Chapter 150 Might as well just be honest
Qiao Xing smiled; she felt this should be considered a happy thing.
"I'm going to your company to learn. Isn't there a new collaborative project? Didn't you know?"
Qin Ce's eyes flickered, and he suddenly straightened up, looking away. "I roughly know."
Are you unhappy?
"……Happy."
Qiao Xing thought he was really strange. He never showed his happiness or unhappiness on his face, making it impossible to tell whether he was genuinely happy or just pretending.
It's quite obvious when she's angry; she becomes several times colder than usual.
Qin Ce pondered for a moment, then turned to her and asked, "When?"
"It's not confirmed yet, but it'll probably be in the next few days, or next week if nothing unexpected happens."
Qin Ce nodded thoughtfully, "I understand. Let's get in the car first, and we'll talk about it when we get home."
"good."
Qiao Xing sat behind him, and he always drove the electric bike very fast, so Qiao Xing had to hold him tightly.
She hadn't felt anything when she held her before, but now, holding her, she felt a strange, indescribable feeling.
After returning home, Qin Ce locked himself in his study.
Qiao Xing could only go back to her room to sleep. Lying in bed, she looked at the available rooms again, but there were very few that cost five or six hundred.
Most of them cost between 700 and 900, and after looking around, I couldn't find anything suitable.
She didn't even know how she fell asleep by the end.
The next day at the company, Qiao Xing quickly finished her work, and Bai Yi also brought her a document.
"Qiao Xing, take a look at this information. I submitted your name and it has been approved. Report to S&C next Monday."
Qiao Xing took the document from her hand. "Okay, team leader."
Bai Yi then said, "You can hand over your work to me before you leave work, right?"
"no problem."
Bai Yi nodded, and after giving her instructions, she didn't leave. She seemed to have something to say but hesitated.
Qiao Xing looked up at her. "Team leader, is there anything else?"
Bai Yi looked somewhat awkward. "Um, I heard your cousin is getting married."
Qiao Xing was somewhat surprised, "How did you know?"
"I saw Jiang Wang's post on WeChat Moments, so I asked him, you..." Bai Yi hesitated, seemingly finding it difficult to speak.
Judging from her expression, Qiao Xing had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
"Oh... I see. Team leader, you should come to the wedding too. My cousin is worried because such a big hotel can't even be filled. He's thinking of finding some extras."
Wang Ye had complained that such a large venue would be wasted if only a few people showed up for the wedding.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yi's face lit up with obvious joy, but he restrained himself well and did not show it. "Okay, then send me the time and place, and I'll go when I have time."
Even though I really wanted to go, I still had to keep a low profile.
Qiao Xing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit."
Seeing the two chatting and laughing, Lin Shuang came over and asked, "What are you two talking about that makes you so happy?"
Qiao Xing explained, "Oh, my cousin is getting married, and I invited the team leader to the wedding to make up the number of people."
"Such a good thing, shouldn't I be included?"
"Sure, you can go wherever you want."
"So, I'm really going? I hope your cousin won't say anything?"
Qiao Xing nodded: "Go ahead, it's fine. You can give him the money as a gift, he'll be overjoyed."
That makes perfect sense. Of course people would be happy if someone gave them a gift of money.
Lin Shuang thought Qiao Xing's words made sense and nodded in agreement.
On the other end.
Qin Ce was troubled at the company again. In the morning, he went to resolve the housing issue, combined his requirements, and rented a house in a community that was further away but with convenient transportation.
With his financial resources, he successfully negotiated a price of 700 yuan with the intermediary.
Simply put, he paid half, and Wang Qin had to pay the rest in rent each month.
In the afternoon, he sat in his office with his head propped up by his hand, his brow furrowed, surrounded by stacks of documents waiting to be signed.
This was the third time Han Yan had come in, and he saw that Han Yan was still in the same position, propping his head up with one hand, staring blankly at the computer screen that was now black.
"President Qin, are we still having a meeting?"
Qin Ce remained in the same position, without raising his head, and said calmly, "Postpone it to tomorrow."
"...Tomorrow is Saturday."
He remained as calm as ever, saying, "Then let's postpone it to Monday."
Han Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and then remarked cheekily, "Sure enough, women only affect work efficiency; they're not good for dating."
Qin Ce suddenly looked up at him.
Han Yan smiled, placed the documents in his hand on his desk, and said, "I'm leaving now."
"Stop right there."
Han Yan paused, then turned back, adopting a respectful demeanor, "President Qin, please give your orders."
Qin Ce paused for a moment and said, "Qiao Xing is coming to our company next week. What project is she working on with Weisheng? Can you show it to me?"
Han Yan instantly understood. He pushed up his glasses and said, "So this is what's troubling you?"
Qin Ce leaned back in his chair. "What do you mean?"
"Aren't you afraid that she'll find out who you are after she arrives? That's easy, just have their company replace you."
Qin Ce narrowed his eyes and gave him a dangerous look.
Han Yan pressed his temples, looking somewhat troubled. "It is a bit difficult to handle."
Qin Ce tapped the armrest of the chair thoughtfully with his finger, and suddenly said, "Here's what you'll do. Give the order to have all the relevant personnel for that project relocated to the building behind."
"In addition, when issuing access cards to Wei Sheng and his people, set up restrictions so that none of them are allowed to enter this building."
Han Yan thought for a moment and nodded, "That works, but have you thought about what will happen if Qiao Xing comes looking for you?"
“If people at the company see you two together, the gossip will still reach her ears.”
Qin Ce frowned again; wasn't this exactly what was troubling him?
Han Yan leaned closer to his desk and chuckled, "Why don't you just tell the truth?"
"As the saying goes, 'Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely,' right?"
"Alright, go and arrange what I told you to do." Qin Ce didn't want to waste words with him. Their relationship had only just begun to stabilize a little, and to be honest now would be too risky.
Han Yan shrugged helplessly, turned around and left the office.
Qin Ce rubbed his temples in frustration and picked up a document to flip through.
Qiao Xing worked a little overtime and finally managed to hand over all his work to Bai Yi.
She picked up her phone and checked it. Qin Ce hadn't texted her yet. Could he be working overtime too?
Just as I was about to send him a message to ask, Yang Han suddenly called.
Qiao Xing got up and went outside to answer the phone, "Hello, Yang Han."
"Hello, sister-in-law, haha, um, are you and Qin Ce alright?"
Qiao Xing found it strange and asked, puzzled, "It's nothing, why would you ask that?"
"It's alright, it's alright." Yang Han breathed a sigh of relief, then made up a reason to explain, "I almost bumped into you yesterday, and I felt really bad about it, so I called to check on you."
"Oh, it's nothing. We didn't run into any, so you don't need to worry too much."
"Hmm, now that you say that, I'm not worried anymore. I'll hang up now."
"Wait a minute," Qiao Xing called out to him hurriedly.
"What's wrong, sister-in-law?"
Qiao Xing said tactfully, "It's nothing, it's just... I feel you're a really good person, good to your friends, and a very responsible man to your family. Qin Ce also has good taste in making friends."
Yang Han was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Sister-in-law, you're making me feel embarrassed. Why are you praising me all of a sudden? I don't know how to respond."
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