[Good words and freehand writing]
As soon as Xieyi went upstairs, he noticed that the atmosphere in the law firm was not right. Many people were secretly looking at the door of the meeting room outside. After a while, the door was opened and several people walked out slowly. The one in front was a young man with a slender figure, handsome and elegant, and a pair of cold and light eyes. He raised his head and looked around, his eyes slowly but without stopping to scan everyone, then he said a few words and left.
The man walked in a strange way, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. When he was about to pass by Xie Yi, he noticed her gaze, so he turned his face slightly and smiled at her politely. His eyes were originally double-lidded, so at first glance they looked like single eyelids. When he raised his eyes so lightly, it was as if he was smiling, which seemed to be able to capture people's souls.
Xieyi had seen him in the newspaper. Li Zeliang, the current boss of Li Group, inherited the family business after returning from studying in Germany a few years ago. Now he is a big shot in the business world of City A and is very successful.
"Why is he here?" Xie Yi asked.
"This is all thanks to us," said colleague Wu Weiming. "Li Group has agreed to cooperate with us."
Xieyi was signing his name, but when he heard this, he paused and asked in surprise, "Really?"
"Yeah! I can hardly believe it. We were originally going to talk to Manager Li from the Account Department."
Xieyi nodded. Manager Li was very arrogant and showed complete disdain for their law firm, so she and Wu Weiming no longer had any hope.
"I didn't expect Li Zeliang to come here today. He is quite sincere." Wu Weiming nodded.
"So we need to send a resident lawyer?"
"Do you really want to go?" Wu Weiming glanced at her.
"Yes!" Xie Yi nodded, "It's such a big company, I really want to experience it. It's a dream of many people."
The famous Li family has a skyscraper in Hongji Plaza, and many young people dream of being able to enter and exit the building wearing their work badges.
"That's because her dream is Li Zeliang. Is it your dream too?" Wu Weiming smiled.
Xieyi also started to smile foolishly.
Finally, after Xieyi's repeated efforts, the law firm agreed to let her go there to adapt first. That day, Xieyi was allowed to leave work early. She packed up some necessary materials for the office and took a taxi home. When passing by the Li's Building in Hongji Plaza, Xieyi looked up and glanced at the building.
From now on, she had to get along with the man named Li. She suddenly thought of the scene when she passed by him that day. At that time, not only her, but probably all the women in the audience fainted.
On the first day of work from Tang Qiao Law Firm to Li's Building, Xie Yi got up very early and arrived much earlier. He sat alone on a chair in the green belt outside the building waiting for the appointment time.
There were a few peach trees in full bloom in the small roadside green belt. A few elderly people were practicing Tai Chi among the fragrant grass, but there were very few children. A silver car slowly stopped in front of the building, and after one person got off, it drove into the parking lot below.
From a distance, Xieyi saw that the person getting off the car was Li Zeliang. The simple dark suit fit him very well, making his tall and slender figure look even more upright.
Xieyi arrived at Li's Building on time at 9 o'clock. She was received by a secretary named Lin. Secretary Lin took Xieyi to the office prepared for her in advance, and after Xieyi put down her things, he showed her the environment.
"The bathroom is over here in the hallway."
"This is the tea room. If you want to drink something, there's basically everything in the refrigerator. Of course, you can also ask me to deliver it."
"There is a staff cafeteria on the ground floor. Your meal card is in the drawer of your desk. There is also a temporary work badge. You can only get a formal employee card after you submit an electronic file of your photo."
When they reached an unmarked door at the end, Xiao Lin said, "This is a private lounge. It belongs to Mr. Li."
"Which Mr. Li?" Xie Yi asked without thinking too much - there should be many people with the surname Li here.
"It's Mr. Li," Xiao Lin smiled, "but he doesn't like others to call him that."
"Ms. Lin is Mr. Li's secretary?" Xie Yi glanced at her work badge.
"Yes." Xiaolin kept smiling.
"Does the company always ask the president's secretary to receive new employees or newly hired lawyers?"
I originally wanted to ask, "What are the people in the Human Resources Department doing now?", but Xie Yi swallowed his words.
Xiao Lin smiled patiently, "Well, I can only say that Mr. Li attaches great importance to the cooperation between Tang Qiao and Li Group." Her smile was very professional.
After several days, Xieyi found that this was not an idle job, but required overload work day and night. While working in the afternoon, Xieyi received a private call.
"Freehand, it's me."
"Huh?" Xieyi didn't react for a moment.
"Yang Wangjie." He had no choice but to introduce himself, his tone sounding slightly lost.
"Ah," Xieyi explained, "I was so busy that I fainted."
This person is a relative of my colleague Wu Weiming. He was introduced to me by Wu Weiming as a blind date last time. He is an architect and currently works in a real estate company.
"Haven't you eaten yet?" Yang Wangjie asked.
Eating? Xieyi looked out the window. It was already dark, but she was alone in front of the computer and didn't notice it at all.
"Let's have dinner together? I'll pick you up right away." Yang Wangjie invited sincerely.
So, Xieyi hurriedly finished the work at hand, turned off the computer, packed up and prepared to leave work. When she walked to the elevator, there was another person waiting for the elevator. Xieyi looked closely and found that it was Li Zeliang. She looked from behind him and her sight fell on the back of Li Zeliang's ear. The skin there was very white.
He heard footsteps, turned around, saw Xieyi, and smiled.
"Mr. Li." Xieyi greeted first.
Li Zeliang nodded. They had never met each other formally, so it was normal for him to know her or not.
"Ding Dong—" the elevator door opened. Li Zeliang motioned for Xieyi to go first, but Xieyi did not give way.
There were only two of them in the elevator. They stood side by side, looking ahead. The inside of the elevator was polished very brightly, reflecting the figures of the two. Xie Yi looked over unconsciously. She was not short, and wearing ordinary high heels, she only reached his ears.
The elevator slowly descended, and his mouth and eyebrows were often smiling, but they gave her a feeling of being a little cold.
"Ms. Shen, why are you getting off work so late?" Li Zeliang finally spoke, his voice deep and pleasant.
"I just finished some work on hand." Xieyi said as she touched her hair. She would unconsciously make this little gesture when she was nervous.
"It seems to be raining outside." Li Zeliang said.
"Ah!" Xie Yi was a little surprised by his words, "I'm in good health, I'm not afraid."
After he said this, Xieyi suddenly felt that his silly habit had started to kick in again, and that he was being a bit too sentimental. It was said that he had studied in Germany for several years, so maybe he was just learning the etiquette of foreigners and wanted to talk about the weather.
Li Zeliang smiled calmly when he heard this.
When she got down to the first floor, she saw Yang Wangjie waiting for her at the exit. Yang Wangjie and Li Zeliang nodded to each other. Their car turned around and saw Li Zeliang still waiting for the driver's car.
"This gentleman seems to have some problem with his legs." Yang Wangjie said while driving and glancing at Li Zeliang outside the window.
"Well?"
"Although you can't see it when he's standing, it's still a little strange when he's walking, and he turns very slowly too," Yang Wangjie explained.
Xieyi suddenly turned around and looked at Yang Wangjie who said that. She was shocked and didn't come back to her senses for a long time. After the car drove several meters, she turned around in a trance. Li Zeliang's figure was not very clear. It seemed that he was still standing in the rain with an umbrella.
She didn't even notice.
"Is he your friend?" Yang Wangjie asked.
"No, I don't have that kind of luck." Xie Yi smiled, "It's Li's current boss, Li Zeliang."
"Li Zeliang? He is a legend in the real estate industry." Yang Wangjie smiled. "He has always been quick, ruthless and accurate in his actions. He has become a trendsetter in our industry. Two years ago, the development of the new district made the Li family famous."
Xieyi knows this. Some time ago, the government developed a new district, and Yexing Group bought the land, ready to show its grand plan and position the property as a high-end residential building. However, although the new district has a good environment, the supporting facilities are not good, and the high-end route is not feasible. The first step was to suffer a loss in the pre-sale of the future houses. As a result, Yexing's capital operation was not good, and the delivery date was delayed again and again, almost becoming an unfinished property. When Yexing wanted to get rid of it and resell it, developers in the industry no longer dared to get involved.
At this time, Li Zeliang stepped in, bought it at a super low price, and then signed the surrounding wasteland and farmland together, starting with introducing famous teachers and famous schools, and developing the entire area to make the entire new area a satellite city of the main city. With such a big move, if there is a slight mistake, the three generations of Li family property will be destroyed overnight, but he succeeded. This year, Li Zeliang was 26 years old.
"Today, Yexing is still doing small business in various places in City A, while Li's has become the overlord in the industry." Yang Wangjie sighed.
The two came out of the restaurant after dinner. The rain had stopped and the air was especially fresh after the rain. Xieyi suddenly felt good, so she went to the supermarket with Yang Wangjie on the way home to buy some daily necessities. When paying the bill, Xieyi suddenly heard someone call "Lawyer Shen".
Xieyi suddenly turned around and found that it was Xiao Xiang, the person involved in a previous case. Xieyi smiled slightly and greeted her politely: "Hello, Miss Xiang."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Do you work here?"
"Yeah." Xiao Xiang smiled, "This job is not as easy as before, but I like it very much."
"Zhu Anhuai didn't cause you any more trouble?"
"Yes. Thank you, Lawyer Shen. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what to do now."
Xie Yi smiled sheepishly, "You're too polite."
Xiao Xiang is a girl from another place. She went to work at Hui Hu Bank right after graduating from university. Because she is petite and cute, she has many suitors. The one who bothers her the most is Zhu Anhuai, the son of the owner of Hui Hu. This man verbally and physically harassed her many times. Xiao Xiang had no choice but to complain to the company. Zhu was so angry that he sent people to beat her up, almost disfiguring her. Then, Xie Yi became her lawyer.
After leaving the supermarket, Yang Wangjie listened to Xie Yi's brief narration and then said, "I saw this news in the newspaper. How long was Zhu Anhuai sentenced to?"
"Six months." Xie Yi said.
"You also have to be careful about Zhu Anhuai." Yang Wangjie said.
In the evening, his good friend Wu Weiming called and said to Xieyi: "Life in a big company is so comfortable."
"What's the point of nourishing it? It's just being exploited by the capitalists."
"Being exploited by capitalists like Li Zeliang, one should always feel happier. Otherwise, why would everyone want to get into the Li Corporation even if it meant getting their heads broken and bloodied?"
Xieyi smiled and chatted about other things for a while. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Old Wu, is there anything wrong with his legs?"
"You're talking about Li Zeliang," Wu Weiming said. "I heard he was injured in a car accident many years ago."
"Really?" Xie Yi was a little surprised and responded dejectedly.
The next day, Xieyi arrived at the company early again.
She sat on the chair where she used to sit in the park and saw Li Zeliang getting out of the car. He did not get off at the parking lot on the ground floor as usual when he went to work.
Now, after a careful look, Xieyi found that there was indeed something wrong with his right leg, but he couldn't tell what exactly was wrong. He was not a true cripple, but his right foot did move a little slower than his left foot, and was also slightly lower when he lifted his foot.
He went up two steps and entered the building, and Xie Yi followed him. Li Zeliang walked around the elevator and into the stairwell.
He would definitely climb the stairs. After coming to this conclusion, Xie Yi was stunned: How is it possible? His office is on the 23rd floor. Even a healthy person like her would be exhausted, but Li Zeliang did take action.
After going up one floor, the stairs turn 180 degrees, and you can't see the back from the front, so Xieyi followed quietly behind.
The two walked one after the other, and Li Zeliang's footsteps echoed in the stairwell. His footsteps were so fast at first that Xieyi couldn't keep up, then gradually slowed down, and finally slowed down to the point of staggering. So Xieyi would wait for him at the corner wall, and only turn around when his footsteps, which were gradually slowing down, went up.
Suddenly, she understood why he came to the company so early and struggled alone on this long staircase. Even though this man could turn the tide in the business world with just one hand, he still had a little inferiority complex that he didn't want others to notice.
Nineteenth floor.
Even when Xie Yi was so tired that she felt dizzy, she still did not forget to take a look at the floor, and then she turned for the thirty-seventh time.
Suddenly, she looked up and froze in place. Li Zeliang stopped there, facing her, catching her red-handed.
At this moment, Xieyi had disheveled hair, a dirty face, and was covered in sweat. He looked like a stalker who was caught in the act.
"Ms. Shen, you're in a good mood, climbing the stairs so early in the morning." Li Zeliang said jokingly.
Li Zeliang's face was pale after being tired, and he didn't speak in a harsh tone, but his smiling expression made Xieyi suddenly feel a chill on the back of his neck.
Xie Yi wiped her face and argued inwardly: "No, no, I have the same interest as you, Mr. Li, no wonder it is such a coincidence." However, he was the breadwinner of her and the entire Tang Qiao, and she knew she was in the wrong, so she dared not refute him. She could only mutter a few words in her heart to find self-balance.
Then, the two of them stood face to face in silence. Xie Yi could almost sense that the heart hidden under that half-smiley face was slightly unhappy.
silence.
This long silence made Xieyi feel a little guilty. After all, she had peeped into his secret.
Xie Yi coughed twice and decided to be the first to break the deadlock, saying, "Exercise for one hour a day and you can work healthily for fifty years."
She had no choice but to blurt out this sentence. Regardless of whether it was accurate or not, for any capitalist who feeds on the blood and sweat of others, the second half of the sentence would probably be more pleasing to the ear.
"My one hour today is up, Mr. Li, please continue." After saying this, Xie Yi was ready to quickly bypass Li Zeliang and run towards the exit on the 19th floor.
"Ms. Shen." Unexpectedly, when they passed each other, Li Zeliang grabbed her arm and said, "You seem very curious about me." Li Zeliang narrowed his eyes and smiled ambiguously, with no intention of letting go.
Xie Yi couldn't move, her wrist was clamped tightly by him, her face flushed red, and she felt that this posture was really inappropriate.
"I... I..." She was a little embarrassed.
"What are you following me for?"
“I exercise.”
"Since Miss Shen also has this hobby, why don't we make an appointment together next time?" Li Zeliang raised his eyebrows.
If most people heard his invitation, they would be very excited. However, in this situation and atmosphere, Xie Yi could not smile. He just pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "No, I decided to use the treadmill next time."
Suddenly, the door of the stairwell was pushed open, and a sister-in-law in cleaning clothes came in. When she saw Li Zeliang, she nodded hurriedly and said, "Mr. Li, good morning." After that, she saw Xieyi for the second time, and their intimate posture for the third time. The sister-in-law looked as if she had suddenly realized something and quickly retreated.
Ten minutes later, Li's had a new explosive news.
After Xieyi fled back to her office on the 21st floor, she was so upset that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. After a long time, she finally dug out the words she had used to comfort Zhou Pingxin to comfort herself.
Not long after Xieyi arrived at Tangqiao, he met a gentle female colleague, Zhou Pingxin.
Once, Zhou Pingxin's new shirt was a little too small. When she raised her hand, the buttons on her chest broke, causing the two male colleagues present to turn their faces away in embarrassment. Zhou Pingxin hid in the bathroom with a red face.
Xieyi saw it when she entered the bathroom, so she found needles and thread for her and helped her sew the buttons on. But Zhou Pingxin refused to leave the bathroom door, crying like a tearful person, saying that she had no face to see anyone again.
"Everyone will feel embarrassed sometimes, just let it go after it's over." Xieyi advised her.
"I will never be able to face my colleagues again. I have never been so embarrassed in my life."
"Oh? Then Pingxin, you are so lucky." Xieyi smiled, "I have been a reckless person since I was a child. I have experienced many more embarrassing things than this."
"Yeah?"