Chapter 33 This is the first time she's ever wanted to...

As everyone knows, Zhou Shilin is very busy. In case he's so busy that he forgets it's his birthday this weekend, Chen Ci kindly reminded him again: "Mr. Zhou, you may not know, but your birthday is on the 24th."

Zhou Shilin: ...Thank you for telling me.

Chenci: This weekend is the 24th.

Zhou Shilin: Yes, I'll go home for lunch, and I'll be free in the afternoon and evening.

Chen Ci: Σ(⊙。⊙“a Your birthday is such a big event, and no one took the opportunity to curry favor with you??”

Even their CEO, Mr. Wu, was eager to give him a birthday present!

Zhou Shilin: There are quite a few, but Tian Xu rejected them all for me.

Chen Ci stared blankly at the line of text that popped up on the screen.

...Can anyone understand the true meaning behind this statement?!

The president of Shijie rejected all other business owners, but went out to eat crayfish with her!

She defeated 99% of the capitalists in the country!

Chen Ci: I will definitely make sure Uncle Li and the others prepare the crayfish properly for that day!

Chenci: Let me ask them again if they know how to cook Australian lobster!

Zhou Shilin: "..."

Maybe we shouldn't make things difficult for Uncle Li.

After saying goodnight to Zhou Shilin again, Chen Ci finally put down her phone.

After two more busy days of work, Zhou Shilin didn't get home until after 11 p.m. He took a shower and planned to exercise again the next morning.

Wearing a bathrobe, Zhou Shilin came out of the bathroom, dimmed the lights in the room, and sat on the bed after lifting the covers.

He habitually picked up his phone to check if he had missed any work. After finishing, he unconsciously scrolled to Chen Ci's chat window. Their conversation had stopped two days ago. Zhou Shilin wanted to send her something, but he was worried that she was already asleep.

He stared at Chen Ci's profile picture for a while, and finally clicked into her Moments.

Zhou Shilin used to not have the habit of looking at other people's WeChat Moments, but recently he has started to enjoy looking at Chen Ci's posts.

She doesn't post on her WeChat Moments very often, but every time she does, it's like a joke.

Chen Ci's Moments are only displayed for three days. When Zhou Shilin clicked on it, there were only two posts.

One post was from the day before yesterday. It was a food video she shared, titled "A delicious omelet rice recipe that even those with no cooking skills can easily learn!"

The other one was posted by her yesterday.

Chen Ci: I made omelet rice myself today... It was so awful... [vomit][vomit][vomit]

Zhou Shilin couldn't help but chuckle softly, accidentally seeing another post that Chen Ci had just made.

Chenci: Help! [Panic] Why are there geckos in my house?! [Image]

Zhou Shilin clicked on her picture and looked at it. It was indeed a gecko. The person who took the picture and the gecko must have been very scared at the time. The gecko was almost blurry from the photo.

He opened the comments and typed: "Geckos are beneficial little animals; they can help you eat mosquitoes."

Upon seeing his comment, Chen Ci immediately replied: "But I'm so scared! I can't sleep tonight [kneeling]"

Zhou Shilin thought for a moment and replied to her, "There's another saying: geckos can bring wealth."

Chen Ci replied to Zhou Shilin: A warm welcome to Mr./Ms. Gecko to my home! [bows]

Zhou Shilin replied to Chen Ci: Rigorous.

After replying with those two words, Zhou Shilin looked up some scientific methods for repelling geckos and sent them to Chen Ci: "You can try them if needed."

Chen Ci: Thank you, Mr. Zhou, but it seems like I'm being a bit ungrateful.

Zhou Shilin: It's good that you're not afraid.

Chenci: It's gone now, I don't know where it's hiding, maybe it'll just leave on its own someday. [bows]

Zhou Shilin: Then go to sleep.

Chen Ci: Aren't you going to sleep yet?

Zhou Shilin: I'm going to sleep too.

Chenci: Let's go together then [rose emoji]

Zhou Shilin: "..."

Is the internet cloud sleeping?

On Friday, the fishing rod Wu Junnan prepared for Zhou Shilin's birthday arrived. Because the fishing rod was for display and couldn't be extended, it was quite large when it arrived. Considering that Chen Ci couldn't possibly carry it to Zhou Shilin, Wu Junnan decided to have Chen Ci deliver it to Zhou Shilin's house instead.

Chen Ci specially took a picture of the exquisitely packaged fishing rod. Their boss, Mr. Wu, has indeed made a lot of money in the past few years. This fishing rod is even inlaid with diamonds.

She sent the photo to Zhou Shilin and asked for his mailing address: "Mr. Zhou, this is a birthday gift that our CEO Wu prepared for you. Would you mind giving me a delivery address?"

Zhou Shilin was in the car listening to Tian Xu's work report when he heard his phone ring. He took it out and glanced at it. Tian Xu stopped when he saw Zhou Shilin looking down at his phone.

Zhou Shilin sent an address to Chen Ci, telling her that he would arrange for someone to pick up the goods.

Chenci: Received [rose emoji]

Chen Ci: Mr. Zhou, I've heard of your neighborhood. The property prices are skyrocketing. It must be very comfortable to live there, right?

Zhou Shilin: I don't live there often.

Chen Ci: ...I understand, this is your cheapest apartment, right? :)

That's exactly how he described Rolls-Royce last time!

Zhou Shilin: Not really. It's close to the company, so it's convenient to stay there sometimes when it's too late.

Chenci: Okay [rose emoji] I'll arrange for someone to deliver it to you [rose emoji].

When Tian Xu was sent by Zhou Shilin to pick up the fishing rod sent by Chen Ci, he learned that President Wu had indeed given Zhou Shilin a set of fishing tackle. Chen Ci said it was designed by a master and inlaid with diamonds. It was indeed quite beautiful, but completely unusable.

Tian Xu: I've received the fishing rod. [Image]

Chen Ci: Okay, thank you for your hard work, Assistant Tian!

Tian Xu: It's alright. I've been accepting and rejecting gifts on behalf of the CEO these past few days, and I'm a bit numb to it now. [smile]

Seeing his question, Chen Ci asked curiously, "What did everyone give to President Zhou?"

Tian Xu: Most of them are just pretty but useless, like your fishing rod.

Chenci: Oh [smile] Are they all very expensive?

Tian Xu: Of course, they would be embarrassed to give gifts if they were too cheap, but our president doesn't accept gifts from just anyone.

Chen Ci: It seems that our General Manager Wu still holds some weight in General Manager Zhou's heart!

Tian Xu: "..."

He felt that someone else must hold sway in the president's heart.

After Chen Ci told Wu Junnan about delivering the gift, she thought that she should buy the perfume for Zhou Shilin after get off work today.

She had already read many reviews online and bought a lot of sample packs. After smelling them all, she felt that Bunny's latest unisex fragrance was the perfect match for Zhou Shilin. So she decided to go to the counter to buy it after work today.

After work, Yang Shuang invited Chen Ci to dinner and karaoke, but Chen Ci declined and went straight to the shopping mall closest to the company. Bunny's beauty counter was on the first floor, and Chen Ci saw the new fragrance displayed in a prominent position as soon as she walked over.

She went over to take a look, and found that not only did the perfume smell wonderful, but even the bottle was perfect for Zhou Shilin.

"Hello, would you like to try this one?" The sales assistant came over, handed her a sample bottle, opened it, and sprayed a little into the air. "This one is perfect for office workers. The scent isn't too strong, yet it gives off a very classy vibe."

After the perfume was sprayed, a faint fragrance filled the air. Chen Ci smelled it, frowned, and asked in confusion, "Why does this smell different from the sample I bought before?"

She liked the scent of the decanted version, and this one didn't smell bad either, but it didn't seem to suit Zhou Shilin as well as the decanted version.

"I only wanted to buy the full-size product because I thought the decanted version smelled really good. Do you guys at the counter still sell counterfeit products?"

The sales assistant held the perfume in her hand for a moment, then smiled and said to her, "Is it possible that the sample you bought is fake?"

Chen Ci: "..."

That's definitely more likely to be a case of counterfeit goods being sold in a department store than in a physical store.

...But she prefers the taste of the decanted version!

"Why don't you try it on yourself? The scent might be a little different when you spray it on your body."

"Okay." Chen Ci thought that since she was already here, she couldn't leave empty-handed. The saleswoman sprayed some perfume on her wrist, and Chen Ci raised her hand to smell it. Sure enough, it was different from the sample.

Seeing that she didn't seem very satisfied, the sales assistant recommended other products: "Why don't you try this one? Do you want it for yourself or as a gift?"

"Giving him away," Chen Ci said, then added, "to a cold and domineering CEO."

“…Okay.” The saleswoman, who was used to all sorts of things, calmly took out another product and recommended it to her, “You can try this one too.”

While Chen Ci was choosing perfume at the mall, Zhou Shilin was still working overtime at the company. Tian Xu rushed in from outside with his phone in hand after he finished his call: "President, take a look at this!"

Zhou Shilin thought there was a problem at work, but when he took the phone and looked down, he realized it was a social media app.

I woke up to find the sky had fallen; my alternate personality had secretly racked up a debt of ten million behind my back. [Stunned]

Zhou Shilin: "..."

“I’ve read the post carefully, and the details match ours perfectly. The person who posted this must be Chen Ci!” Tian Xu had been “offline” for a while, but today the homepage suddenly recommended this post to him. When he clicked on it, he was almost scared out of his wits.

It all makes sense now. If Chen Ci has a dual personality, then everything makes sense.

"You guessed right! She really does have a dual personality!"

“…Hmm.” Zhou Shilin responded and handed the phone back to him.

Seeing his calm demeanor, Tian Xu found it somewhat unbelievable: "President, you don't already know, do you?"

“I did find out not long ago.” Zhou Shilin sat in his chair and nodded slightly. “But she doesn’t have a split personality.”

"Huh?" Tian Xu couldn't hold back any longer. Did Ms. Shen still have the truth in her mouth? "Then she is...?"

"A very new type of mental illness."

"..." Could this be a new type of scam?

"But don't worry, she has been receiving treatment and her condition is steadily improving."

"...That's good." But whether he was at ease or not was not important at all.

Chen Ci, unaware that Tian Xu was about to expose all her secrets, was still choosing a perfume for Zhou Shilin. After her and the sales assistant's tireless efforts, she finally found a perfume that suited her taste: "This one, please wrap it up for me, I'll give it as a gift."

"Okay." The saleswoman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was finally satisfied. "There will be a small charge for packaging, is that alright with you?"

"no problem."

When the sales assistant heard this, she went to help her wrap the card and even asked if she needed a greeting card written for her. Chen Ci thought for a moment. Her handwriting might not be as good as the ones who write greeting cards for others, but writing it herself would seem more sincere: "No need, I'll write it myself when I get back."

"Okay." The saleswoman put the greeting card and perfume into the handbag and handed it to her.

Having finally bought the perfume, Chen Ci was in the mood to eat. She randomly picked a restaurant in the mall, ate dinner, and then went straight home.

After taking a shower, she sat down at the table with a pen, looking at the greeting card and thinking about what to write.

In this day and age, people are used to electronic devices and rarely have the opportunity to write by hand. But when Shen Feifei communicates with her, she always records things in a notebook with a pen, which is particularly simple and unpretentious.

That means I had many more opportunities to pick up a pen than others.

Chen Ci held the pen, and before putting pen to paper, she took out her notebook from the drawer, turned to the last blank page, and planned to write a draft first.

"Let's write about Zhou Shilin first," Chen Ci muttered to herself, and finally started writing in her notebook.

Perhaps because she didn't have Shen Feifei's memories, she wasn't as familiar with writing as she had imagined. She held the pen in her right hand and wrote Zhou Shilin's name in the notebook over and over again.

This was the first time she had ever tried to write someone's name beautifully.

When she finally wrote Zhou Shilin's name to her satisfaction, she solemnly picked up the greeting card and began to write on it.

Happy birthday, Zhou Shilin.

Remembering that Tian Xu had said Zhou Shilin liked making money, she added a blessing to the right side.

"Make a fortune."

After she finished writing, she stared at her three characters "get rich" for three seconds and felt that something was wrong.

Did she write it as "issue a large account"?