cast a peach

If you ask a knowledgeable person who is the most powerful and well-established enterprise group in Jiangcheng, that person will definitely answer two words without hesitation: Tan's.

If you ask a little deeper, who is the most eye-catching senior executive of the Tan family, that person will show a little hesitation, think for a long time, then touch his chin, and say, maybe... Tan's parents and daughter Mr. Tan.

When it comes to Mr. Tan, people who speak often have complex expressions, a little jealous, a little afraid, but also a little bit of contempt and sarcasm. A few words, and finally said in a low voice, "I'm just a little lunatic with a mother but no mother." But when it comes to Tan's parents and daughters, no matter men, women or children, they will restrain their disdain and jealousy at this time, and more or less stop it. The voice of the comment unconsciously reveals a look of longing.

Tan Mingli, the daughter of the Tan family, was a stunning figure a few years ago. She was famously gentle, beautiful, and personable, so good-looking that people could hardly take their eyes off her.

The peers are more impressed by her temperament and beauty, while the older generation appreciates her character and ability more.

I heard that 11 years ago, Mr. Zhao Hongliang in the capital hosted a birthday party for his granddaughter. Tan Jingshan and Tan Mingli went there together. Zhao Hongliang, who has always been picky, admired this junior very much, and wrote it himself in front of everyone. A piece of writing was given to Tan Mingli as an encouragement, and the title was "Bright Moon and Breeze", saying that although Tan Mingli was young, he was upright and dignified, as if he was a gentleman. Since then, Tan Mingli's reputation has become better and better.

She was only 17 years old that year, not even an adult, and she was already so famous.

At that time, almost everyone was convinced that the next successor of the Tan family must be the daughter of the Tan family, but she was like a shooting star, extremely brilliant and very short-lived, extinguishing her own brilliance in a way that was so decisive that it almost self-destructed .

——After graduating from university, she went against the wishes of her parents and parents, gave up further studies, and directly got married and became a housewife. Everyone who knew the news was shocked and speechless.

As we all know, the Tan family has a strange rule that all men and women compete fairly, but if a girl gets married too early, she is automatically deemed to have given up her inheritance rights.

Tan Mingli just withdrew from the battlefield of competition. Since then, she has died down and settled down in her family. She has disappeared from the upper-level social circle in Jiangcheng, and has never heard from her again.

Apart from regret, everyone was very emotional. They didn't expect that this proud girl of heaven would be defeated by love in the end. She would rather let go of her huge family fortune and get married instead.

Some of them were curious about what kind of man could make someone like Tan Mingli willingly abandon his family and career, and went to the wedding banquet to see him, and felt that there was nothing unusual about that boy except that he was really good-looking.

Ah, if you have to say it, let me add one more, the way he looks at Tan Mingli is really affectionate, it seems that he really loves her, and the sincerity does not seem to be fake.

But—hey—the man on the sidelines didn't take it seriously, he thought that Tan Mingli's appearance, family background, character and temperament, if there was one thing, let alone Shen Qingzhou, any man could be so affectionate After looking at her, I wish I could confess her, she looks more like a big love than a big love.

So what exactly is Tan Mingli looking for in this kid?It's really puzzling.

When people are confused, they can only click their tongues and shake their heads, sighing secretly that women are really confused when they fall in love, and they are dizzy and confused.

After returning home, I still have Qi Qiran in my heart, and I want to beat and educate my daughters specially, and give them advice, don't take men too seriously, it's more important to hold money and power in your hands.

From then on, Tan Mingli was no longer a "child of someone else's family". She and Zhao Zhihua, who ran away from home for a man a few years ago and caused a lot of trouble in the city, were listed in the negative examples of educating daughters from famous families. This is another story.

Tan Mingli had been silent for six years, until she suddenly returned to the Tan family last winter, directly parachuted into the general manager of the headquarters, and fought against Uncle Tan, and then returned to the vision and discussion of everyone in Jiangcheng, which touched many minds and memories.

After all, she was the white moonlight in the hearts of many people back then.

When I saw Xiaoxueyan in November, this round of bright moon not only did not turn pearls into fish eyes because of marriage and divorce, but also did not have the haggard or sad look on her face that everyone guessed.

Standing in the crowd is still dazzling, nodding with a smile, rolling eyes, raising a glass to toast with a calm demeanor, dancing with people naturally and gently, too beautiful to be gazed upon.

Looking closely, Mr. Tan seems to be a little more beautiful than he looked at the banquet from a distance... The man couldn't help looking at Tan Mingli in a daze, until the woman smiled and knocked on the table, feeling embarrassed and self-conscious. Woke up with embarrassment, and apologized again and again.

Tan Mingli just smiled and shook his head, expressing that he didn't mind.

Strange, this woman obviously looks gentle and gentle, and she speaks softly. For some reason, she has a strange oppressive force, which makes people feel frightened and dare not despise her.

The man wiped the sweat from his brow and continued talking to her.

After talking about the business, he relaxed a lot, chatted all over the place, subconsciously complimented Tan Mingli and said:

"...However, they can't compare to the Tan family. Like the Tan family, what is that? Old money! It can't be compared with those new money that have only made a fortune in recent years..."

Tan Mingli was slightly taken aback, and then the smile on his face became colder for the first time today.She looked calmly to see if the door of her office was closed tightly.

It's okay to talk nonsense in private, how dare he talk nonsense in front of her.

She still smiled a little, but her expression and tone faded like a cloud:

"Mr. Zhang, you're joking. Our country doesn't have these things. It's just doing business casually to support the family, but you're talking foreign languages."

Only then did the man realize that he had stepped on a thunderstorm. It turned out that Tan Mingli didn't like to listen to him, so he was very embarrassed at the moment, so he said:

"Hey, that's what you said, that's what you said... look at my mouth!"

Tan Mingli just smiled lightly, and passed a step over in a timely manner, so that he would not have nothing to say.

The man finally left.

It wasn't until Tan Mingli sent him away that his expression slowly turned cold. He frowned and turned on the ventilation to let the office breathe.

Secretary Liu knocked on the door and came in with a bottle of wine in his hand, looking at her a little embarrassedly:

"Mr. Tan, look, this is given to me by Mr. Zhang who just went out... He told you to accept it. Just as I was about to return it to him, he gave it to me and ran away."

Tan Mingli looked at her, the young girl had never experienced this kind of scene, she looked a little uneasy, she shrank her neck as if she was afraid of her criticism.

She smiled noncommittally, and responded gently: "It's okay. Put it on the table."

Sometimes it's not good if you don't accept the gift.

Tan Mingli walked over, picked up the bottle of wine, looked at the label, and then sneered slightly.

It is a rare and niche brand, and the vintage is especially beautiful. I don't know where the person found out that she loves to drink, so she specially sent this bottle of wine. She must have spent a lot of thought and money.

If she spent a little bit of this pleasing thought on the project, she wouldn't be so annoying to talk to him.

Secretary Liu was still obediently waiting for her words in the office.

She has just graduated from university for half a year, and she still looks like a child, a little childish, with a roundness on her cheeks that has not faded away, and she just wears a formal dress that looks like a student uniform.

Tan Mingli looked at her, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.

She hesitated for a while, then said softly, "Xiao Liu."

Secretary Liu raised his head in response.

"Do you like... liquor?"

Tan Mingli stared at her, as if staring at another person through her young face.

Her voice is soft, with a little unknown emotion, like a gentle wind:

"Or, do you think that baijiu tastes like grown-ups?"

what……?

Secretary Liu never expected that she would ask this suddenly, and blinked her eyes in a daze, holding the folder for a long time without thinking of how to answer.

Help, she can't understand what the boss is asking.

Seeing her bewildered face, Tan Mingli suddenly realized how abrupt and strange his question was.

She laughed at herself, shook her head against her forehead, and said softly: "It's okay, don't worry, I just remembered it suddenly and asked casually."

"Go and get busy. The annual leave is coming soon. You must work a lot every day, right?"

Tan Mingli told her gently, "Don't tire yourself out, huh? Tan's benefits are pretty good."

Secretary Liu, who received the boss's kind care, was flattered, and immediately threw out the doubts just now, and said happily, "No hard work, no hard work! It's not hard work for Mr. Tan!", and left the office full of motivation. Quietly close the door.

After she left, the office suddenly became quiet. You could hear a needle drop, and only the slight vibration of the air conditioner could be heard.

A little bit of winter's light and powerless sunlight poured in from the window.

Tan Mingli sat in the silence for a long time before he sighed softly.

She was really confused... How could she suddenly lose her head and ask her secretary this question?

Is it because she misses Xiao Shui so much?

Tan Mingli propped his forehead, hesitated for a long time, and after a long time of mental construction, he dared to open the phone and click into WeChat.

She scrolled down familiarly to see the chat box with Xiaoshui.

It clearly shows that the last time I chatted with Xiao Shui was last Christmas, December 2020, 12.

Today is January 2021, 1, the Laba Festival of the lunar calendar, and nearly a month has passed.

Since Xiaoshui left the next morning on Christmas, she has never had any contact with Xiaoshui.

She neither contacted Xiao Shui, nor did Xiao Shui contact her.

A tacit understanding.

She didn't even know where Xiaoshui lived now.

Tan Mingli lowered her eyelashes, pursed her lips, and took off her phone.

Between her and Xiao Shui, she had always been able to understand each other's meaning without words, but when this kind of tacit understanding was used in... such a place, she couldn't help but feel very sore in her heart.

Maybe it was because she had never tasted the feeling of being pushed away by Xiaoshui, which made it so unbearable.

Xiao Shui never refused her before, she always stood where she was, waiting quietly, neither complaining nor wronged, so much so that she regarded partiality as normal.

Tan Mingli sat quietly for a while, looked at his watch, and when it was time to take the medicine, he took the medicine with water.

After Xiao Shui left, she felt as if she had let out a sigh of relief. She suddenly suffered from many old illnesses, often dizzy, stomach ache, and heart discomfort. She went to the hospital to take an X-ray, but the doctor couldn't tell why. She just said that she was working. She was too busy, under too much pressure, and drank too much coffee. She was asked to work and rest regularly, relax, and stop thinking too much, and prescribed some medicine and health care products for her.

She has never cared much about her body. When she was young, she wrote papers and forgot to eat and sleep, and she didn't care when she got tenosynovitis. Last year, Xiaoshui came, and she always paid attention to her diet, and spent a lot of money in the dark to take care of her body. Thoughts, she hasn't had any stomach pains for a long time, and she thought she was cured of her stomach problem, but now that the illness has come down like a mountain, she realizes how serious it is, and begins to take medicine honestly, following the doctor's advice.

But the sickness on the body can still be cured, what about the sickness in the heart?

After Xiao Shui left, she was dazed, sad and depressed, thinking about the girl all the time, but she couldn't show it at all. After all, the second uncle was still watching from the dark, and she still had a tough battle to fight, so she couldn't fall down now.

Tan Mingli pressed the center of his eyebrows wearily, and took out the calendar to look at it carefully.

Today is Laba, and there are still 22 days before the Chinese New Year.

22 days... Tan Mingli thoughtfully, picked up a pen, and gently drew a circle on "New Year's Eve".

Tan's treatment is well-known, other companies only have holidays on New Year's Eve, and they are unwilling to peel off their employees, but Tan's usually have holidays on the 24th and [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, which is very lenient.

During the Chinese New Year, a little greeting is okay, right?

Although it is unreasonable for the elders to pay New Year greetings to the younger generation, it seems to be reasonable... It can be regarded as a famous teacher.

Tan Mingli tapped the date lightly, and decided to call Xiaoshui on New Year's Eve.