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If Qin Han Guan knew An Dai, he would probably be scolded by the art talented girl for being a "tasteless straight man".
Zheng Yu An never believed such rumors. These days he has been working overtime to analyze WE GO's financial situation. And because Zheng Yu An is working overtime, the employees in the department can only accompany their leader.
It was only when Chen Li came in for the third time to clear the ashtray that Zheng Yu An realized that he had finished his cigarette.
"What time is it?" He asked Chen Li.
Chen Li, "Almost eleven o'clock, want to go?"
Zheng Yu An looked at the table, his mouth was bitter from smoking too much, "Let's go, I'll turn off the lights."
Chen Li knows that he is considerate, so she did not argue, and went out first to pack her things.
Zheng Yu An saved the file, shut down the computer, hung his suit in his arm, and checked the power supply before going out the door.
Chen Li was waiting for him.
"Be careful driving at night." Zheng Yu An says as he pressed the elevator button, "If there is nothing to do, you don't need to accompany me to work so late."
Chen Li smiled and said, "It's okay Mr. Zheng, my husband has been working late recently, so he’s just in time to pick me up."
Zheng Yu An realized only a second later that he had just witnessed a couple's public display of affection, it was like being stuffed with a mouthful of dog food1, and choking on it.
After transferring, it’s been almost three years since Zheng Yu An has had a girlfriend, and he did not have the habit of hooking up. He almost feels like he’s living the life of a monk, he’s been single for too long.
There is indeed a car parked at the doorway waiting for Chen Li. Zheng Yu An took a look, and felt that the dog food tasted very lonely. He’s now regretting not taking a copy of WE GO’s material’s with him to get through the sleepless, long night, cause then he will at least have something to do.
No one wants to work overtime continuously after a busy week, Zheng Yu An also did not want to overwork the people in his department.
Bai Jian came to JZ Bank on Friday to open an account, and Zheng Yu An took the time to go downstairs to meet him.
After the two finished their business, they had a cup of coffee at a nearby Starbucks, and Baisama invited him to come to his own pottery exhibition on Sunday.
"It's a private show, and the people who come are all friends of friends." Bai Jian knows that Zheng Yu An is considerate and gentle, and he respects Bai Jian by always keeping a proper distance, since he’s not part of the LGBT community.
Zheng Yu An understood the carefulness in Bai Jian’s voice, he smiled and said, "How could I not attend Bai Laoshi’s exhibition? Can I get the invitation?"
Bai Jian sent an electronic version to his WeChat.
The two spoke for a while before parting. Zheng Yu An went to the smoking area before returning to his office, and saw that Qin Han Guan was also there.
The man had a cigarette in his hand and raised his wrist when he saw Zheng Yu An, "Here you are."
Zheng Yu An also took out a cigarette from his Su cigarette case, and held it in his mouth.
Qin Han Guan couldn’t help but say, "Your cigarette is not strong enough."
Zheng Yu An glanced at the Nan Jing cigarettes in Qin Han Guan’s hands, and did not really want to discuss the topic.
The two of them smoked and talked about business matters, and finally returned to the business of WE GO. We Go operate on a large scale, Zheng Yu An who has watched them grow knows this best. Qin Han Guan never doubted Zheng Yu An's ability, it’s just that business finance is not an easy thing when it comes to large corporations, not to mention that Yan Shu Wang has Zhang Jin and Luo Yan, both of which are very capable.
"They are also Deloitte's client." Qin Han Guan flicked the cigarette ash, "many big banks want to work with them."
Zheng Yu An replied, "We have worked together for a long time, so there is always an advantage."
Qin Han Guan, "Yan Shu Wang is not easy to please, you will know it when you see him."
Zheng Yu An smoked half of a cigarette, smiled, "It should be fine as long as I don’t offend him."
"It's easy for you to think." Qin Han Guan snorted, and said, "He drinks very well, you two could even be opponents."
Zheng Yu An said, "Maybe, as long as you don’t mix drinks."
Qin Han Guan smiled with a cigarette in his mouth, he suddenly remembered something, took out his phone and said to Zheng Yu An, "I have a picture of that guy, do you want to see?"
Zheng Yu An wanted to say no, but Qin Han Guan already displayed the photo in front of his face.
"Well?" Qin Han Guan asked.
Zheng Yu An’s hand that clamped the cigarette did not move for a moment, and came back to his senses only when some cigarette ash burned off and fell on his sleeve.
"Where did you steal this from?" Zheng Yu An couldn't help but ask.
The man in the photo is indeed long-haired, his features are not clear because the photo was shot from far away, he is very tall, the kind that would look good in anything.
Qin Han Guan had no sense of guilt, "I ask a girl in their company for it."
"......" Zheng Yu An almost dropped his cigarette butt, he helplessly said, "You’re flirting with everybody...please do not cause trouble, okay?"
He promised to go to Bai Jian’s exhibition, so Zheng Yu An did not stay in bed on Sunday. He picked up An Dai on the way, but she seemed very busy, and spoke on the phone almost the entire ride.
It was only when they were almost there that An Dai had time to tell him about the event.
"Many of the people here today are business leaders." An Dai flipped out of the mirror, and was putting on lipstick, "Capitalists."
Zheng Yu An laughed, "None of them know about art, what are they doing here?"
Andai gave him a look, "You’re saying it as if you know a lot about art."
"I don’t." Zheng Yu An pulled open the car door for her and bent down to hand out his arm, "That's why I came to learn more about it, An Laoshi."
Bai Jian is the owner of the exhibition, so it was understandable that he was busy. Zheng Yu An is considered to be the male companion beside An Dai, so he could walk around freely, even if most of them are unknown faces, he didn’t feel any restraint.
As a leading figure in modern pottery, Bai Jian’s representative project is an owl. Zheng Yu An bought an ashtray from him, which is still in use today.
After speaking to An Dai, Zheng Yu An strolled around the villa alone for a while.
Many people who came are indeed business leaders, so it's not difficult for Zheng Yu An to socialize with people in the finance field. In the end, he almost ran out of business cards.
There was champagne on the dessert table, An Dai took two glasses, and clinked her glass on Zheng Yu An’s.
"Over there are Bai Jian’s friends." An Dai nuzzles towards the end of the corridor.
Zheng Yu An has to drive, so he did not really intend to drink, he asked, "they’re are all artists?"
An Dai, "How is that possible. Some of them are also business owners, they are basically friends of friends, there are several I haven’t met either."
Zheng Yu An did not care at first, he glanced at them and then moved his gaze away. But then Bai Jian seemed to have said something, the figures switched positions, and Zheng Yu An gave a few more glances.
An Dai surveyed his look, "There are people you know?"
Zheng Yu An waited for the group to disappear from view before he said with little certainty, "I’m not sure."
An Dai was puzzled, "Maybe it’s because you've been too busy lately."
Zheng Yu An sighed and smiled, "Perhaps."
Zhang Jin called early Sunday morning, his voice was very enthusiastic, sounding like it had roared out of the speaker, "Xiao Zheng, when are you coming?"
Zheng Yu An is packing, his shoulders raised to hold the phone, smiled, and said, "This afternoon."
Zhang Jin replied, "Come at noon, the food in our cafeteria is not that bad."
Zheng Yu An thought about it and agreed. So he told Qin Han Guan and went to WE GO with Chen Li first.
WE GO's building is located on the east side of the lake sector, so it was very expensive to build. It consists of two buildings, a north tower and south tower, connected in the middle with a bridge, the top hung a huge WE GO logo in neon lights, if you come at night, it must be very eye-catching.
Zhang Jin personally came out to meet them, and while waiting for the elevator, he handed Zheng Yu An a cigarette.
Zheng Yu An took it but didn't light it, he casually gathered the cigarette in his palm and went into the elevator.
"To my office?" Zhang Jin spoke with a cigarette in his mouth.
Zheng Youan nodded, he turned around and instructed Chen Li, "you could chat with Ms. Luo."
Chen Li smiled and agreed. Zheng Yu An waited for her to go out before lighting the cigarette given by Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin, "You want to meet our General Manager Yan later?"
Zheng Yu An glanced at him, put the cigarette between two fingers, and said, "aren’t we going to the cafeteria for lunch?"
Zhang Jin laughed, "You think we’d really let you eat at the cafeteria on your first time here? We are not that stingy."
Zheng Yu An smiled, he didn’t really mind. He and Zhang Jin did not chat for long, then Luo Yan came.
The woman is in her early forties, like a flower that never fails, Zheng Yu An always felt that Luo Yan has not changed much in the past eight years, it’s only that her makeup became brighter. She is more reserved than Zhang Jin, and called Zheng Yu An, "Manager Xiao Zheng".
In fact, Zheng Yu An is already thirty, being called Xiao sounds like he’s pretending to be young. But everyone in this room, except Chen Li, is basically more than six years older than him, so it really doesn’t matter.
At the end, the four people went to the WE GO cafeteria. What Zhang Jin said before came back to bite him.
In turn, Zheng Yu An had to comfort him, "I really don’t mind eating in the cafeteria."
This is indeed from the heart, even if it is the staff cafeteria, WE GO's canteen is good enough to be on the same level as a restaurant, it even has an a la carte service.
With the non-smoking ladies at the same table, Zheng Yu An naturally will not smoke. When he was half done with his meal, he found that someone had come downstairs. Luo Yan gasped, with some surprise, and said, "Mr. Yan is here."
Zheng Yu An lifted his head and looked over.
Yan Shu Wang, thirty-five years old, unmarried.
And Qin Han Guan's description: long hair, big beauty.
Name, age, marital status cannot be seen with the naked eye, but there is no doubt that he had long hair and is indeed a great beauty.
It was just a glimpse.
Zheng Yu An remembered the man he looked at twice on Sunday at Bai Jian’s pottery exhibition.
Unlike today, Yan Shu Wang did not tie his hair up that day, he showed his bare forehead, his eyebrows and eyes looked like it was outlined in ink wash, exquisite to the point where no words could describe.
When Yan Shu Wang looked at people, the corners of his slender eyes were gently teased, like the feathers of a bird.
"What a coincidence." Zhang Jin greeted, "Mr. Yan!"
Yan Shu Wang's gaze swam over and landed on Zheng Yu An.
1 Dog food, or 狗粮, is an internet slang for public display of affection. It comes from the term 单身狗 (directly translated as single-dog). People who are single are forced to "eat" dog food when they see other couple's public display of affection. [Thank you to @jueshicucumbers for pointing this out!]