C79 A Mysterious Needle Box

"I advise you not to lose your temper and relax your mood. Is this also wrong?" Lin Jiahuan crossed her arms in a relaxed manner.

"I finally understand. You did it intentionally!!" Big Elder Liu's face was as fierce as a tiger's. The assistant who was sticking his head out of the door suddenly raised his voice, "What are you looking at? Close the door!"

The male assistant, who was not very brave to begin with, was so scared that he shivered. He quickly ran in and closed the door.

"Lin Jia, you weren't like this in the past. " Big Elder Liu suppressed his anger and finally lowered his voice a little. "Ever since you took over the Silken Program, don't you feel that you've been too hard on others?"

Without waiting for Lin Jia to speak, he continued, "I can guess what you're thinking. That's right. This project is a rare opportunity for you. Even if it's just an ordinary project, it's still a great deal for you. If you're not careful, you'll amaze the world. Your future path will also become much wider, and you won't be as cowardly as before. You're always on the passive side. "

Lin Jia looked at Big Old Liu with a smile. She guessed that he hasn't been doing very well recently. Overly anxious, not only did his ability to control his emotions decrease by a lot, Even his precious hair had disappeared. It was a rare resource to begin with. Every day, he used wolfberry water and healthcare products to carefully take care of him. Suddenly, he fell down one by one. He must be distressed and anxious. No wonder he would frown when he saw her. His eyes were burning with anger.

"You are always very considerate. You tell me everything I want to say and what I can say. " Lin Jia leaned over. She helped Elder Liu unscrew the lid of the thermos and send it to the place where his tentacles could touch. "I took two days off. When I wasn't around, I didn't know what happened that made CEO Liu so angry. But after being with me for so many years, you know my temper and personality the best. Actually, we can talk about something. We can do business, and we can solve the problem as long as we don't get angry. "

" Don't play Tai Chi in front of me. " Big Elder Liu didn't fall for it. He pressed on the spot in the middle of his head that was aching. "What's the matter with Nie Sisi and Zhan Jiaying?"

"What's the matter?" Lin Jia asked even though she knew the answer.

"You kicked them out of the project team!" Big Elder Liu raised two fingers. The anger that he had just suppressed seemed to be ignited again. "Two days! He only left them in a daze for two days! Furthermore, you weren't even there during these two days. It wasn't easy for you to come back, so the first thing you did was to throw these two big troubles in front of me. "

When Lin Jia heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud. "The word you used is always very accurate. "

Big trouble!! Since she knew that it was a big trouble, she still dropped two at the busiest and most impatient time on her side.

Of course, she would give a response.

The project team was not a kindergarten. They were not a shelter either. If they wanted to be plated, get a share of the pie, and get some benefits, they had to show some strength and make some contributions, right?

Nie Sisi and Zhan Jiaying were more like supervisors who came to inspect work. Their hair, from head to toe, carried a trace of high and mighty contempt.

She didn't need to go as fast as she could to invite the two of them to leave. Was she going to add more obstacles to herself first, and then spend a lot of effort to clean it up when she was so angry that it was dark and gloomy?

"Lin Jia! Lin Jia!" Big Elder Liu called out her name twice in a row. "Can't you see who's standing behind Nie Sisi and Zhan Jiaying?"

"I can tell. It's all carved on my forehead. It can't be any more obvious. One of them is Vice President Huo's confidant, and the other is Vice President Lu's beloved general. No one has ever intended to hide this matter since the day they were sent here. " Lin Jia replied without a care in the world.

"You. . . Sigh!" Big Old Liu was extremely angry and suddenly did not want to shout anymore.

He tapped on the table a few times with his finger, "You didn't do it impartially, but you put yourself at the top of the storm, you know? You instantly became a target for both sides to attack together. "

"I'm a Buddhist, I don't want to participate in office politics. Isn't this matter very obvious? Since you know my position, why did you give me the details of the Silken Jade Project? Heck, it's not like no one can take it. Why did you just have to give it to me?" The question that Lin Jia asked had always been something that she could not figure out. And Big Elder Liu always avoided it and refused to help her answer it.

Big Elder Liu sighed, but still maintained his silence.

"Since you've given it to me, I don't want to think too much about it. The Silken Program is even more difficult than expected. Just the first evaluation alone almost caused our team to die. Director Liu, You're not in the project team. I believe that with your understanding of the entire project, you should know that what I said is not exaggerated at all, right? Busy work is already very tiring. My people and I really don't have the time to deal with those useless things. I've mentioned this more than once in front of you. Isn't it?" Lin Jia said frankly," From the day I took over this project team, All I did was plan to go all out, CEO Liu. My only goal is to complete the project and hand in a beautiful report card. As for other things, as long as it has nothing to do with my normal work, I won't consider it. "

" Lin Jia, don't do your job well, and your final goal is still to get a promotion and raise your salary, so that you can build up your own capital? You've offended all the people above you who can make decisions about your career, and you've worked so hard today. . . And for what? " Old Liu let out a long sigh.

Lin Jia curved her lips and smiled gently.

She didn't answer and didn't know how to answer.

Because even she didn't have an accurate answer.

"Nie Sisi and Zhan Jiaying won't be going to the project team anymore. They've already rearranged the work for them. It's as you wish now. " Big Elder Liu wiped his face.

"Thank you so much for your support, CEO Liu. You've really helped us a lot. " Lin Jia put her palms together in a manner as if she was giving a gift to the God of Plagues. The smile on her face was obviously a little too dazzling.

It was not cute at all!

Big Elder Liu snorted. "It might be very troublesome with them in the project team, but the people behind them will feel more at ease. If they're not around, your usual work will definitely be smoother, but it's hard to say what the final result will be. "

"Thank you for your reminder, CEO Liu. We'll talk about the future in the future. Progress on the project is my only goal in my mind. So, if there's nothing important, I'll go back first. "

Once the things that needed to be said were settled, Lin Jia didn't want to stay for another minute.

Before leaving the house, Big Elder Liu's voice seemed to have drifted over unintentionally," How's your relationship with Su Huai recently? "

"??"

Lin Jia stopped her footsteps and turned her head in puzzlement, looking at Big Elder Liu's expressionless face.

"Su Huai was also not present during these two days when you took a leave of absence. " Big Elder Liu had a deeper meaning in his words.

"He often takes a leave of absence. " Lin Jia answered in a light tone.

Big Elder Liu hesitated and hesitated. Finally, he said the question he wanted to ask in front of his face, "You guys are not together, right?"

"CEO Liu, you're so nosy. I'm so busy that I have to race against time to go home and shower and change my clothes. How could I have time to be with someone? That would be too much of a waste of time. " Lin Jia's reply was very skilled.

After saying a lot, she actually didn't say anything.

Rumors hurt people. Lin Jia had seen how scary it was. She did not want to get involved unless she had no other choice. She wanted to become the focus of the conversation.

Big Elder Liu was also a shrewd person and was not very satisfied with Lin Jia's answer. He also knew that probing and probing would definitely not give him an answer, so he might as well open it up and say it directly.

"You guys take leave at the same time. Are you staying together for the next two days?"

His gaze was slightly cold as he locked onto Lin Jia. He must give an accurate and honest answer.

Lin Jia sighed. "Director Liu, I took leave to go back to my grandmother's grave. "

"I understand. You can go out. " Big Elder Liu nodded and felt slightly relieved.

A private matter like going to a grave shouldn't bring outsiders along.

Then Lin Jia and Su Huai ought to be busy with their own matters.

- - -

Su Huai seemed to really like to play other missing games without telling anyone.

This time, after separating from the airport that day, Lin Jia hadn't seen him for a few days.

If he didn't look for her, she also didn't seem to have any reason to take the initiative to look for him. Plus, he was indeed very busy, and the sky was dark. Day and night, the people below were all shouting that they couldn't bear it. As the person in charge, Lin Jia had to bear the pressure from several parties at the same time. She quickly lost weight. Kitty in the group often teased her, saying that she was hanging on with her immortal aura.

No matter what, she was still pushing forward in a steady and orderly manner.

Su Huai didn't appear before He Cheng, but he ran very attentively. When he didn't come, he sent Zhang Xiaoyan to keep watch in the group. In short, he had to grasp the size and movement of the project team and wouldn't relax for a moment.

Lin Jia always didn't give him a good expression. He Cheng Qian had touched the soft nail a few times and restrained himself a little. It had been a long time since he mentioned those useless things.

Thus, although her body and spirit were both exhausted, Lin Jia clearly felt that her days were much better. It was as if she had returned to work before she didn't know Su Huai. Day after day, at 3: 1, she was calm and nervous.

Until this afternoon, something suddenly appeared in front of Lin Jia's desk.

It was a square wooden box. The surface of the box was carved with flowers blooming, and a small copper lock hung on the box, like a beautiful jewelry box.

But Lin Jia immediately recognized that it wasn't a jewelry box. It was - -

"Boss, who gave you this gift? How unique!" Assistant Bei happened to see it when she came over to deliver the information.

As for women, no matter what age they were, no matter what profession they did, they were born to like certain things.

For example, clothing bags, perfume, lipstick and jewelry. . . Including jewelry boxes.

Lin Jia's face was pale, "I don't know who put it on my table. "

"It must be for you on your table. Hurry up and open it. I don't know what's hidden inside. " Assistant Bei got excited, and Kitty also got closer.

A few pairs of eyes stared at her without blinking. They did not notice Lin Jia's strange behavior. Instead, they focused all of their attention on the mysterious gift that suddenly appeared.

Lin Jia clenched her fists tightly. She wanted to shout and ask someone to throw the wooden box into the trash can.

However, after several attempts, she found that she could not make any sound at all. She was like a wooden stiff person standing there, helplessly looking at the wooden box. Her eyes were hot and her nose was sour.

"Boss, let's take a look for you. If there is a proposal ring inside, you will have room to refuse even if you did not open the gift box. "

After discussing for a long time, there was no conclusion. Lin Jia also didn't have any reaction. The girls were anxious.

"How big is this jewelry box? Isn't it a bit of a waste to only hold one ring? A woman as outstanding as Boss wants to pursue. . . The other party must be very sincere in order to have a chance to move her. Let me guess. The jewelry box was full of jewelry. Rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets. . . There were ten sets of each. They're all branded goods, the latest ones. "

As soon as Kitty finished speaking, someone urged her to wake up and stop daydreaming.

If it was really that big of a deal, why would she simply throw the jewelry box on someone else's desk without even leaving a note behind?

"Maybe it's a prank. " Great God also came over, coming up with a reasonable judgment from a man's point of view.

In the end, he immediately became the public enemy of women and was retorted by everyone.

"Go, go, go. Why aren't you guys romantic at all? The jewelry box itself is a good sincerity. Who would be so bored to use such a method to play pranks!"

There was a voice shouting in Lin Jia's heart: No, don't open it. It's not a jewelry box. There's no jewelry inside, that's -

But she couldn't control her body, and couldn't open her mouth to stop it.

She even realized that she was retreating. It was a subconscious escape. She didn't want to see the wooden box open with her own eyes, not at all.

"I'll open it!" Kitty volunteered.

She turned to look at Lin Jia. If Lin Jia stopped her, she would stop immediately.

However, what she saw was that Lin Jia was already standing at the outermost part of the crowd. Her lips were smiling, and she had no intention of stopping her.

Kitty immediately relaxed and went to unseal the copper lock on the wooden box.

She unlocked the box as soon as she touched it. She didn't even need a key.

"Huh? This lock is just for decoration. It's to guard against gentlemen and not against petty people. " After giving a small comment, she removed the lock and quickly opened the wooden box.

Half a second of silence.

Following that was a series of disappointed shouts.

"What? Why are there so many needles? The grid below was filled with silk threads. There are also needles, scissors. . . This is not a jewelry box at all, but a needle box!"

" Who's so bored to send this kind of gift to the boss just to please him and express his love? A standard straight man's thought process! I bet you're all alone! "

Not far away, there was a thud.

The lively crowd of people who were discussing looked over at the same time.

They saw Lin Jia curled up there, not moving at all.

"Oh no, boss fainted. "

- - - ----

Lin Jia saw her grandmother again. She was still sitting in front of the embroidery table in the living room. She held the needle, aimed at the sunlight, and narrowed her eyes at the sewing thread.

She remembered that her grandmother had passed away a long time ago.

However, the person she saw in front of her was exactly the same as the one she remembered. Her white hair was tied into an old-fashioned bun. It was fixed with a wooden hairpin, and there was a pair of emerald green earrings on it. To the old man, this type of earring was too young. But in Lin Jia's memories, her grandmother always wore it, because it was given to her by her grandfather. She never mentioned it in her mouth, but she had worn the pair of worthless earrings that he had given her for the rest of her life.

"Grandma?" Lin Jia walked towards the old figure by the window.

Her movements were very light. She was very worried that she would disturb the old man who was bathing in the light, because she knew that she no longer existed in the world. Perhaps in the next second, she would turn into thousands of light rays and disappear in front of her eyes.

"Jiajia. . . "

Like a slow-motion camera in a movie, Grandma turned around bit by bit. She always used a lamenting voice to call her breast name. Deep in her heart, there seemed to be countless disappointment and helplessness.

Perhaps, it was indeed like that.

Grandma had placed too much hope on her. As for her, it always brought her endless disappointment.

After she had drifted for many years and had tasted the warmth of humanity, Grandma had quietly left her forever.

At that time, there must have been a process from disappointment to despair in her heart. She lived in the old house alone, passing out in the morning, forcing herself to let go of her obsession, accept everything, and give up everything.

"Boss? Boss? Wake up, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Do you want me to call an ambulance for you?"

"Boss has a high fever. He must have been too tired recently. Hurry up and send him to the hospital. Don't let anything go wrong. "

"Isn't calling an ambulance a little too exaggerated? That car pulled the siren and parked outside our company. Then, the person in charge was carried out by the project team. In less than half a day, the news had to be spread all over the company. At that time, it would be hard to tell how bad of a guess there would be. One person was spreading rumors. . . When a group of people spread the rumors, the one who will have the biggest headache will be Lin Jia. "

"That won't do either. That won't do either. Even if you have an illness, you still have to hide sneakily. Isn't it too tiring?! "

. . .

. . . Lin Jia had already woken up. She tried her best to hold on to her willpower and sat up.

"No need, it's just a fever, that's all. Assistant Bei went to the pharmacy downstairs to buy me a box of fever medicine and another box of cold aphrodisiac. I'll be fine after taking the medicine. " Lin Jia knew what was going on in her heart. Recently, she had been working very hard. Her mind was tense and her body was tired. After blowing on the air conditioner for a few days, she had already felt dizzy in the morning. She also planned to go buy medicine after finishing her work, but who knew that she would see the wooden box.

She could tell that it was a specially made sewing box at first glance. She felt a little bit of stimulation that even she herself could not quite describe, so she could not help but faint.

When she woke up, of course, she did not have to make a big deal out of it. She took it too seriously.

"Boss, let's arrange someone to send you back to rest. Even if you are not feeling well, you can't force yourself. You can't finish your work all the time. If your body collapses, it will delay you even more. "

Someone beside him was persuading him. However, that voice seemed to be very far away from her. Lin Jia needed some time before she could react to what the person next to her was saying to her.

"Mm. " She answered and took a few deep breaths. "Where's the wooden box?"

"A wooden box? Oh, the needle box on your table is still on the table. "

Xiao Zhu ran over and gave the wooden box to Lin Jia.

Lin Jia pinched it with both hands. "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll rest for a while. Oh right, remember to help me buy medicine. "

"Aren't you going back to rest?" His subordinate asked in surprise.

"It's a little uncomfortable. It's fine. There's no need to rest. " Lin Jia stood up, her legs very soft. So she walked very slowly.

In the project team, she did not have an independent office space. If she wanted to find a quiet place to stay, she could only go to a small conference room that was temporarily unoccupied.

After entering the room, she sat down on the nearest chair.

The wooden box was placed on the table. Lin Jia frowned and stared at it for a long time. . . For a long time. . .