Half way

The result came out, and the final selection was "Lonely Island Pursuit", which was the work of Dinah's group. Although their group's works were not bad, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the works of Lin Yan's group were even better.

Lin Yan recalled that Dinah was a high-achieving student who returned from studying abroad. He worked in a foreign game company for a period of time and was hired by their company with a high salary.

Lin Yan smiled and shook hands with Dinah to express congratulations. Dinah's long nails did not know whether it was intentional or accidental, and they drew long bloodshot streaks on the back of Lin Yan's hand, causing Lin Yan to suffer.

"Hey, Team Leader Lin is really sorry, I didn't do it on purpose, you won't blame me, will you?"

Lin Yan smiled generously and said, "How could it be? It's just that Ms. Dinah's nails need to be trimmed. This time, it's just me, the group leader, that's fine. If someone else is scratched, it might be fine."

Dinah's face changed, and he gave Lin Yan a vicious look, Lin Yan raised the corner of his mouth and didn't mind Dinah's stinky face at all.

As soon as one fly left, another fly came. Fade Chen walked over with a hypocritical smile on his face, "Team Leader Lin, what a pity. I heard that people in your team work overtime and stay up late. Work hard, Team Leader Lin's dark circles are so deep that I thought he was punched."

Lin Yan didn't mean to get angry at all, instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "I don't need to bother Team Leader Chen, after all, the result is not important, what matters is the process. During the past few months, the people in our team have united as one. , worked together, and cultivated a tacit understanding of the team, and the girls in our group also thoughtfully helped us cook a lot of delicious food."

If you want to say what Chen Fei's weakness is, of course it is He Yimin, whom he couldn't ask for. Hearing what Lin Yan said, his lungs were about to explode.

How can he still be able to ridicule Lin Yan a few words, and left with a menacing look on his face.

Mr. Zheng witnessed this from the side, walked over and patted Lin Yan on the shoulder, "Your mouth is still so unforgiving."

The two talked while walking, and soon arrived at Mr. Zheng's office.

"Mr. Zheng, did you know about this in advance?"

Mr. Zheng took a sip of tea and nodded, "Actually, it wasn't that long ago, two weeks ago."

"So what's going on?"

"The newly appointed executives of our company must have told you last time when they came back from abroad."

Lin Yan remembered this and nodded, "Yes."

"He and Dinah graduated from the same school, brothers and sisters understand?"

Lin Yan nodded, and then remembered Dinah's reaction. Originally, he just wanted to test Dinah, but when he thought about it now, he realized that something was wrong.

"More than that."

Mr. Zheng nodded and said, "I heard that the two of them had a relationship, and it was Dinah who was chased by the other party."

Lin Yan now understands. No wonder Chen Fei and his group handed over works like paddling water. I guess they have heard about it a long time ago. What they did is equivalent to selling the favor of that executive and Dinah.

And the more excellent the work of Lin Yan's group, the more it shows that he is ignorant and does not give face. It is only natural for Dinah to scratch his hand with his fingernails when he thinks he is not pleasing to the eye.

Now he not only offended Dinah, but also offended the new boss.

Lin Yan came out of Mr. Zheng's office, full of grievances and nowhere to say. He stood at the door for a while before raising his head, with a look on his face that nothing happened.

Lin Yan returned to their team's office, and when everyone saw him back, they immediately surrounded him happily.

"Boss, how did it turn out?"

"Yes, boss, have we been selected?"

Lin Yan looked at their smiling faces, and the raised corners of his mouth were slowly pressed down until they formed a straight line.

"There's still a chance next time."

Everyone's smiles froze, and Zhao Jun took a step back in disbelief, "How is it possible..."

Xi Shi patted Zhao Jun on the back, "There are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people."

Zhao Jun's eyes turned red instantly, "But...I'm not reconciled..."

The eyes of the two girls were also red, and Lin Yan hugged them all over, "Why are you crying, don't be reconciled to come back next time, only you can defeat you, no one else can knock you down, As long as you can stand up again and again."

Lin Yan's voice was not loud, but it resounded through everyone's heart.

"Wow……"

Zhao Jun leaned his head on Lin Yan's shoulder and tears kept falling like a bank burst, Tao Xiaoshan and He Yimin sobbed softly, Qian Song and the others also silently blushed their eyes and clenched their fists tightly.

Gu Sheng looked at Lin Yan, he was like a big tree for all of them to rely on, but the saddest one should be Lin Yan.

After everyone's emotions eased, Lin Yan announced that the dinner will be held as usual tonight, and Mr. Zheng's treat is a reward for their hard work in the past few months.

"Be happy, Boss Zheng treats you."

Hearing Lin Yan's words, everyone wiped away their tears and responded loudly: "Yeah!"

Seeing them laughing through their tears and discussing what to eat for dinner, the smile gradually faded away and they left.

The monitoring at the stairway of their safe passage was broken, and Lin Yan occasionally went to that place to smoke. He didn't want others to see him smoking, so he didn't want to go to the smoking room, so he found such a place.

The dim environment seemed to give Lin Yan a sense of security. He sat on the ground, took out a cigarette, and wanted to light it, but found that he forgot to bring a lighter.

At this moment, a hand with sharp knuckles and slender fingers stretched out from the side, holding a lighter in this hand, a pinch of flames ignited, Lin Yan looked up, it was Gu Sheng.

He leaned his head over and took a deep breath, the cigarette was lit, and Lin Yan exhaled a long puff of smoke.

"Give me one."

Lin Yan pulled out one and handed it to Gu Sheng, "I thought you don't smoke."

"Smoking less."

Gu Sheng took the cigarette that Lin Yan handed him, put it in his mouth, tilted his head slightly and lowered his head to light the cigarette, the little sparks lit up in the dim light, when he lowered his head, Lin Yan's angle was just right to see Seeing his straight nose bridge and his thin lips, he looks a bit gentle and impersonal wearing rimless glasses.

When he raised his head and slowly exhaled the smoke, Gu Sheng's face seemed to become hazy at this moment, as if he was hidden in the fog, making it elusive.

When Gu Sheng smoked, he smelled like a yuppie, Lin Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he coughed dryly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Why did you come here?"

Gu Sheng stood beside Lin Yan, Lin Yan didn't hear Gu Sheng's answer, subconsciously raised his head to look at Gu Sheng, but Gu Sheng happened to be looking at him, the two of them were standing and sitting, their eyes were unprepared bumped into each other.

Lin Yan felt that his heart was a little noisy, and he looked away in embarrassment. Gu Sheng couldn't hear it in such a quiet environment, right?

He didn't know what was going on with him, but he started to worry about such things.

"They're discussing what to eat, I'm okay with that."

"Oh……"

In the dark and narrow space, the two fell into a strange silence. One was standing and the other was sitting. The stairwell was filled with smoke. It took a long time for Gu Sheng to speak. His voice was hoarse and sexy, probably because he had just smoked. People, like a gorgeous cello sonata.

"I heard Team Leader Gao talking to someone else in the toilet."

Lin Yan's hand holding the cigarette stopped, no wonder Gu Sheng stared at him for a long time today and thought there was something wrong with him, probably because he wanted to tell him but didn't dare to tell him.

Lin Yan smiled wryly, "Nietzsche once said that 'whoever ignites the lightning will drift forever like a cloud', people should always have some hope."

He raised his head to look at Gu Sheng, his black and white eyes were shrouded in smoke, Gu Sheng felt his heart tighten suddenly.

The next moment, the smoke was blown away by the wind, and he just saw the corner of Lin Yan's mouth raised, as if he would never be able to be defeated.

"So, don't tell anyone about it."

Gu Sheng's throat was dry and tight, he really wanted to ask Lin Yan how many times have you done such a thing?

But he couldn't ask, when he looked into Lin Yan's eyes, he couldn't say anything, he could only obey Lin Yan's wish.

"Ah."

Lin Yan nodded, "Thank you."

Gu Sheng glanced at him, "Aren't you afraid that I will break my promise again? After all, I have a criminal record."

"Prior record?"

Lin Yan didn't know what Gu Sheng was talking about for a while, but then he understood that what Gu Sheng said was probably about the incident that he was exposed for accepting private work.

He was speechless for a moment, he never expected that Gu Sheng would misunderstand him on this matter.

"I know it won't be your tip-off."

Gu Sheng was a little surprised when he heard that, Lin Yan's attitude towards him did not think that he was the one who made the whistleblower?

"Then why do you act like you're against me?"

Lin Yan shyly scratched his face with his fingers, "At first I wanted to trick the informant, after all, since the other party knew that I was taking private jobs, they should know that only the two of us knew about it, so naturally they wanted to see us turn against each other .”

"So later I suspected Fade Chen and followed him to find out the truth of the matter. I didn't expect that stealing a chicken would cost you nothing, and someone drugged my wine just as soon as I replied to a text message."

After listening to Lin Yan's explanation, Gu Sheng understood why Lin Yan turned a blind eye to him, and why he appeared in the gay bar. Lin Yan wanted to use his tricks to find out the truth of the matter, but if he hadn't met Fade Chen, he would also be suspicious. If he is in love with him, then he will really steal the chicken and lose nothing.

Lin Yan looked at Gu Sheng in embarrassment, hesitated to speak, and finally asked, "So what happened that night? After I was drugged, my consciousness became blurred, and I only vaguely remembered that there was a man Help me up and walk outside."

Gu Sheng seemed to be tired from standing, so he simply squatted down. In fact, Lin Yan saw that he was even more tired from squatting, and wanted him to sit on the floor like himself.

Gu Sheng turned his head and met Lin Yan's eyes. Lin Yan could see Gu Sheng's clear eyes through Gu Sheng's thin lenses.

"That evening……"