Chapter 62 Section 4

The local midsummer has come quietly. The scorching sun, hot weather, and continuous high temperature test everyone's endurance as always.Su Zhe went on a business trip to Hong Kong again, and called back to say that he booked a flight back on Friday. At two o'clock in the afternoon on Friday, Shao Yimin participated in a regular meeting of the company. The scope of this meeting was relatively small, and it was to discuss the business of Xu Huaying's independent brand agency company Shenghua Trading. Shenghua has been developing steadily in the past two years, but the hired general manager did not get along well with the company and has left.Xu Huaying could only take time to deal with the affairs over there, and Shao Yimin was in charge of most of the specific management work.Several brand managers who came to the meeting reported the recent business status respectively. The most important thing right now is that the Chengnan store of Haotian Department Store is about to open, and several brands represented by the company are doing the finishing work of store decoration.

After listening to their reports, Xu Huaying said: "The cooperation between Fenghua and Haotian is not limited to one shopping mall, and the brands represented by Shenghua will also have a close relationship with Haotian Department Store in the future. The first store can't be sloppy. Let’s go to the scene with Manager Ma to have a look.” The Chengnan store stands under the scorching sun, and under the bright sun, the renovation of the exterior facade is undergoing intensive finishing work.Shao Yimin and Manager Ma walked in, and the decoration inside was basically finished, leaving only sporadic sounds of electric drilling and knocking.Various brands are doing store layout, and the staff of the shopping mall are also shuttling back and forth to place flags and POP (point of sale advertisements) in public places such as aisles.

Yi Min's cell phone rang, she said sorry to Manager Ma, and walked away to answer it. "Yi Min, I'm already back, can I pick you up at the company later?" "I'm at the Haotian Chengnan store to see the decoration of the store." "What are you doing there? The noise from the decoration will irritate your ears." Su Zhe's voice suddenly became a little irritable. "It's okay, the renovation here is basically over." "Wait for me for a while, I'll come pick you up right away." She put down the phone and followed Manager Ma to look at several brand stores represented by Shenghua.These stores are scattered on several floors of the shopping mall, and the decoration is going smoothly.There are several counters, and the store manager has started on-site training for the store staff.

Finally, it was transferred to an American jeans brand represented by Shenghua. Manager Ma said to Shao Yimin: "The decoration here is the most troublesome. I have negotiated with the general agent in Beijing many times. The final result is not bad, and the investment promotion department of the mall also approves it." .By the way, Manager Xiang from the Merchants Department of Haotian Department Store asked me about you that day." Yi Shaomin wondered, is it true that the whole people gossip, Haotian is also so interested in their boss's private life?But I almost only went to Su Zhe's office to get the fax once, so I had to inquire all over the world.She can only smile.

"She said she knew you before, but I'm afraid you don't remember her. Xiang Annie, do you have any impression?" Shao Yimin shook her head: "Maybe I will remember it when we meet." She suddenly thought about it, and her ever-strong memory automatically brought a certain memory to her eyes, and that memory was definitely not pleasant. She didn't say anything, just looked up at the huge jeans poster on the back panel in the middle of the store.It was a man's back that was vigorous and imaginative and a woman's longing eyes. The whole picture was very seductive.

"I walk by here every day, and when I see this picture, I can't help but stop and take a look." A soft voice sounded behind her.She turned her head, and there was a slender woman standing behind her at some point, wearing a gray-blue uniform for the management staff of the shopping mall, black high-heeled shoes, she had a delicate appearance, her hair was tied neatly behind her head, her smooth forehead was exposed, and she wore a meticulous makeup. Light makeup. Manager Ma smiled and said, "Manager Xiang, I just mentioned you to Assistant Shao, and you came here."

"But Ms. Shao may not remember me, after all, we only met once." Shao Yimin smiled: "My memory has always been pretty good, hello, Manager Xiang." Manager Ma smiled and said, "You talk, I'll go over there first." He nodded to Annie and Manager Ma, then turned to Shao Yimin with a smile: "Several brands represented by Shenghua were the first to announce their entry into the Chengnan Store of Haotian Department Store at the same time, and they have given great support to our investment promotion work. Please convey our thanks to Mr. Xu." gratitude."

"Be polite to the manager. The two companies are in a cooperative relationship, and it should be mutual support." Raising eyebrows to Anne, shaking his head: "You are still so calm, I admire it. Of course, I don't expect you to ask me anything. I take the liberty to ask a question, I hope you don't mind, anyway, I have always been someone else The presumptuous guest of life." "If it's a personal question, I won't necessarily answer it." "Aren't you curious that I'm still working in Haotian, and now I'm here?" "I've never been very curious about other people's lives."

Xiang Annie shook his head again: "Well, I was defeated by you. I still don't understand Su Zhe's choice. He is such a self-willed man, but he will always insist on you. I asked him for an explanation, but he just smiled and said , your character is very strong, he was conquered, it's that simple. Of course, it is indeed strong now, but it is so strong that I will never be able to understand it." "You and I are just passers-by. There is no need to try to understand the life of a passer-by. That may interfere with your own life." The smile at Anne was immediately withdrawn, and she paused for a long time before saying, "Yes, I have interfered with my life." She turned her gaze to the poster again, "Do you know why I like to read this poster? Sometimes I think, my life is actually like this, looking at someone’s back for too long, I don’t know that that person has actually gone far away, has already walked out of my life, and belongs to the part that I will never be able to grasp.”

"Yi Min." Su Zhe walked over quickly, his shirt collar was unbuttoned, his sleeves were rolled up, and he glanced sharply at Xiang Anne, "Manager Xiang, what's the matter?" Xiang Anni was very calm: "Boss Su, I'm just talking about business with Ms. Shao." Su Zhe stretched out one hand to support Shao Yimin's waist, and said softly, "Let's go, the sound of the electric drill here is still very harsh, and it's not good for your ears." Shao Yimin nodded, and said to Annie: "Goodbye, Manager Xiang, if you have any problems with the decoration of the store, please feel free to raise it with Manager Ma."

She ran into Manager Ma head-on, and the two exchanged a few work details, then left, and followed Su Zhe out of the mall. Su Zhe started the car and said in a muffled voice, "About Xiang Annie, can I explain it to you?" Shao Yimin was silent, Su Zhe ignored her silence, looked ahead and continued: "I asked her to resign voluntarily three years ago, but she refused, I can only ask the HR department to transfer her from the headquarters, she chose to go to Department store branch. I am not in charge of the department store business. I have not had any personal contact with her in the past three years. This time she applied directly to the group. I did not care about the appointment and removal of middle-level personnel. After the transfer order was issued I didn't know until she came to report. Her reason is that her family is in the local area, her parents are old, and she wants her to come back to work. It's reasonable, and I can't ask the HR department to take back the transfer order. But, I believe her A few years ago, I knew clearly that there was no possibility of me and her." Shao Yimin remained silent, Su Zhe parked the car on the side of the road, leaned over, and held her hand: "Do not you trust me?" She raised her eyes to look at him, Su Zhe looked calm in front of her, but her eyes were shining sharply. She said after a while: "I believe, you don't need to spend so much time making up stories with me. But I will find it very boring. If you have to explain in the future, I have to listen to the explanation..." "Do you think I dare to give you another chance to hear such an explanation?" He looked down at her with a bitter smile, "You let go so firmly once, once again, I think no matter how tightly I hold it, I'm afraid you'll break your wrist and turn around and walk away." Both of them were silent for a while, Shao Yimin lowered his eyes and said softly: "Let's go, the traffic police should come over later." "The preliminary work for Haotian's listing has been almost done, and I don't have to run there all the time." Su Zhe restarted the car, drove on the road, and said in a calm voice, "Let's get married, Yi Min .” His tone of voice seemed to be "Let's go eat Huaiyang cuisine today." No matter how calm Shao Yimin was, he was completely speechless in shock. Su Zhe stared at the front and said: "I know this marriage proposal is very ugly, but I will probably go crazy if I drag it on like this. When I think that someone has already proposed to you before me, and you are seriously thinking about it, I can't bear it." Live to have nightmares." Shao Yimin smiled wryly: "Can I still think about it? If I'm going to consider someone else's marriage proposal with you, how can I be worthy of his sincerity, and how can I convince myself?" "I'm sorry, Yi Min, I know I'm selfish, but it's just relying on you to retain the memory and affection for me from the past, so you keep pestering me like this and refuse to let go, depriving you of other choices." "I'm really afraid of hearing the word choice. It seems that everything is laid out in front of me, just waiting for me to compare and choose. But I am not qualified to compare other people's thoughts. I am only ashamed that I have not given the same sincerity. And, " Shao Yimin hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Su Zhe, I think you have always been careful with me, and I have always acted cautiously. It seems that the two of us are not in a normal state of love. It is really necessary to continue, even Speaking of marriage?" Su Zhe stared at the front: "Don't ask me this question again, Yimin. I love you, I have never loved other women like you. To me, you are already an indelible existence, I just knew I had no choice." This was the first time he spoke of love to her, his voice was still low and calm.However, Yi Min was as shocked as when she heard the marriage proposal just now. She pursed her lips and looked out of the car window, and said nothing. The car drove along the boulevard and entered the community where Su Zhe lived.Shao Yimin got out of the car and looked at the place he hadn't been to for three years, feeling a little confused for a moment.The facades of the houses here seem to have been renovated, the trees are more lush, and when you look up, you can see the faint sky among the dense branches and leaves. That farewell summer night seemed to appear before her eyes again. The man next to her once embraced her so tightly, sweating, and asked in her ear with scorching breath, "Are you really forgetting me?" The memories made her daze, Su Zhe held her hand, led her upstairs, and took out the key to open the door.She stared at the gleaming silver-gray key between his fingers, and felt mixed feelings for an instant. The past is vivid in front of our eyes, even though we have made so many efforts to forget it, but that memory has been engraved into the years of youth, as Su Zhe said, it has become an existence that cannot be erased. She also kept the same key, tied with a brass key from the old dormitory where her grandparents lived, and tied with a red knot. She once held her palm tightly and stabbed a wound, and she has been lying quietly ever since. under her box.She hadn't turned the keys for several years, but she had never forgotten what they represented. One has long since been demolished and razed to the ground, a home she can never return to.She only went back to her hometown once, but she still couldn't muster up the courage to look at the tall building that had been erected again; and the other one belonged to the house in front of her.The wooden electric fan turns slowly, the teak floor, dark furniture, beige curtains and a large dark coffee-colored sofa. The mug she used to drink water in is still on the coffee table. Africa". Everything remains the same, and time seems to be stubbornly stuck in this place. In this house, she spent the first time in the lost years of her life when she lost control, experienced the fatal pleasure of sinking for the first time, and established an intimate relationship with a man that she had never had before. She once tried to deliver her trust and commitment, and experienced the time alone when she was tossed and tossed in miss... All the memories suddenly hit her heavily and overwhelmingly, making her feel out of breath. Su Zhe hugged her and stared into her eyes: "I used to be very arrogant and said that I would teach you the feeling of love. But in the end, you gave me the feeling of love, which is far more than a little joy." He leaned down to kiss her eyes, and her eyelashes fluttered over his lips.He kissed her lips again, and the soft words seemed to be sent directly to her lips: "I'm afraid of losing you again, afraid that I'll never have you." His kiss was deepening, his lips and tongue rolled in her mouth, bit by bit he penetrated into every corner.She opened her mouth passively, allowing him to rob her of her breath and thoughts.Such a familiar yet strange feeling drowned the two of them like a tide. "I love you." He whispered into her ear again.Such a deep voice made her ears buzz, she tilted her head back slightly, as if she wanted to see the face that was close at hand, but suddenly closed her eyes and kissed him, this kiss went from lingering to passionate, long I noticed that their breathing was disordered, and at the same time they felt a slight suffocation.His hands moved over her body, and his lips scorched every inch of her skin, with urgent pain. Time is passing by every minute and every second, and time leaves a mark every moment.Those things that are kept in mind, and those that are too late to forget, all become the treasures of life.