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Yu Zou turned on the light screen and compared the test data with the predicted data in real time. Indeed, as Li Kuo had said, there was a significant discrepancy. Thinking that the act had to be convincing, Yu Zou then asked, "What's the problem with the simulated precipitation data also being outside the margin of error?"
Du Pianjian looked at him, puzzled. "What? I don't understand."
"Don't understand?" Yu Zou looked puzzled, stared at Du Pianjian for a while, and then said, "Aren't you Zhao Junjie's employee?"
"I'm not him, you've mistaken me for someone else."
Yu Zou pinched the bridge of his nose, looking exhausted: "I'm sorry."
Du Pianjian smiled, her slightly damp curly hair clinging to her neck and trembling slightly: "It's alright. But, the frequency of the rain seems to be specified according to the musical score."
"Sheet music?"
"The sound of rain falling on leaves is like the Prelude to Raindrops in D-flat major and the Sixth Symphony, Pastoral."
The rain stopped at that moment.
The rainbow created by artificial rain fell precisely into the goddess's water jar.
The gates at both ends of the garden were unlocked. As soon as the gates opened a hand's width, Chi Hengxun hurriedly squeezed out, rushed in front of the two, and glared angrily at Yu Zou.
Li Kuo walked over from the other side, his eyes questioning Zhao Junjie: Why is this the case? Didn't you say they left?
Zhao Junjie closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, following Chi Hengxun listlessly.
"What are you talking about? You seem to be having a lot of fun," Chi Hengxun asked through gritted teeth.
Yu Zou feigned surprise, glanced at him up and down, and answered frankly, "Garden design. I mistook you for an engineer."
Chi Hengxun completely ignored Yu Zou's answer, staring intently at Du Pianjian. Du Pianjian looked back, her smooth profile remaining still, as if they were engaged in a battle of wills while staring at each other.
Yu Zou politely said goodbye: "Thank you for your suggestion."
Du Pianjian then looked away from Yu Zou and replied with a smile, "You're welcome."
Zhao Junjie and Li Kuo immediately exchanged a glance, and saw surprise in each other's eyes. They hadn't expected that Yu Zou didn't know Du Pianjian. They immediately came to life, and Zhao Junjie smiled and put his arm around Yu Zou's shoulder, leading him towards the door: "The architect is waiting at the bar. I'll take you there. Feel free to ask me any questions."
Chi Hengxun grabbed Du Pianjian's arm and pulled her behind the statue. Du Pianjian was not as strong as him and was dragged along by him.
Yu Zou glanced back at the struggling Du Pianjian and whispered to Zhao Junjie, "So he's the one from Chi Hengxun."
Du Pianjian suddenly spoke, her words fierce: "I am Du Pianjian, not anyone's anyone."
Yu Zou had already left when he heard this, he suddenly stopped, turned around slowly like an old, wind-up toy, and said, word by word, "Du Pianjian?"
Zhao Junjie wanted to stop him but had no way to do so. He saw Yu Zou turn around completely, his face displeased, his incredulous eyes shifting back and forth between Chi Hengxun and Du Pianjian. He asked with a displeased expression, "Du Pianjian from Shoushu University?"
Chi Hengxun stopped, gripping Du Pianjian's wrist, and stared intently at Yu Zou. Yu Zou wanted an answer, but no one spoke. He looked into everyone's eyes, but still received no response. He chuckled in exasperation and walked towards Du Pianjian, who was now behind Chi Hengxun, extending his hand: "Hello, I'm Yu Zou. I just returned to the country recently."
Zhao Junjie interjected, "Hahaha, yeah, yeah, what a coincidence that we met for the first time. Let's go to the bar and have a couple of drinks together."
No one responded.
Li Kuo said, "Let's talk about it next time; this isn't a good time," while trying to pull Yu Zou away, but he couldn't. Yu Zou only looked into Du Pianjian's eyes: "Do you know you're engaged to Shao Jinfeng?"
Du replied with a note: "I understand."
“Shao Jinfeng is my younger brother. Your engagement with him has been transferred to me, so can I talk to you alone?”
The two men, being nearly the same height and possessing similar auras, clashed, creating an even more tense atmosphere. Chi Hengxun warned, "Report!"
“I think you’ve kept your mouth shut all this time, so you have even less right to speak now.”
"If you want to talk, talk to me."
“You have no right to answer for him. Even if you're lovers now, he still has his personal freedom.” Yu Zou turned to Du Pianjian, his tone softening. “Would you like to talk to me?”
On the verge of danger, with bad things about to happen, Li Kuo could only watch helplessly as Zhao Junjie, who was usually so at ease among his friends, remained silent at this moment!
Du Pianjian struggled with her wrist and whispered, "Let go of me."
But Chi Hengxun only gripped it tighter.
Du Pianjian repeated himself, this time in an even louder voice: "Let me go!"
Yu Zou's gaze shifted downwards, and he saw that Du Pianjian's hand had turned from white to red. He reminded him, "You're hurting his hand. He's a musician."
Chi Hengxun slowly released his grip, his fingers trembling slightly, and strode to the side, no longer looking at the two of them.
At the bar, Du Pianjian gently swung his arm and slowly clenched his fist repeatedly, stimulating blood flow as if squeezing a sponge.
Yu Zou adjusted the water temperature at the faucet to 40℃ and rinsed Du Pianjian. Seeing his arm gradually return to its normal color, he took two steps back and leaned against the side, his eyes scanning the wine cabinet. Finally, he found a bottle of low-alcohol fruit wine inside: "Do you love Chi Hengxun very much?"
After all, he hadn't denied the probing question earlier.
Du Pianjian's expression shifted slightly, her lowered eyes revealing a hint of confusion, and her massaging fingers slowed down: "I don't know."
"At least you don't want to fulfill this engagement, right?" Seeing Du Pianjian nod, Yu Zou smiled expectantly. "Then can you break it off?"
Du Pianjian shook his head self-deprecatingly: "No."
"Me too, so I want to at least get along peacefully and not make things so ugly. How about an open marriage?"
"What?"
"It's just an engagement, a transaction of interests, and we won't interfere with each other's private lives."
"...I can't do it. My upbringing doesn't allow me to."
"Then it's up to you and me to break off the engagement. Do you know what the two families are exchanging?"
Du Pianjian looked up, feigning attentiveness. Yu Zou, who had intended to let him speak, had no choice but to continue, "The key is, I need to know what your family promised Shao Yuan. Oh, Shao Yuan is my father."
“My father is a city councilor in the Ministry of Construction. If there is anything, it can only be project approval.”
"Currently, among the projects with Long, I haven't seen which one Shao Yuan likes."
Du Pianjian's expression shifted, and he said, "Liu Mai Mountain, my father has always been very concerned about that place."
"Why?" Yu Zou picked up two cups with his fingers and poured one-third of each cup for the two of them.
"Perhaps it's because that was the first project my father participated in after becoming a member of parliament."
Yu Zou raised his glass: "Mr. Du, does this mean we've reached a cooperation agreement? I will do my best to resolve the issue."
Du Pianjian also raised her glass and said, "I will try my best too."
The glasses clinked together. Yu Zou took a sip, thought for a moment, and added, "I don't care much about my reputation, so you can say whatever you want to benefit yourself."
Du Pianjian lowered his head, holding the juice glass: "In my favor?"
"For example, there are aspects of me that I absolutely cannot accept about omegas.
"No, I won't say it. You won't be disliked. Besides, if someone who likes you hears it, wouldn't that be really bad for you?"
"That's good. I was somewhat looking forward to it, but since you already have Chi Hengxun." Yu Zou shrugged, smiled, and downed his drink in one gulp. He glanced at his bracelet and said, "It's almost time. I have to go. Please tell Zhao Junjie and the others."
Zhao Junjie and his two companions, who were secretly watching from the monitoring room, saw Chi Hengxun leave the moment Yu Zou got up to leave. In the surveillance footage, Du Pianjian watched him leave, put down her cup, and sat down in the booth.
Li Kuo concluded: "He's angry."
Zhao Junjie whistled, relieved: "Luckily it wasn't because of Du Pianjian, it was just anger at being kept in the dark. He'll apologize later."
The moment Yu Zou closed the car door, his eyes were glazed over as he returned to safety, still tense from the shock of surviving the ordeal. His phone was still recording in his pocket.
He Honghan's suggestion was extremely effective, almost too effective. Should it be this effective? Du Pianjian behaved so gently and politely, showing no signs of mental illness. The normalcy of an abnormal person is the greatest abnormality.
Yu Zou returned to the company, briefly organized the ideas that came to him in the garden, and handed them over to his secretary. He was about to head straight to the Sixth Hospital when his secretary said that Zhao Junjie's secretary had sent him a proposal and asked when Yu Zou would have time to eat.
Yu Zou was in a hurry to leave and replied directly, "I haven't had time for the past month."
"Wow, a month!" Zhao Junjie suddenly pushed the door open and came in. "It's practically the same as breaking off all ties."
"Mr. Zhao..." The secretary hurriedly tried to stop Zhao Junjie, but he couldn't touch him, so he could only respectfully open his mouth to stop him.
"It's alright, you can go out now." Yu Zou straightened his face and crossed his arms.
Zhao Junjie spread his hands: "At least, you wronged me and Li Kuo. It wasn't until that night, when you mentioned Du Pianjian, that I saw Hengxun's reaction and guessed it."
"Yeah, they knew earlier than I did."
"I really don't know how to handle this. You two are both my good friends."
"The way you're saying it makes it sound like I'm going to steal someone else's love."
"No, we both know that you and Chi Hengxun aren't really friends. We're just worried that if you two really fight, it won't be good for either of you."
"So right now, I'm just at my worst."
"Brother, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hide it." Zhao Junjie clasped his hands together above his head, then peeked at Yu Zou's expression through the gap in his arms, suspiciously probing, "You really don't know how?"
Yu Zou smiled and said, "Yes."
Zhao Junjie bent his knees, feigning fainting: "No way!"
"I can't refuse!" Yu Zou walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the city. The steel and concrete formed a dazzling city. To stand at the top, one must have a heart of stone and a body of steel. "This marriage."
Zhao Junjie didn't understand, he never understood, what benefits there were in marriage alliances. What could be so great that if the benefits were secured at the negotiating table, they wouldn't feel secure and would still need to use marriage to bind each other?
"Why."
"Matching degree".
"What does that count for?!"
Yu Zou sneered: "Don't worry, Chi Hengxun and Du Pianjian are in love. I won't demean myself by being a destroyer. In the end, marriage will just be a formality and won't restrict them. As long as they are willing to accept it, of course, it would be even better if the marriage could be prevented from happening."
“You have an idea! Tell me about it.” Zhao Junjie stepped forward and put his arm around Yu Zou, standing next to him and looking into the distance. Through the gaps between the tall buildings, the rooftops in the distance grew lower and lower.
"If I know what deal Shao Yuan and Du Junzhang made, I can retaliate."
“I can help you put in a good word. Du Jun is in the Ministry of Construction, and several plots of land in Hedu are currently going through government procedures. There are plenty of opportunities to meet him.”
"Oh dear, Du Junzhang has the wrong person. You are the perfect match."
"Spare me, I'm not a 90% match. Du Pianjian is good, but I have plenty of other good ones, I'll introduce them to you." Zhao Junjie patted Yu Zou's chest. "Since you've been busy lately, I won't invite you to my parties. But you absolutely must attend my birthday party, okay?"
Zhao Junjie tightened his grip, causing the person to sway, which revealed Yu Zou's smile: "Two more months, big brother."
"You haven't had any time for the past month, Second Brother! When the time comes, I'll invite all the beautiful celebrities, models, and artists, and I'll definitely reserve some for you. Hmm?"
Zhao Junjie snapped his fingers in front of Yu Zou, turned on the landline and called his secretary in, saying, "October 27th is the central date, leave two days before and after. Don't make any arrangements."
Seeing Yu Zou's expression and his nod, the secretary said, "Okay."
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