It was already evening when they arrived in Yanjing. Bai Qiaoran and her classmates took a taxi to the hotel they had booked before coming.

Gradually, the sky became completely dark.

As night falls, the lights on the roadside have already been turned on.

Bai Qiaoran sat in the car, looking out the window at the tall buildings outside and the hustle and bustle of people coming and going.

The prosperous scene here made her clench her loose hands tightly.

"Qiao Ran, you finally came here, let's go out for a walk in the evening."

Her roommate looked outside with joy and curiosity, her tone full of anticipation.

"Okay." Bai Qiaoran's eyes turned, and she continued: "We are unfamiliar with this place, and we don't know what fun things there are here. It just so happens that I have a friend here, whom I met through games, as you know, but I don't know if he is free."

The roommate suddenly realized, "Is it the one who plays games with you every day?" She winked at Bai Qiaoran mischievously, "Tell me the truth, is there any special relationship between you two?"

Bai Qiaoran looked shy and pursed her lips in embarrassment. She gently hit her roommate's arm.

"What are you thinking? We are just game friends. We haven't even met each other. How can we have the extraordinary relationship you are talking about?"

She emphasized the last sentence.

The roommate looked at Bai Qiaoran's expression and said "Oh~" softly, his eyes full of amusement.

"I won't talk to you anymore."

Bai Qiaoran crossed her arms across her chest and pursed her lips, looking angry. With her chubby white face, she looked very cute.

The roommate couldn't help but stop teasing and said with a cheerful smile: "This is the first time I've seen you like this. You were never so ambiguous when you were pursued by other boys before. Have you not won him yet?"

They have been roommates for four years, and she has some understanding of Bai Qiaoran's personality. For example, those boys who pursued her in the past were just jokes from her roommates, and Bai Qiaoran's rejection was very obvious. She would not be so arrogant at all.

Isn't it obvious from this attitude that you have some feelings for the other person, but the other person's attitude is unclear?

Speaking of this, Bai Qiaoran's face instantly drooped, and her fair face was full of traces of loss. She pursed her thin lips and said, "I felt that we got along very well before. You know we often played games together. But recently I've been busy with postgraduate entrance exams, so I don't play games very often. And he and I are really cold to each other, and I can't tell what he's thinking."

She didn't say anything about "It's Qiao Qiao", but just directed the topic to what she wanted her roommate to think about.

The roommate suddenly got scared of Bai Qiaoran, and looked disappointed: "Are you stupid? Isn't it because of your aloofness that he is so cold to her? I think this boy must be interested in you, otherwise why would he play games with you every day?"

Bai Qiaoran looked incredulous. "No way." She hesitated. "But I feel like he treats me like an ordinary friend."

The roommate assured confidently, "Of course, before they are sure of your feelings, they will definitely show that they only see you as a friend, otherwise they will scare you away."

She approached Bai Qiaoran suddenly, the fire of gossip in her eyes burning.

"What kind of person is he? What does he look like? What's his family situation like?"

Bai Qiaoran stammered and couldn't explain clearly.

She muttered quietly, "I'm not checking your household registration, why would I ask so many detailed questions?"

"Oh my God, you don't know anything, but you dare to like someone. What if the other person is ugly?"

The roommate was shocked and felt that Bai Qiaoran was too naive.

"No, that won't happen. I added him on WeChat and there are photos in his Moments. He looks pretty good." Bai Qiaoran waved her hands, thinking that her roommate was overthinking.

The roommate sneered, "Why are you so stupid? Who knows if this circle of friends is a photo or a hoax?"

She thought for a moment, "Didn't you ask him to be our tour guide? I'll help you observe when the time comes."

Bai Qiaoran nodded.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

A pair of eyes are moist and full of sincerity.

Then, Bai Qiaoran looked out the window, with the corners of her lips slightly raised.

Just like her roommate understands her, and she understands her roommate.

She just opened the dialog box of [Mo Shang Gongzi] on her phone, but the other party had not replied to the message yet. She then logged into the King's page and took a look at the other party's online time.

It was more than ten hours ago, and he hasn't been online since. I guess he is really busy with something.

Just as Bai Qiaoran thought, Qin Yang really didn't have time now, he just didn't have time to look at his phone.

"Mom, why did you come to my company?"

When Qin Yang heard the receptionist say that his mother was coming, his head started to hurt, but he still hurried down to greet her.

Qin Yang's mother had slightly curly brown medium-length hair and delicate makeup on her face. She wore a loose beige suit jacket on her upper body, paired with black wide-leg pants, and a pair of low-heeled high heels on her feet.

Before entering Qin Yang's office, a pair of eyes scanned the company inside and out, and finally withdrew their gaze in disappointment.

Seeing that Qin Yang didn't welcome her, she couldn't help but ask back with a frown: "Why? This is my son's company, why can't I come?"

She sat on the sofa, crossed her legs, put her white hands on her knees, and stood upright, exuding an air of elegance.

The secretary took a look and didn't dare to look any further, but only sighed inwardly.

It’s definitely a genetic problem. Only because the mother is so beautiful can she give birth to such a handsome son.

"How is that possible? I mean, how did you have time to come to my company? Didn't you go to meet your best friends today?"

Qin Yang had a flattering smile on his face, so he didn't dare to respond to this. Otherwise, if his mother went back and told his father something, he would definitely be scolded for what he did to his father.

Mother Qin glanced at the secretary, looked away with disgust, and asked with a hint of dissatisfaction without responding to Qin Yang's words.

"Why haven't you changed your secretary yet? What's so good about this secretary?"

The secretary next to him was stabbed in the heart for no reason.

Mother Tan continued, "If it were you, I should hire a female secretary. She's more considerate, right? Look, I've been here for so long, and I haven't even been offered a cup of coffee or anything like that."

Tan Yang had a headache, knowing that her mother would bring up this topic as soon as she came. "Mom, there are many inconveniences with female secretaries. Many things are more suitable for boys to do. Besides, I am used to this secretary and think he does a good job. I am not used to hiring a new secretary."

He waved to the secretary.

The two of them still had a tacit understanding, and the secretary walked out of the meeting room lightly.

Someone outside immediately came up to greet him curiously.

"Secretary Zhang, who is this?"

"He looked very imposing. When his eyes swept over me, I didn't dare to speak. I even slowly lowered the sound of typing on the keyboard, for fear of making any noise."

"Yes, yes, me too. It really feels oppressive. When he looked at me, I felt like he was disgusted. But the strange thing is that it was my first time seeing this."

"You don't know, I was drinking water at the time, and when the lady looked over, I almost choked."

"Could this be the new manager of our company? No, I'm afraid."

"That shouldn't be the case. When has our company ever hired girls? I've never seen any girls in the company except for the cleaning lady."

When boys start gossiping, girls really have nothing to do.

Secretary Zhang only felt some noisy chattering in his ears, so he frowned and said seriously.

"Keep your voice down, this is Mr. Qin's mother."

After hearing Secretary Zhang's words, the surroundings suddenly became quiet for a while, and then a discussion broke out again, but the voices were much quieter.

"Boss Qin's mother looks really young. If you don't know her, you might think she is Boss Qin's sister."

"He looks like he's in his early thirties at most. I really don't believe it."

"Boss Qin's mother looks like a strong woman. No wonder Boss Qin was able to start a company at such a young age. This must be hereditary business talent."

"Okay, everyone, get back to work and stop grumbling." Secretary Zhang dismissed everyone and called one person over, "Xiao Li, go make a cup of coffee and bring it in later."

But thinking about the disdainful look from Tan's mother just now, he sighed: "Forget it, you should go to work, I'll go and pick up some."

Meanwhile, Mother Tan still didn't let Tan Yang go. She suggested, "Then hire two secretaries, one male and one female. There are always some things that are inconvenient for a male secretary to handle, right?"

Then he continued, "Even if I don't talk about the secretary, look at your company from top to bottom. Except for the receptionist downstairs who is a girl, there are a bunch of men upstairs."

Qin Yang felt that he had explained this question many times. "Mom, our company mainly does software development work. You know that most of the people doing this job are boys. We have hired girls before, but they resigned because the workload was too intense. It's not that I don't want to hire them."

In fact, the main reason was that when the company was just starting out, the girls resigned collectively, which made him give up the idea of ​​recruiting girls. At that time, there were not many girls recruited, and with the day and night reversal, the company saw no hope and naturally could not hold on.

Mother Qin placed her hands on the sofa beside her, supporting her chin lazily, and stared at Qin Yang intently. Qin Yang felt very nervous, fearing that his mother was planning something.

Like before, I thought he had a problem with his sexual orientation, so I insisted on introducing girls to him. After nearly half a year of blind dating, I gave up the idea.

Mother Qin frowned and asked, "Son, if you have any unspeakable secrets to tell me, you don't have a girl you like yet, do you?"

It is no wonder that Qin's mother is worried. She has never seen this child get too close to other girls since he was a child, let alone heard the news that Qin Yang was in a premature love relationship.

"Mom, I'm still so young. This matter is not urgent. Can you please stop asking too much?"

Qin Yang looked helpless, "And doesn't this require fate?"

Mother Qin looked disappointed. "Why don't you learn from your dad? He ran away with me in high school. How come you don't have a girlfriend in college? I think it's because you don't interact with girls enough."

Then, Mother Qin started to talk about showing her affection and education.

Qin Yang felt numb inside, but a serious smile hung on his handsome face, not daring to show any impatience.

Just say "yes" to whatever is said.

After the last hour, Mother Qin finally finished, and the secretary tactfully made a new cup of coffee and handed it to her.

Mother Qin nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Son, if you have a girlfriend, you must bring her to your parents. Don't hide her."

She finished her coffee and stood up. "Then let's not talk about it for now. Your dad is still waiting for me at home for dinner. If you have time, come home and have dinner. Don't always be alone outside and not come home."

Tan Yang smiled and said, "Okay."

When he returned, he was still a light bulb and didn't dare to say much.

"No need to send me off, just ask your secretary to take me down."

Mother Qin stopped Qin Yang and pointed at the secretary with her slender white hand.

Qin Yang didn't say much. After Qin's mother left the office, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his temples with his bony hands to relieve the fatigue in his brain.

Dealing with his mother is more tiring than staying up late to work on the project.

Secretary Zhang stood behind Mother Qin, respectfully pressing the elevator button for her. He didn't dare to say a word, and even consciously slowed down his breathing.

Mother Qin was holding a bag in her hand and looking forward, not paying any attention to Secretary Zhang.

After they entered the elevator, Mother Tan asked casually, "Is there any girl around Tan Yang now?"

Secretary Zhang glanced at Mrs. Qin and saw that she was not on the phone, then he realized that she was talking to him.

His face was full of nervousness, not daring to offend, and he quickly responded, "No, not in the company, but Mr. Qin doesn't come to the company often."

As if he remembered something, "It's just that after I went to Jiazhou last time, I would call or video chat with a girl from time to time, and I was in a good mood every time."

Mother Qin raised her delicate eyebrows and instantly became energetic, "Do you know how we met?"

"From listening to their chat, it seems like they are gaming friends. I guess they went to Jiazhou to meet last time."

Secretary Zhang hesitated and expressed his guess. In fact, he felt quite guilty because he was afraid that the president would find out.

"Okay, well done. Keep an eye on this matter and report to me if there are any special circumstances."

Mother Qin took out her business card from her bag, held it between her index and middle fingers, and casually handed it to Secretary Zhang.

"Call me on this number and don't let Qin Yang know about this."

"good."

Secretary Zhang felt that his mission was important, and silently wiped the unnecessary cold sweat from his head, "I know."

How could he dare let the president know? Did he think his salary was too high?

The elevator door opened with a ding.

Mother Qin walked out of the elevator and waved her hand, "No need to see me off."

Secretary Zhang stopped and said respectfully, "Okay."

Only after he saw the person walking away did he dare to straighten his shoulders and his tense nerves relaxed.

It was already 8 o'clock when Qin Yang picked up his phone. He opened WeChat and saw several messages from [猫咪de小鱼]. She probably thought that he didn't want to be her tour guide and sent some apologies guiltily.

In fact, he didn't really want to go.

But the other party is a girl after all, and it is her first time here, so she is unfamiliar with the place.

After thinking about it, I replied.

[Mr. Moshang]: "I don't have much time recently, so I can take half a day to treat you to a meal, and then I will arrange someone to take you there."