When he said that he would agree to everything Li Qingwen wanted except divorce, Li Qingwen actually said - if he didn't get a divorce, he would quit.

Then I went to northern Beijing to apply for a job at the headquarters of one of the four major banks, and even told him which position I was applying for.

Zhou Yongan only then realized that Li Qingwen actually had such a plan, and he realized only later that she did not like being an HR.

If she knew that it was him who asked Sister Becca to recruit her into the human resources team and keep her in Huayu, she would probably blame him again.

Zhou Xixiang tucked the notebook under his arm and glanced at his brother. This was nothing new. "At the beginning of the year, she mentioned that she wanted to return to business, but she has always been in charge of Huayu's human resources department, and I don't want her to change positions. Why are you talking about this suddenly?"

Zhou Yongan swallowed, his throat felt a little dry.

Then I realized that I didn’t know Li Qingwen very well.

Although I saw so many finance textbooks on her bedside table, I never thought that she had always wanted to jump back into the business field.

"We had a brief chat this morning. In your opinion, with Li Qingwen's current abilities, what kind of business position is he suitable for?"

Zhou Yongan had only worked with her for the past two months, and during that time, Lin Sen was involved in their work exchanges. He was unable to clearly judge Li Qingwen's qualifications, nor her current professional level.

Zhou Xixiang didn't think much about the ability issue. He said, "Except for my position, she is qualified for any position. Yongan, don't underestimate her. When I was away, she was the acting president and she did a good job."

After saying that, Zhou Xixiang patted his brother's arm and left the office with steady steps.

Zhou Yongan let out a long sigh and stood quietly in the conference room. The shame in his heart slowly drowned him like the sea.

In the bar, Li Qingwen sat alone in the shadow of the corner, his thin figure looking particularly lonely.

The simple yet professional attire was just like her mood at the moment, heavy and helpless.

She held a cocktail in her hand, and the liquid in the glass swayed gently with her movements.

She walked out of Huayu Building before getting off work, deliberately avoiding Zhou Yongan, and was unwilling to ride back with him.

The whole day after the news came out, she was like a snail stripped of its shell, exposed to everyone's eyes in the company.

Colleagues who worked with her day and night looked at her with a different look in their eyes, as if to say that everything she had achieved before was inseparable from the title of "Mrs. Zhou".

Ability is nothing in the face of background.

Even because of the three words "Mrs. Zhou", her resume could not even be submitted to the Big Four banks. Everyone is a competitor, so who knows whether the person being recruited is an undercover agent or a loyal minister?

After a few cocktails, Li Qingwen's clear nerves were still not numbed. He continued to squint his eyes, sitting in the corner of the bar and ordering one drink after another.

The bartender behind the bar recognized her and greeted her with a hint of curiosity: "Are you the Mrs. Zhou on the trending search?"

Li Qingwen smiled bitterly, with a self-deprecating arc on the corner of his mouth: "You got the wrong person, my last name is Li."

Seeing that she was drunk, the bartender teased her, "Your husband's last name is Zhou, so you are Mrs. Zhou."

His words had no malicious intent, but they made Li Qingwen feel even heavier.

"Mrs. Zhou..." Li Qingwen repeated the word in a low voice. What use could this title be to her? It only brought her humiliation and ridicule.

I don't know who said this: A child who doesn't even get the love of his parents will never get better love in this world.

Too bully.

She thought back to her childhood when she was very sensible. She knew how to please her father and mother since she was young. She thought that being well-behaved and sensible would make her parents happy, but the reality was not so.

How she wishes that when she grows up, someone would remind her that being young and sensible is not good, as it is suppressing one's nature and enduring grievances.

My mother was in poor health, and the doctor told her to eat an apple every day. However, apples were expensive, so she was sensible and never ate them.

Her father worked and gambled all his life, but he couldn't even afford her college tuition, so she had to apply for a student loan. Three meals a day at school cost money, so she called her father for living expenses, but her father said she was an adult and asked her to solve it herself.

When we are young, we are ignorant and do not feel pain. As we grow up, we gradually gain the ability to distinguish between love and hate, and pain follows.

The first time Li Qingwen heard his classmates talk about their parents, he clearly remembered the disgust he felt. It turned out that other people's parents treated their children like that.

Because he did not receive enough love and attention from his parents, Li Qingwen's personality gradually became cold and withdrawn as he grew up.

Cold and aloof, I don't know when it became her protective color.

It was not until Zhou Yongan appeared that a hint of color appeared in her life, and her dull life was given the seasoning of "love".

Only then did she realize that the world mixed with love was actually a paradise.

However, after staying in Taoyuan for too long, she was sent back to the real world.

"Beauty, what's the point of drinking alone? Let's have a drink together?" The voices of several men interrupted Li Qingwen's thoughts.

She looked up at them with a hint of indifference and alienation in her eyes, but ignored them, squinted her hazy eyes, and continued to drink the wine in the glass.

"Such a pretty face, is she a little star? Are you heartbroken or unemployed? Talk to the brothers, maybe you will suddenly find something clear." A man walked up to her and sat down, trying to start a conversation.

Li Qingwen still did not respond.

Another male voice continued, "Beautiful girl, the best way to deal with a broken heart is to fall in love again. I have feelings for you. Let's add WeChat."

Li Qingwen reached out and took out his cell phone.

A few men laughed, took out their mobile phones, opened the QR code, and waited there.

Li Qingwen scanned his face and unlocked the screen, but he went straight to the address book and dialed Tong Xiao's number.

Before he could dial the number, a hand reached out and snatched Li Qingwen's phone, then hung up the phone: "Don't call anymore, let's go, I'll take you home directly."

Li Qingwen was already a little drunk. She shook her head and said, "I... am not going home."

The men laughed and coaxed, "Okay, okay, if you don't want to go home, then let's go to the hotel?"

The bartender at the bar watched this scene, took out his cell phone worriedly and was about to make a call, when suddenly, a young man walked up to him.

"What are you doing? Where are you taking my friend?"

"Your friend, she is obviously our friend, brother, who are you?"

Guo Chifeng glanced at Li Qingwen's red face and shook his head helplessly: "Just ask her and you'll know, right?"

Several people looked at each other, and seeing that Guo Chifeng had made up his mind, they gave up in disappointment.

When Zhou Xixiang received the call, he happened to be having dinner nearby. When he arrived at the scene, Li Qingwen's eyes were blurry and he could no longer recognize him.

Guo Chifeng said: "If I hadn't seen the news and knew that she was your sister-in-law, I really wouldn't know who to call."

Tong Xiao is on a business trip in Shanghai now and won't be back for a while.

Zhou Xixiang thanked Guo Chifeng with a stern face and prepared to take Li Qingwen away.

Guo Chifeng said: "She was almost taken away by some men just now, Xixiang, I won't accept your thanks."

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