Chapter 4 Smell If you wanted to leave, why didn’t you leave completely…
Monday was the day Yuntan officially reported to LH and he went to the HR office early in the morning.
The head of the Human Resources Department was named Zhou Xue, a gentle woman in her forties. "You can call me Sister Xue, or Senior Sister Xue, just like everyone else. It's easier to remember."
Although Luhe was established not long ago, its founder is an elite who has already achieved success in many fields. He decided to make new energy vehicles because he smelled a business opportunity. Now the company occupies a large area. The main building mainly houses the three core departments: design department, technical department, and sales department. Most of the rest are large workshops, welding, painting, stamping... digital smart factories arranged horizontally and vertically like white tofu blocks.
Zhou Xue took her on a tour and briefly introduced the responsibilities of each major workshop. Yun Tan received a lot of compliments along the way, and everyone kept praising her beauty.
Yuntan was dressed very neatly today, wearing a white suit, with her hair tied up in a bun, and no jewelry. She looked slender and tall, with an elegant temperament without any extraneous accents.
After visiting the outer workshop, Zhou Xue took her back to the main building.
She tilted her head to look at Yun Tan for a moment, then said with a smile, "Are you guys who study design prettier?"
Yun Tan was gentle and polite: "It seems that there are hidden talents in the design department."
"That's for sure. Handsome men and beautiful women, and all of them have impressive resumes." Zhou Xue joked, "Especially your minister. He's a well-known Si Cao in our LH."
Ding Mian?
Yun Tan smiled: "Really?"
As he was speaking, he had already arrived at the design department and happened to run into Ding Mian pushing the door out with a stack of design draft papers.
He walked hurriedly and quickly greeted "Sister Xue". Then his eyes swept across Yun Tan beside Zhou Xue and he stopped.
Zhou Xue looked at his expression, as if she had discovered a new world: "Oh, so our Si Cao can't even walk when he sees a beautiful woman?"
Ding Mian had always been very bookish, and even after working for several years he remained the same, with delicate and fair features, and was gentle and polite in his dealings with others. He had not been influenced by the impatience of many young people today, and had the air of an old-school scholar.
So much so that the surprised expression on his face was a little funny.
Yuntan winked at him.
Means: You are not mistaken, it is me.
"Xiao Tan!?"
This was the first time Zhou Xue heard the gentle Ding Sicao speak so loudly.
"You came to Luhe! Why didn't you tell me?!"
Yun Tan said, "Haven't I told you now?"
Zhou Xue: "Do you two know each other?"
"Yes, we were high school classmates. Later, when I went to study in Italy, Yuntan and I were also classmates." Ding Mian laughed. "Sister Xue has a good eye. She has helped us recruit another great person for our design department."
"Then you have to treat me to a meal some other day."
"Of course, do I need you to tell me?"
Zhou Xue patted their shoulders and said to Yun Tan, "Okay, then let your director introduce you to the design department. I'll be leaving first."
Ding Mian put the pile of manuscripts aside and decided not to send him off. "Didn't you decide to stay abroad? Why did you come back so suddenly? I didn't even recognize you when I saw you just now."
Yun Tan didn't want to talk about his grandmother's illness anymore. He just shrugged and said casually, "They won't let me stay abroad."
Ding Mian laughed and said, "Don't be so modest. Those Design Week awards you won are the most popular among foreigners."
Ding Mian pushed open the door of the design department. "The LH design department has two floors. This floor is responsible for routine design, demand analysis, and market research. The upper floor is mainly responsible for project management and design implementation. There are also several meeting rooms and equipment rooms."
"Um."
Ding Mian clapped his hands at the door, and everyone at the workstation looked up. "Let me introduce to you all, this is our new friend, Yun Tan."
"Hey! Here comes our savior to share our burden!"
"What a beautiful lady!"
"Why do you miss design school so much, beautiful girl?"
"Si Cao, I'm applying to have this CMF design project I'm working on published! I really can't finish it! The manuscript I just submitted last night was rejected again! They said it was a flaw, holy shit! What do you mean by a flaw?! I think it's a flaw in aesthetics!"
"Beauty, did you see that? I advise you to run!"
Everyone was talking at once, which was enough to reflect the spirit of the design department.
Zhou Xue was right. The design department is generally young, with many handsome men and beautiful women.
The atmosphere in the department is very good. Everyone is joking and bantering with each other and has a close relationship. Some even dare to use "Si Cao" to tease the leader.
Ding Mian reluctantly explained to her, "Two colleagues in the design department happened to be on maternity leave last month, and with the overall design plan for next year coming up soon, the workload is so overwhelming that everyone is a little crazy."
Yun Tan nodded in understanding. Forget design work. Even finals week during school can drive people crazy. "Is there anything I can do? I'll adapt to your pace as quickly as possible."
Ding Mian smiled and said, "I feel relieved when I see it's you."
He also briefly introduced Yuntan's resume and background and the awards he had won in competitions.
To put it bluntly, the harmonious relationship in the design department is because Ding Mian knows how to identify and employ capable people, and everyone has real talents and skills and appreciates each other, so there will never be a situation where one person has to clean up the mess for the other.
Ding Mian first assigned the work: "Yuntan, you will take the seat next to Li Sen for now. Li Sen, please hand over the preliminary CMF design drafts for several models of next year to Yuntan. Yuntan will be mainly responsible for this module from now on."
The young woman with short hair named Li Sen shouted "Long live Si Cao!" upon hearing the words, and then waved to Yun Tan to let her pass.
Ding Mian had an inter-departmental meeting to attend, so he left quickly.
As soon as Yuntan sat down, he was surrounded by everyone.
She is really beautiful. Her skin is as white as mutton-fat jade and there are no pores at all. Such a fair, tender and beautiful girl is actually a designer.
"Our Design Department is truly the face of the show this time." Li Sen joked with everyone, "We have Dingbu for the grass department, and Yuntan for the flower department."
Everyone gathered around Yuntan and gossiped for a while before going back to continue their hard work of designing.
After handing over the work to Li Sen, Yun Tan quickly browsed through the existing draft and asked another colleague for an illustration of all the car models since the company was founded.
A good car company should have its own unique brand tone, which will also be reflected in CMF design.
Fortunately, Yuntan soon discovered that LH has its own brand tone, which emphasizes warmth, futuristic feeling and simplicity based on flexible customization.
Yuntan got the hang of it quickly, refining each model one by one.
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Ding Mian's meeting lasted until noon before he came back and invited everyone to have barbecue together, which was considered a welcome party for Yuntan.
Everyone cheered "Long live Si Cao" and a group of 16 people marched to the elevator.
There are all kinds of food, coffee and bakeries on the street across from the company.
The design department of this barbecue restaurant often comes here, and the owner knows them all: "Same old routine?"
Ding Mian smiled and nodded: "Same old trick."
After they sat down, plates of meat slices came up one after another. As usual, Ding Mian and Li Sen were responsible for grilling the meat.
When the pork belly is grilled over charcoal, it starts to sizzle with oil and fragrance, and smoke comes out. Sprinkle some sesame seeds and chopped green onions on it, and the aroma will spread everywhere.
Yuntan's phone vibrated at this moment.
She, Jiang Zhier and Elara formed a three-person group called "China-Italy Establishment of Diplomatic Relations."
It was early morning in Milan, and Elara posted a photo of instant noodles: "I'm so pitiful! I miss Chinese food."
Yuntan immediately took a picture of the barbecue and sent it to her.
Elara: “Ahhh!!!”
The photo also captured Ding Mian, and Elara noticed: "You and Ding Tangseng are having dinner!"
Ding Tang Monk was the nickname Elara secretly gave Ding Mian when she was studying the Four Great Classical Chinese Novels.
Yun Tan: "Show some respect, he is my leader now."
Elara: "With Ding Tangseng's personality as a leader, who can be afraid of him?"
Yun Tan: "I'm afraid. He's right next to me. I'm afraid he'll see my chat history."
Elara chuckled and said, "What's there to be afraid of, boss? Ding Tangseng is good-looking, the worst that can happen is that I can sleep with him."
“…”
Elara started to talk nonsense again.
Yun Tan and Lu Wangshan had a ridiculous start, but after 18 years of repressive education before going to university in China, he inevitably reflected on whether he had been too self-indulgent.
It wasn't until I met Elara after going abroad that I realized her Chinese was getting better and better, and her words were becoming more and more surprising.
It is no exaggeration to say that Yuntan often feels that he is facing a vivid pornographic encyclopedia.
This is already her most restrained look.
In order to prevent Elara from continuing to talk nonsense, Yuntan turned the phone upside down.
The dinner was inseparable from talking about work. After listening to everyone's talk, Yuntan had a general understanding of the importance and difficulty of the current overall project.
After the dinner, Yuntan’s phone vibrated again.
I thought it was a group chat, but when I opened it I found out it was Yun Qihui.
"Xiao Tan, are you free tonight? Let's go home and have dinner together?"
Yun Tan paused, and as he walked out, he replied, "Maybe another day. I have something to do at the company."
On the way back to the company, Yuntan chose a very famous coffee shop in Beijing and treated everyone to coffee.
In the afternoon, everyone continued to work on the design drawings, and kept expressing their gratitude for the coffee that the beautiful Xiao Tan sent them to keep them awake.
In a large connected office, everyone was chatting and cursing the client, and the sound of typing on keyboards and clicking of mice continued from the scorching sun to the falling night.
Yuntan finally felt the reality of living in Beijing.
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After completing the initial revision of the CMF design, Yun Tan and Ding Mian said goodbye and left for the hospital.
Grandma can now speak some simple sentences and is doing some finger strength training before her body fully recovers.
Grandma's ward was very lively today. It was the first time that Yun Tan met Yun Jin, her biological brother with the same father and mother, after returning to China.
Yun Qihui and Song Wan were brought together by their family elders. After they got married, they had two children, named Yun Jin and Yun Tan. Later, Yun Qihui met Yuan Qinrong while teaching at school. Yuan Qinrong developed a liking for the elegant and knowledgeable Yun Qihui and launched a strong pursuit.
The eldest daughter of the Yuan family's pursuit was vigorous and soon became known to Song Wan.
At that time, Song Wan had planned to divorce and live in another place with her lover.
In fact, the two had quarreled frequently before Yun Tan was born, so when Song Wan filed for divorce, she only asked to take away Yun Jin, for whom she had invested more love and effort.
Yun Qihui disagreed. He had old-fashioned ideas and believed that Yun Jin was the true bloodline of the Yun family.
Yuntan was there at the time, and he listened in confusion as his parents argued over his brother's fate.
Neither of her parents wanted her, and they both abandoned her in silence.
What's funny is that Yuan Qinrong later came forward and gave Song Wan a large sum of money as marriage compensation, and also asked her to leave the two children for Yun Qihui.
How strong must the love be to make a young, beautiful woman from a wealthy family willing to give so much for a man and even be willing to raise his two children together.
Yuntan still can't imagine it.
She and Yun Jin began to live with Yuan Qinrong.
But she and Yun Jin were different from most siblings who quarreled but loved each other. They seldom spoke to each other, and when they did, it was always to slander each other.
Since she was young, Yun Jin liked to tease her, breaking her homework books, snatching her toys, and scaring her with insects.
As she grew older, Yun Tan became more and more beautiful, and many boys began to like her. Yun Jin would steal her things and give them to those boys in exchange for money, from a hairpin to a homework book, to a skirt.
Later, Yun Jin finally stopped paying attention to his sister and started dating a girlfriend. Yun Tan still hated his irresponsibility and promiscuity in relationships.
Yuntan felt puzzled. Was this the person that his parents had been fighting over?
Just like now.
Yuntan looked at the man sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, concentrating on playing games.
Grandma was practicing hand grasping with the rehabilitation therapist, Yun Qihui was looking through the hospital bill, and Yuan Qinrong was peeling an apple.
Only Yun Jin, who was indifferent to the matter, was playing games.
Yun Tan ignored him and went to the bedside: "Grandma, how are you feeling today?"
"Xiao Tan is here. You are busy with work, why are you here so late?"
Although grandma speaks slowly now, she has no problem expressing herself. "I'm fine. You don't need to come every day."
Yun Qihui also said: "Well, don't worry, the doctor also did a full body check today, and he is recovering well."
"That's good."
Yuntan put down his bag and listened to the conversation between the therapist and his grandmother, while silently memorizing the key points of the training.
Rehabilitation training is a big project that will take a long time. Yuntan wants to listen carefully so that she can help her grandmother with more training in the future.
Yun Tan didn't get up until her grandmother and Yun Qihui urged her to go back because she had to go to work the next day.
On the other side, Yun Jin also stood up and said the first words Yun Tan heard tonight: "Then I'll leave too."
Yun Qihui said, "Okay, you two haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go back together."
Yun Tan and Yun Jin left in silence. When they reached the elevator, Yun Jin glanced up and down at her: "Long time no see."
Yuntan ignored it.
Yun Jin took out a cigarette and lit it in the elevator, mocking her with a half-smile: "You're very efficient in fulfilling your filial piety. You haven't seen you for five years, and now you're back. You didn't even come to your brother's wedding. As a woman, do you have any sense of family?"
"Will there be any impact?"
Yun Tan said calmly, "You're about to get divorced anyway, so it's useless for my sister-in-law to meet you."
She heard Yuan Qinrong mention that Yun Jinzheng and his wife were in a cooling-off period for their divorce.
Yun Tan tilted his head and smiled at Yun Jin with that cold and harmless face: "Don't worry, I will definitely attend my brother's next wedding."
After saying that, Yuntan left the elevator and took the stairs instead.
I don't want to stay with him for another second.
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Night falls.
Yuntan's phone rang when she got into a taxi. She took out her phone while telling the driver the address, and suddenly paused.
She was very familiar with that number.
It’s Lu Wangshan’s number.
Lu Wangshan has never changed his mobile phone number over the years.
Yuntan changed as soon as he left Beijing.
However, if Lu Wangshan really wanted to check her number, it would only take a word.
But...why would Lu Wangshan call her?
Yun Tan hesitated for a long time before picking up the phone. She took a deep breath and said softly, "Hello?"
When Lu Wangshan's voice reached her ears through the electric current, Yun Tan almost felt as if every part of her body was hit hard.
Without any prelude, he just opened his mouth and said, "Where are you now?"
Yuntan reported the place name.
"Are you free now?" Lu Wangshan asked, "Come to Yijiatang."
Yijiatang is a pet hospital near Lu Wangshan’s home.
Yun Tan was stunned: "What happened to Leo?"
"Well, he's still being examined. If you have time, come and see him."
Lu Wangshan, who had said a few days ago that he would not let Leo meet her again, suddenly called her today.
Yuntan's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Leo is now a six-year-old middle-aged dog.
She didn't have much entertainment during those years abroad, and only followed some pet bloggers to express her longing for her dogs. However, in the past two years, some dogs have become ill and died one after another.
Yuntan immediately asked the driver to change the route to Yijiatang.
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When he arrived outside Yijiatang, Yun Tan saw Lu Wangshan standing outside the store at a glance.
"What's going on?" Yun Tan hurriedly got out of the car, no longer caring about the overly tense relationship between them. "Did the examination reveal anything?"
Lu Wangshan shook his head: "Still checking."
"I'll go in and take a look."
"Wait a moment." Lu Wangshan held her arm.
The temperature of his palm was as hot as ever, and he easily grasped her arm above the elbow, but he also let go quickly.
"He saw that you were easily emotional, which affected the test results."
Yun Tan stopped and stood at the hospital entrance with Lu Wangshan.
Yun Tan is considered tall among girls, at 1.7 meters. Even when she stands next to Lu Wangshan, she only reaches his shoulders. She is thin and narrow, almost half the width of Lu Wangshan.
After a moment of silence, Yun Tan asked, "Has Leo ever been ill in recent years?"
Lu Wangshan's hands hanging by his legs suddenly curled up and spasmed.
These years - these three words are really a word that cannot be mentioned for them, and it is also a past event that cannot be easily recalled.
"When he was five years old, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor."
Lu Wangshan's tone was calm, but Yun Tan's heart ached violently.
He continued, "A craniotomy was performed, and a life was saved."
"Will this be a relapse?" Yun Tan asked.
"I've already taken an X-ray, and it's not a relapse."
Ever since Yun Tan briefly appeared at home that day and then left, Leo started to refuse to eat or drink. He was so hungry that he vomited yellow water but still refused to eat. Lu Wangshan guessed that Leo was protesting against Yun Tan by going on a hunger strike because he wanted to see him.
But I was also worried that it might be a recurrence of the previous brain tumor, so I took it to the hospital for examination overnight.
Suddenly, the doctor pushed the door open and came out, holding the test results. He said, "Mr. Lu, Leo is fine. Don't worry. It's probably what you said before, lovesickness. There's nothing we can do. Leo has had severe separation anxiety since he was a child."
Yuntan was stunned.
I later realized that I was the root cause of my lovesickness.
She raised her eyes in surprise and met Lu Wangshan's overly constricted pupils.
The doctor went in quickly, and Yun Tan wanted to follow him in to see Leo, but was stopped by Lu Wangshan.
"Yuntan."
"Um."
Lu Wangshan didn't look at her. His gaze fell on something in front of him. He said calmly, "Since you wanted to leave, why didn't you leave completely?"
Yuntan fell silent.
She knew she had no way to refute it, and she couldn't even say an apology with confidence. It was too frivolous.
So she didn't even dare to go see Leo. She couldn't be so selfish and come and go in and out of Leo's little world at will.
Lu Wangshan lowered his head, took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.
He actually seldom smokes.
About half a minute later, Lu Wangshan said, "For a long time after you left, Leo would wait for you at the door every day."
But in the end he shook his head and said, "Go in and see him."
…
Lu Wangshan was the only one left at the door.
He recalled an old memory in the diffused blue-white smoke.
Once, Lu Wangshan couldn't find Leo at home.
Finally, he was found lying in Yuntan's old closet, smelling the last remaining scent of Yuntan.
He didn't want to mention the past again, but he couldn't help it.
But there are also some things that ultimately remain unsaid.
For example, he also had a period of time when he couldn't eat.
For example, he once waited for Yuntan to come back at the door of his house.
For example, he was reluctant to throw away the clothes left by Yun Tan until the end.
The author has something to say:
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It's the poor little dog and the big dog.
Yuntan, on the other hand, owns two dogs at a young age.
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