Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Tie it up for me
Yu Wan immediately suppressed her sentimental side and obeyed, "Okay, boss."
Take a bite of the piping hot pearl glutinous rice balls, and you will find that under the soft glutinous rice is the fresh and elastic meat filling. The meat filling is also added with chopped water chestnuts. In addition to being delicious, it also has a crispy texture. The combination of soft and crispy textures neutralizes the greasy taste brought by the meat filling.
Yu Wan felt that the pearl glutinous rice balls were even more delicious than she had imagined. Fu Zhiyao only ate one of the five pearl glutinous rice balls, and Yu Wan ate the rest, feeling very satisfied.
Yu Wan was still excited even after sending the boss back to the room.
Yu Wan didn't know what she was so happy about. Maybe it was because compared to the airplane meal at noon, today's dinner was just too delicious.
Yu Wan thought so.
After taking a hot shower and lying on the soft bed, Yu Wan tossed and turned, unable to sleep, with Fu Zhiyao's words echoing in her mind again and again.
"Try it and see if there are any pearls in it."
Yu Wan rubbed her face, trying to stop herself from laughing foolishly, but it turned out to be in vain. Yu Wan eventually fell asleep with a smile on her face.
Perhaps it was because she ate the dish she had dreamed of as a child, but in her dream, Yu Wan’s body kept shrinking and she returned to the orphanage where she grew up.
She was sitting in a chair, watching people on TV tasting hot pearl glutinous rice balls, her mouth watering with greed.
With a creak, the door was pushed open.
The director's mother had a harsh and serious expression and a tall and scary figure. When she saw Xiao Yuwan secretly watching TV, she picked up the stick beside her and was about to hit her.
Xiao Yuwan was so scared that she jumped off the chair and ran desperately, ran out of the room, ran through the classroom, and finally hid in a cabinet.
There was a little boy with a delicate and pretty face in the cabinet. He looked at Xiao Yu Wan without any fear at all.
"Who are you?"
Xiao Yuwan raised her finger, her expression serious and stern: "Shh."
In the dim cabinet, there was only a ray of light coming through the gap. The little boy's eyes were deep and dark, like obsidian. He stared at Xiao Yu Wan without saying a word.
After the director's mother's angry scolding faded away, Xiao Yuwan breathed a sigh of relief, shook hands with the little boy, and introduced himself like an adult.
"My name is Yu Wan. Yu, I can't write. Wan, Wan means night."
The little boy pulled back his hand and slapped it in disgust, but he kept talking: "My name is Lu Sui, Lu as in land, Sui as in casual."
Xiao Yuwan's eyes widened. "How can it be the 'sui' of casually? I guess it's the 'sui' in 'sneaking into the night like the wind, moistening things silently'."
After saying that, Xiao Yuwan straightened his chest and asked him confidently: "How about it, am I very cultured?"
Little Lu Sui looked at Little Yu Wan, looked away, curled his lips, and said proudly: "Not very good."
Xiao Yuwan was clearly smiling, but her heart couldn't help but ache. She covered her chest with her hands, her cheeks wrinkled, and she watched Xiao Yuwan and Xiao Lusui talking like an outsider.
After waking up from the bed, Yu Wan felt tears on her cheeks. She was completely sleepless and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.
She didn't understand whether this was her memory or the original owner's memory.
If it was her memory, why did Lu Sui exist? If it was the original owner's memory, how could the pearl glutinous rice balls be explained?
How could there be so many coincidences between her and the original owner?
Yu Wan wanted to dig out all her memories and look through them, but the more she thought about the past, the more her head hurt. The pain made her face pale and she had no strength left in her body. It seemed that her subconscious was stopping her.
She stopped thinking in time, took a few deep breaths, and tried to distinguish between dreams and reality.
After calming down, she picked up her phone. It was only 6:30 in the morning.
Last night, Lu Sui sent her a message, asking if she had time recently and whether she wanted to go back to the orphanage to visit Mother Lin.
Yu Wan typed a reply: [Brother Lu Sui, I'm in Gangcheng on a business trip and I'm not sure when I'll be back in Haishi. I'll message you if I have time.]
Putting down the phone, Yu Wan got up to brush her teeth and wash her face.
It rained all night, and just as the news said, the rain didn't let up until eight o'clock. The raindrops fell like soybeans, and the tall deciduous trees not far away were swaying in the wind and rain. Today was really bad weather.
Yu Wan received a message from Fu Zhiyao: [Rest at the hotel this morning. The rain will subside in the afternoon. Please arrange a car based on your schedule.]
Yu Wan replied: [Okay, boss.]
Although temporarily trapped in the hotel by the rain, Yu Wan did not relax. After arranging breakfast for the boss, Yu Wan studied the information on the computer while chewing on a steamed bun with custard.
The chairman of Zeyu Group is Liao Guanru, a well-known entrepreneur in his seventies.
When mentioning Liao Guanru, the first thing Yu Wan thought of was the love-hate relationship between him and his five wives, who frequently dominated the entertainment news in Hong Kong at that time.
Topics such as how many billions the group has earned and how many billions the children and grandchildren have squandered are too far away from the lives of ordinary people. The sensational gossip about wealthy families is more attractive to people.
Mr. Liao had five wives, but only four are left now, and the one who passed away was the fifth wife.
Mr. Liao met the fifth wife, Zhu Yijing, when he was doing charity work. At that time, the fifth wife was just 28 years old and in the prime of her youth.
One is twenty-eight and the other is fifty-nine.
On the day of their wedding, the two were subjected to overwhelming criticism from the Hong Kong media, who mocked them for being a grandfather-granddaughter relationship and scolded the Fifth Wife for being greedy for money and disregarding human ethics. Even people like Yu Wan who didn't read much gossip news knew about it.
But the Fifth Lady and Mr. Liao seemed to have a good relationship. In the fourth year of their marriage, she gave birth to a daughter. In the sixth year of their marriage, she became pregnant again, but she died on the spot due to postpartum bleeding and failed rescue. The baby boy she gave birth to stopped breathing after staying in the incubator for less than half a month.
Since then, Mr. Liao's will has gradually declined, and he slowly withdrew from the management of the group, letting power transfer to his children.
The person that Yu Wan and Fu Zhiyao went to discuss cooperation with this time was Liao Youlin, the eldest son born to the second wife.
Liao Youlin is decisive in the business world and has strong decision-making and judgment skills, which is very similar to Fu Zhiyao. However, in his private life, Liao Youlin does not hide his philandering nature. He changes his female companion every half a month, and the fact that his girlfriend had an abortion with a sky-high breakup fee often becomes a hot topic.
In comparison, Fu Zhiyao is like a monk, completely pure-hearted and self-disciplined. Not only does he not have a girlfriend, but even his fiancée is just a cover.
Yu Wan always had the illusion that her boss was destined to be alone.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, the rain finally showed signs of decreasing and the wind gradually died down. Yu Wan hurriedly contacted the hotel and moved up the departure time by one hour.
Everything was ready. Yu Wan knocked on Fu Zhiyao's door and informed the boss to set off.
Compared to yesterday, Fu Zhiyao is dressed in a suit and tie today, and looks refreshed, as if the powerful devil from the past has returned.
He was struggling with several ties on the bed. Seeing Yu Wan come in, he nodded his chin at her and said, "Help me choose one."
Yu Wan looked at the suit his boss was wearing. It was a pure wool black suit with a notched lapel. It had a good luster, a well-fitting shape, and beautiful and neat lines. It embodied his broad shoulders, narrow waist, perky hips, and long legs.
No matter how many times she looked at Fu Zhiyao, Yu Wan would secretly marvel at her boss's beauty and figure, worthy of being the male protagonist of the novel.
She compared the boss's suit with the tie on the bed, and finally chose a dark red striped tie that just matched the boss's red-soled black leather shoes.
"Boss, this one, this tie suits you very well."
Fu Zhiyao turned towards Yu Wan, raised his chin slightly, and said calmly, "Okay, help me tie it."
Yu Wan was stunned for two seconds.
Under Fu Zhiyao's gaze, Yu Wan stood on tiptoe to tie her boss's tie. As she got closer, she smelled the familiar aroma of wormwood again, but she didn't have time to think about it.
Yu Wan's mind was full of thoughts on how to tie a tie, but tying a tie should be the same as tying a red scarf, as both are things tied around the neck.
Eh, that’s not right. How should a red scarf be tied?
Yu Wan pursed her lips, thinking seriously.
Fu Zhiyao's gaze, which had originally been turned away, finally slowly fell back on Yu Wan's face. Her white and smooth oval face did not show any trace of makeup, but she seemed to have applied some lipstick, and her lip color was brighter than usual. At this distance, her long black eyelashes were also clearly visible, and he could even count how many eyelashes there were. Her cheeks, which were slightly bulging due to pursing her lips, looked like a chewy bun, which made Fu Zhiyao's hands itch.
Yu Wan was immersed in the world of tying a bow tie and did not notice the boss's gaze. He hid the tie under the collar of his shirt, fixed one end of the tie, wrapped the other end around, wrapped it around again, then tucked it in, and finally gathered it up.
Done!
With a sudden movement, he was almost strangled to death by Fu Zhiyao.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Fu Zhiyao untied the tie around his neck and coughed non-stop. He glared at Yu Wan, who was shrinking her neck, and said, "You are trying to kill me for money."
Yu Wan hurriedly apologized: "Sorry, boss! I didn't mean it!"
What good would it do her if her boss died? She wouldn't get a penny, and...
"Boss, believe me, if anything happens to you, I will be the first suspect." Yu Wan said confidently.
Next second.
“Ouch!”
Yu Wan covered her forehead where Fu Zhiyao had hit her head, and the pain was so severe that tears came out. It still hurt with one hand, so Yu Wan used both hands.
Damn capitalist, is he taking advantage of the fact that she doesn't dare to fight back?
When she has money, she will definitely throw the resignation letter on Fu Zhiyao's head!
Glancing at Yu Wan's grinning expression, Fu Zhiyao felt a little better. He untied the tangled tie around his neck and called her to the floor-length mirror.
"Come here and see how to tie a tie."
Yu Wan covered her forehead: "..."
No, she didn't want to see it.
He walked over with a very honest attitude and said slowly, "Boss, you know how to tie a tie."
Fu Zhiyao glanced at Yu Wan and said indifferently, "I can type on my phone, but guess why Secretary Yu always has to send out meeting notifications. I can also book plane tickets on my phone, but guess why Secretary Yu still has to book the tickets for this trip to Hong Kong."
Yu Wan: “…”
Okay, okay, being a boss is great, okay?
Fu Zhiyao didn't need to see Yu Wan's expression to know that she must be cursing him in her heart, but he still said something nonsense: "Are you cursing me in your heart again?"
Yu Wan: “…”
It was unknown which words or expression made Fu Zhiyao laugh. Yu Wan saw him in the mirror. His fingers were still tying his tie flexibly, but the corners of his straight mouth slowly rose. A smile suddenly appeared in his cold and deep eyes. Against his flawless facial features, he looked like a gorgeous jewel, incredibly beautiful.
Yu Wan's eyes wandered, and she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Therefore, when Fu Zhiyao asked her if she had learned it, Yu Wan nodded against her will for the first time and said that she had learned it.
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