Chapter 568 Liu Hanyu's late questioning
After get off work, Bai Xiyao contacted Liu Hanyu and made an appointment to have dinner together at 5:30. At the appointed time, Zhou Jing went to the garage and drove his Toyota Prado to wait for the two women outside the company gate.

"What to eat?"

Bai Xiyao asked as she got into the car.

"You guys are more familiar with Tangdu than I am, where are you going?"

The two of them sat down, and Zhou Jing steered the car and set off.

"Then let's go eat hotpot. How about Sanxi Sichuan Hotpot?"

Bai Xiyao thought for a moment and said.

"Row."

Liu Hanyu nodded.

Zhou Jing located the restaurant on the navigation system and headed there. The hot pot restaurant was more than five kilometers away from the company, so it wasn’t far to drive.

"How many days will you stay in your hometown during the National Day holiday?"

Bai Xiyao looked at her male best friend and asked.

Zhou Jing said: "It depends on the situation. If I'm not busy, I'll stay for three or four days. How about you?"

"I'm going back to Yu City to ask my dad to sell the Internet cafe and come to Tangdu with my mom."

Bai Xiyao lives alone in an empty three-story villa, and her parents can come and take care of her.

"Is your father willing to transfer it?"

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

Bai Xiyao said, "It's not that I don't want to leave. My dad can't sit still. When he came here, Tang asked me to find work for him. He was willing to guard the company's gate."

"You can't guard the gate. People will think you are unfilial. Let him do his job!"

After all, Bai's best friend is the executive vice president of the company. Bai's father guarding the gate shows that Bai's best friend is unfilial. Bai's father used to run a hotel, but he went bankrupt in 09 because the wall built for a municipal project cut off his source of income. Zhou Jing and Bai Xiyao just happened to have the idea of ​​opening a hotel last year.

"The hotel is too troublesome. I plan to find him something easier to do, like opening a teahouse or something."

Bai Xiyao does not plan to let her family members and relatives work at Ideal Technology Co., Ltd. The goal of Ideal Technology is to become stronger and bigger. Recruiting family members and relatives into the company is not conducive to management. Family members and relatives will only be arranged for Bowei Network.

"It's nice to open a teahouse. Where is Liu Hanyu going during the National Day holiday?"

Zhou Jing looked at Liu Hanyu through the rearview mirror.

"Go back to Yu City."

A close high school friend of Liu Hanyu got married on October 2nd. A few days ago, Liu Hanyu felt even more emotional after seeing her close friend's wedding photos. It has been more than two years since she graduated from college. During her senior year, she did an internship at a chemical factory in Jin Town, Yu City. She resigned before National Day last year and stayed at Bowen Network Technology Co., Ltd. for more than a month after the National Day holiday. After Zhou Jing acquired the electronics factory, he arranged for her to work at Ideal Technology.

Since she started working at the chemical factory, Liu Hanyu has been living under Zhou Jing's care. She has a high salary and does not have to suffer from the company's bullying. She should be the best worker among her classmates. Liu Hanyu always can't help thinking how nice it would be if she was Zhou Jing's girlfriend two years ago. But then again, although she did not formally acknowledge her relationship with Zhou Jing at the beginning, Zhou Jing did a lot of things for her that only boyfriends and girlfriends do.

Thinking of this, Liu Hanyu was very angry. It was not her fault that the two missed each other. Zhou Jing was not loyal from the beginning, and it seemed that she could not blame Zhou Jing. It was only after Zhou Jing reunited with his ex-girlfriend that she began to face up to her relationship problems and destroyed Zhou Jing and Chen Jiaqian. To put it bluntly, she was the third party.

After sorting out the whole process, Liu Hanyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She and Chen Jiaqian schemed against each other and both of them lost, while Gu just sat back and reaped the benefits. This was even worse than a TV drama.

Arriving at the hot pot restaurant, Zhou Jing looked for a parking space.

The restaurants chosen by Bai’s girlfriend are always very popular, and this hot pot restaurant was packed.

"The spicy hotpot at this hotpot restaurant is awesome. Hanyu and I have been here a few times. I don't really like spicy food, but after eating here a few times, I've become more immune to chili."

Bai Xiyao said as she got out of the car.

"You are indeed foodies. You know good food."

Zhou Jing now has a crying child. He has to plan ahead when he and Gu Jia go out to change their taste or go shopping. He has to wait until the child falls asleep at night to watch a movie. He has lost a lot of freedom since having a child.

"If one of us is full, the whole family will not be hungry. We can eat whatever we want and wherever we want, right, Hanyu?"

Bai Xiyao walked beside Liu Hanyu and said.

"Yes."

Liu Hanyu rolled her eyes at Zhou Jing and said.

"Welcome, how many of you are there?"

The hot pot restaurant doorman opened the door and asked.

Bai Xiyao said: "Three."

"The three of you please go up to the second floor. Three people are coming up from the second floor."

The doorman spoke to the upstairs people via the intercom.

When they got to the second floor, the waiter arranged a seat by the window. Zhou Jing sat on one side, and Bai's best friend and Liu Hanyu sat on the other. They ordered a shabu-shabu hotpot, a spicy hotpot, and a mushroom soup hotpot.

The two girls ordered food while Zhou Jing opened his phone to check the company group messages.

"What do you want to eat?"

Bai Xiyao looked up and said to Zhou Jing.

"I don't care, you can eat whatever you order."

Zhou Jing doesn't like to order food, but he's not picky about food. He won't say anything if what others order is not tasty.

Bai Xiyao ordered a plate of mutton, a plate of beef, a plate of fish and a plate of shrimp, and gave the dishes to Liu Hanyu, who ordered wide noodles, tofu and baby cabbage.

"What else do you want?"

Bai Xiyao ordered three dishes and gave the menu to Zhou Jing.

"Maodu, don't you like eating enoki mushrooms?"

Zhou Jing took the menu and ordered a plate of tripe and a plate of enoki mushrooms, which Liu Hanyu liked.

"that's it."

Liu Hanyu didn't know whether to be happy or sad that her former rumored boyfriend, now worth hundreds of billions and the boss of several companies, actually remembered the things she liked.

"Get your own dip or do you want us to serve you?"

Bai Xiyao took off her coat and hung it on the chair and said.

"I'll get it myself."

Zhou Jing got up and went to the dipping sauce area, scooped half a bowl of sesame paste, and then added mashed garlic, coriander, chopped green onions, vinegar, etc. He always used this universal dipping sauce when eating hot pot.

We ordered three glasses of freshly squeezed juice, added dishes when the pot was boiling, had some pre-dinner desserts and the appetizers were cooked. Zhou Jing first ate a piece of lamb cooked in a spicy hot pot, which was indeed spicy and delicious.

"How is it? Is it spicy?"

Bai Xiyao looked at Zhou Jing and said.

"I can eat spicy food very well, this is just right."

It was the first time Zhou Jing had eaten something so spicy, but he wasn’t too spicy.

"Someone on Weibo is specifically smearing Ideal Mobile. Why don't they ask the Ministry of Justice to intervene?"

Liu Hanyu said this on Weibo when she saw a blogger who often criticizes Ideal phones.

"This kind of thing can't be solved by law. The best way is for you to smear me and I will smear the brand behind you."

Zhou Jing smiled and said.

Liu Hanyu said: "Hurt each other, right?"

Zhou Jing looked at the girl and said with a smile: "Slandering each other is the same as no one smearing anyone else. The cost of maintaining your own brand is much higher than smearing your competitor's brand."

"Well, you are worthy of being the boss. You look at things from a different perspective."

Liu Hanyu learned this. She works in finance and is extremely sensitive to costs.

After seeing Zhou Jing's unique perspective on issues, Liu Hanyu realized that not everyone can be a boss.

The fact is indeed as Zhou Jing said, the company's marketing efforts are to enhance the brand image in the eyes of consumers. If the company praises its own products, all the efforts will be wasted if the competitors just lead the way.

In that case, let's hurt each other.

The mutual smear campaign makes it difficult for consumers to tell which one is better. Some people will try it out for themselves, and this is when the true strength of the product is tested. In actual experience, the Ideal mobile phone is not inferior to any other domestically produced machine.

"The more it is criticized, the better it sells. Most people have clear eyes."

Bai Xiyao dodged her hands and said, feeling spicy.

After dinner, Zhou Jing first sent Bai’s best friend home, and then sent Liu Hanyu home.

Today, Dad Gu went out of town for research, Mother Gu went back to her parents' home, and Zhou Jing stayed in a hotel in no hurry to go back.

"Going back to BJ tomorrow?"

There were only two people left in the car, Liu Hanyu said softly.

"I'll be back the day after tomorrow." Zhou Jing glanced at the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "Can't bear to see me go back to BJ?" "Narcissistic." Liu Han interrupted and continued, "You already have a wife and children."

"Do you usually take the bus to work?"

Zhou Jing changed the subject.

Liu Hanyu said: "Ride an electric bike."

Zhou Jing said: "It's too cold to ride a bike in winter, don't you consider buying a car?"

"can not afford."

Liu Hanyu sighed. Although the salary the company paid her was not low, eight or nine thousand a month, plus benefits of over ten thousand a month, which was very high in Tangdu, she could only think about buying a car now. She had saved more than one hundred thousand in her card, and was planning to save enough for a down payment to buy a house first.

"It's not convenient to go to the bank or other companies to do business. Let the company provide two cars for the finance department. How good are your driving skills? Did your second uncle use the back door to get your driver's license?"

This kind of thing can be solved with just a word from Zhou Jing.

"No, I took the test myself, but I just didn't drive on the road and forgot."

In fact, Liu Hanyu learned from her second uncle and let her uncle take the back door when taking the exam. She took subjects one and four by herself. When she took subject two, an instructor was directing her at the examination room. It was even easier when she took subject three, as the instructor was instructing her in the car. It was difficult for her to reverse into a parking space in subject two on her own.

"There are fewer cars around the company, so practice more. It's okay if the car is damaged, just don't hurt anyone."

Zhou Jing was very worried about the girl's driving skills. The girl's second uncle was a driving school instructor and her eldest uncle was a traffic policeman, so it was easy to imagine how difficult it was for her to get a driver's license.

"What car are you going to give me?"

Liu Hanyu did not refuse this kindness. After all, it was the company's property. It was indeed inconvenient for her to travel without a car when she went out to handle business. Moreover, the company had to reimburse her for taxi fare when she went out to handle business. It was all the company's money.

"What kind of car do you like?"

"I don't know either. I'll drive whatever car you have."

"You make your own note and buy whatever car you like."

It is not a problem for Zhou Jing to give Liu Hanyu a luxury car, but with Liu Hanyu's personality, she will not accept gifts from others casually. This point alone makes her incomparable to those internet celebrities who always call her "big brother".

"I need the manager's approval even if I wear a note. Let me see your daughter's photo."

Liu Hanyu is just a financial director now and has no power to make decisions on her own.

Zhou Jing opened the photo album on his phone and handed it to the person behind him.

Liu Hanyu took the phone and saw a little girl sitting on the bed in the photo, smiling happily and cutely. "Will you take the kids back to your hometown for National Day?"

"Well, take him back to recognize his ancestors."

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

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It seemed like someone had died in the neighborhood where Liu Hanyu lived. The procession of people in mourning clothes on the road late at night should be like street lights. In the countryside, it is said that this is to guide the soul of the deceased. It is quite creepy for timid people to encounter it late at night.

“Big cities still do this.”

Seeing the will in the man's arms under the light, Liu Hanyu's heart tightened.

"Afraid?"

The car stopped outside the community, and Zhou Jing looked at Liu Hanyu and said.

"Kind of."

Liu Hanyu glanced at the procession on the road outside the window. The northern suburbs were relatively remote, and she usually didn't dare to walk alone at night. She was even more timid when she encountered a funeral procession so late at night.

"I send you."

Zhou Jing turned off the car, took out the key and got out together.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

Liu Hanyu did not refuse.

"No trouble"

Zhou Jing closed the car door, walked around the front of the car, stepped onto the steps and walked onto the sidewalk.

Liu Hanyu said, "Stay away from the candles."

There were small funeral candles on the sidewalk, and Liu Hanyu felt creepy.

"The dead are no more terrible than the living."

Zhou Jing said fearlessly.

"Stay away."

Liu Hanyu pulled Zhou Jing off the sidewalk.

Seeing that the girl was really scared, Zhou Jing stopped scaring her.

Passing by a fruit shop, Liu Hanyu asked Zhou Jing what kind of fruit he wanted to eat. Zhou Jing said it was anything. Liu Hanyu bought a bunch of grapes and four or five peaches.

"There are no boys' sandals, so you don't have to change."

When she got home, Liu Hanyu turned on the light, put on sandals and went to wash the fruit.

"You like to be clean."

Zhou Jing walked into the living room and took a look around. The room was not big but it was clean and tidy. Although it was a rented house, it had all the furniture and appliances such as sofas, refrigerators, and televisions.

"That's right. You sit down first. If you want to watch TV, turn it on yourself. If the remote control is not on the table, it's on the sofa."

Liu Hanyu said in the kitchen.

"How much is the rent?"

Zhou Jing turned on the TV and sat on the sofa. He found the remote control on the sofa and changed the channel.

"Eight hundred and fifty a month. The rent is up in January. It's more convenient to live in the office."

Liu Hanyu was disgusted by renting a lousy house by herself, and she thought renting a better house was too expensive and wasteful. The monthly rent for this one-bedroom, two-living-room house was 850 yuan, plus water, electricity, property fees, and winter heating fees, the average monthly rent was over a thousand yuan, which is more than 10,000 yuan a year. It is not a small amount. Moreover, it is not convenient to live here. She has to either ride an electric bike or take the bus to and from work.

The company has single dormitories with bathrooms. Liu Hanyu feels that renting a house outside is just spending money to get uncomfortable.

"When the company's office building is ready, you can go there to work."

"I feel like this place is pretty good. Can we not go to the office building?"

Ideal Technology's office building is in the Economic Development Zone. It is prosperous there, but you will have to rent a house if you go there. Liu Hanyu is most afraid of moving. She just wants to save enough money to buy a house. Based on her current salary, it will be enough for the down payment in another year, and there will be no pressure on the mortgage.

"can."

"Then I won't go there next year." Liu Hanyu brought the washed grapes to the living room and said, "Are you still in touch with your ex-girlfriend?"

"Aren't you my ex-girlfriend?"

Zhou Jing said with a smile.

"How dare you say that?" Liu Hanyu poured two glasses of water and sat on the sofa, saying unhappily, "Are you still in touch with Chen Jiaqian?"

"Have."

There was no need for Zhou Jing to lie to Liu Hanyu.

Liu Hanyu said: "She is studying abroad so far away and still contacts you. Does she still have hope for you?"

Zhou Jing said: "If we can't be lovers, we can still be friends."

"Come on, there is no such thing as pure friendship between men and women. She just wants to see that you are doing well."

From Chen Jiaqian's perspective, Liu Hanyu thought about it carefully and could understand that for a guy like Zhou Jing, most girls would not want to completely break up with him even if he became their ex-boyfriend. It would be a good idea to part ways in peace. If Zhou Jing just did a favor or gave some benefits directly, the other party could work less for ten years or even a lifetime.

Zhou Jing spat out the grape seeds and asked, "Is our friendship pure?"

"I don't want to talk to you." Liu Hanyu had a lot to ask Zhou Jing, but she didn't know how to start before. So she took this opportunity to make it clear. "When did you and Gu Jia meet?"

"In 09, she was my colleague."

Zhou Jing said half-truthfully.

"When did you start dating?"

Liu Hanyu continued.

"Early 10."

Zhou Jing answered truthfully.

"You are really a playboy. You are two-timing, three-timing. Since you are dating Gu Jia, why are you touching me?"

Liu Hanyu became angrier and angrier as he spoke, looking like he was going to call someone to account.

(End of this chapter)