Chapter 54: Dating without Romance
Non-romantic relationship
Hearing that Jiang Qingyan was coming, He Zheng subconsciously looked at Wen Ruan.
Wen Ruan looked normal, "Why are you looking at me? He came to see you, not me."
He Zheng observed her expression and felt relieved when he saw that she was indeed not affected. He looked at Yu Yang.
"What's he doing here?"
Yu Yang: "He said he came to discuss cooperation."
"Talk about cooperation?" He Zheng sneered in a cold voice, "Who wants to cooperate with him? Let him go."
Yu Yang received the order and was about to leave, but when he heard Ruan Chaohe argue, he said, "Yao Tianyu will never ask you to cooperate. Jiang Qingyan dared to come, it can only be Yao Wei's will."
He Zheng looked at her without saying anything.
Wen Ruan continued, "Yao Wei asked Jiang Qingyan to come over to discuss cooperation. It's obvious that he wants to ease the relationship with you. The projects he sent must be good. If you don't want to cooperate, just pick two good ones and take them directly. Don't refuse them."
She smiled, her eyes shining.
"It will also deepen the conflict between them. Besides, even if Jiang Qingyan was sent here on Yao Wei's orders, Yao Tianyu would still be angry with him. Let them fight each other, isn't that a good idea?"
He Zheng's idea coincided with hers.
He just didn't want Jiang Qingyan to come to Minghe and didn't want Wen Ruan to see him.
He Zheng instructed Yu Yang, "Go tell him that I'll be at the Yao family's old house at three o'clock. Tell him to take the project directly to the old house."
…
In the huge office, only He Zheng and Wen Ruan were left.
The cigarette between He Zheng's fingers had not yet burned out, but he stopped smoking and put it out directly in the ashtray, then turned sideways to look at Wen Ruan.
His eyes fell on her lips.
Her red lips were slightly swollen, moist and gorgeous, the corners of her eyes were red, and her radiant face was rosy. She looked very kissable. He Zheng thought of that kiss, and there was a hidden affection in his eyes.
He was so angry.
Just now in the conference room, he thought of last year's Rongli celebration banquet.
She stood on the stage, nailed to the pillar of shame by her lover's words. She raised and lowered the microphone several times, crying bitterly, and everyone was laughing at her.
She was isolated and helpless, and was judged by those people with all kinds of strange looks.
Just now, too, she finished saying those words alone, waiting for everyone's judgment. If she hadn't blinked at him eight hundred times in half a minute and tried desperately to give him hints, he really wanted to drag her out of the meeting room and scold her.
After the meeting, he was surrounded by a group of people. He was afraid that his emotions would get out of control, so he didn't dare to look at her.
Later, Yu Yang came over and said that Shen Yifan had gone to the hospital to pick up Cheng Shuang, so he asked Yu Yang to take her around the company to familiarize her with it.
After finally getting everyone in the office out, he called her over and wanted to have a good talk with her, but as soon as the door opened, he lost control.
Why did she lose control? He didn't know. Listening to the crisp, rapid sound of her high heels, every time the heels hit the floor, he felt more irritated and regretful.
When Wen Ruan went to Rongcheng University without telling anyone, he blamed her, but then he thought, it was better this way.
Wen Ruan was too depressed in high school. Leaving Haicheng, at least she was free and out of her mother's control. She would have a new life and she should live freely.
But now, she is not free, and even her private life is under special attention.
The moment the door opened, He Zheng's body moved faster than his brain. When he came to his senses, he had already kissed her. It wasn't really a kiss, he just wanted to vent, wanted her to know that he was angry.
He didn't expect her to cooperate later.
When she used her soft lips and tongue to lead him into a kiss, the tense string in his mind broke, and he unconsciously followed her rhythm, slowly kissing her and feeling her.
If he didn't stop in the end, he was really afraid that his beastly nature would take over.
He didn't want to hit her. She even took the initiative to kiss him. He was in a better mood and was no longer angry. As a result, she asked him what he was angry about.
What was she angry about? She had never thought that he would worry about her or feel sorry for her.
In one word, his anger, which had been suppressed in the meeting room, was aroused again. He was reluctant to hit him elsewhere, so he could only slap him on the butt twice.
After being interrupted by Yu Yang, He Zheng calmed down and apologized first.
"I'm sorry for kissing you and hitting you without your consent. If you're angry, you can fight back."
Give it back?
What? Kiss him back? Spank him?
Wen Ruan had just been scolded by him, and now she knew that he was worried about her, so she didn't pursue the matter again.
"Forget it, let's continue with the previous topic."
The topic just now?
White moonlight?
He Zheng immediately sat up straight. They had come to this point and she had just kissed him on her own initiative. This was the best time to confess.
"The red string is your breakup gift to me?"
Wen Ruan was stunned for a moment, almost unable to follow his train of thought, "A breakup gift? I didn't give you one."
He Zheng asked her to think about it again. "It's a blue box, beautifully packaged."
Wen Ruan recalled his description carefully again and slapped his forehead, "I remember now, but it was an apology letter, not a breakup gift."
Wen Ruan remembered this incident very clearly.
When the admission letter came, her mother was furious and forced her to stay in Haicheng to repeat the year, but she planned to go to Rongcheng in advance.
I didn't dare to see He Zheng, but it would be irresponsible to just disappear, so I wrote him a letter of apology. To show my appreciation, I even bought a gift box to wrap it and sent it to him the day before I left.
As a result, as soon as he sent it out, he came to find her, but the talks still broke down.
Wen Ruan suddenly reacted at this moment.
"You said I was the one who gave it to you? That's impossible. I wrote the letter myself and mailed it myself. It couldn't be a red string."
He Zheng was anxious, "It's the red string, you gave it to me."
He Zheng remembered this incident even more clearly than she did.
After all, he resented her at that time. She played with his feelings and ran away after that. He hated her so much that when he received the box and saw her name on the delivery note, he almost threw it away.
Later I still couldn’t bear to do it.
The box was just as she described, very exquisite, but when it was opened, there was indeed a red rope. Shen Yifan happened to come in from outside at that time, and when he saw the red rope, he made a joke.
"Oh, it looks like something I got from a temple. It's a marriage rope. Who gave it to me?"
At that time, he thought, what kind of marriage rope is this? Maybe she was playing with his feelings and felt guilty, so he bought a safety rope for a few dollars from a roadside stall.
He should have thrown away or burned the red string.
But he wore it.
One insisted that it was an apology letter, and the other insisted that it was a red rope.
Everyone thinks their memory is correct.
After arguing for a long time, He Zhengxian sighed, "Wen Ruan, it's just a rope. How can I lie to you? There's no need for me to lie to you."
Wen Ruan tutted, "That's not necessarily true. Men's words are deceitful. When they're chasing someone, they never tell the truth. Your white moonlight hasn't turned back yet, and now you want to seduce me even more..."
"Wait a minute," He Zheng interrupted her and corrected her choice of words, "The word 'pao' sounds ugly. I like you and I really want to pursue you."
Wen Ruan chuckled, "It's all the same. Last night I applied medicine to you and you reacted. Just now you kissed me again. I'm not stupid. You're interested in me now, but after what happened with Jiang Qingyan, I won't date a man with a white moonlight anymore. So you're deliberately pinning this white moonlight thing on me to take advantage of the situation. Luckily I have a good memory."
He Zheng almost laughed out of anger, "I'm even more wronged than Dou E!"
It was already time for lunch. Wen Ruan remembered that he had just said that he had a lunch party and was about to end the conversation.
She leaned closer to him and said, "I don't date a man with a white moonlight, but——"
She reached out and poked his hard chest through his shirt, her beautiful eyes smiling.
"I'm very interested in your body. If you think it's okay, before your white moonlight comes back to you, we can try... a non-romantic relationship."
I'm interested in your body.
No romantic relationship.
He Zheng slowly pondered over these two sentences, and soon something flashed through his mind. His ears and face turned red, and his whole body felt as if it was boiling.
"You mean, you don't want to have a relationship with me, but you want to sleep with me?"
The question was so ambiguous that the ending tone was trembling.
Wen Ruan was about to speak when someone knocked on the door again.
He was the director of the Finance Department. It was agreed that Mr. He would take him to the lunch party. When it was time to leave, there was no movement from Mr. He, so he came over to ask.
Wen Ruan stood up when he heard the first knock on the door, and bent down to get closer to He Zheng before leaving.
"I'll wait for you at home tonight."
She was too close, their foreheads almost touching. He Zheng didn't dare to move. He was very excited, his Adam's apple was rolling, and his mouth was dry.
"Wait...wait for me for what?"
Wen Ruan put her lips close to his ear and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to give it a try? If you can't accept a purely physical relationship, I will only apply medicine on your back. If you accept it,
She paused, leaned forward, and touched his earlobe with her warm lips.
"On the way back, stop by the supermarket and remember to buy a T-shirt."
He Zheng's breathing suddenly stopped, his handsome face flushed red, and the earlobe that was touched by her was even redder. He stared at Wen Ruan with wide eyes, almost not daring to recognize her.
This woman has become a different person now, so fierce!
He speaks so directly and boldly that it makes it impossible for people to survive.
What to do? He wanted to flirt with her, but now the situation is completely reversed. But she is so handsome, he doesn't feel frivolous at all, and he can't wait!
But why does time pass so slowly? I wish it would be night soon!
…
Under the scorching sun, Jiang Qingyan was turned away at the gate of Minghe Building.
He looked up at the thirty-six-story building, his gaze falling on the top floor, and Yu Yang's words flashed through his mind.
"Mr. He is busy now. Director Wen is in his office. He is having tea with Director Wen and asked you to go to the Yao family's old house to see him at 3 pm."
Director Wen was in his office, and he was drinking tea with Director Wen...
Jiang Qingyan's thoughts drifted away, thinking about his dealings with He Zheng over the past few years. He Zheng always had an inexplicable hostility towards him. It was not the vigilance of a business competitor, but simply disgust towards him.
He had never offended him outside of work, so he never understood what the hostility was.
Now, I understand.
At last year's Rongli celebration banquet and this year's Rongli cocktail party, He Zheng always protected Wen Ruan first. It seemed that he was confronting Yao Tianyu, but in fact, he just wanted to protect Wen Ruan.
He Zheng must like Wen Ruan.
This was the conclusion Jiang Qingyan came to after staying up all night.
Actually, he shouldn't have come today.
After Yao Man fell asleep last night, Yao Wei called him to the office and asked him about Wen Ruan's cell phone number.
He explained that after Yao Man took over the project that Wen Ruan was previously responsible for, Yao Man cancelled two contracts. He wanted to find Wen Ruan to ask about the situation and see if it could be remedied. He asked Wen Ruan for his cell phone number.
Yao Man did ruin two very important contracts, but the mobile phone number was given to him by Xue Shao. Wen Ruan gave the new mobile phone number to Lin Yue last night, and Xue Shao saw it from Lin Yue.
He didn't know why he saved the strange number.
Yao Wei didn't say anything after hearing his explanation last night. In Yao Wei's mind, Wen Ruan was a lowly ant that posed no threat and wouldn't cause much trouble. He Zheng's matter was the most important.
He Zheng’s background was exposed last night, and he could see that Yao Wei was very happy.
He even suggested that Minghe and Rongli cooperate.
"Now that everyone knows that He Zheng is my son, Yao Wei, the two brothers should stop fighting openly. After so many years of fighting, it's time to shake hands and make peace."
Yao Wei asked him to sort out all of Rongli's projects to see if there were any that could achieve win-win cooperation with Minghe Capital.
It would take a few days to sort it out carefully, but he's here now.
Why are you here?
About half an hour ago, Yao Tianyu suddenly went to his office, threw his cell phone to him, and played a recording almost with glee.
"Wen Ruan reported to Minghe today. This is what she said during the meeting. She said that she mistook her kindness to you for love, and that she has always loved He Zheng."
Did he mistake his kindness for love? Was he the one who loved He Zheng the whole time?
Oh.
Back in the car, Jiang Qingyan asked his assistant Chen Yi for his cell phone.
Yao Man deleted Wen Ruan's number last night, but he still remembered the number.
He used Chen Yi's phone to send a message to Wen Ruan, "I'm waiting for you at the Chinese restaurant at the South Street intersection. If you want to hear about the life and death of Zhang Tongtong's husband, Pan Rui, come over."
【I am Jiang Qingyan.】
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