Chapter 185: Trying to Bribe Me with Just a Candy
I received a call from Grandpa Song on Tuesday morning, just after Shuang Xu arrived at the company.
From childhood to adulthood, her grandfather had called her only a few times. His tone on the phone was a little less tough than before, but still commanding: "Your father is at home today, come back in the evening."
She just wanted to talk to them about relocating her household registration, and it would be better if Song Mianzhi was present.
"I'm going there after get off work."
Grandpa Song added, "Tell Tingzhou to come out in the evening so that we can have dinner together. It's fine if you two are together without consulting your family, but you should bring the person back for us to see."
Shuang Xu frowned: "No need, he's not going."
"Does he have plans tonight?"
"He won't go whether he's free or not." Shuang Xu said firmly, without leaving any room for hesitation. "It's not convenient for him to be present when we discuss things."
After saying this, he hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to say anything else.
Shu Yang knocked on the door and came in to remind her: "This afternoon's meeting has been moved up to 10:30. Get ready and we'll go to Yundun together later."
Shuang Xu gave her an OK gesture.
As the Xiaofeiniao press conference approaches, the frequency of project meetings at Cloud Shield has also increased.
After Shuang Xu finished some of the work, he and Shu Yang set off for Yundun when the time came.
She and Shu Yang were walking and chatting as they entered the Yundun headquarters building, and happened to meet a group of men in suits coming out of the elevator lobby.
He Tingzhou has two different faces in the company and in private in front of her. His deep-boned face is cold and his sharp eyes seem quite cold.
He was tall, wearing a gray haute couture suit with a hint of blue. He had broad shoulders and long legs, and stood out in the crowd.
The two groups met head-on. He Tingzhou stopped, and the executives behind him braked urgently.
Shuang Xu and Shu Yang's conversation also stopped.
Their story has been widely circulated recently, and the company's employees have been following suit. Now that they meet on a narrow road, the employees on both sides have a tacit understanding look on their faces.
"Good morning, President." Shu Yang took the initiative to speak, opening the curtain of greetings between each other.
Shuang Xu stood there calmly and nodded to the executives behind He Tingzhou.
After both parties exchanged polite greetings, she was about to walk over to take the elevator as if nothing had happened.
He Tingzhou stepped slightly to the side to block her.
Shuang Xu walked to the other side, and he blocked her again with the same trick.
She raised her eyes and whispered, "What are you doing?"
He Tingzhou's eyes fell on her face, staring at her as if no one was around: "Why don't you say hello to me?"
What was there for them to say hello to? They had just left home together this morning and had been apart for less than three hours.
The dark brown tie with dark patterns on his neck was chosen by her.
Knowing that he just wanted to cause her some trouble, Shuang Xu glanced at the subordinates around her, opened her bag, and began to grope inside with her eyes lowered.
He Tingzhou watched her movements calmly, waiting to see what she was going to take out.
Shuang Xu took out a candy from her bag and handed it to him: "Hey."
He Tingzhou glanced at the candy, his eyes moving up along her slender white fingers: "Where did you get it?"
"The candy my senior gave me is delicious. I'll keep it for you." Shuang Xu pulled his hand out of his pocket and put the candy in his palm. "I have to go to a meeting. Can you give way for a while, Mr. He?"
He Tingzhou held the candy in his hand, unmoved: "You want to bribe me with just one piece of candy?"
Shuang Xu took out another one from his bag: "Those two."
Some senior executives in the back couldn't hold back their laughter, so they lowered their heads and put their fists to their noses to clear their throats.
The employees were all watching, and Shuang Xu was too embarrassed to argue with him any further, but He Tingzhou kept asking, "How many more?"
"No more." Shuang Xu said, "The rest is at the company. I'll bring it back to you in the evening."
He Tingzhou was very aware of fraud: "Write me an IOU."
"..." Shuang Xu reached out to take it back: "Don't give it back to me."
He Tingzhou put his hands back into his trouser pockets: "You want to take back what's in my hands? For the sake of your senior sister, I'll let you go."
Shu Yang kept smiling beside me, which was really flattering.
He Tingzhou turned aside gracefully and said, "Go ahead."
Several executives of Cloud Shield "sensibly" stepped aside and left a path for them to pass first.
They are high-level leaders of the Party A's headquarters, and the projects they have handled are all large projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet they have to give way to an employee of a small Party B company. It really shows... the moral decline of the world!
After the meeting in the morning, I returned to the company in the afternoon and was busy all the time.
By the time Shuang Xu remembered to tell He Tingzhou, it was already mid-afternoon.
She sent a message: [I have something to do in the evening, so I won’t be back for dinner]
He Tingzhou replied: [It just so happens that I have a date as well]
Is there a dinner party? Shuang Xu thought that she would not stay at the Song family for too long, so she asked: [Are you going to drink tonight? Do I need to pick you up? ]
He Tingzhou: [No need]
You don't even want to answer it? How strange.
Shuang Xu left work only after finishing his work at the company. He first went back to the Shen family to deliver the bird's nest and shawl he bought for Fu Yun.
She didn't tell anyone in advance that she was coming back. Mrs. Wang said Fu Yun was upstairs, so she went upstairs to say hello before going to the Song family.
The door of the master bedroom was not closed tightly. Just as she was about to knock on the door, she heard the voices of Fu Yun and Shen Changyuan talking from inside.
The voice was not loud, and she did not hear the first two sentences clearly, until she heard Cui Ning's name.
"The piece of land in the south of the city?" Fu Yun said, "What does she want to do with it? Mianzhi's identity makes it inconvenient for her to do many things. Even if she gets the land, she can't do anything."
"She asked for it from her brother. The Song family also holds shares in the Cui family's business. She must have gotten some inside information. That piece of land will be very useful in a few years."
"Doesn't that mean you are abusing your privacy to help them? You are responsible, but they are the ones who are taking advantage." Fu Yun was furious. "How dare she ask for that!"
Shuang Xu put down his hand that was about to knock on the door.
Cui Ning asked them why they wanted the land?
Not to mention how much land in Yancheng is worth, Shen Changyuan has just been investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission. If he gets involved in such a matter and opens a back door for them, wouldn't that be courting trouble?
Shen Changyuan sighed, "Shuang Xu's household registration is in their hands now. You can see that the Song family is a burden to her. The sooner we cut off the relationship, the better. Cui Ning and Uncle Song are now at odds. Uncle Song is unwilling to let her go, but she wants to. We can only start with her."
Shuang Xu did not alarm them. He turned around, went downstairs and went to the Song family next door.
The servant greeted her at the door with a big smile on his face: "The young lady is back."
She walked past without looking around, and the servant followed behind her in small steps, saying, "Everyone is here. The director and the old man are waiting for you to have dinner."
Wait for her to eat? This was a treat he hadn't enjoyed in more than a decade, and now Shuang Xu was indifferent to it.
However, when she walked into the restaurant and saw another figure sitting at the table besides the four members of the Song family, her expression still fluctuated.