Chapter 178 What kind of girl has such high standards?
Zhang Shuai's question made the situation awkward again.
Tian Xin seemed to notice that Zhang Shuai was in a bad mood, but she didn't know why. So when she heard this, she immediately tried to smooth things over: "I guess he really has something wrong. Brother, you've been back to the hospital. I only asked the doctor for half a day off. I still have something to do in the afternoon..."
"How do you know he has something wrong?" Zhang Shuai interrupted her with a cold face.
"I……"
Tian Xin was speechless for a moment. She had just said this casually without thinking it through. Since Lin Zhou was determined to leave, he must have something to worry about. So he should just leave. Why was Zhang Shuai so angry?
She didn't understand, but Lin Zhou did.
He took a deep breath, calming himself. Then, he glanced at everyone and spoke slowly, "Everyone, I'm so sorry, I have an appointment this afternoon! I'll excuse myself for now. We'll get together again sometime."
After saying that, he stood up and walked over to Li Baiwan, extending his hand to him: "Mr. Li, it's a pleasure to meet you today and sit down with you to talk about business. I've known Tian Xin for many years, and recently I've often heard her talk about you, saying that you are a good leader. I was thinking of asking for your advice!"
"Really?" Li Baiwan glanced at Tian Xin: "This Xiao Tian always says this about me outside!" He chuckled a few times and looked at the two of them: "If you have time, come to the factory in the future and let Xiao Tian take you around!"
"Okay, then I won't be polite. I will definitely come to bother you some other day!" Lin Zhou shook hands with Li Baiwan.
At this moment, everyone stood up and prepared to go to eat. The conference room suddenly became noisy and everyone was talking about their own things.
Seeing Li Baiwan holding Lin Zhoude and talking non-stop, Mr. Liu came over to join in the fun: "Xiao Lin, what are you so anxious about? Did you make a date with your girlfriend?"
"Xiao Lin has a girlfriend?" Li Baiwan followed up with a hint of regret in his eyes: "I said if you didn't have one, I would introduce you to one!"
"No, no, no, it's not like that. Uncle Liu was joking!" Lin Zhou's face turned red with embarrassment, and he quickly glanced at Tian Xin who was standing next to him and talking to Zhang Shuai.
Li Baiwan caught this look and immediately started gossiping: "How come he doesn't have a girlfriend when he's so outstanding? Is it because he hasn't met the right one, or is it because he's too busy to take care of it? Let me tell you..."
Lin Zhou was afraid that he would go on for a long time, so he quickly interrupted: "Neither of those, it's... I'm chasing him, but I haven't caught up yet!"
Perhaps he was in a hurry to explain, so he spoke a little too loudly. For a moment, everyone in the meeting room stopped talking and looked in his direction.
Lin Zhou was extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to continue. In desperation, he looked at the two bosses opposite him for help.
Li Baiwan and Mr. Liu exchanged glances and continued to ask curiously, "What kind of girl has such high standards? Even Xiaolin can't catch up?"
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The conference room was unusually quiet. Everyone stared at Lin Zhou curiously, and no one spoke.
Lin Zhou lowered his head and remained silent for a few seconds. His mind was filled with what Tian Xin had said: "Let's give it a try first. If you are still willing to be with me after a year, we can officially date!"
He always abided by this statement and never dared to overstep the line. Although the two of them had been getting along like a couple in private, he never dared to publicly announce that she was his girlfriend. Because she cared about him, he didn't dare to gamble.
It's not like I haven't confessed my feelings to her in public before, but in the end, she disappeared for so long and didn't even want to reply to my text messages.
In today's situation, if he told everyone in person that the person he failed to catch up with was Tian Xin, what would everyone think? What would she think? Would she leave him in anger like last time and never see him again?
Lin Zhou only needed a few seconds to quickly adjust his thoughts. When he looked up, he had a smile on his face and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "He is a very good..."
"Boss, why don't you just take me back to the hospital!"
Lin Zhou had just said half a sentence, and everyone else was holding their breath to listen to the follow-up gossip, when Zhang Shuai suddenly interrupted him.
He tugged at Tian Xin's arm, his eyes panicking and anxious: "I have a headache, you'd better take me back first!"
Everyone was very dissatisfied with this interruption, and their hopes of enjoying the show were dashed.
Lin Zhou took the opportunity to say, "In that case, let's talk about this another day! I'll be passing by the hospital later and I'll just take him there!"
"No, no, I'll take it there when I'm done!" Liu Xin walked between the group of people and began to make arrangements.
"Dad, you and Mr. Li and the others go eat first. I'll take care of this. You don't have to worry about it. We'll find a place to gather."
"That's fine. You can arrange it and take good care of Xiao Zhang!" Old Liu gave an instruction and pulled Li Baiwan to go out.
Li Baiwan was a little worried about Zhang Shuai, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder, saying in a deep voice, "It's a rare occasion for us to get together today, so be happy. If there's anything, we can talk about it when we get back!"
Zhang Shuai turned his head away without saying a word or nodding. He just gently patted Li Baiwan's hand on his shoulder as a response.
"Then Xiaotian, take good care of everyone. Call me if anything happens!" After saying this, Li Baiwan and Mr. Lao Liu took Li Zheng and others to the private room.
Now only Liu Xin, Lin Zhou, Tian Xin and Zhang Shuai were left in the conference room.
As today's host, Liu Xin had originally planned to get together with a few people. Now that everyone was gathered, he immediately started to make arrangements: "Don't leave, I've already booked a place. It's rare for us to get together, so we should be able to squeeze in some time for a meal!"
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None of the three responded.
Liu Xin was anxious: "Why waste time? We've already finished eating. Let's go, let's go and talk about it after we get there. Don't just stand there!"
He pushed the wheelchair with one hand and pulled Lin Zhou with the other, fearing that the two would refuse him.
But as luck would have it, Lin Zhou's cell phone suddenly rang.
He let go of her hand awkwardly.
Lin Zhou took out his phone and took a look. The words "Li Jing" were displayed on the screen. He frowned and pressed the answer button: "Hello!"
"Do you have time? I want to see you!" Li Jing's voice came from the other end of the phone, and several people heard it.
Zhang Shuai exploded upon hearing this, and he tried to grab Lin Zhou's hand by rocking his wheelchair. Tian Xin grabbed him from behind and whispered, "Listen to what he has to say! Don't be so irritable."
"If you have something to say, just say it!" Lin Zhou said calmly.
"Where are you? I'll go find you!"
"What are you looking for? Lin Zhou, do you think the boss and I are fools?"
Zhang Shuai pulled Tian Xin's hand away, wheeled his wheelchair in front of Lin Zhou, and raised his head to question him: "Who is this person? What's your relationship with her?"
“…” Lin Zhou glanced at him indifferently and ignored him.
"I'm asking you a question. Who is this woman?" Zhang Shuai's voice rose a few decibels.
This question was really outrageous and Liu Xin was a little confused.
But seeing Tian Xin walk over to pull Zhang Shuai, she also followed up with a few words of advice: "Let Brother Lin answer the phone first, and talk about it after you finish what you want to say!"
"Whatever..."
"Alright? Stop yelling!" Tian Xin frowned and shouted, "I know this guy. They were childhood friends."
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