mutual benefit [gl]

Chen Yuanzhen didn't feel it when she drove here, but now that she is holding Ji Xu's hand and walking this road herself, she realizes that the road is so long.

I don't know how long I walked, and finally came to the end of the road, and met the intersection again.

The next road was about to turn, Ji Cixi stopped, she raised her head, and looked at Chen Yuanzhen and Ji Xu across the road.

Chen Yuanzhen stopped at some point, she held Ji Xu's hand, waiting for Ji Cixi to come over.

Ji Cixi's hands unconsciously kept time with the movement of the second hand of the watch. When she hit No.60, the traffic light turned green.

Becoming a part of the intertwined wave of people and electric bicycles, Ji Cixi walked quickly to Chen Yuanzhen and Ji Xu's side.

She lowered her eyes to look at Ji Xu, and saw that he was wearing the hat of the down jacket neatly, and the collar tightly covered his delicate neck.She pursed her lips in satisfaction, and then remembered to go to see Chen Yuanzhen.

She raised her eyes, and wanted to say something to tease Chen Yuanzhen who deliberately wanted to walk with her, but accidentally met Chen Yuanzhen's eyes.

Across the scorched yellow street lights, Ji Cixi's eyebrows twitched.

She saw that Chen Yuanzhen's eyes were bloodshot, which was a trace that no cosmetics could cover.

What Ji Cixi was about to say got stuck in her throat.

She quickly looked away, lowered her head and said to Ji Xu: "You are already seven years old, do you still need others to hold hands and walk?"

Hearing this, Ji Xu obediently withdrew his hand from Chen Yuanzhen's hand and stuffed it into the pocket of the down jacket.

Ji Cixi took out a pair of small gloves from her bag, and handed it to Ji Xu.

"Put this on."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Chen Yuanzhen again.

"Why so quiet."

Only then did Chen Yuanzhen come back to her senses, she hooked the corners of her mouth, forced a smile and said:

"There's a lot of traffic, it's noisy enough."

Ji Cixi took a deep look at her, turned around and walked towards home without saying a word.

Turn across this street, and not far ahead is the community where Ji Cixi and Ji Xu live now.

Ji Cixi and Ji Xu walked side by side, while Chen Yuanzhen followed behind them.

Along the way, the three of them were speechless.

After walking for another 10 minutes or so, the three stopped at Ji Cixi's downstairs, and Ji Cixi took out the key from the bag and handed it to Ji Xu.

"You go up first, I have something to talk to your pretty sister."

Ji Xu nodded. After taking the key, he turned around and bowed to Chen Yuanzhen. After saying goodbye to his beautiful sister, he turned around and trotted into the apartment building.

Until watching Ji Xu walk into the elevator through the glass door.Ji Cixi turned around and said to Chen Yuanzhen:

"Go and sit in the gazebo."

Normally, if Ji Cixi took the initiative to make such a request, Chen Yuanzhen would be very active.

But today, Chen Yuanzhen hesitated.

"Ji Xu...is it okay to go home alone?"

Ji Cixi gave Chen Yuanzhen a strange look, and said coldly: "The adults have already sent him downstairs, he can't go home again, is it a giant baby?"

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the gazebo.

Chen Yuanzhen took a deep breath and hurried up.

It's cold in winter nights, and when it's six o'clock in the evening, no one will come out again.

There was no one in the gazebo at this time, Ji Cixi and Chen Yuanzhen were sitting opposite each other in front of the stone table.

As soon as Chen Yuanzhen took her seat, Ji Cixi took out a neatly folded scarf from her bag and handed it to her.

Chen Yuanzhen was taken aback for a moment, and then she squinted her eyes to take a closer look, only to realize that it was the scarf she had wrapped around Ji Xu's neck when she picked him up yesterday.

"You..." Chen Yuanzhen looked at the scarf, she lowered her head and smiled.

"You already knew that I would go today?"

"The head teacher will call me about Ji Xu's affairs at school. The head teacher also called me about the parents' meeting. But Ji Xu said yesterday that you went to pick him up, but he kept silent about the parents' meeting. I I knew you would go today."

"Then why are you going?" Chen Yuanzhen asked with a smile.

"Because I'm his aunt."

"I can't tell...you really care about Ji Xu."

"Is the matter of Sun Yao still not announced to the public?" Ji Cixi asked.

Chen Yuanzhen nodded and said: "Sun Yao has already achieved the position of deputy director of the Department Store Department before this. According to his level, if he wants to leave, he will have to hold a meeting to announce it. But there is no news yet."

"Gao Xiu said, let me wait until the news of Sun Yao's resignation is announced before contacting him."

"Gao Xiu... I asked Zhou Ming to search for this person, but found nothing. I couldn't even find out his graduate school."

"Then he could be your father's..."

Chen Yuanzhen shook his head.

"will not."

Ji Cixi was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Why?"

"The old man told you about Sun Yao's resignation in advance. You also know that he wants to use this to beat you. This shows that he is still on guard against you. You think that when he doesn't trust you, he will really treat you Do you want to show me your left and right arms?"

Ji Cixi nodded, "Then you next..."

She wanted to ask Chen Yuanzhen about her next plan, but Chen Yuanzhen interrupted her first.

"Next..."

Chen Yuanzhen looked up at Ji Cixi.

"If, if you encounter a situation where you need to stab me with a knife... I hope you don't worry about me."

Ji Cixi was startled.

"The old man doesn't trust anyone except himself. If he wants to use you... then the first step, he will use you as a dagger to stab his children. So, if he wants you to stab me If it's a knife... don't hesitate, just stab it cleanly."

Looking at Chen Yuanzhen's sincere eyes, Ji Cixi suddenly felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his internal organs, and the aches and pains from the cold flowed up and down his whole body.

"It's so easy for someone like him...to destroy your life. So, don't take risks, don't worry about anything."

Ji Cixi bit her lip, she pretended to be calm and said: "How do you know that I wouldn't do that in the first place."

Chen Yuanzhen smiled.

"That's right, as long as I don't cry in front of Teacher Ji, Teacher Ji can still be ruthless."

Chen Yuanzhen's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Ji Cixi's heart with a muffled sound.

"you……"

Before Ji Cixi could speak, Chen Yuanzhen stood up, picked up the scarf, and wrapped it around her neck casually.

"I'm leaving, you go to bed earlier."

After she said that, she turned around and was about to leave, but after a few steps, she stopped again.

As if hesitating, Chen Yuanzhen stood with her back to Ji Cixi. After a while, she turned around again, and walked in front of Ji Cixi again in two or three steps.

She hugged Ji Cixi's slender body.

"Aren't you..." Ji Cixi was taken aback by her sudden action, she subconsciously wanted to push Chen Yuanzhen away, but Chen Yuanzhen's arms were firmly imprisoned.

"Don't push away, I haven't hugged anyone like this for a long time." Chen Yuanzhen buried his head on Ji Cixi's shoulder, his hot breath passed through the windbreaker to Ji Cixi's skin, and finally fainted in her body open.

Ji Cixi didn't know why she really didn't push Chen Yuanzhen away again.

Her hands were at her sides, shaking helplessly.

She still couldn't hug Chen Yuanzhen, but she couldn't push her away, so she could only let Chen Yuanzhen hold her tightly.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Yuanzhen finally let go of her, her hair covered most of her face, she lowered her head and smiled, tidied her hair before looking at Ji Cixi again.

"sorry."

After Chen Yuanzhen finished speaking, he turned and left quickly.

Ji Cixi looked at the back of Chen Yuanzhen going away, and reached out to touch her shoulder.

The fabric on the shoulders of the windbreaker seems to still have the warmth of Chen Yuanzhen.

What Chen Yuanzhen said just now.

"As long as I don't cry in front of Teacher Ji, Teacher Ji can still be ruthless."

Ji Cixi knew that it should be Ji Xu who said something to Chen Yuanzhen.

She stood still for a while, then dragged her heavy steps towards home.

Chen Yuanzhen left the community quickly, she walked not far, Zhou Ming had already parked the car and waited for her.

She opened the car door and got in the car. Through the rearview mirror, Zhou Ming saw that Chen Yuanzhen's face seemed to be in a bad mood. He thought she was offended at the parent meeting, so he hurriedly asked:

"The parent meeting... is it okay?"

Chen Yuanzhen raised his eyes and smiled reluctantly, "My nephew is a top student, of course."

"Oh... that's good, that's good."

Although Zhou Ming saw that Chen Yuanzhen's state was not right, but out of his understanding of Chen Yuanzhen, he didn't ask.

After about 10 minutes' drive, Chen Yuanzhen finally returned to his home.

Zhou Ming returned home with her, and as soon as he turned on the light in the living room, Chen Yuanzhen saw a document on the coffee table.

"What's that?" She raised her face and gestured with her eyes.

"It's a document sent by Special Assistant Liao, saying that it was sent by the chairman to all the company's executives."

Chen Yuanzhen frowned slightly.

"Also, when Liao Tezhu called you, you probably turned off your phone because of the parents' meeting. She asked me to inform you that you have to go to the company for a meeting tomorrow morning."

Chen Yuanzhen was taken aback for a moment, she looked at Zhou Ming, and said doubtfully:

"A meeting? Do I have to go too?"

"This... When Assistant Liao notified me, there was noise on the phone. It sounded like it was outside, so I didn't go into details with her. You can ask her yourself later."

Chen Yuanzhen sighed, she rubbed her hair, nodded and said, "Go back, Assistant Liao will send me to the company tomorrow, so you can rest too."

Zhou Ming nodded, and he handed over the paper bag he was carrying to Chen Yuanzhen.

"I ordered porridge for you. If you don't want to eat at night, you can drink some while it's hot."

Chen Yuanzhen took the paper bag and smiled at Zhou Ming.

"You..." She reached out and patted Zhou Ming's shoulder lightly.

"Wait a little longer. I'll let you go free when my business is over. Such a good boy...you can't just do things for me all your life."

Zhou Ming lowered his eyes and smiled indifferently.

"My future is given by you."

Chen Yuanzhen was taken aback, and laughed again in an instant.

"You still remember what I pretended to say when I was a teenager."

"You are right. I was able to go to high school and college because of you. You changed my life. You have done what you promised me, and of course I will do what I promised gone."

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Chen Yuanzhen, turned around and opened the door to leave.

Hearing that the door was closed by Zhou Ming's backhand, Chen Yuanzhen shook his head helplessly and smiled.

She returned to the sofa with the porridge and sat down, then picked up the document and examined it carefully.

"Chen's Group Corporate Culture Manual..."

Chen Yuanzhen only flipped through a few pages before throwing the document on the coffee table.

She smiled coldly, then took out her mobile phone and dialed the number to Assistant Liao.

"I shut down the phone because I had to deal with some things. What happened to that file?"

"It was sent by the chairman just before get off work today."

"When it's time to get off work?" Chen Yuanzhen raised her eyebrows, she smiled and said, "It really came out of nowhere."

"Including tomorrow morning's meeting, it was announced at the same time, and the email was only sent to those who needed to attend the meeting."

"Oh? So... I got the mail too?"

"Yes."

Chen Yuanzhen raised her hand and pinched the center of her brow. She closed her eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "You should have a copy of this document, right?"

"Yes, what are you going to do?"

Chen Yuanzhen reached out and picked up the documents on the coffee table. After turning over a few pages, she said, "I'll read a few of them...you find someone to write these into words, frame them, and I'll hang them in my office .And... print a few more copies of these and post them on the desks of all your employees."

"You are..."

Chen Yuanzhen smiled slightly.

"Tezhu Liao, have you heard the story about the Xiayan Fragrant Leaf Scarf given to Yan Song by Emperor Jiajing①?"

Assistant Liao was taken aback, and she hesitated, "You mean..."

Chen Yuanzhen's smile froze on his face, and his voice became colder.

"This 'Chen Group Corporate Culture Manual' is the 'Fragrant Leaf Towel' given to me by the old man. Of course I have to keep it well."

The author has something to say: ①: Shizong respected Taoism and liked to wear fragrant-leaf scarves, and ordered the palace servants to imitate five fragrant-leaf scarves for Xia Yan, Yan Song and other ministers.Xia Yan believed that according to court etiquette, fragrant leaf scarves were not the property of ministers and refused to wear them.But Yan Song, in order to please Sejong, wore a fragrant leaf scarf every time he entered the palace, and put an official hat on it.

Seeing Yan Song's seriousness, Shizong trusted him more and began to dislike Xia Yan.Seeing that Shizong's attitude towards Xia Yan has changed, Yan Song feels that the time is ripe to attack Xia Yan.On the one hand, he pretended to be a weak person in front of Shizong, and said that Xia Yan bullied him with tears like rain; on the other hand, he slandered Xia Yan for being arrogant and guilty.Shizong was really furious, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to enumerate Xia Yan's crimes.In July of the 21st year of Jiajing (1542), Xia Yan was demoted to the people.