When Jiang Lin stepped out of the store, Deng Yi withdrew her gaze from his back and nudged Deng Feng with her elbow: "Brother, you are really abusing your power for personal gain."
Deng Feng lowered his head to save Jiang Lin's mobile phone number. Hearing this, he said absentmindedly: "How am I using my power for personal gain? Isn't this just recruiting someone normally?"
"That's not normal at all," Deng Yi exposed him, "You signed the contract without even letting him try it out. Are you sure he can do it?"
Deng Feng put his phone back into his trouser pocket, turned around and went to the sink to continue washing the avocado and apple that he had not finished washing.
"He used to be a waiter in a fast food restaurant, and our job doesn't require any technical skills."
Deng Yi curled his lips and chose the latter between continuing to argue and saving face for his brother.
"Forget it, it would be nice to have someone to help me, so I don't have to come here every day to do free labor for you."
"Are you doing this for me?" Deng Feng put the washed avocado into the clean water pool next to him and glanced at his sister with a smile, "I thought you were doing this for Minglun."
"You and he are both bosses, so what difference does it make who you work for?"
Deng Yi patted Deng Feng on the back and stopped arguing with him.
Jiang Lin, who had no idea that he had become a hot topic, sat back in the car. After calming down, he took out the contract and read the terms carefully.
He couldn't figure out what was going on just now. He went to the interview on impulse. Ji Minglun would definitely be angry if he found out about it.
But last night, Ji Minglun resisted him, but was willing to care about him, especially to send him back there. Although the reason he thought of was untenable, he couldn't guess other possibilities, especially when he heard the voice prompt from Ji Minglun's phone that the driver accepted the order.
Staring at the signature on the lower right corner of the contract, this boy named Deng Feng is about the same age as Ji Minglun and is the other boss of [ChaKa]. He should tell Ji Minglun about his interview, but even if he did, Ji Minglun would have no choice since the contract had already been signed.
After folding these thin papers neatly and putting them in his bag, Jiang Lin put on his sunglasses and went to the neighborhood where Ji Minglun lived. When he drove into the basement, Ji Minglun's parking space was empty, and it seemed that he was not at home.
After leaning back in his chair for a while, he decided to go back to his own business.
After arriving home, he took a shower and began to prepare materials for his next paper. He ordered takeout from a nearby porridge shop for dinner and opened Ji Minglun's WeChat window.
While he was struggling to figure out what to send that person to reply, the person he was thinking of had been staring at his window for a while.
Ji Minglun spent the whole day in the school library doing group assignments. It was not until after 7 o'clock in the evening that he closed his notebook, packed up and returned to the car.
It's past dinner time, but he doesn't feel hungry. He just feels tired after using his brain all day. Especially when he picked up his phone, he felt even more upset when he saw a bunch of unread notifications on the WeChat interface.
He pressed his thumb on the screen and slid it, and when he finally found Jiang Lin's name in the "vast crowd", he didn't know what to do.
Last night, he sent Jiang Lin home and turned back. Although he acted very cold in front of Jiang Lin, he was thinking about the questions Jiang Lin asked all the way.
Will they be able to meet again
After hearing that, he really wanted to ask Jiang Lin what he was thinking. Did he really think that they could continue to be good friends as if nothing had happened
However, the words came to his lips and he swallowed them back.
In fact, no matter whether Jiang Lin said yes or no, it was impossible for her to respond to his feelings. So why should he embarrass himself and make things difficult for Jiang Lin
His eyes had been staring at the screen all day, and now he was seeing double. He pinched his eyebrows and was about to swipe left to go back when he saw that Jiang Lin's name at the top of the screen had changed to "The other party is typing."
Stunned, he stared at these words, wondering what Jiang Lin would send. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, the status changed back to Jiang Lin's name, and the status did not change for several minutes afterwards.
Placing the phone in the storage compartment next to the car door, Ji Minglun pressed his aching temples with both hands.
He got home and made a packet of instant noodles to fill his stomach. Before going to bed at night, he saw a WeChat message from Deng Yi saying that Deng Feng had hired a new person today and would be able to start work tomorrow. Now she could be free.
[Chaka] was opened by Ji Minglun and Deng Feng, each contributing half of the funds. The major chosen by Deng Feng was much easier than Ji Minglun's, so the management of the store was basically handed over to Deng Feng. Ji Minglun never interfered with small matters like recruiting.
He was too tired to talk tonight, so he replied "I know" and turned on the Do Not Disturb mode to go to sleep. When he woke up the next day, he found that Deng Yi had sent several messages again.
He didn't listen to what Deng Yi said in the voice message, and continued to look for Jiang Lin in the many unread messages. When he found that Jiang Lin still hadn't sent a message, he put down his phone and continued to pull up the quilt to sleep. Unfortunately, he didn't sleep well this time. He actually dreamed of Jiang Lin for the first time in a long time, and the content of the dream was even more absurd.
Jiang Lin pulled the sweatpants he borrowed down to his knees, with nothing on underneath, and stood facing him.
When he woke up, Ji Minglun's entire chest was covered in sweat, not to mention the mess underneath him. He sat up in annoyance, went into the bathroom to take a shower, scrubbed his butt clean, ate a pack of biscuits and went out.
This time the group assignment was quite difficult, and he spent another three days in the library to finish it. He did not participate in any activities during these days, not even going to the [Tea Card], and he also turned down Deng Yi's dinner invitation. Apart from the computer screen and the piles of materials, there was only one thing that could divert his attention.
After sending Jiang Lin back that night, Jiang Lin didn't contact him for five days.
Turning the phone over and placing it on the table, Ji Minglun leaned between his arms, gradually calming down to the hysterical rock music in his headphones, then raised his head to continue looking up information.
After packing up his things in the evening, he stepped out of the library door and found that it was drizzling outside.
He held the bag over his head and ran back to where he parked. He didn't answer Deng Feng's call on the way, and only called back after he finally got into the car.
Deng Feng asked him if he had time tonight. A new part-time employee came to the store, and Zhu Zhu got a good score of 7 in the IELTS test, so everyone suggested going to a pub for a meal to celebrate.
Ji Minglun didn't want to go at first, but Deng Feng said he had ordered a big cake from the cake shop next to Xiamen University. He also said he hadn't seen him for a few days, so he asked him to come over to help celebrate.
Unable to resist Deng Feng's soft and hard persuasion, he agreed. When he went to the store, he found that the cake was made up of two different flavors. The left one was a cheese cream cake with a cat pattern, with the words "Wish you a great victory" written on it, and the right half was a white forest style, with only the words "Welcome Jiang Jiang" written on it.
The word "Jiang Jiang" inevitably reminded him of Jiang Lin. Looking at the drizzling rain outside, his mind began to wander again until the clerk reminded him that he had packed his things.
After taking the cake, he opened the umbrella and returned to the car.
It only takes about 20 minutes to drive from Xiamen University to Shapowei, but it rained tonight and several roads were a bit congested. It was almost half past nine when he arrived.
Deng Feng was standing at the door of the store holding an umbrella, and Zhu Zhu and Deng Yi were standing under another umbrella. When they heard the sound of the car, everyone turned around to look. Deng Yi was the first to smile and wave, and then took Zhu Zhu and walked towards his car. Deng Feng also raised his chin to him. Just as he unlocked the car door to see Deng Yi and the others coming up, another tall figure walked out of the store.
Deng Feng walked forward and held the umbrella over the man's head. After the man took the umbrella, Deng Feng took out the portable remote control of the electronic lock and lowered the electric rolling door.
When he saw the back clearly, Ji Minglun froze. Deng Yi sat in the passenger seat and said with a smile: "What are you staring at?"
He didn't answer, but stared at the figure without blinking, until Deng Feng took the umbrella and they turned around and walked towards him, then he could see Jiang Lin's face clearly in the light of the car lights.
Jiang Lin was also looking at him in the driver's seat, and their eyes met through the glass. Before he could take a closer look at Jiang Lin's expression, Deng Feng grabbed Jiang Lin's arm and moved to the side, avoiding a puddle of water in front of them.