rest of life

After returning from a business trip, Gu Qingyun took the information and came to talk to Li Ran about the minor issues of the revised terms and conditions.

After explaining in a few sentences, I was about to leave.

Xia Nan next to him turned around, rubbed his hands, and looked at the things on Li Ran's table, "Sister, please send me this link, it's getting colder and colder, and I feel like I'm going to get chilblains every day."

Li Ran said with a smile, "There is no link, Tong Yao gave it to me, you can ask her for it."

"Okay." Xia Nan responded briskly.

Gu Qingyun turned his face away.

He took another look at the things on Li Ran's table.

A hand warmer in the shape of a cat's paw.Exquisite and small, the edge is illuminated with shimmer to show that it is heating.There are several jacks indicating that it can also be used as a power bank.

Gu Qingyun thought to himself, it is not a rare thing.

She found that Tong Yao is really the kind who can enjoy herself among a group of colleagues, and everyone likes her very much.Wherever you throw her, you can chat with people like a good friend.

He is very popular and popular everywhere.

With a cold face, Gu Qingyun thought again, people are trying to please the leader overtly and secretly, thinking of giving gifts to the leader.

Fortunately, she didn't even give her a garbage bag.

Gu Qingyun passed Tong Yao's place, bent his fingers expressionlessly and tapped on her desk, "stay and work overtime."

Tong Yao: "?"

She looked at Gu Qingyun's back as he walked away, and opened her mouth, before she had time to ask questions.

Working overtime means... Do you have to finish all the work you just assigned today? ?

—

After working overtime, Tong Yao raised her hands and rubbed her sore shoulders, feeling worried.

It was so late, and I really didn't want to continue painting when I got home.

But she still has a few business drafts from the game company that she hasn't written yet. They are used as posters for the New Year's Eve event. The deadline is set very urgently. Tong Yao has already delayed it once. If she doesn't draw it, she will die. deal.

Tong Yao sighed, looking at the time on her phone, she felt that she didn't sleep again tonight.

She originally just wanted to find a leisurely pension job as her main job, but for no reason, she worked overtime every day.

And it doesn't seem too reluctant? ?

In the end what happened……

leave the department.

Tong Yao walked to the corner of the elevator room and saw a person standing there looking at his mobile phone with a blank expression.

She glanced at it, and was stunned again.

"Director, are you off work too?"

"What do you mean?" Gu Qingyun raised his eyes and said with a fake smile, "You can leave but I can't."

"……no."

Tong Yao knew she did it on purpose, but she had to explain quickly, "I mean, it's..."

Seeing that the elevator hadn't been pressed yet, she went to press it first.

I don't know how to go on.

In the end, it seemed a bit perfunctory: "Anyway, it's that kind of very good and respectful meaning."

"..." Gu Qingyun lowered his head and laughed, "Okay."

Into the elevator.

She looked straight at Tong Yao, and said in a natural tone, "Since we happened to meet, I'll take you back on the way."

"..."

Tong Yao was startled.

Looking at her, I couldn't see anything in her calm expression.

Thinking of her standing here looking at her phone just now.

The elevator did not press.

It didn't seem like a coincidence, but rather like she was here waiting for it.

Tong Yao's throat twitched slightly, and she looked down at the only button in the elevator that was lit in the underground garage.After a pause for a few seconds, he pursed his lips and couldn't help but bent his eyes and smiled, "Okay, then I'll trouble the leader."

Gu Qingyun didn't speak.

The elevator door opened, and when she took out the car keys from her bag, she said softly, "No trouble, the little girl without a driver's license should be given by someone."

It sounded quite gentle.

"..."

It may be that Tong Yao has a guilty conscience and always feels that there seems to be something hidden in her words.

It was the second time for Tong Yao to ride in her car.

Thinking of the embarrassing situation last time, she was extra cautious about her behavior and sat down as gracefully as possible.

Chatting on the road.

Gu Qingyun asked: "Are there any arrangements for the New Year?"

Arrange?Staying at home, reading comics and playing games, eating and sleeping, drawing and selling manuscripts by the way...

Tong Yao didn't know if the above counted as an arrangement.

Since she asked that.

Tong Yao thought to herself, wouldn't this mean that she wanted to date herself?

So he said carefully: "It seems that there is nothing special, how about you?"

Gu Qingyun just said casually, "Same as you."

Tong Yao waited for a long time.

There is no more text.

"..."

Tong Yao couldn't help pursing her mouth, thinking, what's the same?Could it be that you also lie in bed every day, eat potato chips and read comics, and roll around on the floor when you are happy?

Tong Yao imagined the picture of Gu Qingyun doing these things, and had fun again.

I accidentally laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Gu Qingyun glanced at her.

"...Nothing, just imagining what you would do at home."

"Is this still imaginable?" Gu Qingyun smiled faintly on his lips, was silent for a few seconds, and said softly, "You haven't seen it before."

Tong Yao suddenly turned her face and looked at her.

I couldn't tell if she was talking casually or not.

I just feel itchy.

"..."

—

The last dinner before the Spring Festival, the holiday after eating.

Tong Yao had two big dark circles under her eyes, and she counted on her fingers before she could go home and sleep in a few hours.After staying up for several days and nights, she finally finished more than half of the drawings and was able to breathe a little bit.

During one meal, she ate the chicken pecking at the rice, almost sending the food into her nose.

Seeing her pitiful look, Ji Yuanting next to her couldn't help whispering, "You should go home early later, just say you're drunk."

"But," Tong Yao picked up her glass and said in a softer voice, "I only drank a little orange juice."

Bright yellow orange, it is impossible to pretend to be a yellow bar.

Ji Yuanting thoughtfully put the empty glass she drank by her hand, "No one will ask, if someone really asks, I will tell you that you have finished all the liquor in it."

"Okay," Tong Yao immediately rolled her eyes.

Cheers softly to her.

After drinking for three rounds, each of them walked around with wine glasses to toast.

Gu Qingyun smiled and said a few words to this person and that person.

He drank a lot of wine in the glass, and his expression remained unchanged.

Between talking and laughing, she glanced over the crowd and saw Tong Yao sitting in the corner.She was drinking fruit juice and chatting with others with a smile. She didn't know what she was talking about, and made the two female colleagues next to her smile.

That circle was fun.

She didn't even look this way.

"..."

After a while, Gu Qingyun held the glass to toast her wine.

When their table saw the big leader coming over, they were all startled, and each of them hurriedly filled their glasses with wine.

Gu Qingyun smiled and exchanged greetings.

When she came to Tong Yao's side, she smiled slightly and said meaningfully, "So you're here, I didn't notice you."

"..."

Tong Yao swallowed her saliva, how should she answer these words? ?She felt bad-toned.

Could it be that she was being lazy and didn't go to toast to her just now?

As for it, it's impossible, right?

Gu Qingyun is not her direct leader, and it is so far away, surrounded by so many courteous people... There are so many big leaders at the dinner today, and it is not convenient for a small employee of Tong Yao's level to wander around.

Tong Yao smiled embarrassingly and said, "It means that I am too inconspicuous. Thank you for your concern."

Seeing this, Luo Zihang wanted to help Tong Yao out of the siege, so he interrupted and asked, "We'll have another meeting after we're done, Boss, are you coming?"

Gu Qingyun asked, "Are you all going?"

"Both go."

"Go!"

Everyone responded one by one.

Tong Yao still hasn't said anything.

Gu Qingyun turned his eyes, "Where is Tong Yao?"

Ji Yuanting saw that she was embarrassed to speak, and wanted to help her, so she glanced at her again before speaking.

Then he saw Tong Yao who was still sleepy just now, and nodded quickly.He looked quite expectant.

Gu Qingyun smiled, looked at Luo Zihang and said, "Of course."

Then he took the wine glass, turned and left.

Ji Yuanting: "..."

Tong Yao looked at her back.

The noise from the dinner party came to my ears and became more and more clear.She found that she didn't seem to be really sleepy anymore.

—

They ate a lot during the dinner, and the rest must be pure drinking. Their next meeting will be in a singing room like a dance hall.

Within a few minutes of going in, the table was filled with good wine.

After a few rounds of games, the people who didn't drink much just now were all drunk.

Tong Yao was probably the only one present who hadn't even touched a drop of alcohol.

Fortunately, she is low-ranking and popular, and no one will come to pour her down if she doesn't want to drink.

In fact, I don't really want to drink.

After all, the atmosphere is so good.

It's just that she can't drink too much, and her IQ will plummet after she gets drunk, and it's extremely easy to do stupid things.In front of so many people, she really couldn't afford to lose this face.

What's more, the shadow left by Gu Qingyun's short video was too deep...

Tong Yao was drinking iced black tea when she noticed that there was a person sitting beside her.

Ji Yuanting, who thought she was going to the bathroom, came back.

Looking up, he saw Gu Qingyun next to him holding a goblet in his hand. After drinking the remaining wine, he slowly put down the glass.

"..."

"Are you drunk?" Tong Yao asked softly.It feels like she hasn't run out of wine in her glass tonight.

"No," Gu Qingyun looked at her and smiled, his dark eyes softened a lot in the drunkenness.Leaning back on the soft back, she seemed a little dizzy, but her eyes were still bright and she was smiling.

Tong Yao looked at her, but couldn't tell whether she was drunk or not.

Persuading in a low voice, "Then drink less."

The people next to him were also yelling that they couldn't do it anymore, they couldn't drink any more.

Soon, he brought over a pile of paper and pencils in a lively manner, and said that he wanted to play a little casual game.

Tong Yao knows that the purpose of casual games at this kind of party is also to drink.

When I really played it, I found that it was really quite relaxing.

The rules are very simple. Everyone writes an abbreviation on a note and throws it into the box.When the turntable points to a person, draw a note at random, guess what the abbreviation means, and then tell a story about your own bad luck with the abbreviation.

Must be a bad luck story.

If you can't guess, you will be punished with alcohol, and if you can't tell a story, you will also be fined.

I have already drunk to this level, and then I have to let people tell stories.The story is basically pretty catchy.

Tong Yao rested her chin and looked at her colleagues who were usually polite and social elites. After getting a small note, she began to tell the embarrassing stories of the past with real emotion.She listened with gusto and smiled.

After Luo Zihang shared the story of being hated by his first love girlfriend, he thought for a long time, and set a topic for the next round that only a top student would like:

"Let's write something related to the exam."

Everyone laughed at him.

However, he still wrote a note and put it in the box.

□□Go to Xu Xiang.

He took out a note and unfolded it: SAT

"Boolean satisfiability problem! Who wrote it? I'm an old colleague. Back then, I chose to major in computer science. I didn't have a few hairs before I graduated. I didn't hesitate to transfer to philosophy after I took the postgraduate entrance examination. The pity of philosophy has no thought..."

His tone was excited, and he muttered for a long time.

The owner of the little note couldn't help laughing and scolding him, "Damn, did you do it on purpose?? I wrote the SAT for the American college entrance examination! You, hurry up and do it!"

"..."

next round.

Xu Xiang, whose face was flushed from drinking, waved his hand and said, "Let's write about your current sweetheart."

The crowd immediately started booing.

Originally, I finished writing with two strokes of "唰唰唰", but this time the speed slowed down for a long time.

Sweetheart?

Tong Yao thought for a long time, and when she caught a glimpse of Gu Qingyun beside her, she finished writing without any hesitation.

"..."

She couldn't help but loosen her hand, she didn't hold the pen, and the pencil rolled down to Gu Qingyun's feet.

Glanced down.

So, Tong Yao said apologetically, "I can't reach it, can you pick it up for me?"

Gu Qingyun glanced at it, when he bent down to pick up the pencil.

Tong Yao stretched her neck quickly, straightened her eyelashes, and peeked desperately at what was written on her note:

- "XTY"

three words? !

Tong Yao's heart sank suddenly, trying to figure out who the owner of this abbreviation is.

Gu Qingyun gave her the pencil.

"Write it."

"..." Tong Yao smiled politely, thanked her, and turned around with a bitter expression on her face.Concentrate on deciphering Gu Qingyun's note.

I have no idea for a long time.

She pondered, wrote nobody and stuffed it into the box.

Gu Qingyun folded his arms, "Who wrote it? Is the name so long."

Tong Yao said honestly, "No one."

Gu Qingyun pulled his lower lip and said nothing.

Turning to Wang Yong, he drew a note and stared at him, "WSN? Who is this?" Everyone was thinking together, and quickly suffocated their laughter without making a sound.

He thought hard for a while.

"WSN... what do you mean by a wretched man? Someone must have written this nonsense, and it definitely can't be someone from our department."

Wang Shengnan endured it for a long time, picked up the cup and was about to smash him.

Wang Yong couldn't help laughing, "Oh, so it was you, no, you should write this yourself, right?"

Wang Shengnan scolded him and said: "It's just Chinese New Year, I'm going to kill you and invite everyone to dinner!"

Everyone was laughing, knowing that he did it [-]% on purpose. How could the two of them have been in the same group for so long without knowing who the abbreviation is.What I really have to guess in my heart is who wrote the note.

After laughing, the game went on to the next round for a long time.

On the surface, Tong Yao was serious about participating, but her mind was no longer on it.

Still thinking about that note from Gu Qingyun that I just peeked at.

Who is XTY who killed a thousand swords?

First of all, it wasn't Yan Yunzhen, the director of the sales department next door, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Going over everyone's names more seriously, Xu Tailin... one word is missing.Xiao Wuyang?Still not right, Xi Tianyuan? !

But that is a middle-aged fat man who is already married! !

Isn't it a real name, but a nickname?

Little annoying?the little sun!

...and it's so abstract that she can guess a fart!

Tong Yao secretly looked at Gu Qingyun, she just drank the shallow layer of residual wine in the glass and put down the glass.The colorful lights in the box reflected his face, which seemed a little different from that in the company.

Tong Yao still couldn't imagine who she would like.

My mind was buzzing.

Until the party is over.

Tong Yao felt that if she couldn't figure it out, she would suffer from insomnia tonight.Can't help following behind Gu Qingyun, thinking for a long time, and asked with a smirk: "Leader, is the name you wrote just now a person's name?"

Gu Qingyun, "What?"

"That's right, the one you like," Tong Yao pursed her lips, half-truthfully said, "I'm a little curious."

"Curious again?" Gu Qingyun snorted, "Of course it's a person's name."

"Then do I know you?"

Unbelievably, she still answered, "Yes."

"..."

Tong Yao felt that she was deceiving people, she checked all the staff in the company, even the front desk, and found that there was no one who was almost suitable.

After thinking about it for a long time, there was still no answer, so I asked in a low voice:

"This person must be very good."

"Oh," Gu Qingyun raised his lips and sneered for some reason, then looked back at her, and said in a calm tone, "I don't think so."

Tong Yao: "Huh?"