"We go home."
Zhuli covered Ren Xingyan's open mouth with her palms to prevent her from shouting.
Ren Xingyan frowned and turned his head several times.
The man held a folder lightly with his thin knuckles and communicated with the people next to him with a cold face.
Jiang Gardenia frowned slightly as she listened, and couldn't help but lean down and get a little closer.
The distance between the two is so close that it's hard not to imagine.
This scene completely fell into the eyes of the woman standing behind them.
Zhuli withdrew her condensed gaze and did not choose to step forward to say hello.
She chose to believe him.
The two of them lived in different places and had no way to go along, so they had to take a taxi back home.
Du family's old house
Lu Lianxin closed her eyes tightly and fell asleep on the sofa, with an jadeite bracelet hanging on her wrist as white as grease.
Listening to the ticking sound of the clock on the wall, the woman's expression became increasingly impatient.
click
The door to the hall was pushed open from the outside.
Lu Lianxin opened her eyes, with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.
"came back?"
The tie around Du Jianzhou's neck was pulled askew, and two buttons of his shirt at the collar were unbuttoned.
Revealing the white collarbone.
He held the car keys in his hand and sat on the single sofa opposite her.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Lianxin didn't say anything, and instead looked at the clock on the wall.
It's already one o'clock in the morning.
"Du Jianzhou, what time is it now?"
She took out the handkerchief from her waist and pressed the corners of her mouth.
Du Jianzhou didn't know why. He crossed his straight legs and glanced at Lu Lianxin for a moment.
"If you are sleepy, go to bed. There is no need to wait for me."
A slight smile appeared on his lips.
When Lu Lianxin saw this, she felt that he was really hopeless and didn't want to talk nonsense to him.
He simply got up from the sofa and walked to the bedroom.
As soon as he took two steps away, he seemed to think of something.
She stopped and looked back at him.
"Oh, by the way, I went to find that girl. I guess she won't bother you again."
Du Jianzhou originally looked leisurely and contented, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, his expression suddenly darkened.
"What did you tell her?"
His tone was clearly tinged with anger.
Unfortunately, Lu Lianxin didn't even notice it at all.
"I said you were getting engaged."
She turned around and took a few steps closer to Du Jianzhou.
"With Miss Tang."
"Our two families have already made a date."
"mom!"
Du Jianzhou bent his handsome eyes, and the smile in his eyes was extremely terrifying.
"You decided to get married, and you will do it for me if I want to get married."
Both of them turned red because of the argument.
After Du Zhuo finished handling the company's affairs, he wanted to go home and have a good rest.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the living room, they heard the quarrel between mother and son.
He pressed his heart with his palm and smiled.
"what happened?"
Lu Lianxin suppressed the rage boiling in her heart and calmly turned her gaze to Du Zhuo.
"Look at your good son, he has nothing to do all day long and he only knows how to have fun."
"And I got such a girlfriend."
She complained while rolling her eyes and gasping.
Du Zhuo forced a smile out of the corner of his mouth and comforted: "Let my son do whatever he likes. Besides, I'm not old enough to retire yet."
He closed his eyes and felt the strong pressure on his heart, but he still wanted to maintain the relationship between the two of them first.
Du Jianzhou shook his head at Lu Lianxin, as if declaring that he had won.
After that, get ready to go back to your room.
"Who allowed you to leave!"
"Come back here!"
Lu Lianxin remained unyielding and followed his footsteps.
Behind him, Du Zhuo squatted down while holding on to the armrest of the sofa, breathing heavily.
Suddenly, he felt that his eyes were blurry and the world was spinning.
Zhuli slept until dawn, but Jing Huaizhi still didn't come back.
Why did he lie to her when he obviously wasn't on a business trip?
She leaned against the bed and muttered to herself.
Jingle Bell
The ringtone on her cell phone brought her back to her drifting thoughts.
"Zhuli, this project is almost done. When will you come back?"
Qiao Jue on the other side of the phone was obviously unsure after asking this question.
Because the last time he came to Beijing in person, he failed to take her away.
"Just wait until I'm done with this."
Zhuli didn't know how to answer. After all, the company was in Jiang City, and she couldn't stay here forever.
After Jing Huaizhi came back, she planned to discuss this matter with him.
When she packed herself up and went downstairs, she found that the man was already sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Jing Huaizhi's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and his cold eyes were unpredictable.
"When did you come back?"
Zhuli stopped walking downstairs and stood on the steps staring at him.
The man raised his eyes and looked at her meaningfully for a few seconds before speaking.
"You have to be mentally prepared."
When she heard this sentence, she couldn't help but feel excited.
How should she prepare?
Could it be possible that he really and Secretary Jiang...
"What...what's wrong?"
Zhuli almost missed the mark, and her tone of voice became stammering.
"Uncle Du passed away."
Jing Huaizhi stood up and naturally took her hand and led it to the sofa.
Her eyebrows knitted into a tight knot: "Mr. Du's father?"
"Um."
Zhuli's eyes were unblinking, and she turned to look at him in silence for a moment.
"Why should I be mentally prepared?"
Jing Huai's hot palm skillfully landed on her graceful waist.
"Your cousin and him should..."
"Are we going to separate?"
She looked intently at the man's delicate brows and gave the answer.
He nodded.
Du family's old house
Black elegiac couplets and photos of Du Zhuo were hung on the walls of the mourning hall, and the lights were dim.
The expressions of the people who came to pay their respects were full of longing and remembrance for the deceased.
When Jing Huaizhi arrived with Zhuli, he was received by Tang Yuhan.
The woman was wearing a black cheongsam and her hair was tied back with a hairpin.
Her facial features are not very impactful, but instead give people a gentle and soft feeling.
She has a standard Jiangnan beauty appearance.
Jing Huaizhi turned his attention to Du Jianzhou.
The normally bohemian man became unusually quiet now.
He reached out and patted Du Jianzhou's shoulder gently, as if to sympathize with his plight.
When the music started, everyone stood up and observed a moment of silence.
Videos and photos of Du Zhuo during his lifetime were played in a loop on the big screen. Du Jianzhou clenched his hands tightly and did not dare to raise his eyes.
Suddenly, a shareholder who claimed to be the Du Group stood on the stage.
Holding the microphone, he asked the question in most people's minds: "We deeply regret the sudden death of Dong Du, but this position cannot remain empty forever."
He almost had his ambition written on his face.
Du Jianzhou stood in the audience with his head lowered and said nothing, not even having the courage to resist.
The only reason to blame is that when he was young, he only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun. Suddenly something unexpected happened and he was really embarrassed about his big job.
"I haven't been able to tell you about Dong Du's incident these days. The bank has been calling for payment, and we are really having difficulty with capital turnover now."
