Chapter 8-08 - Your girlfriend Qiqi introduced Xiaoxi to you as a girlfriend...
Grass!
Zou Song cursed inwardly, then quickly squatted down and gently placed Gun Gun on the ground.
He brought his mouth close to its ear, gritting his teeth and poking its back: "Go away, talk! Stop pretending to be pitiful."
Gun Gun looked up at him speechlessly, his face completely innocent.
A few seconds later, Zou Song gave up in desperation and whispered to it, "I'll go to Guangzhou and bring you a giant panda blind box, do you still want it?"
"Yes~" Gun Gun nodded obediently.
Turning to Lin Xi with a cheerful tone, she said, "Xiao Xi, Xiao Zou Zou is Fu Lili's childhood friend, and an acquaintance of Gun Gun~"
“Okay, then Gun Gun can play by himself,” Lin Xi nodded with a slight smile. “Mr. Zou, I’ll go and get back to work now.”
His expression and speech were normal.
But the moment he turned around, his smile froze, and a chill crept into his heart.
Is Zou Song Fu Qingli's childhood friend?
I met Fu Qingli when I was five years old. Although we were separated by the north and south, we would meet every holiday and spend several days together.
During their three years from senior year of high school to sophomore year of college, the two spent every day together and were inseparable.
For so many years, she knew nothing about his life in Beicheng, nor had she ever met any of his friends there.
It wasn't until that year, when her father, Fu Wenxun, brought Su Yi'an to find her, that she learned he had a childhood sweetheart fiancée in Beicheng.
It wasn't until now, after hearing Gun Gun's introduction, that she realized Zou Song was his childhood friend.
Perhaps from the very beginning, he was excluded from the world he truly belonged to.
"Huh? Little Creek seems unhappy?" Gun Gun scratched Duo Duo worriedly, muttering to himself.
Zou Song watched Lin Xi go in and didn't think anything was unusual. He squatted down and poked the round, Mickey Mouse-like flowers with his fingertips.
"Did Brother Fu upgrade you again? He can sense your emotional fluctuations even from a distance now?"
"It's not perception, it's micro-expression analysis! Xiaoxi frowned just now."
Gun Gun turned her head away from his touch, her soft, cute voice impatient, "Ugh, don't touch Gun Gun's ears! Or I'll tell Fu Lili you bullied me!"
Seeing that he had angered Gun Gun, Zou Song finally stopped: "Okay, okay, I'm done playing."
Zou Song straightened up and sat back on the stool, propping himself up with his hands behind him, crossing his legs, and looking thoughtful: "You said Lin Xi was unhappy just now?"
"yes."
When Zou Song is serious, Gun Gun is still willing to chat with him.
It leaped onto the stool and sat obediently beside him, tilting its head to look at him with a puzzled expression. "But Gun Gun doesn't understand why Xiao Xi feels sad when you mention that you are Fu Lili's childhood friend?"
Zou Song: "..." What's the cause and effect relationship here!
He looked speechless. "No, while children may speak without thinking, you're a machine. Be careful what you say and don't talk nonsense!"
"Gungung isn't talking nonsense. Xiaoxi's mood changed because she heard that!"
"Come on, sit down! I have something to tell you—"
Zou Song decided to give Gun Gun a Chinese language lesson and explain the art of speaking.
However, before the course even started, someone said to him, "Ah Zou, with your level of speech, how dare you tell someone to get lost!"
Zou Song didn't even bother to lift his head: "Zhou Xiaoqi, you're so capable, call me brother!"
Zhou Qi scoffed, sat down next to Gun Gun, and asked in a low voice, "Gun Gun, what are you doing here? Where's Brother Fu?"
Gun Gun: "Fu Lili didn't come. He had someone bring Gun Gun over, and then Gun Gun followed Xiao Xi."
Zhou Qi was surprised: "Brother Fu actually let you come alone this time?"
The little girl chuckled, "Because I like the stream and want to stay with it!"
"How do you know Xiaoxi?" Zhou Qi asked, then suddenly realized, "Right, Xiaoxi is in charge of Qingyuan, that's how we met, right?"
Gun Gun didn't speak, but turned to look at Zou Song with a slight hesitation.
Zou Song raised an eyebrow, offering no explanation: "Tsk, why are you so nosy!"
He gestured inside with his lip, "Everyone else is working hard, why are you slacking off again? I'll dock your pay!"
"Who cares!" Zhou Qi looked around but didn't see the person she was looking for. "Hasn't my brother arrived yet?"
"You're here. Where were you hiding to make a phone call?" Zou Song lifted his eyelids slightly, his expression mocking. "What for? Want him to know you're slacking off and get a few more scoldings when you get home?"
Surprisingly, Zhou Qi wasn't angry this time. Instead, she stood up, walked around to Zou Song's side, and sat down, calling out in a low, affectionate voice, "No, Brother Zou Song, I have a question for you."
Zou Song's eyelids twitched; he had a feeling that she had ulterior motives, so he silently increased the distance between them.
But then Zhou Qi moved closer and continued to lean in, so I quickly stopped her, saying, "No, don't talk there!"
"Alright," Zhou Qi shrugged, thinking about what she wanted to ask, and didn't mind his attitude, "You grew up with my brother, do you know what kind of girl he likes?"
"Would he like someone like Lin Xi, the girl-next-door type?"
"What?" Zou Song sat up straight immediately, unable to believe what he had just heard.
"Look at Xiaoxi, she's capable at work, beautiful, and gentle. Isn't she perfect to be my sister-in-law?! My brother may be a bit of a jerk, but he's naive in relationships, so he's barely a match for Xiaoxi."
Seeing Zhou Qi's expectant look, Zou Song scratched his brow helplessly, finding it both funny and exasperating: "Wait, how did you come up with such a brilliant idea?"
Zhou Qi didn't catch his roundabout sarcastic tone and couldn't help but feel smug: "Tsk, because I'm incredibly smart!"
"I think Auntie is about to go crazy because of you!" The voice came from above, and then something lightly tapped her head.
The other party didn't hit hard, but it still startled Zhou Qi so much that she cried out and shrank back.
Realizing what he had just said, he immediately stood up and obsequiously brushed away non-existent dust from the stool: "Dear brother, please sit down!"
At some point, only Zou Song remained sitting on the stool; Gun Gun was nowhere to be seen.
However, having witnessed Gun Gun's self-care abilities, she didn't pay much attention and enthusiastically tried to pull Ji Jiali to sit down.
Ji Jiali dodged, placing the lit cigarette between his fingers to his lips while tossing the cigarette case to Zou Song.
"Stop with the pretense, are you trying to slack off again?"
"No way!" Zhou Qi immediately explained, "I came out to introduce you to a girl. I think she would be perfect to be my sister-in-law."
"A young lady?" Ji Jiali guessed with interest, "A new friend?"
After all, he had met all of Zhou Qi's previous friends, and he knew very well that he wasn't interested in them.
Zhou Qi recalled that Lin Xi joined the company in June, which is only a little over a month ago.
She nodded; he was indeed a new friend.
"No, Zhou Qi, you used to be quite smart. You always knew exactly what other people's motives were when they befriended you. Why are you introducing me to women this time?"
Ji Jiali pushed up the bridge of his glasses, his expression turning serious. "Did you get into trouble outside? Or was the other party too skilled and managed to fool you?"
Zhou Qi has a carefree and easygoing personality, and at first glance, she seems like an easy person to get along with and easy to fool. Many people tried to get close to her in order to establish a relationship with Ji Jiali.
Among them are women who want to marry into wealth.
However, Zhou Qi had been immersed in a flattering environment since childhood, which had honed his shrewdness. His ability to manipulate others was no less than theirs, and he would never lead people with ulterior motives to him.
No wonder Ji Jiali overthinks things.
“It’s not what you think.” Zhou Qi waved her hand, wanting to explain but not knowing how to describe it. Just then, she saw Lin Xi coming out of the exhibition area and said, “You’ll know when you see her.”
As he spoke, the man jogged over and pulled the other person in front of him.
“Xiaoxi, this is my cousin Ji Jiali, whom I mentioned before. He's the one who took me to Jiangcheng to see the art exhibition you designed.”
"Brother, this is our group leader, Lin Xi."
Ji Jiali, who always valued etiquette, was completely blank at this moment, unable to think of a way to handle the situation politely and gracefully.
He subconsciously took the cigarette from the corner of his lips, moved it to his side, and extinguished it in his palm.
Only one thought remained in his mind: Zhou Qi, let's destroy ourselves together!
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