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Does he think he is the emperor? He is still vying for favor. What if I look like I am waiting for him to turn over the card and favor me
It was not yet time for work and affected by the "Monday syndrome", so Meng Shuyu returned to his workstation and opened WeChat first. He complained to Chen Xing about the things he had just said that he was choked up and could not reply to Zhou Jun.
Chen Xing: It may not be accurate to say “similar”, “exactly the same” would be more appropriate.
Meng Shuyu: ...Why are you still leaning outward
Chen Xing: I just think that after hearing what that assistant said, Zhou Jun is actually a good person. Even if he doesn’t like you, he still gives you the opportunity to participate in high-level affairs.
As soon as the message popped up, Meng Shuyu stared at the six words "even if I don't like you" for a long time: What do you mean even if you don't like me
Chen Xing: Ah, isn’t this obvious? If he likes you, would he let you go home after you touched his pectoral muscles
Meng Shuyu: …
Meng Shuyu: Even if he doesn't think highly of me in private, it is the right thing for someone in his position to distinguish between public and private affairs.
Meng Shuyu: Besides, I was drunk when he touched my chest muscles. Is he still a human being if he did something at that time? What does that have to do with whether he likes me or not? I can only say that he kept his moral bottom line, that's all!
Chen Xing: Stop, stop, stop. I was just joking. Meng Shuyu, you look a little suspicious when you’re so angry.
Meng Shuyu choked in front of the screen.
Chen Xing: Forget it, it’s not fun to chat across the screen. I’ll come to Hangzhou to visit you this weekend and we can have a drink and chat.
Meng Shuyu turned his head and looked at the calendar on the desk.
In the past two years, Morishiro has changed general managers frequently, and the turnover of subordinates has been even more frequent. Now he is in urgent need of an influx of fresh blood.
In addition to daily social recruitment, Zhou Jun also attaches great importance to the campus recruitment in September, and Meng Shuyu has to keep an eye on it for him.
There happened to be a campus recruitment event scheduled for Nanhuai this weekend. She had already agreed with the HR department that she would go there, and secretly she also wanted to go home to see her parents.
Meng Shuyu: I happen to be on a business trip to Nanhuai this weekend, so I'll invite you out when I'm free.
Meng Shuyu: But Yan Huan is fine, forget about the wine, I have a traumatic experience with it lately :)
Friday evening.
Meng Shuyu got into the passenger seat of Zhou Jun's Mercedes-Benz S600 in the industrial park and looked at Ren Xu in the driver's seat and Zhou Jun in the back seat.
Four days ago, she had not expected that a business trip would lead to such a scene.
There were some HR tasks that needed to be prepared in advance, so Lin Shun took people to Nanhuai two days ago.
She had originally bought a high-speed rail ticket for tonight and planned to go there by herself, but at noon Ren Xu told her that Zhou Jun happened to be going to Nanhuai to take care of some private matters and asked her if she wanted to go with him.
He also very considerately said that he had already consulted Zhou Jun and Zhou Jun had no objection.
Of course she wouldn't take this ride.
As soon as Meng Shuyu got in the car, he saw Ren Xu pointing at the shopping bag on the glove box: "Assistant Meng, this is more than two hours' drive. I bought you some food. Take it if you're hungry."
Meng Shuyu glanced at Zhou Jun who was resting with his eyes closed in the back seat: "Why did you put all the food here with me? Mr. Zhou will be hungry soon, too."
"These are all snacks that Mr. Zhou doesn't eat. I bought these for you."
Meng Shuyu knew that Ren Xu must have proposed this ride to make up for what happened before, but he didn't expect there would be such an exaggerated follow-up.
Looking at the bag full of snacks, Meng Shuyu finally calmed down, but still felt a little embarrassed.
"Thank you then." She turned her head and looked through the shopping bag, and saw that there were both salty and sweet foods, especially a bucket of star cups. "Hey, how do you know I like this?"
Of course Ren Xu didn't know what Meng Shuyu liked to eat.
It was indeed his own idea to buy snacks, thinking of pleasing Meng Shuyu, but he didn't know what to buy at the time, so he asked Zhou Jun.
The "Planet Cup" was proposed by Zhou Jun.
These three words coming out of Zhou Jun's mouth sounded like a Minnan speaker speaking Northeastern dialect. No matter how Ren Xu tried to interpret them, it felt awkward.
"I don't know. I just bought it randomly. I'm glad it suits your taste!"
"Okay, stop talking about your things. I'll be hungry later."
Meng Shuyu accepted the bag of snacks, which meant he had made peace with Ren Xu.
However, she was not so unscrupulous as to eat snacks in Zhou Jun's car, and she thought of taking them away when she got off the car.
The car became quiet.
Meng Shuyu stared at the road conditions for a while and saw that Zhou Jun seemed to have fallen asleep in the back seat. There was nothing for her to do in the car, so she followed suit and went to sleep.
I slept quite comfortably this time. When I woke up again, I heard a low voice in the back seat.
"Don't be impatient. Speak slowly."
"Listen to me, follow the emergency doctor's instructions first..."
Listening to Zhou Jun's methodical instructions in a soothing tone, Meng Shuyu's consciousness slowly awakened from the chaos.
When I opened my eyes, Zhou Jun had just hung up the phone and said to the driver: "Go directly to the Third Hospital after getting off the highway."
Ren Xu nodded and stepped on the accelerator again.
Meng Shuyu sat up straight.
After sorting out the words he heard in a half-awake state, it sounded like one of Zhou Jun's elders had entered the emergency room.
She turned around to ask something, but saw that Zhou Jun looked more serious than ever before, with a frown on his face, and he looked so strange that it seemed like she had just met him for the first time.
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to talk, and there was no point in asking a few more questions at this time, Meng Shuyu silently turned his head and kept quiet.
The car sped forward in dead silence and arrived at Nanhuai City Third Hospital half an hour later.
Zhou Jun opened the car door and got out without saying a word. Meng Shuyu hurriedly followed him, jogging for a few steps. Suddenly, he turned around, and his brows, which had been furrowed all the way, relaxed a little.
"You go home first," Zhou Jun said, stopping where he was. "Drive my car."
"Don't you need my help?"
Zhou Jun shook his head: "It's enough for Ren Xu to be here."
"Then call me if you need anything. You can keep the car. I'll take a taxi."
Zhou Jun nodded, turned and walked into the emergency building.
Perhaps it was because Zhou Jun was always calm and composed in dealing with things with ease, and the first time he saw him walking in such a hurry, Meng Shuyu also became nervous for some reason. He stood there without moving until Zhou Jun's back had disappeared for a long time.
When I came to my senses, the sky seemed to have darkened a degree.
On Sunday afternoon, Meng Shuyu was busy with campus recruitment in the conference room of Xiangting Hotel.
After the recruitment briefing yesterday, she had been screening resumes with her HR colleagues. By this time this afternoon, the meeting room was filled with a drowsy atmosphere as one yawn was heard from two others.
Meng Shuyu didn't feel sleepy after taking a nap at noon. After screening the batch on hand, he stretched and heard his cell phone vibrate slightly.
Ren Xu: Assistant Meng, I accidentally fell asleep just now and didn’t see your message. Mr. Zhou is still in the hospital. I’m going out to buy him lunch now.
After Friday night, there was no news from Zhou Jun, so Meng Shuyu kept in touch with Ren Xu. He roughly knew that Zhou Jun's family was out of danger for the time being, but they were still observing the situation.
Meng Shuyu looked at Ren Xu's words "I accidentally fell asleep" and thought that they probably didn't get much sleep in the past two days, so he replied: I'll take over for a while, you go to sleep.
After packing some food from Xiangting and going to the Third Hospital, Meng Shuyu went to the fifth floor of the inpatient department according to the information given by Ren Xu.
As soon as I got out of the elevator, I heard a familiar female voice: "It's my fault for not forcing your grandfather to come to the hospital earlier. He didn't feel well last week, and I shouldn't have fooled him."
"He listened to my advice. I talked to you on the phone last weekend. Why didn't you tell me?" It was Zhou Jun who answered the phone.
"I wanted to ask you a question at first. Your grandfather heard that you were with your friends and said that he didn't want to bother you with this little problem. You have a rare weekend to rest..."
Meng Shuyu paused as he recognized the female voice and who this "friend" was.
It sounded like Zhou Jun’s grandmother called last Saturday to talk about his grandfather’s illness, but mistakenly thought that he was spending the weekend with his girlfriend.
When Zhou Jun called back, there was no word from the other end.
Meng Shuyu stopped at the corner and suddenly found himself unable to move.
If she had answered the wrong phone call, Zhou Jun would have taken measures to know about Grandpa's condition in time, and he might not have needed emergency treatment...
Meng Shuyu panicked and his hands unconsciously exerted force, causing the packing bags to make noise.
In the corridor, Zhou Jun turned his head when he heard the voice and seemed a little surprised to see her: "Why are you here?"
Meng Shuyu walked forward hesitantly: "... Assistant Ren said you haven't had lunch yet, so I just happened to be at Xiangting and packed a few dishes over."
Huang Guifen's eyes flashed when she heard the voice.
Meng Shuyu nodded to Huang Guifen and handed the lunch box to Zhou Jun: "Is your grandfather okay?"
Zhou Juan took the lunch box and put it aside: "It's stable for now."
"That's good," Meng Shuyu lowered his head awkwardly, "I..."
Zhou Jun looked at her lowered head and said softly, "What did you just hear?"
Huang Guifen also reacted and explained anxiously: "Little girl, don't misunderstand, grandma doesn't mean to blame you!"
"It's okay, I'll tell her," Zhou Jun patted Huang Guifen on the back, "Visiting hours are almost up, go see grandpa first."
Huang Guifen nodded, and then thought of something: "Hey, only two people can enter this time. How about I not take up the quota and let the little girl go in with you? Your grandfather was still talking about it a few days ago, asking if you would bring a friend next time you come. He was so happy to hear that you had a friend..."
"… "
Meng Shuyu looked up at Zhou Jun and blinked questioningly.
Zhou Jun looked at Meng Shuyu and replied to Huang Guifen: "Grandma, maybe next time."
Listening to Zhou Jun's vague statement and looking at his suggestive eyes, Meng Shuyu guessed something was going on. After hesitating for a while, he didn't expose him for the time being, and then said vaguely: "Well, I really don't have any preparation today..."
"That's right, grandma is just too impatient. Next time, next time..."
Huang Guifen kept repeating "next time" over and over again, her eyes looking straight towards the ward.
Meng Shuyu could see the old woman's concerns from her eyes.
Grandpa Zhou Jun is still in the observation period, who knows if there will be a “next time”.
After all, Meng Shuyu also said "next time" at the beginning, but he didn't see his grandmother who passed away due to illness for the last time.
Meng Shuyu felt even more upset when he remembered what he had just heard. After struggling for a while, he closed his eyes and looked at Zhou Jun with a determined heart and said, "How about - today is fine?"
Even after changing into her visiting clothes, Meng Shuyu was still in shock: she was just coming to the hospital to deliver a meal, how could she, a solo mother, skip so many steps and go straight to meet her "boyfriend's" parents.
The moment he stepped into the ward, Meng Shuyu suddenly felt hesitant as he remembered what kind of family the Zhou family was.
This family is considered wealthy, so the decision she made at this moment was too hasty.
Zhou Jun seemed to see through her hesitation and whispered in her ear, "He's not my grandfather, just say a few words casually."
Meng Shuyu was stunned. Thinking back to Huang Guifen's attire, she certainly didn't look like someone who was wealthy and powerful.
No wonder Zhou Jun was so careless in recognizing his girlfriend.
She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and asked softly, "Then should I, or you, do something? Otherwise it seems a bit fake."
"For example?" Zhou Jun looked down at her.
"Forget it. It's not convenient to wear this visiting uniform."
Meng Shuyu thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good script, so he followed Zhou Jun inside.
Seeing Zhou Juan walk to the bedside and bend down, he said, "Grandpa, how are you this afternoon?"
The old man on the hospital bed was connected to a ventilator and couldn't speak. He nodded weakly and smiled a little, probably to mean that he was fine.
"The doctor said that if you hold on for one more day, we can move you to a cheaper ordinary ward."
Meng Shuyu stood behind Zhou Jun and looked at him, slightly dazed.
This Zhou Jun is so different from the Zhou Jun she knows.
"Look, who did I bring to see you?" Zhou Jun glanced behind him.
Meng Shuyu was still lost in thought. She waited for Zhou Jun to wave at her before she walked over and said, "Hello, Grandpa. I'm Zhou Jun's... friend."
Zhou Jun glanced at her with a bit of dissatisfaction, and added the words she had missed due to burning her lips: "It's my girlfriend."
The visiting time should not be too long, and the process was not as painful as Meng Shuyu imagined.
After all, the old man couldn't speak, so Zhou Jun was talking the whole time. She occasionally agreed with him and laughed. Then it was time for the nurse to urge the family members to leave.
After saying hello to Zhou Jun’s grandfather and saying “I’ll come again another day”, Meng Shuyu and Zhou Jun left the ward together and changed out of their visiting clothes.
As soon as I got to the corridor outside, Huang Guifen came up to me and asked, "How is your grandfather?"
Zhou Jun nodded: "Don't worry, I feel much more energetic than yesterday."
Huang Guifen breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Meng Shuyu beside Zhou Jun: "Little girl, you have worked hard."
Meng Shuyu waved his hand: "What's so hard about this? Grandpa was very happy to see me. Fortunately, I got in."
Huang Guifen laughed: "When you came in, I just remembered that Xiaojun hasn't introduced your name yet."
No, the girlfriend is fake. Xiaojun doesn’t care about that much.
Just as Meng Shuyu was about to introduce himself, Zhou Jun spoke first: "Meng Shuyu."
"Yes," Meng Shuyu added, "Meng in the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius, and Shuyu in 'last night the rain was light and the wind was strong'."
"This person is good-looking, and his name is nice, too." Huang Guifen looked at Meng Shuyu with a smile, and then remembered something, "Then I feel relieved after reading this. Xiao Meng, take Xiao Jun to eat first. It's almost time for dinner, and he hasn't had lunch yet."
"Oh yes."
It was indeed a fake girlfriend, and Xiao Meng wasn’t that particular about it.
Meng Shuyu quickly walked to the lounge chair, picked up the lunch box and asked Zhou Jun: "Let's go downstairs and find a place to eat?"
Zhou Jun nodded.
Meng Shuyu said goodbye to Huang Guifen and walked to the other end of the corridor with Zhou Jun. After walking a few steps, she felt Huang Guifen's gaze still following her from behind. There was a one-meter distance between her and Zhou Jun, which seemed fake no matter how she looked at it, so she moved closer to him.
Accidentally, the lunch box in his right hand rubbed against Zhou Jun's leg.
Zhou Jun lowered his eyes and took the heavy object from her hand with his right hand.
Meng Shuyu was just thinking that it was right and that this would act more like a boyfriend, when his wrist was suddenly grabbed.
She lowered her head and watched Zhou Jun's left hand slowly slide down from her wrist. His five fingers inserted into her fingertips one by one and clasped her right hand.
The long corridor fell silent for a moment, and then a moment later, it was like fireworks rising into the sky and exploding with a loud bang.
She took a few weak steps and slowly turned her head to look at Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun turned his head back without changing his expression, as if wondering: Didn’t she say she wanted to do something
Meng Shuyu took a deep breath and clasped his fingers together.
As I looked back forward, I suddenly saw a familiar figure in a white coat walking around the corner.
The moment the person opposite stopped, Meng Shuyu and Zhou Jun also stopped.
On the day when Meng Shuyu proposed to "break up" with Jian Cheng, he never thought that the scene would be like this when he met Jian Cheng again.
Seeing Jian Cheng's eyes fall on the two people's interlocked hands, Meng Shuyu hurriedly let go.
The next moment, Zhou Jun held it even tighter.