After calling Yan Lin, Zu Jin felt that his spirit and mood had stabilized a lot.
Standing up with the coffee table, she wanted to go upstairs to rest.
But when he got to the stairs, he turned suddenly and walked towards the kitchen.
The casserole was still steaming on the gas stove.
She lifted the lid with a rag, and a strong smell of chicken soup came out.
After humming twice, she rummaged through the drawer to get the chopsticks, and whispered, "If you don't eat, you won't eat!"
But as soon as she picked up a piece of chicken and took a bite, she couldn't help but spit it out immediately.
"Emma, why is it so salty!"
Not only salty, but also undercooked.
It would have been nice if it had been simmered for a little longer.
After resting at home for two days, Zujin became lively again.
She returned to the group for a whole morning meeting, and in the afternoon she invited a few people who were cooperating on the project to talk about things. Naturally, everyone would have a meal and drink in the evening.
So one day passed in the blink of an eye.
By the time it calmed down, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.
Zu Jin stood on the side of the road outside the clubhouse, blowing the night breeze to clear his head, and then remembered that today, according to the agreement, he should meet Yan Lin for dinner.
But now that it was so late and there was no time, it seemed that they both missed their appointments.
Standing under the dim streetlight, she felt a little lost in her heart.
But after taking out the phone and turning it on, she found that there was a missed call in the phone.
It was Yan Lin who called at around five o'clock in the afternoon.
But at that time, she seemed to be in a meeting with those partners, and her mobile phone was turned off.
At this moment, Xia Tong came over from behind, opened the car door and let her get in.
After getting in the car, he breathed a sigh of relief, and Zujin decided to call back. It's so late, so he should write a text message to explain, and let's talk about the rest tomorrow.
But maybe it was because she drank alcohol that she couldn't control her fingers well. When she was editing a text message, she accidentally pressed the phone number and called Yan Lin.
'beep beep...'
Zujin felt his heart beating harder with each sound.
"Zujin?"
The background sound on Yan Lin's side was slightly noisy, but it soon became quiet again, as if he went to an empty room deliberately to answer the phone.
Apparently he wasn't asleep either.
Zujin breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, I'm sorry, I've been busy this afternoon and didn't receive your call."
Yan Lin's voice was calm: "It's okay, I think you are busy too, so I won't bother you anymore."
Zujin wanted to continue talking, but she was worried that Xia Tong and the driver were still around.
At this time, if she said anything to Yan Lin, she felt a little embarrassed for some reason.
After thinking about it, she decided to quickly end the call.
"I heard you're still busy there? I won't bother you anymore, we'll contact you another day."
But Yan Lin replied: "I'm just attending a friend's engagement dinner, it's almost over, let's have dinner together at noon tomorrow, do you have time?"
There was a thud in Zujin's heart.
"If you have time, see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Quickly hung up the phone, Zu Jin secretly observed the movements of the other two people in the car from the corner of his eye.
Maybe it was too late, Xia Tong didn't notice anything, so naturally the driver in front didn't say much.
Pursing the corners of her lips, she turned her head and looked out the car window.
In the reflection of the window glass, she felt that she was blushing as if she had put on another layer of blush.
At noon the next day, Zujin arrived at the place agreed upon by the two of them.
Yan Lin seemed to have been waiting for a while. He was sitting on the sofa by the restaurant, still wearing a simple white shirt and jeans, looking gentlemanly and refined.
"Sorry, something got delayed."
Yan Lin smiled, put down the magazine and made a gesture of invitation to her.
"It feels like you've been busy."
Zujin was stunned for a moment, took off her coat and sat down, she took a sip of water before replying: "Yes, it's like this every day, but I think you look very leisurely, I thought that you would be in the investment business. Busier, right?"
"Well, it was like this when I first started my business, but now I divide the labor and cooperate and explain everything, so I am happy and at ease."
Zujin couldn't help giving him a thumbs up: "You are very lucky to have so many trustworthy people."
Yan Lin raised his eyebrows: "I thought you would praise me for being able to afford it?"
"Ah? You are indeed worthy of praise for this, but for making you so relaxed, it is more due to the credit of your employees?"
However, Zujin regretted it after finishing speaking. Although she is the president of the group, she still has a board of directors.
So she is actually a senior employee, and Yan Lin is a real big boss. The status of the two cannot be compared at all, so their visions are naturally different.
She thought that if she was the boss, she would feel uncomfortable if people ignored her leadership ability and praised her subordinates instead.
But Yan Lin unexpectedly did not show any displeasure.
He raised his water glass and took the initiative to touch Zujin's glass.
"You're really straightforward."
Zujin blushed a bit: "Thank you."
"I'm worried that you won't have time for work in the afternoon, so I didn't take you to eat the private dishes I mentioned last time, but this one tastes good too."
When Zujin heard this, it occurred to her that she hadn't had time to see what kind of restaurant it was.
But when she looked up, she found that this was actually a Shaanxi noodle restaurant, which was really down-to-earth.
She gave a dry laugh: "Then you can eat with confidence this time."
The two suddenly laughed at the same time.
The two of them didn't order anything, they only had a bowl of noodle soup and two side dishes, and that was it.
Waiting for the above work, Zu Jin looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and his depressed mood these days finally eased a lot.
"Actually, I have something I want to tell you."
Yan Lin looked at her with a calm expression, but there was a kind of restraint in him that could not be ignored.
Only now did Zujin realize that it turned out that this was the result of a person with a high position and power for too long. She even thought that the other party was all because of his good temper.
She scrubbed the pattern on the water glass with her hands: "That night, I said that my car broke down, but I lied."
Yan Lin was silent for two seconds: "Huh? Why?"
"Actually, that wasn't the first time I saw me. The first time I saw you was at noon on the day of the dinner party. I happened to be having lunch near Qiyu, and then I saw you walking by the side of the road alone. I saw you I almost tripped while walking, and then spilled coffee all over my body, that embarrassed look... "
Yan Lin couldn't help laughing twice, and explained: "So that's the case, I drank a little too much that day."
Zujin snorted: "So when I saw you at the dinner party tonight, and you didn't bring your business card, and you stood there alone, I just..."
"What?" Yan Lin asked suspiciously.
"I just thought you were...cute."
Zujin said the word cute very slowly, because these two words were indeed a bit nasty.
But looking at Yan Lin's astonished eyes, Zu Jin still bit the bullet and continued: "Because I really like your type of man, it just looks like he needs protection, but two days ago I learned from Ji Once I know your identity, I will give up, and everything is impossible."
The waiter came over with two bowls of noodle soup, and also brought them a small dish of shredded radish pickles.
When eating before, it was Yan Lin who thanked the waiter, but this time he didn't even lift his head.
Zukin was even more embarrassed at once, she said thank you, and when the waiter left, she felt a little bit annoyed.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Yan Lin came to his senses, bowed his head and said in a strange tone, "Because I've never met a woman who is as direct as you."
"you!"
Yan Lin quickly put down his chopsticks and made a gesture of surrender: "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that, you continue."
Zujin gulped down a mouthful of hot soup angrily, his brows were wrinkled.
"There's nothing more to say. I originally planned to confess to you if the opportunity is right, and then see if you are willing to quit your job after marriage and stay at home to take care of your wife and children, so that I can continue to work. Anyway, my It's not a problem to support the whole family with a salary, who knows... "
After a pause, Zujin sighed: "Good guy, you are actually Ke Luo's boss, so what else can I say?"
No matter how powerful people are, at their age, if they still have any pure hope for feelings, they are destined to be lonely.
The two ate noodles and drank soup, and fell silent for a while.
As time passed by second by second, Zujin felt that his heart was sinking.
But it cleared her head a bit more.
Maybe speaking of this ridiculous fantasy in front of Yan Lin made her find a way to vent, or maybe it was Yan Lin's silent expression that forced her to calm down so that she could look more decent.
"I think the method you mentioned is feasible. After all, there is nothing wrong with having a man take care of the family."
Yan Lin suddenly spoke up.
"... ... ah?"
"Aren't you very busy with work? I can hand over the work to my subordinates, so I have more time. After getting married and having children, someone has to take care of them. After all, if you work all the time and let the nanny take care of them, it will affect the physical and mental development of the children." Neither are good."
Zujin picked up a chopstick and was about to stuff it into his mouth, but he just froze there.
The two looked at each other for a while before she came back to her senses and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth.
"Then do you like children? I am so old, I will definitely have children immediately after I get married."
Yan Lin replied: "I don't like it, and I don't like it, but if it is my child, I will definitely put a lot of energy on him."
Zujin narrowed his eyes: "Then what do you think we are suitable for getting married?"
Yan Lin smiled: "At least it's not like this now. After all, we've only met a few times. If we get married, I think the most important thing is to be in front of each other, without so much concealment. For example, I can tell that you and I have dinner I didn't enjoy it that much when I was there, you were nervous, but I also have problems, I shouldn't have hidden my identity from you in the first place, and I shouldn't...
Zujin couldn't hold back, and interrupted him: "It shouldn't be anything? In fact, I think that if you eat together in the future, you can just set the table and order the menu. Every time we meet, it's a waste of time. "
Yan Lin nodded: "Understood, let me arrange these things in the future."
"Then what did you say just now?"
"I mean, in fact, if you don't talk about it, I plan to wait for the right opportunity to talk to you..."
"About what?"
Yan Lin cleared his throat, and the tips of his ears turned red with blood.
His eyes fell on the seasoning jar between the two of them, and his voice was soft.
"Because I actually like you very much, but I was worried that if I said it so quickly, it would scare you, but I didn't expect you to act too fast."
Zujin also coughed: "I'm chasing you anyway, you agreed, right?"
"Well, there will be a long time to come, so please forgive me."
As Yan Lin said, he picked up the water glass and touched her again.
"The future will be long, please bear with me!"
The two had a cold drink like drinking white wine, looked at each other and laughed again without making a contract.