captured by your prey

Xie Xiyuan put the pen on the tip of his nose, trying to keep it balanced so as not to drop it, it was really boring.

I heard that there will be a group of people transferred from the branch recently, and other people in the office are talking about this matter. Xie Xiyuan is not interested in these matters, so he will hardly participate in the discussion.For her, sitting here even in a daze is a pleasure.Of course, it would be a different matter if someone was lying at her desk and actively chatting with her.

"Xiaoyuan, which dress do you think I look good on?" The other party took out his mobile phone and showed Xie Xiyuan several photos, and it was difficult to decide which one to choose.It looks like the clothes I fancy when I was shopping outside on the weekend, and I took pictures when I tried them on. The people sitting in this office don't have a high salary, so it's impossible to buy whatever you want.

"You like them all, don't you?"

"Yes, all of them are beautiful."

Xie Xiyuan looked back and forth carefully, then frowned slightly and thought for a while, then said: "This red print is very suitable for your usual style, and it looks good with the skirt you are wearing now. But the latter one can match There are a lot of accessories, do you know the commercial street opposite the company, there is a small shop that sells accessories over there."

"I saw it last time!"

"It's very suitable for you." Xie Xiyuan smiled softly at her. "If you like to change little details every now and then."

The other party was about to say something, but was interrupted by the ringtone of the landline at the next table, and there was no answer after it rang for a long time. Xie Xiyuan glanced at the person sideways, and found that the other party was frantically flipping through documents with one hand and using the other hand to communicate with the phone. The customer is on the phone, and there is really no time to take care of the landline.

She got up and walked over, and signaled with gestures and eyes whether the colleague should answer for him first, and the colleague nodded.

In fact, Xie Xiyuan just wanted to find something to interrupt the chat with that person just now, and she would always be bored to maintain a considerate appearance in the store at night, and she would try to avoid talking to others during the day chat.

"Take the financial statement I told you to sort out yesterday, and come to the conference room on the tenth floor now!" She answered the phone, and the voice of the person on the other end was a little impatient.

Hearing the other party's voice, it was the department manager who had just been promoted recently. It seemed that this document was just needed for the meeting, and he was a little anxious, so Xie Xiyuan simply agreed.

"Hurry up!"

Before the other party hung up the phone, he added a sentence with an emphasis.

After taking the document with her colleagues, Xie Xiyuan went to the other side of the meeting room. In the elevator, she adjusted her attire. It didn't feel good to enter the meeting room with improper attire.

There were seven or eight people in the conference hall. She opened the door and walked in. The first thing she saw was Zhou Sheng who was sitting on the side.

Xie Xiyuan gestured to them politely, and quickly sized up the people present.There were two department managers sitting next to Zhou Sheng. One of them was wearing glasses and kept looking at his watch. He was in charge of Xie Xiyuan's department. man.

The rest should be people from other companies who came to discuss the project, and she specially gave them a very apologetic smile.

Seeing that the person who came in to deliver the documents was Xie Xiyuan, Zhou Sheng was a little surprised, but he didn't show it on his face, and he didn't follow the person in charge of delivering the documents. They continued the conversation just now.And Xie Xiyuan walked around the conference table, walked up to their department manager and handed him the information.

The manager took the things, glanced at Xie Xiyuan and said, "Don't go yet, just wait by the side."

The meaning was actually very clear, it meant to call her to scold her later, Xie Xiyuan nodded, and then followed his instructions.

The content of their meeting is nothing more than some specific content of the next cooperation project. The company must explain clearly to the other party the feasibility of this project and the performance results of the initial experimental activity.Xie Xiyuan has no intention of caring about these things, anyway, her position is far away from taking care of these things.

As soon as the meeting ended, the department manager stood in front of Xie Xiyuan and began to criticize.

Xie Xiyuan was not in the conference room from the beginning, but after a few sentences, he roughly guessed it.The department manager ordered the colleague next door to her to prepare a document for the meeting, but the department manager had just taken up the position, and he didn't know the situation of everyone in the department. His luck was a bit unlucky. It just so happened that the person he was looking for was very inefficient—usually when Xie Xiyuan was in a daze with his head up, there would always be a pile of affairs on the desk of the other party—and this cooperation project was the first project of this department manager since he took office. , so he attaches great importance to his performance in front of Zhou Sheng, and he is also very concerned about whether this matter can be done.But

One of the materials has not been delivered to him for a long time, and the other party has not answered the call for a long time, so that he has been upset since the beginning of the meeting, and now he can finally spread his anger on Xie Xiyuan who sent the file .

This is part of the reason, Xie Xiyuan touched his face, and after figuring out the cause of the matter, she expressed her understanding.

On the other hand, she knew that he needed to let the other party know that he would immediately discipline the subordinate who had gone wrong before the cooperative company left, so as to appease the other party to some extent.So Xie Xiyuan didn't say much, pretending to be sorry and let the number fall. "Do you know why you stay in that small office all the time? You don't know how to do things. Who wants you in this society, who dares to want you! Do you know that you will make it difficult for yourself and me? .”

"Fortunately, they didn't get too angry this time, otherwise you can take this responsibility? You can't do well with such a little thing every day, and sitting there is a drag on the company!"

"Yes, I'm sorry, manager." Xie Xiyuan bowed slightly and kept apologizing to him.

But the other party didn't intend to stop, but wanted to continue talking at length: "If you feel that your stay in this company is so uncomfortable, you..." "Okay, let's do this first, you go back and do your work." Zhou Sheng next to him interrupted him.He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but seeing Zhou Sheng's displeased face, he just responded and quickly collected all the things on the table and headed back to his office.

Seeing that person close the door and leave, Xie Xiyuan put away his previous expression.

At this moment, when she saw Zhou Sheng beside her, she suddenly remembered that Zhou Sheng was the general manager of the company.During the daily relationship with Zhou Sheng, she seldom exchanged business affairs, so she often forgot about it.Zhou Sheng's face was indeed a little unhappy. At this time, there were only the two of them in the meeting room, so Xie Xiyuan leaned forward and tugged at her arm with some flattery.

"What happened to you?"

Zhou Sheng paused for a while, as if he was adjusting his mood or tone: "He is putting the blame on you, didn't you notice?"

"I know." Xie Xiyuan smiled.

"These things are not your fault at all. You just happened to be caught by him when you came up, and he dragged you to talk about these things indiscriminately..." Zhou Sheng's usual calm tone was rarely a little fierce: "This is very unfair, this is very unfair. fair."

"Are you worried about me—" Xie Xiyuan smiled and posted it on Zhou Sheng: "But I don't care much, after all, you also know that he wants to give the other party a face and give himself a step down. It's human nature... I mean, I don't really care that he treats me like this." She had to emphasize it again, because she knew that Zhou Sheng had encountered such a situation before, and she also knew that Zhou Sheng had always been very Be aware of such unfairness and accusations in the workplace.

Seeing that Xie Xiyuan encountered a situation similar to his own back then, he would naturally be more excited than Xie Xiyuan, and instead asked Xie Xiyuan to comfort her.

"Maybe it's because the person who really went wrong in this matter is not with me, so I don't feel anything. Do you remember the unhappy things before, huh?"

"A little bit."

"I don't really care about that."

"No, next time you have to be careful, you still have to pay attention to this kind of thing." Zhou Sheng was a little serious, she didn't understand why Xie Xiyuan was so frivolous, and the fruits of labor that should belong to her were easily deprived of it, just because of some How can you not care about the mistakes that do not exist?

From Zhou Sheng's performance, Xie Xiyuan could feel her worry to some extent. She knew the difference between Zhou Sheng and herself. Be obedient to her: "Okay, I will pay attention to it in the future, and if I can't solve it, I can still ask you, right?"

Hearing what she said, Zhou Sheng nodded in agreement.Xie Xiyuan leaned forward again: "Don't forget, you promised me to go out to dinner with me today, you are going to lecture me now, listen, I think you must have something to say, but you are not allowed to talk about it at night , well, if you want to lecture, take advantage of the present, come on—"

She opened her arms to Zhou Sheng, showing her readiness to receive ideological education.

A few days ago, Xie Xiyuan sent a text message to Zhou Sheng, inviting her to go out for dinner on Friday night, and Zhou Sheng agreed.

Originally, Xie Xiyuan had concerns about whether bringing Zhou Sheng to his shop would remind her of what happened to Lin Rui earlier, but after all, in his shop, he could order people to prepare the main course exactly as she wanted, and asked insincerely After Zhou Sheng's meaning, Zhou Sheng didn't seem to mind.

TOWN is the name of this bar.

It doesn't have a wide door like other shops to attract people. Its door is relatively narrow, only a little wider than the door of ordinary houses.There is a lamp hanging by the door, which is not a light bulb but a candle, and the furnishings inside can be seen from the glass windows on both sides.If it weren't for its popularity in the neighborhood, most people wouldn't think it was a bar, but a small restaurant with a little atmosphere.

They came over directly after work. At this time, there was no one in the bar, and it would not get busy until later.

Across the bar was a wooden shelf on which sat a large white parrot with no chain or cage.Xie Xiyuan said that the parrot belonged to the bartender here. He has been working here for a long time. He raised the parrot since he was a child. He likes to follow him. When there are few people in the bar hall, he flies from the rest room at the back. Come out, and it will go back when there are more people at night.

Zhou Sheng only thought that Xie Xiyuan was working part-time here, young people would still like such a lively and fun place, Xie Xiyuan didn't intend to say too much.

"Are you still drinking tea?"

"it is good."

Knowing her preference, Xie Xiyuan went to bring the scented tea that he had prepared before: "Try it, it may be different from what you drank before, and add other things into it."

Zhou Sheng took a sip, and just about to say something delicious, a girl of the same age as Xie Xiyuan suddenly appeared beside her, and asked her with a smile: "Is it delicious? Xiaoyuan has been arguing with me for a week looking for this." Don't tell me it's not delicious!" Zhou Sheng knew that she was Xie Xiyuan's friend, so he smiled and said, "No, it tastes good."

Xie Xiyuan didn't really want Su Su to make trouble for him, so he hurriedly pulled her away: "Go and play by yourself, if you are free, go and help Anzhi complete the survey."

Of course, Su Su is also very good at reading the atmosphere, so she just came up to say hello to the person Xie Xiyuan likes.

The two sat in the small cubicle on the back, and they chatted as usual, but this time Zhou Sheng talked about things about him a long time ago.Xie Xiyuan listened quietly, and Zhou Sheng explained more details than before.

Zhou Sheng had also encountered such a thing before. After arriving at the company here, he first met a good leader, and then gradually he was able to stop himself from worrying too much about such things, telling himself that this is very important in the workplace. normal.

Even if you always think about doing your own duty well, you will gradually find out later that other people will snatch these things that are rightfully yours.When she saw Xie Xiyuan being treated like this today, she really couldn't ignore it, but Xie Xiyuan, who was worried about her, didn't care.In the end, Zhou Sheng caught him talking all night, and he could only listen by the side, while asking Zhou Sheng to try this dish and then that dessert.

Because there are so many dishes, Xie Xiyuan deliberately asked the chef to make each portion smaller and as delicate as possible.Zhou Sheng is used to how to cook in a simple way on weekdays, and rarely spends much time on these things, and understands why Xie Xiyuan brought her here. Most of the dishes are ingredients that she likes to eat, and most of them are vegetables. Xie Xi Yuan has never touched her chopsticks, she is a picky eater, and Xie Xiyuan is unwilling to eat many things that Zhou Sheng likes to eat.

"correct……"

Finally, in a short silence, Xie Xiyuan spoke, her voice was rarely tense: "By the way,"

Of course not by the way, she has been thinking about how to say it since the afternoon, and asked Zhou Sheng to come out today, in fact, to find an opportunity to tell her.Xie Xiyuan still seemed to be smiling calmly, but his voice trembled when he said the next few words.He tried his best to keep himself in a relaxed state, but the hands on his lap under the table were already firmly clasping his knees.

"You... know I'm gay, right?"

Zhou Sheng didn't answer her, but hesitated for a while.

It was hard to see any emotion on her face, so Xie Xiyuan became more and more nervous.

"Well, I have guessed."

Although Zhou Sheng didn't think about it deliberately, maybe it was the feeling Xie Xiyuan gave people on weekdays. In short, she was not surprised when she heard this, but she didn't expect Xie Xiyuan to say it so directly, let her take a moment I don't know what to reply.

Looking at Zhou Sheng's reaction, Xie Xiyuan thought that she was disgusted by all the intimate contact between the two before, and tried to cover up his flustered mood with a smiley tone: "Don't hate me because of this !"

Zhou Sheng looked up at her, and said hastily, "I won't, don't think so."

Xie Xiyuan touched his face, Zhou Sheng still had that serious tone when he said it, which made Xie Xiyuan unable to laugh and pretend not to care, so it was her turn not knowing how to react.

"Then...you're straight, right?" Xie Xiyuan looked away from Zhou Sheng's face, and didn't know where to look for a while, so he could only scan back and forth on the table.

Say "yes", tell me you won't accept me of the same gender - Xie Xiyuan said so in his heart.

Zhou Sheng was silent for a while.

——This way I don't have to fight for small expectations anymore, just say "yes".

After a long time, she heard Zhou Sheng answer: "Yes."

The commotion in the chest just now disappeared without a trace in an instant, and was replaced by a dead silence.

Just like what Xie Xiyuan himself originally hoped, knowing that there would be no possibility of anything happening between her and her, he would no longer approach Zhou Sheng uncontrollably like before.

As she had hoped...

But still sad.

Zhou Sheng took a sip of the scented tea that Xie Xiyuan handed her just now, and then said: "...Probably."

Xie Xiyuan froze, his expression froze——huh?

Maybe?

"What is it, should it be?"

Zhou Sheng pursed his lips and thought for a while: "I... I don't think gender is a particularly important condition."

Xie Xiyuan was at a loss for words for a while, and his mind was in a mess, so he could only excuse himself to go to the bathroom and leave.

She walked into the workshop and washed her face, and she looked really out of shape in the mirror.She took a towel from behind the door and wiped her wet face. She leaned back against the wall tiredly, buried her bewildered face in the towel and wiped it desperately—what the hell am I doing? What.

It seems like she likes her more now.