Depressed wife runs with the ball

"Oh, Zhou Xingzhi!" Why does this guy always keep talking about his allergies? "I'm on my period, so you can't do anything even if you really want to. I'm letting you sleep on the sofa for your own good."

"Then I should go to my room and sleep. I have a high temperature. Go back to my room." He carried the person back to the room.

Being stuck together like this all the time was annoying, at least for Chu Yue. She wanted to find time to go back to Qucho. Ji Yan must have a lot of problems to solve right now. With the end of the year approaching, Xinghui also had a lot of work to do.

She had never imagined that she would meet Shen Yaolin again at Xinghui. When Secretary Jiang brought him to the CEO's office, both of them were visibly stunned. At that time, she had just emerged from the conference room, following behind Zhou Xingzhi.

Zhou Xingzhi waved his hand, and Jiang Tao led him into the office. Chu Yue subconsciously scratched the corner of his mouth with his left hand and returned to his small office.

When Shen Yaolin saw the two of them showing off their affection at the Youth Art Festival, even though he was angry, he couldn't show it on his face, because he was the one who proposed the breakup in the first place.

"Mr. Zhou and Yueyue...are really a perfect match." As soon as he sat down, he pointed at Chu Yue at the door and sighed.

Zhou Xingzhi paused as he signed. Yueyue? He could call her that? "Yueyue, can you call her that, too?"

He had checked and found out that Shen Yaolin was Chu Yue's ex-boyfriend. That was why he appeared in front of him today.

"Mr. Zhou, I came here today to talk to you about the cooperation plan for the Yuntu data project, not to provoke you." Shen Yaolin also knew that Zhou Xingzhi was not a good person, and a big data project did not require his personal involvement.

"Then tell me the plan in detail. Do you think you can look at my people?" Closing the document, he looked at this so-called ex-boyfriend with disdain.

Shen Yaolin could only pull out his own proposal from his bag. Originally, his company had planned to handle the project themselves, but as bidding approached, they learned that Xinghan Technology, a subsidiary of Starlight, was also involved. If they competed with Xinghan, they would naturally lose, so they had no choice but to seek cooperation and a share of the pie.

Zhou Xingzhi dialed the phone on his desk and said into the phone, "Call the person in charge of Xinghan to the office."

Chu Yue called the person in charge of Xinghan, who rushed over and asked her, "Mr. Zhou, how are you feeling today?"

"It's OK, not too bad, Mr. Feng, don't worry." Chu Yue put on her usual polite smile. Mr. Feng nodded, straightened his clothes, knocked on the door and went in.

When Mr. Feng saw Shen Yaolin was there, he felt uneasy.

"Boss Zhou, you're looking for me?" He stood at a distance, not daring to approach. Zhou Xingzhi looked up at him, then continued to look down at the contract in his hand. He said, "Please sit down. Boss Shen said he wants to cooperate with Xinghan on a project. He came here today to discuss the plan. You should listen to him."

Mr. Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead. This wasn't a meeting to discuss cooperation; it was clearly a meeting to get himself killed. Zhou Xingzhi must have known exactly how many projects he had privately given to Shen Yaolin and how much money he had received from him. He could only bite the bullet and sit over, pretending not to know each other and greeting each other.

Shen Yaolin was, after all, the company's CEO, and appeared much calmer than CEO Feng. He spoke seriously about their company's technical plan.

"The Cloud Map project, Xinghan's technical team can't do it? Mr. Shen, why do you think I should subcontract the technical part to you?" Before he finished introducing the plan, Zhou Xingzhi interrupted him impatiently.

"Mr. Zhou, we at Wanwei have been following up on this project in its early stages. It would be relatively more convenient if we were involved, and outsourcing the technology would save Xinghan more trouble." Shen Yaolin had to get this project; they had already invested too much in the early stages.

"Yes." Mr. Feng also nodded, then remembered something and quickly denied it: "No, Mr. Shen, I told you before that among peers, competition depends on strength. We have no plans to outsource the technology for the Yuntu project."

"Before?" Zhou Xingzhi seized the loophole in his words.

"Ah, Xinghan and Wanwei are competitors after all, and we will always meet during bidding." Mr. Feng was trembling with fear. At least he could have a safe New Year at the end of the year.

Shen Yaolin still wanted to make an offer. If he couldn't secure the Yuntu project, Wanwei would likely face a long period of gloom. "Mr. Shen, bids are evaluated. Whether Xinghan can secure the bid will be determined after the bids are opened," Zhou Xingzhi flatly refused.

"Yes, as for how to implement the project in the later stage, I think we should evaluate it separately." Mr. Feng tried to mediate between the two young men.

"It's almost the end of the year, Mr. Shen, you should go back to the company and wait for news." Zhou Xingzhi began to see the guests off and called Jiang Tao over.

Jiang Tao had no choice but to ask Shen Yaolin to leave. Mr. Feng also wanted to leave, but was stopped by his boss. When he reached the door, Shen Yaolin stopped and greeted Chu Yue. Chu Yue stood up to see him off as usual, but he felt a little uneasy inside. His appearance here couldn't be a coincidence. Would Zhou Xingzhi make things difficult for him?

At the end of the workday, Zhou Xingzhi turned down two meetings and took Chu Yue home. Leaving get off work on time was a rare occurrence these past few months. Sitting in the passenger seat, she didn't ask about Shen Yaolin, simply feeling that this road didn't seem like the way back to Cuiyuan.

"Aren't you going home from get off work? Where are you going?"

"I went to buy groceries, and the refrigerator is empty."

Chu Yue ate with him at the company almost every day, and he cooked on weekends while she painted. How could she know what was in the refrigerator? The kitchen at Cuiyuan had almost become Zhou Xingzhi's exclusive territory.

After arriving at the supermarket, he picked out food, and Chu Yue just followed him. She didn't know how to do it. "Is there anything you want to eat?"

"Is there no milk?" She seemed to have not had coffee for a long time.

Milk? He seemed to have not yet received the tea he asked her for. "Okay, buy some milk."

After selecting the items, he asked Chu Yue to line up at the checkout counter while he searched for them at the counter. After finding them, he put them in his pocket, took the cart, and asked Chu Yue to wait for him at the door.

"At the end of the year, you will go home for holidays such as Christmas, New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, and Chinese New Year, right?" On the way back to Cuiyuan, Chu Yue thought that he should go home to have dinner with his parents.

It seems that Chu Jinyue is also going to return to China. As his sister, I also want to meet him.

"Well, then we'll go back together and have dinner with the old couple." Zhou Xingzhi was still thinking about what delicious food to make for her tonight.

"Jin Yue will be back soon, I should go see him." She wanted to find time to see her brother, and also wanted to go to Qucho to see her old colleagues.

"When? I'll go with you."

After the Chinese New Year, the large flat that I renovated myself should be ready for move-in.

"Zhou Xingzhi, can't I be alone for a while?" Chu Yue has almost no time for herself now.

"Okay. I'll give you a few days off."

After returning to Cuiyuan and having dinner, Chu Yue returned to her study to paint as usual. She hadn't finished the calligraphy yet.

Zhou Xingzhi took a shower, hugged her from behind, and said, "I bought a new one, do you want to try it?"

"What to try?" Chu Yue put down his pen. Every time he created something, he would interfere.

"It's made of polyurethane and won't cause allergies." He found it at the supermarket checkout counter today.

"Zhou Xingzhi!" She quickly broke free. It had only been two days since her period ended, and he was already planning to have sex with her. No wonder she had to leave work on time today.

"Yueyue, you saw Shen Yaolin today." He refused to let go. When she looked at Shen Yaolin today, there was clearly still emotion in her eyes. "I...Didn't Shen Yaolin come to see you?" She did feel a little guilty when she mentioned Shen Yaolin.

"Do you still like him?" He uttered a few words aggrievedly, feeling bitterness and endless dejection in his heart.

"No, Zhou Xingzhi, I have never liked Shen Yaolin."

Between her and Shen Yaolin, he had always been the one who used force, and she had never given any love to him.

"Really? I knew you wouldn't like that." He put his arm around her waist, his eyes filled with infinite surprise.

"Between him and me...well..." The words she wanted to explain were all covered by his warm lips.