I was completely confused by her questioning. I was stunned for a while before I took the cigarette off, and then answered her.

"Not yet." I felt that this answer was not enough, so I added: "But there is someone in my heart."

"Ah? That shouldn't be. How could a person as good as Brother Zhou have no girlfriend?" Although she said that, when she heard my words, "But there is someone in my heart", a look of loss flashed across her face, and then the topic quickly changed.

I smiled bitterly and replied, "It's true that there is no, and I don't think I am excellent. If I can be considered excellent in this way, there may be no truly excellent men in the world."

She pursed her lips and expressed helplessness, and then continued to ask carefully: "Then...Brother Zhou, you said just now that there is someone in your heart, who is she?"

"Let's talk about it if you have the chance. The car is coming. I'm going back. You can go back early to rest." As I spoke, I pointed to the taxi that happened to stop on the road ahead.

Zhang Qi said "Oh" and waved to me, "Then you go back, be careful on the way, I'm going back, I'm going back too."

After getting in the car, I was sitting in the passenger seat and saw Zhang Qi standing in the rearview mirror, silently looking at the direction of my departure. I sighed lightly, feeling the helplessness in this world.

I know her feelings for me, and I understand that the relationship between me and her can only stay at the level of colleagues and friends. I hope I can keep it like this and she will not break this layer of paper to avoid embarrassment affecting our friendship.

Looking back, I actually felt that the relationship between me, Zhang Qi, Ning Bingrou is a bit like Rosa, Li Shaoyang and Fang Le. It’s just that the intersection between them is probably not as much as that of the three of us.

This is really a wonderful world.

...

A few days later, it was already mid-July. In the south, the scorching sun seemed to burn the earth, and the indoor air conditioning became a place that everyone yearned for.

It was a weekend, and I slept until almost 10 o'clock in the morning and woke up by my phone. Because I worked overtime too late last night, if it weren't for Saturday today, I would probably have been late for working days.

After getting up, the first message I saw when I picked up my phone was reminded that it was the call from Lao Zhou, but before I could answer the call at that time, I had to call back.

"Lao Zhou, what's wrong?" I couldn't help but yawn as I spoke.

"When will you change your odor of sleeping in? It's not until lunch time that you can get up."

"Well, I worked overtime too late last night, and today is the weekend, so it's okay to sleep a little later."

Lao Zhou ignored my words and asked, "I'm on a business trip in City A. It's coming soon. Send me the location of your rental house. Tomorrow is your day. I just happened to go there to stay for your night."

I was shocked and got up from the bed, and I couldn't believe my ears anymore, "Old Zhou, have you come to A City now?"

"I have already entered City A. I just got off the highway in the suburbs. I drove by myself. Don't be too lazy. It's not convenient to talk so much when driving. I'll send me a seat later and I'll hang up."

After hanging up the phone, I got up and washed it. At the same time, I suddenly realized that Lao Zhou said on the phone just now that tomorrow is my day? I opened my phone with a toothbrush in my mouth. When I saw that tomorrow is my birthday. If Lao Zhou didn't say it, I would have completely forgotten about my birthday.

Sure enough, the first thing to care about yourself is always the parents.

Before Lao Zhou came over, I cleaned up the house and went downstairs to buy vegetables. I would prepare a delicious meal for Lao Zhou to eat later. He used to give me delicious food at home. Today, I would show off my skills. Anyway, Lao Zhou would go directly to me later.

At 1:30 p.m., Lao Zhou and I sat at the dining table on my rental house for dinner. Four dishes and one soup were enough. After serving, I asked Lao Zhou to taste it first and comment on me.

After Lao Zhou took a bite of the pepper oysters I made, I quickly asked with anticipation: "How is it?"

Lao Zhou put away his chopsticks and said calmly: "When washing, I didn't squeeze the water absorbed by the oysters. There was too much water and the fire was too big. If you cook it for a longer time, the oysters' meat will turn into meat residue. Apart from these, the taste is barely OK."

"Hey!" I was not convinced and picked up a piece to eat. Although the moisture was a bit too much, I could drink the soup, right? Then I retorted: "It's not as bad as you said!"

After dinner, Lao Zhou pointed to the two bags he brought when he was going upstairs and said to me: "Those are the seafood specialties your mother asked me to bring for you. I know you like to eat these. I bought them specially two days ago. I will send them to you when I come on a business trip."

I opened it and saw that several bags of large and small are indeed what I like to eat. Although these things are small, they are actually not cheap. Only these inconspicuous bags of things can’t be taken down without a thousand dollars.

I opened my mouth and was about to speak, but Lao Zhou took the lead and said, "I'll go and take a look first. I have to go to the meeting in the afternoon, and it's the same tomorrow. I'll come back after the meeting tomorrow. If it's not that late, I'll have dinner with you before going back. Then let me show you my skills."

"You come here from afar, how could you ask you to cook again? Leave it to me!" I smiled and cleaned up the bed in the room, signaled Lao Zhou to go into the room for lunch, and then continued to ask, "Lao Zhou, I haven't heard you have to come to City A for a meeting before. Have you been promoted or promoted?"

"I'm talking nonsense. Please don't ask about the matters in the officialdom. I'm going to take a nap." Old Zhou lies on the bed and closes his eyes to sleep. It's obvious that he issued a "exit order" for me, so I had to close the door of the room for him, and then go out to the living room to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

The next day, Lao Zhou went to the meeting again in the morning. I was staying in the rental house and soon received birthday wishes from my friends around me. Fang Le sent me a red envelope, while Rosa said that when I went over to celebrate this evening, she was giving me a gift.

I smiled and sent Rosa a voice message: "My old man came to A City on a business trip. It's not appropriate for me to leave him in the house. I'll have dinner with him for dinner, but I'm curious, Sasha, what gifts have you prepared for me?"

Rosa: "That's right. It's rare that uncle has come to A City. Come to Fanxing together!"

Me: "Sister, you're a music restaurant. When the atmosphere comes later, it's a disco scene. My dad can't stand such an environment."

Rosa: "Nonsense, maybe uncle is having fun more fun than you. In my opinion, you are more like an elderly person now!"

I still insisted on staying in the rental house, and Rosa didn't say anything anymore, but said that when will it be convenient for me to go to Fanxing, I will let me take the gift away by myself. As for Qiu Yue, this kid must have heard of Rosa talking about this to him, and soon sent me a voice message.

"Brother, I'm still on a business trip outside. I can't come back to celebrate your birthday. I'll give you the whole red envelope. I'll give you the meaning. Finally, I wish you a blessing like a long life in the East China Sea!"
Chapter completed!