Chapter 56 Want to get a dog?
After taking the photos of Chen Ci, Zhou Shilin realized something. He raised his hand and wiped his cheek with the back of his hand, and sure enough, he saw some lipstick on the back of his hand.
With that wipe, the once perfect lip print was smudged and became much more erotic.
Chen Ci took out her phone and took another picture of him.
Zhou Shilin: "..."
Is she an emotionless camera machine?
"Have you taken enough pictures?" Zhou Shilin withdrew his hand, looking at Chen Ci in front of him with a warning.
Given that President Zhou's warning letter to the lawyer had never been implemented, Chen Ci was no longer afraid of his verbal threats: "If you could change a few more positions and pull your neckline down a bit more, that would be even better."
"..."
“Or you could just lift up your shirt,” Chen Ci said, then had a new idea. “I could leave a lipstick mark on your abs!”
Although she hadn't seen it yet, President Zhou definitely had abs!
Zhou Shilin snatched the phone from her hand, and with a little force, pressed her wrist down, pinning her to the sofa: "You have quite a lot of demands."
He suddenly moved so close, his warm breath falling entirely on Shen Ci's face. Shen Ci's heart involuntarily quickened, and she couldn't help but recall what she had felt in the kitchen earlier.
"I was just saying, haha." Chen Ci decided to change the subject to avoid things getting out of hand. "Let's continue watching the movie."
Zhou Shilin did not let go of her hand as he wished: "You didn't seem very interested in the movie just now."
“…Now I’m interested!” Chen Ci opened her eyes wide, trying to let Zhou Shilin see the sincerity in her eyes. “I have to say, your initiative to have sex with someone doesn’t count as having sex with someone else.”
Zhou Shilin: "..."
He stared at Chen Ci for a few seconds before finally releasing her hand: "If you want to watch a movie, then watch it properly. And then..."
"No, no, I promise I'll watch it to the end." Chen Ci was practically swearing to the heavens. "I promise I'll watch it to the very end."
Zhou Shilin sat back down without saying a word. Chen Ci glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "Then can you show me your abs next time?"
Zhou Shilin: "..."
He didn't behave for a single second.
"I can show you right now."
"..." The temptation was too great, and Chen Ci hesitated seriously for a moment, "What would be the price?"
"What do you think?" Zhou Shilin glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
“…” After a moment of deliberation, Chen Ci finally became completely obedient.
As the movie progressed and the plot reached its climax, she finally got into it and before she knew it, the finale was here. Having finished the super simple little cake on her plate, Chen Ci stretched and stood up from the sofa: "The movie was pretty good, but I felt there weren't enough comedic elements."
Zhou Shilin nodded in agreement: "You should be the one to act."
Chen Ci: "..."
Thank you for your appreciation, Mr. Shen.
It was getting late, and if they stayed any longer, it would be time for dinner. To avoid any potential conflicts, Chen Ci suggested that it was time to go home: "I've eaten dinner and watched the movie, so it's about time for me to go home."
Zhou Shilin nodded and stood up from the sofa: "I'll take you downstairs."
“Okay.” Chen Ci looked at his face. “I can still see some of the lipstick marks on your face.”
"..." Zhou Shilin went back to his room to wash his face, and changed his clothes when he came out. Chen Ci was admiring her balcony. Zhou Shilin's balcony was particularly large; several people could easily roll around on it. The view from the balcony was also excellent. The only regret was—
"Such a big and nice balcony, it's such a waste not to use it to grow vegetables," Chen Ci said, shaking her head.
"..." Zhou Shilin walked to her side, looked at her and said, "I didn't realize you liked growing vegetables."
Chen Ci said, "This hobby requires triggering conditions. For example, if you have a large, well-lit balcony at home, it will be automatically activated."
Zhou Shilin's balcony is indeed not used much now. When the renovation was first started, he wanted to set it up as a small tea room, but after the renovation was completed, he didn't drink tea here much.
"You can certainly plant it if you like, but Mr. Shen is so busy with work that he probably doesn't have much time to take care of it."
“It’s not as complicated as you think. Senior Brother Wu has some at home. It’s just a matter of watering and fertilizing it in the morning and evening.” Chen Ci paused for a moment, “Of course, for someone like you who has too many houses and doesn’t always go back to any of them, it is indeed not easy to manage.”
These words made Zhou Shilin raise an eyebrow slightly: "That's now. After we get married, we'll definitely live in the same house as my wife."
The wife wasn't mentioned by name, but Chen Ci suddenly became embarrassed: "Um, is the driver taking me home?"
Zhou Shilin didn't expose her clumsy attempt to change the subject, and continued, "The driver has already left, I'll drive you home."
"Oh, okay." Chen Ci picked up her bag and went out with Zhou Shilin. Before leaving, she said goodbye to the big rabbit on the sofa.
Zhou Shilin lived on a high floor. After the elevator went down a few floors, a little boy holding a Labrador came up.
Zhou Shilin and Shen Ci stepped back a bit to make room for them. The child looked up at Zhou Shilin, seemingly recognizing him, but Zhou Shilin always had a cold face when facing strangers, so the child didn't dare to talk to him.
After looking at Zhou Shilin, the little boy's gaze fell on Chen Ci. This was the first time he had seen this cold-faced older brother with an older sister, and he was incredibly curious. However, out of respect for Zhou Shilin, he didn't ask anything and just stood obediently in the elevator.
The Labrador he was walking turned its back to him after entering the elevator and quietly squatted at his feet without barking. Seeing the dog sitting there obediently, Chen Ci couldn't resist taking out her phone from her bag and secretly snapping a picture of the dog.
As soon as the photo was taken, the dog looked up at her.
Chen Ci: "..."
Goodness, it must get photographed a lot at home, which is why it was so perceptive to notice someone taking pictures of it.
Chen Ci held her phone and gave it an awkward smile. The Labrador's wet dog eyes stared at her, and it even stretched its head towards Chen Ci.
Chen Ci: "..."
It seems to know that it likes it.
It was beckoning her to touch it, but she had never seen this dog before, and the person holding it was a child. It seemed inappropriate for her to reach out and touch it rashly.
While she hesitated, the Labrador came over and licked her leg.
"..." To put her in such a test.
"Cola." Zhou Shilin, who was standing next to him, reached out and ruffled the Labrador's hair.
The child turned around in surprise when he heard his voice: "How do you know it's called Coke?"
Zhou Shilin said, "I've run into you guys a few times in the neighborhood, and that's what you called it back then."
The child's round eyes suddenly turned into puppy eyes: "Do you recognize me?"
"Um."
The little boy's eyes sparkled as he looked at him: "I've seen videos of your past matches at the club! The coach even has your picture on the table, along with your trophies!"
Chen Ci: "..."
No wonder the child looked at Zhou Shilin as soon as he came in; he had met his idol.
This was the first time Zhou Shilin had heard of this: "You're also learning horseback riding from Coach Feng?"
"Yes, Coach Feng mentions you often!"
"...After all these years, he's still showing you videos of my matches?"
"Because he's really handsome and elegant!"
"...Thank you, your dog is cute too." He said, bending down to pat the Labrador's head. The Labrador wagged its tail and looked at Chen Ci, who then naturally reached out and petted the dog: "Cola is such a good dog."
The child, holding Cola's hand, looked at them and said, "Cola really likes you guys!"
He patted Cola's head and glanced at Chen Ci: "Is your sister your girlfriend?"
He had seen Zhou Shilin several times in the neighborhood, each time either Zhou Shilin was alone or accompanied by a man, who seemed to be his assistant. Today they came down from upstairs, which was Zhou Shilin's home. Bringing a woman home, she must be his girlfriend, right?
Chen Ci looked down at him and blinked: "Are all elementary school students this gossipy these days?"
Before the child could speak, Zhou Shilin said, "Elementary school students these days can already beat adults in games."
Chen Ci exclaimed in surprise, "You got completely outmatched by an elementary school student?"
"It's Zhou Mingye. He lost to an elementary school student and came to me to complain."
Just then, the elevator doors opened. The little boy waved to them, led the Labrador out, and Chen Ci and Zhou Shilin went down to the underground parking garage before coming out of the elevator.
When Zhou Shilin drove Chen Ci home, he asked her, "Would you like to have a dog in the future?"
"Huh?" Chen Ci was taken aback when he suddenly asked this question. "I do like dogs quite a bit, but I like big dogs. If I want to keep a big dog, I need a big house. The house I'm renting now is a bit small."
Zhou Shilin said, "After we move to a bigger house, we can get one. Do you prefer a Samoyed or a Labrador?"
"...Of course I still prefer a big house."
Zhou Shilin was silent for a moment, then chuckled softly, "Yeah, I like big houses too."
"I can tell, you really like it." Given the current housing prices in City A, the fact that Mr. Zhou can still buy so many properties speaks volumes about his genuine interest.
Is it simply that you have too much money and can't spend it all? :)
Seeing that she didn't answer whether she preferred a Samoyed or a Labrador, Zhou Shilin added, "If you can't decide which dog you like, you can raise both."
Chen Ci: "..."
Mr. Zhou, a man who never makes choices.
After arriving at Chen Ci's apartment complex, Chen Ci got out of the car by herself and didn't invite Zhou Shilin to come up for a chat. Zhou Shilin didn't follow either; knowing himself as he did now, he figured he might end up spending the night there.
After Chen Ci got home and changed her clothes, she received a message from Yang Shuang saying that all the merchants selling pirated cheese rins had taken them down.
Chen Ci: As expected of President Zhou's legal team, so incredibly fast! [President Shijie's approval.jpg]
Yang Shuang: ...
Yang Shuang: Yeah, so you, who keep sending Zhou Zong's emojis and are still so lively, can't be selected by the legal department?
Sinking porcelain: (。)
Yang Shuang: I knew it! Mr. Zhou's lawyer's letter was just part of your game.
When she mentioned emojis, Chen Ci remembered that she had taken a lot of good photos today, but she would keep them to herself and not share them in the group.
The two-day break passed quickly. During the meeting on Monday, Chen Ci reported to Wu Junnan about the piracy of Cheese Rin and proposed an idea that she had been thinking about for a long time: "Our Pupu Paradise mainly relies on various IP collaborations, so I was thinking before, could we also create our own IP?"
This piqued Wu Junnan's interest: "Tell me more about it."
Chen Ci opened the PPT she had made before, remembering to change the desktop background this time: "We can design several of our own cartoon characters and write stories for them. Since we are called Pupu Paradise, we can use the paradise as the background to conceive a fantasy story about love and adventure. Then we can further develop the IP by animate it and produce peripheral products."
Her story is tentatively planned to have five main characters, whose appearances have not yet been finalized, so there are only five rough sketches on the PPT: "These are the five characters I initially conceived. I drew them based on my feelings, and they are not yet mature. But the popularity of Cheese Rin has given me some confidence, and maybe this direction is feasible."
In recent years, Wu Junnan has focused on expanding the number of stores for Pupu Paradise. While this is important for Pupu Paradise, Chen Ci's idea of creating its own IP is also a good direction. It can not only increase brand awareness but also diversify risks and increase revenue.
“I’ve thought about diversification before, but I couldn’t come up with a good direction. What you’ve mentioned is something I think we can give it a try. We’ll have a separate meeting later to discuss this in more detail.”
After the morning meeting, Wu Junnan asked Chen Ci to confirm a time for a private meeting. Chen Ci nodded, and then heard Wu Junnan say, "This Saturday is my daughter's one-month celebration. You and President Zhou, as godparents, must be there."
"Ah, it's already a month old, time flies." Chen Ci felt like she had just visited Pupu at the hospital not long ago, and now the baby is already a month old. "Don't worry, I will definitely go, and I've prepared the red envelope."
“Our junior sister is so reliable. Please inform President Zhou as well.”
"good."
As soon as Chen Ci returned to her office, she sent a message to Zhou Shilin. During a break between two meetings, Zhou Shilin replied to her message: "I have to go on a business trip in a few days and won't be back for a week."
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Author's note: Today is Singles' Day, it's such a waste of time! [clown emoji]
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