Water and Fire~Chapter 19.4: Do You Have a Boyfriend?

 

Chapter 19.4: Do You Have a Boyfriend?

A week later, an intermediary coordination meeting was held at Hanhai Home Textiles. Ren Yan and Zhang Teng both attended the meeting.

At the meeting, everyone reviewed the company's current problems and the maximum time available to resolve them before preparing the application materials. If the problems couldn't be resolved on time, what solutions could be implemented to avoid affecting the planned IPO schedule. Everyone felt the urgency of the rapid progress toward listing from this meeting.

After the meeting, everyone had dinner together. During the conversation, Yu Yue asked, "Are all the young people working on your project married?"

Some said yes, some said no. Qin Qianyu proudly said that while he still had a strong boyish aura, he was, sorry, married.

Everyone else looked at him with a look of "Ugh!"

Only Chu Qianmiao was willing to flatter him. "Wow? Brother Qin is married? Wonderful, wonderful! My apologies!"

Looking at Chu Qianmiao's antics, Qin Qianyu really wanted to give her a good beating.

But then something suddenly occurred to him, and he put the idea of ​​beating her off on the side.

He suddenly remembered that he had previously considered introducing Chu Qianmiao to someone. He quickly turned around and summoned her, repeatedly asking her, "Qianmiao, do you have a boyfriend? If not, I can introduce you to one! This guy is my classmate. He wasn't in Beijing a while ago, but he's back now. He's got a really good temper and works in research. Research is okay with that, right? He's from out of town, but has a Beijing hukou. He owns an apartment, but has a mortgage. You can pay off the mortgage together, right? He's incredibly talented. I'll help you two get together."

Chu Qianmiao stiffened her neck as she tried to speak, but he immediately followed up with the next sentence, each one like an impenetrable wall, leaving no room for interruption. When he finally finished, Chu Qianmiao was at a loss for words.

Zhang Teng's words helped her understand Qin Qianyu's surging enthusiasm. "Our little Chu has a boyfriend!"

Chu Qianmiao choked on her saliva, her nose running. She felt her face flush.

She wondered if anyone would think she was shy about mentioning her boyfriend. That would be a huge misunderstanding; she wasn't easily embarrassed.

She stood up and grabbed a tissue to blow her nose. The moment she looked up, she saw Ren Yan glancing in her direction. Meeting her gaze, he immediately looked away, so calmly, so effortlessly, so effortlessly, not even a particle of air trembled.

She didn't have time to speak. As she blew her nose, she wondered where Zhang Teng's claim that she had a boyfriend came from.

After some thought, she deduced that it was probably from her answer to Qiao Zhixin, and Zhang Teng had taken it seriously.

For a moment, she wanted to explain that she didn't actually have a boyfriend. But after blowing her nose and being able to speak, she realized the topic had veered off elsewhere.

She brought the conversation back to the topic, saying, "Come on, everyone, let me tell you something. I don't actually have a boyfriend."

No matter how she thought about it, it felt a bit silly.

She figured, forget it. They just assumed she had a boyfriend, so be it. It didn't affect her in any way. Anyway, she just wanted to focus on her career for two years and didn't want a boyfriend. She wasn't looking for one among those present. It seemed like there was someone who could be her boyfriend, but there wasn't. People say it's better to keep a clear emotional boundary between private and work.

So, it didn't matter, she thought.

Since that dinner, Chu Qianmiao noticed that Ren Yan had been coming to the site less often.

She thought he might be busy with other projects. After all, as the head of a department, it's impossible to have only one project on hand.

One evening before leaving get off work, Qin Qianyu and her were walking to the bus stop, chatting. Qin Qianyu asked her, "By the way, Qianmiao, what does your boyfriend do? Is he good enough? Is he worthy of someone as beloved as you?"

Chu Qianmiao told him the truth, "Hey, I don't have a boyfriend. People who are too good are always lonely!"

Qin Qianyu became excited and asked her, "Hey, what's going on? You don't have a boyfriend, so why did Lawyer Zhang say you did?"

After a few months of close interaction, Chu Qianmiao, Qin Qianyu, and Tang Yi had become close comrades. She simply let it slide and said, "I think one of our partners might have some feelings for me, but I'm not really interested in him. To put it over with and avoid any further hassle, I told him I have a boyfriend, and Lawyer Zhang took it seriously."

Qin Qianyu was immediately excited. "Great! My classmate still has a chance! Qianmiao, please give yourself a chance too!"

The bus he was on arrived at the stop.

As Qin Qianyu prepared to sprint onto the bus, he said to Chu Qianmiao, "Qianmiao, I'm going back to my company tomorrow to post the invoices. I won't be here tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow! The day after tomorrow, I'll come back to tell you about my classmate's situation!"

His last words were lost in the throngs of people crammed into the bus.

Chu Qianmiao yelled back, "Brother Qin, I just want to work hard and build our country right now. I'm not looking for a partner yet." Qin Qianyu didn't hear a single word, trapped by the throngs of people.

In investment banking, reimbursement is considered a perk for project members, and sometimes it can be higher than their salary. The 25th of each month at Litong is the deadline for submitting reimbursement invoices. Qin Qianyu returned to the company to post the invoices before the deadline.

After posting them, he took the reimbursement form to Ren Yan for his signature.

Ren Yan casually flipped through the form and signed his name in the supervisor column.

After signing, he looked up at Qin Qianyu and said, "Don't go to Hanhai Home Textiles tomorrow. Come with me to Hebei to look at a project."

Qin Qianyu groaned.

Ren Yan asked, "What's wrong? Is there something going on at Hanhai tomorrow?"

Qin Qianyu scratched his head and said, "It's nothing serious. I just agreed with Qianmiao yesterday that I would definitely go to Hanhai tomorrow."

"What for?" Ren Yan asked.

"...to introduce her to someone," Qin Qianyu said with a forced chuckle.

He was afraid Ren Yan would accuse him of talking about something unrelated to work during office hours. He was prepared for criticism.

But Ren Yan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Doesn't she have a boyfriend?"

Qin Qianyu hurriedly said, "So it was all a misunderstanding!" To explain the misunderstanding, he recounted the whole story: how a lawyer named Qiao at Chu Qianmiao's law firm had feelings for her, but she didn't want them, so she claimed she had a boyfriend.

After he finished, he said, "Boss, what time do we leave tomorrow?"

But Ren Yan didn't answer him immediately.

He called out, "Boss?" again.

Ren Yan's eyes fluttered, and he looked at him.

Only then did he realize that his beloved boss had been distracted.

"What?" Ren Yan asked.

Qin Qianyu: "I'm asking you, if we're going to Hebei tomorrow, what time do we leave?"

Ren Yan said, "You go out first. I'll contact the head of the company in Hebei and let you know when we're done."

Qin Qianyu left the room and returned to his office, where he wrote the first draft of his application materials while waiting for notification.

In the afternoon, Ren Yan told him, "We're not going to Hebei for now. The head of the company there is on a business trip. You should still go to Hanhai Home Textiles tomorrow."

Qin Qianyu said, "Oh," and felt something was amiss. It wasn't until he was on his way home from get off work that he figured out what was wrong.

In the past, when a business trip was canceled at the last minute, Ren Yan would only tell him the result, not the reason.

For example, today, he simply said he wouldn't be traveling to Hebei for the time being and that he'd be told when to go.

He wouldn't say he wouldn't be traveling to Hebei for the time being because the head of the company there was already on a business trip.

Qin Qianyu wondered what had changed Ren Yan, the usually apathetic and undemanding person, to become so fussy.

Regardless, he thought it was a good change; at least it had finally brought a touch of human touch to his ethereal leader.

The next day, upon arriving at Hanhai Home Textiles, Qin Qianyu saw Zhang Teng.

He greeted Zhang Teng with surprise, "Lawyer Zhang, so early?"

Zhang Teng smiled and said, "Yes, your CEO Ren called me yesterday and asked me to come. He said we'd have a small meeting today with CEO Zhou to discuss fundraising and investment projects."

Qin Qianyu nodded and said, "Oh, is that so?" He was thinking that this meeting was a bit sudden.

He found that the recent changes in his leadership were towards enrichment and diversification - he was not only a little fussy, but also became more impulsive.