Zhou Li put his hands in his pockets and looked at Zhan Yubai calmly, "Borrow you a book to read."

Zhan Yubai saw Zhou Li take a certain out-of-print English book from the bookcase, and put his heart back in his stomach.

Zhan Yubai: "This one, you can take it and read it, I still have a few out-of-print books, sort them out and give them to you."

Zhou Li: "Okay, it's your light."

Zhou Li didn't stay in the study for long, took the book and walked out of the living room with Zhan Yubai, and sat down with her to eat fruit and chat.

Zhou Li suddenly said, "Tell me about your work in the welfare home."

Zhan Yubai: "Why are you suddenly curious about this?"

Zhou Li: "I rarely hear you say."

He looked at her lightly, and his tone didn't fluctuate, as if he was usually chatting.

Zhan Yubai: "Well, I rarely remember the old days."

Zhou Li: "What?"

Zhan Yubai: "Maybe it's because you don't have enough life......

Recalling the past, Zhan Yubai's expression was a lot sad, according to her, the director of the welfare institute didn't like her very much, her college tuition was earned by student loans and her own part-time job, and the welfare institute didn't want to spend more money on her because she was older.

"Luckily, I was lucky enough to meet my parents who were willing to adopt me." Zhan Yubai smiled with red eyes, "I'm very grateful to them, without them, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Zhou Li: "Do you have any good friends in the orphanage?"

Zhan Yubai: "Yes, but then they all lost contact...... I hope they're doing well now."

Zhou Li didn't speak, a pair of eyes stared at her deeply.

Zhan Yubai couldn't see through his eyes, and his heart tightened when he was stared at, and he became inexplicably nervous.

Zhou Li picked up the book in his hand, "It's not too early, I'll go back first, let's rest early."

——

After taking a shower late at night, Zhou Li came to the study and opened the folder that had been copied back.

Inside is a large PPT file, and after opening it, it is Jiang Mingzhu's information.

This information is different from what he has ever investigated, there is almost no information about Jiang Mingzhu as an adult, and most of it is the information from her middle school days.

The earliest photo was when Jiang Mingzhu was in his second year of junior high school.

She was wearing the uniform of a public school in Port City, tied in a ponytail, and her simple outfit could not hide her smart eyes.

At that time, she was the most conspicuous one in the crowd.

There are also many photos in the back, all of which are from Jiang Mingzhu's student days.

It can be seen from the photos that Jiang Mingzhu's temperament is different from before after being adopted by her adoptive parents.

Zhan Yubai would never go to check Jiang Mingzhu's childhood for no reason, and Yuanye's seemingly nonsensical speculation seemed very reasonable at this time.

Zhou Li flipped through all the photos, closed the computer, and his eyes flashed with a faint and unknown light.

——

The cold war between Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li is still ongoing.

In the middle of this week, Jiang Mingzhu was taken to Fenghe for a meeting by Zhou Li.

Jiang Mingzhu and the driver sat in the front row, and Zhou Li sat alone in the back seat.

Zhou Li maintained his usual seriousness, didn't say a word on the way, and Jiang Mingzhu didn't provoke him, occasionally chatting with the driver next to him.

The driver Xiao Zhang and Jiang Mingzhu are about the same age, and the two have a good relationship in private.

Jiang Mingzhu saw Zhou Li's tense face from the reversing mirror, and sneered in her heart, the dog thing is really arrogant, this is an iron heart and does not plan to talk to her.

When he came to Fenghe, he naturally inevitably met Zhan Yubai, and as soon as Jiang Mingzhu came up, he saw Zhan Yubai.

After Zhan Yubai saw Jiang Mingzhu, his gaze stayed on her for a few seconds, with a thick scrutiny.

Jiang Mingzhu was very calm, nodding at her without humility or arrogance, "Mr. Zhan."

Zhan Yubai smiled at her, a little reluctantly.

Zhou Li saw this scene in his eyes, and his expression did not change at all.

Because Jiang Mingzhu came here as Zhou Li's assistant, even if Zhan Yubai was dissatisfied in his heart, he couldn't express his opinion, and finally had to take Jiang Mingzhu to the living room together.

Jiang Mingzhu sat next to Zhou Li, recording their conversation on the computer.

She is very measured in her work and does not say a word of superfluous nonsense.

During this process, Zhan Yubai's eyes glanced at Jiang Mingzhu from time to time, not only Jiang Mingzhu was aware of it, but Zhou Li was also aware of it.

After talking about work, Zhan Yubai suddenly walked to Zhou Li's side, grabbed his arm, and leaned on him affectionately.

Jiang Mingzhu was sitting on the chair next to her, and she raised her eyebrows to see the excitement.

Zhou Li glanced at Jiang Mingzhu and said lightly, "What's wrong."

Zhan Yubai: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly want to hug you."

Zhou Li: "Yes."

Jiang Mingzhu closed the computer and stood up, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhan, I'll go to the bathroom, don't disturb the two of you."

Zhan Yubai suddenly laughed, a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I forgot that Assistant Jiang is still here, so I let you see the joke."

Jiang Mingzhu smiled silently, and after walking out of the office, he sneered at the corners of his mouth.

Why forget that she is still there, Zhan Yubai's actions are clearly for her to see, and he swears in front of her.

Zhou Li glanced at the closed door and pushed Zhan Yubai out in his arms.

Zhan Yubai's face was a little ugly.

Zhou Li: "Do things on different occasions."

Zhan Yubai: "I'm sorry, it's me who is bad."

Zhou Li didn't speak.

At this time, Zhan Yubai's mobile phone suddenly rang again.

Zhou Li glanced at the table, Zhan Yubai quickly picked up the mobile phone and cut off the incoming phone.

Zhou Li: "Why don't you take it?"

Zhan Yubai: "It's the phone number of the hospital's physical examination center, it doesn't matter."

Zhou Li: "Huh?"

Zhan Yubai: "I made an appointment for the second half of the year's physical examination tomorrow."

Zhou Li: "Do you need me to accompany you?"

Zhan Yubai: "No, I can do it alone."

Zhou Li nodded lightly.

After talking about work, it was close to noon, and Zhou Li went out to eat with Zhan Yubai at noon.

The two of them are dating, so naturally they won't take Jiang Mingzhu with them.

Jiang Mingzhu and Xiao Zhang found a fast food restaurant to eat casually, and when Zhou Li came back, they returned to the company together.

When he got out of the car, Jiang Mingzhu found that Zhou Li's neckline actually had lipstick marks.

You don't have to think about it to know who left it.

When Jiang Mingzhu's gaze swept over, he happened to meet Zhou Li's four eyes.

She pursed her lips slightly, her eyes revealing a little grievance, and then quickly turned her gaze away.

It looked like the mark had stung the eye.

After the elevator stopped, she lowered her head and hurriedly walked out, looking at her back and still a little embarrassed.

Zhou Li looked down at the lip print on the neckline and walked back to the office indifferently.

As soon as I sat down at my desk, my phone rang.

When I picked it up, it was a text message.

Can't you coax me? 】

This aggrieved tone, you don't even have to look at the number to know who sent it.

Zhou Li stared at the screen for a while, and finally deleted the text message and threw the phone aside.

Soon there was another one.

[I know it's wrong. 】

Zhou Li deleted again.

Later, she sent three or four more, but Zhou Li ignored them.

It wasn't until after getting off work in the evening that Jiang Mingzhu came to his office again.