Seeing Li Feng's wretched appearance, I sighed helplessly, swallowed the irritable emotions in my heart, and said to him: "Forget it, it's okay, just do what you should do!"
Seeing me about to leave, Li Feng suddenly stopped me: "Brother Feng, will you... introduce me to my girlfriend?"
I looked back at him, hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's talk about this later!"
It's not that I really don't want to help him, but he doesn't want to change himself, so what's the point of me making noises here by myself?
After leaving the site, I called An Lan.
She told me that he was at the old dock by the river on Nanbin Road, and asked me to call her when I couldn't find him.
After I rode my electric bike to Nanbin Road, I started looking along the riverside.
Not far away, I saw An Lan sitting alone on the abandoned pier by the river. She looked particularly beautiful under the sunset.
The wind blew her hair a little messy, but it still couldn't hide her shockingly beautiful face.
I walked over to her and sat down some distance away.
She didn't look at me, and she didn't even notice anyone was around.
She was looking at the Yangtze River in some trance. Even though her face was expressionless, she was still so beautiful and elegant.
After sitting for a while, I spoke softly: "Why did you think of asking me to come here?"
After hearing my voice, An Lan realized that someone was coming next to him, and immediately looked at me.
She was also a little surprised: "When did you come?"
"A few minutes ago, you didn't know I was coming?"
An Lan smiled lightly and nodded, then raised his hand to tuck his hair that was blown by the wind. His movement looked particularly elegant under the sunset.
"Looking at you like this...are you worried?" I asked her immediately.
She still smiled lightly and shook her head.
Anyone can tell that she has something on her mind, and one's eyes cannot deceive others.
But seeing that she didn't want to talk much, I didn't ask any more questions.
After sitting for a while, I picked up a small piece of thin stone next to me and flew it towards the river.
The stone fragments bounced on the river surface several times before sinking.
I picked up another piece of stone and continued the same action.
After she saw it, she finally asked me: "How... did you do this?"
"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"
As I said that, I picked from the pile of stones and said to her: "Look for a thinner stone like mine, like this size."
I picked up the stone I found and showed it to her for comparison. She found it quickly, and then asked me, "What next?"
"Then stand up like me, put your body weight back, don't use too much force on your palms, use your arms to throw it towards the river, and that's it."
After saying that, I threw another piece out, and after bouncing on the surface of the river a few times, it sank.
She drew a gourd and a scoop, but there was a muffled sound and no jump.
She immediately puffed up her cheeks and said, "Why doesn't mine jump?"
As if I had found some fun, I suddenly became eloquent: "That must be because you didn't find the right way. You looked at me... Remember, relax your palms, put your body weight back, and use your arms. Go ahead...
"
Another piece of stone flew out, this time it jumped farther.
An Lan seemed to be more interested. She studied seriously and asked me how hard I should use it.
I taught him patiently, and then An Lan threw the second piece.
This time she finally jumped twice on the river. She jumped up with joy: "I succeeded, look! I succeeded..."
"Yes, yes, but you just jumped twice, look at me."
She was not convinced and kept trying, but never more than three times.
She always asked me why this was happening, but I couldn’t explain it to her, so I simply said: “I grew up by the river since I was a child. I didn’t have toys when I was a child, so I just played like this... As time goes by, I can float farther.
So don’t rush and take your time.”
She said "Oh" and continued practicing.
Seeing that she studies so seriously, I guess she must have done very well in school.
After playing for a while, she was tired, but her mood was obviously much better than before.
Then I asked her: "Tell me about it! What is bothering you? Just tell me."
As soon as he mentioned this matter, An Lan's expression gradually darkened.
But this time, she was silent for a while before finally saying to me: "The appointment letter for the new general manager of the company has not been issued yet. I, I am now..."
Seeing her worried look, I also frowned and asked, "What? Are you afraid it won't be you in the end?"
An Lan shook his head slightly and said: "It's not that I'm worried about this, but that such a big thing is happening in the company now. I feel that I can't escape responsibility. If it weren't for me, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Now it has affected the hotel.
image."
"Didn't you say that your company is looking for a public relations team? Why are you worried about this?"
"But it will still be affected! The hotel industry is no different than other industries. We pay too much attention to customer reputation."
Although I don't quite understand it, seeing her looking so sad makes me feel a little bad.
After being silent for a while, he said to her: "But things have already happened, why do you think so much?"
"Yes, I should be happy, because I stopped Yang Yong's plan, but at the same time, it also caused the company to fall into the current situation. Do you think I can't escape my responsibility?"
"This, this..." I pondered for a moment and then said, "You can't say that. I believe you are also doing it for the overall interests of the company, so what do you have to regret?"
An Lan sighed heavily, stared at the river in a daze, and said after a long while: "Actually, my dad is right, I am not a businessman."
"Why do you say that?"
"How can a successful leader be as indecisive as me? What I'm sad about now is not entirely because of the hotel's reputation, but because of this incident, which caused many people to lose their jobs. I feel very guilty about it."
I asked with some confusion: "Why do so many people lose their jobs? What happened?"
An Lan paused before saying: "It was not because of this incident that the chairman got furious at the meeting, which led to the dismissal of many people related to this incident."
I finally understood. She was so kind.
It is true that if a business person is too kind, there will often be no good results.
But just because of her kindness, I have a very special feeling towards her, and I feel that she is different from many others.
I finally understood why she was depressed, and it was also because she knew that her personality was not suitable for business.
In my silence, An Lan suddenly stood up, patted the dust on his pants, and said: "Forget it, don't think about these things anymore, just come with me for a walk! Why not go to the night market street where we went last time?"
Sample?"
"Let's go." I also stood up and walked to the shore with her.
…
Today's night market is not as lively as that day, probably because it is not a weekend and it is still early.
There were no trap-making stalls that day, there were only some vendors selling children's toys and balloons.
An Lan's mood was not as good as last time. She was full of worries and didn't say a word along the way.
I was at an old man pushing a bicycle. I spent ten yuan to buy a balloon with flashing lights and brought it to An Lan.
"Here, I'll give this to you. Don't be unhappy. Look at how beautiful this balloon is."