Chapter 8: Oh, I was stood up again 1
The next day, Mo Kairui did not go to work.
Shen Chenxi went to ask Sister Li, and the reply he got was that he had taken the whole morning off and would not be back to work until the afternoon.
In just a few hours, Shen Chenxi's mind was not on work at all. She had many questions to ask him, such as why he didn't go to Green Apple last night. She waited there until twelve o'clock but didn't see him. Later, she called him but his phone was always turned off. He didn't come to work this morning.
What on earth had happened? He actually stood her up.
At noon, when all the colleagues had gone to eat, Shen Chenxi was still sitting at her workstation in a daze. When she listlessly took her lunch box to the cafeteria, she saw Mo Kairui coming out of the elevator.
"Mo Kairui, last night..."
Mo Kairui interrupted her coldly: "You drank happily last night, I know, no need to tell me again."
Shen Chenxi looked up at him in confusion: "Drink...drink what?" After a while, he reacted, "Oh, you mean drinking, it's Qin Muyang..."
"Chenxi!" Before she finished her words, Qin Muyang had already strode over with her pink mobile phone in his hand, "Your phone was left in my dormitory last night."
She drank in Qin Muyang's dormitory yesterday! Mo Kairui imagined the details of Shen Chenxi's breaking of the appointment, and a surge of anger surged in his heart. He glared at her fiercely, pushed her away impatiently, took a step with his long legs, and walked away coldly.
Shen Chenxi was stunned by his cold and disgusted eyes. Although she was late last night, he was the one who broke the appointment. She should be angry, right? Why did he look at her as if she had made an unforgivable mistake?
Taking the phone from Qin Muyang, Shen Chenxi followed him in a panic, but was always isolated by Mo Kairui's cold air. Naturally, she did not notice Qin Muyang's meaningful look behind her.
In the next few days, Mo Kairui didn't say a word to Shen Chenxi, and didn't even look at her. When he encountered business matters, he would pass them on to other colleagues to connect with her.
Every time Shen Chenxi wanted to step forward and ask him the reason, he was forced back by his cold eyes.
Soon, the internship period will be over. Shen Chenxi had only been interning at Shengtong for two months, and the end of the internship meant that she would get the internship stamp and graduate successfully, which was an easy and perfect result.
But for Mo Kairui and Qin Muyang, it was the beginning of a tense moment. They were both computer talents recommended to Shengtong by the school. Their majors were suitable, and if they could stay in Shengtong, it would mean a high-paying position and a bright future. However, according to Shengtong's traditional practice, only one person among the talents recommended by the school could stay. For talents with equal abilities, the fairest way was to vote by colleagues in the department.
Libra Shen Chenxi once again showed the powerful power of choice phobia. After two days of tossing and turning, she still didn't know who to vote for. She followed the routines in TV dramas, counting petals, waiting for traffic lights, tossing coins, and letting roommates vote by raising their hands... Damn, she still didn't make a decision.
In the end, she had no choice but to shamelessly go to Sister Li and ask to abstain from voting.
"No!" Sister Li decisively rejected her request, giving the reason that the number of voters in the department was an odd number, each person had one vote, and the winner could be determined in just one round.
There was no other way, Shen Chenxi had to find Xu Xiaoxiao, hoping that she could make a decision for him.
For some reason, Xu Xiaoxiao was in a bad mood. When she saw Shen Chenxi after leaving the classroom, she looked sick and had lost her usual vigor. After hearing the reason why Shen Chenxi was looking for her, she jumped up instantly.
"Ah? Why are you still tangling over this?" Xu Xiaoxiao felt that either her ears were blocked or Shen Chenxi wanted to rekindle her old relationship with Qin Muyang. Otherwise, why didn't she vote for Mo Kairui? Obviously, Mo Kairui was much better than Qin Muyang in terms of ability and affection for her!
Shen Chenxi tried to suppress Xu Xiaoxiao's shouting and said calmly, "Xiaoxiao, calm down. What I'm talking to you about now is official business. It has nothing to do with my personal feelings for them."
"I don't care whether you are doing your job or not. You can't cast a vote casually. Let's go and see my cousin." Xu Xiaoxiao stopped talking nonsense and pulled Shen Chenxi to find Mo Kairui.
The weekend afternoon breeze makes people drowsy.
On the campus boulevard, Mo Kairui stood under a camphor tree with thick shade, his tall figure standing tall and straight like a picture. The sunlight shone through the branches onto the girl next to him, and the scene was as beautiful as a fairy tale.
Haha...what a perfect pair.
The moment Shen Chenxi was stunned, Xu Xiaoxiao had already pulled him in front of the two of them.
The girl next to Mo Kairui greeted them softly: "Hello!"
Shen Chenxi's heart, which had just barely calmed down, could not help but ripple. She nodded slightly and looked into Mo Kairui's eyes involuntarily, only to see that his eyes were fixed on the girl beside him without paying any attention to anyone else.
Shen Chenxi was so shocked that she turned around and tried to leave, but was pulled back by Xu Xiaoxiao. As they pulled, Xu Xiaoxiao's angry voice rang out: "Cousin, your company wants to choose between you and Qin Muyang, but Sister Chenxi doesn't know who to choose. Tell her quickly that she should choose you, not Qin Muyang, that playboy."
Mo Kairui's heartbeat was slightly disrupted from the moment Shen Chenxi appeared. He didn't dare to look at her, for he was afraid that he would want to forgive her as soon as he looked at her. But now, after hearing Xu Xiaoxiao's words, his heart sank to the bottom.
It turned out that from the beginning to the end, Qin Muyang's importance in her heart had never changed. And he was probably just a companion who accidentally broke into her sad and lonely road. Now, the road is over, and she finally has to make a decision. He is not that important, and it is time for him to retire.
Disappointment, irrepressible disappointment.
Mo Kairui's fierce eyes gradually faded, and finally turned into a teasing smile. He replied, "Xiao Xiao, who she wants to vote for has nothing to do with me. You forgot that I followed you because I was afraid you would be deceived. She and I are just classmates and colleagues. I was curious about her before, so I asked you to take her to camp and stargaze."
Mo Kairui said calmly, and reached out to pull Xu Xiaoxiao over: "So, don't worry about it." After that, he looked at Shen Chenxi steadily, "If your sister Chenxi really can't make a decision, I advise her to vote for Qin Muyang, so that he won't lose too badly and lose face as his ex-girlfriend."
Xu Xiaoxiao stamped her feet anxiously. It was already this late, and her cousin was still saying one thing and thinking another! Was he really going to push Sister Chenxi to that irresponsible Qin Muyang?
Others? Ex-girlfriend's face?
Every word hurt Shen Chenxi's nerves. She looked at Mo Kairui with a sneer and said, "Thank you for your advice, little cousin. Now I know what to do. In the future, I will do my best to be a classmate and colleague. Goodbye!" Turning back, the tears that had been welling up in her eyes could no longer be held back and burst out.
Shen Chenxi... Even if you hate me, I won't make things difficult for you. Mo Kairui thought as he watched her leave.
Back in the dormitory, Shen Chenxi fell on the bed and cried wildly.
She didn't know how she had offended Mo Kairui, why did he treat her like this? Even if a prisoner committed a capital crime, there was a reason for the death penalty. What had she done, that he sentenced her to life imprisonment without even giving a reason?
The more Shen Chenxi thought about it, the more she cried. The dormitory head was frightened and sat beside her bed to ask her what happened, but she ignored him and just cried.
Tired of crying, she carried all the dolls on the bed into the bathroom and started to wash them vigorously with a brush. The head of the dormitory wanted to help but was pushed out of the bathroom by her. After she came out, she saw her hanging the wet dolls by their necks with a rope on the balcony.
After doing this series of strange actions, she lay on the bed and continued to cry silently.
The dormitory head, whose temples were throbbing as he watched this "sad pantomime", always felt that something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough, soon, the fierce and violent knocks on the door, "bang bang bang", confirmed her premonition.
The dorm auntie's unfriendly Changsha accent rushed towards me: "What is that girl doing? Wet toys, it's so scary, what does it mean? It's scary!"
He spoke a lot of nonsense, and the dormitory head only understood the word "scary".
Girls from the next dorm came over to watch the fun. One of them was from the same hometown as the dorm manager. She tried to hold back her laughter and exaggerated what the dorm manager said: "You left wet toys hanging by their necks on the balcony. If you didn't know better, you would think someone had committed a murder!"
The dormitory head subconsciously looked towards the balcony. The dolls were hung in a mess and water was dripping down. It was indeed a bit creepy. No wonder the aunt thought a "murder" had happened here.
"Sorry, I'll take the doll back right away, I'm sorry..." The dormitory head smiled apologetically and sent the angry aunt away.
She looked helplessly at Shen Chenxi who was still crying, and silently took the doll back to the dormitory. Just as she was trying to find a way to dry it, a crying voice came from behind her: "Throw it away!"
Although she didn't know what happened, she knew that this was what Shen Chenxi cared about the most. Chenxi, who used to only collect books on zodiac signs and blood types, unexpectedly brought back a bunch of dolls when she went shopping with Xu Xiaoxiao that day. After that, she placed them on the bedside like treasures and no one was allowed to touch them.
Later, she once asked Xu Xiaoxiao indirectly what happened when they went shopping. Xu Xiaoxiao told her nervously that Chenxi saw Mo Kairui and another girl playing a claw machine, scolded him severely, and came back angrily.
From that time on, Chenxi's feelings towards Mo Kairui started to change.
The dormitory head smiled helplessly, moved a stool, and hung the dolls one by one on the balcony. In order to prevent Shen Chenxi from regretting in the future and asking her to compensate for these dolls, it is important to dry them now. Who knows when she will reconcile with Mo Kairui and miss these treasures again!
Sigh, I really want to give myself the title of "China's Best Roommate". Stealing a glance at Shen Chenxi who had cried herself to sleep, the dormitory head continued to tidy up the dolls silently.
On the day of voting, Mo Kairui and Qin Muyang, as the parties involved in the voting, did not appear in the auditorium.
Shen Chenxi sat among a group of serious colleagues, and the time passed particularly hard. Coincidentally, she was arranged to vote last, and after voting, she had to sit and wait to hear the results.
When writing Qin Muyang's name on the ticket, Shen Chenxi's pen trembled a little, and she accidentally drew a very light and thin black line. When she cast the ballot into the ballot box, the supervisor was looking at her lovingly, and she suddenly had the urge to take the ballot back and fill it out again.
She admitted that she voted for Qin Muyang in large part because of what Mo Kairui said that day that hurt her. However, now that she has voted, it is too late to regret it.
After sitting on pins and needles for half an hour, the voting results finally came out. Qin Muyang won by one vote. Shen Chenxi thought she would be very happy after letting out some air, but she couldn't suppress the pain in her heart. She walked out of the auditorium and wanted to take a deep breath, but she heard her colleagues in front of her talking.
Colleague A: "It's such a pity for Mo Kairui. He was eliminated with just one vote. Overall, his ability is actually better than Qin Muyang's."
Colleague B: "Yes! This young man is smart, has strong programming skills, and knows how to get along with colleagues. He is a rare talent. It's a pity that he lost by one vote."
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The more Shen Chenxi listened, the more guilty she felt. It seemed that she had cast the vote for Qin Muyang over Mo Kairui. It was she who cast this unfair vote because of her personal emotions.
When he returned to the office, Mo Kairui's desk was surrounded by colleagues. Some expressed regret and sympathy, some came to express their reluctance to leave, and some even stood up for him.
"Xiao Mo, don't be discouraged. Today's vote doesn't mean anything. In my opinion, you are better than those who stayed."
"That's right. It was just one vote difference. They were fighting so hard. Your performance evaluation was obviously so much higher. I don't know if someone used some shady tricks behind the scenes to turn the defeat into victory."
A group of people were talking and making innuendos. Qin Muyang, who was sitting at the next table, had a very ugly expression on his face, as expected.
