Chapter 78
Xia Zhongqin's hand trembled, and the phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a crisp "click".
Xia Zhongqin did not pick up the phone immediately. She lay on the bed for a long time until the phone stopped making life-threatening sounds. She picked up the phone and put it on the bedside table.
Apart from words like "lunatic" and "pervert", Xia Zhongqin could not think of any other words to describe Xia Cheng. There would be many more interactions between them at work in the future, so he could only deal with them as they came.
Xia Zhongqin quickly reviewed in his mind all the recent events and what he needed to do when he returned to Sucheng, and then slowly fell asleep.
No one answered Xia Zhongqin's WeChat video call. Within five seconds, Lian Yijian, who lived next door to her and was reading the Sucheng outsourcing project status form sent by Xia Zhongqin in the evening at his computer desk, also received a WeChat video call on his phone. It was also from Xia Cheng.
Lian Yijian frowned slightly, his phone kept ringing and he showed no intention of answering it.
It wasn't often that he received calls or voice messages from colleagues in the delivery department at this time, but there were some. In the past, Lian Yijian would have picked up the phone without hesitation, but this time, he instinctively refused.
Five minutes later, Lian Yijian's phone calmed down. He picked it up, opened WeChat, and saw 56 unread WeChat messages that Xia Cheng had sent him tonight, as well as group messages from Zhou Yucheng @Lian Yijian in the Sucheng Metro Project customer group starting this morning. Lian Yijian didn't read the messages between the two. He put the phone back on the computer desk and continued to look at the Sucheng outsourcing project status table on the computer.
The Sucheng outsourcing project status form that Xia Zhongqin sent him was organized in the form of a total score. The contents of the form were very detailed. In addition to the necessary outsourcing year, outsourcing date, outsourcing contract amount, and outsourcing partner name, Xia Zhongqin also listed the outsourcing payment amount, outsourcing payment date, overall customer repayment situation, and current outsourcing project status of each project. Lian Yijian couldn't help but smile. What a meticulous girl.
The form Xia Zhongqin sent him saved Lian Yijian almost a day. When he saw the clear data on the form, the corresponding solution quickly emerged in his mind.
Lian Yijian added another column to the Sucheng outsourcing project overall situation table that Xia Zhongqin sent him. The name of the column was "Outsourcing payment initiation time". He checked the calendar and listed all the remaining outsourcing project payment initiation times that needed to be paid.
At 12:40 in the morning, after dealing with the outsourcing partner's matters regarding the overall situation of the Sucheng outsourcing project, Lian Yijian turned off the computer and got up to go to the bathroom to wash up.
In front of others, he is the praised god of Beijing Smart Internet delivery. But behind the scenes, only he himself knows how much hard work and sweat he has put in. Even though he has achieved this, he is still backstabbed and suppressed by his boss whom he has followed for many years.
While taking a shower, Lian Yijian's hand unconsciously slid to an uneven spot on his lower abdomen. It was a knife wound. Although six years had passed, the scar had not faded with the passage of time and still remained clearly on his body.
When he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, the doctor said that if the knife had pierced his spleen by three centimeters, he might have died on the spot. He stayed in the hospital for a month.
This injury was purely caused by blocking a knife for others. His father drowned when he was very young. He was raised by his mother and second sister. His mother instilled in him the saying "a drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water" since he was a child. He did so to Wang Dayu. As a result, after arriving in Southern Jiangsu District, Wang Dayu kept stabbing him in the back because he was too outstanding.
His heart was so cold that he no longer felt anything. However, every time he accidentally touched the scar on his abdomen, he would unconsciously think of the cause of the scar. It was funny to say that it was not because of his bravery, but because when he was in Shanghai, Wang Dayu had an affair with a married woman, and her husband found out. When Wang Dayu took the woman to eat at a food stall with him at night, he was caught in the act by a man who had been waiting there for a long time. During the struggle, Nan took out a dagger and stabbed Wang Dayu. He stood in front of him regardless of anything and blocked the knife for Wang Dayu.
Time is the only criterion for testing truth. Lian Yijian believes this statement very much. As the time they worked together increased, he had already seen through Wang Dayu's true face. He was just waiting for the final inspection of the Sucheng Metro project to be completed in June next year. Originally, at the end of last year, he had mentioned resignation once, but Dong Dawei tried his best to keep him. In addition, there was already someone in the Sucheng Delivery Department who was reluctant to let him go, so he finally stayed.
Over the years, Lian Yijian has seen clearly who is a true friend and who is just pretending.
After taking a shower and coming out of the bathroom, Lian Yijian looked at the time on his mobile phone. It was already one o'clock in the middle of the night. Someone should still be working overtime at this time.
Lian Yijian found Xia Kaiqun’s WeChat, edited a message and sent it to him.
Soon he received a reply from Xia Kaiqun, saying that the needs of Liangxi District Urban Investment had been dealt with yesterday afternoon, and he was asked to leave Liangxi District today and take him back to Sucheng together.
Lian Yijian was editing a text reply to Xia Kaiqun when Xia Kaiqun made a WeChat video call.
Lian Yijian picked up the call directly. Having known each other for so many years, he was very clear about the purpose of Xia Kaiqun's WeChat video call.
"Yi Jian, I thought Miss Zhong Qin was sleeping in your room and you were too embarrassed to answer her?"
Xia Kaiqun, who was on the other end of the video call, stared at the empty bed in Lian Yijian's bedroom. He said with disappointment, "You're being ridiculous! I thought Yijian, you'd take advantage of this business trip to snag Zhong Qin. So, you didn't even sleep together?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Xia. Do you think everyone is like you and just pounced on Guan Yan?" Lian Yijian replied speechlessly.
Lian Yijian was talking about Xia Kaiqun's dark history. He only coughed twice and didn't refute. Then he heard Xia Kaiqun say, "Yijian, Panpan's performance during the internship was really good. Her technical level is far higher than Ji Xu's. I swear I said this without any selfish motive. So, can you tell me the application process for her regularization? We are short of people for the Sucheng Metro project. I will bring her to the Sucheng Metro project team tomorrow. Is that okay, Yijian?"
At noon today, when the people from the delivery department were having lunch at the Peach Restaurant in Liangxi District, Xia Kaiqun and Zhao Panpan sat next to each other. Lian Yijian paid special attention to their expressions while eating. They looked like they were in love. They chatted non-stop at the table. Xia Kaiqun picked up food for Zhao Panpan several times. In contrast, he and Xia Zhongqin did not communicate with each other throughout the whole process. Before the meal, Xia Zhongqin had given him a shot of prevention, not letting him pick up food for her at the table. He obediently resisted the urge to pick up food, and did not even dare to talk to her at the table.
In the evening, he invited the people from the Zhongtian Internet project team to dinner. After all, he couldn't hold back. Love can never be hidden, nor can it be controlled. It is reflected in the details of daily life. After all, Lian Yijian forced himself to hold back the words he was about to say to persuade Xia Kaiqun to take it easy, and only replied, "Okay."
Seeing that Lian Yijian didn't have a lot of excuses like he did before, and answered very straightforwardly this time, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, but he finally asked, "Yijian, did Mother Huang tell you that Guan Yan has someone else outside?"
Xia Kaiqun's words were like a bolt of thunder that shocked Lian Yijian so much that he couldn't move at all.
Seeing Lian Yijian's shocked expression, Xia Kaiqun started to talk about Guan Yan's affair with someone else. Finally, he said, "Yijian, I don't blame her. After all, I was also at fault. There's no need to hurt each other if we don't love each other anymore. She drafted the divorce agreement last Sunday. The house, savings, and Kaikai's custody will belong to her, and I'm leaving the house with nothing."
"Uncle Xia, if you have no place to live in Qingpu after the divorce, don't worry, I will take you in." Lian Yijian replied seriously.
I had originally thought that Lian Yijian would definitely express his feelings again, but when he heard him just say these two meaningless words, Xia Kaiqun said with disappointment, "Yijian, why are you reacting so calmly? It's totally unlike you."
"I've gotten used to seeing what you, Xiaoshan, and the male district managers of Beijing Smart Internet do. Uncle Xia, you should also go to bed early. I'm not going to chat anymore. I'm going to sleep." After saying that, Lian Yijian hung up the WeChat video call first.
At 8:30 in the morning, the two finished their breakfast in the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel, and Lian Yijian completed the check-out procedures at the hotel front desk.
As Xia Zhongqin bent down to sit in the passenger seat, he noticed five large boxes of cantaloupe slices, a box of watermelon slices, and a bag of Sunshine Rose fruit on the back seat. He asked, "Brother Yi Jian, are these fruits going to the Zhongtian Internet project?"
Lian Yijian, who had just taken his seat, smiled and said, "In addition to the watermelon slices, Zhongqin, cantaloupe, and Sunshine Rose, would you like to save some for me? I got up early this morning and went to the fruit store to buy them. They're all very fresh."
"Thank you, Brother Yi Jian. No need. We will send them all to the Zhongtian Internet project team."
Lian Yijian leaned over and fastened Xia Zhongqin's seatbelt. After starting the car, he replied, "I've already told Yao Xiang, he'll come down to get it. This is a treat for the Zhongtian Interconnect project team members in his name. Being a Zhongtian Interconnect project manager isn't easy. He looked noticeably more haggard this time than when we met during the H1 sprint."
"My brother Yi Jian is the best leader I have ever met. He always considers his subordinates very carefully." Xia Zhongqin couldn't help but give Lian Yijian a big thumbs up.
Lian Yijian's right hand, which was holding Xia Zhongqin's left hand, tightened unconsciously. No matter how highly he was praised by others, it could not compare to how he was viewed in the eyes of his beloved.
The straight-line driving distance from the Hanting Hotel on Yaogang Road to the Zhongtian Internet project team is no more than five kilometers. If there is no traffic jam, it will take fifteen minutes to get there. Yao Xiang was already waiting in the parking lot outside the lobby on the first floor of Zhongtian Internet.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
