Chapter 81: Postgraduate Study Ruined (14)
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Zhou Ziqian waved to the two interns casually as if he was greeting a kitten or a puppy.
Of course they felt his contempt for them, their faces turned pale, but they couldn't show it, so they could only look at the team leader hesitantly.
The team leader received their request for help and wanted to help them. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, if you are short of manpower, I will help you contact the Human Resources Department and ask them to assign a few more people to you. I am really busy here..."
Zhou Ziqian interrupted him directly: "Don't bother, just these two. Isn't my project more important than yours? They can learn more if they come here."
He turned his head and looked at the two interns one last time: "Hurry up, don't make me say it a third time."
The two interns looked at each other, swallowed their anger, and packed up their things silently.
At this time, Xia Shu clenched his fist, took a step forward, and said seriously: "Mr. Zhou..."
Zhou Ziqian interrupted him and corrected him, "Manager Zhou."
"Manager Zhou." Xia Shu paused. "When your group reached a cooperation agreement with our department, it had already specified the internship positions. We have just joined the company and are not familiar with the group's business. Maybe..."
"Xia Shu, haven't you read all the visiting scholars' papers and books? Are you not familiar with the group's business? Don't be so funny." Zhou Ziqian laughed, "I didn't look for you, so don't come here yourself."
Zhou Ziqian said in a mocking tone, "Isn't it true that I didn't wrongly accuse you this time? You were the one who rushed to pay for it, right? I only want the two of them, why are you in such a hurry? Are you anxious about not being chosen?"
Xia Shu's face turned pale. Zhou Ziqian glanced at him, paused, put his arm around Xu Xi, turned around and left: "Move the things to the tenth floor."
The two interns had no choice but to grab Xia Shu, who still wanted to talk, and packed up their things, preparing to leave with him.
The team leader was also embarrassed and whispered, "You guys go up first, I'll go find Mr. Huo, but maybe..."
Maybe it's of no use.
After all, Huo Jun is only the vice president, and Zhou Ziqian is Chairman Zhou’s grandson.
Xia Shu also said: "I will go find Teacher Zhu right away and tell him about this."
Neither of the two interns had any hope. Even Mr. Huo might not have a solution, so how could Teacher Zhu possibly have one?
Anyway, they are interning in Zhou Group and not going anywhere else, so a temporary transfer is understandable.
Zhou Ziqian's friends urged him from the elevator entrance: "Hurry up!"
The two of them could only hurriedly pack up their things and follow.
Xia Shu immediately took out his phone and sent a message to Zhu Qingchen: [Teacher, where are you? Zhou Ziqian is here and has transferred two senior brothers and sisters to his side. Please come back soon.]
At this time, Zhou Ziqian's voice came from the elevator again: "Xia Shu, don't you share the joys and sorrows with them?"
He was sure that Xia Shu would not abandon the other two companions and would definitely follow.
So he began to count down: "Three... two..."
Xia Shu hesitated for only a moment, and when she received the message from Zhu Qingchen that he would be back soon, she quickly turned off her phone and followed him.
He walked into the elevator, trying to control his emotions, looked at the other two companions, and gave them a firm look.
It’s okay, Teacher Zhu will be here soon.
Zhou Ziqian glanced at him, but quickly turned back and hugged Xu Xi tightly.
Xu Xi frowned, as if he was pinched and hurt, and let out a soft "hiss".
*
The group came to the new project team on the tenth floor.
Under the arrangement of Mr. Zhou, Zhou Ziqian had an independent office as soon as he came in.
The office is very large, a whole suite, with a reception room outside and an office area inside.
As soon as the door was opened, Zhou Ziqian's friends went in to visit with great familiarity, and were full of praise for the mahogany furniture and valuable ornaments inside.
"Mr. Zhou is amazing. His financial resources are amazing!"
The project leader stood nearby and wanted to interrupt, but couldn't: "Manager, I want to report..."
Zhou Ziqian pointed at the desk impatiently: "Put it down, I can check it myself, get out."
"Okay." The team leader was a little helpless, but he could only put his things down and leave.
Zhou Ziqian raised his eyebrows, unable to conceal his pride, and hugged Xu Xi tightly, deliberately raising his voice: "Secretary Xu, take up your post."
He turned his head and whispered to Xu Xi intimately: "Arrange these interns first, and then come back to reward you."
"Okay." Xu Xi smiled and walked up to the three interns, "Let's go."
Next to the manager's office, there is a matching assistant office.
Three interns were assigned there.
Zhou Ziqian sat down in the boss chair in front of the mahogany desk, relaxed, put his hands on the armrests, leaned back on the chair, and flipped through the documents on the desk. He felt very comfortable and accomplished.
He reached out and pressed the bell on the table hard.
On the other side, the bell in the assistant's office rang.
Xu Xi came in from outside: "Mr. Zhou, what do you want me to do?"
"Ask any of the three interns to get me a cup of coffee."
"OK."
Xu Xi left the office and closed the door gently.
As soon as he left, Zhou Ziqian's friends were all in an uproar.
"Oh my god, this is worthy of Master Zhou." The person who spoke gave a thumbs up.
"One is Xia Shu, one is Xu Xi, and Zhou Shaoniu."
"They won't get jealous and fight over Young Master Zhou, right?"
This group of people started talking about Xu Xi just like they had talked about Xia Shu before, and they all laughed.
Zhou Ziqian curled the corners of his lips and did not comment.
Yes, he did it on purpose.
Deliberately put Xu Xi and Xia Shu together, and then Xia Shu will understand what a wrong decision it was to break up with him.
His friends still laughed at him.
"The soundproofing here is so good that even if there was a fight next door, we wouldn't be able to hear it."
"Mr. Zhou, do you want me to go over and take a look?"
Zhou Ziqian stopped him: "No need."
He would go over when they started fighting and cried and begged him, Zhou Ziqian, to come over and seek justice.
That would be interesting.
but--
In the assistant's office, Xia Shu stood in front of the coffee machine and opened a bag of coffee beans.
Xu Xi stood beside him and simply washed the coffee cup.
The two of them were quiet and no one spoke.
After all, they were Xia Shu's two senior brothers and sisters involved, so he felt embarrassed to ask them to do the work. He took the coffee issue on himself and even paid for them to order takeout. They would have lunch in the office later.
Of course, the seniors were too embarrassed to ask him for money.
Everyone encouraged each other and did not blame each other.
Fortunately, Xia Shu had worked in a coffee shop before and was quite skilled at doing these things.
Xu Xi washed the cup and placed it next to him, then leaned against the workbench with her hands folded.
He whispered, "Xia Shu, please don't hate me."
"I know." Xia Shu nodded, "It's your job, just like mine."
Xu Xi had already mentioned this when she messaged him for the first time, that he was a professional playmate and had recently been hired by Zhou Ziqian.
Xia Shu is poor himself, so he can understand him.
Xu Xi smiled, and seemed very satisfied with his sensible "rival in love".
Xu Xi looked around and confirmed that no one was paying attention to them, then he moved a little closer and whispered to Xia Shu, "Zhou Ziqian likes you very much."
Xia Shu seemed not to hear it. She lowered her head and concentrated on fiddling with the coffee machine.
Xu Xi didn't find it boring, and continued: "He has nothing to do with me, he just wants to use me to stimulate you. He wants you to see that if you hadn't broken up with him, then you would be me."
"You can receive luxury gifts like me, sit in the passenger seat of his sports car and go for a ride with him, and go to various high-end places with him."
"Just now he hugged me in front of you, his eyes were fixed on you, and his hands were very strong. He almost wanted to strangle me to death."
"To put it bluntly, I'm just a tool. He likes you very much and wants to reconcile with you, but he just doesn't have the chance."
When Xu Xi said these words, he was always looking at Xia Shu's expression seriously, trying to see some emotional changes on his face.
But unfortunately, it didn’t.
There was no expression on Xia Shu's face.
He simply asked in a calm tone: "Is this also part of your job? To speak for him?"
"No." Xu Xi smiled, "On the contrary, I don't want you to reconcile, because then I will lose my job."
"Then why are you telling me these things?"
"I want to see if you guys can ever get back together."
"No." Xia Shu raised her head and looked at him seriously, "This is not called 'like'. Real 'like' is not like this."
It was clearly Zhou Ziqian who did something wrong, so why should he back down?
Xu Xi said he wanted to reconcile with himself, but what did he do?
Deliberately harassing, deliberately making harsh remarks, and taking anger out on innocent people.
He only cared about losing face. He wanted to reconcile with Xia Shu, but didn't want to lose face in front of his friends. He said it in a nice way, "Xia Shu loved me so much that he insisted on making peace with me. I had no choice but to make peace with him."
Finally, I received praise from my friends——
"Zhou Shaoniu."
Zhou Ziqian's love is childish, superficial, ugly and disgusting.
Seeing his firm attitude, Xu Xi suddenly laughed out loud: "Great, it seems I can still work for a while."
Xia Shu looked at Xu Xi seriously: "Don't treat staying with him as a formal job. You can find other jobs."
"I see." Xu Xi asked back, "Do you know how stingy he is? He said he was afraid you would get jealous of the luxury items in the photos he sent you, so he asked me to return them to him and he would give them to you later."
For a gift, you take a photo and send it out, then ask for it back and give it to someone else.
It's ridiculous.
"Bullshit love." Xu Xi sneered, "You are really miserable. You didn't get a dime. I followed him, at least I could eat and drink everywhere. You even paid for your own meals, right?"
Xia Shu said calmly: "I don't need his money."
Xu Xi "tsk"ed twice: "I know, this is called 'playing hard to get', right? No wonder he can't stop thinking about you."
Xia Shu didn't say anything else. She lowered her head and focused on the coffee machine.
Just then, the coffee was ready. Xu Xi pouted at him and said, "Are you going to deliver it? Or should I?"
Xia Shu hesitated: "Do you want to go?"
He didn't want to go anyway.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll go." Xu Xi picked up the coffee. "Who asked me to pay?"
Xia Shu smiled and said nothing more.
Xu Xi was equally superficial, arrogant, and materialistic, but for some reason, Xia Shu didn't have much ill feeling towards him.
Maybe it’s because Xia Shu has no money.
Xia Shu sat down at the table, took out the documents he brought from the old project team, and continued to look at them.
Xu Xi brought the coffee over, and after a while, brought it back.
Xia Shu looked up in confusion, and Xu Xi shrugged: "You're crazy. I'll ask you to redo it."
Xia Shu put down the documents and stood up to redo them.
Xu Xi held him down and said, "Don't do that. Just add some hot water and serve it as is. He won't be able to drink it anyway, so why bother?"
Xia Shu was a little surprised that there was such a thing.
Xu Xi said confidently, "When he was at my place, he often showed his affectionate personality. He wanted coffee and asked me to make it taste the same as mine. How the hell could I make it? That's how I handled it."
Xu Xi looked down at the document full of professional terms and said, "Look at your document. It's okay, he just wants to make trouble for you. When your teacher Zhu comes, you can go back." "Yes." Xia Shu nodded hesitantly and continued to look at the document, then raised his head again, "You also know Teacher Zhu?"
"I know." Xu Xi smiled. "When Zhou Ziqian's 'affectionate personality' flares up, he often blames everything and everyone else, Teacher Zhu. I've met him before. He's a very good teacher. In order to find out Zhou Ziqian's identity, he came to our place to investigate in person, and he almost..."
Before Xu Xi could finish his words, Zhu Qingchen arrived.
It was noon, and he and Huo Jun were eating crayfish outside when they suddenly received a message from Xia Shu.
As soon as he received the news, Zhu Qingchen immediately pulled Huo Jun over.
"Xia Shu?" Zhu Qingchen quickly opened the door of the assistant's office and glanced at all the students inside to confirm that they were all there.
one two three……
Four?
Why is there one more?
Xu Xi smiled at him and waved gently: "Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen paused for a moment, then responded: "Hello."
It seems that Zhou Ziqian brought Xu Xi with him as well.
Zhu Qingchen waved his hand and called his students: "Let's go, pack up and move back."
The students were a little hesitant: "Teacher, but Zhou Ziqian's side..."
"Boss Huo has already gone to talk to you. When the department reached a cooperation agreement with their group, they had already agreed on the positions. How can they be transferred at will? Come on, I'll take you back."
"good!"
After he said this, the students finally felt relieved and happily wanted to go back with him.
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "Have you all eaten? Do you have a meal card?"
"I have a meal card, but I was afraid I would be late, so I ordered takeout."
"That's fine. Let's eat takeout today. I'll record the matter and the department will reimburse me."
"good!"
Zhu Qingchen waved his hand and asked the students to go downstairs.
When the group passed by the door of Zhou Ziqian's manager's office, they heard Huo Jun scolding Zhou Ziqian inside.
Zhou Ziqian's group of cronies had been kicked out of the office and were now standing in a row outside.
"Both projects are key projects. So many people have been preparing for so long. If you want to take revenge or throw a party with this group of people, it's up to you. Go and explain it to the project team yourself."
After the last confrontation in the old house, Zhou Ziqian will always be a head shorter than Huo Jun.
Not knowing what Huo Jun said in a low voice, Zhou Ziqian kicked the desk hard, with a loud bang.
"Huo Jun, watch your fucking mouth! Who the fuck can't grow up?"
Zhu Qingchen protected the three students, pressed the button, and quickly sent them to the elevator: "You go and eat, the adults will take care of things here."
This is starting to swear, kids can't listen. !
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