Gu Nian put down her phone and put her hands on the dining table to cover her face. Her newly recovered mood sank again unconsciously, and she didn't even notice it.
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At ten o'clock, Gu Nian and Huo Huaijin arrived at the company together and returned to the design department with the original manuscript.
She stood by the bar, feeling a little regretful in her heart. Even if these manuscripts were scrapped, after so much effort, they would still have to draw new ones in the end.
"Gu Nian."
Xu Yang made her a cup of coffee and handed it to her, "Have a cup of coffee to refresh yourself."
Gu Nian put the manuscript in his hand aside, reached out to take it, and said with a smile: "Thank you, senior."
He tapped his chin on the design draft next to him and asked, "How's it going? Is it going well?"
"It's hard to explain in one word." Gu Nian sighed silently, "But it's good, there are some new ideas that can be added to it."
"Well, come on."
While the two were talking, Andy walked over from a short distance away. His high heels made a slight sound on the floor. Because of the carpet, the sound of footsteps was not obvious.
Just as she was about to walk over, she suddenly turned her direction and bumped into Gu Nian's shoulder.
The coffee in Gu Nian's hand swayed and spilled on the design draft next to it.
"Ouch!" Andy frowned in a pretentious manner, but his crimson lips inadvertently showed a hint of pride, "I'm sorry, the new shoes I bought are a bit scratchy on my feet, so I'm not very stable when walking."
"If you can't walk smoothly, won't you go around a little bit?"
Xu Yang quickly helped Gu Nian clean up the coffee stains on the design draft, and looked at Andy with an unhappy expression, "Can you take responsibility for delaying other people's affairs?"
"I'm sorry..."
Andy apologized hypocritically, "I was really careless. Gu Nian, you shouldn't blame me, right?"
Xu Yang wanted to say something else, but Gu Nian stopped him, "Forget it, senior, she said she didn't mean it."
Xu Yang was obviously furious, "What about your manuscripts?"
Gu Nian looked at Andy and said word by word: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, they are all scraps. It will have no impact if they are all destroyed."
Hearing what Gu Nian said, Andy's expression froze for a moment, and then he patted his heart and said, "That's great. Fortunately, it's a scrap, otherwise I wouldn't have sinned!"
Gu Nian nodded, "Indeed."
If it weren't for being misled by Andy's design, why would she need to go through this process again?
Thinking of this, she looked at the coffee cup in her hand, then raised her hand and spilled the remaining half cup of coffee on Andy.
"I'm sorry, Sister Andy. I really didn't mean it. You don't mind, right?"
"..."
Andy looked at the coffee dripping down from his body and was so angry that he was shaking all over, "You obviously did it on purpose!"
Gu Nian is so brave!
Dare to pour coffee directly on her? Didn't you always look submissive before?
Gu Nian ignored the angry expression on her face and said bluntly: "Didn't Sister Andy do it on purpose? She deliberately misled the audience of my new quarterly products and made my design completely contrary to my design - don't you feel at ease?"
Andy choked and his expression changed again and again.
Unexpectedly, Gu Nian found out so quickly, and also... said it directly in public?
Haha, I can't tell that this Gu Nian is still a bit tough.
But what about toughness?
It's not like she was defeated.
Andy sneered, without the slightest embarrassment of being exposed, "So what if I mislead you on purpose? You're not stupid. You don't even verify the most basic content. How can you blame others?"
"All in all, now that we are competitors, it doesn't matter what the process is like, what matters is the result."
"You seem to be very confident." Gu Nian's voice was deep, and a coldness could not help but exude from his body, "But you'd better be calm and don't use those dirty tricks again, otherwise you'll do it again next time.
What I spilled on you might not be coffee!"
After saying that, Gu Nian turned around and left neatly, showing an unspeakable aura.
Xu Yang had heard about the fact that Gu Nian's design was criticized by Lu, but he obviously didn't expect that Andy would be the one causing trouble.
He frowned, gave Andy a cold look, and chased after Gu Nian.
Gu Nian reached the rooftop in one breath before stopping, looking at the scenery downstairs with mixed emotions.
In fact, she really didn't want to stand against anyone. If Andy expressed her thoughts from the beginning and the two were competing fairly, she wouldn't have any objections.
But who would have thought that she would actually do those things behind her back? She would do whatever it takes!
Xu Yang also followed, stood beside Gu Nian slowly, thought for a while and then said: "Gu Nian, why don't you report this matter to the police? What Andy did was detrimental to professional ethics, and the company should not
Maybe let her do whatever she wants."
Gu Nian shook his head, "It's useless. We don't have any substantive evidence, and for this matter... I am indeed responsible for it. I didn't verify it after hearing what she said, so she had the opportunity to punish me."
In the final analysis, she thought of people too simply and thought that she could have sincere friends in the workplace. Now it seems that this idea is a bit naive.
"Then what are you going to do now?"
"Let's redesign it." Gu Nian shrugged, with an unprecedented determination in his eyes, "Senior, don't worry, I am confident that I can beat her even if we compete fairly with her."
Although Andy's qualifications are indeed more advanced, designing this kind of thing requires other factors besides qualifications. Just because her utilitarianism is stronger than her morality and belief, Gu Nian wins over her.
At least, each of her works adheres to her original intention.
Gu Nian didn't know that she seemed to be radiating light at this moment, and her confident look was so beautiful that people couldn't help but want to get closer.
Xu Yang was deeply attracted to her and couldn't help but get closer and closer.
"...Senior!"
Gu Nian took a step back, her eyes sober, "Since you already know about my marriage, you shouldn't be so close to me anymore. This is wrong."
Xu Yang froze for a moment before realizing what he had just done, but he did not regret it.
"You...don't you and him have a formal marriage?" He pursed his lips and said what was in his heart, "No matter when you divorce, I can wait. I really like you."
Gu Nian shook his head, "This has nothing to do with whether we have feelings or whether we are divorced."
"Anyway, thank you for your like, senior, but I think it's better for us to keep our distance from now on, so that we can still be ordinary colleagues."
After saying that, she nodded apologetically, turned around and went downstairs.
Although she had told Xu Yang before about rejecting her, Xu Yang seemed to treat her no differently than before.
I had no choice but to keep my distance from him.
Xu Yang watched Gu Nian leave, the hands at his side slowly clenched, and there was a murky depth in his eyes, which slowly disappeared...