Flower Room

Chapter 11 Tracking
When the car drove out of the villa area, Shao Junkang slowly said to Shao Yun who was sitting next to him: "You have to pay close attention to that development project in Jiangcun. This is your first time in charge of a major project. Be extra careful and don't make any mistakes. , let people gossip.”

Shao Yun only answered "Yes."

"Changfa and Guangyuan should let Junbang be responsible, he is his own person, so I don't worry if I take more care of him."

As Shao Junkang said, his eyes glanced at Shao Yun, who had a pleasing eyebrow, and he sighed secretly.

It took him nearly 10 years to develop a township machinery processing enterprise into a diversified Shaw Group with an asset of 10 billion today, and only he can taste the sweetness and bitterness of it.In the past two years, real estate has begun to rise. He has already smelled it with a keen sense of smell. Relying on his solid interpersonal foundation, he has obtained many large and small plots of land in several potential areas in the city, and began to enter the real estate industry with great ambitions.

However, the martyr's twilight years, the sword is getting old, and the long-term overload of work has not only created his incomparable hot temper, but also caused him to suffer from heart disease and high blood pressure. The doctor repeatedly asked him to decompress, rest.

Even though he was reluctant, he had to put his health first and consider the issue of handing over responsibility. Fortunately, his eldest son, Shao Yun, has graduated from university and can contribute to his career and the family.

It's just that Shao Yun is not as obedient and sensible as he appears at the moment. Although this son is extremely intelligent, he may have been neglected for a long time and caused Shao Junkang a lot of trouble since he was a child. It was discovered in time that Shao Yun had applied for the police academy as he wished, which made Shao Junkang very angry.

Even now that he has grown up, he is still self-willed and has no progress at all. The second son, Shao Lei, has always been a worry-free child, but he is still in school. What's more, he is too modest and has completely inherited his mother's temper , There is always a little lack of courage, which is a big taboo in running an enterprise, which shows that everything cannot be perfect.

"Ah Yun, find a time this year, you and Shi Min get married." Shao Junkang said suddenly.

Shi Min is Shao Junkang's old comrade-in-arms, the daughter of Shi Ronghua, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Shao Yun's classmate from junior high school to university. , the family background is good, the girl herself is also very good, frank and straightforward, and she is very good at Shao Junkang's temper.He thought to himself, Shaoyun was being taken care of and helped, at least he could calm down and return to justice.

Shao Yun lazily said: "Let's talk about it in two years, I don't want to get married so early." He is only 26 years old this year, just at the age of fun, and he is always bound when he gets married.

How could Shao Junkang not know what was going on in his mind, so he couldn't help but stare at him coldly. If he was at home, another confrontation would be inevitable, but in front of the driver, he still endured it and didn't explode on the spot.He just asked in a very low voice: "Where is the girl surnamed Su in the warehouse, is she still there?"

When Shao Yun heard him mention it abruptly, it was obvious that he wanted to shake the mountain and shake the tiger, so he couldn't help but tense up, and said calmly: "She has resigned a long time ago."

Shao Junkang narrowed his eyes without looking at him, and gave a thoughtful "hmm".

Leaning slightly, the car turned a corner and slowly entered the factory area.

Shao Yun looked out of the window, not wanting to accept his father's interrogation, but inadvertently saw Manzhi standing at the corner of the gate with a serious face, his brows furrowed, secretly annoyed, he quickly glanced at Shao Junkang, fortunately he didn't notice .

Manzhi came to Shaw Brothers early in the morning to wait for the rabbit, and the security guard who happened to be on duty was the one I met last time. When he saw Manzhi, he thought he was coming for a retest, and asked questions enthusiastically. .

The security guard suddenly stood upright, and saluted respectfully towards a car that was driving into the factory area.

Manzhi's heart moved, and sure enough, the security guard immediately turned to her and said, "That's our chairman's car, Vice President Shao will be arriving soon."

"Oh." Manzhi's eyes followed the super long Lincoln that was as clean as new, and her face gradually became tense.She has no hatred of wealth, on the contrary, she desires to be rich.However, because of what happened to Man Qi, she really didn't have any sense of admiration for the power behind this car, but only faintly felt a kind of coercive pressure.

The concierge's phone rang suddenly, and then a security guard called Manzhi in surprise, "Vice President Shao's secretary asked you to come in."

This time Manzhi did not enter Shao Yun's office, but was taken to a very remote small reception room on the first floor. After waiting for nearly 10 minutes, Shao Yun appeared with a displeased expression on his face.

"What are you doing here again?"

Manzhi said straight to the point: "My sister is missing."

Shao Yun looked at her amusedly, "Then you shouldn't come to me, but call the police."

Manzhi stared into his eyes and asked, "Aren't you worried at all?"

Shao Yun put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned his back to Manzhi and said, "If a person wants to avoid it, what's the use of worrying."

"Then why are you still looking for her?" Manzhi raised her voice and asked angrily.

Shao Yun turned around and looked at her with indifferent eyes, "Su Manzhi, I think you may have made a mistake. This is a matter between Manqi and me, so I don't need to explain it to you."

Without waiting for Manzhi to speak again, he directly concluded: "I'm very busy today, so I don't have time to accompany you. Another day, if you're interested, we can have a cup of coffee together—but I don't want to talk about everything about Manqi .”

He said that Bi Yang left, leaving Manzhi almost gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.

After leaving Shaw Brothers, the sun was shining brightly, and Manzhi wandered aimlessly on the street, her ears filled with Manqi's narration mixed with happiness and sadness.

"No one has ever been so nice to me like him... I feel like I'm shaking when he comes near me... Even though it's impossible to be with him, I have no complaints... I will never fall in love with anyone else ..."

Manzhi muttered to herself: "Sister, is such a person really worthy of your love?"

Shao Yun's face of being both righteous and evil kept reappearing in her mind, she thought over and over the question, why did he go to Manqi, and what did he say to Manqi?
Manqi had never traveled far before, and now she was able to escape easily within two days while dragging her body, it must not be possible for her to do it.Manzhi sorted out her chaotic thoughts, and realized more and more clearly that Manqi's disappearance must have a very close relationship with Shao Yun.

Then, instead of looking for a needle in the vast sea of ​​people, it is better to guard Shaoyun until Manqi's whereabouts are found out.

Shao Junbang repeatedly looked at the resume in his hand, and then at Manzhi who was sitting opposite with a serious expression.

"You majored in mechatronics, why did you apply for the position of office assistant?" His fingers habitually tapped on the table, appearing determined and steady.

With just one glance, Manzhi felt that the marketing director of the group in front of him was a very practical person, just like his fat appearance, which gave people a solid sense of security, although appearance is often the most untrustworthy.

The question he asked was completely within Manzhi's expectation, but she didn't start from admiring the magnificent history and culture of the company to honestly expressing how much ability she has to be qualified for this position like in previous interviews. Intuitively, she believed that the seemingly honest middle-aged man in front of her would not be interested in such statements, so she expressed her thoughts directly.

"I really need a job at Shaw Brothers. I saw your job advertisement. This position is probably the only one I can apply for. Of course, even if you don't hire me, I will still apply for other positions until I am hired. .I can’t say how good I am, but if I’m given a chance, I’ll still do my best. Fortunately, this is a market for both parties to choose. If you’re not satisfied with me, you can let me go at any time.”

Sure enough, there was a trace of interest in Shao Junbang's eyes. He put down the document in his hand and looked directly at Manzhi, "Can you let me know the reason for doing this?"

Manzhi lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then replied apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me to speak at the moment."

Shao Junbang carefully looked at this pretty but stubborn girl. Few people dared to speak up in front of him. She was obviously an anomaly. Although recruiting an assistant, this kind of quality may not be necessary, but why not try Woolen cloth.

"Then, let me think about it and give you an answer in a week." He finally closed the document and said loudly.

Three days later, Manzhi received the admission letter from Shaw Brothers.

Graduation is approaching, and most of the students are rushing about for work, but Manzhi seems to be in a state of two-footed, envious of others.Fortunately, the internship agreement was signed in both aspects, and the procedures were simple. Her own consideration was to deal with Manqi's affairs first. By then, she would just catch up with her graduation, get her certificate, and then go back to City F to sign the formal labor contract. not too late.

However, she did not expect that she would stay at Shaw for three months.

Shao's work pace is very fast, especially with Shao Junbang, he is very organized, but his requirements are too demanding. The original secretary left because he couldn't stand his pickiness.Manzhi was so busy following him all day that she was dizzy. If it wasn't for the work-study experience again and again during her studies, she would have been fired in the first week.

After being caught in the wrong place by Shao Junbang several times, Manzhi's unyielding character was completely aroused. The boss has any dissatisfaction with the results of her labor, even if all she does is trivial.

One month later, Manzhi basically got used to Shao Junbang's rhythm, and even indulged in such a tense and selfless working atmosphere, especially when the work she completed was recognized by others.She was called by Shao Junbang as an assistant who could pass the pass line, but Manzhi didn't know that among the assistants he had used over the years, she was the second person to receive this honor, and the other one had already been promoted to be a logistician department manager.

Shao Junbang has studied management abroad for several years, and he can be regarded as a person who has passed through gold, but Manzhi found that he still admires the traditional Chinese way in his bones.

When he occasionally joked, he would always say that his ideals are: self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.Of course, at present he has only reached the second step, which is the Qi family.

Under his management, the entire marketing department can be described as orderly. He has high requirements for employees, but at the same time, he has also achieved clear rewards and punishments, and makes the best use of his talents.To be able to enter the marketing department, and to be able to gain Shao Junbang's eyes, is considered a recognition of ability in Shaw Brothers.

When Manzhi was arranging documents for him once, she happened to find Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" on the corner of the table, and she pursed her lips and smiled.

"Boss Shao likes to read Three Kingdoms!"

Shao Junbang looked back at her, then at the book in her hand, and smiled faintly.

"As the saying goes, you don't read "Water Margin" when you are young, and you don't read "Three Kingdoms" when you are old." Manzhi is familiar with Shao Junbang, so she dares to joke a few words with him.

Shao Junbang raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, am I the youngest?"

Manzhi knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she concealed a smile, "That's not what I mean, in fact, I also read this book when I was a junior."

Shao Junbang became interested, "Oh, there are very few young people who can calm down and read ancient books nowadays. Tell me, which character in the Three Kingdoms period do you admire more?"

Manzhi tilted her head to think about it, and said, "Sun Quan."

"why?"

"Sun Quan was a calm and sophisticated man, so he began to inherit his brother's business, and supported the Jiangdong Group steadily until the end of the Three Kingdoms period."

Shao Junbang nodded thoughtfully.

"How about you, Mr. Shao? Who do you like the most?"

"Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao? That's a traitor in troubled times!"

Shao Junbang shook his head and said: "It's unfair for you to think so. By what standard is the so-called traitorous hero judged? Is supporting the Han considered a hero? But Liu Bei won the title of king on his own in the end. Cao Cao may be a villain, but he He is also a villain with a true temperament, courageous and pragmatic, what is he not better than Sun Quan and Liu Bei?"

Manzhi listened, and smiled mischievously, "But even Cao Cao said that he should have children like Sun Zhongmou. Besides, Sun Quan defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Chibi, and defeated Liu Bei in the battle of Yiling. It can be seen that Sun Quan is still superior to them."

Shao Junbang laughed out loud, and felt a little more intimate with this eloquent little girl.

Of course, Manzhi has not forgotten her real purpose of coming to Shaw Brothers, she has always paid attention to Shao Yun.

What made her depressed was that she didn't meet Shao Yun for the first time next to the company's elevator until nearly half a month after going to work. Before that, she heard that he had been inspecting real estate outside.

Shao Yun didn't show surprise or amazement at all when she showed up at Shao's, presumably his secretary had already told him.

Holding a stack of folders in her arms, Manzhi politely asked him to advance, showing the respect that a small employee should have.Shao Yun walked in without hesitation, with a smile on his lips as always.

Manzhi once heard female colleagues in the tea room comment on Shao Yun, saying how charming his smile is, but Manzhi looked at his expression and felt that he was inferior.

There are other people around, Manzhi maintains a good upbringing, keeps smiling and stands silently in a corner of the square box.The elevator went up to the fifth floor, and when the door opened, people scattered in all directions.

Manzhi followed Shao Yun with her head half down, heading for the corridor of his office.Shao Junbang's office is in the opposite direction from Shao Yun's, and her intention of following him so resolutely is already obvious.

Shao Yun stopped suddenly, turned around and looked at her coldly.Manzhi quickly retracted her feet, raised her face slightly, and looked at him without timidity.

Shao Yun suddenly grinned. Amidst the laughter, he shook his head and stuffed his hands into his pockets, "I heard you majored in science?"

Manzhi couldn't understand his question, so she had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and stay silent.

"Girls are not good at studying science, their logical thinking skills are too poor, and they are prone to single-minded problems."

Manzhi immediately understood his sarcasm, her face turned slightly blue, she just looked at him stubbornly, she believed in her intuition.

Shao Yun took two steps closer to her, leaned over and spoke in her ear with an extremely ambiguous expression.

"It's useless, it's useless for you to stare at me for the rest of your life."

Manzhi took a step back in disgust, kept a distance from him, and said calmly: "If you don't tell me Manqi's whereabouts, I won't leave here for a day. I know you don't want to see me, so you can think about it carefully." For a moment, in order to make me disappear as soon as possible, tell me everything you know."

After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.

Shao Yun's voice sounded from behind, "Girls are too stubborn, be careful not to get married."

Manzhi didn't look back, she had to be patient, in order to get an answer, she couldn't openly conflict with him, she would save him enough face.

Manzhi used her spare time to get in touch with as many people who were close to Shao Yun as possible, trying to get some clues. Shao Yun's secretary, Lu Fang, was the most worthy of investment.Although she also knows that people who can achieve the position of assistant to the vice president are generally very tight-lipped, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, she is not willing to give up.

She will use her meager pocket money to buy some girls like things without showing any trace, and give them to Lu Fang pretending to be a coincidence. During meal time, as long as conditions permit, she will be with Lu Fang.

Lu Fang has been working for three years, she has a pretty good temper, and her appearance is not very outstanding, but her pair of smart eyes are enough to prove that she is a smart girl.She also admired Manzhi's character, the two girls chatted and laughed together, and they were quite an eye-catching couple.

Shao Yun has always watched their relationship with cold eyes. Of course he knew what Manzhi was up to, and she never shied away from her intentions, just to make Shao Yun impatient and make him unbearable.She concluded that Shao Yun is a free-spirited young man, this kind of person is most afraid of persistent entanglement, maybe he will be annoyed, so he can't care about competing with him.

At noon, Manzhi and Lu Fang finally had a chance to eat together again. They chose a corner to sit down and chatted without saying a word.Manzhi always tried her best to bring the topic to Shao Yun. Although Lu Fang didn't quite understand the relationship between her and Shao Yun, she could vaguely guess some of it, so she didn't want to talk about it. Take precautions, it is inevitable that one or two sentences will be revealed.

"Why haven't you seen your Vice President Shao for a while, what are you up to?" Manzhi pretended to be careless with the vegetables in her hands.

"Oh, it's probably about the engagement."

"Engagement?" Manzhi's hand froze in the air, "With whom?"

Only then did Lu Fang realize that Manzhi was staring at her nervously, and said with a smile, "Of course it's with my girlfriend, who else can I be with?" She leaned into her ear and teased in a low voice, "You're not jealous Bar."

Manzhi pushed her away with a smile, but it was extremely unpleasant. Thinking of poor Manqi's whereabouts so far, she couldn't help but feel sad. "It's really too much money to spend. It's so simple to get married directly. What kind of engagement ceremony is needed?"

Lu Fang also laughed, and then lowered her voice and said, "Our vice president is young, so we don't want to get married so early. Director Shao didn't force him to do so, but we can't help it. Here's a way to delay the attack."

Manzhi couldn't help but sneer, "It's not a pity to be his girlfriend so reluctantly."

"We don't know about this, but the vice president's gimmick is also there. After all, the other party graduated from a prestigious school, looks good, and has a pretty good family background. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed with him for so many years."

Manzhi listened, but she didn't know what to think, she was in a daze.

Suddenly a certain figure blocked their eyes, the two raised their heads at the same time, Shao Yun stood proudly in front of them, and soon sat down opposite them.

Lu Fang smiled and said, "Hey, vice president? Why did you appear suddenly? Is the VIP restaurant full? I was talking about you just now."

Shao Yun's eyes flickered, and he asked with great interest, "What are you talking about?"

Manzhi didn't wait for Lu Fang to open her mouth, and responded fiercely, "You said that you have been among thousands of flowers, and all of them are covered with your body."

Unexpectedly, Shao Yun smiled with a good temper, lowered his head to eat, and ignored her ridicule.

After all, Lu Fang was a bit cautious in front of her boss. It was inevitable that she had to consider what she said. After eating, she was too tired to choose what to say and what not to say. , Shao Yun usually seldom patronizes the staff cafeteria, but today's vigor is really rare.

Manzhi didn't talk too much, it's not good to say what she said to Shao Yun in front of Lu Fang, and she couldn't say what she said to Lu Fang in front of Shao Yun, she had to keep silent.

Everyone was eating with their own concerns when Shao Yun's cell phone rang.

Shao Yun took it out and glanced at the number on it, then quickly glanced at Manzhi as if inadvertently, got up immediately, walked a few steps before answering, and then walked towards the safe door where there are few people.

Manzhi's heart skipped a beat, and she always felt that this phone call was unusual.She had no intention of eating, grabbed the napkin and wiped it on her lips indiscriminately, and said to Lu Fang, "I'm going to the bathroom."

She quickly walked through the crowded crowd, bypassing the closely spaced dining tables, and then pushed open the security door impatiently.Shao Yun was facing the window, whispering into the phone slowly, when he saw someone coming, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, it was Manzhi again.He quickly whispered something into the phone and hung up.

However, at the moment when the door was pushed open, Manzhi could clearly see the hazy tenderness on his face, he was definitely talking to a woman, a woman he liked!
Manzhi stared at him with regretful eyes almost catching prey, Shao Yun whistled lowly, and put away the phone easily.

"Assistant Su, aren't you afraid of other people's gossip when you chase after me like this?"

"I heard that something good is coming for you. I don't know if your fiancée can get engaged to you calmly if she hears about my sister."

"Do you threaten me?"

"I don't mean that. As long as you tell me Manqi's whereabouts, I promise to keep my mouth tightly shut."

Shao Yun looked at her and smiled faintly, "Threats also require capital. At the very least, you have to find Manqi first to increase your bargaining power, what do you think?"

He spoke so proudly that even his eyes were stained with a smile, as if dealing with her was a very fun thing.

"Give me back my sister!" Manzhi shouted angrily, her eyes suddenly turned red.

Shao Yun was taken aback by her expression, and immediately put away his cat-and-mouse look. He stared at Manzhi for a few seconds, as if thinking about something, and finally said: "I'm sorry, I don't know where your sister is."

Manzhi bit her lower lip in frustration, she stood upright like a log, watching Shao Yun push the door out, her heart was full of frustration.

When I got home at night, it was very late again.

Su Jinbao ran out of his room when he heard the door open.

"Manzhi, Manager Wang from the Human Resource Department of Jianian Industrial has called you, oh, and a young man surnamed Feng also called, asking you to call back no matter what."

Manzhi took the crooked series of numbers recorded by his father and let out a listless "Oh".

"It's the unit in City F. You should call them quickly. It seems to be something important." Su Jinbao reminded with concern.

Manzhi had no choice but to walk to the phone, picked up the receiver, and asked habitually: "Manqi still hasn't called back?"

"No!" As soon as the name was mentioned, Su Jinbao became angry.

Manzhi was not reconciled, and asked, "Are there any calls you didn't get in time?"

Su Jinbaohu raised his face and said: "She wanted to fight back on purpose, she would have done so long ago, as I said earlier, for example, if she hadn't given birth to this daughter. The same goes for you, Manzhi, don't waste your time on her, and quickly resign from the job here. It's important to go back to City F."

Manzhi remained silent, lowered her head and made the phone call seriously.

Manager Wang of Jianian Company asked Manzhi in a rather reproachful tone why she didn't sign the contract after getting her graduation certificate.

Manzhi prevaricated casually, and promised to leave as soon as possible. Manager Wang repeatedly told her that although the company thought she was good, this position could not wait for her indefinitely, so she should take good care of it.

After hanging up the phone, Manzhi stared at Xiao Feng's number in a daze for a long time, but finally didn't call, and she knew why he was looking for her if she didn't call, she had nothing to say to Xiao Feng's urging, so she had to avoid it temporarily.

It was late at night, Manzhi was lying in the stuffy room, unable to fall asleep for a long time, all she could think about was Manqi, where is she now?How are you doing?Is there any danger?
It has been three months, and there is still no news from Manqi, she is so cruel that she doesn't even call back!Looking sideways at her sister's empty bed, she felt endlessly at a loss. Since when did the beautiful sister who accompanied her grow up happily move away from her little by little?
In the year when she was just admitted to university, the whole family was in a happy atmosphere for the whole summer. Manqi seemed to be happier than Manzhi. She went out to do errands, and pinned all her dreams of going to school on the talented and intelligent Manzhi.In order for Manzhi to finish college without worrying about future successors, she saves food and money. She refuses all the fashionable things that young girls are chasing, and she doesn't even have a decent dress, although Manzhi thinks what she wears They are all beautiful.

Every time Manzhi thinks about this, she always secretly warns herself that she must repay her sister well in the future when she has a future. Deep down in her heart, her sister's affairs are her affairs, so when she learned that Manqi was pregnant, how could she not? Shocked and distraught.

But Manqi's reaction made her feel so strange, she always thought that Manqi was very traditional, she would find the right person to marry at the right time, and then end her life comfortably.She never thought that Manqi would have the idea and courage to be a single mother.

Manzhi tried hard to remember, trying to find all the clues about Manqi's transformation, but there was nothing, nothing at all, people's hearts grew in their stomachs, and no one could see clearly, maybe, even Manqi herself, did not see each other. , I never expected that I would take this step.

Manzhi finally fell asleep in extreme confusion...

(End of this chapter)