Chapter 1010 How about Shi Rui talking about two at the same time?
At 1:20 PM, Qin Jixiu finished his nap and opened the door to the lounge. A cup of steaming green tea sat prominently on the table, its liquid clear and bright, though it was in a different spot from where Assistant Gu usually placed it.
Glancing out the window, I saw Shi Rui standing up from his seat and tapping his phone.
Half an hour ago, Qin Jixiu received a friend request on his messaging app. The message read: "I'm Shi Rui 138XXXXXXXXX." Qin Jixiu tapped a few times on his phone and accepted the request.
Shi Rui's WeChat name is "squid," and his profile picture is a running Samoyed. At this moment, the Samoyed sent a message: "Boss Qin, I'll go downstairs and wait for you. Take your time drinking your green tea."
Qin Jixiu settled comfortably into his chair, sipping his tea. He casually clicked into Shi Rui's WeChat Moments. It was visible for three days, and the signature was empty. Nothing much to look at. Most likely, it was a fake account.
After slowly finishing his tea, he took the private elevator downstairs.
Shi Rui had already rolled down the passenger window and was waiting for him in his black G-Class, looking very respectful. Qin Jixiu walked over to the car and saw Shi Rui's almond-shaped eyes staring at him, but he had no intention of opening the door, so he coughed.
"Oh oh." Shi Rui got out of the car immediately. He walked around and opened the back door, but because he was not familiar with the movements, he almost bumped into Qin Jixiu's leg.
After the car started, Qin Jixiu's calls started coming in one after another, including one from Zhu Xun. Zhu Xun's reaction time was incredibly long, as he had only just now realized that his friend hadn't played games for over a month. When he inquired about it today, he found out that Qin Jixiu had broken up with that green tea girl he disliked. This was simply great news.
"I told you Ye Lansheng had a problem! Don't you think about it? He just sweet-talks you all day and makes you dizzy. How can he be a good person? Forget about how many girls he's been in a relationship with to acquire such a smooth talk. He's a man who stands tall and proud. But when something goes wrong, he posts those sour words. I don't know where he copied them from. He's just deliberately trying to seduce someone. He's just a sentimental and pretentious jerk. He's the one who asks for the stars and the moon every day. He even has the nerve to be two-faced after taking your things. Does he have any conscience?!"
Listening to his friend's angry condemnation, Qin Jixiu raised his eyes slightly. The person driving in front turned the navigation volume to the lowest level with a focused expression. He wondered how Shi Rui would react if he heard these words?
Shi Rui couldn't hear clearly what was said on the phone, he just felt that the other party's voice was quite loud and a bit noisy. He drove carefully, stepping on the accelerator and brakes very measuredly, unlike those taxi drivers who wanted to make passengers vomit in the car when starting and stopping.
"Of course he didn't." Qin Jixiu said.
"I heard that the person he cheated with was a young girl? Could he have hooked up with someone else a long time ago? Didn't you notice anything strange about him before?"
Qin Jixiu rubbed his brows. He didn't want Shi Rui to know his identity yet, so he simply said, "Yes."
He didn't need to say anything before his friend on the other end of the phone excitedly speculated, "Has his temper suddenly become bad for no apparent reason? Is he always deliberately picking fights during holidays, causing arguments, and then reconciling afterward? Does he often make you feel like arguments are entirely your fault?!"
All hits.
Qin Jixiu sighed: "Yes."
Zhu Xun was so angry that he slapped his thigh. "Fuck it! What others say is true. If a man is two-timing, he will definitely make the easier-to-please one angry first, so that he has time for the other one!"
Without a doubt, Qin Jixiu was the one who was "easy to coax." Qin Jixiu couldn't bear to think about the past, feeling both heartbroken and ashamed, especially since the person who caused him such heartache was breathing the same air as him. In the past, he would have been truly grateful for this moment, but now the situation was different...
Zhu Xun must have a lot of curse words in his mind, but Qin Jixiu suddenly said, "I have something to do here, so I'll hang up first. We'll talk later."
Qin Jixiu hung up the phone so quickly that Zhu Xun only had time to utter a "Huh?!"
[Ye Lansheng came to Zhengfeng for an interview and was hired.]
I transferred him to my side.
[Don't worry, the old feelings won't rekindle.]
[He can't have a good day in my hands.]
He lowered his head and typed quickly, fearing that Zhu Xun's stubborn temper would cause him to hit back.
Zhu Xun: [Ah? ??? ??? ??? ]
Zhu Xun: [How do you know he is Ye Lansheng?]
Zhu Xun: [By the way, you said there were photos, right? My good friend, this is fate's blessing on you! I won't say much, I'll just give you the real deal.]
Zhu Xun shared the article "How to Take Revenge on a Cheating Ex-Boyfriend".
Zhu Xun shared the article "Telling you the best way to take revenge on men from a man's perspective."
Zhu Xun shared the article "My Current Boyfriend Became My Subordinate (Completed)" and reconciled #NovelRecommendation#Completed tweet.
Zhu Xun: [The last one is not it, don’t look at it!]
Qin Jixiu: ...
I always feel that these articles are as unreliable as Zhu Xun's, and Qin Jixiu didn't point to any of them.
Shi Rui sat in the front seat without saying a word, like a mascot. Suddenly, their eyes met in the rearview mirror, and Shi Rui immediately acted like a frightened puppy, with his big eyes blinking, looking very innocent.
What a pretentious guy! What about that pornographic image on the background of your business card?
Qin Jixiu folded his arms across his chest, leaning back in his chair. He looked very imposing, but his tone was as if he was just casually bringing up a topic: "Have you ever been in a relationship before?"
Two seconds after his voice fell, the sports watch on Shi Rui's wrist suddenly vibrated. Qin Jixiu took a closer look and saw that it showed that his current heart rate was close to 110.
Qin Jixiu thought to himself, "As expected, Shi Rui clearly has something to hide." It's strange that a lonesome wretch, always looking for more, can still feel guilty.
"Never." Shi Rui said dryly, and then added in a tight voice: "I haven't met anyone I like before."
This was incredibly familiar; Ye Lansheng had said almost the same thing. No matter how rich his romantic history, his public persona was always that of a single ex. After Zhu Xun's analysis, Qin Jixiu had reason to suspect Ye Lansheng was a womanizer, a serial cheater who loved to play the game of octopus.
Fortunately, he tactfully reminded Assistant Gu not to get too close to Shi Rui, lest the three girls be cheated of their money and feelings by Shi Rui.
Qin Jixiu scoffed and ignored him. Turning his attention to the road, he noticed a clunky old car ahead of him. The kind you'd have to spend three days searching for parts on the road if you hit it. It was now driving like a dog splitting its legs to pee, occupying two lanes. He didn't know how long this had been going on, and Shi Rui was actually following behind it obediently.
Qin Jixiu was furious and kicked the front seat back lightly. "Is the horn of this car broken?"
"No," Shi Rui knew what he meant and explained himself a few more words, "I was afraid that if I honked the horn, he would suddenly brake. If he rear-ended us, we would still suffer." There are some people you really can't guess about using the behavioral logic of normal creatures.
"Overtake." Qin Jixiu ordered.
Shi Rui glanced at the rearview mirror: "There's a car behind us, and it's going pretty fast."
"Turn on the turn signal."
Shi Rui said, "Yeah."
Then the wipers started moving.
Qin Jixiu sat in the back and gave a thumbs-up in a sarcastic tone: "That's amazing! Jiangcheng has been suffering from drought for several years. I didn't expect there is such a way to pray for rain. It's a spiritual victory, right?"
Shi Rui pursed his lips: "It was an accidental touch."
The car stopped in the left-turn lane, and the light for going straight was green. Qin Jixiu was a little confused: "Am I the only one who can see the waiting area ahead?"
“…”
The black G-Class drove to the front of the waiting area and stopped.
The green light lasted half a second, and the car didn't move. Qin Jixiu asked considerately, "Is it that the traffic lights in Jiangcheng aren't as good as those in Lincheng? Do you want me to report this to the relevant authorities?"
“…I didn’t see it.”
Shi Rui had never been so nervous while driving as he was today. To be honest, he had always driven very steadily, but he didn't know what happened just now. After he realized that Qin Jixiu was staring at him, he became restless and his hands and feet became uncontrollable.
Fortunately, this situation didn't last long before they arrived at their destination. As soon as they got off the bus, Qin Jixiu asked Shi Rui to help him buy a pack of cigarettes from the supermarket. Shi Rui asked him which brand, and he said to buy the most expensive one. Shi Rui came back jogging and handed over a pack of cigarettes. Qin Jixiu asked for water again. Shi Rui went back and bought some water. Qin Jixiu touched it and thought it was too cold, so Shi Rui took Qin Jixiu's thermos and went around the mall asking people where he could get some hot water.
Seeing Shi Rui running with sweat all over his forehead, Qin Jixiu felt a little better and took out a cigarette on the deserted roadside.
Shi Rui took a cup of hot water and hurried over to him. He didn't complain about him ordering people around. He even used his newly bought lighter to carefully light the cigarette in Qin Jixiu's mouth. When Shi Rui's hand approached, it brought a faint fragrance, probably the smell of soap or hand sanitizer. The veins on the back of his hand bulged, which was very sexy and attractive, but Qin Jixiu suddenly felt disgusted. He frowned and couldn't help but take a half step back.
Shi Rui looked embarrassed by his actions.
Qin Jixiu lowered his eyes and smoked silently.
Shi Rui stood aside, and in his peripheral vision he saw the cloud of smoke exhaled by Qin Jixiu's cigarette, which slowly rose and fell as if carrying the owner's thoughts. Behind the cloud, the face with overly superior features was covered with melancholy, just like the shadow in his eyes that he was not familiar with.
After finishing a cigarette, Qin Jixiu raised his chin and said, "There's candy in the car, take it."
"Here." Shi Rui suddenly took out the mint candy that Qin Jixiu always ate from his pocket. He bought it in individual packaging. He just stretched out his hand like Doraemon and conjured up a pleasing gift.
Otherwise, Shi Rui could date two people at the same time, Qin Jixiu thought a little tiredly, young people are really energetic, one is not enough, they have to hook up with the other one at the same time to feel satisfied.
Qin Jixiu took the mint candy, tore open the package with his slender fingers, and put the candy into his mouth.
Get down to business.
The store we visited today is managed by an American named Jackie, who has been working in China for many years. Since the store's target customers are mostly people from English-speaking countries, he still only speaks a few simple Chinese sentences.
They talked about "unique selling proposition", which involved professional terms and was boring and uninteresting. Qin Jixiu glanced at Shi Rui and found that he had taken out a notebook at some point. Instead of looking confused, he nodded frequently and responded with a smile.
Did he really understand? It wasn't that Qin Jixiu looked down on him. Shi Rui had been abroad for over a year, so he definitely had no problem with daily communication. But the conversation just now was more about product specifications and performance. Could he understand that?
As if he had guessed what he was thinking, Shi Rui started discussing things with Jackie, speaking modestly and in fluent American English, like a complete "native speaker." Putting aside his personal qualities, Shi Rui was indeed quite capable.
Seeing that the two were communicating well, Qin Jixiu relaxed, opened the thermos, and drank a sip of hot water. His lips unexpectedly touched something soft in the water. He looked down and saw that it was a few chrysanthemums soaked in it. The water was not bitter, but slightly sweet.
Added rock sugar?
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