After the conversation ended without any major incidents, Zhou Ziyi finally felt a little relieved about his situation.
He found that his previous tricks to tease Yan Xiuji were still somewhat useful. The big CEO was used to his enthusiasm and closeness, so he would not easily doubt some sudden intimacy. Even when he kissed him on impulse this time, he could just brush it off. It was like good news from heaven.
However, Zhou Ziyi would not take this as a signal to "attack". He did not want to lose this life-saving deal, so he should just be honest and take advantage of her occasionally. What's the point of a bicycle?
Seeing that he had recovered, Yan Xiuji felt much better. The big CEO wanted to solve the problem that outsiders always looked down on this "CEO's wife" and even laughed at her. In any case, Zhou Ziyi was the one who received the red book from CEO Yan. Looking down on Zhou Ziyi meant not taking CEO Yan seriously. CEO Yan thought this was not okay.
I can’t control what you say in private, but you have to keep it to yourself in public!
After much deliberation, Mr. Yan decided that if there was a chance, he would take Zhou Ziyi to some occasions.
"Brother, I'm out. I'm at XX Commercial Center. There's a subway station right below."
Zhou Ziyi walked into a coffee shop while sending a message to Yan Xiuji, converting voice into text: "When you are almost off work, I will take the subway to the subway station near your company, and your car will pick me up."
When Zhou Ziyi chose a seat near the window and sat down, and opened the menu, Yan Xiuji's reply came: [What are you doing out so early? ]
Zhou Ziyi replied: [Come to the mall to use the air conditioning. ]
Yan Xiuji's next message came only after Zhou Ziyi ordered drinks and desserts, and Zhou Ziyi couldn't help laughing at the sight of it: [I don't need that little bit of electricity money. ]
Judging from the tone, Zhou Ziyi could almost imagine the speechless expression on Yan Xiuzhi's face when he saw his message.
——Ah, that’s kind of cute.
Zhou Ziyi was so happy. When the waiter came to serve the food, he immediately took a photo. The color was so beautiful that it looked like it could be posted directly on the Internet as a promotional photo. Then he sent the photo to Yan Xiuji and replied: [Actually, I came here to drink the seasonal white peach smoothie! ]
Yan Xiuji replied: [Have fun.]
This sentence was like a period. Zhou Ziyi stopped disturbing Mr. Yan's work. At the same time, he opened the notebook and drawing board he carried with him and started drawing.
After about forty minutes, Zhou Ziyi decided to take a break. He pressed the save button several times and temporarily returned to the desktop.
Just as he was leaning back on the sofa with a drink in his hand, he glanced outside and suddenly saw a somewhat unexpected scene.
"Yan Wenwu and... Yan Meiyue?" Zhou Ziyi wasn't sure if he had seen it wrong. He leaned over to the window and took a closer look. It was indeed those two people. "Oh my god... what are these two doing together?"
Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue just came up the escalator. Yan Meiyue was wearing sunglasses, so Zhou Ziyi was not sure it was her. The two of them were talking while walking, and they looked very intimate. Yan Meiyue even held Yan Wenwu's arm. Given the relationship between the two, Zhou Ziyi really thought this scene was very strange.
Zhou Ziyi subconsciously took out his phone, zoomed in, and took a picture of the two people walking side by side. While he was still hesitating whether to send it to Yan Xiuji, he suddenly found that the two people were walking towards the coffee shop where he was!
Zhou Ziyi swore that he just did it subconsciously and didn't mean to hide.
Anyway, he pretended to take a selfie when the two men approached his window and turned his back to them.
A minute later, Zhou Ziyi heard the two men enter the cafe and were even taken to the seat next to him by the waiter!
Zhou Ziyi: O, M, G.
Except for a green plant decoration in the middle, there was a sofa in each of the two positions, almost back to back. Zhou Ziyi was sitting on one of them. When sitting down, as long as no one looked over here, they would not see Zhou Ziyi's face.
——Excellent.
Zhou Ziyi thought: This time I didn't take the initiative to be an agent! I was forced! Anyone who saw the interaction between Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue would find it strange!
The waiter came to take their order and left for the time being. Zhou Ziyi's consciousness was playing tricks on him, and he silently took out a metal thing that looked like a brooch from his pocket.
Then place it on the narrow table by the window and slowly push it toward the back.
Thanks to the armrests of the sofa and the pillows on them, the two people behind didn't notice what appeared next to their seats.
Zhou Ziyi also took out a pair of Bluetooth headphones, put one of them into his ear, opened the software on his phone and connected to Bluetooth.
Connected.
The brooch had the eavesdropping device Zhou Ziyi usually used. The brooch was just a cover, just like the white rabbit on the phone was just a shell. Yan Xiuji had always thought that Zhou Ziyi just turned on the recording function of the phone, but in fact Zhou Ziyi was "much more professional" than the big boss thought.
Fortunately, Yan Xiuzhi doesn't know the truth yet, otherwise Zhou Ziyi would easily be suspected of being a spy.
At this moment, Zhou Ziyi was actually sitting close enough to hear the not-so-quiet words behind him. He put on this headset just to confirm whether the radio function was working properly.
Then, Zhou Ziyi heard a sentence from the earphone in his left ear and behind his right ear that shocked him for a whole year.
Yan Meiyue complained, "When will I be able to have my rights and reputation justified, Dad?"
Zhou Ziyi:!!!
——Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue...? !
——Does Yan Xiuji know about this? !
The young man didn't expect that he would actually encounter such a secret. He didn't even know whether he should be glad that he had placed the bug at the scene. Was he really going to tell Yan Xiuji about this? If he let Yan Xiuji know that he had recorded the conversation, would President Yan just "dump him"? ? ?
Zhou Ziyi was in a state of confusion, but the conversation between the two people behind him continued. Yan Wenwu replied to Yan Meiyue: "It's not the right time yet."
"Not the right time, not the right time. You've been saying this for ten years, Dad!" Yan Meiyue said, "I'm already registered in your household register, why can't we just become your adopted daughter? At least I can call you 'Dad'! I've been laughed at by my classmates since I was a kid for not having a father. When will you acknowledge me?"
"It's not good for you to make our relationship public now, Meiyue." Yan Wenwu seemed unhappy, but he still answered with some patience, "My relationship with the Chu family is quite tense. If we make our relationship public, Chu Ling might kick you out."
"The Chu family has never been very kind to us, Dad. You and Chu Ling have been married for so many years, but they are still wary of you as if you were an outsider." Yan Meiyue said unhappily, "Even if we don't make our relationship public, why can't you recognize me as your adopted daughter? We have lived together for a long time, and our relationship is deep enough to be called father and daughter. Isn't it okay? I am an adult, and the adoption relationship cannot be established. What is Chu Ling still worried about?"
"I've actually mentioned this to her. But she's been a grown-up girl since she was young, you know, she always thinks that others are not as smart as her." Yan Wenwu said, "When I first brought you back, I said I wanted to adopt you as my daughter. But Chu Ling said that I added you to the household registration without her and Xiao Xiu's consent, and if I announced the adoption right away, it would hurt Xiao Xiu's feelings. Then the matter has been delayed until now."
Yan Meiyue complained, "I don't think my brother likes me. He likes his male wife much more than me. When I needed his help, he just stood on Zhou Ziyi's side and laughed at my joke!"
As soon as Zhou Ziyi was mentioned, Yan Wenwu's expression immediately became bad: "Don't mention that person, I have never admitted that she is the daughter-in-law of the Yan family!"
Zhou Ziyi silently complained behind the strange father and daughter: It's no use even if you don't admit it.
Yan Meiyue also said the same thing: "It's useless for you to deny it, Dad." She snorted, "He is using his brother's name to bully others, going out to parties everywhere, and even teaming up with others to cyberbully me online! Dad, you should..."
Yan Meiyue's scolding was forced to stop because the waiter came to serve the food.
Zhou Ziyi took a sip of his drink and his eyes fell on the laptop screen, but he actually didn't see anything.
The huge amount of information clogged up the complaints in his brain.
After the waiter left, Yan Wenwu finally said, "Don't talk about this anymore. I've talked to your brother about it. He said he thinks you should recognize your mistakes. I think so too."
Yan Meiyue said dissatisfiedly: "Dad!"
"Those netizens are just making random comments online, acting as keyboard warriors. You don't have to pay attention to them." Yan Wenwu obviously didn't take Yan Meiyue's matter seriously. Moreover, his eldest son's indifference to his opinion made it impossible for him to agree to anything in front of his daughter. "This is just an unimportant competition organized by the school. It won't have much impact on you. Just be careful in the future."
Yan Meiyue stopped talking, and Zhou Ziyi guessed that she was angry.
…
Half an hour later, Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue left the cafe.
Zhou Ziyi collected the brooch and dealt with all the equipment before he lay down on the sofa and let out a long sigh: "What the hell..."
This is simply too fantastic!
Zhou Ziyi even felt that it was God's intention to expose the relationship between Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue, which was why he let them sit behind him so coincidentally.
He was painting carelessly while thinking about how to deal with this matter. After thinking about it, he felt that he had to hint to Yan Xiuji about this situation. After all, if Yan Xiuji and Chu Ling didn't know about this, Yan Wenwu and Yan Meiyue might do something troublesome without the hostess and the eldest son knowing.
Zhou Ziyi also had to consider the way to inform him. After all, this matter sounded very embarrassing. Zhou Ziyi didn't want Yan Xiuji to misunderstand him and start to think that he was a gossipy person who was not suitable to get along with.
The time he would consider it was after the banquet tonight was over and the two of them returned home.
This decision was wise, but it obviously could not be hidden from the eagle-eyed Yan Xiuzhi.
Halfway through the banquet, Yan Xiuji found a time when no one was around and whispered to Zhou Ziyi beside him: "What's wrong with you today? Why are you so absent-minded?"
"Uh, something happened..." Zhou Ziyi didn't dare to say anything more now, so he could only say, "I'll tell you when I get home."
Yan Xiuji: "Is it necessary?"
Zhou Ziyi: "It is very necessary."
Yan Xiuzhi looked at him meaningfully, but did not ask any further questions.
***
It was not until they entered the house at night that Yan Xiuji asked again: "So, what have you been thinking about today? Can you tell me now?"
Zhou Ziyi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I just can't figure out how to tell you. To avoid trouble, I'd better be straightforward. But I think you should sit down first."
Yan Xiuji sensed his seriousness and asked, "Is it such an important matter?"
Zhou Ziyi: "It shocked the whole family for a whole year."
Yan Xiuji was a little puzzled by this description, but he still sat down. Zhou Ziyi sat beside him, pondered the opening words, and finally said something without a beginning or an end.
"Brother... do you know the relationship between your father and Yan Meiyue?"
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