within Temptation

Chapter 198 Eating together

Tang Xiaoru is the boss of the company. In my impression, although she sometimes comes to work early, she has never come almost an hour earlier like today.

Seeing her appearance, I couldn't help but wondered: "Mr. Tang, why are you here so early?"

Tang Xiaoru seemed to have recovered from the shock. After giving me a blank look, she walked towards me and said, "Vice President Wang from the group headquarters called me early in the morning and said that a meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been changed to today. It will be held in the morning. I haven't got some meeting materials ready, so..."

Speaking of which, she seemed to see the piece of gauze on my head.After being stunned for a while, he hurriedly moved his face in front of me, stared at the bandage on my head, and said in surprise, "What's wrong with your head? Is it injured?"

I hurriedly raised my hand to cover the gauze, laughed awkwardly and said, "Ah...it's nothing, just a little injury, it's fine."

"A little injury?" Tang Xiaoru looked at me left and right, with a look of disbelief: "How did a little injury wrap up like this? What's going on? How did you get it off?"

At this moment, I also regret running out and being seen by Tang Xiaoru.If I have no other choice, I really don't want to lie to Tang Xiaoru.But if you don’t lie, you must confess to her what happened to Fei Leina and me these days.It's not that I don't want to tell her, it's just that I haven't figured out how to say it at the right time.

However, it is useless to regret now, Tang Xiaoru has already seen the bandage on my head.Just as I was smiling awkwardly, I was thinking whether to tell the truth, or just find a reason to fool me.But there was a ding sound from the elevator far away in the aisle, followed by footsteps of women's high heels walking towards us.

I looked up and was surprised to see Han Zhi, the assistant to the general manager of the company, came to work early.She had a leather bag over her shoulder and another in her hand.Look at the style of the leather bag she is carrying in her hand, it is exactly the one Felena used last night.

Tang Xiaoru also turned her head away. When she saw Han Zhi coming, she was not surprised. She just nodded and said, "Here you are? Go to my office and wait. I'll be here in a while."

When Han Zhi saw us, he gave me a strange look, then immediately said to Tang Xiaoru, "Okay!"

As she said that, she lowered her head and walked past Tang Xiaoru and me.I was just worried that she would come over and give me Fei Leina's bag, and even asked me a few questions about the fight last night.But I didn't expect that she didn't mention it, and just passed by like nothing.

For a moment, I couldn't help but secretly thank Han Zhi in my heart.She must think that the boss of the company is here, so it's not easy to mention that I, an employee, fight with people outside, right?I didn't expect Han Zhi to be such a kind person. It was because of her help that I got tickets to Xu Shu's concert last time.It's just that I don't have much contact with her, why is she being so nice to me?

Just as Han Zhi passed by, Tang Xiaoru had already turned her head.Continue to look at the gauze on my head, and whisper: "Put your hand down and let me see, how did you get it off? Does it hurt?"

At this time, I have decided not to tell her the truth for the time being.Because once the truth is told, it is necessary to explain why Fei Leina and I are together.And these words cannot be said clearly in a few words.Tang Xiaoru came early in the morning, probably to organize meeting materials with Han Zhi.I don't want to waste her time, and I don't want to affect her mood after speaking out.

So, I slowly put down my hand, and said with a faint smile, "When I got up in the morning, I accidentally bumped into the door frame and scratched a little, ha ha!"

"Really?" Tang Xiaoru raised her face and looked carefully at the piece of gauze wrapped around my head.He raised his right hand, but he didn't dare to open it to have a look. After hesitating for a while, he had to put down his hand, worried, and complained to me in a low voice: "You man, why are you so careless? Are you bleeding? ? Did you go to the hospital?"

Seeing Tang Xiaoru worrying about me, I felt warm in my heart.I felt a little ashamed to think that I had lied to her anyway.I had no choice but to shake my head and said, "It's really all right, I've already been to the hospital, don't you think it's all bandaged up?"

Tang Xiaoru seemed to be relieved now, and turned to look inside my office, and said strangely: "Huh? The floor is mopped? When did you come?"

I sweated a bit, knowing that if I continued speaking, with Tang Xiaoru's shrewdness, I would definitely see some flaws.How can someone go to the hospital early in the morning and come to the company to clean up so early?In desperation, I had no choice but to gently push her shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, don't you want to sort out the materials? Hurry up and go."

"No, didn't you say that you have been to the hospital? Then how can you come to the company so early?"

I didn't explain, and after pushing her for a few steps, I waved my hand and told her to hurry up and do her own work.Tang Xiaoru looked suspicious, seeing that I didn't speak, she could only stare at me, then turned and walked towards her own office.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately returned to my office, hurriedly put away the sanitary utensils such as mops, then sat in my seat, and began to prepare for today's work.

After about half an hour, no one in the company came to work except myself, Tang Xiaoru and Han Zhi.I was a bit bored when I heard the sound of high heels outside, and then Han Zhi came in with Fei Leina's bag.

I hurriedly stood up and called out, "Assistant Han..."

Han Zhi smiled at me, walked towards me, picked up the bag and handed it to me, saying: "Here's the bag, take a quick look to see if anything is missing."

I took it over with a smile, and said, "No need to look, thank you, and thank you for not giving me the bag in front of Mr. Tang just now."

Han Zhi smiled again, but looked at the bandage on my head, and said softly: "It seems that you and those hooligans fought fiercely last night. How is it? Is the injury serious?"

I laughed and said, "It's okay, it's just a little skin scratch."

Han Zhi's eyes turned down to meet mine again, and there seemed to be something meaningful in my eyes.But she didn't say anything, just said: "Well, the bag is already given to you, Mr. Tang is still waiting for me, let's go."

Seeing that Han Zhi turned to leave, I was stunned for a while, and hurriedly stopped her and said, "Hey, wait a minute, you haven't given you the wine money that your brother advanced for last night."

As I said that, I quickly went to my pocket and said, "How much is it? I'll give it to you now."

Han Zhi smiled, but still didn't stop, turned around after walking to the door, looked at me and said softly: "Let's talk, if I don't go there, Mr. Tang will have to call me. We will meet very soon in the morning." I'm busy, maybe I will be free in the afternoon or evening. At that time, I will ask you for money, goodbye!"

Saying that, she smiled sweetly, and immediately trotted away from here.The sound of her high-heeled shoes gradually going away came from the aisle outside. I was stunned for a while, then shook my head and sat down again.

I know, I owe Han Zhi another favor.Just saying thank you is not enough, do you have to invite her to have a few drinks?

Ten minutes later, people finally came to work in the company one after another.After that, every colleague who saw the bandage on my head would inevitably ask me what happened.Of course, I had to pass the time by accidentally knocking on the door frame, just repeating this kind of lie, and started the day's work.

After another hour or so, the phone on my desk rang.Picking up the microphone, I said, "Hello, who is it?"

After a while, a familiar voice came from the microphone: "It's me, I heard... you were injured?"

Hearing this voice, I laughed, hummed lightly, and said, "Has it all been sent to your financial office?"

"Yeah, I'm your girlfriend. You're injured, but I don't know until I hear about it."

"Hehe, it's just a scratch, it's not a big deal. Shanshan, are you... not angry?"

"Hmph, you know I'm angry? Why don't you come to me? You don't even have a phone call?"

"This...hehe, you know, I'm stupid, I don't know what to do when my girlfriend is angry. Now I apologize to you, I'm sorry, don't be angry, okay?"

"...Hmph! Just saying I'm sorry? You...you don't have me in your heart at all..."

Shi Shanshan's voice choked up a little.I sweated a lot, and looked around subconsciously.It's working hours now, and I can't even explain and comfort her on the phone.I had no choice but to cough and said: "Shanshan, how about this, I'll treat you to dinner at noon, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it later, okay?"

Shi Shanshan also knew that it was inconvenient to talk to me about these things on the phone right now, so she seemed to sniff her nose, and hummed, "Okay then, I'll hang up first."

"Okay, I'll call you at noon."

Putting down the microphone, I sighed softly, knowing why Shi Shanshan was angry and what she wanted me to do.But Tang Xiaoru is not only the boss of the company, but also my friend.How is it possible to have no contact with her at all?
Just as he left the receiver, the phone on the table rang again.I calmed down and stopped thinking about Shi Shanshan for the time being. I picked up the microphone again and said, "Hello, who is it?"

"Hehe, it's me! I forgot your mobile phone number, so I had to call the group headquarters and ask for your office number. How is it? Did you get my bag?"

Hearing it was Fei Leina's voice, I said angrily: "I got it, when do you plan to come and get it?"

"Come over at noon, by the way, I'll treat you to dinner, hee hee!"

"You don't need to eat. When you get to my place, call this number again, and I will send your bag to you."

"Why? It's just a meal, and you don't want to show your face?"

"It's not that I don't want to show my face, but I want to eat with my girlfriend at noon."

"Girlfriend? Which girlfriend are you?"

I laughed and said, "What do you think?"

"Shi Shanshan?"

"You know what to ask?"

"Since it's Shi Shanshan, it doesn't matter. She knows me anyway, so I'll just invite her together. That's it. I'll come to get the bag at noon, and then I'll invite you and your girlfriend to dinner together."

"What? What are you driving...Hello? Hello?"

PS: There is another chapter in the evening, which can be regarded as making up for the broken update of the previous few days.

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