Yan Yuan drove her own car to work without getting Zhang Ling's answer.
Zhang Ling wondered if Yan Yuan had forgiven her for injuring Chen Jian and being hospitalized because of her words.
With Yan Yuan's character, she wouldn't worry about him falling into trouble.
Now she is looking forward to Li Xiang's curious and surprised eyes when she attends her grandma's birthday party in the evening.
This scene is interesting just thinking about it in my mind.
At an intersection near the company building, Zhang Ling was waiting for the traffic light.
She accidentally saw Xiao Jin and a man wearing a peaked cap sitting at a glass window not far away, having breakfast together in an intimate manner.
The man looks familiar from the back, would you like to further confirm who he is?
Finally, the man got the opportunity to stand up and leave hand in hand with Xiao Jin.
The light turned green, and the cars waiting behind started honking their horns eagerly.
Zhang Ling could only drive away quickly.
Although she couldn't see the man's face clearly, she could tell from his body shape and behavior that he was probably Zhang Yu.
Xiao Jin is known to hate the mistress in the company.
What puzzled her was how could Xiao Jin appear with Zhang Yu acting ambiguously?
She clearly remembered that Zhang Yu brought his wife to the class reunion.
That Zhang Yu's wife is obviously not the same person as Xiao Jin.
However, these are no longer important to her now.
Because after Zhang Ling was promoted to vice president of the group, her office moved to the group building in another block. She no longer works in the same place as Xiao Jin.
She met the group's HR manager Ming in front of the office building.
"Good morning, Vice President Zhang! What a coincidence, I meet you here." He deliberately stood in front of Zhang Ling and said.
"Good morning!" Zhang Ling looked at the panting Manager Ming, guessing that this was definitely not a normal encounter, so she put on a professional smile and continued, "It turns out to be Senior Ming. What do you want me to do with Zhang?"
Manager Ming waved his hand with a somewhat humble smile and said:
"Don't dare to give orders, Vice President Zhang is now a popular figure in the group."
"Senior's words are serious. I just want to serve the group wholeheartedly. Is there anything to say about whether I am popular or not? If I do something wrong in the future, I hope my senior will not hesitate to teach me."
Zhang Ling could hear that Manager Ming was resentful.
The reason is that during the regular meeting last Friday, she mentioned that the secretary who proposed personnel allocation had no work experience at all.
As a result, her work efficiency dropped by 30% compared to before.
The general manager of the group was furious about this. He especially criticized the personnel department and ordered the personnel department to replace Zhang Ling with an experienced secretary by next Monday.
Otherwise, Manager Ming will be ordered to pack up and get out.
Manager Ming said: "I came here just to inform Vice President Zhang in advance that the capable secretary assigned to you by the group will be on duty today."
"Okay, senior Lao Ming has taken the trouble." Zhang Ling did not expect that Manager Ming's work efficiency was quite high.
Because Zhang Ling raised the issue from the first day she took office that the secretary around her was not suitable. She communicated with Manager Ming many times to find a more capable one, but to no avail.
Later she heard that this manager Ming was famous for being perfunctory and procrastinating in doing things in the group.
She had no choice but to specifically bring up the secretarial matter at the regular meeting held by the general manager.
Manager Ming waved his hands with a bit of shame and said: "I have caused inconvenience to your work before, and I ask for your understanding, Vice President Zhang."
She saw it.
Manager Ming deliberately picked this time to block her in order to ask for forgiveness.
Because she had heard that Manager Ming was famous for being thick-skinned.
I once secretly hid prizes from a group’s annual meeting. After I was caught, I calmly put down the prizes and pretended to have lost my memory and left;
He often talks to his female subordinates in the office, but becomes angry when he is rejected by her loyal female subordinates. He fires her female subordinates for misconduct...
Zhang Ling didn't want to have any unbelievable topics with such a bottomless person, so she could only say with a smile:
"Understand, understand!"
Manager Ming then moved out of the way, stood beside Zhang Ling and said with a smile:
"It's getting late. Vice President Zhang, let's go in together."
"Okay." Zhang Ling breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the group gate together.
She was indeed right.
As expected, this old guy was determined not to let Zhang Ling in without "understanding".
Later, while waiting for the elevator with Manager Ming, Zhang Ling unexpectedly learned that her new secretary was Xiao Jin.
Manager Ming said with envy:
"Vice President Zhang seems to be very popular no matter where he works. When Xiao Jin heard that I wanted to be your secretary, he decided to come over regardless of his seniority."
Zhang Ling, who was already a little surprised, felt a little moved in her heart.
Xiao Jin looks innocent, approachable, and has good business skills. The most important thing is that he knows her habits and can cooperate with her work very tacitly.
To be honest, just as a work partner, she quite likes Xiao Jin.
However, after the last incident of being adopted in the company, she felt that Xiao Jin was not as innocent as he seemed.
time flies!
After Xiao Jin took up the job, she completely put herself into an immersive working state.
If Xiao Jin hadn't kindly reminded her before leaving get off work, she almost forgot to attend her grandma's birthday party.
The orphanage where Xiaodouzi is located.
Xiaodouzi, who had just come back from school, was excitedly getting ready to eat when he accidentally bumped into Li Xiang's arms while running.
"Dad, why are you here?" Xiaodouzi looked up at Li Xiang in confusion.
Li Xiang smiled and said, "Of course dad misses you."
"Oh, is it so?"
Xiaodouzi, who had long learned to watch people's emotions, had a calm expression when she heard this sentence, because she could not feel Li Xiang's so-called longing.
Instead, her intuition told her that Li Xiang's arrival was probably because of Zhang Ling.
Li Xiang said a little strangely:
"Why do you see that Xiaodouzi is not in a high mood? Is this because you encountered something unpleasant at school today?"
Xiaodouzi had an idea and found an excuse, shook his head and said:
"Because I didn't see the fireworks show at Disneyland last night."
"Oh, that's it! Then Xiaodouzi is blaming his parents." Li wanted to say.
Xiaodouzi explained: "No. Because the dean's mother said that my parents also consider my health. They don't want Xiaodouzi to get sick again because of watching the fireworks show. So Xiaodouzi can understand."
Li Xiang smiled happily and said:
"Well, not bad! Next time, dad promises to take you to see the fireworks show again."
"Why not today?" Xiaodouzi asked.
Li wanted to say: "Because dad's grandma is celebrating her birthday today. Would you like Xiaodouzi to go eat the big cake with dad? By the way, your mom will come too."
The clever Xiaodouzi could tell from Li Xiang's expression that he didn't look like it.
Because there was obvious uncertainty in Li Xiang's expression when he said, "Your mother will come."
"Really! Where is mom?" Xiaodouzi looked a little excited and looked around for Zhang Ling.
Li Xiang looked at Xiaodouzi and looked for a black line in his reaction. He thought that he had expressed it very clearly. He did not expect that the child would react like this.
"That little bean! Stop looking for it. Your mother didn't come to pick you up today. She said she would go directly to the birthday party..."
Xiaodouzi thought that if her mother really wanted to take her to the birthday party, she would come here in person to pick her up and go with her. Logically speaking, she would not let her father, whom she had only met once, come alone.
Then there is only one explanation: Mom and Dad are having a conflict over something.
Dad was planning to use her as bait to lure mom to attend the birthday party, or to look for another opportunity to try to resolve the conflict with mom.
From the bottom of her heart, Xiaodouzi doesn't want to be used as a tool.
"No! Xiaodouzi can't go."
Although I really wanted to go, because of the hurdle in my heart that I couldn't overcome, I could only refuse.
Li Xiang was surprised: "Why?"
He had never wanted to take the little girl's favorite dessert cake, and the temptation of Zhang Ling, who Xiaodouzi trusted the most and wanted to stick with him most all the time, did not get a positive answer.
What part of this went wrong? He urgently needed to figure it out.
Xiaodouzi touched his earlobe habitually and said:
"That's because Xiaodouzi just promised her mother yesterday that she would be a good student. The homework left by the teacher today has not been done yet. So I had better finish my meal in the courtyard to finish my homework quickly."
The smart little Douzi has always done his homework as much as possible during breaks.
Today, the little girl had already finished her homework at school. She just casually made up a high-sounding reason for not going.
"That's it! You should listen to your mother and be a good student."
Li Xiang felt depressed and felt that his plan to use Xiaodouzi to lure Zhang Ling, who left angrily in the morning, to his grandma's birthday party was going to go to waste.
He habitually raised his hand and rubbed his chin with the tiger's mouth, thinking about what to do?
The best plan to take Xiaodouzi to attend the birthday party fell through, so there was still a plan to have both parents meet in advance.
I just went to Zhang Ling's house and invited my father to attend.
The biggest risk of this method is that the two of them show intimacy at the birthday party.
If not, the parents of both parties may decide the wedding date on the spot.
He, Li Xiang, is not willing to marry Zhang Ling using his real identity as Li Xiang.
Of course, this approach also has another opposite risk.
That is, Zhang Ling never thought about marrying him and was forced to break up completely when he pushed her too hard.
The scene in the hospital this morning came to Li Xiang's mind, and he was sure that if he invited Zhang Ling's father to attend the birthday party, it would probably lead to their complete breakup.
He really didn't dare to take this risk.
Of course, Li Xiang also has a plan whose success rate is not very high no matter how calculated it is.
That was the plan to invite Yan Yuan to go with him.
This plan also has an unpredictable risk.
No matter whether Zhang Ling can come to grandma's birthday party in the end, because of Yan Yuan's words and deeds, grandma may misunderstand him and Li Xiang is a person with two feet.
The best plan was gone, and he did not dare to risk other plans, which made Li Xiang even more sad.
Suddenly, a rapid ringing of the phone rang.
Without looking at the caller ID carefully, I guessed it must be grandma.
He subconsciously answered the phone and said with a somewhat depressed tone:
"Mother, what are you urging me to do? I told you that my grandson is going to pick up Ling'er, and he will be there later."
"Where on earth did your bastard grandson go to pick up Lingling?"
"Where else can we go? Of course..."
"Shut up! Lingling is here now. You, the picker, haven't even shown your nose yet."
"What? Zhang Ling has already gone!" Li Xiang shouted in excitement.
…
Xiaodouzi, who was standing aside, immediately regretted what he had just said.
That’s not right!
Xiaodouzi thought that her intuition was never wrong.
What exactly happened today?
My mother went to her great-grandmother’s birthday party first, so why did her father only come to pick her up?
Xiaodouzi suddenly felt that Zhang Ling no longer loved her as much as before.
It's all because of the man in front of her who she started calling daddy yesterday.
Xiaodouzi's ill will towards Li Xiang was finally suppressed yesterday, but today it was aroused again because of this incident.
The little girl did not impulsively use the most primitive method to trouble Li Xiang like other children. Instead, after Li Xiang hung up the phone, she put on an innocent smile and rushed towards him.
"Dad, I'm going to find my mother. Please take me with you."
Li Xiang was almost fooled by the little girl's behavior.
He changed his mind within one phone call.
He looked at Xiaodouzi hesitantly and said:
"But you don't mean to listen to your mother and be a studious person. Dad can't influence your desire to be a good student."
The little guy slapped his head and said:
"Oh, Xiaodouzi just remembered that most of the homework at school has been completed. Give me the rest and I can finish it in ten minutes."
"Really!" Li Xiang looked at Xiaodouzi suspiciously.
"Really. Dad, please take me to find mommy, okay?" Xiaodouzi said coquettishly, hugging Li Xiang's thigh.
…
Li Xiang didn't know that Zhang Ling had just used a trick to make Chen Jian give up causing trouble, but instead he personally created new obstacles in his relationship with Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling drove to the appointed place according to the address.
This place is really hard to find as Li Xiang said.
She drove her car around three times before finding the entrance to the alley through her grandma's phone guidance.
There is a weeping willow with a diameter of more than one meter. Because the branches and leaves are too lush at this time, it completely blocks the entrance of the alley.
I walked through a dark alley, climbed up the old stairs, and stood at the door of a room that seemed to have experienced a big fire. At first glance, the walls in the room were all dark.
If she hadn't seen the familiar figure of an old man sitting in a wheelchair waving to her, she would have suspected that she had gone to the wrong place.
"Lingling, you're here. Come in, come in and sit down." Grandma greeted her warmly.
There is no blood on grandma's face, but if you look closely, there is still a faint cyan color.
"Grandma, I'm here." Zhang Ling walked into the room with a bright smile without much thought.
Grandma was very satisfied with Zhang Ling's natural reaction.
It can be seen from this that Zhang Ling is not the kind of girl who dislikes poverty and loves wealth.
With one hand holding Zhang Ling's straight outstretched hand, grandma's eyes filled with excited tears, while the other trembling hand stroked her cheek.
"My granddaughter-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time. You seem to have lost weight. You must have been working very hard recently. You must take a few more bites of meat to replenish your meal later."
"Yes, I will." Zhang Ling responded with a smile.
She loved the indulging feeling of chatting with her grandma.
To her this is simple happiness.
I even imagined that this state could be maintained forever.
"You must be tired after working all day. Sit down, find a place to sit down and chat with grandma." Grandma greeted politely from her wheelchair.
"good!"
Zhang Ling stood up and saw that in the environment in front of her, except for a table with four chairs, there was no other furniture.
She still moved a chair casually and sat next to her grandma without thinking too much.
Grandma looked at Zhang Ling in front of her and liked it more and more.
Because to the old man, only a woman like Zhang Ling is worthy of his eldest grandson Li Xiang.
Grandma held Zhang Ling's hand tightly with both hands and said:
"Grandma heard that you have been sponsoring a girl in the orphanage. That girl has been calling you mom. Do you plan to adopt that child after you get married in the future?"
Zhang Ling fell into a brief thought...
Because she has never thought about this problem until now.
In other words, she never thought that she would get married in the first place.
Even though I get along very well with Li Xiang now, I have never thought about it.
She knew that grandma must be worried that Xiaodouzi's existence would affect her relationship with Li Xiang in the future when she asked this.
Zhang Ling understands grandma's thoughts and has no objections.