Chapter 118: Sharp Eyes and Ears
Chi Muzhen lowered her eyes, nodded and said, "Okay."
After Shen Tian left, Chi Muzhen called Chen Wen.
After learning that Shili Village had temporarily stabilized, she said, "Village Chief Chen, there's no need to rush about fabric production. It won't be too late to start after the flood recedes."
"Okay, thank you Miss Chi for your accommodation."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Muzhen received a call from Huo Yunting.
"Let's have lunch together?"
Chi Muzhen pursed her lips and said, "The Huo family is a bit far from MY, so I might not be able to make it in time."
"I left Huo's half an hour earlier."
"Mr. Huo, I haven't thought about it yet."
Huo Yunting chuckled and whispered, "I just want to have a meal with you. I don't mean to ask you for an answer."
"Okay, what do you want to eat?"
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"
Hearing the smile in Huo Yunting's tone, Chi Muzhen's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a bit, "I'm fine with anything."
“How about Sichuan food?”
Chi Muzhen's grip on the phone tightened unconsciously. "Mr. Huo, you don't have to go out of your way to accommodate me. Just pick a restaurant where we can both eat."
After a few seconds of silence, Huo Yunting whispered, "Okay."
"I still have to work, that's all for now."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Muzhen touched his hot face and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.
She picked up the document and continued reading. At first she could concentrate, but as time approached noon, it became increasingly difficult for her to concentrate.
After finally making it to twelve o'clock, Chi Muzhen turned on her mobile phone and found that Huo Yunting had already sent her the name and location of the restaurant.
She went to the bathroom to touch up her lipstick, and when she went to take the elevator, she met Shen Tian.
Shen Tian looked at her in surprise, "Are you going out to eat at noon?"
Chi Muzhen nodded, "Yeah."
"one person?"
"No, I have an appointment with someone else."
Afraid that Chen Tian would continue to ask questions, Chi Muzhen quickly said: "I suddenly remembered that I forgot something in the office. You go down first, I will go down later."
"good."
Looking at Chi Muzhen's hurriedly leaving figure, Shen Tian raised an eyebrow. Was it an illusion? Why did she feel that Chi Muzhen was weird today?
After sitting in the office for a few minutes, Chi Muzhen went out when he thought Chen Tian had already left.
When they arrived at the restaurant Huo Yunting had booked, he was already waiting there.
Seeing Chi Muzhen's eyes wandering around as she walked towards him, as if looking for someone she knew, Huo Yunting couldn't help but frown.
After finally sitting down opposite Huo Yunting, Chi Muzhen looked at him.
"Have you ordered yet?"
Huo Yunting handed her the menu and said, "No, just take a look and decide what you want to eat. I've already booked the restaurant, so no one will disturb us."
Hearing this, Chi Muzhen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and took the menu to look at it.
Huo Yunting's expression darkened slightly as he sat opposite him. After Chi Muzhen finished ordering, he casually asked, "You don't want others to see me eating with you?"
Chi Muzhen was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "I'm just afraid of meeting acquaintances and having to explain myself. After all, our current identities are a bit awkward."
Huo Yunting didn't say anything else, but the aura around him became noticeably heavier.
"Are you unhappy?"
"No." Huo Yunting picked up the cup in front of him and took a sip, his tone a little dry.
Noticing Huo Yunting's displeasure, Chi Muzhen wanted to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but then she remembered that she had not yet decided whether to give each other another chance, so she lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Since they were the only two people in the restaurant, the food came out quickly.
Although Huo Yunting was unhappy that Chi Muzhen didn't want others to see them eating together, he still took the initiative to chat with Chi Muzhen during the meal.
"By the way, what are you mainly doing on your business trip to Shili Village?"
Chi Muzhen swallowed the food in his mouth and said calmly, "MY plans to cooperate with the fabric factory in Shili Village, so they sent me over to investigate."
"Didn't you say last time that you were a cleaner? Do cleaners in your company have to do this kind of work?"
Chi Muzhen: "..."
After a few seconds of silence, she looked up at Huo Yunting and said, "Do you really believe me when I say I'm a cleaner?"
"Of course I don't believe it, so what are you doing in MY?"
Chi Muzhen took a sip of soup and looked at Huo Yunting calmly. "What am I doing in MY? You should have already investigated it, right?"
When she returned to MY, she asked Chen Tian to create a fake employment information for her. If others went to the Human Resources Department to investigate, they would only find that fake information.
Huo Yunting frowned, "You don't trust me at all?"
Ever since he knew that she didn't like him investigating her affairs, he didn't let Koning continue the investigation, but sometimes he would let Koning check her location.
Seeing the displeasure in his eyes, Chi Muzhen unconsciously tightened her grip on the chopsticks and whispered, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."
"Don't worry, I won't delve into anything you don't want to tell me. After all, everyone has secrets they don't want to tell others."
Similarly, there are some things he cannot tell Chi Muzhen.
Chi Muzhen felt that Huo Yunting had indeed changed a lot. He never cared about other people's feelings before, but now he was willing to take care of her emotions.
Thinking of this, Chi Muzhen smiled and said, "I'm just an ordinary employee at MY. I do the same work as a secretary, so I can be considered an assistant."
Huo Yunting also knew that Chi Muzhen did not graduate from high school, so this kind of work was not difficult for her.
Thinking of the fact that Chi Muzhen was always criticized for not graduating from high school, Huo Yunting looked at her seriously and said, "Have you ever thought about finishing high school? It's not too late for you to go to college at your age."
Chi Muzhen's eyes flashed with surprise, then he shook his head and said, "No, a university degree is of no use to me."
Besides, she had already obtained her doctorate degree on the eve of the Chi family finding her.
She went to high school at that time because her master told her not to behave too differently from ordinary people. That's why she agreed to enroll only when Chi Zhen and Xu Rou asked her to go.
After that incident, she didn't go back to continue studying.
Huo Yunting frowned, "Are you planning to spend your whole life with only a junior high school diploma?"
Although he didn't mind, he didn't want others to look down on Chi Muzhen.
"It doesn't seem like getting a college degree would change anything in my life."
"At least when people talk about you, they won't say you didn't even finish high school."
Chi Muzhen was silent for a while, and his eyes became indifferent.
"Mr. Huo, you seem to have made a mistake."
"What?"
"Not to mention that I haven't agreed to start over with you, even if I agreed, you have no right to ask me to change.
If you don't like people with only a junior high school diploma, you can find a girl with a college degree. And if I agree to retake the college entrance exam to get your approval, will you ask me to change more in the future? "
Huo Yunting's eyes flashed with displeasure, and his voice deepened a bit, "I'm doing this for your own good."
"I don't need it. I know exactly what I want."
Huo Yunting didn't say anything else, but the two of them ate in silence for the rest of the meal.
After dinner, Chi Muzhen refused Huo Yunting's offer to take her back to the company. After saying goodbye to him, she turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the company gate, she met Cheng Shumin who came to look for her.
"Chi Muzhen, let's talk!"
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