Ning Zhi is such a smart person, she immediately understood that her grandmother misunderstood that Xi Lanyu didn't come up last night because she was at home, and it was inconvenient.

Ning Zhi held his grandmother's hand, and his voice was light: "It's not inconvenient, don't think about it, he still has a house nearby, and this one is for you to provide for the elderly." ”

Ning Zhi can move out and continue renting, but she doesn't want her grandmother to return to her hometown.

Ning Xianglan shook her head and insisted on saying: "Grandma is from here, Lan Yu didn't say it, but not necessarily in his heart, no husband is happy that he has just gotten married, but his daughter-in-law is occupied by her mother's family every day." ”

Grandma's personality Ning Zhi couldn't be clearer, and if there is no strong evidence for what she believes, it will be extremely difficult to change her mind.

The house in the countryside is in disrepair and it is very inconvenient to live. The old man is old, and if he falls and bumps in his hometown, Ning Zhi will not have time to rush back.

Besides, grandma is not a little old lady who can't really keep up with the times, she is clearly adapting well here these days. She is the only relative that Ning Zhi cares about, and she will only be relieved to keep her by her side.

But if grandma stays here, she and Xi Lanyu's plastic couple can only continue to act.

She can endure it for her grandmother, but what about Xi Lanyu?

For him, it was his extra trouble.

Ning Zhi tossed and turned, thinking all night.

In the mid-level villa last night, although the two lived together, if they didn't mean to, they wouldn't have met all day.

Ning Zhi felt that if this was the case, then this cohabitation was actually not so difficult to accept.

But Xi Lanyu doesn't necessarily think so.

This is beyond the original agreement between the two, if it was placed in the past, Ning Zhi would decisively give up this idea.

But now, if she chooses one of her grandmother's goings and stays and the agreement with Xi Lanyu, she will definitely and can only choose to keep her grandmother.

Ning Zhi expected that Xi Lanyu would not agree easily, because she was afraid of being rejected directly, so she didn't even send a text message in advance.

Estimating the time when Xi Lanyu went out last time, she got up early in the morning and drove directly to the Beichen Building.

Chapter 08

At half past seven in the morning, the entire Beichen building had just woken up, and Ning Zhi was sitting in the hall downstairs, surrounded by office workers coming and going.

She clicked on WeChat to see if there was a reply.

Half an hour ago, she sent Zhang Yi a WeChat message asking him if Xi Lanyu was in the company, and the reply she got was that she was holding a remote meeting.

After Ning Zhi finished letting go, he told her that now half an hour had passed, and there was no movement.

She got bored of waiting, took out her headphones, clicked on the professional knowledge to be tested next week, and began to review.

At the same time, Zhang Yi knocked on the door with his mobile phone, and Xi Lanyu whispered: "Come in." ”

Now it happened to be in the middle of the meeting, and there was a five-minute break, Zhang Yi handed the mobile phone to Xi Lanyu: "Mr. Xi, Miss Ning seems to have something to do with you." ”

Xi Lanyu glanced at the chat box, there was only one, not too urgent, he propped his elbows on the table, and pinched his eyebrows: "I'll talk about it after the meeting." ”

Half an hour later, the meeting ended, and Ning Zhi received Zhang Yi's reply.

She decisively dialed Xi Lanyu's number. It was the first time she had called him, and probably with a decision in her mind, she looked into the distance and calmly waited for the call to go through.

"Hey."

On the other end of the phone, Xi Lanyu's voice sounded a little tired, low and hoarse.

Ning Zhi knew exactly who he was, "Mr. Xi, can I delay you for a while?" ”

Xi Lanyu politely refused: "I'm sorry Miss Ning, I don't happen to have time every time." ”

Ning Zhi didn't want to give up and insisted, "Understood." But please try to spare ten minutes, I promise it won't be too long. ”

Xi Lanyu was silent for a long time, and a deep voice came out: "You come up with Zhang Yi." ”

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There were two rows of assistants sitting outside Xi Lanyu's office who were on standby at any time, and when they saw Zhang Zhu suddenly leading a woman up, they all raised their heads intentionally or unintentionally.

Ning Zhi ignored all kinds of scrutiny and calmly followed behind Zhang Yi.

Xi Lanyu's office layout is almost the same as she imagined, with black, white and gray colors, open and bright floor-to-ceiling windows, and no warm furnishings.

He didn't sit at his desk, Zhang Yi flipped the switch on the wall and led her into the tea room on the left.

Xi Lanyu was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window smoking a cigarette, the gurgling in the pot was boiling, he looked at it and sat back in the main seat.

Ning Zhi sat down across from her.

The moment the door of the room slowly closed, Ning Zhi spoke: "Time is precious, I'll get straight to the point." ”

Xi Lanyu lifted his eyelids, his dark eyes were through the lenses, there was a natural coercion, and he said lightly: "Please." ”

Ning Zhi sat up straight, folded his hands on his lap, and cleared his throat: "I have an idea, since we can stay in the mountain villa without meeting each other for one night, can we take this way to cover up when necessary?" ”

Xi Lanyu's finger bones knocked on the table, "What is necessary?" ”

It wasn't that she didn't feel the stagnation of the atmosphere, but she decided to do it, so as not to retreat at the door.

Ning Zhi looked directly into Xi Lanyu's eyes, and every word was extremely clear: "For example, recently." Grandma was worried that she would be inconvenient for you and wanted to go back to her hometown, but I didn't want her to go back, and I thought if we could pretend to live together, then she could-"

"Miss Ning," Xi Lanyu raised his hand to interrupt her, "Do you remember why I chose you to make a deal back then?" ”

Ning Zhi didn't forget, of course she remembered, remembered clearly.

She's a smart person.

Being smart means not exceeding the rules, not coveting, not showing up.

But now she's all in defiance.

Xi Lanyu looked at her with a cold gaze: "If Miss Ning remembers, there is still a chance to retract this." I could have never heard of it. ”

Of course he could, but Ning Zhi couldn't.

"It's just a stopgap measure, and I'll come up with a better way as soon as possible."

With a flash of light, Xi Lanyu lifted the frame, and his gaze became more keen, "Frankly speaking, I don't like to be tested frequently. ”

This was said vaguely, but Ning Zhi frowned almost instantly, he felt that she was deliberately approaching him these days?

That's ridiculous, isn't it?

Xi Lanyu lowered his eyes and tidied up his cuffs, noble and polite, but the etiquette revealed distance, "Miss Ning, please go back, I still have something to do." ”

Ning Zhi still wanted to fight again, and Zhang Yi came in.

Xi Lanyu got up and ordered: "Inform the risk control department that the meeting is now in place, and you send Miss Ning." ”

Xi Lanyu walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to make a phone call, and in the reflection of the glass, her figure was thin and thin.

Ning Zhi picked up the bag, and his voice was a little cold: "It seems that I am abrupt today." ”

She even imagined that the high-ranking Xi Lanyu would have a little bit of empathy.

-

Elevator room.

Ning Zhi asked, "Has Xi Lanyu always been so difficult to speak?" ”

Zhang Zhu laughed: "Miss Ning, Mr. Xi is actually patient enough with you. ”

"Really?" Ning Zhi's voice was cold, and he seemed to be innocently curious, "Xi Lanyu often trains you?" ”

Zhang Zhu showed an expression of "I know everything" and gave Ning Zhi advice, "Mr. Xi pays attention to efficiency, if you want to convince him, it is best to prepare enough convincing proof." ”

Ning Zhi asked again: "He is very defensive against people?" ”

Zhang Zhu thought for a while: "Let's put it this way, an unsuspecting person can't sit in the position of President Xi." ”

Ning Zhi shrugged, in a sense, she was indeed just a stranger.

It's also normal to be distrustful.

-

It's one thing to tell yourself intellectually that it's okay, but on the emotional level, Ning Zhi has never been questioned like this since he was a child.

It must be false to say that you are not angry at all.

After work, she asked Zheng Yiman out for a drink.

Zheng Yiman was extremely surprised: "Didn't the sun come out in the west today, we workaholics still took the initiative to ask me for a day?" ”

Ning Zhi tugged at the corners of his lips: "Last time you said that Xi Lanyu was the big devil, I realized it." ”

Zheng Yiman wanted to listen to gossip while not forgetting to care about his sister: "Did he scold you?" ”

Ning Zhi shook his head: "Don't count it, I just think he's really difficult to deal with." ”

"Harm." Zheng Yiman encouraged Ning Zhi with his cheeks, "Keep up the good work, baby, he is notoriously difficult to do, you can see him in person, in fact, he has surpassed at least 99% of people." ”

Ning Zhi raised his eyebrows: "I was comforted by you." ”

Zheng Yiman clinked glasses with her, the bar was loud, Zheng Yiman shouted at the top of his throat without any scruples, "The plan I made in the morning and greedy for darkness was beaten back five times, and I didn't even have a why!" I think that they are all stupid capitalists who don't understand the suffering of our ordinary people! ”

Zheng Yiman has a bold personality, laughs when he wants to laugh, scolds when he wants, and never cares what others think.

Someone threw a curious look at them, and Ning Zhi hurriedly dragged the person back to her seat and asked her to be quiet.

Next door booth.

Wei Fu heard the voice and looked back, Damn! Fate!

He pushed Xi Lanyu, who was sitting in the corner: "Eh, your blind date." ”

Xi Lanyu didn't even look at it. Wei floated to see that the excitement was not a big deal, and Gonghuo said: "She said that you capitalists are stupid. ”

Xi Lanyu finally made some moves, but he was facing Wei Fu.

He scoffed, "I think you are." ”

After being in contact for so long, he couldn't even distinguish a woman's voice.

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It is said that disasters do not go alone, and Ning Zhi feels that it is reasonable.