Chapter 175: Hope, in the future
After getting up, they had dinner with Mi Cai in a fast food restaurant outside the community. Then the two of them sat on the electric trojan outside the convenience store while swaying while discussing the matter of returning to Xuzhou for the New Year.
"Zhaoyang, let's go to the mall to buy some gifts later. This time we can't go to your house empty-handed anymore."
The Trojan horse that Mi Cai was riding stopped moving. I stuffed her another coin before saying, "No, our family doesn't value these."
"No, you must go with me later." Mi Cai said persistently.
"Okay, okay, go together, go immediately."
Mi Cai smiled then. A bunch of noon sunlight fell on her black hair, fluttering in the wind. I was a little lost and thought: How great would it be if this woman could become my wife in the future!
The phone ringtone rang again in the absence of my mind. I took out my phone from my pocket. These days, because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are a lot of information and I sent it.
"Zhaoyang, what are you doing?"
"Ride an electric Trojan to play..."
cc replied with a sweaty expression: "Do you still have the mood to play? I heard from Mi'er that she would go to Xuzhou with you on the first day of the New Year."
"It's something."
"What should I do if Le Dawang? You won't throw her in Suzhou, do you?"
cc's questions hit my worries, and I suddenly lost the interest in playing. I got off the Trojan horse, sat on the bench in front of the convenience store, lit a cigarette, but I didn't know how to solve this problem.
Reply to the message: "What should I do if you say I should do? Why don't you give me some advice?"
cc seemed to be thinking about some tricks for me, and after a while, he replied to the message: "I will call the big guy later to see if she wants to go back to Beijing."
"Okay, after you talk to her, you will contact me."
"Um."
...
After a while, Mi Cai drove me to the mall. In the result of the communication with Le Yao, I didn't say a few words to Mi Cai along the way.
"Zhaoyang, do you have any thoughts?"
"No."
In order to show that I had no intention, I began to look at Mi Cai, and finally freeze my eyes on her clothes and asked, "Your coat is a new model released by Chanel this quarter, right?"
Mi Cai smiled and asked, "Yeah, is it good?"
"It's good to look good..."
"You keep talking."
"You must have a lot of daily expenses?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"Just ask, I'm a little curious about the lives of people like you."
"Can you not answer?"
Before I could express my opinion, the ringtone of my cell phone suddenly rang. She should have communicated with Le Yao after calling.
I took out my cell phone from my pocket, but was surprised that the call was called by Le Yao.
I answered the phone and Le Yao heard a very relaxed voice from the other end: "Zhaoyang, uh...I called to tell you...I went to Lijiang in the afternoon."
"What's wrong?"
"I suddenly wanted to relax."
In fact, I already understood that the reason she wanted to go to Lijiang was to help Mi Cai and me. I was silent for a long time before I asked, "What did you say to you?"
"It has nothing to do with CC. Even if she doesn't call me, I have decided to go to Lijiang for a walk. It's just that you have to worry about the activities on the New Year's Eve of the bar."
"It's okay, but... Is there anyone with you when you go to Lijiang?"
"Why do you have to be with me? Don't you feel that traveling alone is more free and enjoying that ease?"
I felt a little confused and didn't want to imagine her celebrating the New Year alone in the ancient town of Lijiang. Although she repeatedly concealed it, during that New Year, just sitting alone in the dusk of the ancient town drinking tea must be lonely and lost.
"Zhaoyang, I'm going to pack my luggage, I won't talk about it for now!"
"Wait...or you and I... go back..."
Le Yao interrupted me with a smile: "No, just stay with Mi Cai... As a friend who is intimate, I really hope that you can find your own happiness, and I really hope that she will be the woman who makes you happy and happy in the future... Well, I really have to collect my luggage... I wish you and Mi Cai a happy new year!"
"Thank you, happy New Year."
"Um."
The "Dudu" hung up sound came from the phone, but the only word "Hmm" made me unable to tell what she was feeling when I hung up the phone. I could only wish her a happy trip to Lijiang.
...
After the conversation with Le Yao, I can't remember what topic I had just talked about with Mi Cai, so I fell into silence again.
After a short while, Mi Cai asked me: "Does Leyao go to Lijiang?"
"Yes, she said she went to relax... It's pretty good. During the Chinese New Year, the weather in Lijiang is good."
"Actually, I'm very reluctant to leave?"
"Am I?"
"Yes, it's you Zhaoyang."
"It's not just about going to Lijiang, it's not like going to the mountain of swords and seas of fire."
Mi Cai did not answer the conversation anymore and focused on driving again.
We arrived at the city center after a while, but Micai drove the car to the parking lot of Polygon.
I asked in confusion: "Don't you go to your Zhuomei shopping?"
"Go to Poly." Mi Cai said as she untied her seat belt, then picked up her handbag and got out of the car, and I got out with her.
The two of them soon entered Polygon Department Store with the crowded crowd. I felt a little sad. I have never come back since I left Polygon Department Store, but after all, it was the place I worked for several years, and I even knew the floors and areas of each shop here.
While getting on the elevator, Mi Cai finally said to me: "Zhaoyang, do you know why I want to go to Poly shopping?"
I shook my head.
"I believe you are familiar with every shop here, so we don't have to spend time looking for anything we want to buy."
"Are you unfamiliar with Zhuomei?"
"I can only remember a small part of it. I rarely deal with merchants in the mall, but you do different projects."
I nodded, Mi Cai said it well. In the past few years at Poly, I have been communicating with merchants almost every day.
Mi Cai asked me again: "Zhaoyang, do you have any feelings for the job of shopping mall planning?"
I didn't answer Mi Cai immediately, but looked around and actually had feelings, at least a serious job. Finally, I nodded and said, "Yes, I'm often excited about having a good idea of planning."
"Well, I have talked to you with Mr. Chen Jingming. He appreciates your creative ability very much. Although he is a little casual, it is still worth cultivating."
I smiled and replied, "So that's how Manager Chen evaluates me!"
"Yes...I remember you said that after the bar is on track, you will make other plans. I believe that the fifth season will be on track soon. Should you also consider your future?"
Only then did I understand why Micai came to Polytechnic for shopping, and the purpose was to make me feel moved.
Sure enough, Mi Cai said to me again: "I hope, in the future, you can come to Zhuomei."
"Hope, future", these four words seem a bit wonderful at this moment, because Le Yao just told me, are these two women looking forward to my future?
Le Yao looks forward to my emotional success, and Micai looks forward to my breakthrough in work.
After a while of silence, I finally asked Mi Cai: "Why are you repeatedly mentioning the work of Zhuomei to me?"
Mi Cai replied without any hesitation: "Trust, because of trust, do you understand the meaning of these two words?"
Of course I understand why Micai trusts me, and better understand how much she needs such trust in this intriguing shopping mall, but it is still difficult for me to decide to work at Zhuomei, just as it is difficult for me to confess my love to her.
In the silence between the two, a group of people walked towards us. It was Yang Huaqing, the CEO of Polygon Department Store. I looked at Mi Cai and was a little curious about whether the CEOs of these two top-end department stores in Suzhou knew each other, so I pushed her and said, "I saw that there were no people on the opposite side. The one who walked in front was Yang Huaqing, the general manager of Polygon Department Store."
Chapter completed!