The water murmured outside the house, and the bamboo carts squeaked.
"Liu Xingtian has been too quiet recently. After Dongxin was seized, he didn't seem to make any big moves."
Lu Shang glanced at the waterwheel outside the window and put down the bamboo curtain: "Where's Li Yan?"
"There is no news yet. We have arranged manpower where he may haunt. As long as he shows up, he will be caught as soon as possible."
"Hurry up."
"clear."
After the meeting, Lu Shang and Meng Xinyou stayed alone.
"You made a lot of noise this time. You drove the plane back to the city, and I was scolded by my grandfather," Meng Xinyou said. "I didn't dare to tell him that you did it, so I had to take the blame."
Lu Shang poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile, "My pot."
Meng Xinyou took the tea with a look of regret: "This is also the last time I will help you, Lu Shang, I'm getting engaged."
"Really, congratulations."
Meng Xinyou also smiled: "Can't you give a little reaction? Is it sad for a while?"
"It's a happy event for my sister to get married." After Lu Shang finished speaking, the phone rang and he answered the call.
The room was quiet, and it was easy to hear what was on the other end of the phone.
Meng Xinyou listened to him explaining everything in detail, with a puzzled face: "Can't you handle the black box operation with just one phone call, and it's so hard to register for him for a class examination?"
"I don't want him to think that everything is easy." Lu Shang chuckled.
As a leader, looking at Dongyan's development so far, countless people have come and gone. He knows too well how a useful talent is cultivated. Similarly, he also knows how a person will be destroyed.
"It's not just a question of proof, I hope he learns something real."
Meng Xinyou stared at him and couldn't help but feel a little envious: "If you care about me halfway towards Li Sui, I won't get married."
Lu Shang pursed his lips and said, "Since you are going to get engaged, you can live a good life in the future. Aunt Lu will let her stay at Lu's house at ease. I will not treat her badly."
Meng Xinyou's face tightened, but she quickly returned to normal: "When did you know?"
"The first year she entered the Lu family."
Meng Xinyou said melancholy: "For so long, you didn't expose it, and let me monitor you like this?"
Lu Shang didn't answer. Although he claimed to be a guardian at the beginning, if it wasn't for the extra eyes at home, he and Li Sui would definitely have slept in separate rooms, but he didn't expect it to become a habit, so he never changed it.
"However, she really wasn't arranged by me," Meng Xinyou said, "my father meant it."
"He is naturally suspicious and used to controlling everything. From the Meng family to my generation, many things cannot be helped. I can only guarantee that I will not stand against you in the future, but there is nothing I can do about other things."
Lu Shang said solemnly: "I understand." The shopping mall is still ruthless, not to mention the officialdom. Furthermore, it is excusable to clear obstacles for his children and eliminate worries.
Being seriously ill, Lu Shang didn't think about it either. If he couldn't hold it any day in the future, Dong Yan would definitely bear the brunt. Uncle Yuan might be able to help him keep some real estate, but he lost the protective umbrella of the Lu family, no matter how much money he had. It doesn't make much sense, and it may even lead to disaster.
After all, I still have the most reliable ability, I am not afraid of wherever I go, and even if I go out of the house, I will not suffer. Once a person has a social status, there will be checks and balances. If others want to move you, they must first weigh their own weight. That's why he arranged everything for Li Sui now, and cultivated him into a person who could truly be independent of him and Dongyan.
Meng Xinyou always felt that something was wrong with Lu Shang, and what happened now was increasingly inconsistent with the development of the matter, as if he had already made a certain decision in his heart, but she couldn't say what it was.
"I can't understand what you're doing now," Meng Xinyou guessed with a worried look on her face, "Don't you think... want to give up on heart replacement?"
There were several shrill shouts of "Ooh" from outside the house, which were not very pleasant. The conversation was interrupted. Lu Shang raised the bamboo curtain and saw that Li Sui and Zuo Chao were arguing with a peacock outside the house, and asked aloud: "What's wrong? "
"Lu Shang," Li Sui turned his head and said urgently, "Big Brother Zuo is going to kill the peacock and serve hot pot."
Lu Shang glanced at the blue peacock whose feathers had fallen to the ground, and said, "It's a pity to kill it, let it go."
"Did you hear me, let you go." Li Sui backhanded and grabbed his knife, the two of them made a move, and their posture was quite good.
"I'll go back first." Meng Xinyou lifted the curtain and came out, gave Lu Shang a meaningful look, and turned to leave.
At noon, the blue peacock saved his life. He stewed the chicken with bamboo shoots instead. After dinner, there was nothing to do in the afternoon. Lu Shang took Li Sui to order two sets of professional attire.
In fact, new employees don't need to dress so formally, but the moment he saw the upper body of the formal suit, Lu Shang didn't plan to let him change it back. His intuition was right, this person belongs to the workplace.
He was used to wearing casual clothes, and wearing formal clothes was bound to be restrained. Li Sui couldn't help pulling his tie and asked, "Are you awkward?"
After going out the door and returning, Li Sui's skin was tanned, and his body was solid. The childishness on his face was taken off, and the outline was highlighted, and he looked more stern and resolute.
"Good-looking." He smiled and commented in two short words.
Although in the same company, in order to avoid suspicion, Lu Shang did not come with him in the morning, but asked Uncle Yuan to take him to the intersection and let him go to work by himself.
When he received his work permit, Li Sui realized that he was not the only newcomer. There were seven or eight graduates who came in together, and he was managed by a female manager surnamed Zhou.
"Your task today is to get familiar with the company, understand the company's rules and regulations, and remember the faces of the leaders of various departments. I don't want any of you to send documents to the leaders to sign tomorrow. You don't even know anyone, understand?"
Several people nodded, and Manager Zhou said again: "In addition, after reading the information sent to you, one person will submit a report to me. Next week will be the corporate culture week. You will make a video together, and then it will be at the exhibition. show."
When they heard that there was going to be a video, several people were stunned for a while, but only one person responded. Li Sui glanced at his work card and saw that his name was Li Bai.
Although Li Sui came to Dongyan many times, most of them only went to the general manager's office on the top floor. The people downstairs didn't know him, which saved a lot of trouble. Contacted all departments of the company. Just after five o'clock, there was no one in the office. Li Sui put away the documents on the workstation. He originally wanted to wait for Lu Shang, but then he felt that this behavior was like hugging his thighs, so he took the things and walked out the back door.
There is a subway station within five minutes of walking out of the Dongyan Building. As soon as he reached the intersection, he found a black private car parked on the side of the road, with the window down, revealing a half-familiar face.
Li Sui didn't expect that Lu Shang would be waiting for him here. His heart beat faster by two points, and he hurried into the car.
"You leave work so early today?"
Lu Shang chuckled: "No one can do anything to me if I don't come, how do you feel?"
"Not bad," Li Sui said, "It's more interesting than expected."
After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Do you know that Manager Zhou?"
Lu Shang knew what he wanted to ask, and said, "She doesn't know you, don't worry."
Li Sui was really relieved. He wasn't worried about what would happen to Manager Zhou when he found out. It was just that as a newcomer, he longed for fair competition, rather than relying on someone else's relationship. This kind of idea that needed to be tried, Lu Shang had already understood. through.
Li Sui began to get busier, even busier than Lu Shang. He went to work during the day, went to practice driving after get off work while it was still dark, and read books before going to bed at night to make up for lessons and prepare for exams. Usually after a day, he was so tired that he couldn't even speak. At this time, he couldn't help but wonder how Lu Shang had survived so many years.
Before going to bed at night, Li Sui was still struggling in front of the computer. Lu Shang couldn't stand it any longer, so he knocked on the door of the study: "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"
Li Sui turned his head and showed an embarrassed expression: "I'm making a video, but the software is not very good at operating it. I tried twice without success."
Lu Shang walked over and glanced at it. It was a promotional video for the corporate culture week. In the past, it was done by a special person. It seems that this is the first problem that the company presents to these newcomers.
He thought for a while, yawned calmly, and said, "Then I'll go to sleep first."
Li Sui stared blankly at Lu Shang just turned around and left, without any intention of helping. Although he learns things quickly, computer operation has always been a big problem. When his peers came into contact with computers, he was still wandering on the street. Although he studied hard later, he lacked more than ten years of experience, and his typing speed fell behind others. A big chunk.
It was late at night outside, and it was autumn. The weather was getting colder every day. Occasionally, a few wisps of autumn wind blew, which blew the leaves around. Li Sui poured a cup of hot water, opened the forum, and pondered a little bit about the experience of the great gods.
Lu Shang read half a book on the bed, but there was still no movement next door. He put on his clothes and walked out of bed, opened the door and opened the door. Li Sui was sleeping on the chair. The video on the computer had been preprocessed, and the display was being rendered. .
Lu Shang opened it and glanced at it. The picture was not exquisite, but it was sincere, enough to take it out to support the scene. A newcomer can do this, the degree of his intentions can be seen.
After half a month of high-intensity mental activity without a day's rest, Li Sui was also very tired, and the dark circles under his eyes were very obvious. Although Lu Shang couldn't bear it, he didn't bother him. out.
Soon came to the exhibition of the corporate culture week. Lu Shang did not participate in this kind of activity. Early in the morning, he went to the venue for the first time to watch it, which made the host a little nervous, for fear of misreading the draft.
After the video was played, there was warm applause from below, and Lu Shang frowned as he stared at the signature at the curtain call.
When he went back in the evening, Li Sui didn't speak during the meal. Lu Shang asked him a few more questions when he saw that he had something on his mind.
"Nothing." Li Sui replied.
"Thinking about the video?"
Li Sui: "You know?"
Lu Shang nodded: "I heard what people said."
Li Sui couldn't help but look serious and said, "Li Bai is the team leader. I handed over everything I made to him, and he sorted it out and handed it over to Manager Zhou, but I didn't expect him to sign his name directly..."
"He's not wrong, you don't have to take it to heart," Lu Shang said lightly, "This is what you have to learn. There are many things in this world. You can't just work hard. What should happen will happen, and you should yell at yourself. You have to shout at yourself, and if you should sell your feelings, you must sell your feelings along the direction of the wind."
Li Sui nodded lightly.
These words were later heard by Liang Zirui, who came to deliver the medicine. While Li Sui was taking a bath, he couldn't help but ask, "You teach a child like this? You are not afraid to teach him to be the devil of the world."
Lu Shang put the medicines into the medicine box one by one: "I'm even more afraid to teach him to be a little white flower, and I can only stomp when I see someone doing him bad."
"You can protect this calf, what about your principles, Boss Lu?" Dr. Liang was heartbroken.
Lu Shang just laughed.
If it were a different person, Lu Shang would of course not say that, but Li Sui was different. The reason why he dared to educate people with the theory of Hei Xue was because the child's concept of right and wrong had already matured, and there was no such thing as right or wrong. If he needed to teach, Li Sui would not do it.
In the blink of an eye, when the salary was paid, Li Sui received the money from the finance department, and his palms were sweating with excitement. This was the first time he had made money by himself.
It happened to be Friday, after work, he usually went to the street to wait for Uncle Yuan's car, and after a while, he received a call from Lu Shang.
"get off work?"
"Um!"
"It sounds like I'm quite happy today."
"Let's go out to dinner, I'll treat you."
Lu Shang was looking at the speech for the meeting. Hearing this, he reached out to look at the date on his watch, and smiled: "Have you been paid?"
"Yes, what do you want to eat?"
"Well..." Lu Shang teased him deliberately, "The western restaurant on the top floor of the building is good."
Li Sui choked on the other end, and asked in a negotiating tone, "... Can I change homes for a cheaper price?"
Lu Shang couldn't hold back his laughter. At this time, Uncle Yuan knocked on the door and urged him to go to a meeting. Lu Shang lowered his head and said, "I still have a meeting here. Let Uncle Yuan take you home first, and we'll see at night."
"Okay, no need to send it, I'll drop by and practice the car for a while."
After hanging up the phone, Li Sui felt as if he had wiped honey in his heart. He thought that if he didn't hurry up and work hard to earn money, he would not be able to support the people he liked in the future. Boss Lu was very expensive.
After Li Sui finished his car training, Lu Shang's meeting was not over yet. After thinking about it, he went to the imported supermarket to buy a bunch of western food raw materials and brought it home. He and Lu Shang had been to the restaurant on the top floor of the building. It was unreasonably expensive, but the taste was really good. After eating it a few times, he still had some vague impressions.
After ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Shang hurried back: "Are you starving?"
Li Sui shook his head: "I made dinner."
Lu Shang took off his coat and saw a few plates on the table. The steak really looked like that.
"This is… "
Li Sui scratched his head: "I've tried it now, and it tastes alright, can you try it?"
Lu Shang smiled slightly, washed his hands, sat down, and cut a small piece of steak. He immediately found out which way this was done. The meat quality was a little worse than the restaurant's, but the taste was very similar.
"delicious."
"Do you like it?" Li Sui laughed immediately, "Try this shrimp."
"Yeah." Lu Shang looked at him and felt uncontrollably happy. He suddenly thought that if one day he goes bankrupt and lives on the streets with no money, as long as he takes Li Sui with him, he will never go hungry.
"Cream mushroom soup." Li Sui filled a bowl and handed it to Lu Shang.
There was a little black pepper sauce on the corner of Lu Shang's mouth. Li Sui stared at him, and involuntarily reached out to help him wipe it off. Fortunately, he stopped it in time and took out a tissue for him instead.
Both of them were hungry. Lu Shang ate a whole steak for the first time, and Li Sui swept the rest into his stomach. When Lu Shang wanted to help with the dishes, Li Sui was driven out of the kitchen. God knows how he would feel if Lu Shang saw the failed products in the trash can.
Before going to bed at night, Li Sui gave Lu Shang his wallet.
"This is?" Lu Shang wondered.
"Give it to you, I will give you all the money I earn in the future."
Boss Lu, who has always only raised children, was stunned for a while. He didn't expect that he would also be raised one day. He showed a faint smile and did not refuse: "Okay, I will help you invest."
The first stage of the internship lasted for three months. Li Sui was not from a major. At first, he couldn't keep up, and he did everything at the back of a crane. After getting used to it, he began to use his advantages. By the end of the internship period, he was already among the best. In the later evaluation session, three project teams sent him an invitation to join, but he became the most sought-after one of the interns.
Logically, these students did not meet the company's entry standards. In response to the government's call to increase the employment rate of graduates, Dongyan deliberately expanded the enrollment and trained them as enterprise reserve talents.
Although Li Sui was a little inferior in his major, when it came to social experience, he was far behind these college students. The workplace is no better than school. The test is comprehensive quality. Emotional intelligence and IQ are indispensable. Li Suiguang is much better than this group of fledgling students. In addition, he is good-looking, has a humble attitude, and is serious in his work, which is very popular with several seniors.
When Uncle Yuan gave him the score sheet, Lu Shang was a little surprised. He never worried that Li Sui would be a hindrance in his work, but he didn't expect him to have such a long face. Sure enough, this kid looks like a guy with a gun in the jungle. Hunters, it only takes time to find their main battlefield.
No one is born to learn to be rich in all aspects. People who don't care can't do a mechanized task well in their entire life, but those with strong absorptive ability can comprehend more than a dozen ways to cope with a small thing. Such people grow up very fast. Fast.
"He has good grades, do you want to leave a position for him to officially join?" Uncle Yuan asked.
"No." Lu Shang shook his head.
Uncle Yuan was a little surprised, and Lu Shang only said four words: "Miaomiao encourages growth."
It meant that it was not the time yet. As soon as Lu Shang refused, Uncle Yuan understood that Lu Shang had no intention of letting Li Sui really start from the bottom.
"Let him fight for you, and apply for a school abroad for him after the new year. It's time to go out and meet the world." Lu Shang smiled at the score sheet.
The internship period was coming to an end, and there was only one road test left for the driver's license. Li Sui ran twice a day and was too busy to take care of others. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he hadn't seen Li Bai for a long time. When he mentioned it, the other party kept a secret expression on his face.
"He's been fired."
"Fired? When?"
"It's been half a month, it seems to be called misbehavior."
Li Sui was thoughtful and fell silent.
At the end of autumn, Li Sui successfully got his driver's license. The standard red local tyrant was too eye-catching. Li Sui took it and exchanged it with Lu Shang for an ordinary scooter.
"2 million for 200,000, isn't it a loss for you?"
Li Sui glanced at Lu Shang, who was sitting in the co-pilot. For some reason, he thought of the beauty of the car that people often say, and he felt that it was not a loss at all.
In the winter, Lu Shang's body was obviously weakened, and the medicine was almost inseparable. The fireplace at home was lit early, making the whole room warm. The temperature was a bit hot for Li Sui, so he usually only wears short sleeves at home.
When there were not many things to do at night, the two of them would occasionally discuss some work matters. Lu Shang was inconvenient and tired, so he dictated to the side, and Li Sui converted it into a text version for him on the computer, and practiced typing by the way. After finishing the important line, Li Sui waited for a long while before he could finish the text. Turning to look, Lu Shang actually fell asleep while leaning on his wheelchair.
The lack of blood supply to the heart caused the body to be easily fatigued. Lu Shang's face was pale, so he leaned on him unguardedly, his chest heaving slightly with his breathing, the nightgown slanted loosely on his body, and the belt around his waist was loose.
This scene was too tempting, Li Sui's breath stagnated, he involuntarily leaned over, leaned over his neck and sniffed lightly. The taboo-like memory broke through the cage, and Li Sui endured and endured it again and again. After all, that bit of rationality could not be beaten. He surrendered to the guidance of his heart, and he lowered his head and kissed his earlobe.
That trace of cold breath was like a poison that penetrated the intestines, and spread in his mind instantly. He knew it was drinking poison to quench his thirst, but it still made people want to stop. Li Sui gently sucked the piece of soft meat, wishing to swallow it. The person who made him fascinated was in front of him, a strange excitement arose in Li Sui's mind, he let go of his earlobe and went down, his hot breath swept across his neck, and he dropped a kiss on his bare collarbone.
He stretched his hands uncontrollably to the belt around Lu Shang's waist. Li Sui originally wanted to help him fasten it, but he wrapped his fingers around it, but the tighter it was, the looser it was. He gently stroked his thin waist.
His heartbeat was so fast that he could hear the blood vessels in his ear canal beating. Li Sui felt that his brain was fainting, but the great satisfaction that came from the depths of his mind drove him crazy. He used almost all the reason in his life to control that hand from crawling to more extreme places.
The person under him seemed to feel a little discomfort, his eyelashes trembled slightly, Li Sui pulled out his hand and put it back on the belt, but did not back away, leaning over to observe Lu Shang, watching him open his eyes little by little.
If you get too close, you can feel the vibration of Lu Shang's vocal cords.
"What's wrong… "
Li Sui stared at him without changing his expression: "The strap is loose." After speaking, he tied it with one hand and tied it.
Lu Shang seemed very tired, didn't care, tilted his head and closed his eyes again.
Li Sui looked at him for a long time. After a long while, his clenched fists loosened. He bent over to pick him up from the wheelchair, put him on the bed, and carefully tucked the quilt.
After doing this, the screaming thing in his body was finally forcibly suppressed, Li Sui stood beside the bed and sighed lightly, pinching his eyebrows in pain.