Chapter 155 First Meeting

Lin Zhengran looked up and was slightly surprised to see Jiang Jingshi's expression was slightly different from usual.

But I still nodded, as long as she could listen to me.

After the massage, Lin Zhengran sat in front of the computer desktop to check the personal information of all the singers in the company and briefly listened to the songs of each of them to facilitate the afternoon meeting.

During this period, Jiang Jingshi sat on the sofa. Since Lin Zhengran asked her to rest more, there was nothing for her to do.

After massaging her ankle, Jiang Jingshi's cheeks turned slightly red as if she was recalling something. Occasionally, she turned her head to look at Lin Zhengran's busy figure, her lips pursed silently.

Before lunch, Lin Zhengran said goodbye to Jiang Jingshi and went to find Jiang Xueli.

In the studio, I watched this girl finish filming the MV for the song "You Are My Star" with the help of a group of camera crews.

Jiang Xueli naturally also noticed Lin Zhengran who was watching nearby. She was so distracted when she saw him coming that the director reminded her, "Lili, don't be distracted!"

Jiang Xueli responded and hurriedly sang and performed the designated movements.

My heart was beating faster and I thought about not looking at Lin Zhengran to avoid getting nervous.

After recording the MV in the morning, Jiang Xueli walked over to her side, with her hands behind her back: "How is it, Zhengran? Is it okay?"

Lin Zhengran nodded seriously: "Except for being in a daze sometimes, the rest of the time is pretty good."

"What do you mean by sometimes being in a daze? I was in a daze because..." Jiang Xueli blushed and looked away, thinking to herself, the reason I was in a daze was because you came. I know you were distracted after looking at me for a while.

"Because why?" Lin Zhengran asked.

Jiang Xueli shook her head like a rattle: "Nothing, nothing."

"Let's go have lunch together. I heard from others that the cafeteria menu here is specially supervised by Sister Wang, and it's very good."

"Meals are provided here? Sister Wang's studio didn't provide meals before."

The two walked towards the restaurant, and Lin Zhengran replied, "After all, Sister Wang has limited funds. The previous studio was not profitable, and it was even more impossible to operate if she provided meals. Now the person in charge has changed, and the company has money, so we added lunch."

When Jiang Xueli heard this, she remembered that Lin Zhengran was the boss.

Following him, I was still surprised that Zheng Ran had become the boss now? The gap in status was so big that I couldn't fully recover from it all morning.

But after the two left, they didn't care. Jiang Jingshi and Pan Lin were standing at the door of the studio.

The reason why she was here was because it was time for lunch and Jiang Jingshi saw that Lin Zhengran had not returned to the office yet, so she wanted to come over and personally ask Lin Zhengran to go eat together.

Who knew that when I arrived, I found him chatting with Jiang Xueli, and the two of them went to the cafeteria together while chatting and laughing.

Secretary Pan Lin naturally also saw this scene, blinked, slightly shocked, and then looked at President Jiang's reaction.

Sure enough, Jiang Jingshi's originally happy expression changed, and her usually gentle peach blossom eyes now looked a little lost.

He kept looking at the direction where Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli left.

Pan Lin tried to smooth things over and whispered, "This is the first time that Mr. Lin has come here today. He might want to try what the employee meal tastes like, so he went with Jiang Xueli."

Jiang Jingshi glanced at Pan Lin.

Pan Lin swallowed silently, afraid.

I feel like I'm talking too much.

In the end, Jiang Jingshi just said, "Really?" She didn't show any anger but smiled, "Then let's go back to the office to eat."

Pan Lin nodded in shock: "Okay, then I'll go get you some food."

Jiang Jingshi turned around and walked towards the second floor again.

Pan Lin looked back at Jiang Jingshi's departing figure. She had followed Jiang Jingshi for many years. Although she had seen Mr. Jiang get angry, sad, and excited over the years, she had only recently seen the micro-expression at this moment.

This expression is very strange. It seems that there is no difference from usual, but it always gives people an indescribable feeling of loneliness.

During lunch, Jiang Xueli, Lin Zhengran and all the singers had three dishes and one soup on their plates, which was very rich.

Jiang Xueli sat opposite Lin Zhengran and sighed: "The food here is so good!" She picked up a chopstick to taste it: "It's much better than the school cafeteria! Zhengran, come and try it!"

Lin Zhengran also took two bites and felt that it was indeed much better than the school cafeteria. It was obvious that Jiang Jingshi had paid attention to these small details.

After lunch, Jiang Xueli continued to shoot the indoor MV in the afternoon.

Lin Zhengran went to the hall, where a hundred singers and Sister Wang had already sat down.

Lin Zhengran said in the meeting that he would give unified guidance to everyone this afternoon, and then he would talk to each of you individually about the problems that are difficult for you to deal with when singing.

He wanted to raise the level within the company as high as possible in the shortest possible time.

At this moment, when Jiang Jingshi wanted to go downstairs to observe, she received a call from the Jiang Group, asking her to return to the company temporarily to discuss something.

Jiang Jingshi wanted to decline because Lin Zhengran would only stay here for two days a week.

As it turned out, this time it seemed very important, so Jiang Jingshi had to go.

She had no choice but to find Lin Zhengran: "Brother Zhengran, there is something going on at the Jiang Group and I have to go there. I won't be able to stay with you here this afternoon."

Lin Zhengran responded: "Sister Jiang, just go and get busy, but don't forget what I said this morning, and take more rest."

Jiang Jingshi smiled gently; "Of course, I will remember it."

After a brief conversation, Jiang Jingshi and Pan Lin left, and Lin Zhengran officially began teaching the singers.

Jiang Jingshi and Pan Lin returned to the car. Pan Lin remembered that Mr. Jiang didn't eat much at noon. He only took a few bites of several dishes and left.

She also helped to prepare the company's private restaurant for lunch.

Obviously, Mr. Jiang's original intention was to cook for Mr. Lin himself, but... Mr. Lin went to watch Jiang Xueli filming and did not go back.

Pan Lin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and asked, "Boss Jiang, can I buy you some food after the meeting? I feel like you didn't have enough for lunch."

Jiang Jingshi looked out the window and glanced at Pan Lin: "I'm not too hungry yet, let's talk about it after the meeting at the company."

"Yeah, okay."

Just as she finished speaking, Jiang Jingshi suddenly thought of something: "Wait, after the company meeting, go buy me a box of instant noodles. I'll eat it in the car."

Pan Lin nodded quickly: "Okay, Mr. Jiang."

The Rolls-Royce drove to the Jiang Group, and Pan Lin accompanied Jiang Jingshi upstairs to finish the meeting.

It was more than an hour later when we got back to the car.

Jiang Jingshi went downstairs and returned to the car. Pan Lin had someone buy some instant noodles during the meeting. They were braised beef noodles made by a certain chef.

Mr. Jiang has always only liked to eat this kind of flavor.

But before, she would only eat one box every few months, but now she eats a lot more, and has started to eat one box per week.

A long time ago, Pan Lin asked Jiang Jingshi curiously: "Boss Jiang, what's so delicious about this instant noodles? I see you often buy a box to try from time to time."

Jiang Jingshi used to say: "It tastes pretty good, and I've developed a habit of eating it since I was a child. I buy a box from time to time to try it."

Pan Lin only had a vague idea at the time, but more than a month ago she finally understood why Jiang Jingshi, the head of the Jiang Group worth tens of millions, was so keen on this most common fast food.

At this moment, Pan Lin was sitting in the passenger seat, while Jiang Jingshi was sitting in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce. There was a thermos in the car, and she opened the instant noodles package herself.

Sprinkle half of the salt packet and all of the vegetable and sauce packets.

Pour in hot water and the steaming instant noodles will immediately start to emit fragrance.

Jiang Jingshi pierced the lid with a fork to lock in the heat.

Put the instant noodles soaked in hot water aside and wait for the long five minutes.

During these five minutes, the world was unusually quiet, and neither the driver nor Pan Lin dared to speak.

Jiang Jingshi stared at the wisp of hot air coming out of the gap in the lid, thinking about the same thing that happened when she was a child.

Her thoughts unconsciously seemed to return to a certain moment.

As far as I can remember, the year I first met him, Jiang Jingshi was eight years old and in the second grade.

The Jiang family was in a period of rapid development, and the Jiang Group had not yet been officially established. One day, eight-year-old Jiang Jingshi ate something bad during class and had a stomachache, so she asked for leave from school.

My parents were busy with business and didn't have time to come over. My aunt happened to be a teacher at a nearby kindergarten, so she went to pick Jiang Jingshi up.

After going to the hospital, the doctor said that there was nothing wrong and just prescribed some medicine for Jiang Jingshi.

"Little boy, it doesn't hurt so much now, does it?"

Jiang Jingshi also had a ponytail when she was a child. Her gentle peach blossom eyes had already taken shape. She held her aunt's hand and nodded: "Well, I just went to the bathroom and it doesn't hurt so much."

"I'll prescribe some medicine for you. Take two pills and see if the pain returns in the afternoon. If you still have diarrhea, come back."

The aunt responded and bought medicine for Jiang Jingshi.

Because Jiang Jingshi's aunt only asked for a temporary leave, she called the director and took Jiang Jingshi back to the kindergarten.

And he told Jiang Jingshi: "Jingshi, after you go to the kindergarten with your aunt, you will stay in my office. Don't run around, okay? When your aunt gets off work in the afternoon, your mother will come to pick you up."

Jiang Jingshi nodded: "I understand, aunt."

Jiang Jingshi was very well-behaved when she was a child and almost never caused trouble for adults.

She followed her aunt back to the kindergarten and went to the office.

Other teachers in the office also liked Jiang Jingshi. They praised her beauty and asked her where she went to school, what her name was, etc.

At this time, someone handed a list to Jiang Jingshi's aunt: "Sister, this is the name of the children in your class. Why is Lin Zhengran in your class so good at grades? Other children of this age are playing, but this child can even do math at this age."

Aunt Jiang Jingshi thought of the boy in her class and thought that the child had always been special. Although he didn't fit in with other children, this child had always been the best whether learning music in kindergarten or learning basic games such as addition and subtraction.

“There are always a few special children every year.”

She took the list and reminded Jiang Jingshi again, "Jingshi, I'm going to class now. You should stay in the office. If you have a stomachache and want to go to the bathroom, didn't I tell you where the bathroom is just now? Do you remember?"

Jiang Jingshi nodded obediently: "Remember auntie, just go out the door and turn right."

Auntie touched Jiang Jingshi's head and said, "Jingshi is so good. Auntie is going to class now."

After Jiang Jingshi's aunt left the office, Jiang Jingshi found a place to sit quietly, not moving at all.

Very obedient.

It was not until she suddenly felt uncomfortable in her lower abdomen that she stood up, holding her stomach and went to the girls' bathroom.

After going to the bathroom, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon the bell for the end of kindergarten rang, and Jiang Jingshi felt that it was time to leave the bathroom, otherwise many younger brothers and sisters from the kindergarten would definitely come over.

I pushed open the door of the compartment, and suddenly heard someone shouting outside.

"Oh, come and see, this girl peed on her arm! She's washing her arm! She's washing clothes!"

It was the voice of a boy gloating.

Then she heard a commotion outside, and Jiang Jingshi walked out curiously.

I saw a little girl standing there shivering, her eyes were red and her arms were wet. More and more people gathered around her, watching the fun.

Jiang Jingshi stared at the scene blankly. She felt that the little girl was a little pitiful and hesitated as she wanted to go over to comfort her.

But just as I took a step, I saw a boy walking towards me aggressively from a distance.

He pushed his way through the crowd and came to the little girl.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

When asked what happened, the little girl stammered in her answer and was then scolded by the boy.

"You don't even know who bullied you?"

Then the boy turned around and looked at everyone: "Who shouted just now? Is there something wrong? Come out!"

His shout scared even Jiang Jingshi, a big kid, because the other person was just a five-year-old little brother.

But his look and eyes looked so scary.

The boy asked the crying little girl again, asking her who was shouting, until he found the culprit and walked over: "You are the one who bullied He Qing?! I just asked you to come out, why didn't you come out?! Come on, I will take you to see the teacher now, if the teacher doesn't care, then the two of us will go out and fight!"

The boy was so scared that he touched his eyes and cried loudly.

He kept apologizing, which made the onlookers nervous. Jiang Jingshi also looked at the angry boy.

I feel more and more that this boy has a terrible temper.

However, after the troublemaker apologized, the boy didn't say anything else. He just gave a few warnings and left with the girl who was being watched.

Many girls around were talking about it: "This boy is so fierce."

“I think it’s pretty cool.”

"If I were bullied, I would also like someone to protect me like this."

"Yeah, I want to, too."

Jiang Jingshi listened to everyone's discussion, looked at the boy in the distance, and happened to see the little girl looking back at her.

After school in the afternoon, Jiang Jingshi's mother came to the school to pick up Jiang Jingshi.

Jiang Jingshi followed her mother.

But at that time, Jiang Jingshi never thought that she would meet that boy again one day.

And it was only a month later.

One month later, it should be a Saturday, but she has forgotten the exact time.

Little Jiang Jingshi followed her mother to her grandmother's house.

As a result, halfway through the journey, Jiang Jingshi's mother received an urgent work call.

After chatting for a while, she said to Jiang Jingshi, "Jingshi, Mom has to go out and talk to a client about business. You stay in the car by yourself. Mom will lock the door for you. Don't run around."

Jiang Jingshi nodded, knowing that this was not the first time that her parents had been busy.

Jiang Jingshi's mother seemed to know how well-behaved her daughter was. She drove to the gate of a residential area, locked the car, took her phone, and went downstairs to discuss business.

Jiang Jingshi waited obediently in the car.

Normally, my mother would be back in an hour at most, but today she was away for an exceptionally long time, from morning until afternoon.

Jiang Jingshi's originally peaceful heart became uneasy, and she began to look at the community through the glass from time to time in panic.

I wondered why my mother hadn’t come back yet?

After waiting for a long time, she was really worried and very hungry, so the smart Jiang Jingshi opened the car door from the inside while hesitating.

She followed the direction her mother was walking, but halfway through she decided it would be better to stay in the car.

It would be bad if he got lost, and mom might even have returned to the car.

She walked back, but after turning several corners she realized that all the intersections in the community looked the same.

Little Jiang Jingshi was so scared that she got lost that she burst into tears. She ran around like a headless fly in panic and couldn't find the way she came.

Until she suddenly saw a road in the panic, she thought it was the exit and hurried over.

But the scene before him was still not the same as when he came here.

"Mother.."

Finally, the tears could no longer be stopped and her quiet personality made her cry quietly out of grievance.

A boy came over at the intersection.

The boy first walked past the crying Jiang Jingshi indifferently.

Then she walked a few steps and looked back in shame, wondering why all the little girls in this world look the same?

Although it's okay to ignore it and it has nothing to do with me, but after being reborn and seeing these annoying little girls, I feel guilty if I don't care.

Then he turned around and walked back to Jiang Jingshi: "You can't find your mother?"

When Jiang Jingshi heard the voice and opened her eyes, she found that there was a boy very close to her. She was so scared that she took two steps back.

Did she recognize this boy? Wasn't he the boy from the kindergarten last time? "You" She was about to cry again for no apparent reason.

Lin Zhengran: "Don't cry."

The shouting scared Jiang Jingshi. Thinking of the boy's fierce look in kindergarten last time, she was afraid that he was going to hit her.

I didn’t dare cry anymore, I just sniffled.

Lin Zhengran asked again: "Can't you find your mother?"

Jiang Jingshi sniffed and nodded: "Yeah." She was older so she explained exactly how she got lost and where her mother had gone.

Lin Zhengran also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this girl at least had strong logical thinking skills and could tell what happened.

At least he wasn't like He Qing, who couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Lin Zhengran pointed to the distance and said, "If what you just said is correct, you are now at another gate of the community. You should be coming from that side."

Jiang Jingshi looked back at the place he pointed, but did not dare to go because she had already lost her way once.

Lin Zhengran seemed to know the troubles of a little girl of this age, so he just sent her off.

"I'll take you there."

"Hmm" she sniffed again.

Lin Zhengran: "Why are you still crying?"

Jiang Jingshi was so scared that she wiped away her tears: "I was just wiping my tears...I didn't cry."

Lin Zhengran reluctantly took her to the gate of another community.

Jiang Jingshi was delighted when she saw her mother's car and she ran over quickly, even though her mother was not there.

But once she found the car, she was no longer so scared.

Looking back at Lin Zhengran: "Thank you, I called"

Lin Zhengran waved his hand: "Don't tell me your name, I'm not interested. Just find the car. Stay in the car and don't get out. Your mother may be busy with something. If you get out by yourself, you might get lost."

Little Jiang Jingshi nodded.

"Then I'll leave, otherwise my mother won't be able to find me," he said.

Lin Zhengran was about to leave when he heard Jiang Jingshi's stomach growling with hunger. Jiang Jingshi covered her stomach in embarrassment.

He looked back at her and she became even more embarrassed.

Lin Zhengran saw a community supermarket nearby.

"Does your mother have any money in the car?"

Jiang Jingshi shook her head: "I don't know..."

Lin Zhengran helped open the car door and looked for money in places where it might be found. Fortunately, paper money is still popular nowadays.

Fortunately, I found a few coins in the co-pilot's storage box.

Lin Zhengran went to the neighborhood supermarket and bought a box of braised beef noodles. He asked the store lady for some hot water and handed it to Jiang Jingshi: "Eat it. When your mother comes back, she will say that you bought it yourself. It will be ready in a few minutes."

"Um"

"I'm leaving." This time Lin Zhengran really left without staying for long.

Lin Zhengran had experienced trivial things like this countless times in his life, resulting in him having no memory of them at all.

But Jiang Jingshi was holding instant noodles and looking at Lin Zhengran's figure, and she subconsciously remembered this scene in her heart.

The hot water from the instant noodles transferred to the box and scalded Jiang Jingshi.

She put the instant noodles aside quickly because it was too hot. When she looked up again, Lin Zhengran had already walked away.

Little Jiang Jingshi blinked.

I said thank you to myself again, then waited a few minutes and started eating the instant noodles, which were extremely delicious.

(End of this chapter)