looking away

【Weakness to Resist】

In your experience, it used to be me.

In my future, there may be you.

Empathy, that's all.

19. Telephone

The days that followed were short and peaceful.The women who had been in contact with Liu Tong also gradually knew about her and Xiao Fan, and most of them looked at the excitement with a disdainful attitude.No one is optimistic that they can go on.

"Liu Tongxing! I got tired of ordinary games, so I started to engage in TTL. In my opinion, Xiao Fan's buddy will be played to death by Liu Tong!"

"No, Xiao Fan is so kind and upright. Why did he follow Liu Tong?"

"Hey, these days, the bad guys are living well, and the good guys are being bullied by pigs."

Xiaozhi could hear such words almost every day, and the matter of these two people became the biggest gossip in the circle.

"Xiao Fan, are you busy? Come to play tonight?" Xiaozhi left a message to Xiao Fan on WeChat, and she still wanted to try to persuade her.

"Busy, working overtime" After a while, Xiao Fan replied.

"Oh, that's good. Come and sit down when you have time." Xiaozhi didn't want to say much, so he had to look for another opportunity.

Xiao Fan has also heard about everyone's gossip.Xing Lan came to Xiao Fan angrily to verify the matter.Xiao Fan calmly admitted.Xing Lan was so angry that she was stunned for a long time before she said, "You like that?"

"Ok!"

"How does she look like a woman?" Xiao Fan smiled and didn't bother to explain.

During this period of time, the two of them did not attend gatherings or places with many people, and tacitly did not mention outside rumors.Every time we meet, we either talk about work, or talk about the books or movies we have watched recently, and then complain about the messy and helpless life at home.

But, there was no more skin-to-skin contact.It wasn't that Xiao Fan didn't want to, but it seemed that the timing was always against her, either because the rest time didn't happen, or because something happened to be interrupted.And Liu Tong didn't seem to expect anything about it.

In March, Liu Tong's company wanted to design a brochure. She was a copy editor, and the company asked her to find a design company to be responsible for the production of the picture book.She thought of Xiao Fan, and came to her when she was talking about the content of the manual and the requirements of the company.Xiao Fan suddenly lost his mind.

"Hey! Do you understand?" Liu Tong waved his hands in front of Xiao Fan's eyes.

"Oh, I heard." Xiao Fan brought a glass of water and handed it to Liu Tong, "I understand the matter of your company manual, and I will pass the list to the advertising department in the afternoon. He is in charge of the graphic design, I believe he will satisfy you...you can rest assured that the quotation will be fair."

After listening to Xiao Fan's words with a smile, Xiaotong leaned forward from the seat, stretched her waist greatly, and said in a tired voice, "That's great, I knew it would be no problem to find you. Now I can rest!" "

Xiao Fan got up and sat next to Liu Tong and said, "I'm done talking about work, is there anything else to do in the afternoon?"

Liu Tong was stunned for a moment, and then returned to normal: "It's hard to say, the company is very busy recently. If there is nothing else, I won't bother you. Tell me who to go to the advertising department. I'll go now."

Liu Tong's evasive words this time made Xiao Fan more sure of his thoughts.She was avoiding herself, so many times the timing was wrong, maybe Liu Tong was avoiding herself.

Looking at the back of Liu Tong going out, Xiao Fan was agitated for a while. Could it be that Liu Tong is still resisting something?Is there still a knot in my heart that can't be solved?

The phone rang, Xiao Fan looked at the phone, it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello?"

"Ah, hello." A woman's voice came from the microphone. "Excuse me, is it Xiao Fan?"

"It's me, are you?"

"Sorry to bother you, I'm Yufei. Liu Tong's friend."

Xiao Fan turned his head quickly, Yufei?How did she know her phone number?What is she calling for?What did she mean when she said she was Liu Tong's friend?Could it be?Impossible, then, what is her purpose in finding herself?What is there for her to find herself?

"Hey, I'm sorry, can you hear me?" Seeing that Xiao Fan didn't respond, Yu Fei kept feeding her a few words.

"Oh, I can hear you. What can you do?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to see you, do you have time?"

"When?"

"How about tomorrow? Pingnan Cafe at five o'clock in the afternoon. Is it convenient for you?"

"Okay. See you then."

"Good. Thank you."

After putting down the phone, Xiao Fan looked in the direction of the advertising department, looking for a familiar figure among the busy crowd.

20. Rest

At noon, Xiao Fan wanted to call Liu Tong, and then make an appointment with his colleagues from the advertising department.But whoever wanted to go to the advertising department was called back by the manager.

"Xiao Fan, the customers in charge of the three groups are having an awkward fight, saying that the things they made don't match the design, and they have to sue the court. Come with me to the construction site later."

The manager is a brown-skinned man of medium build, aged 37, 8 meters tall, with a serious face and a straight back.His name is Ning Xiaofeng, and he is the manager in charge of interior design.He came to this company 1 years later than Xiao Fan, and it is said that he has some relationship with the chairman, and was directly dug from a design company of ZHH.After getting along for more than three years, Xiao Fan only had a general understanding of him.This man is a workaholic, serious in work, unsmiling, and rarely mixes with his colleagues.

It was said that he had a family in Zhuhai, and he was once seen hiding in the corridor on the phone with a soft and gentle tone.

Xiao Fan doesn't care about such trivial matters. She doesn't care about things other than work, and she is almost obsessed with pursuing perfection when it comes to things inside work.

Ning Xiaofeng admired Xiao Fan's work attitude and ability.Once he encountered a hard nail, he would drag Xiao Fan to deal with it together.Especially recently, Ning Xiaofeng was almost looking for trouble for Xiao Fan.No matter which group's mess, let Xiao Fan solve it, and the said bonus has also risen linearly, but Xiao Fan is still a little unhappy.The work intensity and frequent overtime work really affected her personal life too much.Thinking of this, Xiao Fan couldn't help biting his lower lip.After this case is busy, I have to talk to him. I can't always let other people go online, spanking, and gossip, while I don't even have time for a date.

Thinking of a date, Xiao Fan hastily left a WeChat message for Liu Tong: I have something to go out for a while.You invite them to dinner at noon.I'll reimburse you when I come back.

Liu Tong replied with a grinning expression, followed by two words: Oh!

Xiao Fan packed up the drawing folder, went downstairs and got into Ning Xiaofeng's car.

Ning Xiaofeng glanced at her in the rearview mirror and asked, "What? Are you emotional?"

"Don't dare. Why are there three groups again?" Xiao Fan became angry when he mentioned Li Wei, the manager of the three groups.In the past year, I just wiped his buttocks countless times, cut corners and got kickbacks, and he did things he shouldn't do.However, the head office's treatment of him was always inexplicable. It took less than three months for him to be transferred back and suspended, and it was only two months for him to transfer to R City.Xiao Fan thought, this kind of rubbish will be a disaster wherever it is left.No, just after the new year, the three groups in charge of Li Wei broke out again.

"Well, there are three groups again." Ning Xiaofeng's voice was also slightly unhappy.

"Oh, forget it. How old is the client?" Xiao Fan changed the subject.

"A 54-year-old female cadre who just retired." Ning Xiaofeng replied

"Li Wei is in charge of supervision, who is the chief designer?" Xiao Fan asked.

"Li Yuping"

"..." Xiao Fan stopped speaking

"Xiao Fan, why didn't you ask me, this list has nothing to do with you, why did you ask you to come?" Ning Xiaofeng directly expressed Xiao Fan's psychological displeasure.

"It's meaningless to ask or not. Since the manager asked me to come, there must be your reason. Since I agree to come, I will do my best." Xiao Fan answered without expression, without raising his head.

"The attitude is good, but if you don't know what to do, how can you do your best?" Ning Xiaofeng said with a smile

"..." Xiao Fan didn't answer. She knew that what Ning Xiaofeng said was reasonable, but she was already resistant to this unfair work arrangement, so how could she take the initiative to express it?

Ning Xiaofeng did not continue to circle around: "This project is not big, and there is almost no difference between the design and the actual situation. The problem lies in the TV wall. In fact, the workers are right. The arc shape in the design is indeed almost impossible to achieve by hand. So, I changed it to a zigzag shape, which is also suitable for the overall design of her house. However, the owner of the house insisted on holding on to the braids, and it was useless for anyone to say good things about them. These days, Both Li Wei and Li Yuping stayed at the construction site and did not dare to move, and the old lady sat in the middle of the room and refused to let the project continue, saying that she must ask for an explanation."

"That's all? Is it over if you pay her some money?" Xiao Fan still didn't understand.

"It's not that simple. The total quotation for this project is 73. The old lady said that she put all her heart and soul into this house, and said that she would die here in the end. Therefore, she felt that losing money or reworking could not make up for the damage caused to her heart. It hurts to say that this is the poison of expecting the perfect design of this house..."

"How can it be so serious?" Xiao Fan frowned and stopped Manager Ning's words, "She has advanced menopause, if she didn't deliberately find fault, she must be a pervert. What can I do about such a person?"

"I hope you can calm her down and accept rework or restitution"

"Me? Why me?"

"It is said that the owner of the home is from the same city as you, and you have worked in a company before, so you can understand her way of thinking. Also, she once told Li Yuping why you are not used in the design. If it is Maybe you won't have such a problem." Speaking of this, Ning Xiaofeng looked back at Xiao Fan.

21. Dialogue

In Xiao Fan's mind, the only impression of this old lady is that she came to the company to see the first draft of the design and sign the contract.In my memory, she was a very neat and elegant person.

The car stopped at No. 7 building of Xiangrui Garden, Xiao Fan got out of the car and walked up the stairs.This is a duplex house with a construction area of ​​273 square meters on the upper and lower floors.The indoor color light is good, the outdoor scenery is pleasant, the location is convenient, and the facilities are complete. At the beginning, Xiao Fan was also fascinated by the residence here, but the price was too high. The price was close to 8000 yuan per square meter, so Xiao Fan could only catch up with it.

Thinking of this, and looking at the old man sitting in the room, Xiao Fan sighed in his heart, if he can enjoy such a life at this age, it can be considered a success.

Li Yuping and Li Wei greeted them one after another.Li Yuping's expression now is like eating bitter melon, feeling full of bitter water.

"What's the matter?" Ning Xiaofeng asked.

"What else can I do!" Li Wei replied helplessly.Afterwards, he turned his head to Xiao Fan and nodded, "I'll leave it to you."

Xiao Fan glanced at Li Wei, and walked straight towards the woman with Ning Xiaofeng without any response.

"Aunt Liu, did you rest at noon?" Ning Xiaofeng said with a smile on his face

"Rest? How can I rest? Looking at my home, my last home was ruined like this by you, do I still have a rest?" Aunt Liu glared at him angrily.

Ning Xiaofeng didn't care, turned to Xiao Fan and continued to introduce, "Auntie, let me introduce you, this is the chief designer of our company, Xiao Fan, you have seen it before!"

"Mr. Liu, hello!" Xiao Fan stretched out his hand, and the wife surnamed Liu looked at Xiao Fan, squeezed out a smile from the corner of her mouth and said, "Teacher? Where do you come from? I have never been a people's teacher." "

Xiao Fan smiled, "You are our elder, I call you teacher to respect, besides, I also heard from the manager and other colleagues that the design of this house is almost entirely your idea, I have seen the drawings, for a Professional designer, I am quite impressed with your conception and vision. Today, I also asked to come with the manager. I want to chat with you for a while, ask for some knowledge, and learn. I am afraid that you will not teach! "Xiao Fan's words made Aunt Liu's expression overflow with uncontrollable pride.

But there was no room for relaxation in her mouth,

"Hmph, you guys are all the same. When something goes wrong, you flatter me. What did you do at the beginning? Why do I want East, but give West?"

"Yes, we are all young, and we are not careful enough in doing things. You should teach and guide us more. This is also good for our growth,"

"It's good to know, I've worked in the government for so many years, if you weren't too much, would I be a person who blackmails people? I..."

"Of course not." Xiao Fan stopped Aunt Liu, looked up at the house and said, "This house is really beautiful."

Aunt Liu's heart was warmed by being photographed by Xiao Fan, and now she heard her boasting about her house, her mood suddenly became high, "Yes, you know, this is my life's painstaking effort!" Standing up and walking into the house, Xiao Fan followed behind her not far or near.

"Hehe, Auntie is exaggerating. Life is nothing. At your age, enjoying life has just begun!"

"Pull it down, I'm old, and I'm just getting started, little girl, how old are you?"

"Auntie, how old do you think I am?"...

In this way, the two people sat for a while, turned around for a while, talked, chatted,

From the climate of his hometown and here, casual and fashionable snacks, to the trivial matters of Xiao Fan's office work, the protection of women and children, the national policy of family planning, medical and health insurance, etc., Xiao Fan gradually felt that his aunt treats her Love, and the loneliness in her heart.

22. Tai Chi

Unconsciously, more than two hours passed. During this period, they passed the TV wall several times, but Xiao Fan pretended not to see it and didn't mention it at all.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Fan proposed to invite Aunt Liu to dinner, and she readily agreed.Ning Xiaofeng not only raised his thumb secretly in his heart, this was a good start to resolve the conflict. Before that, the old lady didn't even drink the water they handed over.

At the dinner table, Xiao Fan was sitting next to the old man, as if he had known him for a long time. She ordered the old man rock sugar snow pear porridge with white fungus and jujube, and explained that rock sugar snow pears are used to clear the fire and dry the throat, and the white fungus is A good product for improving immunity, jujube has the function of raising qi and nourishing blood.

Aunt Liu was naturally very happy, and she turned to Ning Xiaofeng and said, "Manager Ning, as I said earlier, I like Xiao Xiao at the first sight, and she can understand my design concept. There will be no such problems." Ning Xiaofeng quickly nodded and said yes, Xiao Fan looked up at Li Yuping, her embarrassment and displeasure had already been written on her face.

Right at this moment, the phone vibrated.Xiao Fan took a sneak peek, it was Liu Tong's WeChat reminder: things have been negotiated, and we will go tomorrow.Xiao Fan only replied one: Good.

She picked up the teapot to refill Aunt Liu, and asked casually, "What's the problem Auntie said? Why didn't I notice it!"

The atmosphere on the table suddenly became tense. No one expected that Xiao Fan would intervene in the theme in such a tone.

"Not paying attention? You don't know?" Aunt Liu's expression became serious

"Know what?" Xiao Fan asked the waiter to bring more tissues, and the old woman couldn't help but believe her casual demeanor.

"Then what are you doing today?" Aunt Liu asked

"Oh, why did you forget? I didn't tell you. I begged our Manager Ning to come and learn from you. However, I also heard that Auntie is a little dissatisfied with the omissions in our work, so , I am even more anxious to take a look, and I want to improve my grade and height through your criticism and advice."

Aunt Liu looked at Manager Ning and then at Xiao Fan: "An omission? Turning my well-designed streamline into a messy broken line is an omission, and I think it was intentional!" The son turned sharp.

"What?" Xiao Fan pretended to be surprised and asked back, "Is there such a thing?"

At this moment, Aunt Liu seemed to have forgotten that the person sitting in front of her was a member of the enemy camp, and told Xiao Fan endlessly about her grievances. Xiao Fan listened carefully, expressing approval and sympathy from time to time.

In the end, the old lady was still sobbing, and Xiao Fan's complexion was heavy as if the sky was about to fall. Li Yuping couldn't stand the old man's fuss for a long time, and hid in the bathroom, which made it easier for Xiao Fan to continue to play.

"Auntie, don't be sad. Since this matter happened, we have to solve it. Don't be angry. As the saying goes, being angry is to punish yourself with other people's mistakes. You can't be angry with us for the mistakes we made. , Your body is more precious than anything these days, so don’t make trouble with your own body.” Looking at Aunt Liu’s slightly chubby body, Xiao Fan continued: “It’s not enough to just rework,”

"Yes!...What? Rework? What is rework, my beautiful new house... I haven't lived in it yet, so I'm going to rework??"

"Yes, so, I said no! Rework is patching!"

"Yes, yes, what I said, this child understands my thoughts!" Aunt Liu became excited

"Let's talk about losing money, that's not okay. How can a person with status like Auntie be angry because of money! It's not about money at all."

"exactly!"

"If, I redesign the background wall for you according to your intention, integrate the current broken line to create an overall streamlined feeling, match the color of the house, and strive to welcome the unique characteristics, can it be based on your design, What about adding color to you? Of course, that’s what I think, if you disagree, I suggest reconsidering the whole house, we are not afraid of wasting time, we must give Auntie a satisfactory explanation,” Xiao Fan said vowedly .

"What you said about adding color, can it really be done?" Aunt Liu asked after thinking for a while, she thought to herself that you don't care about the time, I can't afford to wait, and finish the decoration as soon as possible, and I want to wait for my grandson to come to play during the summer vacation.It just so happened that Xiao Fan had already known about these things during the chat just now.

Ning Xiaofeng already understood Xiao Fan's intention, and was secretly happy in his heart. Xiao Fan didn't say it was rework, let alone patching, but said that it was the icing on the cake and the finishing touch to the old lady's design.At the same time, he held the old lady high, acting like a saint who regards money as dung and lives only for ideals, coaxing the old lady not only embarrassed to care about the real thing, but also dizzy at being fooled by that icing on the cake.In the end, they took out the trump card that they could spare time to "play" with the old man.Xiao Fan's thinking is rigorous, logic is clear, and the charm of language is brought into full play.No wonder, before he came to the company, even the chairman had mentioned this person to him, telling him that Xiao Fan was not just a design genius, if conflicts and disputes happened, she would be able to save the day.

Thinking of this, Ning Xiaofeng also smiled and said, "Xiao Fan's design has won an international award. Auntie, why don't you listen to her idea first?"

Xiao Fan hurriedly took the manager's words and said, "Of course, I only came up with this idea after studying with you for an afternoon. I really like your design so much, that's why I took the liberty to play tricks in front of your boss!"

Everyone laughed, and the manager toasted the old man with tea instead of wine. The old man obviously agreed to Xiao Fan's suggestion.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Xiao Fan dragged his exhausted body back home. When he entered the door, he fell headlong on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

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Tai Chi

In your experience, it used to be me.

In my future, there may be you.

Empathy, that's all.