Chapter 67 Poaching in Person
Sophie came over and asked in a surprised tone: "Why is Mr. Cai here?"
Cai Zhiyuan suppressed his anger, slammed the car door, and walked up to her: "Where did you go last night?"
"I went to a friend's house, she made me a bowl of noodles, and I spent the night there." Sophie couldn't help but smile when she thought of such a relaxing sleep.
Cai Zhiyuan thought about last night. After the phone call, he came to his senses and realized that he had been too harsh. He called her office to say a few words to her, but the office phone was not connected. Thinking that she might have gone home, he called her home phone but no one answered. He rushed over and waited for her all night.
What was she waiting for? She felt relaxed and in a very good mood. She told him that she was staying overnight at a friend's house.
"Which friend's house are you staying overnight at?" Cai Zhiyuan knew he shouldn't ask this, but he asked anyway.
Sophie knew that as long as she said she was staying the night at Yue Ning's place, the misunderstanding between them would be resolved, but what would be the point?
"Mr. Cai, I am an employee of Hengtong, not a slave of Hengtong. I don't need to explain to you that I am staying at a friend's house." Sophie raised her wrist and glanced at her watch. "I will report to you about what you said last night after I enter the office, and we will discuss how to deal with it. I will go upstairs to change clothes now. Wearing the same clothes into the office for two days will cause unnecessary speculation."
Just as Sophie was about to turn around, Cai Zhiyuan stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and asked in her ear, "What guess? Is it a guess?"
"Mr. Cai, can you please let me go?" Sophie took a deep breath. "If there is anything, can't we talk in the office?"
"Where did you go yesterday?" Cai Zhiyuan asked through gritted teeth.
Sophie said calmly, "Isn't that clear enough? My boss scolded me and I felt bad. My friend cooked me a bowl of noodles and I slept with her on the same bed. I slept very well and my bad mood went away."
"You..." Cai Zhiyuan wanted to say something, but suddenly he became timid and didn't dare to say it.
Sophie pulled her arm out of his hand and wanted to laugh when she remembered wearing Kitty pajamas last night. She turned around and walked into the building.
Cai Zhiyuan watched her walk away, but couldn't help but followed her. After she entered the elevator, Sophie looked up and said, "Mr. Cai, do you want to have a cup of coffee with me?"
"Yes! You won't be unwelcome, will you?" Cai Zhiyuan tried to act calm and his mouth twitched a little.
After exiting the elevator, the two walked silently in the corridor. Sophie took out her key and opened the door. She had worked hard for so many years since graduating from college to buy this 400-square-foot house with a mortgage. She took a bottle of soda water from the cupboard and placed it on the coffee table: "Drink some water."
Before she could stand up, Cai Zhiyuan hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear, "Sophie, let's just let what happened today go. Don't let it happen again."
Sophie couldn't stand his cigarette smell, and couldn't stand him biting her neck. She struggled to push him away, turned around and looked at him face to face: "Mr. Cai, I think it's time for us to discuss that we can end all our relationships outside of work. From now on, there will only be work between us, the relationship between superiors and subordinates, nothing else."
"You want to break up with me for him?" Cai Zhiyuan couldn't believe it.
Sophie was helpless: "The relationship between us can't be called a breakup, right? It was originally a simple matter. We are both unmarried and occasionally satisfy our physical needs."
"To meet physiological needs?" Cai Zhiyuan was stunned. "Is this how you view our relationship?"
"I don't know what makes you think that after this relationship, you will not distinguish between public and private matters and act recklessly when facing me at work." Sophie looked at him, "Ask yourself, when facing your other direct subordinates, will you treat them the same way as you treat me? It's obvious that you are much more tolerant of them."
"How could I? It's just that you are different from them. I can tell you the truth... I treat you as..."
"After working like a slave, you still want to have sex? Do you know those rumors? They say I work for you day and night, and you still scold me." Sophie sneered, "I am cheap!"
"Who said that?"
"Are they wrong? They are all true." Sophie said, "Think about it. If you don't agree, I will leave Hengtong."
Sophie walked over and opened the door: "You'd better go back and change your clothes, otherwise there will be more female stars who will take the initiative to refute rumors today."
Cai Zhiyuan's mind was getting more and more confused. He never knew that Sophie viewed their relationship in this way. Of course, he knew that Sophie opened the door for him and told him to get out.
Cai Zhiyuan drove home and entered the house and pressed the answering box. His mother left him a message asking him to come home for dinner tonight. His good friend asked him if he was going to fight Goldfu. Qiao Junshen called: "Will you be there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock? I want to talk to you about advertising."
He called back to the mansion and agreed to go home for dinner. He postponed his good friend's basketball game and called Qiao's house to set a time with Qiao Junshen.
Cai Zhiyuan went into the bathroom to take a shower. The hot water poured over his head, bringing out the smell of cigarettes. Last night he was afraid that he would fall asleep and miss her, so he smoked one cigarette after another. What did he wait for?
*
Yue Ning was upset. She just watched a few chefs come to taste test dishes in the morning. She also had to take care of the recruitment of staff and waiters. It was okay for a small restaurant to operate like this, but soon she would open both high-end and mid-end restaurants. She even planned to open a Japanese ramen chain. If she did all these by herself, she would not have the time. In her previous life, she had a capable person who could help her block all these chores. She still had time to open her own restaurant. That was her good sister who had been with her since Ning Shaolao. Where could she find such a person in this life?
"Ningning, Master Qiao and Master Cai are here. They are having curry beef brisket pot. You can order anything else you want."
Curry beef brisket seems to be paired with beef brisket, onions and potatoes. Thai style uses coconut milk, while Japanese style uses sweet curry. The core of Hong Kong style curry is actually not curry, but braised beef brisket.
The curry beef brisket made by Yue Ning uses boneless beef ribs. The beef ribs are meaty and tendon-free. After frying them in a pan, add Chu Hou sauce to bring out the aroma of the sauce, and then stew with spices such as star anise and bay leaves. After the market opens, add fried potato cubes and Yue Ning's own curry sauce with a shacha flavor, stew in a small pot, and add a spoonful of evaporated milk before serving. The aroma of the sauce, curry and the smoothness of the evaporated milk made Qiao Ye Yingyi, who likes bibimbap, come here several times in a row.
At the strong request of the housewives, Sister Le Mei personally came to ask for the recipe. The curry was prepared by Yue Ning himself. In order not to increase the difficulty for the housewives, Yue Ning tasted several curries on the market and decided on a relatively close one. The housewives now have another specialty dish.
All the tea restaurants followed her lead and made changes. Since there were cheap substitutes everywhere, the one at Baohualou was still the most popular.
The brothers also arrived late. Yue Ning had cooked the last dish for them. There were not many customers left, so she went upstairs to say hello to her brothers.
After knocking on the door and pushing it open, Yue Ning wanted to call "brother" with a smile on her face, but she saw that her brother Zhiyuan looked depressed and haggard.
In the middle of the day, wasn't he going to the TV station this afternoon? He had been drinking, and his face was red, but it didn't hide the dark circles under his eyes.
Yue Ning asked Qiao Junshen cautiously: "Brother Junshen, what happened to Brother Zhiyuan?"
"Ms. Su, who organized the competition for you, has resigned." Qiao Junshen said, "She talked to someone, and they also said they want to leave."
"Oh!" Yue Ning recalled how Sophie looked when she first came last night, and her eyes were red. Was she mad at Zhiyuan, the jerk boss? After her sister slept at her place for a night, she decided to resign?
"Ms. Su is a capable person. It's just a matter of treatment and feelings?" Yue Ning thought for a moment, "The treatment is easy to deal with. If it's really that important, just give her a promotion and a raise, and that'll be fine."
"Considering her age and experience, she is considered senior in Hong Kong." Cai Zhiyuan said, supporting his face with his hands.
"Then...for example, if the boss is extremely difficult to serve and extremely picky, it's not a bad idea to fire the boss if you still have the ability." Yue Ning respects personal choices, especially when he saw Cai Zhiyuan suppressing Sister Sophie so much, and also when he saw such a strong woman like Sister Sophie's eyes turn red last night.
Although Zhiyuan is her brother, she is on the side of reason and not her relatives in this matter. He is really picky. If Zhiyuan wants to keep her sister... Wait, as a boss, even if a core employee wants to leave, she will feel uncomfortable, but it won't be this serious. Generally, they will part ways amicably. Right! Didn't she hear the TV station employees talking about her sister behind her back? They said that she would rather be exploited by Cai Zhiyuan than go for a lot of opportunities outside. So what's going on between them?
Qiao Junshen patted Cai Zhiyuan on the back: "Her salary is high, but you said it yourself, two or three people are not as good as Sophie. And! You felt uncomfortable when she didn't come home last night. She follows you and has to watch you hug this actress and that actress every day. Did she say a word?"
Staying out all night? Yue Ning looked carefully at Cai Zhiyuan's expression when he heard this.
This touched the sore spot of the half-drunk Cai Zhiyuan, and he got angry: "She doesn't care about me at all. She sleeps with me like a duck."
Yue Ning couldn't help but burst out laughing. Qiao Junshen glared at her, and Yue Ning put away her expression.
Listening to the half-drunk Cai Zhiyuan's ramblings: "She cares about that man a lot. I asked her where she went last night, but she refused to tell me. She didn't want to talk about it, and I didn't force her. I told her to just let it go and not mention it again. She insisted on breaking up with me. I said I didn't agree to break up, and she said it wasn't even a breakup between us."
"Didn't I advise you? There's nothing wrong with what she said. You two didn't consider each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. Now that she has a formal boyfriend, isn't it normal for her to break up with you?" Qiao Junshen patted his cousin on the back.
Cai Zhiyuan shook off Qiao Junshen: "What's so good about that guy? She was touched by a bowl of noodles? For that man. She left Hengtong? She thought that all bosses in the world are like me, who can give her maximum power, support her work, and let her achieve results."
Just because she saw Cai Zhiyuan having scandals with those actresses every day, Yue Ning didn't believe that he really had no relationship with those actresses. Yue Ning decided not to tell anyone about the fact that she was the one who made noodles last night and her sister slept with her all night.
She said, "Brother, you always think you are protecting her from the wind and rain, but in fact, her biggest wind and rain may come from you. If she leaves Hengtong, she may have another bright future."
"Don't let yourself be deceived." Cai Zhiyuan's face was red, and it was unclear whether it was because of drinking or anger. He said excitedly, "She wants to leave, I let her go! The other two TV stations want her, but does she dare to go? Doesn't she know what the upper class is like? Unless she leaves Hong Kong, let alone Taiwan, that circle is very shady. She has connections in Singapore, but her connection is my little cousin. She wants to leave now on impulse, but where can she go after she leaves Hengtong?"
Qiao Junshen sat up straight. "Cai Zhiyuan, can Miss Su only work in a TV station? Her strengths lie in communication, organization and execution. If you say so, I will immediately hire her to Fangda to work in administration, public relations and project execution. There are many positions for her."
Yue Ning immediately sat next to Qiao Junshen: "Brother Junshen, in the future, Baohualou will go the mid-range route, and I plan to change Huihuang to 'Ningyan' to go the high-end route. I also plan to promote a chain similar to a tea restaurant, and cooperate with Hongan and Lide. There are many things to do, and they are very complicated. I want to set up a management company. My grandfather doesn't have this concept, and I am not familiar with the situation in Hongcheng. If I have someone like Miss Su around, I will be much more relaxed, right?"
Qiao Junshen thought about it seriously and nodded: "I think it's okay."
"What do you want to do?" Cai Zhiyuan's forehead was covered with sweat, and all the wine he drank came out in shock. He looked at the two of them.
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