Thoughts and intentions
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In the following period of time, her relationship with Meng Yanxiu became extremely normal again. They only talked about business, and other than that, they had no other interactions.
On Friday afternoon, Jiang He was waiting at the door of the manager's office with a folder in her arms. She stared at the clock on the wall anxiously, hesitated for a moment, and knocked on the door.
As the footsteps approached, Wu Ze opened the door and said with an unhappy look: "I'm meeting a guest."
"Oh, sorry to bother you, Mr. Wu. I didn't know you had a visitor in your office." Jiang He's shoulders slumped, his eyes filled with worry. "After Secretary Liu went in, you did everything yourself. No one even knew about your afternoon plans. If the secretary was there, she definitely wouldn't have knocked on the door so rashly."
"Even you've learned to beat around the bush." Wu Ze's tone was still unfriendly, but his anger had mostly subsided. He glanced at the time, it was almost five o'clock, "Come in."
"Okay." Jiang He followed Wu Ze into the office.
Wu Ze sat down on the sofa and said to the person on the other side, "I need to take care of something right away."
The man picked up the tea and took a sip without raising his eyes.
Jiang He glanced at the man for a few seconds, then came to his senses and handed the resume to Wu Ze. "Mr. Wu, when is a convenient time for you? She meets the requirements perfectly. If her boss hadn't treated employees harshly, she wouldn't have changed jobs."
"How long has she been waiting?" Wu Ze glanced at the resume and fixed his eyes on her photo.
Jiang He: "Three hours."
"Oh..." Wu Ze completely forgot about it. "Tell her the interview will be in twenty minutes."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Wu. I'll go right away."
Jiang He finally put down the heavy stone in his heart and went out without wasting a second.
Wu Ze's shoulders relaxed, and he sighed to the person beside him: "Look, I'm really unlucky this year. My confidant who has been with me for several years actually embezzled public funds. I don't dare to trust anyone now."
He crossed his legs, spread his resume across them, and continued, "I'm telling you, you should be wary of the people around you, especially with all the intrigue going on in your family. Maybe your secretary is a 'bomb' planted right next to you."
"I'm not as blind as you."
Meng Yanxiu put down his teacup and continued, "My secretary has great potential and talent."
Wu Ze laughed after hearing this. "This is the first time I've heard you praise someone. If you're so satisfied, I'm really interested. Should I bring this to my company and have my employees learn from you?"
Meng Yanxiu only said two words: "No way."
Wu Ze: "You name a price, and I'll pay her for her labor and also your loss."
Meng Yanxiu answered word by word, "I wouldn't trade it for anything."
After saying that, Meng Yanxiu stood up and said, "You still have things to do, I'll leave first. Send the business plan to my company next Monday. I'll review it and finalize the details."
"Yan Xiu, don't leave." Wu Ze also stood up and said, "You are better at judging people than I am. Come with me to the interview and help me find someone as good as your secretary."
Meng Yanxiu put on his suit jacket and said, "I'm not interested. Your company's HR doesn't do their job? You have a problem with your vision, and so do they?"
Wu Ze: "This person was recommended by Yun Henei. She must have said a lot of good things. I need some honest advice."
"I'm leaving." Meng Yanxiu ignored his chatter and walked towards the door.
Wu Ze sighed helplessly and his eyes fell back on the resume in his hand. He had only looked at the photo and had not yet looked at the work experience.
At this moment, his gaze suddenly fixed: "Hey, Yan Xiu, you..."
"If you have something to say, say it quickly." Meng Yanxiu held the door handle and turned around.
Wu Ze laughed out loud and waved the resume in his hand at him: "Haha, I was born to like to take advantage of others."
In the conference room, Jiang He brought a cup of tea and said, "Mi Wu, Mr. Wu is coming down soon. I'll go wait at the door. He said that for the sake of fairness and justice, he won't let me participate in the interview."
"Yeah." Kirimi patted the back of her hand. "Don't worry, I can handle it."
Jiang He nodded: "I know, your ability is definitely no problem, Mr. Wu is also very easy to talk to, he looks a bit second-generation rich, but he is actually very reasonable."
"Yeah, go get busy."
After Wu Jianwei persuaded Jiang He to leave, she continued to sit in her seat and wait. She had her back to the door and in front of her was a floor-to-ceiling glass window. Outside the window, there were tall buildings and everyone was busy as ants.
After a while, she heard the slight sound of the door opening, then stood up, turned around and greeted: "Mr. Wu, hello... hello..."
The air in the conference room suddenly became stagnant.
"Hello." Meng Yanxiu walked around her and sat down opposite her, still holding her resume in his hand.
The photo attached to the resume was very pretty. She was wearing a round-necked white shirt, with long, shiny dark brown hair tucked behind her ears. Meng Yanxiu had no basis for this, but he could tell that the photo was taken recently, specifically for job hunting.
Wu Jianwei was still standing there and didn't turn around.
She sighed secretly. She had no new job and it seemed that she could not keep her current job. How could she end up with nothing... She shook her head slightly and even wanted to open the door and leave.
"Come and sit down."
Meng Yanxiu spoke softly, as if with a smile, but it sounded even more terrifying.
Wu Jianwei's heart hardened, and she turned around and sat down. Their eyes met, and she smiled first: "Mr. Meng, what a coincidence."
"Well, the photos are great."
There was no emotion on Meng Yanxiu's face. He spoke in a low voice, but his hands nimbly tore the photo off the paper and held it in his palm.
Do you hate me so much? Wu Jianwei was shocked by his behavior. Even if he was caught looking for another woman, he wouldn't be so disgusted that he couldn't even look at her photo.
"Give it to me, I'll throw it away." Wu Jianwei stretched out his hand.
"No need." Meng Yanxiu handed her the resume and put his hands on his legs. "What are you dissatisfied with the company? The salary offered here is not high."
"I don't." Wu Jianwei immediately waved her hand.
Meng Yanxiu nodded: "So you are dissatisfied with me?"
"I don't." Wu Jianwei shook her head again.
Meng Yanxiu chuckled softly and looked down at her. "A few days ago, I asked Yuan Qing to prepare an employee care and performance management plan. She should be almost done. When the time comes, you can take a holistic view and share any ideas you have."
"What?" Wu Jianwei didn't expect that his thoughts were so unconventional. Was he not going to pursue the matter of her interview?
"I know everyone is under a lot of pressure after I came back, but there's no such thing as making money without doing anything."
Meng Yanxiu tapped his knuckles on the table. "I'm not one to talk nonsense. Anyway, I promise you one thing: if you follow me, the rewards will definitely outweigh the costs. I'm not a philanthropist, but when it comes to motivating people to do things, anything other than money is just empty talk. I only care about the most practical things."
"Hmm? Are you listening to me?" Meng Yanxiu saw that she was motionless and did not answer, "Wu Jianwei?"
Wu Jianwei's eyes suddenly turned red, but she stopped immediately. She nodded, but didn't know what to say.
Meng Yanxiu held his right forearm. He could feel that Wu Jianwei almost cried just now, and he felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.
"Okay, let's go." Meng Yanxiu stood up suddenly.
Wu Jianwei looked up in surprise: "Where are you going?"
Meng Yanxiu frowned: "Do you want to continue the interview?"
"No." Wu Jianwei stood up with his resume, "Then I'm leaving."
Meng Yanxiu walked forward a few steps, turned around and said to her, "Let's go eat. What do you want to eat?"
Wu Jianwei hesitated and said, "Farewell dinner?"
"Why do you want to break up?" Meng Yanxiu's tone became gloomy and his eyes were cold.
"Oh..." Kirimi continued, "I have an appointment with a friend and can't have dinner with you."
"Yeah." Meng Yanxiu paused for a moment, then walked over, opened the door, and let her go out first. He then reminded her, "Don't forget to go to work next Monday. You haven't found the wrong address for the company, have you?"
Wu Jianwei smiled carelessly: "Oh, see you on Monday."
As soon as she finished speaking, she bumped into Jiang He.
"Jiang Jiang? Why are you still at the door?" Wu Jianwei held her arm and turned back to Meng Yanxiu behind him and said, "Mr. Meng, I'm leaving first."
"good."
Seeing her walking away, Meng Yanxiu called Wu Ze to come down.
Wu Ze looked at him with a smile, saying nothing: "We've been talking for so long? It seems people have a lot of opinions about you. You're not a very popular boss."
"I owe you a favor." Meng Yanxiu pressed the elevator button. "First, I'll buy you a meal and shut you up."
Wu Ze nodded meaningfully: "Is it because others don't eat with you that you have time to treat me?"
"Then stop eating." Meng Yanxiu opened the elevator door and said, "Get out."
"Boss Meng, I'm willing to be your backup." Wu Ze smiled and pressed the button to close the door. "A new seafood hot pot restaurant has opened next to my company. The head chef was poached from a three-star Michelin restaurant in Hong Kong. A batch of Japanese abalone and New Zealand langoustines were flown in today. I'm going to charge you a lot of money."
Meng Yanxiu threw the car keys to him: "You drive, eat more."
It was dinner time.
In the Malatang restaurant across the street from the luxurious seafood hotpot, there is a constant stream of diners. Under the bright red sign, there are various snack carts selling ice jelly, cold shrimps, etc., which are full of the atmosphere of life.
In the corner, at a table for two, Jiang He drank iced soy milk and stared at Wu Jianwei, exclaiming repeatedly, "You have such a good attitude! You got caught looking for a job, and you still have such an appetite?"
Wu Jianwei handed the blanched beef, liver and sausages to Jiang He. She had already let it go.
"Now that things have come to this, let's leave it at that."
"But why do you want to change jobs? Honestly, your new boss seems very powerful, not a playboy."
Jiang He mixed the vegetables in a saucepan of oil. She and Wu Jianwei both loved coriander, so they filled half a bowl with coriander.
"Mi Wu, what are you doing?"
Wu Jianwei wrapped the beef with coriander, put a chili pepper and some watercress on it, and put it into her mouth. She ate it with great relish. She didn't open her mouth for a long time. In fact, she was thinking about Jiang He's question while eating.
"Jiang Jiang, when he and I were alone, the magnetic field was a bit strange." Wu Jianwei started to assemble the next one.
Jiang He saw the clue and changed the subject: "You care most about appearance. Who do you think is better looking, him or Zhou Shuye?"
"Why compare the two of them?" Wu Jianwei puffed out half of his cheek and chewed like a squirrel.
"Go ahead and tell me, hurry up." Jiang He urged her to answer.
Wu Jianwei recalled Zhou Shuye's appearance: "Zhou Shuye is like white jade, relatively gentle."
Jiang He raised his chin towards her: "What about your boss?"
Wu Jianwei didn't think much about it, "He is like a black opal, the embryo is dark, but there is a fire hidden inside."
Jiang He put down the soy milk, cooked another portion of goose intestines, and asked casually, "So, do you like white jade or black opal?"
The goose intestines curled up as soon as they were put into the pot. They had to be picked up quickly, otherwise they would not be crispy if cooked for too long. Wu Jianwei was only concerned with picking up the goose intestines and did not think about Jiang He's words. He blurted out: "Black Opal."
"Oh." Jiang He couldn't suppress a smile, and she made a suggestion with great experience.
"Do you want to try dating Black Opal?"
Wu Jianwei was still adding cilantro to the oil dish when her hand holding the chopsticks suddenly stopped. She raised her eyelids and said, "I'm not crazy."
Jiang He shrugged: "You won't know until you try it, otherwise you won't understand it."
"It's not like she's trying on clothes." Wu Jianwei actually wanted to say, where can she go to try it on? Their relationship can only be that of a superior and a subordinate.
That night.
Meng Yanxiu sat upright on the sofa. The clock hand passed midnight, and Meng Yuetong, who had been hiding for half a month, finally arrived.
At this time, he was drunk and was dragged in by Lin Jue.
As soon as Meng Yuetong saw Meng Yanxiu, he sobered up and became more energetic.
"Brother, please spare me." Meng Yuetong was humble and did not learn how to run the company properly. Besides not having the intention to do so, there was another reason, which was that he wanted to take revenge on Meng Yanxiu.
In the Meng family, Meng Yanxiu is a person with high hopes, while he is just a prodigal son who is isolated from the main line of family property. He also wants Meng Yanxiu to taste the feeling of having a good hand of cards ruined and being despised.
"I was wrong, brother. I'll do anything you ask me to do, please." Meng Yuetong bent his waist and admitted his mistakes in different ways.
Meng Yanxiu's eyes were sharp as knives, and after a while he said, "Why didn't you wash your hands after going to the toilet? How could the Meng family produce someone like you? You have no shame, but I still have some."
"Ah? Brother, what are you talking about?" Meng Yuetong's mind was confused. Meng Yanxiu wasn't blaming him for messing up the company, but was saying that he didn't wash his hands. "Where did you hear that? Who's so talkative?"
"Go away, go wash your hands first." Meng Yanxiu raised his hand, "Lin Jue, keep an eye on him."
"I'll do it right away."
After Lin Jue finished supervising Meng Yuetong, he gently closed the door and said, "Mr. Meng, tomorrow is Mr. Meng's eightieth birthday. He asked you to come back to the old house."
"Yeah." Meng Yanxiu closed his eyes, pulled up his sleeves, and looked at the tattoo on his arm. He couldn't help but think of Wu Jianwei shedding tears.
"Do you know Wu Jianwei?" Meng Yanxiu suddenly asked.
Meng Yuetong wiped his hands carefully, thought for a moment, and said, "Aside from being fussy about money, she's fine in other areas. She was the one who first proposed the overtime pay system."
"Shouldn't overtime be paid?" Meng Yanxiu stared at him. "I'm letting you make money, not squeezing money out of the employees."
"Well, I just..." Meng Yuetong was stunned by the question, then continued, "She deserves it. She brought it up well. Anyway, she's a dedicated worker, and normally has a good temper. She's gentler than my wife."
"Are you married?" Meng Yanxiu clasped his hands together and habitually clicked his knuckles, making a few crisp sounds. "When did it happen?"
Meng Yuetong couldn't quite put it into context when he learned that the Meng family's wealth was distributed per capita. He forced a smile and said, "It was last year, just a few days after you left. True love is something you can't control. I just happened to meet her. Her name is Huang Rui, and she's my cousin's niece."
"Does she know about the Meng family?" Meng Yanxiu asked.
"I don't know. I'm keeping my mouth shut." Meng Yuetong immediately promised, "How can I dare to tell such a shameful thing? If it gets out accidentally, my grandfather will beat me to death. Besides, why should I tell her all this? She will just think I'm delusional."
It's rare for Meng Yuetong to tell the truth. The Meng family is a low-key and prestigious family, but the history of their rise to wealth is not public.
Back then, the ancestor of the Meng family cut down an entire mountain forest to make his fortune, and since then they have been cursed. Each generation of heirs must offer sacrifices to the tree spirit for fourteen months, and only after ten generations have fulfilled the agreement can the sin be offset.
The debt was the final one for Meng Yanxiu's generation. Once it was paid off, it would be over and no one would know about this family scandal anymore.
But this last time is different from the previous ones. The ancestral teachings mentioned that the final reckoning would be a fateful calamity. If the person who was to be afflicted could not be nourished by the tears of the person who could break the calamity, the curse could not be broken. The final fate of the person who was to be afflicted would be like a dry and cracked tree or broken branch, lifeless.
As expected, on the last day of the tree sacrifice, Meng Yanxiu was struck by lightning.
His gaze fell on the tattoo on his arm again, and he became more convinced that he and Wu Jianwei were not a coincidence, they had a zero-sum game relationship, and Wu Jianwei was his savior.
And this fate of coexisting with tears has pointed out from the very beginning the bond that will be difficult to break for a lifetime.
But later, Wu Jianwei said that she and Meng Yanxiu were just a tangled knot of fate, and their destiny was a tangled web of thorns and thorns. The more they entangled, the more they would pierce into each other's flesh and blood.
But later, Meng Yanxiu, who was already deeply in love, just wanted to prove to her that he never wanted her tears. Even if there was no fate binding them, he would still be entangled with her.
"Brother, what are you thinking about?"
Meng Yuetong stretched out his hand, waved it in front of Meng Yanxiu's eyes, and asked, "Did you have any accidents during the tree sacrifice this time? Your parents are very worried about you."
Meng Yanxiu slapped his hand away: "Does Wu Jianwei have a boyfriend?"
"Ah?" Meng Yuetong was shocked. "Brother, you don't have feelings for her, do you? She's not easy to mess with. I said she has a good temper, but that's only when she's normal. When she gets mad, she almost sent me and my wife to the detention center."
"Who allowed you to scold her?" Meng Yanxiu suddenly stared.
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