Zhou Ting'an knew that Qiao Wan didn't want outsiders to know about their step-sibling relationship, so he always kept the distance between him and her that a superior should have.
Under Zhou Ting'an's personal introduction, Qiao Wan and Zhang Yi met Gao Bo, a graduate student highly recommended by Director Liu.
Gao Bo is a man of medium build, soft-spoken, and estimated to be about thirty years old.
Zhou Ting'an went to do other work, and Qiao Wan and the other three quickly became friendly.
Compared with Zhang Yi and Gao Bo, Qiao Wan is a novice with little knowledge and rarely has the opportunity to interrupt.
Perhaps it was because they had similar interests, but they still had unfinished business when they got off work.
Zhou Tingan knocked on the door and came in, saying that a working meal had been arranged in the staff restaurant and asked Qiao Wan and Zhang Yi to finish eating before leaving.
Zhang Yi not only wanted to chat with Gao Bo for a while, but also wanted to show off in front of Zhou Ting'an, so he readily agreed.
Qiao Wan didn't like the wine party. Zhou Ting'an had already seen through her thoughts and said, "Anchor Qiao, let's have a meal together." She had no choice but to go to the staff restaurant.
Zhou Ting'an is indeed a considerate person. He has a simple and elegant private room, a decent eight dishes and one soup, and drinks jasmine tea that costs 100 yuan a pound on the market. He has no wine and no one to accompany him.
This is a solid work meal with specifications and standards that no one can fault.
Qiao Wan wanted to choose a seat farther away from Zhou Ting'an, but there were four people and the dining table was rectangular. No matter what she chose, she couldn't be too far away from Zhou Ting'an.
Zhou Ting'an saw through her little thoughts but did not tell them, and chatted with Zhang Yi and Gao Bo.
When the food was served, Zhou Tingan saw that Qiao Wan was eating slowly and sparingly, so he picked up the serving chopsticks and gave her a piece of lean braised pork.
Before she could refuse, the braised pork was already on her plate.
Zhou Ting'an did all this without even looking at her, and continued chatting with Zhang Yigaobo on the original topic.
In order to look good on camera, she pays great attention to her diet.
In the year she joined the TV station, she barely had dinner.
If you really can't stand it, just drink a cup of fat-free milk, or eat some fruit with low sugar content to top it off.
She didn't touch the braised pork that Zhou Tingan brought over, but only picked up the plate of light vegetarian food under her eyes.
When Zhou Ting'an's plastic-gloved hand put a peeled shrimp on her plate, she lost her composure and glared at Zhou Ting'an.
Zhou Tingan was chatting and laughing and ignored her at all.
Zhang Yi and Gao Bo are both smart people. Although they don't know the true relationship between the two, they have noticed that Zhou Ting'an is interested in her. After eating and chatting for a while, they began to give their own reasons to leave.
The first person to leave was Gao Bo. When Zhang Yi was about to leave, Qiao Wan couldn't sit still. She picked up her handbag and coat and said she wanted to go back and sort out the information for the new show.
Zhou Tingan's expression remained as usual and he personally sent them downstairs.
Zhang Yi said that his daughter's dance class was about to end, and he would rush there within fifteen minutes, and dumped Qiao Wan at the gate of the Cultural Tourism Bureau.
It was already dark by now, and drizzle was falling in the sky.
The late autumn rain was chilly, so Qiao Wan hurriedly wrapped her coat tightly.
"I'm going to the hospital to see Aunt Zhen. I can take you for a ride." Zhou Tinggan took out his car keys and unlocked a black car not far away.
Qiao Wan turned on her phone and looked for a ride, "My mother is fine, you don't have to go."
"Then we won't go to the hospital. I'll take you back first." Zhou Ting'an reached for her phone, exited the taxi app and stuffed the phone into her bag.
It seems that the unpleasantness last time never happened.
She would rather get wet than take Zhou Ting'an's car, so she declined, "It has already taken up a lot of your time today. I can just take a taxi. You can go home and rest early."
"Wanwan, if you are so polite, I will be really angry. Actually, I just want to talk to you alone about the positioning and selection of the new program."
Zhou Ting'an said that he had walked to the black car, opened the passenger door, and made a gesture of invitation to her.
She hesitated for a few seconds before getting into the back seat.
Zhou Tingan closed the passenger door expressionlessly and got into the driver's seat.
The car started slowly, and it was Zhou Ting'an who broke the silence, "Is your car seriously damaged?"
"It's okay." She said perfunctorily.
"How long will it take to repair it?"
"The insurance company asked me to wait for notification."
"There are still two cars at home, you can choose one for transportation." Zhou Ting'an glanced at her in the rearview mirror, "Go back to Hualan Yipin first?"
"Actually, it's quite convenient to squeeze into the bus and catch a ride." She decisively refused.
Zhou Ting'an felt his heart was clogged and uncomfortable: "You have always had a deep prejudice against me and my father."
"So, sometimes no matter how hard you try, it's in vain." She finished.
With Zhou Ting'an's intelligence, there was no need to speak too bluntly.
Zhou Tingan fell into silence.
She wanted to go back to Jiuheyuan in Song Jinnan, not a rented apartment, but she couldn't tell the truth to Zhou Ting'an, so she could only ask to get out of the car when she was about to arrive at the apartment.
Zhou Ting'an did not embarrass her and parked the car on the side of the road.
As soon as she opened the car door, her cell phone rang.
Their eyes fell on the flashing mobile phone screen at the same time.
The note above is "Song".
She quickly muted her phone, turned it back into her palm, thanked Zhou Ting'an, and said goodbye.
Zhou Ting'an didn't respond and watched her disappear around the corner of the street.
When Qiao later pressed the answer button, Song Jinnan's call had been disconnected, and she called back.
"There is a black USB flash drive in the bottom drawer of the desk in the study. Send it to the Song family immediately." Song Jinnan spoke faster than usual, obviously in a hurry.
"Okay." She paused, "My car is still being repaired, so I can only take a taxi there, which probably won't be too fast."
"Call me in the Song's parking lot. You don't have to come up." Song Jinnan hung up the phone after saying that.
She got the USB flash drive in Jiuheyuan and rushed to the Song Building half an hour later.
Song Jinnan walked out of the elevator talking on the phone, and Qiao Wan only heard one sentence: "The old man has passed the critical period, will you come or not?"
After only one day of absence, Song Jinnan looked quite haggard, his tie was untied, and the top button of his shirt was open.
After he finished the call, Qiao Wan handed over the USB flash drive, "Is this it?"
When Song Jinnan took the USB flash drive, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a corner, his fox eyes staring at her with half a smile.
She looked at Song Jinnan lovingly.
The drizzle outside had long since turned into light rain, and the ride-hailer couldn't come in because she didn't have a pass. The driver threw her outside the Song Building and left. Her long hair and coat were all wet.
Song Jinnan lifted the hair from her forehead and put it against her ear, "Go back and take a hot bath and wait for me."
She said "no", her clear eyes full of expectation: "Are you really going back?"
"You want me to go back, huh?" Song Jinnan asked in a low voice.
She nodded without hesitation.
"Then wait for me for ten minutes. Wait for me to send the USB disk up and go back to Jiuheyuan together." Song Jinnan suppressed the wanton lust in his eyes and let her go.
