Chapter 48
Xia Zhongqin, who was still confused just now, understood the reason for Yan Pingping's hostility towards her after listening to Yan Pingping's crazy talk.
Women's jealousy is really terrible.
The problems of document management node drift and attachment loss in the Guofa project were solved, and Xia Zhongqin got up and started packing up.
Shangguan Jinliang also started to pack up his computer. He had to go to Kunshan Hengmei in the afternoon. The customer's server had crashed again.
The two people who were packing up heard Ding Jintao's crazy complaints at this time.
"Our boss has become Tang Monk's meat now. Yan Pingping, the workplace evildoer, won't give up until she gets a bite of our boss."
Using the three words "Tang Monk's meat" to describe Lian Yijian, although it is tacky, is very vivid. "White Bone Demon in the Workplace" really fits Yan Pingping's personal temperament. For a moment, Xia Zhongqin and Shangguan Jinliang didn't know how to respond to Ding Jintao's words, and just packed up their things at their workstations.
Seeing that the two were packing up to leave, Ding Jintao quickly stood up and walked over to their workstations, saying, "Why don't you both have lunch at Guofa Restaurant before leaving? The food here is quite high-end. Lunch includes three meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a soup, and there's fruit after the meal. I still have plenty of lunch coupons for Guofa Restaurant."
"Jintao, I'll come over if there's anything else. Take care of yourself and act according to circumstances. I have to go to Kunshan in the afternoon." Shangguan Jinliang looked at Ding Jintao with sympathy and continued to busy himself with packing up his things at his workstation.
Xia Zhongqin, who had already put her computer bag on her back and was waiting for Shangguan Jinliang at her workstation, replied, "Thank you, Mr. Ding. I also have things to do on the Suzhou Metro project."
Ding Jintao did not continue to try to keep them, knowing that they were busy with their own things. He sent them to the elevator and did not turn around and leave until Xia Zhongqin and Shangguan Jinliang entered the elevator.
It was already eleven o'clock in the morning when Shangguan Jinliang drove Xia Zhongqin to the downstairs of the Suzhou Metro Transportation Building. Originally, Xia Zhongqin planned to invite Shangguan Jinliang to have a quick meal at Xicheng Yongjie first. After all, he had accompanied her to the Centennial site this morning to retrieve the acceptance report and complete the project on-site handover.
Shangguan Jinliang said no, it was all for work, and he was going to Kunshan for lunch.
After returning to the Suzhou Metro Project Team, Xia Zhongqin first mailed the three Centennial Project Acceptance Reports that he had finally obtained that morning to the Beijing headquarters via SF Express.
At 2:30 p.m., Liu Qingqing sent a notice in the Beijing Smart Internet Southern Jiangsu Company group.
The content of the notice is that at 1:30 pm this Wednesday afternoon, the Southern Jiangsu District will hold an H1 sprint summary meeting and a Q3 sprint kick-off meeting in Sucheng, the Southern Jiangsu base. All personnel from the other three districts (Longcheng, Tongzhou, and Liangxi) must come to Sucheng to attend the meeting.
As before, no one responded with "received" to the notification sent by Liu Qingqing in the group. However, it was not like the notification sent by Lian Yijian in the delivery group. As soon as Lian Yijian sent it, people would reply with "received" one after another until all the people in the delivery department had replied.
Because the Centennial Project had not yet been accepted, Xia Zhongqin did not put the list of problems in the attachment column of the Centennial Project archive form.
Now that the Centennial Project has been accepted, it means that the first phase of the Centennial Project has been completed.
Xia Zhongqin logged into the company's office system and prepared to upload the files that were currently available but had not yet been uploaded to the Centennial Project Archives table.
In office collaboration, Xia Zhongqin saw the collaboration notices for the H1 sprint summary meeting and the Q3 sprint kick-off meeting sent by Liu Qingqing last Friday.
In addition to the meeting time, agenda, participants and location, the collaboration also includes a table arrangement attachment for the dinner.
In the more than one year since joining the company, Xia Zhongqin has attended two company dinners in total, one was the H1 sprint summary meeting in July last year, and the other was the year-end party last year.
She was seated at table five both times, and the staff remained basically unchanged.
Before she had time to open the Excel spreadsheet for table arrangement, she received a new message on WeChat from Ji Yue.
Ji Yue sent a screenshot of the table arrangement.
The screenshot was the table arrangement for the third table. Her name actually appeared on the list of the third table. Liu Qingqing and Lian Yijian's names were next to each other, and Xia Kaiqun was between her name and Lian Yijian's name.
Ji Yue: Sister, this is quite surprising, isn’t it? Brother Shan just sent this to me, so I immediately sent it to you to take a look.
Xia Zhongqin only replied with an emoji of wiping sweat, without any other words. She opened the project archive function module and uploaded all the files of the Centennial Project that had not been uploaded to the project archive table before to the attachment management, and at the same time applied for the completion of the Centennial Project.
When it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon, Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun returned to the Sucheng Metro project together.
Today is Monday, and the inventory of the Sucheng District projects was supposed to be conducted at 6:30 p.m. However, because Lian Yijian was in Tongzhou, he had already sent an advance notice in the delivery group last Friday afternoon that there would be no inventory on Monday night.
The online release of meeting management is scheduled for tomorrow night. There are no other urgent project tasks that need to be rushed today. As soon as work is over, most members of the Suzhou Metro project team have left work one after another.
At half past five, Xia Zhongqin finished writing the last test function point of the work contact form test case. She pressed CTRL+S, saved the document, then turned off the computer and prepared to leave work.
Just as she closed her laptop, Xia Kaiqun, who was sitting opposite her, stood up and walked to her workstation.
"Ms. Zhong Qin, didn't we agree to have dinner together tonight? Do you have other appointments tonight?"
When Xia Kaiqun said this, only Lian Yijian, Xia Zhongqin and Xia Kaiqun were left in the Sucheng Metro Project Team.
"No, Mr. Xia is too polite."
"Then let's go together." After saying that, Xia Kaiqun turned around and winked at someone who had been looking at the two of them from time to time since he started talking. "Don't worry, Miss Zhong Qin, we're just having a meal together. With your General Lian here, I wouldn't dare have any bad intentions."
After all, Xia Kaiqun is a technical expert in the southern Jiangsu area, and her future projects will definitely require his support. Moreover, he has said so much, and if she refuses further, it would seem that she is ungrateful. Xia Zhongqin replied with the word "OK".
"Yi Jian, let's go, the Sheep's Grilled Lobster is ready on Shilu Food Street."
Just like every time after get off work, Xia Zhongqin picked up the computer bag and was about to put it on his back when Xia Kaiqun grabbed it and handed it to Lian Yijian: "Hey, can you please be a little more considerate?"
Just when Xia Zhongqin came to her senses and reached out to take the computer bag from Lian Yijian, Lian Yijian, who did not respond to Xia Kaiqun's call, had already put her backpack on his back.
Lian Yijian wore a white shirt on the upper body, black suit pants on the lower body, and a pair of white sneakers on his feet. This was because he was meeting a client of Zhongtian Internet today, so he dressed a little more formally, and he gave people a very refreshing feeling.
If he is not visiting clients on weekdays, in the summer he basically wears the work clothes issued by the company on the upper body, black or brown cropped pants on the lower body, and sneakers or sandals on his feet. His outfit is very casual, but he gives the impression of being energetic and capable.
Lian Yijian rarely dressed formally like today, and apart from the weekly project inventory, Xia Zhongqin rarely saw Lian Yijian.
This was the second time, except for the time when the company moved from the High-tech Zone to the Industrial Park, that Xia Zhongqin saw Lian Yijian in formal attire. She couldn't help but look at Lian Yijian again, and her heart beat uncontrollably twice. She didn't quickly look away until she heard Xia Kaiqun's voice again.
"Sister Zhong Qin, you don't have to be polite to your General Lian. Don't worry, even though he looks thin, he can do 100 push-ups in a row. You knew his strength during the team building in Jiaxing last year." Xia Kaiqun said with a smirk.
During the team building in Jiaxing last year, she, Lian Yijian, Liu Qingqing, Ding Jintao, Zhang Wenjie, Xia Kaiqun, Yao Xiang and four sales people from other regions were divided into the same group. Under the leadership of Lian Yijian, their group eventually won first place in the group stage.
The push-ups that Xia Kaiqun mentioned were one of the events in the group competition. Lian Yijian participated in the competition himself and won first place in the push-up competition.
Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun did not take their computer bags with them. After dinner, they had to go back to the Sucheng subway project to work overtime. Xia Zhongqin and Lian Yijian did not respond to what Xia Kaiqun had just said.
Banbian Lamb BBQ on Shilu Food Street is only a fifteen-minute walk from the Suzhou Metro Transportation Building.
After leaving the Suzhou Metro Project Team Office, Xia Zhongqin followed behind Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun who were walking side by side in front of him. The distance between them was about two meters. Along the way, Xia Kaiqun and Lian Yijian chatted non-stop, and they were all talking about the project.
To get to Shilu Food Street, you have to pass a long Jinshui River embankment, which is lined with willows.
At six o'clock in the evening, the heat from the day had not yet dissipated, but because of the evening breeze, the stuffiness had dropped a lot compared to the daytime.
When the three of them arrived at Banbian Yang BBQ, the owner said that the first-floor lobby and the upstairs private rooms were already full, and only a few scattered square tables that could only seat four people were left at the food stalls outside the restaurant.
The three of them chose the square table close to the pedestrian street, near the restaurant, where there would be pedestrians walking around.
It had been a long time since she had walked such a long distance. In addition, she was wearing sandals without socks. When she was about to reach the Banbian Lamb BBQ Restaurant, Xia Zhongqin felt the pain in her instep. After choosing a seat, she sat down first.
Seeing her sit down, Lian Yijian took her computer bag off her back and placed it on the chair opposite her.
"Ms. Zhong Qin, what do you want to eat tonight? You can make it yourself..." Xia Kaiqun paused, as if thinking of something, and continued, "You can also just tell your CEO Lian and ask him to get it for you. You have free labor here, so why not use it?"
Having already shared a table at Lao Jiang's house for a barbecue, and having eaten dumplings at Moon Bay, this was the third time she and Lian Yijian had eaten together. Xia Zhongqin was still a little nervous. Her instep was aching badly, but she couldn't examine it directly in front of Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun, so she replied, "Teacher Xia, President Lian, just do it the same as last time."
Last time at Lao Jiang's house, Xia Zhongqin only chose a serving of garlic crayfish, and the barbecued dishes were the lamb skewers, beef skewers and squid tentacles selected by Lian Yijian. Xia Zhongqin didn't touch the other barbecued dishes they ordered at all. Lian Yijian noticed this, so he replied "OK".
Lian Yijian and Xia Kaiqun first went to the store to find the waiter and ordered two servings of garlic crayfish and one serving of thirteen spices. After ordering the main dishes, the two went to the barbecue area together to choose barbecue ingredients.
As soon as the two left, Xia Zhongqin quickly bent over to check her feet. With the help of the strong incandescent light above the gear shift, she saw that the exposed white instep had been rubbed off and was a little scarlet, all over her feet.
There were only four pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and no sign of napkins. Xia Zhongqin was just about to get up and wanted to take a napkin from his computer bag to put on the skin on the back of his foot, but a tingling sensation rushed from his foot to the top of his head, and Xia Zhongqin gave up.
Just as she was about to raise her hand and shout "waiter", a waiter came to their table with a pack of napkins in his left hand and a plate of boiled peanuts in his right hand.
As soon as the waiter put the two items on the table, the table next to him started ordering again. The waiter hurried over, and in a short while, the few empty tables were all filled.
I have to admit that the business of the Banbian Lamb BBQ restaurant in Shilu Food Street is really booming.
Xia Zhongqin opened the napkin package and only took out half of the tissue. Thinking that she would have to eat barbecue and lobster with her hands in a while, she stopped pulling the tissue out, endured the stinging pain on the back of her feet, and started eating salted boiled peanuts to distract herself.
Xia Kaiqun and Lian Yijian were each holding a basket and selecting ingredients in the barbecue area. Xia Kaiqun suddenly said, "Yijian, since I'm giving you the chance to have dinner with Zhong Qin tonight, can I not sleep on the camp bed tonight?"
The camp bed is narrow and hard, and is not a place for a normal person to sleep at all. Every time he comes to Suzhou, he has to sleep on a camp bed. After sleeping on it, his waist will feel uncomfortable for a day or two.
Lian Yijian didn't reply, but took out a few more skewers of mutton, beef and squid tentacles from the basket in his hand. The mutton, beef and squid tentacles in the basket were about to overflow.
"You really forget your friends when you see a beautiful woman. All you got are Xia Zhongqin's favorite foods." Xia Kaiqun rolled his eyes at him. "How about we sleep in your bed together tonight?"
"Get lost. You smell like an old man. Who wants to sleep with you? I'll pay for your dinner tonight." Lian Yijian said with a look of disgust.
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