Ode to joy

Chapter 166

The hotel's major event reception is like a storm, which comes and goes quickly.After the event was over, the VIPs checked out, and from the afternoon onwards, the hotel began to become quieter.Fan Shengmei and her colleagues were as tired as flowers and plants after a storm, and the hard work of the past few days became apparent after the event.Watching the opportunity, Wang Baichuan sent a text message to Fan Shengmei, asking if we could meet tonight.Fan Shengmei is of course also willing to meet Wang Baichuan, but she considers that after such a major event in the company, the department will have a team building, such as dinner and singing, and she has to concentrate on the team building at night, so I am afraid that she will not have time to see Wang Baichuan.She texted back and rejected Wang Baichuan's request to meet.

When it was almost time to get off work, the director called the principals to hold a summary meeting. It only took about [-] minutes, and they were still standing.An event attended by important people ended just like that, and the director did not mention any follow-up such as dinner and singing.Only then did Fan Shengmei suddenly realize that for a good hotel, this kind of busyness is probably the norm.

Fan Shengmei originally wanted to call Wang Baichuan and ask for a meeting.But for some reason, she was unwilling to take the initiative, or maybe she was really tired. When she changed her clothes and got up, her eyes were full of stars. Seeing colleagues in the same department who were in their twenties were still screaming for shopping appointments. She had to grit her teeth and put the phone back in her bag.She doesn't want to be a yellow-faced woman, she has to consciously seize the time to take care of herself.

The bird's nest in the locker is still there, Fan Shengmei puts the bird's nest in her bag, and returns home from get off work slowly.Passing by an electrical appliance store, she went in and bought a saucepan.The weather is getting warmer, and the shop windows on the street are colorful.Fan Shengmei likes this way of getting off work. It is the bustling city when she goes out. Walking along the window show for a while before entering the subway station is simply the best way to rest.Of course, if you like it after seeing it, turning in and getting close to her is Fan Shengmei's greatest hobby.

So, back in Ode to Joy, it was almost dark.Fan Shengmei meets Andy in the elevator who is also off work.It was Fan Shengmei who saw Andy first, because Andy was studying hard with an e-book.Fan Shengmei didn't bother, she planned to remind her when she got to the 22nd floor, but as soon as the elevator reported to the 22nd floor, Fan Shengmei saw Andy looked up at the display.She just said hello when they went out together, "Andy, are you off work? What are you looking at, so focused."

Andy then saw Fan Shengmei, "Oh, hello, I haven't seen you for a few days. I'm looking for knowledge about obstetrics and gynecology. A few days ago, thank you for reminding me that I can't tell others within three months of pregnancy. Do you have any other suggestions?"

"It's not a good suggestion. It's just some customs. I'm afraid you will laugh at me for not talking about science."

"What I want is customs. No one taught me these since I was a child, and I didn't get in touch with them when I went abroad. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have thought of asking Xiaoguan to ask her mother for advice on customs. I didn't expect to collect several at once. It's really good. Remember. Hey, you seem to be having trouble opening your mouth? Come to my house for a while?"

"Hehe, don't bother. You have a lot of preparations to do recently, and you don't have enough time." Fan Shengmei paused, "I heard that many people eat bird's nest every day after pregnancy. Do you plan to eat it?"

Andy said with a smile: "I follow the customs in the way of behavior, and follow the science in the physiological intervention, hehe."

"You are really a complete speculator. But it should be. Everyone wants to give the baby the best birth conditions and the most blessings. In this matter, expectant mothers can speculate too much, as long as they don't hurt others. "

"Ah, yes, yes, you are so good, I think so too. I don't know what to do, and people who don't understand don't even know how to ask questions. Fortunately, you have reached out to help me. Please again Oh, if you think of something, please remind me as soon as possible."

It was the first time for Fan Shengmei to see Andy's smoky and ignorant face, instead of the stinky and ignorant one in the past.

She bid farewell to Andy, and when she opened the door and entered 2202, she couldn't help but glance at Andy's back, and saw that she was really obediently wearing soft flat shoes, and her clothes had been loosened in advance, as if she had saved enough energy to be a good mother , but the strength was too much, and the posture was a bit clumsy.She couldn't help but think of Andy's unique life experience. As an orphan, most other people's pregnancies are escorted by experienced mothers. Andy really has to rely on friends and books.

At this time, what is the use of a mother-in-law? The critical moment can best reflect the difference between real mothers and fake mothers.

Fan Shengmei couldn't help feeling sorry for Andy. When she went into the house to wash the stew pot and soak the bird's nest, she kept thinking about her hesitant reminders just now. Would it be thankless to say those privacy-related reminders?As a rule of thumb, this is almost guaranteed to offend.Fan Shengmei suppressed the impulse in her heart and surfed the Internet alone in the empty 2202.Every day, she browses the information of everyone on the 22nd floor, and also browses the Weibo of the girls' boyfriends on the 22nd floor.This is the instinct that her HR has cultivated for many years.

Ying Qin's Weibo was told by Ying Qin himself to Fan Shengmei.Dr. Zhao's and Bao Yifan's microblogs were found by Fan Shengmei from Qu Xiaoxiao's and Andy's followers respectively through careful comparison.Fan Shengmei has her own laptop, the first thing she does is to follow these people's Weibo.The three Weibo accounts are different, Ying Qin is the most talkative, and dares to ask for advice online, because his friends are like him, and the best way to communicate with them is through the computer.So Fan Shengmei sees that Ying Qin is worrying about the financial requirements of her marriage partner recently.And Dr. Zhao’s Weibo is almost reading notes, film reviews and music reviews. The only personal thing is to comment on the kitten.On Bao Yifan's Weibo, there are almost no personal matters, and he doesn't talk much. He only occasionally uploads a bottle of wine that Fan Shengmei never named, or a rare car.Therefore, Fan Shengmei likes to follow Ying Qin's Weibo the most, even though this person has been disconnected from the 22nd floor.

As soon as Andy entered the house, he called Bao Yifan.I just received a text message from Bao Yifan on the way, asking her to call when she gets home.Bao Yifan's first sentence shocked Andy to find a sofa to sit down. "I have already arrived in Daishan County. I talked to Dean Xiuyuan. Your brother has been taken away. The family refused to visit Dean Xiuyuan, so your brother's situation is unknown. I borrowed a car and planned to go there overnight. Clear up the situation."

"Is Lao Yan by your side? It's not safe to go to an unfamiliar village at night."

"Old Yan has a conflict with my time, but I have a client here, and I have been friends for many years, so you don't have to worry."

"No, I don't want the matter to spread and be known to more people. Go back."

"It's already here, at least I have to go and have a look. You're not worried about your brother's situation? Besides, I won't reveal anything, I just said that I'm going to visit the charity pair I have been in for the past few years."

"Okay, just go back after reading it, don't take any action."

"I'll see."

Bao Yifan obviously refused to agree to take any action after watching it, so Andy was in a state of anxiety, not knowing what Bao Yifan would do.She could only pull her face down, "I said not to take any action, I don't want any extra problems during my pregnancy. Don't make up your own mind for me."

This time, Bao Yifan finally replied "Okay" helplessly.But after putting down the phone, Andy was still uneasy, she didn't know what situation Bao Yifan would see or hear about the past.In fact, she was very, very opposed to Bao Yifan doing this.She fidgeted for a while, and began to open the menu to prepare the dishes.Fan Shengmei knocked on the door and came in.

"Andy, I've made a senior personnel mistake, please help me." Fan Shengmei came here after changing her high heels, but she still collapsed on the sofa after entering the room, she was too tired these days.

"There is also the disease of senior personnel? Why have you never heard of it?"

"Well, the typical disease of this kind is that you have no ability to find money, and you can find the right one when you are looking for trouble. I just checked Yingqin's Weibo, and the young man is too greedy to find a new partner. He wants to add his name to his real estate certificate [-] dowry, a full set of head and face jewelry."

"Blind date, since it's not based on feelings, it's okay to talk about the protection of pre-marital interests. Since Ying Qin values ​​other people's virginity, he must pay the corresponding price for it."

"So, I see that Ying Qin's friends are overwhelmingly opposed to his partner's conditions, saying that if they get divorced on the second day of marriage, will half of the property be lost? Modern people, a marriage without an emotional foundation, what do you do? not come out."

"If there is such a thing as a divorce the next day, it is also the price he paid for his ideas. Everyone has his own aspirations, and he is willing to gamble and admit defeat."

Fan Shengmei was taken aback for a moment, and then said after a while: "Well, that's true, it shows that I am a bit of a mother-in-law, and I can't bear it. That young man Ying Qin is not bad at all."

Andy looked at Fan Shengmei suspiciously, but she was too preoccupied at the moment and had no time to play riddles with Fan Shengmei.She asked bluntly, "Xiao Fan, you didn't come here specially to talk about Ying Qin, did you?"

Fan Shengmei could only say: "Of course I won't be so boring. Originally, I wanted to remind you that the worldly prejudices cannot be ignored, and you will suffer from many worldly prejudices if you are pregnant before marriage. But judging by your thinking about Ying Qin, you should be able to bear it rationally." , I don’t need to talk too much.”

Although Andy didn't like Fan Shengmei's style of talking in circles, she thought that this might really be the style of senior HR who was said to be doing ideological work, so she ignored it and only paid attention to Fan Shengmei's reminder.But, "Oh, I don't want to challenge the world either. But I really don't want to get married, I really don't want to get married, I really don't want to get married!"

Fan Shengmei was stunned, "I really don't want to get married" three times, each time getting more and more entangled, this kind of thing happened to Andy who has always been calm, it shows that something big is going on.But Fan Shengmei, no matter how experienced she is in HR, did not dare to ask Andy rashly, she just said cautiously: "Actually, living in a big city, it's okay if you don't get married. You have good financial conditions, and you can buy services with a little more money..." But Fan Shengmei couldn't comfort her anymore, she didn't want to speak against her heart to her neighbor who had been in trouble for more than half a year, "Oh, let's just say it straight. To be a human being in this world, following the trend is the most comfortable, and being unconventional is the most tiring. If you have to be unconventional, Even more tiring. You are a strong member of the Qin faction. Let me tell you from the bottom of my heart, what should be compromised is to compromise. Don’t be non-mainstream. When you are alone, you are strong and strong, and you can do whatever you want. Bumping your head is also within your tolerance. Having children is different, children, so small and soft."

Andy couldn't help but stop cutting vegetables and listen carefully to Fan Shengmei's speech.But the heart is torn even more.

It's not that she wants to be different, but that she has no choice but no conditions, she can't even say it.Perhaps a compromise is really needed, a certain compromise in some aspects she insists on.

Fan Shengmei saw Andy standing on the cutting board in a daze, looking unable to make a decision, but he didn't know what happened to Andy, so he couldn't help in depth.

Just in time, Bao Yifan's call came in again.There might be someone around him, and he said in English, "Andy, I see. You have to look carefully to find out the appearance, but the expressions and movements are almost carved out of the same mold. For outsiders visiting, there are flashlights , and there was no response. The two of them were locked together in a small stone room with iron doors and iron windows.

Isn't that the same captive breeding as pigs and cows?But Andy is not unfamiliar with that situation, he has seen it since he was a child.Those who are sent to the orphanage and are always unadopted children with mental retardation and cerebral palsy are similar. They sit in a fixed wooden car almost all their lives, and there is always a toilet under their buttocks.Those special rooms are also very smelly.

Is there any way, since the family wants to snatch it back and raise it maliciously, that's the only way to go. "Now that you have seen it clearly, come back. It seems that they should be father and son. Since they have raised their father for so many days, they should continue to raise another one. They have experience."

"Please receive the MMS. Can you bear it?"

"There is no need to send MMS. I read too much when I was a child. Otherwise, what can you do? Illegal hijacking? Pay to buy it out?"

"I'll handle it." Bao Yifan ended the call first.

But Andy was immediately wary of calling back. "This is my business, don't make up your own mind. Please respect my opinion."

"Your business is not my business? I will deal with it. I am on the scene. I don't want you to regret today's decision one day."

"Your claim is not mine. Please leave it at that."

"Look at the MMS, can you bear it?"

"I can bear it. Please come back."

Fan Shengmei first thought that Andy was talking about work very fast, anyway, her hearing couldn't keep up.But the more time passed, the more I found out who Andy was arguing with.She hurriedly gestured to show that she was gone, and then hurriedly opened the door and slipped away.At this time, Andy also finished arguing, seeing Fan Shengmei's leaving back, he put down the mobile phone in his hand.Even if the text message reminds her, she doesn't read it.The best result is to send it to Xiuyuan to be raised, everything else is the same.But that family is so aggressive, how can it be easily let go, and how can it not turn back.It's better to push the boat with the current, and bet with a dark conscience that the family can't bear it first, and send him back sooner or later.But Bao Yifan obviously couldn't bear this gamble.

But she was out of reach, and Bao Yifan was very assertive.

compromise?Could it be that, as Fan Shengmei said, she should make some compromises in life?But the problem is that she is surrounded by zero-sum games, a little carelessness is what she fears most, ruining her reputation, and she can't compromise.

She chops slowly, one knife at a time, avoiding her fingers very sensibly and calmly, but completely absent-minded.When a bowl of noodles was cooked, Bao Yifan called again.

"I have taken your brother away, on the road. Sorry, he resisted, I had to tie him to the car."

"where to?"

"Obviously you can't go back to Dean Xiuyuan. I'll make arrangements."

"I put it here, I will be killed by your decision. I told you all my worries, my fears, and I have a hunch that it will all come soon."

After Andy finished speaking, he turned off the phone coldly.Unexpectedly, Bao Yifan was so good at making claims.The landline on her desk rang quickly.She picked up the phone and hung up without listening.At this time, I found that my hands began to tremble and my head became confused.She fell into deep fear.She panickedly took the landline and called Tan Zongming, told Lao Tan about this, and asked Lao Tan to help snatch her younger brother from Bao Yifan, and must bring her back to Haishi.

Old Tan asked: "Master Bao may not be willing to hand over someone to me, unless...you are not afraid that Mr. Bao will break up with you?"

"If you break up the relationship, you will break up. I can't bear the pressure of two people being together. He likes to make his own decisions, and I can't worry about it all day long. Old Tan, no matter the cost, you can rest assured only if you put people in your own hands."

"Do you want to trust Mr. Bao? After all, he is also a person who does things."

"I don't believe it. There's no line between him and his mother."

"Okay. Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it."

Andy found that until now, the only person she believed in was Tan Zongming.After Tan Zongming said "I'll handle it", she could sit on the sofa with folded arms, calm down slowly, and slowly stop the trembling all over her body.

But a sober mind can think of even more terrifying possibilities.In today's environment where traffic police are everywhere arresting drunk driving, if you drive a car with a disabled person with bound limbs on the road at night, how likely is it to be stopped and inspected halfway, and it is not clear what will happen to the disabled person with bound limbs and was sent to the police station.Well, everything is exposed.Andy was even more restless, spinning around the room like ants on a hot pot.Moreover, if you drive long distances at night, you may encounter more than just a drunk driving inspection, so the probability of accidents will be even greater?
At the gate of 2202, Guan Juer almost went home with Qiu Yingying, who was running a sales promotion.But just after he walked out of the elevator, he saw Andy drifting to 2202 knocking on the door with his eyes straight out of his mind, completely ignoring the two people next to him.Both Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying were shocked, not knowing what happened.When Fan Shengmei came to open the door, both of them agreed to try to persuade them to fight.But Andy said like a schoolboy at the door: "Xiao Fan, I just answered the phone and forgot to thank you. Thank you very much for your advice."

Fan Shengmei looked at Andy, who had an abnormal expression, and then looked at the two surprised roommates behind Andy, and said in surprise, "You're welcome. But what's wrong with you, Andy? Why do you look so distraught?"

(End of this chapter)