Crossing the line

Chapter 117 Do You Like Me?
If I had told them before, I would have known whose leftovers Wen Yangzhi ate so calmly.

Wen Wei and Zhao Qin absolutely didn't believe it.

But this is exactly what happened under their noses.

The servant came forward to pour water for Yun Yuwan, but Wen Yangzhi picked it up and touched it first. He put the glass down with his cold white hand without blinking: "Change it to hot water."

Realizing that Yun Yuwan probably couldn't drink cold water, the servant quickly went to change it to hot water.

Wen Yangzhi seemed to be the only one at the table with Yun Yuwan: "Did you feel uncomfortable in your stomach when you slept last night?"

"Not bad." Yun Yuwan responded softly.

The volume of two people is not loud, and it can actually be used as ambient white noise if you ignore it.

But Zhao Qin couldn't pretend not to hear it.

Seven whole years, so when did it start?
Zhao Qin suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two people and said in a suppressed and gloomy voice: "Can you please not sleep in your brother's room?"

Yun Yuwan looked up at Zhao Qin as if she was hit by a small hammer.

Wen Yangzhi put down the thin round wooden chopsticks, his attitude was just indifferent, he was disgusted by Zhao Qin's behavior of targeting Yun Yuwan: "Then I will sleep in her room."

Zhao Qin's anger was about to break through the critical point, but she didn't express it. She just asked: "Do you really have to do this?"

Wen Yangzhi raised his eyes and looked at her steadily, his eyes dark: "I have to do this, I can't leave her."

Yun Yuwan held the fork and argued in a dilemma: "Auntie...I..."

But Zhao Qin ignored her: "Are you sure you will choose her?"

"Yeah." Wen Yangzhi said without thinking, without even giving Zhao Qin a second glance.

The calm reply was completely different from Zhao Qin's angry expression.

Wen Yangzhi fastened the cufflinks that he had deliberately untied in order to pick up the chopsticks, and glanced at Yun Yuwan slightly: "Are you full?"

"I'm full." She put down her fork sadly.

Wen Yangzhi had no intention of staying any longer: "Let's go after we're full."

She didn't know where Wen Yangzhi was going to take her, but Wen Yangzhi simply held her arm, helped her up, and took her away in front of the couple.

After taking two steps, she realized that her cell phone had fallen, so she ran back to get it, while Zhao Qin and Wen Wei were both looking at her.

Wen Wei finally spoke up and said kindly, "Go ahead."

She glanced at Zhao Qin and said cautiously, "Auntie, we'll leave first."

Zhao Qin turned her eyes away and didn't look at her.

Yun Yuwan knew it wasn't that easy, so she turned around and followed Wen Yangzhi. He naturally held her hand and wrapped his big hand around hers.

It was Wen Yangzhi who took the initiative to approach her.

They left the villa.

Zhao Qin did not give up and walked to the window sill outside the restaurant, and saw Wen Yangzhi holding Yun Yuwan in his arms in front of the car.

It seemed to comfort her, and it also seemed like they were just like this in private.

Yun Yuwan, who had been looking gloomy, was finally coaxed into smiling at Wen Yangzhi.

They got in the car and left.

Zhao Qin returned to the table and asked dejectedly, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"I didn't expect Hongsheng to be like this, but if he likes it, let him be." Wen Wei did not elaborate.

Zhao Qin chuckled and said sarcastically, "Are you very happy that he likes Lou Wanyi's daughter?"

Wen Wei wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and his voice became a little colder: "It's meaningless if you talk like this."

"I'm boring? It's interesting now that they are like this, you three are happy, but I'm the outsider!"

In the past, Zhao Qin always spoke sweetly and behaved submissively in front of Wen Wei, but now she could no longer bear it.

Wen Wei threw the handkerchief on the dining table, and said in a rather dignified and old-fashioned voice, very heavy and low:

"Can't you see that he really likes Yu Wan? Have you ever seen him really like anyone? He finally has a partner, but he has to break them up?"

"I shouldn't have listened to you and put them under the same roof, and they fell in love with each other." Zhao Qin felt unwilling and aggrieved.

Wen Wei's eyes were cold, and his voice was cold as well: "They didn't fall in love over time."

Zhao Qin stood up and pressed, "If it's not love that grows over time, then what is it?"

Wen Wei said bluntly: "It was Gangsheng who had a one-sided love for her for six years."

He laid out the facts to sober her up:

"Think about what your son has said to you about his mate selection criteria every time since six years ago. Has he ever said anything other than "it's too late to have sex"? Even if they were in other places, they would still be together."

But he was the one who caused all this, and now he said that all this was bound to happen. Zhao Qin found it ridiculous:
"But if you don't bring her back, she and Hong Kong students will have no intersection."

Wen Wei didn't want to get angry, but at this moment he was also aroused: "If you don't bring her back, your son will never get married. You should be clear about this."

Zhao Qin sneered: "Is it possible not to get married? Don't use this to evade me. Look, the person he is closest to is an outsider. He has never been so nice to you and me. Why can't you understand me at all?"

He always deliberately did nothing and used seemingly reasonable words to pressure her.

He always looks indifferent because it's not him who is wronged, but her.

Her husband likes Lou Wanyi, and her son likes Lou Wanyi's daughter. Why do they do this to her and not let her tell?
Wen Wei frowned tightly, "How can the treatment of parents and girlfriend be compared? It's obvious that he won't marry anyone except Yu Wan."

"I don't believe that he won't get married except for this. He accepted all the blind dates before, but they didn't lead to any results." Zhao Qin's voice rose.

Seeing her eyes were red, and she was still being humiliated at her age, Wen Wei didn't want to argue, he just wanted Zhao Qin to understand, this was the only choice:

"Kang Sheng is back living here now. Since ten years ago, when have you seen him living with us? The evening is an opportunity for us to mend our relationship with Gang Sheng."

Wen Wei woke her up: "If you really want to get along well with Gangsheng, be nice to Yuwan instead of targeting her."

Zhao Qin just asked: "Why?"

The Maybach drove across the Waibaidu Bridge, where traffic was constantly flowing. After passing through the iron frame of the bridge, the Oriental Pearl Tower could be seen standing in the distance, and a yellow taxi passed by.

Yun Yuwan sat in the car, looking blankly at the pedestrians and the river outside the car, feeling uneasy: "Aunt and Uncle won't be angry about our matter, right?"

"It's okay, let them think about it themselves." Wen Yangzhi lowered his eyes and was sending messages to his subordinates to explain matters.

Yun Yuwan's cell phone suddenly rang.

She took it out and found that she had received 50 million: "Brother, why did you give me money?"

"I didn't hit you." He didn't even raise his eyelids.

Yun Yuwan was puzzled: "Then this money..."

Wen Yangzhi knew who had sent the money without even thinking: "Take it, it's from my family."

"Did your uncle give it to you?" Yun Yuwan asked tentatively.

Wen Yangzhi sent a message: "Probably."

"So uncle is very happy that we are together?" she suddenly realized.

Wen Yangzhi sarcastically said, "Maybe he's happier than we are."

Not knowing the real reason, but knowing that at least someone in the family liked it, Yun Yuwan smiled with a row of pearly teeth showing.

"Where are you taking me?"

He put away his phone: "Take you to work." "Take me to work?" Yun Yuwan was surprised.

A piece of financial news that just came out this morning jumped to the top of Wen Yangzhi's mobile page. He swiped it away and talked to her:
"You can choose to go shopping nearby, or stay in my office and read a book."

Yun Yuwan couldn't believe it: "Can I follow you to work?"

Wen Yangzhi: “Yeah.”

"I'd better go shopping. I don't feel well." Yun Yuwan hesitated.

He didn't force it: "It's up to you."

The car drove to a European-style building in Lujiazui. On the top of the building were four gold-plated words "Wen's Bank", and the same was true for "Future Assets" and "Ping An of China" around it.

When Wen Yang got out of the car, his assistant was already waiting in the lobby. He followed him in, and the guards around him bowed to him.

The driver took Yun Yuwan to a nearby shopping mall.

As soon as Zhou Fei entered the lobby, she saw Wen Yangzhi entering the special elevator, and she hurriedly ran a few more steps to catch up.

Wen Yangzhi saw her and reached out to stop the elevator. Zhou Fei walked into the elevator and couldn't help but smile: "Morning, Director Wen."

A deep voice sounded behind her: "It just so happens that I have something to tell you."

Zhou Fei looked back and saw Wen Yangzhi lowering his eyelids and looking at her quietly.

The moment their eyes met, Zhou Fei felt satisfied.

The elevator door opened and she followed Wen Yangzhi into his office.

The assistant helped make two cups of coffee and then left.

Zhou Fei was complacent, but on the surface he remained calm and dignified.

I guess there was a big problem between him and his girlfriend that night of the dinner.

Wen Yangzhi reminded slowly: "I discovered something recently."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Fei didn't understand what he meant.

In the director's office with curtains drawn, the light is soft and pale, and there are many bookshelves and high-quality furniture arranged as if for exhibition.

Wen Yangzhi said slowly: "The evidence of technology patent fraud has not yet been contacted to the financial media."

Fortunately, Zhou Fei had expected him to ask, and answered in an orderly manner: "Sorry, Director Wen, the newspaper that exposed it before used the excuse that we were fabricating things, but in fact, it was because the technology companies worked together to control public opinion and prevented us from exposing it again."

Wen Yangzhi didn't say anything, but just opened the drawer, took out a newspaper, and pushed it in front of her on the table with his long fingers:

"have a look."

This is the second wave of evidence of a technology patent scam, it’s set in stone and it’s headline news.

And it’s the same media as last time.

This morning's fresh financial daily.

Wen Yangzhi asked someone to take it and put it on his desk.

Zhou Fei didn't expect that he was so eager to get things done that he would go and release the news himself.

Wen Yangzhi's voice was slow and lingering, like the smoke rising from a coffee cup, but it carried the aroma of coffee, which was slightly bitter when tasted carefully:
"Why are you interfering in this Magu case?"

Zhou Fei could still respond with a smile: "Maybe it's because I don't have enough face. Those technology and financial newspapers don't look at the numbers. It's only because you stepped in that——"

Wen Yangzhi didn't have much time to listen to her excuses: "I asked my staff to contact them for these."

Zhou Fei felt as if he was nailed to the spot by a thick needle.

"Zhou Fei, do you have any other feelings towards me other than that of a superior or a subordinate?" Wen Yangzhi went straight to the point.

Looking into his emotionless eyes, there was only businesslikeness and alienation in them.

Zhou Fei suddenly smiled, and unexpectedly admitted it directly:
"I am, but it has little to do with my liking you. I'm twenty-six, not sixteen."

Wen Yangzhi remained calm as tea smoke: "So, you did this on purpose."

Zhou Fei lowered his head, his eyes suddenly reddened, but he asked him with a fluent and cool smile: "Director Wen, why do you think the empty city plan could deceive Sima Yi?"

She smiled and said, "Is it because this is a brilliant plan? Is Sima Yi really afraid?"

Wen Yangzhi didn't immediately understand why she proposed the empty city plan.

Zhou Fei looked at him with sharp eyes and a smile: "Aren't you afraid that if you kill Zhuge Liang, you will no longer be able to use your skills in front of the lord?"

In an instant, Wen Yangzhi understood why she suddenly stopped when things were about to happen.

Sure enough, when sitting in this position, the so-called love cannot drive a person.

But the benefits can be.

This is true even for the junior schoolmate he admires.

The steam from the coffee hung in the air.

Zhou Fei spoke clearly, word by word: "Mr. Wen, you poached me from Credit Suisse because I personally experienced the collapse of a world-class bank. I know better than anyone what it takes to bring down a bank, right?"

She stood up, put her hands on the desk, and stared at Wen Yangzhi. Her narrow, red eyes were filled with a desperate smile. She didn't care whether she would be fired or banned after she finished speaking:

"What happens next? I know you're going to promote Vice President Li to my position. I'm criticized by everyone for being too young and a woman. Why should I sit in this position? Even you want to use me once and then throw me away."

She clenched her fists. No matter how hard she tried to stay calm, a tear could not help but fall from her eyes. "If I help you ruin the acquisition of Magu in one go, I will become useless to you. I am using this empty city plan just to stay by your side forever."

Wen Yangzhi remained unmoved. He looked at Zhou Fei's handsome face and said in a resounding voice:

"Vice President Li is also a woman. She was promoted because she is more capable than you. After this case is over, I will double your annual leave and give you a large bonus. You shouldn't do this."

She laughed at herself and said, "That's it. Then what? Let her replace me?"

"If one day your coordination ability improves, you will of course return to this position." Wen Yangzhi was unmoved.

Zhou Fei smiled with some despair, pointing outside the door, pointing to the vice president's office not far away:

"You demoted me to that position because when someone embezzled bank funds, I called you in the middle of the night to say that I couldn't handle the questioning from Lin Zhidong and the others?"

Wen Yangzhi did not deny the fact: "There is this reason."

Zhou Fei's tears rolled down his cheeks: "That's because I want you to care about me and help me! It's not that I really can't do it!"

Wen Yangzhi just looked at her indifferently, disappointed that the younger generation he had high hopes for had more cunning than ability:

"At work, if you only think about showing weakness and asking others to help you, regardless of whether you are capable of handling the situation or not, you will be considered incompetent. You shouldn't do this."

Zhou Fei pressed on, "So what? Am I destined to never be able to keep pace with you in both fields?"

Wen Yangzhi was even more disappointed than when he figured this out last night:

"Since you have come to the bank, you should be my comrade-in-arms, not my wife. You have not put yourself in the right position."

Zhou Fei stood there and smiled bitterly.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, but Wen Yangzhi didn't say come in, but Vice President Li came in directly:
"Sorry, there is a document that needs your signature urgently."

Wen Yangzhi said calmly: "Bring it here."

While waiting for Wen Yangzhi to read the documents, Vice President Li crossed his arms and smiled faintly, looking at Zhou Fei: "I'm sorry, President Zhou, I heard it outside. What you said blocked the path for many women to rise. Not everyone is like you."

Wen Yangzhi signed his name neatly and heard Vice President Li speak:
"Since you can't sit in this seat, then I'll take it."

She patted Zhou Fei's shoulder and whispered in her ear: "The financial circle doesn't look at weakness, doesn't look at men and women, it only looks at winning or losing."