The Physics School of A University has a newly built building, near the north gate of A University, with a quiet environment. Su Yunbai's office is in this building, located on the 15th floor.
Further out of this building, separated by a black iron fence, is a busy main road in City A. In order to block the view and reduce noise, a circle of roses are planted along the iron fence.
At this time in July, it is the season when roses are in full bloom. From a distance, the fence is completely invisible, and only large patches of roses can be seen in full bloom, almost forming a flower wall, guarding the Physics School building.
Occasionally, when the wind blows, the pink or white petals fall down, covering the ground with residual red, which is beautiful.
If the car happens to be parked in a parking space near the fence, it will be more or less covered with rose petals after being parked for half a day. When driving again, the petals are flying along the road, which is particularly romantic.
Huo Qinian came early and has seen several cars driving away with petals scattered.
Another car left.
Huo Qinian couldn't help but check the time. It was 5:47 in the afternoon.
It's been 47 minutes since work ended, and Teacher Su is not planning to leave yet?
Is he so diligent?
Huo Qinian raised his head again and looked out through the car window. Under the nearby rose bushes, a white sedan was parked quietly, covered with petals.
He checked the license plate number again.
Yes, this is Teacher Su's car.
She must not have left.
Assistant Zhang in the front seat saw his boss checking the time again, and couldn't help but suggest: "How about... I go down and take a look?"
Assistant Zhang didn't really understand his boss.
Seeing his boss like this, he must be here to look for his wife. But it would be fine if he didn't call his wife in advance, but he didn't go up to look for her even when he arrived at the door, but just waited for his wife's car.
They arrived at 4:30 and have been waiting here for more than an hour. It's not that this time is long, but the cars nearby have left one after another, which really makes people wait a little uneasy.
What if the wife is not at University A? When the time comes, the boss's temper will come out...
Huo Qinian was indeed a little impatient waiting, but he was determined and really didn't let others make the decision.
He still sat in the back seat of the car calmly: "No, just wait."
Just after he finished speaking, the gate of the School of Physics in the distance opened, and a group of people walked out. The person walking in the middle was Su Yunbai.
Huo Qinian's face immediately showed a reserved expression.
He raised his chin slightly, waiting for Su Yunbai to pass by, so that he could naturally lower his car window.
Su Yunbai stopped at the gate and chatted with the person next to her.
Huo Qinian then turned his eyes to the person next to her.
There were three people walking with Su Yunbai, one woman and two men. One of the men and one of the women was fine, they looked like students, but the other man had a rather subtle temperament at first glance.
He was almost a head taller than Su Yunbai, wearing a trendy and straight T-shirt, smiling brilliantly at Su Yunbai, looking exactly like a rich young man.
Huo Qinian didn't know why, but suddenly remembered what Xu Jinzhi said last night. "Handsome, knowledgeable and interesting, always available..." The more he looked at it
, the more it fits.
Huo Qinian's expression was not so good.
He almost subconsciously rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing his well-defined arms, and pulled off the loose tie at his collar, pressing the collar down to make it look loose, and then casually tossed his hair to destroy its regularity.
In the blink of an eye, the man who was originally very businesslike, suddenly became casual and relaxed.
Assistant Zhang was stunned.
Although it was not appropriate, he always felt that his boss was a bit like... a peacock spreading its tail?
Huo Kongque, who had spread his tail, tidied himself up, opened the back door, and walked towards the gate of the School of Physics.
Su Yunbai realized that something was wrong through the reactions of the people around her.
Her work at Leading Technology was entering the final stage, and she had a lot of things to do during this period. She was afraid that it would delay the progress of her graduate students, so she kept them for a while.
Several students were very cooperative and had a good chat. Who knew that as they were talking, the eyes of the female student in front of him suddenly began to wander.
Then, the eyes of the male student were also not right.
Su Yunbai subconsciously followed their line of sight.
It was still light in July at the time when people were getting off work. The afterglow of the sunset was just right, and Huo Qinian walked over leisurely in the afterglow, his hands in his pockets.
He stopped in front of Su Yunbai, smiling faintly and a little lazily: "Teacher Su, good afternoon."
Huo Qinian was born with a temperament that didn't care about anything. He himself might know his own advantages. At this moment, he was so lazy that he looked flamboyant and unrestrained, just like a male goblin who specialized in seducing humans.
Su Yunbai could almost hear a gasp coming from somewhere.
She glanced around and realized that a lot of people had gathered nearby since she didn't know when. Some were students from other colleges who came for a walk after dinner, some were students from the School of Physics, and some were colleagues from the school...
At this moment, they all slowed down their pace subconsciously, looking at Huo Qinian and Su Yunbai intentionally or unintentionally.
Su Yunbai didn't like being noticed in this way, pursed his lips, and asked, "Mr. Huo, do you have anything to do?"
Huo Qinian ignored the people around him and said, "I have something to ask Teacher Su. I wonder if it's convenient for Teacher Su?"
How could it be inconvenient?
Su Yunbai said to several students, "Go back and sort it out, send it to my email, and I will reply to you before Friday."
After giving instructions, she followed Huo Qinian to the car. As she walked, she could hear whispers from all around: "Who is that person?" "Seems to be very familiar with Teacher Su?"
Su Yunbai couldn't help but walk a little faster than usual.
Without Assistant Zhang's greeting, Su Yunbai spotted Huo Qinian's car.
She paused and stopped: "I wonder what Mr. Huo wants to talk to me about?"
Huo Qinian couldn't help but look between Su Yunbai's eyebrows, again and again.
If you only look at the calm and self-sustaining Su Yunbai in front of you, who can imagine that she was so emotionally broken last night?
Thinking of Su Yunbai last night, Huo Qinian's mood was a little different again.
Su Yunbai waited for a long time but didn't see Huo Qinian's answer, and couldn't help but raise his voice a little: "Mr. Huo?"
Huo Qinian said "Oh", as if he just reacted, and said: "I have no problem, but are you sure you want to talk to me here?"
Su Yunbai turned around and found that there were still people at the door of the School of Physics looking in.
She couldn't help but frown.
The school is a relatively simple environment. Few people here know her marital status, and she has no intention of getting herself involved in any rumors of love and romance.
Huo Qinian had already taken a few steps forward and walked to the passenger seat of her car, suggesting, "How about talking while driving?"
Su Yunbai agreed.
It was the first time for Huo Qinian to ride in Su Yunbai's car, and it was really a novelty.
Not to mention, sitting in Su Yunbai's passenger seat was just like sitting in her chair last night, with a sense of suffocation. He bent his knees, almost touching the bottom of the dashboard.
Huo Qinian was not a person who would put himself in a difficult position, and he started to adjust the seat on the spot. Forward, then backward, left, then right.
The seat adjustment switch made a buzzing sound, echoing in the quiet car, and continued.
Su Yunbai didn't even look at him, and let him do what he wanted.
The car drove out of Gate A quickly, and Huo Qinian was still adjusting his seat.
Su Yunbai was a little impatient: "Mr. Huo, please tell me directly, what's the matter?"
Huo Qinian said: "Why don't we drive to Qingxi Club? I haven't eaten yet."
Su Yunbai: ...
She took a deep breath: "I don't think you look busy. I will stop at the next intersection, you can contact your driver in advance."
She didn't want to waste time with him like this.
Su Yunbai said this, and waited quietly for Huo Qinian's ridicule.
He is not a person who can take losses.
Who knew that this time, Huo Qinian was silent for a long time, and then his voice was a little lower, and he said: "There is no need to be so impatient, right?"
It was a word of submission.
Su Yunbai almost couldn't help wanting to look back at him to see if he was ill.
Huo Qinian adjusted his sitting position, cleared his throat and said, "I really have something to talk to you about. That... there will be personnel changes at Linghang Technology recently, and President Zheng will be temporarily transferred."
Su Yunbai waited for a long time, but nothing came of it, so he couldn't help asking, "So?"
Huo Qinian said, "Vice President Zhang suggested that you take over President Zheng's position temporarily, and he admires you very much."
Su Yunbai was silent for a moment.
To be honest, this period of work experience at Linghang Technology was actually quite pleasant. Vice President Zhang was one of her direct leaders, and even more so her mentor. Without Vice President Zhang, she wouldn't have been able to get along so smoothly in the past few years.
Huo Qinian asked, "What do you mean?"
Su Yunbai came back to his senses and said, "I will explain this matter to Vice President Zhang in person. Everything at Linghang Technology is now on track, and it doesn't make much difference whether I am here or not."
Huo Qinian said, "If it's a question of salary..."
"No." Su Yunbai said, "I have other plans for my career. I can only thank the leadership for its kindness."
Huo Qinian was silent for a while, and then said: "I know that some of the things that Mr. Zheng did before were chilling, but I can guarantee that there will not be a next time. If you are worried about this problem..."
Something flashed quickly in Su Yunbai's eyes, and he quickly calmed down: "No, I don't have any concerns in this regard. It's just a simple career choice."
Huo Qinian leaned back, as if suppressing some emotions, and asked again: "Then, as the director of the R&D department, do you have any suggestions or opinions on the management of Linghang Technology?"
Su Yunbai thought for a while and said: "I think it's okay at the moment. But I'm not a professional manager, so I may not be able to provide too many constructive opinions.
"Mr. Huo might as well ask Vice President Zhang."
Huo Qinian didn't expect that even after he had laid the stage to this extent, Su Yunbai still said nothing and looked like she refused to cooperate.
Listen, does she look like she has no opinion?
This person is too arrogant.
Huo Qinian smiled lightly and said, "Minister Su is really a good subordinate. Even at this time, he still remembers to speak well of the leader. But have you ever thought that sometimes watching the leader make mistakes but not admonishing them will encourage certain unhealthy trends?"
There was that sense of sarcasm in his tone again.
Su Yunbai also laughed: "So in the end, it's my fault?
"Boss Huo, why don't you just speak frankly? What do you want to hear from me?"
Huo Qinian was too lazy to keep her in suspense: "Boss Zheng has been handling all the reports for Xinke over the years, right?"
Su Yunbai responded straightforwardly: "Yes!"
Huo Qinian waited for a long time but she didn't say anything else, and said in disbelief: "Yes? That's all you said, 'yes'? Nothing else? Did you know that he used your report to claim credit for himself?
"You don't mind that?"
Su Yunbai asked back: "Boss Huo, when you give a speech to the public, do you have a speech script? Did you write the speech yourself? No way? Was it prepared for you by someone in the public relations department?"
Huo Qinian said: "That's different. A speech script is a speech script, and a report is a report. President Zheng doesn't care about R&D, he only cares about management. His main job is to report to his superiors every month. If he can do that, then what is he doing at the pilot company?"
"Where does the data for his report come from? Does he have to get it from us?" Su Yunbai's tone seemed a little strange. "We provide him with data, and it just so happens that these data are the internal reports of our R&D department.
"He doesn't know the meaning of these data and can only read out what is written. In this case, it would be better for us to do it for him, so that at least he can be more targeted when he reads out what is written."
Huo Qinian was almost laughing out of anger, and then he heard Su Yunbai continue: "I really don't think writing a report is a big deal. Even if you ask again, I will say the same thing.
"As for the ownership of the report... Maybe President Huo didn't notice that in addition to President Zheng's name, the title of each report also has 'Leading Technology R&D Department' - of course, you can say that I added it, that's fine too.
"Mr. Zheng, the real problem is somewhere else. Mr. Huo, you missed the point from the beginning."
And you actually expect me to be grateful to you for this trivial thing, praise you as a messenger of justice, and tell you everything I know? It
's ridiculous!