Not long after Ding Yinan waited at the entrance of the hotel where the alumni meeting was held, a business luxury car that made all the employees of the firm nervous came slowly.
Huo Xun got out of the car and gracefully buttoned up his suit jacket.
“Mr. Huo.” Ding Yinan stepped forward and greeted him respectfully.
Huo Xun was over fifty years old, but his skin and figure were well maintained, and he looked like he was only in his early forties.
The only thing that revealed his age was his gray hair. The employees of the firm once discussed why Huo Xun didn’t dye his white hair black so that he would look younger. In the end, the results of the discussion were highly consistent. White hair could highlight Huo Xun’s experience and made him look more temperamental.
Huo Xun looked Ding Yinan up and down, and walked forward without stopping: “Next time you wear a dress, remember to wear a bow tie.”
The suit on Ding Yinan’s body was not a particularly formal dress, so he only matched it with an everyday tie. Besides, even if he wears a formal dress, no one stipulates that the dress must be matched with a bow tie. It can only be said that Huo Xun had high requirements and had his own unique emphasis on ambiguous social common sense.
Like a father, like a son, it seemed that Huo Zhixiao’s pickiness did not come out of thin air.
“Okay, Mr. Huo.” Ding Yinan said.
The two walked into the elevator one after the other, before Huo Xun turned around, Ding Yinan took the initiative to press the floor button.
Just now he deliberately went upstairs to inquire about the situation, and he knew on which floor the banquet hall where the alumni meeting was held was located.
“I’ll introduce you to someone later.” Huo Xun said.
“How should I greet them?”
“It’s a new client.”
As usual, Huo Xun only spoke half of what he said, and it was inconvenient for Ding Yinan to ask more questions, so he had to keep the questions in his heart.
The banquet in the banquet hall was divided into areas according to the year of enrollment, Huo Xun went to the table closest to the stage, while Ding Yinan consciously came to the corner of the banquet hall.
The people sitting at the same table were all young people in their twenties. As soon as Ding Yinan took his seat, several people handed over their business cards.
He accepted the business card with a little embarrassment, he said, “Sorry, I didn’t bring the business card with me.”
Ding Yinan didn’t think about coming over to expand his network. After all, he didn’t know what task Huo Xun was going to arrange for him, and he didn’t have the mind to think about other things.
At this time, someone from another table came over to hand over his business card, and Ding Yinan heard the voice quite familiar.
“Parties of all sizes can come to me.”
The person who handed the business card handed it to Ding Yinan, and the two of them stared blankly at each other.
“Yuan Feng?”
“Squad leader?”
Yuan Feng did not forget to hand over the business card. After exchanging business cards with everyone else at the table, he called Ding Yinan to the smoking area outside the banquet hall.
“What a coincidence, you also come to the alumni association.”
Yuan Feng handed over a cigarette, but Ding Yinan didn’t take it.
“No smoking today.” Ding Yinan said, “My boss is inside.”
“Oh yes,” Yuan Feng said thoughtfully, “Your boss is also one of the protagonists today.”
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“What proposal?” Ding Yinan said.
“Come to work with me.”
When Yuan Feng said this, Ding Yinan remembered that last time in the parking lot of the bar.
“Are you really serious?” Ding Yinan teased.
“Of course.” Yuan Feng paused, then tentatively asked, “May I ask about your current income?”
Income was a private topic for social animals, Yuan Feng dared to ask to this extent, it can be seen that he really wanted to invite Ding Yinan to work together.
Ding Yinan subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but before he said the words of refusal, many thoughts flashed through his mind.
The relationship between him and Huo Zhixiao was quite different from before. The unchanging daily work was mixed with personal factors, which led to many variables in the future of the two.
Ding Yinan was used to plan ahead and make preparations in advance. From this point of view, it was really not a good choice for him to reject Yuan Feng’s proposal.
In addition, Ding Yinan could see that Yuan Feng’s team’s income was not low when he went to help out at Machimoto’s bar last time. The difficulty of the work was not too high for him, at least he did it with ease when he helped out at that time.
From this point of view, it seemed that he should think more about it.
“In terms of income,” Ding Yinan said slowly, “When added with various bonuses, it is about 300,000 yuan.”
As a young man who has just graduated for three years, this income was already very good.
The counselor asked Ding Yinan to help investigate the average income of the graduates of their class. Although the anonymous questionnaires received in the end were missing a few copies, based on all the statistics, the average annual income of their class was about 150,000 yuan.
“I’ll give you 500,000 yuan, without a bonus.” Yuan Feng said, “Why don’t you consider coming to work with me?”
He had to admit, he was a little moved.
No one would like to struggle with money, let alone a hard-working social animal.
“Let me think about it again.” Ding Yinan said, “I’ll give you an answer in a few days.”
“Okay.” Yuan Feng said briskly, “After all, you have to think carefully about changing jobs.”
The two returned to the banquet hall, and it happened that Huo Xun was giving a speech on the stage.
He first thanked his alma mater for his cultivation, mentioned the alumni’s help to him in the process of starting a business, then briefly talked about the achievements of Jiushan Architects, and then wished his alma mater and all alumni better and better.
A very standard speech.
In the second half of the banquet, Ding Yinan finally received Huo Xun’s call.
He came to Huo Xun with a glass of wine. At this time, Huo Xun was chatting with a young woman. Seeing Ding Yinan coming, he stopped talking and introduced to Ding Yinan: “This is Miss Song, from ×× Real Estate Deputy General Manager.”
“Hello.” Ding Yinan nodded towards the other party, then looked at Huo Xun, not daring to introduce himself rashly.
“This is Xiao Ding, Zhi Xiao’s assistant.” Huo Xun continued to introduce, “He is also a graduate of our school.”
“Hello.” The other party smiled slightly, and offered to shake Ding Yinan’s hand.
The construction industry was inextricably linked with the real estate industry, and Ding Yinan certainly knew about ×× Real Estate. If he guessed correctly, the Miss Song in front of him should be the daughter of ×× Real Estate. She had studied abroad in recent years and had just returned to China to take over the company’s business.
But Ding Yinan still felt strange why Huo Xun introduced Miss Song to him.
He guessed that Huo Zhixiao’s next job might be a project like real estate design, but listening to the chat between Huo Xun and Miss Song, he felt more and more something was wrong.
“Mr. Huo, do you mean that Mr. Huo’s next job is interior design?”
After Miss Song left, Ding Yinan looked at Huo Xun uncertainly, becoming more and more confused about what the big boss was thinking.
Architects could of course do interior design, but they were somewhat inappropriate for their profession, and Ding Yinan knew very well that Huo Zhixiao didn’t like doing interior design.
“Miss Song will come to the office to sign the contract next Monday.” Huo Xun did not answer Ding Yinan’s question, “You book a restaurant with a good atmosphere for the two of them.”
Ding Yinan frowned imperceptibly when he heard the words, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
“Could you be implying…?”
“Miss Song is also 28 this year, the same age as Zhi Xiao.” Huo Xun said, “She is in good condition in all aspects, you should find a way to let the two of them get in touch more.”
Ding Yinan understood now.
Ding Yinan suddenly realized that Huo Xun brought him to the alumni association in order to let him, a “magpie”, get to know “Vega” in advance, so that he could be a bridge for the two of them.
What nonsense.
“Do you have any questions?” Seeing Ding Yinan’s embarrassed expression, Huo Xun asked one of his classic catchphrases.
As long as the subordinate did not immediately agree after assigning the task, he would ask this sentence, which made people feel shuddering.
Ding Yinan moved his lips, habitually wanting to say “no”, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
He took a deep breath, summoned up his courage and asked, “Mr. Huo, have you told Master Huo about this?”
“What do you think?” Huo Xun asked without answering.
The boss’s rhetorical question was the most deadly, and it always made employees feel like a fool.
Ding Yinan did not back down, and continued: “If Master Huo finds out that I did this secretly…”
He didn’t finish his sentence. If Huo Zhixiao knew about this, he would be so angry that his lungs would explode.
Huo Xun said leisurely: “So don’t let him find out.”
Ding Yinan pursed his lips, and said vigorously: “Mr. Huo, Master Huo is not a child anymore.”
A look of surprise flashed across Huo Xun’s face, he frowned slightly and said, “What do you mean?”
“I mean,” Ding Yinan paused, “You don’t have to interfere with his life too much.”
As soon as he said the words, Ding Yinan felt a little regretful in his heart.
Huo Xun immediately frowned, looked at Ding Yinan with an unfriendly expression, and said, “Secretary Ding, are you interfering with my freedom to educate my own son?”
While the iron was still hot, Huo Xun directly returned Ding Yinan’s words to him, and immediately choked Ding Yinan without anything to say.
“I understand, Mr. Huo.” Ding Yinan put his chin away, looked at the ground and said, “I will… try my best.”
In the three years since he joined the job, Ding Yinan had never failed to do what Huo Xun asked him to do. Whether it was asking Huo Zhixiao to get up early, or asking him to stay honest in the office and work, Ding Yinan had completed the task brilliantly.
But this time, he really couldn’t do it.
Entering the password of the electronic lock distractedly, after pushing open the door, San Baisui came galloping.
San Baisui enthusiastically wagged his tail and kept throwing himself on Ding Yinan’s knee. Ding Yinan had long been used to San Baisui coming to welcome him in, but then he realized there was another large dog wagging its tail behind San Baisui.
“It’s the first time I found out that the sound of the electronic lock is so nice.” Huo Zhixiao said while guarding the entrance.
“What?” Ding Yinan felt a little tired, and didn’t understand the meaning of Huo Zhixiao’s words.
“Because when the electronic lock rings, I know you are back.” Huo Zhixiao said.
Ding Yinan paused when he changed his shoes, and couldn’t help feeling warm in his heart. He casually kicked his shoes aside, then fell into Huo Zhixiao’s arms exhausted.
“Let me hug you for a while.” Ding Yinan said. He urgently needed to recharged himself now.
“What’s wrong?” Huo Zhixiao obviously noticed that Ding Yinan’s mood was not right.
Ding Yinan didn’t speak, and quietly smelled the agarwood on Huo Zhixiao’s body.
After a while, the power was almost back, he took a deep breath, stood up straight and looked at Huo Zhixiao and said, “I have something to tell you.”
Ding Yinan didn’t want to listen to Huo Xun’s arrangements behind Huo Zhixiao’s back, because that would only make Huo Zhixiao furious.
He told him what Huo Xun had told him, and then asked Huo Zhixiao, “What do you think?”
Huo Zhixiao said with a blank face: “I think he is too idle.”
“Have you ever thought about it,” Ding Yinan hinted tactfully, “Even if this Miss Song is solved, there will be countless Miss Song in the future.”
Huo Zhixiao was almost thirty anyway, and Huo Xun would only push him harder in the future. Ding Yinan felt a headache when he thought of this, he didn’t even want to talk about such a tiring relationship.
“When the time comes, I’ll solve them one by one.” Huo Zhixiao said.
“Don’t you find it troublesome?” Ding Yinan asked with a frown.
“I can bear it.” Huo Zhixiao said, “As long as you are by my side, I can bear it.”
Ding Yinan suddenly understood what the problem was.
He created a comfort zone for Huo Zhixiao, and Huo Zhixiao was unwilling to leave this circle.
He remembered that Huo Zhixiao had clearly thought about resigning, but he hadn’t made a decision for a long time, presumably because Huo Zhixiao was too comfortable by his side, and he was reluctant to leave this environment.
It won’t work like this.
Ding Yinan didn’t want to see Huo Zhixiao’s aura slowly drain like this.
He quickly came to a conclusion that as long as he didn’t change, Huo Zhixiao wouldn’t change either.
And if he wanted to change… It was not difficult, anyway, he couldn’t complete the task that Huo Xun gave him.
“Huo Zhixiao.” Ding Yinan called out, looking at the humanity in front of him, “Don’t you want to sleep with me? I have a whole night available now.”
Thanks for the chapter!
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Will Ding Yinan leave the architects form? 🙄
Thanks for the chapter 💞
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Ml is becoming 🥺
His friend is really giving much to poach mc OwO the job also sounds okay. Especially when you compare it to having ml’s dad as a boss.
🤧 Blind date sksksksks haisst. Even one that ml’s father thinks he can benefit from, sell his own son 😒 Leaving now sounds real good 💅 Glad for those last paragraphs.
Sometimes I forget that they have a dog or that mc was injured and now.. Fully recovered?.. They don’t touch on those much.