Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: The Heart of the Rose Brooch

In this way, one year after graduation, I started a nine-to-five white-collar life. In the words of my mother: I finally became a normal person. But in my opinion, my mother has become abnormal because of this. She sits on the sofa all day long and makes endless phone calls, chatting with others about things, and never forgets to add at the end: "Jiaxuan I'm at work, in the public relations department of Uniasia, you should have heard of Uniasia, it's very good..." When she died, I couldn't help scolding her: "Xianbao." She wasn't angry with me either, she watched TV with a smile on her face, and smirked at the melatonin advertisement.

It just so happened that Aunt Qing's son was ordered to resign from his job because of suspicion of poverty. Aunt Qing became a coward and didn't come to my house to play cards for many days. After all these years, my mother finally felt proud in front of Aunt Qing. From this point of view, I am really not a filial daughter. So I decided to take the opportunity to work hard, not to mention that this job is very suitable for me.When I went there, the company was soliciting the lyrics of our corporate song from employees, saying that it would invite a famous composer to compose the song and make it into an MTV broadcast on the TV station.Our manager asked me to be the primary candidate. I laughed every day when I read those lyrics. I thought it was very funny, so I wrote one on a whim and sent it up.Who knew that half a month later, when the results came out, the one that was finally selected was actually written by me!The manager's face brightened now, and he was very satisfied with me. He praised me in front of Hu Yuehai and said, "We finally found a capable helper this time."

Hu Yuehai smiled and said: "That's good", and then gave me an encouraging smile. He found that he likes to smile like this to everyone.Although he doesn't come to the company every day, when he was in the company, he ate with us in the cafeteria. No matter what he ate, he ate up everything on the plate. The employees had a good impression of him, saying that he was a very talented person. Affinity for the boss. I can’t stop the good luck. Just a few lines of lyrics that I wrote down gave me a firm foothold in the company. Our manager made a special treat for this, saying that it was to celebrate the success and to join me as a newcomer. Welcome.All the people in the public relations department participated that day.Hu Yuehai was also specially invited.During the banquet, someone started a drinking scene and poured me a full glass of Wuliangye, insisting that I drink it.Hu Yuehai blocked me on the spot and said: "Little boy can't drink, let me drink for her."

After finishing speaking, he downed a glass of wine generously, and no one dared to say anything else. I just entered the society, and I am far worse than A Duo in dealing with this set.So to Hu Yuehai, it is not without gratitude in my heart. After the meal, they sang karaoke.I like to sing and I can be considered a good singer. Under everyone's push, I sang Stefanie Sun's "Certificate of Love".The song was very lyrical and didn't suit the noisy atmosphere that day, but I liked it very much, so I sang it.Every guy in our department can make a fuss and drink, didn't drink enough at dinner, and was still clamoring to ask the lady for champagne.In the middle of the song, I found that Hu Yuehai seemed to be the only one listening carefully, smoking a cigarette casually while listening, his eyes were very gentle, and there was some unique loneliness.

I looked away in a panic and sang a song anticlimactic. I don't know if it's because Hu Yuehai once blocked the wine for me, but my colleagues have become more and more friendly to me. There are even rumors that I am a distant relative of Hu Yuehai.I laughed it off, and basically had no contact with Hu Yuehai.It was an accident that day, and a lot of things suddenly happened before I got off work, so I had to work hard with an empty stomach.By the time the work was done, it was getting dark before I knew it, and it was still raining moderately. The autumn rain was already a little cool. I was only wearing a thin skirt and no poncho.Let's take a taxi, and I don't know where to put the bicycle.I had no choice but to hesitate at the door of the company.

Hu Yuehai came out of the elevator at that time and asked me: "Can't I go back?" "Yes!" I said, "It's raining too much, I'll wait a while!" "Come on, let me drive you." I subconsciously refused, saying, "No need." Hu Yuehai said: "Afraid people will say that you are my distant relative?" I laughed, this boss who knows everything. "Put the bike in my garage." As he said that, he came over to help me push the bike. The drizzle hit his very high-end suit, and he didn't even take a picture. But Hu Yuehai didn't send me home directly, but took me to a very elegant Japanese restaurant.His reason is very tenable, you work overtime for me, I treat you to dinner.In the restaurant, Takako Matsu's song --- Love is falling in the rain of cherry blossoms, is floating in the restaurant. It is a Japanese singer I like very much.We don't talk very much. If there is any great advantage of Hu Yuehai, it is that he knows how to be silent. This is what I like and appreciate. With such a person, even if he is your boss, you will not have any problems. pressure.

Who knew that when it was about to end, he suddenly said to me: "It's strange, you don't talk too much today, and you didn't mean me." I was embarrassed by his meanness, so I had to honestly say: "I dare not." "Why?" he asked knowingly. "Because you are my immediate boss now, I have to get a meal ticket from you every month." "Hehe." He laughed, "Are you satisfied with your work?" "Should I ask this question?" I said, "Mr. Hu, are you still satisfied with me?" "Satisfied." He said slightly smugly, "I said earlier that I have insight."

My self-esteem was greatly gratified. This is the way of work. Once you get on track, you will be busy day by day.Even cutting off a lot of entertainment time is still not enough, so I had no choice but to quit Anzi's tutor.But I was responsible to the end, and asked sister Yalan to find another quiet girl for her at the Normal University.For this reason, I took another day off to go to the Normal University.The new semester has just started, and the Normal University has a new scene, with advertisements for recruiting people from various clubs plastered everywhere.That little girl was in her junior year, just like when I was at that time, she blushed whenever money was mentioned, and she said to me admiringly, "Sister Jiaxuan, I know you, you were a man of the hour in our school when you were in school."

"Ashamed, ashamed. Lian Po has been old for a long time." "Sister Jiaxuan, you are so funny." She giggled. "That's right." I whispered to Sister Yalan, "That's her." "Can you confuse you with your affairs?" Sister Yalan winked at me. After finishing the work, she still insisted on inviting me to dinner. We went upstairs to eat buffet at Emgrand. Emgrand without the noisy children was much more noble and elegant.I vaguely remembered my tenth birthday, it was just a new floral dress, and I had been so happy from ear to ear for three days.

Happiness starts to get more and more expensive at some point. "What are you thinking about?" Sister Yalan asked me. "Nothing." I quickly withdrew my thoughts.What Hu Yuehai said is right, I am a person who loves to travel. "The book is out." Sister Yalan took out her new book from her bag and gave it to me. The book is very, very beautiful, and the title of the book is "Our Love Is Shameless". When I took it, I was a little stunned, and when I opened it, there was an envelope inside, which was a passbook of 10,000 yuan, with my name written on it.

I hurriedly pushed the envelope back to her and said, "Hey, sister Yalan, don't do this, haven't you already given me money?" "I originally wanted to change my name, but the editor said that this name is better, so..." Sister Yalan said with some difficulty, "This is the reward you deserve, if you don't accept it, I will be restless for the rest of my life. " "Which one of us is with whom?" I tried to tease. Sister Yalan pushed the envelope back to me and said, "Jiaxuan, I know you are very arrogant and don't care about these things, but for me, this is what I have to do. Just accept it, don't make me feel bad, okay Is it?" "I'm embarrassed to accept it." I said truthfully. "Go back and read the book." Sister Yalan said, "I should actually be the one who is embarrassed." When I got home, I couldn’t wait to open the book. Indeed, almost 70% of the content was written by me. Sister Yalan just made some additions and adjustments to make the whole book more organized. It also looks better.I was immersed in that book all afternoon. The protagonist named "Rose" in the book is actually myself. Those funny or affectionate plots are the most lush years in my life.I didn't expect my words to be so attractive after being beautifully printed. When I saw the end, I actually shed tears inconceivably. I haven't shed tears for a long time. I am a girl who doesn't like to cry. Even if I don't like it, I still have to hold on to a stubborn smile.I didn't expect to be easily and vulnerablely moved by myself in this way. I touched the cover of the book, it said: written by Lin Yalan. There are also many attractive slogans written on the back of the book: Dedicated to you and their college days, a must-take compulsory course on love, emerging writer Lin Yalan will show you the most beautiful appearance of love, and so on. There is no doubt that this will be a bestseller. My mother came over to me and said, "Hey, the sun came out from the west, why are you sitting here and studying today?" Afraid that she would see my tears, I buried my face in the sofa and lazily said, "Did I write it, of course I have to read it." "You wrote it?" My mother snatched it up and looked at it, then threw it back and said, "You are dreaming, when did you write such a book? I laughed to death. Remember when you were young and won prizes in composition competitions?" , the bigger it is, the more useless it is, I think the Chinese Department has been studying in vain for the past four years." "If you think about it for nothing, think about it for nothing!" I roared and rushed to my room, and my mother's sigh came from behind me: "This girl, her temper is getting weirder and weirder, so I can save my worries by marrying her sooner." I slammed the door and I used to be thinking about my job, and now that it's done, she's thinking about my marriage, and it's endless! I lay down on the bed and found that I was really angry, why did I lose my temper, what is it for me to be so stubborn.The money was accepted, the agreement was signed, how could I be so stingy, I scolded myself severely and then turned on the game to play. It's ruthless and accurate when it comes to strange things. Mutu once told me that he works in an Internet company, and there is also an Internet company in our building. There are several little boys like that, wearing casual clothes and lying in front of the computer all day. When I see them, I feel old Think confused. However, Huhu was not online, but I met a mob, and I asked him, "Did you see Huhu?" "He quit the Internet." Xiaoguai said, "It's all because of you." "No way, such an exaggeration?" "Why don't you want to be his girlfriend?" Xiaoguai asked me. "What do children know!" "Don't act old in front of me!" Xiaoguai said, "If you don't cherish love, you will get the punishment you deserve." "Hehe, do you know what love is?" "Of course I know." Xiaoguai plausibly said: "Love is to spend a lifetime with the person you like." "That's right, you and I are so confused that GG can't spend a lifetime together." "It's okay in Wonderland!" The mob yelled at me, "This is Wonderland, not the world. You hurt him, and I will never forgive you!" However, RO without confusion seems to be missing a lot of things.I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t played for a long time, but my magic has dropped a lot. Every time I die, I will strongly think of Confucianism, and think of him dragging the earthworms around in circles in order to make me more addicted to fighting.Thinking of how he stood in front of me desperately every time he was in danger, thinking of how many times he used the "resurrection technique" to bring me back from the dead... The mob sat down beside me and said, "Are you trying to confuse G?" "Yes." I said. "You know how to cherish when you lose it." She summed up seriously. "Is Confused really not coming?" "Why don't you ask him yourself?" After the mob finished speaking, he disappeared. I went offline, and sent an email to Mu Wu: "I'm at work, so I have less time to play games, sorry. But you're not here, Wonderland doesn't mean much to me anymore, I still hope to see you." It was late autumn at this time, the leaves were red, the leaves were yellow, and the chrysanthemums were so beautiful. The confusion finally appeared the next day, and he silently accompanied me to fight on the bottom of the sea, talking very little. When we were about to part, he said to me: "Rose, I am very happy to receive your letter." "Ok." "Actually, you miss me too? Don't you?" "Ok." "That's enough. Good night." "Oh, good night." Sometimes I really envy Confused, who can freely transform and smear the dream of love between reality and virtual reality.I can't do it, I'm dying in true love, and I don't argue. Wang Leping became more and more busy, traveling on business all the time, and we didn't date for a long time.He took to texting and harassed me on trains and ships on his lonely journey.If there is a phone call, on the other end of the phone, he is always infinitely sorry and keeps saying that as long as he is busy for a while, he will be fine if he is busy for a while.I told him it's okay, and he said nervously, "Jiaxuan, you won't stop loving me, right?" "It's possible, so you have to hurry up to make money." After I finished speaking, I hung up the phone.In fact, I was also quite busy, so busy that I even forgot my own birthday. When I woke up in the morning, my mother brought noodles to my bed, and said, "Your roses, there are a lot of them, and they were delivered to the door in the morning." I ran into the living room, and there was a very beautiful pink rose, and a tea table was opened gorgeously.I took it for granted that it was Wang Leping, but when I picked it up, it turned out to be another signature I was quite familiar with: Hu Yuehai. The call came right away: "Jiaxuan, today is your birthday, so you can take a day off." "Are all employees treated this way?" He thought for a while and said, "No, you are an exception." "Thank you Mr. Hu." I said, "Then I will ask my boyfriend to go shopping." The other side was stunned for a moment, and then said: "As you arrange. Happy birthday." The phone hung up. I stared at Rose for ten minutes.After grooming, I called Wang Leping, and I said arrogantly: "Put down what you are doing, and come to my house to pick me up immediately!" "What's wrong?" Wang Leping asked. "Accompany me to go shopping and eat." "You." Wang Leping said, "I have something important to do today, I will definitely come tonight! Okay?" "Don't ever come to see me for less than twenty minutes!" I stared at Rose in a daze for another 20 minutes. Wang Leping didn't come, nor did he call, only a short message: "Honey, don't be self-willed, see you tonight." He even forgot my birthday. I put away my sadness and went to work. Hu Yuehai saw me in the aisle and said in surprise, "Didn't I let you go on vacation?" "I'm old, but it's my birthday." I shrugged and didn't want to say more. "You say you're old in front of me?" Hu Yuehai said, "Stimulate me?" "I'm sorry, Mr. Hu. I didn't mean to." I lowered my head, not wanting him to see that I was in a bad mood. "I'll treat you to dinner that night. You wait for me after get off work." After finishing speaking, he turned and entered his general manager's office. The mood that day was always dull. I remembered that on the day of my birthday in my junior year, a few top students and I were assigned to a poor middle school in the town for an internship.I didn’t have a mobile phone at that time, and I was about to find a public phone to complain to Wang Leping when he suddenly fell from the sky, carrying a big bag, which was full of my favorite snacks, and twenty big, thick ones. red candle.In the dilapidated dormitory of the town middle school, a group of us classmates ate snacks until our teeth ached. In the secretly lit candles, we heard Wang Leping lead me to sing Jacky Cheung with a broken voice with incomplete pentatonic voice. It's only been two years, and love has depreciated to this point. I couldn't find and didn't want to find a reason to refuse. After get off work, Hu Yuehai and I went to a western restaurant on the top of the mountain.The environment here is very good, and there are not many people. Girls in white gauze skirts play one of my favorite pieces "The Last Rose of Summer" beside the piano.The waiter brought a small cake, which turned out to be in the shape of a rose.The pianist begins to play.It seems that everything is "premeditated".Hu Yuehai raised his glass and said to me, "Happy birthday!" I didn't raise my glass. "What's wrong?" he asked me. I foolishly said, "I'm not used to the place where I grow." "Hehe. You'll get used to it after a few times." He laughed, and then said, "Do it!" This should be the third time we had dinner together alone, and he soon became slightly drunk, and said, "The first time I saw you, you were wearing a long purple dress, with eloquent teeth and haughty eyes, like an angel." "Mr. Hu," I was taken aback, "Don't talk drunk." "Dare to say it when you're drunk." He said, "Jiaxuan, you are the girl I like." sky. At this moment, the phone rang in a timely manner, and it was his.He answered it, but quickly handed the phone to me and said, "I'm looking for you." I took it suspiciously, but it was A Duo.Over there, he lowered his voice and said, "I knew you were together, Wang Leping was going crazy looking for you." I opened my bag, and it turned out that the phone was out of battery and turned off automatically. "He's here with me." A Duo said, "Do you want me to send him away?" "No," I said, "I'll be there soon." After hanging up the phone, I said to Hu Yuehai: "A Duo said, I want to celebrate my birthday." "Okay, I'll take you there after eating," he said. I was inexplicably preoccupied, and almost fell when I came out of the hotel and went down the steps. Fortunately, Hu Yuehai helped me in time, and his hand pinched my palm. My long hair properly covered up my panic . I insisted not to let him see me off, so he just watched me get into the taxi, and when the car was about to start, he took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to me: "Xiaozi, happy birthday!" A very fine crystal brooch in the shape of a rose. I stashed it in the corner of my backpack. Wang Leping was waiting for me at the gate of "Old". When he saw me get out of the taxi, he rushed over and said, "Damn girl, where have you been? The phone is not on!" "Aren't you busy?" I said, "I'm very knowledgeable." "Follow me!" Wang Leping stopped the taxi again, pulled me into the car, and said excitedly, "Go. I'll take you to a place!" The car took us to a community in the city center, and Wang Leping ignored my inquiries and just dragged me all the way.When we arrived at a small building, we climbed up to the third floor.Wang Leping took out the key to open the door, I was scared and said, "What are you going to do?" Wang Leping hugged me and said, "Close your eyes." "What nerves do you have?" "Hey, are you obedient?" He said softly. I had to close my eyes.The door opened, and Wang Leping hugged me in by the waist.When I opened my eyes, I was stunned. There was no light in the room, but candles were lit on the long table in the living room to form a heart shape.In the middle, there is a cake. "Happy birthday dear." Wang Leping said. "Where is this?" I asked as if in a dream. "I've been promoted, deputy director of the marketing department. This is the house rented by my unit." Wang Leping said, "I've been decorating this place these days, just to give you a surprise on your birthday. But give me I'm too busy, I didn't expect you to be so self-willed, why did you go missing!" "I'm sorry." I murmured. "There's no need to say I'm sorry." Wang Leping said, "Just be happy." Wang Leping's new home is not too big, but it has a very beautiful terrace. That night I curled up in Wang Leping's arms to watch the stars, and listened to him tell me about the future with pride.When Wang Leping kissed me, I was terribly reminded of Hu Yuehai.I think of his lonely and gentle eyes, and his textured hands, gently caressing my palm.I shed a tear, and Wang Leping quickly kissed it dry. I said to Wang Leping: "Let's get married early." Wang Leping said: "Okay, at most two years." "Two years is too long." "Am I afraid of wronging you?" "Just this year, if I have to marry." "You," Wang Leping changed the subject, "By the way, why didn't you wear the dress I bought for you on a business trip to Hainan last time?" "Too big," I said.I didn't dare to say I gave it to A Duo. "Change it." Wang Leping said, "It took me half a month's salary and you haven't shown it to me yet." "Why am I not beautiful now?" I raised my chin to pretend to be angry. "Beautiful, beautiful, everything is beautiful." I still have a way to deal with Wang Leping. I wrote this sentence in Yalan's book: There is always a protagonist and a supporting role in love, the tired one is always the leading role, and the hurt one is always the supporting role.Yalan said that this sentence can be called a classic. It was already two o'clock in the morning when I got home, I tiptoedly finished washing and went back to my room, lying on the bed, under the dim desk light, I held the brooch that Hu Yuehai gave me in my hand, and looked at it over and over again. The rose is very delicately made, and there are even two small letters beside it: Jx.That should be the English abbreviation of my name, so this brooch should be made to order, when was it made?Why do you do it? I fell asleep holding it, and I was almost late for work the next day. I took a taxi and rushed to the unit in a panic. I heard the manager telling others that Mr. Hu was on a business trip, and something must be done before he comes back... For some reason, I felt relieved.