Depressed wife runs with the ball

After he stepped out of the office, she covered her face with her hands again and rested her elbows on the table. She remembered that she hadn't even had breakfast, and thought for a while about how to explain to him why she went downstairs to eat.

He placed the coffee in front of her and instructed, "Hot."

She didn't hear him, lowered her hands, thanked him, and poured the drink from the cup. As expected, she was burned so much that she looked up at the ceiling, tapped her collarbone, and slowly swallowed. Zhou Xingzhi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, handed her a tissue, and said again: "Uh... be careful of the burn."

He took a sip of hot coffee, pressed his tongue against his left cheek, and after some thought, he said, "I haven't eaten yet. I'll go downstairs and find something to eat before coming back up."

Zhou Xingzhi stopped her and said, "I haven't eaten either. I'll have someone bring it up. Let's eat together."

Chu Yue couldn't help but roll his eyes and thought: Okay, you are the client, so great, whatever you say is what it comes down to, I will finish the get off work early and leave work early.

After he finished the call, he opened the previous plan and officially got to work: "What does Mr. Zhou need to change?"

"The plan needs to be translated into English, and the drawing needs some minor changes. You can pull out the drawing and I'll tell you where to change it." He stood behind her, slightly bent over and looking at her computer screen.

"There is no translation clause in the contract. I can't do it for you. I can only change the drawing. I don't recommend you to change the drawing. This version was approved after a meeting. If you make any changes, you may need to hold another meeting and vote, which will affect the project deadline." She felt a little dangerous as she was surrounded by the scent of sandalwood and cedar on his body.

"I think your design hasn't been thoroughly researched. The teahouse also has stores overseas. Your current design can't keep up with the overseas stores, which will affect our brand image."

"This contract does not include overseas directly-operated stores. This is the exact wording of the contract."

“What if we add overseas?”

"This is a different price. You need to communicate with our project manager." Chu Yue was about to close the computer screen and leave.

Zhou Xingzhi held the screen, stared at her and said, "The picture hasn't been changed yet."

There are thousands of jobs in the world, but only Party A is a bastard!

Chu Yue pulled out the picture he had made, pointed at it and told her, then asked her to modify it one by one.

An aunt came to deliver the meal and the two of them sat in the reception area to eat. Chu Yue felt sleepy and had a poor appetite, so he ate very slowly.

"Do you need to rest? Or is it not to your liking?" Zhou Xingzhi felt a little guilty when he saw that she didn't eat much.

She shook her head, took a few quick bites, and then returned to her computer, revising her drawing. As she was revising, she unconsciously rested her elbow on the table, her left cheek resting on her fist, her right hand holding the brush, and slowly fell asleep.

The office was very quiet except for the occasional typing sound of Zhou Xingzhi. Seeing that the person opposite him had fallen asleep, he turned off most of the light bulbs in the room, leaving only a desk lamp on.

When he finished, it was already past 7 o'clock. He closed the computer and walked carefully behind her, wanting to take the paintbrush from her hand. The moment the paintbrush was pulled away, the sleeping person took a breath, raised her head, and subconsciously shouted: "Oh, save." Then she opened her eyes and saw that the computer screen was locked. She felt relieved and patted her chest.

"Send it to me, and I'll email the brand department." Zhou Xingzhi found it funny to see her wake up, but he just raised the corners of his mouth and didn't laugh out loud.

Chu Yue wiped the corner of his mouth, hummed lightly, turned on the computer, saved, sent to the email, and shut down, all in one go.

"Let's go, let's have dinner together, and then I'll take you home." His voice was reassuring in the dim environment, and it was somewhat similar to the voice of her grandfather in her memory. She agreed as if compelled.

When they arrived at the basement floor, Zhou Xingzhi said, "I'll drive the car over, you wait here for me." Chu Yue didn't answer, but just waited at the elevator entrance with her computer bag in her hand. She was a little sleepy and a little resentful. A good weekend was ruined by such a party A.

The black Magotan pulled up to the elevator, rolled down the window, and called her in. She unconsciously started to open the back door, but then realized it would be impolite—wouldn't that mean she was being the driver? Instead, she opened the passenger door, climbed in, and fastened her seatbelt.

His slender hands turned the steering wheel and the car started slowly. The car still had the same cedar smell as before, which reminded her of the days when she climbed into the cedar forest with her grandmother to sketch after the rain when she was a child.

"Guo Tongchu said that you are senior and junior brothers and sisters?" He broke the silence, and his voice echoed in the small space.

"Yeah." She didn't like communicating with others in the first place, and now that she was sleepy, she didn't want to talk even more.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Zhou Xingzhi stopped talking and took her to a private kitchen in a Chinese-style garden. He walked past the front hall, went to the private room and opened the door. A group of people were sitting inside. Chu Yue slung her computer bag around her wrist, put her hands in her skirt pockets, and glanced at the people at the table. There were a few older people, but she didn't know who they were.

A well-dressed woman was a little surprised when she saw Chu Yue behind him. She asked, "Xingzhi, who is that person behind you?"

"A colleague," Zhou Xingzhi explained calmly. The woman was visibly relieved and said to another woman of similar age sitting next to her, "Since Xingzhi started working at the group, work has been busy like this."

The woman, out of consideration for her reputation, simply smiled and said, "Everyone knows that Xingzhi is ambitious. After taking over the group, I heard that he's won many major projects."

"Oh, no way. He is just busy with work and doesn't talk about dating at all. I'm so anxious." The woman who spoke at the beginning should be Zhou Xingzhi's mother, Li Li.

Chu Yue had no intention of making friends with these people. She simply nodded at them and sat down on a stool across from Zhou Xingzhi. Another young woman at the table looked unhappy. She knew that tonight's dinner was a planned blind date between the two families, and they had brought a female colleague with them. She felt a little uncomfortable, but after all, it was their first meeting, so she couldn't get angry.

"Come, Xingzhi, this is your Aunt Zhong's youngest daughter. She just came back from studying abroad this year. You two should get to know each other. Xinxin, Xingzhi also came back from studying abroad. You must have common topics to talk about." Li Li asked Zhong Xinxin to sit next to Zhou Xingzhi and looked at the two of them with admiration.

Zhou Xingzhi calmly sat down next to Chu Yue, not even looking at Zhong Xinxin. He simply lowered his head and introduced the people at the table to Chu Yue. After learning that his parents and Zhong Xinxin's parents were sitting there, Chu Yue looked at him with complicated eyes. Wasn't he just using her as a shield?

"Xingzhi, why don't you introduce this colleague?" Zhou Kecheng felt it was rude to bring a stranger here so abruptly. Zhou Xingzhi then added, "This is Chu Yue, the designer of our teahouse."

Chu Yue smiled and called out, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt." He didn't want to distinguish between Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong, since he just came to have a free meal.

"No wonder Miss Chu has the temperament of an artist. It turns out she is a designer." Li Li wanted to maintain her upper-class upbringing and simply gave her a compliment.

"Thank you." Chu Yue responded politely and lowered his head to eat.

After they had almost finished eating, Zhou Xingzhi left first, using the excuse of sending Chu Yue home.

After sending her to the entrance of Cuiyuan Community, he locked the car door and explained to her: "I'm very sorry for disturbing your rest today and using you as a shield. I will explain it clearly to your General Manager Ji."

Chu Yue had been depressed all day and hadn't rested well. Now it was night, and insomnia had made her day and night reversed. Her hands were shaking with anger as she unbuckled her seat belt. She didn't have the energy to argue with him anymore, so she just warned him, "I'm just Party B, not your employee. If you have any questions, please talk to our project manager first. Please don't call me on weekends. Thank you, family."

Zhou Xingzhi's expression was somewhat grim, but after all, he was at fault first, so he had no choice but to open the car door for her and let her out. He watched her run into the residential complex, his eyes calm and deep.

He was almost certain that this person had no memory of him at all.

When he arrived at Zuimengjian, Su Weikai and Li Weizheng were already sitting in the booth having had a few drinks. When they saw him coming, they asked him to come over and sit down.

Su Weikai put his hand on his shoulder and asked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "How was your blind date today? Not satisfied?"

Li Weizhen patted him on the back and teased: "With Xingzhi's condition, which girl wouldn't rush over to him if he stood there? He has high standards."