I will revise Chapter 31 later.
Perhaps because the two were standing so close, the man's features softened under the lamplight. Sang Qian hastily avoided his gaze, pulled her hand back, and took two steps back.
"I accept your apology, but let's keep things separate."
As she spoke, she looked at Jin Changyu and said, "How about this, neither of us should take advantage of the other. I'll take whatever amount of work I do from you."
Jin Changyu looked at her, puzzled. "What do you mean?"
“I accompanied you to the event, but left halfway through, so the work is considered half done. According to our original pricing, I will receive half of the payment, which is 2.5 million.”
Jin Changyu watched as the woman diligently calculated the accounts for him:
“10 million minus 2.5 million, I will return 7.5 million to you.”
“No need to return it,” Jin Changyu said. “Consider the 7.5 million as money for the baby’s formula.”
Sang Qian frowned, "Jin Changyu!"
"You, as the mother, have to earn money for the baby's formula, but I, as the father, can't save money for the baby's formula?"
"..."
Jin Changyu: "This is my right as a father, and you cannot refuse."
"you……"
Seeing the woman in front of him with her almond-shaped eyes wide open and her red lips moving as she tried her best to argue but couldn't find the words, Jin Changyu couldn't help but raise his hand and rub her head comfortingly.
"Okay, we just made up, let's not argue about this anymore, okay?"
Sang Qian flinched, then glared at him, "Just talk, don't get physical, Jin roommate!"
She deliberately emphasized the words "Jin roommate" to remind him that they were not husband and wife, but just roommates under the same roof.
Jin Changyu, “…”
"Alright, since you're so generous."
Sang Qian raised her chin, "Then I'll accept this money for the formula on behalf of my baby."
Thank you, goodnight.
After she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to her room, and the door closed the next second.
Jin Changyu stood there for a while, staring at the closed door, before finally heading towards the study.
*
The next morning.
Sang Qian went downstairs at eight o'clock and saw that Jin Changyu had not yet left the house.
She glanced at her phone as she sat down at the dining table.
It's 8:06.
When Aunt Li saw Sang Qian sit down, she brought up two breakfasts from the kitchen.
Sang Qian casually informed her, "Aunt Li, I made an appointment with a friend for lunch, so I won't be home for lunch."
"OK."
Aunt Li agreed and then went back to the kitchen.
Sang Qian glanced at the man sitting opposite her and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Has there been any personnel change at the top of your Jin Group recently?"
Jin Changyu moved the warm milk in front of her. "No, why do you ask?"
“You’ve been coming home for dinner every day lately and going out so late. I thought you’d been ousted and were now unemployed at home.”
Jin Changyu looked up at her and asked, "You call going to work and leaving get off work normally 'being idle at home'?"
"Compared to your previous work style of leaving early and returning late, and being away on business trips every few days, isn't this considered being unemployed?"
Jin Changyu didn't argue, but just silently ate his breakfast with his head down.
Thinking he was unhappy, Sang Qian stopped talking and quietly ate her breakfast.
Just as I was finishing breakfast, a voice suddenly came from across the table, "I'll change in the future."
"Um?"
Sang Qian looked up at the man opposite her, her face full of questions.
What should be changed?
"I'm going to the company."
Jin Changyu said this to her and then got up and left.
Sang Qian stared at his retreating figure, "???"
Talking nonsense.
*
It was almost noon.
In the president's office of the Jin Group.
Jin Changyu was processing documents when his secretary came in.
"Mr. Jin, Manager Zhou from the Zhou family has arrived."
Jin Changyu frowned, but still said, "Please let her in."
"OK."
A moment later, the secretary led Zhou Yunshuang into the office and closed the door as she turned to leave.
There were only two people in the office. Zhou Yunshuang sat down in the chair opposite the desk with a smile.
Before she could even open her mouth, Jin Changyu asked businesslike, "Manager Zhou, what brings you here today?"
Faced with his indifference, Zhou Yunshuang's smile froze slightly, but she quickly curved her lips into a smile again and tentatively asked,
"Changyu, at last night's banquet... why did you suddenly leave in such a hurry? Did something happen?"
Jin Changyu looked at her with a deep gaze, "Is it necessary for me to tell you my whereabouts?"
That's not what I meant.
Zhou Yunshuang quickly explained, "I just felt... it wasn't right for you to leave so hastily last night, leaving Mr. Bud there."
"After all, he is the president of Slee Semiconductor R&D in the Asia-Pacific region, shouldn't we take him seriously?"
"Since you know the other party is an important client, why did your company arrange such an important business meeting at someone else's banquet?"
Jin Changyu questioned, "Is this what you call 'valuing'?"
Sili Company is a foreign company with mature technology in new energy. In order to join Jin's new energy project, Zhou's Group promised to cooperate with Sili Company and introduce the company's core semiconductor technology research into the project.
Last week, the president of Zhou's Group, who is also Zhou Yunshuang's father, mentioned to Jin Changyu that he wanted to schedule a time for him to meet with Bude.
Jin Changyu had no idea that the Zhou family would arrange their first meeting at someone else's banquet.
Such casualness not only caused him to lose customers, but also upset his wife.
"President Zhou is always very thoughtful, so inviting Bud to the Cui family banquet last night was an arrangement you made on your own?"
Meeting Jin Changyu's questioning gaze, Zhou Yunshuang panicked, "I... I heard Mr. Bude say that he also knows President Cui, and I knew that you would also be attending the banquet last night, so I wanted you two to meet privately beforehand..."
"But you did not consult with us in advance."
Such important work meetings usually require prior communication or notification to his special assistant.
Last night was his private trip; he was just attending a banquet with his wife, without even bringing Gao Ze with him, and he had no intention of discussing business.
However, since the Zhou family had invited such an important client, Jin Changyu naturally had to meet him out of social etiquette.
This would have been fine under normal circumstances.
But he and Bud had only been seated on the second floor for a short while when a waiter came to tell him that Sang Qian had left.
How could he possibly sit still?
"This was indeed something I didn't consider properly, Changyu..."
"Manager Zhou, please address me as General Manager Jin."
Jin Changyu frowned and interrupted her, "We are just business partners."
Looking at his captivating yet indifferent face, Zhou Yunshuang felt a pang of sadness. "Changyu, even if we can't be husband and wife, we can still be friends, right? Why are you always so cold to me?"
Suddenly remembering something, her eyes widened, "Did Sang Qian tell you something about me last night?"
Mentioning Sang Qian, Jin Changyu suddenly looked at her and asked, "Why do you think my wife would say something about you?"
Zhou Yunshuang choked on her words, and when she thought of the ambiguous things she had deliberately said to Sang Qian last night, she clenched her hands on her knees.
Jin Changyu narrowed his eyes sharply, "Did you say something to my wife last night?"
"No, what could I possibly say to Sang Qian?"
Fearing he wouldn't believe her, Zhou Yunshuang quickly added, "Actually, I'm not familiar with her at all. I only know her because she's your wife. When we meet... we just exchange greetings at most."
Jin Changyu remained silent, his gaze devoid of warmth, as if he were merely confirming the truthfulness of her words.
Tears welled in Zhou Yunshuang's eyes, and she said sadly, "Changyu, I know it was wrong of me to leave you and go abroad two years ago, but so much time has passed, can you..."
"Zhou Yunshuang".
Jin Changyu looked at her coldly, "I'm already married, and those things from two years ago are long gone."
"You and I both know perfectly well how those baseless rumors spread back then."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunshuang's pupils dilated in shock, and she was speechless.
“I will personally handle the communication and follow-up with Bud, so you don’t need to get involved.”
Jin Changyu looked at her with a cold gaze, "But I hope that this kind of mistake, like last night, will only happen once. If it happens again, I will personally ask President Zhou to replace the person in charge of the project."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunshuang's face turned pale instantly.
She had finally managed to get close to Jin Changyu by virtue of her position as project manager; if he were replaced, she would have even less chance of winning him back.
Jin Changyu glanced at her indifferently, "If you don't have any work-related matters to discuss, please leave."
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