After watching Zhou Chen drive away from the yard, Xu Banxia pretended to be strong and returned to the office inside, then closed the door and sat alone on a chair in a daze.
Chen Yuyu and Tong Xiaoqi stood outside, secretly looking through the window at Xu Banxia inside.
"Xiao Chen, you shouldn't have stopped me, you should have let me swell that guy's face."
"Stop bragging. Can you beat him? If you do it, Fatty might feel even more uncomfortable. I know her better than you do. This divorce is different from her."
"What's the difference? Isn't it all cheating? He cheated before he got married. If he got married, how dare he think of what he could do? It's a good thing to break up as early as possible, so as to save the boss from being hurt more by him in the future.
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Chen Yuyu sighed and said: "Actually, it would be fine if she just burst into tears and vented her anger. But look at her now. She doesn't say a word. She is just in a daze. It's even harder to persuade her. It's also a crime. How come she is letting everyone down?
When she encounters this kind of thing, she has never had a smooth relationship with her since she was a child."
His mother died in childbirth and his father didn't care for him. When he grew up, his two relationships did not end well. As the best brother, he saw everything and felt really sad for Xu Banxia, but he knew Xu Banxia.
Knowing that it was useless to say anything, they could only let Xu Banxia get through it on his own.
"I just can't understand how Zhou Chen could be related to Chairman Gao's daughter?"
This kind of emotional entanglement is inherently complicated, and there is President Gao in the middle. He is the leader of their steel industry. If he wants to work in this industry, he must not offend him. That’s why he thinks why Xu Banxia is so unlucky. It’s all about chance.
To such a bad thing.
"Let's go, let's go to the storage yard and watch. Let Fatty be alone."
Chen Yuzhou forced Tong Xiaoqi away, who was not very happy.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen did not go to Xu Banxia again. Chen Yuyu knew to leave Xu Banxia alone, and he naturally understood this truth.
He would go to Gao Xinyi every day. Of course, he always went when Gao Yuejin was away, and he didn't want to meet this grumpy old mother.
After a few days, Gao Xinyi finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"You have a girlfriend. These days, you come to my place every day. Aren't you afraid that your girlfriend will find out?"
As soon as the words came out, she realized that her tone was wrong, and Zhou Chen even asked with a half-smile: "Are you jealous?"
"I didn't."
Gao Xinyi denied it without thinking: "I just, just for your sake, don't blame me when you break up in the end."
"Just a few days ago, she and I had a slight disagreement. She said that she wanted to reconsider our relationship, so I am considered to be in love now."
"Did we really break up?"
Gao Xinyi looked surprised. Ever since she knew that her mother had gone to have a quarrel, she had felt that this was possible. Although she had never met Xu Banxia, she felt that if she were put in her shoes, she would most likely choose to break up.
But that was just a guess after all. When she learned from Zhou Chen that it really happened, she was still very surprised, and even felt a little bit happy in her heart, which made her feel a little darker in her heart, but at the same time, she felt a little bit gloomy about that person.
Xu Banxia, who had never met before, was a little more curious.
"That's right, but we have known each other for such a long time, and you should also understand me. Once I decide something, I will not give up halfway. The same is true for you, and the same is true for her."
"Huh, just do your daydreaming."
"It would be even better if the daydream could become reality."
Gao Xinyi glared at Zhou Chen angrily. She clearly knew Zhou Chen's thoughts, but she still couldn't refuse Zhou Chen's kindness to her again and again.
After staying in the hospital for a week, Gao Xinyi was discharged and returned home. After returning home, her mother watched her very closely, and the two of them had fewer opportunities to meet.
Xu Banxia dragged her tired body up the stairs and stood at the door of her home. However, she did not open the door immediately and enter the house. Instead, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes to release her emotions and relieve her fatigue.
Two months have passed since international steel prices continued to fall, and there has been no recovery trend. They have even dropped to more than 600. Although she has sold 35,000 tons to Zhao Lei, she still has
Fifteen thousand tons of scrap steel, this was the capital she pointed to for turning around.
If it was just like this, she wouldn't be so tired.
But in this case, she still has to face debt collection from others, Guo Qidong and her father.
She didn't think anything was wrong with Guo Qidong's debt collection. After all, this guy was not a good person to begin with, but her father still pressed her for debt under such circumstances, which made her really sad.
She was originally in a bad mood during this period, and the continuous unhappiness made her more and more stressed and her mental state was not very good.
The last time she felt so uncomfortable was when she was importing scrap steel in the north. She was alone in a foreign country, isolated and helpless. But last time Zhou Chen rescued her like a god from heaven. This time, this is what matters most to her.
The man also left her.
Loneliness, helplessness, and exhaustion seemed to crush her.
The body leaning against the wall slowly slid down, and finally became squatting on the ground.
"Da, da, da."
Xu Banxia, who heard the footsteps, instantly stood up from the ground, took out the key and was about to open the door. However, he casually shook his head and saw the person walking down the stairs, and the movements of his hands suddenly froze.
"Why are you here?"
Yes, the person who came down from upstairs was none other than Zhou Chen. He looked at Xu Banxia with soft eyes.
"It's not convenient to stay in a hotel, so I rented a house here. Long time no see, Banxia."
Xu Banxia squeezed the key tightly, her fingers turning white from the exertion: "Did you rent here on purpose?"
"Yes, I can't let you go."
Xu Banxia's face turned cold: "I'm not the kind of little girl who's just starting to fall in love, your trick won't work on me."
Zhou Chen said: "I know, so I didn't bother you, but your current condition doesn't look good."
Xu Banxia said nothing. He aimed at the door lock and inserted it several times before inserting the lock cylinder. Then he turned left and right several times before opening the door.
"Bang."
Seeing the door being closed, Zhou Chen stood there for two seconds and then continued downstairs. The situation was much better than he expected.
After Xu Banxia closed the door, she leaned back against the door and took deep breaths.
It had been more than a month since she told Zhou Chen that they were separated. She thought she had looked away a lot, but when she saw Zhou Chen again, she still couldn't help but lose her composure. The mixture of excitement and anger made her confused about what she was doing.
What kind of emotion.
But one thing is certain, she can no longer let go of Zhou Chen, but she can't bear what Zhou Chen did before.
She didn't expect that Zhou Chen actually rented a house above her. If that was the case, wouldn't they meet him often in the future?
She knew this was Zhou Chen's intention, but she had a complicated mentality of wanting to move but not wanting to move.
Just as she thought, ever since she found out that Zhou Chen lived upstairs from her, in the following days, she would 'run into' Zhou Chen every now and then, although she didn't give him a good look every time.
She didn't speak either, but slowly, she seemed to get used to this kind of 'encounter'.
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"Well, okay, I understand."
Gao Yuejin put down his cell phone, with anger on his face, and wanted to dial immediately, but in the end he did not press the dial button and threw the cell phone aside angrily.
After finally making it to get off work, she asked the driver to take her home as soon as possible. As soon as she entered the house, she rushed into her daughter's room and saw Gao Xinyi holding a guitar and playing a tune she had never heard of.
"Gao Xinyi."
"Hey, Mom, why are you back so early today?"
Gao Yuejin didn't look good, and asked with a cold face: "Why didn't you go to work today?"
After the "jumping into the river" incident, she became even more concerned about her only daughter. Soon after Gao Xinyi was discharged from the hospital, she once again used her connections to help Gao Xinyi find a job within the individual system. She has been working for less than a month now.
But today she received a call from Gao Xinyi's leader, saying that Gao Xinyi did not go to work today, which made her very angry.
"Are you looking for Zhou Chen again?"
She originally thought that after Gao Xinyi found out about Zhou Chen's relationship with Xu Banxia, Gao Xinyi would give up on Zhou Chen, but who would have thought that Gao Xinyi would rekindle his feelings for Zhou Chen.
Gao Xinyi said: "Yes, I am with Zhou Chen today."
Gao Yuejin was furious: "Gao Xinyi, how many times have I told you that Zhou Chen is not a good man. It is totally unreliable for him to do something like that. Why do you still have to fight with him?"
"What did he do? He has had a girlfriend, but we have never done anything that crossed the line before, and he has never bullied me. As for why I want to be with him, because he really cares about me,
Do you know what day today is?"
"What day?"
"Today is my birthday."
Gao Yuejin's angry expression froze instantly. She was so busy that she had indeed forgotten this matter.
"Today is my birthday. You don't even remember it, but Zhou Chen remembers that I didn't go to work today, so he spent my birthday with me."
"What do you mean? I was busy and forgot your birthday, but I have raised you for more than 20 years. Is it possible that it is not as good as him spending your birthday with you once?"
Although Gao Yuejin felt guilty for forgetting her daughter's birthday, she felt that she was right about Zhou Chen. She was Gao Xinyi's mother and someone who had experienced it. She understood men better than Gao Xinyi, and Zhou Chen was just a playboy.
She felt that if Gao Xinyi followed him, she would have to suffer a lot in the future.
Gao Xinyi said impatiently: "Mom, when did I say such a thing? I just said that Zhou Chen cares about me. I also know that you love me the most, but that is different. Zhou Chen is not as important as you think."
It’s unbearable, he and that woman have already broken up.”
Gao Yuejin sneered unceremoniously: "What kind of breakup? It's because Xu Banxia didn't want him anymore after knowing what he did. Even Xu Banxia could see through it. You are so smart, why can't you understand it? Even if you want to
If you want to fall in love, there are so many men, why do you have to stare at him alone? Are you because no one wants you, or are you out of your mind?"
"Because I don't think I can find someone who understands me as well as he does, understands my feelings, tolerates me, and treats me well."
Although scumbags are criticized by others, if they don't have the ability, even if they want to be scumbags, they won't have the ability; and Zhou Chen is an experienced old scumbag. When it comes to treating women, he definitely has two brushes, whether it is
Emotional value, respect, understanding, entertainment, etc., he can provide them perfectly.
Is Gao Xinyi really stupid?
You can say that she has a bit of a love brain, but you can never say that she is stupid. Doesn't she know what Gao Yuejin said? She knows, but she is still willing to continue developing a relationship with Zhou Chen.
The reason is naturally that she can get more from Zhou Chen, the kind of relaxation and love from the heart. She feels that she will never meet a second man like this again in her life. Compared with being arranged by her mother, she
Trust your own feelings more.
"you……"
Gao Yuejin was so angry that he couldn't speak because of his daughter's stubborn thoughts. He said all kinds of good and bad things, but his daughter just wouldn't listen and insisted on going against her. What could she do?
She took a few deep breaths. Since her daughter's side didn't work, she had to find another way.
"This weekend, you call Zhou Chen home and I want to have a chat with him."
"Mom, what do you want to do?"
"If you really want to continue with Zhou Chen, you have to get through me. I want to have a good talk with him. If he can convince me, maybe I can consider it."
"I want to discuss it with Zhou Chen first."
Zhou Chen was not surprised when he learned that Gao Yuejin had asked him to talk to him at home. He did not deliberately hide his relationship with Gao Xinyi. Gao Yuejin could not have known it, and it was only a matter of time before he talked to him, so he had already made preparations.
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On the weekend, as if to boost Zhou Chen's strength, Gao Xinyi took the initiative to hold Zhou Chen's arm and walked into the house.
"Mom, Zhou Chen is here."
"President Gao."
Gao Yuejin didn't even show a polite smile, he just nodded with a straight face.
"Gao Xinyi, there is no fruit at home. Go out and buy some fruit."
"No, Mom, aren't there apples at home?"
"I tell you to go and buy some. I've been a little angry recently. You go and buy some pears."
Gao Xinyi knew that he was deliberately trying to push her away, so he wanted to speak unhappily, but Zhou Chen winked at her and shook his head gently, so she held back.
"What else do you want besides pears?"
"Oranges and grapes, you're such a grown-up, don't you think you can buy some?"
Gao Xinyi, who was scolded, could only go out reluctantly to buy fruit, but she went downstairs very quickly. She wanted to come back as soon as possible and let Zhou Chen face her mother alone. She was very worried.
But she didn't know that in the face of the "menacing" Gao Yuejin, Zhou Chen behaved calmly and showed no timidity at all.
As soon as Gao Xinyi left, Gao Yuejin stopped pretending.
"Let's get straight to the point, Zhou Chen. As Gao Xinyi's mother, I don't approve of her being with you. As for the reason, you should know it very well."
He made his attitude clear when he came up, which was in line with Gao Yuejin's behavior.