I followed Zhou Hanzhi and Zeng Zhi cautiously into the president's office.
"Sister-in-law, would you like black tea?"
I glanced at Zhou Hanzhi, who was taking off his suit jacket, and nodded gently.
After a while, Zhou Hanzhi and I were the only two people left in the huge CEO office.
The man was wearing a black shirt and sitting at his desk, flipping through documents with his slender fingertips, and the word concentration was written all over his serious face.
As if I don't exist.
Leave me alone.
I'm not in a hurry. When asking for help, you have to have a begging attitude.
So I picked up the financial magazine on the coffee table and read it patiently.
However, before he finished reading the table of contents, Zhou Hanzhi spoke up: "Manager Meng is quite leisurely."
When he said this, his dark eyes were still focused on the documents in front of him, his tone was casual, but full of irony.
I closed the magazine and said harmoniously: "Mr. Zhou, there is something I think I need to explain to you."
Zhou Hanzhi didn't respond. Usually at this time, it meant that I could continue the topic.
"It's indeed wrong for us to contact Manager Lin privately, but I didn't mean to embarrass her." I paused and continued: "In addition, we contacted the lawyer privately not to confront Rongyu, but... "
"Isn't it?" Zhou Hanzhi suddenly interrupted me, "But the news I got is that Manager Meng specially found a lawyer in charge of criminal cases."
Looking at the man's gloomy eyes, I could only lower my attitude and said, "It's our fault."
"Why did you come to me?" Zhou Hanzhi glanced at me and said, "Don't Manager Meng already have Yan Dong as his right-hand man?"
When it came to the severe winter, I suddenly couldn’t answer the question.
After all, the harsh winter comes with good intentions.
"Ha, the first one expressed his intention to reconcile in front of the lawyer, and now the second one is busy looking for the lawyer," Zhou Hanzhi sneered, "Manager Meng always does things like this, playing both sides?"
The words "having both sides" were emphasized by Zhou Hanzhi.
Of course, I couldn't tell him that the reason why we were busy looking for a lawyer was just because Lin Xixi was resolute, so I could only relent and said: "Mr. Zhou said that our biggest mistake was to think of you as a small-minded person, but I carefully said Come to think of it, Mr. Zhou, you are so magnanimous, how can you be the same as us?"
Normally I wouldn't be able to say this, but when things got urgent and I drank some wine, flattering words came easily to me.
Zhou Hanzhi probably didn't expect that I would compliment him so much. After being speechless for two seconds, he looked back awkwardly and said while reading the documents: "Meng Nanxu, I never noticed before that you are so sharp-tongued."
His tone was very light, and he didn't seem to be disgusted.
I strike while the iron is hot: "I just speak out what I feel and tell the truth."
"Ahem," Zhou Hanzhi coughed lightly, pressed the phone in front of him, and asked, "Why does it take you so long to make a cup of tea?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zeng Zhi opened the door and came in with tea.
"Sister-in-law, your black tea."
I immediately stood up to pick it up, but the back of my head sank inexplicably, and my hands began to lose control. I just heard a "crash" and a cup of black tea fell on my heart.
"careful!"
Accompanying the reminder sound is the tingling sensation caused by the hot black tea on the skin.
"How's it going? Does it hurt?"
The man's anxious tone pressed against my ears. I looked up and saw those hands with sharp knuckles quickly reaching to my collar and unbuttoning my clothes.
I rushed to stop him, but I touched the man's warm palm.
The feeling of skin contact made my heartbeat skip a beat inexplicably.
The next second, the hand I tried to withdraw was held tightly by Zhou Hanzhi.
"You go out first."
The command sounded in my ears, and my waist suddenly tightened, and I was pulled into Zhou Hanzhi's arms in an instant.
The familiar scent of soap was raging on the tip of my nose, and my heartbeat was beating rapidly. I raised my head in confusion, only to see the raging fire igniting in the man's eyes.
Is it an illusion?
It was clear that a second ago, Zhou Hanzhi was going to kick me out.
I took a step back and declined: "Thank you, I...I'm fine."
But my retreat was rewarded by Zhou Hanzhi's more domineering approach, retreating and advancing, retreating and advancing again. Finally, my feet were in front of the sofa, unable to retreat.
The man in front of me was staring at me with an inexplicable sense of aggression.
The distance was so close that I could clearly see the man’s rolling Adam’s apple.
"Mr. Zhou, I think I should..."
Zhou Hanzhi didn't give me a chance to finish my sentence and directly blocked my mouth.
As if he wanted to tear my bones apart and insert them into his belly, Zhou Hanzhi tyrannically pried my lips apart and sucked them in eagerly.
A second awakened my muscle response.
Probably because alcohol is too torturous, the word that came to my mind at this second was actually the word thirst.
My sanity slowly sank with the man's passionate kiss.
So ridiculous, yet so true.
But at this moment, I suddenly noticed Zhou Hanzhi's fingers moving around my wrist, and my rationality on the verge of collapse returned. I turned away with an expression of disgust.
Zhou Hanzhi also noticed this, and his body visibly stiffened against me.
The ambiguity was gone in a second, and all that remained between us was embarrassment and confrontation.
After a while, I heard Zhou Hanzhi ask, "Is this wristband that important to you?"
Just now, if I guessed correctly, Zhou Hanzhi wanted to pull off this wristband.
Thinking of that hideous scar, my heart started to hurt.
"Speak." The man's tone increased, and his attitude was obviously a little irritated, "Meng Nanxu, what he gave you in the cold winter is so important that you are reluctant to tear it off even when you are making out with me?"
I met Zhou Hanzhi's gaze in disbelief, and saw that the ends of the man's eyes were red, and his dark eyes were filled with resentment.
In an instant, the pain from the wound turned into a dagger, stabbing me hard.
It has obviously been two years, and it has already healed. Although it has lost some of its beauty, it is considered healed, right?
But why does my heart still hurt so much at this second?
With a sore nose, I stood up quickly and said coldly: "I'll go back first."
I said after that day that there was no way I would shed a tear for this man, no way.
But at this second, I actually wanted to cry.
It seems that I have messed up things.
When I went to the company early the next morning, I contacted the lawyer immediately to discuss the next response plan.
Since making peace is impossible, we can only be reasonable.
After hanging up the phone, I turned around and saw Lin Xixi standing at the door.
She stared at me and said in surprise: "Sister Nanxu, do you really want to file a lawsuit with your senior?"
I was a bit dumbfounded.
Yes, I want to file a lawsuit with Zhou Hanzhi, but the initiator of this matter is actually looking at me innocently at this moment.
"What if?"
"Don't worry, Sister Nanxu, I have an idea," Lin Xixi raised her lips and said with a smile, "Tonight is the 100-day anniversary of senior Han Zhi and I. He has already booked a private room at Shiweiju. The time is I’ll send you the location on your phone later, and then you and Professor Yan can come over together, just treat it as a chance encounter, and then how about we sit down and have a good chat?”
