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center.

This financial center is invested and built by Hou Group. The whole project consists of four towers and podium buildings, including five-star hotels, high-end office buildings, high-end serviced apartments and large shopping malls.

The shopping mall has eight floors, divided into six floors above ground and two floors underground.The whole shopping mall was designed by many well-known architects, and every detail perfectly reflects the artistry and practicality.The activity center on the second floor, where various exhibitions, charity auctions and other activities are held all year round, is the product of the collision of various modern arts, and the design of each place is unique.

As for the floor with the largest number of people in the GT Mall, it is the Xiuluo Field where various international famous brands compete for.In order to support the development of domestic brands, Hou Jiahao ignored the objections of all the shareholders and tried his best to convince his old man to let Ronning and other original excellent domestic brands occupy more than half of the first floor.

Under normal circumstances, GT malls open at 09:30 in the morning, and employees of each store can enter the mall through the staff passage after [-]:[-] to prepare for the opening.

However, what Hou Jiahao meant on the phone was that Ronning had to open the door before nine o'clock today.

Liang Xiaomei didn't know what her boss wanted to do, but she was afraid of making mistakes, so she had to rush to work half an hour earlier.

When Hou Jiahao brought Du Ziqing to the Ronning store on the first floor of the GT mall, the other shops in the mall were still closed, but store manager She and Liang Xiaomei were already waiting at the door of the store.

Even more disturbed than Liang Xiaomei was Shop Manager She.Although Hou Jiahao took great care of these domestic brands, when their performance failed to meet the standards, Young Master Hou's expression was not good.

However, after Store Manager She knew Hou Jiahao's purpose, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, with a professional smile on her face, and said to Du Ziqing, "I will definitely satisfy you."

On the way here, Du Ziqing vaguely felt that Hou Jiahao was going to buy him clothes, but he was not completely sure until then.

Twenty years ago, Hou Jiahao gave him an extremely expensive camera. At that time, his father didn't know the price of the camera, so he allowed him to accept it.But a few years later, my father knew the price of the camera and asked him to return it to Hou Jiahao.But he liked this camera so much that he refused to let it go no matter what, and his father who loved him had no choice but to give up. But since then, he has strictly prohibited Du Ziqing from accepting any more expensive gifts.And Hou Jiahao also learned to be smart, so he picked out cheap things to give away, and the coming-of-age gift he gave Du Ziqing--that Fuji card machine, was not expensive.

However, this time was not that time, and Du Ziqing didn't want Hou Jiahao to give him anything.

When trying on a suit in the fitting room, Du Ziqing planned to spend his own money to buy the suit, but when he saw the series of numbers on the tag, his heart suddenly became cold.

A suit jacket, 1 yuan.

With all the savings on his body, he couldn't even afford a suit jacket.

There was no need to try on the suit pants anymore. Du Ziqing walked out of the fitting room with the clothes, handed the clothes to the smiling store manager She, and said, "Thank you, there is no need to try them, I can't afford them."

Store Manager She's smile immediately froze on his face, not knowing how to respond.As a salesperson, the most fearful thing is that customers will tell you "I have no money" directly and confidently.She secretly glanced at Hou Jiahao, who happened to be looking at her too.

"They are all acquaintances, let's make it cheaper."

Hearing this, Liang Xiaomei's heart immediately set off a storm.Her boss, the prince of the Hou Group, actually made others "cheaper" like buying vegetables in a vegetable market.If she hadn't developed the ability to not change her face, her eyeballs would probably fall out now.

This is also the first time Store Manager She has heard Hou Jiahao make such a request, but she has a lot of experience, so she immediately took out her calculator and said while doing the calculations: "Twelve thousand for the coat, ten thousand for the trousers, and four thousand for the shirt. I'll give you a [-]% discount, and give you a small change, and I'll charge you [-]."

Before Du Ziqing could speak, Hou Jiahao's cold voice came over: "Did I not express myself clearly enough?"

"Then..." Store Manager She recalculated the price with a look of embarrassment, but the number displayed on the calculator still starts with 2.

This time, Hou Jiahao directly said blankly: "What I want is the cost price."

"Mr. Hou, this is too difficult..." The store manager She has beads of sweat on his forehead, "You also know how expensive our shop is, even if you calculate the cost price, it is eight..."

Before the word "thousand" was uttered, Store Manager She felt the sudden sense of oppression in the air.The man in front of him was like the king of the night, even if he didn't say a word, the dangerous aura emanating from his body was enough to deter her.

"Eight...hundred." As soon as the words came out, Store Manager She almost cried.

But Hou Jiahao's expression finally softened, he turned his head and asked Du Ziqing: "Is this price suitable?"

Du Ziqing hesitated, and asked, "Is it really so cheap?"

"Based on my experience, it's about the same price." Hou Jiahao said without changing his face, "Many luxury goods are made in small factories and assembly line products, so the cost is actually not that high."

But we are not!Store Manager She growled in his heart.Our designs are all unique, and the production is also hand-sewn one by one by experienced tailors with more than 30 years of experience. Don't you just take a fancy to these and promote our brand!

"Then I'll buy a set." Du Ziqing said, eight hundred is indeed not very expensive.

"Okay, let's deal with today. They can add 200 yuan to customize, and I will bring you to make a few sets another day."

What?At least 200 yuan of customization has become an extra [-] yuan?

A mouthful of old blood welled up in his heart, and Store Manager She began to seriously reflect on what they did wrong to offend the prince.

Here, Du Ziqing heard Hou Jiahao say another day, but he didn't say a word.He will return to the small county the day after tomorrow, there is no such thing as another day.

Du Ziqing continued to go back to the fitting room to try on clothes, while Hou Jiahao gave Liang Xiaomei a wink, and Liang Xiaomei immediately swiped her card to pay.

Store Manager She breathed a sigh of relief.

When Du Ziqing came out of the fitting room, even Liang Xiaomei, who was watching from the sidelines, felt that people depend on clothes and horses depend on saddles.Du Ziqing was already good-looking, but this dark brown suit made his skin fairer and made his thin body look straight and straight.

"Look at our design, it completely brings out your temperament." Store Manager She said.

"It's because people have temperament." Hou Jiahao corrected, "Find him a pair of shoes and some ties."

"Alright Mr. Hou, just wait a moment."

Taking advantage of the time when Store Manager She was going to get things, Hou Jiahao walked behind Du Ziqing, straightened the collar of his shirt, and said in a low voice, "It suits you quite well."

"En." Du Ziqing nodded imperceptibly. This was the first time he was wearing a suit, and he felt a little embarrassed when he saw himself in the mirror.But his attention was not on himself. At this time Hou Jiahao was very close to him, and he felt Hou Jiahao's breath behind his ear, which made him tense up all over.

Manager She quickly came over with a pair of leather shoes and some ties.

"I only have this pair of shoes in size 42, which fits well with this suit. I chose a few plain ones for the tie, and you can see which one you like."

Du Ziqing took the leather shoes and put them on, and then took a beige striped tie, but at this time, he encountered a difficulty.

"Can you teach me how to tie?"

"Okay." Store Manager Yu put down the other ties in his hand and was about to come over, but at this moment Hou Jiahao raised his hand to stop her.

"I'll be fine."

Hou Jiahao took the tie out of Du Ziqing's hand, then walked behind him again, and turned up the collar he had just adjusted for him.

Du Ziqing looked down, and Hou Jiahao's slender fingers moved nimbly across his chest, and the temperature of his fingertips could be felt through the shirt from time to time.He raised his head blushing slightly, but saw Hou Jiahao in the mirror who was concentrating on teaching him how to tie a tie.

"Walk around here...wrap up from below...pull down here...have you learned?"

"En." Du Ziqing replied vaguely. In fact, his mind went blank, and he didn't pay attention to the movements of Hou Jiahao's hands at all.

"Not bad, just this one."

"it is good."

"The exhibition is on the second floor. It was set up last night. I'll take you there first."

"Wait..." Du Ziqing turned around, "How much are the shoes and tie?"

Hou Jiahao looked at Store Manager She, who immediately understood what he meant, and said without hesitation, "Two hundred for the leather shoes, fifty for the tie."

"Two hundred and five is not a good number, just two hundred."

"...Okay." Store Manager She said cooperatively, anyway, you pay the money, as long as you are happy.

☆、Chapter 12

Just after 09:30, the salespersons of the merchants entered the venue one after another, and began to prepare for the day's business.The staff of the photography exhibition on the second floor are also gradually in place, carefully checking all the details to see if there are any mistakes.

When Du Ziqing and Hou Jiahao took the escalator to the first floor, he saw his works from afar in the large light-transmitting patio.

The photography of the humanities group is placed in the middle of the exhibition hall, and the works of the first prize are in the middle of the middle.Including Du Ziqing's works, there are a total of three first-prize works, which just form a triangle shape when viewed from top to bottom, while the second- and third-prize works are scattered around.

The entrance of the second floor is the exhibition area of ​​the scenery group.As soon as Du Ziqing came down, he was immediately attracted by the beautiful movies in front of him.

Landscape-themed photography requires a great deal of imagination.The same scenery, if ordinary people take pictures, may only be able to expand the scenery here intact, but if it is taken by imaginative photographers, they may be able to find extremely tricky camera positions and use the combination of light and shadow , so that the foreground and background of the whole work are integrated to form a beautiful picture scroll.

Landscape photography has always been Du Ziqing's weakness.There is no wide-angle lens, which limits his imagination to a large extent.But there is nothing wrong with it, all photographers have their own good and bad, and even shoot or not shoot.Du Ziqing is good at capturing people's emotions in the lens, which makes him more suitable for shooting humanistic subjects.

In addition to landscape works, there are also architectural photography, animal and plant photography in the exhibition. Du Ziqing looked at them in order, and silently analyzed the composition, light and shadow of each work in his heart.Hou Jiahao, on the other hand, has been by his side, occasionally explaining works he is familiar with.

Ten o'clock passed quickly, and the number of people in the GT mall gradually increased. People from the photography circle, the media circle, or the Internet celebrity circle all flocked to this small event, and they had a strong interest in this small event.

People in the photography circle look at the doorway, people in the Internet celebrity circle look at the excitement, and people in the media circle wander between the two, looking for hot-searched materials.

Du Ziqing and Hou Jiahao have been walking together. Originally, Hou Jiahao's explanations were mainly photographic works, but gradually, he had to introduce to Du Ziqing the endless stream of people who came to say hello to him.

Du Ziqing received countless business cards and job offers. Although Liang Xiaomei had mentioned to him that the photography exhibition would be very helpful to his work, the battle at the scene still made him used to staying in a small county Some are not used to it.

Seeing that another person was about to come forward, Du Ziqing subconsciously hid behind Hou Jiahao, but at this moment, a woman's voice suddenly sounded from his right side: "This time the works are not bad."

Hou Jiahao looked over in response, and when he saw the person coming, he nodded and said, "You're here."

Du Ziqing looked at the person who was about to walk over just now, and he backed away again, as if he was waiting for the next opportunity.

"Let me introduce, this is Yu Shumin, the general manager of the new media Qianshang Media."

Du Ziqing nodded, "Hello."

"This is Du Ziqing, the photographer who won the first prize in the humanities competition."

Yu Shumin opened her small handbag and handed over a business card: "Hello."

While Du Ziqing took the business card, he subconsciously sized him up.Yu Shumin has short shoulder-length hair and is wearing a light yellow suit jacket and suit trousers that hang to the ground.On the wrist is a lady's watch that is expensive at first sight, and on the ears are two long gold earrings in the style of tassels.

Typical look of a strong woman.

"Qian Shang is short of a regular photographer. If you are interested, please come to my office to discuss."

"Thank you..." Du Ziqing still replied in the same way.

"We can talk now." Hou Jiahao said suddenly.

Du Ziqing was a little surprised, so many people offered him job opportunities just now, and Hou Jiahao didn't say anything.

"The office is in the office building next door." Hou Jiahao added.

"Hmm..." Du Ziqing showed a look of embarrassment, "Let's talk about it later."

"What's wrong?" Hou Jiahao asked, "Qian Shang is one of the best media groups in the industry, you won't suffer."

"No." Du Ziqing shook his head, "I'm afraid I won't be qualified for this job."

Hou Jiahao sighed slightly, and said, "Opportunities don't come all the time, let's talk about it first, okay?"

Du Ziqing did not speak again.Yu Shumin was still standing in front of the two of them, so he was too embarrassed to directly refuse in front of them, so he nodded.

The headquarters of Qianshang Media is on the 25th to 34th floors of the right tower of GT International Financial Center.Yu Shumin's office is on the top floor, and there are only three of them in the enclosed elevator space.

Yu Shumin found that Du Ziqing was a little uneasy, so she said without a word: "In addition to real businesses such as brokerage companies and advertising companies, Qianshang Media also engages in content creation. It has many million-level up owners of live video websites. In addition, We are also working on e-magazines, and currently we have a fashion magazine under our umbrella. Before I became the general manager of Qianshang, I was mainly in charge of the magazine, so other people used to call me editor-in-chief Yu.”

Ding--

The elevator stops on the 30th floor.The elevator door opened slowly, and the people outside were about to walk in, but when they saw the people in the elevator, they retreated immediately.

"Mr. Hou, Editor Yu, you go first."

The elevator became quiet again. Hearing so many words from Yu Shumin, Du Ziqing was embarrassed not to respond, so he asked, "Why is there a shortage of photographers?"

"Our contracted photographer needs to do more complicated work, so let's go to the office and discuss it in detail."

There was a large floor-to-ceiling window in Yu Shumin's office. Du Ziqing stood in front of the window and looked at it for a while, until Yu Shumin's secretary brought in three cups of tea, then went to the business sofa and sat down.

"At present, the situation is like this." Yu Shumin said with her legs crossed and her elbows resting on the armrest of the sofa, "Three photographers are responsible for the shooting of Qianshang's magazine, but now one of them has submitted an application for resignation. Will resign, I wonder if you intend to be Qianshang's full-time photographer?"

"This means...do I need to work in Yanjing?"

"Yes."

Du Ziqing was silent, he looked at Hou Jiahao, Hou Jiahao had no expression on his face, it was hard to see what he was thinking.

But in fact, Hou Jiahao just pretended not to care, no one wanted Du Ziqing to take over the job more than him.

"I live in a small county, so I may not be quite used to life in Yanjing..." Du Ziqing politely refused.

"Hmm—" Yu Shumin made a thoughtful voice, and then asked, "I would like to ask, why did you choose to be a photographer?"

Du Ziqing thought about it silently, and said, "I don't know anything except photography."

"I've seen your work, and you can capture the point very well. Although you said that you can't do anything else, I believe that at least photography, you are very good."

"Thank you."

"But I still want to mention one thing." Yu Shumin changed the subject, "Confined in a small space all the time, no matter how great an artist is, there will be a day when his creativity will run out."

Du Ziqing knew what Yu Shumin wanted to say.Creation comes from life. His life scope is too narrow, and he shoots the same things every day, so he can't shoot new ideas at all.He has indeed felt this way recently, as if he has not made any progress in shooting anything, and even participating in competitions, he still uses works from less than half a year ago.

And this is why he feels that he is not qualified for other people's job invitations.

Seeing that Du Ziqing was a little shaken, Yu Shumin said again: "The pace of life in Yanjing may not be friendly, but it can provide you with a broad stage."

"..." Du Ziqing silently looked at the ground.

"Ziqing."

Hearing Hou Jiahao calling him, Du Ziqing raised his eyes.

"Stay here. If you're really not used to it, why don't you just go back?"

It seems... that's right.

Du Ziqing was silent for a while, and then asked cautiously: "What kind of work do professional photographers need to do?"

Seeing Du Ziqing let go, Hou Jiahao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Yu Shumin also relaxed.

"To put it simply, the shooting of fashion magazines is the main task, and it may sometimes require overseas business trips. But in addition, if other departments have shooting needs, they also need to meet them as much as possible. It may include exhibition shooting, artist follow-up shooting, advertising promotion etc."

Du Ziqing frowned slightly.There's nothing wrong with this photography job, but it sounds like it's going to be busy.He still hopes to have some time for himself, to shoot some things he wants to shoot.

"Let's forget about the other departments. It's not a particularly professional shoot. There's no need for a photographer." Hou Jiahao said suddenly, acting like Du Ziqing's manager.

Yu Shumin gave Hou Jiahao a meaningful look, not knowing what his position was.Although she is the general manager of Qianshang Media, her position is only the deputy general manager. The general manager and executive director of the entire company is actually Hou Jiahao.

And part of the reason why she chose Du Ziqing among many excellent photographers was because Hou Jiahao recommended him.

"...But in this way, it may not be easy to explain to the other two photographers." Yu Shumin said.

"That's how it is. We signed a variable-hour contract with him, so that he is still an independent photographer, but accepts Qianshang to arrange work. As for the other two, discuss with them about a 10% salary increase. Hire a camera assistant."

It should be strange that these words came out of Hou Jiahao's mouth.He just came to discuss work with Du Ziqing, but it turned out that he even took care of the photographer's salary in his company, which was really unreasonable.

But Du Ziqing didn't notice this, the word "independent photographer" kept echoing in his mind.

To be precise, Du Ziqing is still a photography assistant, but Hou Jiahao has already called him an independent photographer.

Being an independent photographer is a very glamorous thing, but it is also an extremely difficult thing.At least for Du Ziqing, this has always been a distant dream.

Although Hou Jiahao said he was an independent photographer, Du Ziqing didn't think so.

How can a person who doesn't even have his own studio be an independent photographer?

When Du Ziqing came back, Yu Shumin had already talked about the salary issue.

Hearing the number reported by Yu Shumin, Du Ziqing accidentally expressed his thoughts: "Is it... so high?"

Yu Shumin couldn't help laughing out loud: "Why, are you not satisfied?"

"No, it's just..." Du Ziqing looked at Hou Jiahao with some unease. Could this be arranged by him again?

Hou Jiahao seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and said, "A salary of more than 1 yuan a month is not high. This is Yanjing."

Du Ziqing has been staying in the small county town, and he doesn't know the consumption level in other areas.He nodded embarrassingly: "Okay."

"I will have someone draft the contract as soon as possible. If you are free, come and sign it tomorrow."

"it is good."

After agreeing, Du Ziqing felt a little uneasy. He felt an irresistible wave pushing him forward, but in fact he himself was not ready to ride the wave.Thinking of what Hou Jiahao said about going back if he wasn't used to it, he relaxed a little.

Indeed, if you are not used to going back, it is not a big deal.

As everyone knows, when Hou Jiahao said those words, he never thought of letting him go.

☆、Chapter 13

After the work was settled, Du Ziqing went to the bathroom.

Only Hou Jiahao and Yu Shumin were left in the office. Logically speaking, these two should be talking about work, but Yu Shumin suddenly asked, "Who is he?"

Hou Jiahao had expected that Yu Shumin would ask, and replied blankly: "The younger brother who grew up together when I was young."

"Really." Yu Shumin picked up the cup and took a sip of the already warm tea, "It was because of him that you broke up with me?"

Hou Jiahao didn't affirm it, but he didn't deny it either.

Yu Shumin has always been a person with clear goals and a proactive personality.

When she was in college in the United States, she fell in love with her junior student Hou Jiahao at first sight, and expressed her love unabashedly.Hou Jiahao was originally as inaccessible as an iceberg, but after two months of unremitting efforts, she finally managed to melt the big iceberg—at least she thought so at first.

After Hou Jiahao got together with her, instead of caring about her like a boyfriend, he avoided her and found various reasons to reject her dating proposal.She originally thought that the two of them would need some time, but a few days later, Hou Jiahao suddenly returned to China, and when he returned to the United States, the first thing he did was to break up with her.

"I don't like women, let's break up."

Until now, this sentence is still deeply piercing in Yu Shumin's heart.

Recalling the past, Yu Shumin slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, and a dark light flashed in her eyes.

When she thought that Hou Jiahao's "lover" would work under her hands, she felt that the future should be very interesting.

During the days without work, Song Linhan habitually sleeps in.It wasn't until Jiang Zheyan came to the guest room and kicked him off the bed that he woke up in a daze.

"What time is it?" Song Linhan sat cross-legged on the carpet, yawning and scratching the back of his head.

"It's past nine o'clock, hurry up and clean up."

"Hmm..." Song Linhan continued to wander for a while, then stood up, and said to Jiang Zheyan: "Match the clothes I'm going to wear today."

"Huh?" Looking at Song Linhan who was walking towards the bathroom, looking like a master, Jiang Zheyan kicked his ass, "I match with you, uncle."

Song Linhan staggered and almost fell into the mud.His drowsiness disappeared, he turned his head, and said to Jiang Zheyan fiercely: "You try kicking me again?"

Jiang Zheyan took two steps forward, Song Linhan hurried into the bathroom and closed the bathroom door.

"You're getting more and more irritable!" Song Linhan's voice came from the bathroom while brushing his teeth.

"Are you still eating breakfast?"

"Save some for me!"

When Song Linhan drove Jiang Zheyan all the way to GT International Financial Center, it was past eleven o'clock.

Song Linhan's whole body was covered tightly, but some reporters and fans still recognized this new actor who has become popular recently.

"It's Song Linhan!"

A stone stirred up waves, and Song Linhan was immediately surrounded by the crowd.

Jiang Zheyan was pushed aside by a group of fans, he looked at Song Linhan who was responsive in the crowd, and suddenly felt a little funny.

Although those fans who asked for group photos and autographs felt that Song Linhan was kind and friendly, Jiang Zheyan could see the swear words flashing past Song Linhan's head in the screen.

Jiang Zheyan walked around the exhibition hall alone, but he didn't see Du Ziqing and Hou Jiahao, but he quickly discovered Du Ziqing's works.

I don't know what Du Ziqing has experienced in these years, the atmosphere in the photo is so heavy, it is not at all like the innocent child back then.

After wandering around the exhibition hall, Jiang Zheyan called Hou Jiahao, only then did he find out that the two were talking about work in the office building next door.

At this time, Song Linhan had finished dealing with the fans and came to Jiang Zheyan's side.

"It's amazing that you can recognize me in such tasteless clothes." Song Linhan said in a low voice while keeping an eye on his surroundings.

"...whose clothes are you saying has no taste?" Jiang Zheyan raised his eyebrows and asked, "If you don't want to wear them, just take them off for me."

"Where are Hou Jiahao and Du Ziqing?"

"Talking about work next door. Let's find a restaurant on the fifth floor first, and they will come down immediately."

"Work?" Song Linhan wanted to continue asking, but saw two girls peeking at him, as if hesitating whether to come over, he quickly grabbed Jiang Zheyan's arm, and walked to the elevator, "Let's go find something to eat first."

Song Linhan and Jiang Zheyan went to the green tea restaurant on the fifth floor. This restaurant mainly serves Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. The atmosphere is relatively dark. There are no lights in the aisle, and the faces of other customers can hardly be seen clearly.

The two entered a private room, and Song Linhan took off his hat, sunglasses and mask.

"Did these people make a mistake? Didn't you see that this is a private time for me, and they followed me to the fifth floor."

"If you want to blame, blame yourself." Jiang Zheyan said as if nothing to do with him, "Since you are famous, don't go out and wander around if you have nothing to do."

"If it wasn't for Du Ziqing, I would still be sleeping now."

Jiang Zheyan stopped talking to him, but started to look at the menu.

"Order me a bread temptation."

"Ask Du Ziqing what he wants to eat."

As soon as Jiang Zheyan finished speaking, the door of the box opened, and Hou Jiahao and Du Ziqing just walked in.The two sat down opposite Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan, and Jiang Zheyan handed the menu to Du Ziqing.

"Just in time, let's take a look at the menu."

"Thank you, Brother Yan." Du Ziqing took the menu and subconsciously thanked him.

Jiang Zheyan frowned: "Why are you so indifferent."

"Sorry, I'm used to it..."

"Apologize?"

Jiang Zheyan acted angry, but Du Ziqing knew that he was not really angry, so he smiled slightly and looked down at the menu.

However, when Du Ziqing found out that a stir-fried vegetable cost 28 yuan, he couldn't help but laugh.As a person with a fixed monthly salary of 1500 yuan, his dinner never exceeds 10 yuan.

After watching for a long time, he finally ordered a 35 yuan stone pot tofu, and then moved the menu to Hou Jiahao.

"What else do you want to eat?" Hou Jiahao asked.

"Not anymore." Du Ziqing shook his head.

"Then I'll order casually." Hou Jiahao took out his phone and scanned the QR code to order.Taking advantage of this gap, Song Linhan and Du Ziqing chatted.

"Ziqing signed a contract with Qianshang?"

"Ah."

"Have you found a place to live?"

"No, is the rent expensive here?"

"..."

Song Linhan and Jiang Zheyan glanced at each other. It seemed that Du Ziqing had really been isolated from the world these past few years, and he didn't even know whether the rent in Yanjing was expensive or not.

"You can live with me." Jiang Zheyan said, "I have a villa in Yanjiao, and now I live alone."

"No need." Hou Jiahao, who had been engrossed in ordering food, suddenly raised his head to interrupt the conversation of the three, "I'll find him a place to live."

"I'll just rent it myself." Du Ziqing politely refused.

"Your salary can't afford it, let's talk about it later."

"..." Du Ziqing was a little displeased, and frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Jiang Zheyan quickly explained: "Don't be angry, he's doing it for your own good. There are no one-bedroom apartments around here that can't be rented for [-] yuan, or they are shared with others. Even if you don't want him to take care of you, Song Linhan and I will take care of you. "

Jiang Zheyan was right, Du Ziqing really didn't want Hou Jiahao to take care of him.

"Or you can live with me, anyway, I spend most of the time in the crew." Song Linhan said for fear that Du Ziqing would not be messy enough, "Jiang Zheyan's villa is too far away, like the urban-rural fringe, so it's better to live with me. "

"Aren't you afraid of rumors?" Hou Jiahao cast a cold glance at Song Linhan.

"Uh... forget about this."

Hou Jiahao said to Du Ziqing again: "I know a lot of people, and I can find a good and cheap house. Whether you want to rent it or not, you decide for yourself, okay?"

Now that Hou Jiahao said so, it's hard for Du Ziqing to refuse.

☆、Chapter 14

The atmosphere at the dinner table today is better than yesterday.

Du Ziqing no longer looked preoccupied, and was also very interested in what Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan were talking about.

Hou Jiahao would occasionally give him food, and he resisted at first, but after a few times, he no longer had any reaction.

Song Linhan complained that the younger generation in the company had a bad temper, but Jiang Zheyan complained that he had a worse temper. The two began to dig each other's history, and Du Ziqing listened with gusto.

Not long after, Hou Jiahao suddenly answered the phone, stood up and said, "The old man is sick, I'll go back."

The old man Hou Jiahao was talking about was actually his father Hou Guangyao.He is the youngest son. Hou Guangyao gave birth to him when he was close to 50 years old. Now he is in his [-]s, so people around him are used to calling him "Old Man".

Hou Guangyao got lung cancer five years ago and underwent a major operation. Now his health is deteriorating, and he hangs an oxygen cylinder by his side every day.

Du Ziqing didn't have much impression of Hou Jiahao's father, because every time he went to play at Hou Jiahao's house, Hou Jiahao's father was not at home.

After Hou Jiahao left, Jiang Zheyan asked Du Ziqing about his work contract.

He knew that Qianshang was Hou Jiahao's company, and originally thought that Du Ziqing had signed a contract with Hou Jiahao directly.But as he listened, he realized that Du Ziqing didn't know about it.

"You mean, you approached Yu Shumin?"

"Yes." Du Ziqing nodded, "She seems very powerful."

"She is indeed very capable." Jiang Zheyan gave Song Linhan a meaningful look after speaking.

"How did Hou Jiahao introduce her to you?" Song Linhan asked.

"How to introduce?" Du Ziqing looked at the two with some doubts, "He said he was the person in charge of the company..."

It seems that Hou Jiahao deliberately did not tell Du Ziqing about his relationship with Yu Shumin.

Jiang Zheyan didn't know what Hou Jiahao thought about Du Ziqing, nor what his plans were.But he believed that if Du Ziqing found out about the relationship between the two from other places in the future, he might feel hurt again, so he felt it was necessary to give Du Ziqing a vaccination.

Jiang Zheyan took a sip of tea, and tentatively said to Du Ziqing: "Do you still remember when I said that Hou Jiahao had a girlfriend?"

Du Ziqing was stunned for a moment, wondering why Jiang Zheyan brought up this matter.He nodded slightly: "Remember, what's wrong?"

"That person is Yu Shumin."

Du Ziqing's expression froze obviously, but he quickly said nonchalantly, "That's it."

"But they broke up within a week of being together." Song Linhan quickly added, "After you left, Hou Jiahao went back to China again, and after he returned to the United States, the first thing he did was to break up with Yu Shumin."

Du Ziqing ate the food in silence and did not answer.

Eight years have passed, and he is no longer as worried about this matter as before, but he still feels uncomfortable when others mention it.

"Then, I have to tell you one more thing." Jiang Zheyan said with a serious face.

From Jiang Zheyan's point of view, no matter how good Hou Jiahao is to Du Ziqing, he is unlikely to respond to Du Ziqing's feelings.Not to mention that Hou Jiahao had never shown that he liked men, even his family members would never agree to Hou Jiahao leading Du Ziqing in.

Du Ziqing stopped what he was doing, looked up at Jiang Zheyan, and waited for him to continue.

"Yu Shumin is also Hou Jiahao's current girlfriend."

Du Ziqing's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned slightly.He found that he didn't want to care about Hou Jiahao, but in the end he couldn't help it.

"Mr. Hou is dying soon." Jiang Zheyan said, "Hou Jiahao has never found a girlfriend, so the family arranged one for him."

Song Linhan who was on the side couldn't help explaining: "Don't think too much. Yu Shumin's family is a magazine, and the paper media have closed down in recent years, and their family is about to fail. Mr. Hou knows that Yu Shumin is the only girlfriend Hou Jiahao has ever had. , so she promised to help her family, but as a