Pendulum Rider

Last night, I called Lin Jiayi to ask why he didn't tell me about the house fire, but I couldn't get through, so I had to send him a WeChat message.

This morning, I still haven’t heard from Lin Jiayi, so I left the temporary residence in Huangpu District and went to the company with some anxiety. Although I need to transfer to the subway, the time spent on the road is much less than starting from Jiading District .

Originally, I could read a few pages of novels along the way, but I arrived at the Zhenru site without reading much today.

My best friend, Magnolia, who I met at the company, is leading a tour group in Europe. There has been some chaos in Europe in recent years. I am worried that she will be involved in some trouble.Magnolia is the city flower of Shanghai, and her name may have something to do with the city flower. Since I learned about the existence of the Rose Clan from Sister Lily, I often wonder if Magnolia is also a member of the Rose Clan.

Although I couldn't see Magnolia when I came to the company today, I bumped into Xiong Xiong in the corridor.

Isn't today a working day?Could it be that he asked for leave again?

"How did you come?"

"On the one hand, I'm here to ask about the company's tour group at the end of the year. At the end of this year, our company plans to go to Japan to hold a year-end party. On the other hand, I want to meet you. I didn't expect to see you." Xiong Xiong paused, from his pocket He took out a small paper bag and handed it to me, "Yesterday was your birthday, right? This is a present."

I took the paper bag smoothly, weighed it, and felt it was a bit light, so I asked, "What's in it? If it's very valuable, I'd better give it back to you."

"It's not expensive, it's free, and it's a marriage application form."

"Are you kidding me?" As I spoke, I unsealed the paper bag, peeked into the bag, and saw a few hair ties inside.

"I think it's a good fit for you."

"But I have short hair." My hair just reaches my shoulders, and I wear it loosely in winter to keep me warm.

"It's not too short, you can wear a small braid, and you can accept it."

"Thank you." It wasn't anything very expensive anyway, so I took it away.

Next, Xiong Xiong seemed to be going back to Nanxiang's company to report on the situation, so we said goodbye at the elevator entrance.After I watched the elevator door close, I was just about to leave this place when suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder behind me, and then a very mean male voice came out.

"Yo yo, was that your boyfriend just now?"

I waved off the hand on my shoulder, turned to him, and responded lightly: "That's not it."

The man in front of me is called a "male god" by my colleagues. When I first joined the company, I heard about his "glorious deeds" elsewhere. When I first met him, my first feeling was that I was deceived , and then I felt the deep malice from other colleagues.

The "male god" was born in the 90s, and he happened to be the head of our post-90s generation, but his face is full of vicissitudes, and the handsome uncles born in the 70s are better-looking than him.My Xiong... No, it's not mine. Xiong Xiong is from 93. Although he looks a bit mature, he hasn't grown to the level of a "male god".How many things have gone through to turn a good post-90s into this look?

The face of my second blind date appeared in my mind again. Compared with the middle-aged uncle who was too ugly to describe, I think the "male god" looks pretty good, although the "male god" is not good enough , but he can use money to make up for it. I heard that he worked hard and made a lot of money. At a young age, he bought a suite in Jing'an District, downtown. For a special reason, when the relationship faded, they broke up naturally. Fortunately, the little boyfriend's three views are very upright, and he didn't do anything like extort him for a breakup fee.

"Male God" saw that I turned to leave, so he stopped me again: "Luo Yaxin, are you free now?"

"No time." I replied firmly.

"Can you do me a favor?"

"No time."

"I just saw you hanging around outside the office. It's true that other people are not free."

"I see you are hanging out too, are you using your phone to catch elves?"

"I caught you with my hands, so you can go with me."

"I won't go with you a second time."

"I invite you to dinner."

"Last time you also said that you would invite me to dinner, but lunch turned into dinner."

"I promise I'll get you to lunch on time today."

"You have this time to dawdle here with me, why not go alone now." I repeatedly rejected his request.

I still remember the last time, I was caught by him in the tea room, and then I kindly agreed to his request, and accompanied him to the Japanese consulate.Each of us pushed a large suitcase, and stopped a taxi at the entrance of the company. The suitcases contained the passports of the guests. Every week, so many people need to apply for visas to go to Japan.

After the taxi got on the elevated road, it took about 10 minutes to drive to the consulate.I first pushed two suitcases and took the elevator to the gate of the consulate. The "male god" was still busy at the bank on the ground floor. I sat on the suitcases and waited for a long time before I saw his figure.

I followed him through the security check at the door, signed my name on the notebook, and sat down in a random seat. The consulate is very small, and the room is full of people from various travel agencies. They all sat in a pile. Paste the visa information on the customer's passport book, and after looking around for a week, I found that many well-known travel agencies, such as Ctrip, have a group of people here. Why did our company only come with two of us?

I sat on the sofa and waited for a while, and saw the "male god" coming over with several bags of passports and visa stickers. We checked the information on the visa to see if it was correct, and then pasted it on the visa page of the passport.

Many people left the house one after another. After twelve o'clock, there were no other people. Even the lady sweeping the floor came to urge us to finish posting and clear the place quickly.The efficiency of two people’s work is low. We posted for more than an hour, and half of them were not finished. At this time, I couldn’t help cursing the guests in my heart. What are you doing in Japan? accident.Thinking about it again, it's not right, isn't this cursing myself? I set off with them. Although there are independent guests, there are also tourists in the group. I must have fainted from hunger.

The clock on the wall made a ticking sound, and I felt that my stomach was already hungry. I looked up at the time, and it was already one o'clock.

"When are we going to have lunch?"

"We'll wait until these are pasted." He pointed to the bags of passports next to him.

"There are so many more."

"Come on, come on."

However, by the time we all finished posting, it was nearly four in the afternoon, and I felt like I couldn't even walk steadily, and then he invited me to have a late lunch on the side of the street.

Thinking of the last time I was hungry, I swore I would never go with him again, but this time although I rejected him, he still lingered on me.

"Passing passports is such a basic thing, you go find interns, there are so many interns in the company, you can take them to see the world." It's not that I sell teammates, but I really feel that there are many people who are powerful. A group of interns passed by, and it must be posted in minutes.

"I asked just now, and no one lent me the intern."

"So you asked before, then I can't help it." I spread my hands, showing a helpless look.

"So, you go with me."

"I have something else to do, I'll go first."

I totally ignored the "male god" behind me stretching out Erkang's hand, and ran all the way to the stairs. There were several male colleagues smoking in the corridor. I avoided them and went upstairs. When I walked around them, I said by the way: "Help me block the people behind."

So when the "male god" caught up, they formed a human wall, and I was able to escape the pursuit.

"Since you have time to smoke here, accompany me to the consulate."

I was relieved to hear that the "male god" finally shifted his target, but I missed the moment of love in the corridor. Later, I heard that when they were pushing and shoving, a certain man accidentally kissed the "male god". A male colleague also ran to the tea room and washed his lips with dish soap for a long time, his mouth was almost washed to pieces. When I saw him again, I saw a red sausage lip.

After finishing my work at the company, I took the subway home. When the subway came to Nanxiang Station, I remembered that the house in Jiading District was still under renovation. I took the wrong direction just now, but since we all came Now, let's go to Shang Locke's office to have a look. I haven't seen Shang Locke for a long time, and I don't know how he is looking for evidence. By the way, let's meet Xiong Xiong again, even though I just saw him in the company today.

While making plans in my head, I walked out of the subway station with the crowd.

Upper Locke gave me a business card with his office location on it, and I haven't even visited his office once.According to the address on the business card, I came to a certain office building. The elevator in the office building looked a little old, so there should be no problem, right?I got into the elevator with some trepidation and pressed the floor number.

When I knocked on the door of Locke's office, I found that the person who came to open the door turned out to be the black lizard I saw earlier.

When this little-known third-rate actress saw me, there was a flash of excitement in her eyes. She greeted me warmly into the office and let me sit on the sofa.

I looked around the office for a week, but there was no sign of Shang Locke.But having said that, this office is really small, and it looks a bit messy. There are many folders on the coffee table in front of me, thick materials are stacked on the desk next to it, and there are many bookshelves on the bookcase against the wall. There are no folders, even when I sat on the sofa just now, I accidentally sat on some paper.

After a while, the black lizard came to the coffee table with two cups of black tea. I helped her move the documents on the coffee table a little, so that she could find a space to put down the cups.

Then she put the tray on top of the document and sat down face to face with me. Before I could ask a question, she said: "During this time, I will temporarily act as Shang Locke's secretary to help him receive clients who come to the door. He is still investigating the case you entrusted him with."

"Hasn't he found all the evidence to acquit Teacher Mimi?"

"Probably not yet. Although we are currently in a cooperative relationship, we also have our own secrets." As he spoke, the black lizard gracefully picked up the saucer, held the black tea in front of him, took a deep breath, and continued, "It doesn't matter After smelling it several times, the aroma is intoxicating, this tea was sent by the previous consignor, and it was imported from England, you should try it.”

I stared at the steaming teacup on the coffee table and hesitated for a moment.

For some reason, an old-fashioned scene in a TV series suddenly appeared in my mind. Whether it is drinking tea or drinking, the host who invites the tea will "test the poison" by himself, so as to dispel the vigilance of the person who is given sleeping pills , As a result, the guest who drank the tea fell into a coma.

"Aren't you going to drink?" Black Lizard looked at me suspiciously.

"When did you become a secretary here?" Under the gaze of the black lizard, I also picked up the saucer, brought the black tea to my mouth, and took a sip. There was no bitter taste, and it seemed that I didn't put any sleeping pills.

"It's the beginning of this month, by the way." Black Lizard seemed to remember something, "Yesterday was your birthday, right?"

Have I mentioned my birthday to her before?