Chapter 75
Before Song Shu fell asleep on the bed, she thought vaguely, food, sex and nature are all part of human nature, and she didn't know how the man solved it in the end.
The next morning, when Song Shu woke up, she couldn't help but look in the man's direction a few times. She was caught, and the man pinched her nose and said in a naughty voice, "Where are you looking?"
Song Shu coughed and looked away uncomfortably. Seeing Jiahui had finished her breakfast, she quickly walked over and said, "Jiahui, are you done? Shall we go to school?"
Jiahui obediently jumped down from the chair, picked up her small schoolbag and walked over to hold Song Shu's hand, nodded, "I'm done, Sister Shu."
Seeing her embarrassed look of evasion, Chen Zonghao glanced at the small room and sincerely felt that the space here was too small and the schedule of moving into the new house could be brought forward.
*
After arriving at the company, Assistant Gao knocked on the door and walked in with a folder, and said respectfully: "Mr. Song, the design tasks you assigned to the designers before, which were related to Chinese-style clothing design, have been submitted one after another by the designers."
After hearing what she said, Song Shu looked up at the calendar and found that it was indeed time to submit the draft. She reached out to take the design draft that Assistant Gao handed over and started to look through it.
Perhaps influenced by the cheongsam show, and the fact that these designers have good design skills, Song Shu was generally satisfied with the drafts they submitted. After reading them, she looked up and said to Assistant Gao, "These drafts will be used as new products for the next season."
Assistant Gao nodded and said, "I will arrange the work."
Song Shu smiled and said, "I believe in Assistant Gao's ability."
At noon, when it was almost time to get off work, a phone call came in. Song Shu answered it. Tian Tian on the other end of the phone said jokingly: "Busy Song, do you have time for lunch? I'll treat you to lunch."
Song Shu heard her voice and laughed, "How can I not have time if the big star Tian wants to meet me?"
Tian Tian snorted, "Look how considerate I am. I know you are busy so I only want to have lunch with you. I will go upstairs to find you now."
Song Shu felt a little embarrassed. She had been very busy recently and they hadn't seen each other for a long time. "Well, come up now."
After hanging up the phone, Song Shu called the front desk and told her that someone would come to see her later and asked her to take the person directly to her office.
Shortly after the front desk clerk hung up the phone, a woman wearing sunglasses and a red dress walked over. Even though the sunglasses only exposed her mouth and chin, her beauty could still be felt.
The woman came over, took off her sunglasses and said politely, "Hello, I'm here to see your President Song."
The receptionist saw the face behind the sunglasses and her eyes widened in surprise, but she still smiled politely, "Hello, President Song has told me to go to her office."
Tian Tian nodded and followed her. After the receptionist took her to Song Shu's office and walked in, Tian Tian looked at the person sitting behind the chair and joked, "Busy Song, you look even more imposing after not seeing you for a while."
The receptionist led the person in and walked out of the office, closing the door. She quickly returned to the reception desk and gossiped with another receptionist in a low voice: "That was the big star Tian Tian, right? She is actually a friend of our President Song. The two of them seem to know each other very well."
Another receptionist also saw Tian Tian and nodded, thinking of the entertainment gossip he had read before. "That should be it. The newspaper seemed to have reported their relationship."
The front desk staff just gossiped for a bit and then continued working without further discussion.
In the office, Song Shu heard what Tian Tian said, stood up and walked over. The two sat down on the reception sofa. Song Shu poured her a cup of scented tea and joked in the same way: "You are still a busy person. I couldn't find you during the filming of the TV series."
Tian Tian picked up the teacup, took a sip of the scented tea and said, "The scented tea here is still the best," and then sighed, "We two are not to blame each other, we are all destined to work hard."
Song Shu also took a sip of the tea and said, "I like it. You can take some back later."
Tian Tian nodded without refusing: "Then I won't be polite. Well, I didn't expect that I would take something away from you during my visit."
Song Shu rolled her eyes at her and said, "It's just some worthless flower tea."
Thinking of the "Song Mansion Storm" that aired last night, he continued, "What was the performance of this TV series last night?"
After all, Song Shu was not from the entertainment industry, so she was not as well-informed as they were. Moreover, it was not as convenient as in later generations to look up the ratings of a drama on the Internet.
Hearing her words, Tian Tian did not keep the audience in suspense and said directly: "Very good, last night's ratings accounted for 95% of Hong Kong's ratings, and even slightly broke some previous TV series ratings records."
Song Shu was delighted after hearing this. This rating was really impressive. She said sincerely, "Congratulations. It looks like our Tian Tian is going to become even more famous."
Tian Tian picked up the teacup and toasted her, "Congratulations, the costumes and makeup you designed are so outstanding. I asked the producer before to buy the costumes I wore as a souvenir, but was rejected by the producer. It seems that Queen Tang also asked and was rejected. You don't know how precious those costumes you designed are to us."
Song Shu hadn't expected these little episodes to happen. She looked at her with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Why are you still thinking about buying those costumes back?"
After so many days of shooting, no matter how well the clothes are maintained, they will be damaged.
Tian Tian looked at her and curled her lips, "You don't know how beautiful the ancient costumes you designed are. I don't want to take them off after wearing them."
Song Shu was speechless after hearing this, thinking that it was not impossible.
The two chatted for a while in the office. It was time to get off work, so they stood up, walked out of the office and prepared to have lunch in the restaurant downstairs.
But just as she walked out of the company, the elevator door opened and Chen Zonghao walked out of the elevator. Song Shu's eyes met his and she was about to speak.
Tian Tian, who was standing next to them, glanced at the young couple and started to tease them, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, Ah Shu and I have an appointment at lunch today, so Mr. Chen, please go to lunch by yourself."
Song Shu's eyes wandered a little. She thought that she didn't have time to say hello to him. She almost forgot that he was going out with Tian Tian. "Tian Tian and I have a lunch appointment later. You can go to lunch by yourself later."
Chen Zonghao raised his eyebrows and looked at her guilty expression, then said, "Well, you don't have any appointments tonight."
Song Shu sensed his unfinished words and coughed, "That's not the case."
Tian Tian interrupted the young couple's exchange of glances and said, "Okay, we're just going to have lunch, why are you two acting like you're parting forever?"
Song Shu felt a little embarrassed after hearing her joke, so she took her arm and led her to the elevator, "Let's go, I'll definitely order more food later."
Tian Tian said nonchalantly, "You can order whatever you want, even a full Manchu-Han banquet. I still have the money."
*
Shitou stretched his back and walked out of the company with Awen. Just as they were about to go downstairs for lunch, they looked up and found that Haoge had actually walked in. They immediately asked in surprise, "Haoge, didn't you go upstairs to have lunch with my second sister-in-law? Why are you back again? Did you leave something behind?"
After Shitou finished speaking, he felt that Haoge gave him an indifferent look, which immediately made him shudder all over. Why did he feel that Haoge did not seem to be in a good mood?
But after Hao Ge glanced at him, he said, "Aren't you going downstairs to have lunch? I'll treat you today."
Shitou was even more puzzled. Why did the sun rise from the west today? Brother Hao actually had lunch with them, when he usually had lunch with his second sister-in-law.
Just as he was about to say something, Awen beside him blocked his mouth, "Okay, Brother Hao, let's go." Awen thought that his second sister-in-law must have something to do and couldn't accompany Brother Hao, and Shitou, this idiot, just kept poking at Brother Hao's heart.
Sitting at the dining table, Shitou felt that today's lunch was simply the weirdest lunch they had ever had.
Brother Hao stopped talking, as he usually had no expression on his face. But Awen looked a little weird today, smiling from time to time while eating.
Shitou saw him like this and thought that the food in this restaurant was not that delicious. Why did he look so happy while eating? He couldn't help but ask, "Awen, what are you laughing at?"
Ah Wen looked up when he heard what he said and found that Hao Ge was also looking at him. He immediately felt that he was a little immoral. He was happy while Hao Ge was not very happy. He scratched his head and said, "Nothing."
Shitou didn't believe it, and squinted his eyes at him. Then, a rare flash of inspiration came to him, "Awen, are you secretly dating a girlfriend behind our backs?"
Awen sighed and looked at him in confusion, wondering when this stone became so smart. He shook his head and said, "No." Really not, Xinyi is not his girlfriend yet, but their relationship has been getting better and better recently.
*
Song Shu and Tian Tian sat in the restaurant, ordered their dishes and waited for them to be served.
Tian Tian held her chin with both hands and looked at Song Shu jokingly and said, "I say, you two, do you really need to be so clingy? Just now, Mr. Chen looked at me as if I were some bad guy who came to abduct you."
Song Shu felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, and she retorted with a lack of confidence: "No, Chen Zonghao's eyes are always like that."
Tian Tian nodded, "Yes, except when he looks at you, his eyes are always cold."
Song Shu choked and wanted to open her mouth to refute, but seeing Tian Tian's teasing look, she wisely chose to shut up, otherwise this person would tease her further.
The food came up soon, and Song Shu quickly asked Tian Tian to eat quickly, otherwise she would just keep teasing her.
The two were happily chatting and eating lunch when a hesitant voice rang out, "Tian Tian?"
Song Shu raised her head and looked in the direction of the voice. Her eyes widened when she saw the person coming. Wasn't this the Second Young Master Zhang? However, there was a woman holding his arm next to him. Song Shu's eyes lingered on the woman's bulging belly for a moment.
Then she saw Tian Tian looking at Mr. Zhang Er with tears in her eyes, and she seemed to call him affectionately, "Second Young Master."
Song Shu couldn't help but shudder when she heard this. After Tian Tian gave her a look, she couldn't help but give her a thumbs up to praise her good acting skills.
Tian Tian didn't give them time to react. She seemed to have just seen the pregnant woman next to her. She looked at Zhang Ershao sadly, "I didn't expect that Zhang Ershao already has a child. I..."
Her face looked abandoned and sad, as if she would cry if she hadn't been afraid to do it in public.
Zhang Ershao looked at Tian Tian, feeling somewhat smug and annoyed, and said hypocritically: "Tian Tian, hey, we are not destined to be together, don't be sad, a good girl like you can't find a good family like me."
Song Shu suddenly felt that the cake in her mouth no longer tasted fragrant.
Tian Tian seemed even more sad after hearing this, and said resentfully: "Second Young Master..."
She looked like she was reluctant to let him go and wanted to cling to her, which scared Zhang Ershao so much that he quickly said goodbye and took the woman away, as if he was afraid of being clung to by Tian Tian.
When Young Master Zhang was no longer in sight, Tian Tian picked up a tissue from the table, wiped her tears, and threw it aside in disgust. Her face no longer showed the heart-broken look she had just had.
Song Shu was amazed and said, "Woman, have you ever learned the magic of face-changing?"
Tian Tian raised her eyebrows. "If I don't act like I'm deeply in love with him, what if he feels that it's not enough and comes back to pester me? I finally got rid of him."
Song Shu thought it made sense. These rich boys love challenges the most. The more you look down on them, the more they will chase you and conquer you like a masochist. Tian Tian's worthless appearance will make them feel discouraged.
This was just a boring little episode. Song Shu and Tian Tian only discussed it for a few sentences before changing the topic.
*
After lunch, they still had some time, so they decided to go shopping in a nearby mall.
In a luxury store, Song Shu fell in love with a pair of men's cufflinks and bought them after just a few glances.
When getting off work in the evening, sitting in the car, Song Shu fastened her seat belt and looked at the man sideways. After he fastened his seat belt, she handed him the cufflinks she bought this afternoon, "Here, this is a small gift I bought for you when we were shopping this afternoon. Open it and have a look."
Chen Zonghao was startled when he heard this. He raised his lips and took the small box she handed over. He opened it and found a pair of cufflinks with simple designs that suited his style. "Why did you think of buying me a small gift?"
Song Shu curled her lips and looked at him jokingly, "I bought it to coax you."
Chen Zonghao looked at her and felt his ears burning. "I'm not that stingy."
Song Shu didn't believe his lies. "Oh, so, I'll take the cufflinks back. It seems you don't need this little gift."
Chen Zonghao quickly closed the box again, put the small box into his other trouser pocket, and touched his nose, "I like it very much. You've coaxed me into submission."
Song Shu chuckled, "Okay, I just wanted to tease you."
Chen Zonghao pinched his forehead helplessly, then he smiled as he saw her smile.