It only took two months for the green plants in the community to turn from green to yellow and then wither.
As Xia Xi left the house this morning, she shivered in the cold wind and pulled her scarf higher around her neck, covering her mouth and nose. She stared at the bare branches of the tree and suddenly recalled the confrontation she had with Xu Yanfeng in the car two months ago.
She almost, really almost revealed the truth under his gaze.
Su Jinru received a call. The sudden crisp ringtone instantly woke her up and stopped dwelling on Xu Yanfeng's gaze. She answered the phone and heard her mother say that Xuanxuan would be discharged from the hospital the next day.
After answering the phone, she told Xu Yanfeng that she had not hidden anything from him.
Regarding the encrypted photo album, she insisted that she was keeping it as a souvenir, and that it didn't mean she still had feelings for him. That was it, so stop pestering her. Let her go...
The last sentence was a double entendre, meaning both for her to get off the car and for him to let go of her completely.
Xu Yanfeng always hid his emotions, but the moment she finished speaking, she clearly saw the disappointment slowly rising in his eyes, which was complete disappointment in her.
Xu Yanfeng gave an order and the car stopped by the roadside. Xia Xi was afraid that he would regret it, so he pushed open the car door without hesitation, got out, and walked away step by step without looking back.
Afterwards, Xu Yanfeng flew abroad on a business trip. She worked step by step and reported the progress to him.
When I sent him the renovation budget form, he replied, "No need to save money for me. All the renovation materials will be the best."
This sentence saved Xia Xi a lot of trouble.
The decoration budget is the area where conflicts with customers are most likely to occur. She once encountered a customer who gave her a budget of 200,000 yuan but asked for a decoration effect worth 2 million yuan, which made her lose her hair every day.
A few days later, Xia Xi sent him a decoration process form, asking whether he should find a construction team himself or leave it to her.
Xu Yanfeng's answer was still simple: "You are responsible."
After getting his approval, construction began the next day. During this period, Xu Yanfeng acted completely as a hands-off boss. He did not ask any questions about the selection of bathroom hardware, tiles, bay window stones, wooden floors, etc. He just told them to follow her aesthetic taste.
Xia Xi was a little worried, thinking that it was not a good thing for customers to be too easy to talk to.
Everything is done according to her aesthetic taste. What if the customer doesn’t like it after it’s installed?
She raised this issue with Xu Yanfeng seriously, but Xu Yanfeng said it didn't matter.
Two months passed quickly, and the villa renovation was almost complete. The foundation work, or the "hard decoration" phase, was now complete. All that remained was the installation phase, which only required timely inspection. She had chosen reputable, established custom-made manufacturers, so there wouldn't be any issues with quality.
Recently, the Jingyu Garden project of Xu Group has spread in the industry. It is a resort hotel that has been built for less than half a year. It is said to be high-end. Although the decoration has not yet started, many design companies have heard about it and want to connect with Xu.
This is the project that Lu Mingji mentioned to Xia Xi before.
Lu Mingji has been very busy recently, running around and socializing constantly. He also contacted various people to test the attitude of Xu's senior management, but to no avail.
Today is Monday, and Lu Mingji said in advance that he would hold a meeting in the morning to discuss this matter.
Xia Xi lent her car to Liang Yuan yesterday and took the subway to work this morning. Her grandmother was not feeling well that morning, so she was delayed for a while and arrived at the company just in time for work.
The air conditioner was on in the office. She untied her scarf and sat down to take a breath.
Half an hour later, Huang Shiyu came over to remind her of the meeting.
Xia Xi had recovered. She took her laptop and thermos and went to the conference room. She found an empty seat and sat down. When she looked up, Gao Ge was sitting right across from her.
Gao Ge glanced at her indifferently, holding the pen in his hand and drawing a few random lines on the notebook.
After everyone arrived, Lu Mingji began to talk about the Jingyu Garden project and asked everyone what they thought.
Gao Ge quickly responded, hinting, "What can we think? We're all working class, how can we possibly afford Xu's?"
Xia Xi unscrewed the thermos and drank a sip of water. Her throat was not feeling well last night and she coughed twice. Before she left, Su Jinru filled her up with a cup of rock sugar and snow pear soup. After hearing Gao Ge's words, she had a premonition.
As expected, just as she swallowed the soup in her mouth, Gao Ge glanced at her and suggested with a deep smile, "Why don't you let Xia Gong give it a try? I saw her getting into Xu Yanfeng, the president of Xu Corporation, the other time. I think she must have a close relationship with Mr. Xu. Why don't you let Xia Gong ask Mr. Xu directly?"
She deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the four words "close relationship".
Everyone looked at Xia Xi. Some of them also saw her riding in Mr. Xu's car, which could prove that Gao Ge's words were not slander.
Xia Xi calmly put down the cup and coughed softly. Before she could speak, Lu Mingji warned her, "Gao Ge, we're in a meeting."
Lu Mingji has always been tolerant towards his subordinates and rarely speaks harshly. Seeing that he seemed angry, Gao Ge did not dare to provoke him anymore. He lowered his head and pretended to take notes, but his expression showed some dissatisfaction.
While everyone else was discussing, Xia Xi said nothing. He picked up the phone on the table, as if he was playing secretly in class. He held the phone in both hands and put it under the table. His eyes were lowered, and his thick eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his face.
Gao Ge's words gave her an idea - she could ask Xu Yanfeng.
It's all about work, she told herself.
She clicked on Xu Yanfeng's WeChat profile picture, and the chat stopped three days ago. She asked him about the size of the custom cabinet, and he was as frugal with words as ever, and replied with two words, "It's up to you."
Xia Xi pressed her finger on the screen, sliding it back and forth, browsing the historical chat records between the two. From the few words, she could feel that Xu Yanfeng had been very calm recently, unusually calm.
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