In fact, at the banquet last night, Qin Man was still not drunk. It was later that I continued the show with an acquaintance I had worked with before and had two more drinks.
The other party is an elder, so Qin Man can't refuse a toast, let alone ask an assistant to help him, so he drank too much.
During the break in the middle of the meeting, Qin Man pondered for a moment: "Liu Chen."
Liu Chen looked up from the document: "You said."
"You were there when I was drunk before, right?"
"Most of the entertainment, yes."
"How am I doing?"
This question was too stray, and Liu Chen couldn't react at first: "…Huh?"
Turning his head, he saw Qin Man waiting for his answer with a serious expression.
"Well... nothing too special." Liu Chen thoughtfully said, "It's very quiet, I often fall asleep when I get in the car."
Qin Man asked, "Didn't you hug anyone?"
"No."
"You didn't mess with your relatives?"
"No, no!" Liu Chen said hurriedly, "I only occasionally say something meaningless, and the rest is nothing."
Qin Man was silent.
Are the images in his mind all a dream
He took out his mobile phone and opened the dialog between him and Ji Ran. The panda emoji he sent in the morning is still at the end, and until now, the other party has not replied a word to him.
Just as he was about to send another sentence, a phone call came in.
He got up and picked it up when he went elsewhere: "Mom, what's the matter?"
"Xiaoman..." Mother Qin said strangely, "Are you busy?"
"No, what's the matter."
Mother Qin spent this morning in anxiety: "Is Xiao Ran by your side?"
"Mom, speak up if you have something to say."
"...Did you already know about the relationship between Ji Ran and Qian Qiong?" Qin's mother asked.
Sure enough. Qin Man narrowed his eyes: "Well."
"Are you okay?!" Mother Qin was furious, "then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Mother Qin has never liked to listen to some rumors, and the friends around her are also easy-going and friendly. She has only heard about the conflicts of the Ji family, but she really doesn't know the specifics, let alone that Ji Ran is the one from the Ji family. illegitimate child.
With so many surnames Ji, how could it be so coincidental
If Father Qin hadn't recognized and confirmed it and told her about it, she probably wouldn't know what trouble she had unintentionally made now.
"You didn't tell me that you would invite her to the house."
"I was also on a whim. I heard that she has returned to China, so it's only temporary..." Qin's mother rubbed her brows, it was useless to say anything now, "the two of them went out alone that day, shouldn't they quarrel? Did Xiao Ran talk to you? What did you say?"
The more she said, the more guilty she felt, "I'd better call him."
It's even more embarrassing to mention it.
"No." Qin Man interrupted her, "He's fine, he's not affected, just don't make any random arrangements in the future."
"... I want you to tell me!" Qin's mother scolded, and at the end she still asked worriedly, "Is it really okay?"
"It's alright, don't worry." Qin Man raised his hand and glanced at his watch, "What plane do you and Dad take to go back?"
"The ticket has been cancelled. Your dad and I are going to go shopping in Hainan. Do you want to go together?"
"Don't go, just have fun."
Hearing Qin Man saying that it was fine, she finally felt more at ease, and then she was in the mood: "I saw your photo in the circle of friends this morning, and it was so beautiful. When it's free, our family of three will also take a photo. Family portrait."
Qin Man raised his eyebrows: "What photo?"
"Qingqing's photo, didn't you see the one that Grandpa was holding you?" Mother Qin said, "I also saw Xiao Ran like the photo."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Man opened WeChat, opened the friend request that had been put on hold for one night, and clicked through.
As soon as I entered Qingqing's circle of friends, I saw the photo marked "Family Portrait", and there was a like from Ji Ran below.
Looking at his position in the photo, he had a headache.
It's no wonder Qingqing, after all, he was almost in the camera for the family portrait yesterday.
The meeting break time had passed. He glanced at the employees in the room who had already returned to their positions through the glass window. He had to hurriedly send a message to Ji Ran, explaining the photo, and then turned back to the room.
The meeting went on and off until the afternoon.
"I'll be here today. You go back and get ready. Next Monday, pack up and move into the office building, and your respective positions have been allocated. You don't need to hold meetings these days, so have a good rest." Qin Man closed the document and said.
The employees all breathed a sigh of relief.
Meetings are inherently arduous and require a high degree of concentration. These days, the boss's house is used as a conference room, which makes people even more nervous.
They even suspected that the boss was doing it on purpose - who would have a conference room in their house? Even the decoration is exactly the same as the structure in the conference room!
Moreover, Qin Man's "home" is very empty. Except for the bedroom, the furniture is sparse, and there is no human taste at all. Many places are bare, and it is impossible to see that he is living in it.
"It's hard work, I will pay you three times the original salary during this time." Qin Man said.
There was only one sentence between gloom and glee.
Seeing that the eyes of the employees were bright, Qin Man laughed and continued, "I'll treat you tonight, and you can discuss a restaurant."
A few minutes ago, employees were thinking about "what it means to be at work."
Now that question has been thrown out of the sky.
While they were discussing the place for the dinner, Qin Man took out his mobile phone and glanced at it.
After a whole day, I haven't received a single reply from my ex-boyfriend. However, Qingqing, who had passed a few hours ago, sent him seven or eight messages.
He frowned displeasedly.
Why is this little boy so cruel, he's drunk like that, he doesn't care, doesn't say a word, doesn't even reply to his news
In the morning, too, he left him alone at home.
Qin Man lowered his eyes, the resentment dissipated after seeing the ring on his hand.
Knowing that Qin Man is generous, the employees all go to expensive and delicious restaurants. In the short time he was in a trance, they had already negotiated the restaurant to go to.
"That store is good, but you have to queue up. It is said that you have to reserve a place and dishes that morning, and the store will come back with fresh goods. Now that it's all ordered, you shouldn't be able to get a place... "
"Which store?" Qin Man asked back to his senses.
The employees call out a store name.
Qin Man pondered for a moment, picked up his mobile phone and made a call, but he was actually chatting with the owner of the restaurant. After a while, he turned his head and asked, "If you want to go, you can only choose the dishes they bought today, can you accept it?"
After a few minutes, the location was set.
The employees looked at each other tacitly, and their expressions all conveyed one sentence - it's good to have money.
After helping them solve the restaurant problem, Qin Man got up and wanted to leave.
"Mr. Qin, why don't you come with us?" the most daring employee said.
Qin Man paused: "Me?"
Worried that his presence would constrain others, he didn't spend much time with employees.
"Yes, our company will be established soon, do you want to celebrate with us?"
"Yeah, let's go together boss, we may not be able to eat properly for a while." Another joked.
Having said all that, Qin Man couldn't help but agree.
He glanced at the empty screen saver of the mobile phone and nodded: "You guys go first, I'll come after I change my clothes."
After all the employees left, Qin Man went downstairs with his mobile phone in his hand and went straight to the opposite house.
He would have to see what Ji Ran was doing so he didn't reply to his messages all day.
As a result, he rang the doorbell for a few minutes in front of the iron gate, but no one answered.
go out
After waiting outside the door for a few more minutes, Qin Man pondered for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and turned back to his house.
When I came out again, I had a sticky note and a pen in my hand.
Under the shocked and suspicious eyes of passing residents, Qin Man posted one of the post-it notes he had written on the gate of Ji Ran's house.
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The store arranged for them the largest box in the store, which usually does not accept reservations. The restaurant owner made a special trip to receive friends.
Although a group of white-collar workers are usually used to seeing big scenes, the ancient box layout and exquisite dishes still made them take out their mobile phones and took a lot of photos.
Originally, they still took Qin Man into consideration, but after finding out that the boss didn't care at all, the filming became even more enjoyable.
Seeing Qin Man looking down at his phone for the seventh time, Liu Chen couldn't help but whisper, "Mr. Qin, if you're in a hurry, or I'll take you back first?"
"No, I'm fine." Qin Man responded lightly, raising his chopsticks.
The employees talked about getting married and having children. Everyone drank some wine and spoke with impunity.
"Isn't Mr. Qin also in love?"
"Boss Qin is also something you can chat with!"
"There's nothing we can't talk about." Qin Man smiled, "Yes, but we've been quarreling recently. It's hard to coax."
They didn't expect him to respond, and they had more questions.
Qin Man was asked with a big head, and got up with a smile: "You eat, I'll go out to the toilet."
After coming out of the box, Qin Man breathed a sigh of relief.
After working with this group of people for so long, this is the first time I know that they gossip like this, even if the female employees are not, and the male employees are also curious.
However, this kind of cognition is also a bit novel. Qin Man doesn't find it annoying, but rather relaxed.
When he came out, he didn't want to go to the toilet, he just wanted to breathe. He rested for a while on the mahogany balcony before turning back to the private room.
The restaurant is of antique design with long corridors.
At the corner, the waiter passed him, opened the box cloth door on his right, and there was a chatter from inside.
"In that competition, I was sick and didn't participate, otherwise, who would win the prize."
"Then don't think about it, it must still be me." The man's sloppy voice with a familiar smile caught Qin Man's footsteps.
"Then let's compare? Forget it, you haven't trained for so long, and I won't be honorable. Having said that, I ran well in that race, like fifth place?"
"The fifth is not bad, don't take the opportunity to laugh at me."
Qin Man turned his head and saw the people in the private room.
The person he had been looking for all day was sitting side by side with He Suiran, his expression relaxed and casual, and he was chatting and laughing with the unfamiliar face on the opposite side.
The atmosphere between the three was harmonious and the conversation was very pleasant.
Due to the material problem, the rooms are not soundproof, so each room is separated by a certain distance. Qin Man was standing in front of the door at this time and could clearly hear their conversation.
"I made you waste a ticket, and I will reimburse you for your flight to Italy tomorrow." Ji Ran said.
"No, I am willing to stay and talk to you, not to count on you." The man raised his glass.
Ji Ran picked up the cup and touched him: "Why are you being polite to the future boss?"
He Suiran also raised his glass and said with a smile, "It's alright, it's all done by me. I'll reimburse you, right?"
Under the light, Qin Man could see clearly, Ji Ran's fingers were empty, and there was nothing.
Ji Ran took a sip, put down the cup, saw that the private room door was still closed, and glanced out subconsciously.
I only saw the waiter who came in with the dishes, and the back of a man who strode away.
"Ji Ran, what are you looking at?" Chen Qi called him.
Ji Ran didn't turn his head until the figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.
"… nothing."
Did he drink too much
Why did he feel that the back figure just now looked especially like Qin Man.