After being laid off, Mr. Lu asked me to interview at his company

The night in the city center is the most beautiful time of the city. It is prosperous and charming. The colorful neon lights decorate the high-rise buildings with brilliance, and also mark the beginning of people's nightlife after a busy day.

In private room 808 of Jinseyuan Entertainment Club.

Lu Yanqi was still wearing the suit he wore today, but he took off his coat and hung it on the hanger next to him. He was wearing a white shirt underneath. He sat on the sofa, sipping a glass of red wine slowly.

They have been in the room for 2 hours.

"I heard that you went on a blind date today, and the person is from the Hu family's overseas returnee daughter? Are you attracted to each other?" Li Ran had just finished singing a song when he thought of what happened today and dropped the microphone to gossip.

Lu Yanqi was not surprised that he knew this, it must have been his mother who told him, he said calmly: "Yes, it's not suitable for me, and it's not my type. I'm just going through the process to fulfill my parents' task."

Li Ran raised an eyebrow: "I saw her photo. She has a nice figure and a pretty face, with a curvy figure and a round back."

Lu Yanqi raised his eyes and glared at him, too lazy to pay attention to him.

Li Ran looked proud, luckily he was not the one forced to go on a blind date.

Jiang Mingrui, who was standing beside him, saw Li Ran's expression and threw the microphone to him: "Yan Qi didn't succeed in the blind date. You seem very happy?"

Li Ran raised his eyebrows: "Hearing you say that, it seems a bit true. If I were the only one single, my mother would have to arrange blind dates for me every day. I still want to be free and easy for a few more years, and don't want to be restricted by a partner so soon."

Jiang Mingrui picked up the magazine beside him and threw it at him, "Stop showing off. It's a pity that the boss is on night shift and can't come tonight, otherwise I would teach you about the happiness of being restrained by someone."

Lu Yanqi put the red wine in his hand back on the table and turned to Li Ran: "It seems I have to make a phone call and tell Auntie what you said."

"No, no, I was wrong. It's not like our destiny has arrived yet. There's no point in worrying." How could he let his mother know that he hadn't wanted to find a partner in the past few years?

Lu Yanqi knew that he was scared, so he waved to him, "Go get a bottle of your treasured wine."

"Brother, I just drank red wine. Don't you know it's not good to mix it with other drinks?"

"Don't talk too much, just go, I just need to drink less."

Okay, you’re the boss, you have the final say. Li Ran resigned himself to going out to get the wine.

"Is the team not busy lately?" Lu Yanqi handed a cigarette to Jiang Mingrui and took one himself. He hadn't smoked for a long time, but he suddenly felt the urge to smoke tonight.

Jiang Mingrui took the cigarette, the lighter made a "hiss" sound, and then a wisp of white smoke came out of his mouth.

"Fortunately, compared with the previous cases, there haven't been any major cases recently." If there is an urgent or major case in their criminal investigation team, they basically work overtime day and night.

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a call from his colleague Xiao Li, who said that there were new clues in the case and asked him to go to the scene for guidance.

"Okay, I'll be there right away!" Jiang Mingrui put the cigarette butt in the ashtray, picked up the coat beside him and stood up, then said to Lu Yanqi, "Something happened in the team, I have to go, tell Li Ran later."

Lu Yanqi: "Okay, be careful."

Jiang Mingrui nodded and left quickly.

Li Ran came back with the wine and saw Lu Yanqi alone in the private room, holding his coat and preparing to leave. He looked confused and asked, "Where is Mr. Jiang?"

"There was something going on in the team, so he left first. I'm leaving too. Save this wine for next time." Lu Yanqi patted his shoulder and walked towards the door.

Li Ran was still stunned. When he reacted, Lu Yanqi was gone. "Damn! Where's the drink we agreed on?!"

*

It was already 11 o'clock in the evening when Lu Yanqi returned to Huancui Pavilion Villa. He didn't often come back here to sleep. Usually he would sleep in the company's lounge when he was busy with work. There were hourly workers here to clean the villa every day, so it was very clean and tidy.

He felt a little dizzy because of drinking, so he leaned on the sofa in the living room on the first floor to rest. Jiang Mingrui's words rang in his mind: It's a pity that the boss is on night shift and can't come tonight, otherwise I would tell you about the happiness of being restrained by someone.

The taste of happiness? At this moment, Lu Yanqi suddenly felt that it was not bad to have someone to restrain him. For example, tonight, he was alone in the luxurious villa. If there was someone to accompany him, remind him to drink less in the future, and someone to leave a light on for him and give him a bowl of sobering soup when he returned home, it should also be a kind of warm happiness.

Lu Yanqi's thoughts were wandering when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He frowned when he saw the incoming call interface, sat up and pressed the answer button.

"Son, my sister said you don't like her niece, but Miss Hu is quite satisfied with you. Why don't you even give her a chance to try?"

Lu Yanqi didn't want to tell his mother what the girl said.

"Mom, this kind of thing requires good rapport. She may be a good person, but she's not my type. It's late, you should go to bed early."

"Okay, I won't force you, but you're not a child anymore, and the company is developing steadily now. It's not as busy as it was in the past few years. You have to consider your own major life events."

"Mom, don't worry, if I meet someone I like, I will consider it."

After Lu Yanqi hung up the phone, he leaned back on the sofa. Only a dim yellow light was on in the living room. The moonlight outside the window fell on the branches, and when the breeze blew, the branches swayed quietly.

On such a quiet night, coupled with a call from his mother, Lu Yanqi suddenly felt lonely. His mind involuntarily thought of Lin Qing's delicate face and her slim figure in a beige dress today.

When he thought of her in the dead of night, Lu Yanqi felt that he was a little abnormal, and an indescribable feeling spread in his heart.

*

At this time on the other side, Zuizhuyuan Community.

Lin Qing in the living room was still sitting at the computer, concentrating on drawing cartoon characters. She hadn't updated for several days, and the income was getting less and less. She would report to the new company the day after tomorrow. There would definitely be a lot of things to learn as a new employee, so she decided to make several works tonight and save them for update next week.

Lin Qing has a characteristic, which is that he needs to be in a quiet environment to write inspirational copy that resonates with the audience.

Perhaps because of what happened in the restaurant today, Lin Qing was inspired and wrote a paragraph very smoothly:

When you are young, you can easily fall in love with someone.

When you are mature, you can let go of someone rationally.

But why is it so difficult to let go of someone?

I'm clearly ready, I won't bother you anymore.

But your eyes, your greetings,

Those emotions that are sealed in the heart,

Still popping up like bamboo shoots after rain.

No matter how I remind myself,

You're always on my mind.

Just like this moment in the dead of night,

I still really want to see you.

Follow bloggers who tell emotional stories every day.

Just to find one that is a true portrayal of my story.

Finally I understand that what can heal me is

There is no choice but to say goodbye.

The mountains are high and the road is long, everyone is moving forward,

I hope everyone can find someone who is close to their soul and spend their life with them...

Although it was already 1 a.m. when he finished writing, Lin Qing was not sleepy. He copied the text into the editing software, did the dubbing himself, and used the script to synchronize the mouth shape of the animated character. Finally, a short video that he felt was perfect was completed.

Export and publish to a self-media platform.

After a while, the system prompted "Published successfully". Lin Qing refreshed the list of works and saw that there was a like. Her typing speed was really fast. It turned out that she was not the only night owl.

Every time Lin Qing releases a work, he will click play once to make sure there is no problem with the video.

Lin Qing turned off the computer, stood up and stretched, drank a glass of water and went into the bedroom, opened the air-conditioned quilt and lay down. There was only a bedside lamp with soft light in the bedroom, which blended with the moonlight coming in from the window. The quiet environment gave people a feeling of relaxation and security.

I reached out and grabbed the pillow and held it under my chin, hoping to fall asleep quickly. But after about 10 minutes, I still couldn't fall asleep. I thought about the copy I wrote tonight. Was the sense of substitution too strong?

Lin Qing looked at the ceiling, and what happened in the restaurant today came to her mind again. She pulled the quilt over her head in annoyance, revealing a pair of feet at the end of the bed. She kicked the bed a few times with her two feet.

He is an excellent person. She can appreciate him, take him as a role model and motivation for learning, and make herself better and better. She should not worry about mediocrity anymore.

"Yes, that's it, let's go to sleep!" Lin Qing muttered to himself, then wrapped himself in the quilt and fell asleep on his side.