Fortunately, Gu Xuehan really didn't intend to entangle Gu Yan's topic, and quickly turned back to the topic. She briefly commented on Qi Xi's work performance since joining the job, and pointed out a few small points of attention in details, encouraging Qi Xi to make persistent efforts .
Although it was only a short half-hour conversation, when Qi Xi came out of Gu Xuehan's office, he just felt like a prisoner who had been released from prison, and now he has been successfully reformed.
Gu Xuehan will not keep her eye on the speech at the graduation ceremony, the situation of being under the enemy's back has been greatly relieved, and now she only needs to be united, tense, serious and lively to cultivate socialist colleagues with Gu Yan, and Gu Yan is settled, as long as Gu Yan doesn't expose it If I don't file a complaint, I will be a good young man with integrity and progress in Gu Xuehan's eyes.
Qi Xi's mood immediately improved. She was preparing to study some expert interpretations of the "Civil Code" during her lunch break, when her father's call came.
Since Qi Ruiming refused to pay for Qi Xi's study and living expenses in the United States, Qi Xi started a cold war with him. She also held back her energy, moved out of home and joined the competition and cooperation office. Now that she saw her father's phone call, she said that it was a lie to say that she was unhappy. After all, they were father and daughter, and there was no overnight enmity. Can think clearly and understand oneself, respect one's own career choice.
"Xixi, are you busy after entering the law firm? Are you free tonight?"
Seeing that his father cared about him, Qi Xi's attitude softened: "It's empty tonight, and the overall situation is okay. I just came in, and I haven't started a lot of things. In fact, it's quite empty. I can spend a lot of time on self-study..."
As a trainee lawyer, just transitioning from a student to a lawyer, Qi Xi actually has a lot of insights that he wants to share with Qi Ruiming, but Qi Ruiming seems very busy: "Dad has a meeting coming up soon, let's have dinner together tonight , I will send you the address and time later."
Although he was a bit disappointed, Qi Xi was still looking forward to it. Although his father founded a small law firm, he was a partner of the law firm after all, and others must be busy, but even so, he could spare time to have a good face-to-face chat. It can be seen that my father still attaches great importance to me.
Soon, Qi Ruiming sent the address and time of the dinner. It was a well-known two-star Michelin restaurant. The unhappiness in Qi Xi's heart disappeared completely. This class shows that his father still cares about it. Qi Xi is now I have also become a lawyer, and I feel that I have more common topics with my father, and I will be able to have a good chat at night to clear up the previous suspicions.
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In the past, every family dinner, Qi Ruiming was always the one who arrived late in a hurry, but Qi Xi didn't expect that when she rushed to the restaurant after get off work, Qi Ruiming would arrive first.
It's a pity that before Qi Xi had time to be moved, he found that Qi Ruiming also brought a middle-aged man who was about the same age as Qi Ruiming and a young man who was about the same age as Qi Xi.
"Xixi, come and meet Uncle Li and his son Li Chenxin. You two are about the same age. I was thinking that you just started working and you are not too busy. You should make more friends of the same age and have dinner together. a meal."
Qi Ruiming smiled happily: "Uncle Li is Dad's big client. We usually know each other very well. This time, our two families got to know each other. Next time, you can just make an appointment with Chen Xin alone. We, the older generation, and you After all, young people have different concerns, and their interests and hobbies can't keep up with you young people. We only know how to talk about work. Hahahaha, you have a lot of common topics. Chen Xin came back from Australia. He is a talented person. What do you have? You can ask him more."
Qi Ruiming seemed to be in a good mood, but Qi Xi was in the complete opposite mood.
No matter how stupid she was, she could tell that it wasn't her father who was looking for her to talk about work and study tonight, and Qi Ruiming didn't have the patience to listen to Qi Xi's life and work insights.
After all, my father still had the feudal dross in his mind—girls don’t need to pursue a career, and finding a good family early to marry and have children is the right way.
I have just graduated, and my dad has already started making blind dates for me!
Sure enough, without talking for a few words, Qi Ruiming and the so-called Uncle Li found an excuse to be busy with work and slipped away early, leaving only Qi Xi and Li Chenxin in the box.
Frankly speaking, Li Chenxin is not ugly, he is even familiar with him, he is good at chatting, and he doesn't stand in the cold, but...
"Have you ever been abroad? Haven't you? Oh, that's a bit pity. I travel abroad every year. I just went to Alaska last month. I just came back from LA a few days ago. It's a pity I didn't know you earlier, otherwise I would I brought you a gift over there, CHANEL bag or something else, do you have a favorite brand?"
"I've been researching cars recently. I went to test drive a friend's Ferrari a few days ago. I thought the motor was too noisy, so I decided not to buy it for the time being."
…
Qi Xi wasn't interested in this man's favorite topic, so she managed to maintain a polite smile, huh-huh to deal with it from time to time, but the other party kept on talking, and didn't give Qi Xi a chance to talk at all, and Qi Xi seemed quite satisfied, Between the lines, he almost regarded himself as Qixi's boyfriend.
After finally getting in his mouth, Qi Xi had a strong desire to survive: "Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."
Almost as soon as he left the box, Qi Xi hid in the bathroom and called Zhao Yiran for help: "Call me in five minutes!"
Zhao was still good-hearted, Qi Xi tidied up his appearance and went back to the box. Five minutes later, the phone rang on time.
Qi Xi sang a one-man show into the phone with tenderness and sweetness: "Ah? Are you coming to pick me up? Okay, then I'll wait for you."
She hung up the phone and looked at Li Chenxin apologetically: "I'm sorry, my boyfriend will pick me up soon. I have something to do, so I'm leaving first."
When it comes to this point, the other party will immediately receive the message of decline, and will not force it anymore, and end the oolong blind date in a more polite and safe way.
It's a pity that Qi Xi didn't expect that this Li Chenxin was not an ordinary person. Qi Xi hung up the phone, but he didn't let Qi Xi leave. Confidence and understanding: "Did you go out just now, did you ask a friend to call you to pretend? I know there is still a big family gap between you and me, and you don't belong to the same class, but there is no need to use this method to test I don’t need to feel insecure because of this. Don’t worry, I treat my girlfriend very well, and I don’t care whether you are high or not. So don’t pretend to have a boyfriend to stimulate me. I have always been in love, yes The one who takes the initiative, I hate when someone else sets the rules or the pace for me."
"..."
I've seen people who feel good about themselves, but I've never seen people who feel so good about themselves.
Qi Xi had no choice but to secretly send another message to Zhao Yiran for help: "Do you have any familiar male friends? Can you find one to pretend to be my boyfriend and pick me up? So that this man will give up from the source! I will soon fed up!"
It's a pity that Zhao Yiran couldn't help him: "You know the men I know well, just my younger brother, who is thirteen years old this year, even if he is in love with you, the age difference between him and you is too shocking..."
Qi Xi didn't give up, and asked a few male classmates who felt that they had a good relationship. Unfortunately, they either went on a business trip or couldn't get away because of other things.
She looked through a circle of friends, and just when she was about to despair, she suddenly thought of Fu Zhi.
Isn't this Gu Yan? !
If I remember correctly, Gu Yan has a contract to work overtime tonight, and I'm afraid he's still in the office at this time, not far from this restaurant!
Although he didn't have much hope, but with the mentality of a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Qi Xi slipped out of the box claiming to go to the bathroom, and then called Gu Yan—
"Gu Yan..."
As a result, before Qi Xi could say anything, Gu Yan's refusal came first: "I won't eat durian tonight." The man seemed to be afraid that Qi Xi would spend his money, and he added almost quickly, "I already ate durians myself. pass."
This love for durian is too much! Why do you think of durian in everything
I don't want to tell him about durians!
Qi Xi cleared his throat: "Okay, okay, I won't eat durian tonight, I'll eat it tomorrow, I just have a favor tonight and I want to ask you to help me."
Gu Yan's voice calmed down again: "What's the matter?"
Although quite embarrassing, Qi Xi still briefly described her predicament, and then she asked for help: "Can you pretend to be my boyfriend and save me?"
Probably because this request was really too weird, Gu Yan on the other end of the phone sounded really unhappy: "So you're on a blind date?"
"If it's inconvenient..."
"convenient."
Fortunately, just when Qi Xi felt that it was hopeless to ask for help, Gu Yan agreed to her request, and this man acted resolutely: "Send me the address."
Although the competition and cooperation office is not far from Qixi's dining place, there are quite a lot of traffic lights along the way, and this point is also the peak traffic jam. According to estimates, it will take about 20 minutes for Gu Yan to arrive at the fastest, but ten minutes later, Qi Xi received a call from Gu Yan.
"Here we are, come out."
Qi Xi was almost full of gratitude in her heart, she turned to look at Li Chenxin who was still bragging about herself: "I'm sorry, my boyfriend is here to pick me up, we will make an appointment to watch a movie together later, so I won't chat with you , it's a pleasure meeting you this time."
It is obviously inappropriate to directly emphasize to the other party that he has a boyfriend. After all, Li Chenxin has already expressed his disbelief in Qi Xi's rhetoric. If Qi Xi says anything else, the other party may not only think that his words are empty, but also feel that Qi Xi is too hypocritical. Now it is so natural to lead out that I am not single and really have a boyfriend to pick me up. It does not refute the other party's face, takes care of the other party's emotions, and can indeed win the other party's trust. It couldn't be more appropriate.
Hearing that Qi Xi had a boyfriend to pick him up, Li Chenxin was really taken aback. He was a little surprised, but he was a smart person after all, so he soon understood: "Your dad doesn't know?"
"En." Qi Xi smiled, and said indiscriminately, "I haven't told my dad yet, I just talked about it."
"Since we just talked and the relationship is not deep, why don't you break up with me?"
Before Qi Xi declined, a cold male voice answered for her—
"We won't break up."
Qi Xi turned around and saw Gu Yan's face.
His voice was a little breathless, as if he had just run and exercised, but it was unexpectedly very sexy.
This man is tall and has long legs, and he is still wearing the suit he put on because he went to the court with Gu Xuehan today.
Wow! Gu Yan is too awesome! The ability to enter the play in this second! Qi Xi almost clapped Gu Yan's hands.
Since Gu Yan was so moral, Qi Xi naturally followed suit. She smiled shyly, then hopped up to Gu Yan's side, held his hand, and looked apologetically at Li Chen Xin: "I'm sorry to cause you trouble, I'll treat you to this meal."
Li Chenxin looked at Gu Yan with hostile eyes, and then at Qi Xi: "No, I'll pay the bill, this store is expensive for ordinary working-class people, but it's nothing to me. "
Gu Yan interrupted Li Chenxin's showing off expressionlessly: "I've already paid the bill."
Li Chenxin was obviously very displeased. He stopped Qi Xi again, with a smile on his face: "At this time, it's very difficult to take a taxi. I'm driving, and I'll see you off."
Gu Yan didn't retreat at all, and said coldly: "No, I also have a car."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Qi Xi: "Let's go, don't waste time here."