MNL Chapter 110

Chapter 110: Conspiracy “Can I pursue you?”

Chapter 110: Conspiracy “Can I pursue you?”

Xu Jing’s return this time was sudden. Qin Xin and Xu Huaiyang, who thought they wouldn’t see their son for another half a year, couldn’t help but find it strange. When they asked, Xu Jing didn’t want to say much, so the couple didn’t press the issue.

A few days later, Xia Zhixing hurriedly returned to the United States due to Xia Wenbo’s urging. Xu Jing stayed at home all the time. When people are idle, they easily overthink. Part of the reason he chose to travel around the world before was this.

During lunch, Xu Jing’s sentence about planning to find a job in the city silenced the entire dining table.

Qin Xin and Xu Huaiyang looked at each other, wondering if they were old and having auditory hallucinations.

Xu Huaiyang confirmed again, “Son, you’re not planning to travel anymore?”

“Yeah, not for now.”

Qin Xin still felt that something was wrong and asked, “Were you not happy traveling this time?”

Xu Jing said faintly, “It was pretty good.”

It’s just that he can’t calm down now, nor does he have the interest. Traveling in this state is also a waste of time.

Xu Huaiyang asked, “Then, son, what kind of job do you want to find?”

Xu Jing thought for a while and said, “Anything is fine, as long as it gives me absolute choice and freedom.”

Xu Huaiyang laughed, “Isn’t that simple? Isn’t there a ready-made one?”

Xu Jing said directly, “Dad, I’m not interested in your company.”

Xu Huaiyang’s fantasy shattered again, and he fell silent.

Qin Xin picked up the conversation, “Your dad is just joking with you. Xiao Jing, take your time to find one. You’ll definitely find a job that suits you and that you like.”

Xu Jing hummed in agreement.

Clearly, if he didn’t run his own business, such a job would be really hard to find. Xu Jing looked at many job advertisements. Some treated employees like slaves, while others trained them like special forces. Even those with a little humanity were rare.

Xu Jing told Yan Zhe about this, and Yan Zhe immediately recalled his painful experiences from back then, sighing, “You don’t know the price of firewood and rice until you’re in charge, and you don’t know how sinister society is until you look for a job. Jing Ge, why don’t you enjoy your good life and insist on going to work?”

Xu Jing said, “Nothing to do when I’m idle.”

Yan Zhe: “…”

Over the years of starting his own business, Yan Zhe had seen many rich people, especially the second-generation rich kids of their age. Their private lives were chaotic: nightclubs, bars, KTV, luxury cars, beautiful women, playing NP. Someone like Xu Jing, who only liked traveling alone, didn’t smoke or drink, had zero social life and zero opposite-sex relationships, and whose hobby was only reading and drinking tea, and who thought of getting a job when he was bored, was definitely a clear stream among clear streams.

“Jing Ge, I really admire you.” Yan Zhe on the other end of the video call gave a thumbs up.

Xu Jing was very confused.

“Hanging up.”

That night, Xu Jing was halfway through his job search when he suddenly had the whim to re-download that Tieba forum he hadn’t looked at in ages.

Because it had been too long since he logged in, he entered his account password several times before succeeding. As a result, as soon as he logged in, it was full of random private messages from strangers: some asking him for cooking secrets, some asking about his current relationship status, and even some asking him for sex. love tips.

What is all this?

Xu Jing looked for a long time before he remembered that the post he had posted before hadn’t been deleted yet. So much time had passed, but people were still commenting below.

Memories flooded back. He hesitated for a long time between deleting and not deleting, but in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Xu Jing was a little upset. He wanted to exit, but he found a very special presence in that pile of strange private messages.

It was that unknown netizen tan90° whom he had once ridiculed for being non-mainstream.

He clicked on it, and the screen full of messages stunned him.

Xu Jing swiped the screen and found that since New Year’s Eve last year, this tan90° had been sending him good morning at seven o’clock every morning and good night at eleven o’clock in the evening.

For a full 548 days, on time every day, without missing a single one.

Xu Jing, who was originally planning to take a shower, sat back on the bed. He was really curious about who this person was and what they wanted to do.

Xu Jing glanced at the time.

22:55

After waiting for five minutes, as expected, that tan90° sent another good night message very punctually.

Xu Jing: “…”

Is this some kind of mysterious organization? Or some new type of fraud gang? Xu Jing sent a question mark.

After waiting for a while, he didn’t get a reply, Xu Jing couldn’t help but ask again.

[xxxx]: Who are you?

This time, the other party replied quickly.

[tan90°]: Hello.

[tan90°]: I’m not a bad person and have no malice.

[xxxx]: …

[tan90°]: We chatted a long time ago.

Xu Jing was a little impatient, why was this person talking nonsense?

[xxxx]: So?

[tan90°]: I want to make friends with you.

Xu Jing thought, could this be a new scam, but what scammer would be so bored, spending so much time just to get contact information?

[xxxx]: Who exactly are you?

After another five minutes, Xu Jing lost his patience and was about to turn off his phone when the other party replied again.

Xu Jing glanced at the screen, a little stunned.

[tan90°]: Just an ordinary person who wants to be friends with you.

At the moment he gave his contact information, Xu Jing didn’t know what he was thinking, as if he was possessed.

And this tan90° spoke rigorously and humorously, and had a very good sense of boundaries. They were very good at arousing people’s emotions during the chat. Xu Jing didn’t expect that he could really chat all night with a stranger of unknown identity, purpose, and truth.

The sun shone into the windowsill. Xu Jing, who hadn’t slept all night, put down his phone and stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.

All night, not only did he not get any useful information, but he also revealed a lot about his own situation.

Did he forget the psychology he learned and give it to the dog?

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A few days later, Xu Jing still hadn’t found a suitable job, and at this time, that tan90° suddenly made him an offer.

[tan90°]: A friend of mine runs a design company and is currently short of a 3D modeler. Are you interested?

[Male]: When did I say I was looking for a job?

[tan90°]: You mentioned it the night before last.

[Male]: “…”

Immediately afterwards, the other party sent over the company’s profile and the HR manager’s contact information. Xu Jing searched online and found that it was indeed a very formal listed company with a great reputation in the industry. It was located in the city center, not far from home.

Xu Jing thought about it and still went.

Originally, he didn’t have much hope, but unexpectedly, after he made those harsh requests, the manager who interviewed him agreed very readily. For this reason, Xu Jing remained very vigilant for the first half month of his tenure, fearing that something would go wrong. But over time, he found that there was indeed no problem with this company, and the work content and hours were as free as expected.

Xu Jing’s professional skills were excellent, and his ability to learn was strong. He quickly got the hang of this job. During the day, he designed and modeled at the company, and after work, he went to the gym or went straight home. He lived a disciplined life.

But even so, he repeatedly dreamed of that scene in Yunnan many nights. That tall figure in the black trench coat broke into his dreams uncontrollably, again and again.

Fortunately, compared to before, he was not so affected by these things as to disrupt his life.

Xu Jing finished the work at hand in the office and was preparing to pack up and leave when the manager, Gu Rui, walked over at this time.

“Xu Jing, I may need to take up some of your time today. There’s been a problem with this project recently. The partner said that some content needs to be changed. Let’s have dinner together tonight.”

Involving work matters, Xu Jing couldn’t refuse. There were twelve people in their design department, half men and half women. Most of them were experienced old employees, and the rest were some young people with cheerful personalities who knew how to get things done.

After the client arrived, everyone started to go through the process, flattering where they should flatter, and being polite where they should be polite. That’s how they entered the private room.

In this kind of dinner, they often talk nonsense for half an hour before getting to the point. After Xu Jing went in, he directly found the most corner seat to sit down.

“Sorry everyone, our chairman is coming tonight too. He was delayed on the road, so please wait a moment.” A chubby middle-aged man said.

Gu Rui quickly stood up and said, “President Zhou, you are too polite. Your company trusts us so much, how can we call it trouble.”

After successfully passing more than a dozen rounds of Connect-Three games, Xu Jing waited impatiently and switched the screen to open the chat box at the top of WeChat.

[Male]: .

[tan90°]: What’s wrong?

[Male]: Met a stupid person in charge who has no concept of time.

[tan90°]: Don’t worry.

Xu Jing glanced at the empty seat beside him, a few hints of impatience flashing across his face.

Five minutes later, steady footsteps came from outside the private room. As the door opened, a young man in a black suit walked in. His cold and deep face instantly attracted the attention of the audience.

“Sorry for the wait.”

Hearing the sound, Xu Jing froze for a moment and slowly raised his head.

At the moment their eyes met, his mind went blank again.

“How could it be? It’s our honor to wait for Director Shen. Come, come, everyone, stand up and toast Director Shen a glass to thank Director Shen for his trust and support for our project.” After flattering him, Gu Rui stepped forward and pulled open the empty seat beside Xu Jing, introducing, “Director Shen, this is Xu Jing, the main designer of our project. If there is anything that needs to be changed, you can contact him at any time to communicate.”

Shen Yan lowered his eyes, his deep gaze lingering on that expressionless face for a while. After sitting down, he said, “Your company is indeed full of talent.”

A sentence instantly made Gu Rui’s heart flutter.

Then they started to discuss the project, but Xu Jing was completely in a state of in one ear and out the other, not hearing a single word the whole time.

“Xu Jing, do you have any questions?”

Everyone present could see that Gu Rui appreciated Xu Jing very much, otherwise he wouldn’t keep asking this newcomer who hadn’t been with the company for long.

Xu Jing said absentmindedly, “No.”

Gu Rui said, “Then this project is temporarily settled. Director Shen, President Zhou, happy cooperation.”

After a meal, some were drunk and some were passed out. Several female colleagues were also very hardworking, drinking white wine without even blinking their eyes. Xu Jing called them a taxi, and then called a driver for Gu Rui and several other people.

Xu Jing was the kind of person who couldn’t touch a drop of alcohol, but when he was distracted just now, he didn’t know who poured wine into his glass, and he didn’t pay attention, so he drank it all in one gulp.

After seeing off the last designer, the aftereffects of the alcohol completely came on. Xu Jing began to lose control of his body. After calling a taxi, he leaned his head and sat on the bench by the side of the road, completely drunk.

Two minutes later, a car stopped in front of him and honked its horn. Xu Jing didn’t look carefully and thought it was the car he had called. He got in, dazed.

“Fengqi Road, No. 203.” After Xu Jing fastened his seat belt, he added in a hoarse voice, “Last four digits, 3306.”

The person in the driver’s seat turned his head, his silent gaze falling on that slightly flushed face.

The car started slowly.

The temperature inside the car was too high. Xu Jing leaned to the side and pressed his forehead against the car window, trying to reduce the heat on his body, but it was still to no avail.

After drinking alcohol, Xu Jing’s whole body lost some of his aloofness. The collar of the white shirt inside was unconsciously unbuttoned a few buttons, revealing his collarbone, neck, and even the tips of his ears, all flushed red with the alcohol. His eyes were lowered, his moist eyelashes obediently covering them, and he looked as soft as a cloud.

Shen Yan glanced at him a few times, retracted his gaze, and couldn’t help but turn his head again.

Then, a sudden brake awakened Xu Jing.

Xu Jing frowned and looked at the red light in front of him, thinking what kind of driver this was. With this kind of skill, he would have a car accident sooner or later.

But when he turned his head, he found that there really was a car accident.

No…

Didn’t he call a taxi? How could the driver be Shen Yan? No, how could he have gotten into Shen Yan’s car?

Xu Jing turned on his phone, but all the questions in his mind were extinguished by the words “cancel order” displayed on the screen.

If the awkward atmosphere at this moment could be materialized, he would probably already be a compressed biscuit.

Xu Jing began to pretend to be dead, but in this narrow space of a dozen square meters, even pretending to be crazy was useless.

Shen Yan said softly, “Sorry, I didn’t look at the road just now.”

Xu Jing hadn’t thought about what to reply yet when another sentence came from the side, “I was just focused on looking at you.”

“…”

His eyelids twitched repeatedly. It was clearly Chinese, but Xu Jing seemed to have lost his ability to understand and couldn’t understand this sentence.

Shen Yan parked the car by the side of the road. The hand on the steering wheel loosened and tightened again. His deep voice was extremely clear, word by word, ringing in Xu Jing’s ears.

“That meeting in Yunnan, your entry into this company, tonight’s dinner, including the person you’ve been chatting with recently, those 1096 good morning and good night messages, everything is not a coincidence. It’s me, planned for a long time.”

Xu Jing’s brain was even more chaotic than when the alcohol had just taken effect, muttering, “What do you mean?”

“I know that cultivating feelings is not easy, and it’s hard to turn back once you lose them, but I still want to try again.” Shen Yan closed his eyes, his slightly hoarse voice trembling slightly, “Xu Jing, can I pursue you?”

Xu Jing’s brain crashed with a bang. At this moment, he was completely sober.