After going bankrupt, the school beauty I was dating became my boss.

"Mr. Zhang, you can just say what you want to say to me. Why are you looking for Mr. Su?"

Gu Yannian called out, drawing Zhang Yaodong's attention back to herself.

"What are you? Do you even need me to talk to you?"

Zhang Yaodong pointed at Gu Yannian, so excited that he spat out his saliva, which landed in the food.

"And who are you to act so arrogantly here?"

The more agitated Zhang Yaodong became, the calmer Gu Yannian remained: "Who are you trying to impress by putting on airs as a department manager? What are you up to all this time? Do you really think I can't see through you?"

The moment you opened your mouth, I knew what nonsense you were going to spout. You greasy old lecher, you really think you're something special! You think you can outdo me just because you're dressed like me?

"What did you say? Say it again if you can!"

Whether I have the ability or not, I don't care to show you.

"You little bastard, if I don't teach you a lesson today, you'll never know your place!"

Zhang Yaodong cursed and lunged at Gu Yannian with his claws outstretched. Fortunately, Zhao Xu had already noticed something was wrong and went out to call a waiter, who quickly pulled Zhang Yaodong away.

Zhao Xu advised Gu Yannian to say less.

Zhang Yaodong grew increasingly annoyed with Gu Yannian. He flung aside the waiter who was pulling him away, glared fiercely at Gu Yannian, and then yelled at Su Yanxi, who had been sitting silently to the side, "President Su, if you don't give me an explanation today, this cooperation is off the table."

"An explanation? What kind of explanation does Mr. Zhang want from me?"

Su Yanxi pinched the bridge of her nose and asked casually.

"Look at the kind of person you brought! If he doesn't kowtow and admit his mistake today, this isn't over!"

Zhang Yaodong stared at Gu Yannian and made his request.

"Ha, kowtowing and admitting your mistake?"

Su Yanxi pushed back her chair and stood up, her face as cold as ice: "Zhang Yaodong, do you want to listen to what you're saying?"

"Su Yanxi, what do you mean? You don't want this cooperation anymore, do you?"

"You're right, I really don't want this partnership anymore!"

"Su Yanxi!"

"Mr. Su!"

Zhang Yaodong and Zhao Xu shouted out almost simultaneously, one with anger and the other with anxiety.

Zhao Xu quickly walked to Su Yanxi's side and whispered, "President Su, now is not the time to throw a tantrum. If we suddenly change our partners now, all our subsequent orders will need to be replaced, which would be a significant loss for us."

Seeing Zhao Xu trying to persuade Su Yanxi, Zhang Yaodong became arrogant again: "Su Yanxi, you should think carefully about whether it's worth falling out with me for such a pretty boy!"

Su Yanxi gently pushed Zhao Xu away, met Zhang Yaodong's gaze, and softly uttered a sentence: "Get out of here!"

"Fine, fine! Su Yanxi, I'm telling you, our cooperation is off! From now on, don't even think about getting any orders from our company!"

Seeing that Su Yanxi refused to back down, Zhang Yaodong became enraged.

"as you like!"

Su Yanxi picked up her bag and walked towards the door of the private room. When she passed by Gu Yannian, she called out to Gu Yannian.

Gu Yannian waited for Su Yanxi and Zhao Xu to leave before slowly standing up. After looking Zhang Yaodong up and down, she sneered, "You think you're so great just because you're wearing an IWC watch? Let me tell you, I could outshine you by miles even with a Casio watch!"

Without waiting for Zhang Yaodong to speak, Gu Yannian turned and left. As she left the private room, Gu Yannian heard a loud bang coming from inside, mixed with Zhang Yaodong's angry roar.

Once the three got into the car, Zhao Xu couldn't help but mutter to himself, "President Su, you were really too impulsive just now. Yes, Zhang Yaodong is indeed a bad guy. But as the old saying goes, it's better to offend a gentleman than a petty person. If you offend Zhang Yaodong now, it will be harder than climbing to heaven to cooperate in the future."

"Didn't I already say? I don't want this collaboration!"

"But……"

"You're talking too much now. Go downstairs and take a taxi home by yourself!"

Zhao Xu opened his mouth but said nothing more, and got out of the car as Su Yanxi instructed.

After Zhao Xu left, Su Yanxi told the driver to drive off.

At this moment, Gu Yannian finally calmed down.

If he hadn't been so quick to speak, things might not have turned out this way.

In addition, Su Yanxi had repeatedly emphasized the importance of this cooperation before they came, so Gu Yannian felt a little guilty at this moment.

"I was wrong just now, how about I go back and apologize?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yanxi looked at Gu Yannian and frowned slightly: "Why do you need to go back and apologize? You didn't do anything wrong."

"I shouldn't have said that!"

"Nothing to do with you."

Su Yanxi knew very well that Gu Yannian acted this way because Zhang Yaodong had spoken frivolously and insulted her first.

If Gu Yannian hadn't reacted at all just now, she would have been upset.

"So what do we do now? Are we really going to call off this collaboration?"

"There are other companies in the world besides his! If this cooperation doesn't work out, we'll find another one."

Su Yanxi didn't want Gu Yannian to bow down to Zhang Yaodong, so naturally she wouldn't go back to Zhang Yaodong to discuss cooperation. Since Su Yanxi had already made her point, Gu Yannian didn't say anything more.

Neither of them spoke, and the car was silent.

After a moment, Gu Yannian broke the silence and asked, "We didn't get to eat that meal earlier, so how about I take you somewhere to eat?"

"it is good."

Gu Yannian used her phone to navigate to a location and handed it to the driver. The driver nodded and drove towards the location Gu Yannian had given him.

The car quickly stopped on the side of the street.

Looking around, the street is full of food stalls, bustling with people and full of lively atmosphere.

Su Yanxi got out of the car with Gu Yannian, told the driver to go first, and then the two of them walked over.

As soon as they reached the street, Gu Yannian took off her suit jacket and began to introduce the place with practiced ease: "This place makes casserole, and the place in front makes dumplings. They're all pretty good. If you want stir-fries, just go a little further ahead. There's a place there that makes really good stir-fries."

Listening to Gu Yannian's introduction, Su Yanxi suddenly remembered that Gu Yannian used to always want the best of everything, whether it was food or other items, and he looked down on street food the most.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Gu Yannian spoke about these foods with great expertise.

Gu Yannian spoke for a while without hearing a reply from Su Yanxi, then turned to look at her. Seeing the somewhat surprised expression on Su Yanxi's face, Gu Yannian understood what Su Yanxi was thinking.

"Are you surprised? Actually, there's nothing to be surprised about. The food here is much better than what I ate when I first went bankrupt."