You stay in my heart

Chapter fourteen

Xu Bai had a dream.

When she was fifteen years old, she went home with Xie Pingchuan. On the way, Xie Pingchuan took her hand and urged her to go faster.

"You are walking so fast," Xu Bai said in his dream. "Brother, I feel so tired."

Xie Pingchuan turned his back to her and replied, "Then you stand here, I'll go first."

This is indeed what Xie Pingchuan would say.

Xu Bai asked him, "When will you come back?"

"Do not come back," the front of the Xie Ping Chuan did not look back, the long figure gradually away, without any reason to say, "we have no need to contact."

The scene of the dream is not very clear, the passers-by face is blurred, Xie Pingchuan turned and mixed with the crowd, Xu Bai could not find him.

She began to panic and ran along the sidewalk, but her legs were weak, and as she ran, she could see nothing.

The black and white kitten she had raised many years ago, named Tangyuan, seemed to be squatting on the street to see her, with a pair of cat ears and black eyes, like glass beads.

The long street is like a brocade, the street is busy with traffic, but the lively and noisy are elsewhere, and there is only silence around Xu Bai.

Unable to find her brother, she squatted down and called her cat, "Tangyuan, come here."

Dumplings "meow" a sound, suddenly ran away.

This is not the custom of Tangyuan. Whenever Xu Bai called it, it would come running immediately and could never be further away.

However, in such a short period of time, Xie Pingchuan left her, Tang yuan also followed and ran away, Xu Bai can not think why, she walked out of her mind, want to go home to mom and dad, lane road to half, the horizon began to rain.

The rain fell on her head, and the rain suddenly became heavier, and the rain came without warning, like the damned weather in London, England - she did not dream about why she was so familiar with London.

Home was at the end of the alley, but there was no mother.

Her father was holding a little boy and hugging another shadowy woman, and the moment he saw Xu Bai, it was like meeting a stranger.

"Little girl," the father asked, "who are you looking for?"

Xu Bai folded his arms and said, "I'm not looking for anyone."

She rushed out of the yard door and let the rain pour down her head.

It was not a pleasant dream, and the old memories were revived, stirring up embarrassing memories from years ago - until the alarm clock by her bed woke her up and Xu Bai suddenly sat up in bed.

Outside the window it was bright and there were unknown birds chirping.

It's July in Beijing, the heat of summer, and the hotel is turned on. Xu Bai, wearing only a bath towel, stands in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror and combs her long hair with a wooden comb.

Xu Bai is no longer the 15-year-old girl, she just graduated from graduate school this year, successfully got a double degree.

It's different now. This time, she's really grown up.

On the day of the end of the graduate thesis, Xu Bai dragged the suitcase back to China, got off the plane into the hotel to sleep, and prepared to go to the Hengxia Group interview.

It was July, the sun was shining, and Beijing was sweltering.

Xu Bai sat in a taxi and looked out through a glass window at the city.

Tall buildings are springing up, traffic jams are like long queues, car horns are constantly audible - the city is as lively and prosperous as ever.

The taxi driver was waiting for the green light and talked to Xu Bai: "Where are you from, are you from outside Beijing?"

Xu Bai put the bag on his lap and answered aloud, "Yes, I haven't been to Beijing for a long time."

Her hair was long, curled at the ends, and the wind blew in through the window, covering just half her face.

The driver can not see her appearance, listen to the accent is Mandarin, only remember that she is going to Hengxia Group office, then continued to say: "What Hengxia Group, is an Internet company."

And a fast-growing Internet company.

It seems to have been established only a few years ago, gobbling up market share like crazy, constantly introducing new products, and having a very strong supply chain.

Xu Bai answered, "Yes, it's an Internet company."

She told the truth: "I have an interview today, and if I succeed in the interview, I can stay."

The driver encouraged, "Oh, good luck."

He thought Xu Bai was doing the Internet, writing programs, making development - in recent years, the computer industry is really hot, every year there are a group of young people, non-stop to the IT industry.

Xu Bai's major, however, is translation.

Hengxia Group began to launch translation apps for the market last year, along with the promotion of some foreign language learning software, and is still in the process of expanding the market.

So they expanded recruitment, seeking professional translators to join the current project team to refine the software design. The expansion is ambitious.

The interview was held on the third floor of the company's headquarters.

The third floor is air-conditioned, and the whole hallway is quiet.

Xu Bai wore a dress, stepped on five centimeter high heels, sat in the air conditioning outlet, raised his head to look around.

Sitting beside Xu Bai is a young man waiting for the interview together.

The man introduced himself: "Hello, miss, my name is Jiang Zhou."

Jiang Zhou is twenty-five years old and about the same age as Xu Bai.

He looks good, wearing a neat suit, a confident look, obviously prepared for the person.

"I came back from the United States," Jiang Zhou stared at Xu Bai and continued to talk, "my major is not translation, I am engaged in engineering, but I got the translation certificate."

He asked gallantly, "What about you, Miss? What school did you graduate from?"

Xu Bai reached into his pocket.

Jiang Zhou thought she was going to take what - but saw her take out a strawberry sugar.

Xu Bai tore open the candy paper as if no one was watching, and then ate the strawberry candy in this way.

"I just finished graduate school this year." Xu Bai replied.

There are many people in the waiting room who come to interview, but look at everyone is an elite appearance, no one knows who will eventually spend.

This time, after all, there are only two vacancies.

Hengxia Group is well paid, not only providing welfare security, but also full career freedom. In Beijing, where every inch of land is precious, everything is false, and only money is sincere.

More money, less work, easy transportation, that's the best job.

Jiang Zhou is sure of the work, Xu Bai also lit up the interest.

He couldn't help but ask, "Miss, do you mind if I ask... You, you have..."

As the experience of pick-up is almost zero, Jiang Zhou can only stutter: "Miss, do you have a boyfriend?"

Xu Bai heard at first, seemed to be stunned for a moment.

She smiled with sugar. "I have no intention of finding a boyfriend."

So when it comes to pick-up lines, it takes practice. Inexperienced Jiang Zhou, after getting such an answer, he felt particularly surprised.

Without thinking, he asked, "Why, you're so young and beautiful..."

Xu Bai blinked his eyes: "Aren't we here for an interview today?"

The implication is not to talk about personal matters.

Jiang Zhou understood what she meant and smiled awkwardly.

Xu Bai also stopped speaking, looking up at the front, as if waiting for the interview.

Outside the corridor came the sound of high heels trampling on the floor, the moment the wooden door opened, there was a beautiful woman wearing a gray dress, and the interviewer present said a hello.

She's fair and pretty, and she looks young.

She said: "Hello everyone, I am the deputy general manager Xia Linxi, the project leader has a temporary matter, in order not to delay everyone's time, I and the deputy leader in charge of the first group."

The door of the conference room was open, wooden tables and leather chairs lined up, and Sharinsey entered the room with a stack of papers and several interviewers.

Deputy general manager Ren Guo Liuxiang, this side of the waiting room, there is still a faint perfume smell.

Xu Bai turned his head to watch her walk away, and heard Jiang Zhou open his mouth: "The female employees of this company... Is it all like this?"

He looked at Xu Bai, and looked at Xia Linxi, suddenly full of energy.

Jiang Zhou was the first person in the first group to attend the interview, and soon after, he entered the meeting room.

And when he came out, he was so upset.

Like the crusaders on an expedition, defeated by the crescent's machete, or Hungary in the 13th century, mercilessly ravaged by the Mongols.

All in all, Jiang Zhou's expression is very decadent.

The next person to interview is Xu Bai, before Xu Bai entered the door, Jiang Zhou also reminded a sentence: "They asked me to elaborate on the learning method of foreign languages, but the way I learn English is to learn in the language environment."

He did not know Xu Bai's background, but saw her tight-lipped appearance... Maybe the school I graduated from wasn't good enough.

Inside the meeting room, Xu Bai sat down alone.

She was facing Xia Linxi, the deputy general manager, when she heard the other side say, "Miss Xu graduated from the University of Bath as an undergraduate, Oxford as a postgraduate, majoring in Chinese-English translation and English-French translation..."

Xia Linxi looked at her resume and asked gently, "Excuse me, Miss Xu, why did you choose our company?"

Why is that?

The reason is simple, because there is more money and less work, there is no need to travel, and the work content is interesting. With nothing to do, Xu Bai can continue to do his favorite translation, which is the ideal state of pursuit.

Xu Bai sat upright and answered the standard: "Because I am very interested in your company's culture, I also hope to participate in the current project team..."

The deputy leader of the project team clearly smiled: "Miss Xu hello, I am the deputy leader, can you please repeat what you just said in English and French respectively?"

Xu Bai's interview lasted for more than ten minutes, and after the interview, the deputy leader of the project team shook hands with her.

"Thank you for coming to the interview," the deputy leader told her. "We will deal with it as soon as possible and inform you of the result within three working days."

It was 2:10 p.m., and the sun was still shining outside the window.

Xu Bai said goodbye to the interviewer, walked out of the meeting room alone, and then came to the elevator door.

Hengxia Group is not short of money, the elevator decoration is particularly exquisite, the door frame on both sides is polished, just can reflect the light and shadow.

Xu Bai's shadow was on the door frame. She looked at the reflecting spot and rubbed her face because she felt a little sleepy.

Perhaps due to good genes, her skin is still the same as that of 15 years old, as if the white rice cake, a little bit of force, can leave red marks.

In short, it is suitable for viewing from afar as well as for obscene play.

At the moment the elevator door opened, Xu Bai, carrying a leather bag in both hands, was just about to step into the elevator, but his footsteps stopped in an instant.

In the marble block of the elevator stood a man whom I had not seen for a long time.

He was wearing a tall shirt and his figure was as tall as ever.

Xu Bai was surprised for a moment, and even bent down and pinched his own leg. She was wearing black stockings that were almost torn by her nails.

And my legs hurt. I wasn't dreaming.

Xu Baifu stood up straight again and blurted out: "Thank you..."

"Mr. Xie," she called him.

Two seconds later, Xu Bai noticed his work badge, and she immediately changed her words: "Director Xie."

Director Xie looked at her for a long time.

He raised a hand, stopped above his collar, and slowly unbuttoned a shirt - Xu Bai did not look away, she could see his Adam's apple, collarbone, regular collar, dark cufflinks, no ring finger, heard him speak slowly, without emotion, and greeted her: "Long time no see, Miss Xu."

Long time no see, Miss Xu.

Xu Bai smiled silently.

In the end is not willing, in the end is difficult to smooth.