The right way to rescue someone who has been out of the closet

Chapter 5 old acquaintance

Ye Lan was troubled by her English name the night before and fell asleep very late, and it was already late to get to the company the next day.

Limei International Jewelry Design Co., Ltd. is located in an office building near the Fifth Ring Road. The whole company has less than 20 employees.When Ye Lan opened the door and came in, Lu Qiaoqiao, assistant to the design department, put down the makeup mirror as usual, opened a round candy box and handed it to him: "Good morning, brother Lan."

"Morning." Ye Lan picked out various M&Ms, took out a blue one and put it in her mouth.

"Brother Lan, the boss is looking for you." Hua Hui came over and reminded him.

Hua Hui graduated from a regular Academy of Fine Arts with a major in jewelry design. Unlike his wild way, he always looks very energetic, which makes Ye Lan very envious.

"Understood." Ye Lan rubbed her temples, grabbed the manuscript paper on the table and stood up.

The owner of the company, Fei Yuande, worked in a state-owned enterprise for ten years before going into business, wholesale and reselling cheap jewelry.Although I have no so-called aesthetic ability and can only follow suit, I have made a lot of money.After meeting Ye Lan, she tried to mass-produce Ye Lan's designs and then sell them to Taobao, transforming into a design company.It's a pity that Ye Lan is not well-known, and the original designs can't be sold at a price. In order to make money, Fei Yuande had to go back to his old business, making money by copying the same jewelry from celebrities, and occasionally selling original works.

Ye Lan walked through the open office area, walked to the door of the general manager's office, and asked softly, "Is Mr. Fei there?"

Yan Hui, secretary to the general manager, raised her head and glanced at him: "There is someone."

"Ah, please pass it on to me." Ye Lan put the manuscript paper on her desk, "I'll come back when he's free."

"Would you like to wait? It seems to be over soon."

Before Yan Hui finished speaking, she heard the door opening, and Fei Yuande said goodbye respectfully: "Looking forward to your visit, let's go slowly!"

Ye Lan looked over and had a direct face-to-face meeting with the guest.

I haven't seen you for two years, so my memory should have been blurred.Min Wenwei doesn't seem to have changed much from before, or maybe he can't remember what he was like before, so there is no way to compare.It is surprising that Wanhua Jewelry has business dealings with a small company like Limei, but it is not shocking. It is inevitable to meet in the same industry. Maybe I have realized this a long time ago.

Ye Lan didn't know what expression to face him with, so she kept silent and stepped aside.

Min Wenwei glanced at him, straightened the cuffs of his suit, and extended his hand friendly: "Is that Ye Lan? I'm Min Wenwei from Wanhua Jewelry, nice to meet you."

It's exactly the same as the self-introduction when we first met back then, not even a single word has changed.

But Ye Lan will no longer rush forward as excitedly as Lengtouqing back then.He reached out to shake it, and took a step back to stand beside Fei Yuande.

Min Wenwei didn't mind his rudeness, and smiled: "Looking forward to your design."

Fei Yuande stood at the door and watched him enter the open office area before waving to Ye Lan: "Come in."

Ye Lan grabbed the manuscript paper on the table, walked into the office with him, and handed over the sample of the pendant of the same style as the web drama that he had drawn.

Fei Yuande didn't even look at it, and put it aside casually, twisting a few pieces of printing paper on the table: "Thank you, sit down."

Ye Lan sat down as she said, her eyes stayed on the manuscript paper for a few seconds, she was slightly surprised.Fei Yuande has always been concerned about the trend of film and television dramas, and attaches great importance to the timeliness of accessories that follow the trend, and has never been so indifferent as he is today.He sat up straight calmly, looking at the printing paper placed in a conspicuous place.The handwriting on the paper was not clear, but he recognized the logo on the upper left corner, which was the logo of Wanhua Jewelry.

Fei Yuande stared at the printing paper, tapped the desktop rhythmically with the tip of his right finger, and asked as if chatting: "I remember your resume said that you once worked for Wanhua Jewelry for a short time. Do you know Min Wenwei?"

Ye Lan hesitated for a moment: "I know."

"Wanhua Jewelry gave us a list, and Min Wenwei appointed you to design. If you pass the review of the headquarters, let Limei participate in the bidding for the main autumn jewelry." Fei Yuande turned the printing paper to him, " Now that I know each other, I can rest assured that I will hand over this order to you."

Ye Lan looked down at the printing paper in front of her. The conditions offered by Wanhua Jewelry were not too harsh, and the design fee was also sufficient, so there was no reason to refuse.He lowered his eyes to avoid Fei Yuande's smiling face, and pushed the paper back: "You can find someone else to replace me."

Fei Yuande looked at him unexpectedly, and slowly leaned back on the boss's chair: "What's the reason?"

"There is no reason, the concept is inconsistent."

"Difference in concept?" Fei Yuande smiled, "I remember, this seems to be the reason you said for leaving Wanhua when I interviewed you. You must know that if Wanhua can approve your design this time, you In the future, there is no need to imitate the same style of XX. Concentrate on being original, isn’t it what you have always wanted to do?”

Ye Lan lowered her head, seemingly unresponsive.

Fei Yuande saw that he was determined to refuse, sighed, and pushed the printing paper back to him again: "If you don't want to, I won't force you. The order requires you to take it back and have a look. If you are interested, come to me again." .”

Ye Lan held the few pieces of printing paper like a garbage bag, got up and left.

Hua Hui, who was waiting at the door, saw him come out, glanced at the printing paper in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Brother Lan, is the boss accepting new orders?"

Ye Lan patted the printing paper on his chest: "You can see for yourself." He took a few steps towards his seat and stopped still.

Min Wenwei leaned against his work table, took a chocolate bean from the candy box through the baffle, and said something to Lu Qiaoqiao, which made Lu Qiaoqiao's cheeks flush and she smiled happily.

Ye Lan walked over, stood two meters away, and politely reminded: "Mr. Min, this is my place."

"Ah, I'm so sorry." Min Wenwei took two steps aside, just blocking Ye Lan's path, "I don't know if Designer Ye has read the order requirements, we can discuss the details."

If possible, Ye Lan would like to ask him why he wants to do business with Limei. Wanhua Jewelry is one of the largest companies in the industry and almost monopolizes all high-end jewelry customization in China.Wanhua holds new product launch conferences every spring and autumn, which is the top event in the jewelry industry.Every press conference can lead the trend of jewelry, and become a model for small companies like Limei to follow suit.

Not long ago, Ye Lan saw from the news that Min Wenwei had become the new CEO of Wanhua Jewelry, but he never expected that his first order after taking over the family business would be to sign a lucrative contract with Li Mei in person. .

Ye Lan didn't dare to delve into the reason for this, and her intuition told him not to ask.He stared at the ground, trying to ignore the oppressive feeling above his head: "Thank you, Mr. Min, for your kindness, but I have already rejected this order."

Min Wenwei frowned, apparently not expecting this answer: "Push it off? Why?"

"I know my own weight, and I'm afraid I'll mess up such an important list."

Min Wenwei didn't speak, Ye Lan could feel the anger above his head with his head down, he bit his lip, the shadow of the other party made him almost suffocate.

After a few seconds, maybe even longer, Min Wenwei stared at him condescendingly for a while, then suddenly said: "Ye Lan, are you because of..."

"No!" Ye Lan took his words away, and even changed the tone of her voice eagerly.

Instead, Min Wenwei smiled slowly.He looked at Lu Qiaoqiao and Hua Hui who had been stunned for a long time, and the employee who noticed something unusual in the distance and was peeping here, and said leisurely: "Then I don't mind sharing an interesting story with you, speaking of it, Designer Ye... ..."

"Enough!" Ye Lan interrupted him, took a few quick steps to snatch the printing paper from Hua Hui's hand, waved it in front of him, and said through gritted teeth, "I, take it."

Min Wenwei raised one corner of his mouth, showing a smile that was half sarcastic and half satisfied: "Ye Lan, do you have to do this?"

Ye Lan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. The appearance of Min Wenwei seemed to force a line of garbled code into a well-running software, disrupting all his rhythms.The headache is splitting, every nerve is clamoring to break free from the body.He held his forehead and tried his best to endure: "Mr. Min, what advice do you have?"

"No, see you tomorrow." Min Wenwei shrugged, turned and left.

See you tomorrow... What do you mean?Ye Lan raised his head suddenly, but the other party only gave him a handsome back view.

After get off work, Ye Lan went to L'arc-en-Ciel bar.

Ding Ding's incision has not fully recovered, and the remaining surgical thread will not be removed in the hospital until a full month.Ye Lan knew that alcohol would hinder the healing of the wound and even aggravate the pain, but he had nowhere to go at the moment, he just wanted to use alcohol to numb his chaotic brain.

When the bartender asked him what he wanted, the regular life routine popped up and yelled: If you order strong alcohol, you will not want to have sex for the rest of your life!Ye Lan swallowed the whiskey reluctantly and ordered a glass of dark beer.

Sitting in the old seat, Ye Lan was not in the mood to watch the online dramas on TV, and her mind was full of why Min Wenwei appeared.There is a small voice in my heart reminding him all the time, you know the reason, but you just choose to escape wishfully.He didn't dare to think about it, he picked up the wine glass and drank it "gulp".

After drinking a glass of beer, her aching brain fell into a deep illusion. Ye Lan lay on the table, feeling like she was dreaming.Dimly, I recalled many past events that I had tried my best to forget.

For example, the last time I saw Min Wenwei.

I almost don't remember how I felt at that time, I just felt cold, very cold, colder than that time when I stood until dawn on a snowy night.He numbly focused his eyes on Min Wenwei's face, watching him squinting slightly, his eyelids drew a charming fold.

Even Fan Yue had reluctantly admitted that Min Wenwei had a good appearance, and Ye Lan had been addicted to it since the first time they met, and she didn't want to struggle when she sensed the danger. His sarcasm pierced the air and pierced him to pieces.

"Ye Lan, it's not that I don't believe you. The evidence is overwhelming. How can you tell me to believe you?"

"Aren't you? What era is this? Do you still believe in true love? Come on, gays can't get married. Where does loyalty come from? Just be happy together!"

"You see, my heart is only so big. If you take 50% of it, I will give you 50% of my love. It's fair. Why do you want to be dissatisfied and want to occupy the other half that doesn't belong to you?"

"The world is so big, it's impossible for me to be the only one in my life, Ye Lan. It's impossible for me to live for you, and it's impossible for me to love you alone."

Ye Lan remembered that she stood for a long time and thought for a long time, trying to come up with words to refute him from the poor language.But in the end it failed. He actually thought that what Min Wenwei said was very reasonable, and he couldn't refute it.

It was because he asked too much, thinking that if he offered one heart, he could get another one.Even though he is gay, he still has to find some true love, and it really is too difficult for others.

Maybe in Min Wenwei's eyes, he is a ridiculous person, talking unreasonable things, like a disobedient pet cat, rolling around on the ground, unsatisfied, asking for more canned cat food.

Even though his whole body was so numb that he had lost consciousness for a long time, he still felt his heart was very cold, and he needed to do his best every time he beat, as if it was the last time.He wanted to cry a little, but it seemed that even the tears had been frozen in his eye sockets, leaving only two black holes.

The strange thing is that Min Wenwei didn't continue to mock him, nor did he drive him away, but kept silent, as if waiting for his reply.

What else is there to say?Ye Lan didn't know what he was waiting for.What should I say?Agree with his point of view, go back and hold 50% love and linger on?He tried to imagine the scene, but found it still unbearable.

If you can't get it, forget it.He nodded and said in a low voice, "I see."

Min Wenwei's expression changed: "What do you mean?"

Ye Lan opened the door, ready to turn and leave.

Min Wenwei's distraught voice came from behind: "Ye Lan, what the hell are you thinking in your fucking mind? Isn't it good to be with me like this? Do you fucking want to wait? Waiting for your so-called true love? Have you Have you ever thought about what to do if you can’t wait for the rest of your life?”

Ye Lan didn't answer.

In fact, he still doesn't know how to answer.What if you can't wait?What should I do if I can't wait?His eye sockets hurt a little, and he blinked, feeling even more uncomfortable.Something had to be done, he rubbed his empty glass, trying to take out his wallet for a refill.

The rationality that was still alive roared wildly, stopping his idea of ​​getting drunk.My chest hurts, and I really want to get real comfort, not the loud music and cold beer in the bar.

Ye Lan opened the address book, moved her fingertips on Fan Yue's name, but still couldn't press it.Fan Yue couldn't let him know that he met Min Wenwei.Don't let him worry too much about himself.Can't trouble him.

In the end, he took a photo of an empty glass of dark beer and posted it on Weibo.

Ye Lan buried his head deeply in the crook of his arms. He had faint expectations in his heart, but even he himself didn't know what he was expecting.

Half an hour later, when Tan Qin's figure appeared at the door of the bar, Ye Lan tightly covered her eyes and finally cried out.

【small theater】

Nian Gao: Do ​​you feel that your behavior is like a premium spare tire?The protagonist is trapped in love and buys drunk, and the spare tire appears to comfort him in a second.

Qin Qin: [The other party didn't want to talk to you and threw a hemostat at you]