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"Little girl, do you know me?" Elder Zhang revealed a rare smile, even the wrinkles on his face softened.

An Ruyou quickly bowed in apology, "How is your condition? "I'm really sorry that I have to trouble you to take care of such a small matter like my interview."

An Zhenxun patted An Ruyou's back that was trembling with excitement, "Mr Zhang's health is better now, she's returning home to organize our country's affairs, and she's about to leave the country again. You just happened to catch up with him, and she was invited by me!"

"Zhenxun, your daughter is not ordinary. She is very impetuous, and it is rare to see a calm and composed child like her."

An Zhenxun held Teacher Zhang's hand and said: "Thank you for your praise, Sir. My daughter is untalented, and I hope that everyone will be merciful. Last time, when you returned home, you did not go out due to illness, but after completing your duties, you left in a hurry.

"I understand what you're thinking. I also really want to interact more with such a promising young man. But ZhenXun, I've arranged for an inspection today. The driver is waiting for me downstairs. He's going to the hospital soon."

"Sir, your body is more important," An Ruyou walked over, "I'll send you off!"

"ZhenXun, come send me off. You have just arrived at the company, the size of the Ann's is not small, if you run away and lose it, how will I account it to your father?"

Elder Zhang's teasing words made everyone burst out in laughter. It was completely different from the serious atmosphere from before. Now, the atmosphere was harmonious and warm.

"I'll go see Elder Zhang off, there will be a meeting later. There's no rush to work today, you can go out and play whenever you want. Working workers can't always take leave. Take advantage and relax now." An Zhenxun finished speaking to An Ruyou and then brought Elder Zhang out the door. Director Lin also followed them out, leaving only An Ruyou and the mixed male in the room.

"Hello, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Tony and I'm actually not an employee of Ann's. The search company I work for has worked with Ann's before."

Only then did An Ruyou have the time to size up the person in front of him. The first thing that entered her line of sight was his tall and straight nose, European style eyes with long eyelashes, big eyes that looked furry, and thin lips that looked even more capable and resolute.

An Ruyou also extended his hand to shake his hand, "Mr. Tony is really young and promising, the employees of the headhunter companies are all quick-witted people, only then will they be able to provide the most suitable talent for companies with talent needs, thus achieving the goal of a win-win situation."

"Miss Ann knows a lot more than I thought, but must we continue to be courteous? Why don't you call me Tony, and I'll call you Lover? "

"Of course, if Tony doesn't mind."

"If you weren't the successor of Ann's, I would even want to poach you to enter our company's reserve talent pool."

"Stored talent pool?" What is that? It's the first time I've heard of it. " An Ruyou gestured Tony to sit and chat.

The office had its own unique fun. An Ruyou opened the drawer under the water dispenser and found the Drinking Box, "Found it, chat must be accompanied by delicious drinks."

A packet of coffee, a packet of milk tea. After opening them, he poured half of each cup and pressed the hot water button. The unique aroma of coffee mixed with the fragrance of milk filled the entire meeting room.

"Come and have a taste, this is my office's exclusive beverage, only I can make it!"

Tony pursed his lips at her exaggerated expression. It was obviously instant coffee and sweet milk tea that was essential to an office.

While the young girl was looking forward to the taste, she picked up the cup and took a sip. The aroma of the coffee was very strong, and after it entered her mouth, a rich fragrance wrapped around the taste of the coffee.

"Wow, you still have some other abilities that I don't know about, the ordinary taste in your hands is truly amazing, but how do you know about the structure of the office? I heard that it's your first time entering the Ann's, but your movements are skilled and relaxed, and it doesn't seem like it's your first time coming into contact with these, I can't help but think of an old friend."

An Ruyou was startled and quickly said, "Tony, you must be joking. I stayed up all night reading a lot of office guides, and I like watching TV dramas. It's not always the same in TV dramas, but there will always be drinks next to the water dispenser or in the drawer next to it. Why would I think of him when I saw him? "

It's a long story, but in truth, that person can't be considered to be an old friend of mine, we only met once at the merchant guild, she is Qiao Family's daughter Qiao Ruoyou, maybe you know her, your names are similar too, she was not rushed when facing the merchants at the trading company that wanted to provoke them, with reason and cause them to be convinced, but seeing you today, it is as though I saw her again, but too bad she was jealous, she passed away young due to illness!

An Ruyou's heart was filled with grief. She had clearly heard her own story, but she had to pretend to be a spectator to sigh with emotion, and maintained her smile on her face. After mulling over it for a while, she opened her mouth and said, "Unfortunately, I was unable to meet her while she was still alive, I believe we will definitely become good friends."

"I keep having the feeling that it's too sudden."

"What's too sudden."

"Qiao Ruoyou left and died because of an illness. Shouldn't there have been some omens before this? "Why do I feel that it's strange? Maybe the news came too suddenly, and I'm not ready yet!"

An Ruyou laughed, "Maybe the Qiao Family knows something, we are all outsiders, there is no point trying to guess, after all, he has already left."

This sentence caused An Ruyou to be shocked, that's right, why did his death have to be avoided by her saying that she had died from an illness, could it be that Qiao Family found out about some secret, then found out about her dead body, and quickly sent out an obituary to announce her death?

"I believe that Qiao Ruoyou's death isn't that simple, but I have no stance whatsoever to call for the society's attention to this matter. We can't even be considered friends, what right do we have to cry for her injustice?" Tony grimaced in pain and drank the warm drink in one gulp.

At that moment, it was as if someone was arranging it. An Ruyou looked at Tony gratefully. A stranger might have pity for someone he had met before, but this so called "family" was a jackal that truly harmed her.

Seeing that An Ruyou was in a daze, Tony started to blame himself, "I'm so sorry, it should be a good day for you to take over, I just said some weird things that troubled you, I'm just a little sad that I couldn't find a suitable person to pour out my heart to. Today, we have met and disturbed your good mood, as an apology, I'll treat you to a meal!"

An Ruyou was powerless now, her mind was in a mess, "Okay, I'm also hungry, let's go eat together!"

The weather was sunny today, and the blue sky was like a huge blue crystal. It was cloudless and early in the day, so An Ruyou agreed to Tony's suggestion of taking a ride outside. There was a seafood restaurant near Binhai City, enjoying the scenery while enjoying the delicacies.

Watching the buildings on the side of the road retreat quickly and leave the business district, passing by the bustling residential area, just in time for the nearby primary school lunch break, the children walked together in groups of two or three, becoming a unique sight to see on the road. Tony lowered his speed, An Ruyou rolled down the window and let the warm wind blow on her face.

"Are you happy?"

"Mm, I'm very happy. The wind is good, the sunlight is good, everything is good. I can feel that I'm still alive."

Tony laughed. "So you are an old man. You are the most beautiful young man in your life now. Why do you have so many insights and feel so sad about it?"

"Maybe Qiao Ruoyou's experience has given me some insights, haha, don't be too worried."

Tony looked at the girl who was turning her head back to the window. Although she didn't say anything, she felt a faint melancholy surround her.

When they arrived at the coast, they slowly drove along the long coastline. The sea breeze carried the smell of salt, and the waves were lightly afraid of the rocks on the shore, making rustling sounds, causing one's heart to become tranquil.

An Ruyou got off the car and walked shoulder to shoulder with Tony on the wooden stairs at the pier. The seabirds were awoken by the distant siren, and from time to time, they would flash past people's heads, "Look, there are a lot of people over there."

"Lu Lu, let's quickly go and see what happened over there." Tony walked a few steps quickly to keep up with An Ruyou's footsteps.

Approaching it, he saw an old man drawing on the ground with a brush dipped in the sea water. He said that it was drawing, but it was also not. The words seemed to be like graffiti, but in short, it was something that no one could understand.

"Lu Lu, do you know what this is?"

"I've never seen him before, but I feel a little familiar with him."

With just a glance, it was as if he could see through her heart. An Ruyou could not control herself and retreated a step, this kind of gaze was too intense, as if she had returned to her infancy, and was being examined without reservation by someone else. Under this gaze, An Ruyou felt the world spin around him, her memories and some of the foreign picture fragments assaulted her brain, causing her head to hurt so much that it felt like it was going to explode.

When he opened his eyes again, someone had woken him up.

"Ru Lu, Ru Lu, are you alright?" Tony saw An Ruyou's eyelids tremble and immediately went forward to ask, "How is the doctor?"

An Ruyou had completely woken up now, sshe opened her eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling. Looking around, he realised that she was lying on the sickbed in the clinic.

"Let me go, I want to see him."

Tony asked, puzzled, "Meet who? You just woke up. "

"Where did the old painter go?" An Ruyou lifted her quilt and was about to get off the bed.

The doctor hurriedly stopped her, "Patient, you've suffered from heatstroke. It's best if you don't walk around too much in the sunlight."

But An Ruyou just thanked him indifferently and ran out of the clinic. The feeling the old man had given her was so strange, like a forgotten dream, that she could grasp one corner of the vast dream, but could not bring it all back.

She wanted to find the old man right away and ask him what he knew, why she had that strange feeling when she looked at him, the confused pictures in her head, the strange patterns, too many questions in her mind, and she longed for the old man to answer them.

Tony chased after him. Seeing An Ruyou standing dumbly on the wooden stake where the old man had just been sitting, without a single soul in sight, the brushstroke marks on it were evaporated by the scorching sun, and even the old man had disappeared without a trace. Everything seemed as if it had never happened before.