warm winter

Ye Qing, who is used to being calm, couldn't help frowning at this time, and after saying goodbye to the girl at the front desk politely, he led Yuan Yuan out with a low face.

"Are you okay?" Yuan Yuan followed Ye Qing quickly, for fear of missing the expression on Ye Qing's face.

When Ye Qing is in a bad mood or facing a difficult situation, he always walks fast out of habit.When walking, I will hold my hands in front of my body, and use my arms to circle a safe area for myself.

As soon as the glass door was opened, the cold wind hit immediately.

Ye Qing wrapped her coat tightly, and walked away quickly, very much like her back after trying on the engagement dress last time.

"It's okay, but today's plan has been disrupted." Ye Qing remembered that she had a little tail with her when she heard Yuan Yuan's voice.

Ye Qing glanced at the time, it was still a little early for lunch: "Do you have any other plans today? If not, we can go have a cup of coffee."

Yuan Yuan smiled and nodded, walked to her side and walked side by side with her: "I'm free all day. But you can't make me drink such bitter coffee anymore."

Ye Qing looked at her slightly puzzled: "Huh?"

"Come with me, I know a nice cafe nearby."

Yuan Yuan winked at her, raised his chin proudly, and walked in front with brisk steps.

Ye Qing froze for a moment, then shook her head helplessly and followed.

But the depression just now seemed to fade a bit, and Ye Qing didn't panic at all when he followed Yuan Yuan on this strange street.In fact, she is a person who does not feel very secure. Unlike many artists, she is a person who has a plan and will consider everything carefully, not a person who acts according to the whim.

She was not familiar with Ninghai Road, but she still couldn't help following Yuan Yuan's footsteps.

"You come here often?"

He and Yuan Yuan chose a corner location by the window.There are three or four tables of customers in the store, but it is not noisy.

"Every time Xinhe and I go shopping on Ninghai Road, we will come here for a cup of coffee."

There was a thin layer of milk foam on Yuan Yuan's lips, which was very cute.

Ye Qing was recalling who Xinhe was, but didn't realize it all at once.

"Jian Xinhe, the youngest daughter of the Jian family." Yuan Yuan reminded softly that Yuan Honghao specially introduced the Jian family at the engagement ceremony last time.

Ye Qing nodded, indicating that he remembered.

The two drank coffee quietly again, no one spoke, and the atmosphere didn't seem too awkward.

Yuan Yuan looked at the sunlight outside the window, and there were gusts of hot wind blowing from the surroundings through the glass. In such a pleasant winter day, she and Ye Qing were drinking coffee here.It feels magical when you think about it, but everything seems so natural.

Yuan Yuan couldn't tell for a while whether he liked or disliked such a scene.

Ye Qing's cell phone in her handbag buzzed and vibrated, and her face became gloomy again after answering the call.

"How could this be?" Ye Qing asked in a questioning tone, Yuan Yuan looked up at her.

Ye Qing's brows were furrowed, the hand that was originally gripping the edge of the coffee cup tightened, then loosened, and unconsciously clenched into a fist.

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, Ye Qing's expression became even more serious.

Yuan Yuan could feel that she was a little angry, but she was trying to restrain herself.

Although they haven't known each other for a long time, Yuan Yuan feels that Ye Qing is not a violent person after getting along a few times.On the contrary, she even felt that Ye Qing was like a ball of cotton, no matter how much she "strikes hard", she was easily relieved.

Yuan Yuan quietly swallowed her coffee by the side, and only after Ye Qing hung up the phone did she ask cautiously: "Did something unexpected happen?"

Ye Qing glanced at Yuan Yuan in surprise, then smiled slightly: "Did I scare you just now?"

Jiang Zhilan had said more than once that Ye Qing was frighteningly serious when working.When he is unsmiling, it is so cold that people cannot get close, and it feels chilly to stay next to him.

Just now, she was not only unsmiling, but also brought a cold wind.

"It's not that I'm scared, it's just that I have to bear it when I see you want to get angry, I feel bad for you."

Yuan Yuan's tone was very calm, as if he was narrating something that happened just now but was very normal.But Ye Qing wanted to touch that curly hair again.

Fortunately, the two of them were sitting opposite each other, Ye Qing clenched her hands under the table again and held back.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. It just happened so suddenly that I need a little time to digest it."

Ye Qing has completely recovered her senses, but she started to keep looking at her watch.

"Are you in a hurry?" Yuan Yuan was familiar with such a scene, and Yuan Honghao often looked at his watch before rushing to a meeting.

Ye Qing felt sorry, originally planned to have lunch with Yuan Yuan.

"I originally planned to invite you to lunch, but now it seems impossible. I do have urgent matters to deal with. Can you go back by yourself?"

The Yuan family has personal bodyguards, but Yuan Yuan doesn't like their close protection, so she always keeps a certain distance from her.

"Where are you going?" Yuan Yuan put down a quarter of the coffee left, with bright eyes flashing.

Ye Qing was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why Yuan Yuan asked this.

"Is it convenient to take me with you?" Yuan Yuan was a little embarrassed, but said it anyway.

Her usual range of activities is limited, and there are not many places she can go.Without Xinhe's company, she finds it even less interesting.

Today is a rare day for fine weather, and she doesn't want to go home so early.

Seeing that Ye Qing was hesitant, Yuan Yuan took the initiative to explain: "Grandma took Aunt Liu to visit an old friend today, and I was the only one at home. It's too boring to stay back."

Seeing Yuan Yuan wrinkling his nose mischievously, Ye Qing smiled and agreed.

Ye Qing walked towards the subway station, which was about 15 minutes away.

"Can you tell me where we are going?"

"Xinailu." Ye Qing didn't hide anything.

Yuan Yuan thought for a while and said, "Xin'ai Road, then you have to transfer to the subway. Although the distance is not too far, taking the subway is slower."

Recalling Ye Qing's expression when he answered the phone just now, Yuan Yuan guessed that something urgent must have happened, otherwise Ye Qing would not be instantly angry.

"Then let's take a taxi?" Ye Qing believed Yuan Yuan's words, after all, she grew up in Haicheng and was more familiar with this city than herself.

"It's difficult to take a taxi at this point and there will be traffic jams. Let's take my car and we can take a shortcut." Yuan Yuan said with a smile.

Ye Qing didn't know what it meant to take a shortcut at first, but she didn't understand until she got in the car.It turns out that there is a special pass on the car, which allows you to take road sections where private vehicles are not allowed during peak hours.

In this way, it becomes convenient and fast to travel from Ninghai Road to Xin'ai Road.

Usually, with traffic jams and detours, it takes half an hour to drive, but now it takes only 10 minutes.

Yuan Yuan followed Ye Qing to a small, inconspicuous courtyard. There were a lot of materials piled up in the courtyard, which should be for decoration.

"It's messy inside, maybe it's still dirty." Ye Qing reminded Yuan Yuan before pushing the door open.

"That's it." Yuan Yuan thought about it seriously, and quickly took off the scarf.

Then she folded the scarf and handed it to Ye Qing.

"Please keep it for me again, I'm afraid it will get dirty later."

With a reasonable explanation, Ye Qing took it without thinking too much.Just like when I came, I put the scarf in my bag again.

Her movements are crisp and crisp, but not rude.Seeing her carefully taking care of her scarf, Yuan Yuan suddenly felt warm on her neck.

Walking into the yard, it is a small two-story western-style building.Some years old, but the exterior is in good shape.

At this time, a middle-aged uncle came out of the building, and he looked like a contractor.

"Miss Ye, I'm really sorry. Today's situation is mainly due to the fact that we have a newcomer who didn't understand the nature of the paint and got confused."

Before Ye Qing could speak, the other party hurriedly explained.

There is a smile on his face, but between the lines are all shirking responsibility.

Yuan Yuan watched coldly, but she was still a little angry.

Ye Qing was very calm all the time, she folded her arms and listened to the contractor explain the situation in detail without saying a word.

"So look, Ms. Ye, what are we going to do with the construction later? We must work overtime, even if we don't sleep, we will definitely complete the project on time."

"I'll decide after I go in and have a look."

Yuan Yuan followed in, and the contractor walked last, with a bad look on his face.

Hiss, Yuan Yuan took the lead in taking a deep breath.

The paste on the wall is too exaggerated, the whole wall is perfunctory.

Ye Qing looked around for a week without saying a word, but the aura around her was getting colder.

The few workers who were working on the scene did not dare to say anything, so they had to stop what they were doing and waited respectfully.

At this time, the contractor came up again, and said with a smile: "It was messed up last night. We came here early this morning and found that something was wrong, so we wanted to fix it quickly. I didn't expect it to get worse, and I don't know what happened to that novice. The paint that was exchanged, and now there is no one to find!"

Said it impassionedly, as if he was the one who was badly damaged.

Yuan Yuan thought to himself, if this person was in his father's company, he would have to settle his salary and leave tomorrow.

At this time, Ye Qing's extremely cold voice came.

"Let's terminate the contract, and I will find another decoration company to solve the rest."

Sure enough, Ye Qing also chose not to believe it.

The contractor was obviously surprised. This kind of situation had happened before. At most, he explained it to the owner and covered it with other paint.It is nothing more than a few days of extension of the construction period, and the quality and effect are a little worse than before, but it will not really affect the use.

"Miss Ye, you see, our seniors didn't go home for the Chinese New Year, and even started the work for you. It's not appropriate for you to say that the contract ends at the end of the contract. Besides, it's not a big problem. There will be various problems in the decoration construction more or less. Condition."

"It's clearly written in the contract. I paid more money according to the corresponding regulations when you work during the Spring Festival. But I have added special requirements for the quality and effect of the construction. We signed the contract when you were sure it was acceptable."

Ye Qing turned around, looked at the contractor, and said flatly: "So now, you are the ones who broke the contract first."

When the contractor heard about the breach of contract, the word compensation popped into his mind, and he became even more irritable.

"Miss Ye, you are too unkind. It's normal for newcomers to make small mistakes. We don't just ignore them, and we are trying our best to make up for them. Besides, you can't let other innocent people be implicated for the mistakes made by newcomers. .”

Ye Qing didn't want to spend too much time talking, but the head contractor was persistent, obviously not agreeing to terminate the contract early.

"I signed the contract with the decoration company, and I will not interfere with which decoration team they find for the specific operation. It is your own decision to appoint newbies. Similarly, you should fully bear the consequences."

The head contractor was speechless, and the other workers present also looked unhappy.

Yuan Yuan looked around nervously, thinking whether to call in the bodyguards waiting outside the door.

Ye Qing probably sensed Yuan Yuan's nervousness, so he walked a few steps towards her without any trace, and stayed close to her.

As soon as Ye Qing approached, Yuan Yuan's heart suddenly calmed down.

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