Although his gaze shifted, Zhou Li still heard Jiang Mingzhu's voice calling.

When she called out "Mom", Zhou Li's frowning brow finally relaxed.

Liang Cong sat on the side, taking in Zhou Li's reactions before and after, and didn't dare to say more nonsense.

——

The flight landed at exactly twelve o'clock in Beicheng.

Jiang Mingzhu didn't talk to Zhou Li during the flight, but kept chatting with Liang Cong.

When he got off the plane, Liang Cong came up and asked, "Jiang Zhu, is someone picking you up, do you want to drop you back?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "No need, I've already made an appointment."

Liang Cong: "Okay."

Walking to the pick-up gate, Jiang Mingzhu saw Xu Yingfei's figure head-on.

You don't have to think about it to know why.

Xu Yingfei was still as enthusiastic as ever about Jiang Mingzhu: "Mingzhu, you can take my car."

Jiang Mingzhu refused several times, but in the end, she couldn't stand Xu Yingfei's enthusiasm and got into the car with her.

Liang Cong left in the company's car, and Xu Yingfei only had Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li in the car.

Zhou Li sat in the passenger seat, Jiang Mingzhu naturally sat in the back seat, and after getting in the car, it was so quiet that there was no sense of existence.

Xu Yingfei glanced at Jiang Mingzhu from the rearview mirror, and then said to Zhou Li beside her, "By the way, I have booked the hotel for your birthday, do you want to go and see it?"

Zhou Li: "No, you can choose."

Xu Yingfei: "You don't care at all, it's like I'm celebrating my birthday."

She smiled and "complained", "Then I'll send out the invitation."

Zhou Li: "Yes."

Jiang Mingzhu looked at the scenery outside the window in the back row, quietly listening to their conversation.

Soon the conversation turned to her.

Xu Yingfei: "Mingzhu, are you free on Saturday night? Let's go to the Four Seasons Hotel and celebrate our birthday."

Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, no problem."

She agreed very simply, so that Xu Yingfei didn't react at the moment.

Xu Yingfei originally thought that she would have to pull a few rounds to achieve her goal.

When I was surprised, I heard Jiang Mingzhu say, "Zhou is always our partner in Yanhe, and my birthday should be expressed, and I will definitely give Mr. Zhou a big gift when the time comes."

In the last four words, Jiang Mingzhu bit very hard, and he couldn't hide the smile in and out of his words.

——

The car stopped in front of the Intercontinental Hotel, and Jiang Mingzhu dragged his suitcase out of the car after saying goodbye.

Xu Yingfei watched Jiang Mingzhu walk into the hotel before turning her head to look at Zhou Li.

From the moment he got off the plane, Zhou Li's face had been like this, as if someone else owed him money.

Xu Yingfei: "Have you been stimulated by going to Hong Kong City for the past few days?"

Zhou Li: "Drive your car."

Although Xu Yingfei started the car, she still didn't forget to joke him, "What kind of gift did you say Mingzhu would give you?"

Zhou Li recalled Jiang Mingzhu's attitude just now, and sighed, "It's nothing good."

In the past, he often heard Jiang Mingzhu speak in this tone, and every time it was not good.

This was usually the attitude she had before she made it bad.

Xu Yingfei raised her eyebrows: "You really know her."

Zhou Li laughed self-deprecatingly, what kind of understanding is this.

Xu Yingfei: "You sound very depressed today, what happened?"

Zhou Li: "How is the matter of the Xu family resolved?"

When she mentioned this incident, the smile on Xu Yingfei's face immediately disappeared, and her tone changed from relaxed to serious: "I haven't found evidence yet."

Zhou Li: "Xu Langqing can hide for so many years, the evidence must be difficult to find."

Xu Yingfei: "He doesn't have a thorough grasp of the Xu family's resources now, we can't find evidence, if he turns around, our chances will be even slimmer."

Zhou Li: "Not necessarily."

Xu Yingfei: "Huh?"

Zhou Li: "After my birthday, I will ask the public relations department to issue a statement."

Although Zhou Li did not specifically say what the statement was, Xu Yingfei knew it very well.

Xu Yingfei: "Okay, do you need me to do anything?"

Zhou Li: "The Xu family should contact you when they see the news."

Xu Yingfei: "Definitely, Xu Langqing will not let go of this opportunity to take the position, he has coveted the branch in my hand for a long time."

Speaking of this, Xu Yingfei hooked her lips and smiled, "This time he is going to be proud."

Zhou Li: "What I promised you will not change."

Xu Yingfei: "Of course, I believe in you, otherwise I wouldn't cooperate with you, right?"

She played the steering wheel, and looked at Zhou Li: "If you guessed correctly, your trick is to put a long line to catch a big fish?"

Zhou Li acquiesces.

Xu Yingfei: "Also, if he is in power, he should spare no effort to do his experimental projects."

——

Xu Yingfei did her best to organize Zhou Li's birthday party, and every friend around him was invited.

The day before his birthday, Jiang Mingzhu and Fu Xiaozhi went together to choose a gift for Zhou Li.

It's not the first time that Fu Xiaozhi has bought a gift for Zhou Li, they have known each other for a long time, and Fu Xiaozhi gave Zhou a gift with some outdoor sports equipment.

Jiang Mingzhu is not so "elegant", she has always been simple and rude in giving gifts.

Fu Xiaozhi accompanied Jiang Mingzhu to the Rolex counter: "What did you give him before?"

Jiang Mingzhu was stunned by Fu Xiaozhi's question.

She didn't seem to have given Zhou Li a gift before.

It's quite unreliable to say this, no wonder Zhou Li will keep doing it.

Fu Xiaozhi also saw the answer from Jiang Mingzhu's silence: "...... Haven't you sent it?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "No."

Fu Xiaozhi: "But I remember that you seem to have sent it to the wilderness."

Jiang Mingzhu: "......"

Fu Xiaozhi: "No wonder Thursday suddenly understood him like a resentful woman."

Jiang Mingzhu: "...... I'll send more this time."

Jiang Mingzhu spent money like dirt to buy a green water ghost for Zhou Li.

This gift was something she had thought of a long time ago, mainly to highlight a "green".

After buying the watch, Jiang Mingzhu went to another counter to buy a tie for Zhou Li.

It is also dark green.

Fu Xiaozhi looked at the green two-piece suit, and laughed out loud: "Your taunt value is full, I will be angry with you on Thursday."

——

At half past five o'clock in the afternoon of October 29, Jiang Mingzhu came to the Four Seasons Hotel to attend Zhouli's birthday banquet.

Xu Yingfei planned this birthday banquet very carefully, and this floor of the hotel's banquet hall was wrapped.

When Jiang Mingzhu arrived upstairs, he saw Xu Yingfei and Zhou Li at the entrance of the station to greet the guests.

Jiang Mingzhu walked up to greet them, and then handed the gift bag in his hand to Zhou Li.

"Happy birthday."

She didn't shout those superfluous salutations this time, only said four words.

Zhou Li let out an "um" and took the things she handed over.

Xu Yingfei: "Why are there two copies?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "There is another copy from Mr. Qin, he heard that Mr. Zhou has a birthday, and asked me to express it for him."

Xu Yingfei: "I see."

Jiang Mingzhu: "Then I'll go in first, so I won't disturb you."

Jiang Mingzhu came early, and there was no one in the banquet hall, so she chose a place to sit down in the corridor and terrace.

At six o'clock, the guests arrived, and the banquet officially began.

Jiang Mingzhu sat in his seat eating biscuits, watching Jiang Jin walk to Xu Yingfei's ear and lean over to speak, hooked his lips and smiled.

Well, it's almost time.