How much love has become a cloud of smoke

Chapter 14 I love you, the only promise I can give you (1)
Vol.1
At 07:30 in the morning, as soon as I walked downstairs to the bank, I was immediately shocked by the crowd in front of me.

What's wrong?There was a queue for redemption, and money was given out for free. The crowd gathered at the gate of the bank was more than that of Diva's concert.I stood there stupidly, and suddenly someone pulled me, and before I turned around, the person said: "What are you looking at, don't hurry up."

"What's the matter?" I was dragged by Lily all the way to the elevator entrance of the building, and finally asked, "Why are you covering your face with a scarf? Is someone trying to harm you?"

"Don't you know?" Lily stared at me and said, "You are still Mr. Xiao Gao's close confidant."

"I told you, didn't I..." Before I could finish speaking, I was dragged into the elevator by Lily along with the crowd.There was no sound in the overcrowded elevator, I could only push Lily, and she pushed back, but she didn't answer me.

I waited patiently to reach the floor, grabbed her and said, "Tell me quickly, what is going on, and what do those people do?"

Lily said with a "you idiot" expression: "It's a run, do you understand?" Of course I understand a run, and even if I don't understand, I will search and look up a dictionary or something, but... D&K Bank How could there be a sudden run on the bank? This is a big event for the bank. Do you have to... wait for bankruptcy?

"Why did the run happen?"

"How do I know." Lily shrugged and said, "The manager called me in the middle of the night last night, saying that the deposit department is short-staffed today, and asked us to come to help early in the morning. It's 04:30, it's not even dawn yet , there are a lot of escort vehicles transporting the cash to the bank."

Why do I know nothing? "What did Mr. Gao say?"

"Mr. Gao?" Lily couldn't laugh or cry, and shook her head helplessly at me, "You really don't know anything." Then she said, "Mr. Gao has been in the hospital for several days, isn't that the case? Why is there a run on the bank? There are rumors everywhere that the bank has changed its name, and that the bank is going to close down, and so on, those people will suddenly come rushing to buy it."

"Mr. Gao is in the hospital!" I grabbed Lily and shook her, "Really?"

"That's the boss, how dare I make a joke. Manager Li and the others are all in the hospital now... Hey, Meng Qiqi, where are you going..." I didn't have time to wait for Lily to go on, I pressed the elevator and wanted to go downstairs, but I couldn't wait for the elevator , had no choice but to run down the fire exit.After Lily yelled twice on the stairs, I couldn't hear her anymore.

When I rushed to the hospital, Li Hongsheng and a group of bank executives were indeed at the entrance of the intensive care unit.Seeing my arrival, they also seemed to be very surprised. They cast their eyes on me in unison, which made me stop suddenly in fright, and looked at the group of elders panting at a loss.

Immediately afterwards, just behind me, a burst of hurried footsteps followed.I felt that my arm was suddenly grabbed by a force, and when I turned around, I bumped into Gao Tianming's face. "Mr. Xiao Gao..." My eyes widened in astonishment. Before I could say anything, Gao Tianming grabbed me and asked, "Where is my father? Where is he? Talk to me..." Let me say, You also have to give me a chance to speak.I opened my mouth but it was difficult to say a complete word. At this moment Li Hongsheng came over, pulled Gao Tianming away unhurriedly and said, "Mr. Gao, don't get excited, Mr. Gao is now in the intensive care unit. Here, there are doctors and nurses to take care of him, so don't worry too much."

Following the direction Li Hongsheng pointed, Gao Tianming walked to the glass window of the intensive care unit in two or three steps, and pressed his hands tightly against the glass, as if he wanted to see through the glass.I could only vaguely see a few doctors and nurses in a hurry in the ward, but Li Hongsheng pulled me aside at this moment and said, "How did Mr. Xiao Gao know?"

I shook my head innocently. In fact, I really want to know how he would know. After all, it has not been published in newspapers and magazines. For the first time, I was more curious: "Why can't Mr. Xiao Gao know?"

Li Hongsheng lowered his head in embarrassment, looked back at Gao Tianming, and said to me, "Mr. Gao ordered not to tell Mr. Xiao Gao."

So, when Mr. Gao called me into the office that day, he already knew that today would come, right?
That's why he said such inexplicable things that day and gave me back the check or something.I thought for a while, and then asked, "But, why did it happen so suddenly?"

"Actually, it wasn't sudden." Li Hongsheng thought for a while, and then said, "You've heard the company's gossip recently, right?" Is it the ones that Lily gave me just now? Then I know.I nodded to him, and Li Hongsheng continued: "The matter of the China Securities Regulatory Commission has a great impact on the bank. Moreover, a large part of the company's shares have been acquired by others. Maybe there are more than that."

How big is a large portion?Maybe more than that and what does it mean?I looked at Li Hongsheng. He is the chief financial officer. How could a non-professional like me understand what he said so vaguely. "Manager Li, do you want to say...does the company have shareholders who sell shares?"

Li Hongsheng looked at me silently, and I realized another question: "Mr. Gao is in the hospital now...then...who gave the order to transfer the cash?"

It seems that I am not too stupid. Li Hongsheng's eyes showed a little surprised expression, and I can take it as his approval by default.

"It's the new chairman." Li Hongsheng said.Now it's my turn to ask Li Hongsheng, "Who is the new chairman?"

"With Mr. Gao's current shares, he is no longer the most important shareholder in the board of directors." Li Hongsheng looked down at his watch, "It was the assistant of the new chairman who called us this morning, and the new chairman has given all The company's senior management issued a notice that a meeting will be held at the bank's headquarters at ten o'clock later."

I froze for a while, looked at my watch and said, "Ten o'clock..." Li Hongsheng nodded and said, "Yes, we are going to a meeting now, Ms. Meng, please stay here and take care of Mr. Gao." Li Hongsheng turned around after speaking. Suddenly seeing Gao Tianming standing behind him, he was obviously startled, and turned to look at me.In fact, you see, what's the use of me, I'm not Gao Tianming's food and clothing parents, he won't listen to me.

Sure enough, Gao Tianming didn't even dump me. He just pulled Li Hongsheng and asked, "What do you mean you're going to have a meeting right away?"

"This...Little Mr. Gao..." Before Li Hongsheng could finish his sentence, Gao Tianming threw his hands away and rushed out of the hospital.I didn't have time to speak and then ran out.The high-heeled shoes made a screeching sound on the marble, passing through the strange gazes of everyone, I almost sprained my feet, and finally stopped Gao Tianming under the barrier of the glass door.I firmly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Mr. Xiao Gao, Mr. Xiao Gao...where are you going?"

"Go to the bank." Go to the bank to fight?Your momentum.

I kept stopping him, but he was annoyed, and he shook off me and said, "Do you want me to wait here! What can I do if I wait."

I was pushed away by him vigorously, and accidentally bumped into the nurse behind me. The kind nurse supported me and said to Gao Tianming, "Sir, this is a hospital, please keep quiet."

I nodded to the nurse to show that I was fine, and Gao Tianming didn't seem to think of pushing too hard, and slowly turned away from looking at me, but then lowered his voice and said, "What I do is my business, It has nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with me, but it has something to do with the assistant to the general manager." Gao Tianming was stunned for a moment, and I took advantage of the situation to drag him aside and said, "So if the general manager is going to a meeting, the assistant has the duty to go with him , unless...unless you are no longer the general manager of D&K Bank." But if you are not the general manager, why do you go to the meeting.Gao Tianming was taken aback for a moment, as if someone had poured cold water on his head, he suddenly looked at me and stopped talking.

I didn't say anything, just like this, we stood at the entrance of the hospital with our eyes facing each other, and the glass door opened and closed slowly beside us, closed and opened again.

"I know my father is in the hospital at this time, I shouldn't run around. But there are some things I have to find out, and...Qiqi," this is the first time Gao Tianming called me like this, he slowly I pushed my hand away and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, don't worry about it."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you fire me now." He turned around slowly, turned his back to me and said, "Then I will fire you now."

"I need to give one month's notice before dismissal, a written dismissal letter, and compensation. Do you have all these?" In fact, he really doesn't know these things. I guess he hasn't even seen what the company's articles of association look like. .

"Then what do you want!" Finally, Gao Tianming roared impatiently.Immediately a nurse nearby said, "Sir, this is a hospital, please don't make any noise." I put my handbag on my shoulders calmly and nonchalantly, looked at him and said, "Didn't you say you were going to a bank meeting?" I know what's coming.But just like you have heard all the details, but you can’t be sure if you don’t see it with your own eyes, I still want to confirm it with my own eyes, or in other words, I am deceiving myself and hoping that all my guesses are wrong.

When I followed Gao Tianming back to the bank building, Li Hongsheng and others had already arrived.The moment the door was pushed open, the deadlocked atmosphere in the conference room seemed to freeze.Everyone turned to look at us. In the familiar conference room and behind the cold long conference table, there were both familiar people and unfamiliar faces.

This is the first time I have seen Gao Tianming go through those knife-like gazes so resolutely, walk to the seat by the conference table and sit down.In all the previous meetings, that seat was always vacant.

I think it really only takes a moment for many things to happen, life or death, love or hate, transformation or rebirth.I followed Gao Tianming like a quiet shadow, but Gao Tianming's back at this moment really reminded me of that person, his half-blood brother.I slowly sat down on the seat next to the meeting room, in fact, at this time, the surrounding seats were already full.

All the shareholders, bank executives, and senior assistants came to the meeting room. Everyone had different expressions on their faces, some were curious, some were uneasy, some were indifferent, and some were indignant.

Amidst the whispers like boiling water, the door lock of the meeting room rang again, and as the dark brown walnut door opened again, only the chairman's seat was left vacant in the fully packed meeting room.

The man it was waiting for appeared behind the walnut door.He was still the same, wearing a neat black suit without any wrinkles, his stern brows were slightly furrowed, and he walked without the slightest hesitation.Two assistants accompanied him, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was majestic, but he attracted everyone's attention, but he didn't cast his gaze on anyone, as if everything around him was just air.

I heard the footsteps, sonorous and powerful, like a giant chisel beating an iceberg.After the three stood still, the female assistant handed over a gray folder and placed it on the table in front of him.

He just stood, leaned forward slightly, supported the table with both hands, glanced at the people around the table, and said, "Everyone, I am the new chairman and chairman of the board of directors of D&K Bank." As if he couldn't hear the following There was a lot of discussion and gossip, he slowly straightened his back and showed a smile to everyone.

He said, "I am Chen Jiayan."

Vol.2
He said, "I am Chen Jiayan."

In the overcrowded meeting room, under the detonation of this sentence, there was a burst of whispering.Gao Tianming's whole body tensed instantly, and there was a high concentration of gunpowder in the air.The silence of Gao Tianming and Chen Jiayan became a slender fuse, like a sharp silver needle, piercing through all the noise.

Suddenly, Gao Tianming stood up, rushed towards Chen Jiayan with a speed and strength that I hadn't expected, and knocked him to the ground with one punch.All the voices fell silent, not only me, everyone present seemed shocked by this scene.I was anxious to stop Gao Tianming, but I got caught by the leg of the chair and nearly fell.

Before Gao Tianming could swing his second punch, the man beside Chen Jiayan had already firmly restrained his right fist.That pale and slender male assistant seemed to possess unexpected strength.No matter how Gao Tianming struggled, it was of no avail.

"Are you okay?" The man turned his head to look at Chen Jiayan.With the support of the female assistant, Chen Jiayan got up slowly, raised his hand to wipe away the faint blood stains from the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's okay, let him go." The man hesitated, but Gao Tianming took the opportunity to shake off the man's hand.I hastily stepped forward to stop Gao Tianming. Under my tugging, he seemed to notice that we were standing in the center of everyone's eyes. Under the eyes of everyone, I felt scared and terrified as if I was being pushed to the stake.

"Mr. Chen." The female assistant handed over the handkerchief very timely.After Chen Jiayan wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, he turned around and said to everyone: "I know you must have a lot of questions, but I don't think I have time to explain them to you here today. Everyone is very clear about the current situation of the bank. I have prepared a document and sent it to everyone. At the regular meeting tomorrow morning, I will listen to your detailed opinions."

Two assistants started distributing documents to everyone in due time. What I didn't expect was that even I had a share.I opened the thick document, but before I could see it clearly, Gao Tianming suddenly pushed away the female assistant who handed out the document to him, turned around and walked out of the conference room.

I thought Gao Tianming would make further moves to make me feel uneasy in this critical situation, but this time Gao Tianming didn't do anything, didn't say anything, he just turned around and strode Walking to the door, without even a slam of the door, it just disappeared so quietly.

"Mr. Xiao Gao." I wanted to stop Gao Tianming, but in a hurry, I only had time to help the female assistant who almost fell.

I was really shocked at that moment.Gao Tianming's behavior really didn't look like Gao Tianming at all, it didn't look like... on the contrary, he looked like another one - Chen Jiayan.I turned my face away and saw Chen Jiayan still standing there, calmly continuing his speech as if nothing had happened just now: "Although there may be some personnel adjustments, I still hope that everything will go on as usual. The deposit department and the counter may be closed today." I am very busy, if there is not enough manpower, I can go to the administrative department to deploy. Under the current situation, although I don't want any personnel changes, but if you have better development, I will not hinder it." Then he straightened up and said , "If there is nothing else, everyone can go out to work."

In an instant, those executives who were like wooden figures nailed to the chair got up one after another and left the table.I can only hear the sound of chairs rubbing against the floor, those sounds are like the noise of traffic, and I seem to be standing under the traffic lights at the intersection, not knowing where to go.When I realized that everything around me suddenly became quiet, only Chen Jiayan and I were left in the entire conference room.I picked up the backpack on the chair, and suddenly a voice behind me said, "Are you going to chase him?"

I paused for a moment with my hand reaching for the bag, and when I looked up, I realized that Chen Jiayan had already stood in front of me at some point.

"Why?" Why... Isn't this the question I should ask you?I looked at him, but said nothing.

"Yu Gong, your position is assistant to the general manager, not Gao Tianming's assistant. It is the bank that pays you, not Gao Tianming. And it should still be working hours. Your new boss is here. Where are you going?" ?” He stood in front of me and said, “Yu Si, you should stay by my side, shouldn’t you?”

I looked at the long and narrow Danfeng eyes, and suddenly I understood the problem that I hadn't figured out in the past ten days.

——"No matter what happens, whether I am a good person or a bad person...would you like to be with me?"

I let go of the backpack.I don’t know if it’s because of the momentary change that made me a little dislocated in time and space, or because all of this has exceeded the pressure I can bear. I feel that everything in front of me is so blurry. I am so close, but I can’t see Know the appearance of the person in front of you.

(End of this chapter)