Chapter 24 Invite Him to Dinner

Yan Nian came back from buying water, and Zhou Ran just hung up the phone with her bag in her hand.

"Mr. Zhou, have some water." Yan Nian handed the water to him, "Give it to me!"

"Okay." Zhou Ran took it and turned to get in the car.

Yan Nian took a sip of mineral water and silently followed to the passenger seat.

The air conditioner in the car is on, isolating the car from the heat outside.

Yan Nian buckled his seat belt silently.

Thinking back to the first time I saw Zhou Ran in the box, he had a gloomy expression on his face, as if there were thorns in his bones, which made me feel cold under my feet and filled with awe.

He seemed to be in a good mood now, not affected at all by what happened just now. Yan Nian didn't know what he was thinking, he was so happy even after being scolded.

They were silent for a while.

Zhou Ran turned his head: "You..."

Yan Nian: "Can I ask..."

He spoke at the same time and stopped in time.

Zhou Ran put his left hand on the steering wheel, turned sideways, and looked at her curiously: "What do you want to ask?"

Yan Nian blinked her eyelashes and looked back into his eyes: "Have they worked with Boya before?"

Although he really didn't want to bring up Frannio at this critical moment and cause him trouble, Yan Nian still wanted to find out.

When she first came, Gu Pingping gave her a copy of the data of a foreign agent and a letter of intent for cooperation sent by the agent to Boya.

Yan Nian clearly remembered that Party B was Franio.

It is not that easy for them to do written translation. They need to understand the background of the agency in order to translate the data more accurately.

Gu Pingping simply put this cooperation intention on hold for the time being, and it has been pending with her.

Zhou Ran was puzzled: "Do you know him?"

Yan Nian said calmly, "Well, I have a letter of intent for cooperation in my hand, which they sent me."

Zhou Ran sat up straight, looking straight ahead. After a moment, he twitched his lips and said, "He's my first overseas agent."

In order to gain Zhou Ji's approval, he brought an external translator to the negotiation table for the first time and negotiated his first foreign order.

Yan Nian had no idea what was going on. After working in the company for half a month, Zhou Ran's private behavior and his work behavior were like two completely different people.

He is not particular about details in private, but he is absolutely rigorous, meticulous and conscientious at work.

So, there must be a big problem with Franio.

Yan Nian waited for him to continue.

Zhou Ran said coldly, "Three years ago, he unilaterally broke the contract and refused to pay the penalty, causing Boya great losses."

Yan Nian turned his head to the side and was stunned for several seconds.

Zhou Ran rubbed his thumb on the steering wheel, squinting his eyes as he thought about something.

It seems that this is the most difficult part of his life to talk about.

Therefore, this is why he is always cautious, meticulous and strict in his work.

Ever since Qi Hui made the mistake, Zhou Ran cancelled her qualification to participate in contract review and proofreading.

Yan Nian did not know the reason for this not-so-long-ago incident, and the company's deep secrets ended there.

After all, that was Boya’s past and Zhou Ran’s past.

But she heard a hint about him, and it was not difficult to guess that Zhou Ran started working in her own company right after graduation. That is, after graduation, he spent a year settling down before taking over Boya two years ago.

However, all these things about him were just her imagination.

The topic came to a standstill here, and Yan Nian didn't ask any further questions.

Yan Nian is not good at comforting people. They are not friends now, but just ordinary superiors and subordinates.

Yan Nian clenched her fingertips in her palm and pinched it hard, then changed the subject: "It's already noon, I'll treat you to dinner."

Zhou Ran turned his face to the side, returning to his usual self. His eye bags were prominent as he stared at her intently: "Hmm?"

Her face was practically written with the words 'please give me a reason to treat me to a meal'. Yan Nian said calmly, "You sent me home that day, and I haven't thanked you properly yet! I didn't even take the money I transferred to you."

We returned the same way the next night.

Zhou Ran's smile faded. "Do you really have to calculate it so clearly?"

Yan Nian was frightened by his seriousness. She didn't know what she had offended him again. He had such a bad temper and could get angry at any time. It seemed that he would ask her to get out of the car in the next second.

Zhou Ran shifted the gear unhappily and slid the car out: "What do you want to eat?"

Yan Nian raised her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

She hadn't thought it through before she said it, and the thing she was worst at was making decisions about food.

Yan Nian threw the question to him: "Do you want to eat anything?"

Zhou Ran turned the steering wheel: "No! I'll give you three minutes to think about it. Don't miss the opportunity to have dinner with me alone."

Yan Nian: “…”

Inexplicably led by his words, as if throwing a bomb about to explode at her, Yan Nian opened the food app on her phone and searched for nearby food in a hurry.

As the car drove on, Zhou Ran took the time to look at her, his slender white fingertips constantly sliding across the screen.

"One more minute."

Yan Nian was inexplicably nervous. After screening some dishes, the only ones recommended to her were hot pot, barbecue and Chinese food, nothing else.

Zhou Ran was like a broadcaster, counting down the seconds beside him: "Ten seconds left."

Yan Nian couldn't help but get nervous: "Do you want to eat crayfish?"

Zhou Ran refused mercilessly: "No, there are still five seconds."

Yan Nian slid down the screen and saw an advertisement for a delicious and attractive restaurant with the word "malatang" written on it. She blurted out, "What about malatang?"

The smile on Zhou Ran's face had not faded yet, and Mans drove the car methodically without saying a word.

Yan Nian didn't know whether he would eat or not. Instead, she felt like she was being led by the nose by him. Three minutes had already passed.

Yan Nian only then realized it, and looked down at the price tag of the spicy hot pot restaurant. A meal for two cost less than 100 yuan.

“…”

I guess they think it’s too cheap and don’t eat it.

She forgot that eating spicy hot pot did not fit his current personality.

Yan Nian fiddled with it in his heart: "Sorry, I'll change it."

Zhou Ran smiled slyly and reminded her: "Three minutes have passed."

Yan Nian also said honestly: "Then I'll treat you next time!"

"..." Zhou Ran's face immediately darkened and he pretended to be deaf: "You want to fight for it? I can give you another chance."

Yan Nian: “…”

Her first reaction was no, but she held back and didn't say it out loud, which seemed quite insincere.

Since he had to go to work in the afternoon, Yan Nian chose a roast duck restaurant near his company.

After dinner, the two returned to the company together.

The elevator slowly rose from the basement floor and stopped on the first floor.

The moment the elevator opened, there were quite a few people standing at the door.

Seeing her and Zhou Ran standing together, they were all stunned.

Everyone greeted Zhou Ran with a gossipy look on their faces.

Maybe because of the photo, everyone was stuck in the front and didn’t dare to squeeze in, and even left a wide distance between them.

When we got to the 32nd floor, Zhou Ran received a call.

Yan Nian let him go first and followed behind him.

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but Zhou Ran said in a rather unhappy tone: "Busy!"

"Yes, too fat, not suitable for me."

"Too thin, like a monkey in the mountains."

"I like it just right! Okay, don't worry about it, just have fun!"

Yan Nian heard from his few words that someone was introducing him to a girlfriend. He felt depressed and his steps were as slow as if they were filled with lead.

When his figure and voice disappeared at the office door and she could hear nothing, Yan Nian stopped, lowered her head, and clenched the bag in her hand.