Chapter 38 Li Mai invited me to lunch

Chengcheng told Limai two jokes.

"Mom, what's the food that everyone dislikes the most?"

"Huh?" Li Mai didn't follow her son's train of thought.

Chengcheng: "What a loss! Haha!"

Li Mai: "..."

Chengcheng then asked, "Why does Amin go to the barbershop every day?"

Li Mai stopped picking up food and thought for a moment: "Because he's a barber?"

"You got it right, Mom! You're so smart! Here's a shrimp as a reward!"

Chengcheng peeled a prawn and put it into the quinoa bowl.

Li Mai: "..."

She silently watched Chengcheng for a while.

My heart is completely soft.

Fortunately, Chengcheng has been by her side all these years, which has kept her from being too sad.

People say that daughters are their parents' little cotton-padded jackets, and her sons are her little cotton-padded jackets too.

How could she bear to see such a sweet little girl without a father?

...

The next day.

After arriving at the company, Li Mai took out her phone and sent a message to Zhou Songyan.

Mr. Zhou, do you have time for lunch? I'd like to treat you.

After sending the message, she put her phone aside and started working.

...

Zhou Songyan walked out of the airport and took out his phone to turn it on.

Sun Yuanjie followed behind, reporting on the upcoming itinerary.

My boss suddenly turned around and walked towards the airport, his steps hurried.

Sun Yuanjie was completely dumbfounded.

What's going on?

He chased after him: "Mr. Zhou, where are you going?"

Zhou Songyan hurried towards the ticket counter: "I need to go back to Beijing."

Sun Yuanjie: "..."

Just kidding, they just landed in the south of the city.

"Mr. Zhou, has something serious happened that necessitates a return to Beijing?"

"Li Mai invited me to lunch."

Sun Yuanjie: "..."

He was dumbfounded again.

His cold and aloof boss suddenly became love-struck; he's not used to it.

"Mr. Zhou, let's make an appointment with Miss Li when we get back. We have a lunch date with some leaders from the Nancheng Municipal Government, and we can't break our promise."

Zhou Songyan stopped in her tracks, looking reluctant.

"Secretary Sun, why did you arrange for me to come to Nancheng today?"

As a result, I missed having dinner with Li Mai.

Li Mai finally managed to get a date with him.

Sun Yuanjie: "..."

If your boss is unreasonable, who can you reason with?

But he really has to take the blame; he can't just criticize the boss for being shameless.

He put on a guilty look: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I'll add Miss Li on WeChat when I get back, and I'll let Miss Li know before arranging your schedule in the future, so this embarrassing thing won't happen again."

Zhou Songyan: "Adding each other on WeChat is fine, but you can't talk about anything other than work."

Sun Yuanjie nodded repeatedly.

How could he dare talk about anything else? Did he have a death wish?

He learned from Qin Shao that President Zhou, in his jealousy, broke President Ji's hand.

After getting into the car, Zhou Songyan stared at the message on his phone for a while before replying: "I'm in Nancheng on a business trip. I'll be back in a few days."

Li Mai breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the message.

I feel a sense of relief.

She invited Zhou Songyan to dinner to talk to him about Chengcheng, and spent the whole night preparing herself mentally.

I finally mustered up the courage to text him.

In reality, she was feeling very uneasy.

With Zhou Songyan not around, she felt she had found another excuse to delay for a while.

Zhou Songyan waited quite a while before receiving a reply from Li Mai: "Mr. Zhou, please continue with your work."

Sun Yuanjie sat in the passenger seat and saw in the rearview mirror that his boss was looking at the message over and over again.

Can you see the flowers or something?

After a while, he glanced at his boss again through the rearview mirror.

He was looking at Miss Li's photo.

However, the Ms. Li on the phone looks very young, with baby fat, cute and pretty, and has a sweet smile.

This is clearly a photo of Miss Li from before.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Sun Yuanjie asked, "President Zhou, have you known Miss Li for a long time?"

Zhou Songyan looked up and glanced at him: "What's it to you?"

Sun Yuanjie: "..."

Okay, he was being nosy.

Zhou Songyan then spoke up: "She is my girlfriend."

"In the past."

Sun Yuanjie: "..."

This is huge gossip! He said there was something fishy about these two.

The boss looked at Miss Li with a mixture of love and hate.

There's a story between the two.

But Sun Yuanjie didn't ask any further questions, fearing his boss would get angry.

...

After finishing work, Li Mai received a call from You Huan on her way home: "Li Mai, I found a job. I'll start next Monday."

Li Mai was happy for her: "Senior, you're so fast! What company is it?"

You Huan: "Chaoxu Company belongs to the Peng family."

"The Peng family?"

"Yes, the Peng family is one of the most prominent families in Beijing."

Li Mai thought for a while but couldn't recall any information about the wealthy Peng family.

The main reason is that she was new to Beijing and unfamiliar with these wealthy families.

"There are so many wealthy families in Beijing. I'll go online and take a look later."

Are you still applying for the secretarial position?

"Yes, the chairman's secretary."

Wow! Senior, you're amazing!

You laughed: "You're great too!"

"Senior, I'm going home to cook in a bit. Why don't you come over for dinner?"

"I've been waiting for you to say that. I'm on my way to your house."

Li Mai chuckled twice: "Great! I'll buy some groceries at the supermarket near my house in a bit. If you get there first, go upstairs and have Chengcheng open the door for you."

"Okay!" You Huan hung up the phone.

Li Mai bought groceries and went home, where You Huan had already arrived.

He came over and took the vegetables from her hands.

"Oh, this is so heavy! Can you finish all this groceries?"

Li Mai changed her shoes and went inside: "If you can't finish it, eat it slowly. I think it will rain tomorrow, so I won't go grocery shopping."

You Huan didn't understand; she basically never cooked, always eating out or ordering takeout.

She put the bag in the kitchen and put her arm around Li Mai's shoulder: "Why don't we just live together? You're so good at managing a household and you cook so well. Let's raise Chengcheng together."

Li Mai sorted and organized the groceries she bought, taking out what she would eat tonight and putting the rest in the refrigerator.

Constantly busy.

He laughed and said, "Didn't I make a profit? Do you know how expensive it is to raise a child?"

You Huan raised an eyebrow: "Was it expensive? Then I'll work harder and earn more."

Li Mai: "Okay, if you don't get married then, you can raise our son together."

You Huan: "It's settled then."

Li Mai smiled as she left the kitchen and went to Chengcheng's bedroom.

"Honey, you can't stay home all day; it's bad for your eyes."

Chengcheng is building Lego.

Zhou Songyan bought it for him, and the little guy likes it very much.

"Mom, it's okay."

Li Mai pulled him up: "Mom is cooking. You and your godmother go downstairs to the playground and run around. I'll call you when the food is ready."

Chengcheng reluctantly followed You Huan downstairs.

There's an outdoor playground in the neighborhood, and lots of kids are playing there right now.

Chengcheng frowned, glanced at it, and pulled Youhuan away.

You Huan said helplessly, "Chengcheng, go play with the kids for a while."

Chengcheng shook his head: "I'm not going."

Chengcheng went to the senior citizens' fitness activity area and played there for a while.

You Huan thought Chengcheng lacked stamina.

This child doesn't like to move.

When she looked up, she saw Chengcheng hanging on the horizontal bar, moving his arms back and forth several times.

She tried it, but couldn't keep it up for more than a few seconds.

Her physical strength as an adult is not as good as that of a child.