mutual benefit [gl]

There is a coffee shop outside the group building, because it is different from other chain coffee shops and focuses on enjoying the style, so there are relatively few customers.

When Chen Yuanzhen walked into the coffee shop, she saw that Ji Cixi had found a corner and sat down.

That location is not next to the window, and it is also a blind spot in the interior of the cafe.

Sure enough, Ji Cixi was very cautious at all times.

Chen Yuanzhen took a deep breath, after all, what happened to Chen Yuanyang was his fault, Ji Cixi should be angry no matter what.

She bit her lip and made up her mind to go over and sit down.

Ji Cixi looked up at her, then lowered her eyelashes and remained silent.

"Would you like... something to drink?"

Chen Yuanzhen asked tentatively in a soft voice.

"No need." Ji Cixi replied.

"That's right..." Chen Yuanzhen smiled awkwardly, "Actually..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ji Cixi interrupted her.

"No need to apologize," she said.

Chen Yuanzhen froze for a moment, all the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat.

"You didn't tell me before you did this because you knew I would be angry. But even if you knew, you still did it." She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Chen Yuanzhen, "You obviously wanted to hurt the other party on purpose, why do you have to apologize Woolen cloth?"

"I..." Chen Yuanzhen was at a loss for words.

"After I sent Ji Xu to Chen's house, you brought Chen Yuanyang back without telling me." Ji Cixi smiled lowly, "It was you who made him go abroad in embarrassment with a life lawsuit, now bring him back and let him You're the one who got back to the top."

She looked at Chen Yuanzhen with a mocking look in her eyes.

"You really are capable, Director Chen."

"I have no choice." Chen Yuanzhen said, "If it wasn't for him, it would be Chen Yuanshuo, or even... there might be someone even more difficult to deal with, I..."

"Since there is such a good reason, why didn't you tell me?" Ji Cixi interrupted her again.

Chen Yuanzhen could only be speechless.

Probably because she also knew that she had gone too far in this matter, and only thought about her own goals.

"For your own good, this kind of thing that sounds great but is actually terribly selfish, so you would say it." Ji Cixi sneered, "Ji Xu is now in the Chen family. After Chen Yuanyang became the general manager again, he returned to Chen Home, what do you want Ji Xu to do?"

"I won't... let him get in touch with Ji Xu."

"Really? Director Chen, do you really have such a great ability? Can you stop the future heir of the Chen Group from going home?"

"Whether you believe it or not," Chen Yuanzhen looked at her, "I will do my best."

"Believe it?" Ji Cixi's smile became colder and colder, "I can't believe you now, because I believe in you, I have already taken my only relative into it,"

Chen Yuanzhen saw that Ji Cixi's eyes were slightly red.

"I also want to believe in you, Chen Yuanzhen, but now, I have lost to you the only chip that can be used as a bet."

"But what do you want me to do?" Chen Yuanzhen clenched his fists, "If Chen Yuanshuo takes over, do you know how dangerous Ji Xu will be? Chen Yuanyang is indeed not a good guy, but he is..."

Chen Yuanzhen was about to blurt out the words, but in the end she bit her lip and endured it.

"So... why didn't you tell me in advance?" Ji Cixi said calmly, she smiled sadly, "Maybe it's because you never fulfilled your promise."

Ji Cixi's black eyes were like black holes at this moment, Chen Yuanzhen only felt that his spirit was about to sink into them, and then fell apart.

Her expression was as cold as before, but Chen Yuanzhen knew that it was actually different.

There is a difference between natural apathy and disappointment.

"Are we really... a relationship that takes advantage of each other? Do you really think so, Chen Yuanzhen?"

Facing Ji Cixi's questioning, Chen Yuanzhen could only turn his face away.

"From the very beginning when you approached me, your purpose was actually just to record the story. But later on, you found that I was not someone you could easily spend money on, so you wanted to cooperate with me. It's not that I don't understand This, but the reason why I still agree to you is because I need to protect Ji Xu, but I don't have the ability."

"Stop talking." Chen Yuanzhen said in a low voice.

"Later, I saw that you were nice to Ji Xu. It wasn't an act, so I chose to believe in you, so I could personally send Ji Xu to Chen's house for you. But now, I found out... This kind of ordinary person really shouldn't have anything to do with a chaebol II like you. I can't even see Ji Xu's future now, and what's even more ridiculous is... I sent him in with my own hands."

"But these are things you and I didn't expect!" Chen Yuanzhen frowned and argued, "Cui Jinxian's city residence, and the sudden early election of the general manager, these are unpredictable, your actions are improvised, and so am I. "

After finishing speaking, Chen Yuanzhen stood up, "If you care that I didn't tell you everything in advance, then it is indeed my fault. It is indeed as you said, I knew it was wrong but I still did it anyway, and I lost the right to apologize. Meaning. But..."

Chen Yuanzhen looked at Ji Cixi's face.

"But I don't want you to be disappointed in me, so even if an apology is useless, I will do it."

Ji Cixi sniffed, raised her eyes and smiled at Chen Yuanzhen.

"It's all over, Director Chen." She said softly, "Since Ji Xu has arrived at Chen's house, for his safety, I will not do anything like a fool. But now, I don't expect you to What can I do for my sister? I wanted to rely on you before, thinking that I could be used by you, so I hope you can get justice for my sister with peace of mind. I was wrong. But Ji Xu... I hope you can at least fulfill this promise,"

She looked up at Chen Yuanzhen.

"Protect him, and don't let the entanglements of our generation involve him. His name is Ji Xu. Even if I die, I will not give in on this point."

After finishing speaking, Ji Cixi also stood up, and she picked up the paper bag on the table, which contained Gao Xiu's coffee.

She was about to leave, but just as she reached Chen Yuanzhen's side, she grabbed her wrist.

"Ji Cixi, if you want to break up our previous relationship now, that's fine."

Ji Cixi stopped in her tracks, knowing that Chen Yuanzhen still had something to say, so she remained silent.

"I just don't want to be a partner with you anymore," Chen Yuanzhen looked straight at Ji Cixi's silhouette reflected on the coffee table in front of him.

"I……"

Before she finished speaking, Ji Cixi broke free from her restraint, and instead stretched out two fingers to her lips.

"No matter what you want to say, please swallow back what you want to say now, I don't want to hear it now."

After finishing speaking, Ji Cixi left quickly without any regrets.

Chen Yuanzhen sat blankly in place alone, and it seemed that there was still the slight warmth of Ji Cixi's fingers on his lips.

Ji Cixi bit her lip and rushed out of the coffee shop, and was blown by the outside wind, and the little moisture in her eye sockets also disappeared.

She will see Gao Xiu later, so she can't be caught by him.

Ji Cixi knew very well that the reason why Gao Xiu used herself was to restrain Chen Yuanzhen, so she absolutely could not create such an opportunity for Gao Xiu.

She took a deep breath, and after calming down, she returned to the group building with the same expressionless expression as before.

Knocking on the door of Gao Xiu's office, she stepped forward and put the paper bag on Gao Xiu's desk.

"Lawyer Gao, your coffee."

"Oh." Only then did Gao Xiu take his eyes off the financial magazine, he leaned forward slightly to glance at the paper bag, took out one of the iced Americano, glanced at it, and said to Ji Cixi with a smile: "You have been away for a long time, even the ice cream It's all melted."

As he spoke, he shook his palm, which was dazzled by the water droplets on the wall of the cup.

"If you're not satisfied, I can..."

"Oh, that's alright—" Gao Xiu waved his hand, "Assistant Ji is really careless."

Ji Cixi pursed her lips, then lowered her head and said, "That's nothing, I'll go down first."

"Hey, wait a minute," Gao Xiu lifted the lid of the coffee, and poured the brown coffee down his throat with this cup. After taking a big sip, he put the cup aside and asked with a smile:

"How did Assistant Ji feel after watching the shareholders' meeting today?"

Ji Cixi said expressionlessly: "You hosted it very well."

"Tsk, is that all?" Gao Xiu was obviously dissatisfied, he smacked his lips, and could still taste the bitter taste of coffee left on his lips.

"I mean," he lowered his voice, suddenly changed his face, the original easy-going smile disappeared, replaced by a playful one.

"What do you think of the drama our director Chen planned today?"

Ji Cixi was neither humble nor overbearing, with a gentle tone.

"I don't understand what you're saying. But if you say it's a play, then you're in the play, and you should know better than I do."

Gao Xiu laughed when he heard the words, "Assistant Ji is good at saying, the ball was kicked to me again. But you don't have to pretend to be confused with me. You and Chen Yuanzhen have an unusual relationship, I can see that."

"You can see things that I can't even see. It seems that Lawyer Gao is really bold and careful."

"So, are you satisfied? Huh?"

Ji Cixi smiled faintly when she heard the words, she raised her head to look at Gao Xiu's face.

"I'm not as bold as Lawyer Gao, who dared to secretly show the content of the group's high-level meeting to ordinary assistants. But if you are really curious about my relationship with Director Chen, it's okay for me to tell you, but after all, Director Chen is the group's top management." , You know something, but you hide it from the chairman, it’s always not good. In the future, if someone else finds out that you let me watch the high-level meeting, and ask me about Director Chen, they will expose these things to the director grow there..."

Ji Cixi's voice suddenly became gentle and pleasant.

"It will be troublesome for the chairman to think that you, Mr. Gao, are duplicity, don't you think?"

Ji Cixi's every frown and smile are so perfect that it cannot be criticized, Gao Xiu and Ji Cixi's eyes met, but Ji Cixi did not show the slightest sign of shrinking.

After a while, Gao Xiu suddenly laughed again in a low voice.

He clapped his hands vigorously, and then said softly to Ji Cixi: "Assistant Ji... don't say it, I really miss you now. For a smart person like you, being an assistant is simply a waste of talent." ...However, I dare not let you do other work, because I am also..."

Gao Xiu lowered his voice to read again, and raised his eyes showing a trace of sternness.

"I'm afraid that when you will suddenly bite me to death, it's not certain."

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