salt by salt

The holiday is short, and the working day is ushered in in a blink of an eye.

It was quite cold in City B in January, I wrapped my scarf tightly and got out of the car.I was also going to catch the bus, but because the bed was warm, I fell asleep for a while. When I opened my eyes, I was only 10 minutes late, so I obviously couldn't make it.Andre was eating a sandwich slowly, but when he saw me packing things in a hurry, he suddenly got up and offered to send me to work.So it turned into him wearing sunglasses and looking like a big guy, sitting in this Santana, which was completely inconsistent with his identity and image, lowered the window and nodded to me, and said coolly and flirtatiously: "I'll pick you up after get off work."

I couldn't help laughing: "Go back quickly, you don't have a driver's license, don't get caught by the traffic police."

Andre's face froze, he quickly raised the window and turned around to drive away.

I straightened my collar, and I was only a few minutes late for the breakfast I ate in the car, so it's reasonable to say haha.I spent the whole afternoon making dumplings with Song Cheng without turning on my phone. I only saw Sun Ning’s message in the evening asking me to sort out the bidding documents, so I had to stay up late and busy until after two o’clock in the morning. It was really miserable.

Sun Ning... I always feel that she doesn't get along well with me, maybe because she thinks that I am the kind of ignorant rich second generation who always picks on me openly and secretly, but I don't intend to compete with her. I hope she finds it boring to let me go.I walked into the office of the project team to copy documents like a gust of wind, and another colleague passed me by with a cup of coffee and yawned: "Junyan, good morning."

"Good morning, Brother Wang." I smiled, "Everyone is not in the mood after the holiday."

He rubbed his eyes tiredly: "Don't mention it, I made up the expense report all night yesterday, and my eyelids are still swollen."

It looks like I'm not the only one staying up late at work, which makes me feel so much better.I'm still a little surprised: "Didn't the funds be reported last week?"

"Sun Ning called me and said that someone from the higher-ups is checking today. The budget statement we reported before was too confusing. We are the key inspection targets. If we are caught, we will be finished—don't you know?"

The same company engages in reimbursement, and sometimes the invoices are mixed up with other projects before they are saved.But I didn't know at all that the head office would come today. Sun Ning was the team leader and I was the deputy team leader. She told the team members but she didn't give me any breath.

I was very upset, but I wouldn't get angry at this time, so I changed the subject and said, "I'm so sleepy, I forgot all about it. There's still coffee in the tea room, I'll go get a cup."

When everyone was almost here, I watched Sun Ning and asked about the progress of their division of labor, roughly checked the documents to be displayed, and got up to catch up with her while she was out to pour water: "I have something I want to talk to you .”

She dressed up very energetically today, with light makeup on: "What's the matter?"

"Come in."

I casually opened the door of an empty conference room and let her in sideways.She glanced at me and walked into the room. I pulled out a chair and asked her to sit down, and said sincerely, "The headquarters sent someone to check today, right?"

She hummed, and I suppressed my anger: "Next time, please inform me in advance. After all, I am also the deputy team leader. Give me some time to prepare."

"There's nothing to prepare, just do your job well." She didn't feel ashamed at all, looked straight at me and said, "Or is it because you're usually lazy that you feel guilty now?"

"...Did I do anything wrong to offend you?" I was a little powerless, but she was right. We usually do a good job and are not afraid of surprise inspections, but I think that as the deputy team leader, I should have a little right to know, "If there is Please point it out, and I will seriously correct it."

"Then please don't play with your mobile phone during the meeting." She stared at me for a while, then suddenly turned her head and changed her words abruptly, "I didn't have time this time, I will pay attention next time."

Fortunately, Sun Ning is a reasonable type of person, barely able to communicate, I breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, we are all colleagues, and we will support each other in the future."

This thing is a turnaround.When we returned to the office, we waited and waited until the superior came to the headquarters for inspection. He was tall and tall, wearing a silver-gray suit, smiling and friendly, and looked easy to get along with.Another girl in the group said to me privately: "She's pretty handsome, and I don't think she's the kind of embarrassing boss."

I smiled wryly, this one is not as talkative as he looks.Sure enough, when he was sitting there listening to Sun Ning introduce the results in a polite manner, he pointed out many faults with a smile in his voice, which made her unable to maintain the standard smile on her face.Fortunately, in the end, the other party briefly flipped through the documents we had sorted out, and relaxed a little: "The headquarters approves of this project, so I hope you are really making things seriously. Although it seems that there are some shortcomings, the overall progress not bad."

The coworkers who were sullen were relieved. Of course, it is good to be valued by the superiors. Maybe the investment will increase, and the promotion will naturally come naturally.I lowered my eyes to look at the teacup in my hand, and heard Sun Ning say seriously: "We are only the initial results, and we will improve the existing products later, and solve the problems you just mentioned."

"Well, I'll talk about the funding for you when I get back." The other party put down the document, "You have worked hard during this period, and the year-end bonus hasn't been issued yet, right?"

There was joy on everyone's faces. It seems that this year's year-end bonus will be quite generous, and it will not be in vain for our overtime work and staying up late for the past two months. Even Sun Ning looks a little happy.It was getting late, the other party stood up and was about to leave the meeting room, and said with a smile: "Thank you for reporting, I have something to do later, so I have to go first."

As usual, the project team wants to invite this superior to dinner, but he obviously didn't mean it, and turned to look at me: "Xiaoyan, let's go?"

I immediately became the focus of my eyes. When I saw the person coming, I had expected this moment, and sighed resignedly:

"Okay, Brother Zhuang Ling."

Zhuang Lin changed to a Continental GT. I sat in the co-pilot and sent a message to Andre, telling him not to pick me up, so as not to make a wasted trip.He glanced at me sideways: "Long time no see, I lost a lot of weight."

"I've been working overtime recently." I said, "I didn't expect you to come here. Now I can't tell."

"Is there anything to explain? Wouldn't it be good to let them know that someone is covering you?" He said slowly, "Your brother asked you to come over several times but Juju didn't come. Is it just so busy?"

Xu Yucheng is close to Zhuang Lin and Zhao Yuan, no matter what he plans, these two people will always participate, most likely it is Zhao Yuan who contributes to Zhuang Lin's plan, and I am somewhat reluctant to participate in those things he plans, So I always avoid these two people.Right now, it seems that we can't avoid it. Zhuang Lin directly asks for the right to supervise our project from the head office, and we will inevitably have to contact him in the future.

"When does Brother Yucheng want to...do it?" I asked.

"The slowest is within a year." His pupils are light-colored and his eye sockets are deep, and the smile on his face always makes me feel that he sees through him. "Uncle Xu is not in good health."

"what happened?"

"There's something wrong with the pancreas." He said vaguely, but since Xu Yucheng, who has been standing still, can seize the family property within a year, it must not be a small problem. "I don't know if Xiehe can cure it. Now Already in the hospital."

"Now Xu Yuzhong is in charge of the headquarters to take care of uncle?" Needless to say, I also knew that I looked weird, "That's really..."

"Secretary Chen helps him, and he won't be able to catch any fatal mistakes for a while." The smile on Zhuang Lin's face has always been quite permeable in my eyes, and he said calmly, "I can't wait, unless Uncle Xu If he can stay on the hospital bed for a few more years, otherwise the time is too short now, and Xu Yuzhong will not reveal his secrets."

"Have you dug the hole yet?" I asked sullenly.

"Xiao Yan's diction has always been cute." The security booth probably recognized his license plate number and let him pass. I watched him drive the car around and into the underground parking lot, "Generally speaking, he would call ' Trap' right?"

"It's all the same," I said. "Where is this?"

"I'll bring you here to meet someone." Even though the parking lot was empty, there wasn't a single car. Zhuang Lin smiled at me, "Let's go."