Lu Xiaoqiao and the other two went to the front desk to check in. As the exhibition venue was not far from here and it was the peak period of the exhibition, the guest rooms were not vacant yet and would only be available in the afternoon. They had to leave their luggage at the front desk and the staff would help them put it in the room.
After checking in, they said a few simple goodbyes to Zhou Qizhen and Li Yuxuan and went to the venue.
The business suite that Secretary Ding booked happened to have a cleaned vacant room, so he went upstairs to put his boss's luggage away. Zhou Qizhen and Li Yuxuan sat on the sofa in the lobby waiting for him.
Li Yuxuan glanced at his friend who was sitting next to him and looking down at his phone, and said, "Hey! I just chatted with Xiao Qiao all the way. You know what, brother, you have good taste! The girl is pretty good. Her personality complements yours. She is lively and cheerful, young, pretty, and has fair skin."
Zhou Qizheng looked away from the phone screen and raised his eyes to look at Li Yuxuan, his expression slightly unhappy: "You look very carefully."
Li Yuxuan: “…”
"Damn it! Lao Zhou, are you okay? You're jealous. I'm just helping you check things out. Why didn't I see that you're so petty before?"
"And look at how scared you were just now by Secretary Ding. I thought you were going to change the chief secretary."
Zhou Qizhen ignored Li Yuxuan's chatter...
When Secretary Ding put away the luggage and came down, he glanced at Zhou Qizhen and saw that his face looked normal before he dared to approach him: "Mr. Zhou, the luggage is in your room and the driver has parked the car outside. Shall we leave now?"
Zhou Qizheng stood up and glanced at him: "What else?"
After saying that, he walked out with his long legs.
Li Yuxuan glanced at Secretary Ding who was looking down and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, if you want to show off, next time you just need to remember that besides work, everything should be centered on Miss Lu. Look, you just helped Miss Lu carry her luggage and ignored our President Zhou, and he didn't say anything, did he?"
Secretary Ding said in a muffled voice: "Well, thank you, Mr. Li."
When they got in the car, Secretary Ding still sat in the original co-pilot seat, while Zhou Qizhen and Li Yuxuan moved to the front row where Lu Xiaoqiao had just sat.
Zhou Qi was placing his laptop on his legs, typing quickly: "Which departments in the Technology Building have not yet relocated?"
Secretary Ding, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said, "President Shen said that the two departments of technical operation and maintenance and administrative logistics can be relocated before the National Day."
"Just go to the branch office directly. You don't need to go to the technology building."
After Zhou Qizheng finished speaking, he turned to Li Yuxuan who was sitting next to him and said, "Call Shen Yi and ask him to come to the branch office directly to find us. I have a video conference later."
"Well, what date did you arrange to meet Mayor Liu?"
"Let's do it tomorrow. Today's schedule is a bit tight."
After they arrived at the branch, Zhou Qizhen went into the office to hold a video conference. Li Yuxuan was the general manager of the head office, so naturally he had to be busy here.
When Li Yuxuan finished his work, Shen Yi arrived.
The two of them sat on the sofa in the reception room.
"Where's Lao Zhou?"
Li Yuxuan opened the lunch his secretary bought for him: "I'm having a video conference."
Shen Yi was surprised, "It's not over yet? Is this lunch or dinner?"
Li Yuxuan ate a few mouthfuls of rice. He didn't eat enough in the morning and was busy all day. He was starving. "It's a cross-border trip. It should be soon. I didn't even have lunch. I'm starving."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Qizheng opening the door and walking in.
"Just got here?" Zhou Qizheng walked over to the two of them and sat down.
"Just arrived a while ago, looking for a place to have a drink tonight?"
Zhou Qizheng leaned his head back, leaning back on the sofa as if he was a little tired, his eyes were tightly closed, and he raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose: "No more drinking, I have more to drink tomorrow."
Shen Yi sighed, "You still know! We agreed that you don't need to come over. I can handle it alone. After all, we are related. Now that you are here, with these two things added up, how can he let you off easily?"
"I didn't dare go back to the old house these days. When I went back, my mother kept nagging me and told me to think about it again. In my opinion, you should just agree directly. It will be easier to get things done with a mayor father-in-law in the future, and Liu Tian'er is also pretty."
Li Yuxuan, who was drinking water, coughed a few times by Shen Yi's words: "Don't persuade you if you don't want to be beaten.
Shen Yi said nonchalantly, "Sweetheart? To whom? We knew it when he refused the marriage proposal, but I have never seen him get close to any woman until now."
"I saw it! Lao Zhou came here today just for her. Her looks are way better than Liu Tian'er's."
Li Yuxuan had the same idea as Shen Yi before he saw Lu Xiaoqiao. After seeing her, he had the same idea. Zhou Qizhen was also a person who liked appearance. He might have just seen that the girl was pretty.
"Is there really such a person? Do you have a photo? Let me see."
Zhou Qizhen, who had been resting with his eyes closed, said, "You two should shut up and be quiet for a while. If you want to talk, go outside and talk."
"Look, you're being so mean again. You got jealous when I said a few more words to her before, but now you can't even mention her?"
Li Yuxuan knew that Zhou Qizhen was embarrassed, so he deliberately said something to provoke him. He simply loved Zhou Qizhen, who had always been serious since childhood and remained calm no matter what happened, but now he became uneasy because of a woman.
Shen Yi became even more curious after listening to their conversation: "What kind of woman can make you jealous like this? I have a fiancée and you can't even look at her? Come on, Yuxuan, let's go out and talk."
After saying that, he really stood up and was about to walk out.
Zhou Qizheng opened his eyes, which had been closed all this time, and tilted his head to look at Li Yuxuan: "For the Middle East project, I think it's a good idea to send you there."
Li Yuxuan is afraid of heat. Although he grew up in the south, if he goes to a place that is hotter than the city where he lives, it is undoubtedly because they don't want him to have an easy time.
"You are seeking revenge for your personal gain."
Finally, under Zhou Qizhen's threat, Li Yuxuan temporarily did not reveal anything about Lu Xiaoqiao to Shen Yi.
In the evening, the three of them did not drink but only had dinner together. Li Yuxuan had not digested the food he had eaten before, so he just watched Zhou Qizhen and Shen Yi eat.
Secretary Ding was left in the company to work overtime. Poor Secretary Ding never thought that he would have to work overtime when on a business trip to the branch. Fortunately, there was someone to accompany him, and President Zhou kept the driver for himself.
After dinner, Shen Yi drove the two back to the hotel. Before leaving, he mocked Zhou Qizhen for condescending to stay in such a place just to pursue someone.
After Zhou Qizhen arrived at the hotel room, he took out his cell phone and called Lin Lin.
"Are you back? Have you had dinner?"
"I just finished eating and am on my way back. Uncle, are you back to the hotel?" Lin Lin was stunned when she received a call from Zhou Qizhen. She didn't expect that her uncle was so busy but still took the time to call her and ask about whether she had dinner.
"I just got back too. You guys should go to bed early and don't hang around at night."
After hearing her uncle's instructions, Lin Lin replied obediently: "Oh, I see, uncle, don't worry, we will be there soon. I'll hang up now if there's nothing else."
Zhou Qizhen couldn't think of anything to say, so he just whispered, "Well, hang up."
After they hung up the phone, Zhou Qi's phone was still on the bed. He turned around and looked at his suitcase, and found that he didn't bring any cigarettes. He didn't smoke often, but now he was feeling irritable and just wanted to calm himself down by smoking a cigarette.
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