Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Although Xue Wanwan was still clinging to Zu Qi and Xue Jue now, he finally didn’t burst into tears at the top of his lungs when he couldn’t see them like before.
So Weng Yuxiang suggested that Xue Wanwan sleep in her room at night, so that Zu Qi and Xue Jue could live a normal married life.
Zu Qi was silent for a long time after hearing this, thinking that he and Xue Jue didn’t need to have a normal life. However, before he could say this, he heard Xue Jue agree.
“Okay, we’ll bother you later.”
Zu Qi was stunned and suddenly turned his head to glare at Xue Jue.
When Xue Wanwan, who was sleeping in his arms, felt his movements, his mouth suddenly flattened, as if he was about to cry. Zu Qi quickly coaxed him, until he killed the little guy’s noisy thoughts in the cradle.
“What are you doing?” Zu Qi approached Xue Jue and asked in a low voice through gritted teeth.
“What did I do?” Xue Jue asked.
“It’s a little inappropriate to put Wanwan at your mother’s place.”
“There’s nothing inappropriate.” Xue Jue calmly used chopsticks to put a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs into Zu Qi’s bowl, and said meaningfully, “We have to live a normal married life, don’t we?”
Zu Qi: “…” You’re a big-headed idiot.
Zu Qi originally wanted to keep Xue Wanwan in his bedroom to avoid embarrassment, but unfortunately now that Weng Yuxiang had spoken and Xue Jue had agreed, he couldn’t disagree anymore.
Mainly because when he raised his head, he met Weng Yuxiang’s eyes that were almost gleaming with excitement, which really made him unable to say no.
After dinner, Xue Jue went to work in the study. Zu Qi handed Xue Wanwan to Weng Yuxiang and Xiaoya, then he also went back to his bedroom to rest.
After a tiring day, Zu Qi fell asleep soon after taking a shower and lying on the bed.
It was a very solid sleep. When Zu Qi woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky.
He opened his eyes drowsily, and subconsciously reached out to explore around him a few times. There was no trace that Xue Jue had slept with him. The man seemed to have stayed in the study all night.
Zu Qi casually asked Xiaoya while having breakfast and found out that Xue Jue came out of the study early in the morning, washed up in a hurry and went to the company, maybe because of something urgent.
Xue Jue was very busy. The change of leadership in the Xue family had accumulated a lot of unfinished work for him. In addition, Xue Yanjing defected to the other boss in the Xue family, which made the internal struggle of the Xue family gradually enter a fierce stage. So, many important tasks must be done by Xue Ju personally.
For nearly half a month, Zu Qi did not see Xue Jue’s figure. However, a few nights later, after he had fallen asleep, he felt Xue Jue lying down beside him gently after taking a bath.
Then the two of them slept separately under the same quilt…
Zu Qi opened his eyes in the darkness, looked in the direction of Xue Jue without saying a word for a long time, and finally sighed almost inaudibly.
He thought that with Xue Wanwan gone, it would be very awkward for the two of them to be alone.
Now it seemed that he was overthinking everything.
Maybe in Xue Jue’s heart, he was just a dispensable decoration on the bed, and what happened that night had disappeared from Xue Jue’s memory like a passing cloud.
Hey…
Although the technology was not very good, it was better than nothing.
Oh!
What was the matter with that flicker of disappointment in his heart!
It was as if he was looking forward to that thing happening again. He hadn’t become so lonely and cold yet!
Zu Qi was immediately frightened by the sudden thoughts in his mind, and quickly drove away the messy thoughts in his mind. He closed his eyes in a panic, took a deep breath, and went to sleep.
It was a pity that he couldn’t sleep all night.
However, Zu Qi’s attention to Xue Jue did not last long because he also became busy.
The crew of “Palace Wall” had set the start date for February 1st. The location was in a large film and television city not far from the city. The filming was expected to take three months. He was afraid that he would have to stay with the crew during the Chinese New Year.
Fortunately, the film and television city was only a two-hour drive from Xue’s home, and the crew was filming in a semi-enclosed manner. Zu Qi could come back to see Xue Wanwan at any time when he was free.
The only thing that made Zu Qi feel difficult was that there were only three days left until the start of filming, but his agent and assistant were nowhere to be seen.
Zu Qi had seriously considered terminating the contract with his agency before, but his agency had not violated any of the terms of the contract. Even their response after the behavior of the original owner was reasonable. After all, the original owner did commit a lot of stupid things last year and harmed the company’s interests.
If the contract was forcibly terminated, Zu Qi would face huge compensatory damages once the brokerage company took him to court.
He was indeed not short of money, but he did not want to use his money as a meat bun to feed dogs.
After thinking about it, Zu Qi did not call Zhou Yan, but went directly to the company to find his senior Liu Huishan. His assistant Xiao Dengzi was working beside Liu Huishan for the time being.
Zu Qi specifically found out from Heng Jingchen the specific time Liu Huishan would be in the company and went straight to the conference room. Through the clean and transparent glass, he saw a beautiful woman sitting inside, looking at her mobile phone.
The woman seemed to be of a certain age, exuding a mature and steady aura. She wore exquisite light makeup and her skin was properly maintained, which fully demonstrated that beauty was in the bones and not in the skin.
Just by looking at the profile of her face, Zu Qi knew that this woman was Liu Huishan, who was indeed as beautiful as the selfie posted on Weibo, and the chubby little man who was busy around her must be Xiao Dengzi.
Zu Qi walked around to the glass door and prepared to push it in.
At this time, a group of chatting and laughing staff suddenly came up not far behind him and seemed to want to enter the conference room.
When Zu Qi saw this, he quietly stepped back a few steps. After all the staff went in, he slowly walked to the door and stood guard.
Those people said a few words to Liu Huishan in a relaxed manner. Liu Huishan put away her mobile phone, stood up and straightened her hair and clothes, and then followed them out.
Xiao Dengzi naturally followed them cautiously, his expression full of caution.
However, when Xiao Dengzi walked out of the conference room and turned around to face a very familiar face, all the caution and anxiety on his face suddenly froze.
“…”
Zu Qi twitched the corner of his mouth, waved and smiled: “Xiao Dengzi, long time no see.”
“Qi, Brother Qi, why are you here?!” Xiao Dengzi had never been good at concealing his emotions. For a moment, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, his face turned green and white, and the guilt in his eyes almost overflowed.
Zu Qi slightly narrowed his beautiful peach blossom eyes and smiled particularly beautifully. He walked up and patted Xiao Dengzi on the shoulder and said very familiarly: “You are still my assistant after all. Can’t I come over and check on you??”
After hearing these words, Xiao Dengzi’s legs suddenly became weak. Although Zu Qi’s force was not strong, it seemed as if he was going to kneel down.
Now that Xiao Dengzi was still receiving the salary from Zu Qi, he naturally paid a lot of attention to Zu Qi, and had also watched the farce caused by Bai Guangjian’s divorce that caused a lot of trouble on the internet.
At that time, Xiao Dengzi was still wearing a vest and criticizing a group of Zu Qi’s anti-fans on Weibo. He had been with Zu Qi for more than a year and had feelings for him. Unfortunately, those feelings could not offset Xiao Dengzi’s fear of Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan asked him to give up Zu Qi and serve others, so he had to obey.
But when Xiao Dengzi once again faced Zu Qi, who he had been avoiding for nearly a year, the guilt that he usually suppressed deep in his heart surged up unbridled. Xiao Dengzi’s eyes were a little red, and he looked away awkwardly, not daring to look directly into Zu Qi’s eyes.
At this time, Liu Huishan, who noticed the movement here, turned her head to look.
“What’s wrong?” Liu Huishan asked aloud.
At the same time, her sharp gaze swept across Zu Qi silently. She felt that Zu Qi’s appearance looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen it before.
“Hello Sister Hui, I’m Zu Qi.” Zu Qi smiled and extended his hand to Liu Huishan.
Liu Huishan paused for a moment, then belatedly matched Zu Qi’s name with the hot topic on Weibo some time ago. She pursed her lips, lightly squeezed Zu Qi’s hand and quickly let go.
Zu Qi lowered his eyes and saw all Liu Huishan’s movements. He curled up the corners of his lips and smiled softly without saying anything.
“Do you have anything to do with Xiao Dengzi?” Liu Huishan asked directly.
“It’s like this…” Zu Qi’s peripheral vision swept over the staff gathered around him. He frowned and said with some annoyance and worry, “I will be filming on the set next week, and there is no one around me to help. So I want to temporarily borrow Xiao Dengzi back for four months.”
After saying that, Zu Qi added with a strong desire to survive, “Of course, if Sister Hui needs help from Xiao Dengzi in these four months, that’s okay. I’ll let him come back.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Huishan’s cold face instantly turned into ice. She looked at Zu Qi in silence for a while and said in disbelief: “Borrow him back?”
Zu Qi sighed: “I only have an assistant like Xiao Dengzi. I really can’t find anyone else, so I made such an unkind request. If there is any offense, please forgive me.”
Liu Huishan blinked and seemed to understand something. She quickly turned to look at Xiao Dengzi, who was hunching his neck and pretending to be a quail: “Xiao Dengzi, are you Zu Qi’s assistant?”
Xiao Dengzi was startled when he was suddenly named, and his expression was in a dilemma, as if he was about to cry. He hesitated for a while, then nodded with difficulty.
Although Xiao Dengzi looked timid, he still whispered: “My salary is also paid by Brother Qi…”
At this moment, Liu Huishan was both ashamed and angry, and her beautiful face had turned as black as coal.
Forget about her, even everyone in the company thought that Xiao Dengzi’s role as Zu Qi’s assistant was a thing of the past.
After all, Zu Qi had not been to the company for almost a year. Later, it was revealed that Zu Qi and Xue Jue were about to get married. Everyone thought that Zu Qi was ready to withdraw after climbing a high tree.
As a result, Zu Qi was still paying Xiao Dengzi’s salary to this day?!
Liu Huishan simply couldn’t believe this fact. What made her even more angry was that she lacked someone who was smart and quick at work. So, when Zhou Yan sent Xiao Dengzi to her as a favor, he specifically emphasized that Xiao Dengzi was ownerless, and that even his wages were being temporarily advanced by Zhou Yan.
Liu Huishan happened to have helped Zhou Yan and Tang Moning a lot during that time, so she accepted Zhou Yan’s kindness.
Who knew this was not a fu**ing gift at all, but a basin of sewage!
Now that so many people had heard what Zu Qi and Xiao Dengzi said, within a few hours, everyone in the company would know that she, Liu Huishan, had selfishly occupied Zu Qi’s assistant for more than half a year, leaving Zu Qi with no one around him. Until he had to come back to borrow someone…
It was really embarrassing to be thrown at one’s face!
At this moment, Liu Huishan was so angry that she almost went berserk, but she was someone who had experienced strong winds and waves, and it didn’t take long for her to regain her composure.
Soon, Liu Huishan took out her mobile phone from her bag and dialed Zhou Yan’s number. After answering the call, she said with a smile: “Xiao Zhou, please come to the company when you have time. I have something very important that I want to talk to you in person about.”
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