Watching in the dark night

Chapter 6 Heart-to-heart talk
  During the lunch break, Yan Shuang couldn't bear it anymore. I walked to the coffee shop downstairs to buy a cup of coffee to wake up.

The owner of the coffee shop is a man in his thirties, tall and stylishly dressed. He has a little beard, and when outsiders look into his eyes, they always feel that his eyes are particularly deep.

"A cup of latte, less milk?" He asked with a smile when he saw Yan Shuang coming over.

Yanshuang has a serious case of coffee brain, the kind that makes you feel uncomfortable if you don't drink it for a day. When she first arrived at this company and saw a coffee shop downstairs, she said she had made a profit.

Due to her frequent visits, the handsome owner has taken her preferences to heart.

Whenever she walked into a coffee shop and stood at the front desk, someone would take her order without even having to ask for it herself.

Yan Shuang nodded, nodded to the boss as hello, paid the bill and sat in the corner of the hall.

Not long after, a bright yellow figure sat down opposite her.

"Do you mind?" A cheerful female voice sounded across from her.

Yan Shuang put down her coffee and looked over at the sound with a surprised expression.

It's Baiman.
  My heart, which was originally comfortable and relaxed, tightened rapidly in an instant.

"Manager Bai." She quickly straightened up and greeted Bai Man, who was sitting opposite.

"What do you want to drink? I'll order some." Yan Shuang stood up.

Bai Man looked at her with a smile on his face and said, "I've already ordered it. I didn't bother you, right?"

Shaking her head repeatedly, Yan Shuang replied: "No, no, I was bored at noon, so I came down to have a cup of coffee."

Bai Man smiled at her again, making Yan Shuang's hair stand on end.

Now she wanted to express her attitude to Bai Man immediately, saying that she was very strict with her mouth and would not speak nonsense even if she was beaten to death.

Just as the coffee was delivered, Bai Man took it and took a sip, then casually asked: "Did you see it this morning?"

One sentence was like a thunder to Yan Shuang.

She changed her sitting position uneasily, but she was thinking, could she say she didn't see it?
  Why did God bully a newbie like her?

Seeing Yan Shuang fidgeting, he didn't answer her. Bai Man smiled reassuringly at her.

"Don't be nervous, I know what you are thinking. But, what I want to say is, no matter what you think, it is probably wrong." Bai Man got straight to the point.

The people in the project department are very good at dealing with people, and the company mainly relies on them to negotiate cooperation with external parties. But Bai Man went straight to the point today, without using any roundabout tactics or pretending to be a leader.

Yan Shuang knew very well that she was just stating the facts. She instantly understood that Bai Man was not here to warn her.

So, I suppressed all my discomfort. Yan Shuang sat up straight and looked straight at Bai Man.

Bai Man understood Yan Shuang's behavior. In fact, she just wanted to find someone to talk to.

With her eyes misty, she held the coffee cup in both hands, lowered her head slightly, and looked at the dark brown liquid in front of her.

He spoke slowly.
  "The first time I met him was when the company was founded, and I came for an interview. At that time, the company only had him and a few partners interviewing us. As soon as we entered the conference room, he sat at the table like that. I At that time, I felt that the resumes of several of our interviewees felt much more refined when he held them in his hands."

Bai Man may have felt that his description was a bit childish, and there was a bit of embarrassment in his smile.

"Of the three men and one woman who came together for the interview, he only kept me. I knew I was very good before graduation, but for some reason, I never experienced the feeling of succeeding in the interview in the years to come. pass."

"So you have been working in this company since then?" Yan Shuang asked, taking advantage of the opportunity.

Bai Man nodded and continued: "Later I realized why I was so happy on the day of the interview. It was like everything in the world became better that day."

"Unfortunately, by the time I understood, it was too late." Bai Man picked up the spoon and slowly stirred the coffee.

"Why do you say that?" Yan Shuang asked.

"Because he got married a year after I joined the company." Bai Man answered.

Yan Shuang was speechless and didn't know how to comfort her. There is really nothing we can do about such a strange thing.

And she had heard that Mr. Qi and his deceased wife were childhood sweethearts.

Even if Bai Man understood his thoughts at that time, there was a high probability that there would be no results.

"I went to his wedding and saw him smiling so happily. I realized that the emotion I had been feeling was actually called love."

In Yan Shuang's impression, Bai Man always gave outsiders the impression that she was a straightforward and capable female general. Now hearing her analyze her own emotional experience with my own ears gives people a sense of contradiction and conflict.

"Manager Bai, you deserve better!" Yan Shuang comforted her.

Bai Man herself is so outstanding, there must be many people chasing her.

"That's what I thought at the time, so when I woke up, it was also when I gave up. But, it's about feelings."

Bai Man paused, sighed, and then continued: "It's not that simple."

"I tried my best to numb myself with alcohol, but seeing him every day was a kind of torture to me." Yan Shuang thought about it for a while, then asked: "Then, is Mr. Qi there?"

"No." Bai Man denied it for a second. Then he smiled bitterly and said: "Even if he notices it, he should just pretend that he doesn't know, right?"

"After all, he has such a good relationship with his wife, so my liking for her should be nothing more than an annoyance to him."

"Sister Bai, there's really no need for someone like you to like someone you can't get." Yan Shuang did not say the second half of the sentence.

"I understand the truth, but I was young at that time! I even thought that as long as he was willing to look at me one more time, he could do whatever he asked me to do, even murder!"

Bai Man's originally calm narrative became turbulent because of this extreme statement.

"Sister Bai, you..." Yan Shuang didn't expect that she would say such paranoid words without thinking.

Seeing that she was frightened, Bai Man chuckled and said, "You're just kidding, killing someone is so easy. It's just a talk."

Then she looked long and murmured: "Besides, it's all over."

Yan Shuang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, it's all over. Sister Bai, you should let it go now." Yan Shuang took over her words and advised.

"Let go? No." Bai Man shook his head and continued: "Since his wife passed away, I feel like I have hope again."

"Hope?" Yan Shuang didn't understand, how could she be so persistent.

"Yes, I hope! Now he is single and I am single, why can't we?" Bai Man asked her.

"But..." Yan Shuang should admire her affection, but she always felt that she was a little too paranoid.

"When you saw this morning, I had just been rejected by him and kicked out of the office. I made you laugh!"

Bai Man smiled, she was not afraid of being embarrassed, anyway, all the girls in front of her had seen her before.

Yan Shuang was helpless, "Why do you have to"

"Why bother? But I just want to be with him." Bai Man whispered, picking up the cold coffee and taking a sip.

Looking at the 40-year-old woman in front of her, she is still trapped in the emotions of her own fantasy and cannot extricate herself. The advice of others seemed of little use to her. Yan Shuang could only shut up.

She looked at Bai Man and said solemnly: "Sister Bai, I won't mention what happened this morning to anyone."

Of course, she didn't dare.

"I'm telling you so much, not because I'm afraid you'll tell the outside world, but because I'm in too much pain. Everyone in the company is an old friend who has worked with me for many years, and it seems that I can't talk to anyone about this kind of thing. So today, I'm asking you to catch me. Yeah." Bai Man said to Yan Shuang half-jokingly.

Yan Shuang smiled helplessly. Did she become someone else's emotional tree hole in a daze?

After a short conversation at noon. The originally neat and bright woman opposite her had now completely transformed into a woman trapped in love in her eyes.

"Sister Bai, there's something I don't know" she said carefully. But before she could say anything, Bai Man interrupted her.

"Stop nagging, just talk directly!" Sure enough, there was nothing but feelings. Her behavior is still that cheerful woman.

"Well, I've seen you come back drunk several times. It's really not good for your health." Yan Shuang was a little worried about her health.

After hearing her hesitant words, Bai Man's eyes changed instantly. She looked at Yan Shuang and said, "In all these years, you are the first person to persuade me to quit drinking before we have known each other for half a year."

"I'm sorry, I" Yan Shuang was afraid that she had overstepped her bounds, so she hurriedly prepared to apologize.

"I like you so much." Bai Man stretched out his hand and hugged Yan Shuang.

Yan Shuang hugged her back and smelled the moss perfume on Bai Man's body.

"Okay, I'll pay attention. Let's go back to work!" Bai Man agreed.

Yan Shuang took the time to wave to the owner of the coffee shop, indicating that the tables could be closed. Then he and Bai Man walked into the office building.

With the support of caffeine and another cup of Pu'er in the afternoon, Yan Shuang finally felt less sleepy. He seemed to be more motivated to work, and his hands were clacking on the keyboard.

The afternoon passed by in a blink of an eye. Soon it was time to get off work, and Yan Shuang was about to press the shutdown button.

Suddenly, the computer desktop swayed like water ripples, and then instantly turned dark.

What's going on with this computer? Yan Shuang looked at the dark computer desktop speechlessly.

Shut down yourself? She lowered her head and looked at the main unit. The light was still on?
  Just when she raised her head, a one-inch formal photo of a woman slowly appeared on the computer desktop.

From far to near, Yan Shuang finally saw clearly who the person in this photo was!
  Baiman!

The woman who had a heart-to-heart talk with her in the coffee shop at noon!

In this photo, there is a trace of red liquid left on the corners of her already bright lips.

(End of this chapter)