Secretary Xu: "..."
Gu Haotian grabbed Cheng Beibei's slender wrist. "Damn it, you're so sweet."
driver:"……"
The text on the webpage was a bit small. Zhou Qishen paused for a moment, and after making sure he could read it clearly, he calmly continued: "There are so many fishponds in the world, but you just happened to walk into the one I contracted. Do you want to become a mermaid and then bewitch me?"
Zhao Xiyin rolled around on the bed, covering her mouth to keep from laughing too loud, afraid of waking up Teacher Zhao.
As for shamelessness, Zhou Qishen never cared about that. Hearing her laugh, he knew she was happy. So he read on with even more gusto, "Gu Haotian grabbed Cheng Beibei's arm, pushed her forcefully against the wall, and then kissed her against the wall."
Secretary Xu wants to jump out of the car now!
Zhou Qishen, dressed in a sharp suit, looked smart and presentable. He sat with his legs crossed, back straight, showing no fear or resistance, even engrossed in reading a romance novel. This contrast, in the eyes of the female employee in the passenger seat, made him exceptionally sexy.
Zhao Xiyin had already called for a stop, laughing so hard she was almost out of breath, "I don't want to listen anymore, Zhou Qishen, I promise I'll go to sleep with you, okay?"
As he moved on to the next line, Zhou Qi frowned slightly, “Gu Haotian said, ‘Cheng Beibei, I’ve fallen in love with you, damn it.’”
The driver's hands trembled, and the steering wheel shook.
Secretary Xu gripped the handlebars tightly, ready to jump off at any moment.
The female employee in the passenger seat blushed and her heart pounded.
Zhou Qishen's reaction was lukewarm, and he even gave a rather objective self-evaluation: "I didn't pronounce this sentence well, let's do it again."
With the phone pressed against her ear, Zhao Xiyin's smile was like fireworks, unrestrained and dazzling. Before she could fully recover, she heard Zhou Qishen's tone suddenly turn serious as he read aloud again:
"Zhao Xiyin, damn it, I love you too."
Chapter 69 I Want the Moon to Come to Me (3)
That "I love you" was the last breeze that dispelled the dark clouds in Zhao Xiyin's heart.
Her eyes were wet, her head was buried in the blanket, and her voice was nasal.
Zhou Qishen called her name on the phone: "Xi'er?"
That deep, uniquely his voice, wrapped in concern and tenderness, was utterly irresistible. Zhao Xiyin didn't want him to hear her panic, so she interrupted in a muffled voice, "Brother Zhou, I'm going to sleep."
Zhou Qishen paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."
"You told a very good story," Zhao Xiyin praised, then muttered, "It's just that the names of the male and female protagonists aren't very nice."
"Gu Haotian and Cheng Beibei?" Zhou Qishen explained, "They were just random choices. I thought of Gu Heping and Lao Cheng, so I borrowed their surnames."
Zhao Xiyin burst into laughter.
Zhou Qishen turned off the speakerphone, holding the phone to his ear. The lights outside the car window flashed by, his profile flickering in and out of focus. In that moment of stillness, he seemed like someone from another time. Zhao Xiyin added a couple more words, and Zhou Qishen lowered his head and chuckled, clearly pleased with her.
The call ended, and the car fell silent.
Zhou Qishen glanced at Secretary Xu, "What's with that expression? Did you eat too much tonight and have indigestion?"
Secretary Xu swallowed hard and thought to herself, "Yes, I'm tired of this dog food (a slang term for public displays of affection)."
One route leads to the Second Ring Road, so we'll drop Zhou Qishen off at the Fanyue Hotel first. As soon as he got out of the car, his female colleague from the public relations team in the passenger seat immediately started gossiping, "Secretary Xu, is Mr. Zhou getting married soon?"
"Um."
"Which girl? I haven't heard a word about it."
Secretary Xu was meticulous and conscientious, but reserved in her attitude, saying, "President Zhou has known me for many years."
"Wow, feelings develop over time," the female colleague said with a worried look. "Then a lot of female colleagues in the company are going to be heartbroken."
"Don't let President Zhou hear this. Focus on your work," Secretary Xu said sternly.
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Old Cheng's teahouse is busy today; there's still a queue even after 7 PM. Zhao Zhao isn't here, and he can't manage alone. "Hey, those two, are they dead? Don't they know to come help me?"
Grandpa Zhou and Grandpa Gu were chatting happily by the window, ignoring Old Cheng.
"That's outrageous! They occupy this spot of mine every day, they're such ungrateful wretches who eat for free."
Gu Heping laughed at him, "Why are you taking your anger out on us when you and Zhaozhao are having a fight? When Zhou Ge'er and Xiao Xi broke up, did Zhou Ge'er ever take his anger out on us? That's the difference."
Zhou Qishen solemnly reminded him, "Don't drag me into this."
"By the way, I just saw a Maybach parked at the entrance. Did you change your car?"
"Um."
"You only bought your previous car not long ago, right?"
Zhou Qishen said indifferently, "Getting covered in dog poop is disgusting, so I might as well change it."
Gu Heping sensed the hidden meaning in his words and quickly connected the dots, asking, "Did Zhuang Qiu offend you?"
Zhou Qishen didn't hide anything, briefly recounting the incident of cutting off the car that day. Gu Heping was so angry he almost smashed his cup. "Will he ever stop? He's always resorting to underhanded tricks. It's a good thing we don't have any evidence, otherwise we would have arrested him long ago!"
Zhou Qishen was not happy about mentioning this person and advised Gu Heping, "Alright, go help Lao Cheng."
The three men were close friends, and their ages were similar. But in most of their interactions, Gu Heping and Lao Cheng still preferred to rely on Zhou Qishen as their leader. Gu Heping was a smooth talker; if he went over there, he would probably say something sarcastic to Lao Cheng again, making Lao Cheng so angry that his eyebrows were crooked.
Half an hour later, the teahouse closed, and Lao Cheng and Gu Heping came over. "All night I've seen you holding your phone without taking your eyes off it. What are you looking at?"