Chapter 36
There is less than a week left until the end of the H1 sprint. Even if the acceptance report for the Centennial Project is obtained at the end of July, it cannot be counted as H1's performance.
These were all explained in the internal coordination issued by Dong Dawei, assistant president of the Beijing Smart Interconnect headquarters in charge of delivery business in early June. Xia Zhongqin had read this sprint coordination and was naturally clear about the time nodes.
Lian Yi Jian had said so much, so Xia Zhongqin naturally did not insist any more. In the afternoon, the two of them went to the century-old customer site together.
Near lunchtime, Lian Yijian was called away by Zhou Yucheng.
Xia Zhongqin, Li Tiantian and Ji Yue went to Yongjie in Xicheng to eat Yang Guofu Malatang.
When she came back from lunch, Lian Yijian was waiting for her in the Suzhou Metro Project Team Office.
Lian Yijian's computer bag has been packed.
Seeing this, Xia Zhongqin quickly packed up her computer.
The two of them left the project office one after the other.
At the elevator on the twelfth floor, the door opened quickly and the two entered the elevator together. When Xia Zhongqin was about to reach out to press floor number 1, Lian Yijian had already pressed B1.
Lian Yijian's car was parked in parking space 101 in Area C of B1 parking lot. It was a white Volkswagen Lavida 2019 model.
Before Lian Yijian could say anything, Xia Zhongqin had already opened the back door.
There was a camp bed on the back seat, so there was no room for anyone else to sit.
"Zhong Qin, put your computer bag on the camp bed and sit in the passenger seat." As he said this, Lian Yijian had already opened the right rear door opposite her and put his computer bag on the camp bed.
Seeing this and hearing what he said, Xia Zhongqin also took off the computer bag on his back and placed it on the camp bed.
Wang Haiyun also has a car, but because she is busy, Xia Zhongqin rarely rides in it, less than three times a year.
She and Wang Haiyun have a very close relationship. Xia Zhongqin always sits in the passenger seat. In addition, every time she takes an online taxi, Xia Zhongqin always sits in the back seat.
Lian Yijian is her direct supervisor, and Xia Zhongqin is not familiar with him.
Since joining the company in February last year until now, the two of them have been communicating more frequently because of the Centennial Project. They basically didn't talk before.
Xia Zhongqin was sitting in the passenger seat. Because she was nervous, she tried twice to fasten the seat belt but failed.
In the end, Lian Yijian, who was watching Xia Zhongqin's clumsy movements, couldn't bear it anymore. He leaned over, took the seat belt from her hand, and fastened the buckle in one go.
This was the first time the two of them were so close, and a faint scent of lavender slowly entered Xia Zhongqin's nostrils.
The laundry detergent Xia Zhongqin uses in her rental house and nursing home room is the Blue Moon Lavender series, so she is very familiar with this smell, and she also likes the scent of lavender.
After twenty seconds of close contact, Lian Yijian fastened Xia Zhongqin's seat belt, sat up straight in the driving seat, and started the car.
It takes about half an hour to drive from Suzhou Metro Building to Centennial Company if the traffic is not congested.
When the two set out, it was less than 12:30 noon and the road conditions were very good.
It was a half-hour journey, and Lian Yijian spent twenty minutes driving while answering the phone.
All the calls I received were from project managers on several key projects of the company.
From Lian Yijian's reply, Xia Zhongqin realized that the project manager was unable to handle the project and was asking him for help.
Xia Zhongqin, who was sitting next to him, saw that he was calm and gave the most reasonable solutions one by one based on the project situation reported by the project manager.
During the entire phone call, Xia Zhongqin did not hear any impatience or complaints in Lian Yijian's words.
Among them, the Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank project that Liu Jijun is in charge of requires him to go to the customer site at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
After receiving Liu Jijun's call, Lian Yijian called Zhang Qin, the project manager of Wujiang Rural Commercial Bank, explained the situation, and changed the time to nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
This afternoon, Lian Yijian came with her to the century-old customer site, so he couldn't go back to Liangxi with Xia Kaiqun.
When Xia Kaiqun learned that there was no way to go back in the afternoon, the expression on his face was speechless.
After Lian Yijian hung up the phone, Xia Zhongqin unconsciously said, "Boss Lian, if Teacher Xia knew you couldn't go to Liangxi tomorrow morning, she would probably be furious."
"I just want him to return to Liangxi later so that he can help with more work on the Suzhou subway project and help Xiaoshan share some of the burden."
Lian Yijian saw that the navigation on his phone showed that the journey was only five minutes away. "Zhong Qin, we'll meet President Wang soon. We'll act accordingly. Our ultimate goal is to get the acceptance report."
Xia Zhongqin nodded and replied with two words, "OK."
The weather in July changes quickly. It was sunny just now, but as soon as the car arrived outside the Centennial Gate, heavy rain began to fall.
After parking the car in the century-old open-air parking lot, Lian Yijian asked, "Do you have an umbrella?"
Xia Zhongqin looked embarrassed. She didn't have the habit of putting an umbrella in her computer bag. There were only five things in the bag: computer, mouse, power supply, water cup and tissues.
Unless they were leaving from where they lived, Xia Zhongqin would bring an umbrella if it rained in the morning. At this moment, she could only look at Lian Yijian and shook her head.
"Then wait for me, I have an umbrella in my bag." Lian Yijian turned around, took Xia Zhongqin's bag from the back seat and handed it to her, then took his own bag.
Lian Yijian took out an umbrella from his computer bag, got out of the car with the umbrella half-open, and then closed the driver's door.
Lian Yijian walked around the front of the car and came to the passenger door. He opened the door from the outside.
Xia Zhongqin bent down and got out of the car.
The rain was coming down hard and fast, and there was already quite a bit of water accumulated in the concrete parking lot.
Xia Zhongqin was wearing a pair of flat-heeled sandals. The soles of the sandals were very flat and had no patterns on them, and her feet began to slip.
Xia Zhongqin didn't even have time to close the car door. She stumbled and fell backward, and Lian Yijian, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, hurriedly grabbed her arm.
"Be careful." An anxious and concerned voice came out of someone's mouth.
Lian Yijian used a lot of force and pulled Xia Zhongqin into his arms.
Lian Yijian is wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt, a summer work outfit issued by Beijing Smart Internet Co., Ltd.
Xia Zhongqin wore the same.
The moment Xia Zhongqin's face and ears touched Lian Yijian's chest, she could hear the strong beating of his heart and the faint scent of lavender emanating from his clothes.
Time stood still at this moment until a man came down from the driver's seat of the car next to him holding an umbrella.
"Boss Lian, Manager Xia, what are you two doing?"
The person who spoke was Chu Zhencheng, who had just finished handling the personal matters assigned to him by Wang Xuesheng.
As if struck by lightning, Xia Zhongqin suddenly kept a distance of more than one meter from Lian Yijian, with half of her body outside the umbrella.
Lian Yijian also brought a small umbrella that was only suitable for one person.
Seeing this, Lian Yijian hurriedly tilted the umbrella towards her, so that half of Lian Yijian's body was exposed outside the umbrella and was drenched by the heavy rain.
Chu Zhencheng, who had just spoken, did not leave, but stood silently aside, looking at the two people under the umbrella who were wearing clothes that looked like couple outfits in his eyes.
Xia Zhongqin's face and ears had already turned red unconsciously. Because of her fair skin, the redness was particularly obvious. She did not respond to Chu Zhencheng.
Lian Yijian didn't respond directly, but only said, "Manager Chu, we have an appointment with Mr. Wang for a Centennial Project communication meeting at 1:30 this afternoon."
"After hearing what Mr. Wang said, let's go together." After saying that, Chu Zhencheng led the way.
It’s not a far walk from the parking lot to the century-old administrative office building, only a little over a hundred steps.
Lian Yijian was taking care of Xia Zhongqin, so he walked slowly.
After walking for a short distance, the two of them distanced themselves from Chu Zhencheng who was leading the way in front.
As they were about to reach the administrative office building, Chu Zhencheng was no longer in sight. As Lian Yijian was putting away his umbrella as he climbed the stairs, Xia Zhongqin whispered, "Thank you, President Lian."
"It's okay, let's go."
Xia Zhongqin followed Lian Yijian, and the two went up the stairs one after the other.
When I arrived at the conference room on the second floor, there was no one inside and there were still twenty minutes before the meeting at 1:30 p.m.
The two sat down at the same place they had been last time.
When taking the computer out of the computer bag, Xia Zhongqin noticed that the right half of Lian Yijian, who was sitting on her left, was wet, and water was still dripping from his clothes and hair.
Xia Zhongqin quickly took out a small pack of tissues from her bag and placed it in front of Lian Yijian, "Mr. Lian, please wipe it first!"
Lian Yijian, who was using his computer, looked at the pack of pink Heart to Heart brand tissues that had just been placed on the table. The three words "No need" were finally changed to "Okay".
Lian Yijian opened the package of tissues, took out several sheets, and started wiping from the right side of his head all the way down to his waist. Finally, when all the tissues in the small package were used up, there was no more water dripping from his upper part of the waist.
While the two were waiting for Wang Xuesheng, except for the initial exchange when Xia Zhongqin handed a pack of tissues to Lian Yijian, the two of them didn't speak again. They were both busy with their own work on the computer.
At half past one, Wang Xuesheng and Chu Zhencheng appeared in the conference room on time, one after the other.
Xia Zhongqin first gave a brief report on the revision of the entire problem list, and then demonstrated the ten revised problem lists to Wang Xuesheng one by one on the Centennial Project System.
Almost half an hour passed before all ten items on the list were checked against the Centennial Project System.
This time was unlike before, when Xia Zhongqin was always interrupted by Wang Xuesheng. This time, Wang Xuesheng remained silent throughout the whole process.
Wang Xuesheng's calmness made Xia Zhongqin feel a little worried, wondering what tricks he would play next.
After the demonstration, seeing that Wang Xuesheng did not react, Xia Zhongqin was worried about saying something wrong before speaking.
Xia Zhongqin's eyes had just met Lian Yijian's when he spoke, "Mr. Wang, we've modified the functionality according to your company's requirements. Manager Xia just demonstrated it to you. He also brought the acceptance report today. Please stamp it."
After saying that, Lian Yijian glanced at Xia Zhongqin. She naturally understood.
When Lian Yijian said these words, Xia Zhongqin had already taken out the document bag containing three copies of the acceptance report from her bag.
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