Seeing Qiao Zhen's stubbornness, Lu Zheng nodded in agreement: "Since you've put it that way, I have nothing more to say, but you should still be careful."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen nodded, then picked up her bag and was about to leave.
As she left the office, she called Cui Yi.
The moment the phone rang, Cui Yi on the other end seemed to know what Qiao Zhen wanted to ask, so he put on a pitiful look.
"Sister Qiaozhen, you don't need to comfort me. I already know the details of what happened. These things are common in business, and I'm used to them."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen merely gave a cold laugh on the surface, and then said, "I didn't come to talk to you about this today. Let's meet."
On the other side, Cui Yi thought Qiao Zhen would continue to help him get the project back, and Yingxia's voice was full of excitement.
When Qiao Zhen hung up the phone and looked up, her eyes were filled with icy coldness.
Upon arriving at the agreed-upon location, Cui Yi immediately dropped his tense expression upon seeing Qiao Zhen, then greeted her with a listless demeanor.
"Sister Qiaozhen, you're here. Please have a seat."
Qiao Zhen sat down silently, without saying anything else, but instead flipped through the menu and studied it carefully. After a while, she called the waiter and ordered a few more dishes.
Seeing her slow and unhurried manner, Cui Yi couldn't help but feel a little anxious and asked, "Miss Qiao, what is it you wanted to talk to me about today?"
Seeing his expression, Qiao Zhen faintly curled the corners of her lips, suppressing the disdain in her heart.
"What I said isn't that important beforehand. Let's eat first, and we'll talk about it after we finish eating."
Since Qiao Zhen had already said that, Cui Yi couldn't say anything more and could only nod: "Alright then, let's eat first."
After ordering, Qiao Zhen took out her phone and started playing with it, looking completely unhurried.
Cui Yi lost interest in playing on his phone. He clasped his hands together, glancing at Qiao Zhen as he waited anxiously.
After a long while, all the dishes were finally served. Qiao Zhen smiled and said, "This place tastes good, you should try it."
Cui Yi had no choice but to calm down and pick up his chopsticks to eat a few bites of food.
But he noticed that Qiao Zhen ate very slowly, as if she would never finish eating, which made him a little impatient.
"Ms. Qiao, I have other matters to attend to at the company. Why don't you tell me why you asked me to come here today, and we can get this over with quickly, okay?"
Seeing his anxious look, Qiao Zhen simply said in a nonchalant tone, "There's no need to be in such a hurry. It's just a meal. Don't you even have time for a meal?"
"To be honest, I've been incredibly busy at work lately, and I haven't even had time to eat."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhenque became interested and gave a light "oh" before saying, "So what have you been busy with lately? If I remember correctly, the contract between our two companies has been changed a long time ago, so what orders do you still have to work on?"
"I still have some unresolved issues at my company, so I've been busy dealing with them lately. I hope you can understand."
As she said this, Qiao Zhen looked up at Cui Yi and noticed that his eyes were bright and he looked very sincere.
Seeing this, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
He still remembers the first time he met Cui Yi; at that time, Cui Yi was still a model standing next to him.
Unexpectedly, after several collaborations, Qiao Zhen's impression of him completely changed.
Thinking of this, Qiao Zhen's voice turned somewhat cold.
"I roughly know about your situation, but many things are not as simple as you think. Why don't you tell me everything that you've been hiding from me?"
Staring into Qiao Zhen's eyes, Cui Yi immediately panicked upon hearing these words.
"What do you mean, Miss Qiao? I haven't been hiding anything from you!"
Seeing his flustered state, Qiao Zhen had already guessed most of what was going on, but she didn't show it on the surface.
"Do you think I would have asked you out again if I didn't know anything about it?"
Hearing this, Cui Yi took a deep breath and then nodded resignedly.
"Okay, I did hide some things from you when we were working together, but that was because my company had some problems, and I told you about it later."
Hearing his words, Qiao Zhen remained unmoved: "And then?"
"Then... President Lu really looked down on my company, so he changed the project partner to my brother. I know I've looked down on him since I was a child, but I didn't expect him to be so arrogant."
When Cui Yi said this, her tone was very aggrieved.
Qiao Zhen couldn't help but think that if she didn't know the inside story about Cui Yi, she might really have been deceived by him again.
After Cui Yi finished speaking, he couldn't help but panic when he saw Qiao Zhen's unmoved face.
"I'm telling the truth, heaven and earth can bear witness, I have no expectations of you whatsoever!"
Qiao Zhen suddenly laughed: "I never said you were lying to me, why are you suddenly panicking?"
As expected, Cui Yi's expression immediately turned sour after he said those words.
"I didn't mean anything by it... I was just afraid you wouldn't trust me anymore. After all, President Lu transferred the company's projects to my brother precisely because he didn't trust me."
"He transferred the contract to your brother not because he didn't trust you. On the one hand, your brother is indeed more capable than you, and on the other hand, the security risks of your company would drag our company down with him. It was a wise move on his part."
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