Although Zhong Lingling didn't want to be neighbors with strangers, which is why she bought the house across the street, she still carefully selected the overall decoration of that house.
Because of work, she barely had time to go next door, so everything there was brand new.
Xu Qingzhao was unaware that the previous owner of the house lived next door and surprisingly thought the overall decoration was quite nice.
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The next morning, Xu Qingzhao ran into Zhong Lingling as soon as she stepped out of the house.
Zhong Lingling looked at him and said, "Are you also going to the company? Why don't you come along?"
Xu Qingzhao thought for a moment and finally answered "okay".
He ended up sitting in the passenger seat next to Zhong Lingling.
Their location is actually quite close to the company; it's not impossible to walk there, but it's still a considerable distance.
Xu Qingzhao was not old enough to take a driving test when she went abroad. After that, she focused on her major and was so busy that she could only go home for short periods of time during winter and summer vacations.
Furthermore, since they were abroad, some holidays didn't align. And since there was a driver available, Xu Qingzhao never bothered to take a driving test.
Watching the other person drive so intently, Xu Qingzhao felt her face start to burn again.
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Zhong Lingling caught a glimpse of the other person blushing out of the corner of her eye. To be honest, she was a little surprised. In addition, she was surprised that the other person had agreed to go to work with her. After all, in her memory, the other person would run away when he saw her.
Then she noticed something: the other person would look at her absentmindedly and blush when looking at her. It didn't seem like they disliked her.
So, perhaps my previous thought that he disliked me was a misunderstanding?
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Zhong Lingling wasn't someone who would just wait passively. Once she had an idea in mind, she decided to test the waters.
Although I used to take the initiative, I wasn't very bold enough to get close to the other person because I felt they were afraid of me.
The fact that the other person would run away every time they saw her, as if they were afraid of seeing her, really made Zhong Lingling doubt herself.
But now Zhong Lingling seems to understand why the other person runs away when he sees her—is he shy? But is he really that innocent?
How could someone who studied abroad be so naive?
Education and ideologies differ between China and other countries. As a civilized and reserved nation, China is different from the outgoing and passionate countries outside.
So he never expected that someone studying abroad would run away shyly upon seeing him.
Wange had previously complained that her younger brother was a bookworm who only knew how to study. At the time, she didn't think that was true, but now she takes back her opinion.
That's just how he is—a bookworm who only knows how to study and has absolutely no understanding of matters of the heart.
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Xu Qingzhao and Zhong Lingling walked into the company together, attracting a lot of attention once again. They were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, so it was normal for them to be noticed when they walked together.
Actually, their company has many good-looking men and women, and most of them are high-achieving elites.
Of course, besides these, there are also many mature and stable types. Those who can stay in the senior management of the head office are not ordinary people.
It was somewhat surprising that Zhong Lingling used the regular employee entrance.
It's not surprising at all that Xu Qingzhao's close colleagues are involved. After all, he already knows the most surprising thing, so what's this?
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In the afternoon, when Xu Qingzhao was reporting on her work, she looked at her older sister and asked, "Sister, why did you choose that place for me?"
"Is there a problem?" Wan Ge looked up at him, her face full of doubt and confusion.
"No, I was just a little surprised to see Sister Lingling." Xu Qingzhao sensed something was wrong, but didn't know how to ask her sister.
Wan Ge answered directly: "Hmm? She is the former owner of the house you are living in now."
Xu Qingzhao was stunned for a moment. No wonder the other party didn't seem surprised at all when she met him yesterday, and even told her that he lived across the street. It turned out that the other party already knew.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Xu Qingzhao muttered.
Wan Ge put down the documents in her hand, leaned back, crossed her arms, and calmly looked at the other person: "Isn't it good? I can feel more at ease with someone familiar next to you."
"Huh? It's not that it's bad, it's just... it's just..." Xu Qingzhao couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Wan Ge wanted to laugh when she saw that the other person seemed completely unaware of her presence. But on the surface, she maintained a calm and composed demeanor.
"It's just a place to live. Anyway, the house your parents prepared for you is already renovated, right? If you don't like it here, you can just move there later."
Don't you like it? Xu Qingzhao subconsciously didn't want to move back: "No...no, I like it very much."
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As soon as Xu Qingzhao left, Zhong Lingling walked into Wan Ge's office.
Zhong Lingling had overheard their entire conversation.
Now she realized that Xu Qingzhao might not have been afraid of her afterward; she seemed like a completely different person. Even her gaze towards Wan Ge seemed different.
Especially her conversation with her brother just now made her feel even more uneasy.
Zhong Lingling placed the documents directly on the table, then leaned against Wan Ge with both hands on the table, her eyes feigning fierceness: "Did you already know that your brother might also have feelings for me?"
Wan Ge looked at her with a smile in her eyes and slowly said, "You've finally realized it."
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