Summer Mu laid motionless on the bed.
That feeling was like walking alone in the ice and snow. The cold wind blew from the heart and poured into the whole body.
When she thought of tomorrow, she was no longer full of hope, but liked a deep and surging mist, which made people feel uneasy.
She got up and walked into the shabby and mottled toilet, taking a long hot bath. She didn't come out until her skin turned red from rubbing.
Lied down on the bed and wrap yourself tightly with a blanket.
Exhausted and exhausted.
She fell asleep quickly.
——
In the morning, another round of scorching sun appeared faintly in the sky.
Summer Mu and Claire sat downstairs from the supermarket having breakfast.
Claire noticed that today's Summer Mu was quiet outside. She stared at Summer Mu's swollen eyes and asked, "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Summer Mu smiled and said, "It's okay, I can still climb the mountain and fight the tiger."
She was relaxed as usual, but Claire was skeptical.
Summer Mu finished his breakfast in a few bites and asked, "What time is it?"
Claire took out her phone and looked at it, "It's 6:50, didn't you bring your phone?"
"I don't know where I lost it yesterday."
This morning, Summer Mu realized that her phone was missing and called to turn it off. Either it fell into the private room last night, or it left it in Beck's car. Although Beck sent her a text message, she didn't remember his number.She can only wait for the opportunity to ask him again.
"Summer Mu, if there's anything, you need to tell me. Don't keep it to yourself. "said Claire.
Summer Mu: "Hmm."
——
The office was bright, busy, and bustling with people coming and going, everything was as usual.
Summer Mu sat at the computer desk, dealing with tedious basic sales data all day long. Soon it was evening, the manager sent her to deliver the documents to Meng.
"Manager, I haven't finished my work yet. Can I send someone else? "Said Summer Mu.
"Didn't you see that everyone else is busy? Put aside your work for now and go quickly."
The door of the general manager's office was ajar, and Chen at the entrance was not there. Summer Mu stood still for a moment and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Summer Mu pushed open the door and didn't look at him. He put the document on the table and said in a calm voice, "Mr. Meng, this is the document."
She could feel Meng's burning gaze resting on her.
She turned around and left.
"Wait a moment."
Summer Mu stopped and turned to look at him.
He remained calm and composed as usual, sitting behind the boss's desk with deep eyes fixed on her.
Summer Mu suddenly didn't want to see his eyes, but at this moment he spoke up, 'Yesterday... I'm sorry.'
Summer Mu remained silent. He whispered, "I drank too much, I'm sorry, Summer Mu."
In Summer Mu's heart, there seemed to be a sudden release, but it became even more helpless and unwilling. She knew he had lost his composure after drinking too much, and she knew that with his stability, it would never be like this. But how could she just bring up this matter like this?
"Mr. Meng, if there's nothing else, I'll go first."she said quietly.
Meng stared at her. The wind gently blew the curtains behind him, and the sunlight was quiet.
He said, "In a few days, you can leave L. I have a friend who runs a highly skilled shop in M District. You can come over and as a qualified salesperson, your salary will not be lower than it is now. The finance department here will also give you an additional three months' salary."
Summer Mu's hand slowly clenched into a fist.
She suddenly smiled and forced herself to answer, "Okay."
There's nothing more to say, she turned around and walked towards the door. At the moment she opened the door, Meng's calm voice came: "Summer Mu, all my words were sincere."
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On this day, night fell.
Summer Mu lied in bed, unable to sleep at night.
Anger, sadness, disappointment, confusion... interweave together, weaving into a dull and painful emotion, like a giant rock, pressing her down.
Did she hate Meng? If it weren't for his extensive care and exceptional promotion over the years, she wouldn't have been able to enter the marketing department and break away from the salesperson profession. She couldn't hate it.
But did she blame him? Resentment.
Men's scheming and hidden desires. When he wanted it, make her believe it's true and immerse herself in his kindness. Now he wanted to protect himself, but knowing he can't get her, he mercilessly kicked her off.
Attempted rape/rape. Meng's mistake can be defined as follows. A person like him would never allow such serious mistakes to threaten his career and life. So she hadn't taken any action yet, he had already taken the initiative to expel her and prevent any future troubles.
For her, when he crushed the hard won job opportunity, he didn't care at all.
...
Was she really going to go to that supermarket that's not as good as L, become a salesperson again, and never be able to turn things around?
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Beck drove along the road that night towards the home of Summer Mu.
It was as dusk fell, and the dim yellow sunlight poured into the car. On the passenger seat, there was a mobile phone.
After delivering Summer Mu that day and returning home, Beck realized that the phone in the back seat was out of battery. A very cheap brand that didn't work with his phone charger, so he just left it in the car and didn't care.
Three days had passed and the woman hadn't come to find him either.
Red light at the intersection, Beck, stop and wait. There were people coming and going ahead, and some vendors were setting up stalls on the street. He noticed a stall selling cherries, small ones one by one, smooth and shiny, red with a hint of yellow. Not a very good variety, the taste was bound to be sour and astringent.
After crossing the intersection, Beck pulled over the car and got off to buy a pound, which he threw onto the passenger seat.
We're almost near her house, and the small restaurant and gear shift on the street were full of people. Beck drove slowly by and suddenly saw Summer Mu sitting in front of a barbecue stall, wearing white T jeans, eating grilled skewers, with a girl sitting across from her.
Through the dim streetlights and noisy voices, her smile appeared serene.
Beck parked his car, held his phone and cherries, and walked towards the barbecue stall.
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"Summer Mu, are you really planning to leave? "Claire asked with some sadness.
"Hmm. The intention to go has been decided. "Summer Mu answered decisively.
"But... what kind of job can you find? Although this is infuriating and bullying, as you said, we can't sue him. We can't do anything about him, so we'll treat him as if he's been bitten by a dog. But since we guarantee his salary and benefits, why should you go to the supermarket that Meng found for you? Why should you suffer losses?"
"I won't go."
Claire also knew that persuading her again was useless, so she sighed. At this moment, she heard her say again, "But I will never leave so dejectedly. I have to do something."
Claire: "Ah, what's up?"
Summer Mu withdrew her smile, her eyes calm and clear: "I want everyone to know that I am talented. Let them look at me with new eyes. No matter how big the ups and downs of L, I will seize my professional life."
It's already dark, cars were coming and going on the street corner, and the crowd was like a shuttle. Beck stood a few steps behind Summer Mu, listening clearly as she confessed her thoughts to her friends: "These days, although I have been doing data sorting work in the marketing department, I have discovered some patterns and opportunities in the supply and demand market by dealing with numbers every day. I don't know if my thoughts are correct, and I have also told some old employees, but they don't care at all."
Now, Meng leads employees from various departments every day to discuss various strategies to counter Y. But I think they haven't grasped the key to the problem.
The key is that Beck single handedly elevated Y's overall level to that of L. It's impossible for us to equalize immediately. We need an opportunity to immediately halt Y's upward momentum and then seek a turnaround.
This opportunity must be seized unexpectedly. For customers, there are enough gimmicks and attractiveness. To tear open a hole in Beck's encirclement and make all customers pay attention to L again, thinking: Oh, L is actually quite good. First, reverse this journey, and then consider the rest in the long run.
I only have a vague idea now, how to do it specifically and how to make others listen to my opinion, I haven't figured it out yet. But I must give it a try.
I will go to H city tomorrow and have friends there."
...
Claire seemed to understand, but was infected by Summer Mu and her expression became serious. After a while, she lightly tapped the back of Summer Mu's hand and said, "Hey, there's a handsome man in a suit standing behind you, as if he's looking at you."
Summer Mu turned her head and was taken aback. She smiled and asked, "When did you come?"
Beck replied, "Just now." He walked up to the two of them.
Summer Mu stood up, and Beck handed her his phone and cherry. On the side, Claire noticed the Porsche car key in Beck's hand and whispered quietly.
"Thank you, I was planning to come find you tomorrow. This cherry…"
"Take it to wash."he said.
"Oh... "Summer Mu exchanged a glance with Claire and ran to ask the boss for water.
After learning that this cold faced man in a suit was the famous Beck, Claire only stayed for a short while before leaving. She didn't know if it's because of fear or intentionally leaving space for them.
Summer Mu threw a cherry into her mouth, slightly sweet, sour, and a bit astringent. She looked at Beck, and there seemed to be a hint of a smile in his eyes.
"Do you want to eat? "She asked.
"Not eating."
Summer Mu looked at him twice and then at the orange street light extending ahead, saying, "Why don't we take a walk?"
Beck's face was somewhat blurry in the night, and he replied, "Okay."
The two walked side by side for a while, one long and one short, with two shadows on the ground.
He didn't speak, and Summer Mu was a bit dazed.
She thought things were really strange. He was the boss of their archenemy company and the one who made their entire company so ruthless. Others said he's not a good person, but he would drive her home that night and now he's even giving her a bag of cherries.
I was thinking too far.
Summer Mu looked up and smiled at him, "Beck, are we friends like this?"
"Do you want to be my friend? "He asked without answering.
Summer Mu felt slightly embarrassed and said, "Cut. I'm just asking a question, not thinking."
Beck suddenly smiled and said, "Being friends is fine, but you can give up on L for now."
Summer Mu picked a cherry and put it in her mouth, biting it without saying a word.
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Summer Mu took a few days off from work and arrived in H city by train the next evening.
The weather here was hot, and Summer Mu walked in the crowd sweating profusely. As soon as he left the station, he saw his old classmate Robert standing tall among the crowd, with dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, waving and smiling at her.
Summer Mu also grinned and walked briskly over. Robert gave her a warm hug and said, "Old class monitor, why are you willing to come to H city to play?"
Summer Mu patted his shoulder and said, "Come and see you, can't you?"
"Okay, okay, okay! Is it okay if you can't get what you want? Let's go, get in my car first."
Long time no see with old classmates, Summer Mu's mood was also somewhat excited. The two of them got on the car, chatting and laughing. As they drove out of the train station, Summer Mu's gaze slid through the window and suddenly a human shadow appeared in front of her.
She seemed to see a somewhat familiar figure.
But she didn't know anyone in H city except for Robert. I must have read it wrong.