At the beginning of October, it was Yan Yongwang’s happiest moment of the month.
The 1st was a working day, and Chen He, who had just returned from vacation, witnessed that his boss maintained plenty of energy and achieved a record of working twelve hours in the company.
He knocked on Yan Yongwang's office door expressionlessly: "Boss."
"Come in."
His young boss didn't even raise his head as he read the documents on his desk. His tone was steady, and one could vaguely sense that he was in a good mood.
"What time did you clock in today?"
Yan Yongwang raised his head and thought for a moment, "I arrived at seven in the morning."
Shen He continued to ask: "What time is it now?"
Yan Yongwang glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was seven o'clock in the evening. He looked out the window again and saw the city lights on outside the tall buildings.
Neon lights and spotlights are colorful and dazzling.
The company's employees had already gone home from work, like a bird returning to its nest. Only he was like a bird that couldn't find its nest, lingering in the company that office workers hated the most, working hard.
Shen He said earnestly: "It's not good for you to do this."
"At the beginning of the month, I'm so excited that it's like I haven't worked for hundreds of years. At the end of the month, I'm so negative that I just stay at home to work..."
Shen He complained: "You really are the weirdest boss."
Yan Yongwang was alert: "Which other bosses have you served?" Could it be that someone was planning to poach his secretary?
Chen He held his forehead speechlessly: "Your parents!"
Yan Yongwang suddenly relaxed and said cheerfully, "Oh, I am? How strange?"
His face was expressionless, but Chen He felt that he could hear a bit of complacency in his tone, as if he was quite proud of himself. "I think I'm fine like this, and I'm not tired."
"But I think it's not good for you to do this," Chen He approached and knocked on the table, "It's already time to get off work, boss, can you please go home and have a rest?"
Yan Yongwang was urged by him, and he sighed lightly and told him to go back first: "I will leave later."
"Why haven't you replied yet? Is there any work that requires overtime today?" he asked him back.
Chen He said that he stayed behind to urge him to go back because he saw that he was going to work overtime.
"Now is not the time when you just took over the company. You don't need people to work around the clock. Even if you leave it alone for three to five years, the vice presidents and I will maintain Yan's business well." Chen He said.
His tone was very sincere, Yan Yongwang couldn't bear it, so he could only nod, "Okay, I'll go back immediately."
The first two days of the month, when there is no need to brush up on the time, are usually when Yan Yongwang is in the best mood. His happiness today has already penetrated through his expressionless exterior and is overflowing.
Chen He was walking behind him, and one could see that the president was genuinely happy.
They walked into the elevator together, and Chen He suddenly said, "Let's go to Ling City the day after tomorrow."
Yan Yong looked at him and asked, "Are you alone?"
Chen He nodded, "It has been more than ten days since last month, and Ling City is now in the process of post-earthquake repair."
Yan Yongwang concentrated and thought for two seconds, "I'll go with you."
Shen He: “Hmm?”
He looked at him in surprise, and saw Yan Yongwang regain his expressionless look and said calmly, "Please arrange a time."
"I can handle it by myself..." Chen He tried to persuade him, but Yan Yongwang had obviously made up his mind. He said calmly, "Remember to buy the plane ticket for the day after tomorrow."
“…”
Chen He felt that he was speechless too many times today. He really couldn't persuade his boss, so he had to buy a plane ticket for his boss as well.
Before leaving the company and going their separate ways, Chen He suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Yan Yongwang, "Boss, has Young Master Lin Shen talked to you recently?"
Yan Yongwang: Does chatting with Chao Juan count as chatting with me?
He glanced at Chen He and shook his head slowly, "It's been a long time since we last chatted."
Chen He seemed to be thinking: "I heard that the kid already has a new target of pursuit, that's good, he won't bother you or me anymore."
Yan Yongwang said insincerely, "Oh."
When the secretary saw his expression, he knew that he didn't take it to heart. Well, he was busy with work all the time. As for love affairs, he would only muster the energy to refuse them if they had nothing to do with him.
Now everyone is happy. Chen He is no longer troubled by the naughty kid, and Yan Yongwang is no longer troubled by being pursued by the young master of the Lin family. Chen He is extremely grateful to the new pursued object, and says to himself: It is so touching. I sincerely hope that Lin Shen can have a sweet and stable relationship, so that this kid will stop bothering him.
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The plane landed in Ling City.
Chen He arranged hotel accommodation and called the manager in charge of the hotel project on the way to let him know that he had arrived in Daling City.
The driver who was responsible for picking up the car was booked directly from an online ride-hailing app. As soon as he picked up the two people, he was surprised by the boss and employees who were dressed in suits and looked like business elites.
While Chen He was contacting the manager, the driver couldn't help but look at the two people in the back seat of the car through the rearview mirror.
Yan Yongwang closed his eyes to rest, with a cold face and looked unapproachable; when Chen He was talking on the phone, he had a smile on his face and seemed to be a person with a good temper.
When Chen He hung up the phone, the driver couldn't help but try to get close to him.
Driver: "Wow, boss, are you here to do big business?"
Shen He smiled and shook his head: "I'm just here on a business trip."
Driver: "As soon as I saw you two, I knew you were important customers, well-dressed, what's that called? Elite people!"
Chen He's social skills came into play again. Yan Yongwang listened to Chen He chatting with the driver along the way. The driver was in high spirits and introduced Chen He to the most delicious food street in Ling City, as well as several places that tourists should never go to.
He saw Chen He from the transparent reflection in the car window. He looked a little tired but his tone was high-spirited. He knew everything that had happened in Ling City recently.
"You said, are there any strange things after the earthquake?"
Driver: "Well, there's a word for it, urban legend, right?"
"After the earthquake, there were rumors in our city that ghosts were seen in the middle of the night. Our online taxi drivers also said that it is best not to drive at night, especially not to pass by the cemetery." The driver was shocked and shook his head, "But we still have to drive to make a living."
Chen He's eyes lit up slightly, and even when he got off the car, Yan Yongwang could see his excitement today.
"You like urban legends so much?"
Yan Yong asked, and Chen He answered, "No, I don't like urban legends." He was actually a little embarrassed, "I just think it's fun to hear some ghost stories while on a business trip."
Yan Yongwang: …………
Immerse yourself in this mysterious taste.
As usual, the hotel is owned by Yan's family and is located in the city center.
Ling City is a tourist city that has only developed in recent years, and the city center is not too prosperous. They arrived at the hotel at eight o'clock in the evening.
When Yan Yongwang and Chen He went on business trips together, they lived together in the presidential suite. The suite had a master bedroom and a second bedroom, one for each of them. There was also a living room for them to work and discuss matters together.
Chen He asked him if he was hungry, and Yan Yongwang nodded honestly.
"Order in? Take-out? Or eat out?"
"..." Yan Yongwang looked at the scenery outside the hotel. It was his first time in this city, and he felt curious.
"Let's go out and eat."
So they changed into casual clothes and went out to eat.
The location is a food street recommended by the driver. I heard that the barbecue with beer in the evening is the most popular among tourists.
The two of them walked side by side towards the food street. Chen Hebian looked at the street signs and sighed: "You can't see such scenery in the capital."
The streets are very local in character, with various signs. There are blackboard walls with handwritten information from merchants, on which the prices of today's dishes are written in marker pen; there are guests playing finger-guessing games and drinking, sitting on small benches on the street with bottles of cold beer in front of them; there are young girls wearing suspender skirts with a shining necklace on their collarbones, sparkling under the street lights.
The landmark of Ling City is in the south of the map. It is mountainous and has spring-like weather all year round, earning it the title of "Spring City".
When the two of them came, they did not change out of their office clothes, but changed into casual clothes when they went out to eat, both of which were thin shirts and long pants.
They found a store that seemed to be doing good business, walked in, and asked the owner for a seat near the window with a curtain.
Chen He rolled up his sleeves and took the paper towel to wipe the table, while Yan Yongwang took away the hot water to scald the tableware. One of them was responsible for cleaning the table, and the other was responsible for cleaning the tableware. It was done in a short while, and they were happy with the division of labor.
To order food, they scanned the QR code on the table and each picked what they wanted to eat.
While waiting for the food, I heard people at the next table talking about the "urban legend" they heard from the driver today.
"I heard that the ghost crawled out of the tomb!"
“…Is this true?”
"I heard from my dad that when he was at work, a citizen called the police. After he went to the scene, the person who reported the case said that he was walking outside the cemetery area late at night and saw a person in white clothes... It was very scary."
"Wait, that person? What was he doing outside the cemetery area at night?"
"Isn't this true? Are you going to be scared to death by ghosts?"
"Who knows? My dad told me that it was from this case that the police were called. Later, more and more people said that residents near the cemetery saw ghosts in the middle of the night."
"...I won't say any more. It's really scary."
Chen He pricked up his ears and listened, looking very curious. Yan Yongwang was quite speechless. He pressed his temples and said silently: Why are you so curious?
Chen He blinked at him, put his index finger on his lips, and showed a gentle and friendly smile. He eavesdropped on the conversation at the next table seriously until the woman at the next table stopped speaking.
The dishes were served one after another.
Ling City is humid, and the local flavors are spicy and heavy, which is intended to remove moisture. A nobleman who grew up in the capital and a secretary who was born in a water town in the south, the two?
I rarely eat spicy food.
After a while, the two people who had picked up their chopsticks were so spicy that their eyes were blurry.
Chen He opened a bottle of beer and took a big gulp of it before he felt the spiciness on his tongue fade away. He raised his eyes to look at the boss opposite him and found that he was supporting his forehead with half of his hand, looking as if he was in a trance and doubting his life because of the spiciness.
"Drink some wine, you'll feel better."
Yan Yongwang opened the can with one hand, tilted his head back and took a few gulps, feeling the refreshing taste of spicy food.
He said: "Although it's spicy, it tastes really good."
The voices from the next table gradually died down. Through the semi-transparent curtain, the people at the next table could see the hazy outlines of two tall, good-looking men. Their voices were pleasant, like the evening breeze.
The people at the neighboring tables exchanged glances, mustered up their courage, and came to ask for contact information.
Lingshi is a city with many tourists. The earthquake ten days ago frightened many tourists and they dared not come.
But the flow of people in Ling City at night has not decreased much. This city where people can party until 2 a.m. has cultivated many young people with enthusiastic and cheerful personalities.
Finally, a girl came with a mobile phone, ready to ask for a WeChat account.
Before I took two steps, I vaguely saw the man with a colder and harder outline on the other side of the curtain said something, and the other man seemed to smile.
They talked calmly while eating their food, "Do you want to visit the cemetery?"
Yan Yong asked Chen He. Chen He drank a little too much, but he was still conscious. He sighed, shook his head, and laughed softly: "That won't work. I'll take you with me."
Yan Yongwang: "So when you're on a business trip, you're still looking for urban legends every day?"
The girl saw her companion greet her and told her not to go over.
The girl returned to her seat with puffed cheeks and asked with a puzzled look: Why don’t you let me pass?
The companion whispered, "Let's go over there later. I have a feeling these two handsome guys might have a close relationship!"
girl:…………
She turned her head and looked over the curtain. There were two men sitting face to face. There was clearly no ambiguity between them. But with her companion's words in mind, she always felt like she was looking at a gay man.
——No, no, don’t let your imagination run wild!
So she looked at her companions and questioned: How can you match a handsome guy up so easily?
Companion: Intuition, intuition! I always feel that they are either relatives or very good "friends"! In short, be careful!
The girl said listlessly: Okay, let me listen for a while!
Yan Yongwang saw that Chen He was feeling a little guilty, so he couldn't help but ask seriously: "Do you really go to explore the city's secrets every time you go on a business trip?"
Chen He tapped the edge of the table and whistled to himself, as if he didn't hear the boss's question.
Yan Yongwang was almost amused by Chen He's fearless look: "You are really amazing. No wonder you listened to the driver so carefully today."
Chen He argued: "Mainly for food and drink."
"After all, we've been here for three to five days. If we don't find a good place to eat, it would be a waste of our efforts."
"But, I am indeed very interested in urban legends."
Maybe he drank too much and his mouth was a little loose, so he actually let Yan Yongwang hear something he had never heard before.
"When I was in my twenties, I loved extreme sports," Chen He recalled, with a hint of "an old horse still waiting for his turn." "I even participated in a ghost story convention at college."
After pondering for a while, he clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Very interesting!"
Yan Yongwang: “…”
He held back the words "I think you are probably a little sick" and concentrated on eating his food.
After Chen He finished his sigh, he saw that he was eating and started to worry about his elders. He said repeatedly: "Eat less spicy food, or your throat will hurt tomorrow."
"Eat more vegetables..."
The two people at the next table looked at each other, goose bumps all over the floor, and the companion whispered to the girl: "No, you can't do it easily."
Girl: "No, no, just watch from a distance." She just wants to watch the handsome guys interact. She doesn't want to go up and ask for their contact information. It turns out that the handsome guys are not straight, which would be awkward.
Yan Yongwang and Chen He had no idea what the people at the next table had imagined.
The two of them have been following the same pattern since childhood. When Yan Yongwang was a teenager, Chen He would give him such caring instructions when he was eating at home, and the same was true when he was in his twenties.
It's just because Yan Yongwang had a very handsome face when he grew up, and Chen He also had a bit of the aura of an ageless male god, so once they stood together, it made people have wild thoughts.
Only the two of them knew that they had the simplest and most ordinary relationship between superiors and subordinates, with a little bit of the junior-elder affection they had gotten used to from being cared for when they were young.
In other words, this kind of feeling can be compared to "family affection".
But Chen He would not easily use his friendship with Yan Yongwang to gain any convenience in company affairs. He fulfilled his duties as a "secretary" and never said in the company that he was actually Shi Xianyuan's sworn brother, and could be considered the boss's uncle.
It is precisely because his relationship with Yan Yongwang is not just a simple "boss and secretary" relationship, but also a deeper "family relationship". However, no one knows the latter, which makes Lin Shen have some illusions and misunderstands that the relationship between him and Yan Yongwang is not just superficial, which makes him jealous and can't help but target him.
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Eat around 8 o'clock? 10 o'clock in the evening.
The two walked back to the hotel. The city was very lively at night. Even the strong earthquake more than ten days ago could not stop people from coming out to dance in the square, play basketball, and skateboard.
The food street is a 20-minute walk from the hotel. The navigation guide takes you past a square, where you can see a group of old ladies dancing to the music. The basketball court next door is also very lively, and occasionally teenagers on roller skates and skateboards shuttle through the crowd to the rhythm of the music.
Shen He stopped, took out his phone and took a picture.
Then post it on your Moments.
Yan Yongwang looked at his movements coldly, slowly took out his cell phone and gave him a thumbs up.
Shen He: "Hey, thanks for the compliment, boss."
"You're welcome."
Yan Yongwang walked in front, listening to Chen He humming a song behind him. He frowned, turned his head and asked him, "What song are you singing?"
“Is it unpleasant to listen to?”
"good."
After a pause, Yan Yongwang said honestly: "If I sing less, I think I can live longer."
Shen He:......
He rolled his eyes and sang louder.
Yan Yongwang was annoyed and thought: Maybe he is angry?
After drinking, Yan Yongwang was more honest than usual, and spoke without thinking too much. He was much more straightforward than before. After saying that Secretary Shen's singing was bad, he himself felt a little regretful, thinking that he shouldn't have hurt people's confidence like this.
But Shen He was not hit at all?, because Secretary Shen, who had drunk, also transformed: he became very confident and very brave!
...which means that he has full confidence in his singing ability.
Along the way, Chen He hummed a song he had learned from somewhere, and even sang a duet with the stray dogs on the roadside.
Yan Yongwang watched him perform silently, secretly recorded it with his mobile phone, and decided to use it to threaten him next time when Shen Mi forced him to eat vegetables.
The author has something to say: Today I unlocked several other attributes of Shen Mi besides being a male mother: I used to be a big fan of extreme sports (not now, because I have children to raise and take care of), I like ghost stories, and I am very interested in urban legends!
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I wish you all a happy reading OvO
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