Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

Dai Xi got out of the subway station and ran all the way with a big backpack on her shoulders. Under the eyes of countless elegant and sleek white-collar workers, she rushed straight to "Yiyuan" like a long-distance runner with a heavy load. The newly painted black big iron door was as bright as a mirror, Dai Xi made a face at it, and reached into the big backpack to get the key. "Good morning, Daisy." The key fell to the ground, and Dai Xi looked at Li Weilian with a flushed face: "...Am I, am I late?" "No." Li Weilian said, "It's still five minutes to nine o'clock."

"Oh!" Dai Xi wanted to say thank God, but suddenly she couldn't say anything. Li Weilian walked slowly to the door and stood directly opposite Dai Xi. "But I've been waiting for half an hour." He said, motioning her to look at the electronic door lock: "Is it broken?" "No! It's very good!" Dai Xi quickly reported, "During the construction period, I was afraid that it would be unsafe, so I turned off the electronic door lock. Now use this!" She pointed to the thick iron chain wrapped around the door several times and the hanging big brass lock.

"Yeah," Li Weilian nodded, "You're really thoughtful, it's why I'm standing here." "Huh? You didn't say you were coming, I don't know..." "Open the door." Every time Dai Xi walked into "Yi Garden", she felt like time was stagnant.Although the place is still under construction, there are still remaining building materials piled up on the lawn and under the walls, and the ugly white plastic seals on the door frames and railings of the main building have not had time to peel off, but the spring breeze blows gently, and the low-hanging branches sway gently. The exquisite carvings on the ridge are faintly visible in the newly sprouted green leaves, and there is a kind of reserved attitude and regretful beauty.In Dai Xi's eyes, "Yi Yuan" is a self-contradictory existence. Her beauty and ugliness, gain and loss; Decide on your attitude towards her—should I love her or loathe her?

However, the attraction of "Yi Yuan" is extremely strong and real. Dai Xi waited for Li Weilian, he walked very slowly, step by step, looking thoughtful.Dai Xi hasn't seen him since the separation from Hong Kong.Dai Xi learned from Lisa that Li Weilian's workload reached its peak during this period: tens of hours of closed reorganization meetings; several new product launch seminars in major cities; business negotiations for major contracts; The signing ceremony of the latest joint venture agreement... The latest news is that he returned to Shanghai the day before yesterday, and immediately led the reorganized core team to the Ritz Carlton Hotel for a closed meeting. This time, even Lisa was also closed together, so Dai Xi was completely unexpected. Today we will see him in front of the "Yi Garden".

Li Weilian took two more steps, then simply stopped: "Do you have something to say?" Dai Xi really wanted to say, now I know how difficult it is to see you once, and I really should seize every minute and every second.However, what she actually said was: "You can go to 'Shuangmei' and wait? You don't have to stand for half an hour." "They haven't woken up yet." Li Weilian replied very casually.Dai Xi found that when he mentioned the twin sisters, he always used this kind and lazy tone, completely like a family member: "It's rare for me to waste time now and then... Dai Xi, you are very familiar now." 'Is it?"

Yes, Dai Xi is already very familiar with "Yi Yuan".Since returning from Hong Kong, the renovation project of "Yi Yuan" has officially started, and Zhu Mingming has been caught in the reorganization work and cannot extricate himself, so he directly leaves the arduous task of supervising the work to Dai Xi.Therefore, in the past few weeks, Dai Xi spent every morning in "Yi Garden" and only returned to work in the company in the afternoon.Although it was difficult for her to deal with the construction team, Dai Xi worked hard because she deeply understood the importance of "Yi Yuan".

They stopped in the middle of the emerald green lawn, and the cobbled path twisted forward, leading to the door of the milky white building. "The lawn started from the beach, went straight to the gate... and finally ran to the house, as if relying on the momentum of running, it simply turned into green ivy..." Dai Xi recalled what he read in "The Great Gatsby" sentence, but the unrestrained dynamic it depicts does not match "Yi Yuan".The lawn here is as quiet as a virgin, and the canopy of the only lilac tree in "Yiyuan" is elegant, like a green corolla worn by a virgin.

"Daisy, do you know what kind of tree this is?" "Lilac," Dai Xi heard Zhu Mingming mention it, "why is there only one tree?" Li Weilian withdrew his gaze from looking up at the tree crown: "Why do you ask that?" "..." "I heard from Mr. Yuan that there were originally several trees. During the 'Cultural Revolution', almost all of them were destroyed, and only this one was left, so he was very fond of it. The flowering period of this lilac tree is late, and it will bloom in mid-April. .It’s white and purple flowers that wither in about a week, and I personally think it’s more beautiful than cherry blossoms.”

There was a noise from the door, it was the engineering team coming to work. Li Weilian looked at them and asked Dai Xi: "How long is the construction period left?" "It will be finished by the end of this week. Next week, we will start cleaning, hidden project debugging and greening construction." Dai Xi became nervous again.This construction team contracts relatively high-end projects, and the young foreman is very winking. Usually, when meeting Dai Xi, he would always make fun of him. When he saw Li Weilian next to her today, he immediately held his breath and behaved in a well-behaved manner. Instruct the subordinates to start working.

"Very good." Li Weilian looked at the group of busy workers again, "Will they go upstairs for construction?" Dai Xi immediately understood what he meant: "The upstairs has already been finished!" "Okay, let's go upstairs." Going up to the second floor, Li Weilian walked directly to the large oval balcony.The temperature has risen again, the whole balcony is flooded with sunlight, and the spring breeze brings a refreshing coolness in the warmth. Looking out from the railing, the lawn under your feet is full of grass, the shadows of trees are dancing, and the high-rise buildings on Huaihai Road are in the distance. Building after building, and on the opposite side...

Across a narrow alley, on the windows on the second floor directly opposite, the curtains were drawn tightly.Dai Xi saw this scene every day when he supervised the work in "Yi Yuan".Occasionally, she would find a small gap where the curtains closed, presumably someone was peeping from behind. "Do you know where the other side is?" Li Weilian asked. "Yes." Dai Xi said, "...but the curtains are always drawn." "If the curtains are drawn, the room can be seen in full view." After saying this, Li Weilian was silent, just looked down at his feet, the workers were moving the remaining materials out in an orderly manner, and they started to clean up before the completion of the work. Dai Xi asked cautiously, "Shall I tell you about the project?" "No, I've seen it all. It's pretty good." Li Weilian turned around and leaned on the railing of the balcony and said, "Before the Greater China headquarters moved in in 2002, I personally supervised the decoration of 'Yiyuan'. So now I just have to look at it and it's clear enough." "How is it possible?!" Dai Xi was surprised, "Where do you have time?" "I can always make time, and I don't worry about handing it over to others. Dai Xi, have you seen the original architectural design drawings of 'Yi Garden'?" "Yes." Dai Xi took out the folder from his backpack, "It's still a photocopy in English, it really has a sense of history." "All the drawings preserved by Yuan Bohan himself were lost during the 'Cultural Revolution', and I finally found the original drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. In order to clean these marbles as clean as possible, all the potions and equipment were imported from the United States... the whole The renovation cost five million." Dai Xi stuck out her tongue: "So much money." "It's really extravagant not to say this time?" Li Weilian said teasingly, it seemed that he was going to bear a lifetime grudge, "A lot of people said that at the time, and even the US headquarters had a different opinion." "then you……" "Whatever I want to do, I can do it, and no one can stop me." Dai Xi lowered her eyelids, is "Yi Yuan" so important to you?Why are you so persistent and desperate for her... "I'm leaving at half past nine, and I still have twenty minutes. Dai Xi, where can I sit upstairs?" Dai Xi was surprised: "The furniture is all put away, there is no place to sit... Oh, your office is fine, it hasn't been touched." "it is good." Walking to the door of his office, Li Weilian looked at Dai Xi: "Open the door." "I don't have a key. Zhu Mingming said that this room doesn't need to be renovated, and there are many secrets in it, so he won't give me the key." Li Weilian opened the door and handed the key to Dai Xi: "Take it, there is no secret here, but ventilation is needed." He opened all the large windows, then sat down at the table, and motioned Dai Xi to sit by himself opposite. "It seems that my Feng Shui is really good..." With self-deprecation in his tone, it is also his usual way of speaking.Afterwards, Li Weilian was silent for a while, then looked at the slightly embarrassed Dai Xi and said, "Actually, Zhu Mingming doesn't know, you know far more secrets than she does." Dai Xi's heart tightened, she was quite familiar with Li Weilian's serious yet straightforward style - he seemed to have something very important to say. "However, Maggie's evaluation of you has changed a lot recently." Li Weilian said ponderingly, "She said that you learned very quickly, and now you are very proficient in the daily affairs of the personnel department. Of course, this also shows my Good eyesight." Dai Xi didn't know what to say, and her heart was full of sorrow and joy. It seemed that every time Li Weilian talked to her, it would cause this very strange effect.No matter what the subject he was talking about, she could feel the lingering loneliness, as if clouds oppressed and overshadowed him, making the distance between him and the reality around him sometimes remote and intangible.This feeling is especially strong today. Li Weilian leaned forward and put his arms on the table: "Dai Xi, do you have any further thoughts on the consensus we reached in Hong Kong?" Dai Xi had to answer: "Well... I read the materials and make preparations every day, but I just never have the chance to meet you." "No way, the first layer of organizational structure is the most tense before it is finalized. It will be much better starting in mid-April, and...for you, I will have a new plan." "what?" He continued calmly: "After the first round of reorganization is completed, I will give Maggie a new task—to assist Gilbert Jeccado in setting up a global R&D center. I will arrange for you to create all the new personnel systems involved in the second round of reorganization to implement it.” "Me?!" Dai Xi was shocked, "How can I do it?" "why not?" "I just started working and have too little experience..." "I will ask Carrie, the personnel manager of the Chinese company, to assist you. She is responsible for grasping the company's original system and national regulations, etc., and you are responsible for innovation. Dai Xi, I need your imagination and sense of the times." Dai Xi still felt too surprised, she was silent in shock. Li Weilian leaned back on the chair: "Don't be afraid, I will guide you personally. After I discuss the framework with you clearly, you can make it concrete. There will be no problem. Dai Xi, be brave, a few months later You're going to be the most valuable people manager ever." Dai Xi raised her head, and Li Weilian smiled at her: "At that time, I will have to double your salary, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you." "I don't need it, I won't change jobs." Dai Xi blurted out, and the feeling of sorrow and joy in his heart became stronger. His expression was quite indifferent: "It's normal to change jobs." Dai Xi couldn't take it anymore, this kind of posture of him was the most unacceptable to her. It seemed like he was lifting weights lightly, but in fact every step was difficult.She decides to take the initiative: "Well, does that mean we can start after mid-April?" "yes." "Well, there is a problem that must be resolved first." Dai Xi asked, "Can I communicate with Professor Higgins about your real situation?" "No." Li Weilian replied without the slightest leeway. Dai Xi frowned: "But he..." "I didn't disclose my real identity when I consulted with him," Li Weilian interrupted Dai Xi coldly, "I don't think it is necessary to quote my identity when you discuss the subject with him." "It would be helpful to have sufficient information," Dai Xi wanted to fight for it. "Besides, the professor can definitely ensure your right to privacy. This is the professional quality that psychologists must have." Li Weilian's tone suddenly became extremely severe: "No!" After a pause, he softened his tone slightly and said, "I have no doubts about the professor's professionalism. But Dai Xi, I went to him for consultation just to get him diagnosed. My condition, I never counted on him to treat me." "Why?" This was beyond Dai Xi's expectation. "It's my own problem." Li Weilian shook his head, "I can't show my heart without reservation, like Americans do in front of psychiatrists. In addition, I really don't believe that an American can truly understand What I said, he is too unfamiliar with the environment, culture and background of the times." Dai Xi understood a bit: "That's right...but the professor has a Chinese wife who is also from Shanghai." Li Weilian was unmoved at all: "What's the use? A professor shouldn't discuss his patients with a non-professional casually. This is what you call professionalism, right?" Dai Xi lowered his head, he is so sharp.But his sharpness is full of bitterness, how tiring it must be to live a life full of vigilance... Dai Xi suddenly remembered Meng Feiyang's question: Why should he trust you? Now, Dai Xi really realized that Li Weilian just had to trust her. From the conversation just now, she clearly saw his helplessness and worry. The sorrow amidst the joys and sorrows prevailed, and Dai Xi also wanted to tell him - don't be afraid.But she restrained herself, words are the most pale in this kind of occasion, and it will cause misunderstanding instead, let actions prove everything. The conversation was interrupted for a while, the noise of the construction downstairs was not loud, but the chirping of birds came from the branches stretching in front of the window, and it was hard to hear what the birds were calling. "Oh, but it still doesn't work!" Dai Xi remembered, "I can use the method of project research to discuss the treatment plan with the professor, but I can't get prescription drugs." Li Weilian stared at Dai Xi, and after a while he said, "Dai Xi, this is a problem you must solve." "Okay, I'll figure out a way." Dai Xi frowned, trying to use his brain, "or else go my dad's way, he has a psychotherapy laboratory, he has all the latest and best psychotropic drugs in the United States. Have." "Well, what are you going to tell him then?" "I haven't figured it out yet... Anyway, it's just a lie. I'll think about how to make dots." Li Weilian said suddenly: "Maybe you can say—" "Say what?" He looked at Dai Xi meaningfully: "You can say it's for flattery." "Ah?" Dai Xi was taken aback, "I never flatter." "Then start studying now, it is very necessary." Dai Xi thought and thought, and finally let out a long breath: "I understand, you don't trust experts, you trust flatterers." This morning Li Weilian laughed relaxedly for the first time: "Yeah, the weakness of human nature... Dai Xi, go and see if my car is here yet?" Dai Xi went to the window to look around, his Mercedes-Benz quietly parked downstairs at some point: "Here we come." Li Weilian told Dai Xi not to go downstairs, and she watched him board the car and leave from the window.The Mercedes drove around the lawn and disappeared from Daixi's sight after turning the gate.She looked away, looked at the lilac tree in the middle of the lawn, and imagined the beauty of the lilacs blooming like clouds—after mid-April, when we can start. What the man faced was a huge monster. The surroundings were endlessly dark, and another column of strong light shot down from the unfathomable top, like a chasing light on a stage, exposing both him and the monster in a pale and dazzling ring. The top of his head just reached "her" waist.The reason why this monster is called "she" is because two big sack-like breasts are hanging in front of his forehead. With the twisting of that huge body, a pair of dark red nipples beat his eyelids rhythmically As a result, the man's eyes were black and white for a while... Every time the darkness came, he wished deep down that his vision would disappear, so that what was going on would be a little more bearable for him.It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, the hot and rough breasts had just fanned him into darkness, and in the next second, "she" let out another palpitating gasp, a strong smell of corruption came to his nostrils, and the man staggered and fell to the ground.The monster laughed ferociously, spread its legs and hooked his neck. "Her" legs were in the shape of a lizard, with strong muscles wrapped in a brown pimple-covered skin, and she dragged his face to the legs with just one blow. between.A pair of wings grew on the monster's back, and the transparent brown wings stretched out, firmly supporting "her" body lying on her back.In this way, the man was forced to raise his head, facing the cave with viscous liquid coming out from time to time. Tongue, lick it. "Wow!" The man bowed his head and vomited.The monster shook its whole body, grunting and sounding extremely dissatisfied. "She" hooked her legs more firmly and tightly, and directly lifted the man who was slumped on the ground. Now he and "her" were face to face, and that face was wider than the big round table. None of them are complete.He could only see two small eyes squeezed in a pile of wrinkles, shooting contemptuous, obscene and cruel light at him.The man trembled all over immediately, he knew that he could not escape this disaster, and now he had to contribute himself to "her", and this was the terrible deal he made with the monster in order to achieve his goal. However, what was even more frightening was that he couldn't do it!The man stared at the cave that was open to him in horror. It was so big and deep, and the piles of protruding flesh and blood inside were like scarlet knife points in his eyes.He knelt down and clutched his half-dead organ in despair. It looked so feeble, so small, it had lost all courage before its impending tragic fate, and it hung powerlessly between the man's legs. Coercion and temptation can no longer cheer it up. The monster got impatient, and "she" let out an increasingly anxious roar. The man was anxious and frightened, while kowtowing to the monster repeatedly, begging, and rubbing his hands between his buttocks desperately, fearing that the wooden stick might spark sparks. Pity him that thing still hasn't improved.The monster is finally furious! "She" jumped up, her two iron fan-like wings swept across with the sound of the wind, the man fell forward and gnawed on the mud, just as the sky was spinning, "she" was already straddling his back. sky!This monster even has a scorpion-like tail!