Dinner
Sun Qian huddled on the sofa, pretending to be a decoration. Shen Zhou then remembered that he hadn't explained to Zhou Jingxing that he had broken up with Zhao Xin, but now was not a good time to talk, so he vaguely replied, "Okay, sure."
Zhou Jingxing was satisfied with his successful bid for favor, thinking to himself that it was worth ruining the suit, since his wife had chosen him for Sunday!
Although the opening ceremony had ended, Shen Zhou still had to attend to the banquet. Zhou Jingxing wanted to stay and keep him company, but he was too disheveled to be presentable. So he left with Sun Qian and Zhang Jin, looking back every few steps. They agreed to come to the banquet together that evening.
After all, there's a big plan to be carried out tonight.
After arriving home, Zhou Jingxing first washed off the plaster that covered his body. He sat on the sofa, drying his hair while opening his phone.
Zhou Jingxing saw several messages in the small group. He held his phone and thought for a moment, then changed the group name to "The light boat has passed ten thousand miles (3)".
Sun Qian: Brother, you're finally here!
Sun Qian: Tell us quickly what happened!
Zhang Jin: How did it suddenly escalate to this point of gossiping?
Zhou Jingxing: Shen Zhou said he likes me [cute]
Zhou Jingxing: He said that Zhao Xin and I are located in the south and the north, respectively, and we do not interfere with each other.
Sun Qian: Okay, eh?
Sun Qian: Huh?
Zhang Jin: Isn't this supposed to be a sweet, pure love story? How did it suddenly turn into something immoral?
Zhou Jingxing: I'm more favored. He said he'd spend four days a week with me, while men with kidney deficiency only get three.
Zhou Jingxing: The cat is so proud.jpg
Sun Qian: ...
Zhang Jin: ...
Sun Qian: This feudalistic stench...did you get your cerebellum checked last night? [smile]
Zhang Jin: Download link [National Anti-Fraud Center]
Zhou Jingxing: You don't understand. Chen Zhou isn't a scumbag; it's just that his heart was shattered into many pieces, and each piece fell in love with a different person.
Zhou Jingxing: I want to strive to possess the largest piece.
Sun Qian: ...Shouldn't we strive to make every film our own?
Zhou Jingxing: That's the next step in the plan.
Zhang Jin: Zhao Xin is his first love, are you really that confident?
Zhou Jingxing: Flowing water doesn't compete to be first, but to flow endlessly.
Zhou Jingxing: [Smiling]
Sun Qian: Why is this being so inspirational!
Zhang Jin: Tears fall into white rice, being a simp has become a habit.
Zhou Jingxing: I'm not a simp! Should I be considered his mistress now?
Zhang Jin: I'm willing to marry Shen Zhou, even as a concubine!
Sun Qian: Things have gone so absurdly that I'm starting to wonder if something went wrong...
Sun Qian: Based on my understanding of Shen Zhou, he shouldn't be such a scumbag.
Zhang Jin: Ha, men
Zhou Jingxing: Chen Zhou isn't a scumbag. [Smile]
Zhang Jin: What simp? My brother said I'm a puppy-like boy.
Zhou Jingxing: I'm not a simp!
Zhou Jingxing: Forget it, I can't explain it to you.
Zhou Jingxing: Shall we proceed as planned tonight?
Strangely, Zhou Jingxing waited for more than ten minutes before receiving a reply from Sun Qian.
Zhou Jingxing: ?
Sun Qian: I was just chatting with Shen Zhou.
Sun Qian: All I can say is that you're really naive.
Zhou Jingxing: Aba aba?
Sun Qian: Oh well, sometimes fools are lucky. [smile]
Zhang Jin: ?
Sun Qian: I'll message you privately. Shen Zhou said he needs to explain the details to Zhou Jingxing himself.
Zhou Jingxing's mind went blank. What did his wife want to explain to him? Could she be having second thoughts?
Sun Qian: As for tonight... actually, whether that plan is carried out or not doesn't really matter.
Zhou Jingxing thought, how could he not carry it out? What if Chen Zhou was moved by Zhao Xin and impulsively agreed to his marriage proposal? That would be a fatal blow to that scumbag!
Zhou Jingxing: Let's stick to the original plan. We're already here.
Sun Qian: Okay
Zhang Jin: OK
The evening banquet was held at the hotel above the exhibition hall. When Zhou Jingxing and his two companions arrived, the banquet hall was bustling with activity, filled with the clinking of glasses and the elegant presence of women in elegant attire.
Shenzhou was unusually busy tonight; he only had time to exchange a brief greeting with them before being called away.
At 7 p.m., the host stood on the stage and rang his glasses, announcing the official start of the banquet. The CEO of Shenzhou Company made an appearance and said a few polite words, also announcing a decision on job adjustments, which included Shenzhou, who became the head of a certain department.
Zhou Jingxing was unfamiliar with the job titles at Shen Zhou's company, but judging from the reactions of those around him, he guessed that Shen Zhou had probably been promoted. As Shen Zhou received everyone's congratulations, Zhou Jingxing also felt honored, and he couldn't help but smile.
After finally finishing her business with colleagues and clients, Shen Zhou walked over to Zhou Jingxing. Sun and Zhang, quick-witted as ever, exchanged a few pleasantries with Shen Zhou and then hurried away. Looking at Zhou Jingxing, Shen Zhou felt a little shy, thinking about what she planned to say to him that evening.
"You got promoted, didn't you? Congratulations!" Zhou Jingxing said to him with a smile.
"Thank you. In fact, you deserve credit for my promotion. If this exhibition of restored cultural relics hadn't gone so smoothly, the leaders would have had to put me through some more testing."
Zhou Jingxing looked at him and said, "It's only right that I do anything for you."
Shen Zhou felt a little hot in the ear. He remembered what he had prepared to tell Zhou Jingxing, and began to speak: "Actually, I and..."
"Congratulations, Manager Shen, you're in high spirits tonight!"
"Here we go again!" Chen Zhou turned around, somewhat annoyed, and looked coldly at the newcomer, saying, "Kyle, it's you. I thought you weren't coming tonight."
Kyle gave a forced smile, "Why wouldn't I come? Of course I have to join in such a great celebration."
Zhou Jingxing interjected, "If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have come. I'm afraid of getting the plague." He asked Chen Zhou, "Hey? Is there a vaccine for the plague? I suggest you get one."
Chen Zhou wanted to laugh, but he scolded, "Nonsense. You should be worried about whether this banquet hall will catch fire. We have the fire god Zhurong hidden among us."
Kyle understood the implication in his words and said with a stern face, "What fire? I think you're just scared by the fact that the exhibition hall almost caught fire during the day. You're just making things up and talking nonsense."
Shen Zhou deliberately exaggerated, saying, "Kyle, you're really well-informed! But how come I didn't know when the exhibition hall almost caught fire during the day?"
A crack appeared in Kyle's expression; he felt guilty.
Zhou Jingxing deliberately said to Chen Zhou, "Chen Zhou, I was teaching my nephew idioms before I came here today. The things kids are learning these days are quite difficult. He's only in first grade and he's already learning 'unprovoked confession'."
Zhou Jingxing has no nephew! Shen Zhou knew he was making things up, but he still chimed in, "Yeah, we learned something simpler back then, maybe just 'There's no silver buried here'."
Kyle's face was already very pale. Zhou Jingxing looked at him and laughed, "Why are you so serious when we're just chatting with friends? By the way, do you know what the next line is after 'There's no silver buried here'?"
Kyle nearly crushed the glass in his hand. He forced a smile and said, "Since you're chatting, I won't disturb you." With that, he turned to leave.
"Kyle!" Chen Zhou called out to him, "We saw some interesting footage on the exhibition hall's security cameras. Jingxing even found a lighter in the fire escape. Oh, and that conman who came this morning has been apprehended by the police. Do you think we can follow the clues to find the mastermind behind it all?"
Kyle's back trembled slightly, but he quickly strode away as if he hadn't heard anything.
Zhou Jingxing scoffed lightly, "He chickened out."
Shen Zhou smiled nonchalantly, "What does it matter to him? Right now, he's just bluffing."
Zhou Jingxing nodded, "Let's not talk about him then, let's talk about us. Are you free this weekend? Want to go hiking together?"
Chen Zhou seemed both shy and excited. "I should be able to go. Where do you want to go?"
Zhou Jingxing was overjoyed and asked him, "Anything is fine with me, where do you want to go?" He happily began to plan, "It's only two days on the weekend, so we can't go too far. Daqingshan? Donghuashan? Or Yueguishan? I heard there are folk performances there recently, which should be pretty good."
"Then let's go to Yuegui Mountain. I've heard about their folk performances, and they also have unique fish lanterns and iron flower fireworks at night."
Zhou Jingxing smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll listen to you and go to Guishan!"
"What are you all talking about? It's so noisy." A voice suddenly interrupted.
Zhou Jingxing almost rolled his eyes. Here comes another scumbag with kidney deficiency.
Shen Zhou's expression was also not good. He said to Zhao Xin, who had suddenly appeared, "It's nothing. What brings you here today?"
Zhao Xin was unusually flamboyant today, dressed as if he were about to go on stage for his wedding, his meticulously styled hair looking incredibly sophisticated and fashionable. He didn't even glance at Zhou Jingxing, focusing solely on Chen Zhou, "I wanted to see you, so I went to President Wang's place and got an invitation to come."
He looked somewhat aggrieved. "Are you still angry? I'm sorry. I was so out of line at the last class reunion. I've been wanting to apologize to you in person, but you've been too busy, and I've never been able to find the opportunity."
Shen Zhou hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's alright, I don't care anymore."
Zhou Jingxing stood aside and figured it out: the two of them had argued again.
Is that why Shen Zhou made that suggestion to him?
No, how could Chen Zhou say he doesn't care? Hurry up and show some concern, let's start arguing! Zhou Jingxing was so anxious he was kicking his legs but couldn't get up.
Zhao Xin stepped forward to take Chen Zhou's hand, but Chen Zhou dodged him.
Shen Zhou's face darkened. "Get to the point, don't resort to violence."
Zhao Xin looked extremely aggrieved. "Chen Zhou, I didn't mean anything by it. Don't misunderstand."
Shen Zhou immediately dismissed him, saying, "I didn't misunderstand. Do you have something to discuss? Jing Xing and I have some things to discuss, and it's not convenient for others to hear."
Zhou Jingxing immediately puffed out his chest. "Did you hear that? Your brother's on my side!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xin seemed to finally notice that there was someone else standing next to him. He looked at Zhou Jingxing with an unfriendly gaze and asked, "What are you doing here? You really are like a persistent ghost."
Shen Zhou was furious. "Zhao Xin, you've gone too far! Jing Xing is the consultant expert for this exhibition of restored cultural relics, and he's also my friend. Why can't he be here?"
Zhou Jingxing lowered his head, looking aggrieved. "Shen Zhou, I'm sorry. I didn't know Zhao Xin would be angry because of me. I didn't expect him to be so sensitive."
He looked up at Zhao Xin with a wronged expression, but a sly glint flashed in his eyes. "Zhao Xin, don't misunderstand. Shen Zhou was discussing the exhibits with me."
Get lost, you damn green tea!
Zhao Xin's anger surged to its peak. "What did I misunderstand about you? Wasn't it you who taunted me cheek-to-cheek last time in private?!"
Zhou Jingxing looked concerned. "Zhao Xin, have you been working too hard lately? Why are you so irritable? And what did you mean by what you just said? I didn't say anything to you privately. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Zhao Xin was so angry he felt like vomiting blood. He was about to retort when Chen Zhou coldly interrupted him, "Zhao Xin! Do you have something to say to me?"
Zhao Xin suddenly calmed down; he couldn't let his anger towards Zhou Jingxing ruin tonight's important matter.
He said to Shen Zhou, "I have something to tell you. Can we be alone for a little while? Just for a little while."
Zhou Jingxing was extremely wary and absolutely unwilling to give them a chance to be alone. He said in an extremely aggrieved voice, "Chenzhou, I think I should leave. I might be a bit superfluous."
Shen Zhou looked reluctant and said to him, "I didn't mean that." He then turned to Zhao Xin and said, "If you have something to say, just say it here."
Zhao Xin suppressed his displeasure. "Fine, it's better to do this in front of Zhou Jingxing." He suddenly knelt down on one knee, took out a ring box from his pocket, opened it, and handed it to Zhou Jingxing. "Chen Zhou, will you marry me?"
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