Chapter 40: I Can Be Your Friend
On the first floor of the group, Zeng Yi met Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi greeted him when he saw him, Zeng Yi was not in the mood to be idle with Chen Zhi because he had something in his heart, nodded and walked directly to the elevator. Chen Zhi felt strange, what happened to Zeng Yi today? Why is it different from usual, and he seems to be preoccupied?
When he arrived on the twenty-eighth floor, Zeng Yi did not enter Xu Zhiqing's office, but hid in the corner of the fire escape and thought about it. What should I do now? Should I continue to stay by Xu Zhiqing's side as her bodyguard, or should I embark on the road of finding Xu Fang? The purpose of coming to Canghai is to make Xu Fang and achieve another career, but now that this clue has been interrupted, how can I go to find Xu Fang? Besides, where should I go to find her in the vast sea of people?
Thinking about it, Zeng Yi felt a little upset, got up and returned to the first floor, walked to Liu Zhen's office, opened the door and saw Liu Zhen leisurely drinking tea.
"Brother Zhen, is there any smoke?" Zeng Yi directly stated the purpose of his visit, and did not give Liu Zhen any buffer time at all.
Liu Zhen was stunned for a while before he reacted, and immediately took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer and handed one to Zeng Yi, Zeng Yi took it and lit it and took a deep breath until all the smoke entered his lungs.
Liu Zhen saw his anxious appearance, and guessed in his heart that Zeng Yi might have been addicted to smoking, but he didn't see how he smoked, how could he have an addiction to smoking?
"Zeng Yi, what's wrong?" Liu Zhen lit a cigarette for himself.
"It's nothing, it's just that Xu Fang's affairs have not made any progress. Zeng Yi said and took another puff of his cigarette.
Hearing him say this, Liu Zhen understood the reason for his troubles, so he comforted him: "Oh, this matter, don't worry, take your time, you will find it one day, the emperor lives up to his wishes!"
Zeng Yi knew that he was comforting himself, and smiled at him gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Zhen, I know." β
Zeng Yi took two puffs of cigarettes and threw them into the ashtray on Liu Zhen's table, the time was almost twelve o'clock, Xu Zhiqing should be ready to go to the cafeteria to eat after work.
"I'll go first, Mr. Xu is about to go to dinner. β
Zeng Yi was about to leave Liu Zhen's office after speaking, but when he was about to walk to the door, he turned back and grabbed a pack of cigarettes that Liu Zhen put on the table and put it in his pocket, "Brother Zhen, give me this pack of cigarettes." After speaking, he left Liu Zhen's office without looking back, completely ignoring Liu Zhen's feelings.
Looking at his back, Liu Zhen felt angry and funny, angry that this pack of cigarettes was brought to him by someone else from abroad, and he had always been reluctant to smoke, and when he heard Zeng Yi asking for cigarettes, he endured heartache and opened and smoked one, laughing because he couldn't imagine that this kid still had the potential to be a robber.
When she arrived at the twenty-eighth floor, Xu Zhiqing just pushed open the office door and walked out, and Zeng Yi greeted her, "Mr. Xu, I'm back." β
Xu Zhiqing nodded, and as soon as she walked to Zeng Yi's side, she smelled a choking smell of smoke, so she looked at Zeng Yi suspiciously and asked, "You smoked?"
Zeng Yi smiled, "Yes." But the smile was still reluctant.
Xu Zhiqing saw that his smile was very reluctant, and guessed in her heart that his own private affairs might not be handled very smoothly. Although she wanted to know what was wrong, Xu Zhiqing understood that this was someone else's private matter, and she had no right to know, even if she was his boss.
"Why haven't I seen you smoke?"
"Oh, I don't usually smoke much. Zeng Yi paused for a moment and then continued: "Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to eat." β
"Hmm!" Xu Zhiqing replied lightly, and then walked downstairs with Zeng Yi to the cafeteria.
At the table, Zeng Yi seemed preoccupied, and his appetite was not very good, so he simply drank a few sips of soup. Although Xu Zhiqing felt a little uncomfortable, he couldn't help it, he didn't take the initiative to tell himself about his personal private affairs, and it was not good for him to take the initiative to ask.
After eating, Xu Zhiqing originally planned to take a rest, but seeing that Zeng Yi was in a bad mood, she changed this plan and was ready to go out with Zeng Yi for a spin, if he could talk to himself about his thoughts, it would be the best.
"Zeng Yi, go out with me. β
In the office on the twenty-eighth floor, Xu Zhiqing said to Zeng Yi while picking up her small satchel.
"Okay. Although Zeng Yi was in a bad mood, he tried his best to meet any requirements for Xu Zhiqing, because he was her bodyguard, and since he was engaged in this position, he must do his best to do it well.
When she went downstairs to the parking lot, Zeng Yi thought that she would still drive her Ferrari out, but Xu Zhiqing did not walk to the car, but walked directly to the street with Zeng Yi, and casually stopped a taxi, Zeng Yi was a little puzzled by her move.
"Mr. Xu, why don't you drive your own car?"
In the back seat of the taxi, Xu Zhiqing and Zeng Yi sat side by side, Zeng Yi squeezed in, kept a certain distance from her and expressed his doubts.
Seeing his movements, Xu Zhiqing had a closer impression of Zeng Yi in her heart. Although Zeng Yi always violates himself in his eyes, but that is the long-term affection of people, who doesn't want to take a few more glances when he sees beautiful things? Now in such a close situation, he can still keep a physical distance from himself, which cannot but say that his character is noble, in other words, I am afraid that others will get closer.
"It's tiring to drive every day, and I relax once in a while. By the way, call me Zhiqing outside of work in the future, we are the same age, and it always feels awkward to call me Mr. Xu, and calling me Zhiqing will make me feel more cordial. β
When Xu Zhiqing said this, she was even stunned, these words were completely blurted out by herself subconsciously, and they were not considered in her mind at all. Why do I want him to call me Zhiqing? What's wrong with me? Xu Zhiqing thought for a long time and couldn't think of an answer, but her face turned red, so she quickly twisted her head to the car window and pretended to look at the scenery outside the car.
Belch........ What is the situation? Call her Zhiqing, do I have that qualification? Zeng Yi had a short circuit in his thinking, but this undoubtedly made him come out of Xu Fang's matter a little bit, and his mood was not so bad.
Xu γγγγγγ Zhiqing, where are you going?" When Zeng Yi habitually called Xu Zhiqing Mr. Xu, he found that Xu Zhiqing was looking at him angrily, so he hurriedly spoke, but the word "you" still existed.
"Asahi Peak Playground. And get rid of that heart of "you" in the future, OK?"
"OK!" Zeng Yi smiled awkwardly at Xu Zhiqing, he felt that he was more like a girl in front of Xu Zhiqing.
Xufeng Playground, north of Canghai City, is a large outdoor amusement park, which contains roller coasters, Ferris wheels, suspension ladders and other exciting amusement facilities, usually on holidays, there are crowds of people, most of them are parents with children to play, but there are not a few young people of this age like Zeng Yi and Xu Zhiqing.
Xu Zhiqing looked very excited when he arrived at the playground, Zeng Yi had never touched a similar place, and he seemed very happy at the first time, and temporarily forgot about the unsuccessful search for Xu Fang, but he was more stable than Xu Zhiqing in comparison.
From bumper cars to suspension ladders to Ferris wheels, Xu Zhiqing has played all the entertainment facilities, and each one is more nervous and more exciting, as if she has forgotten her original intention of taking Zeng Yi out to relax.
When riding the roller coaster, when the car descended rapidly in the air at a 360, Xu Zhiqing closed her eyes in fright and screamed, her hands grabbed Zeng Yi beside her tightly, and she desperately drilled her head into Zeng Yi's arms. When the car stopped, she didn't dare to open her eyes, her head was in Zeng Yi's arms, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Xu γγγγγ That Zhiqing, the car stopped. Zeng Yi said with a smile to Xu Zhiqing in his arms.
Xu Zhiqing opened her eyes when she heard this, and when she saw that she was snuggling up with Zeng Yi in such an intimate position, her pretty face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly untied the safety belt on the roller coaster and jumped out of the car and trotted forward, but stopped after running a few steps, and shouted at Zeng Yi: "Zeng Yi, I want to eat ice cream." Then he jumped forward and walked forward, and there was a vigorous and resolute group boss image, who was completely a naughty and cute girl.
Seeing her cute appearance, Zeng Yi laughed happily, thinking that Xu Zhiqing was still a girl after all, and she was inevitably naughty and naΓ―ve. After getting off the station, I looked around on the ground and saw a small supermarket not far away, so I started and walked over.
After a while, Zeng Yi walked over with an ice cream and a bag of popcorn in his hand, looked around but didn't see Xu Zhiqing's figure, walked a few meters away in the direction Xu Zhiqing just walked, and saw her sitting motionless in front of a stream, as if thinking about her thoughts.
Zeng Yi quietly walked behind her, and then suddenly stretched out the ice cream in front of her, Xu Zhiqing was startled, took the ice cream after giving Zeng Yi a blank look and ate it.
Zeng Yi opened the popcorn, pinched a few grains and threw them into his mouth, chewing carelessly.
"Zeng Yi, do you have any friends?" Xu Zhiqing asked Zeng Yi a strange question after eating a few bites of ice cream.
Zeng Yi thought for a while and then said: "Not before, but since I came to Canghai, Liu Zhen, Chen Zhi, Wang Chao are all my friends." β
Xu Zhiqing nodded, sighed lightly and said, "But I don't, even if I do, there is only one, but that is still my childhood friend, and sometimes I really feel very lonely." β
For Xu Zhiqing's words, Zeng Yi felt a little strange. As the CEO of Xu's Group, Xu Zhiqing inevitably often deals with others, her life should be full of color, how can she feel lonely without friends?
Seeing the doubts in Zeng Yi's eyes, Xu Zhiqing seemed to know what he was thinking, so she continued: "When I say friends, I mean real friends, not friends based on interests. I surround myself with people who are all interested in my relationship for a certain purpose, so they are not my friends, they are at best partners or colleagues. β
Hearing Xu Zhiqing's explanation, Zeng Yi understood the meaning of her friend in her mouth. Unexpectedly, the seemingly beautiful group CEO does not even have a real friend by his side, which cannot but be said to be a sad thing. He was touched by Xu Zhiqing's words at the moment, because a person without friends is very lonely, so he couldn't help but blurt out to Xu Zhiqing: "If I can, I think I can be your friend." β
Zeng Yi regretted it a little as soon as he said it, because he found that he had forgotten his identity, I was just a little of her bodyguard, but now I want to be her friend, is it a bit suspicious of Gao Pan?
Although Zeng Yi felt that he had climbed high, Xu Zhiqing did not have this thought, and immediately turned his gaze on Zeng Yi after hearing his words, and there was a faint brilliance in his eyes. "Really?" asked Xu Zhiqing, her tone a little excited.
Hearing her question, Zeng Yi realized that her worries did not exist, she did not look down on herself, so she met Xu Zhiqing's gaze and nodded seriously.
"Okay! Zeng Yi, I believe that you can be my true friend, and I am also happy to have found a friend like you. β
Xu Zhiqing looked very happy, and after speaking, she directly threw the ice cream in her hand into the stream in front of her, and immediately attracted several small fish to swim over and compete for the ice cream.
Belch...... Waste! Even if you are happy, you can't just spoil the food, but I bought it for a dozen yuan! Zeng Yi felt a little distressed in his heart.
"Give me your number. Xu Zhiqing stretched out her jade hand to Zeng Yi. Since we are friends, then give me your mobile phone number to facilitate the contact between us. But she was obviously overjoyed, forgetting that Zeng Yi was by her side at all times, she didn't need to contact her by phone, and more importantly, she hadn't seen Zeng Yi use a mobile phone at all.
"What number?" Zeng Yi was puzzled by her words, did she ask for the size of the shoe or the number of the bank card?
"Mobile phone number, what other numbers can there be?" Xu Zhiqing glanced at him.
Zeng Yi understood what she meant, but how could he give her the number if he didn't have a mobile phone?" I don't have a mobile phone!" Zeng Yi shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said embarrassedly.
"Gurgle... After Zeng Yi finished speaking, Xu Zhiqingjiao laughed, and then remembered that she didn't seem to have seen Zeng Yi use a mobile phone at all. "I'm sorry! I forgot, but it's not convenient to have a mobile phone, I'll give you one another day, it's a gift for the first meeting between friends." β
"Forget it, I'll take the time to buy one myself. Besides, you have already sent me a set of clothes, and I feel very ashamed. Thinking of the expensive price of clothes, Zeng Yi still felt a little staggered.
"No! I said I'll give it to you, and you can't buy it, or you'll treat me as a friend. Xu Zhiqing looked angry, but more cute.
Xu Zhiqing knew in her heart that if she hadn't asked Zeng Yi for a number, Zeng Yi would not have bought a mobile phone, and she hadn't seen Zeng Yi spend money indiscriminately, so he must be a child born in a poor family, and he knows thrift better than ordinary people, and now he has to spend thousands of yuan to buy a mobile phone for his own words, which Xu Zhiqing doesn't want to see, so her tone is so resolute.
"Okay then!" Zeng Yi nodded helplessly, thinking that he had encountered any strange things, and someone gave him a mobile phone innocently, and threatened not to refuse, is my character too good?