During the flight, Huo Zhixiao kept trying to catch up on sleep.
The business class of the small airliner is not spacious, Ding Yinan watched as Huo Zhixiao moved every ten minutes, obviously he couldn't find a comfortable position to rest his two long legs.
Ding Yinan was helpless, so he had to pretend he didn't see it. But Huo Zhixiao should be extremely upset, he couldn't bear to take off the blindfold, and asked Ding Yinan, "Who booked the ticket?"
Ding Yinan put down the magazine in his hand, did not answer Huo Zhixiao's question directly, but only said an obvious fact: "It's not me."
It's not that he wants to clear the blame, but he doesn't want to push the little administrative girl out to block the gun.
This business trip is a group trip. In addition to Huo Zhixiao, Jiushan Architects has another design team that has also been nominated for the Blue Dot Award.
Of course, the administrative secretary booked everyone's air tickets uniformly. If Ding Yinan proposed to buy tickets separately, it would appear that he and Huo Zhixiao were not in the same group.
Human beings are social animals, especially in a company, interpersonal relationships are particularly important.
As the only son of the founder of Jiushan Office, Huo Zhixiao has countless pairs of eyes staring at him on weekdays. He himself didn't care about these details, so Ding Yinan had to help him manage his relationship with colleagues.
But I have to say, if Ding Yinan were to book the ticket, then Huo Zhixiao would not be so upset.
Booking a flight ticket is also a mental job, and Ding Yinan will choose the flight according to the aircraft type, cabin class, meals, and services.
Once he booked a flight one hour earlier than the best departure time, Huo Zhixiao was very dissatisfied with this. Ding Yinan calmly listed several reasons for choosing this flight, including the fact that the first-class cabin has a brand new red wine that has not yet been released, and that he can just see the sunset in the clouds when he lands, and so on.
After hearing the reason, Huo Zhixiao was silent for a moment, and then let Ding Yinan, who was still an intern at that time, directly become a full-time employee.
After a three-hour flight, the plane finally arrived at its destination.
The team from Jiushan Office came to the taxi pick-up point together. Although Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan didn't communicate much with other colleagues along the way, when it was time to take a taxi, the situation became awkward, because the team there had a total of Five people, just one more person came out of the taxi.
If Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan are counted, the seven of them can just sit in two taxis;
If the two of them are not counted, the other five people can certainly sit in two cars - just don't ignore the intention of the two of them too clearly.
The relationship between colleagues is like this. If you say you are familiar, you are not familiar. If you say you are not familiar, you have to take the other party into consideration.
"Ding Zhu, do you want to take a taxi together?" Zhao Yang, the chief creative designer of the team, asked proactively.
Ding Yinan could see that Zhao Yang was just being polite, he said: "Master Huo and I are planning to go around the city, Master Zhao, you go first."
"Okay." Zhao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and gave way to the oncoming taxi, letting Huo Zhixiao and the others get in first.
Huo Zhixiao is tall and tall, and never sits in the back seat when taking a taxi. Ding Yinan sat in the back tacitly, and when he closed the car door, he inadvertently caught a look of contempt from someone in Zhao Yang's team.
There are many people in the office who are dissatisfied with Huo Zhixiao, because this "prince" can never learn to restrain his inherent arrogance.
Ding Yinan calmly closed his eyes and told the driver the name of the hotel.
The award ceremony of the Blue Dot Award was held on time at 8:00 p.m. Huo Zhixiao was not in high spirits. Even when the guests on stage read his nomination, he just gave him a lazy look.
Ding Yinan originally thought it was because he hadn't had a good rest, but he didn't realize it until the award presenter read the name of Zhao Yang's team. It turned out that Huo Zhixiao was in a bad mood because he had a premonition that he would not win. prize.
And to add insult to injury, he had to congratulate his colleagues.
Ding Yinan applauded along with the others, he lowered his voice and asked Huo Zhixiao beside him, "Are you okay?"
Huo Zhixiao glanced at Ding Yinan inexplicably, and asked back: "Are you comforting me?"
Ding Yinan consciously shut up, he thought maybe Huo Zhixiao didn't need his care.
After the award ceremony, Zhao Yang's team held a celebration banquet in the bar box of the hotel where he stayed.
Huo Zhixiao naturally wouldn't go, but Ding Yinan had no choice but to go to entertain on behalf of his boss.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Yang was obviously drunk, he put his arms around Ding Yinan's shoulders, and said inarticulately: "Ding Zhu, do you want to consider joining my team?"
Before Ding Yinan could evade in the future, Zhao Yang hiccupped and continued: "If Huo Zhixiao didn't have his father's support, would he be a fart? Why should he have to give him all the good projects?"
If these words were placed before winning the prize, even if Zhao Yang had a hundred courage, he would never dare to say it easily.
Ding Yinan frowned imperceptibly. After he took the initiative to drink a glass of whiskey, he found an excuse to get out of the uncomfortable environment.
Sometimes Huo Zhixiao is really incompetent. For example, he insists on drinking four shots of Americano, whether it is too weak or too strong; another example is that he never responds to messages in time, and his mobile phone is like a decoration by his side.
But no matter what, he was his own boss, and Ding Yinan thought he was quite dedicated to his work. Of course, he would not stand on the same front as outsiders.
There is a special smoking area at the entrance of the hotel, Ding Yinan stood here to breathe a gust of wind. When he put down the cigarette in his hand and was about to walk back, he accidentally ran into a college roommate whom he hadn't seen in three years.
The other party's expression was also quite surprised: "Squad leader?"
"Yuan Feng." Ding Yinan greeted, "You transferred to work in this city?"
"No, no, come here on a business trip." Yuan Feng handed Ding Yinan a cigarette, and took out a lighter to light it for him.
Ding Yinan glanced at the lighter in Yuan Feng's hand, the price was at least 20,000 yuan.
"Are you still working in an architectural firm?" Yuan Feng lit a cigarette for himself and asked Ding Yinan.
"Yes, what about you?" Ding Yinan exhaled, "Aren't you a civil servant?"
"No, no challenge." Yuan Feng smiled, "I'm starting a business now, and I'm short of people around me. Are you interested in helping?"
Ding Yinan didn't intend to change jobs, but he couldn't refuse directly, so he asked, "What kind of job?"
"Party management." Yuan Feng said, "To put it simply, it is to help rich people hold parties and meet all their needs. How about it, it suits you? When you were the squad leader, everyone thought your coordination ability was very good. powerful."
Ding Yinan and Yuan Feng graduated from top universities in China. Although academic qualifications do not represent ability, many people ignore the most valuable thing in a good university—high-quality network resources.
Ding Yinan's classmates, seniors, and juniors are all outstanding talents. After graduation, they have taken root in all walks of life and formed the top network of contacts in China.
Even the founder of Jiushan Office, Huo Zhixiao's father, Huo Xun, is also an alumnus of Ding Yinan.
Yuan Feng's entrepreneurship seems to be going smoothly, and I believe it is also relying on this huge network of relationships.
"Come on, I won't go to the party myself." Ding Yinan found an excuse to decline, "The job is pretty good now, and I'll join you when I can't get along anymore."
"Okay, it's done." Yuan Feng didn't continue to persuade, at this moment Ding Yinan's cell phone vibrated, he took it out to check, it was Huo Zhixiao calling.
"Want to have supper?" Huo Zhixiao asked.
"Now?" Ding Yinan looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock.
"Yes." Huo Zhixiao said.
"All right." Ding Yinan pressed down the cigarette in his hand, "I'm at the entrance of the hotel now, you can come down directly."
After hanging up the phone, Ding Yinan and Yuan Feng chatted for a few more words. The two made an appointment to have dinner together, and then parted ways at the entrance of the hotel.
About ten minutes later, Huo Zhixiao came downstairs.
Ding Yinan closed the Dianping app, and said to Huo Zhixiao, "There's a food street near here, do you want to go?"
Huo Zhixiao was rarely picky, and said indifferently: "Let's go."
In fact, Ding Yinan knew that Huo Zhixiao wanted to go to the nightclub, but since there were many fellow travelers in the city at this time and many people knew him, it was inconvenient for him to go to the bar alone to drink, and it was even more inconvenient for him to bring strangers back to the hotel for the night.
The two came to the side of the road to take a taxi, and after a while, a convertible luxury car stopped not far from them.
Ding Yinan glanced at it casually, and saw a girl with pink hair and a tall and handsome man getting off the car. The two embraced each other intimately. I don't know what the man said. The girl was buried in his arms straight smile.
Ding Yinan frowned slightly, subconsciously thinking that he was wrong. But as the two got closer, he found that the man the girl was holding was none other than his boyfriend Han Shuo.
The salty and humid air condensed at this moment, and the picture in his eyes became a slow motion frame by frame.
Ding Yinan suddenly recalled Han Shuo's birthday last month. He went to a brand store to buy him a wallet, but when he got home, the sofa was full of luxury goods. Han Shuo said it was a birthday present from his colleagues.
Han Shuo is a little-known graphic model, and Ding Yinan never knew that his colleague was so rich.
Thinking about it now, perhaps there were signs of what happened before, but Ding Yinan never thought of doubting it.
Han Shuo in front suddenly stopped with a stiff expression. Obviously, he finally noticed Ding Yinan.
The girl with pink hair stopped and looked at Han Shuo puzzledly. Huo Zhixiao also noticed Han Shuo's eyes, and looked at Ding Yinan beside him inexplicably.
"You go up first." Han Shuo smiled and said to the girl, "I met a friend, let's chat."
"Alright then, come up quickly."
After the girl walked away, Han Shuo took a deep breath and said to Ding Yinan, "Don't think too much, we are just ordinary friends."
Ding Yinan's expression didn't change at all, but Huo Zhixiao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Really?" Ding Yinan said lightly, "Then why don't you introduce me?"
This sentence can be said to hit the nail on the head. If they are really ordinary friends, why are they so eager to avoid them
Han Shuo obviously didn't think about how to answer. Ding Yinan's eyes turned cold. He looked at Huo Zhixiao and asked, "That street is not far away, only two kilometers. Can we walk there?" Continue to stand here and wait for the bus.
Huo Zhixiao withdrew his gaze from sizing up Han Shuo, and said calmly, "Yes."
The two turned around to leave. Seeing this, Han Shuo quickly stepped forward, grabbed Ding Yinan's wrist and said, "Honey!"
Hearing this name, Huo Zhixiao's expression was quite exciting, and unexpectedly, there was a sense that watching the excitement is not a big deal.
Han Shuo looked at Huo Zhixiao with hostility, and asked Ding Yinan, "You still want to go out with him so late?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Ding Yinan withdrew his hand expressionlessly.
"I need it for work." Han Shuo gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you staying with your boss in the middle of the night now?"
Ding Yinan laughed angrily. He took Huo Zhixiao's arm, looked at Han Shuo and said, "Yes, I want to accompany my boss now, so you should hurry up and accompany someone else!"
Ding Yinan pulled Huo Zhixiao forward without looking back, and he let go of Huo Zhixiao's arm only after they turned the corner. It's just that at this time his expression was no longer as calm as before, and a thick layer of haze shrouded his head.
Huo Zhixiao put his hands in his suit pants, looked at Ding Yinan jokingly and asked, "Girlfriend?"
The same lines as in the morning, but the tone is completely different. Ding Yinan naturally heard the ridicule in Huo Zhixiao's words: This is the girlfriend you mentioned
He didn't answer, Huo Zhixiao added a few more words: "Your girlfriend is quite handsome."
Ding Yinan glanced at Huo Zhixiao coldly, feeling strange in his heart.
Obviously this old man has been in a bad mood all day, why is he thinking of mocking him at this time
Dare to gloat is such a pleasant thing