wildfire in the heart

On Wednesday afternoon, I came to the place I had agreed with Ms. Ma from Junbai International to wait for her.

The location was set at a coffee shop on the top floor of a complex building with more than 100 floors in the CBD. I arrived first and found a seat by the window. I ordered a cup of coffee and sat waiting for her.

It has been 10 minutes since the appointed time, and she still hasn't come, I feel a little unhappy, maybe she forgot?

Just when I took out my mobile phone and was about to send her a message, she walked towards me in a hurry. Seeing her apologetic face, I knew she didn't mean it, so I stood up and shook hands with her.

Although Ms. Ma is only four or five years older than me, she looks a full generation older than me in appearance, which made me unconsciously feel in awe of her.

Ms. Ma is the type who is not angry and arrogant. When she looks at people, she always looks at people with appreciative eyes. However, she handles things quickly and speaks kindly and methodically, so I like dealing with her.

Later, I realized that I was not in the same level as her, but I didn't realize it at the time, because she always listened to me very carefully and talked to me with a smile, which made me have an illusion that it was her He likes me very much.

Years later, when I thought about it carefully, I realized that she had easily grasped my weakness at that time and used me to the end.

"Sorry, I was late due to the traffic jam on the road and kept you waiting." Miss Ma said as she sat down.

Seeing her sincere apology, I forgave her instantly.

After sitting down and ordering coffee, she smiled and said to me, "Miss An, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I've always wanted to ask you out."

Her pre-emptive move made me feel guilty immediately. I have been really busy with my personal affairs recently and neglected to contact my partners.

"Yeah, it's been a long time." I said with a smile.

Her coffee came quickly, and after taking a sip, she glanced down at the row upon row of buildings outside the window and said, "This is the first time I've come here. I've always heard that the coffee here is famous, and it really lives up to its reputation."

Naturally, she didn't come here to drink this well-deserved cup of coffee, and neither did I. She didn't take the initiative to ask me why I asked her out today, as if we were just girlfriends who wanted to meet, drink tea, relax and chat.

It's not that I don't want to have tea and talk with her, it's just that today's business is important.

Seeing that her eyes finally came back, I organized my words and said: "Miss Ma, I have an appointment with you today, mainly to talk about our cooperation. We have been working together very happily before, and I hope we can do it again in the future." Let's continue working together."

Miss Ma put down the coffee, still smiling slightly, the scrutiny and speculation flashed in her eyes.

"Miss An, me too."

Hearing what she said, I was a little confused: "My secretary told me..." I spoke slowly, waiting for her to continue.

"Oh, I did talk to your secretary about something," she took over my words naturally, "It is true that a new company has approached us, but I am more inclined to cooperate with you." Her words sounded very sincere .

I still couldn't help asking: "Is the boss of the new company you're talking about named Hong?"

Miss Ma showed a surprised expression: "How do you know?"

"I happen to know someone who knows." I said it in a roundabout way.

Just as she was about to explain further to me, I felt her eyes look behind me.

Soon there was a deep voice behind me, which was somewhat familiar: "Miss Ma, are you here too?"

Miss Ma stood up: "Miss Hong."

Following her voice, I turned around and saw that she had a red face? !Why do you think so, you can also meet her here.

Although I only saw her once, and the light in the bar was not so good, I still remember her somewhat arrogant short light yellow hair and nose nails.

If she hadn't dressed formally and had a cold demeanor today, I would have thought she was a bad girl.

Her whole outfit was surprisingly harmonious and imposing, with a sense of superiority and oppression. She was not enthusiastic about Miss Ma, but she was not offensive, and her tone was very light, but it also gave some face.

Red face, no, Hong Youlian seemed to know that I was here, but she didn't give me the slightest look, and only greeted Miss Ma.After they exchanged a few words, Hong Youlian left.

Watching her slightly cold back gradually drifting away, the discomfort in my heart that she ignored slowly dissipated.

When Ms. Ma came back to our conversation, I felt that her tone of voice became careless, and I couldn't tell why.

No way? !Could it be that Hong Youlian is from the family surnamed Hong? This idea suddenly broke into my mind, and my heart seemed to open for a moment.

"I know that Miss Hong." I said suddenly.

The expression on Miss Ma's face changed again, she seemed to be thinking about my relationship with Hong Youlian very quickly.

She calmed down and asked me: "Are you friends or..."

I knew she was spying on me, but I didn't intend to hide anything. I said bluntly: "I only met her once, and there was a small misunderstanding."

The expression on Ms. Ma's face was visibly relaxed, and her tone of voice returned to her original focus when she spoke to me.

She talked with me about the project cooperation very seriously, listened attentively to every word I said, and gave a lot of timely feedback. Finally, she said: "Miss An, I am very happy that we can have such an in-depth conversation today. If As you know, our cooperation contract is about to expire in two months, and now there are new partners approaching us. It’s not that we want to put on airs, but that the terms of the other party are really attractive. Of course, I hope we We can continue to cooperate, and I will let my secretary contact your secretary for further details."

Her words made me think that we still have to talk, and I think she was honest, at least she told me that they did approach other people.

If I'm still at the table, I'm not considered a loser.

After saying goodbye to Ms. Ma friendly, I decided to ask Shu Ci to touch the bottom of that rosy face.

The last time I got red-faced at the bar because of Shu Ci, I don't know if it was because of this that I made a quarrel with that woman.

I vaguely felt that the problem with my partner was mostly caused by red cheeks. I called Shu Ci to make an appointment with her, but she actually said that she was not available.

After hanging up the phone, I went straight to her fashion design studio, I needed to talk to her face to face.

I strolled in, sat across from her workbench and asked her, "Shu Ci, why are you ignoring me?"

Shu Ci seemed to know that I would come, she didn't even lift her eyelids: "Because I hate you."

The word hate is a bit heavy, I am a little hurt, and I am also very dissatisfied: "Why?"

Shu Ci said: "I hate that you can come to me whenever you want, you are cutting up my time now. I clearly said that I don't have time, but you still come."

My chest was blocked: "My time can also be opened to you like this."

Shu Ci frowned: "I don't need it."

I really don't know how I provoked her to provoke her. I haven't bothered her recently, let alone bragging about me and Youyu to her. Is she so concerned?

"Shu Ci, I have something to ask you." Although she didn't like me very much, I still had to say it.

"What's the matter? To be brief, I'm running an order for a very important customer." She finally looked up at me.

"Hong Youlian, are you still in touch with her?" I decided to cut to the chase.

She didn't answer me right away, it seemed that things were not as simple as I thought.

"What happened to her?" Shu Ci's question went to the point.

I don't have any actual evidence now, so I can't directly blame others. I hesitated and said, "It's okay, I just met her two days ago, so I thought of asking you."

"You came here to ask this?"

Alas, this conversation was getting worse and worse, and I just shut up.

Shu Ci glanced at me, her tone eased: "How is that You Yu?"

Obviously I came to ask her questions, but now she turned around and asked me questions.

She is willing to ask, of course I am willing to say, I started to talk non-stop, talking eloquently and eloquently, the more I talked, the better my mood was, and I forgot all the unhappiness before.

Shu Ci listened patiently at first, but her tone and expression got worse and worse.

I'm not an idiot either, and I know how to read people's faces, but if I don't tell her, I really can't find a suitable person to say so.

"It's over, you can go now." She said coldly.

My complacency is really annoying. I tried to think about the many things I took for granted during the years I have known Shu Ci, because I have always trusted her and thought she would never dislike me. But the day finally came when she pushed me out.

I can't tell if I'm hurt or not, I just feel my heart is blocked, and her words are like a basin of cold water pouring on me.

Disappointed, I got up and left, and Shu Ci said "slowly, don't see me off" behind me.

I didn't look back and went straight out.

I got into my car and was sulking when a text message from Shu Ci came in. I picked it up and read: "I broke up with Hong Youlian, but she still comes to see me occasionally."

"Why do you still see her?" I turned back.

"You don't care." I was stunned by these three words. If I didn't treat her as a friend, I wouldn't be bothered to meddle in other people's business.

"Ask her if she's stealing my clients." I decided to be blunt.

"So what, if you have the ability, your client won't be snatched away by her." It turned out that Shu Ci didn't intend to stand by me.

I don't know why Shu Ci became like this, she has always been very strange to me since she came back from Country L.Maybe I have become dispensable in her life, and she is the one who gets close when she wants to, and alienates when she wants to.

I thought about it, forget it, any relationship has to be casual, and there is no point in forcing it, she doesn't want me to disturb her, so I don't bother her, so as not to make trouble for myself.

But Shu Ci's words are not unreasonable, I have to rely on my ability to retain customers, and I can't let that Hong Youlian succeed.

In the next few days, I summoned up 12 yuan to talk to the remaining partners. As a result, I stabilized one, lost two, and the other two were swaying.

After these days of tossing, I am extremely tired. I never thought that I would lose two partners so easily. I really underestimated my opponent.

An unprecedented sense of frustration swept over me, and quickly filled my entire chest, making me suffocated and panicked.In order not to convey my tense emotions to You Yu, I only sent You Yu a few short messages. I dare not call her for fear that she will hear something, although I really want to hear her voice.

She told me that her graduation thesis is progressing relatively well, so I don't have to worry, and I also told her that everything is fine on my side, so she can feel at ease.

"Miss An, are you interested in coming out for a drink?" I was staring at my phone thinking about something, when a new message came from an unfamiliar number on the screen.

I was a little wary, the other party obviously knew who I was, so I turned back and said, "Who are you?"

"Shu Ci's friend. Shu Ci and I are waiting for you, come here."

Red face!It must be her, I just went to meet her today, I decisively went back: "Send me the address."

The address was received, and sure enough, it was the bar where we had the fight last time.

I changed into a very imposing suit, summoned up my fighting spirit, and went out arrogantly.