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The elevator door opened and everyone filed out.
Zuo Xiao walked to the side and stopped.
Yan Qing also stopped and asked gently, "Do you want to wait for them?"
Zuo Xiao had already carefully examined her in the elevator. From her attire to her hair and makeup, this girl was meticulously executed. Her every move exuded a sense of dignity, revealing she was raised in a wealthy family. She also had a fine temperament, a calm and composed demeanor that shone with intelligence.
"No need." Zhuang Yu'an said, "Let's go first."
Yan Qing nodded and walked forward with graceful steps. The pair of pointed kitten heels on her feet had pearly white embroidered satin and were spotlessly clean.
Zhuang Yu'an followed. Before leaving, he suddenly turned around. Zuo Xiao happened to look up and unexpectedly met his gaze.
He was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, with a faint smile on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Zuo Xiao frowned: Is this guy laughing? Or is she seeing things?
After waiting for about five minutes, Zhuang Jinghao and Zhan Jiaxin came out of the elevator. Chen Quan and Hong Xuejia came down with them and walked out quickly.
"That was Yan Qing just now, right?!" Zhan Jiaxin excitedly said as soon as they walked out of the building, "He's even prettier in person than in the photo!"
Zhuang Jinghao cleared his throat and said indifferently, "It should be." Then he looked at Zuo Xiao cautiously.
Zuo Xiao raised his lip and smiled, "Obviously."
When she was having lunch yesterday, she heard that Zhuang Yu'an had fallen in love with another woman, and she was indeed a little unhappy: I didn't expect that guy to look like Fahai, and it turns out he is so reserved!
Yes, he had a nice figure and money, but he was also prim and boring, with a bad personality, and a sullen, virgin with a negative love quotient! Why was he so picky and fickle? It was all thanks to Liang Sirui that she was willing to accommodate him, and also thanks to her for believing Zhuang Jinghao's lies and taking the trouble for them. And then Fahai just dumped Liang Sirui and hooked up with another girl. It was truly despicable!
But thinking back, I realized that my anger was unnecessary. It could be dispelled with just four words:
It’s none of my business!
"Boss Zhuang has really good taste!" Zhan Jiaxin praised sincerely, "Liang Sirui looks quite elegant to me, and Yan Qing is also very beautiful. Although she is a rich second-generation, she doesn't seem impetuous at all and seems to have a lot of substance."
As she praised him, Zhuang Jinghao nodded with a look of pride. Zuo Xiao said nothing, too lazy to argue with her.
When two people become close, it's inevitable that their facades gradually peel away. Like a hard candy, the sweet icing melts away, revealing its true flavor: a mixture of sweet, sour, and bitter. This was true for her, and for Zhuang Jinghao as well.
When they first met, Zhuang Jinghao tried to please her in every way and only said things she wanted to hear. But now he reveals his weak points to her from time to time, and even couldn't help but challenge her yesterday.
As for her, she is no longer as reserved as she was at the beginning. When she is unhappy, she will even curse, twist ears, and hit heads... Compared to this, Zhuang Jinghao can be considered gentle and kind.
"Come to think of it, Yan Qing's facial features are somewhat similar to Xiao Xiao's!" Zhan Jiaxin sat across from Zuo Xiao, staring at her face carefully, "Especially her eyebrows and eyes... Honey, could you take off your hat so I can compare them again?"
"It's true!" Zhuang Jinghao exclaimed, "No wonder I always felt that she looked a little familiar!" As she said that, she stared up at Zuo Xiao's face from bottom to top, as if she had met her for the first time.
Zuo Xiao smiled slightly: "Yes, she and I both have two eyebrows and a pair of eyes, it's such a coincidence."
"And Liang Sirui, who also looks like Xiaoxiao!" Zhan Jiaxin became more and more excited as she spoke. "She's fair and thin, and graceful. She has black hair. Her eyes are black and bright, with upturned corners. Are they called Danfeng eyes or Ruifeng eyes? I can't figure it out, but she has a lively and bright look, and she looks radiant!"
This discovery not only made her feel extremely excited, but also shocked Zhuang Jinghao so much that she gasped and slammed the table, saying, "Damn it! I didn't even notice it before!"
"Maybe it's because all beautiful women look alike," Zhan Jiaxin listed one by one, "white, thin, clean, good figure, beautiful and bright eyes..."
"No?" Zhuang Jinghao retorted seriously, "Some beauties aren't white, nor are they thin, but they're still pretty! It just so happens that the three of them are of this type, very orthodox in their beauty."
"So?" Zuo Xiao rolled his eyes. "Are they and I long-lost sisters? Or is this some clichéd stand-in literature?"
"Hahaha!" The other two laughed heartily. After a long while, Zhan Jiaxin stopped laughing and said to Zhuang Jinghao, "By the way, was your brother's first love this type?"
"Uh..." Zhuang Jing was embarrassed, "My brother hasn't had his first love yet..."
"Huh?" Zhan Jiaxin's eyes widened. "You mean Mr. Zhuang hasn't talked about it yet?! Oh my God! He——"
"Shh...don't tell anyone! Keep it a secret, a secret!"
Zhan Jiaxin took some time to digest the shocking secret she had just learned. After a while, she asked, "Did your brother know Xiaoxiao first, or Liang Sirui first?"
Zhuang Jing thought for a moment and said, "I met Xiaoxiao first."
"Wow!" Zhan Jiaxin joked, "Then maybe your brother has a crush on our Xiaoxiao! He can't get her, so he specifically looks for girls who look like her. The last one wasn't similar enough, so he found one who looks even more like her!"
"Holy crap!" Zuo Xiao got goosebumps. "Could you please stop telling these hellish jokes? It's disgusting, okay?!"
"I don't like stand-in literature either..." Zhuang Jinghao frowned and said, "The male protagonists in that kind of story really deserve a beating, and it's so unfair to the girls who become stand-ins!"
"I was just saying it casually, why did you all take it so seriously..." Zhan Jiaxin brushed her bangs, looking a little embarrassed. "I don't support stand-in literature either. Wanwan and Qing are just disgusting..."
The two then launched into a heated critique of body double literature, before returning to the resemblance between the three beauties. "It's just a coincidence!"
"Yes!" Zhuang Jinghao defended his brother, "I introduced Si Rui to my brother, and we met Yan Qing by chance on the plane. My brother didn't deliberately look for girls of the same type!"
On the way back to the company, the wind started to blow and dark clouds began to gather, as if it was going to rain.
"It looks like there's going to be a rainstorm." Zuo Xiao said, "Are you still going to play basketball tonight?"
The implication is to stop fighting.
"Fight!" Zhuang Jinghao said without hesitation, "I've already told my brother. I'll take you home when the time comes. It's okay." Afraid she'd regret it, he added, "The venue has already been booked!"
Zuo Xiao had no choice but to open up and say, "But there are only three of us. Jiaxin won't go, and Luffy can't go either. Let's do it another day."
"Huh? Why isn't Luffy-brother going?"
"He went back to his hometown this morning. He said he had something urgent to do."
"...Then I'll ask my brother."
Not long after returning to the company, Zhuang Jinghao said on WeChat: "Go, my brother said to call Chen Quan as well, so there will be just four people and two venues." Zuo Xiao had no choice but to reply "Oh".
In a blink of an eye, it was time to get off work.
Zhuang Jinghao took Zuo Xiao's arm and went down the basement, walked straight to the parking space and opened the back door.
The two men were already in the car. Chen Quan was driving, Zhuang Yu'an was in the passenger seat, and the back seat was left for the two girls.
Chen Quan turned to look at Zuo Xiao, smiling and nodding in greeting. Thinking of the look he had given her in the elevator, Zuo Xiao didn't even bother to raise her lips in a symbolic gesture.
Chen Quan felt embarrassed, raised his thin black-framed glasses, turned his face back, and said with a smile: "Then let's go."
The car drove out of the building and into the rain. Chen Quan turned on the wipers and sighed, "What a heavy rain."
"Yeah..." Zhuang Jinghao was a little embarrassed. Zuo Xiao had clearly backed out at noon, but she had insisted on going to play basketball as planned. And now it was raining so hard, with thunder and lightning, it definitely wasn't the right weather for playing basketball.
The reason why she was so persistent was, on the one hand, because she wanted to seize the time to hone her skills, and on the other hand, because she had finally won the opportunity to push her brother and Zuo Xiao to break the ice, and she didn't want to lose it in vain.
"What do you want to eat after playing ball?" Zhuang Yu'an asked in the front row.
"I'm fine with anything." Zhuang Jinghao squeezed Zuo Xiao's palm. "What do you want to eat?"
"I'm fine with either." Zuo Xiao said indifferently.
"How about we go eat stone pot fish? Or that yellow croaker place you said was delicious last time?"
"Then let's go with yellow croaker."
"Okay! Brother, let's go eat some yellow croaker!"
In the rearview mirror, Chen Quan, who was driving, cast a probing glance at him. Zuo Xiao sneered inwardly, wondering: Who is this woman? Why do the two siblings have to listen to her even when it comes to food?
It’s very interesting to think about it this way: the secretary listens to the boss, the boss listens to his sister, and the sister listens to her. In a subtle way, the four of them form a power chain that is independent of the rules of real society.
Amidst the pouring rain, we pulled into the parking space. The badminton hall we frequented was located in a park and lacked underground parking. The walk from the open-air parking lot to the courts took several minutes.
Chen Quan was the first to get out of the car, holding a black umbrella. He retrieved two umbrellas from the trunk, opened the back door, and handed them to Zhuang Jinghao. He then ran to the passenger seat and ushered his boss out.
"Do you have any umbrellas left?" the boss asked. "If you do, use one for yourself."
The rain was getting heavy, and Chen Quan was worried that the boss couldn't hear him clearly, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "No! It's okay, I'll hold it for you!"
When the four of them finally reached the eaves, they were all damp, with Chen Quan's shoulder soaked. Zuo Xiao looked at him coldly, thinking that he probably wouldn't be able to be a secretary in his lifetime.
After leaving the locker room, everyone was dry again. Because of the heavy rain, the stadium was noticeably less crowded than usual, with several courts empty and seemingly deserted. The good thing was that it was quiet; even the creaking of shoes scraping against the floor was clearly audible.
Zhuang Jinghao and Zuo Xiao formed a pair. After more than two months of hard study and training, Zhuang Jinghao's skills were considered quite good among the amateur group. He and Zuo Xiao played back and forth, and the first four balls ended in a tie.
"Good job, Xiaojing!" Zuo Xiao gave her a thumbs-up. "It seems that finding a coach is useful after all."
She appeared nonchalant, but her pride was at work. She didn't want to be beaten on the court one day by her young protégé! She'd been playing for years, but the young protégé couldn't even serve a ball just a few months ago! So she had to get some professional training, or else she'd get the hell out of him. What would that mean?
It was Zhuang Jinghao's turn to serve. She twirled the badminton in her hand, her eyes looking to the side as she suddenly burst into laughter.
Zuo Xiao followed her gaze and saw Chen Quan, like a clumsy duck, sticking his butt out and launching a high, soft serve. Then, pulled back in panic by the high, lobbed ball, his hands and feet clearly uncoordinated, as if misplaced, and the ball dropped to the ground without a second thought.
Looking at his white, soft limbs, it's obvious that he doesn't exercise much. Rather than saying that this guy is playing "business ball", it's better to believe that he really lacks athletic ability.
On the other side: Zhuang Yu'an, dressed in a crisp blue and white tracksuit and white sneakers, had long, slender limbs, with his arms particularly powerful. The outline of his pecs was faintly visible beneath his jersey. Combined with his angular face and clean-cut haircut, he looked like a walking hormone.
Thinking that this guy was a gloomy and weird virgin, Zuo Xiao felt a little disgusted. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel sorry: What a waste of such a good-looking face!
She sighed and turned her attention back to her own situation.
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