The next morning, as soon as Chen Xu arrived at the first floor of the company building, he met several colleagues from other departments who greeted him warmly. Out of politeness, he smiled back.

After going upstairs, everyone he met along the way, whether they knew him or not, familiar or not, greeted him. He really didn't expect that what happened yesterday would have such a big impact in the company.

It seemed as if overnight, he became a celebrity in the company.

When he walked into the Electronics Marketing Department, other colleagues gathered around him, asking him about what happened yesterday, which made him a little overwhelmed. It was not until Luo Xiyun came in that they dispersed and returned to their seats.

"Chen Xu, who are you going to go on that two-person tour with?" Dai Zixin said jokingly.

"Of course it's a discount."

Chen Xu replied without even thinking.

Putting aside the question of who to find to go, as far as he knew, many such tours had traps in them. They didn't even specify whether round-trip air tickets were included. Who knew how many traps there were? It was still a realistic situation.

Next year, he will participate in a dart competition and win a lot of prize money. He will have enough money and time to travel wherever he wants.

After discount, there are 50,000 yuan. Even if the tax is deducted, there is about 40,000 yuan. Add the 20,000 yuan year-end bonus, the more than 20,000 yuan earned from running the noodle restaurant in the past month, and the salary of this month when I leave, the total is 100,000 yuan.

This was the first time that his savings exceeded six figures, and he was so happy.

After the regular meeting, Chen Xu was about to ask how to claim yesterday's award when Director Liu from the Finance Department came over and talked to him about claiming the award.

Chen Xu was very surprised that a director had to personally take part in a lottery at an annual meeting.

This should be the impact caused by Luo Xiyun’s outburst yesterday.

The two went to the reception room to talk. Director Liu was very polite and asked him whether he wanted to join the two-person tour or get a discount.

When Chen Xu said he wanted to cash out, the other party immediately took out the relevant documents, asked him to sign, and said that the money would be in his account within today.

Chen Xu felt the unprecedented efficiency and couldn't help but sigh that it was different to have someone to protect you. Finally, he asked about the tax payment issue.

Director Liu smiled and said, "Fifty thousand is after tax."

For a moment, Chen Xu began to waver in his idea of ​​resigning. In the company, with Luo Xiyun's support, it seemed that he had a bright future.

This thought also passed through my mind in an instant. No matter how promising it is, it still depends on others to succeed. How can it compare to a career built with one's own ability?

He had no choice before and could only work for others. Now, he wants to make his own decisions.

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Over the next ten days, Chen Xu became more and more relaxed, and all the work on hand was taken over by Lao Tang. Lao Tang had done similar work before, and he got the hang of it very quickly.

It was the first time since he started working that he had nothing to do and, to be honest, a little bored.

Fortunately, these days will soon be over.

On the day he completed his resignation procedures, he invited all his colleagues in the department to the noodle restaurant and cooked two tables of dishes for them himself.

"Chen Xu, I didn't expect you to be such a good cook."

Dai Zixin, who was closest to him, was amazed after tasting the dishes he cooked. "No wonder you want to open a restaurant. With your cooking skills, you will definitely be successful."

Other colleagues agreed, and someone suggested, "When the department has any gatherings, we can just go to the restaurant opened by Chen Xu."

"I agree. Many big hotels can't match this level."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give you a discount then."

Someone joked, "Chen Xu, you are really not nice. You have such a good skill, but you have been hiding it from others."

Dai Zixin said, "That's right. If I had known earlier, I would have gone to your house to eat every day."

Old Tang added quietly, "I worked with him for two years and I didn't know he could cook."

For a while, other colleagues verbally attacked him, until he promised to treat them to another meal when he opened the store, and then they let him go temporarily.

The meal took more than an hour to finish.

Everyone left quickly, and only Old Tang stayed to help him clean up the mess.

Chen Xu was washing dishes inside and Lao Tang was sweeping the floor outside.

"Chen Xu, just dump the garbage into the trash can outside..." Old Tang walked to the door with a garbage shovel in his hand. He looked up and was stunned. He forgot what to say next.

"Mr. Luo." Old Tang was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly.

"Yeah." Luo Xiyun nodded at him and walked towards the door.

Chen Xu never expected that she would appear here. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"Well, I remembered that something happened at home, so I'll leave first." Old Tang quickly poured the garbage into the trash can, said that, and slipped away.

There were only the two of them left in the noodle shop. The barbecue stall next to them, which was originally a bit noisy, suddenly became much quieter. The male customers were all attracted by Luo Xiyun. Some looked over boldly, while others glanced over secretly.

Luo Xiyun was standing at the door, holding a white bag in her hand. She looked around briefly and said, "I just came to take a look." After that, she turned around and was about to leave.

Chen Xu finally reacted and blurted out, "Since you're here, have a bowl of noodles before you leave."

She stopped, looked back at him, nodded, walked to the table that had just been cleaned, looked at the stool, and sat down.

In just a few minutes, Chen Xu brought the noodles over and placed them in front of her, saying, "This is my signature fresh meat noodles." He then added, "I just took the chopsticks out of the sterilizer."

Luo Xiyun silently took the chopsticks, picked up the noodles and tasted it. There seemed to be some subtle changes in his eyes, and there was an obvious pause in the movements of his hands.

"Why, not to your taste?" Chen Xu asked when he saw her like this.

She shook her head and said, "It tastes good."

After that, she said nothing more. She finished her bowl of noodles slowly, put down her chopsticks, took out a tissue from her bag to wipe her mouth, stood up, and said, "I wish you a prosperous business."

"I'll take you there." Chen Xu said, and stood up to pull down the shutter of the noodle shop. He then told the owner of the barbecue stall next door to look after it.

"Let's go."

The two walked out of the alley together, with a distance of 20 centimeters between them. Luo Xiyun didn't say anything, and Chen Xu didn't know what to say, so they just walked to the intersection silently.

A red Ferrari stopped by the roadside, and he couldn't help but ask, "Did you change the car?"

"Yeah." Luo Xiyun walked to the car door.

Chen Xu looked at the red sports car and once again deeply felt the invisible and intangible, yet real, huge gap between the two of them. This gap was so deep that it was daunting.

Luo Xiyun opened the car door and got in.

A gust of cold wind blew, ruffling Chen Xu's hair and stinging his cheeks, but after a moment, it became numb again.

"Why do you want to help me?" He opened his mouth and exhaled white mist as he spoke, which was immediately blown away by the wind.

Luo Xiyun had already grabbed the door handle and was about to close the door. When he heard his question, he looked at the dashboard and said, "I just can't stand it."

"Isn't there a little concern?"

Bang.

The car door closed with a hum, and the low engine roared, as if venting.

Two seconds later, the car window suddenly opened a crack, the engine noise became lower, and her voice came out, "Isn't it too late to ask now?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the red Ferrari rushed out and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.

Chen Xu looked at the direction where the car disappeared, and a smile appeared on his face. In the cold wind, his heart seemed to have a small flame, warm.

PS: This book has nearly 250,000 words so far, and I feel that the style is quite consistent.

I always feel that reading a book is like falling in love with it. When you fall in love at first sight (read it all in one go) and then get along with it in daily life (following the latest updates), you will gradually find that it has some shortcomings (slow pace, not fast enough updates). This is normal. Who doesn't have shortcomings? Your heart gradually becomes uncomfortable, and you start to complain, quarrel, and even quarrel. This is normal. Until one day, you find that you can't stand its shortcomings. You threaten it, if it doesn't change, I will do this and that. But if it really changes as you said, is it still the book you liked at the beginning? Didn't you like it because of its unique temperament? It may not be the most beautiful, nor the tallest, nor the most amazing. But it must be unique. You recognized it at a glance in the vast sea of ​​books. Now, you want it to become like other mediocre books. Sorry, it can't do it.

If you really can't stand it, you can try to put it aside and let the relationship cool down. You can put it somewhere in your collection (bookshelf), or forget about it. Wait until one day, you suddenly think of it, or meet it again in the sea of ​​books. Maybe, you can renew your relationship.

If you already hate it, then you can tell it clearly, or you can leave quietly. But please don't say bad things to it. After all, it once gave you a good experience, didn't it? Break up peacefully, and everyone can leave good memories.

Don't become enemies, as that will only hurt each other.

If you go too far, maybe it will just disappear in the vast sea of ​​books. Maybe a few years later, you will dream about finding that unique book, but in the end, you will only be left with regrets.

Finally, I would like to thank all the readers who have always liked this book. It is your liking that allows me to enjoy the pleasure of writing.

(End of this chapter)