Flower Room

Chapter 22 Contest
It was too crazy, and several people obviously drank too much.Gu Chao put his arms around a girl with his left arm, and yelled fiercely with his right hand over the microphone, his broken voice made everyone present feel their scalps go numb and frown.

Shao Yun was still awake, raised his hand and moved Xiao Jin, who was already limp and tired in his arms, to the side, ready to get up.Feng Tao was the only one who wasn't drunk. He looked at him in surprise and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go back." He said two words concisely.

Xiao Jin clung to him dissatisfied, and couldn't help but put his hand around his neck, muttering, "Didn't you promise to take me to supper?"

Feng Tao also said: "It's so easy to come out to play once, you have to have fun."

Shao Yun suddenly became irritable, frowned, pushed Xiao Jin down on the sofa almost rudely, and walked towards the door.

He was top-heavy and his steps were wandering. He did drink a lot today.

Finally, Zhang Kun couldn't stand Gu Chao's donkey braying, and rushed forward to grab the microphone, "You sing so badly, how dare you be a mic bully!"

Gu Chao was furious, he let go of the girl in his hand and rushed to fight with him, the two wrestled from the sofa to the carpet, just blocking Shao Yun's way.

Taking the opportunity, Feng Tao stepped forward, leaned into Shao Yun's ear and said, "It's still early, why don't we go out and smoke one first, let the smell of alcohol out before we talk."

Shao Yun thought about it for a moment, without any objection, he stepped over Zhang Kun who was lying on the ground and walked out.Feng Tao walked out following him closely, and at the same time he did not forget to shout to the two dead mud-like people on the ground: "Go crazy, you guys! Hey, don't play too much!"

After getting out of the private room, the ears immediately became clear, the two stood still in a corner of the corridor, Feng Tao took out a cigarette courteously and handed it to Shao Yun, and quickly lit it for him.

Shao Yun was also polite, took a deep breath, raised his head and slowly blew smoke rings into the air.He knew what Feng Tao wanted to talk to him about.

Feng Tao has long been envious of Shao's real estate construction projects, and has been chatting with Shao Yun since eating.

It's not that Shao Yun doesn't want to help him, it's just that Feng Tao's construction team is a bunch of mobs, not to mention that Shao Junbang can't pass the test, even he can't see it.

"Who didn't start from a small team? Without the first pot of gold, Li Ka-shing can only rest on the sidelines!" Feng Tao babbled, "Besides, I didn't ask you for a big project, but I just went with you Ask for a small real estate in Xiyi for fun, if you don't worry, you can come to supervise at any time."

What he said made Shao Yun frown. Xiyi's plate is not as small as Feng Tao said. Besides, his own ability can't play a decisive role, but Feng Tao didn't understand what he said.In their eyes, Shao's belongs to Shao Yun, even if he is not the chairman now, he must have the right to speak.

The refusal has already been said several times, Shao Yun didn't want to repeat it, but Feng Tao didn't give up, and he had the momentum of not giving up until he reached his goal.

Shao Yun finally compromised, and pondered: "I can talk, but I have the final say on whether it will be successful or not. Also, your construction team should be well integrated, and you must get all the qualification certificates, otherwise, once you come to review , It’s useless for you to blow the cowhide to the sky.”

Feng Tao was overjoyed, and patted him hard on the shoulder, "That's interesting, it's not in vain for our brother, you just try it, if it doesn't work, brother will never blame you."

Once he was in a good mood, Feng Tao wanted to pull Shao Yun in for a drink, "Xiao Jin is still waiting for you inside." His tone was a bit wretched.

Shao Yun took two steps forward, threw the cigarette butt into the trash can, then reached into his pocket for a wallet, and said dumbly, "No, how much is it, I'll pay the bill."

Panicked, Feng Tao quickly stopped him, "How can I let you pay, brother, come, brother."

Before Shao Yun persisted, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the bathroom on the left hand in front of him, then turned around and disappeared immediately.

In less than five seconds, Shao Yun's temples throbbed suddenly, and the alcohol rushed into his brain, causing a faint pain.

"I'm leaving." He said hastily pushed Feng Tao away and chased after him.

"Be careful on the road." Feng Tao shouted at his back, and turned around with a satisfied smile on his face.

When she went downstairs, Manzhi was a little dizzy, as if the way she came here was different, after a careful look, she realized that she had taken the wrong stairs and turned to the back door of the building.

Fortunately, the back door was unlocked, so she pushed it hard and walked out.

In the dark area, there is not even a ghost. A huge trash can is next to the wall, which reminds Manzhi of the violence in the Hong Kong movies she has seen in the past. She walked fast, because she was tired, she started in a few steps Gasp, she is still in a bad state today.

The car parked in the parking space in front of the building, and after a long circle, I saw the flashing neon lights above the main entrance of the nightclub.She let out a long breath, feeling a little more at ease.

After walking a few meters forward, my footsteps got stuck and I stopped in place.

There was a person leaning against the front of her car, with arms folded, staring at her intently. It was Shao Yun.

The two looked at each other for a while, but Manzhi still walked over.She is not used to avoiding any predicament, because she understands that if she can avoid the first day of junior high school, she can't avoid the fifteenth day of junior high school, and she always has to face what should be faced.

Shao Yun's head was cleared up by the night wind, and his heart was faintly throbbing with joy. Manzhi came to him, which showed that she still cared about herself.

When Manzhi came to him, Shao Yun would habitually pull her into his arms, and murmured, "You're still here."

Manzhi moved aside lightly but resolutely, with a look of distaste on her face.

The enthusiasm in Shao Yun's eyes faded quickly, and a shadow cast over his heart.

He withdrew his hand, and asked coldly, "You didn't come here just to make me look good."

Manzhi took a deep breath, feeling that she was still very weak, and she no longer had the energy to argue with Shao Yun.After a pause, he took out the document from his bag, handed it to him expressionlessly, and said wearily, "Let's sign it."

Shao Yun's gaze was still glued to her face, and he stretched out his hand to take it with great reluctance, without looking at it, and just said: "It's too dark, I can't see clearly, and I don't have a pen with me." There was a hint of anger in his voice.

Manzhi knew that he was making things difficult on purpose, but she looked down her bag and searched for a pen, but there was none.

She thought about it quietly, there should be one in the car, she always keeps it.

Opening the car door, Manzhi got in, and Shao Yun immediately jumped in, sat in the passenger seat, and turned on the car light.

Manzhi found a fountain pen in the storage box, took it out, put it in front of Shao Yun, and waited quietly for him with a straight face.

Shao Yun was a little helpless, sighed, then frowned, and opened the copy to read.

The plan after rectification was very clear, and some places were annotated with pencils. He could recognize that it was Manzhi's handwriting, so he couldn't help but look up at her.

Manzhi stared straight ahead without moving, as if lost in thought.

After the review, Shao Yun finally picked up a pen and signed his name on the payment place, and handed it back to Manzhi.She took it, checked it calmly, and put it back into the bag, not forgetting to say, "Thank you!" in a distant tone.

Her indifference made Shao Yun unbearable, he gritted his teeth unwillingly, leaned forward suddenly, hugged her, bent his head and frantically searched for her lips.

Shocked and angry, Manzhi writhed and struggled desperately, "Let go! Let me go!"

But his lips were still clenched by him, and he sucked viciously, with a strong smell of alcohol and pent-up anger.

Manzhi felt sick again in an instant, and the overwhelming dizziness came up from the bottom of her heart, and the scene of Xiao Jin kissing him just now came to mind, so she felt even more sick!

Her body backed away desperately, trying to break free from his arms, but Shao Yun refused to let go.She felt that she was going to vomit again, so she resisted loudly, but under Shao Yun's restraint, she could only utter a whimper.

He ignored Manzhi's abnormality, but he didn't want to let her go.

Manzhi was so anxious that she started to scratch with her slightly free left hand, and her nails slashed across Shao Yun's face heavily. He suddenly felt the pain and couldn't help letting go of Manzhi. There was a long bruise on his right cheek, which was spicy Pain, he raised his hand in astonishment and stroked it.

Both of them stared at each other, panting heavily, like little beasts after a fight.

Manzhi's lips were slightly swollen, and before she knew it, tears had already covered her face.

Shao Yun was stunned for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice, "You hate me that much?"

Manzhi suddenly covered her mouth, quickly pushed open the car door and went out, before it was too late, she held on to a nearby electric pole, and couldn't restrain herself from retching anymore.

In fact, she couldn't vomit anything anymore, she confessed in the bathroom just now that there was not a single drop left, but there was still some kind of force in her stomach that was constantly pushing up and stirring, making her unable to stop, vomiting until she had cramps.

Sitting in the car, Shao Yun couldn't bear to see her in a mess, and his brows frowned.He didn't know that Manzhi was unwell, she was always healthy.

After getting out of the car, he walked over, trying to reach out to help her, but Manzhi quickly hid her arms behind her back, and took two steps back, vigilantly guarding against him.The face was wet, the tears seemed to freeze and melt on the skin, taking away the only heat that Manzhi had.

She whispered: "Please don't touch me again in the future."

The expression of her refusal to be thousands of miles away deeply hurt Shao Yun, his heart twitched violently, his face gradually turned blue, he gritted his teeth and said, "Give me a reason."

Manzhi raised her head slowly and looked directly at him, her eyes were filled with coldness and hatred, which made him shiver unknowingly.

"Just now, in the private room, I saw it all... It's so-evil-hearted!" She quickly turned her eyes away when she said the last three words, but Shao Yun still caught the endless contempt in her eyes.

His palms were clinging tightly to the telephone pole, and what he touched was as cold as ice, just like his heart at this moment, without temperature, floating in the dark, never seeing the light again.

She is disgusting herself, just like she saw herself for the first time!For so many years, even if she followed him, she was "coerced" by him. Deep down, she still looked down on him.

She always thought he was dirty!
Shao Yun suddenly sneered and mocked softly: "You and him are really getting more and more alike."

Needless to ask, Manzhi also understood who he was talking about.

He always ridiculed Shao Junbang as a sanctimonious hypocrite, and now, he finally put Manzhi in that category.

She turned her head away and said no more, what should be said has already been said, she made up her mind to close the door of her heart, and then slammed the lock on, what will happen to him, she no longer cares.

"Then, keep your innocence for the rest of your life." He said coldly, turned around and walked away resolutely.

Tired for several days, and the menstrual holiday did not come as scheduled, Manzhi had a premonition of something, and finally became uneasy.

She secretly ran to the pharmacy to buy early pregnancy test strips, got up before dawn, hid in the bathroom and hurriedly took the test.

When the red line symbolizing pregnancy clearly came into view, she was stunned.

When she was with Shao Yun, it's not that she didn't think about this problem, but Shao Yun is a casual person, and when he is interested, he seldom thinks about the details, while Manzhi is very shy in that respect, the only thing he can do She just tried her best to avoid Shao Yun's entanglement during the dangerous period. After half a year, nothing happened. She thought it was safe.

However, after all, it was careless.

This child did not come during the sweet period between her and Shao Yun, but after the two fell out. Manzhi was caught off guard for a moment and lost her mind.

She stared at the test stick for a long time, still couldn't believe this fact, it felt like she was in a dream, fate played a big joke on her again!

He lightly raised his right hand, and hesitantly pressed it to his lower abdomen, where there was a tiny embryo, which was gradually sprouting, and would slowly grow into a life of flesh and blood, just like Mengmeng, how unbelievable.

Thinking of Mengmeng, a warm current flowed through Manzhi's heart suddenly, that was the child she really loved.

In the past three years, she has devoted too much effort to Mengmeng, and she has gained a lot.Every frown and smile of Mengmeng brought her infinite joy.

Instead, it was the little life that was being conceived in her stomach that made her unconsciously feel strange and hesitant, and she was not prepared for it at all.

Manzhi never thought of having a child of Shao Yun. She was too young when she met Shao Yun, and then she experienced such a thrilling change.Before he had time to catch his breath, he and Shao Yun fell into a break again.Fate hardly gave her a chance to dream of romance, so it closed the door of happiness heavily on her.

Perhaps it was because Manqi's encounters had too much negative impact on her, or perhaps subconsciously, Manzhi did not really want to live with Shao Yun for the rest of her life, but she still couldn't forget the 18-year deadline.So, at this very moment, when the possibility of pregnancy was confirmed, she couldn't feel the slightest joy of being a mother, and she was full of upset.After being dazed for a while, she finally cleaned up the remnants of the test carefully.

When she went downstairs for breakfast, Manzhi didn't mention this matter to Shen Yufang, and she didn't want anyone to know before she thought it through.

Despite her confusion, Manzhi drove to the company as usual.As usual, she came early, and there were only two or three cars parked in the parking lot, one of which belonged to Shao Junbang.

After parking the car, Manzhi didn't come down immediately, but couldn't help caressing her lower abdomen with her palm, feeling a little strange in her heart, but still couldn't tell whether it was joy or melancholy.

There were several thick stacks of documents on the desk waiting for her to review, and she had to make comments one by one before sending them to the president's office for Shao Junbang to sign.She has always been serious, and every opinion has to be carefully considered and verified before she writes it down. If it exceeds her jurisdiction and ability, she will not exceed her authority without authorization, but put it aside and let Shao Junbang make up his own mind.At work, Shao Junbang has full trust in her, and she has delegated more and more powers.

But this morning, Manzhi's efficiency was obviously much lower than usual, and the lines on the paper turned out to be so boring, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't fully absorb the meaning between the lines.

My mind was disturbed again and again by the red line that was on the goal.

She closed the file violently, supported her head with her hands, closed her eyes and rested her mind, and asked herself anxiously: What should I do?what to do?
The computer suddenly gave a crisp ringtone, which startled her. When she looked up, it turned out that a meeting reminder popped up. The routine morning meeting will start at nine o'clock.

At [-]:[-], Manzhi stepped into the big conference room, she chose a remote seat and sat down, still restless.

After a while, the participants came in one after another, greeted Manzhi and sat down one after another, and then started private communication in twos and threes.

Manager Yu from the human resources department sat down next to Manzhi, and also chatted with her. Manzhi was absent-minded and perfunctory, drawing circles on the notebook unconsciously with a pen, one left and one right, endlessly. .

As soon as Shao Junbang entered the door, all the whispering stopped abruptly. Although he had a good face, he was born with a coercive majesty, which made people unapproachable. His attitude of setting an example was as early as when he was the head of the marketing department It is already well-known.There are very few people in the company who disagree with him. If not for this, it would be impossible for the company to continue to flourish after Shao Junkang passed away.

Sitting in the president's chair, Shao Junbang's eyes flicked across the table. There were still three vacant seats, and Shao Yun hadn't arrived yet. He frowned imperceptibly, and smiled coldly in his heart, with a slight proud.

Recently, Shao Yun seems to be recovering from the old problems of the past one by one. He is late and leaves early. Except for the few projects he is holding on to, he does not participate in the meetings in the company that he can not attend. There was a lot of discussion in private.

As for the reason, Shao Junbang knew a little bit about it, just look at Manzhi's ecstatic look.While satisfied, Shao Junbang still couldn't restrain the contempt in his heart. After all, young people are not good enough, and they are impulsive and rough. It seems that I overestimated him before.

The heads of several departments began to speak in turn, reporting the latest progress.Shao Junbang listened carefully, occasionally asked some questions, and only let him go after getting a satisfactory answer, and then let the other party continue.His interrogation made all middle-level cadres fearful, but it was also highly efficient.

When Manager Wang, who was in charge of building deployment in the real estate development department, was talking freely, Shao Yun walked into the meeting room with a girl in a friendly manner, attracting everyone's attention, and Manzhi subconsciously raised her head and glanced at it.

She has some impressions of that girl. She is a newly recruited deputy manager of the planning department. It seems that her surname is Kong. It is said that Shao Yun personally selected her. She is not particularly good-looking, but her temperament is better because she likes to be alone on weekdays. Manzhi once heard that the girls in the hall respected her as "peacock."

Shao Yun didn't even say hello, and directly sat down with Miss Kong on the empty seat diagonally opposite Manzhi, and calmly scanned the surroundings, suppressing those curious eyes.His eyes fell on Manzhi, and he felt certain, her complexion was very bad.

Manzhi indifferently opened her eyes and looked at Manager Wang who paused to speak.

Recently, Shao Yun and Ms. Kong have been in pairs frequently, and the time to go home is getting later and later. How could Manzhi not understand his intentions.But he couldn't stimulate herself, the only thing bothering her now was the child in her stomach.

Shao Junbang coughed lightly, without saying a word, just glanced helplessly at Shao Yun.

He has always been strict with his subordinates, but everyone can see that he is a bit conniving towards Shao Yun. Shao Yun repeatedly swears at each other, and Shao Junbang just treats him like a child and laughs it off.

Everyone in the company doesn't know the delicate and awkward relationship between them, and now they are working together, which is even more entertaining.It's just that in the eyes of most people, they still think that Shao Junbang is more powerful and qualified to take charge of the company, and his generosity, compared to Shao Yun's cold-hearted attitude towards him, is more able to win people's hearts.

After a brief interruption like this, the meeting continued.

Shao Yun's eyes always fell on Manzhi's face intentionally or unintentionally, but she pretended not to see him, and his complexion became more and more gloomy.

Shao Junbang suddenly asked: "Why did the construction of Xiyi temporarily change contractors?"

Manager Wang was surprised that he would ask such an off-topic question. Qiqi Ai said: "The original construction company was caught cutting corners several times by us, so..."

"Then what about the new one? Is it better than the previous one?" Shao Junbang asked a step closer leisurely.

Manager Wang struggled, "Indeed... yes."

Shao Junbang smiled slightly, "Then why did I receive a complaint yesterday that the construction site was extremely chaotic and the workers had no safety awareness at all?"

Manager Wang was ashamed when he heard that, "This..."

Shao Junbang restrained his smile and his face sank, "Why didn't you change the contractor and submit it to the Operations Department for a final decision? If an accident happened to the worker on the site, would you be able to take responsibility for it?"

Manager Wang couldn't help but cast his eyes at Shao Yun, and murmured, "This, this..."

Shao Yun finally raised his eyebrows, looked at Shao Junbang proudly and said, "I asked him to change it, if you have any opinions, you can come to me."

Shao Junbang didn't know why, he was making a fuss about this matter, just waiting to expose Shao Yun's shortcomings, seeing him take the initiative to take over the conversation, he immediately changed into a helpless tone, and said earnestly: "Construction can't be a joke. , it’s not impossible for you to recommend a contractor, but it must meet our company’s requirements.”

Shao Yun admitted that this matter was his own responsibility, and he was eager to repay Feng Tao, so he sold the favor.For this reason, he also helped Feng Tao expand that fledgling guerrilla into a decent construction company, and after obtaining all the necessary documents, he introduced him to Manager Wang.Even so, Feng Tao's company cannot be compared with Shaw's rich and powerful construction contractors.

Shao Junbang made a ruling on the spot, and Feng Tao's construction team stopped working immediately, and Manager Wang was responsible for reassessing and selecting a new contractor. During this period, the original construction company was still used, and Manager Wang fully supervised the quality.

Shao Yun kept tilting his head to listen to Shao Junbang's words, and when he had finished what he had to say, he lazily raised his hands and said, "I object."

Everyone was surprised at once, but Shao Junbang didn't seem to be very surprised. He raised his eyes, and the kindness between his brows remained undiminished, and he said in his usual calm tone: "Tell me your reason."

Shao Yun didn't get up either, and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and continued speaking unhurriedly.

"First, the contractor did not have any substantive faults or accidents. It is just that you 'feel' that their management is not good. As the client, we are obliged to inform the other party of the construction requirements and order them to rectify. If you do not even give the other party a chance, directly Cut them off, who will work hard for Shaw in the future?"

Everyone in the room listened quietly, as if gunpowder smoke filled the air.

"Secondly, when I recommended them, all the procedures were carried out according to the company's normal process, and the qualifications for the review were also recorded. If you don't believe me, you can ask Manager Wang to check. I don't think we should use the ' Treat suppliers with the attitude of judging people by their appearance. If you only focus on those powerful units every time you evaluate, you will easily be led by the nose over time. I believe everyone here has a deep understanding of this. .To some extent, small-scale companies have more flexible turnover, good attitude, and high efficiency. Why can’t we use them? Do we only have one or two big trees every time? Hanged?"

After Shao Yun finished speaking neatly, he squinted at Shao Junbang with an inscrutable expression, waiting for the next sentence.His speech was like a clear letter of war. The smell of gunpowder was so strong that almost everyone dared not make a sound, and even dared not breathe.

In previous meetings, no one dared to challenge Shao Junbang so presumptuously. Even Shao Yun might argue with his uncle during the discussion, but usually Shao Junbang can only accept as long as he makes a decision.

No one expected that Shao Yun's provocation would intensify, and now he openly opposed Shao Junbang's decision.Everyone stole glances at Shao Junbang unanimously, wondering whether the uncle and nephew would stage a good show of fierce dispute.

After a long silence, Shao Junbang cleared his throat, showing no sign of anger on his face, and said lightly: "Since there are objections, then after the meeting, the relevant personnel should organize a meeting to discuss it separately. I don't want to discuss it in the morning meeting. Wasted too much of everyone's time. Alright, which department is it next? Finance department?"

With just a few words, the crisis was easily and calmly overturned. Almost everyone, including Manzhi, let out a sigh of relief and regret.

Seeing that Shao Yun wanted to compete with Shao Junbang, she felt as if her heart had been grabbed forcibly. It would be uncomfortable for any party to lose to her. In terms of selfishness, she was actually for Shao Junbang. He has a good point.However, if Shao Yun's face was refuted, she would also feel unbearable. She couldn't tell what kind of psychology it was, but it was the fact.

Shao Yun sullenly didn't jump up again, thinking to himself, the old guy is really cunning, avoiding the most serious and taking the lightest, and he has earned the reputation of putting the overall situation first.He realized more and more clearly that Shao Junbang's city was too deep, and he was not an opponent at all. If he wanted to win him, he had to be more ruthless than him.

(End of this chapter)