Not only a birthday party but also an engagement party
It rained heavily when she got up early, and Zheng Ruizhen sent Yuli to see Xu Zaidan.
When Seo Jae-dam arrived, he was eating breakfast. Next to him was a tablet with a collection of photos. He took pictures of everything his parents had left him, glancing at them from time to time. Perhaps one day he'd find the answer.
Yu Li glanced at the iced American coffee on the table, and Xu Zaitan drank it in big gulps.
"Yu Li, have you found anything else?" Putting breakfast and coffee aside, Xu Jae-tan looked expectant. He couldn't think of anything else.
Yu Li remembered Hong Jae Heon's words and asked a rather unexpected question: "What was the cause of your parents' death?"
Xu Zaitan was stunned for a second before answering: "Car accident."
It's been a while since he's spoken about this incident, and he's a bit lost in thought: "The driver lost his focus and nearly collided with a truck. To avoid it, he ran through the fence. The police deemed it an accident, and the case was ultimately dropped."
Yu Li was silent. Xu Zaitan probably didn't believe this result: "Do you think it was man-made?"
Xu Zaitan nodded. Of course he would think so. It was so strange that he died from such a cause. "I always thought it was my second uncle who did it."
Yu Li was not surprised by this guess. Uncle Xu was colluding with the Bai family and would do anything to get to the top.
"Have you asked him?"
Xu Zaitan smiled and said, "He won't admit it."
His second uncle liked to pretend. He sent people to kill him twice, but still looked kind to him.
"Let's investigate further," Yu Li suddenly said. After learning about Yu Tai's situation, she suspected this matter wouldn't be so simple. "Hong Jae-heon's attitude has changed. He was anxious before, but now he's calm. I suspect he's got more information and is hiding it from us."
Seo Jae-dam already had doubts about his parents' death, and after hearing Yu-ri's words, he was even more upset. Hong Jae-heon, who was asking for help, was still hiding this and that. "If he wasn't in a hurry, I wouldn't help him look for him."
Yu Li tapped her phone with her knuckles. This matter involved power, so she couldn't tell Xu Zaitan everything. Xu Zaitan was actually a good person, but his brain was not very good. She was afraid that the person behind the scenes would throw a bait and Xu Zaitan would take the bait.
"I'm afraid it's not up to you."
Hmm? Xu Zaitan thought for two seconds: "Are you worried about the people on the cruise ship?"
This is a problem. If he doesn't find what he wants, it will keep haunting him.
"Hong Jae-heon hasn't contacted me in the past two days. I feel like I have a sure win."
Yu Li analyzed, "Either he found out something himself, or someone told him."
Did someone tell him? Xu Zaitan's eyes widened, and a possibility suddenly occurred to him: "Do you think they might have joined forces?"
The cruise ship crew obviously knew about the existence of the "thing" before Hong Jae-heon, and Hong Jae-heon came later: "That group of people are operating in the dark and are very afraid of being discovered by me. If they cooperate with Hong Jae-heon, Hong Jae-heon can act for them openly."
"That's a possibility." Compared to Xu Zaidan's excitement, Yu Li was much calmer. "But before I persuaded him to check the whereabouts of the cruise ship gang, his attitude had already changed."
Xu Zaitan followed Yu Li's line of thought, which could only mean one thing. If they joined forces, it was the cruise ship group who took the initiative to contact Hong Jae-heon.
He suddenly became passive.
"There is a way, do you want to try it?" Yu Li had already thought of it before coming.
Xu Zaitan was shocked: "I will do it if you say so."
Yu Li: "Put your things away, reveal the password, and lure the snake out of its hole."
Xu Zaitan:?
With a wink, he agreed.
Kwon Wook-ri, his brain!
After the conversation, Yu Li and Xu Zaitan said goodbye. The heavy rain had not stopped yet, and Zheng Ruizhen was waiting at the door with an umbrella.
Yu Li paused as she got into the car, remembering something. "How's the investigation going on with Hong Baolin?"
After a conversation with Hong Jae-heon, she gave Zheng Ruizhen some additional information.
Zheng Ruizhen lowered her head and said, "Almost done. Now we're investigating her aunt."
Yu Li didn't say anything. Zheng Ruizhen had one good point: whatever information she handed over was complete.
This weekend, Yu Li went straight to ISG. Four months have passed since the new product launch in December, and Wu Qingyu and others have already started a new round of design.
Flora's joining made the originally quiet design department active again. She likes to get inspiration from life, and life is inseparable from fun. On the first day in the capital, she invited everyone to her house for a drink, and ended up getting a lot of people drunk. When everyone got up early to go to work, rubbing their aching heads, she said in high spirits that she had an inspiration and the design draft would be out soon.
Everyone: ? ?
"Wow." Park Sun-a, who has the most seniority, could only sigh expressionlessly.
Wu Qingyu worked overtime silently.
Zheng Zhihe specifically advised that the ISG office building was lit every night, and outsiders would think that the boss was exploiting employees, but in fact, that was not the case at all.
"Aren't you afraid of sudden death? Do you know how to maintain a balance between work and rest?" Zheng Zhihe looked at the attendance card and knocked on Wu Qingyu's desk. Wu Qingyu didn't get off work until two o'clock last night, three o'clock the day before yesterday, and today is the weekend and he has no classes, so he came early again.
Although designing is tiring, the workload isn't heavy recently.
Wu Qingyu was a little embarrassed, with a pile of health supplements at hand: "I took a break."
Compared with attendance, this statement is completely unconvincing.
Yu Li heard this conversation as she entered the office. She took the attendance record from Zheng Zhihe and took a look. She didn't mention any rest, but only asked Wu Qingyu to produce his work: "You paint at school during the day, and continue painting at the company after school. You should have produced a lot during this time."
"Show it to me."
Wu Qingyu bit her lip, flipped through a few design drawings, and hesitantly handed them to Yu Li: "Actually... they're not very good."
She didn't even dare show it to Park Sun-a.
Yu Li didn't respond and flipped through the design drawings page by page. Compared with the main push and shield last time, these were just mediocre.
She returned the drawing without scolding him. She only asked Wu Qingyu if he was under a lot of pressure: "You can't produce a good design in this state. Instead of blindly drawing, you should go home and rest."
Yes, "It's better than producing garbage here," Zheng Zhihe was waiting for this sentence.
In the end, Yu Li didn’t say the next sentence.
Zheng Zhihe was shocked, so was Yu Li concerned just now? What happened?
Could it be because of love? She now agreed with Flora's words: "love" is too terrible.
Wu Qingyu and Zheng Zhihe had the same idea. The employees had a private consensus that they would rather work overtime until dawn than be scolded by the representative. The representative's mouth was too cunning, and after listening to it, they felt that life was hopeless.
Now that I'm being cared for, I feel relieved but also a little eager to do something.
If Yu Li knew what they were thinking, she would probably laugh out loud. She didn't seem to be a mean person. Compared to what had happened recently, Wu Qingyu's situation was simply not worth mentioning. She didn't even bother to scold him.
He turned around and wanted to go back to his office, but was stopped by Wu Qingyu: "Deputy, I have another manuscript."
Yu Li turned her head to the side.
Wu Qingyu's face flushed red as he pulled out a piece of paper from the bottom. "I haven't had any inspiration for anything lately, but this is the only thing that makes me feel more and more inspired the more I paint."
Yu Li took it without any emotion and was fixed on it after just one glance.
Wu Qingyu gave Zheng Zhihe the design draft of a pair of rings, one for men and one for women. Zheng Zhihe took a quick glance at it and became interested. They had a sense of design without being too fancy. If they were made into couple rings, they would definitely be a hit.
But Yu Li's focus is not on this.
She had seen this kind of ring before. At the wedding in her dream, the pair of rings that fell to the ground and no one cared about were exactly the same as the ones Wu Qingyu gave her now.
It turns out that it was designed by Wu Qingyu.
"How did you come up with this?" she asked.
Wu Qingyu looked around and saw that no one was paying attention before she gave an explanation: "The last time the representative's fiancé came to the company, he saw you two getting along and had some ideas."
Actually, after returning from Jitan, Choi Taek had been clinging to Yu Ri for several days, following her around the office. When the PR manager saw them, he said they were getting married soon: "Maybe they'll have an engagement party this year."
Engagement requires a wedding ring, and she suddenly had an inspiration.
"Okay." Yu Li returned the blueprint to Wu Qingyu and repeated, "Okay."
"Keep it. We'll talk more about it after get off work."
Wu Qingyu mentioned it to her heart, and she had a hunch that it meant that the representative attached great importance to this design.
The whole day passed quietly. After get off work, Yu Li took Wu Qingyu away. She had figured it out. The reason why Wu Qingyu's design was used in the first round was probably related to Cui Zhengyu.
She has no feelings for Choi Jung-woo, and since there's no love, the highly anticipated engagement party can be used to her advantage. In the first week, she also signed Wu Qingyu, and to promote her own brand, she simply used a design made by her own designer as a wedding ring.
And now——
She should still use Wu Qingyu's design, not to overlap with the first week, but just to make the wedding that made Cui Ze desperate complete.
"This pair of rings is a custom-made one I ordered from you. I need it."
She just wants to modify some of the details.
How can Choi Jung-woo and Choi Taek have the same ring?
They had dinner first and then talked about their ideas after dinner. Wu Qingyu was extremely focused and wanted to make changes on the spot. When they finished talking, Yu Li glanced at the time and it was 8:30 in the evening.
Did she overlook something?
After picking up the bag and going out, Zheng Ruizhen drove and stopped at the gate of Tianshuitai as usual. When Yu Li got out of the car, she reacted.
If nothing unexpected happens, Cui Ze will be back tonight or tomorrow morning.
Looking up, she saw that the floor she bought was quite high, and she couldn't tell from downstairs whether the lights were on or not. She thought there was nothing to hesitate about, so what if Cui Ze came back.
He can't eat people.
Get out of the elevator, scan your fingerprint, enter the door, turn on the light, and put your bag down.
Yu Li turned her head in shock.
Cui Ze sat on the sofa in the living room, his arms folded across his chest, looking at her with his legs spread wide apart. Adding to his fondness for wearing black, he had a heavy aura and looked like he was ready for a fight.
"You're back?" Yu Li adjusted the switch of the finger light. "You're not turning on the light to save electricity? You don't have to be so virtuous about it."
Cui Ze fully understood what it meant to strike first.
He was really good at changing the subject. He nodded to the watch on his left wrist: "Nine o'clock."
Yu Li changed into slippers and walked into the living room. She first went to the island counter to pour herself a glass of water. "I know. Have you eaten yet?"
Cui Ze put down his hands: "I'll be back at six. I've been waiting for you for three hours."
"Haven't you eaten yet?" Yu Li put down her water cup. "Order takeout? Or ask Auntie to cook for you?"
Cui Ze: "Are you busy?"
Yu Li was already heading towards the bedroom: "I'm going to go wash up first, we'll talk later."
As soon as the last word fell, the two of them moved at the same time. Yu Li hurriedly quickened her pace back to the bedroom, while Cui Ze hurriedly tried to stop Yu Li.
Bang, the moment the bedroom door was pushed open, Cui Ze caught up. Yu Li felt a tightness around her waist, and the next moment the door closed in front of her, and Cui Ze grabbed her.
She was squeezed between the door and Cui Ze, and her body was turned over by Cui Ze and leaned against the door, with the two facing each other.
"What are you doing?" Cui Ze leaned over the door, his face just a few inches from Yu Li's. "Sneaking out?"
This behavior is completely unrelated to Kwon Woo-ri.
"Ah, this." Yu Li opened her mouth and wanted to make an excuse, but the smile in her eyes and at the corners of her mouth betrayed her.
She finally laughed, and Cui Ze couldn't help but hug her and bury his head in her shoulder.
"Cui Ze," Yu Li scratched Cui Ze's hair, "This childish behavior is infected by you."
"Yeah." Cui Ze agreed, but still unwilling to let go of his hand.
Patting Cui Ze on the back, Yu Li said that she really had to go wash up: "Have dinner first, I'll come to you later."
"No need," Cui Ze turned his head, rubbed his nose against her slender neck, and placed a kiss on it, "I can do it myself."
Yu Li: ...Okay.
After washing, showering, blow-drying and then maintaining the hair, it was already late at night after completing the whole process. I was wondering why Cui Ze didn't come to disturb me for so long. When I turned around, I found that he had finished showering and was lying on the bed.
Her bed.
A little amused, Yu Li asked Cui Ze if he was going to take up residence in her room: "Completely different style, you slept quite well."
Her room is decorated in warm tones and was designed by Song Min-jung, while Choi Taek's room is decorated in neutral colors, with only black, white and gray, the traditional domineering CEO color scheme.
Cui Ze adapted well, his eyes fixed on Yu Li: "It's late, go get some rest."
Yu Li snorted softly. The man's purpose was too obvious. She lifted her foot and climbed onto the bed, not surprised by what happened next.
Cui Ze held her ankle, and with a little force, she turned her back to Cui Ze and sat in his arms.
Her hair was lifted up, and her slender fingers stretched out from behind her head, stroking her chin along her neck. Finally, her chin was lifted high, and the man kissed her from behind.
"Cui Ze..."
"I know." The voice sounded in my ears, with a hint of malice, "I promise not to leave any traces."
The hot and wet lips slid down and bit the thin strap. The neck cannot be allowed, then——
Release your hands from your waist and move them upwards.
Yu Li took a deep breath: "Cui Ze."
Cui Ze's vague voice came: "I listened to you."
A few minutes later, he raised his head. There were several red marks on his butterfly bones. He curled his lips in satisfaction, straightened his back, turned Yu Li's face, and gave her a long kiss.
Then he knocked the man down and really started his attack.
Yu Li was lying on her back, her pajamas piled up between her legs, her hands restrained above her head, her lips empty, yet the sticky sound of water continued to be heard in the room.
"Cui Ze." After holding it in for a long time, he couldn't help it when he was gently bitten and rubbed on the top, "Did you really eat dinner?"
No reply.
"Be gentle."
No reply.
Her hands were finally released, but she had no strength left. She could only watch the man slide down, and her ankles were once again trapped...
In the early morning, Yu Li opened her eyes, and laziness emanated from her bones.
Cui Ze woke up before Yu Li opened her eyes. As usual, he propped up his head and looked at her, occasionally leaning in for a kiss.
Yu Li pushed the man's head away and found a red mark on the inside of her arm. She sighed inwardly and felt it for a moment before asking Cui Ze, "How do you manage to only wear clothes for yourself?"
Last night, after Choi Ze made a fuss, the two took a bath. Yu Li was so sleepy that she fell asleep in a daze. She only remembered being carried to bed by Choi Ze.
Cui Ze's throat slid: "I don't have to wear it."
Yuri:…
Haha, how humorous.
She sat up, and Cui Ze did the same thing, only pulling on a pair of pants.
Two people, one pair of pants, how humorous.
"Are you okay?" Cui Ze asked in a low voice.
Yu Li rolled her eyes: "Master Cui Ze, don't you know more about what happened last night than I do?"
She didn't make it to the end, so where did it come from? She is very good.
However, Yu Li turned her head and looked at Cui Ze. She didn't do it to the end and was forced to hold it back by Cui Ze. Does it mean that Cui Ze is still worried about that dream?
Cui Ze looked at her and asked what was wrong.
Without asking the question, she hooked Cui Ze's chin and said, "Master Cui Ze, get ready. You have less than two months."
Cui Ze thought for a moment and nodded: "Your birthday party."
He is already preparing gifts.
After Yu Li got dressed and got out of bed, she slowly said, "It's the engagement party."
Cui Ze froze to the side.
Afraid that Cui Ze would go crazy again after digesting these words, Yu Li went out to wash up and locked the door. But a minute later, she heard Cui Ze knocking on the door excitedly. She ignored him and opened her phone while brushing her teeth.
Li Xianzhu sent a message at ten o'clock last night. For well-known reasons, she didn't check her phone all night and only discovered it now.
A few days later, Hong held a banquet, and Li Xianzhu asked Yu Li to go with her.
Hong Xian’s party? It made sense the moment I thought about it. Since they were about to get married, they were probably going to confirm their relationship at the party.
Yu Li quickly agreed so that she could meet Hong Jae-heon and Hong Wu-wook.
By the way, I wonder how Xu Zaitan’s affairs are going.
Three days later, Yu Li received a call from Xu Zaitan. The password had been passed on and someone would probably come to her house soon. Xu Zaitan shared a link with Yu Li.
It was a real-time transmission link for monitoring. When I clicked it, I found that it was in a small box, which was sealed on all sides.
Yu Li took a closer look before recognizing it as a safe.
There are only two places where Xu Zaitan hides things, the bank and the safe. At the same time, people who reveal the password in the dark will not be fooled, and the fact that the bank passed by the cruise ship has strengthened its defense.
I simply chose the safe, which was more like accidentally leaking the password.
There was no movement for two days after the surveillance was installed, until Xu Zaitan went on a business trip to Lin City and someone broke into his villa.
Yu Li was about to fall asleep when she was woken up by Xu Zaitan's calls. Cui Ze held her waist tightly, so she had no choice but to turn on the surveillance camera on her phone.
After waiting for a long while, the man finally entered the study. The door of the safe was carefully opened. The man was bent over, and the surveillance camera only captured his thighs. He was rummaging in the safe with his right hand, but he couldn't find what he wanted after several minutes.
Unable to stay in the villa for long and having not found the thing, the man finally couldn't help but squat down, pulled down his mask, put a small flashlight in his mouth, and searched with both hands.
Click, the screenshot was taken successfully.
She sent the photo to Zheng Ruizhen and asked her to track the face. She wanted to see what tricks the person behind the scenes was playing.
Not long after that, the man got up and left, closing the safe door without taking anything with him.
Seeing this, Yu Li was startled. She pulled Cui Ze's hand away, got out of bed, and called Xu Zaitan: "Have you arranged for someone to follow him?"
"Yes, but I don't know if I can keep up." Xu Zaitan couldn't be 100% sure. This group of people were elusive. If they realized it was just a trap, they would hide more secretly.
"Let's not talk about that for now. You saw he didn't take anything." Yu Li leaned against the window. The curtains were already closed. She wanted to open them, but realized her clothes didn't fit, so she put her hand down. "Even though you've moved all the important things, I don't think he understood. He just looked at what was there."
Xu Zaitan's brain finally became smart: "It shows that he has a clear goal. He knows what Hong Jae-heon wants, and this thing is not in the safe."
That's why I didn't take anything with me.
Even documents of the same type could be taken away. For example, if he was looking for a single document and didn't have enough time to check it carefully, he could have taken all the documents away at once, but he didn't.
Documents were not his target, nor were any type of items in the safe.
Xu Zaitan was going crazy: "Really? The ones I have in the bank and in the safe are all the same type."
Knowing that Xu Zaitan was anxious and that this matter was probably related to the death of his parents, Yu Li did not interrupt.
After waiting for two minutes, she asked, "Think carefully again. From the time you were born until you were twelve, are all the things your parents gave you still with you? Have you checked them all?"
Xu Zaitan forced himself to calm down: "Let me think about it, let me think about it."
The Xu family was wealthy, and although they had always been outclassed by the Bai family, the gifts they sent to him were all very valuable. However, he was young at the time, so the gifts were mostly things like ponies that he could play with.
Play with him? Grow up with him?
Xu Zaitan suddenly raised his head.
I remembered that there was something his parents gave him, but he didn't keep it with him.
There was a doll that had been placed at the head of his bed as long as he could remember. He loved it very much when he was a child, but when he grew up, he felt that boys should not play with these things, so he put the doll away.
His parents knew about it but didn't say anything until they both died in a car accident and he was forcibly sent abroad. It was only then that he found the doll while packing his luggage.
He thought of the doll as a memory and did not take it with him when he returned home. He knew that he would have a tough battle to fight after returning home, and the doll, which carried all his fears and weaknesses, was eventually left in his apartment abroad.
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