"Your hands are so cold, didn't you wear something warmer?" Surprised by the feel of his hands, Zou Minchen frowned unhappily and turned up the car's air conditioning a little.
Qingyun skillfully freed her wrist and looked at the man with displeasure: "Who are you?"
The people keeping a close eye on him today are probably also connected to this man.
Upon hearing his question, Zou Minchen chuckled softly, his deep, slightly amused voice echoing in the car, mingling with the warm air from the air conditioner and making one's ears ring.
The displeasure in Qingyun's eyes deepened slightly.
"What? Is it really okay to so brazenly reveal that you threw away my business card, Young Master Xiao?" Zou Minchen finished laughing and leaned back in his chair.
He was relaxed now, but heaven knows how volatile he was before meeting the young man, and how many cups he had smashed. These days, the entire Zou Group knows that their CEO has had another episode, and everyone from top to bottom is keeping quiet.
As Zou Minchen stretched out, his domineering yet gentle aura filled the entire carriage, easily invading Qingyun's mind and stimulating her nerve endings.
"Didn't you find out my identity without my permission?" Qingyun glared at him irritably. He was in a strange situation. He knew this man was not to be underestimated, and he had been constantly reminding himself to be on guard, but all his defenses crumbled with every word the man spoke.
This feeling of being out of control made Qingyun extremely uncomfortable.
Zou Minchen raised an eyebrow and chuckled. How could he be so domineering? He even needed Zou Minchen's permission to know a name?
"You want to start a pharmaceutical company?" he suddenly asked Qingyun. "Do you need my help?"
In fact, Zou Minchen knew everything about Qingyun's recent plans, including Xiao Chengzhe's situation, Xiao's father's attitude, and Qingyun's position in the Xiao family. After all, given his status, nothing could be kept from him.
"Oh? Is it really okay to so brazenly reveal that you're spying on me?" Qingyun glanced at him coolly, but mischievously mimicked his sentence structure.
“Zou Minchen, that’s my name.” Zou Minchen showed no displeasure whatsoever. Instead, he added at the opportune moment, explaining gently, “This isn’t surveillance. I just want to protect you and understand you.”
We arrived at Xiao Chengnuo's apartment, and the car slowly came to a stop.
Qingyun chuckled, deftly opened the car door, and stepped into the swirling snow.
He turned around, looked down at the man behind him, his eyes full of displeasure: "I don't like others interfering in my affairs. Take back your people, in every way."
"Bang"
The car door slammed shut in front of Zou Minchen, just as Qingyun had said, a gesture of rejection. He frowned in annoyance; this was the first time in his life he had encountered such a difficult situation.
Having long held a high position, Zou Minchen was used to having everything under control, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing. In fact, if Qingyun wanted it, he could hand over Xiao's Pharmaceuticals tomorrow.
But when he recalled Qingyun's displeased and disgusted gaze, he hesitated.
The cold snowflakes seeped into Qingyun's neck, and only then did she realize that he had left her scarf in the car.
But Qingyun had no intention of going back to get it, even though he knew the car was still parked behind him.
In the previous world, Qingyun was only with Nie Chenyuan out of curiosity, a sudden burst of youthfulness. He was surprised that he and Nie Chenyuan could end up together. But he didn't intend to have a romance in every world, entangled with someone for a lifetime.
After all, the powerful Heavenly Dao is like a butcher's knife, always hanging over Qingyun's head.
For Qingyun, traveling between different worlds felt more like an escape and a revenge mission than a vacation.
Qingyun felt a bit cold. He breathed warm air into his palm, his brows furrowing involuntarily. If he hadn't forgotten his car at the Xiao family's house, he would never have run into that man today.
Time flies.
It was already late December, and Qingyun was still incredibly busy. Xiao Chengnuo didn't have much money on hand; registering a company would basically be enough to support the development of new drugs, so Qingyun had been going to the stock market recently, but even then, she was short of funds.
Of course, this statement must ignore the fact that 500 million yuan suddenly appeared in his account.
Qingyun knew perfectly well that this was Zou Minchen's doing, but he had no intention of doing anything about it. Qingyun didn't believe that the head of the Zou Group liked doing charity; every single penny of those 500 million yuan clearly demonstrated that man's ambitions towards him.
Moreover, in the original course of the story, Zou Minchen was also considered the protagonist Xiao Chengzhe's hidden backer, and the two's positions were likely to be opposed in the future.
A week after Qingyun met Zhao Bowen, she finally received a call from him.
The voice on the phone was tired yet strangely excited: "This is a Nobel Prize-level achievement... and you're just handing it over to me like this?"
On the other end, Zhao Bowen, with dark circles under his eyes, was practically going crazy as he exclaimed his admiration: "I really want to meet the person who wrote this document. Does his lab still accept people? Can I get in?"
In fact, he had planned to agree to Qingyun's request the very night he saw the information, but he was so engrossed in it that he didn't think to call Qingyun back until seven days later when he had finished reading it.
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