Xu Residence.
Xu Jingzhi was sitting in his room, reading lines from a domineering CEO movie, when his father came to knock on the door.
The door opened, and Xu Jingzhi glanced at the fruit platter her father was carrying. "Dad, what is it?"
"Take it," Xu's father said fiercely.
Xu Jingzhi hurriedly caught it, puzzled, "Who is it for?"
"For you."
Xu Jingzhi: "......"
Xu Jingzhi hadn't felt fatherly love for a long time, and now that it suddenly appeared, he was caught off guard.
"Dad, your fatherly love is so strong, I can hardly bear it."
Xu's father raised his hand, making a feint, and Xu Jingzhi's face turned to the side.
"I've noticed you've been staying home a lot lately, not going out to meet up with friends or have fun. I know you've been disciplined, but young people can't be so negative. Even if things don't go well, you're still the successor of our Xu Group. If you want to work, go work at the group. You can strive anywhere."
"Dad, I think you make a lot of sense. I'll consider working for our company next year. Goodnight."
"Next year? Don't wait until next year. What's wrong with our family? We only have that one lousy group. You have to wait until next year. You can take office tomorrow. The position of president is yours."
Xu Jingzhi studied law in college, but he didn't study it seriously. He also rarely did anything else of importance, so he was unwilling to suddenly take over such a large group.
Xu Jingzhi picked up a piece of apple and ate it. "Look at me, I don't look like a CEO at all. If you really want to ruin the whole group and get rid of the last shopping mall, then I am of course your best choice."
He paused, then gave a knowing smile. "But you definitely want our family to be better off."
"Don't give me that nonsense. Your grandfather handed the Xu Group over to me, and it's already fallen into ruin. If I hand it over to you, and the group goes bankrupt, that's the fate of the Xu Group." Father Xu wasn't afraid of the Xu Group going bankrupt. Their family had so many assets that even without the group, they could still support several generations of people comfortably.
Xu Jingzhi also saw through his father's lazy, unambitious mindset. Sure enough, a lazy father raises a lazy son like him. Both of them were full of lazy, unambitious dreams about the future.
As long as they have money to spend, they don't worry about whether they earn a lot or a little.
Xu Jingzhi suddenly thought of the domineering CEO she was studying, who was a president, and asked, "Dad, can I exercise my rights as a president at will?"
"nonsense."
"Okay, deal."
Seeing his son get back on his feet quickly, Mr. Xu felt very gratified. With a career now established, he naturally started thinking about his son's marriage.
Mr. Xu: "How are things going between you and Leilei? Has she fallen for you? When can I send out wedding invitations? When can I start decorating the wedding house?"
Xu Jingzhi sighed: "Dad, you're asking a lot of questions."
Back at his desk, Xu Jingzhi continued studying CEO romance novels. He picked up his phone and saw a message from Song Leilei: an angry emoji.
Xu Jingzhi was puzzled. He hadn't done anything, so why was she angry?
Xu Jingzhi didn't know what to reply. In the past, he would have replied with a cheeky emoji, but now he had to learn the domineering CEO style, so he chose not to reply.
The aloof and domineering CEO type usually just reads messages but doesn't reply.
Ten minutes later, he received three more angry emojis from Song Leilei. After thinking for a moment, he replied with a cool and aloof two words: "Read."
Song Leilei, who was already angry, was so enraged when she saw those two words that she immediately initiated a video call.
Xu Jingzhi saw Song Leilei's name on his phone, and burst into laughter, propping his forehead with his hand. "It really works! The domineering CEO novels really did me right, the effect is indeed remarkable."
The moment the video call connected, his expression turned aloof.
He stared at his phone expressionlessly.
Song Leilei's tone was unfriendly as she spoke over the phone: "What did you mean by those two words you just replied with?"
Xu Jingzhi didn't speak. Domineering CEOs are usually ruthless and don't talk much. The more aloof they are, the less likely they are to speak.
"Hmm? Is it stuck?" Song Leilei's head bobbed around on the screen, her face close to the screen to look. "I didn't see any poor network warning. I can't hear anything even if you don't move. Hey."
Xu Jingzhi moved his shoulder slightly, but Song Leilei didn't notice at all and kept feeding him.
Xu Jingzhi: "......"
He had no choice but to cough loudly.
Hearing a sound, Song Leilei's face on the screen moved away a little. "No card? Then say something. I'm talking to you, but you're ignoring me, aren't you?"
Xu Jingzhi licked his lips, maintaining the silence befitting a cool and aloof man.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, "No."
He deliberately produced a slight bubbly sound.
Song Leilei thought he had phlegm stuck in his throat and frowned as she looked at him.
"Do you have a cold?" she asked.
Xu Jingzhi answered briefly again, "No."
Song Leilei: "Actually, I video-called you today to congratulate you. It's not very nice of you to not tell me you have a blind date."
A blind date? Xu Jingzhi didn't know where she heard that. Even he himself didn't know he had a blind date. He wanted to explain, but explaining would make him seem less aloof. So he opened his mouth and coldly replied with a "no".
Song Leilei was instantly furious. She closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again. "If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to brush me off like this. Actually, I don't care who you're with. If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. Our friendship is over."
Xu Jingzhi: "......"
Before I could even explain, the screen showed that the call had been disconnected.
His heart sank.
This domineering and aloof CEO style doesn't seem to work that well.
So he raised his question again in the group.
[Many years later]: Here's a tip, guys: why does responding with a domineering CEO-like aloofness still make the other person so angry? And even threaten to end the friendship?
[The most handsome man in the city]: What did you say?
Many years later; after I said no three times, she wanted to end our friendship.
Next, Xu Jingzhi gave another long description, and after everyone listened, the most handsome guy in the city sent a sweating emoji.
[The most handsome guy in the city]: Bro, let me tell you, anyone would be infuriated by this attitude.
[I crushed five dogs on the other side]: I told you not to read those domineering CEO novels, even my girlfriend said it was disgusting.
[The most handsome in the city]: This is something Brother Xu hasn't mastered yet. He needs to study it some more. Next time, he should maintain the same tone of voice, but sometimes he can speak a little longer.
After receiving guidance from these mentors and friends, Xu Jingzhi went downstairs to get a cup of coffee brewed by his father. Just as he was about to go back upstairs, his father, who was sitting on the sofa watching a spy movie, asked, "What, not planning to go to sleep?"
"Yes, I need to study this all night to figure out how to bring down our Xu Group overnight." After saying that, Xu Jingzhi, holding a cup of coffee, hurriedly went upstairs.
Father Xu: "If I had known, I should have raised Zheng Lin myself. It's such a waste that Zheng Youguo got such a good son. My own son is really..." He wanted to curse him as a good-for-nothing, but when he thought that he was just like that, he didn't say it.
He sighed, "It's all part of the same lineage."
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