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Last night, the meteorological news issued a heavy rain warning.It is rare to be accurate, the rain started in the middle of the night, and it never stopped.As soon as the car drove out in the morning, it was raining and the scenery was blurred; the windshield wiped off the water, and a new one came up, it was too late.The speed of the car has never been fast. From [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] on weekdays, the expressway is always the most congested time. It rains and it is on a Monday. No one has the patience. , like a chorus.

In such a rainy day, there is a car driving, even if there is a traffic jam, you should be lucky.There is no shortage of people who have to take the bus or MRT to catch up with work. Even if they hold an umbrella, they will look embarrassed for a short distance; Neither is good.It is still the men around who suffer.

It's good that secretary Elin was promoted to car owner early.

The regular morning meeting started at [-]:[-]. The Monday meeting was always lengthy and the process was not pleasant. The project that the company cooperated with Changle was supposed to submit the progress last Wednesday, which was delayed for some reason. To this day, the responsible department still has not delivered anything.

Chen Liren lost his temper, which was stronger than the rain outside.However, he still gave the team in charge of the department an additional two days' extension.

The current person in charge of this department is Zhong Wenqi. Women have always been difficult, and they are young. They have been promoted for nearly half a year. Because the previous people were not careful, all their energy was spent on rectification.Changle's subsequent projects have always been in charge of their department. She also handled them before, so Chen Liren still handed them over to them.

I'm not that familiar with Zhong Wenqi, and since it's about responsibility, it's hard for anyone to talk about it.Lao Li, who always opened his mouth slowly, didn't open his mouth either.

After the meeting, the atmosphere was still bad, Chen Liren shook his head and left.The crowd was silent for a while and then slowly dispersed. I was talking to Ye Wenli and wanted to go out, but Zhong Wenqi hurriedly put away the things and walked quickly past.I glanced at her and saw that she was lowering her head, but she was in a bad mood.

Later, Lao Li was saying: "She pushes herself too hard. Don't worry about handing it over to the people below and contract everything. Then the people below will think that she wants to stand out on her own, and whoever has the energy to do it."

Ye Wenli and I both turned our heads.

As Lao Li walked over, he looked at Ye Wenli and me, and continued: "There is also such a thing as entertainment. Frankly speaking, if you are too serious, it will put pressure on the client."

I didn't answer.Boss Changle Xie is actually not difficult to deal with, he always likes to joke, sometimes he doesn't pay attention to propriety.If you care too much, it will be difficult to deal with it.

Ye Wenli said at this time: "Why don't you give advice, Old Li."

Lao Li glanced at him and smiled ambiguously: "She's a young girl—what am I going to do?"

Ye Wenli also smiled, but said nothing.

Later, the topic changed. Walking in the aisle, Lao Li talked about his housework.That's too trivial, I don't listen very carefully, let Ye Wenli answer.We took the elevator downstairs together, Lao Li went to the floor first.

The elevator door closed again, and Ye Wenli looked towards me.

"Lao Li is really old. If it were before, he probably wouldn't see it. He would have spoken out at the meeting."

I smiled, looked at him, and said, "He said Zhong Wenqi was young, but you said he was old, what should we do in the middle?"

Ye Wenli also laughed, and said: "You can't go up and down, so you can't see it."

I smiled and didn't speak.

Ye Wenli continued: "However, Boss Xie is always willing to help young people, especially girls. If Zhong Wenqi can figure it out, it's not difficult—is it?"

I glanced at him, "Probably." After thinking about it, I said, "How Boss Xie is, that's another matter. I don't have much to say about Changle."

Ye Wenli raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile: "Are you still concerned about Changle's project being taken away by her department? That was also before Zhong Wenqi."

I smiled and looked at him, "Yeah, so at the meeting just now, I was actually looking for an opportunity to add insult to injury."

Ye Wenli laughed, looked at me and said, "You can't."

I smiled and shrugged.The elevator door opened again, Ye Wenli waved his hand and walked out.

Back in the department office, the door was pushed open, and there was a window, and the scenery outside seemed to be soaked in water, hazy.The weather in Taipei is always like this in October, but in the middle of the month, the weather is still hot.

I sat down in a chair, and after a while, Elin, the secretary, came in with a cup of coffee.She checked the matter with me, and finally said: "General manager Zhong downstairs called."

I was taken aback, expressing my understanding. After Elin went out, I thought about it and dialed the internal number.The other party was on the phone, I hung up and went to work alone, and I didn't take note of it later.

In the evening, the phone rang.

I picked it up, and it was Chen Liren.He said, "Thank you boss for being the host tonight, and you come with me. Zhong Wenqi is still too young. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle it well."

I couldn't help smiling, pointing to something: "I was very young back then."

Chen Liren hummed there, and said, "You are a man, why should I worry about it?"

I said, "You are sexist."

Chen Liren sneered, and said again: "Okay, okay, at Shanhai Tower at seven o'clock in the evening, and let Zhong Wenqi take your car."

I reluctantly agreed.After hanging up the phone, I thought about it again. I took out my mobile phone and dialed the number. It took a while for the other side to answer.

Zhao Kuanyi's voice was asking: "What's wrong?"

His tone is still so light, I am not surprised, but when I think about what I am going to say, I don't feel awkward, I am not used to it.

But live together, when you want to say hello.For a while now, he has also been able to speak.I said, "It's nothing, I have to go back later today."

Zhao Kuanyi didn't make a sound, he could vaguely hear someone talking to him.He took a moment to answer, "I didn't hear you mention it this morning."

I let out a feigned sigh and said, "You are in danger and accept your order."

Zhao Kuanyi asked, "Where are you going?"

I replied, "Shanhailou, Changle thank you boss for being the host."

I heard him ask again: "Do you drive by yourself?"

I said truthfully: "Well, there is another colleague." After thinking about it, I added: "Female."

Zhao Kuanyi said calmly: "Since we are going to drive, we won't drink too much, but we have to send people home properly."

I couldn't help laughing, but I replied leisurely: "Of course, I have always been a professional pick-up customer."

Zhao Kuanyi also seemed to smile, and he said: "Depending on the situation—if it's really difficult to drive back, you can use my driver."

I smiled and said hello.

After saying a few more words before hanging up, Elin just knocked on the door and came in. She seemed surprised, looked suspicious, and asked me what was going on; I realized that the smile was still on the corner of her mouth.

I restrained myself a little, but it was useless, I still had to smile, so I just let it go-it was such a small and easy thing to be happy.

Moving can be easy or not, and I started working on it when I got back from France at the end of September, but it was decided that it would only be two weeks.

During this, I did not specifically inform my father. Because of the separation agreement with my mother, he gradually stopped living at home, and occasionally went out to public places with Ms. Xu.Anyone with a discerning eye can see the relationship between them.

My mother won't come back in a short time, and I won't live there either. Sister Xu doesn't need to do things at home every day.After discussion, she will only come to tidy up one day in the next week; the next day when mother returns home, the house will still be clean, so don't worry about it.

After living in Zhao Kuanyi's place, life is of course the same, but it seems to be very different.If it’s not that you’ve been there before, every place is familiar, but at this time, no matter what you do or see, you can’t help but feel fresh.

I don't share a study room with Zhao Kuanyi, we should avoid suspicion for business reasons, and efficiency should be the focus of office work; when we stay together, even if we don't do anything, we have to daydream.Or he won't, but it's hard for me to guarantee myself.

If Boss Xie wanted to treat guests, he would not just invite one or two guests; he reserved a private room for eight people in Shanhai Tower.

Shanhailou serves Chinese food and is located in an alley on Zhongshan North Road.Different from ordinary shops, it is a single-family Japanese-style garden house. Because it is hidden, you will miss it if you don’t pay attention.

I have been here many times, but this is the first time for Zhong Wenqi.Although she was young, she didn't seem to feel anything new about what she saw; or, it was because of nervousness.

On the way here, my conversation with Zhong Wenqi was only about work.As for her, before she was promoted, I had paid attention to her. She has good work ability and enthusiasm for her career. If she didn't work under the person who was transferred, she might have a chance to get ahead earlier.Fortunately, Chen Liren always looks at ability when employing people, otherwise, in her department, there are also seniors than her, so it would not be her turn.

As for the cooperation with Changle, in the earliest days, my department was in charge of the project, but the person in front of Zhong Wenqi, relying on his close relationship with Chen Liren, insisted on embarrassing him and rushing to do it everywhere.Because Chen Liren hadn't grasped the wrong point before, it was difficult for Chen Liren to speak, and I was tired of it, so I just let go.

Zhong Wenqi knew all about the controversy.After she was promoted, she only talked with me at the conference table. When we met in the company, we just nodded and had no personal friendship.

She felt very cautious along the way, and she couldn't help but mention the Changle project, as if she was in trouble, and her tone was not very good.I didn't think it was aimed at me, not at all.Nor is it necessary.It is not easy to take over an entire department, let alone entertainment, in my opinion, she is indeed young, otherwise she should know that a woman's best weapon is herself.

Chen Liren has always cherished talents, which is why he has today's arrangement.

The host, Boss Xie, has already arrived, and so has Chen Liren.When the service personnel led me and Zhong Wenqi to the box on the second floor, the two of them were talking at the door, very cordial.

Seeing me coming, Boss Xie smiled and raised his hand.I stepped forward, greeted him, and led Zhong Wenqi over.In fact, it would be superfluous, Boss Xie had already had contact with her.

In the entertainment arena, men and women are beautiful, and some want to tell a dirty joke or two - Boss Xie also told her.It's better for her to fight back with a smile than to keep a straight face and say nothing.

Probably looking at Chen Liren's face, Boss Xie didn't treat Zhong Wenqi coldly, so he smiled, shook hands, said more than a few words, and introduced her to other people present when he was still entering the box.

It takes two to three hours to finish a meal.But there is less time to talk about business, more jokes, and the wine will not be less, no one can avoid it.

Boss Xie frequently sent Zhong Wenqi to pour wine, because she was the youngest in terms of seniority.Ask her to drink again.Her complexion is not very good, she shirks and still has to drink.

Chen Liren was not too obstructive.That's what entertainment is all about.

After three rounds of drinking, my cell phone rang.As soon as I picked it up, I said hello and walked out.It was a friend I hadn't seen for a long time.

There was a living room outside, and I was talking there when I suddenly saw Zhong Wenqi walking away quickly from the corridor.After I hung up the phone, I thought about it, in the direction she was going, there was the bathroom.

I waited for a while, she came out from inside, and when she saw me, she paused.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

Zhong Wenqi did not speak, but lowered her face slightly.

I took a look and said, "The more you want to avoid drinking, the more Boss Xie wants you to drink. He has always been like this—especially since you are a woman, he probably finds it interesting."

Zhong Wenqi raised her face and looked at me, her complexion was very bad, and her anger was clear.She said: "I don't think it's funny at all! I'm pouring wine and laughing with me. I'm not here to discuss business!"

I said flatly: "You are so young, there are not many girls in this position. Seeing you come to talk about things, I can't help but feel fresh and make fun of it. In this kind of occasion, everyone sometimes can't pay attention to it—— If you can’t accept it and don’t find a way to deal with it, don’t come out to do things at all.”

Zhong Wenqi remained silent, her face was illuminated by the light, showing the whiteness of that makeup even more.

I didn't want to say too much at first, but I couldn't bear it for a while, and said again: "If you want me to say, thanking the boss is not bad, at least, when you showed him a few times, he didn't get angry, and he never asked the chairman Change the person in charge. If he didn't believe in your ability, he would have left you alone,"

Zhong Wenqi moved her mouth and said after a while: "Of course I know."

After nine o'clock, the banquet finally broke up.Boss Xie shook hands with everyone and said goodbye to everyone. When he arrived at Zhong Wenqi, he asked her to see a time, and brought her person and project details to his company for a talk.

Zhong Wenqi smiled slightly, and she shook hands with Boss Xie to express her gratitude.

Chen Liren also laughed, as if he was finally satisfied.He patted me on the shoulder, nodded to Zhong Wenqi, got into the car, and left gracefully.

When I came, I parked the car on the other side of the road.I asked Zhong Wenqi to wait where she was, but she insisted on following along.She drank a lot later, and she was not walking very steadily at this time.

I saw that she seemed to fall, so I hurried to give her a hand.

Pushing me away, she said, "I can—you go slower anyway."

Of course I did what she wanted.

As she walked, she looked at me from time to time.

"—Can you still drive? You must have drunk a lot, too."

I smiled, looked at her, and said, "Your face is redder than mine."

Zhong Wenqi's face was flushed, she seemed to pause, and said in a low voice: "Who doesn't blush when drinking."

I shrugged and stopped talking.

Of course it was safe to send her home.Fortunately, on Monday, there was no random inspection on the road.I drove back slowly, and it was exactly 10:30 when I entered the underground parking lot of the building.

I went upstairs and went in, and the lights were on in the dining room, but no one was there.The door of the study was half closed, and there was a faint voice.

I walked over, knocked on the door, and looked inside. Zhao Kuanyi was inside. He put on a nightgown, sat in front of the table, leaned on the high-backed single leather chair, and talked on the phone at the same time.

Hearing the sound, he took a look.

I smiled slightly, and walked away without disturbing his discussion, and went into the room.After taking a shower, I came out again, and his place was quiet.

While I was making two cups of tea, Zhao Kuanyi came out of the study.

"Send people home?"

He asked casually, I smiled and gave him one of the cups of tea.I said, "Of course, send it back quickly, it's too troublesome."

Zhao Kuanyi slightly raised his eyebrows, "Oh?"

I roughly talked about Zhong Wenqi's matter, and then I couldn't help sighing: "It reminds me of how I was when I first came out to do things."

"When you come out to do things when you are young, you will inevitably be made things difficult." Zhao Kuanyi said at this time, looking at me: "However, she is not comparable to you at all."

I have a meal, but I am really embarrassed.