"Hello?"
"Mr. Li, long time no see. I'm Qiao Qiao."
As soon as the call was connected, Qiao Qiao's voice came immediately over there.
Chatted for a while.
After such a period of time, due to the lack of regular contact, the two people inevitably became more unfamiliar and polite when talking to each other than when they were in Jieyang.
Li Shi could feel that she was already interested in bringing the relationship closer.
According to his social experience, this kind of attitude and behavior is generally demanding.
This kind of long-term absence of contact, and then suddenly finding someone—couldn’t it be borrowing money?
Li Shi smiled directly and asked: "Everything is fine. By the way, you called me. Is there anything wrong?"
When Qiao Qiao asked this, he stopped beating around the bush and said, "Something happened. I have resigned from Sister Chen Yao..."
At this time, Qiao Qiao finally revealed the purpose of making this call.
It turned out that she resigned from Chen Yao, and now she started her own business with a few friends, also in the jade business. However, she did not have a quarrel with Chen Yao. On the contrary, Chen Yao is still one of the major shareholders of her company.
It’s still a combination of online and offline.
"Oh, I only realized the difficulties when I started my own business. Let's talk about the supply of goods. It's easy to talk about ordinary goods, but now high-end goods are too scarce. Even if you have money, you can't get them... So I thought Say hello to Mr. Li, if you want to sell high-end goods, you must take care of your sister and me first."
So that's it.
Li Shi said: "First of all, congratulations. You are your own boss. This is a good thing. I definitely support it."
For him, having one more shipping channel is naturally a good thing.
It is equivalent to the manufacturer having one more wholesaler.
Say it verbally first and then speak later.
After chatting for a while, we hung up the phone.
After coming out of the store and returning to the car, Chen Qiuye glanced at Li Shi in the passenger seat, drove onto the road, and continued the topic on the phone: "If the wedding is really the Lantern Festival, how about asking my sister-in-law to go with us? ? Anyway, he and Guo Lan have met before."
Li Shi thought for a while and said, "She still has relatives in her hometown. I haven't asked her about it. I don't know if she has any thoughts of going back during the New Year."
Chen Qiuye immediately said: "I know that contact with her biological parents has been cut off for a long time. As for... after the old man here passed away, there was a married brother-in-law. He lived in Tanzhou and the relationship was not very good. We usually keep in touch with him. Not much, let alone spending the New Year and holidays together, she said, she will follow my arrangements from now on."
As she said that, she took advantage of the traffic light in front, turned to look at Li Shi, and smiled sweetly: "As for me, I will naturally listen to you. You are the eldest master of our family."
Li Shi looked at each other and laughed: "Do you listen to me in everything?"
"Um."
"Then you eat more these two days."
"ah?"
Chen Qiuye looked at him, and once again met Li Shi's eyes with a mysterious smile, he instantly understood, and his face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
After two seconds, he still opened his red lips slightly: "Yeah."
Li Shi is happy.
It wasn't that he was being ridiculous, but it was for her own good.
Speaking of which, if others want to eat it, they can’t!
However, Chen Qiuye, who was usually aloof in front of colleagues and other outsiders, occasionally showed shyness like this, which really made Li Shi move his index finger, raised it, and clicked on the car door.
It will be outside, out of season, and wait until evening.
The traffic light in front turned green, and Chen Qiuye continued to drive forward to the central square of Financial Street. He found a place to park the car, and then the two of them strolled around the shopping mall for a while before arriving at the cinema in the second phase of the shopping mall.
After watching a two-hour science fiction movie, I wandered around for a while discussing the plot. I saw a restaurant called Xihe Xiaoguan on the roadside. Li Shi thought the name was very interesting. He happened to arrive at the restaurant and had breakfast. I didn’t eat much, so I walked in.
As soon as you enter the door, you will find that the interior is decorated in Chinese style. Interestingly, the ceilings in some places are actually suspended in the shape of lotus leaf ponds and auspicious clouds in the sky.
The two found a place to sit down.
Li Shi looked at the menu first, and then ordered a table of delicacies, including roast duck, lion head, green plum pork ribs, Qianlong cabbage and so on.
Although it was just a casual shop, unexpectedly, the food tasted quite good. The roast duck was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. It smelled and tasted delicious. The lion's head that Chen Qiuye likes to eat is tender and fragrant, and it has a unique taste when paired with a mouthful of rice.
After eating and drinking, we came out of the restaurant.
The two of them were not in a hurry to go back and were still wandering around.
In the afternoon, more and more people came to go shopping, many of them young couples. In the middle, I saw many people queuing up to buy desserts and milk tea. Chen Qiuye, like an ordinary little girl, pulled Li Shi and stood in line for seven seconds. Eight minutes.
Then the two of them took desserts and milk tea and found an empty seat on the roadside to sit down.
Chen Qiuye took a spoon and took a bite of the dessert, and suddenly sighed: "Time flies so fast. This year's New Year is on February 16th, and it is only one month away from now."
Li Shi was sitting across from him and was using his mobile phone to reply to Qiao Qiao's WeChat message. This former sales anchor who quit his job to start his own jade business has been sending messages to Li Shi since the phone call in the morning, talking about the jade industry.
He heard a bit of sentimentality in Chen Qiuye's words, looked up, and then observed carefully.
Today she was wearing a simple white T-shirt, a white woolen sweater, a peaked cap, and tied her black hair on her shoulders and back. There were a few strands of bangs hanging down naturally on her white face, which decorated her exquisite look. Beautiful facial features.
Looking closely at his expression, there are waves of light flowing in his beautiful eyes, and there is a bit of sadness that is difficult to hide in his coldness.
Chen Qiuye is not a half-hearted literary young man like Li Shi. As a "ruthless person" who can face the misfortune of her native family, and "prescribes" herself, using "strange tricks" to treat a cold personality, she rarely feels so sad.
Li Shi thought for a moment and immediately understood the reason.
He asked softly: "Are you a little confused about where to celebrate the New Year?"
Chen Qiuye also put down his spoon, looked over and nodded.
In previous years, it was no big deal even if I celebrated the New Year alone.
But with Li Shi this year, she didn't want to spend the New Year alone.
Without Li Shi by her side, even if she was not alone, even if there were a lot of people accompanying her, she felt that she would still feel very uncomfortable during the Chinese New Year. She would definitely not have a good year this year.
Can……
Li Shi smiled and said, "What's there to worry about? Of course, wherever I celebrate the New Year, you can follow me."
Chen Qiuye looked at him with wide eyes. Seeing that he was serious, he thought for a while.
Then nodded: "Well, then let's say that my sister-in-law is not only your life assistant, but also my sister."
Li Shi naturally had nothing to do: "Okay."
When I returned to the apartment in the afternoon, it was already past three o'clock.
The two of them didn't go anywhere, and stayed tired until night. Chen Qiuye was full, dizzy, soft, and very sleepy. Li Shi carried her from the living room to the bathroom, and then from the bathroom to the bedroom. Under the covers.
Then I returned to the living room. I originally wanted to use my phone to open the takeout app to see what was available nearby. After unlocking my phone, I found that there were many unread messages on WeChat.
He first clicked on Qiao Qiao's WeChat account.
After reading the unread content, he raised his eyebrows.
"Judging from the phone call during the day and the information revealed in the subsequent WeChat chat, in addition to Chen Yao's investment, she should also have found other big investors to cooperate with. She feels that she is not short of money, but she is short of market and high-quality high-end supply. "
Li Shi smiled. This Qiao Qiao must have had a purpose after chatting with him for so long.
In her opinion, isn't she a potential source of high-quality high-end goods?
She must know about Chen Yao's purchase of goods.
Li Shi had already made a calculation in his mind: If she brought it up, he might as well try to buy the best jadeite.
I typed a reply.
Then he clicked on the WeChat account of Wang Yuan, Chen Qiuye’s male colleague.
This big man, who is over 1.9 meters tall, reminded himself on WeChat to eat mutton tomorrow afternoon.
Li Shi looked back at the direction of the bedroom and smiled.
Well, judging from Chen Qiuye's current state, he will definitely have nothing to do tomorrow afternoon.
"Okay, send me your address and I'll be there on time."
Soon, the other party sent the address.
Li Shi didn't care anymore.
Picking up the phone from the sofa, he suddenly wrinkled his nose, sniffed it, and smiled.
Get up, walk over, open the curtains, and open the window.
The cold wind suddenly penetrated through the gap in the window and hit his face. No matter how good Li Shi's physique was, he couldn't help but subconsciously shrugged his shoulders at this moment. His whole body was agitated, and his mind became more and more nervous. Wake up.
Open the window wider and enjoy the night view of the capital.
There wasn't much scenery to see. Li Shi stood for a while and felt that the ventilation was almost there, so he closed the window and returned to the sofa. He took out his tablet and started reading. He didn't return until one o'clock in the morning. Bedroom for sleeping.
The next day, throughout the morning, the two of them got up from bed and visited four times.
One time, after Chen Qiuye drank the water from the water glass on the bedside table, she was still very thirsty. Li Shi got up and went outside to pour her another large glass of water.
Once he got up and went to the door to get takeout.
Once, the two of them went to the bathroom together.
Another time I took clean sheets from the closet and changed them.
At half past eleven, Chen Qiuye took another short nap. After waking up, he stretched his waist, put his arm around Li Shi, and said in an extremely lazy tone: "Lying in bed like this every day, thinking about it." It’s so comfortable to be able to sleep until whenever you want.”
Then he raised his head, looked at Li Shi's gentle and jade-like face, and sighed: "No wonder the ancients said, 'Gentle Township, Tomb of Heroes'. When you are here, I don't even want to go to work!"
Li Shi blinked, feeling that something was wrong with what she said.
After being stunned for two seconds, he smiled and put his hand into the bed, patted the plump part gently, and said: "I won't take the blame for this. It's mainly a matter of your own willpower. Look at me, even though I'm with you You've been busy all morning, but you haven't missed any time on your studies."
As he spoke, he picked up the tablet placed on the quilt and waved it.
Chen Qiuye looked at the tablet computer and found that the screen was still on. The picture displayed on it was the cover of a book. After careful identification, he found that it was: "The Lost History: A History of Chinese Women's Painting."
He clicked his tongue twice, then put his face on his strong chest, blinked his eyes, and murmured: "Of course I can't compete with you, my little man."
Um?
Li Shi had excellent hearing. When he heard the words that seemed to be "provocative", he couldn't hold back. He hugged her back and changed his position abruptly.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Shi tidied up a little, took his mobile phone and went out.
Instead of driving the Audi A5, he called for an online ride-hailing service.
Arriving at the place where Wang Yuan made an appointment, Li Shi found that it was a shabu-shabu restaurant that didn't look very impressive on the outside.
I sent a message at the door, walked in, and found that the store was not big and almost full. I scanned around and soon saw Wang Yuan and another big man about the same size as him sitting at a table, looking towards Watching here, after seeing Li Shi, he stood up and waved.
Li Shi walked over.
Wang Yuan immediately began to introduce: "Mr. Li, this is my friend, Qian Deyi. You can tell by his physique. He is also a good arm-wrestling player. Of course, I can't compare with you, but he is a little better than me. We When we play together, I lose more than I win."
Li Shi smiled and nodded, saying, "Just call me Brother Shi."
Qian Deyi kept looking at Li Shi after seeing him. Looking at the well-proportioned and elegant young man in front of him, he couldn't help but cast doubtful glances at Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan naturally knew what he was thinking and said, "Think about your second uncle, how strong is that thin old man?"
Qian Deyi: "My second uncle is a boxing practitioner. In terms of strength alone, he is definitely not as big as me, but he is good at luck. One point of strength can produce three points of power."
Then he looked at Li Shi and asked curiously: "Brother, are you also a Lianjiazi?"
Li Shi shook his head: "No, I usually exercise by myself. My strength is natural."
As he spoke, he pointed to the steaming cauldron on the table and asked, "Is this a copper pot?"
Wang Yuan immediately took over and introduced: "Yes, this store uses the most authentic charcoal-fired copper pot. The bottom of the pot is also a clear soup without any miscellaneous ingredients. The mutton is a lamb no more than half a year old. The meat is tender and has no smell. If you are used to eating it, you can pair it with a bite of sugar and garlic, and the taste will be..."
After a while.
Li Shi took a bite of the brushed mutton. Not to mention, it was extremely tender and delicious.
The three of them chatted while eating, and inevitably they started talking about arm wrestling.
Mainly because Qian Deyi was curious and refused to give up. Li Shi's mind was on food, so he didn't want to break up with him. He simply shook hands with him, and then he never mentioned it again.
The three of them are all very good eaters. Not to mention Li Shi, Wang Yuan and Qian Deyi are tall and strong, and eat meat like a gust of wind.
Often a pile of meat is put into the pot, and within a short time, it will be "robbed" by three people.
This kind of "grabbing for meat" atmosphere is quite interesting.
It seems that even the originally delicious mutton has become even more delicious.
After a meal of boiled mutton, the relationship between the three of them gradually became familiar.
When they were about to finish eating, they talked about the Hutong culture and courtyard houses in the capital. Seeing that Li Shi was interested in this aspect, Wang Yuan said to Qian Deyi: "Don't you leave the key to your second uncle's house with you? How about we get it later?" Brother Shi is going to play in your second uncle’s yard?”
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