Chapter 8 Meaning
"Boss Lin, why are you here at Starbucks?" Xu Mo pulled out the chair opposite him and said, "How about we go upstairs and talk? I'll book a meeting room now."
"I just happened to be passing by here." Lin Jingchuan smiled, "Let's just pass by quickly and not go up."
He was the vice president of the group and was very busy, so this wasn't a problem. Xu Mo didn't think much about it and quickly turned on the computer: "Okay, I'll open the file. Please wait."
The computer always crashed at critical moments, and the PPT file always stayed on the loading page. Xu Mo exited and reopened it several times, but was unable to retrieve the document.
"Sorry, Mr. Lin, this computer..." Xu Mo tried to restart the computer directly.
"It's okay." Lin Jingchuan's face was calm, and the corners of his lips always maintained a faint smile. "How did you sleep last night?"
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, vaguely feeling that this question was a bit abrupt.
Perhaps it’s because whether or not you sleep well has nothing to do with work.
No client or boss had ever cared about whether she slept well before.
Xu Mo pursed her lips and simply said, "Well, it's okay."
She stared at the computer, and Lin Jingchuan's voice continued to come faintly.
"Besides being Party A and Party B, we are also senior and junior colleagues," Lin Jingchuan said. "You can relax a little in front of me. When we're together, we don't just talk about work."
It was like a stone suddenly falling into a calm lake.
Xu Mo looked up at the gentle and handsome man opposite her and opened her lips.
Is she too utilitarian?
She thought with some annoyance.
The person in front of me is not only a customer, but also a senior who once helped me.
"After you talked to me on the phone last night, I spent a long time revising it and didn't go to bed until one o'clock in the morning." Xu Mo said carefully.
"But it doesn't matter. I've done the same thing with other projects. I'm used to it." Xu Mo added, "This is how it is in our industry."
Consulting, which looks glamorous on the surface, is actually just a hard-working PPT worker.
Lin Jingchuan said nothing, his eyes lightly falling on her slightly pale lips.
After the computer restarted, Xu Mo finally opened the PPT document successfully. She smiled at Lin Jingchuan and said, "Mr. Lin, let's get started."
Lin Jingchuan made some suggestions on her second version of the PPT to make the plan more in line with business reality.
Xu Mo wrote his suggestions in a document. When she was almost done, she noticed that Lin Jingchuan picked up his cell phone.
After a while, he went to the bar and got two drinks.
One cup is cocoa steamed milk and the other is hot American coffee.
"Which drink would you like?"
"...Thank you, Mr. Lin." Seeing that he had already bought it, Xu Mo took the hot milk without hesitation and said, "I want this."
Lin Jingchuan handed her the milk and glanced at his watch. "It's almost time to get off work. How are we going to get home? How are we going to eat?"
Xu Mo: "Oh, I can take a taxi back by myself. I'm going back to eat."
Lin Jingchuan nodded. He took a sip of iced Americano, looked out the window, and suddenly asked, "Why didn't your boyfriend come to pick you up?"
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment.
It was not surprising that Lin Jingchuan knew about her and Zhao Tingyu. After all, during the eight years they were together, she posted many photos of the two of them on her WeChat Moments.
Everyone in her circle of friends knows about Zhao Tingyu.
Xu Mo shook her head: "We broke up."
Lin Jingchuan tilted his head and his eyes fell on her drooping eyelashes.
Xu Mo said goodbye to him and left the cafe.
Lin Jingchuan looked at her slender back, and the moment she turned around, his gentle eyes suddenly revealed a hint of aggression.
In the following working days, Xu Mo maintained frequent communication with Lin Jingchuan.
In addition to continuously refining the launch meeting plan, Lin Jingchuan would occasionally ask some questions about life.
For example, on Friday night, after Xu Mo submitted the final version of the launch meeting plan to him, Lin Jingchuan first sent her an awesome expression.
Xu Mo replied: [Happy Friday.jpg]
Lin Jingchuan did not end the topic, but casually asked where they usually went for fun on weekends.
Xu Mo thought for a moment. She was usually too busy with work and hadn't been out and about in a long time. Suddenly, a red dot appeared on Xu Shiying's WeChat, reminding her: "Meet at Haizhu Lake Park at 9:00 AM tomorrow. Remember to bring your Polaroid camera!"
Xu Mo then replied to Lin Jingchuan: [My friends and I are planning to go to Haizhu Lake Park this weekend.]
Lin Jingchuan didn't reply.
Xu Mo exited the chat box with him, packed up her things and prepared to go home.
But his mind was still on the conversation he had just had with Lin Jingchuan.
She felt a strange feeling in her heart, and thought while she was packing:
Is Lin Jingchuan interested in her?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xu Mo was shocked by herself.
How could she have such a ridiculous idea?
Who is Lin Jingchuan? He is the youngest executive of Lan University and was very popular when he was in school.
How could he be interested in her?
But if he wasn't interested in her, why would he specifically ask her where she was going to go on the weekend?
It made her feel like he was trying to create a chance encounter with her.
But she doesn't have much interaction with Lin Jingchuan.
That was the only time the two of them met at school.
Thinking of this, Xu Mo gave up her ridiculous idea.
She helped Lin Jingchuan explain:
The vague concern he showed for her was at most the care of a senior brother for a junior sister.
Or maybe it's simply because other people are nice.
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It was a sunny Saturday morning, and Xu Mojiu took her Polaroid camera and went to the park as planned.
In December, Haizhu Lake Wetland Park welcomed a large number of birds migrating south. Xu Shiying stood at the bird-watching spot, lost in thought at the hollow circular building in front of her.
"Can I see it more clearly from here?" Xu Shiying pondered. "Hey, doesn't this place say bird watching spot? Should I look towards this circle? But I don't see any magnifying glasses here."
Xu Mo pointed to the telescope facility in front of her: "Look over there."
Xu Shiying patted her head: "Oh!"
Xu Shiying studied the telescope. Xu Mo took a few photos of her as she requested, then said, "You should tell me about your love life."
Xu Shiying chuckled: "Ah. Actually, there's nothing much to say, so let's just talk about it."
"What's the situation with the other party?"
Xu Shiying didn't directly answer Xu Mo's question, but changed the focus: "Anyway, as long as it can make me happy and provide me with emotional value, that's enough."
Xu Mo raised her eyebrows, feeling that Xu Shiying's boyfriend this time was a little unreliable.
It is generally recognized that Xu Shiying has poor vision. After all, when she was in college, she found a man who had not finished college and was six years older than her.
Xu Mo had seen him once. The man wore a silver necklace around his neck and a pair of earrings in his ears. Although his hair was not dyed, it must have been permed. There was always a cynical smile on the corner of his lips.
I don't feel like someone from their circle.
But Xu Shiying seemed to like him very much and mentioned this man many times in the dormitory after breaking up.
Xu Shiying pushed Xu Mo in front of the telescope and said, "You should go and take a look too. There are so many birds on the island, white and red. I'll take a picture of you."
The two people sat on the stone bench and edited the photos for a while, then chose the photos to post on WeChat Moments. At the same time, they posted nine photos, including their own photos, each other's photos, and photos of the two of them together, on WeChat Moments.
Several college classmates gave the two of them thumbs up almost immediately.
Xu Mo replied to some comments and when she refreshed her Moments, she suddenly found that Lin Jingchuan had posted a Moments post.
He seemed to be speaking at an industry forum, his suit was neatly tailored.
The accompanying text is about the current booming performance and bright prospects of Landa Group.
Lin Jingchuan didn't come to the park.
He should be working today.
Xu Mo's heart finally settled down. At this moment, she was even more certain that when Lin Jingchuan asked her about her schedule on Friday, it was just out of concern from a senior brother for a junior sister.
Having successfully completed the main task of taking photos today, Xu Shiying sat beside her, happily searching for nearby restaurants on Dianping.com. "What would you like to eat today? Sichuan, Hunan, Yue, or Thai?"
Xu Mo said, "How about Sichuan cuisine? I haven't had Sichuan cuisine in a long time!"
Xu Shiying glanced at her and said, "You're both a foodie and a playful person. You obviously can't handle spicy food, but you insist on eating it. You're the one who wants to eat it, but you're the one who gets a stomachache from the spiciness. You should try Cantonese food."
Xu Mo was about to speak when she was interrupted by a sudden phone call.
Liao Haizhou's anxious voice came through the phone: "Xu Mo, come to Zhongshan Hospital quickly, Tingyu is in trouble!"
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