Marriage Crisis: Lonely Apricot Blossom

Chapter 16 Meeting again, but unable to become a passerby (1)
After staying in a hotel for a week, Yan Jia finally found a satisfactory place after careful selection. It is a high-end community near Liulang Wenying. The rent is a bit expensive, but Yan Jia thinks it is worth it. Not only are the facilities here, but the most important thing is to go out. You can enjoy the best view of the West Lake in a few steps. Even if you are walking alone under the dense tree-lined road, you will feel surprisingly good.Yan Jia comforted herself with a slogan on TV: "Women should treat themselves better."

The next task is to find a job to make a living. This is not urgent for her. She took three days of fishing and two days of netting to find a job, but she never found a solution.

These days can be said to be the most leisurely time in Yan Jia's life.

When I wake up every morning, I don’t have to crawl and rush to the toilet to wash up, so as not to be late, I don’t have to think about what clothes to wear to the company today, and I don’t have to worry about being scratched by the boss early in the morning because of a mistake yesterday, which will affect the day’s progress. Feeling.

The usual situation is that she lies on the bed, yawns, quietly enjoys the bright sunshine flashing in from the window, and then lazily drags a bunch of colorful materials from the side cabinet, including maps, introductions of sightseeing places, A gourmet guide, everything you need.While watching, I planned in my mind where to go in the morning, where to eat at noon, and how to spend the afternoon and evening. After I made up my mind, I became interested, so I jumped up, packed my bags, and went out for a walk in high spirits.

In the case of getting lost, as long as you ask passers-by or the police uncle sweetly, you will be almost invincible.It turns out that freedom feels so good.

Of course, when I think this way, I occasionally feel a little sorry for my mother.

After a month, she traveled all over the major scenic spots in Hangzhou and several surrounding cities, tasted all kinds of local delicacies, and then suddenly realized that she didn't even have a job description, so she became a little anxious.

She submitted N documents on the Internet, but they all came to nothing. She also went to the talent market for a few laps, and she got nothing but a little sweat.With her consistent work experience as a handyman, it is indeed difficult to gain a foothold in this economically developed city, but it is not impossible.

Just when she was frowning and was about to reassess her own value and reposition, a consulting company beckoned to her.

The scale of the company is small, and Yan Jia can have a panoramic view of the whole structure standing at the door.She was led into the boss's office.They wanted to recruit an office assistant, and they were looking for Yan Jia's experience in doing odd jobs.

The boss is a lady in her 40s. Her surname is Lin, and her last name is Lei. She is the general manager. She has slightly dark skin and gentle eyes. She chatted with Yan Jia briefly, and then told her directly that she was admitted. Ask her When can I come to work, Yan Jia is afraid that the hen she got will fly away, so she hastily replied reverently, "Anytime."

As soon as Lin Lei made a decision, Yan Jia took office on the same day.

After explaining the relevant formalities, Yan Jia was taken out by a little girl in charge of personnel affairs, and she gave Yan Jia an entry counseling, and she had to familiarize herself with the situation on the first day.

Before going out, Lin Lei confessed to the little girl, "Aju, give her a notebook."

When a half-new and not old laptop was handed over to Yan Jia, a sense of awe arose spontaneously. Although it was a bit old, it was a laptop after all!This company looks pretty good.

"Don't be too happy, I sent you this so that you can work even when you go home." The little girl named Aju said disdainfully in her ear.

"Is it very busy here?" Yan Jia glanced suspiciously at the deserted company and the empty seats.

Aju looked at her in surprise, and said: "You don't know? Our company is famous for its few people and many things. Look, everyone here, are there any fat people? No, everyone said that this is the best way to lose weight. center!"

"It's such an exaggeration!" Yan Jia laughed.

"Then just wait and see."

Within a week, Yan Jia completely believed Aju's words.

Busy, not ordinary busy!She was spinning in the office like a spinning top every day, being sent to and fro by people from all walks of life. Once she stopped, she felt dizzy and her blood sugar was too low.

There is indeed a serious shortage of manpower. There are about [-] people in the whole company, who don't have a lot of work in their hands, but Yan Jia is the only errand.

"Why don't you recruit more?" Yan Jia quietly asked Aju.

"Let's reduce the cost. If one person can do it, it is absolutely impossible to hire another one." Aju said.

Aju's surname is Ge. She has been working in this company for two years. Her main responsibilities are to manage personnel and administrative matters. Do the project.

She told Yan Jia that the main task of the company is to promote and implement some management systems that can improve the work efficiency of enterprises, such as enterprise resource planning.The members of the company are divided into several groups, and a leader leads the project, which usually takes a year.Some of them have done well and jumped to a higher branch after a year, so the turnover of the company's personnel is very high.

"Your predecessor just left three days ago, Mr. Lin was in a hurry to ask for someone, so the decision was made so quickly."

"Why did she go?"

"Tired! Sister, I finally found a good family. If you don't hurry up to marry and enjoy the blessings, you can stay here and suffer." Aju has been working for nearly four years, and she still hasn't found a boyfriend yet.

Yan Jia soon got to know all the other colleagues, all of them were men, and they all had very good backgrounds. Most of the younger ones were returnees, and the older ones had degrees from Tsinghua University and Peking University. Yan Jia felt that she could do odd jobs for them with peace of mind. .

As long as these people go to customers, they all wear suits and ties, sit upright, and talk eloquently.But as soon as they got back to the office, they all showed their true colors, one by one.

Because there are very few local people in the company, the first topic of conversation is the house.

"Where do you live?" a boy named Tang Bo asked her.

Yan Jia said the address, and several young people immediately respected her.

"Rich people!"

Yan Jia felt embarrassed, "Your salary is so much higher than mine, you can't afford to live if you want to."

Tang Bo said: "We still want to buy a house, but at the current housing price, we can do it without tightening our belts!" It is said that he only eats one corn and a glass of water for dinner every day, which can save money and lose weight.

Chen Jun, who was standing on one side, sighed sympathetically from the moment he saw Yan Jia, which made her wonder.

"What do you think of Boss Lin?" He asked in a low voice.

Yan Jia thought about it, and besides asking for more, she was very polite to herself, so she said, "It's okay!"

"Don't you think she looks a bit like the monk Tang in "A Chinese Journey to the West"?" Chen Jun looked at her seriously.A few people next to him grinned happily at him.

Thinking that Lin Lei had to take the trouble to stare at everything several times, Yan Jia also pursed her lips and smiled.

"You can still laugh, you!" Chen Jun glared at her, "You are the person closest to the leader here, and you have to bear the heavy responsibility of subduing demons and subduing demons."

From now on, whenever Lin Lei calls her, a colleague will come to her ear and yell softly, "Wukong, hurry up."

Yan Jia thought, when did I become their big brother?

But there is no doubt that working with such a group of happy beans is a pleasure, even if it is tiring, it is worth it.

Time flies so fast, and another summer comes in a blink of an eye.

Yan Jia is getting used to the new life more and more.

When the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the overtime hours of everyone in the office are significantly longer, and they can enjoy free air conditioning, so why not do it.

Due to fierce competition, the company's business is on a downward trend, which makes Lin Lei, the boss, feel a sense of crisis. Throughout July, she almost drifts out on business trips to tackle key problems.

Aju told Yan Jia that Lin Lei wanted to find a partner to make the company bigger. In this line of work, if he does not advance, he will retreat. If he does not tighten his nerves and find a way to retain and expand customers, I am afraid that he will be out of business in a few years. disappeared.

It is said that Lin Lei's husband is also in business, and she also has a ten-year-old daughter. Since the couple are both workaholics, they neglected to discipline their daughter and followed their grandparents all day long, so their temper became more and more indulgent.

Although Lin Lei always clamored to return to the family and be a good wife and mother, she worked harder than anyone else when she started working. Yan Jia couldn't figure out whether she couldn't help herself or just because of her personality.Of course, when Lin Lei was not in the office, the roots of her ears were obviously much cleaner.

The relationship between Aju and Yan Jia has also changed from being polite at the beginning to being familiar with each other. Her personality and temper are similar to Xiao Yan, but she is more pragmatic than Xiao Yan. Yan Jia and her get along very well.

Therefore, when Aju salivated and said that she wanted to live with Yan Jiazan for a while to spend the hot summer, Yan Jia readily agreed.

Yan Jia’s house is closer to the company, so she can be less tortured by the scorching sun when she goes to work. Responsible for various cleaning tasks in the room.Yan Jia thought, it would be nice to have a companion, it would be more lively.

The two girls had a good life, but the younger boys in the company were not so lucky.

The worst thing was Tang Bo, who shared a room with someone else, and only rented a small room without air-conditioning. The landlord was a young couple who lived next door to him. Such as sauna.

"When it's unbearably hot, I'll stick it on the landlord's door to cool off for a while." Tang Bo Meimei drank ice water and sighed.

Chen Jun took out a thermometer and fiddled with it. It was a customer's product, and he borrowed it for fun.After measuring the air and the surface temperature of the human body, it turned out that the surface temperature of Aju and Yan Jia was two degrees lower than that of other male colleagues.

Chen Jun smiled and said: "Tang Bo, if you are really hot and you are reluctant to buy an air conditioner, you should quickly find a girlfriend and sleep with your arms at night, which can also cool down."

Tang Bo thought about it seriously, "It seems like this will only get hotter."

Everyone laughed.

At the beginning of August, Lin Lei finally returned to the office again, with a much more relaxed expression. He heard that a suitable partner had been negotiated and would bring a large amount of business.

Aju stuck out her tongue and complained to Yan Jia: "Now we are busy again, why is the word 'miserable'!"

Yan Jia's birthday is in early August.The night before, her mother called her and asked her to eat a bowl of noodles on her birthday, which is a custom in her hometown.

"Our whole family will eat noodles for you tomorrow." Mom said, a little bit embarrassed, thinking of Yan Jia.

Thinking that I am already 29 years old, I am a little scared, the years make people old.

When Yan Jia went to the office early in the morning, she saw a large bouquet of lilies on her desk. The fresh fragrance wafted through the entire office, and an exquisite birthday card was attached with the flowers. The congratulatory message was printed out without signature.

"Wow, who gave it to you, it's so beautiful!" Aju was so envious that her saliva was almost drooling.

Yan Jia was also puzzled, none of her former colleagues knew that she came to Hangzhou, and she had no acquaintances in Hangzhou, even if there were exceptions, they wouldn't be able to spend money on her.

It's even more impossible for the family to be so sensational. Even if they give it away, with my mother's quick talk, I won't tell her.

Puzzled, I shook my head and let it go, maybe someone made a mistake.

The office was still busy. After Yan Jia finished copying a bunch of materials and handed them over to relevant personnel, she started rushing to make a presentation that Lin Lei had given her. She did it very carefully. Lin Lei is the kind of person who demands everything For a good and beautiful person, even a wrong punctuation mark is not allowed. Under her guidance, Yan Jia made a beautiful PPT file.

Although Lin Lei is harsh, she is also a reasonable person. She never reprimands employees indiscriminately. If there is a problem, she would rather communicate with you over and over again. There are usually two results. One is that you are really persuaded by her, and the other is that you can't pester her. , can only surrender.

Before lunch, Yan Jia finally sent out the document and was affirmed by Lin Lei. She felt a sense of accomplishment.

After dinner, I returned to the office with Aju, and unexpectedly found that except for the colleagues who were on a business trip, everyone else appeared in the company.

"There is a situation!" Aju whispered nervously to her.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Lei saw these two people, she summoned them into the general manager's office.

"In a while, our new partner will arrive at the company early. Hurry up and arrange the meeting room, and inform everyone to gather in the meeting room on time at two o'clock."

The two led the order, rushed into the conference room, arranged tables, added chairs, adjusted the projector, as capable as two little robots.

In the conference room at two o'clock, people were crowded, everyone was whispering and discussing, but the whole room could hear a buzzing sound, which was very noisy.

When Lin Lei led a dusty man through the door, the entire conference room became quiet.

Aju and Yan Jia sat in the far corner, and they had to poke their heads to see the movement at the door clearly.Yan Jia was anxiously squatting beside the speaker to adjust the wireless microphone. It was fine a few minutes ago. After turning it on just now, he patted the receiver, but there was no response at all. After a while, the leader spoke, and the ugliness became serious.

Aju suddenly stretched out her elbow and stabbed her twice, and whispered: "Look, handsome guy!"

Yan Jia buried her head in fiddling with her and ignored her, her forehead was covered with sweat.

Lin Lei led the newcomers to the front of the stage, and said to the employees in the audience with a smile, "Let me introduce our company's new partner, Mr. Fang Zhenqian."

The name sounded like a thunderbolt above Yan Jia's head, making her feel astonished as if she had been struck by thunder. She suddenly raised her head and saw that familiar figure standing firmly beside Lin Lei, with a reserved smile on her face, her breath Looking down at the audience calmly, he didn't see Yan Jia who was squatting aside.

Lin Lei bent down and asked Yan Jia softly, "Is there a problem with the equipment?" At this moment, the microphone miraculously recovered.

"No, no problem." Yan Jia stammered, and quickly handed over the microphone, then bowed her waist and retreated to a seat near the door.

Fang Zhenqian was speaking on the stage, but Yan Jia couldn't hear a word clearly, she just felt that his voice was fluttering and not very real, of course it wasn't a problem with the sound, at this moment, her heart seemed to be in a mess.

After several rounds of crackling applause, the meeting was considered to be over, and Yan Jia was the first to escape back to her place, only begging the low table guardrail to hide herself.

Lin Lei personally took Fang Zhenqian to an office next door to her, which she had asked Aju to clean up a few days ago, and Aju followed in to serve her attentively.

Yan Jia said silently in her heart, "Don't call me, don't call me, don't call me..."

"Xiao Yan, come in too." Lin Lei stood at the door and called to Yan Jia.

Yan Jia closed her eyes in despair, and walked over bravely.

Entering the office, she didn't dare to look around at all, her eyes stayed on the table, motionless, she could feel Fang Zhenqian was two feet away from her, silently looking at her.

"This is Yan Jia." Mr. Lin seemed to be introducing her to Fang Zhenqian, "From now on, she will be your full-time secretary."

Yan Jia suddenly raised her head, met Zhenqian's gentle gaze above, and said anxiously, "I don't agree."

Lin Lei was taken aback for a moment, and looked at her in disbelief, not expecting that she would challenge her.

"I mean, I might not be able to do it well." Yan Jia also felt that she was too disrespectful to Lin Lei, so she lowered her head and muttered.

Lin Lei felt a little embarrassed, and it was inconvenient to have an outburst in front of Fang Zhenqian, so she greeted him and called Yan Jia into her office.

"Mr. Lin, I still want to follow you. I can learn more things. Let Aju go as a secretary for Mr. Fang." Yan Jia almost begged.

Lin Lei persuaded: "Although Fang Zhenqian is not very old, his qualifications are much higher than mine. He is a well-known expert in the industry in S city. You can learn more from him than from me. What are you doing? What are you worrying about?"

Yan Jia lowered her head and remained silent.

"I managed to drag him to Hangzhou to cooperate with you. Your attitude just now makes me very uncomfortable. This will affect the company's reputation." Lin Lei emphasized her tone.

Yan Jia said stubbornly: "I don't have confidence, I just think it's good as it is now. I don't want to change."

After a moment of stalemate, Lin Lei suddenly sighed and said, "Actually, I don't have to let you go, but Mr. Fang...he specified that he wants you."

Yan Jia raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Why?"

"He read your and Aju's resumes and thinks you are the most suitable."

"Despicable!" Yan Jia squeezed out two words between her teeth.

"What?" Lin Lei didn't hear clearly, and asked with her ear turned slightly.

Yan Jia tried hard to restore a calm expression on her face, "It's nothing."

It seems that nothing will come out of talking with Lin Lei.

Coming out of Lin Lei's office, Yan Jia went directly to Fang Zhenqian's place, let him come if he should come, since he couldn't avoid it anyway.

Fang Zhenqian was carefully arranging his belongings at the table. When he saw Yan Jia coming in, a smile appeared on his face, and he watched her close the door by the way.

"Yan Jia, how are you?" He stood up, with a hint of excitement in his deep voice.

Yan Jia walked up to him directly, staring and questioning: "Fang Zhenqian, what do you want to do?"

Not seeing each other for more than a year, Fang Zhenqian's facial features have become thinner, but he is still as handsome as before, his hair is combed back meticulously, leaving a smooth, full forehead, still elegant.

Fang Zhenqian looked innocent, "I came to work, I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet you."

"Stop pretending!" Yan Jia gritted his teeth and said, "Then what do you mean you want me?"

"Oh," Fang Zhenqian's eyes flickered, "I think we will have a tacit understanding when we cooperate."

"You..." Yan Jia was speechless, she took off the work badge from her chest and threw it on his desk.

"I quit!" She turned and walked away.

"Yan Jia!" Fang Zhenqian's voice became serious now, "Are you so afraid of seeing me?"

Yan Jia stopped in her tracks, and her mind suddenly came to her senses, yes, why should she be afraid of him?He is the one who is in the wrong, so why hide from him!Even if he left, he should be the one to leave. He behaved himself well. It was fine if he forced him to leave once, and he must never be forced to leave again.

She thought about it quickly in her heart, and when she turned around again, there was a fake smile on her face, "Okay, since I have no choice, I agree! I will follow your orders from now on."

Fang Zhenqian stared at her in silence for a while, smiled back on his face, and nodded in satisfaction, "I hope we... have a good cooperation."

The door had already been opened, Yan Jia couldn't help but turned her head and threw him another sentence: "The flowers are quite fresh, but it's a pity——I don't like them!"

Stepping out of the office, Yan Jia was in high spirits and fighting spirit. Not only Lin Lei looked strange, but even Aju was puzzled.

"Why do you cat and dog for a while?"

Yan Jia fiddled with a lily on the table, and thought to herself: "Fang Zhenqian, let me see how long you can last."

With a strong hand, the flower stem was broken into two sections, and a "sinister" smile couldn't help showing on his face.

(End of this chapter)