Refraction

The peach-heart-shaped birthmark was observed by Zheng Yi when he played that video about fifty times. The quality of the video itself was too poor, and because it was a candid recording, there was no art of mirroring...so in order to capture Zheng Yi spent a lot of effort on this "visual identification point".

Although every angle is very similar, Zheng Yi has a sliver of luck and sincerely does not hope that the victim is Chen Gong.

With Zheng Yi's considerations like this, besides sympathizing with Chen Gong, he also had a mentality of saving his life.

——According to the clues provided by Qiu Mang before: Chen Gong, who was so short of money when he was a student, finally chose to give up that income.With his extremely principled personality, something must have happened that he cannot accept...

Then this matter, could it be that the guest...forcibly violated it?

If things are really as Zheng Yi thinks...then misunderstood Chen Gong's "aggression against others" a few days ago, wouldn't it have touched Chen Gong's deepest pain?

If it hit Chen Gong's deepest pain, wouldn't Chen Gong already hate him to the bone?

Thinking of this, Zheng Yi was a little suffocated.

After finishing his work, Zheng Yi went to the operation department.

The lights in the operation department were dark, and there was no one there—Yang Yi might have gone out to make appointments with clients.

Zheng Yi felt a little lonely looking at the large area of ​​empty workstations.

Escaping from the suppressed emotions just now, Zheng Yicai recalled the "leave call" that Yang Yi had just called him.Zheng Yi was still in confusion when he called, so he didn't take Yang Yi seriously - even Zheng Yi couldn't remember what Yang Yi said to him on the phone.

Taking out his mobile phone from his pants, Zheng Yi opened WeChat and found [Xiao Yang], and sent him a message: Are you still busy?

Quickly received a reply: yes... [crying].

Zheng Yi replied to him: Then you are busy first, it doesn't matter.

After a while, I added another sentence: My brother is going on a business trip to Chengdu tomorrow, so I can't accompany you during the holidays, so you can have fun by yourself.

[Xiao Yang] replied: Ah...so reluctant!

Zheng Yi smiled to himself when he saw the phrase "reluctant to part with it"—the feeling of being relied on is actually quite good.So Zheng Yi's forehead became warm again, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Then make it up to me when I come back?"

[Lamb] replied: Good! [shy].

Satisfied, Zheng Yi turned and walked out of the operation department office.

At 11:13 in the middle of the night, Chen Gong received an email.

The sender is [Zheng Yi], the recipient is the customer, and the copy is sent to [Chen Gong].

When Chen Gong received the email, he was looking for a small noodle shop in Chongqing for dinner in a small alley near the hotel. Two taels of noodles cost 6 yuan, which was in stark contrast to the price in Beijing.

Although it was late summer, the climate in Sichuan was hot and humid, and Chen Gong was sweating profusely while eating noodles.

I downloaded the [attachment] in the email with my mobile phone, and opened the poster that Zheng Yi added.Holding the phone and looking at it for a while, I finally pressed the screen of the phone with peace of mind.

——One thing to say: Zheng Yi's design level is really amazing.

Just now, Chen Gong received a call from Mr. Wang, saying that Zheng Yi was arranged to come to Chengdu tomorrow to assist Chen Gong in the negotiation.

Chen Gong didn't understand Lao Wang's intention of making such an arrangement: "I can do it by myself: I will finish the scene survey tomorrow, and I will sort out the contract tomorrow night and sign it the day after tomorrow—it's useless when Zheng Yi comes."

"I can't trust you in this matter." Mr. Wang was also blunt: "Xiao Zheng came back from abroad, and he usually dresses up handsomely; Scenery, female clients like it very much.”

Chen Gong was also powerless to defend himself.

——One thing to say: Zheng Yi's aesthetic level is really awesome.

It is true that Zheng Yi came back from studying abroad, and he won a grand slam in all his degree awards.Usually, when the girls in the company chat about makeup and fashion, Zheng Yi can also intervene a few words.Western style, exquisite, well-dressed... not only has good taste but also looks handsome, and is also funny in speech and has a free and easy personality.

Zheng Yi is very popular in the company.

Chen Gong's self-assessment: his background doesn't even meet the "ordinary" baseline - there is no way to compare with people like Zheng Yi.

At the end of July, the Hangzhou branch was established. The former director of the visual department and several capable people were sent to "open up wasteland" there, and the position of director was set aside for Chen Gong to "specialize for promotion"—even Lao Wang was indeed like this Promised to Chen Gong.

But in mid-August, when Zheng Yi joined the job as the "director of the visual department", Chen Gong didn't know that the things he almost got were taken away.

Regarding this matter, Lao Wang explained Chen Gong in this way: "Brother Wang, when I was a young boy, the father of Zheng Yi had supported me, and he also told me that he could help Zheng Yi as much as possible." Help—don’t be wronged, I’ve already said hello to Qiu Mang: Your salary will be increased by 20% directly——the salary of the director! You still have the final say on the affairs of the department... er, it’s up to you ——Zheng Yi is here to assist you after all. It’s just that he wronged you in name, when did Brother Wang wrong you in other places?”

Chen Gong nodded and said "I understand", but there was always a lump in his heart.

Chen Gong didn't like Zheng Yi.

This is how life is: some people work so hard to earn a living that they climb up to their position almost with painstaking efforts; some people can easily take it away with just a word from their father.

Chen Gong knew that he was a typical "Phoenix man".

In fact, Chen Gong's definition of this word is still confused... It was the way his predecessor described him when he broke up with him: "Phoenix man: After flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix, he can't get rid of the poor air when he was a wild duck." Man—you are typical!"

Chen Gong picked up the collar and sniffed the shirt on his body that was soaked with sweat all day long, and sucked the 6 yuan and [-] taels of noodles in the bowl, thinking to himself that "poor and sour" probably smells like this .

But then I thought about it again: At least I flew up the branch with my own sweat and blood, and it wasn't shot up by a slingshot from God...

At least I can't feel sorry for myself.

After eating and returning to the hotel, Chen Gong took a good shower.After coming out of the bathroom, Chen Gong saw a missed call from [Qiu Mang] 2 minutes ago, thinking that he might have something to explain to him about the location survey work, so he called back.

Qiu Mang claimed credit with a sweet voice on the other end of the phone: "Senior Chen! Under my supervision, Zheng Yi completed the work—are you satisfied?"

"Very good." Chen Gong returned to her.

Qiu Mang was a little frustrated by Chen Gong's bland reaction: "Will you die if you say 'superb'?"

So Chen Gong imitated Qiu Mang's tone, squeezed his throat and said softly, "Excellent!"

Qiumang was amused on the other end of the phone and laughed "giggle": "I said——a boy who is obviously very cute, why does the boss always have a face? Hey! Do you know that many people in the company secretly call You are a male god, but when I met you in person, I was so frightened that I detoured away! ——I blame your boss for being so cheeky."

Chen Gong couldn't hold back Qiu Mang's chatter for a moment, "Uh..." After a while, he countered Qiu Mang and said, "Don't you always put on the 'dark female manager' airs in the company?"

Qiu Mang automatically ignored Chen Gong's weak counterattack, and said to the point: "Zheng Yi worked overtime late at night today to fill up this hole, so don't worry about him anymore—he has a reckless personality. That intern misunderstood you with just a few words - he came to the human resources department at noon today to ask me about your whereabouts, not to complain - he wanted to apologize to you, and even bought you a quilt coffee... Tomorrow Zheng Yi night When you arrive in Chengdu, if there are any conflicts during the period, you should try to let him go...he is a naive ghost, I am tired of him-how can he be as mature and stable as my direct senior?"

Chen Gong was different from Zheng Yi, he was not the kind of person who would go away when he boasted; facing Qiu Mang's flattery, he simply replied "Oh".

Qiu Mang accepts it when he sees it, and plans to strengthen Zheng Yi's "responsible" personality before hanging up the phone: "Originally Zheng Yi had a date today, but because he was thinking about work, he returned after the appointment after 10 o'clock. I went to the company to work overtime - so if you don't remember his credit, you should also remember his hard work..."

After hearing this, Chen Gong was not calm anymore, he frowned, and his voice couldn't help but increase a bit: "You said——Zheng Yi is still on a date?!"

Qiu Mang was at a loss for Chen Gong's attitude: "Eh?... What's wrong?"

Chen Gong was silent for a long time, and finally said "it's okay" flatly, and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Gong stood where he was, maybe because he didn't dry himself off after taking a shower, his back gradually felt a little chilly.

Listening to the busy tone after hanging up, Qiu Mang felt that Chen Gong seemed to be hiding something.

But with Chen Gong's iron mouth, it's impossible for you to ask what he doesn't want to say.

Qiu Mang was a little worried about Chen Gong, and a little bit worried about whether there would be any friction between the two after Zheng Yi rushed to Chengdu—from the standpoint of the company's HR, Qiu Mang certainly didn't want to see the director and deputy director of the department all day long The situation is like fire and water; out of the standpoints of being "friends" and "student girls" respectively, Qiu Mang does not want them to confront Mai Mang every day.

Zheng Yi is Qiu Mang's half-bamboo horse, and Chen Gong is Qiu Mang's senior at the same school in college; due to the friendship between the two parties, it is difficult for Qiu Mang to find the most comfortable position between these old enemies.

At the age of 17, because of his father's job transfer, the family moved to Beijing——Zheng Yi is the neighbor of Qiumang's new home.

Qiumang has a younger brother named Qiuman.It is easy for boys to play together because they are similar in age. From Qiu Qiu, I occasionally heard a few words about Zheng Yi-"I have been buying bento from supermarkets", "Live alone in a whole big house", "There were no parents at the parents' meeting"... Although the connection is only vague, Qiumang also roughly understands Zheng Yi's setting - "the rich version of left-behind children".

So out of sympathy, Qiu's mother began to ask Qiu, who was a classmate of the same level, to help Zheng bring a lunch every day.Qiu Mang and Zheng Yi also got acquainted when the young man "came to thank him because he was taken care of by Bento" as an opportunity.

Zheng Yi is not lacking in manners, and he is also very good at dealing with people from all walks of life. His usual means of communication is to be a little low-key. On the lips, he even used sweet "Qiu's father" and "Qiu's mother" to quickly capture the hearts of the parents of the Qiu family; during the most intimate period, he simply omitted the surname in the address, and quickly transformed into "the third child of the Qiu family". a child".

Every time Zheng made fun of Qiu's family, Qiumang would also laugh along with her, and her nose would feel a little sore when she smiled.

Because Qiumang understands that this is the survival rule of a forced precocious boy—the warmth that Zheng Yi expects happens to be here, so even if his posture is a little low, he wants to gain a little or two.

So Qiumang—or the Qiu family, also shared it with him without hesitation.

As for Chen Gong, he was a teaching assistant for the [Architectural Photography Aesthetics] course at Qiumang University.

Chen Gong has a rigid and indifferent personality.

Although at the beginning of the course, he quickly captured the favor of a large number of students with his "solitary and cold face of the salt family", but gradually they were all defeated by his "strict law enforcement" in the later teaching process-children rarely have I can understand Chen Gong's original intention of "wanting everyone to learn all the content of the subject", but I just feel that he is particularly "difficult and difficult to deal with".

When the school took students from the Department of Environmental Art to the suburbs to do photography practice, the assistant teacher Chen Gong walked in the front alone as the team leader.Qiumang heard the students beside him laughing and talking about the small hole in Chen Gong's back T-shirt, after thinking about it, he followed up in two steps in three steps, shouting in a coquettish tone, "Senior Chen, help me share the burden." What about the weight?" Chen Gong couldn't help but refusing, and stuffed the light schoolbag with only one file folder in his hand.

Chen Gong was stunned for a second, and when he took the schoolbag and put it on his back, he whispered "Thank you..." to Qiu Mang; only then did Qiu Mang realize that he could actually hear the ridicule of his classmates.

Every time he looked at Chen Gong, Qiumang felt as if he was separated by an ice surface—the light was broken when it passed through, so his outline was clear but elusive.Looking at Zheng Yi, Qiu Mang felt as if he was separated by a flame—the light was distorted when it passed through, so his image also fluttered into an untouchable appearance.

I can't see their original expressions clearly.

Qiu Mang sighed, while tearing off the mask that had dried on his face, he continued to speculate on Chen Gong's strange reaction just before he hung up the phone.

——"You said——Zheng Yi still went on a date?!"

——"Even if he has an appointment with Seven Fairies, he won't be able to go!"

——"Let Zheng Yi not go anywhere tonight!"

Going back the memory all the way, Qiu Mang still couldn't figure out what this guy Chen Gong wanted to do.

The author has something to say: a reminder: Chen Gong is not jealous, Chen Gong still doesn't like Zheng Yi... the next two chapters will solve the case.