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

I couldn't figure it out, and on the way home from the bank I felt a little absent-minded.

It wasn't until I got home, took a shower, and lay in bed processing work messages on my phone that I realized I had missed an unfamiliar message.

"Xuxu, hello, I'm Yan Dong's mother. I'm sorry to bother you, but I want to invite you to dinner to express my gratitude. Is it convenient for you tomorrow night?"

I have met Yan Dong's mother, Mrs. Yan.

At that time, Yan Dong wanted to choose a piece of clothing as a gift for Mrs. Yan. Because my figure was similar to Mrs. Yan's, he asked me to be a model for the fitting.

Later, he and I met Mrs. Yan, an elegant and amiable lady. She was very kind to me and I had a very good impression of her.

However, although the impression was good, I had no private contact with her after that time, and I didn't even leave her contact information. She contacted me at this time to invite me to dinner. The purpose was obvious, it must be for Yan Dong.

But I'm not sure whether her purpose was to make me accept the harsh winter or to stay away from it, because she used the name of thanking me.

I have never had any contact with her and I have never done anything for her, so why would she need to thank me?

But it was already late, and it was not convenient for me to call, so I tried to reply with a message: "Thank you for the invitation, but I don't remember doing anything for you, so I don't want to let you spend money. Besides, I already have an appointment tomorrow night, so I'm sorry to disappoint you."

No matter what Mrs. Yan is going to do, I am not going to keep the appointment. I have already made my relationship with Yan Dong very clear to him, and I don't want to have anything to do with him in this matter anymore.

It was not easy for me to get along with Feng Wenting peacefully! No matter how big the problem is, it can't affect the project!

After I sent this message, Mrs. Yan didn't send me any more messages, so I assumed that she understood what I meant and put the matter behind me.

Because there is another very important thing at hand, which is the HERO project's interim report meeting.

I had made sufficient preparations for this report the day before. This time it was still a video conference. After the meeting started, there was no human figure in the camera as usual, but a pond of koi was shown.

Beautiful and chubby koi with bright colors.

Swimming slowly and leisurely in the camera.

The state of these koi fish is consistent with my prediction of the image of the mysterious investor Mr. X. I feel that he is like my koi fish, appearing at the critical moment, rich, auspicious, and a generous and fat sponsor!

This time, it was still the one who stopped and spoke: "Please start."

Looking at this pond of koi, my originally slightly nervous mood relaxed a lot. I immediately coughed lightly and started my report.

Feng Wenting and I worked well together. After I reported the overall situation, she added some details.

During the whole process, there was no response from the other side. If it weren't for the fat koi with golden, orange and red tails dragging like skirts swimming slowly in the camera, occasionally taking a bite of the fish food dropped from above, I would have thought that the other side's network was stuck.

However, having dealt with this mysterious investor several times, I have figured out his temperament. This investor is not talkative, and there is no problem if he doesn't speak.

It seems that the other party is satisfied with this report.

I slowly put my heart back into my stomach.

However, at this moment, the picture of the koi suddenly shook, and the scenery in the camera changed from the quiet pond surface to a corner of the fish pond, revealing the stone railing next to the fish pond, on which was carved a vivid little lion.

I looked at the cute little lion and was stunned for a moment. Why did this scene look a little familiar? I seemed to have seen this cute little stone lion somewhere before.

But I have never met this investor, let alone been to his house, so how could I be familiar with the environment he is in at the moment?

But it was only a moment of stunned silence, and I quickly realized that many people like to have fish ponds and stone railings in their homes, and little lions like this have almost become standard equipment and are not rare at all.

Moreover, in the last video conference with this investor, he seemed to be in this environment. Maybe I saw him through the video last time.

I collected my thoughts and heard Mr. X's voice changer: "Yes, the project is progressing more smoothly and quickly than I expected, but..."

As a working person, I am already very experienced. However, the words before these two words are all polite remarks, but the words after these two words are the key points. So I immediately perked up and prepared to record the investor's dissatisfaction with the project, or what suggestions he would make.

Unexpectedly, his next words surprised me: "Manager Meng doesn't look too good. Is it because you have been busy with projects recently and haven't had enough rest?"

The tip of my pen, which was about to take notes, paused and I looked towards the camera in surprise.

In the camera, it is still a corner of the fish pond, you can still see the chubby koi swimming slowly, and it is still the same cute little lion.

But I can see through all this and see the concerned eyes of Mr. X.

The rest of the people focused their eyes on my face. Wu Ling raised his eyebrows with a smile in his eyes, while Feng Wenting looked at me calmly, then turned her gaze to the camera and lowered her head.

I immediately smiled and said, “No, I still feel that my progress is too slow and it has delayed the project…”

"The project is important, but individuals are not important either. Manager Meng is the core soul of our team. Your health is very important, and I don't want to see you damage your health for the project. I hope you will pay more attention to your health and rest in the future." Mr. X's words through the voice changer were plain and straightforward, but I knew that his original words must have been full of concern.

It is said that there is a huge gap between people, and between investors. A capitalist like Zhou Hanzhi would like to catch you working overtime in the company on weekends, but this Mr. X actually noticed that I looked bad and was worried that working too hard would damage my health.

Who wouldn’t like such a sponsor?

I felt warm and touched: "Okay, thank you Mr. X for your concern. I will make sure to rest and ensure the health and rest of everyone in the team."

"Very good." After this, Mr. X actually had no other opinions.

The video conference was over. Wu Ling came over, lowered his voice and smiled, "Xu Xu, did you hear that? Our big money sponsor has said that you should not work so hard and take good rest. Remember?"

"I remember, I remember." I nodded and smiled. I felt warm in my heart, but I had made up my mind.

When you meet such an investor, of course you have to make the project better and more outstanding and make more money for him, so as to do him justice.

However, after today, several important things in my mind have been put to rest. I left work early in the afternoon and prepared to go home to catch up on some sleep.

Unexpectedly, just as I walked to my own car, another car came and stopped beside me. The rear window was lowered, revealing a gentle woman's face: "Miss Meng."