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Colleagues from the secretariat approached Ye Wenyu in twos and threes, smiling and saying, "Congratulations, Team Leader Ye!" Some colleagues said, "Team Leader Ye, although you're younger than me, you're my leader, and I respect you greatly." "Team Leader Ye, I'll learn a lot from you in the future!"
Ye Wenyu was secretly delighted. She humbly thanked everyone and then sent out red envelopes in the work group chat, each containing 200 yuan. She sent several red envelopes and even announced in the group chat that she would treat everyone to a big meal at noon. This made everyone overjoyed and convinced of her worth. Ye Wenyu was promoted smoothly and happily.
So, at noon, the twenty-odd people in the secretariat went out for a pleasant lunch together. If, after Linda's persuasion and education, there were still a few stubborn individuals who were dissatisfied with Ye Wenyu's promotion, they were now convinced by her generosity and politeness.
Halfway through their meal, Lin Tingfeng called. Ye Wenyu realized she had forgotten to tell him she couldn't have lunch with him, and she was momentarily speechless. But Lin Tingfeng, as if he had eyes and ears everywhere, asked her, "Having lunch with your colleagues?"
"Hmm—" Ye Wenyu blushed, feeling a little guilty and uneasy. She realized how busy she had been, so busy that she had forgotten to ask Lin Tingfeng for leave, leaving him waiting for her alone. He had called just now, half an hour after their usual dinner appointment, meaning he had been waiting for her for half an hour before calling, as she hadn't arrived yet.
Ye Wenyu felt a pang of heartache, as if being stabbed by needles, at the thought that he had been kept waiting for so long.
Lin Tingfeng chuckled slightly on the phone and said gently, "Then you go have dinner with them. This old man will eat alone." He hung up the phone.
Ye Wenyu looked at her phone for a while, then immediately turned around and went to the dinner party venue.
Twenty minutes later, Lin Tingfeng got up from his office chair and walked to the small dining table. Since Ye Wenyu wasn't eating with him, he didn't have much of an appetite, so after finishing his phone call with her, this workaholic continued working.
With the afternoon work session fast approaching, he knew he wouldn't have the energy to handle the rest of the day if he didn't eat something soon. So, he forced himself to pick up his chopsticks. It was winter, and the rice was already cold, making it hard to swallow, but he decided to force himself to eat it.
"Knock knock knock—" A gentle knocking sound came from outside.
"Come in." Lin Tingfeng looked up curiously, wondering who would come to see him at this time. His employees knew his temper and dared not come to him to report on work during their rest time. Besides, it was the end of the lunar year and the Spring Festival holiday was coming soon. The employees would be out having dinner and no one would come to talk to him about work.
"Tingfeng—" Ye Wenyu came in carrying two takeout orders. Her delicate face shone like a star as she smiled brightly at him.
Lin Tingfeng was pleasantly surprised and felt a warm glow in his heart. He immediately put down his chopsticks and smiled at her, "Weren't you having dinner with your colleagues? Why are you back?" He naturally knew that she had suddenly returned because she was worried about him. She didn't want him to eat alone and was afraid he would be lonely, so she came back to eat with him.
She quickly walked to his side and said, "I was worried that you would eat cold food alone in the middle of winter, which is not good for your stomach, so I bought some hot food again. Let's eat together." She walked to the small table, bent down and quickly cleared the cold food aside, then handed a piping hot takeout to Lin Tingfeng and smiled at him, saying, "Eat quickly."
Lin Tingfeng was stunned for a moment, feeling both relieved and worried. He was relieved that his girl actually knew how to take care of him, but worried because she was growing up so fast, at a speed that shocked him. He was really worried that the day she would leave him would come very soon!
Ye Wenyu saw Lin Tingfeng still staring blankly at her with the lunchbox in his hand, and couldn't help but smile. She said to him, "It's takeout from a very famous restaurant. I told my colleagues I had to leave first, so I asked the owner to make two more portions and bring them back for you to eat together. Eat it while it's hot, it tastes really good."
She placed her hand on his shoulder and gently pressed him down to sit. Only then did Lin Tingfeng come to his senses and sit down to eat slowly. The food was indeed still warm, and it was certainly more comfortable to eat than cold food.
Lin Tingfeng looked at the girl across from him, who was eating with great relish. Her little face was flushed from the cold, and her little hands were as red as carrots. It must be very cold outside.
Thinking about how she actually said goodbye to her colleagues at the dinner party because she was worried that he would be lonely and bored by himself, and came back to eat with him. Recalling the first time I met her, she cried in his garden because she had lost her home and family overnight and couldn't afford the tuition. The contrast between the two is striking; she has grown up so fast that she seems like a completely different person.
Time flies so fast. Before we knew it, she had grown up, and he had grown old.
Lin Tingfeng was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
"Is it good?" Ye Wenyu had already eaten her fill outside, so she only ate a few bites as a symbolic gesture. Seeing that the food was a bit dry, she thoughtfully handed Lin Tingfeng a glass of warm water.
She held a cup of hot water, looked at him, and smiled at him with her lips pursed.
Lin Tingfeng nodded, took a sip of water, and looked up to find it was snowing outside. He said with some surprise, "Wenyu, it's snowing! This must be the first snow of the day." He couldn't help but stand up and look at the snow falling outside the window.
Ye Wenyu immediately turned to look out the window. The transparent floor-to-ceiling glass window, which was usually covered by blinds, was now rolled up, and she could see outside through the glass. Snow was falling in a flurry, like cotton wool being pulled down. A thin layer of snow had already accumulated on a bench on the rooftop.
In an instant, Ye Wenyu suddenly understood. She stood up as if burned, and suddenly remembered that on her first day of internship, when she ran to the rooftop to check if her foot was injured because of pain, Lin Tingfeng suddenly appeared in front of her with a medicine box.
She had always wondered how he knew she had sneaked off to the rooftop alone, and how he knew her foot was injured. Now she understood: his office had a view of the entire rooftop, and all he had to do was stand by the window and gently part one or two blinds to see it.
I see!
"Tingfeng—" She walked over to Lin Tingfeng with the hot water and stood beside him. Lin Tingfeng had already eaten and drunk some water, and they admired the snow scene outside together.
Ye Wenyu was deeply moved as she thought about it, and her eyes welled up with tears. She suddenly said to him, "So you've been caring about me all along."
Her life was full of hardships, but luckily, she met him, and he gave her meticulous care and attention.
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