The Heart of a Smith

With a hangover and insomnia, Li Sui woke up early feeling like his head would explode, and Lu Shang was not much better, with a pale face.

Aunt Lu put the breakfast on the table, and noticed that the two seemed to be very quiet today, they didn't exchange a word, and they occasionally touched their fingertips unintentionally when adding food, and avoided them like lightning.

She didn't know what was going on with this subtle embarrassment, she only guessed that it was probably a quarrel or something, it's inevitable for lovers to stumble, and besides, the relationship between these two people has always been very good, so she didn't worry about it, she just finished her job and learned about it backed out.

The temperature is getting colder every day, and the last snow has not yet melted, and this time it will be covered again.

He was not in the mood at work and made several mistakes. When Li Sui finished all the work and returned to Lu's house, it was already dark.There was no one at home, and the fireplace in the living room was still burning, making crackling noises. The food on the table was still steaming, and there was no sign of chopsticks being touched.

He hadn't returned home at this point, and he didn't know what Lu Shang was doing. They rarely separated, and Li Sui felt uncomfortable all over, as if he had lost some important personal belongings.Wanting to call Lu Shang, Li Sui took out his phone and rubbed it for a while, thinking of the possible reaction, but could only put it back in frustration, and called Uncle Yuan instead.

"He's on a business trip to Hainan," Yuan Shu seemed to be taken aback for a moment, "He didn't take you there?"

Not only did she not take him there, she didn't even say hello, obviously she didn't want to see him.

"I see……"

After hanging up the phone, he stood in the empty living room, suddenly feeling empty in his heart.

It was already night, and the lights were still on in the high-level conference room on the Golden Sands Coast. Beside the conference table, several persons in charge were obviously highly nervous but pretended to be calm.

No one expected that it was just a not-so-serious engineering accident that actually brought in Lu Shang, and even called in the accountant and the project manager overnight for questioning.

This kind of project involving the interests of all parties, if it is completely clean, I am afraid that no one can be found in the whole country, and Dongyan is no exception. The important thing is how to strike a balance between cost and project quality.The final effect is decent, all parties make money, everyone is happy, and the top management is generally not too harsh, just turn a blind eye and close one eye.

Lu Shang may not be unaware of these things, but he couldn't help but say that he wanted to check the accounts, and he made such a grand gesture, with the momentum of disapproval from his relatives, which made people panic for a while.The people in charge knew that Lu Shang was going to use them as a knife, not to mention pulling out all of them, at least they would catch one or two typical people to make an example of them.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the people in charge were so nervous that their foreheads were sweating in the huge conference room, for fear that this unfortunate job would fall to themselves.

Liu Xingming saw that going on like this was not an option, so he apologized and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, this account can't be checked in a while, and you rushed here as soon as you got off the plane, and your body can't bear it. Why don't you take a break today, and we can do it tomorrow." Calculate?"

"Why?" Lu Shang turned his head to look directly at him, and said coldly, "The worker who was injured by the smash is still lying in the hospital for rescue, but the company doesn't even know where the problem is. Rest? Let me see, should we simply Go eat a meal and have a massage and then check it out?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xingming couldn't hold back anymore.

"Xiaoye, go and order a midnight snack." Lu Shang ordered.

"Yes."

Lu Shang continued to say to the others: "Everyone, call your family and tell them. If you don't find out the problem today, no one will be able to go back."

For a long time, Lu Shang's management model has always been humane. He seldom loses his temper and hardly blames anyone. Although his personality is cold and difficult to get close to, he is very friendly to his employees. Illusion, as if he is a bad-tempered and talkative person.It wasn't until today that they suddenly remembered that this man single-handedly took on Dongyan's burden ten years ago. A person with this kind of leadership can never be easy to talk to. The reason why he doesn't care about it most of the time is just that he is too lazy It's just a matter of talking, and once it's true, anyone can only stand aside.

It was late at night when the material was found in the accounts, and it was already late at night, and the people in the room went from being nervous at the beginning to resigning themselves to their fate later, and finally there was only sleepiness and fatigue left.As a result, when the project accountant spoke, the entire conference room came to life. Lu Shang flipped through the ledger, sneered inexplicably, and threw it to Liu Xingming.

"Playing this trick of stealing the sky and changing the sun."

Liu Xingming picked up the account book and looked at it, his face turned pale: "I will contact the material supplier immediately."

"There's no need to contact them anymore. After paying the final payment, just let them go."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shang glanced at the person in charge of each branch: "I don't know which one of you took the kickback, I don't care about the money, but things have to be changed, and the project is completed, you all have to sign and be responsible , No one can escape responsibility if something goes wrong. What I am doing is entertainment facilities, not something to kill people. If you can't even guarantee the most basic safety, why not build an amusement park, just build a cemetery."

Several people broke out in cold sweat after speaking, and the conference room was eerily quiet. At this moment, Lu Shang's cell phone vibrated suddenly, interrupting his words.

He frowned slightly, took it out to take a look, and paused.

"Mr. Lu, are we changing to a local supplier?" someone asked from below.

Lu Shang turned off his mobile phone calmly: "Send out the announcement and open the bidding."

Li Sui waited until midnight, but there was no reply from the other end of the phone. He felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, a little anxious and a little frightened, like a child who had done something wrong and wanted to apologize but couldn't get a response for a long time. .

Li Sui didn't dare to slack off, but he also didn't dare to chase after and beat people up to be annoying. In the next few days, he picked up on Lu Shang's schedule, and occasionally sent him some text messages. famous harassment.It's a pity that the things sent out fell into the sea, and there was no response at all.

Lu Shang seemed determined to let him hang out, Li Sui tried and failed repeatedly, and gradually felt aggrieved.

One night Sima Jingrong called him and invited him to Sima's house for dinner during the Chinese New Year.It doesn't matter to Li Sui whether he eats or not, he finally catches an idler who can talk, Li Sui calls him back, and tells the story in a evasive way to ask for opinions.

Unexpectedly, after Sima Jingrong heard it, he laughed wildly at the other end: "It's right for him to be angry. Think about it, if he is not angry at all, he doesn't mind at all, and continues to sleep with you like a good buddy. Would you be happy?"

With one word to wake up the dreamer, Li Sui stood up all of a sudden.

"His avoidance shows that he is not honest in his heart. If he really treats you as a child he adopted casually, can he make you do such a thing? With his wrist, you don't know which river you will be thrown into." Feed the fish."

Li Sui's breathing became rapid, and he said anxiously: "You, you mean..."

"Apologize, brother!" Sima Jingrong hated that iron cannot be made into steel.

Li Sui was discouraged for a while: "I sent him a message, but he didn't reply a single one."

"Then go face to face, send flowers, gifts, money... you can give him whatever he likes, make him happy, make him happy, there is nothing in this world that money can't solve..."

Li Sui thought it made sense at first, but seeing that he kept talking, he interrupted quickly and turned to look for Aunt Lu.

"What do you like?" Aunt Lu was surprised when she heard that she was cutting tea tree mushrooms.

Li Sui nodded, and said awkwardly: "Well, you have taken care of him for more than ten years, has he shown any interest in anything?"

"This..." Aunt Lu fell into deep thought, "Hiss, I remembered, he likes fishing quite a bit. When he was in better health a few years ago, he often went fishing in Qingming Lake."

It was the first time Li Sui heard about it, and he couldn't help being surprised. Lu Shang hardly mentioned his past, and he seldom showed interest in anything. Hobby.

Li Sui smiled: "I see, thank you, Aunt Lu."

Re-tendering is not an easy task. The project is halfway through, and the time cost is high, and it is impossible to wait a day.Ordinary people would definitely give in when they encountered these troubles, but Lu Shang didn't know why he was so stubborn about this matter, he insisted on tormenting them for two weeks, and finally... tormented himself sick.

Affected by the monsoon, the island was cold and hot during this period. Lu Shang's resistance was already worrying, and he ran on the construction site for several days. He didn't have a good rest.

This place is no different than at Lu's. The hospital has never treated such a complicated case as him, so they dare not treat him casually, and only prescribed some mild antipyretic injections and anti-inflammatory drugs.

He has taken medicine as a meal since he was a child. Ordinary medicine has no effect on him at all. He still has a fever at night, but he recovers at dawn.I was tired during the day and couldn't sleep well at night. I was tortured and lost a lot of weight, and my face, which had not much blood, looked even paler.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and most of the construction sites are migrant workers, counting the days and looking forward to going home for the New Year. During this time of the year, people's hearts are most likely to be distracted.Lu Shang knew that this matter should be resolved quickly, and it was not appropriate to delay it for a long time. He could only forcibly cheer up, gather all parties, and finalize a supplier who could provide spot goods in the shortest possible time.Although the price is a bit high, the quality of the items is excellent, and the speed of material delivery can just catch up with the construction period.

Lu Shang understands this better than anyone else. Before the holiday, Liu Xingming specially asked Liu Xingming to distribute generous New Year supplies to the employees, and the workers on the construction site directly distributed red envelopes. Most of them had to catch the car to catch the plane. I can’t take the supplies with me after I’ve distributed them, so it’s much more convenient to use cash.

After all these considerations, there was no one else but Lu Shang. After dealing with these big and small things, he was so tired that he almost had a heart attack. He didn't even have the energy to attend the year-end appreciation party, so he fell asleep in the hotel with his head covered.Uncle Yuan was worried, so he came over to pick him up in person.

"Are you going back tomorrow?"

Lu Shang lay on the sofa, pressed his temples, and let out a "hmm".

Uncle Yuan swallowed, and watched his reaction while talking: "The kid said several times to come over, but I stopped him."

Lu Shang still had no expression on his face, just let out a casual "Oh".

Before Uncle Yuan left, Lu Shang said to him: "Let Liu Xingming come over tomorrow, I have something to say to him."

The weather was bad, cold and dry, and the wind hurt his face like a knife cut. Li Sui couldn't help but think while walking among the curled leaves, luckily Lu Shang went to Hainan, otherwise, in this weather, if he was here, It must be cold hands and feet again.

He is very happy today. In the past two weeks, he has traveled all over the big and small fishing tackle shops in and out of the city, and finally bought a good fishing rod. It is made of carbon and added with nano-boron fiber. , the texture is clear, the tentacles are warm, it won't be hot in summer, and it won't be cold in winter.The most important point, the shopkeeper told him that characters could be engraved on the inside of the handle, Li Sui thought about it, and made him engrave two letters, "LS" for selfishness.

Both Lu Shang and him.

The fishing tackle shop is in the suburbs, and there is still a long way to go. Li Sui carefully put the box into the trunk, and when he closed the door, his body instinctively sensed something strange.

He was followed.

The enemy is in the dark, he is in the light, Li Sui turned off the lights of the car calmly, leaned close to the car, and took the spare safety hammer from the car window with his backhand.

There were no street lights in this area, and when the car lights were turned off, the whole road was plunged into darkness. As soon as Li Sui got the things in his hands, he heard a burst of disdainful laughter from the woods not far away.

"I'm so vigilant, you found out so quickly."

Startled, Li Sui immediately turned around, and saw a figure walking out from behind the tree, wearing a hoodie, whose face could not be seen clearly.However, there is no need to see clearly, Li Sui is too familiar with this voice.

"It's you." He was instinctively wary of the voice.

Li Yan snapped his fingers, and then Li Sui saw clearly that there was a heavy motorcycle on the slope in the distance, and the two of them faced each other, and it seemed that it was not difficult to deal with.

"Don't be nervous," Li Yan said with a smile, "I'm not here to trouble you."

Li Sui stared at him for a while, but didn't answer. Lu Shang had taught him to keep his mouth shut before he understood the opponent's intentions, so as not to expose his weakness.

"You are getting bigger and bigger, and you are getting more and more boring," Li Yan sighed, "You don't have to be tense all the time, and I can't do anything to you now, it can be regarded as you are with the right person for the time being."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"I don't want to say anything, I have nothing to do, and I just ran into you. As a former boss, I came to share with you my experience in job-hopping," Li Yan said, "Do you know why I said that you just met the right person temporarily?"

Seeing that Li Sui did not speak, Li Yan smiled and said, "Because he is not a good person, you will know this sooner or later."

Li Sui gave him a cold look, turned around and wanted to leave.

"You don't want to know why Lu Shang took you in?" Li Yan said behind him.