Chapter 73: Pick-up and drop-off. She can always be a little baby beside him...
Jiang Zong also saw at a glance that a bunch of sunset orange roses were blooming in full bloom on Qiao Ruoying's desk.
“…”
His face darkened for a moment.
So soon, someone else has also taken a fancy to Qiao Ruoying, this little rose?
Or should he send her flowers openly when he openly announced that he wanted to win Qiao Ruoying back?
Regardless of the aesthetics and matching of this bouquet of sunset orange roses, its color is like plucked from the sunset, and then placed on Qiao Ruoying's desk, Jiang Zong gritted his teeth at the sight:
This must have been a gift from that weak, short-sighted rich second-generation kid in the design department, right?
Was he also sending sunset orange to secretly relive the time when he and Yingying danced in the rehearsal room as the sun set? What was there for him to miss?
Wasn't it just a normal dance rehearsal with him, but he had an orgasm in his head?
In Jiang Zongye's opinion, this bouquet of roses placed on her desk by another man was like a green tea man lying on her desk, seducing her and flirting with her!
For a moment, he wanted to throw the bouquet of sunset orange roses into the trash.
But on second thought, Qiao Ruoying would not like his behavior.
Yes, Yingying said that we should respect her choice and not bypass her and make decisions for her.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zong barely suppressed the urge to throw the sunset orange rose into the trash can.
Fortunately, he remembered that Xiaoying liked natural flower colors and scents, and disliked flowers treated with dyes. And the flowers this man gave her were spray-painted.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zong also felt a little relieved and a little gloating.
Humph, that man still doesn’t understand Xiaoying as well as he does.
He pushed the bouquet of roses aside, making a large empty space, and placed his bouquet there.
Only after confirming that his bouquet of Floyd roses was superior to Wang Zhi's in terms of flower shape, color, overall matching and aesthetics, did Jiang Zongye feel reluctantly satisfied. A cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips, and he turned and left.
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When Qiao Ruoying walked into the office with her canvas bag, she saw Xiao Liu, Xiao Tang, Rong Rong, Zeng Fan and others gathered around her workstation, their eyes shining brightly.
"Yingying, come and see, you received two bouquets of flowers today!" Du Xinrong was the first to notice Qiao Ruoying and quickly called her over to see.
"One bouquet was sent by Boss Jiang, and the other was sent by Wang Zhi from the design department. It made me laugh to death. I saw it with my own eyes. Boss Jiang came to your workstation with a bouquet of flowers. When he saw the bouquet sent by Wang Zhi, his face turned black and he stared at you." Xiao Liu said.
Qiao Ruoying squeezed into her workstation and saw two bouquets of roses on it. One bouquet was sunset orange roses, wrapped in glossy cellophane.
A bunch of Freud red roses, wrapped in pure black matte paper, further highlights the rich rose red, as if it is about to flow down, lingering and gorgeous.
"Xiaoying, do you want to guess which of these two bouquets is from the big boss?" Du Xinrong joked with her and deliberately reached out to take off the cardboard on the bouquet and asked her to guess.
“…”
Qiao Ruoying pointed at the bouquet of Floyd roses.
Needless to say, it must be this one.
Come to think of it, I wonder if Jiang Zong also has a special liking for this gorgeous and luxurious rose red color. This color is not common at all, but he likes to give her things of this color.
In the mountain villa, he prepared a rose-red bikini for her.
He also gave her rose-red Hermès Birkins, shiny crocodile leather, and matte calfskin. He gave her several of them, and they were as beautiful as rubies.
"You guessed it right, Yingying! Oh, let me say that you and the big boss are really in sync." Du Xinrong said.
"The Floyd roses given by the big boss are more aesthetically pleasing. The luxurious rose red is contrasted with rich black, and the overall color is very harmonious. As for Wang Zhi, a rich second-generation man, his aesthetic taste is so poor. Why should a fresh color like sunset orange be paired with this shiny candy cellophane? It simply lowers the average score of South American roses." Xiao Liu commented knowledgeably.
"Yes. From the perspective of aesthetics, tone, and artistry, Mr. Jiang's flowers are superior to Xiao Wang's. Mr. Jiang wins this round, and Xiao Wang loses."
Xiao Tang, who was enjoying the fun, joked.
Qiao Ruoying could no longer hear clearly what her colleagues were chattering about.
She gently reached out and touched the bouquet wrapped in pure black matte paper. The combination was so bright and heavy, strangely harmonious, she would not make a mistake.
In my heart, from the bitter sour feeling, there are hints of sweetness, like holding a lemon or orange hard candy and chewing it slowly in my mouth, with sweetness permeating the sourness.
She remembered that she had once accused Jiang Zongye, "You have never given me a bouquet of flowers", so Jiang Zongye gave her the flowers now?
Make up for the sense of ritual that was missing in the past now?
She took a deep breath, and the cool air entered her lungs, and the tingling sensation caused by him never giving her flowers disappeared a lot.
Then let him take good care of himself and see how long he can last.
After carefully admiring the bouquet of flowers sent by Jiang Zongye, she turned around and saw the bouquet given by Wang Zhi, and suddenly felt embarrassed.
Deep down, Qiao Ruoying felt that Jiang Zongye was right: she shouldn't have danced with Wang Zhi. She shouldn't have danced with a boy she knew liked her.
This is like giving her hope. Because of this little bit of hope, Wang Zhi sent her flowers, a little bit of testing, right?
Qiao Ruoying wanted to tell Wang Zhi right then and there that he wasn't her type, but she was afraid he'd get upset and disrupt the dance rehearsal. So she decided to hold back her rejection until the right moment.
"Yingying, what are you going to do with these two bouquets of flowers? Are they disturbing your work?"
Du Xinrong's words brought her thoughts back to the present.
Qiao Ruoying tilted her chin and glanced at the marble table in her office. It was spotless, without a trace of debris. She actually wanted to "exile" the bouquet of flowers Wang Zhi had sent her there.
She enjoys flower arrangement, but prefers the natural beauty of flowers, not those that have been sprayed. This bouquet of roses should have been beautiful white South American roses, but they were sprayed with sunset gold paint, which she thought was a pity.
In addition, she had no interest in Wang Zhi, so "exiling" this bouquet of flowers to him was the best arrangement.
But Qiao Ruoying thought again, how could she just leave Wang Zhi's flowers on the altar and leave Jiang Zongye's flowers on her desk? This was simply telling Jiang Zongye that he had won the round completely. Did she like the Floyd roses he gave her?
When the big boss finds out about this, he will be so happy that the corners of his lips will curl up, and even a gun won’t be able to suppress him!
A whole big secret feeling!
She could even imagine the scene.
no.
I can't let him have fun.
Thinking of this, Qiao Ruoying made a decisive decision to "send" this bouquet of Floyd roses as well.
She raised her chin towards the floating platform and replied to Rongrong, "I'll put these two bouquets of flowers on the floating platform."
"Oh, I thought you would keep this bouquet from Mr. Jiang. It's so beautiful and suits you so well. The big boss must have carefully selected it for you. Don't you like it?"
Du Xinrong asked bluntly.
"...It's alright."
Qiao Ruoying could only answer this way.
In fact, she really liked it, so when she placed the two bouquets of flowers, she was careful and placed the bouquet of Floyd roses closer to her workstation.
When she looked up, she could see the flowers Jiang Zongye gave her.
With this bouquet of Floyd roses, her mood at work in the morning was much better.
She was sorting out forms at her workstation when she received a message from Jiang Zongye.
Jason: "Recommended Contacts"
Seeing that Jiang Zong also sent a contact card, she was wondering, and saw his explanation:
"We agreed to teach you how to tread water and swim. The teacher is here now. Zhang Xiaoman, a national first-class swimmer and a top-grade teacher. You can talk to her directly. She'll also take you to the swimming pool."
He gave clear instructions.
swim?
My memory is pulled back to a snowy afternoon in winter.
She was in the swimming pool, hugging Jiang Zongye like an octopus. At that time, he said that he wanted her to learn to swim. She thought he was just saying it casually, but she didn't know that he would take action.
I accepted the flowers he sent me and then went to learn swimming from the teacher he had arranged. This is too fast. No, no.
Thinking of this, Qiao Ruoying replied decisively:
"Please, we're breaking up now."
After breaking up, you shouldn’t learn swimming from the coach hired by your ex-boyfriend, right?
Otherwise, it would feel weird no matter how you think about it.
Jason: "Does our breakup have anything to do with you learning to swim? No."
"Breaking up is one thing, but learning how to save your life is another. You have to learn so you can save yourself in the water. Teacher Zhang is a very good teacher, and you will definitely learn it with her."
“…”
At first glance, what Jiang Zong said seemed to make sense?
It would be a waste not to learn how to swim. She actually wanted to learn how to tread water too.
At this moment, a phone call happened to come in.
Qiao Ruoying picked up the phone, and a very gentle female voice came from the other end: "Hello, is this Qiao Ruoying? I'm Zhang Xiaoman, your swimming teacher, responsible for teaching you treading water and swimming strokes..."
On the phone, Teacher Zhang Xiaoman truly demonstrated her thoughtfulness, professionalism and enthusiasm.
As Qiao Ruoying listened to her, she thought, would it be a bad idea to cancel the swimming lessons now?
Then go ahead.
It shouldn't be a big deal to take a swimming lesson, right?
Qiao Ruoying agreed reluctantly.
After Zhang Xiaoman hung up the phone with Qiao Ruoying, she hurriedly sent a message to Jiang Zongye:
"Hello, Mr. Jiang, Miss Qiao is willing to learn swimming from me."
Seeing this news, Jiang Zongye showed a triumphant smile on his lips.
Jiang Zongye pushed his chair back and loosened his tie with his hands. The corners of his lips, which had not smiled for a long time, finally curved into a faint smile.
Next to his ergonomic chair, there is a doll stand with a single Usagi doll on it, with its long ears erect and a silly yet cute smile.
The man's slender fingers touched the Usagi doll's big head, brushing its fur down, then smoothing it out. Unable to restrain himself, he recited to the doll:
"Your mom agreed to take swimming lessons. She's willing to accept my kindness."
"We two will have a home to return to soon, right?"
He wants to go back to Yingying.
Where there is Yingying, it is home.
Qiao Ruoying quickly made an appointment with teacher Zhang Xiaoman for the first class.
She originally thought that the teacher would set the swimming class location in a sports swimming pool, but the address the teacher sent was clearly deep in Green Heart Park.
Qiao Ruoying took a Didi call over.
The year-end bonus was about to be distributed, and the head of the human resources management department personally called her over and told her that she had received the highest level of year-end bonus and could receive six months of year-end bonus; the group also increased her salary from 12,000 yuan per month to 25,000 yuan per month, in addition to benefits such as car allowance, housing allowance, and meal allowance.
Qiao Ruoying was really happy from the bottom of her heart when she got a salary increase.
She had lunch with Du Xinrong at noon, and after listening to Du Xinrong's conversation, she learned that generally new graduates will get a salary increase after working for two years. Low-level assistants like them usually get a mid-level year-end bonus.
Only then did Qiao Ruoying realize that she had received a high-level year-end bonus and a salary increase, which must have been the work of Jiang Zongye.
She wasn't stupid enough to go to Jiang Zongye and ask him to return the salary increase he gave her.
How can you refuse the money that falls into your pocket?
At the same time, she secretly vowed in her heart that she would work harder for the group in the future.
Now, after her salary increased, she became financially well-off again and started spending money lavishly, not as tight on money as before.
Otherwise, she would not be willing to take a Didi from her rental house to Green Heart Park to find a swimming teacher.
Following the navigation, Qiao Ruoying arrived at the edge of Green Heart Park. A majestic wrought iron gate with carved patterns stretched across the park, dividing it into two. One was a public park, bustling with people, while inside the gate, the vegetation was more lush and tranquil.
Didi cars from outside can’t enter here.
Qiao Ruoying got out of the car and explained the situation to the uniformed guard.
The guard seemed to have been instructed to wait for her here. He immediately drove an electric car over and took her past the villas and lush green trees outside and into the depths.
The light yellow Tuscan villa looks like a big light yellow cake under the blue sky.
The outermost wall is made of natural stone. There are potted plants hanging down from the short and fat wall, which echoes the wooden pergola and arched doors and windows. Against the backdrop of the warm yellow lights inside, it looks like a cute house where elves live in a fairy tale world.
Teacher Zhang Xiaoman was standing under the wall, wearing sportswear, waving and greeting Qiao Ruoying.
"Teacher, are we going to swim in someone's backyard pool?"
Qiao Ruoying asked the question that was in her mind, and she hesitated a little.
This place doesn't look like a public swimming pool at all.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at her and said after a while:
"Isn't this your house? You're swimming in your own backyard, is that okay?"
Her house?
It took Qiao Ruoying a while to realize that this was indeed one of the house types she had seen when Jiang Zongye said he wanted to buy a house for her.
Unfortunately, Qiao Ruoqi had just broken up with the scumbag, and she was also having a conflict with Jiang Zong. She had only seen this villa in the house type manual and had never visited it once, so it felt so unfamiliar to her.
Qiao Ruoying looked up at the big house with a cream-yellow exterior and a short, thick wall surrounding it. A corner of her heart suddenly collapsed.
She remembered that before they broke up, Jiang Zong had been urging her to move into this villa.
But she never moved.
In her opinion, isn't it just a change of place to live? What's the point of moving?
Now, when this fairy-tale dream-style house appeared before her eyes, she realized that what Jiang Zongye had paid behind the scenes was far more than just a simple "Yingying, move to the big house as soon as possible."
He followed up every step of the house's renovation until it was decorated to his satisfaction, and then he was happy to welcome the house to its owner.
However, on the eve of moving in, the lady and the gentleman of the house broke up.
In an instant, the dull pain that had not come up when they broke up cut her heart like a knife.
Jiang Zong also did so much for her.
He wanted to give her so much.
"Love" is never just words, but is reflected in actions.
Because there was a swimming teacher nearby, Qiao Ruoying suppressed her tears.
Jiang Zong has always hoped that she would be a strong woman who can control all emotions in front of outsiders, not easily reveal her attitude, and stand on her own, and she is also moving in this direction.
She lowered her eyelashes, looked at the combination lock on the door, and asked Zhang Xiaoman: "Teacher Zhang, how do we get in?"
Zhang Xiaoman shook her head and said, "Boss Jiang never told me the password. But he said you must know it."
She definitely knew the password.
How could Jiang Zongye be so sure that she must know the password?
Suddenly, six identical numbers popped up in her mind. She stepped forward, shielding her view with her body, and typed in "six ones."
Sure enough, the door opened with a click.
“…”
Qiao Ruoying was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Jiang Zongye's password has been the same for thousands of years. Can't he set a password with better confidentiality?
Is he really not afraid of thieves?
Although the arched door was open, there was another door leading into the living room. Through the glass door, Qiao Ruoying looked at the spotless living room and the warm ginger-colored sofa, and subconsciously told herself that none of this belonged to her.
So, she didn't go in, but took Teacher Zhang along a side road and went around to the back garden. There was a large swimming pool behind the villa, covered with glass and well heated.
The transparent and clear blue-green pool water reminded Qiao Ruoying of the Paraiba tourmaline swimming pool she saw when Jiang Zongye took her to the mountain villa, and an indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.
Is it sadness? Or...reminiscing about the good old days?
Qiao Ruoying suddenly felt that her words had been so harsh. She had been so happy with him. But on the day they broke up, she had denied all those beautiful days.
After changing into her swimsuit and warming up, she took a float given by the teacher, went into the water, and practiced her leg movements. Zhang Xiaoman patiently guided her.
Unlike when Jiang Zongye taught her to swim, this time, under the teacher's guidance, she quickly mastered the technique of treading water and was not so panicked.
She felt that the water was helping her float.
Learning to tread water is so easy, so why can't she learn it when she is with Jiang Zongye?
Qiao Ruying was a little dazed.
Perhaps, when she was with Jiang Zongye, she always became spoiled involuntarily, wanted to act coquettishly to him, wanted to throw tantrums, and could not learn anything casually, right?
It seemed that at this moment, she suddenly realized that she had been indulging herself in being a little girl when she was with Jiang Zongye.
As her mother's eldest daughter, she tries her best to share her mother's worries;
As Qiao Ruoqi's sister, she strives to set an example that a sister should have.
Only with him could she indulge herself like a child.
Two hours later, the teaching ended.
Qiao Ruoying and Zhang Xiaoman walked into the locker room, took a good shower, changed their clothes, and walked out of the villa. Zhang Xiaoman even praised her for "swimming very well and making rapid progress."
Qiao Ruoying gave the teacher a grateful smile, secretly thinking about how to get out.
This villa area is large and empty. If she hadn't met the security guard on his electric car when she came, it would have taken her more than half an hour to walk from the gate of the villa area to here.
At this moment, a silver-gray Sirius 5 appeared from the end of the road like a shooting star and stopped in front of them smoothly and sleekly.
The car window rolled down, revealing Jiang Zongye's handsome face. Against the backdrop of the sunset, there was a rare smile on his face.
"Teacher Zhang, Xiaoying, please take my car."
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The author has something to say: Lao Jiang: We two will soon have a home to return to, right? [Sunglasses]
Baby Usagi: My mom just doesn't want you, not me. [Glasses][Glasses]
Chiang Kai-shek: ...even you are trying to stab my heart. [rolling eyes][rolling eyes]
Jiang Ge's way of pursuing his wife is to pretend that she hasn't broken up with him. He arranges for her to learn whatever he wants and refuses to cut off contact. [Sunglasses][Sunglasses] Only for the shameless Jiang Ge himself. [Sunglasses][Sunglasses]
I'm sorry for being late, but tonight's chapter is a bit long [scatter flowers] love you guys.
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