It was working hours, and Liu Yifeng parked his car in the parking spot and walked towards the office building.
As he reached the entrance of the building, a familiar voice called out from behind him: "Liu Yifeng?"
Liu Yifeng turned around and saw Hongmei, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. He was overjoyed, "Hongmei, long time no see!"
At the company, besides Li Ming who treated him quite well, Hongmei was one of the few people who were nice to him.
Running into Hongmei here, he naturally felt happy.
Seeing that it was indeed Liu Yifeng, Hongmei walked over. "It has been a long time. I heard from Li Ming that you were renovating on the sixteenth floor. Why the sudden change of career?" she asked curiously.
"I'm just trying to make a living. Want to come up to the sixteenth floor and take a look? You've been in the workplace longer than me, perhaps you can offer some suggestions!" Liu Yifeng said.
Hongmei shook her head with a smile. "I'd better not. What do I know about renovation? Besides, I never saw you interested in renovation before. Why are you suddenly doing it?"
Liu Yifeng understood now. Hongmei must have heard what Miao Pengxiong said and thought he was doing renovation work.
He smiled and explained, "You've misunderstood. I'm not doing renovation. I've rented an office space on the sixteenth floor to start a company, and it's currently under renovation."
"Really? Congratulations on becoming your own boss." Hongmei smiled.
However, inwardly, she didn't believe Liu Yifeng's words, thinking he was just trying to save face and bragging.
"It's my first time starting a company, I don't have much experience. Whether it succeeds or not remains to be seen.
It's almost time for work to start. I won't keep you any longer. Let me treat you to a meal another day!"
Liu Yifeng saw that it was almost nine o'clock and, fearing she would be late, quickly ended the conversation.
To Hongmei, this action indeed seemed like guilt, as if he was afraid of exposing himself by saying too much.
She sighed inwardly, thinking about how someone she once liked had become like this.
Fortunately, they didn't end up together. But with Liu Yifeng's lack of drive, she would have to suffer with him for a lifetime.
Unaware of Hongmei's thoughts, Liu Yifeng thoughtfully pressed the elevator button for the twelfth floor for her.
The elevator was crowded. Hongmei and Liu Yifeng didn't speak to each other throughout the ride until Hongmei reached the twelfth floor. She waved goodbye to Liu Yifeng with an awkward yet polite gesture and then headed towards her company.
Liu Yifeng watched her disappear from his sight and also sighed.
No matter how good the relationship was in the past, if you don't contact each other for a long time, it will eventually grow distant.
He remained lost in his own thoughts until he entered his office.
Qiangzi saw him with his head down, looking absent-minded. He stopped what he was doing and walked over, patting his shoulder. "What are you thinking about, so engrossed?"
Liu Yifeng snapped back to reality and then asked seriously, "Why is it that no matter how good a relationship is, if you don't see each other and talk for a long time, the relationship will fade?"
"Isn't that obvious? Relationships are built over time. If you don't see each other for a long time, they'll naturally grow distant.
Do you really think everyone is like us? Even if we don't see or talk for a year, we can still find that old feeling when we meet again?"
After hearing this, Liu Yifeng let out a deep breath. "True. After all, we grew up together, we were close enough to share clothes. Friends who meet at work can't compare to that."
"What do you mean? Did you just run into your former colleague again?" Qiangzi asked.
Liu Yifeng didn't hide anything and nodded. "Yes, a female colleague!"
When Qiangzi heard this, his eyes immediately changed. "Female colleague?"
Seeing Qiangzi's sly expression, Liu Yifeng knew he was thinking the wrong thing and immediately said, "Don't overthink it. She and I are just colleagues, but we got along quite well!"
"No need to explain, I understand. I understand. No wonder you were so lost just now. Did she seem cold towards you?" Although Qiangzi claimed to understand, his expression clearly indicated he was still thinking along the wrong lines.
Liu Yifeng immediately rolled his eyes at him. "You don't understand anything. I'm not talking to you anymore."
Saying that, he couldn't be bothered with Qiangzi anymore and prepared to find some work for himself.
However, Qiangzi clearly wasn't done chatting. "Yifeng, tell me quickly, how pretty is this female colleague of yours? How old is she?"
He was never a gossip, but he paid close attention to Liu Yifeng's personal affairs.
"What does her beauty have to do with you, you scoundrel? Don't forget you're a married man. Be careful, I'll tell your wife you're messing around!"
"See, you're just saying that because I'm concerned about you. You always use my wife to put me down. So boring." Qiangzi's weak spot was his wife. He was fearless in everything else but afraid of upsetting his wife.
"What are you two whispering about so early in the morning?" Lu Fei walked in and saw the two of them talking face to face.
Liu Yifeng didn't want to continue the previous topic, so he shifted the conversation to Lu Fei. "What else could we be talking about? We were talking about you and Chen Xinyue!
Last time Chen Xinyue treated you to dinner, did you two make any substantial progress?"
"Chen Xinyue?" Qiangzi heard the name and found it very familiar, but he couldn't recall who she was for a moment.
Liu Yifeng couldn't help but remind him, "The girl from the barbecue at the reservoir last time!"
"Oh, I remember now. She was your blind date, but you didn't like her and wanted to introduce her to Lu Fei. Are you still in contact?" Qiangzi asked with wide eyes.
Liu Yifeng immediately rolled his eyes at him. "Watch your words, you scoundrel. What do you mean I didn't like her and wanted to introduce her to Lu Fei? You're trying to sow discord between us.
It was clearly because I didn't want to go on blind dates or get married, so I introduced her to Lu Fei."
After speaking, he looked at Lu Fei again, afraid he might misunderstand. "Lu Fei, don't listen to Qiangzi's nonsense. I genuinely think Chen Xinyue is quite good in all aspects, which is why I wanted to set you two up!"
"No need to explain. I know what you're thinking. But Chen Xinyue and I just had a simple dinner, and she drove me back to my rented apartment. It wasn't as complicated as you think..." Lu Fei said.
"Regardless, I think the fact that you two are back in touch is a good start. If you take the initiative later and ask her out for meals or movies, you might end up together," Liu Yifeng offered his advice.
Lu Fei, however, wasn't very hopeful. "I'll take it one step at a time. I'm definitely not going to be a simp anymore."
Since discovering what happened with Wu Qian, he had realized that men shouldn't love too much.
If you love too much, you not only lose yourself, but the woman won't cherish you either.
Liu Yifeng patted his shoulder. "This is something you need to figure out for yourself.
Actually, I think the most important thing for men is their career. Once you have a career, love will naturally come to you."