Chapter 55: The Broken Jade Bracelet
Su Xiaolin said "Goodbye, director" in a daze, then followed Hu Pingtao and stumbled around to leave.
Dong Zhiheng stood in the middle of the road, looking at the two retreating figures, his eyes were on fire and he wanted to bite his teeth into pieces.
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On the third day, according to plan, the team left Dali and headed for Lijiang.
When Hu Pingtao walked out of the hotel door, Dong Zhiheng blocked his way, raised his finger to the minibus numbered 042, and said coldly: "You take that car."
Strong hostility can be felt from the other party's words.
Hu Pingtao looked Dong Zhiheng up and down and said nothing. He stood there, waiting for Adrian to come out of the hotel, and pulled him to get on the No. 042 bus.
Adrian looked confused and asked in French: "What's wrong?"
"He asked me to take this car." Hu Pingtao smiled slyly: "You know."
Adrian reacted quickly. He whistled, with a smirk on his face, and followed Hu Pingtao onto the designated minibus.
Seeing Hu Pingtao disappearing into car No. 042, Dong Zhiheng's depressed mood for the past few days was finally released, and the feeling of controlling everything returned again.
From yesterday to today, he has not been idle for a moment. Through various connections, Dong Zhiheng finally found out Hu Pingtao's identity: a college graduate who passed the civil service examination last year, a trainee police officer who has just passed the training and has not yet joined the job.
How can you fight with me if you have no position or power?
It's definitely not appropriate to suppress someone obviously, but as long as you make a slight change in the seating arrangement, you can only obey honestly.
After all, I am the logistics manager, and I have the final say here!
With a happy mood, he got on the No. 043 bus and sat down on the chair next to Su Xiaolin. Dong Zhiheng admired the beauty in front of him, and his left foot couldn't help but tremble in a proud mood.
Su Xiaolin frowned slightly, turned sideways, avoiding Dong Zhiheng's burning gaze, and spoke in a low voice to Lu Jie next to her.
She quickly noticed that Hu Pingtao did not get on the bus, quickly turned around to face Dong Zhiheng, and asked doubtfully: "Director, where is Hu Pingtao?"
Dong Zhiheng smiled and ignored her, showing his contempt and arrogance without saying a word.
The Guo family, mother and daughter, and Li Weifang got in the car early. Watching the tour guide Sun Tiantian get up last, the driver closed the door and started the engine. When Li Weifang heard Su Xiaolin's question, he quickly reached out and pushed Dong Zhiheng's shoulder, and asked in surprise: "Little Su
Let me ask you! Why did you start driving? Where is Hu Pingtao?"
Dong Zhiheng opened his mouth and answered without thinking: "He is sitting in the 042 in front."
Li Weifang felt very strange about this: "Isn't he taking our car?"
Dong Zhiheng prevaricated vaguely: "I rearranged the seats."
After hearing their conversation, Guo Lingyu was a little confused. She maintained etiquette and politeness and said to Li Weifang: "Director Li, why didn't Adrian get in our car? He is an important member of my entourage."
Li Weifang really didn't know how to answer this. He could only stare at Dong Zhiheng and ask seriously: "How did you do it? Why did you change the original seating arrangement?"
Dong Zhiheng was speechless immediately. He never thought that a simple vehicle arrangement would lead to these questions, nor did he expect that Guo Lingyu would directly ask about this matter.
"...I...well...I think there are too many people in the car and it is too crowded, which affects Ms. Guo and Old Mrs. Guo's rest, so I asked them to change to another car." He finally found a seemingly reasonable excuse.
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"There are so many empty seats in the car, don't be crowded!" Although Mrs. Guo is wearing a hearing aid, her logical thinking is very clear: "That young man named Hu is very good, let him come over! It's boring on the road, I think
Listen to his story."
The Guo family's mother and daughter spoke, and Li Weifang kept urging. Dong Zhiheng felt like he was being pressed up by three mountains at once, and it was so heavy that he couldn't even struggle.
Apart from obediently obeying, he didn't even dare to say a word of objection. He could only ask the driver to open the door, get out of the car, and with unspeakable resentment and helplessness, he called Hu Pingtao and Adrian over.
Adrian was a restless person. He got on bus No. 043, sat directly on the chair vacated by Dong Zhiheng, and pulled Hu Pingtao to sit next to him.
When Dong Zhiheng came up and saw such a scene, his face darkened and he said to Adrian in unskilled English: "This is my position."
Adrian's expression was as innocent as a child's: "There are many seats in the back."
Seeing this, Guo Lingyu, who was familiar with his temperament and character, smiled: "Let Hu Pingtao sit over here! Let him continue talking about the humanities and history here."
Adrian quickly stood up and exchanged positions with Hu Pingtao.
Su Xiaolin raised her hand to cover her mouth and smiled softly, with joy in her eyes.
Lu Jie cast her gaze out the window. She felt that Dong Zhiheng's handling of the matter was clumsy and very stupid.
Sensing the change in the attitude of everyone in the car, Dong Zhiheng forced out a smile. He walked to the back row and sat down, lowering his head, showing his fierceness, anger and anger in the corner where no one could see.
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In the afternoon, drive to Lijiang.
After resting in the hotel for a night, we drove to the famous local attraction Daxue Mountain in the early morning of the next day.
Guo's mother may be old, so she frequently went to the toilet during breakfast in the hotel. On the way, she went to the toilet again at the rest area of the gas station.
It is said that it is modeled on "advanced foreign management experience". There must be a distance ranging from a few kilometers to tens of kilometers between the entrance of the scenic spot and the scenic spot. Cars from outside cannot enter, and tourists must wait for the internal tour bus at the entrance of the scenic spot.
We line up according to the number of people and go to the scenic spots in batches, and the same goes for the return trip.
Of course, if tourists are determined not to pay the extra fare, they can also carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and death and go there on foot.
The Guo family's mother and daughter had special status, and the state and city had also greeted them in advance. As distinguished guests, the scenic spot sent a supervisor named Li Liming to accompany them in the car and guide the convoy directly to the scenic spot.
Daxue Mountain has high altitude and low temperature, and the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round. To go to the top of the mountain for viewing, you must take a cable car.
She should be familiar with the scenic spot supervisor named Li Liming. The two of them were busy helping everyone prepare down jackets for going up the mountain and spare oxygen bottles. Seeing that everyone had changed their clothes and were about to take the cable car from the VIP channel, Sun Tiantian was very excited
Ask Mother Guo thoughtfully if she wants to go to the bathroom?
"The temperature on the mountain is low, the bathroom is small, and there are many people." She told the truth.
Mother Guo accepted it happily. Li Liming and Sun Tiantian quickly took her to the bathroom.
A few minutes later, Guo's mother came out of the bathroom. Her face didn't look good and she was very upset.
The pocket-type cable car comes one at a time, and there are no divisions or rows of seats. Depending on the age and weight of each person, there are six to eight people in each cabin.
Hu Pingtao and Adrian sat in the same cabin with the Guo family's mother and daughter.
Dong Zhiheng never gave up. He arranged for Su Xiaolin to sit with him, but the latter took advantage of him not paying attention and saw the opportunity to trot onto Hu Pingtao's cable car. By the time Dong Zhiheng reacted and wanted to stop it, it was already too late.
I could only watch as the cable car closed its cabin door and went up along the rope.
Feeling the body temperature of Su Xiaolin who was forced to sit next to her, Hu Pingtao smiled lightly.
This pocket-type cable car has a narrow space, and his attention was quickly attracted by the Guo family's mother and daughter who were chatting in low voices.
Guo Lingyu noticed that her mother was in a bad mood when she came out of the bathroom, and quickly asked: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Mother Guo hesitated to speak, and finally sighed and spoke: "...I accidentally dropped the bracelet."
bracelet?
Hu Pingtao immediately pictured a green jade bracelet in his mind.
When he got on the bus at the hotel in the provincial capital on the first day, he saw Guo's mother wearing this bracelet on her left wrist. It was very beautiful, very transparent, and very glossy. It was a real ice bracelet.
There is a section in it that is particularly transparent and full of moisture.
An anxious expression flashed across Guo Lingyu's face, and she quickly grabbed her mother's left hand. When she saw that there were no wounds caused by the fragments, she felt relieved and asked doubtfully: "Why is this good bracelet broken?"
That jade bracelet was bought in a jewelry store in Xiangjiang many years ago. Guo's mother liked it very much and cherished it very much. Guo's mother was on the thin side. As she got older, her muscles atrophied and her wrists were very thin, so she washed her hands, went to the toilet, and did things when doing things.
I will take off the bracelet and keep it properly.
Li Liming, the manager of the scenic spot, took Sun Tiantian and Guo's mother to the bathroom. He stood guard outside the corridor while Sun Tiantian helped Guo's mother to walk in. As usual, Guo's mother took off her bracelets and hearing aids and gave them to Sun Tiantian for safekeeping. After finishing, Guo's mother took off her bracelet and hearing aid.
Guo's mother came to the bathroom to wash her hands. Perhaps because she saw that the old lady had almost finished washing, Sun Tiantian handed over the jade bracelet. Mother Guo's hands were covered with hand sanitizer at that time, so she asked Sun Tiantian to put the bracelet on the left side of the white porcelain wash basin.
superior.
"I was standing there washing my hands and accidentally touched the bracelet. It fell to the ground and broke into pieces. I was deaf and didn't hear the sound. Xiao Sun told me. Alas...it was too late to regret it. I was in a hurry to take the cable car.
Up the mountain, so I threw it away."
Guo Lingyu frowned: "Mom, why are you throwing it away! The bracelet is of good quality. Even if it is broken, let's take it back and show it to the master of the silver house. It should be repairable."
Mother Guo kept shaking her head and sighing: "I understand this! If it were broken into two or three pieces, I would definitely not throw it away. But the bracelet is so broken that it looks like it is falling apart. There is really no way to repair it."
Although Guo Lingyu was not very happy, she couldn't blame her mother. She comforted her and said, "Forget it, if you drop it, just drop it. It will save you money and eliminate disaster. The bracelet was not expensive when I bought it, only hundreds of thousands of yuan. Wait.
This time when I go back, I'll ask Boss Yinlouxiao to pick a good one for you."
Mother Guo nodded and said, "Thanks to Xiao Sun. She has been helping me take care of it and told me not to touch those fragments and not to scratch my hands."
Chapter completed!