Asking Min Ting to accompany him to the hospital was by no means a mockery or teasing of him; she really thought Min Ting was suitable.
But the look on his face now showed that he had clearly misunderstood what she meant.
He suffered from insomnia and woke up easily, and she felt the same way. She had been living like this for more than half a year, and when it was serious, it affected her normal work. Not wanting him to misunderstand, Min Xi explained: "My brother was prejudiced against you, but that was in the past. He is no longer prejudiced against you now. He insisted on keeping the cake I sent to you on your birthday, and he ate two-thirds of the cake."
She spoke well of Min Ting: "He has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."
Fu Yanzhou did not force it: "I will go by myself and not trouble Min Ting. My condition is mostly psychological." If Min Ting were to accompany him, the disease could be detected even if he was not sick.
Min Xi was in a hurry just now and didn't think too much about it. He regarded it as a private matter and didn't want everyone to know about it. He probably didn't want Min Ting to know it the most.
She said sincerely, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Fu Yanzhou no longer mentioned seeing a doctor.
The appetizers are served.
Fu Yanzhou asked the waiter to bring a bottle opener and he opened the wine himself.
Min Xi's eyes fell on his slender fingers, and he took a closer look at his empty left ring finger. He always thought of things he shouldn't think about. He turned to admire the river view outside the window, trying to forget some memories.
"When will you return to Beijing?" he asked.
"Next week. I've taken on another project and will be staying in Shanghai for a few more days."
"What project?"
“A daily chemical products project.”
Fu Yanzhou knew it was Bei Qingyu, and they would be able to work together soon.
When we chat, we always fall silent after a few sentences.
Fu Yanzhou remembered something he had wanted to ask her for a long time: "Xixi, I can't find a tie." He described the color and stripe pattern of the tie, "I wore it once at a Jiangcheng cocktail party. Do you remember where I put it?"
He bought the tie of that color specifically for getting the certificate. His mother said that when taking ID photos, he could just wear a white shirt, and a tie would be a bit too formal, so he didn't wear a tie on the day of getting the certificate.
"In the second drawer of the third wardrobe on the right, it was full of striped ties, probably buried under the dark blue striped tie."
It’s not good to speak too quickly, Min Xi regretted it as soon as he finished speaking.
After so much time, all the details of the cloakroom are still in her mind.
Fu Yanzhou was pouring white wine, but he didn't hold the bottle firmly and poured too much. The goblet was almost full, so he gave it to himself and poured it for Min Xi again.
Both of them were lost in memories.
It wasn't until the meal was over that they adjusted themselves.
The catering manager came over personally holding a large bouquet of white roses. When setting the table today, Fu Yanzhou specifically emphasized not to use red roses. He guessed that Min Xi didn't like them, so he asked the florist to send a bouquet of white roses.
For the morning meal, Fu Yanzhou signed the bill, and Sheng Jianqi also paid the bill. He used the duplicate fees to buy the bouquet of flowers.
There are fifty-two flowers in total.
"Hello, Mrs. Fu. These are the flowers our hotel prepared specially for you. We look forward to seeing you next time."
Min Xi didn't answer and looked at Fu Yanzhou blankly. She noticed that there was confusion in Fu Yanzhou's eyes.
Fu Yanzhou asked the catering manager: "What special day is today?"
The catering manager said politely: "The coffee for breakfast was not prepared according to your taste. It was our poor service. We will definitely improve it next time."
Fu Yanzhou understood that he and Sheng Jianqi paid their own bills in the morning, and the hotel was making compensation in disguise.
He said to Min Xi: "Take it back and raise it."
It wasn’t something he bought specially, but Min Xi accepted it.
Before leaving the restaurant, she went to the restroom.
Fu Yanzhou called the catering manager while she was away and asked how much the flowers would cost. He explained: "I will buy the flowers for her myself." It would only make sense if he paid for the bouquet of flowers himself.
Finally, he signed the bill including the money for the flowers.
After sending Min Xi back to the downstairs of the apartment, it was time for him to go to the airport.
After a moment of silence, Fu Yanzhou lowered his eyes and asked her, "When will you have dinner with Sheng Jian?"
Min Xi: “…” He still hasn’t forgotten about it.
She told him truthfully: "Tomorrow at noon."
Fu Yanzhou just nodded slightly, saying more would not change anything. For Yu Chengtan, there was no way she wouldn't go to that meal.
After saying goodbye, he got in the car and watched her walk into the apartment building through the opaque glass.
Uncle Chen started the engine and headed for the airport.
Fu Yanzhou hasn't had a rest for more than twenty hours, his biological clock is messed up, he didn't sleep on the plane, and he waited for Min Xi as soon as he got off the plane. Now he is so tired that he can't even open his eyes.
Uncle Chen glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror and raised the partition to ensure that Fu Yanzhou could rest quietly.
Halfway through the journey, a car in front of him suddenly changed lanes and drove into his road without turning on the turn signal. Uncle Chen quickly stepped on the brakes and kept a safe distance.
Fu Yanzhou was half asleep and half awake, and his body moved forward slightly.
The familiar feeling of leaning forward, this is how Min Xi drives.
Without thinking, he reached out to press the partition control button. The partition was lowered halfway and his senses returned. He was watching Min Xi enter the apartment building. How could she suddenly appear in the car to surprise him?
Uncle Chen apologized and explained why he stepped on the brakes.
"It doesn't matter."
Fu Yanzhou rubbed his nose.
The bodyguard in the co-pilot seat looked back at the boss, who had already leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed. The usually calm boss suddenly lowered the baffle, revealing all the emotions in his heart.
He must have thought Min Xi was back.
I was feeling sleepy before, but the braking incident completely drove me away.
Fu Yanzhou leaned back in his chair and dozed off for half an hour, but didn't fall asleep for a minute. When he arrived at the departure lounge, he called Xiao Chang and asked him about the progress of Beiqingyu's public relations agency business.
Xiao Chang is very reliable and he arranges everything properly.
After reporting on the phone, he sent another email to Fu Yanzhou. The attachment contained a schedule, including detailed notes on the day Min Xi would come to Beiqingyu R&D Center.
Xiao Chang had never paid attention to Min Xi before. He was absorbed in research and development and surfing 2G. He had no idea that Min Xi had been on the trending searches. When he received the task assigned by Fu Yanzhou, he filled in the information overnight. After he studied all the marketing cases handled by Min Xi, he really became a fan of Min Xi, so it was not a lie when he told Lu Zhen that he was a fan of Min Xi.
In August, he made a special trip to Beijing to visit Min Xi. Fu Yanzhou's goal was to remarry, and his goal was for Beiqingyu to have a place in the daily chemical products market. After talking with Min Xi in person and listening to Min Xi's analysis, he was full of confidence in Beiqingyu's market and he worked harder in the past few months.
Developing an oil-control shampoo was his childhood wish. His mother had oily hair and was always worried that she would not be able to face people if she didn't wash her hair for two days.
Later, he had the good fortune to meet Fu Yanzhou. They had a very pleasant chat when they first met. At that time, Fu Yanzhou wanted to invest in an oil-control shampoo series for Min Xi, but it ended up being a misunderstanding.
When he learned that Min Xi did not have oily hair, he was disappointed, fearing that Fu Yanzhou would not invest in her in the future. After worrying for more than a week, he discovered that he was worrying unnecessarily. Not only did Fu Yanzhou not withdraw his investment, he also doubled the investment and decided to develop a rose series of skin care products.
Xiao Chang confirmed again: [Mr. Fu, will you personally follow up on the project in the future? 】
Fu Yanzhou: [Well, give it to me when I come back from London next week. 】
He forwarded the schedule he had just received to Secretary Bai and instructed: "Add Bei Qingyu's case to my work schedule. 】
After more than ten hours of flight, the plane landed in London.
Zhou Yu went to the airport in person to pick him up, not because he was gossiping, but because he was concerned about whether Fu Yanzhou had completely resolved the problem after flying back.
"How is it?" When they arrived at the hall, he couldn't wait to ask before Fu Yanzhou even walked up to him.
"I had dinner with her."
"No... that's it?"
Fu Yanzhou glanced at him, his eyes saying, otherwise?
Zhou Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He couldn't control his expression and just smiled bitterly. He was too lazy to make any more insults.
He once seriously explained to Min Xi why the 520 roses were not bought by him, so he shouldn't expect to express his feelings to Min Xi this time when he returned.
Zhou Yu put his hands in his pockets and stayed in the arrival hall for half a minute before he strode out to catch up with Fu Yanzhou who had already walked a long way away.
"I told you before that you don't understand women, but you didn't accept it. You've already flown for more than ten hours to go back to see her, and if you don't tell me, how would Min Xi know that you've done so much, and how would she know that you care about her?" Zhou Yu became more and more upset the more he spoke.
Fu Yanzhou finally spoke up: "You don't understand Min Xi."
"I don't know her, but I know she's still willing to have dinner with you after the divorce because she cares about your feelings. Regardless of whether you two can remarry, she wants you to feel better and will never offend you at any time. What about you? You've done so much without saying anything. Have you ever cared about her feelings?"
Zhou Yu sighed again after he finished speaking.
It feels like it's all in vain.
Fu Yanzhou stood in front of the car for a long time, and only opened the door after he calmed down.
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On Sunday morning, Min Xi was woken up by the alarm. She had to go to lunch at noon, so she turned off the alarm and got up.
I didn't dress up deliberately, just took out a skirt for everyday wear from the closet.
I opened the door and went out to look for my mother. Before I even reached the living room, I heard my mother's voice and thought she was on the phone.
"If I don't go, what am I going to do?"
It was Min Ting's voice.
Min Xi took two steps at a time, surprised: "Brother, when did you come?"
Jiang Rui replied to her daughter: "Your brother just arrived."
Min Ting’s box was still next to the sofa, having arrived half an hour ago. There is a negotiation meeting tomorrow afternoon, so he came here a day in advance to find out about his sister's blind date.
His mother asked him if he wanted to go with her at noon, and what was the point of him going.
He looked at his sister and said, "What does Sheng Jianqi mean? Tell him that you don't need a brother. We can have a cooperative project, each making their own money, but there's no need to visit each other often."
Min Xi sat down next to his brother. "He was just being polite. He was rejecting the blind date because he didn't want things to go wrong. Did you take it seriously? I didn't take it seriously."
She told her brother to put his mind at ease. She and Yu Chengtan had known each other for so many years, but apart from work discussions, they never ate alone in private, let alone her not-so-familiar relationship with Sheng Jianqi.
Noticing that Min Ting was a little jealous, she took Min Ting's arm and tried to cheer him up: "You are my only brother. My future husband will not be as important as you."
Min Ting glanced at her. He knew she was fooling him, but he enjoyed it. If Fu Yanzhou could win back his sister and remarry her, he would ask his sister to say this again in front of Fu Yanzhou.
"Xixi, help mom find some vases."
Jiang Rui got together with her friends until the early hours of the morning last night and they kept talking about their youth. She brought a bouquet of flowers for her daughter, which she didn't have time to trim last night, so she placed it in the sink to keep her awake.
Jiang Rui took the flowers out of the pool and said, "I didn't know you bought flowers yesterday, but you bought too many."
"It doesn't matter. We have plenty of vases at home anyway." Min Xi went to the storage room and found a few vases.
Jiang Rui compared the white roses she and her daughter bought. The variety her daughter bought was more elegant and noble. She asked casually, "Which store did you buy it from? I'll buy it from that store next time."
This question stumped Min Xi: "The hotel gave it to me yesterday at noon."
It wasn't a free gift from the hotel. I'm afraid it was given to her by Fu Yanzhou in the name of the restaurant.
Jiang Rui was just guessing in his heart and didn't say anything nonsense.
After meeting a friend yesterday, she told her friend all her daughter's thoughts in advance. The friend praised her daughter: You all say Xixi is willful, but she is not willful at all. She handles things better than any of us.
After talking it out, we avoided the awkwardness when we went out to eat today.
This was the first time she arranged a blind date for her daughter, and also the last time.
She looked at the white roses in the vase on the table that she brought back from the hotel. She had experienced all the emotions of loving someone, but she didn't know how she and Min Jiangyuan would proceed as husband and wife. It was a regret she had endured all her life, and she hoped her daughter could get what she wished for.
At this time, this is the 26th floor of the apartment building.
Sheng Jianqi was still asleep when he was woken up by the doorbell.
The doorbell finally stopped ringing and his cell phone started vibrating again.
Sheng Jianqi didn't answer the phone. He knew that his mother would come over so early in the morning only to question him. The doorbell rang a second time and he got dressed and went to open the door.
Mrs. Sheng glared at her son and walked into the room angrily. She was so angry at her son that she couldn't sleep well all night and had a splitting headache.
After the door was closed, Sheng Jianqi went to wash up without asking his mother why she came there.
Mrs. Sheng held her forehead against her chest and kept telling herself not to get angry. She had to have lunch with Min Xi and the others at noon. If she angered her son, this unfilial son might just give up and refuse to go on the blind date. That would be a huge embarrassment and she wouldn't be able to clean up the mess.
More than twenty minutes later, Sheng Jianqi came out of the bedroom slowly.
Madam Sheng was still furious. "Your Aunt Shao called me last night and told me that you found Min Xi ahead of time and wanted to treat her as a sibling. What on earth do you want to do? I told you, Aunt Shao, that you like Min Xi, but you went right in and slapped me in the face, making me feel like a nobody!"
"Sheng Jianqi, you are already in your teens or twenties. Do you take me, your mother, your Aunt Shao, and the Min Xi family seriously? Do you have the most basic respect?"
She refrained from making any harsher accusations.
If it were in the past, he would have responded directly: No.
That day, Min Xi asked him to explain things to his parents and have a heart-to-heart talk with them, and only then did he control his temper.
"It's you who don't respect me. I told you that I don't like Min Xi, but did you listen? You still bypassed me and asked someone to find Min Xi's mother."
Madam Sheng: "I thought you were trying to provoke me. You have been unhappy these past few years, and Mom has seen it all. It's not easy for you to find someone you like, so I put my dignity aside and went to find someone to help..."
She exhaled and couldn't continue.
Sheng Jianqi was moved and got up to pour water for his mother.
Now that things have come to this, no matter how much I say, it will be of no use.
He handed the cup to his mother: "Don't you like Min Xi very much? If you get along well after meeting, you can treat Min Xi as your niece in the future."
"I..." Madam Sheng was speechless and drank some water before she could continue: "Do I need a niece? I..." I felt very powerless, "Min Xi's mother will think I'm crazy!"
Sheng Jianqi didn't have a better solution at the time. "You just set me up with blind dates. Have you ever thought about what would happen to the cooperation between Jiachen and Shengshi if it doesn't work out? That was a project that Min Xi got with his own strength."
Mrs. Sheng said nothing, indeed she had not thought about it so much.
Sheng Jianqi tried his best to communicate calmly: "Mom, I still want to cooperate with Min Xi on the follow-up projects of Xiaoshi Xiao and Shengshi Automobile. I have already reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Min Ting. We will meet in Beijing next month to discuss in detail. Because of your blind date, all my cooperation was almost ruined."
What's even worse is that Fu Yanzhou actually wants to remarry. "I want to continue to cooperate with Min Xi and Min Ting in the future. Do you think Fu Yanzhou will like me?"
He didn't want to take this opportunity to denounce his mother, he just wanted to stop there.
Madam Sheng didn't care: "They've already divorced, Fu Yanzhou can't be so lenient anymore, is he not going to get married in the future?"
Sheng Jianqi: "He still wants to remarry. Don't interfere in my affairs anymore."
He sent a message to Min Xi: [My mother knows about it now, so there’s no need to talk about it anymore at the dinner table. Looking forward to more cooperation with you Jiachen. 】
Min Xi replied: [Looking forward to a pleasant cooperation. 】
After resolving her worries and having breakfast, she returned to the study to read relevant information about Bei Qingyu.
She had just read two pages when Fu Yanzhou called her.
"What's the matter?" She answered without any hesitation.
"Nothing. Just calling you."
Min Xi calculated the time difference and it was 2:30 in the morning there. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"I fell asleep and woke up again."
Thinking of him asking her to stop the blind date for now and give him some time to adjust, Min Xi explained: "Didn't I say yesterday that it's just a meal, not a blind date."
She analyzed the cause of his insomnia for him: "It's probably because of the divorce. You suddenly lost your possessiveness. It will get better slowly."
"It has nothing to do with divorce. I had it before we got married." Fu Yanzhou's voice was hoarse because he had just woken up: "Xixi, during our two years of marriage, you are not the only one who has possessiveness. I have it too."
He was silent for two seconds.
"Just because I am possessive of you, I never ask about your past. Every time you attend Yu Chengtan's birthday party, I hope you come back soon, but I can't show it too obviously. After being together for a year and a half, my possessiveness has increased, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to adjust to it until now."
These words of his were not a confession, but a statement of the predicament he was facing. However, the power of these words was no less than a confession. Min Xi's heart was pounding and he didn't know how to respond.
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