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After receiving the bouquet of flowers, Meng Shuyu realized that there were also two boxes of fruits sent along with the flowers.
After sending Zhou the courier away, she closed the door and looked at the card. She found that in addition to the signature, there was also a blessing of "get well soon" on it.
Lou Wenhong had reason to know that she was sick. Because of her special position, people would contact her every day to coordinate work related to Zhou Jun. She posted a notice on WeChat Moments explaining that she was taking a sick leave, and that the work on hand would be temporarily handed over to Secretary Yang Danli for the next two days.
Later, many colleagues left messages to greet her, and she responded to all of them in the comment section with one sentence, "Thank you for your concern, it's just a fever, nothing serious."
At that time, I didn’t want to worry my family, so I blocked my parents from posting this circle of friends.
But she really didn't remember Lou Wenhong. After all, they were someone they didn't plan to contact anymore.
Looking at the two boxes of fruit and the bouquet of lilies, Meng Shuyu felt that Lou Wenhong did not look like someone who was “forced into the blind date and peacefully drew a line in the sand.”
But the gift they gave was a gift specifically for visiting patients, and they didn't say anything that was inappropriate.
This is a typical case - she can see that this person is interested in her, but this person not only does not say it directly, but also keeps saying "I'm not interested in you", so she has no way to refuse him even if she wants to.
Meng Shuyu frowned.
Why do men nowadays love to do ambiguous things
She thought for a moment and sent a message to Lou Wenhong: Mr. Lou, I received your flowers and fruits. It was not convenient for me to pick them up, so my colleague brought them to my home for me. I’m sorry that you spent a lot of money on them. Thank you. Please don’t be so polite next time.
After saying a lot, the key points are "not very convenient" and "don't do it again".
Given Lou Wenhong's social level, he would definitely understand what she was saying.
I hope he doesn't pretend not to understand.
The next morning, Meng Shuyu arrived at the company on time.
When she came downstairs in the morning, she saw Zhou Jun and Ren Xu waiting for her in the car. She didn't want to take this car which might cause trouble, but Ren Xu took the initiative to say that he would take her to the bus stop near the company and let her get off there in advance, which resolved her concerns.
Taking a car is always more comfortable than taking a bus, so Meng Shuyu didn't have any hard time with his body.
When Meng Shuyu arrived at the general manager's office, it was not yet time to go to work. Tang Xuanxuan had not yet sat down in Zhou Jun's office cubicle, and was chatting with Feng Yiming and Yang Danli at her workstation.
As soon as they saw Meng Shuyu coming, the three of them stopped talking.
"Sister Shuyu, you're back. Are you feeling better?" Tang Xuanxuan asked first.
Meng Shuyu sat down at his workstation and flipped through the documents piled on his desk. He smiled and replied, "It's okay. You worked hard to take care of me the day before yesterday."
"Of course!" Tang Xuanxuan changed the subject, "Sister Shuyu, the three of us were just talking about having a dinner together the day after tomorrow. If you're feeling well, you should be able to join us, right?"
"What dinner party? Have I missed something good by not coming these past two days?"
"It's a good thing for Yiming. Yiming and his girlfriend got engaged last weekend. Sister Yang and I are urging him to treat us. It just so happens that our department hasn't had a meal together for a long time!"
"What do you mean by you guys are instigating me..." Feng Yiming touched the back of his head, "I would have invited you even if you didn't say so."
Meng Shuyu didn't feel like checking his Moments last weekend, and felt a little embarrassed for missing this news: "Congratulations, Yiming, I'm coming over then, single guys will definitely not be polite to you."
Just as he was saying this, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a tall figure out of the corner of his eye.
When I looked up, I saw Zhou Jun passing by the general manager's office. He stood in the corridor and glanced over here: "What are you congratulating me for?"
Although Zhou Jun was not a difficult leader to get along with, he would not normally participate in these topics. His sudden casualness really surprised people.
Feng Yiming stood up in panic: "Mr. Zhou, I got engaged last weekend, and I plan to treat everyone to a meal this Friday... Are you free to come with me on Friday?"
"should have."
Meng Shuyu: “…”
In these cases, employees are just asking out of courtesy, and most leaders will say, "I won't go, have fun."
Zhou Jun glanced at the speechless Meng Shuyu and added: "If nothing unexpected happens."
Obviously Meng Shuyu was the accident that prevented Zhou Jun from going.
If Meng Shuyu was the host himself, he would not invite Zhou Jun to this meal.
But after all, this was a colleague's happy event, and it would be inappropriate for her to interfere, so she didn't do anything petty.
On Friday evening, the general manager's office got off work on time and went to the restaurant where Feng Yiming had made a reservation.
It is located in the suburbs and is a recently famous internet celebrity restaurant, known for its rooftop moonlight tent barbecue.
When Tang Xuanxuan first heard this name, she thought it was unlucky. "Moonlight, moonlight" means that one will spend all his monthly salary.
As a result, when they arrived at the place, they looked around and saw grass under their feet, tents on all sides, a golden light net above their heads, and a starry sky above the star lights that seemed within reach - Tang Xuanxuan pulled Meng Shuyu and said that Feng Yiming was worthy of being the only single person in the general manager's office, and he knew how to choose a restaurant and create an atmosphere.
Meng Shuyu always felt that the layout of this restaurant looked familiar, so he sat down in the tent and searched on his phone.
I came across a post Chen Xing posted on WeChat Moments last weekend: [Share link] A restaurant you must visit with the people you love.
At that time, she saw this link and replied: It looks good! Let’s go!
Meng Shuyu glanced at the last empty seat in the tent, picked up the cup of water beside him and took a sip of water.
Except Zhou Jun, everyone came in Feng Yiming's car.
Seeing that Zhou Jun had not arrived yet, Feng Yiming did not ask the waiter to bring the charcoal fire. He, Yang Danli and Tang Xuanxuan each held a mobile phone and took pictures.
Meng Shuyu also admitted that this restaurant deserved the flash, but he just didn't want to take a picture, so he got up and went to the bathroom.
When I came out of the bathroom and passed the elevator, I happened to run into Zhou Jun coming out.
Meng Shuyu paused subconsciously, and only after a pause did he remember why he paused. He walked straight forward as if he didn't see Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun raised his eyebrows and followed her.
When Meng Shuyu got to the tent and heard a burst of laughter, she walked to the door and saw Feng Yiming slap the table and said, "Sister Shuyu is back just in time. You can't escape this time. Let's play truth or dare. We'll play it three times and it'll be your turn."
I guess the waiter saw that their table was bored, so he brought the board game props.
Meng Shuyu looked at the glass wine bottle in the middle of the table pointing at her chair and said, "You guys are going too far. How can it count when I'm not here?"
"Didn't I wipe the first two for you? You should forget about this one."
Meng Shuyu returned to his seat and sat down: "Okay, you can draw a truth or truth card."
Zhou Jun followed in and said, "There was a traffic jam on the road. We are late."
Feng Yiming and Tang Xuanxuan stood up reflexively and made way for the honored seat: "It's okay, it's okay, we are just having fun, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Jun glanced at the host: "Does that mean I'll be the host tonight?"
"No, no, I wanted to sit there..." Feng Yiming immediately moved to the lonely seat, "I thought you were the leader."
"At a dinner party, don't worry about who is a leader or not, we are all colleagues." Zhou Jun went to Feng Yiming's original seat and sat down next to Meng Shuyu.
"Then we'll just do whatever we want," Feng Yiming sat down, "Where did we just get to?"
"Sister Shu Yu's true words." Tang Xuanxuan moved closer to the cards and turned over the top one. "Excuse me, Sister Shu Yu - is there anyone of the opposite sex here that you like?"
Zhou Jun paused in unbuttoning his suit.
Meng Shuyu paused for a moment before laughing: "What nonsense are you asking? There are only two of them, and one is engaged. Of course there is no more."
Zhou Jun slowly unbuttoned his suit, took it off and turned around to hang it on the back of the chair.
"That's right, what a stupid question." Tang Xuanxuan threw the used cards aside, "Sister Shuyu, it's your turn."
Meng Shuyu raised his hand and turned the bottle.
After four or five circles, the mouth of the bottle was facing her again.
"Isn't this position weird?" Meng Shuyu pointed at the truth card speechlessly, "Go on."
Tang Xuanxuan turned over another card: "Sister Shuyu, which relationship do you regret the most and why?"
"… "
Meng Shuyu glanced at everyone: "Recently."
Zhou Junping slowly clenched his hands that were placed on his knees.
"Your answer is too vague, Sister Shuyu. We don't even know when your most recent period was."
"This question doesn't mention a specific time. We are all from the Chinese department, who are you trying to fool?" Meng Shuyu nodded at Tang Xuanxuan.
"Well, why is that?"
"Why else? I just like the wrong person." Meng Shuyu smiled and picked up the cup beside him to drink water.
Zhou Jun was silent for a moment, then picked up the glass next to him and drank half of it.
Meng Shuyu finished drinking the water and went back to spinning the bottle: "Come over here again, I'm going to measure the horizontal surface of this table."
The bottle turned four or five times again, and finally changed the person and turned to Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun flipped over a truth card without hesitation.
"How come you two are so lucky? These are all trivial questions. When did I get my first kiss?" Feng Yiming muttered, "Mr. Zhou, if there is a time machine, is there a time you would like to go back to and why?"
Tang Xuanxuan answered quickly: "Well, that's just nonsense. Successful people must like to enjoy the present."
Zhou Jun thought about it and said, "Maybe."
"In mid-August this year, I want to get to know someone again."
Meng Shuyu lowered his head and blinked slowly.
No one at the scene thought that such a boring question could lead to anything. After a moment of surprise, they gossiped, "It was in mid-August this year, before you came to Moridao. Who is it?"
Zhou Jun raised his hand: "Second question."
"No, Mr. Zhou, we have come to this point. Isn't it a bit too much not to continue? You are not a Chinese major, so how can you be so smart?"
Zhou Jun smiled and said, "Of course the Finance Department is smarter than the Chinese Department."
"Then can you at least tell me what we are going to do to get to know each other again?"
Zhou Jun looked at the people in front of him and smiled: "What else can I do? Of course I will chase her."
"Wow—" Meng Shuyu realized that he hadn't said anything for too long, so he took advantage of the situation and exclaimed along with everyone else.
The waiter came in with two pots of charcoal fire, interrupted the conversation, and placed the charcoal fire pots on the table with anti-scalding tongs.
A burst of scorching heat hit her face and Meng Shuyu subconsciously wanted to lean back to avoid it. But before she could move, she saw a hand blocking her from the charcoal fire.
His vision was completely blocked by the back of Zhou Jun's hand. Meng Shuyu tilted his head uncomfortably and glanced at him.
The other three also looked over, looked at Zhou Jun, and then looked at Meng Shuyu.
After the waiter placed the basin of charcoal in front of Meng Shuyu, he went to place another basin further inside.
Zhou Jun retracted his right hand, slowly raised his left hand, and blocked the attack from Feng Yiming on the other side.
If you ask Tang Xuanxuan how she feels after eating a barbecue, it would be that she has shortened her lifespan again.
Because all the meat she ate tonight was roasted by Zhou Jun.
Originally everyone was taking turns to grill the meat, but after a round, they found that Zhou Jun was the best at grilling among all, while the meat of the others was either raw or burnt.
Then Zhou Jun said, "Leave it all there," and they didn't dare to move.
After all, it would be a sin if it was not roasted well and made Zhou Jun get a stomachache.
Moreover, Meng Shuyu's stomach and intestines had just recovered not long ago, so he definitely couldn't be disturbed.
Zhou Jun grilled the meat and distributed it to everyone one by one.
Tang Xuanxuan looked at Zhou Jun and it seemed like he hadn't eaten much.
In this situation, Tang Xuanxuan was about to sigh and say, "Mr. Zhou is such a nice person," but when she thought about how Zhou Jun sent her to Meng Shuyu's house a few days ago and picked up the garbage for Meng Shuyu, she felt that this was not a sign of Zhou Jun being a "nice person."
It seemed as if he wanted to block the charcoal fire for one person, so he blocked the charcoal fire for another person as well.
I wanted to grill meat for one person, so I grilled meat for everyone.
When the meal was over, everyone started to allocate their itineraries.
Feng Yiming was willing to drive the three girls back home as he did when he came here, but Zhou Jun and Meng Shuyu lived in the same community, so it would not be appropriate for them to go in different industries.
So before Zhou Jun offered to take her home, Meng Shuyu said to avoid suspicion: "Then the three of you can share a car. I'll take Mr. Zhou home."
The other three followed them downstairs and saw them off to the car at the bottom of the building.
Meng Shuyu sat in the driver's seat and waited for Zhou Jun to get on the back seat. He waved to the three people who were watching him from the window, asked them to be careful on the way back, and then started the car.
The car window moved up, and the only sounds in the quiet car were two breathing sounds.
Meng Shuyu glanced at Zhou Jun through the rearview mirror and saw that he had no intention of talking. He thought it was a good time to have some quiet time, so he concentrated on driving.
Unexpectedly, after passing an intersection, Zhou Jun suddenly seemed to think of something and said, "Stop at the next intersection."
"What?" Meng Shuyu asked in confusion as he slowly stepped on the brakes at the temporary stop at the intersection.
"Come down."
Meng Shuyu unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car for unknown reasons.
Zhou Jun also got out of the car, held the back door, and raised his chin to signal her to sit in: "I'll help you realize your dream."
Meng Shuyu was stunned for a moment, then slowly recalled what had happened.
Zhou Jun had just arrived in Sendai not long ago, and one night they were about to go home after working overtime.
She opened the back door of his car in the basement, intending to invite him to get in, but he misunderstood it as her wanting to sit in the back seat and treat him as the driver.
What did Zhou Jun say at that time
Oh, he said to her with his mocking mouth—Assistant Meng has a promising future, it is good to have dreams.
As I recalled, Zhou Jun had already gotten into the driver's seat and started the car again.
Meng Shuyu sat in the most spacious and safest seat in the back seat with mixed feelings.
I don’t know if it’s because of the boss position below me, but my psychological feeling has indeed been improved, and I have a feeling of being superior.
Meng Shuyu couldn't help but cross his legs, clasped his hands and looked ahead. At this moment, he didn't even want to call him Mr. Zhou or Zhou Jun, but wanted to call him Xiao Zhou.
"You have done a good job of using your power for personal gain tonight." Meng Shuyu glanced at Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun turned the steering wheel and glanced at her in the rearview mirror, waiting for her next words.
As expected, Meng Shuyu sighed softly and said back what he had said to her: "However, I still suggest that Mr. Zhou stay professional in the workplace and don't treat the workplace as your hunting ground."
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