Arriving at the office in the morning, only Jin Yan was there. Lin Yuhui knew him fairly well, because he often brought his children to work on weekends, and sometimes Lin Yuhui would play with them for a while.
早上来到办公室,只有金彦在办公室,林语晖和他算是熟悉一些,因为他经常带着他的孩子在周末来加班,有时候林语晖会逗他的孩子一起玩一会儿.
As soon as Lin Yuhui came in, Jin Yan started complaining,
一见林语晖到来,金彦就开始抱怨,
"Don't you think he's sick?"
"你说他是不是有病?"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"啊?怎么了?"
"Just because I didn't hold the door for him, he grabbed me and lectured me for ages."
"就因为我没给他开门,他就拽住我教育了半天,"
Oh, Lin Yuhui knew who he meant. His own company shared an office with Sinosteel Group. He often ran into that man as well. He was quite old, but always neatly dressed, with a tidy hairstyle. His bearing and appearance made it clear he was a leader there.
哦,林语晖知道他说的是谁了,自己入职的公司与中钢集团共用一个办公室.他自己也经常遇到那个人,很大年纪了,但是衣着发型一直很整洁,形象气质一看就知道他是这里的领导.
Every time Lin Yuhui saw him, he would hold the door for him, whether the man was on the other side of the glass door or behind him. Not because he was the big boss here, but simply because Lin Yuhui respects his elders. He was raised by his grandparents, and all the love in his childhood came from them, so he naturally developed the habit of respecting older people. As long as the elder wasn't going too far, he would always give them face.
林语晖每次遇到他都会为他开门,不管是他在玻璃门的对面,还是在自己的后面.不是因为他是这里的大领导,就单纯林语晖他尊重长辈,他是和自己的爷爷奶奶长大的,童年所有的关爱都来自于他们,所以他本能地就养成了尊重长辈的习惯.只要这个长辈不是很过分,他都会给留面子.
"He was still far away, just because I passed through the door and didn't leave it open for him – who would have seen him."
"你说他还离着老远呢,就因为我开门过去了没给他留门,你说谁看见他了."
"Well, what can you do? State-owned enterprise leaders get spoiled," Lin Yuhui said, helping Jin Yan vent and calm down, while secretly laughing to himself. In his heart he thought, I'm the one who spoiled him.
"啊,没办法,国企领导都是惯的,"林语晖一边替金彦说话给他消气,一边心里偷着乐.心里话,就是我给他管的.
Because when Lin Yuhui first arrived here and didn't even know who he was, he still held the door for him, every time they met. He had a good impression of that leader – he often saw him walking outside the office, smoking, discussing work with others, always dignified. And the leader's rule that female employees were not allowed to wear shorts or revealing clothes – Lin Yuhui fully agreed with that.
因为林语晖刚到这里还不认识他的时候就给他开门,每次遇到都是.因为他对这位领导印象很好,自己出办公室外面散步经常看到他,吸烟,和其他人员谈工作,举止端庄.还有他对于女员工要求不准穿短裤等暴露的衣着,林语晖也很是赞成.
Once, Lin Yuhui opened the door to go out, turned and saw the man far behind him, so he held the door fully open, waited for him to come through, then closed it.
还有一次林语晖开门出去,回身间正好看见他远远地在后面,就顺便把门全开,留着门等他自己过来再关上.
So it seemed there was a certain affinity and preference between people.
所以看来人与人之间是有一些缘分偏好的.
But when he saw Cerise, he felt a little tightness in his chest. Even though he was trying to gradually remove Cerise from his world, her figure and voice still drew his attention. So Lin Yuhui controlled himself, trying not to look at her.
但是看到瑟瑞斯感觉心中有点堵,虽然已经在尝试把瑟瑞斯逐步从自己的世界里移除了,但是她的身影和声音还是会吸引林语晖的注意力.所以林语晖也控制自己尽量不去看她.
At the project kickoff meeting, the boss was not present. It seemed he wanted the young people there to take the lead, while he participated remotely via video.
项目开工会上,老板不在场,似乎他就是想让这些在场的年轻人发挥,而他只是在远程视频参与.
Cerise was under Stephanie, the project manager, so chairing the kickoff was part of her responsibilities. Only Lin Yuhui worried that her qualifications and knowledge were not enough to bear the corresponding responsibility. But fortunately, other professionals were present, and with everyone watching, there wouldn't be any major problems.
瑟瑞斯是项目部斯蒂芬妮经理的部下,所以她主持项目开工会也是她的分内职责,只是林语晖有些担心她的资历与知识,都不足以承担相应的责任,不过好在有其他专业人员都在场,大家一起看着也不会有什么大问题.
Of course, there were both key professionals and fresh blood. The young people were all busy crowding around Cerise.
当然了,有专业骨干也有新鲜血液,年轻人都在忙着围在瑟瑞斯身边.
Lin Yuhui truly could not understand what those young men wanted – "It doesn't matter if it lasts forever, just having it once is enough"? So he just watched the noise of the mundane world from afar – those dramas driven by hormones and vanity.
林语晖真的理解不了那些小伙子们想要什么,不在乎天长地久,只在乎曾经拥有吗?所以他只是远远地看着尘世间的聒噪,那些荷尔蒙和虚荣心催动的剧情.
In the heat exchanger design and selection, Lin Yuhui was the lead for the specific technical work. Although he sat aside and rarely spoke, he would add emphasis whenever technical parameters, materials, or mechanical structure details were wrong or inaccurate. On one hand, it was his duty; on the other, he didn't want Cerise to take the blame for things she didn't understand. Whether Cerise noticed his thoughtfulness was unclear, but when he checked whether Cerise had put his emphasized points into writing, he saw Mu Shangzhi looking at him with a sly, smiling expression – obviously he had noticed something.
因为换热器的设计选型中,林语晖是具体技术工作的负责人,虽然他坐在一边很少说话,但是涉及到技术参数或者材质,机械结构方面细节不对或者不准确的时候他就会在一边补充强调.一方面那是自己的职责,另一方面他不想瑟瑞斯在工作中自己不明不白地背锅.而他的这一份用心有没有被瑟瑞斯察觉到不清楚,但是当他查看瑟瑞斯是否把自己强调的内容落在纸面的时候,他发现穆尚志正笑眯着眼神看着自己,显然他注意到了什么.
Mu Shangzhi was an original veteran of the company and a smart man. He shared the same office with Lin Yuhui and Cerise, so he certainly knew the whole process – how Cerise had been shouting in the office every day about finding a partner, and how Lin Yuhui had gone from rejection to contact, and now to a return to calm, yet still with some lingering feelings.
穆尚志是这家公司的原始功臣,也是个聪明人.他和林语晖,瑟瑞斯都在一个办公室,他当然也知道整个过程瑟瑞斯如何整天在办公室里喊着要找对象,知道林语晖从拒绝到接触,如今又归于平淡,但还是有所牵挂.
After the meeting, back in the office, Lin Yuhui couldn't stop thinking about the work instruction for purchasing flanges mentioned during the meeting. But to buy the correct flanges, it's not just about material and nominal diameter; pressure rating and execution standards also matter. After a moment's thought, he wrote a note and handed it to Cerise,
会议结束回到办公室,林语晖一直耿耿于怀会议期间提到的采购法兰的工作指令,但是要卖到正确的法兰不仅仅在于材质和公称直径,还涉及压力等级和执行标准,思索片刻,他写了一个纸条,递给瑟瑞斯,
"Regarding the flange purchase mentioned by Shanghai, it's actually not complete. I think these details should also be noted. Do you dare to add them in?"
"上海那边说的法兰采购,其实还不够完善,我觉得应该还标注这些信息,你敢把这些内容补充进去吗?"
Lin Yuhui was very polite, letting her choose what to do. He just asked if she dared, not saying "you should."
林语晖很客气,让她自己选择做什么,只是问他敢不敢,而不是说你应该,
Cerise looked at the content and smilingly refused.
瑟瑞斯看了看内容,笑着拒绝了.
Lin Yuhui noticed that she had previously imitated his note-taking and would look things up online when he mentioned something new. But when he brought up boring professional knowledge, she showed no interest in learning more, nor any willingness to learn from him. So Lin Yuhui already knew clearly whether she was suitable for him, both in life and at work.
林语晖注意到了她之前会学自己做笔记,也会在自己提到一些新颖内容的时候去上网查询,但是当自己提到枯燥的专业知识的时候,她却没有兴趣深入了解,也没有意愿向自己学习,所以林语晖已经很清楚了无论是生活中还是工作中,她是否适合自己.
In the afternoon, Lin Yuhui's phone rang. He had chosen a song by Fei Yuqing as his ringtone, using an audio editing software to capture his favorite segment: "Life is like duckweed, gathering and parting without pattern; why must we long for each other day and night…"
下午的工作中,林语晖的手机响了,他选择了费玉清的歌曲作为铃声,自己用音频编辑软件截取了他喜欢的片段,"人生如萍聚散无常,何须朝朝暮暮盼望..."
"Hello, I'm from the Changyi CDC. May I ask if you have received the COVID-19 vaccine?"
"唉,你好我是咱们昌邑疾控中心的,请问一下您接种咱们新冠疫苗了吗?"
"No, I have heart disease – coronary artery stenosis and congenital myocardial bridge."
"不行,我有心脏病,冠脉狭窄还有先天肌桥,"
"Oh, I see."
"哦,是这样,"
"Yes, even a common cold virus infection would seriously affect my heart, so a vaccine reaction could kill me."
"是啊,普通感冒病毒感染对心脏影响都很严重,所以疫苗反应恐怕要了我的命,"
"Oh, alright then."
"哦,那就这样吧,"
"Mm, alright."
"嗯,就这样."
After hanging up, Lin Yuhui vaguely felt that the epidemic situation might be getting more severe. Now both his workplace and hometown were promoting vaccination. He had an inexplicable sense of unease.
挂断电话,林语晖隐约感到,是不是疫情形势更严峻了,现在工作地点和家乡都在推行疫苗注射.莫名有种不安的感觉.
He began to think that if stricter epidemic controls were implemented, would it impact his normal life? Because he relied on many food and drug supplements to maintain his life, and he slept poorly, but heart problems are worsened by lack of sleep.
他开始考虑到如果有更严重疫情管控,是否会对自己的正常生活造成冲击,因为自己维持生命需要依赖很多辅助食品药品,而且睡眠不好,但是心脏问题就怕睡眠不好.
And all these material needs were available at his home. Moreover, as he had told the boss, he only needed to intern at the company for half a year, mainly to get familiar with the company's software and business relationships – in that regard, he was progressing very quickly.
而这一切物质需求在他的家里都有,并且和老板说的也是只需要在公司实习半年,主要目的是熟悉了公司软件和业务关系,这方面他进展的还是很快的.
Around Lin Yuhui in the office, Dylan was still driven by his base desires, hitting on Stephanie and Cerise – one a married woman, the other an unmarried girl.
办公室里林语晖的周围还是迪伦底层欲望驱动的勾搭斯蒂芬妮和瑟瑞斯,一个是人妻,一个是未婚少女.
What Lin Yuhui couldn't understand was: if Stephanie responded to him to maintain her work relationship, then Cerise had absolutely no reason to entertain this guy. Did a man's flattery really elevate one's own status? Lin Yuhui even felt that Cerise lowered herself by exchanging pleasantries with Dylan.
林语晖不理解的是如果是斯蒂芬妮为了维持工作关系会回应他,那么对于瑟瑞斯来说则完全没有必要搭理这货.难道是个男人的吹捧就能抬高自己吗?林语晖甚至替瑟瑞斯感到她与迪伦的寒暄掉价.
Dylan was an extremely selfish, alcohol-and-lust greedy creature. Lin Yuhui had seen through him in no time, from the few work interactions they had. He would flirt and chat with the women in the office, yet for his own comfort, he would turn the air conditioning down low and let the women freeze. So Lin Yuhui avoided interacting with someone of that character as much as possible.
迪伦是一个极端自私自利而且贪恋酒色的东西,林语晖通过不长时间就看透这个人了,通过与他少有的工作联系,他和办公室女士们寻欢聊天却又满足自己私欲调低空调让女士们挨冻.所以对于那种人品的人林语晖也是能不搭理就不搭理.
Among the crowd, he seemed like an existence isolated from the world, living in his own space, following his daily routine every day, without exception.
一群人中,他仿佛是那个隔绝于世界的存在,存在于他自己的空间里,每天服从于自己的例行程序,没有例外.
The same routine: after work, go to the cafeteria for dinner. In this low-latitude region, even at five in the afternoon, the sun was still high. It shone through the western floor-to-ceiling windows into the cafeteria, illuminating rows of tables and chairs. The chair backs and table corners glinted. For a moment, Lin Yuhui suddenly realized that this was the scene from his earlier dream.
同样的程序,下班到食堂吃饭.低纬度的地区即便是下午五点钟了太阳角度依然够高,透过西侧的落地窗照进食堂,照亮了成排的桌椅,椅背,桌角闪亮,一瞬间林语晖忽然想到这是自己之前梦里的情景.
(Translated by DeepSeek)