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Bai Yeliang saw the man take his daughter home again. His daughter returned carrying a gift box and had a new diamond ring on her hand.
Bai Yi has always been opinionated and difficult to manage, so Bai Yeliang eventually gave in to her. However, as parents, they can't help but worry about their daughter's marriage and love life.
"Xiaoyi, tell Dad about your boyfriend? How did you meet? How's your relationship?" This was the first time Bai Yeliang had asked Bai Yi so directly about her love life.
Bai Yi opened the jewelry box, took off the diamond ring on her hand and the earrings that Zhong Yunxi had just put on her, picked up the ring from the set of blue diamonds, put it on and looked at it, and also tried on the bracelet.
Bai Yeliang was speechless with shock at the set of jewelry, and felt even more that the man was unfathomable, wondering who his daughter had offended.
She didn't reply to Bai Yeliang, but only instructed, "Wang Ma, please take this to my room and put it on the second shelf of my jewelry cabinet."
Li Wan, who was sitting uneasily to the side, quickly replied, "I'll go," after hearing her speak. Then she carefully carried the gift box upstairs.
Bai Yeliang frowned deeply, waiting for his daughter's reply.
"Dad, I'm going to get our marriage certificate next Saturday."
His words were like a thunderbolt.
Bai Yeliang was stunned for several minutes. "Xiao Yi, do you know what you're doing?"
Bai Yi reached for the remote control on the coffee table, picked up a documentary to play, and said lazily, "I know."
Bai Yeliang grabbed the remote and turned off the screen.
Bai Yi then looked at her father: "Dad, the person I'm going to marry is Zhong Yunxi, the president of Leading Capital, who will soon be a shareholder of your Tiansheng. From now on, Vice Chairman Zhou will have to be mindful of your feelings. Not to mention your mid-level position, if you want to get into the board of directors, he can find a way."
Bai Yeliang: ...
“Marrying someone like that, you…” Bai Yeliang’s voice trembled; he wanted to say that this was playing with fire.
Bai Yeliang, now over fifty, knew the true value of the phrase "marrying someone of equal social standing" in the context of marriage. He had seen far too many examples of the thorny paths that lay behind every meteoric rise to power; it was far more than just swallowing needles in a marriage of convenience.
He knew he couldn't persuade his daughter, so he just sighed, "You..."
“Dad, you don’t understand the art of all-in betting. Marrying Zhou Qi or Zhong Yunxi are both gambles, so why don’t I take a big gamble?”
Bai Yi felt sleepy, so she went upstairs to remove her makeup and take a bath. She had to go to work tomorrow.
She was full of twisted logic, both cunning and stubborn, leaving Bai Yeliang speechless.
It wasn't until she had been upstairs for a while that Bai Yeliang finally calmed down and muttered "Nonsense" again.
The following Monday, just after eight o'clock, Zhong Yunxi came to pick her up in person.
Bai Yi went to open the door himself. "Do you want to meet my dad? I told him last night that I'd get our marriage certificate on Saturday, and he was probably so angry he couldn't sleep all night."
Zhong Yunxi asked with a smile, "What did you tell him?"
"They said I made a big bet, like all in."
Zhong Yunxi: ...
She calls two years "So. Ha".
In addition to bringing her Kayla roses, Zhong Yunxi always kept tea and red wine in his car.
Although his first meeting with Bai Yeliang was brief, his manners were still acceptable.
Bai Yi went to a restaurant for a meal, and Bai Yeliang asked Li Wan to make coffee for Zhong Yunxi, knowing that young people liked to drink this in the morning.
Zhong Yunxi handed the flowers and gifts to Wang Ma, then sat down in the living room with Bai Yeliang.
Bai Yeliang glanced in the direction of the restaurant: "President Zhong."
Zhong Yunxi accepted the coffee Li Wan brought him: "You can just call me Yunxi."
Bai Yeliang bluntly stated, "Xiao Yi is inexperienced and her actions are bound to be inappropriate. Someone of your status shouldn't be fooling around with her."
Zhong Yunxi smiled and said, "It seems she didn't tell you the truth. She only agreed to a two-year marriage contract with me."
Bai Yeliang: ...
A clear voice came from the restaurant: "Zhong Yunxi, are you talking badly about me?"
Zhong Yunxi turned his head and raised his voice slightly in the direction of the restaurant: "No. I'm praising you."
He turned and looked at Bai Yeliang, his eyes conveying the message, "You see?"
Bai Yeliang suddenly realized that he knew nothing about his daughter's abilities. It was only because he didn't have any underlying health conditions that he was able to get into the hospital last night.
Although Zhong Yunxi was a guest and spoke very humbly, his demeanor still made Bai Yeliang feel uncomfortable. He didn't want to watch the two interact, so he left for work earlier than them. Before leaving, he resignedly said, "She has a bad temper, please bear with her."
After Bai Yeliang left, Zhong Yunxi went to the restaurant. Bai Yi was eating breakfast while scrolling through her phone. He sat down next to her and took her phone away, saying, "Eat your food properly."
She nudged him with her elbow, annoyed: "I'm just eating properly, scrolling through my phone while I eat."
Zhong Yunxi: "How about I come earlier next time and have breakfast with you? I'm more entertained than eating with my phone on."
"Don't compete with my phone for attention."
"Your phone has plenty of time to spend with you, but I only have two years."
Bai Yi: ...
These past two years were clearly her trump card, but now it seems to have become his ultimate weapon. Is that reasonable?
On her first day at work, she arrived at the HR department of Runhe Pharmaceuticals on time and handed over her documents.
She was part of the research team, there to provide academic support for the launch of a new drug. The head of the human resources department took her to the medical affairs department.
Because it was a new drug launch, the focus of work shifted from scientific research to clinical practice. She was not a core member, and the workload and intensity were not particularly heavy.
As soon as Bai Yi sat down at her workstation, the marketing director came over to introduce herself. She was a very capable career woman and even brought her a cup of coffee. "Hello, are you Ms. Bai from Professor Wu's research team? My name is Meng Shuang, from Marketing Department II. My main task in the fourth quarter is to promote new drugs academically. I may need your support. Please take care of me."
Bai Yi took the coffee, shook hands, and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you, I will do my best."
Meng Shuang, a workplace elite, with her neat short hair, intelligent and insightful appearance, and eloquent and appropriate speech, said, "This is the first time I've seen such a young and beautiful research teacher as you."
Bai Yi smiled and said, "The pharmacological mechanism of the new drug is a research paper I wrote with Senior Brother He. He's been too busy lately, so I had to come over."
At her age, it's easy for people to misunderstand her, wondering if she's just some random assistant the research team brought in to fool the pharmaceutical company. After all, once a new drug is launched, all the theoretical support and technical parameters that the research team needs to provide are already finalized.
Meng Shuang pointed to the coffee in her hand: "I don't know what flavor you like, so I brought the original latte."
Bai Yi raised her wrist and said with a smile, "No dietary restrictions, thank you."
Someone knocked on the door. "Mr. Meng, Deputy General Manager Shang from the Finance Department wants to see you to discuss your fourth-quarter budget."
Meng Shuang waved to Bai Yi: "I'm leaving. Let's have dinner together sometime."
In the CFO's office, Shang Xinlan asked her, "Did you give my coffee to the new pretty girl?"
Meng Shuang handed her the budget sheet and clicked her tongue: "No wonder you're a researcher, you're really beautiful, and more importantly, you're ethereal, all-natural. Unlike us, our hair is full of industrial saccharin."
"Go make me some coffee. No matter how pretty she is, you still owe me a week's worth of coffee."
Meng Shuang lost a card game over the weekend. Not only did he lose a beginner's pack, but he also had to make coffee for Shang Xinlan for a week.
"I'll order you some takeout." Meng Shuang took out her phone, muttering, "You know what? People wear dresses to work. Sigh, us office workers, who even remembers what a dress looks like?"
He glanced at his white suit and black pants and sighed again.
Shang Xinlan flipped through her fourth-quarter expense budget, glanced at her watch, and said, "Stop envying those dresses. It's 9:30. It's Monday's regular meeting."
Meng Shuang hurried back to her office, pointing to the budget sheet before leaving: "Remember to sign it, and then take it to the boss for approval at the meeting."
Bai Yi is not considered an employee of Runhe, and she is not required to attend the company's internal mid-to-senior level meetings.
She only met the director of the medical affairs department after the meeting, a man in his thirties, who returned to his office after the meeting.
Lu Lin was stunned when he saw Bai Yi in the outer office before stepping into his own office. Assistant Zhang went in to report to him: "President Lu, the support team for the new drug has just been established, and Professor Bai Yi from the research team came today."
Lu Lin nodded: "Understood. Notify the marketing and sales teams responsible for the new drug to come and meet us. We'll need to do academic promotion later, and we'll have to trouble them to attend various conferences and lectures. Don't let them just keep asking me for people and make me beg them."
Assistant Zhang replied, "General Manager Meng from Marketing Department II came by before the regular meeting."
Lu Lin snorted coldly: "It's Meng Shuang again. All day long, he can't walk past any beautiful woman. He's like a pervert."
There was a knock on the door, and Lu Lin instinctively said, "Come in."
Bai Yi peeked out from the doorway before pushing it open and coming in. Lu Lin looked at her with the expression of a little animal.
She handed over the documents, saying, "Mr. Lu, I just arrived today. This is a revised version of the research team's materials. I'm bringing you a copy, and I'll also send an electronic copy to your assistant. Once the new drug is launched, the teams in charge of each department will definitely be busy. If you need any assistance from me, please feel free to ask."
Lu Lin felt he should retract his earlier mockery of Meng Shuang, realizing he had indeed wronged her this time.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lu Lin nodded, without saying anything more.
Bai Yi asked her assistant for his email address again.
As Assistant Zhang watched her retreating figure, he sighed, "What a pity."
Lu Lin: ?
Assistant Zhang: "Didn't Mr. Lu see the engagement ring on Ms. Bai's hand?"
Lu Lin rubbed his forehead and pointed to the door: "Get out and get to work."
Bai Yi spent almost the entire morning introducing herself to people from various departments who came to meet her. Only when she had a moment to herself did she see Zhong Yunxi's message from two hours earlier.
Ask her what she wants for lunch.
She had just heard Assistant Zhang from her department introduce the company's cafeteria and replied to him: They have an employee cafeteria.
Zhong Yunxi: How long is the lunch break? Is there a private office?
She wasn't even a full-time employee; while it wasn't exactly a labor dispatch job, there was no way she could be given a private office.
Bai Yi rolled her eyes and told him that she would get off work at 12 o'clock and work from 1:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon.
Zhong Yunxi: I'll come downstairs at 12 o'clock and have dinner with you nearby.
Bai Yi: No need, it's quite far from the East Tower.
Zhong Yunxi: There's no traffic jam at noon, so it'll be quick.
After exiting the chat window, Zhong Yunxi glanced at the time. The ongoing meeting was about to end, so he got up and left, gesturing for the others to continue.
Xue Meng followed him to the parking lot. He gave the driver the address, asked Xue Meng to order food and a hotel, and then made a phone call in his contacts.
After get off work, Assistant Zhang was worried that it would be awkward for her to be alone since it was her first day and she wasn't familiar with her colleagues, so he took the initiative to invite her to dinner.
She smiled and declined, saying, "Thank you, Assistant Zhang, but I have plans to go out with a friend."
Assistant Zhang understood. On her first day at work, her boyfriend would definitely be worried and want to come and have dinner with her, probably even picking her up and dropping her off at get off work.
Before going to the restaurant, Meng Shuang made a detour to their department. Just as she was watching Bai Yi enter the elevator and go downstairs, she couldn't help but sigh. Assistant Zhang laughed at her, "Don't let President Lu see you coming to our department to flirt. He'll be sarcastic about you again."
Lu Lin didn't see it, but Shang Xinlan did, rolling her eyes to the top of her head: "Meng Shuang, it's one thing to deliver coffee in the morning, but you even abandoned your lunch buddy?"
Having failed to intercept anyone, Meng Shuang's expression instantly changed. "Hey, I just wanted to say a few words to Assistant Zhang. You're still my sweetheart."
Shang Xinlan laughed and cursed, "Get lost!" Meng Shuang ran over to hug Shang Xinlan.
Zhong Yunxi watched Bai Yi emerge from the elevator and called her: "Left front."
He drove a Maybach today, and Bai Yi didn't recognize him. She only saw him when Zhong Yunxi opened the door and got out of the car, and she quickly went over to him.
It was rush hour, and groups of people were getting off the elevator one after another.
As soon as he got in the car, Zhong Yunxi asked, "Are the interpersonal relationships in the department complicated?"
Bai Yi took a sip of water and shook his head: "It's not complicated, it's alright."
Zhong Yunxi hummed in agreement, feeling somewhat relieved. Her new company was unlike the research team, where interpersonal relationships were simple and her senior colleagues doted on her. The pharmaceutical company was highly commercialized, and everyone there was a shrewd individual honed through years of profit-driven shrewdness.
“Tell me if you’re unhappy. I’m a shareholder in their company.”
Bai Yi: ...
She poked him with her finger and condemned, "Capitalist."
Zhong Yunxi finally had the opportunity to take her wrist in his palm.
Lunch was arranged at a hotel just one street away, and Zhong Yunxi accompanied her to eat at the buffet restaurant: "I've booked a room for you here, you can go and rest after lunch."
Bai Yi, chin in hand, said, "Zhong Yunxi, if I didn't go to work, wouldn't I be able to save a lot of money?"
Zhong Yunxi laughed: "What, do you not want to go to work or are you just reluctant to spend money?"
"Am I spending too much money?"
"It didn't cost much, and I made it back in seconds."
Bai Yi: ...
Zhong Yunxi escorted her back to her room, and arranged her lunch and rest perfectly.
As soon as Bai Yi entered the room, she turned around, hugged his waist, and called him "Boss Zhong".
She spoke with a smile, her voice trailing off in a coquettish tone.
Zhong Yunxi was stunned by her shout. The moment she hugged him, he instinctively raised his arm and stood there for a long time without reacting.
"So happy?" He put his arm around her shoulder.
Bai Yi nodded. "Yeah, why are you so good to me?"
Zhong Yunxi smiled and said, "You are my fiancée."
Bai Yi stepped off her shoes and stood barefoot on his instep: "You said it's because I'm smart, beautiful, cute, gentle, and considerate."
Zhong Yunxi's eyes were deep and unfathomable as he lowered his head to kiss her.
Bai Yi wouldn't let him kiss her: "You go first."
Zhong Yunxi picked her up, sat her down on the sofa, and repeated her words: "Because you are smart, beautiful, cute, gentle and considerate."
Bai Yi smiled and gave him a light kiss on the chin.
Zhong Yunxi said in a deep voice, "Go to bed and sleep for a while?"
Bai Yi turned to the side and hugged his waist tightly, curling up in his arms: "No, I want to sleep in your arms. Don't put me down."
Zhong Yunxi: ...
She's so good at acting cute.
There was simply no way to stop her. Whether she was being coquettish or angry, Zhong Yunxi found that she didn't try to restrain or correct Bai Yi's behavior at all. He was willing to accept whatever she did unconditionally.
He has never been so lenient with anyone.
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