Enchanted (GL)

Chapter 4

Qiao Zhiyu went to Time for the second time, on Friday evening. Two hours before the official opening, the bar changed to lively, deserted, and there was a bit of echo in his speech.

“Last time you let go of your pigeons, what do you want to drink today? It’s all mine.”

“I’m free.” Qiao Zhiyu looked around and asked Yao Ran, “How long has your bar been open? I had a lot of people that night, and business was good.”

“It’s been almost two years, and I’ve been doing business with regular customers.” Yao Ran picked out a bottle of precious wine, took out two goblets, and poured them on.

Yao Ran was acquainted by Qiao Zhi when he was studying for an MBA in the United States. He has been a colleague for two years. Later, Yao Ran gave up the business at hand because of his marriage and returned to China to become a full-time wife.

Qiao Zhiyu felt it was a pity for a while. Later, she heard that Yao Ran had divorced again and opened a bar in Beilin by herself.

“Miss Yao, don’t you plan to return to the workplace?” Qiao Zhiyu admired Yao Ran’s investment vision, bold and unique. When they were just fledgling, they were lucky enough to hit a unicorn.

Yao Ran shook his head, “It’s good to do a small business. I’m used to being lazy now and like to travel. Don’t always talk about me, but also talk about you.”

Qiao Zhiyu shook the crimson liquid in the glass and smiled lightly: “I quit my job in the United States and plan to return to China for development.”

“Very good. Why do you suddenly want to return to China?” Yao Ran was curious.

“I don’t worry Xiaoqing, her autism has worsened.”

“Are you going to let Xiaoqing live with you?”

“Yeah. I promised that I would help her take good care of her daughter.” Referring to the past, Qiao Zhiyu’s eyes were dim, and his tone dropped a little.

“It’s okay to let Xiaoqing follow you, and she kisses you.” Qiao’s housework is a bit complicated, and Yao Ran is inconvenient to comment on it, but letting Qiao Qing follow Qiao Zhiyu is definitely better than staying at Qiao’s house.

Qiao Zhiyu nodded silently and took a drink.

“Then you are going to Joe’s next?”

“I accepted the invitation of ZY Capital. They just missed an operations director.”

“Mr. Qiao, you really haven’t changed at all.” Yao Ran sighed. She guessed that Qiao Zhiyu would definitely not go to the Qiao family, but she also wondered why Qiao Zhiyu didn’t go to the Qiao family to get a share. Anyhow, it is also Qiao’s parents and daughter.

Qiao Zhiyu seemed reluctant to talk about Qiao’s family, so Yao Ran didn’t ask much.

The atmosphere was a bit depressing, Yao Ran changed his tone in a relaxed tone, “Don’t always talk about work, talk about something else.”

Qiao Zhiyu: “What else?”

“Such as feelings. There must be a lot of people chasing you, what is the situation now, have you gotten out of the single? There was no time to fall in love before, but now there are always?” Yao Ran said a lot in one breath.

“It’s the same, I’m used to it.” Qiao Zhiyu only quietly said six words, and then asked Yao Ran, “How about you?”

“I’m almost single to the point of frigidity.” Yao Ran rubbed his neck and joked, “but it’s nice to live alone and feel at ease.”

Qiao Zhiyu lowered her head, thoughtfully, she didn’t think like Yao Ran, she actually… really wanted to have a home of her own, instead of being alone.

However, the older you are, the harder it seems to meet someone who fits with you. It becomes more realistic, and it is harder to move your heart easily and find passion.

Over time, almost all of the time is devoted to work.

It is really hard to find passion. Yao Ran agrees with this. She feels that she is now pure and lacking desires, and is basically pure and lacking desires to the point where she can escape into the empty door.

Qiao Zhiyu remembered something, “I want to ask Xiaoqing a tutor, but I haven’t found a suitable one. Do you have someone to recommend? The main thing is to coax the child.”

Yao Ran was familiar with his wife’s circle before, and Qiao Zhiyu felt that she should have some understanding in this respect.

“Okay, it’s my responsibility.” Yao Ran agreed readily.

“Thanks.”

“How many years have I known each other, what are you polite to me.”

Qiao Zhiyu deliberately missed his meal before returning to Qiao’s house.

It’s already eight o’clock in the evening.

When she entered the house, she met a teenager in a cap and a skateboard.

“Sister, why did you come back? I asked a friend to skateboard and see you later.” Lu Feng finished speaking, and slipped away like a ride.

Lu Feng is Qiao Zhiyu’s half-brother and the youngest son of Qiao’s family. He takes his mother’s surname.

The living room was quiet, and Qiao Zhiyu walked upstairs. When he passed the second floor, he vaguely heard a noisy dispute in the study.

It is the voice of Qiao Shengtian and Lu Qingyun, and Lu Qingyun is the continuation of Qiao Shengtian.

“Isn’t there a shortage of people in the war investment department? It happens to be more experienced in this area.” A middle-aged male voice, gentle and gentle.

“You mean that the entire department should be taken care of for her? Do you still want to give her equity? I don’t agree.”

Qiao Shengtian: “She calls me Dad, and there is nothing wrong with giving her equity.”

“Qiao Shengtian, can you not be emotional, we have been good enough to her these years, and people outside all call her Miss Qiao. Isn’t that enough? She is separated from you by one floor, it’s not real. Qiao’s family. She went back to China and said it was to take care of Qiao Qing. Who knows what she is thinking about? Anyway, this girl is too ambitious, and I don’t worry about her coming to Qiao, and she will not allow it.”

“Where did you want to go, how could Zhiyu be such a person?”

“Don’t take it for granted, the Qiao family is not your only effort. If it weren’t for our Lu family’s help, the Qiao family would have collapsed early. Can you still go to the present?”

“I can’t tell you clearly.”

The arguing words came into his ears one after another, Qiao Zhiyu looked down and listened, expressionless. Although she could guess these thoughts, listening to them with her own ears was a different story.

Qiao Shengtian opened the door suddenly, just to see Qiao Zhiyu at the top of the stairs, really a little embarrassed.

“Dad.” Qiao Zhiyu looked at Qiao Shengtian as if nothing happened. She looked at Lu Qingyun again and paused, “…Mom.”

The wise man tears his face from the unknown. No matter how unpleasant it is in private, there is still a sense of amiability on the bright side, leaving some room for maneuver at any rate.

“I’m back. Why didn’t you come back earlier? We just finished our meal, have you eaten?” Lu Qingyun asked with a smile, she was not embarrassed, thinking that Qiao Zhiyu heard it just right, so as not to think of crossing the boundary.

Qiao Zhiyu said softly, “I ate at my friend’s. I’m here to pick up Xiaoqing.”

“Let you take care of Xiao Qing, we are too sorry.” Lu Qingyun just talked about it. After all, Qiao Qing is not her granddaughter. Qiao Zhiyu took Qiao Qing away, and it was her that would save trouble.

Qiao Zhiyu could see clearly, and smiled at Lu Qingyun, “It’s okay, you are also busy with the company.”

Lu Qingyun: “Alright, Xiaoqing is thinking of you all day long.”

“Then you have to go home and live more often,” Qiao Shengtian said aside.

“Yeah.” Qiao Zhiyu replied, and then said: “Dad, my friend’s company lacks an operations director. I have already agreed, and I will join next week.”

Qiao Shengtian gave Lu Qingyun a look. The subtext is that she treats a gentleman’s belly with a villain.

Qiao Zhiyu said this in order to avoid making it difficult for Qiao Shengtian to do it. She had already seen the reality clearly, and even if she worked hard, she could not really become Qiao’s family.

As Lu Qingyun said, there is always one floor separated. She is just an outsider with no blood relationship.

So Qiao Zhiyu never thought of joining the Qiao Group, nor did he think about relying on the power of the Qiao family. But she had to admit that the Qiao family gave her a good springboard, allowing her to win many people at the starting line.

In a sense, she should be grateful to the Qiao family.

Qiao Shengtian asked: “Which company?”

“ZY Capital.”

“Very good. If you need help, just tell Dad.”

Qiao Zhiyu was a little tired, “Thank you Dad.”

Early on Wednesday morning, the various groups of the company exploded, and they were all gossiping about the newly appointed director of operations.

Ji Xi clicked on a WeChat group casually.

—Ah ah ah ah, I just saw the new CEO Joe, it’s really amazing! A is so beautiful!

Ji Xi glanced at her belly, is it such an exaggeration? Before she could continue to look down, she was called to move materials downstairs.

Hard work usually falls on the interns.

The man who went with Ji Xi was a boy, wearing glasses and a pure and gentleman. Ji Xi saw that he was struggling to move, so he said, “You move a small one, and I move a large one.”

“How do you do that.” The boy was embarrassed, “The big one is sinking. I will come if you can’t move it.”

Ji Xi glanced at the other person, said nothing, then rolled up his shirt sleeves, picked up the heavy box, and left.

The boy helped his glasses and looked dumbfounded. Isn’t this girl too strong? !

Ji Xi has thin arms and thin legs. She looks like that of a weak little girl, but she has a lot of strength, and she is unambiguous when she works. She never twists and cares about her bad image.

Moving all the way to the elevator, Ji Xi obviously felt sore in her arm, but she could hold on with her teeth.

It just so happened that the elevator came.

When I was getting on the elevator…

After being pushed hard by someone, Ji Xi’s data box in his arms was not held firmly, and fell to the ground severely, even with some documents spilled out.

The embarrassing situation.

Ji Xi frowned and looked at the person, and found that it was Vice President Feng of the project department, with a high expression on his face.

She endured the grievances and squatted down to pick up the files little by little as the crowd watched.

“The current intern, he is reckless and can’t do a little thing well.” Vice President Feng came over to kiss and educate him.

Qiao Zhiyu walked into the elevator, and after turning around, saw the girl squatting on the ground packing documents. She was wearing a shirt and her figure was too thin to be swept away by the wind.

Glancing at the girl’s low profile face, Qiao Zhiyu felt a bit familiar.

Until the other party lifted the heavy data box with his slender arms, he stood up again.

Qiao Zhiyu’s memory is very good, plus that night, her impression of Ji Xi is really…a bit deep.

That is, a pretty funny girl.

After Ji Xi noticed the people standing in the elevator, she stayed there, and she could easily recognize the mole on the tip of her nose.

In this way, one stood outside the elevator, one stood inside the elevator, and the two looked directly at each other.

Whether it’s such a coincidence, Ji Xi is full of this, thinking of the night, a little embarrassed. However, the other party probably didn’t recognize him.

Ji Xi adhered to the principle of no embarrassment as long as I didn’t act awkwardly, and didn’t change his face.

“I don’t know how to say hello when I see President Qiao.” Vice President Feng reminded.

Mr. Qiao, is she actually? Ji Xi felt that the world was so small for the first time. Too small.

Qiao Zhiyu had an unpredictable smile on his face, and his voice was soft and pleasant, “I came here the first day, and it’s normal if I don’t know him.”

“Qiao is good.” Ji Xi obediently said hello, just looking at the familiar smile on the other’s face, how could she feel so awkward.