Chapter 54 Blind Date
As soon as the plane landed, Qi Xing drank water and rubbed his extremely tired face while checking his mobile phone. His assistant was reporting to him about the schedule for today and tomorrow, but he didn't hear a word.
This trip to the United States is for the listing of a subsidiary of the company here. The bell ringing ceremony will be held at the beginning of next month. Qi Xing came here on behalf of his father. As long as he can complete the task smoothly and make his father satisfied, it will be fine.
Ye Xingzhou’s WeChat message came in: “Have a good rest when you’re here.”
"I can't rest. The people from the investment bank will be here in the afternoon. I have to run around to meet with institutions starting tomorrow. I'll be very busy." Qi Xing replied casually, with some resentment.
Ye Xingzhou: "Let's go to the hotel and eat something first, and don't keep looking at your phone."
Then don’t send me messages, Qi Xing was unhappy and blamed this man for being unromantic. He put away his phone and was too lazy to reply, so he didn’t bother to read the message.
It was almost noon when they arrived at the hotel. After eating and resting for more than an hour, Qi Xing still hadn't adjusted to the jet lag, so he had to cheer up and get back to work.
The heads of several underwriting investment banks had already arrived, and to Qi Xing's surprise, he actually saw someone he knew among them - the blind date that his parents had introduced to him before. Although they only added each other on WeChat once and had never chatted, he had seen the other person's photo on his mother's phone and recognized the person almost at first sight.
By the way, his mother did say that this person worked in an investment bank here.
When the two sides introduced themselves to each other, the other party's name confirmed Qi Xing's guess. Li Zechen was indeed the boy next door from back then.
Qi Xing raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and sat down first.
Meeting with these underwriters is nothing more than preparation for the investment roadshow that will begin tomorrow. The prospectus has been updated several times, and the final stock issue price will be decided based on the roadshow situation.
Qi Xing is no longer a complete layman and will not be easily fooled by these Americans. Moreover, there are more than ten people from their listing team this time. Although he holds the highest position, there are plenty of people who can give him advice if he encounters any problems.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and the atmosphere was tense as the underwriters competed for investment shares. Qi Xing watched their performance and paid special attention to his blind date.
This man seemed to be the youngest among these people. He was the senior assistant to the head of their bank. He looked very smart. His Asian face did not seem weak at all among a group of high-profile white people. He exchanged ideas with other underwriters in a back-and-forth manner without using a single swear word, but he did not lose the upper hand at all.
Qi Xing whistled in his heart, what a talented person.
After the meeting, the Americans left one after another. Qi Xing stood up and was about to leave when Li Zechen saw his boss off and came back again. He came over and greeted him with a smile in Chinese: "Mr. Qi, long time no see."
This guy obviously knew who he was.
Qi Xing's assistants were a little confused. Qi Xing also smiled, pointed at the others around him, and said directly: "If you want to get close to me and expect me to allocate more subscription shares to your customers, then you are wrong. I will not take care of this matter. They will take care of it."
Li Zechen didn't care at all, and kept smiling: "You misunderstood, I'm not interested in talking about work after work, I just want to ask you to give me some face, it's still early, do you want to have a cup of coffee together?"
Qi Xing didn't care. Although his father didn't tell him explicitly in advance, he must have known that he would meet this person this time. If he didn't give him some face, he would be afraid that he would not be able to explain himself when he returned.
Twenty minutes later, they sat in the cafe on the first floor of the hotel. Qi Xing ordered a cup of iced cappuccino to refresh himself. After the coffee was served, he added some sugar into it himself.
"You still like sweet things like when you were a kid."
Hearing the other party's laughter, Qi Xing raised his eyes lazily: "You don't like it? Don't Americans like to eat something too sweet?"
"I'm not used to it. I've been here for so many years, but I still have a Chinese stomach." Li Zechen shook his head slightly and asked him, "Are you tired? You just arrived this morning, right? Are you still jet-lagged?"
"Not bad." Qi Xing said casually.
Li Zechen explained: "I added your WeChat before, but considering the time difference and being too busy recently, I haven't contacted you. Sorry."
Qi Xing smiled and continued drinking his coffee.
Jet lag and being too busy were all excuses. It was clear that she had no interest in him before, but now that she had seen him in person, her attitude had changed.
There is no need to state this explicitly, he is not stupid.
To be honest, this guy is really good-looking, even prettier in person than in the photo. He wouldn't mind flirting with her in the past, but now, he doesn't care. He is so into Ye Xingzhou that he doesn't care about anyone else.
But there's nothing wrong with old neighbors meeting and chatting about the past and making friends. After all, he likes to make friends with good-looking people.
Li Zechen started chatting with him, from their childhood to their respective experiences over the years. This man spoke in a humorous and measured way. Qi Xing was not interested at first, but later he was amused by him and started talking more. He complained about his father and they actually found a common topic.
"My dad is the same. When he first found out about my sexual orientation, he couldn't accept it at all. He said he would sever the father-son relationship with me. We've been at loggerheads for several years. Now that I'm almost 30 and still single, he's getting anxious again. He calls his old friends in China every day, asking them to introduce me to someone. Now I'm not going to embarrass him by saying that I like boys, but you're still young, in your early twenties. Would your family be anxious about this?"
Li Zechen laughed as he spoke, and Qi Xing felt a little embarrassed by his laughter: "My parents are afraid that I will find someone randomly outside and they will not be satisfied with it. They are worried that I will be cheated."
The other party laughed even harder when he heard this: "Is that so? Uncle Qi and the others are quite foresighted."
Qi Xing: "...Is it that serious?"
Li Zechen laughed and then said seriously: "I was joking, but your parents are not wrong to have such concerns. If you want to listen, then listen. If you don't want to listen, just perfunctorily answer them. There's no need to worry too much."
Qi Xing: "What about you? I heard that your family is planning to return to China next year?"
"My parents are old, and they still think China is the best place. My old friends are all in China, so they want to go back. I don't care. I can go back if I want. I can just apply to be transferred back to China to work. I don't even need to change jobs," Li Zechen paused and continued, "I really don't mind my parents introducing me to someone. If there is a suitable one, I am willing to give it a try. It all depends on fate."
Qi Xing was looking down at his phone when Ye Xingzhou sent him another message, asking him if he had finished his work. Upon hearing this, he said, "Then I wish you success soon."
It was not a very heartfelt remark, and his eyes never left the phone screen. Li Zechen raised his eyebrows upon seeing this.
Qi Xing casually replied "Drinking coffee", and took a photo of the coffee cup and cake in front of him. After taking the photo, he found that one hand of Li Zechen sitting opposite him was in the photo. He originally wanted to delete it, but when he clicked delete, he gave up for some reason and sent it directly to Ye Xingzhou.
Half a minute later, Ye Xingzhou replied: "Who are you drinking coffee with?"
Qi Xing snorted and laughed, and said he wouldn’t tell you.
He put away his phone and continued chatting with Li Zechen, and Li Zechen also consciously did not ask any more questions.
As the evening drew to a close, the coffee had been refilled twice. Li Zechen took the initiative to say, "Let's stop here today. I won't ask you out for dinner. Go back to your room and have a rest early. You will be busy starting tomorrow. I will accompany you throughout the roadshow. I hope we can have dinner together next time."
Qi Xing nodded wearily: "See you tomorrow."
Li Zechen looked at him and smiled. After not seeing him for more than ten years, Qi Xing was still as interesting as he remembered when he was a child. If he had known this, he should have been more proactive before.
After returning to the room, Qi Xing asked his assistant to order room service. However, he had no appetite and ate while flipping through his phone. He did not reply after Ye Xingzhou sent that message, and that bastard did not send any more messages. It was four o'clock in the morning in China then. Could he have fallen asleep?
...and you can still sleep?
Just as he was complaining, Ye Xingzhou's new message came in: "Are you happy drinking coffee with others?"
Qi Xing replied: "Very happy, American coffee is especially delicious."
Ye Xingzhou sent a video request, and he answered it. Ye Xingzhou's expressionless face appeared on the phone screen: "Where are you now?"
"Are you checking up on me?"
Qi Xing looked at him. Ye Xingzhou's hair was still wet and his upper body was naked. This bastard had the habit of getting up early to exercise, so he probably just took a shower.
Seeing that the background behind Qi Xing was a hotel room, Ye Xingzhou's tone became a little better: "Who were you drinking coffee with just now?"
Qi Xing threw away the fork, lay down on the sofa, raised his phone to his face, and smiled at him: "Guess."
Ye Xingzhou stared at him solemnly: "Qi Xing, don't challenge my bottom line."
Who are you threatening? Qi Xing deliberately said, "You want to know? I can tell you. The blind date my family arranged for me is a man who was my childhood neighbor. He works in an investment bank here and happens to be the underwriter of our IPO here. He looks pretty good. My parents are very satisfied with him. If I find such a person, they will definitely not object."
Ye Xingzhou on the other end didn't say anything, just looked at him for about half a minute. The smile on Qi Xing's lips gradually froze. He felt inexplicably guilty and even wanted to hang up the phone.
"Stay away from him." Ye Xingzhou finally spoke.
Qi Xing: "That can't be helped. We have to meet during this period. The underwriters have to follow us and take us to meet the investors."
Ye Xingzhou: "Stay away from him."
It was still these four words, but the tone was stronger than before.
Qi Xing felt uncomfortable: "It's none of your business. Who are you? You are such a meddlesome person."
If you don’t say you love me, just get out of here. If you keep trying to keep him hanging by a single “next time”, who knows when your next time will be?
Be jealous, I'll make you jealous to death.
After a moment of stalemate, Ye Xingzhou softened his voice: "Stop making trouble."
Qi Xing: “…”
Who made trouble with you?
He was too lazy to deal with this bastard anymore, so he hung up the phone, didn't want to eat anymore, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
The video request came in again. Qi Xingren was already standing under the shower. He put his phone on the shelf beside him, clicked the answer button, and muttered with his eyes closed: "I want to take a shower, so don't make trouble."
Ye Xingzhou saw his half-naked body in the mist and asked in his throat, "How long will it take to wash?"
"Just started washing," Qi Xing opened one eye and peered at him from behind the mist, "You can watch if you like."
"Qi Xing." Ye Xingzhou called his name again, his whispered voice a little hoarse.
"What?" Qi Xing was taking a shower calmly, ignoring her.
The person on the other end fell silent, but did not end the call. He just looked at him silently.
Qi Xing glanced at the screen again. Ye Xingzhou looked at him straight in the eyes. Although he could see through the phone screen and the mist, he understood the meaning: "Do you want it?"
His tone and demeanor were almost innocent, and for a moment Ye Xingzhou couldn't even tell if he was pretending or not. He also wondered if he did it on purpose by opening the video call to let him watch him take a shower.
Without waiting for Ye Xingzhou to answer, Qi Xingxian said, "It's no use thinking about it. It's dawn. You should go to work."
"Qi Xing," Ye Xingzhou suppressed his emotions and reminded him, "Wash quickly and go back to sleep after you're done."
Qi Xing didn't want to pay any more attention to him. He took a slow shower, blew dry his hair, put on a bathrobe, and took his cell phone back to his room. He lay down on the bed, put his face in front of the screen, and stared at the person opposite with sleepy eyes: "Ye Xingzhou, I can't sleep, I want it too, I miss you."
Even though his eyes were so sleepy that he couldn't open them and his voice was mushy, he had no awareness that he was seducing anyone.
Ye Xingzhou stared at his face and didn't say anything at first.
Qi Xing was a little dissatisfied: "If you don't want it, forget it, I'll find someone else..."
"What do you want?"
Ye Xingzhou's voice was even hoarseer than before.
Qi Xing unconsciously licked his lips, tapped his fingers lightly, and slowly moved down, humming his name vaguely: "Ye Xingzhou, please breathe twice for me to hear, please."
Ye Xingzhou leaned against the wall, staring at him all the time, and finally, as he wished, he moaned softly.
Qi Xing listened to Ye Xingzhou's voice, low and sexy, each sound stimulating and teasing his nerves. The memory of his body penetrated deep into his bones, as if Ye Xingzhou's breath and temperature were enveloping him. Sweat gradually broke out on his palms and he was shaking with excitement.
Ye Xingzhou stared at him intently. The face on the screen was already dyed a bright red, completely immersed in lust, and seemed to have a certain innocent purity, without any concealment. Just one glance was enough to make his blood boil.
But it is not enough. This level is far from enough. He wants this person to belong to him, only to him, and to be marked with his mark from body to mind.
Qi Xing took a tissue and wiped it roughly, then lay on the bed, unwilling to move, closed his eyes, and still did not hang up the video call.
Ye Xingzhou stopped and didn't want to continue.
He would rather be miserable like this without Qi Xing around.
"Qi Xing, concentrate on your work over there and don't do anything else."
Qi Xing heard Ye Xingzhou's warning voice in his drowsiness, but he didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand impatiently, turned his head away, and fell asleep completely.
Ye Xingzhou frowned, and after a while, he said softly, "Good night."
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