Chapter 8 Smile

Everyone present was smart. When they saw Chen Su's attitude, they immediately knew what was going on.

Ji Lin was angry because of the drawings early in the morning. Now his people made such a mess for him, and he was so angry that he almost cursed on the spot.

 But after all, he was from his department, so no matter what happened, he had to deal with the consequences.

"Mr. Gu, now the matter is clear and it has nothing to do with Lin Zhi. There are loopholes in the management of my department and it really needs to be rectified."

He had said this, so Gu Qingbei would naturally give him this face, so he didn't say anything more.

After Ji Lin left with Chen Su in an angry voice, Lin Zhi and Gu Qingbei were the only two people left in the office.

Lin Zhi was still moved by his willingness to believe her just now. She sniffed and whispered, "Mr. Gu, thank you for your willingness to believe me just now."

Her voice was thin and her long eyelashes trembled slightly. Although she didn't shed any tears, it was more interesting than crying at this moment.

Gu Qingbei sighed inwardly. The child was indeed lovable, but he didn't know how to fight for himself. Such a character will suffer.

"Whether I want to believe you or not actually doesn't matter. What matters is yourself. You must learn to safeguard your own interests and not back down at critical moments. Do you understand?"

 Lin Zhi nodded.

After coming out of Gu Qingbei's office, she didn't recover for a while.

Today she really saw the struggle in the office. Fortunately, because of Gu Qingbei, she was not wronged.

 But what if he is not here? What should she do next time something like this happens again?

Lin Zhi was a little annoyed. She naturally knew that she was too soft-tempered and sometimes easily suffered losses. Didn't Chen Su understand this and dare to frame her unscrupulously?

But after all, it has been formed over time, and if you want to change it, it cannot be solved in a short while.

Because Chen Su's affairs were delayed in the morning, Lin Zhi still had many unfinished emails until get off work.

 But these are all tasks that must be completed today...

Lin Zhi stood up and took a cup of coffee, took a short rest, and quickly got back to work.

When she looked away from the computer again, it was almost eight o'clock. The night was shrouded outside the window, and the already gloomy sky became even darker now.

 "Click——"

A muffled thunder, accompanied by bright and dazzling lightning, exploded outside the window. Lin Zhi was so frightened that her right hand holding the mouse stopped unconsciously.

After a while, she stood up and came to the window. She pushed the plastic steel hanging window of the office out a small gap. A strong wind immediately rolled in along the gap, mixed with raindrops, and the documents on the table that had not been sorted out were scattered all over the floor. .

Lin Zhi quickly closed the window and put away the documents scattered on the floor. Then she realized that if she didn't get off work by now, she would be caught in the rain.

She finished today's work as quickly as possible, turned off the computer, packed her things, and finished it in one go. When she ran into the elevator, she found that it had only taken five minutes.

Originally, Lin Zhi thought that as long as she was fast enough, she could still enter the subway before the heavy rain came.

But she didn't know whether she overestimated her speed or the rain was too fierce. Halfway through the journey, the small raindrops that originally fell on the umbrella suddenly became extremely urgent and hit her with a crackle. top of head.

The force was a little different from the usual heavy rains. Lin Zhi stretched out her hand along the edge of the umbrella to try it. A small, shiny, icy, round ice ball fell into her palm in an instant. It turned out to be hail!

 The noise around him became more and more obvious, and his vision began to become blurry.

It's not the rush hour for getting off work, and fortunately there aren't many pedestrians on the road. Lin Zhi stopped and looked around. There was a bus stop about seven or eight meters in front of her to the right. She could go there and hide for a while.

If she continued to rush forward under such heavy hail, she doubted that she would be able to reach the subway station. She would be knocked unconscious by the shiny gadget first.

There were several other people at the stop sign, and they were obviously trapped by the sudden hail. They looked down at their phones from time to time, feeling very anxious.

Lin Zhi seemed to be affected as well. After trying to hail a cab several times without success, she gradually became a little anxious and complained to Xia Xiyue on WeChat.

Suddenly, a black SUV stopped in front of her. The car was going very fast, and the cold wind it brought hit Lin Zhi's face, and her hair was messed up. Lin Zhi raised her hand to rub it, frowned and moved a few steps to the side.

But the car in front of her seemed to have no intention of leaving. Just as Lin Zhi was about to get further away, suddenly the window on the side of the SUV facing her fell down, and a familiar side face came into view...

 Gu Qingbei!

 Why is he here? !

 Lin Zhi was stunned for a moment, with a dull expression on his face, not knowing how to react.

 But the person in the car spoke first: "Where are you going? I'll take you there."

Gu Qingbei tilted her head slightly and looked out the window. Just now he noticed from a distance that the child was standing alone in the wind, shivering.

In fact, he was not a sympathetic person, let alone a boss who would be interested in the private lives of his employees, so when he first noticed Lin Zhi, he ignored her without any hesitation.

But as the figure in the rearview mirror got further and further away, he felt more and more uneasy and faintly worried.

After all, it was because of overtime at work that she got off work so late, so it was still because of him.

Gu Qingbei found a reasonably suitable reason for himself in his heart. He seemed to be convinced by himself. The car circled the surrounding streets twice and finally returned to the original place.

"No need, Mr. Gu, I'll just wait a moment." Lin Zhi came back to his senses, and was a little embarrassed besides the surprise. Why was it that every time he met him, he was always when he was in the most embarrassing situation.

 She tightened her fingers on the umbrella ribs and stepped back a little.

"Get in the car, you can't park here." Gu Qingbei frowned unconsciously, and he sighed inwardly, feeling more helpless.

 Why are children so scared every time they see him? Is he too fierce?

As soon as he heard the words "no parking", Lin Zhi was afraid of causing more trouble to him, so he didn't care much. He immediately opened the car door and got into the passenger seat.

As soon as I got in the car, a warm feeling hit my face, which was in sharp contrast to the cold and wet rain outside. Along with it came the refreshing woody aroma of Gu Qingbei's body.

She didn't dare to move after fastening her seat belt, and her voice was softer than usual: "Mr. Gu, I'm sorry to trouble you so much. Just take me to a nearby subway station."

Gu Qingbei didn't answer, but asked another question: "Is the temperature suitable? Does it need to be raised a little higher?"

 "No, it's appropriate. Thank you."

 After he finished speaking, there was a silence in the car.

A small space can easily amplify people's emotions. Lin Zhi felt uneasy and could only hold on to the seat belt tightly to maintain a superficial calm.

For a long time, just when she thought the two of them were going to be silent all the way to the subway station, Gu Qingbei suddenly spoke again.

 "Are you always like this?"

Lin Zhi was immersed in her own world and didn't understand what he meant. She blinked her big eyes and said "ah" unconsciously.

Gu Qingbei glanced sideways at her and repeated, "Are you always so polite when dealing with other people?"

 polite?

 how? Was she polite to him?

Isn't it normal to be polite? He is her boss, so he has some rules.

Lin Zhi pursed her lips, and unconsciously tugged at the thread at the corner of her clothes with her fingers: "I haven't heard many people say that I am polite, but I still have some politeness. Growing up, many people have praised me for being polite. "

What a child, and a very well-behaved child. Even the casual questions were answered so seriously.

The corners of Gu Qingbei's lips twitched. She wanted to smile at the moment, but she felt a little abrupt and suppressed the smile for fear of scaring her.

The smile on his lips disappeared, but it ran out of his eyes. Coincidentally making a right turn, Gu Qingbei looked sideways to the right. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhi happened to look over as well, and their eyes immediately collided.

Lin Zhi originally wanted to ask him why he didn't put her down at the subway station just now, but when she saw the smile in his eyes, she was stunned, and her original question was shelved.

If she had always felt that the current Gu Qingbei was a little different from the previous one, then his smile just now completely put her at ease.

The same eyebrows, the same sparkling brilliance, the same boy he looked like thirteen years ago in her memory.

Lin Zhi had been staring at Gu Qingbei for a long time without knowing it. She didn't realize that something was wrong, but the person involved did.

"Is there something on my face? You've been staring at me." Gu Qingbei spoke, as coldly as ever, and the smile just now seemed to be just an illusion.

"No, no," Lin Zhi reacted and remembered what she had just said, "Mr. Gu, I remember there is a subway station in front of me. Just put me there."

Gu Qingbei did not agree directly. Although the hail had stopped outside, it was still raining: "I will take you home directly. You tell me the address."

"No, no need." Lin Zhi refused quickly. She didn't have the guts to ask him to take her home, and she didn't dare to trouble him so much.

"It's just in front of the subway station. It's not far from my home. It's very convenient to go back."

Gu Qingbei didn't insist anymore and acquiesced to her plan. Maybe the child has a boyfriend, and she doesn't want her boyfriend to send her back when he sees someone else of the opposite sex? Or maybe the child feels that there is a generation gap with him, that he has nothing to say in the same space, and that he cannot stay there for a second?

 Gu Qingbei chuckled, exerting force on her feet, and the car stopped next to the subway station.

Lin Zhi thanked him again and again before getting out of the car and leaving. Having already sat on the subway, she was still immersed in Gu Qingbei's smile just now.

 He looks really good when he smiles. It would be great if I could always see him in the future.

So after arriving home, Xia Xiyue looked at the smile on her face and didn't react for a long time: "Zhizhi, are you stunned by the hail? You worked overtime, got caught in the rain, and got home so late, how can you still do it?" So happy?"

Lin Zhi took a sip of the ginger soup Xia Xiyue had cooked for her, smiling and saying, "I'm happy."

 "What makes you so happy? Did you win the lottery? Or did you get a salary increase?"

 Lin Zhi laughed at her: "Why do you only think about money?"

Xia Xiyue: "Besides money, I really can't think of anything else that would make migrant workers so happy?"

At the end, Xia Xiyue paused, as if she suddenly realized something, and her voice suddenly rose: "Zhizhi, could it be possible that your plan to chase your husband has been successful? Damn it, you were so quick, you didn't notice it!"

 "Cough cough cough-"

Lin Zhi almost choked on the mouthful of ginger soup she just swallowed: "No, no, what are you thinking?"

 "What else can happen?"

 "He took me to the subway station today." Lin Zhi answered truthfully.

"Okay, Zhizhi. I heard you say before that he didn't recognize you, and I was worried that you were in a bad mood. Now I've started to send you off, and it's going pretty fast."

Lin Zhi shook his head: "It's because there was hail today and I was trapped at the bus stop. Maybe he saw me as too miserable."

Lin Zhi hopes that they can develop, but she knows better than anyone else that that is impossible. He is so good, and only those who are equally good can be worthy of him.