Crybaby
"Why don't you just pry him over to work at your Zhou company?" In the office, Zheng Siying said unhappily to Zhou Qiting who was sitting on the sofa next to her.
Originally, Zheng Siying thought that Zhou Qiting was just attracted by her beauty again, but after seeing her abnormal behavior one after another, she became a little uncertain.
For example, now, Zhou Qiting didn't even bother to think of an excuse, and told Zheng Siying bluntly that he came to her office today to pursue talent.
Zhou Qiting, currently working on a newly acquired task on his laptop, jokingly said, "I'd like to, but if I did that, wouldn't I be considered someone who abuses their power to exploit their subordinates? That wouldn't look good if it got out."
"How can I possibly sound good about taking advantage of my position to manipulate my subordinates?" Zheng Siying said through gritted teeth. Then, thinking back, she realized something wasn't right with her friend lately, so she continued, "Are you serious this time?"
The Zheng family and the Zhou family are old friends, but ever since they could remember, they have disliked each other. If it weren't for their family education not allowing it, they would probably start fighting as soon as they met, and it would be impossible to tear each other apart.
Fortunately, Zhou Qiting's temperament changed drastically after growing up, and Zheng Siying also became sensible. Otherwise, the two families who were once old friends might have become enemies in their generation.
Even though Zhou Yiting was sent abroad by her family to live for a period of time, Zheng Siying was still "deeply affected".
Ever since Zhou Qiting was kidnapped at the age of ten, Zheng Siying's family learned from her mistakes and provided serious protection for Zheng Siying. She has personal guards wherever she goes.
So why not just let her go to school at home? Zheng Siying protested strongly to her family at the time, saying everything good and bad, but her family refused to budge, saying only that they wanted her to have a normal childhood.
How could it possibly be normal? Looking at the bodyguards who stood motionless on either side of her, regardless of class time, and then looking at her classmates cowering in the distance, Miss Zheng understood for the first time what it meant to be forced to do something against one's will.
It is conceivable what kind of prisoner life Zhou Yiting, the person involved in the kidnapping case, lived abroad before he became an adult.
Later, according to her family's arrangement, Zheng Siying went to study abroad and attended the same university as Zhou Qiting. After many years, she found that Zhou Qiting had grown into a very unfamiliar person.
His features are still the same, but they are not as arrogant and domineering as when he was a child. On the contrary, he has become more approachable, or less aggressive, which is much more pleasing to the eye than before.
If Zheng Siying had not known Zhou Qiting since childhood, she probably would not have recognized that this seemingly gentle and kind person was the eldest daughter of the Zhou Group.
Zheng Siying didn't know whether it was appropriate to describe Zhou Qiting as "dressed in fine clothes and walking at night", but she knew that Zhou Qiting had always tried her best to hide her innate nobility and played the role of an ordinary person.
At least from Zheng Siying's perspective, Zhou Qiting's performance was successful.
This person was so simple that even the people around her thought that the reason Zhou Qiting became friends with her must be because of her extraordinary beauty, and that there must be some kind of unspeakable deal between them.
Actually, it wasn't like that. Zheng Siying was just following her family's advice at first, telling her not to roll her eyes at Zhou Qiting as she did when she was a child, and to get along well with her.
It was not until they had known each other for a long time that Zheng Siying discovered that among all the playboys from wealthy families, Zhou Qiting was a person relatively worthy of close friendship, and the two of them became good friends for the first time.
Zheng Siying has warned those with dirty thoughts more than once to keep their mouths clean.
But rumors are hard to stop, but no one dares to say it openly anymore, at least Zheng Siying has never heard it with her own ears.
Zhou Qiting, who seemed to have no power, probably heard some undisguised and more harsh remarks.
Zhou Qiting didn't care. She didn't care about the rumors, she didn't care about her notoriety. If she had been like her before, she would have done more than just a warning.
Those people should be thankful that they offended the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, who had restrained her forces.
What exactly happened that caused Zhou Qiting to change so drastically?
In the kidnapping case, Zheng Siying heard from her family that Zhou Qiting was not abused and escaped safely, but seemed to have suffered a great mental trauma.
Shortly after Zhou Qiting was rescued, Zheng Siying was asked by her mother to go and play with Zhou Qiting. Her original intention was to make her happy and hope that she could get out of the shadow as soon as possible.
Zheng Siying was naturally reluctant. After getting off the car that day, she dawdled all the way. Sometimes her shoes suddenly didn't fit, and sometimes she felt her skirt was too heavy. She kept making all kinds of excuses.
Fortunately, the Zhou family's old house was big enough, and by the time she slowly moved to the outside of Zhou Qiting's room, the minimum time limit set by her mother was almost up.
Zheng Siying clearly remembered that day. Through the half-open door, she heard Zhou Qiting say with tears in her eyes:
"Mom, I don't want to be your daughter anymore."
At that time, Zheng Siying did not understand the sadness contained in Zhou Qiting's words, nor did she understand how heartbreaking these words were for a mother.
At that time, Zheng Siying just wanted to see the annoying Zhou Qiting crying, so she pushed the door open and walked in. Her reckless behavior interrupted the conversation between mother and daughter.
But when she saw Zhou Qiting's tear-stained face, she felt "unbearable" for the first time in her life, which made her at a loss. Before she could laugh at Zhou Qiting for being a crybaby, she ran out in a hurry without looking back.
Thinking about it now, something must have happened at that time that made Zhou Qiting so heartbroken and caused such a rift in the relationship between mother and daughter.
Zheng Siying guessed that this might be the main reason why Zhou Qiting eventually developed such a cold heart.
Since she became an adult, Zheng Siying has watched all kinds of women coming and going around Zhou Qiting. She always likes to look at them with her affectionate eyes. How many of them misunderstood that this was the deep affection that belonged to one person alone?
When someone wants to get closer to Zhou Qiting, they will find that Zhou Qiting has never been involved in any relationship. She looks at everyone equally without any reservation.
Zheng Siying didn't want to think too much of others, but she always felt that Zhou Qiting was enjoying the admiration of others. It was also because of this that Zhou Qiting could look down so calmly on those who were deeply trapped in the quagmire of love.
As for this time, Zheng Siying is also difficult to be optimistic. She just hopes that Zhou Qiting can be more restrained, think about her, and not affect the work enthusiasm of her employees.
When Zhou Qiting heard Zheng Siying's question, his eyes paused on a certain line while browsing the document. His vision became blurred and he fell into deep thought. He said belatedly, "I don't know."
"You don't know?" This was truly bizarre. Zheng Siying couldn't help but laugh. She raised her head and looked her over deeply. Seeing that she had lost her usual composure and was now frowning, she said compassionately, "Then I forgive you."
Forgive you for frequently coming in and out of my company to block my romantic opportunities, forgive you for showing your favor to my employees in a high-profile manner, and forgive you for treating me as a tool.
"Forgive me? Why?" Zhou Qiting hadn't figured out the previous question yet, and was confused by Zheng Siying's self-righteous forgiveness.
Poor thing, of course it’s because you’re almost trapped and don’t even realize it. What else can I do except forgive you.
Zheng Siying smiled without saying anything, just looked at Zhou Qiting meaningfully.
Zhou Qiting actually heard the entire conversation between Zhou Min and her colleagues about herself today, and she also knew that her behavior, just like the time she was abroad, had led to strange scandals.
She felt guilty about the impact she had on Zhou Min. But Zheng Siying, after all these years, hadn't she gotten used to it yet?
Zhou Qiting looked hesitant, but Zheng Siying spoke first: "No need to apologize. I'm very pleased that you can come to my company to see me. Please be sure to come often."
You must come here often. I want to see with my own eyes how deeply the ungrateful eldest daughter of the Zhou family can fall.
Thinking of this, a hint of cunning flashed in Zheng Siying's eyes. It seemed that the memories brought back the desire to see Zhou Qiting frustrated when she was a child.
Zhou Qiting became even more confused after hearing this, and the question that Zheng Siying had just raised was still lingering in her mind.
To confirm what she was thinking, she took out her phone and typed a sentence on the screen with her white fingertips. She deleted it word by word, repeating it over and over again. Finally, she sent Zhou Min an invitation:
"Are you free this weekend? I want to watch a movie with you."
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