During the flight, Huo Zhixiao kept trying to catch up on sleep.
The business class of a small airline was not spacious. Ding Yinan saw that Huo Zhixiao would move every ten minutes, obviously he couldn’t find a comfortable position to rest his two long legs.
There was nothing Ding Yinan could do, so he had to pretend he didn’t see it. But Huo Zhixiao should be extremely upset, he couldn’t bear it any longer and took off the blindfold, and asked Ding Yinan, “Who booked the ticket?”
Ding Yinan put down the magazine in his hand. He did not answer Huo Zhixiao’s question directly, but only said an obvious fact: “It’s not me.”
It’s not that he wants to shirk responsibility, but he doesn’t want to push the little administrative girl out to block the gun.
This business trip was a group trip. In addition to Huo Zhixiao, Jiushan Architects has another design team that has also been nominated for the Blue Dot Award.
Of course, the administrative secretary booked everyone’s air tickets together. If Ding Yinan proposed to buy tickets separately, it would seem that he and Huo Zhixiao were not in the same group.
Human beings are social animals, especially in companies, where interpersonal relationships are particularly important.
Huo Zhixiao, as the only son of the founder of Jiushan Office, had countless pairs of eyes staring at him on weekdays. He himself didn’t care about these details, so Ding Yinan had to help him manage his relationship with colleagues.
But he had to say, if Ding Yinan were to book the ticket, then Huo Zhixiao would not be so upset.
Booking a flight ticket was also a mentally exhausting job. Ding Yinan will need to choose the flight according to the aircraft type, cabin class, meals, and services.
Once he booked a flight one hour earlier than the best departure time, Huo Zhixiao was very dissatisfied with this. Ding Yinan calmly listed several reasons for choosing this flight, including the fact that the first-class cabin has a brand new red wine that has not yet been released, and that he can just see the sunset in the clouds when he lands, and so on.
After hearing the reason, Huo Zhixiao was silent for a moment, and then let Ding Yinan, who was still an intern at that time, directly become a full-time employee.
After a three-hour flight, the plane finally arrived at its destination.
The team from Jiushan Architects came to the taxi pick-up point together. Although Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan didn’t communicate much with other colleagues along the way, when it was time to take a taxi, the situation became awkward, because the team there had a total of five peoples.
If Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan are counted, the seven of them can just sit in two taxis;
If the two of them are not counted, of course the other five people can also sit in two cars – it is just that they obviously can’t simply ignore the other two.
The relationship between colleagues is like this. If you say you are familiar, you are not familiar. If you say you are not familiar, you will always unconsciously take the other party into consideration.
“Secretary Ding, do you want to take a taxi together?” Zhao Yang, the chief creative designer of the team, asked proactively.
Ding Yinan could see that Zhao Yang was just being polite, he said: “Master Huo and I are going to go around the city, Master Zhao, you go first.”
“Okay.” Zhao Yang was obviously relieved, and he gave way to the oncoming taxi, letting Huo Zhixiao and the others get in first.
Huo Zhixiao was tall, and never sits in the back seat when taking a taxi. Ding Yinan sat in the back tacitly, and when he closed the car door, he inadvertently caught a look of contempt from someone in Zhao Yang’s team.
There are many people in the office who are dissatisfied with Huo Zhixiao, because this “prince” can never learn to restrain his inherent arrogance.
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Ding Yinan calmly withdrew his gaze, and told the driver the name of the hotel they were staying at.
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And to add insult to injury, he had to congratulate his colleagues.
Ding Yinan applauded along with the others, he lowered his voice and asked Huo Zhixiao beside him, “Are you okay?”
Huo Zhixiao glanced at Ding Yinan inexplicably, and asked, “Are you comforting me?”
Ding Yinan consciously shut up, he thought maybe Huo Zhixiao didn’t need his care.
After the award ceremony, Zhao Yang’s team held a celebration banquet in the bar of the hotel where they stayed.
Huo Zhixiao naturally wouldn’t go, but Ding Yinan couldn’t simply choose not to go, so he had to go to entertain the others on behalf of his boss.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Yang was obviously drunk. He put his arms around Ding Yinan’s shoulders and said inarticulately, “Secretary Ding, don’t you want to consider joining my team?”
Before Ding Yinan had time to evade, Zhao Yang burped, and continued: “If that kid Huo Zhixiao didn’t have his father’s support, what would he even become? Why should he be given all the good projects?”
If these words were placed before winning the prize, even if Zhao Yang had a hundred courage, he would never dare to say it easily.
Ding Yinan frowned imperceptibly. After he took the initiative to drink a glass of whiskey, he found an excuse to get away from this uncomfortable environment.
Sometimes Huo Zhixiao was not that good. For example, he insists on drinking four shots of Americano coffee, whether it was diluted or strong; another example is that he never responded to messages in time, and his mobile phone was like a decoration by his side.
But no matter what, he was his own boss, and Ding Yinan considered himself to be quite dedicated to his work. Of course, he would not stand on the same front with others to gossip about his own boss.
There was a special smoking area at the entrance of the hotel, Ding Yinan stood here to breathe a gust of wind. When he put down the cigarette in his hand and was about to walk back, he accidentally ran into a college roommate whom he hadn’t seen in three years.
The other party’s expression was also quite surprising: “Squad leader?”
“Yuan Feng.” Ding Yinan greeted, “Have you been transferred to work in this city?”
“No, no, come here on a business trip.” Yuan Feng handed Ding Yinan a cigarette, and took out a lighter to light it for him.
Ding Yinan glanced at the lighter in Yuan Feng’s hand, the price was at least 20,000 yuan.
“Are you still working in the architectural firm?” Yuan Feng lit a cigarette for himself and asked Ding Yinan.
“Yes, what about you?” Ding Yinan exhaled, “Aren’t you a civil servant?”
“No, it is no longer challenging.” Yuan Feng smiled, “I’m starting a business now, and I’m short of people around me. Are you interested in helping me out?”
Ding Yinan had no plans to change jobs, but he couldn’t refuse directly, so he asked, “What kind of job?”
“Party management.” Yuan Feng said, “To put it simply, it is to help rich people hold parties and meet all their needs. How about it, doesn’t it sound like it suits you? When you were the squad leader, everyone thought your coordination ability was powerful.”
Ding Yinan and Yuan Feng graduated from top universities in China. Although academic qualifications do not represent ability, many people ignore the most valuable thing in a good university—high-quality human resources.
Ding Yinan’s classmates, seniors, and juniors were all outstanding talents. After graduation, they have taken root in all walks of life and formed the top network contacts in China.
Even the founder of Jiushan Architects, Huo Zhixiao’s father, Huo Xun, was also an alumnus of Ding Yinan.
Yuan Feng’s business seems to be going smoothly, and he believed it also relied on this huge networks.
“I’m not the type who would go to a party.” Ding Yinan found an excuse to decline, “My job is pretty good now, but I’ll join you when I can’t continue it again.”
“Alright.” Yuan Feng didn’t continue to persuade, at this moment Ding Yinan’s smartphone vibrated, he took it out to check, it was Huo Zhixiao calling.
“Want to have midnight supper?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“Now?” Ding Yinan looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o’clock.
“Yes.” Huo Zhixiao said.
“All right.” Ding Yinan pressed down the cigarette in his hand, “I’m at the entrance of the hotel now, you can come down directly.”
After hanging up the phone, Ding Yinan and Yuan Feng chatted for a few more words. The two made an appointment to have dinner together, and then parted ways at the entrance of the hotel.
About ten minutes later, Huo Zhixiao came downstairs.
Ding Yinan closed the food reviews app, and said to Huo Zhixiao: “There is a famous food street near here, do you want to go?”
Huo Zhixiao was rarely picky, and said indifferently: “Let’s go.”
In fact, Ding Yinan knew that Huo Zhixiao wanted to go to the nightclub, but since there were many fellow acquaintances in the city at this time and many people knew him, it was inconvenient for him to go to the bar to drink alone, and it was even more inconvenient for him to bring strangers back to the hotel for the night.
The two came to the side of the road to take a taxi, and after a while, a luxury car stopped not far from them.
Ding Yinan glanced at it casually, and saw a girl with pink hair and a tall and handsome man getting out of the car. The two embraced each other intimately. He didn’t know what the man said, but the girl was buried in his arms with a big smile.
Ding Yinan frowned slightly, subconsciously thinking that he saw wrong. But as the two got closer, he found that the man the girl was holding was none other than his boyfriend, Han Shuo.
The salty and humid air condensed at this moment, and the picture in his eyes became a slow motion frame by frame.
Ding Yinan suddenly recalled Han Shuo’s birthday last month. He went to a brand store to buy him a wallet, but when he got home, the sofa was full of luxury goods. Han Shuo said it was a birthday present from his colleagues.
Han Shuo was a little-known model, and Ding Yinan never knew that his colleague was so rich.
Thinking about it now, maybe there were signs of what happened before, but Ding Yinan never thought of doubting it.
Han Shuo in front of him suddenly stopped with a stiff expression. Obviously, he noticed Ding Yinan.
The girl with pink hair stopped and looked at Han Shuo puzzledly. Huo Zhixiao also noticed Han Shuo’s eyes, and looked at Ding Yinan beside him inexplicably.
“You go up first.” Han Shuo smiled and said to the girl, “I met a friend, I’m going to chat with him a bit.”
“Okay then, come up quickly.”
After the girl walked away, Han Shuo took a deep breath and said to Ding Yinan: “Don’t think too much, we are just ordinary friends.”
Ding Yinan’s expression didn’t change at all, but Huo Zhixiao raised his eyebrows in surprise.
“Really?” Ding Yinan said lightly, “Then why don’t you introduce me to her?”
This sentence can be said to hit the nail on the head. If they are really ordinary friends, why did Han Shuo send her away so quickly?
Han Shuo obviously didn’t think about how to answer. Ding Yinan’s eyes turned cold. He looked at Huo Zhixiao and asked, “That street is not far away, only two kilometers. Can we walk there?” He did not want to stand here any longer to wait for a taxi.
Huo Zhixiao withdrew his gaze from Han Shuo, and calmly said, “Yes.”
The two turned around to leave. Seeing this, Han Shuo quickly stepped forward, grabbed Ding Yinan’s wrist and said, “Wife!”
Hearing this nickname, Huo Zhixiao’s expression was quite colorful, and unexpectedly, there was a sense of watching something exciting.
Han Shuo looked at Huo Zhixiao with hostility, and asked Ding Yinan, “You still want to go out with him so late?”
“It has nothing to do with you.” Ding Yinan withdrew his hand expressionlessly.
“I was with her for work.” Han Shuo gritted his teeth, “Aren’t you also staying with your boss in the middle of the night for work now?”
Ding Yinan almost laughed angrily. He took Huo Zhixiao’s arm, looked at Han Shuo and said, “Yes, I want to accompany my boss now, so go and accompany someone else!”
Ding Yinan pulled Huo Zhixiao forward without looking back, and he let go of Huo Zhixiao’s arm only after they turned the corner. It was just that at this time his expression was no longer as calm as before, and a thick layer of haze shrouded his head.
Huo Zhixiao put his hands in his suit pants, looked at Ding Yinan jokingly and asked, “Girlfriend?”
The same lines as in the morning, but the tone was completely different. Ding Yinan naturally heard the ridicule in Huo Zhixiao’s words: This is the girlfriend you mentioned?
He didn’t answer, but Huo Zhixiao added: “Your girlfriend is quite handsome.”
Ding Yinan cast a cold glance at Huo Zhixiao, feeling strange in his heart.
Obviously, this old man has been in a bad mood all day, so why was he thinking of mocking him at this time?
Laughing at someone else’s misery was such a pleasant thing?
Aiya so angsty! I love it! And Huo Zhixiao know your place! Now is really not the time fir mocking istg
Ty for the chapter💜💜💜
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Pretty sure your boss wasn’t in a bad mood only because of the event eheh
Thank you for the chapter !
Oh no! 😠
Thanks for the chapter 💞
What a horrible boyfriend, or should I say, ex-boyfriend.
He’s getting poached left and right for work. Tread carefully or you’ll lose your A+ assistant old man
Ohh so this one’s breakup because of a third party 😅😔 also, they broke up too fast, it’s only the 2nd chapter. Thought I’d see more pre main couple dog food scenes. Let us feel a previous romance more. Got hopeful at mc’s nickname despite his cool demeanor 👀
Wonder if his boss will have a character development in the future. And ohh, so he’s in a bad mood because of that. Both mc and his boss can go smash bad mood drunk now 😝