Yan Xiuzhi returned home relatively early tonight and entered the house just after nine o'clock.
The living room was dark, and Yan Xiuji thought Zhou Ziyi was in his room, so he turned on the light without thinking much. But when he passed by the sofa, he was startled by something that moved suddenly.
It was Zhou Ziyi, lying on the sofa and stretching.
"Why are you sleeping here?" Yan Xiuji saw that he was wearing a T-shirt and jacket. "Are you going out or coming back from somewhere?"
"I came back this afternoon and wanted to take a nap, so I just dozed off here..." Zhou Ziyi yawned, "You're back?"
"It's past nine o'clock." Yan Xiuji's eyes swept across his messy hair and asked, "Did you miss dinner?"
"I went out to eat this afternoon, so I don't feel very hungry." Zhou Ziyi rakes his hair and says slowly, "But I still want to eat something. Have you eaten yet? More?"
Yan Xiuji thought that Zhou Ziyi was probably still asleep, otherwise why would he talk to him in such a tone? Since the last incident, Zhou Ziyi hadn't chatted with him so easily for quite some time.
"I've eaten... but I was in a hurry, so I didn't eat much." It was rare that the conversation between the two of them was natural, and Yan Xiuji wanted to take the opportunity to chat, "I'll change my clothes and come down to eat."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to go upstairs. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly heard someone behind him: "Aren't you going to ask me who I met this afternoon?"
Yan Xiuji turned around and saw Zhou Ziyi lying on the back of the sofa, looking at him with his chin propped up.
The young man didn't show much expression, his eyes were slightly closed, and his tone was light and fluttery, with an inexplicable soft and sticky feeling of not waking up. Even CEO Yan couldn't tell whether Zhou Ziyi was asking seriously or just being coquettish because he was confused from sleep.
Yan Xiuji had no choice but to reply: "Who did you meet?"
Zhou Ziyi looked into his eyes: "Yu Yanxi."
"..." Yan Xiuji was stunned for a moment, "Yu Yanxi?"
"I said it before, it wasn't me who initiated the call, Mr. Yan." Zhou Ziyi took out his phone and flipped to the call page. "Look, it was him who initiated the call."
Yan Xiuji thought of Yu Yanxi's speech that night, as well as the message, and narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why did he look for you?"
Zhou Ziyi leaned against the sofa and said leisurely: "He said that I am not worthy of my position..."
Yan Xiuji took a second to realize what Zhou Ziyi was talking about. He frowned and asked, "Did he tell you that directly?"
"Yes," Zhou Ziyi said, "She said I was in debt, had dropped out of school, and had no skills. She said I married you just for money, and asked me to think about whether I was worthy of you. She also said that I was being criticized by everyone, and if I didn't withdraw quickly, I would have no chance of survival after we divorced."
Although this is not Yu Yanxi's original words, this is what it means after summarizing and translating. The doctor's wording is complicated, and Zhou Ziyi feels tired for him.
Yan Xiuji's face had sunk: "He said we would get divorced? Did you tell him?"
"No, that's not what I said. He just thinks we will definitely get divorced." Zhou Ziyi said, "Why, don't you believe what I said? I didn't record it this time. I can't help it if you don't believe me."
If Yu Yanxi had not "talked privately" with Yan Xiuji before, Yan Xiuji might have thought that Zhou Ziyi had misunderstood something. But after Yu Yanxi made those remarks, Yan Xiuji listened to Zhou Ziyi's description and believed it in his heart.
Yan Xiuji knew Yu Yanxi's character better than Zhou Ziyi. Although Yu Yanxi was usually a reasonable, logical and insightful person, once he got stuck in a dead end, no one could pull him back.
He now went directly to find Zhou Ziyi. It seemed that Yan Xiuzhi's previous plan of "cold treatment" did not work.
"I didn't believe it." Yan Xiuji said, "What did you say when he said that?"
"I said, 'There are so many people who look down on me, who do you think you are? You don't have the final say on the divorce, only Yan Xiuji has the final say.'" Zhou Ziyi raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just that I don't have a million. If I did, I would have given him a check to shut him up!"
Yan Xiuji was listening carefully at first, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he suddenly felt a little amused: "Why would you throw him a million? Even if you have it, it didn't come from the wind."
"Boss Yan, even though this is a bad plot from a Mary Sue drama, I'm just expressing my anger, so don't come up with a rational comment to refute me." Zhou Ziyi said, "Isn't that how it's played out in TV dramas? Throw a check at him, then say 'stay away from my husband' and walk away."
Yan Xiuji said: "One million is nothing to him."
"..." Zhou Ziyi was speechless, "Evil rich people."
After a pause, Zhou Ziyi lowered his eyes and smiled: "Hey, but I just said that in front of him, so don't take it seriously."
"What?"
"What I mean is that I will keep the promises I made before." Zhou Ziyi looked into his eyes and said slowly, "If you have a lover, I can abdicate. It's not that complicated."
This was certainly not the first time Yan Xiuzhi had heard these words.
But he didn't want to hear any of this now, so he said calmly, "You're going to abdicate? You don't want the remaining 15 million?"
Zhou Ziyi: "Uh..."
"If you still want it, don't mention it anymore."
"But……"
"Then I will still answer you with the same answer as before."
Yan Xiuji approached him, stood behind the sofa, and looked down at the young man: "I have no plans to divorce early, and I will not cheat on you during marriage."
Zhou Ziyi was stunned by his gaze and his words.
There seemed to be a deeper meaning in Yan Xiuji's words, but Zhou Ziyi didn't understand and didn't dare to think too deeply. He felt that his perception was wrong because it was too absurd.
Zhou Ziyi couldn't help but look away: "Just talk, is it necessary to get so close?"
Yan Xiu Ji saw his fingers suddenly clenched, and suddenly felt that this kind of nervousness that he was trying to hide was also quite cute.
The big boss had seen countless people get nervous in front of him, trying to cover it up and making mistakes, but Zhou Ziyi's expression of being unable to avoid it and trying hard to hold it together unexpectedly touched Yan Xiuji's cute spot.
Maybe it’s not Yan Xiuzhi’s cuteness that lies here, but because the person who did this was Zhou Ziyi.
Yan Xiuji never knew that it was quite interesting to see someone at a loss as to what to do when he got close to him...
What an amazing new hobby.
President Yan obeyed his heart and moved closer, resting one hand on the back of the sofa: "Then I have one more thing to say."
Zhou Ziyi subconsciously looked up at him: "W-what?"
Yan Xiuji smiled and said, "Mojito, it sounds nice."
Zhou Ziyi: “…”
——Fuck, I’m dead.
***
Yan Xiuzhi recalled the conversation in his office the next day and suddenly felt that he should have talked a little more about the topic the night before.
But he was planning to find a good time and place to deal with this matter, and he didn't think of it for a while, so he could only say that if he missed it, he missed it.
——Forget it, let’s stick to the original plan.
Yan Xiu Ji was just thinking that he was almost done with his work recently and it was time to look carefully for a restaurant or something, when Li Fei knocked on the door and came in holding a paper bag.
"Boss Yan, you asked me to find the rabbit."
Li Fei shook the bag and placed it on Yan Xiuji's desk. Yan Xiuji looked at the bag and saw that it was more than enough to hold a real rabbit. He asked, "Haven't you already checked what it is? Do you need such a big bag?"
"Ah, the photo I sent you was a gift from the milk tea shop. I looked for it online later." Li Fei said, taking out a long and beautiful paper box from the paper bag. "This is a complete set."
Yan Xiuji: ??? It’s just a little toy that makes a chirping sound. What else can you think of as a complete set?
Then Li Fei directly answered his question.
The super secretary opened the paper box and carefully pulled out a long plastic box. The box was transparent and had a base inside. On the base there was a row of little rabbits!
The shape is exactly the same as the one Zhou Ziyi hung on the phone, but the color is different. In addition to white, there are pink, yellow, green, blue, and black, a total of six colors. When they are lined up, they look quite high-end.
Yan Xiuji was a little speechless: "This also comes in a gift box?"
"Ah, no, this is a box of starry sky chocolates that belonged to a colleague in the office. She finished her chocolates, so I suddenly had the idea to use it to hold the rabbit." Li Fei replied, "I didn't expect it to be quite suitable."
Yan Xiuji: “…”
Sometimes, when a secretary is so capable, it’s hard to say “you’re being redundant”.
"Okay." Yan Xiuji said, "Please leave it here. How much is it?"
"Ah? It's not that expensive. I can buy it online at wholesale prices." Li Fei said, "It's not even as much as the money for the milk tea."
Yan Xiuji said, "Have you all helped out in the office? I'll give you a month's worth of milk tea money."
"Thank you, Mr. Yan!" Li Fei said with a smile, "Then put this bag here."
——This bag???
Yan Xiuji had a bad feeling: "Anything else?"
Li Fei: "Yes, they are. They are 50 cents each and it costs 20 yuan to ship."
Yan Xiuji: “…”
Li Fei: "Everything is here now, I'll leave if nothing else."
After saying that, Li Fei waited for two seconds, then turned and left.
Yan Xiuji looked at the paper bag silently. After several minutes, he picked it up and took a look inside.
Except for that exquisite paper box, the other rabbits are in a plastic packaging bag. At first glance... they are so colorful.
President Yan, who just wanted to compensate Zhou Ziyi, was truly speechless.
——How to deal with this?
——If you send one a day, it will take more than a month!
Yan Xiuji was feeling annoyed when he suddenly received a message on his phone. He opened it and saw that it was from Yu Yanxi.
【Let’s have dinner together the day after tomorrow? 】
His sentence structure was very natural, as if the meeting with Zhou Ziyi alone had never happened. Yan Xiuji narrowed his eyes, but still replied: [Where? Who else? ]
Yu Yanxi: [XX Restaurant or W Hotel, the person is not sure yet. ]
Yan Xiuji: [Talk about it after you are sure.]
Yu Yanxi: [Why, you won’t come even if someone is here? Do you have a grudge against them?]
Yan Xiuji: [No, it depends on how many people there are.]
Yu Yanxi: [Not many, just a few of us. It would be boring if we added others. When we talk about the past, no one else can understand us, and it seems like we are isolating others.]
Yan Xiuzhi felt that Yu Yanxi's words were full of hidden meaning.
Does he mean that I should stop bringing anyone else?
Targeting Zhou Ziyi?
But if all his childhood friends were present at this party, Yan Xiuji didn't think it would be a big problem. Besides, he also had something to say to Yu Yanxi, so finding time to meet face to face and be alone for a few minutes was basically enough.
As if by magic, Yan Xiuzhi took out a fat and white rabbit from the paper bag.
Pinch it——Jiji!!!
He replied to Yu Yanxi: [Sure. Once you have decided on the time and place, please send it to me.]
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