Chapter 32 Chapter 2 Darkness cannot create shadows (2)

Marty and Leaf walked into the coffee shop.The store has just opened, and there are only two or three customers resting.Xiaoye opens the store at five o'clock every afternoon, and she mainly prepares dinner in the back kitchen before the rush of off-duty people pours in.Xiaoye's cooking skills are excellent, and there are a lot of dishes for dinner. Xiaoye ate some in a hurry, and then put the vegetables and rice in small plates, and waited for Hai'an to come to eat later. Now Marty eats with Xiaoye, and she praises every little dish. "And you made those side dishes for customers?" Marty asked.

"Am I crazy? Where did the effort come from? Those side dishes are all bought in batches." "Xiaoye, your dishes are too good for me, so I decided to come to the store to work part-time." Xiaoye was so happy that she jumped up and kissed Marty on the cheek, and then she hurriedly told Marty about the store work one by one.The work is actually not difficult. Xiaoye takes care of some more important purchases, accounting, and legal affairs. Marty's job is just a waiter at night.Marty felt slightly sorry for the twenty-five thousand salary. Marty and Xiaoye roughly divide the work into two equal parts. Xiaoye is in charge of infield conditioning, Marty is in charge of outfield services, and the two perform tasks such as cleaning and wiping.

It was a small Friday weekend, and the store was quickly filled with customers. Marty began to greet him, and he was too busy to sit down for a moment.Xiaoye has very strict requirements for the music in the store, and often runs between the bar and the DJ booth to switch songs.She tried to teach Marty how to operate the stereo, and Xiaoye used the Enigma album that Marty is very familiar with as a demonstration.All of a sudden, the enchanting music penetrated the entire store, as if a mass of homogeneous air had invaded the surroundings, and the guests were stirring quietly, and Marty knew without turning his head that Hai'an had entered.

Hai'an sat down in his place, and Xiaoye jumped up to meet him. "Brother Ke, Marty promised to come and help." "I know, Marty, you're welcome." Marty smiled and nodded, how did he know?Haian is now eating, and the guests are sipping their coffee with happy eyes.Marty also asked Xiaoye for a cup of coffee, and took a few sips. The rattan came, and Xiaoye introduced it to Marty.When he heard that Marty was coming to work part-time, Cane enthusiastically opened his arms and gave Marty a firm hug like a chick.Why do these people love hugs?Marty thought, and then thought wrongly, Heian hadn't hugged her.

Teng Tiao has a square face and a thick, almost stout body.His face was ruddy, his smile was kind, and he couldn't tell how old he was, he was about twenty-five to thirty-five years old.Out of proportion to his stature, Teng Tiao loves to laugh, and his laughter is high-pitched and high-pitched.Before he could talk a few words, Marty had already been attacked by several waves of laughter.She loves rattan. "Hey, our Ke Dahu, I haven't seen you for a few days, what have you been up to?" Rattan grabbed the chair and sat beside Hai'an. "Isn't it just busy promoting the economic cycle?" Hai'an said.This sentence made Teng Tiao happy.

The store is full, and most of the food ordered by the customers has been delivered, and the outfield work is much easier. Xiaoye wants Marty to go to Haian's table. "Go rest your legs first, and I'll be there later." Xiaoye said, and she replaced the stereo with a classical piano performance CD. Suyuan also came, and she joined Haian and Tengtiao's dinner.Xiaoye stayed in the kitchen for a while, and brought out a pot of French-style white wine stewed chicken, and a large plate of fried brook shrimp with wine.Since the evening, I haven't seen how Xiaoye is busy cooking, how can she make these big meals out of thin air?Marty finds it amazing.Xiaoye also handed Marty a pair of bowls and chopsticks, which she readily accepted.Xiaoye poured wine for everyone, and Suyuan brought a chicken leg to Marty.

"Welcome to Sad Cafe!" Su Yuan said. "Oh thanks, Jill is missing from your group of friends, isn't it?" Marty asked. "In the future, we will say 'our' group of friends." Su Yuan said. "Isn't this coming?" Rattan raised his chin and looked towards the door. Jill hurried in, holding a bouquet of white flowers in her hand. "Here, here you are." Ji'er gave the flowers to Hai'an, "I will send you a bouquet of narcissus to celebrate your 30 years of hopelessly narcissistic love." "Huh? Didn't Hai'an's birthday come just last month?" Su Yuan shouted.

"Today is the birthday of the lunar calendar. I also have a gift for brother Ke." Xiaoye said, she went to the back to fetch a large package, wrapped in lavender crepe paper, with a square and flat shape, which looked like a framed painting . Hai'an was disassembled and it turned out to be a painting. Everyone looked at it. It was an acrylic portrait of Hai'an. The lines were strong and simple, but freehand, and the style of painting was quite avant-garde.Marty had to admit that this painting did capture Hai'an's charm, and the person who painted it was obviously quite talented.

"Well, it's a good painting." Everyone praised. "Good job, Xiaoye." Hai'an rubbed Xiaoye's short hair, Xiaoye lowered her head and smiled innocently. "I didn't expect Xiaoye to draw so well." Marty praised. "Xiaoye can draw." Teng Tiao said, "When we were colleagues, Xiaoye was an artist. At that time, I encouraged Xiaoye to specialize in commercial design." "You all used to be colleagues?" Marty asked. "Yeah, everyone is in the same office. I've never stayed in such a big office." Xiaoye said.

"Ah, it's embarrassing." Jill scratched her head and lowered her head to eat. "Let me tell." Su Yuan smiled, "It was more than three years ago. A talent recruitment advertisement that took up half of the newspaper attracted us to apply. After several rounds of careful screening , We stood out from the said 400 people and became colleagues, and we didn't know each other before." "Well, not to the point," Jill said. "Oh, yes, I'll correct it." Suyuan glanced at Jier, "It can't be said that we don't know each other, Jier and Haian are alumni of the same class of National Taiwan University, and they are famous in the university. It can be said that they have admired each other for a long time. carry on."

"Forget it. Hai'an, what do you say?" Jill raised her eyebrows. "It's more appropriate to say it in Taiwanese, and it's been a long time since we've been quarreling with each other." Hai'an said with a smile. "Yeah." Jill was satisfied. "In short, we all became colleagues," Su Yuan continued to narrate, "The company is operated by a large consortium behind the scenes, and its main purpose is to build several luxurious golf clubs in the north, central and south of the province. It's a crazy plan. , Another company is responsible for the construction part, what we need to do is the marketing and packaging of the entire club, as well as the sales channel design. There are more than a dozen people in the entire planning room, plus the management department in preparation, the company has about 20 people. " "It's really a weird combination," Jill interjected. "I haven't even seen the fart of the company's products, and the whole promotional action has been started with a lot of noise. All the planning seems to be building castles in the air. At that time, the company was still in the To attract financial backers, for the sake of the public, the company's facade is made very scary, as soon as you enter the door, you will see a super-large waterfall landscaping, and more than 20 people stay in a luxurious office of more than 500 square meters, and you have to scream for a long time to find someone. Later, when I was looking for a job, I hated the empty company the most. The company is as popular as it is, and the empty one is inauspicious.”