那头city的allen也在办公室里忙得不可开交。shea最近养成了一个习惯,早晨来的时候,先去lin的办公室和allen他们学一会儿。到了下午遛完了狗,才会回到romesh的房间应付一下再回去。今天遛完了狗,她直接在楼下就和allen分了手,去参加朋友的party去了。romesh见allen一个人从外面进来,后面连shea的影子都没有,气不打一处来。看看隔壁房间的lin正在打电话追帐忙得没完没了,只好走到allen的跟前说:“come to my office. we need to talk.(你到我办公室来。我要和你谈一谈。)”
allen有礼貌地谢了他两句,表示自己会继续努力把实习的做完。romesh看着allen,又用眼神指了指在隔壁忙着打电话发飙的lin说:“you know,sometimes i prefer working with males as it’s easier.(你知道吗?有时候我更希望和男人一起工作。男的和男的在一起相处容易很多。)”
allen看了看他,假装没听懂说:“oh i love women, the sexy ones.(我是喜欢和女生在一起工作的。尤其是美女!)”
romesh笑了起来,不知道是真的对allen消除了戒备,还是演的。他把整个身子靠在了椅背上,又问道:“do you like shea?do you like to work with her in the future?(那你喜欢shea吗?想不想将来和她一起工作?)”
allen点点头说:“that would be good. i am actually fine with everyone.(那当然好啊!其实我不介意和任何人在一起工作。)”
romesh又继续绕回到自己想的话题上,说道:“so what did you guys normally talk about when you walk outside? you know, i want to know her before we working together.(那你俩在外面遛狗的时候一般都说些什么呢?我得在和她一起工作之前稍微对她有些了解。你懂的吧?)”
allen看看romesh,假装听不懂他的意图,说道:“i don’t think it is a good idea talking about her behind her back.(我们在她后面讨论她会不会不太好?)”
romesh赶忙点点头说:“i just want to know the part related to work. what did you guys say? i don’t want to know her personal life, her dog, her boyfriend. no! just the work part. did she say anything about me, or the accounting department? you know, the more we know each other, the better we can work together in the future.(我只是想知道工作的这部分。关于这部分你们都聊了些什么。其它的私人事情,她的狗啊,男朋友啊,那些我都不想知道。关于工作这部分,你们有没有讨论过我,或者整个会计部门啊?你看,我们多了解彼此一些,将来在一起工作也能更融洽。)”
allen装作认真地想了想,说道:“we actually mainly talked about our pets and uni life during the walk. but, oh, once she did mention you and lin. actually, she just talked about your jobs.(其实我们一般都是讨论宠物,还有莫大的事情。不过呢,我们也讨论过你们的工作。)”
romesh喝了口水,盯着allen又看了看。过了两秒钟,还是没忍住,问道:“so what did she say?(那她说了什么呢?)”
allen平静地说:“she said lin’s job was too hard and she never had a break. but your job is …(她说lin的工作太难了。她几乎就没见她停下来休息过。但是你的工作嘛......)”说到这里,allen故意顿了一秒,然后假装有点结巴地说:“i mean we all know that your job is even harder.(我们都知道你的工作更难!)”