Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Received.
Return from K City.
January is already halfway through.
The previously scheduled interview is coming to an end.
Two assistant positions have been tentatively selected, but the designer has yet to find a suitable candidate.
The reason is still the same as before.
Although we have carried out several large-scale projects this year, none of them have been actually implemented yet. The plans are in the confidential stage and cannot be publicly promoted.
Therefore, it seems that the studio's account is currently still positioned only in home decoration.
The levels of home decoration designers vary greatly, and those who have some ability will basically start their own business rather than condescend to choose their own small temple.
Given the reality, Su Tu could only accept his fate and thought that he would not be able to find anyone this time.
Thinking that Yue Jia and Zhao Xuan can now do some small projects, if we hire two more assistants to cooperate with them, it will be enough. After several real estate projects are launched next year and there is a wave of publicity, it will not be too late to recruit more people.
But one day I suddenly received a visiting message.
Su Tu thought that the person was just here to sit down. After all, they were old acquaintances, so it was normal for them to interact and observe each other. But when Chu Yan suddenly mentioned, "Is the studio still hiring?"
She was still stunned for a moment: "...You want to come?"
Chu Yan wasn't sure if she would be accepted, so she seemed a little reserved: "Yeah."
"May I?"
Su Tu was also a little dazed. After a while, he asked, "Can I ask the reason?"
“…”
When Su Tu first started working at Guanyu, she was his assistant and he was still a designer. Later, when Su Tu was promoted to the lead designer, he personally promoted her to the position of designer.
Therefore, Chu Yan's design level was basically cultivated by her, and she believed that it should still be acceptable to her. That's why she asked this question, which meant that she still had doubts about the situation other than the design level.
She wanted to come and actually should say something nice, but after hesitating for a while, she finally said, "I've had this idea before."
She whispered, "But Mr. Zhuo said... people shouldn't settle down, so I'm a little hesitant."
Sediment downwards.
Yes.
How can it not be considered as settling down if you switch from a well-known design company in the industry to such an unknown small studio?
Just like quitting your job as a freelancer, the pressure from all sides should not be underestimated.
But later on, even though she worked overtime and was willing to work hard with Zhuo Xuefeng, she was still criticized and beaten repeatedly. Later, when Zhuo Xuefeng got into trouble, she was "exiled" to another group, and her situation became even more precarious.
I had the idea of resigning at that time, but I hadn't found a good place to go, and I also wanted to wait until the year-end bonus was paid, so I have been hesitating until now.
I saw the recruitment information here some time ago.
It is no exaggeration to say that she wanted to send a message to Su Tu that day, saying that she wanted to come, but she still felt a little bit embarrassed because she had once stood against her, and didn't know how to start.
But in the end, I plucked up the courage to make this trip because I didn't want to miss it.
Su Tu probably understood, and asked objectively: "Have you considered other design companies?"
To be fair, her design skills are already quite mature, and she would be competitive no matter which company she goes to. Coming here is indeed, as she said, a way to settle down.
Once you come here, it means you are determined to change track. Even if you regret it later, you probably won’t be able to go back.
"I've considered..."
Chu Yan bit her lip, feeling even more ashamed when asked: "I also went for an interview."
But most designers, especially those in well-known companies and with leaders, are quite "arrogant". She is relatively introverted and doesn't know how to bargain or cater to others. In fact, she may not be suitable for such a high-end workplace.
After that, he thought about it seriously: "But Suri, I still want to follow you. If you need any assessment, I will take it seriously!"
To be honest, these words made Su Tu feel a little pressured again.
She is still not used to being responsible for other people's trust.
But objectively speaking, she believes that her studio should still have a promising future, and now she has the determination to make it bigger and stronger.
So she is also learning to adapt: "Don't be nervous, I welcome you to come."
Chu Yan was stunned: "Then, are there any other conditions?"
"some."
Su Tu smiled, with a hint of alarmism: "There is still some time before the end of the annual leave. I hope you can think it over carefully, because it may not be easy to leave once you come."
“…”
As she thought, Su Tu knew her design level very well. She was careful and stable. She might still need someone to control the real estate projects, but she was more than capable of home decoration design.
If she comes, and with the help of Yue Jia and Zhao Xuan, then a considerable portion of the cases next year can be distributed without worry.
This means that while expanding the scale, I can still save a lot of time.
In that case.
She can carry a cannon and go to the scene to watch the game!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel excited. She was about to send a message to someone as soon as she returned to the office, but after unlocking her phone, she thought better of it.
Things are not yet confirmed.
And it seems that it would be more fragrant if it were a surprise.
In the end, I just fantasized about the scene of watching the game, and couldn't help but typed a few words to myself: [Team Shi is so handsome! ]
[Super Invincible Spiral Thunderbolt Handsome——]
Two hours later.
Shi Shu: [? ]
-
The interview is over.
In a few days, the annual meeting was coming.
There were only five of us in total, so calling it an annual meeting might be a bit of an exaggeration.
So just treat it as a party.
At the last party of the year, Su Tu opened his wallet with tears in his eyes and gave Tao Qingqing a four-digit budget per person. After considering everyone's opinions, he finally chose a star-rated restaurant near Binjiang as the restaurant.
The year-end bonus is three times everyone’s monthly salary.
As for prizes, she's quite experienced...
When I was an employee, the company's annual meetings were basically raffles. There were only a few first prizes, and the rest were just Sunshine Consolation Awards.
Those who didn’t win the grand prize will feel disappointed, and those who won the grand prize may not necessarily need the things they have. In the end, they will basically sell them, and they will suffer some losses to a certain extent.
Therefore, Su Tu did not hold any lottery, but just gave everyone an equal share, giving everyone an extra red envelope, the value of which was equal to the amount of the annual meeting's first prize, the latest model of mobile phone.
In addition, as a symbolic gesture, each of them was given a festive and filling Want Want gift package.
So, sitting by the riverside that day, with the help of red wine, delicious food and the chefs, everyone looked very lucky. They all swore an oath of blood and vowed on the spot that they would work hard next year!
When accepting the gift, he did not forget to make some earth-shaking toasts:
"Next year's performance will reach the peak! Beat Aman Guanyu Qichuan!"
"The customers are all very easy to talk to! The clients are very quick to pay!"
"A successful career and a happy relationship!"
"May you and Team Heshi live happily ever after! May you have a baby soon—"
Su Tu: “…………”
Petrified for a few seconds.
A low, magnetic voice came from the other end of the headset: "Got it."
-
Two days after the annual meeting, the annual holiday began.
From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 7th day of the first lunar month.
The day the studio was closed and locked, there was still a week before Shi Shu returned.
At the end of the year, Su Tu finally had some completely free time. He ate, slept, and watched TV series at home. He was completely paralyzed for two days before he was willing to get out of bed.
I washed my hair, changed my clothes, and went out to buy New Year's goods.
She was the only one at home, and when Shi Shu came back, there would be at most two of them. She didn't eat much, and he had dietary requirements, so there wasn't much to buy.
I just followed the festive atmosphere and wandered around the supermarket aimlessly, thinking that if I saw something I would buy something.
In the end, somehow, I managed to fill up the entire shopping cart with all the stuff.
After completing the payment, when I was pushing the cart out, I saw a whole row of Spring Festival couplets and lanterns at the door, so I stopped to join in the fun. I didn't count the number, but just picked the ones with nice designs and bought them all.
I returned home with all the bags, unpacked them excitedly, and painstakingly put up a pair of stickers in the rental house. When I got down from the chair and took a look, they were still crooked.
I was originally planning to finish pasting here and then go to my new home, but I ended up running out of energy after all the hassle here. After that, I lay paralyzed at home for another day before I could recharge my energy and go out wrapped in a scarf.
The door to her new house was very big. She moved out a dining table and chairs, stood on them and stood on tiptoe, but she still couldn't reach the place to put up the banner.
Finally, let's give up completely and wait for someone to come back.
The indoor formaldehyde removal equipment is still running.
She looked at the weather for the next few days. It was going to snow again and the smog was quite heavy. Before leaving, she closed all the doors and windows that were open for ventilation.
When I went downstairs, I received a call from Su Xin.
Confirm whether she wants to go back for the New Year.
She had agreed to it before and there was no schedule interference, so she gave me a positive reply. Thinking that I couldn't go to visit someone empty-handed, I drove to the supermarket to buy some souvenirs.
When I returned home with my bags full, I felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing. I was determined not to go out again until the Chinese New Year, even though there were only a few days left.
After lying on the sofa for a while, Shi Shu called.
Unless there are any accidents, the two of them will play for a while around six o'clock every night.
Shi Shu talks little and rarely talks about training. People usually focus on what she is doing. After being asked so many times, Su Tu now has the habit of sharing every little thing.
There are people chatting, and even Weibo posts are posted less frequently.
Today too, as soon as the video came, she talked about not being able to put up the Spring Festival couplets and complained that he bought the entrance door too big.
He was also very conscious and immediately stopped the work, saying that he would finish it when he got back.
After chatting for a while, Shi Shu asked, "What are your plans for New Year's Eve?"
His flight ticket has been booked and he will be able to return in two days.
Su Tu lay on the sofa and said, "Let's go to my parents' house. We agreed on that before."
Then he asked, "What about you?"
Although they had already agreed to live together, he had his own family after all, and he had to go back during the Chinese New Year, so she didn't expect him to come and accompany her on New Year's Eve.
If you think about it this way, going to my parents' house can be considered as killing time.
Seeing that she was in a normal mood, Shi Shu didn't say much: "Same."
I really need to go back.
Su Tu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he felt a little lost in his heart, but his face was still cheerful: "Then let's meet for the first time?"
Shi Shu nodded: "Yeah."
-
I was in a daze and paralyzed for two more days.
Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Su Tu was awakened by the continuous sound of firecrackers outside the window before he even opened his eyes. Even after pulling up the quilt, he couldn't fall asleep again, so he simply got up and started packing.
I washed my hair, took a shower, put on makeup, and spent a long time picking out clothes. It was already afternoon when I finally finished.
People in my hometown always eat New Year’s Eve dinner early and start preparing before four o’clock.
When my grandmother was still alive, she would always let her eat at home first, and then around four o'clock, she would take a bus to her parents' house, staying at each house for two hours. Including the round-trip journey, she would get home around ten o'clock at night.
After that, the two of them would stay at home, watching the Spring Festival Gala or eating Yuanxiao. After 12 o'clock, her grandmother would take her to the temple to burn the first incense stick of the year.
Today, it seems that the process is similar.
At least the first half should be.
It was almost five o'clock when we drove to Su Xin's house.
Zheng Liqing prepared a table full of dishes as usual. Su Xin must have told her that there would also be a delicious crucian carp soup on the table tonight.
As soon as she sat down, Zheng Liqing took the initiative to serve her a bowl: "Try it quickly, is it to your liking?"
To be honest, a stepmother doing this is already much better than a biological father, and Su Tu has no grudges against her.
After taking a sip, he smiled and said, "It tastes good."
It’s really good.
It just doesn’t taste like grandma’s.
Seeing that the momentum was good, Su Housheng took on the attitude of the head of the family and echoed loudly: "If it tastes good, ask your aunt to make it often. Whenever you come back, she will make it!"
He felt somewhat guilty about asking her to help relatives last time, and they hadn't been in touch for so long.
He wanted to fix it, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
But since she took Su Xin out on New Year's Day and came back today, in his opinion, it should be over, and there is no need to uncover the matter and argue about right and wrong.
Most men seem to be like this.
They like to make big things small and small things nothing. They are generous and rely on the efforts of others.
Su Tu didn't know what this pot of soup had to do with him, so he just treated it as a joke and didn't agree. He was too lazy to directly give him face and extend further entanglement.
Halfway through dinner, he gave each of his two younger children a red envelope, which looked to be at least five thousand yuan.
Very generous indeed.
Su Tu took it, but didn't take it with him when he left.
A skillful and easy way to refuse.
But it doesn't work for Xu Zhiyun.
Because she usually takes out the red envelopes only when people are about to leave, and only after she sees them off to the door, she will not leave until the person has received it.
In previous years, Su Tu would always compromise and think that this was her way of loving herself.
This year, I received another particularly large one, which looked to be worth 10,000 yuan, but I refused it calmly: "It's not necessary."
Xu Zhiyun heard some hidden meaning and was stunned: "Wha...what?"
Su Tu smiled and didn't go into details: "I'm not short of money anymore."
He then jokingly listed: "The red envelopes given to employees nowadays can be this big."
Xu Zhiyun, however, couldn't relax: "Take it anyway. It's a New Year's gift from your mom."
Not giving when asked for.
You have to give it to me when I don't want it.
Everyone wants to exchange a red envelope for forgiveness.
But they didn't do anything wrong and had no intention of admitting their mistakes, so what should she forgive?
Su Tu restrained his smile and repeated in a calm tone, "I said it's not necessary."
"Do you understand?"
Xu Zhiyun saw her determination and didn't dare touch the hole again. He forced himself to calm down and said, "How about going in and sitting for a while?"
"Xiao Yu just said he wanted to go set off fireworks. I'm worried about him being alone. If you're okay, why don't you go with him?"
"No."
Su Tu said calmly and without any emotion: "I have to go to my dad's house and sit for a while."
Tell the other end that you want to go this end, and tell this end that you want to go that end.
It was her extremely skilled way of escaping.
Since the two sides have no contact with each other, it is also possible that they don’t care that much.
It has never been disassembled.
The two younger ones already knew about it, but because they guessed that she would keep it to go back and see Shi Shu, they didn't mention it to their parents.
But the fact is, Shi Shu also had family to accompany him, and he only sent her a message this evening saying that he had arrived home.
It's nine o'clock.
At this time last year, she had nowhere to go. She thought this year might be different, but the result seemed to be the same.
She returned to the car, took out her cell phone, looked at the pinned dialog box for a while, and finally put it away silently. She looked up at the endless dark night and drove forward aimlessly.
Maybe it was muscle memory, or maybe it was an unfinished routine, but the car finally stopped at the intersection of that old alley.
She seemed as if she was too ashamed to face the past and the deceased people she had betrayed. She sat in the car for a long time before she took a deep breath, pushed the door and got out.
The street lamp at the entrance of the alley is very old, dim and unable to illuminate many things. The green belt on the roadside is depressed, with only a few branches struggling to survive the winter.
The biting cold wind mixed with fine snow blew in my face in waves.
Su Tu was wrapped in a thick coat.
Standing against the wind, we walked deeper into the cave with great difficulty.
The journey that was supposed to take four minutes took nearly ten minutes before the dilapidated gray iron gate and the tall figure standing in the wind opposite the gate finally appeared in sight.
She was distracted for a moment because it was too dark. She took a few steps forward before opening her eyes wide and speaking in surprise: "...Why are you here?"
Shi Shu didn't know how long he had been waiting. His coat, hair, and eyelashes were all covered with snowflakes to varying degrees, but his figure remained straight and his voice was as steady as ever: "I guess you'll come."
Su Tu still didn't react: "But aren't you going home for the New Year?"
Shi Shu lowered his eyes and said calmly, "It's over."
“…”
Just a New Year's Eve dinner.
It won't take all night.
Su Tu's eyes felt a little hot, as if he had been walking alone in the wind and snow for a long time and finally saw a cluster of fire. Suddenly, he threw himself into his arms.
Shi Shu took advantage of the situation and put his arms around her, lowering his shoulders to rest against the top of her head, feeling the long-lost warmth in his arms.
Su Tu didn't ask any more questions.
Because she had told him before that she used to live here, and given his understanding of her, it was not surprising that he could find out which building it was.
After a while of silence, he seemed to feel a bit cold outside. He avoided the closed iron door and pulled the person back: "Let's go."
Shi Shu, however, pulled the man back and tilted his head to indicate, "Don't you want to go in and take a look?"
Su Tu's heart tightened, and he stared at him blankly: "..."
She hadn't told him anything about this place except that she had lived here before, and she didn't want to talk much. She could only explain it in the most direct way: "This place has been sold. It's not my home anymore."
His eyes were firm, but his voice was still trembling, as if he was saying:
It's not that I don't want it.
I can’t buy it back, no matter what I do…
Shi Shu asked, "Did you bring the key?"
She was stunned: "What?"
"Open it and try."
“…”
She seemed to realize something, was stunned for a moment, quickly lowered her head, and began to fumble in her pockets frantically.
But the busier he got, the more confused he became, and it took him a long time to get it out of his pocket.
He walked quickly to the door, tried several times with shaking hands, and finally inserted the polished old key into the lock, then turned his wrist forcefully.
The door lock suddenly opened!
Then came a series of "clang clang" sounds from the broken iron sheet.
She looked back in disbelief.
She bumped into his deep eyes, saw him looking at her gently, and gently pursed his lips: "Welcome home."
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