Chapter 1373 Extra in the Workplace (Part 2)

Chapter 1373: Extra: Magician’s Manual in the Workplace (Part 2)

Sonia had no idea what the steak tasted like in her mouth.

Ash said he was taking her out to do errands, but in fact he took her directly to this French restaurant, saying he would come to eat first since it was noon.

But Sonia knew that it was difficult to make a reservation at this restaurant. The normal way was to make a reservation half a month in advance. She had previously discussed with Diya when to come and have a taste... Whether Ya Xiu made a reservation in advance or found a relationship, it showed that He took this meal very seriously and was definitely not just taking Sonia to a work meal casually.

In fact, Sonia has been paying attention to her surroundings. If the band in the restaurant suddenly plays the wedding march, and then a group of people come out to throw flower petals to them, and then Ash kneels down on one knee and takes out the small box... she will not be surprised at all. .

How should she react?

Should I be more reserved or happy?

Should I stick my tongue in when kissing?

Sonia was thinking wildly while eating, and by the time she realized it, the waiter had already led them out of the restaurant. Bathed in the late winter sunshine at noon, Sonia was a little distracted for a moment, looking at Ash and then at the restaurant.

"How do you feel about the taste?" Ash asked.

"Huh? Is it okay?" Sonia asked cautiously: "Is it difficult to make a reservation in this restaurant?"

"Yeah, I still found connections to get the position." Ash shrugged, "I can only say that it didn't live up to my expectations, but there weren't many surprises."

"Is today an important day?" Sonia asked meaningfully, "Is that why you came to this restaurant to eat?"

Ash thought for a while: "So be it."

He looked down at his phone and suggested: "There's still an hour left before meeting the client, let's take a walk around the area?"

Sonia naturally did not refuse. In fact, outside the restaurant was a stone-paved pedestrian street with shops on both sides. Street performers sang happily in the sun, and people on the road were rubbing shoulders with each other. London is cloudy all year round, but today it is rare to see bright sunshine. Some people even moved a chair to the street to bask in the sun. It is obviously a working day, but the atmosphere is not inferior to that of a holiday.

The black-haired Chinese and the red-haired girl were inconspicuous in the crowd. The warm sunshine was like silk covering their faces. Ash couldn't help but yawned. Yawning seemed to be contagious, and Sonia, who had been eyeing Ash, couldn't help covering her mouth and yawning. The two looked at each other and smiled.

"It seems like it's been a long time since I went shopping with you alone like this." Ya Xiu recalled: "The last time we went shopping together was..."

"Three years ago." Sonia said: "After Vichy and the others came, the company has grown in size and we have more work. You never ask me out, so how can we have a chance to go for a walk together?"

"Yes," Ya Xiu said with a smile, "We have known each other for three years. It feels like time flies by so fast. At the beginning, you were still a college student who didn't understand anything."

"You were a general manager with little authority back then." Sonia curled her lips: "You don't have it now either."

"This is to adapt to the British workplace atmosphere, put down my airs and mingle with the employees..."

The two were talking and laughing. Sonia suddenly saw an ice cream shop on the roadside and stopped in front of the shop. Ash looked at her and then at the ice cream shop, "Didn't we have dessert just now?"

"Ice cream is another stomach." Sonia said confidently.

"Okay, then your share will be deducted from your salary... Hey, hey, I'll treat you, I'll treat you, don't poke me, don't poke me."

Watching Ash go to buy ice cream, Sonia unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, a smile overflowing from her brows, and the soft sunlight caressed the side of her face, making even the tiny down hair on her cheeks shine.

She reached into her bag and grabbed the bag of handmade chocolates, secretly gathering her courage. She knew that with Ya Xiu's temperament, he wouldn't be able to take the initiative even if he waited for a hundred years, but Ya Xiu had already taken ninety-nine steps toward her, and now it was her turn to take one step forward.

Ash came back with two ice cream cones: "Do you want vanilla or chocolate?"

"vanilla."

They stood on the side of the road, licking ice cream like kittens. At this moment, the advertising MV for "Four Pillars of God" appeared on the curved display screen on the outer wall of the square, which immediately attracted the attention of both of them - "Four Pillars of Gods" is the mobile game project mainly operated by Aurora London.

"Six years." Ash suddenly said: "I worked in China for three years and was assigned to London for three years. Unknowingly, I have been working for six years and am almost 30 years old."

"Are you showing off?" Sonia smiled and said, "You are already the general manager at the age of 28."

"No matter what, you are already the deputy general manager at the age of 23."

The two complimented each other, and Ash looked at the advertising screen on the outer wall and said, "But when I first came to London, I didn't feel confident. No one from the headquarters came with me. I didn't even speak English very well. I felt I will go back in despair soon.”

"I didn't expect you to apply for the job on the first day the company opened - but I hadn't actually started recruiting at that time. Every time I think about it, I think you are really discerning!"

"I have told you many times that I just pressed the wrong elevator and found the wrong company." Sonia said depressedly: "I actually feel that this company is too shabby. The office is empty and they dare to recruit college students part-time. Moreover, the boss is a foreigner. He must be Transnational fraud syndicate.”

"But I'm really grateful to you." Ash tilted his head, his eyes moving with a smile: "It was because you were by my side that I was able to get through the difficult time at the beginning."

"After working for six years, the luckiest thing that happened to me was that you got lost and ran into our company that day."

"So," Ash's tone gradually became serious: "I have something to tell you."

Sonia's body immediately tensed up, her heart was pounding, her breathing became shallow and fast, her mind went blank and she didn't know how to react, but she subconsciously reached into her bag and grabbed the bag of handmade chocolates.

"I'm going back to China next week."

Ash said: "The headquarters asked me to choose the candidate for the general manager of Aurora London, and I decided to recommend you."

"..."

Sonia stared at Ash blankly, unable to say a word.

Ash continued: "In addition, you will also be responsible for a new project called "Codename: Neisser". This is the most important game project in Aurora London after "The Four Pillars". All resources will be tilted towards this project. ——”

"etc!"

Sonia seemed to have finally broken free from the dream of 'Valentine's Day Confession', her expression was full of surprise and even anger: "Why do you want to go back to China?!"

"Because the opinion from the headquarters is that "Codename: Neisser" is a key project for going overseas in the next ten years. If I don't settle in the UK, I can't be responsible for this project, and I can't continue to manage Aurora London." Ash ignored it When asked about marriage, he shrugged and said, "So I can only accept the capitalists' offer and go back."

Sonia blurted out: "Then you——"

"Sonia," Ash interrupted her, "Is Auntie okay?"

"……fine."

"I heard that she still doesn't want to come and live with you in London?"

"Well, she said she still likes the environment over there in Essington."

Sonia's momentum gradually weakened, and she vaguely guessed what Ash was thinking.

"I probably told you that my hometown is a small city," said Ash. "It's not like London. The weather is very hot and the sun is strong. It's summer for eleven months a year, and the sun is like a whip with thorns." Drawn to the skin... I didn’t like my hometown very much, so I went to college far away.”

"Later, my brother returned to his hometown to settle down and take care of his parents, so I had no worries about working hard in a big city. When I was working at the headquarters, I was even hospitalized once because I worked too hard, and I almost died suddenly."

"So the company asked me if I wanted to come to the UK to establish a branch. I agreed without much thought and went to London, 9,500 kilometers away from my hometown."

"I have gone back twice in the past three years, and both times I stayed for a few days and then left in a hurry. My nephew knows me as a "mysterious uncle who lives abroad and is not married but gives a lot of red envelopes." "

"I thought I could always be wandering and struggling outside," Ash lowered his gaze and said calmly: "But the last time I went back, my brother told me privately that my father had a stroke and was hospitalized and now has his blood pressure checked every day, and my mother often needs to see a neurosurgeon. .”

"I don't want to go back to my hometown. Even if I go back, I will still work in a big city. And the transportation is so developed now that it doesn't even take a day to get back to my hometown from London." Ash shrugged: "But I just feel ...Even if the distance is just a little closer, I will feel much more at ease."

Sonia remained silent and listened quietly. The ice cream melted very slowly in this weather, but eventually it was pulled by the strong gravity and gradually deformed and slipped.

"Besides, you also saw what happened this morning, right?" Ya Xiu said with some embarrassment: "I am actually a greedy bastard who doesn't want to hurt others... It's not that I haven't considered staying, I've been tempted several times Don’t want to leave.”

"But this is the real world," he breathed out softly: "Greed has no good results, delaying others is irreparable, and there is no miracle that satisfies everyone."

"I can't satisfy everyone, but at least I can make everyone dissatisfied."

Sonia's lips trembled and she looked at Ash with pleading eyes: "Can't-"

"You have been promoted now, Sonia. From now on, you will be the queen of Aurora London, and you will no longer have me as your immediate boss. When I go back and announce this news later, Vichy and the others will be jealous of you." Ash He stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Happy tears are not suitable for this occasion."

He paused: "Congratulations on your promotion, Sonia."

Sonia stared at him closely, her hand holding the handmade chocolate gradually loosened. She took a deep breath, with a hint of crying in her voice: "Congratulations on returning to China, Ash."

Yaxiu smiled and took a sip of ice cream: "Okay, after finishing this cone, it's time to go see the customer. Let's go -"

"Wait a minute," Sonia suddenly grabbed him: "Your chocolate ice cream seems delicious, I want to have a taste too."

"Huh? Isn't this a bit unhygienic?"

"Don't worry, I have a very clean tasting method."

Sonia held Ash's cheek and leaned forward to kiss Ash's lips. Ash's body stiffened for a moment, but then relaxed.

The two of them kissed for nearly a minute as if there was no one around. It wasn't until a passer-by couldn't help but take out their cell phones to take pictures that the red-haired girl reluctantly let go of Ash.

"Let's go."

Sonia looked at him deeply, as if she wanted to imprint him in her memory, and turned around to leave.

A week later.

"The 10 o'clock flight is really yours." Igula, the manager of the legal and public affairs department, said angrily: "I don't even want to come to see him off."

"Be careful on the road," said Mae Harvey, the leader of the Four Pillars God project. "I just used tarot cards to divine things. Your journey contains unpredictable dangers."

"Why should I be careful when sitting on a plane...I never learned to fly a plane in Hawaii..." Ash complained and said, "Then I'm leaving."

"Bye!" Harvey: "I will be your tombstone in the game to commemorate our friendship!"

"I may go to China on a business trip," Iguola said calmly, "then it will be your turn to receive me."

Ash didn't reply, just waved his hand to show that he heard.

He chose the 10pm flight not only to avoid being dropped off at the airport, but also because it was a 12-hour trip, and due to the time zone change, he returned to China at 17:00 to avoid landing at the airport at night and being unable to find a taxi. embarrassing situation.

On the plane, he puts on earplugs and steam earmuffs and goes straight into sleep mode. But as the plane taxied and ascended, a strong pushing force lifted Ash up, and a belated melancholy suddenly filled Ash's body.

He is leaving this city, this city where he has lived and worked for three years, this city full of memories, this city where they are.

From then on, they were separated by thousands of miles.

A distance that even takes 12 hours to cross by plane is, for ordinary people, a life that will never intersect.

But this is the reality that he must accept. We are all ordinary people, and there are no miracles that can transcend life. If it weren't for work, Ash would never have come to London or gotten to know them. They were like a bunch of threads intersecting, but after intersecting, they would stay away from each other and go their separate ways.

He has his life, they have theirs.

Just think of it as having a long dream...

"...This plane will arrive at Baiyun Airport in 15 minutes, please passengers..."

Ash took off the steam goggles, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stretched out, and looked through the window at the mountains and cities on the ground.

came back.

And he won't leave this time.

As the plane taxied on the ground, Ash turned on his phone and turned off airplane mode. Messages from 10086 kept popping up, as well as many WhatsApp messages. But Ash didn't take a closer look. He picked up his backpack and left the cabin along the passage to the arrival hall.

Because it was 17:00, there were quite a lot of people in the airport, and there were many passengers waiting to check in their luggage in the arrival hall. Ash found his crew's checked baggage conveyor belt, but it seemed to be still being moved, so he sat there and called home.

"Hey, Mom, I'm back."

"Well, I'm not leaving."

"It's not that I was fired, I just returned to work in China."

"You urged me to get married after just three conversations. I finally remembered why I didn't come back to England for three years..."

At this time, Ash saw what seemed to be a commotion in the crowd from the corner of his eye. He took a quick look and understood in his heart - even if he couldn't see clearly, he could still see a group of beauties walking towards them from their outlines.

But as the distance got closer, his expression became more and more strange. Finally, he hung up the phone and looked at them blankly as if they were surrounded by a group of evil people.

"We have been waiting for you for six hours!" Wei Xi complained: "The power bank is almost out of power! Why did you take the latest flight?"

"Let's go out for dinner," Visser handed a bottle of water to Ash: "You must be familiar with which restaurant here is more delicious, Ash."

"Where are we staying tonight, Ash?" Diya asked excitedly while sitting on the suitcase, "Are we staying at your house?"

"Can ten people live in his house?" Shiffrin expressed doubts.

"And since he hasn't been back for so long, the house must be full of dust. I don't want to clean it up all night." An Nan said, "It's better to stay in a hotel."

"It will go very quickly if we clean together." Tamashi said.

"One vote for staying at home!" Freya raised her hand: "I don't want separate hotels!"

"Ash, your crew's luggage is starting to come out." Sonia reminded.

"Why am I here!?" Felix looked confused.

"Why are you here!?" Ash looked horrified.

Sonia said: "To put it simply, because the headquarters wants you to open a branch, we are assigned to help you set up a company structure."

"Even if they transfer people, they won't transfer you foreigners! You can't even speak Chinese!"

"I applied on my own initiative." Sonia tilted her head: "Everyone did."

"By the way," Diya also said, "Actually, we all speak Chinese, and we can understand you when you usually curse in Chinese."

"I'm not, I didn't!" Felix jumped out immediately: "But for some reason I was transferred here too!"

"There is no way. Since we are all here, the headquarters will definitely send you, little Feili, too." Visser said: "After all, you are Ashi's most convenient assistant."

"Woo..."

"But why did you apply to come here?" Ash couldn't understand: "It's not just Sonia. Even if your position is not promoted, your rank has been improved. You can still be very comfortable staying in London. There is no need to apply to come and help me. "

"Axiu," An Nan leaned down and looked at him with a smile: "Do you really want us to tell you the answer here?"

"I was just accompanying Freya here." Shifflin suppressed a smile: "But it looks much more interesting than I imagined."

"Your luggage." Tamashi pushed Ash's suitcase over.

"Let's go, we are all hungry. Take us to eat quickly. We don't have a place to live. During this period, you have to provide food, shelter and entertainment."

Sonia pulled Ash up, her brows flowing with charm, her expression both proud and shy.

"There are indeed not so many miracles in reality, and we are just ordinary people." She said softly: "But we can overcome difficulties, and we can...'create miracles.'"

"9,500 kilometers, 12 hours, let's try it."

Ash looked at the firmness in the red-haired girl's eyes and suddenly laughed, his shoulders shaking with laughter. He laughed louder and louder, making Sonia blush. She said angrily: "Why are you laughing!? That's what I said. Is it funny!?"

Ash took a deep breath to suppress his smile, reached out and held her hand tightly, and said softly:

"I already hold a miracle in my hands."

Diya rushed over and separated the two of them, angrily saying: "It's not fair!"

"Yes, it's unfair!" Freya quickly joined Diya on the same front: "We all came together, and I want it too!"

Ya Xiu smiled and changed the subject: "My house actually doesn't have much dust. Even when I'm abroad, I ask my aunt to clean it regularly. It shouldn't be a big problem if ten people squeeze in. After all, it's a large flat floor. I'll just stay here tonight. Would you like to stay at my house?"

"Okay, let's stay at Ash's house tonight!"

"Can you also stay at my house from now on?"

"Okay...ah Σ(っ°Д°;)っ?!"

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