Chen Gong didn't know what was wrong in his heart - but when he met Zheng Yi's stiff smile, Chen Gong was indeed wrong.
After thinking about it, I felt that I was useless: don't say that I didn't agree to his confession at all; even if I agreed to him, I could justly ask someone out to eat - this is called tit-for-tat - after all, it is first to make a "confession and then tell others" It is Zheng Yi who is doing such nasty things as making an appointment to open a hotel.
Gambled with inexplicable anger, Chen Gong didn't speak all the way.
Yao Jiaren spoke first: "Did I cause you trouble?"
"No." Chen Gong denied it, and then realized that his measure was too small - he was angry with himself, and forgot that there was a junior in the car: "I was thinking about the plan just now, and I forgot that you were there for a while."
Yao Jiaren smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, it doesn't matter - Brother Zheng sent me a message just now and asked me, what did Deputy Superintendent Chen ask me to do?"
Chen Gong glanced at Yao Jiaren: "How did you respond?"
"I told him: Brother Chen brought a handsome senior from the department to meet me - Cheng Shen."
"How do you know that I also made an appointment with Cheng Shen?"
Yao Jiaren sneered: "Cheng Shen, he added me on WeChat through the work group, said that he would take me with you after taking your life, and he introduced himself to me in a very solemn way..."
"It's his style." Chen Gong also laughed softly: "Then what did Zheng Yi say?"
"Brother Zheng said you are Yue Lao."
"Elder Moon?"
"Yes." Yao Jiaren nodded: "Because I told him: 'I don't know what Brother Chen thinks - I obviously like him more, but he introduced me to other men... Maybe he wanted to get rid of my brown sugar Bar… '"
Chen Gong was at a loss when he heard it: "You're playing too much—what's all this mess?"
"I'm helping you - don't you understand?"
Of course Chen Gong didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"You have to tell Brother Zheng: You don't care about me, and you introduced me to other men - so, Zheng Da's vinegar jar can be covered with peace of mind!" Yao Jiaren said with a yin and yang "Hey": "What kind of thinking? When a man speaks in the same way, he becomes like him—like a mirror that reflects all the light back.”
Chen Gong "hum" and laughed: "You said he was... jealous?"
"Yes!" Yao Jiaren nodded: "Aren't you two a couple!"
It's "Well", not "Do", it's an exclamation mark, not a question mark. Chen Gong smiled again: "What do you think? Of course not."
Yao Jiaren didn't believe it: "What are you hiding from me? - Brother Zheng's attitude towards you is different from that of others."
"Heh..." Chen Gong also laughed: "Why don't you guess he has unrequited love for me?"
"Because your attitude towards him is even more different from that of others."
Yao Jiaren's answer was too smooth, but Chen Gong choked.
"Hey..." With a sigh, Yao Jiaren said frankly with emotion: "I can do it with both of you. But it happens that you two are a couple. It's really frustrating."
Chen Gong was a little embarrassed to be greeted so frankly, and only laughed twice.
"Hey, Brother Chen. It's rude to ask that, but I'm really curious—who are you two from... above?"
"We're not a couple yet." Chen Gong smiled angrily: "Why can't it make sense, you child!"
Yao Jiaren really blocked every sentence of Chen Gong's denial: "I guess it's Brother Zheng!"
Chen Gong refused to admit it: "Why?"
"When Brother Zheng met you, it was like a mouse meeting a cat—obviously, he treats you well, and he spoils you!" Yao Jiaren has reason and reason.
Chen Gong was disdainful: "The one below is the one who is co-authored and favored?"
"That's right!" Yao Jiaren nodded: "Praise yourself and others—because I'm from the bottom, I'm looking forward to being spoiled!"
Chen Gong shook his head: "You're called prejudice! That's how you and I get along with you, Zheng Jian... Everyone is not good to anyone - if you don't believe me, you can inquire at the company tomorrow."
Yao Jiaren didn't answer any more, and put on a "what are you talking about?" expression.
After being quiet for a moment, Chen Gong spoke again: "You said—how can you be nice to people?"
"It's very simple, you can give what he needs." Yao Jiaren replied.
After being instructed, Chen Gong thought about his responsibilities as a little angel - what Zheng Yi likes, he really doesn't know. The only thing Zheng Yi said he liked... was himself.
It's not like playing a little angel game, just pack yourself up for him.
Still unsolved.
Frustrated.
Yao Jia and Cheng Shen are really two completely different people.
Also asking outrageous questions under unfamiliar circumstances, Cheng Shen, a fool who makes random moves, needs to meet a patient person like Chen Gong to be considerate and forgiving. If it is Zheng Yi, he may have It's cool; and Yao Jiaren is obviously much smarter, and has already touched your bottom line in the chat and jokes that don't make people feel aggressive.
Chen Gong felt that this guy was very clever.
Measured by the technique of manipulating people, a person like Cheng Shen is suitable for a weapon, while someone like Yao Jiaren is someone who can control a weapon; Chen Gong of course has always been motivated to promote his "confidants", but he can stand in the position of being responsible for HALO. On top of that, the current support for Cheng Shen is already at its limit—in fact, rather than letting Cheng Shen take Yao Jiaren, it is better to say that Yao Jiaren, who wants to use his bowels to turn around, leads this silly boy to accumulate more Taoism.
Neither Yao Jiaren nor Cheng Shen nor himself are from the same world. In contrast, maybe he and Zheng Yi are closer.
They are the kind of people who are more social and can figure out people's hearts.
Chen Gong does not have this talent. Over the years, just trying to stand on his own in the complex and responsible office politics has spent a lot of his energy... This is one of the reasons why he never thought of leaving HALO: at least until he is familiar with it.
If he went to a new company, he would definitely not ask his immediate boss out for dinner like Yao Jiaren did.
So Chen Gong was curious: "Why didn't you make an appointment with Zheng Yi?"
The small Sichuan Grilled Fish in the west gate of the National Institute of Design is a small restaurant with flies. The two of them sat in suits and leather shoes and chatted on the old "creaky" chairs, which became a strange scene in the eyes of other students and customers.
"Based on the details, I can see that you are the backbone of the Vision Department—not the scoundrel." Yao Jiaren smiled, and took out a disinfectant spray from his bag to clean the tableware: "When you hit a snake and hit seven inches, catch the thief first and catch the king. - Although it is not difficult for a person like me, it is also a very exhausting thing, why should I waste my energy on the puppet director?"
If Zheng Yi knew that he was described as a "puppet director" by "Little Spider Spirit", he should be jumping with anger. Chen Gong laughed "ha" and felt that Yao Jiaren was really good: "You can tell from those details?"
"Do you mind if I drink some wine?—Brother Chen, if you drive, don't." After receiving permission from Chen Gong, Yao Jiaren ordered two cans of beer, instead of drinking from the can, he poured it into a sterilized cup: " Ties are similar to shoelaces, and if you can tie it, it's just a matter of convenience - and you're using a zip tie, which means you don't actually have the habit of wearing a professional suit."
Chen Gong nodded.
"With three minutes of contact with you, I will know that you are not a free-spirited person, and you are very self-disciplined; about the interns this morning... I can see that you value the company's image very much. Such a person, there is no daily life. If you have the habit of wearing professional suits, there is only one possibility - a pampered and arrogant old employee!"
Chen Gong took a sip of his tea and smiled.
"Jianjian Zheng has a strong aura, but his edge is too revealing - more like a high school boy with a hot forehead. But a person with such a fierce and outgoing personality is still in the 'Obviously HALO has a precedent: you can go to work without wearing formal clothes' Under the premise of the premise, he obediently wore formal clothes. It means that the entire environment of HALO is not completely a 'safety range' for him to allow him to be presumptuous - maybe, there are his elders in the company's senior management."
After Chen Gong listened to Yao Jiaren's analysis, he nodded leisurely: "You are careful enough."
Yao Jiaren smiled: "Do you believe it?"
"what?"
"What I said just now was just a play on the spot. I didn't see the relationship between the two of you. I found it out when I was chatting with my colleagues today; ."
Chen Gong was stunned for a moment: "Are you playing with me?"
Yao Jiaren smiled again: "You believe it again?"
"what?"
"Playing on the spot? ... I lied to you. And I understand that the situation is more than that - I wanted to fight for a job opportunity today, but you voted down, the reason should be that you are jealous? - Brother Zheng received me warmly, so you I'm not happy. That's why I want to talk to you - if you want to pry your corner, I'll definitely ask Zheng Yi; he's the type, I even know how to do it - first arouse his curiosity, then hook out his desire to conquer , and finally give him a sense of satisfaction; three steps are in place, and you can start directly. But I don't want to make a big splash in HALO, I'm here to work, not to fall in love, and I can't provoke two directors."
Chen Gong smiled and shook his head: "Okay, you're wrong about this - I'm not a pair with him. I didn't bring you when I saw a client today because I thought Zheng Yi liked you, and I was afraid of making a mess. I don't like him!"
Yao Jiaren raised his eyebrows: "Do you believe it?"
"what?"
"You said you didn't like him, but your attitude was exposed on the way you came just now - I asked about who the two of you were, and the answer you gave was 'we are not a couple'... The degree word 'also' is very expressive, indicating that this is an expectation for you - I believe your natural response when you are not guarding, I don't believe you are denying it to me now - so I also see the truth: You two are not a couple. But Zheng Yi has confessed, and you are still wavering, right?"
I don't know what's going on, it's just chatting, Chen Gong always feels like he's been hanged and beaten.
Seeing that Chen Gong did not respond, Yao Jiaren slapped his hand: "Don't tease Brother Chen - this is my talent show. I just want to tell you that I have this observation ability; No problem at all. The purpose of my change of company is not to find someone to flirt with, but to work hard. It's not because the beauty is wrong, but because the people are unpredictable; but Brother Chen is a smart person, I believe you won't because Because of my appearance and so on, it misjudges my ability to work... right?"
It's actually kind of crazy to hear that - not many people can say "I'm so distressed that I'm good looking" with such a straight face.
But Yao Jiaren did it.
But thinking about it carefully, Chen Gong felt that he was right - today, because he mistakenly thought that Zheng and Yao Jiaren were jealous, and he was afraid that Zheng Yi would be jealous, so he refused to take Yao Jiaren to see the client... He lost this opportunity. , After all, isn't it because of fear of his "color"
After clarifying the cause and effect relationship, Chen Gong felt a little guilty again.
Yao Jiaren took a sip on the opposite side with a wine glass. Chen Gong glanced at him and nodded: "Yes."
The grilled fish with a "swoosh" sound was served.
Chen Gong was greeted by "Brother Chen" and turned his head away, and Cheng Shen walked over with a smile.
In this room, Yao Jiaren was holding a wine glass and saw the visitor through the clear yellow wine—his figure was distorted so that he could not see clearly on the cylindrical light-transmitting mirror.
"Brother Chen, you're late. You have to walk for a while after getting off the subway—hey, handsome, are you the new guy from the department...?"
"Yao Jiaren." Yao Jiaren put down the cup and introduced himself with a smile.
After the dinner was over, it was past 10 o'clock when Chen Gong returned to the apartment.
After taking a shower, I went to bed early, but I couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed tossing and turning. After receiving Yao Jiaren just now, Zheng Yi held the passenger door and looked at his eyes repeatedly in his mind.
At that time, he was laughing, but his flustered emotions were not well hidden, and they were all revealed in that smile.
At that time, Chen Gong always had the feeling that he was caught and was there, and he was so scared that his back was sweating.
Now that he calmed down and thought about it, Chen Gong also understood why he felt that he had betrayed someone - but it was not Zheng Yi who betrayed him, but himself who liked Zheng Yi.
Fortunately, Yao Jiaren helped him and used his words to clarify for himself on Zheng Yi's side.
"Fuck!" Thinking of this, Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh - Yao Jiaren was forced to sell a debt of favor, and he was reluctant to buy it.
I couldn't sleep for a while, so I had nothing to do and looked at Zheng Yi's Moments: Half an hour ago, he posted a video of clinking glasses with his brothers on KTV - the accompanying text was: "This wine is strong enough. ".
Loud and noisy, feasting and feasting, these are not things that will often appear in their own world.
Chen Gong felt annoyed after reading it, but he turned it off but wanted to open it and watch it again.
"Enough strength", a word with a northern flavor, was used by Zheng Yi to describe himself.
If he is drunk enough, he can sleep for a night, and when he wakes up the next day, he will urinate and metabolize it out of the body; if he is drunk enough, he can sleep for a night, and sooner or later he will get tired of it. will be thrown away by him.
It's not that Chen Gong can't accept the fact that a relationship ends up in a rut. I'm just afraid of being let down; I'm also afraid of being let down - I'm afraid that one day Zheng Yi will say to himself indifferently with a tone similar to Sean: You're actually not that strong; I'm also afraid that I will burn this hot man into powder, and I will hate it from now on. .
The person who is forbidden to enter love is himself; but it is also himself who is trapped in love and can't breathe.
Funny, right? Sad again.
Thinking about Chen Gong, he became angry again.
Zheng Yi's smiling face outside the car door occupied Chen Gong's heart again, and he couldn't shake it and didn't want to wave it away. Nameless anger was congested in his body, his head was full of pain, and his lower abdomen was also full of pain.
In the end, Chen Gong got up, ran back to the bathroom, and did half a set of simple and harmonic wrist exercises while drenched in cold water and sweating.
Before it was all over, the cell phone on the sink rang terribly.
Chen Gong was dripping with water, and took a look with his probe. The caller ID was [Zheng Yi].
"What's wrong?"
"Hey!" Zheng Yi's signboard smiled and said, "The plan..."
"The plan is all arranged - it will be sorted out before get off work tomorrow."
"Oh..." Director Zheng, who was exhausted, nodded again and again: "That's fine. I'm thinking about it. I can rest assured that you arranged it!"
Chen Gong gave a "hmm" and didn't answer any further.
Zheng Yi did not speak.
After being quiet for a long time, Chen Gong became impatient: "Are you drinking too much?"
Over there, the urn answered in a loud voice: "A little..."
Chen Gong said "rest early then", wanting to end this awkward conversation.
The drunk Zheng Yi didn't receive the signal that Chen Gong wanted to hang up, so he continued: "I'm outside the KTV, I'm breathing! Another day—this case is over, I invite you to sing?"
Chen Gong said yes: "Hold a department's celebration banquet."
"No!" Zheng Yi hurriedly corrected, his tongue was obviously dull due to alcohol: "Just... we two—you sing well, don't you?"
"...Okay." Chen Gong dealt with him: "Go back and play, I'm going to sleep now."
"I don't want to play anymore, I want to go home."
At this point in the conversation, Chen Gong realized it later, and speculated that Zheng Yi was so entangled, whether he wanted to see himself...
A 25-year-old upright adult man, but at this moment, he is like a young man who is obsessed with love... I called this late at night, and I was thinking about something inexperienced in my mind, and Chen Gong could also think of it.
Chen Gong hated him a little bit, hated that he was not a person who made people feel safe.
Not responding to his confession is not embarrassing, not hypocritical, but just can't trust him.
I couldn't believe it, but I couldn't resist.
But after pondering for a moment, Chen Gong also burned his forehead.
"I'm afraid that people are having a good time, and don't want to spoil the fun and let them take you home?"
Zheng Yi smiled on the other end of the phone: "I'm talking about... I'm so sorry."
Chen Gong gave Zheng Yi a step: "Where? - I'll pick you up."
"Sanlitun'er Pure K, are you... convenient?"
"It's okay, I happened to be drinking something on the Hujialou side..." Chen Gong lied, touched the bath towel and wiped his body: "By the way."
After hanging up Zheng Yi's phone, Chen Gong quickly put on his clothes.
When going out, Chen Gong glanced at the time - 0:13.
"Heh..." Chen Gong smiled bitterly: "It's really 'see you tomorrow'!"