Chapter 33

"Uncle Xia, which eye of yours saw that I had such a strong opinion of Pan Lulu? The PMO position isn't as easy as it looks."

"For Sucheng District, the PMO actually has a lot of work to do. It's not enough to just select a project manager from our Sucheng area and transfer over. After all, the PMO is my deputy, and we need to have a tacit understanding in work coordination and be comfortable with each other." Lian Yijian expressed his understanding and requirements for the PMO job position.

Suddenly, Lian Yijian asked, referring to Xia Kaiqun's comments on the three people, "In your eyes, Zhong Qin is nothing more than a cute girl and pretty face, isn't she?"

After saying these last few words, Lian Yijian regretted it. What was wrong with him? Why would he ask others about his impression of a girl?

The key point is that the person he is asking now already thinks that he has a relationship with Xia Zhongqin.

But before Yi Jian could even finish the words "Just pretend I didn't ask anything", Xia Kaiqun had already turned his head and was looking at him with a wicked smile, which was as despicable as it could be.

"What are you laughing at?" Lian Yijian replied unhappily.

"You're so guilty, yet you're still insisting on saying you have nothing to do with Miss Zhong Qin. But the concern you expressed just now didn't come from a human mouth, but from a ghost's mouth?"

Xia Kaiqun joked unscrupulously. This was how the two of them often interacted in private or in front of acquaintances.

The car has entered the city of Shanghai and is on the inner ring elevated road.

Lian Yijian was originally introduced as a talent and obtained a Shanghai hukou. Later, he was lucky enough to get a Shanghai license plate number.

Lian Yijian's car was not affected by the license plate restriction in downtown Shanghai. There was heavy traffic on the elevated roads in the city. Lian Yijian was concentrating on driving and ignored Xia Kaiqun's teasing.

After waiting for a long time and seeing no response from Lian Yijian, Xia Kaiqun continued to chat with someone.

"Ms. Zhong Qin came to the company in February last year. I've only spoken to her less than ten times in total, and we didn't have much contact before that."

"Yi Jian, honestly, it's hard to say anything about her, but this girl gives people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze. It's very comfortable to be with her."

The corners of the mouth of someone who was concentrating just now inadvertently turned up slightly. When Lian Yijian was about to respond to Xia Kaiqun, a call came in on his mobile phone which was placed in the storage box in the car.

The call was from Lian Yijian’s second sister, Lian Pandidi.

Lian Yijian picked up the phone and they chatted for more than ten minutes. They kept talking until they got off the inner ring elevated road, and Lian Yijian hung up the phone first.

Xia Kaiqun knew very well about Lian Yijian's family situation.

After seeing Lian Yijian hang up the phone, Xia Kaiqun hurriedly asked, "Was it my second sister calling? Could it be about the blind date again?"

"Yes, Second Sister." Lian Yijian responded: "Xiang, Xiang, damn it, whoever wants Xiang can go, I won't go anymore."

From the age of 25 to 30, during these five years, Lian Yijian attended no less than 50 blind dates of various sizes under the coercion of his family.

Lian Yijian still remembers that the last blind date he attended was during the May Day holiday this year. His eldest sister Lian Zhaodi signed him up for a matchmaker hosted by the Minsheng Channel of Shanghai TV Station.

Fortunately, this is just a local channel in Shanghai. The only colleagues who knew about this were Xia Kaiqun and Wang Dayu. Lian Yijian was almost depressed by those women on the show who he considered to be low-quality.

Lian Yijian reluctantly finished recording the show, and finally ran away despite the host's pleading.

From then on, his three sisters, including his old mother Huang Caihua, forced Lian Yijian to go on blind dates in front of him, and Lian Yijian threatened him by saying "I will never return to Qingpu".

It turns out that this trick is quite effective. The four women in the family who love him the most never force Lian Yijian to go on blind dates again, and they just mention it occasionally.

"I agree with what Mr. Lian said. Yes, we don't have to go to those empty-headed blind dates anymore." Xia Kaiqun echoed.

"In my mind, women who go on blind dates are either trying to get food or drinks, and some are even trying to get sex. Very few of them really go on blind dates for the purpose of getting married. Most of them are forced by their families or have had enough fun. They are of age, so they look for an honest man to take over." Xia Kaiqun analyzed clearly.

Lian Yijian quickly denied part of what Xia Kaiqun had just said.

"It's not always like that. My second sister and her husband also met on a blind date. Look, they've been married for over 20 years now, and their relationship is still as sweet as ever. It really depends on the person."

"Yi Jian, your three sisters are all happily married anyway. What Mother Huang is most worried about right now is your lifelong event. Honestly, I'm a little scared to go to your house tonight."

This was the first time Lian Yijian heard the word "afraid" from Xia Kaiqun's mouth in more than ten years of knowing each other.

Lian Yijian tilted his head, glanced at him curiously, and asked, "Uncle Xia, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that they won't give you food if you go there?"

"I'm an honest man, Xia. I'm afraid that when Mother Huang asks me about your work at the company, I might accidentally tell her about Zhong Qin. You'll come after me later."