily over and over again. She wanted to ask if you dared to love me as you said… She got off the bus with Bao Jue Jedi, walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around. He rolled down the window, and she half bent down and said in a low voice – you still dare not! Before she decided to commit herself to the boss, she wanted to listen to him to stay. Perhaps, as long as he dared, she would be brave. It’s not that he can’t understand her thoughts, but for the sake of his job, he doesn’t want to be stupid enough to touch the boss’s woman.
She finally got the seat she wanted and lived the life she wanted. He has nothing to lose. Once joy and secret love, even if they are made into a bare wound, will eventually be accelerated by reality to coagulate and scab.
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