Chapter 5 chapter Five

They stood face to face outside the "Yi Garden", and the gloomy gaze projected from the upstairs of the "Twin Sisters" never left.Dai Xi's mind was in a mess, and Li Weilian's voice seemed to come from far away when he regained his self-control: "During those years in middle school, the reason why I visited 'Yiyuan' every week was entirely to comply with my mother's wishes. She left Shanghai for Hong Kong when I was in the first year of middle school. Before leaving, she took me It was the first time to visit the owner of "Yiyuan" - Yuan Bohan. My mother's family and the Yuan family are family friends. Returning to Shanghai in the countryside. My mother told Mr. Yuan that I would stay in Shanghai alone for a while, but she didn’t want to let me go, so she wanted to ask Mr. Yuan for help—to teach me to be a gentleman.”

Speaking of this, Li Weilian once again showed a self-deprecating smile: "At that time, I felt that she spoke as if I was already half a hooligan. But as long as it is my mother's expectation, I will do it no matter what. So from After that, I began to visit old Mr. Yuan Bohan once a week, and came to "Yiyuan" to take this incredible gentleman course. Mr. Yuan didn't seem to have any careful plans for this, he just taught him what he thought would be useful. Give me. Starting from the Bible, he told me Eastern and Western philosophy, discussed world history and military affairs with me, taught me etiquette, clothing, cooking, etc., because he is an architect himself, so he told me the most , or painting, music and other arts... Dai Xi, what I want to tell you is that a lot of things I learned during that time, including dressing and so on, were all on paper, and I didn't have my first one until ten years later. A tie pin. But today, I think my mother is too far-sighted. You are right, she is really a bourgeois person. In her opinion, vulgarity is the greatest sin in this world. When we are poor, the problem is not too obvious, but once we become rich, money will multiply the vulgarity. Therefore, since I started to lead the development of West Bund Chemical China Company, I have always had this wish: let While gaining wealth, our employees can also learn to spend money tastefully and pursue an elegant life. I hope everyone can truly understand that money is neither a glory nor a burden. Its correct attitude ... Maybe I am too paranoid about some superficial articles, and I should reflect on this."

He stopped and waited, but Dai Xi didn't respond at all. "Dai Xi?" Li Weilian finally found out that she was abnormal, "Why are you so depressed? Am I being too strict with you?" Dai Xi couldn't answer, she felt that as long as she opened her mouth, she couldn't help crying.Now she no longer asks herself, is it him? ...the answer is almost yes.She only heard the general idea of ​​Li Weilian's words. At this moment, Dai Xi's mind was filled with another question: Why did he tell me this?Why? In fact, Dai Xi was almost able to answer this question, but she couldn't bear it, just as she couldn't bear to look into his eyes for a long time - I must leave, leave immediately, Dai Xi thought, otherwise I would definitely collapse in the next moment.

"I'm tired and I want to go home," said Daisy. "Okay, do you want me to send you a car?" "No! I call a taxi myself." Li Weilian hesitated for a moment: "Alright, let's go together. Call a car for you first, and I'll walk back to the company." While standing on the side of the street waiting for a taxi, Li Weilian said: "Originally, I would use this afternoon to do other things, because talking with you, I never thought of those things. Thank you, Dai Xi." The taxi stopped in front of them, and Dai Xi got in without saying goodbye. "Miss, where are you going?" The taxi driver asked several times, and finally got impatient, "Oh, miss, at the intersection ahead, should we go straight or turn?"

"go back!" "Go back? Where are you going back?" Dai Xi yelled, "Just go back to the place where I got in the car!" "What's the matter? Something's wrong!" The driver turned around and drove back cursing. Dai Xi got out of the car at the place where they broke up. Just now Li Weilian watched the taxi she took drive away, but now there is no sign of him here.Dai Xi looked around blankly, only the hurried footsteps of strangers beside her.Going forward from this location is the small alley sandwiched between "Shuangmei" and "Yiyuan". Walking to the left for a quarter of an hour is the building where West Bund Chemical is located, but Dai Xi didn't want to choose these two directions, so she went Going to the right, you don't know where you're going.

The cold wind kept hitting his face, Dai Xi walked quickly, passed through one small alley after another, left the avenue unknowingly, and turned a corner under a sculpture.Further on, it was sparsely populated again, and occasionally young people with big black bags walked up to them. From time to time, faint music wafted from the musical instrument store and CD store by the roadside. Dai Xi walked through the gate of the Conservatory of Music without squinting, and continued along the wall until the continuous cello music came from inside the wall, then she stopped and stood under a tall sycamore tree to listen.Time goes by with the sound of the piano, it seems that the notes of life are gone forever, joys and sorrows cannot be captured, but can only be let them flow by. Xi's mood gradually calmed down amidst the sound of the piano.

The cello music ended, and Dai Xi dialed the phone. "Jane, hello. I'm Daisy, is Professor Higgins there?" "It's Dai Xi, hello. What a coincidence, he went to Beijing to attend the International Psychology Forum. He left yesterday and won't be back until the evening after tomorrow. Do you have anything urgent to see him?" "Well... there's no rush. It's about the research topic. I'll call the professor when he comes back." "Alright. Dai Xi, how are you these days? New work habits?" "It's all good, thank you." Dai Xi paused, "Jane, I want to ask you a question."

"What's the problem?" Jane's voice sounded so gentle that Dai Xi felt something to rely on. Dai Xi gripped the phone more tightly: "Jane, if someone asks for your help, and you are not sure whether you can help him, will you choose to back down? Or still try to help him?" After a moment of silence on the phone, the soft voice rang again: "Daisy, I think—help is an action, not a result. What do you think?" Dai Xi thought about it: "...Maybe." "The other thing is, in fact, we all have this experience. Sometimes it is much more difficult to ask for help than to help others."

"Oh, you're right..." Dai Xi lowered her head. Not long ago, she witnessed the struggle of the help-seeker. Every word he said seemed to be walking on the edge of a cliff, and he was almost exhausted in just one hour. effort. "So I think your attitude is more important than your ability to a help-seeker. Dai Xi, you are studying psychology, so you must know this." "I see, thank you, Jane." It was past five o'clock in the afternoon when Dai Xi returned to West Bund Chemical.As soon as she turned on the computer, she found Lisa on msn. Lisa told her that Li Weilian would be back before three o'clock, and then closed the meeting with Mark, the director of the fertilizer/pesticide department, and talked for two hours. As soon as mark left, Raymond, who was in charge of the joint venture production in the organic/inorganic department, followed closely. It is estimated that this talk will take two hours at least.Dai Xi asked Lisa for help, and Li Weilian would notify him whenever he was free, and Dai Xi would report to him on the work of sorting out the photos.

Then Dai Xi started to work on the unfinished work. This time, she had no distractions, and the progress of the work was rapid. When Meng Feiyang called, only the last 10% was left.As soon as Dai Xi picked up the phone, she remembered that she had made an appointment to have dinner with Feiyang and Tong Xiao today. Both of them had already arrived at the restaurant. After waiting for her to see if there was no news, Meng Feiyang called to ask.Dai Xi had no choice but to say sorry, she had to work overtime today and couldn't accompany them, she was too busy so she forgot to notify. Meng Feiyang hesitated for a moment before saying okay, Dai Xi could hear his disappointment and unhappiness, but today she really couldn't care less about other things—"I'm sorry, Feiyang." Dai Xi said again, "You let Tong Can Xiao listen to the phone? I have something to tell him."

"Hello? Female devil, what's the matter?" Dai Xi took a breath: "I learned two things today and I want to tell you. First, Li Weilian didn't go to 'Yiyuan' for the first time on the day of Yuan Bohan's accident. In fact, during the six years in middle school, he went to I go to see Bohan Yuan every Sunday to learn the gentleman's course." "What class?" "Gentleman's lesson. Because he has been very careful, no outsiders know about it." Dai Xi continued, "Secondly, Li Weilian has known Yuan Jia for a long time. They are... used to be best friends." Tong Xiao should have been stunned before saying, "Why are these situations so weird? Where did you find out about them?" Dai Xi suddenly lost her temper: "Don't worry about it, anyway, I told you, believe it or not!" She hung up the phone. "Do all strong women become irritable?" Tong Xiao shook his head helplessly at Meng Feiyang.Meng Feiyang was silent, his face not clear. The computer clock showed seven o'clock, Dai Xi vibrated Lisa on msn: "Is he free?" "Ah, I just booked him a private room on the top floor of 'Jinchixuan'. He has dinner with Mark and Raymond. They have already gone up, and it will be ten o'clock after dinner." Lisa said, "Daisy, William asked me to get off work, so you can go too." Dai Xi was not reconciled: "What about after ten o'clock?" "He will have a video conference with the board of directors at eleven o'clock, and he will definitely be in the company." Lisa sent a flower, "Dear Daixi, you don't plan to wait forever, do you?" "I am waiting." "Uh...it's up to you. Girl, you have to take care!" "Thank you, I will!" Dai Xi continued to bury her head in her work. The sashimi at noon was so hungry that she didn't feel hungry at all.Just when she was finally done, she suddenly heard someone calling her: "Daisy, why are you still here?" Dai Xi raised her head, Li Weilian was standing in front of her, looking out from behind him, the whole office was empty.Dai Xi hurriedly asked, "What time is it?" "A quarter past ten." He looked at Dai Xi, "Didn't you go home early?" "I'm... working overtime." Dai Xi found that she still couldn't stand his gaze, so she had to lower her head, "I finished the remaining 20%." "You come to me." Dai Xi followed Li Weilian into his office, and he closed the door. "I'll give you this back." Dai Xi put the mobile hard drive on his desk. Li Weilian looked at her for a while, and then said: "I hope you don't misunderstand what I said when I broke up with you this afternoon. What I mean is... I have always been able to control the situation, but the current situation requires me to be more cautious. I don't want to say anything. A little mistake..." He frowned, "It may not be easy to understand..." "I understand!" Dai Xi interrupted him, he began to struggle again, she really didn't want to see him like this.In fact, Dai Xi can easily say, I know what's going on with you, I know you far more than you can imagine, but she also knows clearly that she must not say this now-timing, no, is it trust or not? did not arrive. Li Weilian was silent again, as if thinking about his own thoughts.After a while, he smiled bitterly at Dai Xi: "What a coincidence, I have been thinking about you just now. I think you need to receive a complete training for new employees as soon as possible, so as to get a comprehensive understanding of the company. But the new Employee training is organized once a quarter, you just missed the one in January, and the next one will not be until April, I think it’s a bit late... Recently, there is a good opportunity—the training for new managers in the Asia-Pacific region, in Hong Kong Held, not only is the content very comprehensive, you also have the opportunity to meet many new managers in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as senior management. The only problem is that the training dates are from the fourth day to the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, because for the rest of the Asia-Pacific region Generally speaking, there is no long Spring Festival holiday. Of course, if you participate in this training, you can make up the holidays. You think about it, and make a decision in these two days, and I will let Maggie arrange it for you." He stopped, looked at Dai Xi again, and added: "During that time, the office in Shanghai was closed, and I... will also be in Hong Kong." Dai Xi's heart ached fiercely and she didn't speak. Li Weilian walked towards the door: "It's too late, go home quickly. I can only take you to the elevator, there is a meeting going on soon." "I've thought about it." Dai Xi stood still and said, "I am willing to participate in the training in Hong Kong." He stared at her closely, then turned his eyes: "well, let's go." Walking to the elevator, Li Weilian said, "I'll leave a message for Maggie, saying that you worked overtime today. Come back to work tomorrow afternoon." Daisy didn't come home until after twelve o'clock.Meng Feiyang was already fast asleep, his breath smelled of alcohol, he must have drunk a lot this night.Dai Xi stored all the photos organized today in the directory of "Consultant x", which she secretly copied to a USB flash drive and brought back.After that, Dai Xi sat in front of the computer with her knees folded and thought about it for a long time. Meng Feiyang murmured in his sound sleep, calling Dai Xi's ethereal mind back.She lay down on the bed, leaned her icy cheeks against his shoulder, and said softly: "I love you, Feiyang. Don't let me leave you again." Meng Feiyang turned over and was still asleep.