Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 57: Presentation

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Listening to Fu Xinhui’s explanation was awe-inspiring. At first, Zhang Siyi’s worries were scattered. Knowing Fu Xinhui decadent upbringing, he didn’t realize how much Fu Xinhui had to fight growing up. It’s not really a brainless environment.

Jiang Hai also agrees: “You thought about it thoroughly. Indeed, the more contact you make with other people, the greater the chance a good opportunity will present themselves. Maybe you will make good friends there and you can get together and do something. Don’t worry, take it step-by-step. When you have any need, don’t be embarrassed and come talk to us. We won’t stop the spirit to support this ability. Right, Zhang Siyi?”

Feigning death, Zhang Siyi collapsed on the couch like a dead fish: “It’s terrible to ask for money when there is none.”

Jiang Hai: “Hey!”

For a while they continued to socialize and catch up with each other’s lives. It wasn’t too late when Jiang Hai and Tian Yujing left.

Brushing his teeth before bed, Zhang Siyi suddenly remembered the lie that he said in front of Gu Yu. He quickly spit the foam, shut his mouth, pulled down his pants and sat on the toilet, took out his mobile phone and opened the high-speed rail booking app.

New Year’s Eve… and 10:30.… 10:30?

… Shit! There isn’t a train at 10:30?! (#°Д°)

There was a ten o’clock and there was an eleven o’clock, but no half-passed train!

Heart racing, Zhang Siyi started panicking. If Gu Yu also saw the train schedule on New Year’s Eve, his poor lie would definitely be seen! Moreover, almost all the tickets on New Year’s Eve have been sold out. Only the car at 10 o’clock in the evening is empty… But there’s no use crying over spilled milk!

“Oh ah…” Zhang Siyi was so anxious that everything was bound up. This isn’t a good time to be feeling constipated!

Squatting and pushing for a long time, Zhang Si Yi face is red. His ideas are as bottled up as his bowels. Finally, when things moved a long, he also got an idea.

He thought of a wonderful way – Zhang Siyi quickly opened WeChat and sent a message to Gu Yu: “Boss, I told you that I have booked a ticket this evening. In fact, I was looking for a friend to help me book. I thought he booked it for me, but this evening when I asked, he said he forgot about it! So, I want to go back with you…”

Feeling smug for his excuse, Zhang Siyi wiped his butt and put on his trousers. Wait a minute, the tickets for New Year’s Eve are running low. What if he has already bought a ticket? Right, he rejected Gu Yu offer a few hours ago. The tickets were limited so normally he wouldn’t delay getting one…. He uneasily waited for Gu’s reply and began to worry again!

Fortunately, Gu Yu quickly replied: “Oh, hehe.”

…… Oh, hehe, what do you mean? Why does this “hehe” feel like a taunt? (=_=)

Gu Yu: “I didn’t buy a ticket.”

Seeing his reply, Zhang Siyi’s heart quieted down. He typed another message: “I just looked at the schedule and the only available time back to Ningcheng is at night. What should we do? Take a bus?”

Gu Yu: “No, I’ll drive back.”

Zhang Siyi: “…..” You got a car?

Gu Xiao: “Hmm.”

Zhang Siyi: “…..” Shit! Gu Xiao owns a car! Then why doesn’t he drive to work? Why didn’t he drive when they went to visit the parking lot at the Union Center?

Gu Yu didn’t give him time to think: “The traffic on the freeway is the worst during New Year’s and in order to avoid it, we will leave very early.”

Zhang Siyi: “What time?”

Gu Yu: “Half passed Three. Can you get up?”

Zhang Siyi: “……”  I’m still sleeping at 3: 30! Just stay up all night!

Gu Yu: “In order to save time, I won’t come to get you in the morning. You can either travel to my apartment at three-thirty or stay over at my place for the night.”

Zhang Siyi’s heart is pounding again. What to do.…  At three-thirty, there is no subway, no bus, and it’s even more impossible to get a taxi on New Year’s Eve. Of course, the latter proposal is more convenient, but it’s going to Gu’s home…. stay with him for one night…. o////o

Gu Yu: “Well?” Have you decided?

Zhang Siyi: “I’ll go to your place early.”

Gu Yu: “Good.”

Zhang Siyi: “Just the two of us?

Gu Xiao: “Who else do you wish to have?

Zhang Siyi: “No one. I was just asking….” &////&

He originally thought that Gu Yu would bring his girlfriend back together, but if there were only two of them, wouldn’t it mean that Gu Yu had to drive the trip twice? Although Zhang Siyi has a driver’s license, he hasn’t used it for a long time and isn’t allowed to drive on the freeway at night.

After their discussion, full of thoughts, Zhang Siyi couldn’t sleep anymore…. The place where Gu Yu lives. What is it like? Does his girlfriend live with him? What kind of car does he have? He doesn’t normally wear designer clothing so probably like a Volkswagen or Toyota. (=_=)

Zhang Siyi remembered the time at work at night when Gu Yu stood by his side and whispered in his ear. The distance was so close that he thought Gu Yu would kiss him. Ahhhhh! What to do? Alone together in Gu Yu’s apartment. Alone together in Gu Yu’s car… Ahhhhh! He couldn’t bear to think about it any longer.

Feeling like he is no longer like a normal straight man, Zhang Siyi hugged his pillow and rolled around on his bed, tangled and screaming. Zhang Siyi forced himself not to think about it. In the next few days, he concentrated on his work and finally finished the initial design of the C-City office building before the end of the year.

Located on the most street-like location of the site, his design is an A-shaped tower with the stairs on the left and right sides stacked in a stepped layer. In order to ensure the height of the office building, several underground floors must be hollowed and used as parking lots. Lu Qiao’s plan also uses steps, but his design has steps that make a z-shaped on the plan and the highest point reaches 15 floors.

In order to avoid possible travel delays from holiday travelers, they took the company’s car instead of booking tickets on public transportation. On the twenty-eighth, two days before New Year’s Eve, at seven in the morning, they left the mostly empty Borderless office and headed on their three-hour drive to C-City. They can report to the city government before ten-thirty, present their plans, have lunch, then drive back.

Shortly after leaving, Zhang Siyi fell asleep. As the car pulled into the outskirts of C-City, he woke up. It was less than ten o’clock. Surprised he exclaimed: “Wow! The driver is master is at driving! So good!”

The driver is a foreigner in his thirties who is also the company’s security guard. He laughed and said: “You are my last passengers for the year. I’m going home tomorrow for the holiday. Can you drive me? I’m thinking about my home; my heart is like an arrow!” A few people in the car laughed.

Technically, they still have one more day of work tomorrow before the holiday officially starts. However, since many employees are already on vacation there is less need for all services to operate and thus, unrelated personnel can go home early.

Gu Yu sat in the front passenger seat and glanced at Zhang Siyi through the rearview mirror smiling. He said: “Zhang Siyi, we will arrive at the city government in a little bit. How about you give the presentation?”

Zhang Siyi: “… What?”

Gu Yu reiterated once: “You and Lu Qiao’s plan. You will go report it later.”

Zhang Siyi felt blindsided. Isn’t the reporting normally done by Gu Yu? He was still waited to appreciate Gu Yu’s presentation demeanor, so he slept for the morning without thinking. Why did he suddenly ask him to go up and talk!

Gloating, Lu Qiao quickly passed the responsibility onto Zhang Siyi: “Great!”

Feeling uneasy, Zhang Siyi hurriedly replied: “Lu Qiao’s plan is not my doing. How can I speak for him?”

Lu Qiao: “No, no, no! You speak better than me. I think you speak for me very well!”

Gu Yu explained: “Although these two designs are made by you two alone, Borderless is a group. Remember, a report is not about you, but to represent all of us.”

Lu Qiao echoed him: “Yes, the Boss is giving you a good opportunity to practice presentations!”

Ignoring Zhang Siyi’s awful expression, Gu Yu looked at the time and said: “We have about twenty minutes until we have to present our designs. While you are familiar with your own design, take this time to go over Lu Qiao ‘s and ask him any questions while you still can.”

The pressure Zhang Siyi feels increased. He secretly cursed Gu Yu for abusing himself. He heard him say: “Speak well and the project will be decided upon. Tomorrow, you can take off early, ahead of the holiday.”

Lu Qiao grabbed Zhang Siyi’s arm and looked at him urgently: “Auntie Four you have to fight! Ah! Quick! Look at my design! I will tell you about my ideas again! I’m counting on you to have an early holiday!”

Zhang Siyi: “……”

At the municipal government building, Director Jiang received a call in advance and was waiting for them. He enthusiastically led them upstairs into the conference room: “I’m really so sorry this is so close to the holiday. Sit first, I asked someone to bring tea and I’ll call Secretary Wang.

Gu Yu politely replied: “Do not worry. We will get ready.”

After a while, tea was brought to the room and Lu Qiao helped them connect the computer and projection equipment for the presentation.

When Gu Yu came back from bathroom, he saw Zhang Siyi looking down at the designs. He went over and asked: “Are you nervous?”

How can Zhang Siyi not be nervous!? Although he has made reports before, they were only at his university to present his projects. This is his first time giving a presentation professionally and for the city government no less! What if it doesn’t go well? He doesn’t want to disgrace Gu Yu!

Gu Yu smiled and patted him on the shoulder. He encouraged: “Don’t be afraid, I won’t be idle.”

Zhang Siyi: “….”

Soon, Secretary Wang came, along with another middle-aged man, who is said to be the deputy director of the local construction bureau. Several people introduced each other with a few words of greeting and then the report started.

Director Wang saw that Zhang Siyi stood up and looked at him. Gu Yu immediately said: “This is a young designer recently employee at Borderless. He graduated from the British Architecture program C, called Zhang Siyi and met with Wang Shi last time. Because of the good meeting and positive feedback, he offered to report to you in my place. I thought that I should give him a chance to practice. I humbly ask the officials to bear with me. You can rest assured that the office building design was in my full control. If you have any questions for Mr. Zhang that he doesn’t know, I will answer.”

Secretary Wang listened to Gu Yu’s words and laughed happily: “So Mr. Zhang is a Western educated graduate ah? The times have changed! Director Gu is so good, The Assistant is certainly not so simple.” He looked at Zhang Siyi and encouraged him: “Come Mr. Zhang, speak slowly. Don’t be nervous.”

In his mind Zhang Siyi spoke: “What initiative did I take? Clearly, you forced me!”. When he turned to glare at Gu Yu, he only saw Gu Yu’s confident eyes. He gained strength from them and miraculously calmed down. Since he personally visited the designated renovation area and devoted himself wholeheartedly, now, the whole design plan is like a picture on an HD TV; clearly displayed in Zhang Siyi’s mind.

He cleared his throat and said spoke firmly: “Leaders, I am honored to represent Borderless Architectural Firm today to make a preliminary plan report for the government office building in the city…”

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Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 56: Networking

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Fu Xinhui tried to kick Zhang Siyi. He retreated back to the corner of the sofa while shouting: “She let you be a regular guest to attract female students to participate in special activities, but those female students don’t know you. They are coming to you based on your appearance and then you must accompany them to drink while at the party. What about sleeping? If this isn’t what a Rent-Boy is, then what is it!? Hey! Don’t touch me! You said you weren’t angry!”

Fu Xinhui knocked Zhang Siyi over and got on top of him. In order to prevent him from getting away, he straddled him with one foot on the edge of the sofa and a knee on his thigh. Fu Xinhui pressed down on Zhang Siyi shoulders with his hands. Gnashing his teeth, Fu Xinhui yelled: “You said I’m a Rent-Boy? Let’s see how good I am! I will take you first for practice!”

Struggling, Zhang Siyi yelled at him: “Fuck You! I’m being honest!”

While the two of them are yelling at each other making a scene, the door suddenly opened, both Jiang Hai and Tian stepped forward into the apartment calling for Fu Xinhui. They did not expect to see the scene on the sofa.

Zhang Siyi: “…” (⊙⊙)

Fu Xinhui: “…” (=_=)

Jiang Hai stepped back a small step and said with a smile: “Oh, you, you… continue…”

Tian Yujing also shyly squinted: “That… we didn’t know…. you are doing… that…”

Zhang Siyi: “…”

With such provocative evidence, it will be hard to come clean.

Zhang Siyi rushed to explain: “No, it’s not what you think!”

Fu Xinhui also nodded in a dignified position, then the two separated at the fastest speed, sitting at the two ends of the sofa, separated by a gap of up to one meter long, there is a sense of ambiguity.

All red, Zhang Siyi’s tried to explain: “We were just playing casually!”

Jiang Hai is quiet: “….”

Fu Xinhui nodded again, and then thought half of the point seemed to feel wrong. What is “just playing”? He looked at Zhang Siyi with surprise: “Is that fun?” After asking this sentence, Fu Xinhui realized that his question was also ambiguous.

Witnessing the scene before him, Jiang Hai was petrified. His brain completely shut down and now, he felt like he was lost in a fog. ….Fuck! My two former roommates are actually together!

Tian Yujing face was red. Although she was a little shy, Zhang Siyi saw the same green light in her eyes that he has seen in Bi Lele’s….

“No, no! We were just fooling around….” Zhang Siyi hung his head on the sofa and hit the back with his head.

Fu Xinhui coughed a little and calmly said: “Don’t get me wrong. I just told him that I found a job and then I got upset over a little problem.”

Jiang Hai nodded stiffly. It turned out that you got a job, so you are so excited that you wanted to come up to him on the sofa!

Fu Xinhui inhaled and exhaled a few times. They seem to be digging a deeper grave.

The atmosphere in the room was unprecedentedly different. As if there was a clear bubble safe-zone-barrier, Jiang Hai and Tian Yujian quietly stood at the entrance. If they went one step further, the gay light exuding from Fu Xinhui and Zhang Siyi would blast them to smithereens.

Tian Yujing saw that Jiang Hai was irritated and could not speak. She said: “I am sorry, we did not intentionally bother you. Since we hadn’t seen you for so long, and New Year’s is approaching we thought to stop by….” Feeling guilty she continued: “Hey, we should have called ahead of time.”

Fu Xinhui didn’t know how to explain it. At this moment, Tian Yujing suddenly screamed: “It’s so cute!” It turned out to be a Cheer-Up. All their attention was given to the two men, so they never noticed the dog. As if on cue, Cheer-Up walked over and sat near Tian Yujing.

Tian Yujing was really stunned and bent down to pet him. Jiang Hai also regained some sense and asked, “Hey? Do you have a dog?” As the atmosphere eased, Fu Xinhui and Zhang Siyi breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that this dog is not useless.

“Well, I have been raising it for more than a month,” Fu Xinhui got up and walked over to Jiang Hai. “On the day you decided not to continue with rent, I got the dog.”

“You are handsome,” Jiang Hai smiled at the dog. Handing Fu Xinhui the fruit he had bought to them, he crouched down to pet the dog: “This is a golden retriever, isn’t it? It looks tame. What’s his name?”

Fu Xinhui: “I named him Cheer-Up.”

Jiang Hai: “Cheer-Up? Ha-ha, good name, suitable for you.

Fu Xinhui: “….”

Zhang Siyi also came over, scolding Cheer-Up: “You might think he is cute but this stupid dog, he just pees everywhere! I have a score to settle with him!”

Zhang Siyi had a pair of beautiful black leather shoes that he bought while in the UK. They fit perfectly and were super comfortable. They were casual yet formal enough to be worn in almost any occasion. Since he mainly wore them during the week, he didn’t regularly put them in the shoe closet. One morning, he hurried to work and put his shoes on and felt his foot get wet. Examining the shoe more closely, Zhang Siyi found it soaked with urine. One night of urination and the shoes were ruined by the dog. Zhang Siyi was so angry that day. He turned towards the dog and glared at Cheer-Up with murderous intent.

Listening to the reprimand, Cheer-Up leaned against Tian Yujing and leaned his butt against Zhang Siyi. Tian Yujing’s heart has been won over: “Zhang Siyi, don’t be mean to it! It’s just a small puppy.”

Jiang Hai also helped: “That is, you have to be patient and teach the puppy so he will be quiet and not disturb people….” Hey, come here boy, give uncle a hug!”

Zhang Siyi’s mouth twitched, why did he suddenly feel that his friends came to visit Cheer-Up and not him? (=_=)

Jiang Hai asked: “Where does he sleep and eat?”

Fu Xinhui pointed to the basin at the entrance of the bathroom: “He will eat dog food and sleep in the living room on the sofa with a dog blanket.”

Jiang Hai nodded: “It’s just fine.”

Zhang Siyi thought: If Fu Xinhui first told you that he is raising the dog in your room, let’s see if you will say it is just fine!

Playing with Cheer-Up, Jiang Hai brought the conversation back to the beginning: “You mentioned a job…. What is going on?” He went to sit on the sofa and listened to Fu Xinhui retell the story.

Tian Yujian carried fruit to the kitchen with Zhang Siyi’s help. After the fruit was sliced, they brought out a fruit tray and hot tea and joined the discussion. Relaxing on the sofa Zhang Siyi put his feet up: “As soon as I said he was like a Rent-Boy, he was furious and jumped at me. That’s when you came inside and saw.”

In his mind, Jiang Hai wanted to block the scene he just saw, but for his friend he continued: “I don’t think you are so short of money, right? So, what is it then? “

As this was his idea, he needed to explain it better. Fu Xinhui gently sighed: “Yes, I do not care about the money. 1800 is not enough for me to buy a T-shirt. I only care about the long-term benefits this job could bring me. My family situation is also more or less what you mentioned, maybe Zhang Siyi knows a little more, but before that, my attitude to life is particularly negative.”

Jiang Hai was nodding to express his considerable approval.

Fu Xinhui raised his hands to wipe his face. Staring down at the coffee table he continued: “Some days ago Zhang Siyi advised me to pull myself together. I thought he was right so the first thing I wanted to do was try and find a job, but to tell you the truth, there aren’t many suitable jobs for me to do.”

Jiang Hai nodded again: “Yes, your profession has been vacant for half a year, and now it is the industry downturn, and at the end of the year, it is difficult to find a good job.”

In the case of other industries, Fu Xinhui in addition to a slightly more fluent spoken English, can only rely on his looks, temperament and family background, but these things in the big city like Haicheng, with a fair amount of competition, are meaningless. A regular company is looking at the definitive power of the applicant. Besides, because of his background, Fu Xinhui’s starting point is so high, that his character won’t be able to adapt to working at the bottom of a small company nine to five.

Fu Xinhui: “If I want a better starting point, I can only rely on my family or my parent’s friends. I don’t want to rely on them. Aside from my family background, I only know you. While you support me in the spirit, you are just starting out and can’t help me elevate my starting point.”

For his own weakness, Zhang Siyi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Like his friend, Shen Hao, from back home, he wanted to be able to extend an olive branch and give Fu Xinhui a leg up with an offer for definitive work and wages, but he doesn’t have the power right now.

Fu Xinhui paused, and then said: “When I spoke with the girl, she told me there were only a few dozen people when she founded the Turtle club. In the beginning, she gathered the people around her regularly for parties. Later those people invited other friends, and those other friends brought more and soon enough, it led to couples. She recognized the business opportunity for this sort of thing.

He looked at Zhang Siyi and said: “Remember the two firms that were involved a few days ago after your company’s annual meeting? You called me to go to KTV to sing and afterwards, several girls sent me WeChat messages….”

Hearing the seriousness in Fu Xinhui tone, Zhang Siyi nodded. He only remembered his friend saying he wanted to get a dog to help himself cheer up. Zhang Siyi didn’t know Fu Xinhui would continue to think about the issue so earnestly.

Fu Xinhui said: “Well, even before that, I had doubts about the girls’ offer, but after meeting people at KTV for your annual meeting, I understood what the Turtle Club is about. It is essentially the same thing.”

Fu Xinhui slightly raised his eyes and looked at everyone: “The girl has a monthly income of several hundred thousand. What do you think depends on it? Does she have a high IQ or a strong background? It is nothing but a network of contacts built from scratch. Today, what are people? They are a commodity, a business opportunity, they are money.”

Everyone: “…”

Fu Xinhui firmly said: “This is the reason why I promised her to do the job. If I want to stand on my own feet, I will have to establish my own network. In that club, most of the people who participate in the event are people with the same background as me. She is using me, and I am using her. This is the first step I took to change the status quo.”

Assistant Architect by Xi He Qing Ling

Chapter 55: Praise

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After Gu Yu left, no one dare joke around with Zhang Siyi. That intimate ‘touch-head’ was like a declaration, proclaiming Gu Yu’s special teasing power over Zhang Siyi.

Although he only said the phrase “work hard” to Zhang Siyi, it caused everyone in the room to turn away. Later, if his colleagues talk to him, it would inevitably cause a failure to work hard and thus would be equivalent to violating the Boss’s order. So, the crowd could only close their mouths and look at Aunt Four’s red face with a strange look.

After a long period of time, everyone was tacitly maintaining this strange silence. Even when Zhang Siyi got up to go to the toilet, the expressions of the crowd surrounding him, seemed to say “Look! Gu Yu touched his head!”

Zhang Siyi went to find Lu Qiao for information and walked around half of the office….

Look left (←_←) … Someone is peaking at him.

Look right (→_→) … Someone is peaking at him.

A couple of girls followed him with their eyes, waiting for Zhang Siyi to come near.

Zhang Siyi: “……” Enough of you!

It’s not just touching his head. It was like he was touched by the Holy Grail. What’s so weird about it!

He walked to Lu Qiao and tapped the other’s shoulder: “Hey, show me the plan before you…”

Lu Qiao: “hmm?” (⊙v⊙)

Zhang Siyi: “…..” You are all going to die!

Sitting heavily onto his chair, Zhang Siyi sat back at his desk red faced. Ah! Work hard! Only work can make him completely forget the feeling that his head was petted.

In the afternoon, Zhang Siyi compiled the information collected during his business trip to C-City. Recalling the learned experience from the design project of Z-City, he roughly divided the base plot.

When concentrating on one thing, time always goes by very fast. Although it’s the end of the work day, Zhang Siyi didn’t realize it. He was at his desk, intently looking down at the floor area ratio and various values ​​to determine the specific area needed for the office building.

Zhu Hongzhen smiled and said: “Four, I’m leaving for the night first!”

Zhang Siyi didn’t lift his head. He didn’t want to look at the expression on his face. He casually put his hand up at random and waved: “Goodnight!”

This year, male colleagues seeing male colleagues being teased by their male bosses can reveal such a miserable smile.

There are fewer and fewer people in the office. Zhang Siyi finally finished the indicator and started to draw his plan. Just as he was focused on work, he heard Gu Yu’s calm voice next to him: “You haven’t left yet?”

Zhang Siyi instinctively became defensive: “Well, I will be a little longer.”

As he had always done in the past, Gu Yu leaned in close, one hand on his desk and the other at the back of Zhang Siyi chair then softly asked: “How is it going?”

Zhang Siyi was tense and even the lines drawn under the pen became stiff. He simply put down the pen and pushed the drawing to the side, and looked at Gu Yu. He silently hoped that Gu Yu would move a little to the side.

Gu Yu did not move a muscle. He glanced at the picture he drew and with a gentle “Hmmm” he said: “Today I spoke to Secretary Wang on the phone. He had a good opinion of you.”

Hearing Gu Yu’s whispering sensually in his ear, he felt happy in his heart for the praise, but also a little shy. Well, Lu Qiao was also working overtime. It was probably said low in order to avoid Lu Qiao from hearing it.

Gu Yu also flipped through his notebook, looked at his records and compared the drawings he had drawn then asked again: “Is the base height considered?”

 Zhang Siyi sighed and admitted his omission: “No.”

He vaguely remembers that the location of the base is lower than the plane of the main road which is not quite normal, but he felt that the matter is not something he needs to consider by himself. He hastened to check the original diagram of the base in CAD, which was good. All the layers had been opened and there was no base elevation on the top. Zhang Siyi was somewhat emboldened and said: “It’s not on the map.”

“Don’t you have to think about it? What about the drainage after that? The base is filled in as a whole?” Gu Yu pointed out a few issues and sighed: “Don’t you know Director Jiang contact information? Give him a call and let him survey the area as soon as possible otherwise the plan can’t be finished.”

Zhang Siyi: “……” Fuck! Can you still do that?

Gu Yu paused for a moment, then suddenly asked again: “When are you going to return to Ningcheng?” Have you booked your ticket yet?

This unprepared topic transfer startled Zhang Siyi. He paused and didn’t react. Staring into space he still didn’t answer and instead heard Gu Yu ask: “Do you want to go back with me?”

Zhang Siyi: “…..”

This is like going home with Gu Yu for the New Year! o////o

Moreover, Zhang Siyi found that not only the first few words, but also the words that Gu Yu said afterwards were very light… so soothing.

So close, such a soft voice, a steady breath, and warm….  Zhang Siyi felt his insides start to burn up again. The thing that Fu Xinhui mentioned sprung to mind, and his heart immediately pounded in his chest with a violent ‘dong-dong-dong’ as if it was going to break through his skin.

He wanted to escape but Gu Yu made him unable to resist: “I, I have already bought a good ticket…” In a panic, Zhang Siyi subconsciously lied.

Gu Yu calmly replied “Oh” then asked: “For what day and time?”

Zhang Siyi spoke mechanically: “New Year’s Eve, ten o’clock, ten and a half.”

Gu Yu did not speak. After two seconds, he nodded and said, “Okay.” Then he straightened up and took away the palm of his hand and went to Lu Qiao.

Zhang Siyi’s heart suddenly felt a sense of loss, and he was a little worried that Gu Yu would be angry for lying to him.

But fortunately, a few minutes later, after looking at Lu Qiao progress, Gu Yu turned and called his name: “Zhang Siyi, stop first, come over so we can go to dinner together.”

This is the meaning of Gu Yu to take the initiative to invite them to dinner! Like the first meal he had with Gu Yu, he took them downstairs to eat Japanese food. Lu Qiao was so excited that Zhang Siyi smacked his head and regretted the lie.

In fact, they are from the same area so there really is no reason not to go back together. Gu Yu will not eat him. Why should he lie?

Since there aren’t lunch specials in the evening, Gu Yu let them look at the menu to order. As was before, Zhang Siyi wanted his favorite sizzling chicken rice and Gu Yu also requested the same hot spring egg beef rice. Never eating here before, Lu Qiao hesitated for a long time and finally ordered ramen under the recommendation of Zhang Siyi. Face up, Lu Qiao is at the side eating: “Delicious! It is very delicious, but 48 yuan for a bowl of noodles is really expensive ah!”

Zhang Siyi chuckled: “Anyway it is Boss’s treat so you do not need to spend your money.”

Sucking the noodles greedily, Lu Qiao said: “I feel like I’m eating money. A mouthful of two dollars…… Sluuurp!…… Well, that’s another mouthful, five bucks.

Zhang Siyi.： “……”

Gu Yu grinned at him and said: “Work hard and eat well.”

Lu Qiao slapped his head and said: “That’s right! Eat enough to work! Yeah!”

Zhang Siyi was also said to have worked hard. After the meal, the two returned to the office and added two hours of overtime. Gu Yu had been accompanying them until 9:30 before they left work for the night.

When Zhang Siyi finally came home and saw Fu Xinhui he said: “Brother, I hardly ever see you. It’s like every three autumns!”

Fu Xinhui.： “……”

Since he is up early for work and comes home late, he really has this feeling. Although they live under one roof, lately it’s as though they are strangers passing through, unaware of each other. In the two days he hasn’t seen the dog, he can tell that Cheer-Up has grown bigger.

Fu Xinhui’s mood today is quite good. After contemplating for a few minutes, he told Zhang Siyi: “I found a job.”

Zhang Siyi was pleasantly surprised: “Ah? Really! What job?”

Fu Xinhui smiled and explained: “I went to walk the dog a few days ago, and I met a girl who came back from France to study in the cosmetics industry.”

Zhang Siyi squinted at him: “Is she asking you to sell cosmetics?”

Fu Xinhui: “Stupid, listen to me first.”

Zhang Siyi poured himself a glass of juice in the kitchen: “I’m listening.”

Fu Xinhui: “Selling cosmetics is one of her jobs. She also manages a side job at a private club in Haicheng for quality single men and women to provide social activities.”

The club now has more than 1000 fixed-event members. She hosts one to two events a week at random upscale locations from the Trade Center, Museums, famous villas and so on…” 

Zhang Siyi went to the sofa and sat down, urging: “Quickly get to the point!”

Fu Xinhui continued: “She asked me to go in as part of the activities as one of the fixed male guests. The appearance fee is one thousand eight hundred yuan once every month as long as I go three or four times a month.”

Zhang Siyi was first surprised by the appearance fee, but then he reacted and asked: “Wait, this is like a blind date service!”

Fu Xinhui lightly coughed: “In fact, it is a disguised blind date club.”

Zhang Siyi asked Fu Xinhui: “What will you do?”

Fu Xinhui said frankly: “Yes. She said that the club needed some handsome men with strong backgrounds to attract people to participate in the events. After each event, they will post photos to WeChat and some social media.”

Zhang Siyi: “What are their profits? Entrance Fees? Is there a catch?”

Fu Xinhui shook his head and said: “No, it is the activity fee. All the people who attend the party need to provide formal identification. They must pay the money, from three to five hundred, and more than one thousand. When the number of attendees is high, the fee will be lower. However, they occasionally hold some elite social gatherings, and the staff will be limited to 50 or less. In this case, the fees will be higher.”

Fu Xinhui gave him an account, saying that every time this girl does an activity, her net income is tens of thousands. At present, her monthly income has reached 200,000.

Zhang Si Yi is shocked. Why are other people’s money so fucking good! (#°Д°)

“Now that you know the details of the events, are you still willing to go?” Worried Zhang Siyi frowned: “And, don’t be angry but I feel that the nature of this work is a bit like a Rent-Boy?”

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