It's Wednesday again.
The lingering effects of the last weekend have long since faded, while the next weekend remains elusive, just an ordinary Wednesday.
Fortunately, I'm off work now.
It was past nine o'clock at night, and most of the employees in Ji Chunqiu's company had already left work, including the guys in the algorithm department. In the past two years of optimizing the work process, their workload has been reduced a lot. Unless it is a critical moment, they basically do not need to work overtime anymore.
This also indicates that the company is on the right track. The difficult initial startup phase is over, and it is now operating on a path of stable development and orderly expansion.
But there are still people in the company.
Aside from the constantly lit lights and dim indicator lights in the corridor, the only source of light was in the CEO's office.
The frosted glass blurred the light and shadows, making the figures inside very indistinct. But even so, if someone were to look through the glass, they could tell... there was probably more than one person inside.
Xia Xiaobing sat in her most familiar chair, while Lu Zhe stood behind her, his hands on her shoulders, kneading them gently.
Is it normal to give a massage to a tired boss late at night?
Lu Zhe's hands moved incessantly, his pressure skillfully controlled. After all, giving massages to President Xia was something he was already very familiar with.
Suddenly, Xia Xiaobing parted her lips slightly: "It's raining outside."
Lu Zhe glanced out the window.
The raindrops wove a net, blurring the cityscape at night. The gentle patter of rain on the glass curtain wall added a damp, soothing sound.
Lu Zhe continued working on his hands and said, "It's okay, my car is parked down there, so I won't get wet while driving."
Xia Xiaobing nodded, then suddenly changed the subject: "My shoulders have been feeling increasingly sore lately. Could you massage them carefully? Are they a bit stiff?"
Lu Zhe: "Muscles?"
Xia Xiaobing: "Yeah, is it stiff?"
Lu Zhe: "Actually, it's not too bad... but as for the sore shoulders, I think it's quite normal."
Xia Xiaobing glanced back and said, "You're not saying it's because you're tired from work, are you?"
A malicious smile appeared on Lu Zhe's lips: "Everyone is tired from work, but your shoulders are more tired than others."
Xia Xiaobing was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.
She laughed too: "What should we do?"
Lu Zhe: "It's easy."
That concludes my explanation.
After a moment of silence, Xia Xiaobing asked softly, "Will your hands get sore?"
Lu Zhe shook his head: "Sour, sour and refreshing."
Xia Xiaobing scoffed, "We've been married for ages, are you still so interested?"
Lu Zhe said seriously, "That's not right. First of all, our wedding was just last year, not long ago, so I don't think we're an old married couple yet. And even if it's ten or twenty years from now, I'll still be interested."
Xia Xiaobing: "But I'm almost thirty."
Lu Zhe: "She's still prettier than the new girls born in the 2000s who were recently hired by the company, much prettier."
Xia Xiaobing thought for a moment and smiled: "That's true. I overheard the two new girls talking about me, saying I look about the same age as them. Actually, I'm eight or nine years older than them."
Lu Zhe: "Mao Kai is more than ten years older than me. In the workplace, ten years or less isn't much. By the way, want to continue the massage?"
As he spoke, his hands returned to their original position, which was Xia Jie's shoulders above her collarbone.
Xia Xiaobing: "Are your hands sore? Are you feeling tired?"
Lu Zhe: "Actually, it's alright..."
"It means you're tired but can bear it, right? Forget it, stop pressing, let's try a different method."
As Xia Xiaobing said this, she took something out of the drawer.
At first glance, it looks like a hair dryer, but the 'air outlet' is a spherical solid flexible plastic.
Lu Zhe immediately recognized what it was and asked, "Since you have a fascia gun, why didn't you take it out sooner?"
Xia Xiaobing's tone lowered considerably, clearly a little embarrassed: "Because I feel... But you're tired now, so use this."
Lu Zhe took the fascia gun, pressed the start button, and the thing immediately started vibrating, with a rather strong vibration.
Press a plastic ball against Xia Jie's shoulder and back area and slide it up and down along the muscle lines. This method of pounding the muscles is much more effective than massaging with your hands, and it is also much easier for Lu Zhe.
A few years ago, Lu Zhe would definitely have preferred to massage her with his hands rather than use a massage gun—the mere sensation of his fingers touching the mature woman's shoulders and neck was enough to make it worthwhile. However, now that they spend more time together, his excitement threshold has naturally increased.
In other words, he wouldn't feel tired even if he helped the older woman with her burdens, but simply massaging her shoulders didn't excite him much.
After a few minutes, Lu Zhe stopped using the massage gun and asked, "How do you feel now?"
Xia Xiaobing: "That's about it, let's leave it at that. Let's go home after we finalize this module..."
Lu Zhe nodded subconsciously, about to speak, but the words he heard the next moment made him freeze in shock.
Xia Xiaobing suddenly turned her chair around, looked up at him, and continued, "I'm thinking, should we hurry up and have a child before I even turn thirty?"
Lu Zhe: "..."
Xia Xiaobing looked at his stunned expression and smiled, "What, haven't you thought about it at all? Men and women are different. You can still find a young girl to have children after you're over thirty or forty, but if I want to have children, I can't after I'm over thirty or forty."
Lu Zhe took a breath as calmly as possible and said, "I have considered it, but I was never quite sure what you were thinking. Because I always felt that you seemed to care more about your career."
Xia Xiaobing nodded and said, "That's why I said I'm just considering it, I haven't made a decision yet. Having a child is something any woman of childbearing age with normal physical abilities can do, but there are some things that only I can do."
Lu Zhe agreed, saying, "You are indeed the only one who can make great strides in the continued development of AI."
Xia Xiaobing suddenly snapped her fingers and blinked: "So let's do IVF. Take our DNA and get a fertilized egg, that way I won't have to carry the baby for ten months, it won't interfere with my work too much, and it won't ruin my figure."
Lu Zhe: "But surrogacy is illegal, isn't it..."
Xia Xiaobing: "You really don't keep up with cutting-edge technology. Artificial wombs are already available this year, so you don't need a surrogate to handle the entire process from fertilized egg to birth!"
Lu Zhe was both amused and exasperated: "I don't specialize in this area. There are so many cutting-edge technologies; I can't possibly keep up with them all the time."
Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "Then you should still keep an eye on it. The next company we're going to acquire is the European company that made this achievement."
Lu Zhe was slightly taken aback: "No, you're serious?"
Xia Xiaobing raised an eyebrow: "Of course it's true. Unless, you don't want to have a child with me..."
Lu Zhe: "Stop talking, I'll go look at the information now."
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