Ji Ling raised an eyebrow, "Did you drive this?"

Zhou Yuanbin smiled and said, "I'll give you a 50% discount."

“Free is better.”

Zhou Yuanbin smiled, "Okay, it's free. I'll say hello to the front desk later and just mention your name."

Ji Ling was just joking, "Okay."

As for Zhou Yuanbin really greeting the front desk, she was not worried, because he would not come without paying if he really came.

When I was about to leave, I unexpectedly met Xie Qiangguo and his friends coming in from outside. I had met them last time when we had dinner, and I didn't expect to meet them again by such a coincidence.

Xie Qiangguo asked his friend to go first and came over to say hello to Ji Ling and Zhou Yuanbin.

"Just you two?" he asked while looking around. When he didn't see anyone else, he smiled meaningfully at the two of them.

Zhou Yuanbin said nonchalantly, "I need help from Xiaoling today."

Xie Qiangguo stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders. "No need to explain. I didn't think much about it."

Ji Ling really didn't like Xie Qiangguo's tone, as if it was shameful for her to have dinner with Zhou Yuanbin.

But he was Zhou Yuanbin's friend, so Ji Ling gave Zhou Yuanbin face and didn't argue with him. She just nodded to Zhou Yuanbin.

"I'm leaving first."

"I send you."

"No need." Ji Ling strode away without waiting for Zhou Yuanbin to say anything more.

Zhou Yuanbin asked Xie Qiangguo to wait for a moment, but still chased after them. Xie Qiangguo stood where he was, watched the two of them go out, smiled, and turned around to meet up with his friends.

Ji Ling had already stopped a taxi. Zhou Yuanbin didn't say anything when he saw her, but just asked people to be careful on the road.

Then he watched Ji Ling leave before returning to the restaurant.

Xie Qiangguo brought a male friend with him, and the two were smoking together. When Zhou Yuanbin came over, he directly put out the cigarettes in their mouths.

"Smoking is not allowed here."

Xie Qiangguo curled his lips, "You are so hypocritical. There is no privilege for me to come and support you."

Zhou Yuanbin pulled a chair and sat down without responding to him.

Xie Qiangguo came over and asked, "Are you in a bad mood? Did you quarrel with Xu Li again?"

"So what?"

"You look like a loser. You can't live without a woman?"

"It's impossible to survive." Zhou Yuanbin raised his eyelids, "Do you have a solution?"

Xie Qiangguo was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "I can't control your affairs. If I tell you to just break up, and you don't listen, then just bear with it."

The two were talking here, but the man opposite did not respond, but just listened with amusement.

Xie Qiangguo stopped talking about this and introduced his friend to him, "Ge Qichun, my friend, is studying abroad and will settle down in the capital in the future."

Zhou Yuanbin and Ge Qichun shook hands. The two of them had come to a conclusion. Zhou Yuanbin had already eaten, so in the end he accompanied the two of them to drink some wine, and they did not leave until the evening.

Ji Ling returned home not too late. After taking a bath and playing with her daughter for a while, Zhu Weidong called.

Ji Ling let Zhu Weidong talk to his daughter first. The father and daughter expressed their longing for each other and chatted about their daily life. Only then did the phone return to Ji Ling.

"Yes, with Zhou Yuanbin. Xu Li had a fight with him again?" Ji Ling didn't ask Zhu Weidong how he knew it. She guessed that he must have gone home to call first, and his family told him.

"That should be it. Xu Li said Zhou Yuanbin was forcing her to get married. She wanted to wait for another two years, so she didn't answer Zhou Yuanbin's calls."

Ji Ling thought that what Xu Li said was not true, but for a woman, if she doesn't like the other person and the other person still wants to get married, her emotions will indeed become very intense as long as these two words are mentioned.

"Zhou Yuanbin guessed it."

"What did he tell you?"

Ji Ling didn't answer directly, but asked, "Are you helping Xu Li get the news or do you want to know it yourself?"

There was an obvious pause.

Ji Ling felt unhappy for some reason, "Zhu Weidong, I am very petty."

Let's not talk about the quarrel between Xu Li and Zhou Yuanbin. That was a personal matter between them. Zhou Yuanbin called Northwest and Zhu Weidong also helped Xu Li lie. Even though everyone was familiar with each other, given Zhu Weidong's character, this was not something he would do.

But Zhu Weidong did it, which only means that Xu Li is special in Zhu Weidong's eyes and enjoys special treatment.

"Xiaoling, Xu Li found me right from the start and tried to stop me from telling Zhou Yuanbin about her situation. You know I don't like lying, so I kept hiding and didn't answer Zhou Yuanbin's calls."

Zhu Weidong finished his explanation and apologized, "Next time Xu Li finds me, I'll explain everything to her, okay?"

"If you don't do it just because I don't like it, won't that make you feel uncomfortable? Forget it, just meddle with it if you want." Ji Ling said angrily, "It's getting late, I have to coax Niuniu to sleep."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Ji Ling thought that she had not interfered in the affairs of Xu Li and her husband. Zhu Weidong was good and still stood on Xu Li's side. Should she stand on Zhou Yuanbin's side? After all, Zhou Yuanbin was their partner now.

He knew in his heart that she was being unreasonable, but Zhu Weidong understood that. He was just soft-hearted, just like he said just now that Xu Li came to him with red eyes.

Ha, if any woman cries to him for help, will he agree?

Ji Ling strongly disagreed with the idea of ​​not knowing the right degree of contact with women, and this incident was a good opportunity to make Zhu Weidong understand.

Zhu Weidong was in a daze and didn't notice Gu Baoshan coming in. Gu Baoshan waited for a long time, and when he saw that he still didn't speak, he pretended to cough lightly to bring him back to his senses.

Zhu Weidong saw the person coming and nodded.

Gu Baoshan smiled and said, "Engineer Zhu, our work in the northwest is almost over. We will return to the capital soon. We will take a few days off for now. But I heard from the people below that there is another work arrangement for us. I wonder if it is close to home?"

They had been working here for nearly a year and it was almost over. They were finally going to leave this desolate place, and Gu Baoshan breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, he has always been outside, far away from the headquarters, and has few opportunities for promotion.

Gu Baoshan used to follow Chi Fangping, but because of the things Chi Fangping did, Gu Baoshan, the student she trained, could no longer hold his head up in the bureau. Gu Baoshan, who originally had a bright future and was very capable, was buried.

Now the only one she can rely on is Zhu Weidong, who shamelessly came up to her because he and Ji Ling were from the same school.

"I don't know as much as you do."

Gu Baoshan was not giving up. "Didn't Director Wang leak some information? Engineer Zhu, I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. The child is several years old now, and I have never been with him. If he is sent abroad after I return, I will feel even more ashamed of the mother and daughter."

Zhu Weidong said, "If you don't want to be transferred, you can report your situation to your superiors. The bureau is not unkind."

Zhu Weidong stuck to the point and refused to say anything extra.

(End of this chapter)