Today is the birthday of the director of the Second Department. She came in wanting to invite Xiang Wan to the evening party, saying that the entire Second Department would be there. Xiang Wan thought that there was nothing to do tonight, so she agreed.
At this time, several designers from the second department were sitting in Xiang Wan's car, and everyone was driving towards the party.
"I haven't attended a party like this for a long time. What do you want to eat?"
"I'm so hungry now that even a steamed bun tastes like meat."
"Me too, there are so many projects these days."
While driving, he interrupted, "So go ahead and eat up your minister tonight."
"Yes, yes! What a great idea! The director understands us!"
"By the way, do you think Lina will go? She hasn't been with us much since the last party."
"If you don't want to go, don't go. Anyway, we just have to eat well. Besides, I don't think she is likely to stay. I intuitively feel that Xu Rou can win!"
Several designers were chatting away in the car, while Xiang Wan smiled and said nothing.
When they arrived at the place, everyone waited for Xiang Wan to park the car and entered the restaurant together. It was a local restaurant from country M. Xiang Wan and Bai Ji had eaten there before, and it tasted very good.
However, general gatherings are not very demanding about food, and everyone is thinking about the entertainment after the meal.
Everyone went to the box together and waited around but didn't see Lina and Xu Rou.
"Why are they two so slow?"
The director of the second department has also been waiting in the box for a while. With the director Xiang Wan present, she didn't have much to complain about.
"Then let's order the meal first. Let's talk about what you want to eat first."
"Okay, if there's anything they both want to eat, they can just order it later."
The designers took the menu in agreement.
However, Xu Rou had actually arrived downstairs in the restaurant a few minutes ago. It wasn't that she didn't come up, but that she couldn't.
"Hey, little girl, why are you alone? Why don't you let some of your brothers play with you?"
Xu Rou turned pale with fright. She regretted not letting the driver take her directly to the main entrance of the restaurant, otherwise she would not have encountered these gangsters. She couldn't leave at the back door of the restaurant if she wanted to.
"Don't come over here, there are so many people here."
"Do you want money? I can give it to you."
Several gangsters looked at each other when they heard Qian, "We are just here to make money, there is no need."
"Little girl, let's spend the spring night with my brothers!"
One of the gangsters took a big step forward and raised his hand to touch Xu Rou, but unexpectedly there was a sudden roar behind him.
"Do you really think this place is deserted? A large group of people bullying a little girl?"
Several people looked in the direction of the sound. Xiang Wan walked in the front, followed by the restaurant's security guards. The security guards in this kind of restaurant were not old, weak, sick or disabled, and all of them had received professional training.
When Xu Rou saw Xiang Wan, it was as if she saw her savior. Her eyes sparkled, and she quickly ran towards Xiang Wan while the gangsters were not paying attention.
"You, you guys, stop meddling in other people's business!"
"Haha, it seems that if I don't arrest you and take you to the police station for a few days, you won't admit your mistake?"
Xiang Wan glanced at the security guards behind him. The security guards rushed towards those people without saying a word. If something went wrong, the gangsters turned around and ran away.
"stop!"
The security guards ran towards the gangsters, leaving Xiang Wan and Xu Rou standing there. Xiang Wan patted Xu Rou on the shoulder.
Although she seemed stable on the surface, her trembling voice let Xiang Wan know that she was afraid.
"Don't be afraid, it'll be okay."
After comforting people all the way back, I was finally able to pretend to be normal and communicate with everyone when I entered the box.
But Xiang Wan has been thinking about one thing. The location of this restaurant is not in the right direction. Even if it is the back door, people often pass by it. It has been very rare for so long to hear about bad boys harassing girls here.
If she hadn't gone downstairs to the bathroom and heard some girls passing by talking, she would have known that something happened to Xu Rou at the back door.
I always feel like something is wrong.
"Xu Rou, are you just here? We have been waiting for you for a long time."
Xu Rou is not very good at lying, and since she just encountered something like that, she didn't catch the other person's words at once, and the whole process was a bit embarrassing.
Xiang Wan, who had just sat down, continued naturally, "I just happened to meet Xu Rou when I was going to the toilet down there, so I chatted with her for a while before I came up."
Naturally, everyone dared not say anything when Director Youxiang Wan spoke.
"Then sit down and eat quickly. Xu Rou, see if there is anything else you like."
"OK."
Maybe he was still nervous, so he knocked down the water glass in his hand when he sat down, making him even more panicked.
"I'll get some tissues. Xu Rou, just sit down."
Xiang Wan got up and walked towards the coffee table on the side. When he passed behind Lina, he suddenly asked about a smell, which was very familiar.
In just a few seconds, she immediately realized that this smell was the smell of disinfectant from the back door. She and Xu Rou both had it, but if they didn't go through the back door, how could there be this smell?
"Lina, when did you come? I didn't even see you just now."
Xiang Wan picked up the tissue box and asked seemingly casually.
Lina's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, but returned to normal in a moment.
"I just came in."
"Yes, Lina came in a minute or two earlier than you."
"That's it."
Xiang Wan wiped the table in front of Xu Rou as if she didn't care. She didn't see Lina downstairs from the beginning to the end. There was only one door at the back. If she had passed by before she came, she would have entered the box or been taken away.
Xu Rou saw that if she passed behind them, she would be a little later than them.
But, none of them...
Xiang Wan didn't ask any more questions. After all, without evidence, he could only make wild guesses.
"Everyone, hurry up and eat. The dishes are all here."
Some people enjoy a meal, while others remain uninterested.
After the dinner party, in order to ensure Xu Rou's safety, Xiang Wan personally took her to the car before leaving. It's a pity that such a good young talent has not experienced the experience of society, and many things are not yet ready.
Sitting in her car, she was always worried about Xu Rou's affairs. I wonder if she was overthinking it.
However, the facts proved that Xiang Wan's consciousness was right.
Early the next morning, such a photo was posted on the design forum. Several people surrounded Xu Rou, and one of them stretched out his hand. From the perspective of the photographer, it looked like Xu Rou was leaning on that person.
Just like in my arms, this misalignment is simply fatal.
Photo caption: Surprised, the new modo intern actually hangs out with street gangsters in the backstreets.
In fact, you can’t tell much about the whole photo at first glance, but when paired with the text, it makes people think a lot.