Luo Binhan only sat in his office for a long time and then left. He greeted several supervisors who were in the company that morning and chatted politely. No one showed any particular curiosity about him disappearing for no reason. Even acquaintances just smiled and asked him if the trip was interesting. Maybe it was because Nan Mingguang had said hello in advance.
He also went to the Finance Department downstairs, but it happened that several heads of the internal control department were not here today, so no one could discuss with him the project evaluation report he saw in Regenberg. He went back upstairs and found the office he had used before, and found that all his things were still there. Of course the room is still clean, but the composite pen holder on the table is inevitably stained with dust. He wiped it absentmindedly with a tissue and found a half-box of his business cards in the pile of notes at the bottom.
This card was probably from three or four years ago, because the title used on it was still the deputy manager of the sales department, and Nan Mingguang had long ago asked him to switch to the administration department to familiarize himself with the management system. He wondered why he hadn't thrown away these useless business cards until he remembered that they were worried about Zhou Yu's affairs at that time. When he had to contact various connections to find Zhou Yu, he still handed others this box of old business cards. So he stopped by the trash can, turned around and put it in the drawer. He will never use this box of business cards again, but just like he is unwilling to sell the old car, if he throws away these old business cards with his own hands, it will be as if he has thrown away that time himself.
One day this box of business cards will disappear on its own. He tore off the sticky note and made a note to reprint a set of business cards with the title of Administration Department or Finance Department, depending on what Nan Mingguang wanted. But today he didn't want to go to Nan Mingguang anymore. The latter called him here just to let him adjust his mood. He couldn't afford to be too aggressive. After simply tidying up the office and placing all the debris in the position that satisfied him most, he sat on the small sofa next to the wall and started playing with his mobile phone.
Yu Xiaorong knows very few Chinese characters, so they hardly use chat software to communicate. He sent several messages to Zhou Yu, asking him if he had gotten up and gone to the laboratory, or if he still had time to go out for a meal with him and Yu Xiaorong in the afternoon. Zhou Yu didn't reply, so he began to think about Momolo's mysterious and unpredictable whereabouts. Since Lot's night, there has been no news from Momolo. A Yongguang clan member would probably not encounter any personal danger, but Momolo wouldn't really lose his phone, would he? Or are you in a place where you can't charge? He regretted not getting Momolo a solar charger before he left. While he was searching for a solar device specifically designed to charge his cell phone, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in." He put down his phone, stood up and returned to his desk.
The person who walked in was a young man about twenty-five years old, wearing a blue shirt with light lines, short hair and a pleasant smile on his face. When Robin Hood looked at him at first glance, he regarded him as a newcomer - the administrative assistant who often contacted him two years ago was a woman in her early thirties. She was very efficient and was particularly good at handling large-scale meetings. Sooner or later, she would be Nan Mingguang was transferred to a more useful position. It is unlikely that the new guy in front of him has the same experience as his predecessor, but he seems to be quite lively, and he may be the type who is very popular.
"Mr. Ronaldinho," the young man said, "Long time no see."
Now Luo Binhan began to look at him particularly carefully. The tall, thin figure and the endearing smile finally reminded him of a name. "Lu Jin?"
"Remember me!" the other party said with a smile, "I heard from Mr. Nan that you traveled abroad?"
Luo Binhan straightened up slightly in his seat and motioned for the other person to sit down opposite him: "Are you here for administrative work? Did you voluntarily transfer to another position?"
Different from the nervous and reticent nature that is common among true newcomers, Lu Jin has a somewhat familiar nature. He readily told Luo Binhan that he was transferred from the sales department to administration during last year's department evaluation. From time to time, he would look at a few newcomers who have no qualifications to replace him. This is a typical Nan Mingguang style, and the people he picks out are often quite individual and sometimes even cause controversy. However, Luo Binhan had a good impression of Lu Jin. As an intern admitted during the school recruitment, he did not have the recklessness or dullness that fresh graduates often had. He could give people a frank and refreshing impression, and he was also very thoughtful and thoughtful. It also turns quickly. It is not surprising that a person like this was selected by Nan Mingguang.
"How are you doing here?" He asked Lu Jin in a joking tone, "Is sales more interesting?"
Lu Jin still smiled and said, "Isn't it all about learning everywhere?"
"What do you mainly do now?"
"Now I am under Manager Qi, mainly doing performance appraisal and conference affairs, and sometimes working on projects with President Nan. However, the work of President Nan is now handled by his own administrative secretary."
"Ah." Luo Binhan said. He began to understand why Nan Mingguang asked this person to see him. As expected, Lu Jin also said with a knowing smile: "I will have to ask Ronaldinho for advice in the future."
"You're welcome." Luo Binhan said, "We are all acquaintances, so don't be so reserved. When will I invite you all out for a meal?"
"That's good. Let all the new colleagues get to know Mr. Ronaldinho."
They exchanged some more polite words until Luo Binhan asked about his current contact information. Lu Jin took out his mobile phone, pulled Luo Binhan's account out of the supervisor's address book group, set it as a pinned group, and sent his mobile phone number in the chat interface.
"If you have something urgent, just call me," he said neatly. "You can always call me if you need official documents or meetings."
Luo Binhan leaned back in his chair and sent a smiley face from the chat box, thinking that this person was indeed taught by Qinina. He also looked at each other and smiled according to the proper etiquette, and then pretended to look at the time unintentionally.
"It's getting late," he said. "I have to go out and take care of some things in the afternoon, and I'll be leaving soon. How many people are there in your office now?"
"Manager Qi brought a few people to work on the project. Today, including me, there are a total of eight people left."
Luo Binhan transferred five hundred yuan from his mobile phone. "I've invited you to afternoon tea," he stood up from his seat, "I'll treat you to dinner another day."
Lu Jin opened the door for him and walked all the way to the elevator. Luo Binhan said goodbye to him laughing and talking, then got out of the parking lot, got into the car expressionlessly, and started calling Zhou Yu. The reply to him was an automated voice that could not be reached. It was estimated that the person on the other side had already entered the laboratory. He stared at the steering wheel for a while, and finally started the engine to find Yu Xiaorong.
He had already planned to fight Yu Xiaorong at Zhou Yu's house and settle their scores in one fell swoop. But when he actually opened the door with the key given by Zhou Yu, the excitement had long since disappeared. Yu Xiaorong was sitting in the living room, with his feet on the edge of the coffee table, immersed in reading an English journal. When he walked in the door, she raised her head fearlessly and assumed a ready posture.
Luo Binhan glanced at her dully, then looked around the entire living room. The house was in order and tidy, and it didn't look like it had been searched by a large hound. "What are you reading?" he said, "The medical journal Zhou Yu bought? Do you understand it?"
Yu Xiaorong closed the publication in his hand. "He agreed with what I saw." She responded nonchalantly, already in a state of preparation. Luo Binhan sighed, feeling that he had run out of ideas today and couldn't even think of a boring witticism.
"We made it clear before." He walked over and sat down, "Be polite to others, Velvet."
"I didn't do anything impolite." Yu Xiaorong replied unhappily.
"You took over other people's houses," Luo Binhan pointed to the door, "and drove the owner into my house. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"He wanted to leave on his own!"
"Not because of what you said to him?"
Yu Xiaorong's face turned slightly red with anger. She said firmly: "I just asked him a few questions about you."
"Then what?"
"Then he said he had an emergency and had to go out. He also asked me to decide where I wanted to live."
Luo Binhan looked at her angry face suspiciously. He never regarded Yu Xiaorong as a gentleman who did not lie, but her temper seemed to be the same. And he couldn't figure out why Yu Xiaorong would lie about this matter.
"Okay," he finally decided not to pursue it, "but you asked Zhou Yu about me? Why don't you come and ask me directly?"
"Because you only fool people."
"I've never fooled you about anything serious."
Yu Xiaorong raised his chin and expressed his scorn at him. Luo Binhan laughed dryly: "There are some things you shouldn't know at your age."
"for example?"
"There's nothing like it." Luo Binhan said firmly, "You can't live here alone. You have to go back with me tonight."
He thought this would definitely cause a new round of controversy, but this time Yu Xiaorong was surprisingly easy to talk to. She agreed simply, which made Luo Binhan wonder whether she had checked every crack in the floor of Zhou Yu's house.
"Speaking of this," he asked nonchalantly, "what do you think of Zhou Yu?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Nothing, nothing...just ask."
Yu Xiaorong stared at him. "Don't you know what kind of person your friend is?"
"I just want to ask your opinion." Luo Binhan said, "You can't just want to run to his house for no reason, right?"
"I heard he was the son of a doctor."
"You want to study medicine again now?"
"I wanted to see what a doctor's home was like. Marr said they keep a bunch of skeletons next to their bed."
"Nonsense!" Luo Binhan said, secretly relieved in his heart. This time the crisis was lifted. He was happy to discover that Yu Xiaorong was interested in dead people rather than living people. But Yu Xiaorong still stared at him with very sharp eyes and asked reluctantly: "Why do you think I come here?"
"Because you want to see the skeleton specimens!" Luo Binhan said, "Let's go shopping in the afternoon! I'm going to buy a few things and some clothes for you. What do you want to eat for lunch?"
Yu Xiaorong wanted to say something else, but Luo Binhan glanced at the time and immediately said that he was so hungry that he couldn't wait a second longer. He urged Yu Xiaorong to pack his backpack and drove straight to the downtown area. This was Yu Xiaorong's first visit to Lihai City. Although he was a little caught off guard, Luo Binhan still felt that he had an obligation to leave a good impression on her. He first wanted to find a Western restaurant that catered to Yu Xiaorong's preferences, such as Spanish or German food, but Yu Xiaorong chose a mediocre Malatang instead.
"That is a hot dish." Luo Binhan reminded, "There is no cold dish. Can you eat it?"
"I'm not afraid of getting burned."
"You don't want to eat the hot dishes I made, do you?" Luo Binhan said angrily. He threw his suit jacket and tie in the car and followed Yu Xiaorong into the dark store full of resentment. The store didn't even have air conditioning, and it was so hot that it felt like being in a sauna, so within twenty minutes Yu Xiaorong stopped talking and escaped into the air-conditioned mall in the name of eating and taking a walk.
They walked around aimlessly, wandering into any store they saw, squeezing the dolls on the shelves, and ringing the chimes in the music shop. When they sneaked into the video game city, Yu Xiaorong's size and temperament came into play, and no one regarded her as a minor. She promised not to tell her mother when she got back, so Luo Binhan was willing to let her play a few racing games. This also came at a cost, because Yu Xiaorong only brought two or three sets of changes of clothes, so she had to agree that they would buy a few more pieces later to avoid running out of clothes when the weather changed.
"How long do you plan to stay here?" Luo Binhan asked while she was choosing clothes, "You can't go to school for three months, right?"
Yu Xiaorong pretended not to hear and ducked into the fitting room. Luo Binhan waited helplessly outside, thinking that her mother would never sit back and let her skip school for a long time. He couldn't even figure out how Yu Qingshu would agree to her coming to Lihai City.
They bought three sets of light and convenient summer clothes, as well as two jackets suitable for cooling off. When passing a sporting goods store, Luo Binhan saw two cats playing in the window opposite. He remembered what he planned to buy, so he stopped and walked into the store to ask if they had cages for large dogs.
"What do you want to buy a cage for?" Yu Xiaorong asked.
At this time Luo Binhan had already made his decision. Li Li's suggestion made sense, and Zhou Yu was not at home this whole week, so he was destined to leave Fina at home and spend the holidays with Yu Xiaorong.
"I have a pet," he said hesitantly, "a lizard."
"I've never heard of a lizard being kept in an iron cage. Shouldn't it be a tank?"
Luo Binhan felt that Fina would not care about the difference, and it was not easy to immediately buy a glass tank as spacious as an iron cage. He vaguely stated that he raised a special breed that was extremely rare.
"What breed?"
"You don't know even if you tell me."
Yu Xiaorong didn't ask any more questions. But Luo Binhan was sure that she had a plan in mind to find out about this matter. He ordered a large cage, and also bought a bunch of pet toys and meat snacks, ready to see if these things could make Fina forgive him for his cage plan. After the shopkeeper wrote down the address and agreed to deliver everything to their door in the evening, they went to the Electronics City to buy a new mobile phone. He also tried to buy Yu Xiaorong a particularly funny mobile phone case with a bunny dog making a bad face printed on it. Yu Xiaorong chased him all the way out of the store. In the end, they walked further and further, and finally sat down to rest in a corner coffee shop.
The store was elegantly decorated, with potted flowers and plants used as visual partitions for each window seat. Therefore, Luo Binhan didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but Yu Xiaorong kept looking around. "What's wrong?" Luo Binhan asked her, "What are you looking at?"
"Why are all the people sitting here young and old?"
Luo Binhan took a closer look at the guests around him and found that Yu Xiaorong was right, almost every pair of guests was a man and a woman. He didn't even see three people sitting at the same table. However, the atmosphere here is not like a business cafe, only shopping mall tourists will sit in. Even so, he had to admit that this situation was uncommon.
"What kind of couple discounts are they doing?" Luo Binhan guessed. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, after all, he was the host who took the lead in walking in. Sitting here with Yu Xiaorong, a childish girl, how would others speculate about him? Fortunately, most of the guests didn't care much about the affairs of other tables. Even if two or three people quietly looked at Yu Xiaorong's dark golden curly hair, they would quickly flinch at Yu Xiaorong's unabashed look back.
"These people don't look like lovers." She said strangely, "What are they doing?"
"Why don't they look like a couple?" Luo Binhan said, "Don't stare at me all the time. It's rude."
He called the waiter, ordered two coffees and desserts, and went out if he wanted to rest for half an hour. Then he went to the flower, bird, fish and insect market two hundred meters away to see if there was a suitable tank. He has already thought about getting a water tank in the living room, covering it with a lot of water plants and stone, and putting a few medakas in it, and it will become a perfect hiding place for Miffy. The cannibal can hide in the gaps between the rocks at the bottom of the water, eat the minced meat and insect feed he usually throws, and can also help monitor Yu Xiaorong when he goes out to work. Hiding Miffy in the water is like hiding trees in the forest. Apart from the risk of changing the fish every three days, this is much smarter than the method proposed by Li Li.
Luo Binhan was quite proud of his cunning, but soon he heard a man and woman talking next door. The volume of their conversation was not loud, but Luo Binhan couldn't control his hearing. He clearly captured the two people introducing themselves very cautiously and carefully asking about each other's hobbies and work. He immediately understood what was going on, so he turned around and looked around the store, and found two small porcelain Cupids in front of the coffee cans at the cashier, as well as a vertical sign with a QR code on it. There is a frame with the four words "Heartbeat has an appointment" painted in colorful letters on the top.
"Oh..." he murmured, "no wonder."
"What's the wonder?" Yu Xiaorong asked.
"We broke into the battlefield." Luo Binhan lowered his voice and said, "Don't ask any questions. Let's run away after eating."
As expected, they were showing off the cake like two starving ghosts, and then walked away in front of a pair of sitting men and women. Luo Binhan didn't know how others interpreted this scene, but he felt bored in his heart because he thought of the weekend mission assigned to him by Nan Mingguang. In fact, he can refuse, once, twice, three times... until the cost of refusal becomes too high. But what's the point of that? What is there about this matter that deserves to be so vigorously opposed? He couldn't find a strong enough reason. It was no more pointless than anything else he usually did.
"What's wrong with you?" Yu Xiaorong asked keenly.
"nothing."
"You don't look happy."
Luo Binhan couldn't explain to her why. He knew that if he told Yu Xiaorong, she would tell him not to go since he was not happy. And if he said that he couldn't refuse it easily, Yu Xiaorong would just think it was nonsense. Saying no is easy. Find the person asking first, then open your mouth and say no.
"Adults have unhappy things every day," he could only say, holding her hand, "at work and in life. Your mother has at least ten unhappy things every day."
