When she got up in the morning, Min Xi noticed that Fu Yanzhou's face was dull and expressionless, but she didn't think much about it. After all, it was he who offered to take her to the airport.
Before leaving, she told him that she had agreed to pick up Ju Youyou yesterday.
After getting in the car, Fu Yanzhou leaned back in the chair, put his fingers on his forehead, and closed his eyes to rest.
He was wearing a black shirt today, which made him look even cooler.
After a while, he said, "Ju Youyou? Is she your assistant now?"
Min Xi told the driver the address of Ju Youyou's home, and then replied: "No, it's Yu Chengtan's secretary. There are many trivial matters at the press conference, so she went there to help."
Fu Yanzhou was too sleepy to say anything, and just said "hmm" to indicate that he understood.
The last time he felt so sleepy was the day Chu Yi asked Sheng Jianqi to play golf. He didn’t sleep well that night and slept for two hours on the way to the club.
If you are not very sleepy, you can't fall asleep while sitting.
I am even sleepier today than that day.
Last night he held Min Xi in his arms and coaxed her. After she fell asleep, he also fell asleep. Before falling asleep, he kept reminding himself to put her down, but he forgot about it when he felt sleepy.
But because I was always thinking about putting her down, even when I fell asleep I couldn't sleep deeply and I didn't sleep well.
Around 3:30 in the morning, he woke up suddenly. Min Xi was still in his arms, her neck leaning against his shoulder. That sleeping position was really uncomfortable. He was worried that she would get a stiff neck, so after putting her on the pillow, he turned her head from time to time.
He didn't sleep well afterwards.
"In the company, apart from Yu Chengtan, I have the best relationship with Ju Youyou."
"Yeah." Fu Yanzhou remembered it.
Min Xi saw that he had no expression and no interest in talking to her. He closed his eyes as soon as he got in the car. She couldn't help but think: "Are you feeling bored?"
"What's boring?"
"Send me to the airport."
Fu Yanzhou: "Don't think too much."
He gave her his arm as a pillow and hugged her to comfort her last night, all of which were his own will. If he told her now that it was because of her that he didn't sleep well, it would seem like he was blaming her.
He explained: "I had a nightmare at night and didn't sleep well."
Min Xi chose to believe it and said jokingly: "That might be because I didn't sleep in your arms last night, and you were not used to it, so you had a nightmare."
“…”
Fu Yanzhou smiled faintly and did not argue.
Min Xi really wanted him to see her off to the airport, but she decided, "You can see me off next time. I'll go to the airport by myself today, and you can go to the company to catch up on some sleep."
"Need not."
Fu Yanzhou opened his eyes, took her hand, held it gently, then closed his eyes again and continued to rest.
He said, "Just take a nap for half an hour."
Their palms pressed together, her hands were a little cold, his were dry and warm.
Min Xi's gaze moved from his sharp and cold jaw to his slender and powerful knuckles. Except for in bed at night, this was the first time he held her hand like this.
It felt like not long before the car stopped at the intersection near Ju Youyou's home.
Min Xi looked at the time and found that half an hour had passed.
They arrived early, but Ju Youyou hadn't come yet.
The car stopped, and Fu Yanzhou was still resting with his eyes closed, looking very tired. Min Xi said to him, "You can sit in the passenger seat for a while. Ju Youyou and I will sit in the back so that we can discuss work."
She was not discussing work. She planned to wait for Ju Youyou to get in the car and then lower the front and rear fenders so that he could take a nap for an extra hour while sitting in the front.
Fu Yanzhou thought she really wanted to discuss work, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay."
As he said this, he sat up straight and released her hand.
He sat in the passenger seat and took out his cell phone to browse the financial information that Secretary Bai had sorted out for him.
Min Xi leaned closer to the passenger seat. She wanted to tell him that her reversing skills had improved a lot. Last night when she was having dinner with her mother, she parked in a more complicated parking space.
Before she could speak, Fu Yanzhou turned his head slightly, thinking that she wanted to read the financial news, so he raised his phone a little higher, shared the page with her, and asked her, "Can you see it clearly?"
Min Xi: “…”
Their brain circuits never collide.
"I can see clearly." She put her hand on his shoulder and went along with him, watching the news, occasionally picking at the shirt fabric on his shoulders.
Fu Yanzhou had no way to deal with her, so he held down her fingers with his backhand and said helplessly, "Don't move, watch carefully."
I had just read a few news reports when I heard the sound of a suitcase's wheels sliding across the ground outside the car. The driver recognized Ju Youyou and got out of the car to put the suitcase into the trunk.
Before I had time to read the overseas financial news, Fu Yanzhou said, "I'll send a copy to your email."
Min Xi shook his head, "No need. I just followed you to join in the fun. I didn't read a few lines of your words just now."
She smiled and kissed him on the side of his cheek.
Fu Yanzhou's breath paused after the unexpected kiss. He turned around and wanted to kiss her back, but Min Xi had already opened the car door and got out.
Ju Youyou pulled Min Xi aside and whispered in a cowardly tone, "This is my first time riding in such an expensive car."
Min Xi: "After I finish the Shengshi project, I'll drive you around the streets and let you sit as much as you want."
Ju Youyou joked, "Forget it. The car is too long. With our half-baked reversing skills, it may take us two hours to park the car."
Min Xi opened the car door for Ju Youyou, and she went around to the other side and sat there.
Ju Youyou had met Fu Yanzhou once, almost five months ago. At that time, Min Xi had just obtained her marriage certificate with him a few days ago. She also took a ride with Fu Yanzhou that time, but it was not this car.
The second time she met him, she still couldn't help but get nervous. "Mr. Fu, hello. I'm sorry to bother you again. I've come all the way here."
Fu Yanzhou smiled faintly: "You're welcome."
After saying hello, Min Xi lowered the baffle.
Ju Youyou let out a sigh, took out his laptop and opened it.
This is what Min Xi had said in the message before: Fu Yanzhou went to the airport to pick up his partners and took them to the airport. On the way, they checked the work to see if any important details were missed, and Fu Yanzhou also had to busy himself with his own work.
When Ju Youyou heard that they were all busy with work and didn't need to find conversation, she no longer felt any psychological burden taking a ride with Fu Yanzhou.
Min Xi sent the reception plan for the press conference to Ju Youyou: "You will be responsible for arranging and supervising the reception on that day."
"Okay." Ju Youyou has been Yu Chengtan's assistant for more than two years and has relevant experience.
She opened the plan sent by Min Xi and looked at it attentively.
Min Xi's phone vibrated, and she received a message from Fu Yanzhou: [Give me a bottle of water. 】
The car refrigerator was at the back, and the front and rear space were separated by a baffle, so he couldn't get it.
She asked: [You didn’t sleep? 】
Fu Yanzhou: [No, I’m not sleepy now. Didn’t I just tell you that taking a nap for half an hour is enough? 】
He sent another message: [Raising the baffle is to let me sleep a little longer? 】
Min Xi: [Yeah. 】
Fu Yanzhou thought that raising the baffle was to prevent him from hearing some secrets of Shengshi’s press conference.
Min Xi took out a few bottles of water from the refrigerator, gave one to Ju Youyou, lowered the baffle by one-third, and handed the soda water to Fu Yanzhou who was sitting in the passenger seat.
She didn't raise the baffle again after it was lowered by one-third, just enough to see his profile.
As she was looking at him, he suddenly turned around. Min Xi didn't have time to look away and was caught by him while peeking. The person beside her was such a familiar figure, but when he looked straight at her, her heart skipped a beat.
Their eyes met, and Fu Yanzhou forgot to turn around and say something to her.
After a few seconds, I still couldn't remember, so I asked her, "Would you like some water?"
Min Xi was not thirsty, but nodded anyway, took the soda water from him, drank a few sips symbolically, and then returned the rest of the water to him.
--
After landing in Shanghai, Yu Chengtan arranged for a driver to pick them up, and they went straight to the press conference venue. There were still four full days left, and various work on the venue was progressing in full swing.
Ju Youyou first familiarized herself with the guests' entrance route, while Min Xi coordinated with the staff from Shengshi Technology's public relations department about the event flow for that day to ensure that everything went smoothly.
This press conference was of a higher standard than Shengshi’s previous press conferences, with more than a thousand people invited to attend.
For three consecutive days, Min Xi returned home almost at dawn after finishing his work.
On the evening of the 5th, she arrived home a little earlier, at half past ten. I took a hot bath to relax, and kept giving myself psychological reminders to try to empty my mind, not to think about anything about the press conference, and not to put pressure on myself, but the string in my mind was always taut.
I was leaning on the bath pillow and daydreaming when Fu Yanzhou called.
I've been soaking in the bath for more than twenty minutes and can't go on any longer, but I still want to chat with him for a while longer.
Min Xi dried his hands and answered the phone: "I'll get back to you later."
She came out wrapped in a bathrobe and made a video call to him.
Fu Yanzhou was on his way to the airport and was about to arrive for his early morning flight.
What Min Xi saw was a dim scene in the carriage, even his outline was blurry.
She asked, "You haven't arrived home yet?"
Fu Yanzhou said: "On the way."
Without telling her she was on her way to where.
Min Xi chatted: "I just got home not long ago."
Fu Yanzhou looked outside the car and knew that they would arrive at the airport in two or three minutes at most. He said to Min Xi, "Tomorrow is the press conference, go to bed early."
"I haven't prepared what to wear tomorrow." Min Xi said and walked to the cloakroom.
In fact, she didn't need Fu Yanzhou to help her pick out clothes. In order to create a topic for conversation, she chatted for a while longer. "I have difficulty choosing clothes. Can you give me some reference advice?"
She placed her phone on a stand and adjusted the angle, then held up two women's suits and showed them in front of the camera.
A gray light-striped suit and a black suit, both new models of a certain brand this year, paired with a white shirt.
"Which one do you think looks good?"
Fu Yanzhou pointed at the black suit.
The car had already stopped, and he said to the phone: "Xixi, I have something else to do, you should go to bed early."
Min Xi asked casually, "Do you still want to have a video conference so late?"
Fu Yanzhou could only nod.
If I tell her in advance that he will be sitting in the staff area tomorrow, her attention will be dispersed a little bit, so it is better to let her concentrate on the press conference.
Min Xi had just ended the video chat when her brother called and asked her to keep two tickets for the press conference so that he could bring a friend from Shanghai with him.
Min Ting emphasized: "Just sit in the back."
Min Xi smiled: "You want to sit in the front row but there is no room now."
--
The next morning, Min Ting arrived early.
He originally wanted to keep a low profile, but was seen by Sheng Jianqi's secretary when entering.
The secretary had met Min Ting once and had a photographic memory of him. She was very sure that Min Ting was not a special guest, so she hurried to report to her boss.
Sheng Jianqi was reading a speech. When he went on stage to speak without notes, he went over it again from beginning to end.
Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head: "Min Ting?"
Secretary: "Yes. The person who came with him seems to be his friend."
She added a few more words: "I just realized that Min Xi and Min Ting look quite similar."
And they all have the surname Min, which makes people think too much.
Sheng Jianqi also thought of this. With Min Ting's status, he would not come to Shengshi's press conference for no reason.
He picked up the phone next to him and asked his friend again: [Min Xi is Min Ting’s sister? 】
The friend looked puzzled: [You don’t know? When you asked me before if Fu Yanzhou’s wife was Min Xi, I thought you knew who Min Xi was. 】
Sheng Jianqi: [I don’t know. 】
Who could connect an account manager of Jiachen Public Relations with Min Jiangyuan's daughter? He thought Min Xi met Fu Yanzhou through the project.
Min Ting is a sister-con. He never expected that he would be willing to let his sister have to look at the client's face when working on a project.
Yu Chengtan only borrowed Fu Yanzhou's power for this project and did not involve Min Jiangyuan, which was already giving him enough face.
Sheng Jianqi ordered his secretary, "Call Min Xi."
"OK."
There were a lot of people and it was noisy outside. She looked around but couldn't find Min Xi, so she had to call him. It took her two tries before she got through.
Min Xi was telling the photographer some things to note. There was a speaker nearby, and it was only when the photographer reminded her that she had a phone call that she saw the missed call.
"Director Min, President Sheng wants to see you. He's in the lounge."
"I'll be right there."
Min Xi looked at her watch. There were still sixteen minutes before the press conference started and most of the guests had entered. He suddenly looked for her. She didn't know if there was any oversight in some link, or if the prince was not satisfied with the speech given to him.
She had carefully revised the manuscript sentence by sentence, so there shouldn't be any problems.
The elevator was still on the underground floor. After waiting for a few seconds and it didn't move, she trotted to the lounge upstairs.
The secretary was waiting at the door of the lounge. Every time she saw Min Xi, she would be amazed by Min Xi's outfit. Today, Min Xi wore a white shirt with a well-tailored black women's suit, looking beautiful and cool.
"Mr. Sheng is inside."
"Okay, thank you."
Before knocking on the door, Min Xi took a deep breath and calmed his rapid breathing, "Mr. Sheng, it's me."
"Enter."
Min Xi pushed the door open and went in: "Mr. Sheng, are you looking for me?"
Sheng Jianqi pointed to the sofa next to him and said, "Sit down. I want to ask you something."
The more polite he was, the more uneasy Min Xi became. It was not like he had never smiled before and yet hid a dagger in his heart.
Sheng Jianqi folded up his speech and put it aside, picked up the water cup and drank water, curiously: "How did you manage to compromise since you took over Sheng Shi's case?"
He added: "I want to hear the truth."
Min Xi: "Mr. Sheng, please don't be too curious. The truth is very sharp and I don't want to expose your scars."
Sheng Jianqi found it funny: "Go ahead."
Min Xi said bluntly: "Because you are heartbroken, I don't want to quibble with a man who has failed in love, it will make me look like I am not generous and have no tolerance."
Sheng Jianqi: "..."
Speechless for a few seconds.
He waved his hand and told her to go out and do her work.
Min Xi was so focused on the press conference that she didn't have time to think about whether he was angry or not. He asked her to leave, and she didn't delay for a second, leaving the lounge at the speed of wind.
At this time, people in the back rows of the guest seats in the venue also took their seats one after another.
Lu Zhen and Fu Yanzhou had already arrived. Lu Zhen's seat was diagonally in front of Fu Yanzhou, making it convenient for her to turn around and talk to him. The seats next to her were for Jiachen employees, thus ensuring that what she said could be heard by the people in the media department.
Fu Yanzhou took great pains to make today's clarification.
"Boss Yan, look who that is?" A few meters away, Yan Yinan was pulled back by his subordinates.
Yan Yinan looked in the direction indicated by his subordinate and was shocked. He didn't expect Fu Yanzhou to come. He was wearing a black suit and one button of his white shirt was unbuttoned. He looked cold but also a little relaxed.
Talking to Lu Zhen in the front row.
What did Min Xi say during the discussion meeting that day?
Said Lu Zhen and Fu Yanzhou were just friends.
Only a fool would believe that.
Lu Zhen has always been interested in this kind of press conference, so Fu Yanzhou catered to her interests and accompanied her to the press conference.
Their seats were right next to Fu Yanzhou's. Yan Yinan told her subordinates, "Just pretend you didn't see anything. Don't look around or take pictures when you sit down, so as not to cause trouble for yourself."
Subordinate: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, I know my limits."
For those in their line of work, the people they cannot afford to offend the most are media people like Lu Zhen and big group bosses like Fu Yanzhou.
The two of them pretended nothing had happened and sat over.
The seats in the back rows are far from the stage and are reserved for their internal employees to sit down after they finish their work. They wondered why the two of them were sitting with their internal employees.
Yan Yinan took the initiative to greet Lu Zhen: "Thank you for coming to support our Jiachen project in person."
"You're welcome." Lu Zhen smiled and said, "I'm taking up two seats inside you."
Yan Yinan was very tactful: "What's the point of occupying a seat? If I had known you were coming, I would have arranged for you to sit in the VIP area."
After saying the polite words, Lu Zhen turned back and sat down. She planned to wait for another two minutes before starting to act with Fu Yanzhou and choose a more appropriate time.
Just as she was waiting for the opportunity, a familiar voice came from behind her. Lu Zhen thought to herself that something was wrong. She turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Min Ting.
Why did Min Ting come at this critical moment?
Min Ting was discussing with Yan Yinan: "Excuse me, could you please change seats?" He pointed to the row on the left: "Our seats are over there."
Yan Yinnan had no idea who the man in front of her was who wanted to switch places with her, but his demeanor was not something that ordinary people could have. She is a staff member and it is her duty to entertain every guest well.
"Sure, no trouble."
Fu Yanzhou interrupted them and said to Yan Yinan, "Ignore him." Then he questioned Min Ting, "Why are you sitting here when you have a seat?"
Completely disrupted his clarification plan.
Min Ting met his cold gaze. There were some things he couldn't say in front of outsiders, so he could only retort: "Why can't I sit here?"
Fu Yanzhou calmed down for a moment and had to act according to circumstances: "This is an internal employee area. It's not appropriate for you to sit here."
Min Ting sneered: "Is this the right place for you to sit?"
What he wanted to say more was, is it appropriate for you to bring Lu Zhen to sit here?
Fu Yanzhou looked calm: "I am a member of Xixi family, so it is legitimate for me to take this position."
Lu Zhen stood up quickly and said to Min Ting with a smile: "We are all here to support Xixi today, so you two can spend the day reconciling. Mr. Min, please sit here with me. You can see Xixi more clearly from here."
Min Ting didn't want to start an argument in public, so he said to Lu Zhen, "You're welcome. Please sit down."
He and his friend returned to their seats.
As soon as Min Ting left, Lu Zhen waved the product brochure in front of Fu Yanzhou, and had already prepared a plan to clarify the misunderstanding: "I'm here to support your wife today, can't you please talk to your brother-in-law nicely for your wife's sake?"
Fu Yanzhou said nothing.
Lu Zhen continued: "He is a sister-con. It is normal for him not to be interested in you as his brother-in-law. Don't take it seriously."
She handed him the product brochure and said, "Calm down and take a look at the selling points of the product. They were all drawn up by your wife."
Fu Yanzhou still didn't say anything and took the product manual.
The media department employee sitting next to him didn't dare to glance around, but when they heard that the product's selling point was extracted by Fu Yanzhou's wife, they couldn't help but get excited, because they all knew that the selling point of Shengshi Robot was extracted by Min Xi.
When Fu Yanzhou said he was Xixi's family member just now, she thought she had misheard.
It was inconvenient to turn around and tell Yan Yinan, so she took out her phone and typed quickly, sending two messages in a row:
[Mr. Yan, Fu Yanzhou is Min Xi’s husband! The person who wanted to exchange seats with us just now was Brother Min Xi, who is also a sister-con. 】
[I didn’t expect that Lu Zhen and Fu Yanzhou were actually friends. They came together to support Min Xi. No wonder they sit in our staff area. 】
Yan Yinan: [Yes. 】
Although Lu Zhen's voice was not loud, because she was paying special attention to Lu Zhen and Fu Yanzhou, she heard everything Lu Zhen said.
Until this moment she couldn't believe that Min Xi's husband was Fu Yanzhou.
…
Fu Yanzhou was flipping through the product manual when his phone vibrated.
Min Ting sent him a message: [Go to the back door. 】
Fu Yanzhou put the product manual on the chair and said to Lu Zhen, "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."
Lu Zhen pretended to warn: "Don't argue with your brother-in-law anymore. Your wife will be in trouble if she gets caught in the middle."
Fu Yanzhou didn't say anything and walked away.
Min Ting waited for him at the back door where no one passed by. Smoking was prohibited here. He put his hands in his pockets and glared at Fu Yanzhou who was approaching: "Why should I sit over there? Don't you know what's going on?"
"It's been rumored in the circle that you and Lu Zhen dated. You know how important today is to Xixi. But you didn't try to avoid suspicion at all. There are thousands of seats, so you could choose to sit anywhere else, but you had to sit so close to Lu Zhen!"
If his sister saw him sitting with Lu Zhen, would she feel comfortable?
Fu Yanzhou looked at him and asked, "Do you know why I came here today?"
Min Ting didn't care.
Fu Yanzhou told him the whole story and asked coldly, "How much effort did I put in to get the seat today?"
It was almost destroyed by Min Ting.
Fortunately, the seat was not changed in the end, and the result was satisfactory. What needed to be clarified had been clarified.
Min Ting didn't expect that his good intentions almost led to bad results. Seeing that Fu Yanzhou was thinking about his sister, he temporarily put aside his prejudice and said, "I will say a few good words about you in front of Xixi in the future."
Fu Yanzhou: “…”
He sneered.
They already disliked each other, and with Fu Yanzhou's disdainful laugh, Min Ting didn't want to pay any attention to him even more.
Since there was no point in talking, Fu Yanzhou went back to the venue first.
Min Ting was reluctant to go with him and stayed outside the back door for two more minutes.
The press conference has already begun. Fu Yanzhou returned to his seat and picked up the product brochure to continue reading. He was not interested in Sheng Jianqi's speech and introduction on the stage.
A message came in on his phone. It was from Lu Zhen who was sitting in the front row: [Have I completed my task for today? 】
Fu Yanzhou: [Thank you. 】
Lu Zhen: [I’m not seeking credit. I’m just afraid that I didn’t perform well and didn’t meet your expectations. 】
Fu Yanzhou said succinctly: [Not bad. 】
Lu Zhen typed a few words and then deleted them. There was no need to talk any further. He was a married man now, and she had to maintain the proper distance and sense of propriety.
I turned off my phone and put it in my bag, then looked up at the stage. Sheng Jianqi's speech had not yet finished.
After listening carefully for a while, she turned to ask Yan Yinan who was sitting behind her: "Did Shengshi Technology prepare the speech for President Sheng themselves, or did you provide the speech?"
Yan Yinan leaned forward and tried to get closer to him and said, "This is the manuscript written by Director Min. Is there anything inappropriate?"
"No, no." Lu Zhen said with a smile: "If it is a manuscript prepared by Shengshi, I plan to poach people from Shengshi. The words are precise and sharp, and they are humorous."
Yan Yinan also smiled, sat up straight, and looked back at the stage.
The press conference lasted about an hour and a half before entering the interactive session. Min Xi had to go on stage for this session. She did not participate in the experience but was responsible for logistics.
Fu Yanzhou then focused on the stands. Six guests were randomly selected to come on stage for the first round of experience.
Min Xi stood at the innermost part of the stage, and the live camera could only occasionally scan her, and it was only fleeting.
Fu Yanzhou saw that the people around him were holding their mobile phones and recording the stage, so he turned on the camera as well.
Min Xi was too far away from the stage and he had to zoom in to see him clearly. Just as he was about to take a picture, Min Xi took half a step back and was completely blocked by the people next to him.
He gave up and exited the photo mode.
The third generation of Xiaoshi is already quite stable in terms of human-computer interaction compared to the previous two generations.
A guest asked: "When you were little, I heard you could fake snore?"
Xiaoshi blinked his cute eyes and said, "Who told you that?"
The people in the audience burst into laughter. They never expected the conversation to go this way.
For some reason, Fu Yanzhou always felt that this Xiao Xiao was very similar to Min Xi in some ways.
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