She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

Wu Ling didn't answer the call.

I looked at the time and urged: "The party is about to start, go and play."

Wu Ling gave me a big eye roll: "Is my aunt the kind of person who forgets her friends after seeing sex?"

On the way here, she shared with me the standards for selecting waiters at Horton Manor, which are comparable to those chosen by the club.

I could only act coquettishly: "Go ahead and remember to post in the group. I also want to gain more knowledge."

Wu Ling tacitly agreed and stopped insisting.

At seven o'clock in the evening, party content began to be sent to the work group. After scanning it twice, I put my phone aside.

Faintly, I heard a knock on the door.

It turned out that the waiter from the manor had brought me food.

Three dishes and one soup, as well as my favorite shiitake mushroom slider.

I was a little surprised and asked, "Who ordered it?"

The waiter responded politely: "It's a lady named Lin."

I lowered my eyes and said nothing.

The cell phone on the table was buzzing and vibrating.

I clicked on it and saw that more than two hundred new pieces of content had been added to the work group. I scrolled through it randomly with my fingers, and my eyes finally landed on one of the videos.

After zooming in, I saw the scene where colleagues encouraged Lin Xixi and Zhou Hanzhi to have a drink.

In the video, Lin Xixi shyly picked up the wine glass, looked at Zhou Hanzhi affectionately, and asked: "Senior, is this okay?"

Under the strange lights, Zhou Hanzhi's face was hidden in the darkness, and his emotions could not be seen clearly.

But the next second, he took away Lin Xixi's wine glass and whispered something into her ear.

The video was very noisy and I couldn't hear the two people's lines, but I could tell from Lin Xixi's shy expression that Zhou Hanzhi must have coaxed her.

"Is the food not to your liking?"

The waiter's cautious question interrupted my thoughts.

I looked at the food in front of me, thought for two seconds and then said, "Can you get me a bottle of red wine? The most expensive kind."

With the help of Romanee-Conti, I slept very soundly that night.

Early the next morning, I followed the large army to the organic farm in the manor to participate in picking activities.

There are many kinds of fruits and vegetables, and the owner is very generous, saying that in addition to eating as much as you like, each person can also take two baskets away.

Wu Ling pulled me into the strawberry garden.

I tasted it, it was tender, juicy and had a great taste.

I plan to take a basket to my uncle.

Wu Ling came over and asked, "Where's the other one?"

I looked at her sly eyes and said, "What good ideas do you have?"

She patted me on the shoulder and said, "Professor Yan has helped us a lot, why don't we take the opportunity to bribe him?"

As soon as she finished speaking, my cell phone rang.

A call from the dead of winter.

What a coincidence.

"The temperature in Xiaolingnan dropped last night. Are you okay?" As soon as the call was connected, Yan Dong sent greetings.

I briefly explained to him about Horton Manor, and then I heard him ask: "Going to Horton Manor, does it mean cold?"

I responded, and glanced at Wu Ling. When I saw her pointing at the fruit basket, I immediately realized: "By the way, we are in the strawberry garden now. It is quite fresh. Do you want to bring some for you and Fang Xintong?"

There was a sudden pause on the other end of the phone and there was silence.

I thought about Yan Dong’s identity and he might not care about these things, so I changed my words: “If you don’t like it…”

"I like it," Yan Dong suddenly took the lead, "then there's old classmate Lao."

After cutting the thread, Wu Ling raised his eyebrows: "Professor Yan seems to be very excited?"

"He has a good temper."

"I don't think so," Wu Ling pinched his chin, thought for two seconds and said, "A girl approached him at the last banquet, and he went to find you with desserts without saying a few words."

I didn't pay attention to this: "You mean severe winter?"

"That's right," Wu Ling patted me on the shoulder, "So, you have to choose carefully when giving Professor Yan this basket."

Just as I was about to refute, I saw Zhou Hanzhi and Lin Xixi standing a few steps away.

Lin Xixi looked over with a smile and said, "Sister Nan Xu, are you going to pick some strawberries for Professor Yan?"

They all heard it.

Wu Ling responded: "Manager Lin's ears are really good. He can hear clearly from such a distance."

Lin Xixi was not annoyed and responded: "Han Zhi said that the strawberries here have a crispy taste. He brought me to try them. We passed by them accidentally."

Wu Lingdui smiled: "Why is Manager Lin so serious? It's just a joke."

Lin Xixi stared at the fruit basket in my hand and sighed: "Sister Nanxu is so kind to Professor Yan. She misses him even when we go out to play. If the professor knows, he will definitely be very happy."

I lowered my head and glanced at the big fruit I just picked in my hand, and said calmly: "Manager Lin is right, I would have called Professor Yan if I had known."

After all, it’s free, so if you don’t eat, you won’t get it for free.

But the smile on Lin Xixi's face froze at the corner of her mouth.

Wu Ling answered again: "This is a good idea. We allow family members to be brought to the next team building."

Family members?

Where is this?

In the evening, we returned home from Horton Manor.

I took the strawberries to find my uncle.

The uncle looked at the fresh and delicious strawberries, sighed and said, "It would be great if your aunt and my daughter were here. She is very handy and can make strawberry jam for my daughter."

I comforted him: "I will."

He was rushing to work the evening shift, so I didn't stay long. Before entering the subway, he suddenly ran over in a hurry and handed a pack of roasted chestnuts to my hand: "Eat while they're hot."

I didn't think much about it until I got on the subway and realized there was something extra in the package.

When I opened it, I saw several neatly rolled RMB.

Not much, only five hundred yuan.

There was also a note from my uncle hidden inside: "Xu Xu, my uncle has a job now, remember to buy yourself some delicious food."

My nose suddenly became sore and I almost cried.

For five hundred yuan, you can't even buy one of Zhou Hanzhi's signature pens.

You see, life is so unfair.

In a daze, I passed the station and did not return to the community until late at night.

Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the corridor, he bumped into Zhou Hanzhi who was lighting a cigarette.

He only wore a thin crew-neck sweater on his upper body, and the cuffs were slightly rolled up, revealing a small section of tight muscles.

When I looked over, he was leaning against the wall, blowing out a cigarette ring gently, frowning slightly, and there was a hint of confusion in his dark eyes.

There is an inexplicable feeling of decadence.

I remember he didn't smoke before.

When he saw me, the man's dark eyes looked at me, and finally his eyes fell on the fruit basket in my hand, and he said solemnly: "Have you sent it over?"