three feet away

Xu Nuo spent less than 5 minutes reading a document that Yan Ruyi handed her, and roughly understood what she needed to do, and thought that there was nothing unreasonable about Yan Ruyi's request, but She finished reading the document but was not in a hurry to speak, but let Jing Jing still pretend to be reading the document seriously, looking at the words in front of her with her head down in meditation, and occasionally, she would pick up the coffee in hand and sip Take a sip.This state seemed relaxed, but in fact it made her feel extremely tormented.

Meeting Yan Ruyi just after returning to China was something she had never imagined in her mind, and it was difficult for her to accept that the two people had suddenly changed from a complicated teacher-student relationship that could not be explained to a cooperative relationship.

She thought it was a big joke Yuelao had played on her, that old man must have drunk too much, he had messed up her amiable red thread a few years ago into a ball of red thread, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't untie it.And this way of reunion makes her feel ridiculous, what is this?In school, she is a teacher, so she should listen to her, but now, she is Party A, so she still has to listen to her?And this reality that needs to be faced has obviously disturbed her emotions. She began to delay time intentionally, wanting to see how Yan Ruyi would react. At the same time, she needed this time to think about what she would do in the future. to face her.But at the same time, she was contradicted by her mentality. She hadn't contacted her for six years. Yan Ruyi was 28 years old. She had changed from a high school biology teacher to a director of a biotechnology company. In the past six years, she had become more mature and beautiful. At the same time, has there been a change in family status?Perhaps, she has already been a wife, or even the mother of a child...

Thinking of this, Xu Nuo couldn't help but feel her chest suffocated, and the slight but sharp pain like a needle prick was transmitted to the tip of her left finger just as she was holding the coffee cup. The coffee cup shook slightly, and the brown liquid spilled out slenderly.

Yan Ruyi sat on the left side of Xu Nuo, fully capturing the small movements of her hands just now, she lowered her eyebrows, leaned back on the chair, folded her legs, put her hands together on her lap, her white fingers When the hands are folded, there is an abnormal bluish-white color.Two seconds later, she let go of her hand, picked up her coffee cup and put it on her lips. The corners of her lips parted slightly, she only took a sip, and then put it down again. Then, she got up, walked to the edge of the terrace, and turned her back to The two people standing behind him.

Xu Nuo quickly noticed her movements, she tilted her body calmly, slightly turned to the back, her eyes were still on the document, but she never moved away from the slender back for a moment.

As time passed by, Yan Ruyi's assistant, Yang Liu, obviously did not expect that the new so-called high-achieving student's translation would have such a big problem in reading words. She looked at Yan Ruyi frequently, but Yan Ruyi didn't seem to understand Showing dissatisfaction, she even patiently stirred the coffee gently. Every time the metal spoon accidentally touched the cup wall, she would raise her eyebrows unconsciously and glance at Xu Nuo without any trace, as if she was Worrying about the sound of your little movements disturbing that person's contemplation.She didn't know what was going on in Yan Ruyi's mind to maintain an elegant demeanor in the face of such a scene, but when Yan Ruyi stood up and walked to the side, she felt that the translation in front of her was too unreliable. It's Party A who keeps them waiting without saying a word. Is there any sincerity to cooperate?

"Sister Yan, this..." In the end, Yang Liu couldn't hold her breath. After the document stayed in Xu Nuo's hands for 15 minutes, she glanced at Xu Nuo speechlessly, got up from her seat, and walked behind Yan Ruyi. Whispered to Yan Ruyi to express dissatisfaction with the promise:

"This Ms. Xu doesn't seem to be as awesome as Manager Ma said. Look at her. This document is only two pages in total. It's been almost 10 minutes and I haven't finished reading it. She is always frowning. I heard that she specializes in business. It should be easy for her to translate this part, but she is acting so strange and difficult to understand, is she trying to raise the price?"

Yan Ruyi frowned slightly when Yang Liu said the first sentence, and when she listened later, the expression on her face became a little displeased.

Seeing Yan Ruyi's rare expression of displeasure, Yang Liu thought that he had said what was in her heart, and then whispered, "Or is she just a straw bag covered with a turtle shell?"

Yan Ruyi's face darkened immediately when she heard this, she raised her wrist and glanced at her watch, then glanced at Xu Nuo, and said to the people around her with a heavy expression: "It's okay, you go back first , I’ll just talk here.”

"Then...this translator? Do you want to use her? She doesn't look very reliable..."

Yan Ruyi put down her hands, frowned and faced Yang Liu, her tone became a little harsh: "Everyone's work status is different, who stipulates that those who do paper work must see ten lines at a glance? Since her leader dares to let her come back, she will take over the boss As a customer, she naturally has her own advantages, she has her professionalism, and reading the documents carefully shows that she is taking the job seriously, but on the other hand, what about you? I know whether to use her or not."

"I..."

Yang Liu was scolded by Yan Ruyi, she didn't know why she suddenly changed her mood, although she usually gets along well, but seeing her expression is not good, and now there are outsiders around, she didn't dare to say more, said in a low voice and went back.

Xu Nuo sat behind the two of them. From the corner of her eye, she could clearly see the changes in the expressions of the two of them, and she could vaguely judge what they were talking about. The fingers holding the document curled up slightly, and the corners of her lips curled up unconsciously. , his eyes flickered slightly, and there was an inexplicable sense of joy on his face. It seemed that this coincidence was so coincidental that it seemed that someone specially directed the meeting, and it became lively and interesting.

After Yang Liu left, Yan Ruyi returned to her seat. She still didn't bother Xu Nuo to read the documents, but just took out her mobile phone, and replied a few messages while waiting.

Xu Nuo understands that she is Party B. Although her company has cooperated with Yan Ruyi's company many times, in terms of procedures, she still needs to follow the process step by step. Give the other party a perfect cooperation experience in terms of business and attitude. She has already kept Yan Ruyi waiting for nearly half an hour, and there is no reason to keep her waiting any longer.

"I didn't expect Director Yan to be so patient."

Closing the document in her hand, Xu Nuo relaxed her posture slightly, leaned back on the chair, and raised her eyebrows to look at Yan Ruyi with a half-smile. She knew that this kind of state was really not suitable for this kind of occasion, but when she opened her mouth, she still The tone became unfriendly.She could hear the banter in these words clearly, let alone Yan Ruyi who had already taken the position of supervisor.But she didn't regret anything, she just wanted to see what attitude Yan Ruyi would use to deal with herself.

Yan Ruyi raised her eyebrows to look at her after hearing the promise, and smiled slightly: "Give Party B enough time to understand our products in order to get the most reasonable and impeccable translation. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. and...."

Yan Ruyi's voice paused, and she looked seriously at Xu Nuo's face from a distance of less than [-] centimeters: "I believe in your professionalism."

"Heh..." Xu Nuo looked back at Yan Ruyi's face. She saw her somewhat deformed shadow in her serious and clear eyes, and suddenly wondered in her heart, in her eyes, did she also look like that one? Like the shadow, it is a deformed existence.She smiled lukewarmly, stood up, pushed the document in her hand in front of Yan Ruyi's seat, turned her back to her and walked to the position where she was standing just now:

"Trust me to the rookie I met for the first time, Director Yan, you are really tolerant of newcomers like us."

Yan Ruyi followed her to the edge of the terrace, leaned slightly sideways on the fence, and looked at Xu Nuo's side face covered by long hair. She had never seen her so closely for many years. The immature child had grown up. , her eyes became sharper and sharper, and the way she pursed her lips was a little lonely, and also, a little lonely.

"How are you?" Without answering the promised question, Yan Ruyi stood beside her for a minute, then spoke softly.

Xu Nuo faced the front, her left hand clenched into a fist where Yan Ruyi couldn't see, but her face remained calm. She watched the white-collar workers coming and going from the office building next to them in the small square for a long time, and there was nothing for a long time. say.

When the air between the two became extremely awkward, Xu Nuo suddenly turned around, she smiled at Yan Ruyi, raised her eyebrows and asked her calmly:

"Are you asking, is it the present, or the past years?"

Yan Ru opened her mouth, Xu Nuo's sudden change of attitude was obviously not what she expected, she took a breath, and when she was still thinking about how to answer this question, Xu Nuo spoke again:

"If you're asking now," Xu Nuo shrugged, took two steps back and forth in front of Yan Ruyi, then turned around and pointed to the mail on the table: "Then as you can see, I'm doing pretty well, new The job pays well and is decent.”

"If you're asking about the past years..." Returning to his seat and sitting down, Xu Nuo reached out to pick up the cold coffee, took a sip, frowned and thought for a moment, raised his head slightly, and took a little of the rest of the cup. After drinking the astringent liquid, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Yan Ruyi. She gave her the most polite and distant smile, and then said in a very normal tone: "That's just what all students have. Life in an ivory tower is nothing more than life, there is nothing to talk about, besides... even if there is..." At this point, Xu Nuo stood up and walked to Yan Ruyi with an empty coffee cup in her hand. She leaned slightly and slowly approached Yan Ruyi. Like an ear.

Yan Ruyi's body became a little stiff during her slow movements, Xu Nuo heard her rhythmic breathing, the closer she got, the clearer it became.She also heard her throat roll slightly, and she began to breathe with a strange moisture. She raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at Yan Ruyi's face with tightly pursed lips and tense nerves from behind Yan Ruyi's ears, feeling that such an expression It was really fun, so she chuckled.

She stood up straight, played with the coffee cup in her hand, and said nonchalantly: "Even if there is, what does it matter to you? You are just a teacher who taught me a year of innocuous courses."

Yan Ruyi's expression was filled with uncontrollable pain the moment Xu Nuo finished speaking, she turned her head to face Xu Nuo, her eyes hurt: "Xu Nuo."

Xu Nuo turned back to her seat when she turned around, put the cup in her hand on the table, reached out to the waiter to pay the bill, then turned around and asked her with a smile: "It's already noon, Director Yan, if possible, maybe, I can ask Would you like to have lunch together?"

Yan Ruyi stood where she was, stared into Xu Nuo's eyes for a long time, and finally shook her head.

Xu Nuo was still smiling, and she picked up the document on the table and handed it to Yan Ruyi: "Well, if there is no problem, I will sort out the first draft of the translation and send it to your assistant tonight. Let me keep you waiting for a while." After speaking, he stretched out his right hand toward Yan Ruyi and made a handshake gesture: "I hope I didn't leave a bad impression on you."

Yan Ruyi lowered his eyebrows, looked at the white hand stretched out in front of him, then looked up at Xu Nuo, slowly raised his right hand, took a deep breath, and said, "We are happy to cooperate."

When Yan Ru went downstairs, Xu Nuo didn't follow her. She stood on the edge of the terrace, watching the figure go all the way, and finally stopped in front of a small silver car.

Before getting into the car, Yan Ruyi turned her head and looked up, Xu Nuo curled up her lips, and waved her hand in that direction in a natural and unaffected manner.It wasn't until the car drove away that she put down her arms and went back to the coffee table with unsteady footsteps. She chose the seat where Yan Ruyi was sitting, leaned in, and then took out her sunglasses and put them on her face.

There was soft and elegant light music playing in the cafe, and the sun after the Mid-Autumn Festival was warm but not scorching. Xu Nuo leaned on the back of the wide chair, raised her head and opened her eyes to look at the sky. Staring at the sky for a moment, trying to let go of her thoughts and release her unspeakable sadness, but no matter how hard she tried, the face that just came into her eyes again seemed unwilling to let herself go easily. Stop circling in my mind.The air between her nostrils became a little sour and humid. She raised her hand, curled her fingers and hooked the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

She knew that Yan Ruyi had repeatedly tolerated her emotions during the conversation just now, but should she be grateful for her kindness at this moment?

No, if the person she is facing is not her, Xu Nuo believes that she can handle the first job after returning to China better. She believes in her profession, but as a partner, she can become a partner without psychological preparation. Cheng Yanruyi, she found that everything seemed to be getting worse. Although she tried her best to put on a professional appearance, she couldn't really talk to her calmly. She wanted to satirize her and stimulate her , wanted to hurt her, she wanted to know whether she would hurt...

But even to satirize her and stimulate her, she failed, because she found that no matter how long it had passed, in front of her, she was still like the newly grown child sitting in the classroom back then, with uncontrollable emotions, one side For her, she couldn't control herself, those irrational behaviors made her feel happy, but at the same time, it was so painful... This self-knowledge made Xu Nuo a little bit collapsed.In the four years abroad, she thought that she had cultivated enough to be strong enough, and she was used to being alone alone, but it turned out that that kind of habit and strength was brought to her by subconscious emotional escape, and she even deceived herself a disguise...she is still, inevitably, heartbroken because of her...