Chapter 27 The Boss Has a Lot of Problems
The evening dinner was scheduled for a stylish Western restaurant. Ji Shian reasonably speculated that this arrangement was made so that the fussy Mr. Lu could enjoy the food on his plate alone without losing his manners.
"Mr. Qin, long time no see." The handsome man stood up and took two steps forward to greet him. His expression was indifferent but not rude.
Ji Shian lagged behind Qin Yinghuai by half a step, nodded politely and greeted him, with a fleeting sense of déjà vu in his mind.
Lu Li didn't like having too many people around him, so the secretary who was meeting with Ji Shian politely withdrew. Ji Shian's thoughts turned and he fell forward.
Before leaving, she and Qin Yinghuai looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes was straightforward and clear.
Ji Shian: You take care of the big questions, and I'll take care of the small ones.
Qin Yinghuai nodded imperceptibly, and did not withdraw his gaze until her back disappeared.
Lu Li was keenly aware of something and thought about the vague rumors in the circle recently. He originally just treated them as jokes, but now he believed them a little bit.
The two exchanged pleasantries as they sat down, exchanging sharp words. Qin Yinghuai's trip was partly due to Zhou Xingzhi's request, but primarily to the land auction. He had recently heard rumors of plans for a subway-connected commercial district in the western suburbs. The Lu family had some political connections, and Lu Li owed him a favor after asking him for a favor a few years ago.
Qin Yinghuai has always believed in not owing favors to others, nor letting them owe him too much. After all, if you procrastinate, the favor you've extended might suddenly disappear. Ji Shian insists that she learned her stinginess from Qin Yinghuai, and applies it to every aspect of her life.
Qin Yinghuai remained noncommittal about this.
On this side, after Ji Shian caught up with the secretary, he couldn't understand why the latter was walking in a hurry as if he was going to meet someone.
The secretary smiled at Ji Shian sheepishly, but didn't say much. He just said that Mr. Lu's friend was also here and he had just received the news and needed him to come and receive him.
Ji Shian smiled and said, "You don't mind if I come to greet our distinguished guests."
The secretary hesitated for a moment, "Doesn't Assistant Ji need to stay with Director Qin?" In case there are any instructions, they can be handled urgently.
Ji Shian shook his head, trying to narrow the distance between the two parties by fabricating common ground, "President Qin doesn't like people following him when he discusses business."
"What a coincidence?" The secretary was surprised. Lu and Cheng Yue didn't have much dealings, and today was the first time he saw the rumored special assistant Ji. He was too young and didn't look like the decisive and ruthless person who would dare to use the contract to argue with the partners.
Ji Shian responded calmly, it must be a coincidence, how could it not be a coincidence if she made it up.
Before leaving, she deliberately put on light makeup like a girl next door, but Qin Yinghuai looked at her and asked: What's the point of being so formal?
Ji's assistant, who had been refusing to talk to him all day because of the unexpected confession, retorted with the high-sounding excuse that "her image is the boss's face." Qin Yinghuai silently uttered "oh" and didn't fight with the determined Ji Shi'an for control of the driver's seat.
The secretary inexplicably thought of her younger sister who was in college. Her polite smile was a little more genuine. She thought she was worried about not being valued by her boss, so she comforted her, "It can be seen that President Qin still values you very much. He brought you along to discuss such an important matter today. After all, we are just workers. In the eyes of the boss, we are bricks, and we move them wherever we are needed."
After knowing that the secretary had a younger sister, he deliberately dressed in a youthful style, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good. Ji Shian pretended to smile with gratitude.
The secretary stopped talking and looked forward. Ji Shian seemed to see a huge moth flying towards him.
I got closer and saw, oh, it was a butterfly, and it looked very familiar.
She took the initiative to greet him: "Miss Yun, is everything going well with your recent art exhibition?"
Yun Yuan was surprised, "It's been a long time since we last met, and you still remember me!"
Ji Shian smiled, "Thanks to Miss Yun's kindness, I have kept the portrait well."
Yun Yuan chatted with Ji Shian and in the blink of an eye forgot the purpose of her sudden decision to come here.
The secretary quietly interrupted the conversation and tried to join the group chat, "Ms. Yun and Assistant Ji have such a good relationship?"
Yun Yuan held Ji Shian's arm, her face bright and sunny, "Of course~ We are friends who have risked our lives together."
The secretary was truly shocked this time. Such a big thing had happened, but did their President Lu know about it?
Ji Shian felt ashamed. For someone obsessed with looks, especially someone who could draw, anyone willing to stop and talk to her was a friend, and anyone willing to sacrifice their life for her to paint a portrait was a reincarnated bodhisattva.
Once she was on a business trip and was walking down the street busy catching a pet shop nearby for Su Qi. As soon as a pink paw pad sign appeared in her field of vision, her eyes were filled with enthusiastic figures.
Then he took a photo of Su Qi and told her his location. With the idea that more friends mean more paths, and the fact that Su Qi was a real fighter, they quickly added each other as friends and started chatting animatedly. He softened his heart and became the famous painter Yun Yuan's living Buddha, becoming her close friend with whom he had a life-or-death relationship.
Ji Shian lowered his head shyly: "My pleasure."
Then he curiously asked, "Are you coming to eat?"
Yun Yuan belatedly remembered her fiancé whom she had forgotten about: "Oh, I'm here to look for someone."
As for who she was looking for, Ji Shian looked at the secretary standing upright beside her. The latter's eyes looked at her in an instant, respect, gratitude, and a little excitement.
Ji Shian: ...
She turned her head and pulled Yun Yuan aside to make way for the waiter who was serving the food. "Looking for Mr. Lu?"
Yun Yuan was surprised, "Shi An, you know Lu Li."
Ji Shian praised: "There are few people who haven't heard of Mr. Lu's name."
Yun Yuan curled her lips, as if she had something to hide, and simply hummed, erasing her previous enthusiastic attitude.
Ji Shian tried to fan the flames and make the little sun burn again: "Mr. Lu is currently discussing business, how about we eat something first?"
She recalled Qin Yinghuai's past habits and speed, "It should be over in less than two hours."
Yun Yuan frowned. She originally wanted to kill him directly, but for Ji Shian's sake, she nodded reluctantly: "Okay." She would wait a little longer.
The secretary eagerly led the two of them. Ji Shian looked at him with admiration: It turns out that everyone has two faces, and workers have eight sides because they are good at dealing with people.
Speculating that Yun Yuan and Lu Li might have some relationship, a light suddenly flashed in her mind, and she finally understood the sense of déjà vu she had when she first saw Lu Li.
A picky, icy CEO and a warm, sunny painter, the protagonist of the novel Yan Che had recommended to her a few days ago. Ji Shian took a deep breath, and suddenly a mouthful of candy was stuffed into her mouth.
Yun Yuan withdrew her hand, her eyes twinkling. "How's it going? I just came back from a mountain village collecting folk songs. Every villager there is an expert at making candy."
Ji Shian praised, "It tastes amazing."
After successfully feeding the baby, Yun Yuan happily pointed at the menu, "This, this, this, and this. Besides these, I want one portion each!"
I have seen people packing clothes in shopping malls, but I have never seen anyone choosing a concubine in a restaurant. Ji Shian stopped chewing and tried to awaken Yun Yuan's virtue of saving food. "Isn't it too much? There are only three of us and we can't finish it. And it's very expensive." The key point is that it is very expensive.
Yun Yuan waved her hand and said, "When the time comes, you can pick out what you want to eat first, and the rest will be served to the customers who came today, saying they are gifts."
Ji Shian blinked, and seemed to hear the sound of money leaking out of Yun Yuan's wallet.
Yun Yuan crossed her arms, smiled coldly, and handed a black card to the waiter, "Mr. Lu from the Lu Group will pay for tonight, so don't be polite."
Ji Shian: Oh wow.
secretary:!
The secretary, sweating profusely, sent a message to Lu Li, hoping to warn him that Yun Yuan was coming with such force this time. Boss Lu, danger—
Ji Shian glanced at his self-proclaimed covert action and raised his hand to pour water for the three of them. "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your generosity."
I was amazed at my luck. Who would have thought that I would meet the eldest daughter of the Yun family while strolling on the street?
She had heard a little about the marriage between the eldest daughter of the Yun Group and the prince of the Lu Group, which was why Zhou Xingzhi reacted so strongly when he learned that Zheng Xiaoxiao had suddenly come into contact with Lu Li.
If she really has the ability to ruin this marriage, Ji Shian might have to take some coercive measures.
System: [Don't worry, they won't make much of a splash.]
Ever since Qin Yinghuai's confession, its energy reservoir has rapidly accumulated. It seriously suspects that it has transformed from an acting improvement system into a matchmaking system. This judgment mechanism is too strange.
Yun Yuan snorted. "Ton-ton-ton," she put down the empty cup and snorted, "Why thank him? He's clearly a scumbag..." Considering Lu Li's subordinates who were eavesdropping, she glanced at them and gave them some face.
Ji Shian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Maybe there is a misunderstanding."
Yun Yuan was not surprised to see him and asked curiously, "Does Shi An know about our situation?"
Ji Shian shook her head: "Not much." As an outsider, how could she know what the twists and turns were.
Yun Yuan glanced thoughtfully at the secretary across from her who was typing away. She knew without hesitation that she was complaining to Lu Li. She rolled her eyes and turned to look at her: "Is Shi An also a secretary?"
She reasonably speculated: "Is Lu Li talking to your boss today?"
Ji Shian thought for a moment and said, "That's about the same." They were all the boss's followers and hard-working workers.
Yun Yuan felt pity for a moment: "Then you must be very busy every day." Bosses all have a lot of bad habits. They are nitpicking every day and come up with ideas on the spur of the moment.
Ji Shian tried to clear Qin Yinghuai's name: "President Qin is a very good person."
Yun Yuan was stunned: "Boss Qin? The one from Chengyue?"
There is nothing to hide, Ji Shian nodded.
Yun Yuan hissed.
Ji Shian was speechless: "I don't quite understand snake language."
Yun Yuan roared, roar, roar.
Ji Shian looked embarrassed: "I don't even understand the language of the Planet of the Apes."
Yun Yuan's eyes sparkled, and she suddenly leaned closer: "So you are the legendary Ji's special assistant—"
Ji Shian took the person off, smiled reassuringly at the waiter who served the food, and said helplessly: "It's not that exaggerated."
Yun Yuan sighed, "What familiar words! When I was in high school and compared answers with the top student in my grade, he used the same tone."
Standing on the top of the mountain, the wind is light and the clouds are calm, and one can make clouds and rain with a flip of the hand.
Ji Shian picked up the cup and clinked it with the other person, then put it down with a bang: "Do you still have that illusion now?" It scared people so much that they pretended to have social anxiety.
Yun Yuan clapped his hands and smiled, "It's especially intimate now."
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