Determine the relationship (minor revision)
In the morning, Chen Jin had just washed up when Shen Baichuan called and said that her breakfast was also ready and asked her to eat in the backyard.
So, I moved the fan from home to the gazebo in the backyard, where it cooled down and had meat porridge with fried eggs for breakfast.
"Baichuan, Xiaojin, why are you here so early? Why are you all eating breakfast in the backyard?"
Shen Baichuan and Chen Jin greeted Professor Song and Dean Xi, and Chen Jin replied: "The sun hasn't come here in the morning, so the breeze in the backyard is still comfortable. I use the air conditioner every day, and my face is wrinkled."
"Yes. You can stay in the ancient village for a few days when you are free. It is a good place to escape the summer heat. If he hadn't been feeling unwell, we would have definitely spent the rest of our summer vacation there."
"President Xi is ill? Is he okay?"
"It's nothing serious, I just need to go to the hospital and get an IV for a few days."
Dean Xi flipped through the newspaper and said, "I told you that it's fine. I've finished the IV drip and you can go if you want. Why are you making such a fuss?"
In the next yard, Professor Song and Dean Xi had a rare argument, each saying something. Dean Xi seemed to be in the wrong, and after a few words he said dejectedly that he wanted to go back to the house. Professor Song followed him inside and told him to take the medicine quickly.
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan watched a small excitement early in the morning.
After dinner, the two went out to Dongcheng District together. First, Shen Baichuan was sent to the downstairs of the Cheng Group Building. Shen Baichuan wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know how to say it.
Chen Jin was waiting patiently for him to get off the bus. It didn't matter whether she arrived at the company early or late, her fingers tapped the steering wheel irregularly.
On the way over, the big orange was still lying in the back seat, and now it is waiting at the center console, staring at Shen Baichuan closely, patting Shen Baichuan's arm with its paw, urging him to get out of the car quickly to make room for it.
Daju was controlled by Shen Baichuan’s big hand on the back of his neck. He moved a few times but couldn’t break free.
“Ahem.” Shen Baichuan cleared his throat and asked, “So, will No. 14 still take me home for dinner?”
Chen Jin held back his laughter and said, "I thought you had forgotten about it, or you were too embarrassed to ask me about it."
Seeing him looking over with sparkling eyes, it was suddenly difficult to connect the person in front of him with the Shen Baichuan he met at the beginning. Although it was agreed early on that everyone should focus on their own work first, other things can be done slower. But now that things have developed naturally to this point and the emotional atmosphere is there, Chen Jin decided to follow his own heart.
It's just that I haven't dated anyone for a long time, so I really don't know where to start.
This was when I was in college. Like many of my classmates, the only things we did when dating were the same: eating in the cafeteria together, studying in the library, and occasionally watching movies shown in school.
But it's different now, she's almost twenty-three. My thoughts and financial ability have changed a lot, and now I have different expectations when it comes to dating than when I was young. There are also many more specific rules and regulations when choosing objects...
Chen Jin reached out and touched the hand that Shen Baichuan was holding Daju, and felt his fingers stiffen instantly, and Daju took the opportunity to escape. Just in time, his palm was empty, so Chen Jin took the opportunity to hold his hand. Curiously, he put his palm on it and found that Shen Baichuan's hands were very beautiful.
The fingers are long and slender with distinct joints.
As expected, the person who takes the initiative is in control of the situation. The action of her holding his hand seemed like she had done it countless times before, so common that there was nothing surprising about it. But Shen Baichuan's fingers trembled slightly, and he couldn't find his voice for a long time. He wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say.
In fact, I was just so happy that I was silly.
Shen Baichuan looked at her steadily and confirmed with her, “Chen Jin, shouldn’t you give me a definite answer?”
Chen Jin nodded, but Shen Baichuan felt that this was not enough and waited for her to say it herself.
"Of course. If you are free, let's go over for dinner. Remember to make time. My family is quite particular about meals. We only have two meals at noon and at night. We will probably go to Fushun Restaurant in Xicheng District."
Seeing that others were looking at them, Chen Jin said, "Okay, that's enough. You can get off the car now. I'm also going to work. Oh, by the way, you don't need to buy gifts. Giving a red envelope is more practical. Six hundred is fine. It sounds more convenient."
After saying that, he was about to take his hand back, but he couldn't move it because Shen Baichuan held it back. He didn't say anything, just looked at her steadily.
"I......"
Daju's right paw suddenly came up and landed on the back of Shen Baichuan's hand. Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan both turned their heads to look at Daju.
With this guy around, the atmosphere can't be any less pretentious.
Since everything had to be said, Chen Jin was straightforward and said, "Let's talk about the partner first, and then formally introduce it to the family during dinner. I'll say it first, we're just talking about the partner first. If you feel that you're too old and you're in a hurry to get married, you can figure it out yourself. I definitely don't plan to get married so early now."
Shen Baichuan: "I am only four years older than you, so I can't be considered older. I don't want to get married so early. What else?"
"And, well, let me think about it. Oh, if you want to date someone, just talk it out. If you can't continue, just speak up. If you dare to be greedy, you've seen how I scolded my ex-girlfriend. You may be thicker-skinned, so scolding you may not be of any use. I might put a sack on you and beat you up a few times to vent my anger. If I find the opportunity in the future, I will definitely not just step on you once if I can step on you twice... What are you laughing at? Did you hear everything I said?"
Shen Baichuan restrained his smile and nodded seriously, "I heard it all, clearly. Do you want me to swear to you here?"
Chen Jin pouted in disdain and said, "No, don't do these useless things. If I swear it's useful, there will be thunder every day."
There hasn’t been a single rain this summer vacation, let alone thunder.
"Okay, stop being so annoying and go to work. Your palms are sweating." Chen Jin looked at his hand that was being held.
Shen Baichuan took back his hand and said by the way: “Daju’s paw is on my hand, it is indeed a little hot.”
The pot was just placed on the speechless big orange.
I was still a little excited, so I sat there for two more minutes and told her that I would still be staying in Hanlinyuan for the next few days, and would go to Qiaoxi Village and Science and Technology Park more often. After saying that, he looked at the time on his watch and realized he really had to leave.
As soon as he got out of the car, Daju immediately took his passenger seat. Chen Jinzhao waved his hand and drove away.
He stood in front of the building's gate, wandered around for a few circles, and took a few deep breaths before he completely calmed down. As he walked into the building again, his face had the same cold expression as before.
"Brother, I just saw you getting out of Teacher Chen's car."
Shen Baichuan said “hmm” and walked forward quickly, not wanting to pay attention to him.
"No, brother, brother, wait for me. Did I say something wrong last night? You can't blame me for this. The relationship between you and Teacher Chen is so confusing... Tsk! What are you laughing at? Is something good coming? Okay, I'll shut up. I won't talk about you and Teacher Chen, okay?!" Qin Yi followed behind and muttered softly, "You don't even tell us what your relationship is, and you let us guess. What kind of attitude are you taking towards people? Is she your friend, or my future sister-in-law... Okay, okay, I'll shut up completely this time."
"I'll tell you my attitude next time." Wait until he formally meets her family.
"Oh? Ah?! What does this mean? Could it be hehe...Oh, I know, shut up." Qin Yi made a gesture of closing his mouth.
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Chen Jin’s mood was not actually that calm. After the car drove for a while, she screamed “Ahhh” softly a few times in the car. Daju stared at her with big eyes, as if asking her: What are you crazy about again?
"You don't understand. I'm actually dating someone just like that! Why was I so impulsive just now? It just happened like that? I feel like this is a little unreal."
From the Cheng Group Building to Jinshun Company, Chen Jin muttered to himself in the car for the first ten minutes or so. She opened the door after the car drove into the company. Before she could even pick up Daju from the car, it jumped out by itself and trotted to the guard room to find its little friend Dahuang.
Chen Jin was busy in the office for a long time, wiping the tables, chairs and sofas, and finally calmed down. She doesn't have much time to think about anything else. Today she will go to see the samples of clothes that will eventually be put on the shelves. If there are no problems, she will start processing and production.
She and Shen Baichuan established their relationship in this way, and after she calmed down and thought about it, it seemed to be a natural thing.
She only felt uncomfortable for an hour or two, but as she became busy in the following days, she forgot about the matter.
But she seemed to have forgotten something, and she slapped her head several times but couldn't remember it.
Invite Chen Jia and Chen Yongan to have Western food?
She had told them about this matter. She didn't have time to go with them, so she asked them to eat by themselves and ask her to reimburse them.
Collecting rent at the beginning of the month?
Both her third uncle and Miaomiao called her and told her that the rent and money from the convenience store had been transferred into her account. All the tenants of the rental houses in Qiaoxi Village have moved out, and all the furniture in the rental houses has been transported to the small workshop in the company. Cousin Mengchong started working in the company from the first day of August. He will temporarily manage logistics and warehouse together with another person, and will make adjustments depending on the situation.
Qiaoxi Village?
It's okay, she has signed it. Anyway, if she was really involved, Liu Mantang should have called to give her a reminder. However, now all the people in Qiaoxi Village have moved away, and every family is busy settling into their new home. How can they have the time to take care of the village affairs?
Sifang Travel Agency?
There is nothing to do for now. After the additional investment, she will have nothing to do in Sifang Travel Agency. She is not needed in the operation and management of the travel agency.
Ling Yun won't be back until the end of the month, and Lin Xinran and the other three are even busier than her and don't have time to meet...so what else has she missed?
Chen Jin opened her notebook and took stock of the past one by one: the second phase of the Xicheng Home Project would not be launched until National Day, the land in Dongcheng District that she had acquired with her uncle and Uncle Zhuang was temporarily put aside for development, and she did not have the money to build a building on the land not far away.
As for the development of the company, she is still considering it. After all, she has no money now and it is difficult to move forward...
He closed his notebook, leaned back in his chair, and said to himself, "It seems that I think too much."
Chen Jin looked at the desk calendar and saw that the 15th, the day after tomorrow, was circled in red pen.
oh!
I almost forgot, if Chen Ting gets married successfully, the wedding would be held around this time. It must be this incident. She said she always felt like she had forgotten something.
This is not something worth mentioning. She hasn't asked her family about the situation between Chen Ting and Liu Chengzhi. Also because the company has been busy recently, I didn’t think of asking.
She doesn't even have time to have a proper conversation with her boyfriend, so how could she have time to care about Chen Ting's situation?
She and Shen Baichuan only chatted on the phone in the evening. She was not used to chatting on the phone yet, especially when talking about work in a dry way. But Shen Baichuan is too good at finding topics to talk about. After he came back from a business trip for a few days, he now runs to Qiaoxi Village every day. He said he was very busy, but he actually had time to care about the gossip in the village.
Like tonight.
She asked curiously, "Aren't we required to move out of Qiaoxi Village before August 1st? Are there still people in the village?"
"There are people driving to the village every day because the fields in the village are ready to be harvested."
"Yes, it's time to harvest rice." Some families in Qiaoxi Village have not left their fields abandoned, and mid-to-late August is the time for harvesting.
"Some people even went to the developer with banners to cause trouble." Shen Baichuan gulped down a glass of water and continued, "Some people were cheated of half of their compensation, and now they want to go to the developer to make it up."
"...Some people's neck growth is not necessarily called a head." Chen Jin really didn't know what to say. It was too outrageous. How did you come up with this idea? She really couldn't understand.
After talking about today's "experiences", Shen Baichuan asked her: "The two storefronts will officially open at the end of the month, how are the preparations going now?"
"All that's left is for the factory to deliver the goods. Our order was small, so they cut in line. Fortunately, it didn't have a big impact. We can open at the end of the month, just in time for the back-to-school activities. How about you, is your company doing well now?"
Shen Baichuan chuckled and said, “Very good.”
"That's good."
Judging from the sound of it, he should be very satisfied with the current result.
Shen Baichuan did not completely get the technology company under the name of Cheng Group. Cheng Yanzong and Cheng Yanfeng were fighting each other, so Shen Baichuan simply put it aside and poached people directly, taking away several technical backbones. Because of this incident, his grandfather was so angry that he said he would take back the things given to him. Shen Baichuan now looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He didn't go back to the old house and didn't go to the company at regular times. His grandfather couldn't find him at all.
"Someone called home. I won't chat with you anymore. I'm going to answer the phone."
"Okay, see you the day after tomorrow."
Shen Baichuan glanced at the hung up call and smiled bitterly: "Who hasn't seen each other since they just confirmed their relationship." It's just them, but Chen Jin feels that they have no relationship at all.
Chen Jin's slippers made a clattering sound as he walked. He walked to the sofa, moved Daju to the side, sat down, and then curled up on the sofa. The air conditioner was on in the room, so it was very comfortable to lie at home like this.
"Who is it?" Chen Jin asked lazily. The people who call at this time are either family members or friends.
"I!"
"Third brother? What's the matter?"
"I tried to call you several times just now but couldn't get through. Who were you talking to on the phone for so long?" The third cousin asked casually without intending to dig into the matter. After all, Chen Jin has a lot of friends now and also runs a company, so it is normal for him to have a lot of things to do. He continued, "I won't be free the day after tomorrow. If you are free, go to the Meteorological Bureau's staff quarters to pick up Second Uncle and his family... Hello? Third sister, are you listening?"
"......Third brother, I want to tell you something, be prepared." Chen Jin took a deep breath, and she finally remembered what she had forgotten!
"you say."
“It’s not a big deal.”
"What's going on?" The third cousin has begun to become alert.
Chen Jin spoke all in one breath, and his speech was very fast, as if someone was chasing him from behind. "I'll take Shen Baichuan to dinner the day after tomorrow. I told you in advance. Third brother, it's getting late. I'm going to bed. I have to go to the company early tomorrow. Goodbye, third brother!"
Just as he was about to hang up the phone, he chuckled and added, "See you the day after tomorrow."
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