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Maybe Bai Manman wasn't a villain, let alone a villain, but her departure this time was indeed the beginning of a group of people asking to leave.

After Yang Baijun joined the company there, taking advantage of Dongfeng's desire to build a team with the title of partner, he simply started looking for his former colleagues for dinner one by one.This kind of poaching is tantamount to declaring war. Out of duty, Tao Ran wrote an email to HR and copied it to old man Jia, suggesting that he consider adding money to the core members of the emergency team.

The wording of his official emails has always been flawless. The simple and rude way of retaining people by adding money is written politely and beautifully by him.Of course, it is not convenient for him to write about Yang Baijun's current situation. He knows it, and he can't write that he doesn't know it, so the whole article only says "in view of certain special circumstances that we all know."

The personnel department has its own insider to report to Chang Zheng every day, and from time to time, he will take screenshots of things that are not directly related to him, but he may be interested in.So Tao Ran sent an email. That night, while Chang Zheng was leaning against the bedside and flipping through his phone with nothing to do, he still read the full text of the email.

There is a desk in the bedroom, and the desk lamp illuminates that corner of the room brightly.It was getting late, and Tao Ran was still sitting there, holding the mouse in one hand and propping his head in the other, his brows furrowed like he had been working for eight hours.

Just a few feet away, Chang Zheng raised his eyes to look, and suddenly felt that something was separated from him.Not sure if it was out of premonition or intuition, he called Tao Ran.

"Tao Ran... Let's go to bed early, I'm busy anyway."

"...Huh?" The other party didn't seem to realize that he was no longer in the office. The first few seconds when he turned his head to look at him, it was completely the reaction of being called by the boss during the usual meeting: "Oh, I still have a while. The kid is Change something for me, they can’t still send me one version after another, I’ll go to sleep first.”

Seeing his vigilance receding like a tide, Chang Zheng heaved a sigh of relief inexplicably, and beckoned him to come to him, then sat up, caught Tao Ran who was lying on his side, and kissed him between the eyebrows.

"How long do you have?"

Like Caesar, the person in his arms rubbed lazily twice: "It's hard to say, I'll try to hurry up."

After all, he was at home, on his own bed, and the words omitted the steps of thinking, and unconsciously blurted out: "Just now, I saw the suggestion you wrote for personnel today."

"Well, I can't think of any other good way. Whether it's adding subsidies or setting up a project award, the company has to do something, otherwise Yang Baijun, who knows the basics and focuses on poaching people..." Tao Ran turned around. body, the whole body is still lying in Chang Zheng's arms, but with his back to him, slowly opened his eyes: "Why, you think I shouldn't mention it?"

"No, old man Jia will mention it if you don't mention it, it's the same to me."

This is even more obvious. He is approaching the city, and he can't tolerate him not accepting the call: "Then this matter... I mean this project, and helping him retain customer relationships, do you hope I can do well, or can't I do well? "

Chang Zheng didn't expect him to be so straightforward, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.They were too close to each other, their breaths were intertwined, and they couldn't hide the slightest emotional fluctuation.As soon as he paused, the room was immediately quiet.Tao Ran propped up his body, distanced himself a little from him, and looked into his eyes unceremoniously.

Recently, all the colleagues who have a place in the company are watching the old man Jia's messy situation, and it is true that following Yang Baijun's wanton actions, it becomes clearer day by day.Assuming the current project is successful, the client may be snatched away by the ambitious Ms. Yang, not to mention if something goes wrong...

Partner is a very important title in this company, and even in this industry-but it is only a title.From the next level up, senior partners are the real management with a fixed number of people.Chang Zheng is the best partner, and old man Jia is the senior partner with the worst performance, so it seems that the more ugly old man Jia is in this year-end inventory, the more favorable the situation is for Chang Zheng.

In other words, if Tao Ran's work turned out badly, Chang Zheng would reap the benefits.But in this way, Tao Ran and Chang Zheng's shadowy nepotism will probably be confirmed by rumors.Maybe no one dared to gossip in front of Chang Zheng, but Tao Ran was still in the class of directly leading the team to do practical things, so he must have suffered a lot from then on.

The candidates to save the scene were decided by a vote of all the management from the partners up. There must be some people in this group who truly recognize Tao Ran's ability, and there must be some who know the situation is so and want to give Tao Ran a hot potato, and then wait. Watching the show.

All of this is nothing more than a multi-party game.In this game, their interests are no longer fully unified.

Chang Zheng always knew that Tao Ran was one of the few people he had ever met who had the ability to confront him.But when this moment really came, he finally realized soberly how similar the resoluteness and calmness deep in Tao Ran's character was to himself.

During these days, the fragile peace that the two of them had maintained by avoiding talking about it was suddenly shattered by Tao Ran's bright question.

Probably because he felt that such a stalemate was unnecessary, in Chang Zheng's seemingly bottomless silence, Tao Ran sighed slightly, and took the lead to give way.

"You know very well, I understand everything that should be understood about this matter, why bother to mention this one specifically."

Time and space were almost chaotic in an instant, and Chang Zheng suddenly had the illusion that they had met each other not long ago, and the two were discussing business in the office.This feeling is really bad, he frowned unconsciously: "...No intentionally. There was no need to talk about this before, and I didn't want to mention it. Now that I have talked here, I don't think there is anything to avoid."

It seemed that he wanted to, but Chang Zheng didn't appreciate it.Tao Ran was about to sneer, but he managed to suppress it, but his voice lost its warmth irretrievably: "You mean, you're just bluntly speaking, I'm worrying too much? I guess you mean more than what you said. We just realized now, which time we guessed wrong. Are you sure this time, I was worrying too much?"

When Chang Zheng heard this, his anger was already choked in his throat.He didn't want to quarrel with Tao Ran at all, so he took a deep breath and tried his best to stabilize his tone: "I really don't mean anything else. This is at home, not at the company. Don't deal with me with the posture of guessing what you want."

"Do you really mean nothing else, or do you think you don't?"

"... If I really want to talk about this, why don't I go home from get off work and wait until it's almost twelve o'clock?"

These words were rushed, if he continued like this, Tao Ran was afraid that he would say something worse sooner or later, so he had to shut himself up temporarily.

Both of them avoided the other's gaze, unwilling to start a confrontation.Chang Zheng looked at him dressed in cotton gauze home clothes, but his back was straight as if he was in a meeting, and his heart suddenly felt a little bitter.

In fact, he knew all about Tao Ran's difficulties, and he also felt the same way.

"I know you will definitely be in trouble. I just want to remind you that integrity is very good, but you have to see the situation clearly. After all, kindness does not lead soldiers, righteousness does not lead to Jia..."

Tao Ran raised his eyes inch by inch, and glanced at him indifferently: "Then, are you leading the army for me, or are you doing business?"

Now Chang Zheng answered quickly: "I'm not asking myself which one. But you always think that what I say has ulterior motives, and you are treating me now, this is Xingjia."

Again, neither of the two people in the same room looked into the other's eyes.Silence is the star of the night, and they all use their costumes to hide their faces in vain, hoping that the beam will spare them.

Tao Ran has experienced what it would be like to fall in love with a colleague before, so he was cautious at the beginning.Later, Chang Zheng repeatedly pointed out that he was too careful. No one in the company made trouble, and the two of them tried not to talk about business at home. Everything went smoothly, and he gradually let go of his worries.

It turns out that life doesn't want to let him go, it's been planned for a long time, and it's all waiting for today.

He thinks he is smarter and more stable than Xu Yuan back then, and Chang Zheng's mentality is far better than when he started dating Xu Yuan, so things may be different.Unexpectedly, the addition of all these factors is nothing more than making the illusion of calm woven by joint efforts last longer.No distinction between public and private will end, no matter how much the parties want to make a clear distinction, it will still be the way it is now, and everything will be a mess.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.The person leaning on the bed originally lowered his head, but when he heard the sound, he looked over, and the eyes of the two separated.

Chang Zheng's face was still so handsome in the soft halo of the parchment wall lamp.At this moment, what Tao Ran saw was helplessness.

He is really a good lover, emotionally stable, and knows his limits.Even if it was only a little bit close to quarreling just now, after a moment of silence, the momentary spirit between the brows gradually faded away.

Restraint, rationality, being handsome and rich, being gentle and considerate, and being in love with himself...all of them are precious, and now that they are all in the same person, Tao Ran also knows that he should be content long ago.

But what is the use of these.Every man is an island, and always has been.

All you love me and I love you are like screaming for help to the vast ocean.Perhaps a response can be obtained, and hope will also be generated, but each has lived in its own body for a long time, and has already differentiated into completely different creatures. In the end, it can only be harmonious but different, or the same but not harmonious.

Tao Ran knew that if he didn't speak again, Chang Zheng would definitely give him a step down.In fact, quarrels that do not end in a breakup do not have to happen. They have already passed the stage where they need to hurt and test each other with words to vent their emotions.

"I want to be alone for a while..."

"I want to be alone..."

The stagnation in the air fermented to a certain point, and the two of them actually spoke at the same time, and then stopped together.Maybe it's because they have been together for a long time, or they are too happy to work together, but the way of handling things is so similar, they can't help laughing suddenly.

Tao Ran returned to the table, closed the notebook and unplugged it, picked it up together, and confessed to Chang Zheng: "Go to bed first, I'll go to the study to finish the work."

When passing by the bed, he even went around to Chang Zheng's side and exchanged a shallow kiss with him as usual.

Then he walked out of his bedroom as silently as if he had left a meeting room.