Ye zhiqiao guessed that she had vomited in the bathroom and ignored her. She took an orange from the table and peeled it to eat. When she turned around, she saw her phone screen light up.
It was gu mohan's call.
Just now, she had been concentrating on dealing with Li Ruonan and hadn't paid attention to her phone for a long time. When ye zhiqiao walked to the corner with her phone, she realized that it was gu mohan's seventh call.
She suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to tell gu mohan that she was coming to dinner, so gu mohan saw that she had not returned home for so long after work, so he called so many times in a hurry.
Thinking of this, she quickly answered the phone apologetically. Before she could apologize, gu mohan's anxious voice rushed into her ears, "Zhiqiao? Where are you?! Why aren't you home so late? Is something wrong?"
"No, no..." Afraid that gu mohan would be worried, ye zhiqiao quickly explained, "I was having dinner with my colleagues at the restaurant not far from the company. I forgot to tell you in advance, so you were worried, right? I'm sorry..."
"...
Her voice was getting quieter and quieter. Even through the phone, gu mohan could guess the small expression of grievance on her face. How could he bear to blame her? He sighed and said, "I'm glad you're okay. But none of the people in the sales department are easy to get along with. I heard that your colleagues are not very nice to you either. If it's almost time, call me. I'll pick you up."
Ye zhiqiao covered the microphone and looked around the room, then said softly, "No need, my colleagues are here. If you come, it would be bad if they recognized you."
"Then I'll wait for you halfway, just like I did when I sent you to work." Gu mohan suggested a compromise, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "That's right! You didn't drink, did you? You're not familiar with those people. Don't drink with them."
"Uh... I..."
Ye zhiqiao bit her lip and subconsciously looked at the coffee table not far away. There were seven or eight bottles scattered on it, which were her and Li Ruonan's masterpiece.
Ye zhiqiao didn't want gu mohan to worry about it. She wanted to lie to him that she didn't drink, but then she thought that the smell of alcohol on her body and in her mouth couldn't be hidden. When she got home, gu mohan would definitely find out that she forgot to tell her schedule first, and then deliberately deceived him. At that time, gu mohan must be angry.
And the most important thing for the two of them to get along with was honesty. She cherished this relationship with gu mohan, so she didn't want to lie to him.
"I... Drank." She drummed her mouth and said truthfully.
"Did you really drink?!" Gu mohan was startled. "Tsk!" He said, "How come you don't have any sense of protection? How dare you drink? No, I have to pick you up. As for how to avoid your colleagues, I will think of a way."
After that, without listening to ye zhiqiao's answer, gu mohan stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the restaurant that ye zhiqiao had mentioned.
Ye zhiqiao and gu mohan agreed that she would take the subway home when she got off work, so gu mohan went home directly after work today, but waited at home until it was dark, ye zhiqiao still did not come back. He hurriedly called the company's security room and got the news that the entire gu family had finished work, including the sales department on the eighth floor.
He was even more worried and uneasy, taking care of little treasure after a simple dinner and driving back to the company, ready to follow the route from work, while he was also constantly calling ye zhiqiao.
When ye zhiqiao answered the phone, he happened to be not far from the company, so he arrived at the restaurant very quickly and arrived about five minutes after putting down his phone.
It was time for dinner, and the restaurant was crowded. It took gu mohan a long time to find a parking space. When he entered the restaurant, he met all the well-fed diners along the way, mixed with the greasy smell of food and the smell of alcohol and smoke.
He held his breath and walked forward, because the business was too busy and the waiter didn't have time to guide him.
Li Ruonan had just come back from the bathroom. She had vomited in the dark, and the alcohol was slowly coming up. Her steps were floating, and her body was swaying from side to side. Her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, but in a trance, she still saw a tall figure standing in front of her room door.
When she got closer, she realized that the figure was no one else but the handsome and rich president of her own company.
Gu mohan found ye zhiqiao's private room and was about to push the door in when something with a pungent scent of perfume and alcohol suddenly pounced on him. He was caught off guard and staggered!
Holding the wall to steady himself, gu mohan frowned impatiently. He thought it was some drunk girl who couldn't find her way around and was trying to hold his temper, but when he pushed the girl away with a disgusted look, he realized that she was a new employee of his company. Because of her good resume, she was recognized by some senior management. Her name... Should be Ruonan... Oh, it was Li Ruonan.
But no matter how good his resume was, or how capable he was at work, or how drunk he was in public and threw himself at a strange man, he could not appreciate this woman. For a moment, his face turned even uglier than when he was hit.
Li Ruonan was completely unaware of his changes. Seeing gu Mohan push her away, she opened her arms and tried to stick them on again.
Gu mohan lost all patience and said in a deep voice, "Li Ruonan! Get up!"
Li Ruonan did not expect gu mohan to recognize him, nor did he expect that the rich and handsome boss he had imagined countless times would speak to him in such a stern tone. His slow head after drinking slowed down by half a beat and was thrown against the wall by gu mohan.
Then, in her confused and unwilling eyes, gu mohan pushed open the door in front of him and walked in.
The room was a mess. Some were singing, some were dancing, and some were sitting at the dining table eating. Coupled with the dim light, gu mohan's arrival did not cause any sensation.
He searched the crowd and his eyes quickly fell on the woman sitting alone in the corner. Then he walked straight towards the woman.
"Let's go. Let's go back."
He reached out his hand in front of ye zhiqiao, but ye zhiqiao looked a little flustered and gave him a look in a hurry.
Gu mohan followed her gaze and turned around, only to see that Li Ruonan had followed him here at some point in time.
When Li Ruonan was around, he couldn't show that he knew ye zhiqiao, so he put down his arm without any trace and stared at Li Ruonan with sharp eyes, ready to see what she was doing.