After a week's rest, Xieyi was ready to go back to work the next day. She got up late in the morning and hurriedly packed her things and ate. Just as she was leaving the elevator and about to get in the car, Xieyi realized that she had forgotten her cell phone, so she was delayed for a long time.
"The government auction for C078 is scheduled for next Tuesday," said Ji Yingsong.
"Has the deposit been paid?"
"Yes, Mr. Xue said that Yexing has made all the necessary preparations."
"No matter how perfect it is, it still depends on money." Li Zeliang sneered.
"However, if the bid is successful, we need to pay a deposit on the spot."
"It's not an if, it's a sure success." Li Zeliang interrupted him, "Don't worry about the money, just tighten your belt for the time being."
"What happened in Lantian Bay..." Ji Yingsong said.
"You don't need to ask about this."
At this point, Xieyi's figure was already visible, and their conversation came to an abrupt end when Xieyi returned. The car started, and Ji Yingsong returned to being a piece of wood who could only drive without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Xie Yi felt the atmosphere was a bit tense as soon as he got in the car. "Did anyone say bad things about me behind my back?"
"We were discussing whether you would go back and search for a long time before finding the phone in your bag." He squinted his eyes and smiled.
"How do you know?" Xie Yi widened his eyes in surprise.
She hadn't been to the company for a long time, and some people looked at her strangely. As soon as she turned around, someone would whisper behind her.
In the staff cafeteria, Xiao Huang and the others saw her from afar, sat over and said with some embarrassment: "Xie Yi, I'm so sorry, I didn't know you and Mr. Li..."
It turned out that they already knew about her relationship with Li Zeliang. No wonder, with so many people coming and going in the hospital, how could there not be any rumors
"I was just joking with you about buying kisses before. I hope you don't take it to heart." Xiao Huang said with a red face, "And don't mention it in front of Mr. Li."
"Ah," Xie Yi said in surprise, "I have collected a lot of disposable cups he used. Doesn't that mean I have no market for them?"
In fact, she just said it to comfort them. Xiao Huang and the other two were stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly. They knew she was joking, but they could tell from her that Xieyi was still the same Xieyi, and did not look down on them in a haughty manner just because he had become a phoenix.
Everyone thought that the story of Shen Xieyi and Li Zeliang was a story of Cinderella and Prince Charming, where an ordinary company clerk caught Li's white horse by chance. Cinderella got sick for a while, and the white horse became exhausted for her. Such a story is simply a feast for gossip in the Li's building. In less than two days, Xieyi was transferred back to the law firm by Tang Qiao. Qiao Hanmin didn't tell her the reason, and Li Zeliang didn't tell her either. She also understood that it would not be a good thing to have such a relationship with a client.
He said, “That’s fine.”
Xieyi also nodded.
When he returned to Tangqiao and saw familiar faces, he felt unusually relaxed. He didn't have a special office, so he sat with everyone and kept his desk there.
Some new colleagues came and called her affectionately: "Sister Xieyi."
The older seniors called her "Xiao Shen."
Zhou Pingxin called her: "Xie Yi."
This place is totally different from Li's. There are strict rules and regulations, and the dress code cannot be violated. Even chatting between female colleagues can only be done in secret. I stretched my body leisurely and started to work.
In the afternoon, Wu Weiming came back from work outside. When he saw Xieyi, he jokingly said, "Oh, the wife of the land king also has to go to work?"
"What Madam Wang?" Xie Yi wondered.
"You don't know, the C078 in the Jade District has been sold at the highest price in the city, and your Mr. Li has been promoted to the city's land king."
Apart from having heard a little about this piece of land, she had no involvement in Li's affairs due to her hospitalization for work.
“Ah, the price is high?”
Wu Weiming quoted a price, then shook his head and sighed, "It's so expensive, it's simply shocking, mainly because we are competing so fiercely with Ye Xing."
Oh, Yexing Real Estate, which had a feud with the Li family in the past. Xieyi said nothing.
In the car, when he discussed this issue with Ji Yingsong, he said there was no problem. No problem—he had always given people this feeling, and his tone was as if the sky could fall and he could solve it with just one sentence.
"A Cheng Yaojin showed up unexpectedly and bought it at a much higher price than before. They invested a huge sum of money in Lantian Bay some time ago, and now it has won the title of the most expensive land owner. The Li family is indeed rich and powerful." Wu Weiming sighed, "But, Xieyi, don't you ever talk about these things?" The "you" here naturally refers to her and Li Zeliang.
"Let's not talk about business." Xieyi said.
"Is it just about love? Oh my god, Xieyi, teach me a few tricks, I can't find so much love to talk about with your sister-in-law."
"Go to hell." Xieyi laughed.
When Xieyi got off work, it was drizzling. She held up her umbrella and walked to the subway. There was a flower shop on the side of the road, and they were counting the goods inside. A large basket of lilies was placed at the door, waiting to be moved inside. She couldn't help but squat down and sniff, but there was no pungent fragrance.
She knew that Li Zeliang had always liked lilies, and the kind without fragrance, which was completely different from the golden marigolds she preferred.
The girl in the flower shop asked, "Sister, do you want to buy some flowers?"
"Yes." Xieyi said.
She returned home holding all the marigolds and had no hands free to open the door, so Li Zeliang came to answer the door. Seeing Xie Yi suddenly appear in front of him, holding so many flowers.
She smiled and said, "For you."
He was stunned for a moment.
As soon as she walked in and changed her shoes, he picked up his shirt and said, "The food is on the table, eat it while it's hot."
"You want to go out?"
"Yeah." Li Zeliang replied.
Then, for many days in a row, he was very busy, and every time he came home, she was already asleep. She knew that after the auction, it was not enough to pay the deposit, and a certain percentage of the money must be received within the specified date. Otherwise, if the contract was breached, not only would the eight-digit deposit be gone, but she would also have to face a lawsuit.
So, he must be raising money, or moving around.
That night, he came back and walked quietly to the bedroom, took off his suit and stood beside the bed. After bending down and staring at her for a long time, he gently kissed the back of her exposed hand.
"Huh?" She felt a little itchy in her sleep and opened her eyes blearily to look.
"Turn over when you wake up, don't sleep on your stomach."
"Ayan." She turned over and lay on her back.
"Yeah." He sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Tired?"
He smiled slightly: "Not tired."
Xieyi leaned forward and hugged him, "You've lost weight, really lost weight, all bones, it hurts my hands when I hug you." She said with concern.
"How could that be?" He laughed again.
"If you get any thinner I won't hug you anymore," she said.
"Then don't hug me." He lowered his eyelids awkwardly, as if his petty nature was starting to act up again.
"Stingy!" Xie Yi said, "I was just teasing you. You got angry at such a small joke."
He continued to keep his eyes down and said nothing.
"Ayan" called him casually.
"Ayan!" he called again.
He still didn't speak.
"Okay, okay," Xie Yi surrendered, "I was wrong. I won't threaten you anymore. Please don't ignore me." While acting coquettishly, she opened her arms and prepared to give him a bear hug as compensation.
But he didn't expect that at this moment, Li Zeliang couldn't help it anymore and curled up the corners of his mouth.
He was clearly snickering.
The freehand movement stopped in mid-air, his expression froze for a moment, and then he reacted and said, "Ha, you're teasing me."
Even so, she didn't get angry. She continued to give him a big hug and then laughed with her mouth open.
"Are you tired?" she asked, throwing herself into his arms.
"You just asked."
"Really?" She thought about it.
"Why ask twice?" he asked.
"Ah? I forgot for a moment."
"Did you forget, or do you want to test my physical strength right away?" He smiled wickedly.
“…” This person came again.
Is there really no need to worry about him
That night, Li Zeliang indeed proved his good physical strength.
Although he covered it up well, Xieyi was not a three-year-old child after all. She would not know the directions after being coaxed. The gloom on his face became deeper and deeper, and he pretended to be cheerful when he got home. Recently, he smoked a lot, but he did not smoke in the room. He knew that Xieyi did not like the smell of cigarettes, so he simply hid on the balcony and came back to wash his hands after smoking before talking to her.
Today, Xieyi heard him coughing alone on the balcony several times.
"You have a cold?"
"fine."
Just after saying "It's okay", he still coughed twice.
Xieyi hurriedly went to the medicine box to find cold medicine for him.
"Raising money may be difficult." Wu Weiming said privately.
It's too urgent, the number is so large.
"Indeed." Xie Yi answered.
No company does business with money in hand, the money belongs to the bank. In the past, Li's family had long been in contact with Hui Hu, but now, for her, the two families have fallen out.
She really was causing all the trouble. Xieyi sighed quietly, but suddenly thought of someone.
The man immediately agreed and said, "If Lawyer Shen needs my help in the future, I will do my best."
Xieyi didn't take it to heart, but now when he thinks about it, he wonders if this favor is still worth it.
She asked Wu Weiming: "Do you have Meng Lili's phone number?"
"Yes, you don't?"
“I deleted it.”
Now, Meng Lili is the head of Zhengyuan Bank, or it would not be an exaggeration to say that she is the boss. Xieyi called Meng Lili and made an appointment to visit her. Now, Meng Lili is no longer the same widow who was waiting for the division of inheritance half a year ago, but she is still so polite to Xieyi. Meng Lili did not set the date in the office, which is considered approachable.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xieyi asked Qiao Hanmin for leave, picked up her handbag and went out. Wu Weiming said, "I'm bored too, why don't I help you to be brave?"
Xieyi looked at him gratefully, and the two of them set off towards their destination together.
Along the way, Xie Yi had already thought about how to be humble and pious in order to win an olive branch from Meng Lili today. Just like when she first started appearing in court, the two of them practiced their lines in the car.
Xieyi arrived ten minutes early, but unexpectedly Meng Lili arrived even earlier.
"Sorry, we are late." Xieyi had no choice but to say this.
"I'm early." Meng Lili said with a smile, "It's rare that Miss Shen invites me."
"Actually..." Xie Yi hesitated for a moment, "I wouldn't come to see you for no reason. Actually, I need Ms. Meng's help with something."
"What's the use of lady or not? I'm several years older than you. Just call me Sister Meng. I wonder if Lawyer Shen would be so kind as to call me sister." She smiled, her eyes moving, very charming.
"Sister Meng." Xieyi nodded kindly, "Then you can call me Xieyi too."
"Xieyi is also a good name. It would be great if Hui in our family could be half as considerate as you." Meng Lili said.
Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, Xieyi felt a little uneasy. Maybe the other party didn't want to get involved
Unexpectedly, after talking about some family matters, Meng Lili suddenly changed the subject and asked directly, "You said you wanted me to help you raise money for the Li family?"
She guessed it right the first time, and it turned out that she was prepared.
"Yes, please help, Sister Meng."
"The old lady of the Zhu family left a message to our industry: whoever lends money to the Li family would be offending her. Although the Zhu family has lost its power now, the old lady's words still carry some weight, so what Mr. Li did was too impulsive. Young people are bound to have some bumps and bruises. He was too ruthless."
Hearing this, Xieyi's heart sank.
"If Sister Meng can introduce me, I am willing to go to the Zhu family to apologize." Although she was extremely stubborn, as long as she could help him now, she was willing to humble herself no matter what.
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Although I'm not familiar with Mr. Li, I have heard a little about his temper. I guess he doesn't even know you're coming to see me." Meng Lili shook her head.
"He has a stubborn personality." Xieyi said embarrassedly.
"Little do people know that this kind of personality is very popular among women," said Meng Lili.
"Freehand writing," Meng Lili paused and said, "I am willing to help you with this."
Xieyi looked at her in surprise, paused for a second, then smiled, and then smiled at Wu Weiming, who had been silent beside him.
"Thank you." She thanked him sincerely.
"There is only one reason why I helped. It's not because I have confidence in the Li Group or I'm interested in Mr. Li and want to get something in return, but for you, Xieyi." Meng Lili reached out and held Xieyi's hand on the table, saying, "When I was most helpless in my life, you helped me. When Jiahui and I were at odds and insulted me in front of everyone, even the male companion beside me ran away, but you stood in front of me."
"That's... my job," she laughed.
Meng Lili said, "I can promise you that Mr. Li is indeed capable and it is worth a try. But this is only my opinion and I will seek the support of the board of directors. Yesterday, Mr. Li was in contact with our Zhengyuan. If it works, I will do you a favor."
"Thank you." Xieyi said again.
Meng Lili smiled, "When I met you two on the street that day, I felt happy even as an outsider. I hope that lovers will eventually get married." After saying this, a hint of melancholy appeared in her eyes.
On the way back, Wu Weiming said, "I didn't expect that Meng Lili is so honest."
At night, Xieyi clung to his arms like a kitten. She kept thinking about how to talk to him so that he would accept her and take his unattainable self-esteem into consideration.
"Ayan, what if I do something that makes you angry?" she asked.
"Have you ever done anything to make me happy?" he teased.
She opened her mouth angrily and bit his chin.
He laughed painfully, but after laughing twice he got a stitch in the side and started coughing.
"Did you not take your medicine on time again?" she asked him.
He didn't say anything, which meant he agreed.
"You're such a grown-up, but you're still afraid of injections and taking medicine." Xieyi shook his head.
Early in the morning, Xue Qigui rushed into Li Zeliang's office.
"Mr. Li, Zhengyuan has agreed to the loan."
Li Zeliang was originally looking for information in front of the cabinet. When he heard Xue Qigui's words, he was slightly stunned.
"what happened?"
Xue Qigui recounted the whole situation in detail.
"Did Miss Shen meet Meng Lili yesterday?" he suddenly asked after hearing this.
Xue Qigui said, "I'm not sure. I'll go find out and get back to you."
After Xue Qigui left, he continued to look for something in front of the bookcase and searched for more than ten minutes. During this time, Xiaolin came in once to add water for him.
She came in a second time and saw he was still there.
She asked suspiciously, "Mr. Li, what are you looking for?"
Hearing Xiao Lin's words, he was slightly distracted. It turned out that he was so irritable that he even forgot what he was looking for before Xue Qigui came in. He just repeated the action mechanically.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Xiao Lin didn't dare to stay any longer. He put down the cup and walked out.
After a while, Xue Qigui gave him an answer on the phone.
"Did she go alone?" Li Zeliang asked.
"And there is that colleague Wu Weiming." Xue Qigui replied.
"Yes. Old Xue, please arrange to treat the people from Zhengyuan to a simple meal tonight." Li Zeliang said, "Have you done what I asked you to do last time, to open an account and transfer money?"
"The account has been opened, but the amount is a bit large."
"Just do it."
In the afternoon, Xieyi finally got off work early and bought ingredients and recipes in the supermarket, preparing to go back early to review her forgotten cooking skills. She pushed the shopping cart and picked out a lot of things he liked to eat. She squeezed out of the subway alone, and then took the food home, but unfortunately, she received a text message from Li Zeliang as soon as she entered the house.
"I have a social event tonight and won't be home for dinner."
He wrote indifferently.
She looked at the two lines of text on the screen, and for some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable. Normally, unless he was replying to her message, he would hardly contact her via text message. If there was something, he would just call her directly.
But he told her this for the first time.
Did he not want to talk to her, or was he too busy to spare the time? Probably the latter, she consoled herself.
Eight o'clock, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, eleven o'clock... The clock on the wall moved one after another, but Li Zeliang still didn't come home. Xieyi became more and more impatient, and changed the TV channel hundreds of times, starting to get mad. She kindly prepared to cook for him, but he said he wouldn't come back, and he was still out drinking and partying, not coming home until late at night.
Hate!
Really annoying!
Very annoying!