Chapter 136 Xie Huaiqian comes to pick people up for the New Year
Chen Zhan woke up late the next day, sleeping until around nine or ten. He sat on the bed in a daze for a few seconds before remembering what happened that morning.
Zhou Jingyu seems to be back?
She got dressed and got up. The room opposite didn't look like anyone was sleeping there.
When I went downstairs, I heard Aunt Sun watching TV news in the living room and quickened my pace.
When Aunt Sun saw her, she stood up and said, "I guess it's about time you woke up. I made yam millet porridge and milky pumpkin muffins for breakfast. You young people will definitely like them."
Chen Zan said, "Good morning, Auntie Sun," but his eyes were on the TV.
The TV news was reporting on the disaster relief scene. When the camera flashed by, she saw Zhou Jingyu's back at the scene.
Aunt Sun asked her to come over and eat quickly. Chen Zan was still watching the TV news, but the screen had switched back to the government's deployment of disaster relief.
Aunt Sun wanted to turn off the TV to prevent Chen Zan from being disturbed by the noise.
She said, "Just keep it open. I want to listen too."
Chen Zhan was eating while reading the news. She remembered something, "Auntie Sun, did Mr. Zhou come back this morning?"
Aunt Sun thought for a moment and said, "At around five or six o'clock, I heard some noise outside. He must have come back."
In the morning and afternoon, Chen Zhan occupied Zhou Jingyu's study to study. He had a wall of bookcases, which collected many untranslated foreign literature and novels, which was convenient for Chen Zhan.
At the hot spring hotel, the road into the mountain was open in the afternoon. Amy and Ian went down the mountain with Jiang Yushan and Lin Xiao's group. When leaving, Meng Jiaxin took their car and asked Amy for Chen Zhan's contact information. Amy asked Chen Zhan if she wanted to give it to him. If she agreed to give it, Amy also wanted to take this opportunity to get Meng Jiaxin to accompany her for dinner before giving out the number.
Chen Zhan replied helplessly, "Farewell, I'm a college student, please stop teasing me."
Amy expressed regret about this.
Zhou Jingyu rarely came back in the next two days, but he could often be seen in the news.
The snow in Beijing gradually stopped and flights resumed one after another.
The Little New Year was approaching in the blink of an eye. She took advantage of the good weather to go to the exhibition to finish her work. Amy and her friends also booked tickets to return home in two days.
Chen Zhan did not go back with them, but instead checked the flights back to Rongchuan and booked a ticket back to Rongchuan.
Amy said reluctantly, "Cynthia, I hope I can see you again at headquarters."
Chen Zhan said, "There should still be a chance."
Amy's eyes lit up. "Have you thought it through and given up on that rotten thing of yours?"
Chen Zhan shook his head: "After the Spring Festival, I have to go back to the headquarters to hand over the final work."
Amy's face turned bitter. "Oh~ Sister Anna will definitely be more sad than me then."
The exhibition will last for another half a month, but Chen Zan and Amy have already completed their work.
Chen Zan took the handover documents to the office to ask Jiang Yunqin for their signatures. Ever since Jiang Yunqin learned that Chen Zan was Xie Xu's daughter and had a relationship with Zhou Jingyu, she had shown her good intentions to Chen Zan many times, but Chen Zan rejected her intentionally or unintentionally with euphemisms.
After signing, Chen Zan was about to leave.
Jiang Yunqin pulled Chen Zhan again, "Team Leader Chen, wait a moment. I heard Amy and Ian are going back to headquarters, so I bought some local specialties as a token of my appreciation."
Chen Zhan was about to refuse when Jiang Yunqin said, "They're not valuable things. They're just ordinary tea leaves and intangible cultural heritage. I often buy them as gifts for foreign clients, and they all say they're delicious."
As she spoke, she took out a few gift boxes from under the desk. It was obvious that she had prepared them in advance.
"Miss Chen, you are from Rongchuan, right? I heard that you haven't been back to Rongchuan for several years. When I went shopping, I also bought a bottle of your Bamboo Leaf Green. I'm sure you like it very much."
In fact, Chen Zhan had also bought some local specialties online for Amy and Ian to take back and share with their colleagues at headquarters. So, after taking a look at the gift boxes Jiang Yunqin had sent, they were indeed ordinary brands, not expensive, so there was nothing wrong with accepting them.
"Team Leader Jiang, I'm supposed to prepare these specialties. How much are these? I'll transfer them to you."
Chen Zan took out his cell phone to transfer money.
Jiang Yunqin immediately said, "No need, it's just a few dollars."
Chen Zan looked at Wen Wan in front of him, but his attitude was tough, "Team Leader Jiang, if you don't accept the money, I'm embarrassed to help accept this gift on your behalf."
Jiang Yunqin took a step back: "Well, if you ask me, Team Leader Chen, you are too polite. It's just a small amount of money. If you really want to give it, just watch it go."
Chen Zan estimated the value of these and transferred more money, and Jiang Yunqin also happily accepted the money in front of him.
Jiang Yunqin was afraid that Chen Zan couldn't carry it back by himself, so he specially called his assistant to help carry it back to the exhibition hall and hand it over to Amy and Ian.
"Miss Chen, this is yours, don't make a mistake."
It’s not that Chen Zan is cunning, but this sentence makes people feel that there is something else hidden in it.
Amy and Ian asked their assistant to go back and express their gratitude, and Chen Zan did not mention that he had transferred money to Jiang Yunqin.
After coming out of the exhibition hall, Chen Zan originally wanted to go back to the hotel to pack his luggage.
As a result, I met Xie Huaiqian outside. He was handsome and handsome, and he greeted me warmly from a distance: "Chen Zan."
Seeing this, Amy was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said, "Cynthia, who is this suitor? Mr. Zhou really has too many rivals in love."
Chen Zan was embarrassed and quickly explained that this was her blood cousin, and Xie Huaiqian had to call him second uncle in front of Zhou Jingyu.
Amy realized she had misunderstood, and she quickly said sorry twice, then ran away with Ian, "You guys chat, we're going back to the hotel first."
There was nothing complicated between Chen Zan and Xie Huaiqian. He had a car accident at that time, and he stayed in Rongchuan for a long time because of it. He often came near them and was often looked down upon by Ms. Chen Jiaohua. Later, she asked him to help with something.
She still had tea leaves in her hand and came forward: "Why are you here?"
Xie Huaiqian said, "Today is the Little New Year. I'll take your orders and take you to the Jingfu compound for dinner."
Chen Zhan was still confused: "Did Zhou Jingyu ask you to come here?"
Xie Huaiqian was stunned for a moment before he continued, "Well, my second uncle asked me to pick you up."
Chen Zan also said he would make a phone call to ask.
"My second uncle has been so busy lately with the snowstorm relief work that he hasn't even had time to answer the phone. We can only see him on the news. He must be busy right now, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me to pick you up, right?"
Xie Huaiqian had already opened the car door: "Don't bother Second Uncle with such a small matter, lest he say that I can't even do my job well, and I might even get scolded."
Zhou Jingyu is the leader of the group of Jiang Yushan and Xie Huaiqian. Jiang Yushan had said before that their group of children from wealthy families were too noisy, and they were more than ten years younger than Zhou Chengnian and the others, so only Zhou Jingyu could mix with them and keep them under control.
So when Xie Huaiqian came, the first person Chen Zan thought of was Zhou Jingyu. Moreover, he was busy, so he often asked Bai Qi or Zhang Qing to come and pick him up, or he would send someone familiar to him.
She came to the exhibition today to finish the work, and she mentioned this to Zhou Jingyu.
The Jingfu compound is where they often gather, and it is also Jiang Yushan's territory.
Chen Zan thought that Zhou Jingyu was indeed busy these two days, and it was not appropriate to call him to ask in person, so he got in the car.
While driving, Xie Huaiqian asked Chen Zan how he had been doing abroad over the past few years.
Chen Zhan said: "Everything is fine, how are you now?"
In the past, Xie Huaiqian did not work in the system, and his job was just an idle job helping to clean up the mess. This was mainly because his family was not the main branch of the Xie family, but a concubine's branch.
It was also because of his good performance in recent years that he was assigned to work in the customs.
Chen Zhan had never expected that in this day and age, there were still wives for the main wife and the concubine. It instantly took her back to the old times.
Xie Huaiqian teased himself helplessly and said, "There's nothing I can do. Don't look down on me. The bigger the family, the more they value these things. But my family is already doing pretty well under the care of my fourth uncle, second uncle, and third brother."
Among this group of children from prominent families, Xie Huaiqian was indeed an outlier, and Chen Zan quickly explained that he had no intention of looking down on him.
"I was just joking with you." Xie Huaiqian suddenly changed the subject, with a hint of deeper meaning in his words, "Actually, in our circle, if you have power and don't rely on it, you'd be a fool."
Chen Zhan understood his subtext and replied calmly, "Well, everyone has different ideas. You have your reasons, and I have mine."
She never thought of herself as a noble person, she just wanted to walk her own path step by step with her feet on the ground.
Xie Huaiqian had said all he wanted to say, and it was not appropriate to say more, so as not to offend others.
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