A touch of sunrise

Chapter 1 Monotonous Life

The clock on the wall points to six o'clock, which is the time to get off work.

"Manager Lu, I'm leaving first, bye, see you tomorrow." Such voices kept ringing in the office.

"Well, bye, see you tomorrow." Lu Qi, who was still sitting in his seat, smiled and nodded goodbye to everyone until he was the only one left in the department.

"Ah! Manager Lu, you are still here, are you working overtime again?" The glass door was suddenly pushed open, and a greeting sounded.

Lu Qi looked up and saw that it was Xiao Chen from the sales department. "No, no, it's not considered overtime, it's just sorting out some materials."

"Well, the purchasing department is quite busy too. Ah, by the way, I don't know if Manager Lu likes desserts? I have three rolls from a dessert shop, just give them to Manager Lu." Xiao Chen flipped through the pages while talking. Picking up the briefcase, he took out an envelope from the compartment and put it on Lu Qi's desk.

"Ah, what's the point of this? No need." Lu Qi hurriedly pushed the envelope away without even looking at it. The smile on his face naturally brought a little shyness.

"No, no, Manager Lu, take it. No one in my family likes mooncakes, let alone sweet ones." Seeing this, Xiao Chen immediately stretched out his hand and pushed the envelope in, his mouth full of politeness.

"Ah... that's it. Then... well, thank you Xiao Chen." After pushing and pushing, there was no result, Lu Qi finally had to give in, and accepted it with shame.

"It's all right. Then Manager Lu should finish his work and go home early. I'll go back first. The family is still waiting for dinner. Goodbye." Seeing that Lu Qi finally accepted it, Xiao Chen felt relieved and said goodbye with a smile on his face. leave.

After Xiao Chen's figure disappeared behind the glass door, Lu Qi withdrew his smile, glanced at the pink envelope on the table, then looked at the computer screen again, and opened the drawer, took the envelope and threw it in. , the action was extremely casual, and it seemed that he didn't take this kindness seriously.

Lu Qi covered the keyboard with his fingers, and held the mouse with his other hand. The sound of keyboard tapping and mouse pressing instantly resounded in the quiet office.

When the pointer on the wall pointed to the Arabic numeral 7, finally, Lu Qi finished sorting out the documents at hand, raised his hand and pinched the back of his neck, facing the computer for a long time would inevitably cause problems on the cervical spine.

Lu Qi sighed, put down his hands, turned his head and tried to move his lower neck, and suddenly jumped into a stack of papers next to the computer in his rotating eyes, which were all moon cake tickets sent by suppliers or the company to win the relationship these days. Eating mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival is in season.

After concentrating on it for a while, Lu Qi reached out and picked them up and flipped through them one by one.

Lu Qi looked through it very quickly, and the contents of the envelope would not be taken out. All Lu Qi wanted to confirm was the value arrangement of these mooncake tickets.

After a circle, Lu Qi looked again. This time, he pulled out the volumes of some famous stores and put them in another place.That stack was intended for parents, and the rest could be given to the new employees in the company.

When Lu Qi received these mooncake tickets from others, just according to the touch of his fingertips and the label pattern on the paper, Lu Qi had already repositioned the ranking of those suppliers in his heart.

After sorting out the stack, they were put back in the same place again, the only difference may be their worth arrangement.

Lu Qi looked at the time displayed on the bottom right of the computer screen, and began to organize his briefcase.

The last person to leave the office, turn off the lights and lock the doors.In the suddenly darkened office, there was a forgotten mooncake ticket in the drawer of Lu Qi's desk.

It is understandable that Lu Qi is used to avoiding the rush hour every day. Standing on the subway platform where there is still a lot of people, the subway cars passing by in front of him are also crowded with many people returning home. Lu Qi waited. Three trains, he finally looked up at the display that counted down the time of the off-duty train, and stepped into the opened train waiting for him in front of him.

Once again, he was accustomed to leaning against the railing of the door, and then, Lu Qi tried his best to relax his nerves and let his mind wander too far.Just four stops to go home.

When getting out of the subway, Lu Qi subconsciously loosened his bow tie. It was not the peak of the crowd, but the air underground was oppressive and dull after all, not enough circulation. Lu Qi's body could not adapt to the mixed air environment.

Walk home from the subway exit, 10 minutes away.

After walking for about 8 minutes, Lu Qi used to buy bento boxes for dinner at a small restaurant outside his residential area.

The house Lu Qi bought for himself was on a high floor, and he has liked living in high places for a long time.Carrying the lunch box, I greeted the building management aunt familiarly, pressed the password button at the gate of the building, entered the building and took the elevator, went upstairs and took out the key, opened the door and entered the house.

Everything is done step by step, which is too suitable for Lu Qi who is expressionless and has no fluctuations in mood at the moment.

The first thing I do when I get home is to pick up the remote control and turn on the TV. It doesn't matter what channel or program, Lu Qi just wants to make the room where he lives alone have some sound.

After washing his hands, Lu Qi sat on the sofa and ate his boxed lunch, watching TV while grilling. Lu Qi did not adjust the TV channel, even though it was a children's program.

The eating process was mechanical and his expression was dull, and the disposable box was thrown directly into the trash can. Lu Qi then remembered to change the TV channel. After switching several times, it seemed that they were not to his liking, and finally stopped on the news channel.

Arms crossed, he sat on the sofa and stared blankly for a while, feeling bored again, Lu Qi took out his notebook from his briefcase and planned to surf the Internet for information.

Finally, one look at bedtime.

Before going to bed, the phone rang and there was a call.

Lu Qi hesitated, but still took it.

"Hello."

[Hey, Mr. Lu, good evening! ]

"Ah, it's Mr. Li. Good evening, why don't you go to bed so late?" Lu Qi replied with ease, while walking to the balcony of the bedroom.

[Mr. Lu didn't sleep, did he work late?Really hard. ]

"No, no, Mr. Li is also working hard. Is there something wrong? Oh, by the way, I talked to Mr. Li about the price of the new order today. Does Mr. Li have any opinions?"

Lu Qi knew that at such a late hour, a supplier would call for nothing else but the profit of the difference.

[Yes, the reason for bothering Mr. Lu so late is for this.Sigh, let's put it this way, I am also really difficult to deal with, the boss above did not agree, Mr. Lu, you are not willing to back down here, and that batch of goods has been suppressed for you for a long time, it is really difficult, Mr. Lu! ]

Lu Qi could hear the other party's anxiety, the more anxious the more it suits him. "Mr. Li, you also know that you are not the only supplier you know in purchasing. Can you raise the price just because you have been pressing for a long time?"

[Sigh... ok ok, Mr. Lu, how much can you give in at least?It's not as good as adding a little more commission to you in the middle. ] The other party still seems to have no choice but to compromise with money.

"I've already given you the lowest price at noon. As for the commission, you're joking." Lu Qi knew that the deal was considered successful, and he could get a lot of red envelopes from it.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qi made a lot of money for the company and subsidized a lot of family expenses for himself. However, Lu Qi no longer has the sense of accomplishment he used to. It's too boring to say, and it will give rise to a strong sense of falsehood and denial to yourself.

Lying on the bed, Lu Qi turned on the lamp by the bed, it was difficult for him to sleep at night without light.

Staring at the pink and white ceiling, Lu Qi started to be in a daze again. Over the past few years, he seemed to be more and more used to wandering alone when he was alone, and he didn't even know what he was thinking.

Close your eyes, 24 hours a day has passed in the same way, but the next day will start again eight hours later.

Turning off the noisy mobile phone alarm clock, Lu Qi rubbed his forehead. Due to physical problems, for him, the morning brought him only endless headaches.

Resisting the pain, he got up, washed, changed his clothes and went out. In order to avoid the peak hours of work, Lu Qi went about an hour earlier, passing by a small vendor, Lu Qi would buy a breakfast, and then he was the first to arrive at the company, waiting for the familiar People kept pouring in and then kept smiling and saying good morning.

Even the mornings come in this order. Lu Qi never thinks about what breakfast he wants to eat, never considers whether it is boring to be alone in the company too early, never wants to stay in bed occasionally to feel the morning sunshine, and never Stop and feel the crowd passing by.

Lu Qi is such a person, his life is monotonous.

The work is actually very leisurely, especially now that Lu Qi is the purchasing supervisor. All he needs to do is to arrange the work of his subordinates and report to the superior. It is his subordinate's business to do small suppliers or to investigate the prices of goods demanded by customers and to place orders.

Even so, Lu Qi still likes to find trouble for nothing.

While typing on the keyboard to discuss the price with someone, Lu Qi suddenly couldn't remember the price of a certain model, so he couldn't help asking, but Qian Rui, who had only been here for less than two months, blurted out the answer. .

Surprised, Lu Qi turned his head and smiled at Qian Rui, and thanked him.

Qian Rui is a fresh graduate, and he was hired in the procurement department. Logically speaking, procurement assistants are not good at accepting inexperienced graduates, and they are not reliable without guarantee, and they are afraid that they will be changed by the extra gray income. The three views of society, so when the personnel department introduced the new Qian Rui to Lu Qi, Lu Qi was really surprised.

However, after getting along for a few days, Lu Qi also saw Qian Rui's enthusiasm after graduation, working hard, and unknowingly superimposed his appearance when he was full of ambition, so he kindly promoted him Qian Rui.

Now Qian Rui is looked after by Lu Qi, but Lu Qi was not so lucky in the past.

When eating at noon, Lu Qi is used to ordering takeaway. Usually, the girls in the office will occasionally bring their own meals, and the men will fight together to order takeaway food. The new Qian Rui brings a full lunch box every day.

On this day too, Lu Qi went to pour water and passed by Qian Rui's desk. With a glance, he saw that the food in the two boxes was almost flattened by the lid. One box contained white rice, and the other box contained not fish It is ribs, and there is also a boxed soup.

Lu Qi smiled, leaned over and said, "Little Qian, the food you eat every day is pretty good."

Qian Ruigang opened the lid of the box, and the voice of his boss rang in his ears. He was startled, and replied awkwardly, "Uh, no...no."

"Looks like I have a virtuous girlfriend. A bachelor like me can only eat takeaway." Seeing Qian Rui's reaction, Lu Qi laughed at him even more.

Qian Rui blushed, rubbed the back of his head, and smiled silly.

Lu Qi didn't laugh at him too much. In fact, looking at the dishes on his plate, what was hidden in Lu Qi's heart was envy. It seemed that Lu Qi rarely had such a warm feeling.

It was lunch break at this moment, while Lu Qi was picking up his box lunch, while Lu Qi was browsing the webpage in front of the computer, he caught sight of the stack of mooncake tickets again.

After eating the tasteless meal, Lu Qi thought about it, and once again decided on the whereabouts of the mooncake tickets. After the meal, he started to make them.

It's not a big deal, Lu Qi decided to mail all the mooncake tickets from the relatively good stores to his parents for free, and they can use them however they want.

After thinking about it, Lu Qi took out a lot of envelopes and put the mooncake tickets inside one by one. In the other hand, he took the mobile phone and started making calls.

"Hello? Mom?"

[Ah, is it Qiqi? ]

"Well, it's me. Mom, I got a lot of mooncake tickets today, and I'll send them to you in two days."

[Oh, what are you doing sending these things over again?It’s useless at home, the mooncakes can’t be eaten after being exchanged, and when the time comes, they will be given away, and it’s not necessary to give them away. Mooncakes are really worthless now.You, don’t send these useless things back, just let me go home and have a look, you child, really, don’t hurry up and find a girlfriend to marry, you, ah, really...]

Lu Qi's mother is also over half a hundred years old, and she can't stop talking once, Lu Qi listens at all, and is still busy with sorting out moon cake tickets, and waits for her mother to finish talking. It was also sorted out.

Lu Qi is also used to hearing the old man's words. It would be a lie if he said that he would not feel a little irritable, but Lu Qi chose to keep silent, try to go home as little as possible, and call less and less. Some unacceptable facts hurt them, this is Lu Qi's filial piety.

To put it bluntly, Lu Qi was also afraid, so he could only escape day after day, year after year, but he didn't know whether he was avoiding his parents, himself, or actually avoiding the reality.

In the end, about five envelopes were sorted out. After thinking about it, Lu Qi decided to call the courier directly, dialed the phone, and waited for the courier to pick it up alone when he got off work in the evening.

The whole day that day, including when sorting out the mooncake tickets later, there was a very inconspicuous envelope left behind by Lu Qi, that is, the one in the drawer that Lu Qi still didn't think of when he returned from work.

It was fate, and the person Lu Qi met later believed in it all the time.