Zhou Li put his hands in his pockets and looked at Zhan Yubai calmly, "I'll lend you a book to read."
Zhan Yubai saw Zhou Li take a certain out-of-print English book from the bookcase, and his heart dropped into his stomach.
Zhan Yubai: "This one, take it and read it. I also have a few out-of-print books. I'll sort them out and give them to you."
Zhou Li: "Okay, I'll take advantage of you."
Zhou Li did not stay in the study for too long. He followed Zhan Yubai out of the living room with his book and sat down with her to eat fruit and chat.
Zhou Li suddenly said, "Tell me about your time in the orphanage."
Zhan Yubai: "Why are you suddenly curious about this?"
Zhou Li: "I rarely listen to what you say."
He looked at her lightly, his tone calm, just like chatting.
Zhan Yubai: "Well, I rarely think about the past days."
Zhou Li: "What?"
Zhan Yubai: "Maybe it's because I'm not living enough..."
Recalling the past, Zhan Yubai's expression became a lot sad. According to her, the dean of the welfare home didn't like her very much. She earned her college tuition by relying on student loans and working on her own. Over at the welfare home, Because she is older and I don’t want to spend more money on her.
"Fortunately, I was lucky enough to meet my parents who were willing to adopt me." Zhan Yu smiled with red eyes, "I'm very grateful to them. Without them, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Zhou Li: "Do you have any good friends in the orphanage?"
Zhan Yubai: "Yes, but we lost contact later... I hope they are doing well now."
Zhou Li said nothing, staring deeply at her with his eyes.
Zhan Yubai couldn't see through his eyes, and his heart tightened as he was stared at, making him inexplicably nervous.
Zhou Li picked up the book at hand and said, "It's getting late. I'm going back first. Let's get some rest early."
——
After taking a shower late at night, Zhou Li came to the study and opened the copied folder.
Inside was a large PPT file. After opening it, it was Jiang Mingzhu's information.
This information was different from the ones he had asked someone to investigate. There was almost no information about Jiang Mingzhu as an adult. Most of it was about her middle school days.
The earliest photo is from when Jiang Mingzhu was in the second grade of junior high school.
She was wearing the uniform of a public school in Hong Kong City, with a ponytail, and her simple outfit could not hide her smart eyes.
At that time, she was the most conspicuous one in the crowd.
There are many photos at the back, all from Jiang Mingzhu's student days.
It can be seen from the photos that after Jiang Mingzhu was adopted by her adoptive parents, her temperament was different from before.
Zhan Yubai would never investigate Jiang Mingzhu's childhood for no reason. Yuan Ye's seemingly nonsensical speculation seemed very reasonable at this time.
Zhou Li finished flipping through all the photos and closed the computer, with a dark and unclear light shining in his eyes.
——
The cold war between Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li is still going on.
In the middle of this week, Jiang Mingzhu was taken to Fenghe for a meeting by Zhou Li.
Jiang Mingzhu and the driver sat in the front seat, while Zhou Li sat alone in the back seat.
Zhou Li maintained his usual seriousness and did not say a word during the journey. Jiang Mingzhu did not provoke him, and occasionally chatted with the driver beside him.
The driver Xiao Zhang and Jiang Mingzhu are about the same age, and they have a good relationship in private.
Jiang Mingzhu saw Zhou Li's tense face in the reversing mirror and sneered inwardly. She was so arrogant. She was determined not to talk to her anymore.
When coming to Fenghe, it is natural to meet Zhan Yubai. As soon as Jiang Mingzhu came up, she saw Zhan Yubai.
After Zhan Yubai saw Jiang Mingzhu, his eyes stayed on her for a few seconds with intense scrutiny.
Jiang Mingzhu was very calm, neither humble nor overbearing, and nodded to her, "Mr. Zhan."
Zhan Yubai smiled at her, a little reluctantly.
Zhou Li saw this scene in his eyes without any change in his expression.
Because Jiang Mingzhu came here as Zhou Li's assistant, even if Zhan Yubai was dissatisfied, he could not express his opinion. In the end, he had to take Jiang Mingzhu to the living room together.
Jiang Mingzhu sat next to Zhou Li and recorded their conversation on the computer.
She is very measured in her work and doesn't say any unnecessary nonsense.
During this process, Zhan Yubai glanced towards Jiang Mingzhu from time to time. Not only Jiang Mingzhu noticed it, but Zhou Li also noticed it.
After talking about work, Zhan Yubai suddenly walked up to Zhou Li, took his arm, and leaned into his arms affectionately.
Jiang Mingzhu was sitting on a chair nearby, raising her eyebrows to watch the excitement.
Zhou Li glanced at Jiang Mingzhu out of the corner of his eye and said calmly, "What's wrong?"
Zhan Yubai: "It's nothing, I just want to hug you suddenly."
Zhou Li: "Yeah."
Jiang Mingzhu closed the computer and stood up, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhan, I'm going to the bathroom. I won't disturb you two."
Zhan Yubai suddenly laughed, a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I forgot that Assistant Jiang was still there, and I made you laugh."
Jiang Mingzhu smiled and said nothing. After walking out of the office, she twitched the corner of her mouth in a sarcastic manner.
Why did he forget that she was still there? Zhan Yubai's actions were clearly for her to see, and he swore an oath of independence in front of her.
Zhou Li glanced at the closed door and pushed Zhan Yubai out in his arms.
Zhan Yubai's face looked a little ugly.
Zhou Li: "You should do things according to the occasion."
Zhan Yubai: "Sorry, it's my fault."
Zhou Li said nothing.
At this time, Zhan Yubai's cell phone suddenly rang again.
Zhou Li glanced at the table, Zhan Yubai quickly picked up the phone and cut off the incoming call.
Zhou Li: "Why didn't you answer?"
Zhan Yubai: "It's the phone number of the hospital's physical examination center, it's not important."
Zhou Li: "Huh?"
Zhan Yubai: "I have an appointment for a physical examination tomorrow."
Zhou Li: "Do you need me to accompany you?"
Zhan Yubai: "No, I can do it alone."
Zhou Li nodded lightly.
It was almost noon after talking about work, so Zhou Li and Zhan Yubai went out to eat together at noon.
When two people go on a date, they will naturally not bring Jiang Mingzhu with them.
Jiang Mingzhu and Xiao Zhang found a fast food restaurant to have something to eat, and after Zhou Li came back, they returned to the company.
When she got out of the car, Jiang Mingzhu discovered that Zhou Li's collar actually had lipstick marks.
You don't have to think twice to know who left it.
When Jiang Mingzhu glanced over, she happened to meet Zhou Li's eyes.
She pursed her lips slightly, with a bit of grievance in her eyes, and then quickly turned her gaze away.
It looked like the mark stung his eyes.
After the elevator stopped, she lowered her head and hurried out, looking a little embarrassed from behind.
Zhou Li lowered his head and looked at the lip prints on his collar, then walked back to the office indifferently.
As soon as I sat down at my desk, my phone rang.
I picked it up and saw it was a text message.
[Can’t you coax me? 】
With this aggrieved tone, you don't even need to look at the number to know who sent it.
Zhou Li stared at the screen for a while, and finally deleted the text message and threw the phone aside.
Soon another one came.
【I know I was wrong. 】
Zhou Li deleted it again.
Later, she sent three or four more messages, but Zhou Li ignored them.
It wasn't until after get off work in the evening that Jiang Mingzhu came to his office again.
