reprieve

The sky was too blue to be true.

Sui Ran parked the car on the side of the road, looked at the clear blue sky outside the window, let go of her thoughts and stared blankly for a while.

Haicheng and Yao Ruo took turns calling and texting her, but she never replied.

The heating in the car was fully turned on, and the fine sweat oozing from the forehead irritated the wound, which was itchy and painful, quite sour.

She feels like the perfect example of "extreme joy begets sorrow" - although so far, there aren't many things that make her happy enough to stop laughing just thinking about it.

How much luck there is in this life, some people have a perception in their hearts. If the great good luck comes to their heads, they will not be ecstatic, but panic, and worry about how much they will have to pay in the future to get this good luck.

The SMS alert sounded, and the notification displayed a bank credit card advertisement, which was not the notification she had been waiting for for a long time.

Sui Ran glanced at the screen, but didn't move.

After 2 minutes, the unread message was repeatedly reminded, she took down the phone, looked at the "08:31" above, took a few deep breaths, pressed the horn twice, picked up the shopping bag and got out of the car.

With sleeves on his arms, Mr. Feng opened the door and turned to walk in. After walking for a while, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and pointed to his forehead, and asked, "What's going on?"

Sui Ran switched hands to carry things, touched a corner of the gauze, and said, "I had some friction with my colleagues."

There was a lot of blood, and it was scary at the time, but it wasn't that serious.After cleaning the wound, the doctor gave a tetanus shot, prescribed an anti-inflammatory spray, instructed some maintenance points for skin trauma, and called the next one.

The doctor must have seen a lot, and she didn't take this little broken skin seriously.

It is estimated that Feng Lao also has the same mentality.

Sui Ran knew Elder Feng well. The first half of her life was full of vicissitudes and rich experiences, so it was difficult for others to arouse her empathy and sympathy.The old man is very indifferent to others. For her, it's okay to live well or not, so don't expect her to care about others.

Feng Lao asked: "Did you not handle the matter last time?"

The old man seemed to ask casually, but Sui Ran was deeply surprised: "Yes."

Mr. Feng has always been lukewarm, but compared to the "Don't tell me" that he avoided last time, these two sentences that he took the initiative to ask now are quite rare.

Sui Ran followed Mr. Feng to the backyard, and at the same time started talking about what happened in the past few days, starting from the conflict in the company that the old man blocked back without saying anything.

Old Feng walked in a hurry in front, leaving Sui Ran with a gray head. He couldn't see her expression, but she picked out her ears twice, as if she didn't want to listen, but she didn't bother to stop her.

In the backyard, Sui Ran saw the opportunity and handed over the shopping bag without giving Lao Feng a chance to interrupt—the old man is very indifferent, and he is not familiar with the colleagues involved in her company, so he is most suitable as a tree hole.

She continued talking on her own, and she really felt aggrieved as she spoke.

"I'm very careful. I'm not a nosy person looking for things to do."

If Lao Lou asked her angrily, she could ask Lao Lou in turn: Everyone has worked so hard, why do you have the nerve to beat them back and want rewards for cheating?

Why do people who act innocently suffer more criticism?

Why are you the one who did the wrong thing, but you are justified in shifting the responsibility to others?

Why should I be caught in the middle, the two ends are not flattering, and the two sides are not human?

Too much unevenness, like a stick in the throat.

"My boss is too." Sui Ran squeezed her fingers, resisting the urge to scratch the wound, and couldn't hold back the dissatisfaction with Boss Hai accumulated during this period, "I said don't go or go, I must go. Tell me to keep a low profile and avoid showing off. This time she hit me at the gunpoint herself."

The earliest question was raised by Yao Ruo, and only Haicheng knew about the start of the investigation and the process of the investigation.

Considering that the old building is an old employee of Zhaoyue, and there are seniors and subordinates, Sui Ran can understand Haicheng's mentality of wanting to minimize the impact of this incident. The half-way collapse is also to leave room for the old building.

Haicheng's doing this not only prolongs the time, but also expands the potential direct conflict - he didn't deal with the old building cleanly, it gave him time to ferment, and even gave him the opportunity and occasion to vent.

"She suspects that this has a problem and that has a problem. Instead of solving the problem, she will solve the person who sees the problem and raises the problem."

Sui Ran was puzzled. Last night in the hospital, she asked Haicheng why he let Fu Lanzhou organize the celebration party, and why she and Mr. Fu took turns rubbing fire to stimulate the old building.

Mr. Hai's explanation at that time was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, making Sui Ran think that there was something wrong with his brain and ears.

Mr. Hai said that she suspected that Lao Lou had engaged in false contracts with Fu Lanzhou's instigation—or at least a hint.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Fu Lanzhou was so anxious to urge her to give out rewards for a while.She mentioned to Fu Lanzhou the matter of Lao Lou's fake contract, but Fu Lanzhou always talked about him, either to comfort her not to think too much, or to talk about "stability".

"My boss said that, I figured it out." Sui Ran twitched the corner of her mouth, "She is happy, and she is willing to give some small favors to those who help her, and she doesn't do it if she can't move it. Once it involves herself interests, or she has other plans, she doesn't care and won't pay attention to the mood of some people. Some people, such as me."

Mr. Hai is anxious to fill up the investment quota of the park, so she can suppress the fraudulent things of the old building and cooperate with Fu Lanzhou to maintain the stability of the team.

When things are done, she will liquidate them one by one.

"The most ridiculous thing is that she still doesn't want to be a villain. She thought I was going to leave the job. Before she left, she used me to use my spare heat to light the powder keg. I didn't think about it before, and it was the last time you talked to me. I said it, so..." Sui Ran rubbed her eyes, "My boss may think of me as his own, but the more he is his own, sometimes the more he has to bear the grievance, the more he wants to knock out his teeth and swallow his blood. "

Did Mr. Feng hear it? Sui Ran couldn't see it, but felt that the old man had a good appetite—she not only bought wine, but also bought some soft snacks that go well with alcohol. The old man's 330ml liqueur less than half , I ate a lot of boneless fish.

"Everyone is confused." About to be full, Mr. Feng covered himself with a blanket and comfortably nestled on the wicker chair with an unfinished liqueur. The sun was warm, the old man's eyebrows and eyes were softer than usual, and his mood was also, "You are leaving your job, where are you going?"

"I didn't want to leave my job." I didn't expect the old man's focus to be here, Sui Ran couldn't laugh or cry.Except for Huai'an, no one cared about her thoughts from the beginning to the end. She was just a little fish and shrimp who drifted with the crowd. "Two friends in Huai'an told my boss before that they wanted me to manage operations in their Lingang Park. I said I can't, and I don't really think about it. My boss thinks that changing platforms and jobs is better than my current company. She thought so until last night. I'm really convinced. She doesn't know me and Mr. Sang and the others... "

Sui Ran stopped suddenly.

After a sudden pause, Mr. Feng removed the wine bottle, his eyes conveying the signal of predicting the future.

Sui Ran didn't answer immediately, she bent down and rummaged through the shopping bag, and found a bottle of fruit wine drink bought for herself.

"I only found out about one thing later." Sui Ran said in a low voice, "Before New Year's Day came, Huai'an and her good friend, Mr. Sang whom I just mentioned, broke up. If you want me to say, more than half of the reasons It's for you."

She lowered her eyes to look at the ingredient list, and found that the alcohol content of a few tenths of a percent was about zero, which did not conflict with the doctor's order.She imagined that the old man would frown to express disapproval, and maybe even have some "don't bear me" disgust.

Sui Ran unscrewed the bottle cap, and added a late sentence: "Of course, she made the decision, and it has nothing to do with you."

Mr. Feng hesitated at the mouth of the bottle, but Sui Ran didn't hear clearly and didn't ask, and then said: "It's the same thing for them to break up. Before, around the middle of last year, they worked on a project together, and that project should be It has great potential, but the developer doesn’t know how to manage it, and it’s a bit of a human being... Then by chance, I introduced this project to Huai’an, so after they took over, Huai’an gave me two pax of equity as a reward... It should be Equity, the part that has voting rights to participate in decision-making and not just dividends.

"Then, they were planning to sell this project during this period, and it was almost at the final stage, but the developer of the project was unwilling, so they came to me and wanted to buy my two handkerchiefs.

"It's a coincidence that both parties have the same share, so the decision is actually in my hands.

"The price the developer gave me was really high, and there was an agreement written in black and white, waiting for me to sign it at any time. I thought, this must take care of my own people, so I took the quotation from there to Mr. Sang, Ask them for the same price."

Sui Ran supported her head, thinking of what to say, and when she said the amount, she paid attention to Elder Feng's reaction. Seeing the old man's eyebrows move slightly, she thought to herself that she was somewhat touched.

"So, it's equivalent to tearing up my face with Mr. Sang, how could I go to their place?" Sui Ran snorted mockingly, trying to laugh, but didn't laugh, "I know it's trivial to you Things. I didn’t feel well just now, and it seemed like that was the case when I said it, maybe it doesn’t matter if I look at it in a few days.”

Feng Lao drank the wine in small sips, and then he returned to the world as if from a fugue state. He listened to what Sui Ran said a few minutes ago, and asked, "Did I give it to you?"

"what?"

"money."

Sui Ran pressed the lock screen button, and there was no text message notifying the account except for the push of the app and various advertisements on the screen. She shook her head: "The deadline I gave them is ten o'clock this morning, if they don't arrive before ten o'clock , I will meet with the developer and his lawyer in the afternoon."

She turned the phone to show Feng Lao the time.

09: 12.

Feng Laoxin took a bottle of wine, this time it was bud tea plum wine, took a sip, and frowned, "It's boring."

"I can't give you a strong drink early in the morning." Sui Ran said with a smile.The six bottles she brought this time are all low-alcohol wines that she carefully selected, and they are purely alcohol-flavored drinks.

With wine in his mouth, Feng Lao vaguely uttered monosyllabic words expressing denial.

Sui Ran didn't understand what she wanted to express, so she didn't speak.

The old man swallowed his wine and said, "Xiao Sui, you and I will play a game of bitter tricks." She waved her hand, "It doesn't work."

Sui Ran opened her eyes wide, unknowingly touching the wound on her forehead, she pressed the surrounding area of ​​the wound to stop the itching from spreading, and repeated in disbelief: "Bitter trick?"

"Xiao Sui, have you ever thought about why your friend gave you two handkerchiefs?" Old Feng's thin lips were slightly pursed, and he smiled maliciously, "Why don't you break up at this time? ?”

The old man is really like a fox born out of the world, his vision is like a sharp knife, he can see through it easily, and pierce through it as he likes.

Sui Ran tensed up, from the strands of her hair to the feet overlapping and pressing under the chair.

She sat up straight involuntarily.

"Think about it carefully." Feng Lao said, "Some things are not so coincidental. You are the person involved, and you understand the situation."

Sui Ran nodded thoughtfully.

She did learn a lot from Huai'an.

Judging from the timeline, Huai'an came to Haicheng for Elder Feng, and the future focus on Haicheng is also for Elder Feng.

Is it worth paying such a high price and so much effort for a former researcher who she once described as "misguided"?

Wait, Huaian has done a background check on Mr. Feng. When was the first time the check was done?

Is it parallel with Yu'an's investment in Ziweiyuan at the same time?

Is it possible that she planted such a foreshadowing so early, betting 2% of the equity in advance as a trump card to turn the situation around?

"Xiao Sui?" Old Feng smiled, as if he had experienced great pleasure from the indescribable scheming, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Hmm..." After a while, Sui Ran recovered her voice, "I understand. I'm the person involved, and I've thought about it. A lot of things have happened since I talked to you last time, and I've thought about it a lot too."

She thought about why she asked Sister En Yue and Rui Lan for a lot of money, but Huai An's reaction was so flat.

I wondered whether Huai'an had guessed her plan, or had expected this step.

The difference between the two is huge.

The former can be optimistically understood as trust and understanding of her, while the latter...

The latter is like the bitter trick that Feng Lao said.

Mr. Huai threw away his family and business, and gambled all his wealth. It was just a bitter plan for Mr. Feng, and she was a part of this scheming plan.

"No need."

Sui Ran waved his hand to disperse the cat's hair floating in front of him, and stretched his legs, trying to speak lightly and at ease, but failed.

She fiddled with her phone for a while.There are several documents that she has not dared to confirm whether they have been saved.

Fortunately, it was saved.

"Maybe it seems to you that some people are smart, too smart, like to play some challenging games and make life a game. She...they're not."

She listened to the recording for Mr. Feng—Mr. Tuo Wei’s lawyer reminded her that she had been driving the recording pen from the beginning to the end when she went to Yu’an that day, so she recorded two conflicts that disappeared before they started, including Fiona’s "impossible" ", Rui Lan was furious.

Show Feng Lao the long voice that Mr. Sang sent to her later.

Nothing can be said to people.

The two looked at each other silently, and the dim mobile phone on the table lit up again, showing Huai'an's call request, Sui Ran didn't move, Feng Lao bent over and grabbed a handful of pine nuts.

"Your agency... I believe in acting." The old man raised his chin and asked again, "Don't you accept it?"

It's quite rare for Huai'an to play voice at this point. Could it be that Haicheng couldn't get in touch with her, so he simply told President Huai everything that happened last night?

The matter has come to this point, it doesn't matter if you say it or not, Sui Ran clicked to refuse, and replied: "It's not convenient [frown]"

It is indeed inconvenient.

If the progress of the plot is interrupted at a critical moment, and then continued, it is easy to lose the original strength.

Feng Lao has deep-rooted hostility towards investors (in a broad sense), causing her to think of the other party's motives and goals from the worst perspective, but an investor is also an individual, although he has the right to allocate money and resources, But it is still a person who needs to breathe and eat, not a cold machine, not a program with a fixed mode.

Mr. Feng did not make it clear from the beginning to the end of the olive branch offered by Huai'an, neither said to do it, nor said he would not do it.

She works as an intermediary, and there is a creed in this business: If the target is not clearly rejected, then she will become your potential customer.As the old saying goes, "Business cannot be done with benevolence and righteousness", but now, it has evolved into "This time it cannot be done and the next time it will be continued until the transaction is made."

Huai'an judged from Feng Lao's performance in intermittently publishing papers and exchanging results with former colleagues and friends.

So the current situation is clear at a glance: at least one of Party A and Party B has a clear intention, while the other has doubts.

After figuring this out, Sui Ran decided to do something as an intermediary.

Sui Ran wanted Mr. Feng to see: Investors are also human beings, who can make wrong decisions, invest in emotions, and even be threatened, deceived, and stabbed in the back by others.

Like Huai An, she took this step boldly and self-consciously.

She can't explain her intentions to Sister Enyue and Rui Lan, regardless of whether the other party agrees or not, or whether they believe her or not, even if Sister Enyue and Rui Lan believe her and are willing to cooperate, then it will become a relationship between her and Sister Enyue. , Rui Lan's acting, the effect and her confidence in the confrontation with Feng Lao were greatly reduced, and it also deviated from her original intention.

She wants to bet.

Sister Gai Enyue and Rui Lan are also ordinary people, not as refined and selfish as Feng Lao thought, not as indestructible.

Sui Ran and Mr. Feng sat face to face, thinking about whether to say "It's really not an act", but from the corner of their eyes, they noticed a small piece on the top of the screen that kept changing.

The cold and dry three words plus a repulsive expression were sent, and the other party died down.

But not all was silent.

Look, the status bar above shows "the other party is typing..." for a while, and "the other party is talking..." for a while.

After four or five minutes, Huai'an also sent three words.

- "I want to go back"

After a moment of silence, Sui Ran said: "I just said that she came out to do it alone because of you. This is a fact. I didn't deliberately exaggerate it. I said this is not a moral kidnapping of you, and I didn't want a good result from you. She did this, I I also think she's... not very smart."

Pretty silly.

She talked about all the new cognitions Huai'an gave her since the two reunited.

"It's not obvious to you, but she is quite a restrained person." Sui Ran said, "I don't understand a lot of things. I don't know if she doesn't care, or she is used to it. She always talks less and does more... Worrying gone."

In the latter sentence, Sui Ran spoke with sincerity.

Just like a few minutes ago, if she hadn't been watching all the time, seeing the entanglement and hesitation behind the three words "want to go back", just seeing the three words, it would be like the simple "drink more hot water" , It is inevitable that people will think that this person has no heart, which makes people angry.

But she just saw it.

She received it.

At that moment, Sui Ran hated the distance of thousands of mountains and rivers.

"I don't know why she insists on looking for you, I don't know if she used me or not, I don't think I will care - take a step back, even if you don't achieve consummation in the future as you said, it will be in the future and now, it is my will, my will."

Sui Ran tightened the cap of the wine bottle, and stood up slowly with her palms on her thighs.She can't touch a drop of alcohol, no matter how low the degree is, she will feel dizzy after taking a sip.

"Actually, I went to Boss Xiaoxiang yesterday. I don't know if she told you. The reason I went to her is very simple. I asked her if she knows if you still want to continue doing research. She said, you haven't Put it down. If it weren't for her words, I wouldn't bother you today. "

She checks the time again.

09: 47.

Just at this time, two more unread messages appeared in the upper left corner of the WeChat interface, from Sister Enyue.

"Please cooperate with us to complete the follow-up matters as soon as possible."

"[picture]"

Mr. Feng's network is not very good here, and the thumbnail image is a remittance certificate, so Sui Ran clicks on it.

In about 30 seconds, the transfer certificate was loaded, and the bank notification was pushed out above.

Sui Ran opened the text message and put the phone in front of Mr. Feng.

"Huai'an is now abroad, and she is still busy with this matter. She has gambled her entire fortune. I originally thought that if I got the money, I could make up a little bit. At least there is a way out for people, because no matter what, the equity is also given by others. Now……"

Elder Feng pushed the phone down with his fingers, "What about now?"

"Now..." Sui Ran reached for the phone, dizzy, and shook it as if he had stepped on empty space, but he felt relaxed and at ease, "I think it's better to forget it, don't embarrass you, and don't embarrass yourself Myself. With such a sum of money, even now I can retire and travel around the world."... Why hang on a tree with a crooked neck.

She omitted the latter sentence and smiled, "That's it anyway, sorry to bother you again today."

Sui Ran didn't play hard-to-get tricks, so he left quite decisively and quickly.Passing through the dark and winding corridor, the speed is getting faster and faster, as if the wind is blowing under your feet, you run uncontrollably.

The phone she was holding vibrated slightly, Sui Ran ignored the tube, and only gasped and breathed vigorously when she got into the car.After a while of breathing, she started the engine and drove forward aimlessly.

It wasn't until Sui Ran realized at a certain intersection that this was considered drunk driving, pulled over to the side of the road in a panic, and got out of the car, that Sui Ran didn't remember to check the information.

The gigantic cactus asked cautiously, "See you tomorrow night?"

Sui Ran squatted on the side of the road, buried her head in her arms and laughed muffled until her stomach ached. She had laughed enough, she picked up her phone.

"If this is a question, then my answer is—"

"Do not."

The author has something to say: Hi

Thanks to the boss who threw the shallow water bomb: Ringo1;

Thanks to the boss who cast the rocket launcher: one baboon and one QTFCL were abolished;

Thanks to the boss who threw the grenade: 1 for the boring me;

Thanks to the boss who threw the landmines: 3 for this thorn magnet;

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