At around seven o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door.
Du Qiu stopped writing, put away the written materials, then walked out of the studio and opened the door.
As expected, it was Zhang Mingliu at the door.
"You haven't eaten yet, let's go have hot pot together?"
Zhang Mingliu said as he walked in, skillfully placed the car keys on the shoe cabinet aside, and walked into the living room.
Du Qiu frowned and said, "I'm busy writing a program..."
"You have to eat. Not eating on time is bad for your health. Besides, if you lend me your car this afternoon, I have to treat you to dinner to thank you."
Zhang Mingliu looked around as he spoke, as if he wanted to see how the house had changed since he didn't come.
"Hey, what is this? Made of crystal?"
Zhang Mingliu first touched the crystal pillow on the Bogu shelf, and then picked up the crystal block keychain placed beside it, looking curious.
Du Qiu looked over and immediately remembered that this was a gift from the crystal merchant, a keychain with a crystal block hanging on it.
After I unpacked them, I casually placed them next to the crystal pillow.
"Oh, it's just a crystal pendant. If you like it, I'll give it to you."
"Can you really give it to me?" Zhang Mingliu asked.
"Well, I'll give it to you! Since you're going to eat, let's go quickly." Du Qiu said nonchalantly.
"There are two of them, let's take one for each of us!" Zhang Mingliu happily picked up a crystal block keychain and put it into his bag.
As soon as the two of them walked to the door, Zhang Mingliu suddenly said: "Wait for me, I want to borrow your bathroom."
After Zhang Mingliu finished speaking, he ran into the bathroom nearby.
However, she ran out as soon as she entered and said, "How long has it been since your bathroom was cleaned? I'll go to the one inside."
"Since when did you become mysophobic? I just cleaned the bathrooms inside and outside a few days ago!"
Du Qiu shook his head. This woman is becoming more and more difficult to maintain. When she lived here before, she was not so pretentious. Fortunately, we broke up.
After waiting for a while, the sound of flushing came from the bathroom in the master bedroom, and Zhang Mingliu walked out in high heels.
With a smile that couldn't be concealed on his face, he said, "Let's go quickly. Let's go to the food court near the square next to the community. I don't know if the Xinyi hotpot restaurant is still there."
When the two of them sat down at Xinyi Hot Pot Restaurant and ordered something, the smile on Zhang Mingliu's face did not fade away.
"Did you find the treasure?" Du Qiu asked curiously.
"What?" Zhang Mingliu looked at Du Qiu in surprise.
"You were smiling all the way here, and you didn't stop when you were ordering food. Either you found a treasure, or you must have been promoted and paid a raise."
"Hmm, I found a treasure!" Zhang Mingliu couldn't restrain his joy.
After meeting Du Qiu again, Zhang Mingliu's mind became active again, and later he was persuaded by his sister-in-law.
This afternoon, after Xue Ningmei learned about her affair with Du Qiu, she also encouraged her to pursue her lost relationship.
She had just checked two bathrooms, and there were no toiletries for women. It was obvious that Du Qiu was still alone.
In other words, she and Du Qiu have the basis for rekindling their old relationship.
"Du Qiu, do you really want to start your own business?"
"Yeah." After ordering things, Du Qiu was feeling a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang Mingliu's words and nodded subconsciously.
"Then...do you have enough start-up capital?"
"Of course it's not enough. Do you have money to invest in me?"
"Bah, even though I have worked one year longer than you, I don't have much money saved. How can I invest in you?"
Du Qiu shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I originally wanted to give you a chance to be an original investor.
Didn’t you see that Director Xue valued my unregistered company at 250 million? You just gave up a great opportunity to make a fortune."
"What does Director Xue like in you? Is it the software you have been developing?"
"The software is a factor, mainly because she likes me as a person."
"Bah, you still want to be a rich woman's pretty boy?" Zhang Mingliu retorted a little uncomfortable after hearing this.
"Where are you thinking?" Du Qiu was speechless, "I'm talking about her fancying my talent! As long as I'm here, what new product can't be developed?"
"Tsk, tsk, you said you were fat and you still breathed."
Zhang Mingliu rolled his eyes at Du Qiu, "Your skills are good, but are you good at running a company? Since Director Xue thinks so highly of you, you should cooperate with her, as long as your skills are worry-free and profitable."
The smile on Du Qiu's face slowly faded and he said: "As a media person, it is not uncommon for you to see capital drive away founders for short-term interests, right?"
"Are you worried that Chairman Xue will occupy the entire company and drive you away? Doesn't she think highly of you?" Zhang Mingliu was a little surprised.
Du Qiu shook his head and said: "If you are optimistic about it now, you may not be optimistic about it in the future when the benefits reach a certain level.
I didn’t have much contact with Xue Ningmei. My mentor once warned me that something would happen to Xue Ningmei and her Huading sooner or later.
For this reason, I rejected Xue Ningmei’s invitation at the beginning. I didn’t expect that she would actually acquire Tianqi in Shanghai and become bigger in such a short period of time.”
Zhang Mingliu was stunned and asked worriedly: "In that case, why are you willing to cooperate with her and promised to let her become a shareholder if you look for investment in the future?"
Du Qiu said calmly: "No matter what problems she has, as long as my company and her company have normal business cooperation, there will be no problems.
As for letting her become a shareholder, that is only when external investment needs to be introduced. My company is not an Internet company. As long as we make good products, there should be no shortage of money."
"But aren't you short of start-up funds?"
"I'm just kidding you. The money I have in hand cannot be used to open a big company, so it's more than enough to open a small company. I'm not greedy, I don't need money, I just need to run quickly."
"Du Qiu, you have become evil!" Zhang Mingliu said with a pout.
"Yeah, so you'd better stay away from me, or I'll trick you!"
At this time, the waiter added the bottom of the hot pot and brought the dishes they ordered, which were piled high.
"Du Qiu, this duck intestine is just right, try it!"
"Du Qiu, the hairy belly is ready, hurry up and clamp it!"
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"Hey, why do you eat so little? Let me eat all you can." Du Qiu was a little surprised. He remembered that the two of them came here to eat hot pot before, and Zhang Mingliu always fought for it with him.
"Well, I'll lose weight, you eat more."
"I really can't stand you. Your figure is just right. Why lose weight? It will hurt your body."
"Are you concerned about me? Do you think we can go back to the past?" Zhang Mingliu looked at Du Qiu with hopeful eyes.
"Why did I go back to the past and quarrel with you? To be honest, with your temper, I'm really worried about whether you can get married."
Zhang Mingliu's expression suddenly changed after hearing this, but he said: "Why can't I get married? There have been so many people chasing me in the past two years."
"It's so popular, why haven't you seen a boyfriend? It's probably your bad temper that scares people away." Du Qiu retorted, and then fished the fat beef in the hot pot to eat.
"Du Qiu, what do you mean? Am I so scary?"
"You, as a buddy, you are definitely good, but as a lover, you are a bit too tiring. If we are a couple for the rest of our lives..."
"What will happen?" Zhang Mingliu's eyes already had murderous intent.
Du Qiu was lowering his head to eat the fatty beef in the bowl. He didn't notice that Zhang Mingliu was on the verge of going berserk. He said the second half of the sentence in a teasing tone, "I guess the man's life will be shortened."
"Du Qiu, you bastard!"
Zhang Mingliu was so angry that he slapped his chopsticks on the table, stood up, picked up his bag and turned around to leave.
"Hey, are you really leaving? There's a lot of food you haven't eaten yet!"
Du Qiu was stunned and looked at Zhang Mingliu's back. He was telling the truth. Why was Zhang Mingliu so angry?
The two are not a couple now, so are they getting angry?
"It's such a waste to leave so much food without eating it! Forget it, she's not my girlfriend. I can't waste it."
Du Qiu subconsciously stood up and wanted to chase after him, but after looking at the delicious food on the table, he sat down again.
He was simmering mutton in the pot when the sound of high heels hitting the ground came. Du Qiu looked up and saw Zhang Mingliu standing in front of the table again.
"I said, why are you so crazy? Sit down quickly, it's a shame that such a table is wasted!"
"Eat, eat, eat, why don't you die?" Zhang Mingliu grabbed the crystal block keychain that he had just taken out and put on the table to play with, and turned around angrily and left.
"Hey, are you really crazy?"
But since I can still come back and get the crystal block keychain, I should, maybe, not be so angry.