The hot pot was almost finished and the atmosphere became lively. Zhu Xia took the initiative to chat with Yan Ting: "Zhao Zhao often mentions you to us. As long as the topic is related to you, she will definitely praise you."
"Zhao Zhao is better than me." Yan Ting turned his head to look at Li Zhao, and his mood became surprisingly good.
It turns out that Zhao Zhao's friends have known of his existence for a long time.
Even when she was with them, Zhao Zhao did not forget him.
"By the way, I heard from Zhao Zhao that you and I are from the same company?" Zhu Xia smiled more cordially: "I have just come to the headquarters to work for a few days, and there are still many things I don't know about the head office. How about we add each other's contact information?"
"Okay." Yan Ting took out his mobile phone and added Zhu Xia's WeChat.
Zhu Xia created a group called "A Loving Family" and dragged Yan Ting and Li Zhao into it.
"Welcome to our family." Zhu Xia sent a red envelope in the group.
"Welcome." Chen Xiaojun and Zhou Ming also gave out red envelopes.
Li Zhao reminded Yan Ting: "Tingting, hurry up and grab the red envelope."
Yan Ting opened the group and found that there were only five people in the group, but they had managed to make it look like there were fifty people.
"By the way, which department does Mr. Yan work in?" Zhu Xia asked casually.
Yan Ting didn't say anything, so Li Zhao answered for him: "CEO's Office."
Yan Ting's hand, which was opening the red envelope, paused suspiciously at that moment.
"President's Office?" Zhu Xia's eyes changed slightly and she stared at Yan Ting intently.
Yan Ting calmly sent a big red envelope in the group.
"Big bag!" Li Zhao opened the red envelope, "Quick, quick, click."
He leaned over to Yan Ting's phone screen and opened the red envelope for Yan Ting: "It's more than mine."
Yan Ting stretched out his hand to support Li Zhao to prevent him from falling to the ground.
After Zhu Xia grabbed the red envelope, she looked up and saw Li Zhao’s head almost pressed against Yan Ting’s chest. The intimacy between the two made her feel embarrassed to look at them any longer.
"Sister Xia, which department are you from? Are you far from our family?"
Our home?
Knowing it’s yours, no one will snatch it from you.
Sister Xia smiled and said, "Strictly speaking, the department I work in now is also under the CEO's office. I am in the assistant department."
In an average small company, the entire president's office probably has less than ten people, but Cang Huan is different. The president's office alone is divided into several office groups, and she can only be regarded as a small screw in such a big machine.
"Mr. Yan's office should be upstairs in our assistant department?" Although she had only been in the company for a few days, Zhu Xia had already memorized the appearance of her colleagues on the same floor. She could say with certainty that she had never seen Yan Ting.
It should be said that it was impossible for her not to notice a man like Yan Ting who had outstanding temperament and appearance.
"My job is more flexible. I don't have to work every day, and my working hours are not too fixed." Seeing Li Zhao so happy to receive the red envelope, Yan Ting sent another red envelope in the group: "So the chance of us meeting is very small."
"So that's how it is." Sister Xia suddenly realized that the president's office had some high-end and special talents who didn't have to punch in for work every day like them.
He is rich, beautiful, has a house and is capable. To Zhaozhao of their family, he is not unworthy of her in any way except for the gender difference.
The most important thing is that Zhao Zhao trusted him and was close to him, and she did not even hide this in front of them.
Over the years, Zhao Zhao has made many friends, but he has never seen Zhao Zhao treat these friends so close to him as if they were family members.
She could see that Yan Ting's eyes and heart were full of light, but...
Where is Zhao Zhao?
Is he with Yan Ting because of trust and dependence like that of family members, or out of love?
Zhu Xia didn't dare to ask.
It is not easy for children like them who came out of the orphanage to have such trust, and she couldn't bear to destroy it.
Even though, the person accompanying Zhao Zhao was a man.
After eating the hot pot, Li Zhao stood up to pay.
Yan Ting thanked the three people: "Thank you for taking care of Zhao Zhao over the years."
Zhou Ming wanted to speak, but Zhu Xia pinched him under the table. She spoke first, "Mr. Yan, you are too polite. Yuaner is our childhood home, and Zhaozhao is our family. It is natural for family members to take care of each other."
"Mr. Yan, Zhao Zhao has had a hard life since childhood, more than the rest of us." Zhu Xia said with red eyes, "Maybe he doesn't know how to get along with family members, and he did something wrong or inappropriate. Please don't be angry with him, at least his feelings for you are real."
No matter what kind of relationship it was, Zhu Xia never doubted Li Zhao's character.
"I know. I will take good care of him." Yan Ting paused and said, "Please rest assured."
"Thank you." Zhu Xia smiled: "The most important thing is that you can live happily."
After that, she took out a red envelope from her bag and solemnly placed it in Yan Ting's hand: "According to the old rules, the eldest sister and eldest brother are like fathers and mothers. Today is the first time we meet, so you accept this red envelope."
Yan Ting looked at the bulging red envelope, not knowing whether to accept it or not.
In Zhaozhao’s hometown, when you bring friends home, do you have to give red envelopes to the elders?
"You should have given me a gold bracelet and a silver ring, but I was sick and had surgery last year, so I spent all the money." Zhu Xia was afraid that Yan Ting would see the money in the red envelope and think that their relatives and friends had something against him, so she explained, "The red envelope is a little small, but it's definitely not because we have something against you. We all like you, right, Daming, Xiaojun?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Ming and Chen Xiaojun nodded in confusion.
They really had no opinion about Yan Ting. Instead, they felt that he was not an ordinary person. However, they did not understand why Zhu Xia gave Yan Ting a red envelope for the meeting.
They dare not speak, they dare not ask.
Anyway, the Queen has the final say.
"Sister Xia, what are you doing?" Li Zhao pushed the door open and saw Yan Ting holding a big red envelope in his hand, and Sister Xia was persuading Yan Ting to accept it.
"Sister Xia, I've already given Tingting a red envelope for the New Year. It's not a festival right now, why are you giving him a red envelope?" Li Zhao smiled and approached: "If you really want to give it to me, you can give it to me."
"Go away and don't make trouble." Zhu Xia glanced at Li Zhao with disappointment. You are going to be a son-in-law, and your in-laws are here to make you proud, and you are still holding them back?
"This red envelope was given to Yan Ting by me and your brother Ming. Don't fight with others for it." After Zhu Xia yelled at Li Zhao, she turned to Yan Ting and said, "If you don't accept it, it means you have something against us."
Yan Ting had no choice but to put the thick red envelope into his pocket: "Thank you."
"What's the point of saying thank you when you're family?" Zhu Xia smiled warmly, "I think you should be two years younger than me. Should I call you Xiao Yan from now on?"
"You can call me whatever you want, Sister Xia."
Looking at Yan Ting's pockets bulging with red envelopes, and then looking at Sister Xia's overly enthusiastic smile, Li Zhao inexplicably felt that something was wrong.
He seemed to have seen such a smile somewhere before.
Where is it?
He thought and thought, and suddenly it occurred to him.
When Brother Xiaojun brought his girlfriend to meet Sister Xia and Brother Ming, Sister Xia seemed to be smiling enthusiastically, fearing that the other party would be unhappy.
It turns out that when he brings his good friend Tingting here, he can also enjoy the same treatment as Brother Xiaojun brings his girlfriend?
After they walked out of the box, the general manager warmly escorted them to the main door: "Welcome to come again next time."
"It's still early, let's find a place to sit down." Zhu Xia checked the time and said, "Let's discuss Xiaojun's wedding. If Xiaoyan and Zhaozhao can't make it, they can leave first."
Li Zhao looked at Yan Ting, and Yan Ting said, "Sister Xia said that we are all family, and I want to contribute to my family's wedding."
Li Zhao nodded beside him.
Sister Xia secretly sighed in her heart. Looking at the appearance of her son Zhaozhao, he was destined to be a henpecked husband.
"There's a coffee shop about a hundred meters ahead. Let's go there." Yan Ting reached out and pulled the brim of Li Zhao's hat lower to avoid being recognized.
Li Zhao approached Yan Ting and asked quietly, "Could it be that you opened that store?"
Otherwise, given Tingting's personality of not liking to go out, how would she know that there was a cafe a hundred meters ahead.
"Yeah." Yan Ting nodded.
The five people walked into the cafe, which was decorated very elegantly. The store manager didn't look like he knew Yan Ting, but he was extremely respectful to them and took them upstairs.
The private room upstairs is very quiet, and it is located by the window, so you can enjoy the night view outside.
Li Zhao subconsciously chose a seat far away from the window.
"You can't see inside from the window, don't worry." Yan Ting pulled him to sit by the window, and he sat down next to Li Zhao.
"Really can't see it?" Li Zhao leaned over the window and looked.
Yan Ting nodded.
He quickly took off his hat and mask and leaned towards Yan Ting, looking lazy.
Yan Ting simply adjusted his sitting position to make him more comfortable.
Zhu Xia glanced at Li Zhao. It turned out that those who were favored were fearless. How had Zhao Zhao become after being spoiled by Xiao Yan?
Out of sight, out of mind. She withdrew her gaze and turned to talk to Chen Xiaojun about the wedding.
The wedding was approaching, and the wedding photos, hotel, and wedding planning company were all ready, but the girl's parents seemed not very satisfied with the wedding car and hotel, forcing the girl to cry several times.
"A wedding is a major event in life. Linlin is a good girl. Which girl doesn't want to have a grand wedding?" Seeing that Chen Xiaojun was a little sad, Zhu Xia persuaded him, "The wedding car is easy to arrange. At most, we can spend a little more money and hire a good wedding car team."
"I have a nice car that the company assigned to me." Li Zhao said, "I'll drive it to you on the day of your wedding."
"Okay." Chen Xiaojun felt a little embarrassed that he had made several of his friends uneasy because of his marriage.
"The hotel issue is a bit difficult to handle. Time is so tight, I'm worried that I won't be able to book a higher-end hotel." Zhu Xia thought for a while and said, "Why don't you give your mother-in-law two more pieces of gold jewelry so that she can be flexible on the hotel issue. Things have become too awkward, and Linlin is the saddest. Such a good girl, can you bear to let her be sad?"
The hotel was booked last year, and now there are only a few days left before the wedding, so I'm afraid it's too late to change it.
"Brother Xiaojun, you can tell your mother-in-law that we have invited celebrities to help out." Li Zhao said, "It will definitely make you look good."
Chen Xiaojun: "Where can I invite celebrities?"
"Me." Li Zhao pointed at his nose: "I'm not a star?"
"I'm so familiar with you that I forgot about this." With the advice from his friends, Chen Xiaojun smiled: "Zhao, you are so loyal."
"If I am not loyal enough to my brother's marriage to his sister-in-law, what kind of brother am I?" Li Zhao smiled and said, "As long as you and your sister-in-law can get married smoothly and live happily together, that's better than anything else."
"Leave the car and hotel matters to me." Yan Ting, who had been silent the whole time, put his hand on Li Zhao's shoulder, read out the names of several hotels, and asked Chen Xiaojun: "Which one do you like better?"
Chen Xiaojun's hands were shaking as he held the cup. No matter which restaurant it was, it was not a place he could afford to go to.
"I think this one is good." Li Zhao chose the most famous hotel: "Brother Jun, Tingting has acquaintances in this hotel and can give you an internal price."
He secretly gave Yan Ting a look, telling him not to let the secret slip.
Yan Ting received Li Zhao's gaze and said, "I have shares in this hotel, and the price for friends and relatives is only one-third of the market price."
Li Zhao gave Yan Ting an appreciative look. As expected of Ting Ting, she and he were in perfect sync.
As for the other two-thirds of the money, he will pay it. If I tell Jun Ge directly, he will definitely not agree, so it is better to help him in this way.
Thinking of his beloved girl, Chen Xiaojun gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go with this one."
There is only one wedding, and Linlin’s happiness is more important than anything else.
He looked at Yan Ting gratefully, kept thanking him, and his eyes were red.
Although he has no relatives, he has these brothers and sisters in this life and has no regrets.
After discussing the wedding matters, Zhu Xia took out her phone and checked the time: "It's getting late, let's go back and rest. If you have anything to say, you can chat in the group."
"Okay." Li Zhao put on his hat and mask: "It's time for Tingting and I to go home and sleep."
"Zhao Zhao, are you still living with Xiao Yan?" Zhou Ming was a little surprised. He had just watched "Return to the Mountains" and it was clear that Zhao Zhao lived alone.
"Tingting and I are neighbors. Sometimes when I come home from work and feel too tired to clean the house, I just stay at Tingting's house." Li Zhao smiled, "Tingting's house is big anyway, so it can accommodate one more person like me."
Zhou Ming nodded blankly.
He felt something was wrong, yet he also felt nothing was wrong.
After everyone separated, Zhou Ming handed the helmet to Zhu Xia: "Wife, when did our hometown have the rule of giving red envelopes to our brother's friends?"
"Of course you don't need to give red envelopes to ordinary friends." Zhu Xia put on her helmet: "But you have to give red envelopes to your boyfriend."
Zhou Ming was glad that he hadn't started the motorcycle yet, otherwise he would have definitely gotten into an accident: "What did you say, boyfriend?!"
"Didn't you see how much Zhao Zhao and Xiao Yan were getting mad at each other?" Zhu Xia sat in the back seat. "I was saying that you don't have the slightest bit of eyes to shed. From the time we had dinner to the time we drank coffee, Xiao Yan's eyes were always on Zhao Zhao. She even helped Xiao Jun prepare the car and the hotel. These are things that require you to owe favors. Can ordinary friends do this?"
"But isn't he a man?"
"What's wrong with being a man?" Zhu Xia twisted Zhou Ming's waist, causing him to cry out in pain: "You're not a man?"
"That's not what I meant, but Zhao Zhao is a star. If the media knew about this, Zhao Zhao's career would be over." Zhou Ming covered the painful part of his body. "Although Zhao Zhao never said anything, we all know that he still hopes to find his biological parents. What if one day he really finds his parents, but his parents can't accept two men being together? What should we do then?"
Zhu Xia took off her helmet and looked at the traffic on the street. On the sidewalk, young couples were holding hands and whispering, "I don't know what the future holds, but I know Zhao Zhao needs Yan Ting."
When next to Yan Ting, Zhao Zhao can be lazy and act in the most relaxed manner. He is no longer the most well-behaved, likable and sensible child.
But a happy young man without too many worries.
Zhao Zhao was so happy like this, she was reluctant to destroy even a little bit of it.
"Let Zhao Zhao walk his own path in the future." Zhu Xia pursed her lips and said, "All we can do is respect his choice and not become a stumbling block that makes him feel awkward."
"If he abandons Yan Ting for fame and fortune..." Zhu Xia put the helmet back on.
"I'll break that scumbag's legs!"
Zhou Ming shuddered: "My wife is right."
"If Zhao Zhao dares to be half-hearted and eat the irresponsible scumbag, I will break his legs."
"Show me quickly, how much money Sister Xia gave you in the red envelope." Li Zhao sneezed as soon as he got in the car. He reached into Yan Ting's pocket and took out the red envelope.
"One, two, three..." Li Zhao counted one by one, and Yan Ting helped him take off his hat and scarf.
"Eighty-eight..."
Li Zhao was stunned by the amount. Did Sister Xia take the wrong red envelope and give Tingting such a big red envelope?
The last time Jun brought his girlfriend over, Sister Xia also gave her a red envelope of 8,800 yuan.
At that time, Sister Xia had just been discharged from the hospital and didn't have much money. The more than 8,000 yuan was collected by him and Sister Xia together.
When a boy brings his girlfriend home for the first time, there is nothing wrong with his relatives giving the girl a big red envelope as a sign of respect.
But it’s not right to give Tingting such a big red envelope.
Could it be... that because he always eats and drinks at Tingting's house, Sister Xia is trying to find a way to help him support Tingting?
After putting the money back into the red envelope, Li Zhao put the red envelope back into Yan Ting's pocket.
The cell phone vibrated and Li Zhao received a message from Zhu Xia.
The Voice of Blooming Flowers: If we were to be more particular, we should give a red envelope of 12,000 yuan. However, when Linlin came, we were short of money and only gave her 8,800 yuan. This time, we can only give this much to Xiaoyan, so we have to be fair. Talk to Xiaoyan and ask him not to mind.
Zhao Zhao is lucky: What can he care about? The one who should care is me. Since I was a child, the biggest red envelope you have given me is only two hundred yuan!
The sound of flowers blooming: Zhao, you should be more careful.
Zhu Xia ignored Li Zhao, and Li Zhao showed the chat history to Yan Ting: "In Sister Xia's eyes, I no longer have any status."
Ba Qianba was still worried that Tingting would misunderstand. Tingting had such a good relationship with him, how could he possibly misunderstand?
Yan Ting looked at these chat messages, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter, joy and desire intertwined, and finally turned into infinite darkness in his pupils.
"Zhao Zhao, Sister Xia is a very good woman."
"Of course." Li Zhao looked at him: "But don't think too much, Sister Xia is Brother Ming's, and they are already married."
"No." Yan Ting stretched out his hand and brushed Li Zhao's shoulder: "I won't like anyone else."
In this world, you are the only one with the most special color.
"On the day of Jun's wedding, we'll go together." Li Zhao didn't know that the smile on his face had become even brighter: "We only get married once, and we have to do it in a grand manner."
"I'll transfer the money for the car and hotel to you." After Li Zhao returned the two million to Yan Ting, there was still some money in the card.
"It's free."
Yan Ting: "The car is mine, and the hotel is mine too."
"He's your family. You're my...best friend."
"We are family, we don't charge any money."
The author has something to say: Tingting Baby: Hello sister, I am Zhaozhao’s (male) friend.
Sister Xia took out a red envelope and stuffed it into his pocket on the spot: Okay, okay.
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