Chu Zhaozhao felt a little awkward sitting in the living room and could only play with Bubble. Fortunately, Bubble brought its toys and played with Chu Zhaozhao.
"Zhao Zhao, come and have some coffee. I ground the beans this morning. You can drink it right away. Come and try it."
The old lady came out with coffee, and Chu Zhaozhao hurriedly stood up and took what the old lady handed over.
The old lady asked Bubble to go play somewhere else, but Bubble went back to his little room with the toy in his mouth looking aggrieved.
"Poppao is an old dog. If someone plays with it, it will jump around. It has no sense of propriety and dares not let anyone play with it." The old lady explained her behavior just now.
Chu Zhaozhao nodded, tasted the coffee in response to the old lady's expectation, and then uttered some words to praise the old lady.
"Actually, I don't know much about coffee. It's just that my old man loves to drink it. We can't taste anything like what others say about the aftertaste or something, but my tongue can't taste it at all." The old lady said sincerely.
Chu Zhaozhao felt relieved, because she had been worried that if she couldn't say something stylish, she would be wasting the coffee the old lady made.
"Actually, I don't quite understand it, but I can still taste some differences. However, I can't use those advanced descriptions." Chu Zhaozhao smiled at the old lady.
The old lady knew that she and Chu Zhaozhao had something in common in this regard, and she smiled happily.
The Western food made by Zheng Yuanjie was ready very quickly. Although it was not very exquisite, it still had the appearance it should have.
"Come on, Bubbles, it's time for you to eat too."
After setting the table, Zheng Yuanjie also put food for Paopao, and they would put Paopao's bowl near the dining table.
"Zhao Zhao, please eat. I don't know if you can get used to it. The Chinese food we cook is actually not very delicious, but the Western food is a little bit better." The old lady warmly entertained Chu Zhaozhao.
Chu Zhaozhao gradually relaxed, picked up the knife and fork and ate the food on her plate.
"Zhao Zhao, how old are you?" the old lady suddenly asked.
Chu Zhaozhao hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm 24 years old this year."
"Wow, you look really young at this age. Do you have a boyfriend?" the old lady asked again.
Chu Zhaozhao felt a little uncomfortable and said with a smile: "We are artists and don't have time for love."
"How about this, let me introduce you to someone. My nephew is also an artist, and you two will definitely have something in common."
"Look at you. I told you to stop hanging around in the park. You and those old ladies even learned how to be matchmakers, right? Stay out of other people's business."
Zheng Yuanjie scolded the old lady, but the old lady didn't get angry. Instead, she asked Zheng Yuanjie not to be angry.
No one talked about anything at the dinner table. It was the old lady who was always looking for topics to talk about with Chu Zhaozhao about the differences between China and abroad, and asked Chu Zhaozhao more questions.
The meal didn't last long before everyone put down their cutlery.
The old lady brought out dessert, but there were only two servings.
"My old man has three highs, so he won't eat these desserts, but I love to make them because I love to eat them."
Looking at the old lady's sweet smile, Chu Zhaozhao couldn't refuse, even though she knew that after eating this dessert she would have to work hard in the gym for two hours.
"You guys eat, I'll go make some coffee."
Zheng Yuanjie seems to be unable to stay idle at home, and he always wants to do this or that.
Chu Zhaozhao was a little curious about the old lady and asked her what she did and how she met Zheng Yuanjie.
"When I was young, I worked as a journalist for a while, but later I couldn't continue, so I quit and became a writer. I started by writing essays, and later wrote some novels, but they were not as famous as my old man. I met my old man when I was a journalist, but we didn't have much contact at that time. We only kept in touch after we met abroad."
Chu Zhaozhao seemed to see an idol drama in these words, and her imagination began to run wild unconsciously.
"I remember I was a reporter for maybe four months before I couldn't take it anymore and just slammed the table and quit."
The old lady began to recall her past, as if she had never had the chance to say these words to others and was not familiar with them.
"You are very brave. I don't dare to quit my job now because I am afraid that I can't pay the rent." Chu Zhaozhao said jokingly.
The old lady waved her hands and said, "It's not that I had the courage, but when I was a reporter, I felt that what I wrote was not what I wanted to write. It was like I was going against my conscience. I couldn't stand this feeling, so I quit. I was poor at the time, and I became even poorer after I quit my job to become a writer. Even after we got married, our life was still very ordinary..."
"Then you can be said to have finally reaped the rewards of your hard work. Director Zheng's works are very famous now, and I believe that many people will like your works as well." Chu Zhaozhao said politely.
After a brief chat with the old lady, Chu Zhaozhao went home.
Bubble seemed to like Chu Zhaozhao very much. When he saw Chu Zhaozhao leaving, he even followed her. If the old lady hadn't stopped him, he would definitely have followed her to Chu Zhaozhao's house.
Chu Zhaozhao touched Bubble again before Bubble was willing to go back obediently.
There was still some housework to be done at home. Chu Zhaozhao looked at the time and decided to finish cleaning before taking a nap.
Anyway, I don’t have to go to Chu Huaiyang’s studio today. Apart from going out to buy furniture, there is nothing else to do.
Chu Zhaozhao hummed a song while cleaning, then changed into pajamas and went for a nice nap.
I woke up again because of Chu Huaiyang.
"Third brother, what are you looking for at home?" Chu Zhaozhao asked in confusion.
"Zhao Zhao, have you seen my contract? My partner told me there's a problem with our contract, and I can't find my own contract now..."
Chu Huaiyang was very anxious, and Chu Zhaozhao followed Chu Huaiyang to look for it at home.
We had just moved in, so our things should still be in the boxes, but they weren’t there, so we could only hope to find where we had taken them out and put them.
"Third brother, don't worry, we will definitely find it." Chu Zhaozhao comforted Chu Huaiyang.
Chu Huaiyang and Chu Zhaozhao searched the house thoroughly but couldn't find the contract.
"Third brother, are there any files in your computer, or did you scan and back them up after signing the contract?" Chu Zhaozhao asked.
Chu Huaiyang shook his head, looking distraught.
"Third brother, what kind of contract is this? What's the problem?"
Chu Zhaozhao looked at Chu Huaiyang like this and couldn't bear to let him resolve his problems alone.
"The contract that President Hua invested in us has been signed. The investment funds arrived today, but there is a shortage of 500,000 yuan. The other company said that the contract stated 1 million yuan. However, without this 500,000 yuan, many of our projects cannot be launched. How can we possibly keep up with the subsequent investment benefits..." Chu Huaiyang showed a painful expression on his face.
Chu Zhaozhao frowned and asked, "Third brother, are you sure the investment contract should have stated 1.5 million?"
"Of course I'm sure. This was agreed upon by President Hua and I in his office. At the beginning, I wanted President Hua to invest two million." Chu Huaiyang was anxious and paced around the house.
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