salt by salt

"I'm back." I came back with two meals, and Andre sat in front of the dining table and looked up at me expressionlessly.

"I ordered quite a lot." He probably ordered takeaway from the restaurant, all kinds of dishes were placed on beautiful and expensive porcelain plates, and he even took a bottle of wine from my wine cabinet - I have never seen these plates before. It must have been bought by Andre himself again, the little bastard who spent a lot of money-there was even a bouquet of flowers on the table, and there was a faint scent of incense in the air.

"Are you going to bring someone back?" This seems to be the standard for candlelight dinners. I took off my coat and said, "I should cook by myself. It's embarrassing to let little girls and boys eat takeaway. Where are people?"

He didn't speak, I figured that the dishes were not even warming up, probably because he was in a bad mood after being released.I didn't have a good stomach since I was a child, and I didn't feel uncomfortable when I came back from the outskirts of the city because I was too hungry, but I was a little drowsy.The table that Andre set up was full of meat dishes, and seeing that I didn't want to eat even more, he yawned and said, "I'll go to sleep for a while, next time I'll ask someone to book a seat outside, and it's too intentional to bring people home." It’s obvious, do you understand Slow Tuzhi—forget it, you definitely don’t understand. Pack it up for me after eating, do you hear me?”

He stared at me with a frosty face, so I pretended that he didn't understand, and emphasized again: "Auntie won't come tomorrow, you have to do the dishes yourself, who asked you to order so much, don't waste it."

Speaking of which, I opened the fingerprint lock on my door, returned to my warm and comfortable room, and let out a long sigh of relief.Song Cheng's house is really too far away, and every time I go back and forth, I, a person who doesn't like to go out, will die for half my life. When will I ask Lin Ya to ask her to arrange more job opportunities for Song Cheng, and hurry up to put him in that crappy house? Changed.

There was the sound of porcelain breaking one after another outside the door, and Andre was obviously using the plates to spread fire, and it hurts my heart to think of the prices of those plates.Although my mother gave me a lot of money to take care of Andre, this kind of prodigal behavior still hurts my heart as I have not completely broken away from the status of a "poor young gentleman" who has not completely broken away from thrift.

But... I'm not one to be impressed by a candlelit dinner, he should have known.

I originally wanted to hang out with Lin Ya next weekend, and talk about Song Cheng's affairs by the way, but I didn't expect the company to have a lot of things near the end of the year, and I was selected by the head office to conduct a year-end review. I did not touch the ground to check this year's tasks. I was just sorting out this year's financial statements, but I didn't expect a sudden change. Another colleague Sun Ning and I were drawn to the newly established project team as partners.

Sun Ning joined the company two or three years earlier than me. I usually don't have much contact with her. I only know that she has a bad temper but is very capable at work. She is a core member of the department.

"Why me?" I almost stunned and asked my boss, "I think it's no problem for Sun Ning to go to this project, but my qualifications and abilities are far inferior to hers..."

"Xiao Xu, don't underestimate yourself." My direct supervisor is a kind and shrewd middle-aged woman, she said with a smile, "I think you are very hardworking, responsible, and quick-witted. Didn't you do a good job in the final plan before?" Is it very good? Besides, this is a good thing. Why don’t you want to do it? There are so many people who want to do it. Sun Ning is the team leader, and you assist her. Motivation, work hard."

I left the office in a daze, no matter what my colleagues thought in their hearts, they congratulated me beaming on the surface.New projects mean unlimited prospects, and they can be promoted quickly if they are done well.Sun Ning came over to me very coldly and said "Take care of me in the future", then turned around and left.

"She has always been like this. She doesn't deal with people except for work. Don't mind." Another colleague who is usually very active hurriedly smoothed things over. I think it's normal. The person with the most ability and a person who is usually unknown entered a project at the same time. Group, if Sun Ning also felt unhappy, I would probably scold me in my heart for taking shortcuts by taking advantage of relationships—the problem is, I really don’t know what happened this time.

During the lunch break, I called Xu Yucheng and asked him if he knew about the new project. He was also a little surprised: "Congratulations, Xiaoyan."

"Did you order it? Or Xu Yuzhong?" I saw that everyone else had gone to the cafeteria to eat, so I asked him in a low voice in the tea room, "It's not my turn, why don't you check?"

"It's such a big deal, it's just a small project." To him, it's just a "small project" started by a branch company. Naturally, it is supervised by the person in charge of this aspect. Xu Yucheng's voice is smiling, "It should be said Our Xiaoyan usually does a good job, gold always shines, and today we are finally appreciated."

My face was burning while holding the phone. I knew exactly what level of ability I was, but when Xu Yucheng said this, I felt that this was actually just an ordinary promotion in the workplace. I was too surprised—— Sun Ning is indeed outstanding, but I will not fail to catch up with her after I work hard. Maybe I can be better than her when I work as long as her?

"Well, I see." I said.

"But it's a good thing. I'll pick you up for dinner after get off work. Let's celebrate." Xu Yucheng said softly, "I just happen to be free today."

"I'll take a taxi by myself. Brother Yucheng, your car is too ostentatious..." I whispered, "That's it, bye."

"Goodbye, see you tonight."

I breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that I really did a good job.Some vague emotions overflowed his chest, probably a little sour in joy.The Xu family asked me to apply for this major. I have never been very good at it. I barely finished four years of university and entered the job they arranged. I felt that I was doing very well every day. I just barely let my colleagues hinder me. I didn’t expect to be promoted suddenly by my boss. It's—really, really—

"Your brother is Xu Yucheng?"

Sun Ning came in from behind me holding a cup. I was too focused on the call just now, and I don't know how long she listened to it. She said calmly while picking up the coffee, "Is it fun for the prince to come down and experience life?"

I looked at her awkwardly. After she took the coffee, she lowered her eyes to look at the rising heat and said, "I am very demanding of my work. I don't care what your status is. Just don't delay my work." She said. Without even looking at me, he turned and left.

I watched her leaving figure and sighed -- well, it seems that the future will not be too easy.