Good Night, Liang Xiao

For the situation he will face after returning to the company, Ye Ji'an has already prepared for the worst.Although he and Liang Xiao participated in the fight out of counterattack, and the audio and video evidence was sufficient that even the police did not find fault, which is understandable, but after all, he was the one who was so hot-headed that night that he wanted to invite everyone out for a drink, and everyone was drunk. If something really happened to someone, it must be his dereliction of duty as the team leader.

Ye Ji'an has never been afraid of taking responsibility, because he really feels that he has made mistakes, and it feels even worse to argue with people when he is a coward, so even if the final result is that the whole company reports criticism and all bonuses are deducted, resulting in his Spring Festival During the holidays, he can only cook vegetables and salt water noodles at home to save money, and he agrees.

Who knew that none of the above happened, he was just called into the office by the chairman for a few chats.It was the news that I got suddenly after the morning meeting. The general manager was mysterious and had a bad face when he notified him, which made Ye Ji'an feel nervous.

After waiting for more than half an hour outside the big office on the top floor, he stood in front of the gray-haired, gentle boss. When people asked him how he felt in this position, he thought it was a prelude to firing himself, and he said in his heart that it was true. No way, brother, my mortgage is still more than five years short, and I just reported my recent work diligently for a long time, which is what he went through in his heart several times while waiting outside. It can be said to be professional and humble.As a result, the chairman of the board stunned him with a single sentence, "Do you feel happy doing this job?"

Ye Ji'an's mind turned quickly, and finally said: "If I were to travel back to the time when I just graduated, I would still come for the interview."

The chairman seemed to see through his words at a glance, shook his head, and laughed, "Young people nowadays are not happy. How can you be happy when you are a supervisor in your 30s!"

Ye Ji'an didn't want to say "I'm very happy" against his will, so he smiled politely, nodded slightly, and heard the boss ask again: "How do you feel about the young people working under you now?"

There are more than 20 people in the department, and there are about ten people younger than me. Is this to be reviewed one by one?Ye Ji'an didn't think the chairman could recognize them all, so he just gave a general introduction and talked about the general situation.

The boss took out the employee handbook and flipped through it a few times, "This Xiao Li...how is he adapting from the general part to your side?"

"That's right. He's hardworking and quick-witted."

"Where is Xiao Zhang? You have worked in the United Nations as a graduate student, and you can speak four languages?"

"Yeah, the translation skills are very good, especially the financial vocabulary is very good. It's just that she has not grown up just after graduation, but her colleagues are very happy to get along with her."

"What about this little beam?"

"He is very accurate in his work, he has a good brain and a lot of courage," Ye Ji'an saw Liang Xiao's smiling fox face in front of his eyes, and his heart suddenly felt a little more at ease, "He is a sensible person."

The chairman smiled and said: "I heard that he is a bit arrogant, is it because he is not very good at being a man?"

It's probably because the old bald general manager was choked several times and took revenge on him, so he filed a complaint with the big boss here. Ye Ji'an thought to himself, although Liang Xiao is usually lukewarm with most of his colleagues, he never bought a single order of milk tea. He doesn't participate, is obedient and doesn't like to talk too much, but he is eager to help when he is busy. He just has no interest in others.What's more, in this day and age, where can you get close to your colleagues? Only very few people really make friends.

Thinking of this, Ye Ji'an said: "Liang Xiao does have a personality, but you see, the word 'respecting one's talent' means first of all talent, he is very capable, he just doesn't like to join in the fun, and it's not that he doesn't fit in with others. I feel that for such a mature and capable young man, his personality should be respected."

The chairman closed the employee handbook and applauded him, laughing until the lines in his eyes became vertical and horizontal, "I can see that you cherish your talents."

Ye Ji Anxin said that if I don't cherish these talented people, I can only dedicate my whole life to working overtime alone. Besides, isn't it only natural that talented people are appreciated?Is sweet talk or making a fortune important.Later, he chatted with the chairman for more than ten minutes, and the topics were very scattered. In the end, there was no sign of firing him, so he was let back to work.

Recalling his initial single impression of "a stereotyped old man who cared extremely about the image of his employees", Ye Ji'an couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He felt that the chairman was actually kind and open-minded, and he really had the air of being a big boss.

Of course, the last two weeks before the Spring Festival holiday are also quite busy.Fortunately, a big project has just been finalized, and most of the work he has been involved in recently has been piecemeal work, so Ye Ji'an won't even have to go home.He and Liang Xiao can basically catch the last two subway trains every day. If they can't catch up, they can take a taxi.Ye Ji'an took the basic daily necessities and a change of clothes to Liang Xiao's house. Anyway, it's convenient to go home if he forgets something. He just started living together with his prospective love partner, and he didn't wait until the holiday.

However, it is said that cohabitation, in fact, the basic content is just sleep.It was always a little close when we got home, and Ye Ji'an would often fall asleep on the sofa while Liang Xiao was taking a bath. In the living room, he was accompanied by more than a dozen geckos kept in boxes, and Liang Xiao had to wake him up and give him Raise the water temperature by two degrees more so he won't sink to the point of going to bed without washing.Every time he came out of the bathroom, he would see that Liang Xiao was still full of energy. When he also lay on the bed and was gently hugged from behind, watching Max blink slowly on the bedside table for a long time, the person behind him would be a little sleepy. meaning.

What is gratifying is that the amount of sleeping pills has been reduced by half, and Liang Xiao did not suffer from insomnia all night. In the morning, Ye Ji'an would wake up 15 minutes earlier, make some sandwiches or wraps in different ways, and mix some fruit with yogurt.In the past, he couldn't lift his spirits when he was alone, but now that there are two of them, he doesn't want to make do with it anymore.Often when he was frying eggs, Liang Xiao would yawn and walk to the door of the kitchen, call his brother sleepily and say good morning, and after that, the day's rush would start with squeezing the subway.

The old habits have not been lost, Ye Ji'an will still jog for half an hour before starting work, Liang Xiao will also do the same, but there is no need to avoid him like before, anyway, whether it is tattoos or liking, we have already talked about it, there is no need Hidden and tucked, of course, the shower still can't be done together.

Sometimes Ye Ji'an would suddenly and strongly feel that this kind of life is actually good. Although he was still too busy to have any personal time, the feeling of emptiness to death and anxiety to death was gone.

On the last day before the holiday, he and Liang Xiao made an appointment to watch a live show. It was in a small underground bar next to the Tianqiao Art Center. A Norwegian band came, specializing in heavy metal. It was a typical Nordic rock. He and Liang Xiao both liked the weirdness and half-deadness that flashed in his ears from time to time, just like the cold climate in northern Europe.One morning after get off work, the two had a meal of hot pot. Liang Xiao finally finished washing the dishes, and showed off his CD collection with great interest. The band was short of an early EP. Ye Ji'an took him back to his home in a daze. , pulled out from the album vinyl album that was piled up on the bookcase.

Ye Ji'an was quite satisfied with Liang Xiao's adoring and shining eyes.

He also really wanted to go to the band's rare scene with this crooked little bosom friend to have a good time when this year's work was finally over.

His wish is expected to come true until the end of the day. It is the company's tradition not to work overtime on the last day. Ye Ji'an has even made a reservation for a Vietnamese restaurant with a good reputation. When he went to the general manager's office to make a final brief report, he was suddenly intercepted.

"There's a dinner tonight," the general manager said, "I'm treating guests, and the big shareholders are going to go too. Xiaoye, don't push me."

Of course Ye Ji'an knew that he had to go to drink by himself. From the leader's point of view, this seemed to be a major role of hiring young people, just like himself. He had been to countless such dinners, and he was also a "young talent" to help his boss. Over countless glasses of wine.But he has always been good at self-paralysis, red and white all over his head, squatting in front of the toilet until he vomited bile, he can also prop himself up, wash and tidy up, and go out to continue socializing.He told himself that this was also work, and he had never hesitated like this before.

"I still have something to do at home, see if you can..."

"What's the matter if you haven't married yet?" The general manager was making tea for himself in front of the water dispenser, interrupted him with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately, "Don't go back and waste time, I just informed you The department will go straight to work, you just wait for me here for a few minutes, let's go by car together, don't give me face."

Come on, Ye Ji'an knew that if he didn't go, he couldn't do it. The so-called high-ranking officials crushed people to death-you wouldn't sit in the car if you were given, wouldn't you be arrogant?He gave up resisting and sat on the sofa in the general manager's office to send Liang Xiao a message:

[The leader treats guests, I have to drink, I can't watch the show. 】

Liang Xiao didn't reply, it was only a matter of one or two minutes. Ye Ji'an was looking forward to it for a second, and his heart was suddenly sour, full of great apologies. It felt like walking home with an ugly exam paper when he was a child. .

He picked up the phone again.

【I said something happened to my family, but I couldn't help it, so I had to go to the top of the bag.Can't push it away.They simply wouldn't let me out of the office. 】

【Have you gotten off work? 】

[Don’t skip dinner, and don’t get too excited and drink too much when you arrive at the scene. Listening to music is the main thing, and you have to go home no matter how late it is. 】

Liang Xiao replied: [Okay.Is it the general manager? 】

Ye Ji'an: [Yes, there are several major shareholders. 】

Liang Xiao didn't reply again.

Until Ye Ji'an got into the general manager's car, the other end of the dialog box was still silent.Along the way, Ye Ji'an skillfully and politely chatted with the other two people in the car who were higher than him. He put his handbag on his lap and kept clutching his mobile phone. When he arrived at the hotel, he sent the leader to the elevator. In the coat pocket, a person was waiting in the lobby to pick up the remaining shareholders. A few words were typed and deleted in the input field: 【Are you angry? 】

This one was finally posted.

It was more than an hour before this message was answered. At that time, Ye Ji'an had just finished toasting a round of wine, drank two sips of the cold soup, and sat on the seat with his back to the door, listening to the guests with a very focused expression. He talked a lot, saying that he was a major shareholder, but in fact it was just a few small investors. The main reason was that the general manager wanted to win them over to his side, so as to enrich his wings.Ye Ji'an could see the door clearly, but he could guarantee that his smile didn't look like a sneer. His phone vibrated, and his brain, which was in an empty state, suddenly came back to his senses. It was Liang Xiao's news:

[Senior, come out, don't take your coat and bag. 】

Followed by another:

【I was out. 】

Ye Ji'an was a little dazed for a while, with the wine on his hands, he replied: 【Didn't you go to see it? 】

[It hasn't started yet, just come out. 】

Ye Ji'an thought about it for a while, and finally came up with the answer, maybe this kid wanted to ask him for something, he didn't take his coat and bag, and he just went back to drink after talking.He thought that he had already drank so much, and it was normal for him to go to the toilet under the table, so he said excuse me softly and walked to the door. At first he pushed the velvet door that was as heavy as a city wall, and he was still dizzy and struggling. After finally exerting his strength, his men were suddenly empty. It was Liang Xiao who helped him pull the door open, and then closed it immediately.

"Hey, you're really here..." Ye Ji'an smirked and tried to stand still so as not to put his forehead on his shoulder, "What's wrong?"

"Wait for me, two minutes." Liang Xiao looked at him expressionlessly, with two shadows under his eyelashes.

"What?" Ye Ji'an couldn't turn the corner.

"I'll go in and toast, and take out senior's things by the way, it will be ready soon," Liang Xiao held his shoulders, and whispered in his ear, "You just stand here and wait obediently Me, I want to take you to disco."