In front of the coffee shop, she was silent for a while, but she didn't speak for a long time.

"I……"

I didn't interrupt her, but waited patiently for her to continue talking. After a moment passed, she gritted her teeth and lowered her head slightly and said to me: "Brother Zhou, I, I like you. Didn't you say you don't have a girlfriend yet? Then, can I be your girlfriend?"

All her previous words and expressions were paving the way for this sentence, and I had seen it a long time ago. Although I did not interrupt her in advance, the ending would not change.

I was silent for a while, trying not to stimulate her emotions, and said softly: "Zhang Qi, although I do not have a girlfriend yet, I told you the last time that I had someone in my heart, so... I'm sorry!"

Her eyes immediately turned red. After a while of silence, she sniffed and asked with a wry smile: "Brother Zhou, is the 'love-hearted person' you mentioned? Ning Bingrou, is the president of our previous Zhongtian Group, Ning Bingrou?"

I didn't say anything, just pretended to be accusation, but she still didn't give up and asked me again, wanting to confirm whether the "loved person" I mentioned was Ning Bingrou.

Since she still had to continue asking this, I had to answer truthfully, "Yes, it's her. Maybe we will officially confirm the relationship in a short while."

Zhang Qi smiled bitterly, and the smile was very reluctant, "It turns out that the incidents about you and Mr. Ning were true when my colleagues in the company were rumored. At first, I thought it was just a rumor that they like to gossip, and I foolishly went to protect you... I blame myself for being too naive and self-indulgent."

I opened my mouth, but before I could speak, she continued to murmur softly: "At that time, I heard from my colleagues that you like Mr. Ning, she also has a good impression of you, and also provided an apartment under her name for you to live in. Some people even said that you have lived together..."

"No, you misunderstood. This is indeed a rumor. Mr. Ning previously provided me with apartment living in because of compensation for my resignation in the previous company. At that time, I happened to have no place to live and I had already lived in a hotel, so I just stayed temporarily. She is my landlord and we are not living together."

I think it is necessary to explain some things clearly.

"It's not important anymore. I hope you can be together earlier so that I can completely stop thinking about it." She sniffed and sighed and continued, "Dongli, can we still be good friends in the future?"

"Of course, as long as you want."

"Well, that's fine, thank you."

Finally, I talked about this matter openly. It would be better to say it out earlier. If you don’t have that kind of idea about the other party, then don’t do the “fish raising” thing. The tricks you played in your school days have long passed. Compared to the past, now I value and pay more attention to my career growth.

...

August soon passed, and it was early autumn and September. There were only two and a half months left before the agreement between Sun Zekun and Zhao Long. The closer the time was, the more oppressed I felt, because I was also worried that I would not be able to bear it. If the Yuzun brand fell into my hands, it would completely become a "joke".

During these days, I have almost made myself live a "all year-round" work state. Even if I have a vacation on Saturdays and Sundays, whenever I have extra time, I will try my best to put my time at work and prepare in advance, so as to give me the strategic plan I need to make after Yuzun goes out independently.

This day, it was supposed to be a peaceful weekend. When I was working in a rental house, I suddenly received a call in the evening, which made the peaceful weekend uneasy.

Qiu Yue called me. On the phone, he first complained about his dissatisfaction with me, saying that he hadn't seen me for a long time, so he asked me to go to Fanxing tonight and have important things to say. When I asked what was going on, he just said that he would wait until I went over and talk about it. The tone was not like an ordinary little thing.

At night, I went out to Fanxing very early and left some time for my friends tonight, so I won’t think about work anymore.

When I arrived at Fanxing, I saw Qiu Yue drinking alone after I went in. I walked over and sat down and asked, "Why are you here? What about Fang Le and the others?" As I spoke, I handed him a cigarette.

Qiu Yue took the cigarette and lit it directly, and replied calmly: "He went to the bathroom. It just so happened that I'll talk to you about the serious business while he was not here."

"What's the matter, you tell me." I took a sip of wine and continued, "When I heard you call me in the afternoon, I felt that you were in great trouble, tell me."

"It's about their 'love triangle'. Maybe I underestimated Li Shaoyang before. It seems that Rosa has slowly begun to accept him, because Fanxing's business is not easy to do now, and Rosa is under a lot of pressure. Behind it, Li Shaoyang is basically supporting her. Although she is not as direct as giving money, she has secretly given a lot of resources."

I thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Rosa, a woman who runs such a big store, is really under great pressure, especially when she is accompanied by Li Shaoyang and others in this trough period, everyone will have feelings."

After pondering for a while, I continued, "Qiu Yue, you don't have to think like this. Whoever is with whom is concerned is fate and personality. In fact, I think that maybe Li Shaoyang is more suitable to be with Rosa than Fang Le."

Qiu Yue scoffed and said, "Dongli, if you think so, then think about their affairs too simply!"

He sighed and said helplessly: "You don't know, Fang Le... may be about to leave. He told me some time ago that something happened to their pharmaceutical company and it was also on the news. The incident was quite big. It is said that... it is very likely that it has a certain connection with his ex-girlfriend Xinlan."

"Xinlan?!"

Qiu Yue hurriedly pulled me, made a "shhhh" gesture, and then whispered: "Do you know? There was a period of time when Fang Le was really almost with Rosa, but it was because of an accident in their company that Fang Le found someone to help investigate, and then he learned that the kid might be related to Xinlan, that boy was like crazy!"

"This..." I was stunned, "Aren't they just making fun of it? How unfair it is to Rosa."

"Dongli is right." A familiar voice suddenly heard behind him. It was Fang Le who walked over after going to the bathroom. He sat next to us with a calm expression and continued: "It is because he is unfair to her that I choose to leave. I should bless her and Li Shaoyang."

Qiu Yue and I looked at each other, and then I asked, "So many years have passed. Do you really need to fall into the quagmire again for someone who has ended in the past? Fang Le, I would rather you tell me that you are going back for your parents, not Xin Lan."

"If I really want to say it is unfair, I really owe Xinlan to Xinlan. In the past six months when I was under house arrest at home, I could imagine that she must be in pain... I want to go back and find an answer, and give myself a chance to relieve myself and relieve myself. Over the years... I have been wandering in the south for so long, and my parents are old, so I should go back and see them."

"Have you really thought about it?"
Chapter completed!