Spirit

Chapter 3

She turned around and walked to a vacant room far away from Man Jianghong's hall, and stepped in when the door was unlocked, away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd, sobering up.

Picking up the phone, at 21:30, I called home.

"Mom, it's the festival today, have you eaten zongzi?" Xiao Tianya spoke Shandong dialect, but he could understand it roughly.

"Well, I ate, didn't you rest today?" An old voice came from the phone.

"No, but today the company organizes a party." Xiao Tianya's voice was tired.

"Uncomfortable?" Mo Ruomu, the confidant, the old man noticed the tiredness in her voice.

"No, I was drunk by a colleague."

"It's okay to drink less, don't drink too much."

"Hmm." Even in front of her family, she didn't have much desire to speak.

"Mom, it's my birthday today, you make something nice for yourself." A simple sentence seemed to have exhausted all her strength.

"Well, thank you, you still remember, you too, pay attention to your health when you go out alone. Can you still get along with your colleagues?" The woman complained a little, obviously complaining that her call came too late.

"Ah."

"When does vacation start?"

"do not know."

"Will you go home during the holidays?" The woman carefully discussed, fearing that she would refuse.

"Well, you and my dad take care of yourself." Xiao Tianya's voice was very soft.

"Well, don't worry about us two, just take care of yourself."

……

The two asked and answered, there were no intimate words between mother and daughter, but there was a strange and strong feeling.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Tianya looked lonely.No one remembers their birthday today.She shook her head wryly.

She has been in this city for 7 years, one year of repetition, four years of university, and two years of work.At that time, she resolutely gave up her fairly good grades under the incomprehensible eyes of everyone, and chose to repeat her studies in this distant city of H, and was admitted to an unknown university here, leaving her job.

Everyone thought she liked this city, but only she knew why, because Liu Qingyi was here, that's all.They have known each other for ten years, and now she is nearly married and has children.And Xiao Tianya has always adhered to the boundaries of friends, never crossing a point.It turned out that Liu Qingyi never forgot her birthday, from every carefully prepared gift to the subsequent phone calls, until now, there has been no news.She already has a life of her own.And she also consciously faded out of her world.

But there is still some pain in my heart.Ten years of waiting, after all, is no match for a marriage letter.

She slumped against the back of the chair.Seeing a cigarette on the table, he lit one for himself without thinking too much.

After taking a puff, he curled up on the chair and let the cigarette burn, just like his own heart was burned by a scorching flame, and then turned into ashes, the taste of it, only you can experience it.

"Ahem" The coughing sound in the room brought Xiao Tianya back to reality.

He turned his head to see Lin Fenglu's smiling eyes.Apparently she also came here to escape those pesky bees, and the owner of the cigarette in her hand was obviously her.

Xiao Tianya looked at the cigarettes on the table and at Lin Fenglu.

"I'm sorry, I touched your things." Xiao Tianya is in a bad mood now, and has no desire to deal with it, even though she is her own boss.

"Today is your birthday?"

Xiao Tianya nodded silently.

"They don't know." Lin Fenglu was referring to his colleague.

"Didn't tell them." Xiao Tianya took a puff of cigarette, his whole body shrouded in decadence and loneliness.

After smoking one cigarette quickly, Xiao Tianya snuffed out the cigarette butt.Seeing a jade hand, he handed over another.

Xiao Tianya glanced at Lin Fenglu gratefully.

Lin Fenglu also lit one for herself, and lighted it for Xiao Tianya by the way.

"Thank you."

"How does it feel for your boss to light a cigarette for you?" Lin Fenglu teased.

"It's not good. If your flower protector finds out, I will definitely be cut alive." Xiao Tianya returned lazily.

Lin Fenglu was amused by her words: "I didn't see you refuse."

Xiao Tianya was not answering the call.

Usually, Lin Fenglu's aura is very cold, but every time he meets Xiao Tianya, it happens to be the time when his aura is the worst.For example last time, for example now.

Xiao Tianya held the smoking cigarette in front of his eyes, and looked at it indifferently.

After taking the last puff, Xiao Tianya rejected the cigarette that Lin Fenglu offered again.Still staring blankly at the hollow ceiling.

Lin Fenglu had been observing Xiao Tianya quietly since she came to the lobby. Although she got along well with her colleagues, there was an indifference hidden deep in her eyes.

Now is the most real she who has removed the disguise.Decadent, indifferent, lazy.

Neither of them spoke, they just sat quietly, a noble and gorgeous boss, and a humble low-level employee.

After a long time, Xiao Tianya got up and straightened his slightly messy clothes.

"Boss Lin, I'll go back first, thank you for the cigarettes." Xiao Tianya said goodbye politely, turned and left without any regrets.

"Happy birthday!"

Xiao Tianya's hand rested on the handle, a bit of bitterness appeared in the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you!" He replied dryly, and left without looking back.

Looking at the leaving figure, Lin Fenglu felt an inexplicable heartache.

Whenever I have a birthday, I will always receive thousands of blessings from all over the world, and every time I make myself mentally and mentally haggard and extremely irritable.But seeing this lonely figure now, Lin Fenglu felt happy for the first time.

A person without even birthday wishes, how desolate her state of mind should be.

……

It seems that the days have not changed much, and the company is still in a pool of stagnant water.The encounter that night seemed to have been forgotten by both parties.

The three fires still did not burn.However, Xiao Tianya smelled something strange.

Xiao Tianya's job is quite special. Strictly speaking, she doesn't belong to the planning department, nor does she belong to any department.

Arranging files is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job, but Xiao Tianya is extremely fast and rarely makes mistakes. Because of her special skills, she often goes to other departments to help, including planning, finance, sales, materials and even personnel.He was dubbed by Awen as: public handyman.Zhang Liping's condition is that the salary will increase from 2400 to 3400.

As for the company, it is natural for one person to do the work of several people and pay one person's salary.As for Xiao Tianya, he was idle anyway, he didn't make money if he had money, and he was sorry for his parents, so he successfully dated and started dating for two years.

In a special period, in the eyes of people with ulterior motives, such an inconspicuous position has the value of being used.

Xiao Tianya looked at his phone, he found an unfamiliar number and called 6 times.For unfamiliar numbers, Xiao Tianya will not answer them at all, which is troublesome.Even by express delivery.

But this number is obviously not, because of her several years of online shopping experience, she has never encountered such a dedicated courier.Finally at the seventh time, Xiao Tianya compromised.

"Hello, are you Ms. Xiao Tianya Xiao?" The other party was a young and energetic man.

"Yeah." He returned lukewarmly.

"Are you free tonight?" The other party was obviously not hurt by her indifference, and his enthusiasm remained undiminished.

"Is there something wrong?" There was boredom in the words.

"I want to invite you to dinner."

"No, thank you."

But Xiao Tianya still underestimated the other party's persistence, day by day, over and over again.Even though she blocked his number, he still called from another number.

What he did seriously affected Xiao Tianya's originally peaceful life.

Xiao Tianya recorded the documents irritably. Recently, there are always mistakes and major changes in the documents.Xiao Tianya sensed the problem—someone secretly tampered with it.But she still looks like she doesn't know anything about doing her work.

She doesn't like trouble, she is smart and she knows that the seemingly calm water surface has an undercurrent surging below. This is beyond her control as a small clerk, and she can only pray that she will not become cannon fodder in the end.

Gossip from all directions squeezed into her ears.These made her even more irritable.

"Hey, have you heard that Zhao Qingshan in finance resigned yesterday. There is no warning!" A middle-aged woman gossiped.

"Well, I also heard that Liu Jie, the gold medal salesman in sales, also resigned, and she just left without warning."

"I heard that the after-sales 'old crooked' has also left."

……

The words of the middle-aged woman immediately aroused everyone's response.After listening, Xiao Tianya felt a flash of clarity.

Keep your composure and continue to listen attentively.Because of her usual performance, everyone has no scruples in talking.Of course, what they said was also well-known news.However, Xiao Tianya, who lives in his own world, has never heard of it.

The middle-aged woman suddenly lowered her voice: "Do you think it's because of Mr. Lin that so many old people left after she first arrived?"

"That's right, I heard that she is only 24 years old this year. Can a student who just debuted take over such a large company manage well?"

"Hey, who told her to be the chairman's daughter, she might be gold-plated when she comes down."

"It must be. You can see that a month has passed, and she still hasn't moved."

"Well, but the long one is indeed very temperamental." There are inevitably nymphomaniacs everywhere.

"What's the use of being beautiful? It's not just a vase. If I can do better than him in that position, I may be many times better than him." A woman with dyed blond hair said sourly.

"Those people must have felt that it was useless to follow her, so they left."

"Well, it's possible. However, those who can do it have left. How can I do this job then?"

……

The gossip of this group of people was endless, and the noisy voice made Xiao Tianya even more irritable.Immediately got up, picked up the water cup and went to the tea room.

After brewing a cup of tea, Xiao Tianya watched in a daze as the tea leaves rolled slowly in the water and then stretched out.

At this time, a phone call came, disturbing Xiao Tianya's "clearing repair".

She picked up the phone and looked, probably that persistent 'Xiao Wang' again.

Picking it up, I didn't guess wrong.

"Hey, Tianya? I'm Xiao Wang. Do you have time tonight?" At some point, he shamelessly called himself so intimately.With a familiar tone, those who didn't know thought they were old friends who had known each other for many years.But in fact, they only had a few phone calls, and each time did not exceed 2 minutes.

"Ah."

Xiao Wang obviously didn't expect her to agree, and was stunned at the time, but he reacted quickly: "8:00 tonight, Shangshui Pavilion, I'll wait for you..."

"Okay." After finishing speaking, Xiao Tianya hung up the phone, and at the same time blocked Xiao Wang's endless chatter on the other side of the phone.

Lin Fenglu slammed the document on the table irritably, she naturally knew the doubts below.There is a big loophole in the management of this branch.The finances are full of loopholes, and some people blatantly embezzle public funds.

But she has no evidence, all the information has been changed, and the original documents have been completely destroyed.What they did was very clever, and they didn't leave any handles for themselves.Even if it is found, it can only be a trivial problem like a work mistake, but because of this, these old fritters will suffer, and my future work will be even more difficult.

She is under a lot of pressure from the board of directors, the board of supervisors, and the group of people who are waiting to see her jokes.

But it turns out that she really has nothing to do now.

Every day with this group of people who have their own ulterior motives, she feels extremely tired.

Pushing open the door of the office and entering the corridor, the originally noisy office area immediately became quiet and orderly.Seeing this group of superficially skilled employees, Lin Fenglu became even more furious.He poked the pointed-soled high-heeled shoes 7 cm below the soles of his feet fiercely on the ground, wishing he could poke a hole step by step to vent his dissatisfaction.

Holding the water glass, Xiao Tianya wandered out of the tea room, facing Lin Fenglu who was on the verge of eruption.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!" He greeted him politely, in exchange for a livid face.

After glaring at Xiao Tianya fiercely, Lin Fenglu continued her unfinished journey of calming down.After walking a few steps, looking back, he saw Xiao Tianya was still in the same posture, at the same pace, still lazily walking towards his office with his cup in his arms, he was so angry that his head was smoking.

Feeling the biting cold behind him, Xiao Tianya looked back, immediately put away his lazy posture, and walked to his own den with a few steps.

Lin Fenglu watched Xiao Tianya's actions, and the original anger quickly dissipated, replaced by a faint sense of loss.She always thought that Xiao Tianya was a different person.Deep down, Xiao Tianya's identity is closer to a friend than an employee.But she was disappointed to see that her current behavior was not any different from that group of people.

After turning around a few times in dispirited mood, I returned to the president's office.

……

Xiao Tianya finished all the work at hand overtime.Finally, click Copy to copy all the results of today to the USB flash drive.This is a habit she has developed in the past two years - to back up all the data she has passed.Even I was surprised that I could keep this habit that no one knew about for two years.

I looked at the time, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.She didn't go home directly, but went to the electronic market, and wandered around the park with Erha for a long time before rushing to the appointment.

As soon as he arrived at Shangshui Pavilion, he saw a young man waving at him.About my age, with a pair of half-rimmed glasses and a clean crew cut.He looks gentle, but the nearly crazy Xiao Tianya who was tortured by him knows the essence of his brown candy.

Xiao Tianya hated his voice for a long time, so he naturally wouldn't admit his mistake. He immediately walked over and put the wallet in his hand on the table.Right in the middle of the two.

Seeing her sudden movement, Xiao Wang was taken aback for a moment, thinking it was Xiao Tianya's habit, he didn't care, and stretched out his hand enthusiastically: "My name is Wang Lianshan, assistant manager of xx company. I'm very glad that you can come to the appointment today."

Xiao Tianya just shook his hand lightly, then withdrew his hand, and smiled: "I thought you were in sales! It's a pity, your company let you be such a talented salesman, but let him be an assistant , What a reckless waste."

Naturally, Wang Lianshan knew what Xiao Tianya was referring to—his stalking during this period was completely in line with what the salesperson did.It's just that he didn't expect Xiao Tianya to have such a dark side.

He didn't take it seriously either, and laughed awkwardly.

After talking nonsense for a long time, Wang Lianshan gradually got to the point.

"I heard that your company has a new president who is very beautiful." Wang Lianshan looked like an idiot.

"Well, although puffer fish is delicious, it is deadly. If you want to trade your life for an appetite, you might as well give it a try." Xiao Tianya pointed.

"That is, although my life is not very precious, but I don't want to explain it prematurely. My ideal is to live a long life and have a lot of children and grandchildren. It is not for a gentleman to lose his ideal for the sake of appetite." Wang Lianshan was serious nonsense, It's as if something really happened.

After several trials, Xiao Tianya gently led him over with four or two strokes.

"You're a real loser if you don't do sales. It seems that your company is also reckless."

In the end, Wang Lianshan simply gave up and said straight to the point: "On behalf of our xx company, I invite you to work with us. The salary is 4500, double salary at the end of the year, and 20 days of paid annual leave. Think about it."

"How can I prove that you are speaking on behalf of xx company, and not here to make fun of me." Xiao Tianya stopped circling around and talking nonsense when he saw Wang Lianshan.

"This is my business card and work card. I can only prove that I am an employee of xx company. As for these promises belonging to the category of credit, I can't provide evidence. It is also impossible to sign a labor contract with you now. I don't have that right. I It's just to convey the meaning of our company." Wang Lianshan handed over two cards and said with a straight face.

Xiao Tianya took it, glanced at it, but didn't intend to return it: "You know, I'm just a small person, I've never seen a big scene, and I don't even dare to think about the salary of 4500, so it's inevitable that I'm afraid of the future. Even if I lose my current job, I won’t be able to find another job. Can I keep your work permit for a while, as a consolation.”

Wang Lianshan frowned, but when he saw Xiao Tianya's innocent face, he immediately made up his mind: "Okay, of course there's no problem."

"Recently, a lot of people have left our company. Among them, Brother Wang must have put a lot of thought into it." Xiao Tianya drank the tea in front of him lukewarmly, and he was so innocent just now.

Wang Lianshan secretly thought it was bad, and wanted to get his work permit back, but he had just promised to give it back, and now he immediately regretted it, fearing that it would give him a back-and-forth excuse.

At the moment, he has more eyes on Xiao Tianya.

"Where, people go to high places, it's just the general trend."

"I heard that Zhao Qingshan from finance and Liu Jie from sales have both gone to work with you. Maybe, if I go there, I can discuss our job-hopping history with them."

"Haha, if there is a chance." Wang Lianshan said haha ​​and refused to confide.

Xiao Tianya also felt Wang Lianshan's wariness towards him, so he stopped talking nonsense, quickly cleaned up the food on the table, got up and was about to leave, but he stopped him.

"and many more."

Xiao Tianya stopped as he said, and looked at the anxious Wang Lianshan in a daze.

"Well, let's talk about the conditions again." Wang Lianshan said with an ugly smile.

Xiao Tianya tilted his head and thought for a while: "The monthly salary is 4500, double salary at the end of the year, and 20 days of paid vacation every year. Is it necessary to add benefits?"

At this moment, Wang Lianshan wished he could slap himself twice, he began to wonder if it was a mistake to operate on Xiao Tianya.According to the information, she is a money fanatic, but now it seems that she is either a genius or an idiot.

If there is no use value, who will give you such a high treatment, and who will spend so much effort to poach the wall.

He took a deep breath, calmed down the anger surging in Ren Du's two veins, and put on a 'friendly' smile: "What I said just now was the treatment we gave you, we haven't said what we want from you. "

"Oh, sorry, what are your company's requirements?" Xiao Tianya suddenly realized.

She was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Wang Lianshan was so angry that he gritted his teeth but there was nothing he could do.

"We want your company's latest customer information, as well as financial statements for the past year."

"It's fine if you let Liu Jie and Zhao Qingshan not do it, this is their job." Xiao Tianya stared blankly at the brown tea in the teacup.

"But they have resigned for a while now, and many places are unfamiliar." Wang Lianshan's words flickered.

Originally, those two people were poached for these materials. Who would have thought that these two people would become elites.He said, he has feelings for the old company, he doesn't do unkind things, etc., the real reason is nothing more than two words - dare not.Although he explained everything he knew in the company thoroughly, no one came up with the information. It was not because of the strict preservation, because it involved job crimes and commercial leaks, and he was going to be chased. Criminally responsible.

With all kinds of helplessness, she pointed the finger at Xiao Tianya. Being young means that she is easy to deceive and rich, which means that she is easy to buy. She has been accepting information from multiple departments for many years, and has ample opportunity to get in touch with what she wants.That's why Wang Lianshan held his temper and called over and over again.He even used the beauty trick, who would have thought that Xiao Tianya is also a genius.

Now Wang Lianshan even wants to jump to the Lin Group. Even the little clerks are good people. Such a company will definitely not be bad.

"Ao~" Xiao Tianya made a long nasal sound.

"Then you agree." Wang Lianshan suppressed the excitement in his heart, thinking: Finally, he no longer has to deal with this female tyrannosaurus.

"I'll think about it again."

Wang Lianshan felt as if he was being teased, and he was immediately annoyed, and said coldly: "We have dinner here today, and many of your colleagues have seen it. Once it is reported that you have dinner with people from the rival company, do you think you can still eat?" Keep the job?"

What he said is true, Shangshui Pavilion is not far from the company, and it is a place where colleagues often have dinner after get off work.Xiao Tianya has seen several groups of colleagues pass by.

"Well, but once I am suspected, my line will be broken, and you can only find other people to attack. It will not do any good except waste your time." Regarding Wang Lianshan's threat, Xiao Tianya I don't care about it at all.

"We won't put all our eggs in one basket." Wang Lianshan countered.

"That's a waste of phone bills."

"I still hope that you can consider my proposal, which is beneficial to both of us." Wang Lianshan was so angry that he dropped these words and turned to leave.

He had to admit that he underestimated Xiao Tianya.I thought it would be easy to catch, but I didn't expect that the bell ringer of Notre Dame was so difficult to deal with.Had to prepare another plan.

In fact, Xiao Tianya's appearance is not ugly, barely attractive, but in this company full of beauties and handsome guys, Xiao Tianya's image has plummeted.

Watching Wang Lianshan go away, Xiao Tianya slowly put his business card and work ID into his wallet, and turned off the voice recorder in the wallet.

Sensing the pointing eyes from a distance, Xiao Tianya got up and left.

He didn't take a taxi or take a bus, Xiao Tianya walked casually on the street, his head was dizzy, and his body became extremely heavy.

Xiao Tianya, who has more than 20 years of experience in using the body, knows that she is sick.

Glancing at the towering building in the distance, that is where I work, and maybe it will no longer be there in the future.

She has no plans to go to xx company, and she also knows that what Wang Lianshan said is also true.I might really lose my job.When I chose to meet at Shangshui Pavilion, it was also to cut off my own escape route and find a reason for myself to leave.

After being bound to this city for 7 years, it was time to leave.

Bought a pack of cigarettes, lit it, and walked around with the cigarette in his mouth, regardless of the strange eyes of everyone.My heart is still a little uncomfortable...