What do you want in life

Chapter 68 Don't Want to Lose Your Smile (19)
So full of suspicion until after get off work, Xiaoying was thinking about her son, and hurriedly packed her things to leave, but Fan Zhijun suddenly called her and asked her to go to his office.

In this critical time, Xiaoying couldn't just leave without saying anything, and she had a premonition that Fan Zhijun must have something important to tell her, otherwise he wouldn't have asked her to go over at this point, and he must have thought it over before deciding to tell her of.

Xiaoying guessed all the way and walked towards Fan Zhijun's office, and in her anxiety, she did not forget to call the grandmother who answered Xiaozhi and told her that she would be there later.

He knocked on the door and went in, only to see Fan Zhijun standing by the window with his back turned to the door, he didn't turn his head when he heard the door opening, he was totally different from the usual polite and thoughtful President Fan.

"President Fan." Xiaoying called him anxiously.

Only then did Fan Zhijun turn around slowly, but his face, which was always full of excitement, now turned gray, as if he had aged five or six years suddenly.

"Xiaoying, I'm leaving."

"Let's go?" Xiaoying was taken aback, "Where are you going?" She originally thought that Mr. Qiao took the lead on the project, but unexpectedly the situation was much more serious than she imagined.

Fan Zhijun took a deep breath, "Today I received a transfer order from above, asking me to serve as the vice president of the Kelan Branch in City B." Having said this, he snorted lightly, "It's said to be a promotion, but what does it have to do with expulsion? Respectively, the branch in City B belongs to the most dilapidated one of Ke Lan's several offices, not even a decent office!"

His mocking tone was not so much indignant as it was a little relieved.

Xiaoying was completely shocked. It turned out that Mr. Qiao's methods were so ruthless that he not only wanted to snatch the real fruits, but also couldn't tolerate the person who cultivated the fruits for him.

She pondered Fan Zhijun's expression and guessed cautiously, "Are you not planning to go?"

Fan Zhijun nodded, "Yes! I have already submitted my resignation to Mr. Qiao, and he said he would consider it for a few days."

He turned his gaze to Xiaoying, and suddenly smiled easily, although it seemed more like a feign, "I have also mentioned your matter to Mr. Qiao, and emphasized to him the importance of you in this project. Now and Shen's cooperation has just been finalized, I believe he will consider it carefully, so you don't have to worry."

"Mr. Fan, I..." Xiaoying felt extremely sad when she heard him arranging the "funeral affairs" with Yan Yuese. She really couldn't understand why people who worked so hard would be kicked out of the company. Chilling?

"I know what you're thinking," Fan Zhijun seemed to understand the displeasure in her expression, "It's not entirely Mr. Qiao's idea alone, he can't make this decision, it's... the balance of the interests of the upper class As a result, I actually expected this day long ago, but..." He hesitated to speak, some words were not enough for outsiders to understand.

Xiaoying left Fan Zhijun's office with a heavy heart.

Before leaving, he told her again, "This matter hasn't been announced yet, so don't spread it out for now." Xiaoying nodded in agreement.

Fan Zhijun's ability to tell him such important news in such a timely manner also showed his trust in her. Thinking of this, Xiaoying felt even more sad.No matter what Fan Zhijun had done, he was a good boss to her.

As usual, she was cooking dinner in the kitchen, but Xiaoying's heart was boiling like a pot of water. Many thoughts that she hadn't had time to form after hearing the news of Fan Zhijun's exit came to her mind one by one.

Although Fan Zhijun did not forget to promise to recommend her to Mr. Qiao before leaving, but Mr. Qiao is such a utilitarian person, once he understands the real reason why Shen Shi chose to cooperate with Ke Lan, he will let him go and stay out of it ?No, it's an almost unimaginable prospect.

When Fan Zhijun was there, he still forced her to go to the Shen family by soft words because of the situation. In the future, if she replaced Mr. Qiao, it would be even worse. There is no peace.

Thinking of this, Xiaoying felt dejected. The family had been calm for a few days, but something happened to the company again. Could it be God's will?

She began to seriously consider Li Zhen's suggestion. If she really wanted to get rid of right and wrong and restore peace to herself and her family, then she might as well just resign.

After Xiaoyu and the others left, Li Zhen's attitude towards her improved a lot, and the two returned to the state of respecting each other as guests before. Such a situation did not come easily, and she had to cherish it.

She and Li Zhen, even though there was no element of love when they got married back then, they have been together for three years, at least they have a close relationship.

Instead of changing the guard, it is better to resign, and it will be done once and for all.Once this idea took shape in my mind, it couldn't go away. It symbolized a certain turning point, but more importantly, it symbolized Xiaoying's compromise again.

A deep breath slowly surged up from the bottom of my heart, reaching the mouth of my throat, and then I let it out gently, forming a long and distant sigh.

Two days later, the news that Fan Zhijun submitted his resignation to Ke Lan due to personal reasons and was approved was made public. All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion in the company. Some guessed that he was seized from power, and some guessed that he was poached by others because of the soaring value of the Shen family. Let's go, in short, I have everything to say.

Fan Zhijun, who was dying in the company on the last day, came in and out with a relaxed and relieved smile on his face, so the public opinion suddenly turned to the guess that he must have been promoted before leaving Ke Lan.

No matter how bizarre the rumor is, it has nothing to do with Fan Zhijun himself. He will soon no longer belong to Ke Lan, a small but well-equipped arena.

Before leaving, Xiaoying was the staff member he summoned the most, and she was almost the only subordinate who followed him faithfully in Ke Lan's later period.

"It's only now that I understand a truth - when the general trend is gone, no matter how hard you try, you can't bring it back, because the 'potential' is no longer your 'potential', the more you do, it means you And you end up with more to lose—that’s workplace politics.”

Xiaoying will always remember these words in her heart.

He looked back, and the eyes projected on Xiaoying's face returned to the calmness of the past, "But it's nothing, there are thousands of roads in the world, and one day you can walk them."

It is indeed true to say so, but only the person concerned knows whether to leave willingly or not.

The day after Fan Zhijun left, all the people under him returned to their original departments, and even the secretary was transferred away. The entire organizational structure was tantamount to disbanding. Only Xiaoying was left hanging alone in mid-air, not knowing what was waiting for her. What.

Both Xiaojiang and Wang Kai were anxious for Xiaoying, "Hurry up and find a place to stay, and we'll talk about it later. Which department do you know well? Find their manager!"

Xiaoying just smiled and didn't take any action. She had long been calculating in her heart, and the reason why she stood still was to see how Ke Lan would arrange herself next.

Two days later in the morning, Xiaoying was solemnly invited by Mr. Qiao to the general manager's office. After some warm greetings, Mr. Qiao went straight to the point and conveyed her a new arrangement: go to the new marketing department to be the supervisor in charge of Shen's projects , the salary is raised by two grades.

Sure enough, he had a good grasp of the ins and outs of the incident.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qiao, I too... plan to resign." Xiaoying expressed her heart calmly after explaining her confusion.

Mr. Qiao's face changed, "What? Are you dissatisfied with the new position, or..." Suspicion flickered in his eyes, "What did Mr. Fan tell you before?"

"No." Xiaoying smiled helplessly. Has this kind of shifting suspicion become the instinct of a veteran in the workplace to analyze problems?

"It's because of my own reasons." She breathed evenly, and said slowly: "No one in my family takes care of the children. I have to go to work and take care of the children, so I'm a bit tired. In fact, when Mr. Fan was here, I used to follow He mentioned this, but at that time he refused to let me go because there was a project that was not finished, and now that President Fan is gone and the project is running very stably, I don’t think I should have any worries about leaving now.”

Mr. Qiao couldn't believe what she said at all. Maybe Fan Zhijun went too far when he conveyed her desire to be transferred. Compared with Xiaoying, who was in a slump in front of him, he was really like two people.

However, no matter how persuaded by Mr. Qiao, Xiaoying just insisted on her request to resign on the grounds of her family.She doesn't want to explain too much, words are just superfluous whitewashing, and often can't express the truth.

In this way, in just a week, Xiaoying regained her status as a working housewife.

When Li Zhen heard the news of her resignation, he was relieved and very happy. For several nights, he gave up working overtime and went home early to reunite with his wife and children.

At night, Xiaoying, who slept with Li Zhenzhen in his arms, was unable to fall asleep for a long time. She felt that after turning around in a big circle, when she returned to his arms, she could no longer feel the warmth of the past.

In late autumn, flus frequently broke out in the kindergarten, and Xiaozhi was also implicated. First, he had a runny nose for two days. She had a slight cough, tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep well, Xiaoying was also worried and didn't sleep well all night.

In the morning, in a daze, she felt that Li Zhen walked into the room quietly. She woke up suddenly, opened her eyes and looked at Xiaozhi beside her, and found that he was breathing steadily and sleeping soundly, and she was slightly relieved.

"Don't send him to kindergarten today, just stay at home for two days, and go when you're done." Li Zhen instructed Xiaoying in a low voice while skillfully tying his tie.

Xiaoying agreed, and that's what she meant.

"I forgot to cook breakfast, what are you eating today?" Xiaoying was a little apologetic, because she was worried about her son's sleep, she turned off the alarm clock.

Li Zhen put his hand on her shoulder and smiled softly, "I'll just go out and buy something to deal with it. You can watch him at home."

After Li Zhen left, even though his mind was groggy, he couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he got out of bed, went to the kitchen to cook some porridge, and made Xiaozhi's favorite steamed egg.

Xiaozhi slept really deeply this time, and didn't get up until 09:30, only turning over once or twice occasionally, Xiaoying couldn't bear to wake him up, and went to touch his forehead after a while, only to feel that it was getting hotter and hotter , She knew something was wrong, so she quickly took his temperature with a thermometer, it was 39 and a half degrees, and she really had a fever.

Xiaoying panicked and woke her son up in a hurry, "Xiaozhi, get up, mom will take you to the hospital!"

In a daze, Xiaozhi opened his eyes to see his flustered mother, then closed his eyes without moving and continued to sleep.

Xiaoying had no choice but to dress her drowsy son with difficulty, and was about to go out while holding him, when she found that she was still wearing pajamas in a panic, she hurriedly put Xiaozhi on the bed again, changed her clothes, and took the needs with her Stuffed stuff in handbags.

Carrying her son in her arms, she rushed downstairs, her phone kept singing in her bag, so she had to free up her hands to answer it, but she didn't expect it to be from Shen Juncheng.

"I heard about Ke Lan's accident." His deep voice came from the receiver, "Is your resignation related to Fan Zhijun?"

How could Xiaoying have the heart to talk about these things at this time, "I'm sorry, I, I'm very busy now, let's talk about these things later."

She hurriedly wanted to cut off the phone, but Shen Juncheng noticed something strange, "What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's nothing, oh, I'm in a hurry, I'll hang up first! I'll call you later!" She said incoherently and perfunctorily.

"Wait a minute!" Shen Juncheng stopped loudly, and his tone became anxious, "What happened?"

Xiaoying paused for a moment, she understood Shen Juncheng's temperament, instead of letting him guess, it's better to tell him the truth, "My son has a fever, and I'm planning to send him to the hospital!"

"Where are you now?"

"Just went out." While speaking, Xiaoying had already drilled out of the building and was walking towards the gate of the community. "I will explain to you about Ke Lan later."

In fact, she had already guessed that Shen Juncheng would make this call, and she had already prepared a set of excuses in advance, and she just wanted to take this opportunity to have a good talk with him, but right now was not the time.

"You wait for me at the gate of the community, I'll go there right away, don't go away!"

Xiaoying was taken aback, and quickly refused, "No! No! I..."

Before he finished speaking, he could only hear the beeping busy tone.

She held her son in her right hand and the mobile phone in her left hand. She stood in a stalemate for a moment, regained her senses, and hurriedly called Shen Juncheng back. No matter what, she couldn't let him meddle in her family affairs.

After dialing his number, the phone rang for a long time, but Shen Juncheng didn't answer it.

Xiaoying was hesitant at the gate of the community, she wanted to stop the car and leave, but she was also worried that Shen Juncheng would wait for nothing when she arrived, she was really troubled.

After about seven or eight minutes, a black business car with a clean body came from far to near, driving towards Xiaoying.

When Shen Juncheng, who was driving, saw Xiaoying holding her child standing on the side of the road and watching the passing vehicles frequently, a smile appeared on his lips. He knew her very well.

He parked the car in front of her accurately, pushed the door down without a second's delay, and opened the back seat door for her, "Get in the car!"

Xiaoying opened her mouth, wanting to say something, Shen Juncheng put his hand on Xiaozhi's forehead, his face changed slightly, "It's very hot, I have to go to the hospital immediately!"

This sentence made Xiaoying's face turn pale, she didn't dare to say anything, and obediently climbed into the car.

It was just the two of them and a child in the car.

Seeing the well-dressed Shen Juncheng acting as a driver for their mother and son, Xiaoying felt very uncomfortable.

"How do you know I live here?" she muttered under her breath.

Shen Juncheng didn't look back, and concentrated on driving. After a while, he replied to her lightly, "Everything about you is...not a secret to me."

Xiaoying didn't turn her head to look out of the car, and said nothing.

When they arrived at the Children's Hospital, Shen Juncheng took care of all the errands, and only asked Xiaoying to accompany the child to sit at the door of the consultation room and watch. Xiaoying was worried about Xiaozhi, so she couldn't care about these details with Shen Juncheng.

Occasionally, when she raised her eyes, she caught a glimpse of Shen Juncheng in the team, which suddenly touched a long-standing memory - when they were 16 years old, they were as busy in the hospital as they are now, but at that time it was because of Xiaoyu, but now, It's for her and Li Zhen's son.

More than ten years passed by like water, but there were too many disturbances in the middle. Today, things have changed, and the only thing that has not changed is Shen Juncheng's true love for her.

Xiaoying suddenly felt her throat a little choked up, she hurriedly lowered her head, pretending to check on her son, she couldn't make sure that she wouldn't cry in public.

The doctor diagnosed Xiaozhi with pneumonia and needed hospital treatment.

The hospitalization procedures were quickly completed, but Xiaozhi's change of clothes and some daily necessities were still at home. Shen Juncheng advised Xiaoying not to bother, "If you need anything, let me know. I'll go out and buy everything. return."

Now that things had happened, Xiaoying couldn't be more polite to him, so she simply gave him a list. Shen Juncheng wanted to leave, but Xiaoying called him from behind.

He turned around and saw Xiaoying holding a stack of banknotes in her hands, "This is money for shopping, and the medical expenses you paid in advance."

Shen Juncheng froze for a moment, walked over silently, and slowly took it from her hand.

Xiaoying didn't dare to linger on his slightly injured face, she just whispered, "Thank you."

Shen Juncheng smiled wryly twice, turned and left.

When he returned to the ward, Xiaozhi was already sitting on the head of the bed soberly, dripping on the back of his hand, and was eating the rice porridge that Xiaoying fed, his two big and bright eyes were rolling around, revealing She is smart and smart, and her pretty face really looks like Xiaoying.

As soon as Shen Juncheng walked in, Xiaozhi immediately cast his curious eyes on him. This was the first time the two of them met face to face.

"Are you awake?" Shen Juncheng was not good at striking up conversations with children, and greeted him with a smile on his face, while taking out the purchased items one by one.

"Xiaozhi, call uncle!" Xiaoying told her son.

"Uncle!" Xiaozhi yelled, his eyes still a little confused, "Mom, where is this uncle from? I never knew him."

Shen Juncheng smiled when he heard the words, "My surname is Shen, and I'm your mother's friend. We've known each other since then."

Shen Juncheng bought too many things, including food and clothing, even toys, which was enough for Xiaozhi to live here for a month, but the available cabinets were too small, after being full, the remaining supplies had to be put in the At the end of the bed, fortunately, Xiaozhi is small and does not take up space.

"Why did you buy so much?" Xiaoying stared at what he showed, a little dumbfounded.

"Be prepared!" Shen Juncheng was so busy that he was sweating all over, so he took off his coat and put it on the railing at the end of the bed.

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Xiaoying faltered, "Well, will it delay you today... You must be very busy at ordinary times, right?"

"No!" Shen Juncheng looked relaxed, bent down to pick up a well-packed model car, and said while unpacking it: "They will call me if there is anything."

He stayed here until sunset.

When Xiaozhi was awake, Shen Juncheng taught him how to play with the novelty toys he bought. Except for his uncle, Xiaozhi had never met such a big playmate who was so patient and willing to play with him wholeheartedly. This uncle who met for the first time had a good impression.

Looking at the two faces, one big and one small, but they even had similar smiles, Xiaoying's heart ached as if she had been bumped by something.

If she wasn't so weak back then, if she could grit her teeth and persevere back then, wouldn't she just be...

"No no!" She terrifiedly denied this assumption in her heart, and she felt a sense of guilt.

In any case, people can only look forward, not back.Looking forward, you may gain the courage to move forward because of the unknown, but looking back can only make you regret it.

In the afternoon, under Xiaoying's insistence, and Xiaozhi couldn't bear it anymore, he reluctantly put down the toy, got into the quilt and fell asleep obediently, before closing his eyes, he didn't forget to look for Shen Juncheng with his eyes, Shen Juncheng understood , smiled and whispered to him, "Sleep well, and uncle will play with you after waking up."

He petted Xiaozhi's head lovingly, and suddenly had an illusion that this little guy lying in the bed seemed to be his own child. Children are awkward.

There seemed to be a delicate thread slipping through his heart, before he could catch it, Xiaoying urged in his ear again, "Is there really nothing wrong in your company?"

He turned around, smiled and said, "It's really nothing."

(End of this chapter)