"It's too late. I'll bother you another day."

While they were talking, Zhao Lan also came out of the car. She naturally wanted to help her second brother. "It's really too late. Let my second brother take you home."

Sun Zhe declined politely. Seeing that both of them were waiting for Wang Shan to go upstairs, he said goodbye and rode away on his bike.

"He's not wrong, but he's worse than my second brother."

The two were equally good-looking, but Sun Zhe was a little behind in temperament.

"How many people can compare to Brother Zhao?"

Wang Shan said this casually, but this was also what she really thought. Zhao Qin was excellent in all aspects, especially in business. It was all thanks to Zhao Qin that the hot pot restaurant was able to open several branches.

"So you think so highly of my second brother."

Zhao Lan said meaningfully.

Wang Shan didn't think much about it and said, "Yeah."

"That……,"

Zhao Lan glanced at her second brother and continued, "If you were asked to choose between my second brother and Sun Zhe, who would you choose?"

"They are not comparable. Your assumption is not true."

"What if I have to choose one?"

"Pick one."

Zhao Lan looked at her second brother. This was all she could do to help.

That's enough.

In the next few days, Zhao Qin asked someone to investigate Sun Zhe thoroughly. Both of his parents were professors at Huaqing University. He was the eldest, with a younger brother and two younger sisters. He had excellent academic performance since childhood and had been secretly reading books during the years of unrest. He was admitted to Huaqing in the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and stayed at the school to teach after graduation.

His conditions were average, and the only thing that made him better than Zhao Qin was that he was only two years older than Wang Shan.

After understanding this, Zhao Qin had an idea in mind.

A week later, I went to Wang's house with gifts.

Mr. and Mrs. Wang were also very familiar with him and were very welcoming of his visit.

"Xiao Zhao, if you need our help, just let me know."

Zhao Qin sat upright, his posture humble, "Uncle, Aunt, I do have something to tell you two."

"you say."

"I like Wang Shan. I've liked her since I first saw her four years ago."

Mr. and Mrs. Wang looked at each other in surprise.

Zhao Qin has actually liked his daughter for four years, and they didn't realize it at all! 놊! They had guessed it four years ago, but Zhao Qin hid it so well that he didn't reveal any clues.

"My parents are both officials in Ping Province. You two have met my elder brother and younger sister. As for me..."

He took out a folded newspaper from his bag and opened it on the coffee table. What caught his eye was a photo of him and the provincial leaders cutting the ribbon for the pancake factory together four years ago.

He was already preparing for this.

"He is a well-known entrepreneur in the provincial capital."

Wang's father and mother naturally saw it too. Wang's father coughed lightly and said, "We won't interfere too much in Shan'er's marriage, but we will respect her opinion."

Zhao Qin's conditions were indeed good, and there were only a few people like him in the entire capital. Besides, they had gotten to know Zhao Qin well over the past four years, so they felt more at ease leaving their daughter to him.

With this, Zhao Qin could pursue Wang Shan openly.

In the past four years, he wanted to boil the frog in warm water, thinking that after getting along for a long time, Wang Shan would be interested in him. Since it works, he will just strike out and capture her!

When he returned home at night, he made an excuse that he had something to tell Wang Shan and asked Zhao Lan to go up first.

Wang Shan thought it was something from the store, but Zhao Qin asked her to sit down and sat opposite her. He said straight to the point, "Wang Shan, I like you!"

Wang Shan’s eyes widened!

Brother Zhao likes her? What a joke.

Zhao Qin dropped another bomb, "I fell in love with you the first time I saw you four years ago, and I came to Beijing to open a hot pot restaurant just to get close to you."

Wang Shan was so shocked that she didn't respond for a long time. She stared at him blankly with her lips slightly parted.

The look in Zhao Qin's eyes was like a silent invitation, inviting him to kiss her. He restrained himself with his only remaining rationality. If he did so, he would definitely get a loud slap in the face.

"Zhao, Brother Zhao."

"Call me Zhao Qin."

Wang Shan opened and closed her lips, but she never shouted out. She never thought that Zhao Qin would like her, and had liked her for several years.

She was a little panicked, and said unconsciously, "My parents will agree. They said that the boyfriend I find can be romantic and promiscuous. You, you, you used to..."

"You also said that before, since I met you, I have never looked at other women more than once."

"But, but, but..."

"I accept rejection."

He had never shown such a domineering side in front of Wang Shan, and Wang Shan was a little overwhelmed.

“I, I, I…”

"I allow you to consider it, but you can't see Sun Zhe again before you think it through."

He added, "This is my condition. You promised me."

She did agree to it when she lost that time, but she didn't expect Zhao Qin to use it.

Wang Shan went upstairs in a daze. Seeing her like this, Zhao Lan guessed that her second brother must have expressed his feelings to Wang Shan.

This is a good thing, as it saves her from having to help her second brother keep an eye on Wang Shan.

With Zhao Qin's words in her mind, Wang Shan didn't sleep well that night, and she didn't even get up early the next day to go for a run.

Zhao Qin had been listening to the noise upstairs, but he didn't hear Wang Shan's footsteps. The corners of his mouth were raised high. Wang Shan didn't have any feelings for him, only he knew it.

He went to buy breakfast and brought it up, but did not come in. Instead, he gave it to Zhao Lan and whispered to her to stay at home with Wang Shan.

Zhao Lan rolled her eyes at her second brother, then took over and slammed the door shut.

Wang Shan came out of the house with dark circles under her eyes after hearing the noise. She saw the breakfast in Zhao Lan's hand and knew that it was bought by Zhao Qin. She thought that as long as Zhao Qin came to Beijing, he would be responsible for buying breakfast. However, he also arranged the affairs of the store in an orderly manner. With him around, she felt much more relaxed.

"Treat this dough stick as him and take a big bite."

Zhao Lan passed a fried dough stick in front of her. Wang Shan took it and really took a big bite, as if she was biting Zhao Qin's flesh. This was the first time she had insomnia in her life, and it was all because of Zhao Qin.

"My second brother has a lot of shortcomings."

Wang Shan nodded subtly, as if she could reject Zhao Qin by saying this.

"But he also has his merits. He is handsome, has the means to do business, and most importantly..."

At this point, Zhao Lan emphasized, "He likes you, is willing to keep his chastity for you, and is willing to change for you. It is said that a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. If you marry you, you will be very happy in the future."

Wang Shan wanted to refute, but she couldn't refute it. She took another big bite of the dough stick in annoyance, chewed it, and swallowed it. "But he is too scheming. He liked me for four years without being discovered by my parents. If he wants to lie to me in the future, I will find out at all."