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After leaving Hu Mingyuan's company, Zhao Jinghuan stood dazed on the side of the road for a moment. She couldn't understand why Hu Mingyuan had suddenly come up with such an offer, and he didn't want to explain. "This is my offer. It's up to you to decide whether to accept it or not." A silver-gray Jetta passed by on the opposite side of the street and turned around at the intersection ahead. Zhao Jinghuan, standing on the street, thought to herself that Lu Kai also had a Jetta like this, just a little dirtier. As she was thinking this, she saw the Jetta pull up in front of her. Lu Kai leaned out the window and said, "Sister Zou, you're amazing! You're here after all." He invited the still dazed Zhao Jinghuan into his car. Lu Kai's old Jetta had been recently washed, and Batman fragrances were placed in the vents. The once-worn center console had even been refurbished. As Zhao Jinghuan climbed into the car, she was still thinking, "I never expected the stingy Lu Kai would go to such great lengths just to meet Hu Mingyuan yesterday." As Lu Kai stepped on the accelerator and started, she felt something was wrong. There was no reason for Hu Mingyuan to ride in Lu Kai's car. Lu Kai suddenly spoke up, "You didn't show up for work this morning, and Sister Zou said you might be looking for Mr. Hu. I didn't believe it at first... I didn't expect her to be so predictable." Zhao Jinghuan nodded listlessly, thinking that maybe Sister Zou had noticed something because she had been acting so strangely last night. Lu Kai asked cautiously, "You and Hu Mingyuan... did you know each other before?" Zhao Jinghuan frowned, but didn't answer, nor did she deny it. Lu Kai smiled awkwardly, "You didn't tell me earlier. I actually thought you were a fan, and I foolishly helped you connect." Lu Kai's tone was clearly nervous. "Um... what did Hu Mingyuan say about the HEC thing?" Zhao Jinghuan didn't know how to respond. She had already made up her mind to agree to Hu Mingyuan's terms, but she couldn't figure out how to explain it to the people in Waikiki. Seeing her apprehensive expression, Lu Kai assumed Hu Mingyuan hadn't agreed, and quickly comforted her, "Don't worry too much. They say there's always a new village ahead, and when you reach the bottom of a valley, there's always a way. No matter how you go, you're always heading up. We'll be fine." Zhao Jinghuan gave a wry smile, "It feels like you and my dad are using the same Kuaishou app." Lu Kai smiled, figuring she was at least in the mood for a joke. "Anyway, what's HEC? If I don't want to go, then I don't. No, even if I'm asked to go, I won't go. This isn't sour grapes. I have ten thousand ways to make Little Freckles a big seller, and HEC is just one of them."
After coming out of Hu Mingyuan's company, Zhao Jinghuan stood on the side of the road in a daze for a while. She couldn't understand why Hu Mingyuan suddenly had such an idea and put forward such a condition, and Hu Mingyuan didn't want to explain.
"This is my condition. It's up to you to decide whether to agree to it or not."
A silver-gray Jetta passed by on the opposite side of the road and turned around at the intersection ahead. Zhao Jinghuan, who was standing on the side of the street, thought that Lu Kai also had a Jetta like this, but it was a little dirtier than this one.
As she was thinking this, she saw the Jetta stop in front of her.
Lu Kai stuck his head out of the car window: "Sister Zou is amazing, you are really here."
He invited the still dazed Zhao Jinghuan into the car. Lu Kai's old Jetta had been recently washed, the vents were filled with Batman-themed fragrances, and the center console, which had been a bit worn, had even been refurbished.
As Zhao Jinghuan got in the car, she was still thinking, "I never thought that stingy Lu Kai would spend so much money just to see Hu Mingyuan yesterday." As Lu Kai stepped on the accelerator and started, she felt something was wrong. No matter what, there was no reason for Hu Mingyuan to ride in Lu Kai's car.
Lu Kai suddenly spoke up, "When you didn't come to work this morning, Sister Zou said you might have come to see Mr. Hu Zi. I didn't believe it at first... I didn't expect her to be so good at predicting things."
Zhao Jinghuan nodded listlessly, thinking that she might have behaved too strangely last night and Sister Zou might have noticed something.
Lu Kai asked her cautiously, "You and Hu Mingyuan...did you know each other before?"
Zhao Jinghuan frowned and didn't answer, but she didn't deny it either. Lu Kai smiled awkwardly, "See, why didn't you tell me earlier? I actually thought you were his fan and foolishly helped you connect with him."
Lu Kai's tone was obviously a little nervous: "Um...what did Hu Mingyuan say about the HEC matter?"
Zhao Jinghuan didn't know how to answer. She had actually made up her mind to agree to Hu Mingyuan's conditions, but she couldn't think of how to explain it to everyone in Waikiki.
Seeing her embarrassment, Lu Kai thought Hu Mingyuan hadn't agreed, so he quickly comforted her, "Don't worry too much. People say that when you're at the bottom of the valley, you'll find another village. When you reach the bottom of the valley, no matter how you go, you're heading upwards. We'll be fine."
Zhao Jinghuan gave a wry smile: "It feels like you and my dad are using the same Kuaishou app."
Lu Kai smiled, thinking that she was at least in the mood for a joke. "Anyway, what HEC? If I don't want to go, then I don't. No, I won't even go if I'm asked to. This isn't sour grapes. I have ten thousand ways to make Little Freckles a big seller, and HEC is just one of them."
"Oh." Zhao Jinghuan turned her head to look at him, "Tell me one."
Lu Kai blushed. "I can't spoil it now. You'll know when the time comes. You should pay attention to my main idea and don't worry about the details."
"I heard it," Zhao Jinghuan said. "You said you wouldn't go even if HEC invited you."
"That's it, so there's no regrets. If I don't want to go, then I won't go."
Zhao Jinghuan nodded: "That's a shame, Mr. Hu Zi has agreed."
Lu Kai was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Don't tease me."
"I didn't lie to you."
Lu Kai took the time to glance at Zhao Jinghuan, then turned on the turn signal and stopped by the roadside.
"Hu Mingyuan agreed? Why?"
Zhao Jinghuan shrugged: "We are... old classmates."
Lu Kai sighed, "That's why you asked about Mr. Hu then." He still didn't seem to believe Hu Mingyuan had really agreed, so he asked again. After getting a positive answer, Lu Kai suddenly looked confused, "But why are you unhappy?"
Zhao Jinghuan was somewhat surprised. She had never expected that the usually slow-witted Lu Kai could also notice her abnormality. She thought that she might have been too obvious, so she forced a smile and shook her head, saying, "I'm not unhappy." Lu Kai continued to ask:
"Did he say anything unpleasant to you?" He then apologized, saying he hadn't expected Zhao Jinghuan to suffer such injustice for the company. Zhao Jinghuan felt a little embarrassed by his apology and quickly said that she looked a little off, perhaps because she hadn't slept well last night.
Lu Kai obviously didn't believe it. He frowned and looked at Zhao Jinghuan. It wasn't until Zhao Jinghuan asked him if he was going back to inform everyone about this news that he put the car in gear again and started.
The car was back on the road, and Zhao Jinghuan suddenly felt a little tired. He slumped over in the passenger seat, like a giant orange cat ready to lick its fur at any time.
Lu Kai, who was holding the steering wheel, suddenly said, "You helped me again." Zhao Jinghuan said, "You can't call it help, after all, this is my job."
Lu Kai shook his head and said that these things should have been done by him. "Including this time, it should be the third time. In addition to this time, there was also the recovery of the lost Dorasi and the discovery of TD Club's poaching. It was you who discovered it."
Zhao Jinghuan said, "Let's forget about the TD Club incident. Without my extra words, we wouldn't have thought Dorasi would win the award."
Lu Kai pretended not to hear what she said and muttered quietly, "I have to do something to repay you."
Zhao Jinghuan teased him deliberately: "Bonus?"
Lu Kai's face flushed: "I have a better idea! How about this, since you have helped me three times, I will give you three wishing cards..."
Zhao Jinghuan frowned, thinking that this sounded a bit like a Mother's Day gift for an elementary school student.
Lu Kai said, "Take these three wish cards and I can do three things for you, but they must be within my ability."
The more Zhao Jinghuan listened, the more familiar it sounded. "Isn't this development seen in many movies and TV series?"
Lu Kai nodded and said, "Yes, it's in many movies and TV shows, so I thought of it." Zhao Jinghuan said, "Oh!" She leaned against the car window and looked out. When she turned the corner and saw the old buildings with peeling walls in Haiya Lane, Zhao Jinghuan suddenly thought:
Hu Mingyuan made a request, and Lu Kai gave her three wishes.
No matter how you look at it, you're the one making the profit.
The two quickly returned to the studio. Once inside, Lu Kai arranged for Zhao Jinghuan, the key figure, to announce this significant news. Zhao Jinghuan didn't seem interested and waved her off, leaving Lu Kai to speak. So, Lu Kai spoke for her, saying, "Jinghuan went to see Hu Mingyuan, and he agreed to give us the HEC spot. He gave Zhao Jinghuan the phone number of one of their employees, so we can just call and hand over the information later."
The room was quiet for a moment. Tomato was the first to react. He jumped up from his chair and roared as if he had scored a goal in injury time: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He scared everyone in the room and started cursing, but Tomato didn't care. He clenched his fists and made a strange celebration gesture, then rushed towards Zhao Jinghuan with his hands open, as if to give her a hug.
Lu Kai quickly stood in front of Zhao Jinghuan and reached out to push the excited Tomato: "What are you doing!"
Tomato, with its remarkably stable chassis, knocked Lu Kai back a few steps, causing him to sit directly on the ground. Tomato didn't apologize or laugh at him. He simply pulled Lu Kai up and patted his chest. "Don't worry about anything. Give me your number and I'll take care of everything. I'll handle the venue setup and material preparation. Just wait! This time, I'll show you my methods as an exhibition enthusiast!"
He wrote down the phone number of Hu Mingyuan's employee from Lu Kai, then turned around and went back to work. Sister Zou's mood had obviously improved a lot. While Tomato went to the kitchen to make a phone call, she lowered her voice and called everyone, "Come on, let's go downstairs for lunch without him."
Everyone joined in Sister Zou's prank with a smile, and the gloom of the past few days seemed to be swept away at this moment.
Everyone left the building and ran as fast as they could, as if they were afraid Tomato would catch up. Sister Zou ran the fastest. Looking back, she saw Zhao Jinghuan lagging behind. She hesitated for a moment, but instead of waiting for Zhao Jinghuan, she told Wanfeng and Dorasi to hurry up, leaving Lu Kai and Zhao Jinghuan some space.
Lu Kai slowed down his pace and waited for Zhao Jinghuan to come up. After walking side by side for a while, Lu Kai asked Zhao Jinghuan, "Did Hu Mingyuan really say anything unpleasant? Don't worry, just tell me what's going on. We can wait until the HEC quota comes through before we take revenge on him."
Zhao Jinghuan smiled and said it was nothing. The two of them walked a few steps forward, and Zhao Jinghuan suddenly said, "Lu Kai, I'm going to make my first wish."
"Ah, so soon?"
Zhao Jinghuan nodded: "Yes, it's that fast. My first wish is that you must do your best."
"What kind of wish is that? We would have tried even if you didn't say it."
"And my second wish is..."
Lu Kai was startled and quickly interrupted her: "Why is it the second wish? You only have three wishes in total, why are you using up two right away?"
Zhao Jinghuan said, "You didn't set a time interval before."
"There's no rule, but... well, make whatever you want. But the first wish doesn't count. The next one is your first wish."
Zhao Jinghuan continued to talk to herself: "My second wish is..." She paused and spoke with some difficulty:
"I'm going to quit my job and go work for Mr. Beard."
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