"No need, I've come several times already."
"It's okay, I'll just go out on the way."
"All right."
The two walked to the door, with Li Sa in front and Jiang Jianhuan a step behind. Looking at Su Mo standing inside the door behind her, she hesitated for two seconds before finally speaking softly.
"We should pay more attention to this in our daily lives and eat on time."
"Thank you for your concern, Miss Jiang," Su Mo replied calmly, her expression unchanged.
Chapter 9
Even after many days, Jiang Jianhuan could still hear Su Mo's words, "Miss Jiang," echoing in her ears.
Those three simple words sent chills down her spine.
When it comes to hurting people, she can never compare to him in the slightest.
The winter solstice fell on a Friday. Jiang Jianhuan went to the supermarket to buy vegetables and meat to make some dumplings herself. As she pushed her cart through the shopping area, she suddenly stopped.
On the shelf, a row of canned beverages had a familiar face printed on the packaging, bright and beautiful, with a perfectly appropriate smile.
Jiang Jianhuan stared at it for a few seconds before calmly looking away.
There was also a signature with a dragon and phoenix flying at the back.
Chi Lan.
Her deskmate for three years in high school, her roommate, best friend, and closest confidante in college.
Two little girls, who looked like middle school students, were excitedly turning over and over a beverage can next to me, whispering amongst themselves.
Wow! Chi Lan, I really like her.
"What flavor would you like to drink, peach? Orange?"
"Is there any need to hesitate? Of course, we'll take all of these home because they're endorsed by Lanlan!"
Jiang Jianhuan lowered his eyes and quickened his pace to leave.
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The alterations to the clothes were completed on Monday. They should have been done much earlier, but were delayed by other matters.
Jiang Jianhuan won the design on her own, which made many people in the office envious, especially the senior and experienced employees who were more senior than her.
She is Jiang Yuan's assistant, but when she doesn't have much work, she also helps other designers with some tasks. Even when Jiang Jianhuan is extremely busy with her work, some people will habitually or deliberately ask her to do things.
When Jiang Jianhuan was truly unable to leave, she could only politely decline, inevitably receiving a few sarcastic remarks. During lunch breaks, in the restroom, or in the tea room, she would occasionally encounter discussions about her, with dissatisfaction and jealousy evident in their words.
She pretended not to know anything, but tried to do as much as she could as possible, which Fang Xiaoli, who joined the company at the same time as her, found unacceptable.
“Jianhuan, you don’t need to pay attention to those people. This is what you deserve.”
"It's alright. It was against the rules for me to suddenly take over the design without going through with them, so it's normal for others to be unhappy." Jiang Jianhuan smiled and glanced at the time on her phone.
"Ah, it's afternoon tea time. I've ordered some coffee and cakes, I'll bring them up for you to enjoy later."
"Jianhuan—how can you be so kind?" Fang Xiaoli said, her face full of emotion. Jiang Jianhuan stood up with a smile.
The coffee and cake shop is a well-known dessert brand in the neighborhood, and the office staff love to eat there, but because of the price, they can only indulge occasionally.
Jiang Jianhuan brought it in, and as expected, she received a wave of pleasant surprises and praise, including from those who had a particular grudge against her.
Wow, Jianhuan is treating us today?
"It just so happens that today is Christmas Eve, so let's celebrate a little early," Jiang Jianhuan explained calmly, which clearly pleased the others.
"Thank you for your thoughtfulness."
"Look at you—" someone deliberately nudged Fang Xiaoli, who was engrossed in eating, and teased her.
All they do all day is eat.
"Oh dear, Sister Zhou, you don't know I'm broke every month, how could I afford to treat you to cake?"
Everyone chatted amongst themselves, and the office atmosphere was very harmonious. The subtle barriers that had existed before had clearly faded away, and at least on the surface, things were going well.
The matter is settled, and Jiang Jianhuan's performance during this period has been observed. The smooth progress of the design is a foregone conclusion. They will be spending time together every day from now on, so it would be best if they could get along naturally.
On Christmas Day, most people in the office were preoccupied with their own thoughts, just wanting to leave work quickly and go on their dates.
As soon as Jiang Jianhuan contacted Li Sa, loud music came from the other end, and it sounded like a girl was being coquettish.
She had barely explained her purpose when Li Sa impatiently interrupted her.
"Ah, Miss Jiang, I took the day off today. My girlfriend flew over to spend Christmas with me. Su Mo is home today. I'll contact him and you can just send the clothes over."
"Then I'll do it next time—" Before Jiang Jianhuan could finish speaking, Li Sa hurriedly hung up the phone.
"It's too noisy here, you can just deliver it over there, the address is the same as last time..."
She heard a beeping sound from her phone, but she wasn't satisfied and dialed again. The other end indicated that the line was busy, and then the call was unavailable.
"......"
His girlfriend, probably annoyed that her date was being disturbed, angrily cut off Li Sa's phone signal.