"Chengye, you are too impulsive this time! Mai Xiaoshu is the soul of the project, why do you drive her away at the critical moment?" When Jiang Xingye learned from Jian Jun that Mai Xiaoshu was fired, he rushed to An Chengye's office and questioned him.
"do not talk!"
As he spoke, An Chengye slumped in his chair, pressing his hands on his bulging temples.
The series of troubles throughout the morning had already made him dizzy. He had just sent Zhao Qi away, and now he had to face Jiang Xingye's questioning. His brain was about to explode.
"But……"
"Besides, who said she was the soul figure? I was the one who initiated the Reiki ZOO project, so if anyone wants to name the soul figure, I should be the one!"
After An Chengye finished speaking, he glanced at everyone present, and finally landed on Jian Jun. He winked at him and said, "Jian Jun, haven't you collected a talent pool? Go find someone who can replace Mai Xiaoshu. I don't believe that the project will fail without her!"
"Boss...there is no alternative talent with Xiao Shu's ability in the resource pool..." Jian Jun whispered.
"You!" An Chengye was furious. He knew of course that there was no alternative candidate in the talent pool. He just wanted Jian Jun to temporarily appease Jiang Xingye and solve the current troubles before making long-term plans.
Jiang Xingye shook his head helplessly and blurted out: "All of us combined can't do Mai Xiaoshu's job. Without her, I think we can only give up the project."
"It's over, it's over, we're going to be unemployed..."
Several team leaders who came with Jiang Xingye stood in a corner of the office and talked in a low voice. Their voices buzzed like mosquitoes, making An Chengye's head hurt even more.
"Give up? When have these two words ever appeared in my dictionary? An employee like Mai Xiaoshu, who is so willful and unprofessional, will sooner or later cause trouble. If you can't find a replacement, I'll do it myself!" An Chengye slammed the table in dissatisfaction and said with forced calmness.
No one in the office dared to speak.
On the other side, Mai Xiaoshu, who was supposed to be working in the laboratory, suddenly appeared on campus. It was almost noon and the fourth class had just begun. There were not many people on campus. She wandered around the teaching building waiting for Song Feifei to finish class so that they could have lunch together.
Qingteng College is nearly 80 years old. All the teaching buildings are red brick buildings with six floors at the highest. There are many cracks, but the exquisite patterns on the bricks and stones cannot be concealed. Mai Xiaoshu wandered aimlessly along the way. In the past, she was busy with part-time jobs and had no time or mood to stop and take a look at this beautiful and quaint campus.
At this time, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and the petals covered the streets. There were a few people like tourists taking pictures on the cherry blossom avenue, and there were also photography enthusiasts carrying advanced equipment. Mai Xiaoshu sat in the shade of a pavilion, and the fragrance of flowers filled her nose, and most of the irritability in her heart disappeared in an instant.
Mai Xiaoshu glanced at her phone. There was still half an hour before Song Feifei's get out of class was over. Just as she raised her eyes, a familiar figure approached her - his short black hair was a little messy, but his arms exposed under his short-sleeved T-shirt had clear muscular lines. Jiang Xingye was very eye-catching no matter where he was.
He was obviously coming towards her. Mai Xiaoshu slowly stood up and he stood in front of her, one step away.
The moment their eyes met, Mai Xiaoshu was a little at a loss. She blinked frequently, unable to hide the embarrassment on her face. She probably knew why he came.
The scene of the previous argument with An Chengye emerged in her mind. Facing Jiang Xingye's sincere expression when he looked at her, Mai Xiaoshu became nervous like a child. She had a lot to say. She moved her lips several times, and finally said an awkward sentence: "Why are you here?"
"Looking for you."
Jiang Xingye did not directly answer Mai Xiaoshu's question. He knew she was still angry and needed time to think. But fortunately, Mai Xiaoshu did not seem as depressed as he thought.
She actually wanted to ask him how he knew she was here.
After thinking about it, there are fans of Jiang Xingye in every corner of the campus. Wouldn’t it be easy for him to find someone?
Jiang Xingye sat down, and Mai Xiaoshu followed suit. He looked at the falling cherry blossoms and suddenly asked, "Are you really going to give up?"
Mai Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Did An Chengye ask you to come?"
"Not just him, all of us want you to go back. The project needs you, and the animals need you too." It's not An Chengye's type of arrogance and unreasonableness. The same thing always sounds a little more gentle when said by Jiang Xingye.
Everyone wants her to go back...
Mai Xiaoshu was shocked by the unexpected answer.
Jiang Xingye looked at her, his face normal, but his eyes full of expectation: "I know you have paid a lot for the project. If you give up now, can you guarantee that you won't regret it in the future?"
Mai Xiaoshu hesitated. She didn't know if she would regret it in the future. Although she agreed with An Chengye's idea that Reiki ZOO was a software that could change the world, she had to endure the bad temper of that big bad guy and live with him day and night because of his selfishness while completing this great feat...
Jiang Xingye knew that he had guessed correctly. Mai Xiaoshu had a stronger sense of responsibility than most people, and she would not easily give up the opportunity to create peaceful coexistence between humans and animals.
"I don't want to see that bad guy again!" She shook her head. An Chengye's arrogant face appeared in her mind. She became angry just thinking about it.
"Actually... Cheng Ye is not a bad person by nature, but he often speaks without mercy..."
"Don't speak well of him, I have my own eyes!" Mai Xiaoshu said angrily.
Now she was more like a child throwing a tantrum, and the knot in her heart had to be untied by An Chengye himself, otherwise the conflicts between the two would keep repeating . And all he could do was to create opportunities for the two to resolve their past grievances.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xingye secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Different from Jiang Xingye's meticulous mind, Mai Xiaoshu's emotions were all written on her face. She was very happy that Jiang Xingye came to keep her in person, but she told herself that she must not give in easily this time. For this reason, two villains in her heart started fighting, and all her entanglements at that time were revealed on her face.
Jiang Xingye stood up leisurely and looked at Mai Xiaoshu. Thinking back to the first time they met, he thought she was unremarkable. It was her resume that filled up a page of work experience that made him look at her with new eyes. Later, during the scholarship review, he went against all odds and included her in the top three. One reason was that she saved An Chengye, and he wanted to repay his good brother; another reason was that he felt pity for her and didn't want this girl with a bright smile to be burdened by life and lose her brilliance.
Seeing her sad face, Jiang Xingye couldn't help but smile and decided to tease her.
"What a failure. I can't convince you." Jiang Xingye stood up pretending to be disappointed.
"Huh?" Mai Xiaoshu was stunned. Did he try to convince her just now? It seemed like they didn't even talk to each other!
"It seems that I can only tell the boss to give up the project..." Jiang Xingye said somewhat sadly.
As expected, this made Mai Xiaoshu nervous: "That's not the case..."
She was about to go forward to comfort him, but Jiang Xingye had already turned away dejectedly. From an angle that she couldn't see, he couldn't help but smile, his mouth full of sadness: "Since you have decided to give up, I respect your choice. I will go back and tell everyone that it's time to prepare for another job."
"Ah! That's not the case. Wait a minute and let me explain!"
Mai Xiaoshu realized that his reckless behavior had caused harm to Jiang Xingye and other members of the project, and he hurriedly wanted to catch up to explain, but the phone in his bag rang at an inopportune time.
"Miss, we have a very good insurance product to recommend..." As soon as I answered the call, it turned out to be a spam call for sales advertising.
"Ah? No need!" She hung up the phone in a panic, and looked up again, only to find that Jiang Xingye had disappeared.