After getting on with the enemy

The dullness of summer came in full swing at the end of June, and the scorching heat waves flowed in the air one after another, blowing from the streets to the end of the alley, and then to the depths of the compound.

The humid climate in the south became more and more obvious during this period, especially in the cold morning, the air seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, which could not completely dissipate until noon, and everywhere was damp.

City A, which was around 30 degrees the day before, heated up again. The next day, it could reach 30 degrees Celsius, and it has remained high since then. The weather has been more than [-] degrees for several days. higher.

A local TV channel issued a special notice for this purpose, reminding citizens to strengthen sun protection to escape the heat, and also called on everyone to pay attention to safety when traveling in dense fog.

The weather is hot, and the area of ​​Xijing Courtyard is more secluded. Usually, when the weather is cool and cloudy, you can see the group of people together every now and then, but this time it is much less. Adults and children don’t come out very often, and they all stay at home blowing fans. Blow the air conditioner.

At Qiao’s house, grandma, who likes to go out to meet up with old friends on weekdays, doesn’t go out much anymore. Since the second day when the temperature rises, she has lived a quiet life in the house. Every day, she either turns on the opera channel to listen to opera, or turns to the kitchen. Hang around, do some food to cool off the heat, and plant flowers and plants to water them, and you can always find a bunch of things to do.

The elderly don't feel that such a life is boring and lonely, and their mentality is more stable. When the mood comes in the evening, they will take the people around them for a walk.

Since grandma didn't go out often, Qiao Yan returned to the compound more and more often. Earlier, he only came back to stay for two days in a week, half a month, or even a month. Recently, he appeared four or five times a week, and more often Live at home for several days.

Xu Ziqing can't get away, has no time to take care of the elderly, and occasionally gets busy and can't even eat on time. She leaves early and returns late all day long.

Qiao Yan had to take over the task of taking care of her grandma. Although she didn't need to do anything, the old man cooked for her and even washed her clothes before hanging them. It looked more like grandma was taking care of her. She, but she can't help but come.

Bi Yi is such an old man, if there is no one to watch and accompany him, if there is an accident and falls, it may be too late for Xu Ziqing to find out before sending him to the hospital.

Qiao Yan didn't complain about it, and didn't think grandma was tired and happy to go home.She discussed with Rong Yin and readjusted the number of shifts. The original two bosses had been guarding the shop side by side, and changed to separate shifts. In the morning, she would watch the shop, and in the evening, Rong Yin would take care of the rest, from noon to seven in the afternoon. The time is when both parties are present.

The distribution is fairly even, and they have no objections and are mutually satisfied.

The development of new products in the store is going smoothly, and the sales are going well, and the overall order volume is not bad.

The suggestion given by Zhou Xiyun has worked. These days, Kafa has more and more repeat customers. Some customers will place an order in the store almost every day, and there will be two or three orders at most. The frequent visits are so frequent that Qiao Yan can recognize them. Familiar faces, some people come to order, Qiao Yan can estimate their tastes without opening their mouths.

Rong Yin was surprised, surprised that the charm of the new product was so great.

Kafa did not do much publicity this month, and did not engage in online marketing. The new product is still in the initial stage of launch, and it is selling very well.The sales of new products are better than any previous launch, and the sales volume is higher than that of the last official account promotion, almost doubled.

Colleagues around are doing activities. In order to cope with the incident of soliciting customers in the early stage of "Cafa", those individual beverage stores have to face the impact of this time. If they can't think of a countermeasure, they must bite the bullet and do it.

This is the case with this type of business. The market is huge, and the substitutability is also great. If you can’t keep up with the pace, you will be eliminated. If you don’t have enough liquidity behind it, you will basically be unable to recover from the loss for a few months. up.

This time, Kafa was able to survive the front and rear pincers for no reason, which is really confusing.

Rong Yin thought that there was a tough battle to be fought, and he was prepared to continue to lose money, but he was worried for so long but was not affected.Rong Yin secretly asked people to go to "Cafa" to inquire about it, and found that the business there is still booming, and the customer flow is still very large, which has a lot of impact on the surrounding merchants of the same type. Kafa has stabilized some old customers, and at the same time maintained another batch of new customers with new products, so it seems not so helpless.

In addition to this, Rong Yin found a little other news:

"Caffa" seems to have been questioned and investigated a few days ago, which is related to vicious competition and crackdown on peers.And, it didn't take long for "Coffee" to explode in terms of quality. Not only was it almost held accountable, but its reputation was also negatively affected.

I don’t know which company fought back, or "Cafa" itself is not innocent. In short, the matter is more complicated, and many merchants in the surrounding area have heard about it-even after verification and investigation, "Cafa" did not do much in the end , also quietly suppressed the news.

Some colleagues applauded secretly for this, while others held it high and ignored it, so as not to add insult to injury.

"Cafa" has offended many people invisibly since its opening, and there will be more problems in the future.After all, it is to open the door to make money, pay attention to doing things to save the front line so that we can meet in the future, if you can't make money with kindness, you can only face it. If you don't let others live, others won't let you have a good time.

After hearing this, Rong Yin was not happy, on the contrary, he was a little worried.

Maybe, "Kaffa" would think that all of this was done by Kafa, and this side is simply a live target for the blame, the first to be suspected.

Fearing that he would suffer disaster one day, Rong Yin quickly took care of the store up and down to avoid being caught doing something wrong.

Qiao Yan wasn't very interested in it, and didn't care what the competitors were doing again. He devoted himself to making desserts all day long, and planned to add a few new flavors.Her mentality is more stable than that of her grandma, she remains as unmoved as a mountain, and is not disturbed by the outside world.

Among Kafa's recent online orders, Yifeng Group's orders accounted for a large proportion. This Monday, two large orders were connected, each with five-figure sales.

Qiao Yan made several trips to Yifeng Group to deliver large orders and small orders, and sometimes he had to go alone to deliver dessert cakes.

——Kaffa does not send out some expensive dessert cake orders, for fear that the delivery staff who take the order will damage the food during delivery, which will cause trouble for the three parties. Usually, the store's own people will deliver it here.

A customer from the venture capital department of Yifeng Group ordered five desserts within a week, all of which were cheese mousse cakes and the like, which looked exquisite, small and expensive, so he ordered whatever was expensive.

When he received the order for the first time, Qiao Yan thought it was the same Chen Ke who placed another [-] order, but he didn't know it until he went up.The person who placed the order used someone else's number, none other than Zhou Xiyun.

Goddess Zhou doesn't eat desserts, and every time she orders, she distributes them to her colleagues, burning money.

Every time Qiao Yan went up, he acted as if he didn't know this person, and when he saw him, he didn't even look at him on the surface, and asked privately, "You don't have money, why do you order so much food?"

"The salary has already been paid." Zhou Xiyun said, "I didn't pay you back before, it was paid that time."

"Isn't it just cash?" Qiao Yan said, staring at the man.

"Well," Zhou Xiyun replied with a calm face, "I exchanged it with cash and colleagues, so I asked others to help place the order." This explanation can be described as comprehensive, and there is nothing wrong with it.

If you use your own number and name, Qiao Yan probably won't deliver it in person, and you should let Yang Yang and the others go up. During work, you deliberately avoid Zhou Xiyun, but every time you change to a different person's number, Qiao Yan always goes up by yourself when you have time. Yes, work as much as you can.

Qiao Yan was not an idiot, guessing that so many Yifeng Group's orders should be related to Zhou Xiyun, so he asked this person if he was helping Kafa.

Zhou Xiyun refused to admit it: "No."

"Then why do a bunch of people from your company place orders from our store?" Qiao Yan asked.

Zhou Xiyun said, "I don't know, I don't understand them."

Qiao Yan didn't believe it, but knew it was definitely true.

In fact, to some extent, it’s not really counted, but every afternoon tea time in the department, when there is still some cold drinks, he is in charge of collecting everyone’s willingness to check out together, and before asking everyone what they want to drink, Zhou Xiyun will casually order a cup of coffee. Since it is Kafa.

The team leader has spoken, and the team members and colleagues in the back always follow the same order, and the unified order is also convenient for reimbursement.

Kafa's drink itself is good, and the delivery service and other aspects are thoughtful. Over time, without Zhou Xiyun taking the lead, other people will habitually order Kafa's things.

Word-of-mouth is slowly fermented, one pass two, two pass four... The wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

Zhou Xiyun didn't lie, and if he didn't take credit, if he had it, he would have it, if he didn't, he wouldn't have it.Even if it's a positive thing.

The credit goes to Qiao Yan and Rong Yin. The role of outsiders is only a little bit big. Kafa has the ability to stabilize the customer base, otherwise it will be useless to help more.

Zhou Xiyun squeezed Qiao Yan's arm, then asked, "Are you tired from working these few days?"

"A little bit. I have to prepare a pile of ingredients in the morning, and I will start cooking in the past." Qiao Yan replied, holding the edge of the bed, facing the floor.

Zhou Xiyun supported her head with one hand, "Back back, don't fall."

"No, don't curse me." Qiao Yan put his face into the other's palm and ordered, "The temperature of the air conditioner is low, and it's a bit cold. Give me the remote control."

Zhou Xiyun refused to give it to her, so he found the remote control and turned it up two degrees.

It was another night when the elders were away, and grandma had already rested, and there were only the two of them in Zhou's house.

Qiao Yan had already taken a shower at home, and came to the door wearing a vest and sports shorts.She couldn't bear the heat, her arms and waist were all exposed, and her two slender and smooth legs were also resting on the bed, and it was tiring to even lift them up.

Compared to her casual style, Zhou Xiyun's dress is still the same as usual, her whole body is neat and tidy, even the style of her nightdress is made-to-order, with silky V-neck suspenders on the inside and seven-quarter-length suspenders on the outside. Sleeve nightgown, finely tailored and beautifully shaped.

Qiao Yan had never seen Zhou Xiyun wear this suit before, so he didn't know what it looked like inside, so he touched it with his hands and asked casually, "Aren't you hot, wear two."

Zhou Xiyun replied, "Fortunately, there is air conditioning."

Qiao Yan said: "It's 26 degrees Celsius, and it's not very cool."

Zhou Xiyun hummed, not intending to take off the outer one.

Qiao Yan didn't force it, and after finishing speaking, he buried himself in other things, concentrated on drawing pictures, and ate two bites of half-cooked cheese.I can't stop talking in the middle of the night, not afraid of getting fat.

Zhou Xiyun was ready to take a rest after a while. He let down his hair loosely, took off his outer nightgown, put on only a suspenders, and opened the quilt to go in.

Qiao Yan didn't stay here at first, thinking that his grandma was still at home, and he couldn't explain why he would be late tomorrow morning, so he caught a glimpse of Zhou Xiyun coming up from the corner of his eye, put away his drawing tools and left, and asked, "Are you going to bed tomorrow morning?" class?"

"No." Zhou Xiyun said, "There is no morning shift."

"That's right, I forgot again, your company doesn't have such a rule." Qiao Yan put all the tools in the setot bag, sat up, and stretched his feet to reach for the slippers.

Zhou Xiyun didn't let her leave, and hugged her from behind.

She turned her head and didn't understand why, she thought it was just a couple of hugs, so instead of stopping Zhou Xiyun, she turned around and grabbed Zhou Xiyun's shoulder cooperatively, reaching down to touch the man's back.

It was also at this time that she realized that the back of the sling was naked, and there were only two crossed straps connecting it from the top to the narrowest part of the waist.

The current Zhou Xiyun is very sexy, with a light and charming style.

Qiao Yan didn't understand what was going on, and was startled when he touched Zhou Xiyun's back. After he figured it out, he was even more at a loss, and couldn't even put his hands anywhere.She stumbled and said: "I...I want to go back...the door of the house is...not closed..."

Zhou Xiyun said softly: "It's still early, I'll take you there later."

Qiao Yan twisted, "I can go back by myself."

Zhou Xiyun didn't argue with her and said in a low voice, "We'll see when the time comes."

Immediately, she was not allowed to speak, one hand touched the back of her neck, the other hand also protected her waist, and then pressed hard to this side.

Qiao Yan was no match. No matter how many times he had kissed him, he still couldn't keep up with Zhou Xiyun in this state.It was the first time she saw Zhou Xiyun taking the initiative, and she didn't even know how to speak. She just felt that fireworks were exploding in her mind. move one step.

Zhou Xiyun was wearing perfume and light makeup tonight, but Qiao Yan hadn't noticed it before, and now he finally realized it.

Such a style of Zhou Xiyun is quite different from this person's type in the workplace. She lured Qiao Yan into the trap step by step, step by step, until she pushed Qiao Yan into it completely.

Qiao Yan didn't even have a chance to resist, she was just like a lifeless rock, and she was dazed and dazed throughout the whole process until Zhou Xiyun let her go.

Fortunately, there is a grandma at home, otherwise it is not certain whether I will be able to go back next night.

Qiao Yan was so stimulated that his heart was still pounding when he left.It is destined to be another sleepless night, with deeper dew and heavy humidity.

Because of Zhou Xiyun's sudden "struggle", Qiao Yan felt guilty even when he saw any familiar elders in the next day. After meeting Zhou Xiyun, if there were other people present, he would be ashamed to death.

She was usually thick-skinned, but now she didn't dare to make a mistake. The original vigor was gone, and seeing Zhou Huiwen and the others shrink faster than soft shells.

Zhou Xiyun remained calm, with an ordinary look on his face, as if he didn't understand what happened to Qiao Yan.

Qiao Yan was ashamed and indignant. On Saturdays, she went to the opposite side to eat without a plan. It was not as natural as before, and she always had the illusion of being bitten by fools.

But these are secondary, not important.

Two things happened on Saturday. One was that Song Xinyu, who hadn't seen him for a long time, came back and sent some miscellaneous gifts to Qiao's house. The other was that Zhou Huiwen suddenly moved his birthday forward, changing next Tuesday's birthday to tomorrow.

It was only at this time that Qiao Yan remembered Song Xinyu's existence, and almost forgot that there was such a person.

Song Xinyu went abroad a few days ago, went outside to go through some necessary formalities, and also went there to do some private affairs. Because he was in a hurry before leaving, and he didn't have the energy to take care of it when he was abroad, so he didn't contact Qiao Yan during the period. they.

Song Xinyu was a very busy person, with planes coming and going, it was rare for him to take the time to give gifts.Those things were brought to the Qiao family by the parents of the Song family, saying that they thanked Xu Ziqing for sending them special products, so they paid tribute.

For the Song family's gratitude, the Qiao family really couldn't bear it. When Xu Ziqing opened the box and saw that it was full of dried bird's nest, dried abalone, some dried seafood and supplements, he knew that the box was worth more than the gift. Those from the Song family, Xu Ziqing was really embarrassed to accept them, so he only picked two, and the rest hurriedly asked Qiao Yan to move to the Song family, and politely gave them an extra gift in return.

Qiao Yan carried the box and ran around. He was exhausted, but he couldn't hold back Song Xinyu, so he put the box home again, saying that he didn't want to run errands anymore.

To return Xu Ziqing, Qiao Yan felt his arms sore and he didn't have the strength to work.

The last time I entered the house, I was just in time for Zhou Huiwen to come over and inform me to change the birthday date.Coincidentally, Zhou Xiyun was also present.

Zhou Xiyun glanced at the things in Qiao Yan's hands. Just by seeing the dried abalone with a corner exposed, he could guess who sent it, so he didn't even need to ask.

Qiao Yan went to the table and poured a glass of water, took a breath, and listened to Zhou Huiwen and Xu Ziqing chatting.

The elders don't have the right for the younger generation to intervene, and they can only listen to Zhou Huiwen's arrangements.

What Zhou Huiwen meant was that the restaurant had already been booked for this birthday celebration, and the date change was also planned. He said that Tuesday was inconvenient, and everyone was free on Sunday, so two days in advance would be more appropriate.

Xu Ziqing seemed to be aware of this, and when he heard the news, he laughed and asked if he could help, and pretended to ask who Zhou Huiwen had hired.

Zhou Huiwen came one by one and told who the guests were.

Not many people were invited, and this year it was just a small event, unlike last year when we invited all the business partners we knew.This time, only close relatives, neighbors, and friends of Zhou Xiyun, such as Xing Yuan and Wen Ruyu were invited.

Qiao Yan listened with sharp ears, and gradually figured out the taste here, knowing that it must be more than a simple matter.

Sure enough, Zhou Huiwen mentioned his acquaintances in a few sentences, including an old classmate and his son.Zhou Huiwen smiled and said, "Old Yuan was on a business trip in Shenzhen a few days ago, and he happened to be here tomorrow, so he can come over for dinner."

Xu Ziqing showed no sign of acting, and continued to chat: "This is enough time, will you be in time when you get off the plane?"

Zhou Huiwen said: "It's okay, let Xiyun go to the airport to pick up people, it should be fine."

Zhou Xiyun didn't hear any abnormality, but upon hearing it, he didn't object.

Qiao Yan on the side grabbed the water glass and shook hands, without making a sound, lowered his eyes and stared at the ground, turning the glass uneasily.She bit the inside of her lower lip and opened her mouth uncomfortably, Shu Er interrupted, "I can go."

The other three looked over in an instant.

Qiao Yan was irrational and impulsively said, "Tomorrow I'm going to the airport to see off my friends, so I can pick them up on the way."