Cheng Yuelin's allergies only took three days of medicine in a row. But he would rather wear a turtleneck sweater to the company every day than leave for work. Ruan Zhiyin was moved by his diligence.
Compared to a few years ago, he has changed a lot now.
In high school, Cheng Yuelin always stepped on the critical point of her good temper, but now, Ruan Zhiyin can feel that Cheng Yuelin is also trying to get along well with her.
Ruan Zhiyin used the leftover crabs to make fried crabs with sauce and crab yellow noodles with scallion oil, but this time they all went into her own stomach. Cheng Yuelin eats bland noodles every day, but he is not too picky.
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In the company, the Beicheng project has been proceeding in an orderly manner.
According to the contract finally signed by the two parties, Linheng contributed 65% of the capital, but Ruan was in charge of the rest of the development work, and the subsequent profits would be divided into 50%.
The conditions of the contract were too good, but Ruan Zhiyin was a little confused, and even speculated on Cheng Yuelin's intentions. After all, apart from cooperating with him to shape his identity and image, he doesn't seem to do anything else.
So far, in this marriage, she has benefited more.
Lin Cheng's side has been silent since Qin Jue was injured and was hospitalized, and the medical cooperation case that was going well before has also been put on hold.
Although Ruan Zhiyin didn't want to admit it, it was indeed Qin Jue's recent move to clear the relationship that made Lin Cheng have to restrain his actions. Even if he didn't want to see the Beicheng project going so smoothly, he was careful not to act in this situation.
It's just that this made Ruan Zhiyin more and more disgusted with Qin Jue. She really didn't need to passively accept his so-called 'help'.
In the conference room, Ruan Zhiyin and the person in charge of Lin Heng were making final decisions on the contract.
"Vice President Ruan, do you have any other terms that you would like to supplement?"
The person Lin Heng sent to connect with Ruan was named Zhong Yi, the director of the development department.
I thought that as the investment party, this director Zhong might take Joe in the advancement of the work, but it turned out that she was wrong.
Ruan Zhiyin felt a little embarrassed when she thought that she had won the Beicheng project from Director Zhong's team.
After roughly browsing the contract, Ruan Zhiyin raised her eyes to look at the other party: "Xiang Bin added the details that need to be added before. After checking and confirming, I will sign the contract in person tomorrow."
"Okay." Zhong Yi responded with a smile, hesitated for a while, and then asked tentatively, "Are you going to mention it to President Cheng in person about the ribbon cutting?"
Ruan Zhiyin was stunned when she heard the words. This was the first time someone had directly expressed her personal relationship with Cheng Yuelin.
During these days, although Cheng Yuelin had shown several 'love' in front of Qin Jue and others, Ruan Zhiyin also understood that they would not really believe that she and Cheng Yuelin were a couple with a normal relationship.
But Zhongyi's question made her realize clearly that in the eyes of many people, she and Cheng Yuelin are indeed husband and wife and have the most intimate connection.
This feeling is indeed a little subtle.
When she was studying abroad, she also had roommates that she shared, but Cheng Yuelin was different.
Although they live under the same roof and get along more and more naturally, they are not ordinary roommates.
Ruan Zhiyin suppressed the strangeness, caught a glimpse of Zhong Yi's eyes, smiled calmly, and nodded: "Well, I will mention it to him."
The government's planning permit has been issued, and the detailed planning and design by the Planning Department has been completed, and construction will begin soon.
Even if the previous work was done by the following people, Cheng Yuelin really needed to be present for the ribbon-cutting.
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"Boss, the entanglement between Lin Zhe and his wife... That's probably all."
In the president's office, Bai Bo had just finished reporting the investigation that Cheng Yuelin had previously explained, and then silently sweated for Lin Zhe in his heart.
Seeing Cheng Yuelin's brows furrowed, his face became more dignified, Bai Bo paused slightly, and then said, "Although the Lin family is impure, my wife seems to have taught Lin Zhe a lesson, and Lin Zhe has been hiding from his wife."
The Lin family has really raised their hearts. I don't know what it means. The serious lady went home, but they even started the abacus to let Lin Zhe approach Ruan Zhiyin and marry her back home.
Didn't this hit the boss at gunpoint
Cheng Yuelin tapped his fair and slender knuckles on the table, and his tone was condensed: "Go and throw out Lin Zhe's nonsense, and don't forget to add his identity."
Between the words, there was a cold look in the bottom of his eyes.
Bai Bo instantly realized that although Cheng Yuelin didn't want to affect his wife, he wanted to ruin the other party's reputation.
He also blamed Lin Zhe for having a lot of bad debts. Not only did he fake his academic qualifications, but he also organized cheating in important exams. It was Lin Cheng's hard work to smooth it out for him.
The other party is Lin Jingfei's cousin. As long as someone protects him, the marketing account must be very willing to receive this traffic. With secret manipulation, they can send people to prison and lock them up for a few years.
In addition to Lin Zhe, Lin Jingfei's reputation, which had already plummeted, may also be implicated again.
After all, Lin Zhe's matter was settled by Lin Cheng, and Lin Jingfei was probably the insider as well.
The boss is two people in one breath, enough!
Bai Bo nodded in response, and was about to get up to go out when Cheng Yuelin seemed to remember something, suddenly stopped him, and said casually, "Do you know what the employees are talking about recently?"
He frowned at Bai Bo and asked about Qian Fan's strange reminder at noon—
"Brother Lin, after all, it's work, so you still need to pay a little attention to some things, don't show jokes to the employees."
Cheng Yuelin didn't know what to do at the time, and now he couldn't help asking Bai Bo.
When Bai Bo met his gaze, his expression was very tangled. After hesitating for a long time, he said politely, "Boss... Otherwise, you should stop wearing high-necked clothes tomorrow."
Cheng Yuelin frowned for a while, as if he had finally thought of something, raised his brows slightly, pursed his thin lips lightly, and paused for a moment: "Well, I see."
He didn't expect it, but it was because of allergies that he changed into high-necked clothes, and this kind of misunderstanding would still occur in the company.
Seeing that the boss was in a good mood, Bai Bo was relieved and finally turned around and walked out of the office.
After he left, Cheng Yuelin rubbed his brows, chuckled lightly, and it took a while to clear the disturbed thoughts that were uncomfortable.
Just as he was about to see the contract documents sent by Zhong Yi, the mobile phone on the table rang—
He reached out and connected the phone again.
Officer Ye's voice was filled with indelible joy: "Mr. Cheng, your father's assistant back then, turned himself in at Lanqiao."
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Cheng Yuelin received a call from Mr. Ruan after Officer Ye, and when he came to the old house alone, he met Ji Yijun who had just visited Mr. Ruan and was about to leave.
When the two looked at each other, Ji Yijun greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, long time no see."
"Mr. Ji." Cheng Yuelin nodded slightly, but did not address him as 'Uncle' as he did last time.
Ji Yijun didn't care, nodded lightly, and returned, "Uncle Ruan has been waiting for you, I'll go first."
After speaking, he walked towards the door.
Walking to the door, he turned his head in silence and glanced at it, just in time to see Cheng Yuelin's half-way figure disappearing into the stairwell.
Ji Yijun remembered that when he first met Cheng Yuelin eight years ago, he was still a half-year-old boy. He directly handed him the materials of Yang Xue and others, and then left.
Going around in circles, it can be regarded as getting what you want.
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When Ruan Zhiyin returned to the villa, the huge living room was pitch black and there was no light.
The moment she turned on the light, she frowned, and also smelled the bitter smell of smoke wafting in the air.
Looking at the man in the living room, Ruan Zhiyin paused and said, "Cheng Yuelin, why don't you turn on the light?"
The other side sat expressionlessly on the sofa, his eyes were light, and there were a few cigarette butts in the ashtray on the coffee table.
Cheng Yuelin didn't speak, but she was sensitively aware of his low mood.
Ruan Zhiyin got up and walked to him, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Cheng Yuelin came back to his senses and slowly met her gaze, then smiled and shook his head lazily: "Oh, it's okay, I smoked a few cigarettes."
When going out, Ruan Zhiyin said that she would go shopping with Gu Linlang to buy something after get off work. He didn't expect her to come back so early.
Ruan Zhiyin met his indifferent look and sighed: "Smoking hurts the body, so I'd better smoke less in the future."
This was the first time she saw Cheng Yuelin smoking.
Cheng Yuelin raised his eyebrows, his eyes were playful, and he said with a smile: "Ruan Zhiyin, why are you so concerned about my affairs recently? Are you still taking care of me smoking?"
Ruan Zhiyin choked slightly, took the cigarette case on the coffee table, and frowned back: "I am afraid that I will be forced to smoke your second-hand smoke and endanger my body."
Then, she pointed to the words on the cigarette case and said, "Smoking is harmful to your health. If you are not addicted to smoking, you should smoke less."
During this period of time, I have not seen Cheng Yuelin smoking. I think even if he is addicted to smoking, it will not be very big.
They got along well during this time, and she didn't want to watch him fall into the smoke.
Cheng Yuelin responded casually: "Well."
When the words fell, he caught a glimpse of her eyes and shook his head again: "I see, I won't smoke in the future."
He is not very addicted to smoking. He rarely smokes cigarettes at ordinary times. At most, he smokes two when he is socializing. Just now he was in a bad mood and only smoked a few more.
Now that she was talking about smoking, the emotions were relieved a lot.
But just after he thought about it, he heard Ruan Zhiyin lowered her eyes and asked him, "So, why did you smoke here just now?"
Cheng Yuelin raised his eyes to look at her, with a faint scrutiny hidden in his eyes.
After a while, he chuckled lightly, looked out the window, and his voice was a little vague: "Probably, I solved some things, but I found that it was not as liberating as I imagined."
In that case, the most crucial witness was Xu Xin, an assistant beside Cheng's father. The other party had handled the funds, but Xu Xin disappeared after Cheng's father was imprisoned.
When Officer Ye called, Xu Xin, who had surrendered to Landbridge because of his father's death, had already explained everything he knew.
Although other evidence is still needed, Cheng Yuelin has almost pieced together the whole story.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yuelin leaned on the sofa sloppily, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and looked back at Ruan Zhiyin: "Ruan 嘤嘤, in fact, when you said that I was arrogant and flamboyant, it was not bad."
Just like his father, the business was too aggressive back then, and he robbed too many people's cakes.
Cheng Yuelin knew very well that the interests of shopping malls came first. If it were him, wouldn't it be quiet to blend in
When I think of this question, I instantly feel that my obsession is a little empty.
Ruan Zhiyin didn't expect that when Cheng Yuelin was still introspective, she felt more and more that he was stimulated, and comforted slowly: "Don't think so, in fact, you have many advantages."
"Oh?" Cheng Yuelin raised his eyebrows and looked at her, as if waiting for the next sentence.
Ruan Zhiyin pursed her lower lip: "I mean it, and now you are much better than before."
Cheng Yuelin said lightly: "For example?"
Ruan Zhiyin thought that he was in a bad mood, so she had to search her mind to deal with his obsession—
"For example... you take the initiative to do the housework to wash the dishes every time, which many men can't do.
"You pick me up to and from get off work every day, and you never bothered."
"You've helped me a lot lately, but you haven't made too many demands." At least so far.
After saying that, she looked at the man and smiled again: "Although you were a little arrogant in high school, you are also clean and self-sufficient. You don't bully your classmates, indulge in puppy love and change girlfriends like other playboys."
This proves that his nature is not bad.
Otherwise, she would not have chosen to call Cheng Yuelin at the wedding.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the man smiled lightly: "This is wrong."
Ruan Zhiyin looked at him blankly.
I've mispoken? Where is it wrong? She was clearly praising him, why did he deny it
Cheng Yuelin met Ruan Zhiyin's clear eyes and knew that she was unaware, so she retracted her mind and said in a timid tone: "Didn't I—have you ever bullied you?"
Ruan Zhiyin choked slightly when she heard the words, but she was suddenly stunned. She shook her head and smiled and said, "I'm not talking about that kind of bullying, and I've already returned, so I don't care about you anymore."
At most, he tortured her to give lectures, to do her homework, or to mess around with little things like sesame and garlic skin when she wanted to ask someone for advice.
She would really be disturbed by him at the moment, but she silently sent him back to the station and watched him read a repentance draft in front of all the teachers and students in the school, and she lost her temper.
Cheng Yuelin looked at her face, and then changed the subject: "Are you free this weekend?"
Ruan Zhiyin glanced at him, and after thinking for a while, nodded: "Are you okay?"
"Well, accompany me to a dinner party."
Cheng Yuelin didn't say it clearly, but Ruan Zhiyin had already realized from the other party's demeanor that she was going to cooperate with him to 'show affection' in public.
But this was originally negotiated in the marriage agreement, so Ruan Zhiyin did not refuse, and responded casually: "Yes, I will free up the time."
The man's eyes turned slightly, then stood up, took out a bunch of keys from the drawer of the coffee table, and handed them over.
Ruan Zhiyin took it hesitantly, and said, "What is this?"
"There are a lot of jewelry in the cabinet on the left side of the study, you can choose one." Cheng Yuelin looked at her leisurely, and seeing that she seemed to refuse, he continued, "It's Mrs. Yan's birthday banquet, just help me pick it out. Pick and see if there are any suitable gifts."
He said so, Ruan Zhiyin really couldn't refuse, she nodded and went to the study on the second floor with the key.
The decoration of the study is the same simple, the shelves are neatly filled with books, and the desk in the middle is large and neat.
Although she didn't come here often, she also knew which cabinet Cheng Yuelin was referring to on the second floor on the left.
Using the key to open the heavy safe door, even Ruan Zhiyin couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the dazzling array of belongings piled up inside.
Fortunately, the security of the villa area is good enough, otherwise the thief would really be able to make a fortune by pointing at his jewels in the safe.
After thinking for a while, she chose from among these jewels a necklace of ruby with a dazzling lustre.
Ruan Zhiyin had dealt with Mrs. Yan several times. The other party was fifty or sixty years old, and her favorite jewelry was red blood stone. The ruby on this necklace is not too heavy, but it is very transparent, which is quite rare.
Just as she was about to close the safe, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a bracelet in the corner.
It was a hot-selling model from the T family in the early years, and Ruan Zhiyin also bought one when she was a sophomore.
It's just that she was unlucky. Before she had time to wear it, she met a pickpocket on the way back to school, which means she never owned it.
During that time, Ruan Zhiyin was always thinking about discussing with her grandfather about breaking the marriage contract and going abroad to study.
This bracelet is the best-selling one in T's family that year, and the price is not expensive.
Ruan Zhiyin would notice it, in fact, because it is too inferior to the many jewels.
Other jewels looked like they came from auctions, but this one was obviously not.
So, why did Cheng Yuelin put such a bracelet in the safe
Just as the thought came up, a voice came from behind—
"Have you made your choice?"
Cheng Yuelin put one hand in his pocket and leaned against the door, his eyes fell on the chain in Ruan Zhiyin's hand, he raised his eyebrows, and said lightly, "Ruan 嘤嘤, don't you want to choose this?"
"Then, you can't choose."
The man's tail was soft and his tone was leisurely.
"Why?" Before thinking about it, the voice had already come out before the thought.
After returning to her senses, she was about to explain that she did not want to choose this bracelet, but Cheng Yuelin had already crossed his arms and walked over slowly.
He was tall and looked at her condescendingly, with deep eyes: "What do you think?"
Ruan Zhiyin's brows moved slightly, and she pursed her lips as he said, "What's the special meaning?"
Otherwise, he wouldn't have put such an ordinary bracelet in this pile of jewels, and deliberately vacated the place.
Cheng Yuelin hooked his lips loosely, chuckled, stared at her with deep eyes, and said casually: "You just said that I didn't have a puppy love in high school, but you were wrong-"
He hesitated for a moment, then recalled the conversation he had with Grandpa Ruan today.
He raised his eyebrows, and his low voice was neither salty nor light: "This bracelet was left to me by my first love, but I can't just give it to you."
The author has something to say: Cheng Zai: Good guy, I chased the thief for two streets back then.
Under the statement, once Cheng Zai confesses, he will not leave any misunderstanding between the two of them, and it is possible for others to dig a foot in the wall~