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Yang Qili did what she said, and dragged Lei Meng to the bar to cash in her reward after get off work.

Zia Machinery Company is located in a business district, surrounded by bustling shops, especially Longxing which is the most high-end and the most expensive.Lei Meng originally thought that Yang Qili was taking him to the bar in Longxing, but unexpectedly, Yang Qili got into Lei Meng's small car and directed him to turn and turn, and finally arrived at a hidden corner.

Raymond parked the car and glanced at the bar's gate. There was a simple wooden sign with three words "Old Time" drawn out with fluorescent sticks.

Yang Qili got out of the car first, and gestured to the name of the bar with her chin, "How is it? Isn't it good?"

Lei Meng didn't quite understand this literary style, so he responded casually: "It's pretty good."

"The place Xu Yao discovered." Yang Qili thought of something and shrugged, "One time we met the new director of the project management department here."

"Song Sifan?" Lei Meng asked casually.

"Well. So you know him." Yang Qili pushed open the door, the bar was not as noisy as imagined, a gentle female voice poured out like moonlight, covering the entire steps.

"Wuyan...go up to the west building alone, the moon...like a hook..."

Raymond moved his ears, "Teng Lijun's song?" Is this the song that should be played in bars?Shouldn't there be heavy metal rock pop skewers in bars?

"Only in such an atmosphere can you taste wine quietly." Yang Qili sat down on the bar counter with ease, and snapped her fingers, "Same as usual."

The bartender obviously knew her well, smiled and nodded at her, and asked Raymond politely what wine he wanted.

Raymond touched his nose, took the drink list but did not open it, and said a little embarrassedly, "A glass of soda."

Yang Qili squinted at him: "Such a disappointment?"

Raymond knew exactly what it meant to drink soda in a bar: "I don't want to, but I really can't drink it..."

Yang Qili curled her lips in disdain: "Cut! I heard that you drink well and serve those difficult customers very well! Satisfied!"

Lei Meng smiled bitterly: "Just to serve them, I went to the hospital twice, and now I really can't drink anymore."

"So hard? How much did you drink?" Yang Qili was surprised.

"Not much..." Raymond obviously didn't want to continue entanglement on this issue, he said to the bartender sincerely, "Just a glass of soda."

When the bartender brought up their glasses, it was Raymond's turn to be surprised.The cup in front of Yang Qili was as red as blood, showing a strange coquettishness under the light. With the exquisite goblet, it looked like the love of a medieval vampire.

"Bloody Mary?" Raymond asked tentatively. This should be the most famous cocktail in the world, but due to its complex taste, few people are really willing to try her.

Yang Qili picked up the cup and took a sip, her lips were stained with blood, and her satiated expression was like Count Dracula who tasted the blood of a virgin. She glanced at Raymond with a smile, "You know what to do."

"You..." - quite harsh.

Lei Meng silently swallowed the last sentence and changed it to: "It's quite courageous."

"Xu Yao recommended this to me." Yang Qili stared at the delicate liquid in the cup, "It was a long time ago... when our department went to the bar to celebrate the first order, he ordered this for me " She shook the glass at Raymond, and the bloody liquid slid across the glass wall, leaving a thin layer of traces, like skin and cicada wings, "Don't look at her bloody name, in fact, the wine's The alcohol content is very low, and most of it is tomato juice. This wine has a nickname, it is called 'tomato juice that does not drink'."

Raymond found this wine from the wine list at hand. In the column of ingredients, it listed: vodka, tomato juice, chili oil, black pepper powder, dried chili powder, lemon juice, sea salt, mustard...

"Is this drinkable?" It can be called a dark dish in the cocktail world!

"Just get used to it." Yang Qili took another sip, showing a very happy expression.

Lei Meng thought about the smell, and thought the soda water in his hand was cuter.

Drinking in silence is not an option. The chaotic background music in other bars does not require communication or embarrassment, but here, old songs from the 80s and 20s are played one after another, and the lingering female voice sings slowly. love.Raymond was not a sad person, so he couldn't enjoy the sad atmosphere.He racked his brains to think about the topic, and only then realized that in the past [-] years of his life, there were very few opportunities to be alone with his sister.

Therefore, the first thing Raymond said when he had no experience in striking up a conversation was: "Do you hate me?"

Yang Qili also simply replied: "Yes!"

Raymond: "..."

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot? Raymond finally felt it today.

"Why?" Lei Meng replayed all the times he had with Yang Qili again, "Because I was slow going up the stairs on the day of the interview?"

"Who would remember such a small thing..." Yang Qili drank the Bloody Mary and slapped the table proudly, "Have another drink!"

The bartender quickly brought a second glass.Yang Qili shook the cup lightly, her eyes were fixed on the blood-colored liquid, her voice seemed to ripple with the blood-colored liquid, and flowed into Lei Meng's heart layer by layer.

"I used to follow Xu Yao to participate in every quarterly group sales report. I gave him every report, and spent every night with him working overtime... I thought that such days would last for a long, long time, until, you came .”

Lei Meng's heart trembled slightly. This sense of embarrassment to see the girl's mind was like a water bird coming through the air, disturbing the calm lake.He was a little flustered and wanted to stop Yang Qili from continuing, but he didn't dare to disturb Yang Qili when she was lost in memories.

"I really hate you... It took me seven years to get so close to him, but you did it so easily. A salesman who became a monk halfway through, originally invested in the project management department, and our director looked favorably at him." Tell me, what qualifications do you have to let me not hate you?"

Lei Meng opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. Yang Qili didn't really want to hear his answer. She smiled and patted Lei Meng's shoulder, "But don't worry, I've figured it out. He I need you because I'm not good enough to meet his requirements, so it's good to have you here." She raised her glass and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I won't be so tired in the future."

"So," she concluded, downing her second Bloody Mary, "I called you over for a drink just to tell you. I don't hate you anymore, let's work together."

She didn't say to be good friends, nor did she say to get along well, she said - to cooperate well.

Will you work together to pave the way for Xu Yao?

Raymond felt sad for a while, watching her enjoy drinking bloody mary cup after cup. How could this kind of ingredient taste so good?

"what's your plan?"

"Plan?" Yang Qili tilted her head, her usually serious and arrogant face became lively because of this small gesture, "Go to work, work hard, and drink well."

"You know what I mean..."

"Heh, life is so short, how many plans can be fulfilled?" She sighed and laughed again, "I plan to marry myself before the age of 35, hold an extremely luxurious wedding, and put away my work. All the money I saved over the years was spent!"

"What a coincidence? I just plan to settle down before the age of 35." ——In fact, it was Li Yuping who planned to settle down with Raymond before the age of 35.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Men start their careers first and then start a family." Yang Qili sneered.

"Like Xu Yao?" Lei Meng asked.

Yang Qili's arrogance suddenly diminished, and she retorted in a low voice, "That's different."

"What's the difference?"

Yang Qili stopped talking.

Fortunately, Lei Meng still remembered that he wanted something from the other party, so he quickly changed the subject when he saw that the situation was not good. Yang Qili had already had her fifth cup. Lei Meng looked at the bright red liquid in her glass, "Do you like drinking?"

Like to drink and be able to drink are two different things.Being able to drink is for socializing at work, but someone like Yang Qili who drives here to drink after work can only be explained by hobbies.

"I didn't like it before."

That's what you like now?Raymond didn't know whether it was appropriate to persuade a person who likes to drink to drink less. He tentatively suggested: "It's not good for girls to drink too much."

Yang Qili stared at the bright red mixture in front of her, and sighed faintly, "I know. But I can't control myself."

She raised her head, glanced at Lei Meng's worried face with the corner of her eyes, and burst out laughing: "Don't worry, Xu Yao once told me that girls are not allowed to get drunk outside. So I have never drunk drunk."

She held her chin and sat on the bar with her feet up, ignoring the restrained professional attire, like a girl who skipped class to come to the bar to drink, afraid of being discovered by her parents, but couldn't help but want to come here to satisfy her hunger.He clearly knew that the wine was poisonous, but he still took one cup after another, never getting drunk after a thousand cups.

She smiled sweetly, as if she had seen through Lei Meng's pale emotional experience, and asked deliberately: "Hey, have you ever met someone like that?" She pointed to her heart, "Just like me."

The milk chocolate in the window appeared in Raymond's mind for no reason... He was obviously a man, but he had a criminal face.

In the conference room, Song Sifan lowered his eyes and turned his head to look straight over. Lei Meng clearly remembered that his heartbeat missed a beat.

Then he heard himself answer firmly:

"No."

The author has something to say: Bloody Mary: This is a popular cocktail in the world, with four flavors of sweet, sour, bitter and spicy, full of irritating, no appetite.This cocktail is filled with the aroma of tomato juice, but the vodka in it makes the taste extremely smooth and slightly spicy, trembling between the tongue and teeth, very lingering.

The above is from Baidu.