Chapter 16 Extra Story Four Time Ends

As soon as Jiang Zhengnan's car arrived at the door, Manager Guan of Huajing Group led a few deputy managers to greet him: "Mr. Jiang, hello. Our Mr. Xu is waiting for you in the office." Taking the special elevator to Xu Lingming's office, Xu Lingming came out to greet him in person: "Jiang, it seems that I have a lot of face." Jiang Zhengnan smiled: "I may not come otherwise, but I must come to congratulate my brother's wedding. " The two were classmates and friends at Stanford, and both made Philippine achievements after returning to China.In the early years, they cooperated with Dayan and launched the Huajing Century project. The two of them made a lot of money in the first phase.Now, this project has been pushed to the fourth phase.

This time Jiang Zhengnan came to Dayan, mainly because Xu Lingming called him a few days ago: "Jiang, I'm getting married, so you have to come and drink my cup of tea." it is necessary.Because of his father's affairs, Jiang Zhengnan also saw the warmth and warmth of people that he rarely saw in the past, and now he cherishes these friends all the more, so he arranged a trip here very early. Xu Lingming made Kung Fu tea, and the two chatted while drinking, and more than an hour passed without knowing it.Xu Lingming's Secretary Wang knocked on the door and came in: "President Xu, it's time for the meeting."

Xu Lingming patted his forehead: "I forgot about this." Turning to Secretary Wang, he said, "Let Manager Guan attend on my behalf." Secretary Wang responded and went out. Jiang Zhengnan smiled: "I'm not here for the first time, I don't need you to entertain me, just go if you have a meeting, why are you being polite to me." Then Xu Lingming remembered something: "Then I really won't be polite to you, come on, come on with me Let's go together. This meeting is about the bidding for the fourth phase of interior decoration. There are only three design companies left, and you will accompany me to pick one out today."

When the two entered, the people in the meeting room were already in place, the lights had been adjusted down, and it seemed that the slides were about to be played. Seeing the two, Manager Guan hurriedly got up: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Jiang." Seeing this, everyone stood up from their seats.Xu Lingming waved his hand: "Everyone sit down." Then he said to Manager Guan, "Today you will be in charge of hosting the meeting, and Mr. Jiang and I will sneak around by the side. If no one is here, let's start." Manager Guan hurriedly replied: "People from Zhonghua and Jinxiu are all here. Dongfeng's boss is here, but their designer hasn't arrived yet. They say they are on their way here, but Dongfeng got the highest score in the second round of evaluation." , so they are the last one to explain this time, and there is still time..."

Xu Lingming was slightly displeased, but after hearing what Manager Guan said, he just said, "Then let's start first." Then, the chief designer of Jinxiu came to the stage and began to explain, and the slides were played simultaneously: "Hello everyone here. The theme of our Jinxiu design this time is love..." While the designer of Jinxiu Beads was talking, someone knocked on the door and came in: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm late." Only the slides flickered in the darkness, and a slender figure was vaguely seen.It's just that the woman's voice is clear and moist, like gurgling water, slowly overflowing everyone's heart.

Xu Lingming keenly noticed that Jiang Zhengnan beside him seemed to tense up in an instant.He has been friends with Jiang Zhengnan for many years, so he naturally knows that this gesture conveys nervousness. The dignified Jiang Zhengnan was also nervous! Obviously, Jiang Zhengnan knew this woman. In the following time, Xu Ling kept noticing Jiang Zhengnan's unnaturalness, especially after the woman came to the stage to explain, Jiang's hand was almost pinching the handle of the chair. Get it down. "Hello everyone here, the theme of our Dongfeng Design revision this time is women. As we all know, any woman has a very important position in their respective families. For example, she was a daughter when she was young, and became the hostess of a family after marriage. , become a mother, and finally become a mother-in-law or mother-in-law... So for a girl, what does she most want to be in her life?"

A woman, what does she most want to be in her life?Xu Lingming had to admit that she had brought up a very good topic, even he couldn't help thinking about the person he was going to marry, what did she want to be in her life? After the woman paused for a while, she continued in a slow voice: "I think no matter what age a woman is, whether she is an eighteen-year-old girl or an eighty-year-old mother-in-law, no matter what a woman's status is, whether she is an ordinary person who goes to the market every day to buy vegetables or She is a lady with a beautiful body and a beautiful neck every day, and she always wants to be a treasure in the palm of her hand! When she was young, she hoped to be the jewel in the palm of her parents. After marriage, she still hopes to be a treasure in the palm of her husband, even She is getting old, and her children are married, and she hopes that she is the treasure in the hands of the children... That's why there are so many problems of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law... Of course, this is a digression." When she said this, she paused, Everyone below gave out knowing laughter in unison.

"So our theme this time is women. We regard women of every family and age as princesses. Please take a look at our design first. The theme style is simple and elegant, but the details..." After a while, the explanations of all three companies were over and the lights were turned on. Manager Guan said: "Thank you to our three designers for their wonderful explanation. Please wait a moment, our internal staff will have half an hour of closed-door discussions." Xu Lingming got up first and said, "Jiang, please." Jiang Zhengnan stood up thoughtfully, but his deep eyes kept falling on the woman.

Xu Lingming noticed that the woman explaining was lowering her head while arranging the materials in her hands, and at the same time whispered to the man beside her, probably analyzing the final result. Xu Lingming did not participate in the subsequent discussion, but only told him to inform him of the result as soon as possible.He accompanied Jiang Zhengnan on the elevator back to the office, made another pot of Kung Fu tea, poured a cup and handed it to Jiang: "Just now, which of the three proposals do you like personally?" Jiang Zhengnan was startled, and Fang replied: "The first Three."

After a while, Manager Guan had the result and called the insider: "Mr. Xu, we just had a heated discussion, and finally the third plan was approved with the highest number of votes." Xu Lingming smiled slightly: "You go and announce the result." After hanging up the phone, he turned to Jiang Zhengnan and said, "You know things like a god, and the third plan is passed." If Jiang Zhengnan voted, he would also vote for the subject of that woman, not to mention whether a woman wants to be a treasure in the palm of her hand, for the merchants, this is just a gimmick.But if we talk about the facts and talk about the right to make decisions about purchasing, in any ordinary family at this stage, in fact, in matters such as buying a house, more than 80% of the decisions are made by the wife.

More than five years have polished everything in the past into pearls, and now I think it is round and round, but I never thought that these five years have made her grow from a girl to an independent and strong woman. When Xu Lianzhen went to work on Friday, he found a happy post on his desk. How about posting it to her? Nian Dongsheng's voice came from the door: "I also have one, which was sent by Manager Guan himself, saying that Mr. Xu admired you very much after listening to your explanation at the meeting yesterday, so he specially reissued the invitation card." , invited us to his wedding." Xu Lianzhen was not as flattered as he had imagined, and then threw the invitation on the table: "You know I'm not free on Saturday." Nian Dongcheng smiled apologetically, "I know, Saturday is a parent-child day for you and your children, and nothing can be shaken. But you have to know that no other design company in Dayan can ask for such an opportunity, besides, we just took over this project, so we can take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with the top and bottom personnel of Huajing..." Xu Lianzhen raised her exquisite eyebrows: "I want to go with you, I am only responsible for the design, not for the entertainment." Nian Dongsheng smiled and said: "I know, I know. Look at when I asked you to socialize. After all, you are also one of the bosses. It's just this time, and this is not an example." Xu Lianzhen turned on the laptop in front of him expressionlessly. Dongsheng naturally knew that her action was like "bringing tea to see off guests" in ancient times, but for the long-term interests of the company, Nian Dongsheng made a full gesture: "Lian Zhen, you just pity me, you see me easy Well, there are a handful of older ones, one is old, the other is two young, and my wife still has one in her belly." Nian Dongsheng's appearance reminded Xu Lianzhen of the costume movie he watched last night. That's how the male supporting actor told the Shanzhai King when he was kidnapped: "My lord, the youngest one has an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. You spared my little life..." Xu Lianzhen couldn't hold it back, and burst out laughing with a "puchi", and Nian Dongcheng said, "I agree with you if you smile. Then I, the nominal boss, will go out first. You are busy." When the door was closed, Nian Dongsheng poked his head in again: "To express my apology, Gillian and I will pick you up tomorrow." Pick up whatever you want, it's right at the opposite door, if there's anything to pick up. In the afternoon of the next day, Xu Lianzhen accompanied the child to the bilingual class as usual, but took the child home directly after class, instead of going to the restaurant outside for three mothers and children as usual. The two children are very sensible, as long as you discuss with them carefully: "Junyou, Junwen, Mommy has something to do at night and needs to go to a place with Uncle Nian and Auntie Jiao. So be good at home and listen to the nanny and auntie. Of course, if you want to go to the same place last year It’s okay to play with Pippi brother and Yaya brother at home frequently.” Sure enough, the two children nodded respectively, and Xu Lianzhen took a sip alone: ​​"Good boy, mom will have a reward tomorrow." When the children heard the reward, Yuanyuan's eyes sparkled immediately, Junyou: "Mom, what reward?" Xu Lianzhen chuckled: "Secret." When I got home, I checked the time. It was 3:40 in the afternoon, and the dinner party was at 7:00 pm, so I couldn't make it in time.So, Xu Lianzhen entrusted the child to the nanny, and went back to the room, set the alarm clock, took a nap comfortably, and then took a bath for another hour. Only then did she come out refreshed to make up and take care of her makeup, and finally chose a black short-sleeved basic dress that was the most unmistakable.The V-shaped collar that is neither deep nor shallow, and the hem has regular folds, which makes this black body look calm and charming. As usual, the long hair is slightly curled to the side of the neck.Xu Lianzhen closed the zipper behind him with a bang, and then turned around in front of the mirror, checking back and forth. OK! At this time, there was a knock on the door from the auntie: "Miss Xu, Mrs. Nian and Mr. Nian are here." Xu Lianzhen put on the high heels, took the dress bag, opened the door and went out. Nian Dongsheng and Zhou Jiao were already standing in the hall.Zhou Jiao saw Xu Lianzhen's clothes, although they looked good, she couldn't help saying: "It's all black again, so you can't wear other colors, you are young, you always wear such dark colors..." Xu Lianzhen smiled: "Sister Jiao, please, black is an eternal classic color." Nian Dongsheng supported his wife: "Okay, wife, it's time for us to go, it's not good to be late." Xu Lianzhen hurriedly supported Sister Jiao's other hand in a fawning manner: "Yes, yes. We're going to be late." Then he turned around and kissed each of the children's faces: "Honey, tell uncle, aunt, mother goodbye." This is Xu Lianzhen's second visit to Lou's Junyuan Hotel in Dayan City.The first time, she clearly remembered it was more than six years ago, when she came here to meet him! For some reason, when Xu Lianzhen stepped into this hotel today, he was inexplicably reminded of him. In fact, in many occasional moments, she would think of his eyebrows, eyes, nose bridge, lip line, neck, his smell, breath, smile, and the associated memories between him and her, but it was just a memory. However, over the years, she has learned to let go.Things that don't belong to you must be let go. Many times, if God forgets to give you something, then you must learn to dismantle it, learn to be strong and independent, and learn to have the ability to make yourself happy.Then, with a strong and quiet attitude, one person watches the change of seasons, changes of temperature and temperature. She at least has her children with her, yes, she also has Junyou and Junwen, enough to resist all the severe cold in this world. The elevator in the distance made a "ding dong" sound and moved away again, Xu Lianzhen suddenly felt that there was a fluctuation in the comfortable air, as if trapped in the middle of a big net, surrounded by people, ambushed on all sides, and inexplicably palpitated. Manager Guan, who was talking with Nian Dongsheng, said to them: "I'm sorry, excuse me for a moment." Before the words fell, he and the staff of the public relations company in charge of the banquet suddenly piled up enthusiasm, and greeted a certain passerby with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm. Go down: "President Jiang, Special Assistant He, you guys came down so early." President Jiang, Special Assistant He...Xu Lianzhen slowly raised his head.The entire third floor of Junyuan has already been occupied by Huajing. The reception area is located next to the entrance of the hall, and behind it is a strip wall decorated with mirrors. From there, Xu Lianzhen saw a group of people behind him, the leader was a tall and slender man with thick eyebrows like black ink, and that person's eyes were projecting in his direction, the eyes of the two met in the mirror, and he looked at it like that For her, it seemed that such a long time and space had never existed before. Jiang Zhengnan remembered what He Jun asked him in the car a few months ago: "Mr. Jiang, Ms. Xu has already entered the waiting room. How is Mr. Jiang going?" He remembered very clearly that he asked Mr. Jia at that time: "Do you believe in fate?" He Jun didn't speak. Then he said: "I want to bet once, bet on my life, if I lose this time, I am willing to admit defeat." He Jun said, "What does Mr. Jiang want to bet on?" Jiang Zhengnan said slowly: "I bet on my fate with her... I don't deliberately look for her, I don't deliberately check her, will I meet her again?" He Jundao: "If yes, what will Mr. Jiang do? If not, so what?" Jiang Zhengnan said: "In my lifetime, I will meet her again. I will try my best to keep her, even if I break her wings or mine. If not..." Jiang Zhengnan lowered his voice, and said softly: "It will be like this for the rest of my life..."