CH 27.1

At Qingyang, Ning Qingqing had no idea that Gu Youchen and the others were coming.

She sat among her Ning Venture Capital colleagues, listening to them share interesting stories about her own mother, and giggled at some of these stories.

“Qingqing, you don’t know, in CEO Ning’s eyes, she doesn’t see men, women, or even people in general, only… donkeys!”

“Yes, CEO Ning’s catchphrase: even the donkeys from the manufacturing team next door are not as idle as you!”

“But CEO Ning is pretty nice. Once, my mother suddenly fell ill and needed an operation, but all my money was locked in investments, so CEO Ning helped me pay for it without saying a word!”

“Yeah, I went to a client’s dinner and got drunk; I vomited in CEO Ning’s car, and she didn’t scold me, but I suffered a torrent of scolding1 by CEO Ning for my lack of due diligence.”

“Hey, how dare you say that CEO Ning spat dog blood? You don’t want to live anymore? Haha…”

Everyone chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was very good.

Halfway through, Ning Qingqing went to the bathroom.

At the same time, Shen Zhiqian and his friends arrived one after another.

Director Su wanted to talk to Ye Peicheng about the script, so their private room was next to Gu Youchen and the others.

There was a curtain and some green plants on both sides, but because Shen Zhiqian and the others didn’t look over, they didn’t notice that the people sitting on the other side were Gu Youchen and his friends.

Everyone was chatting with each other, and suddenly someone asked Shen Zhiqian, “Brother Qian, it’s the weekend, why did you invite us for drinks instead of going on a date with sister-in-law?”

Someone also came to the realization, “Yeah, Brother Qian, haven’t you been busy on a business trip a few days ago, it’s a rare opportunity to have a date now that you’re back.”

“Did you have a quarrel with sister-in-law?”

Shen Zhiqian poured himself a glass of beer, and said calmly, “No, she’s been busy recently.”

“No way, she works for your company and has to work overtime on weekends?”

“By the way, you asked about marriage in the group chat a few days ago, did you discuss it with sister-in-law?”

As soon as this was mentioned, everyone suddenly became excited:

“Brother Qian, are you planning to get married?”

“Although Brother Qian and sister-in-law are both young, you two started dating early, for about nine years, right?”

“I say, Zhiqian, it’s easy to break up if you don’t get married after dating for so long. Actually, getting married is also pretty nice. It’s not that you don’t like Qingqing, right?”

When Shen Zhiqian heard everyone mentioning marriage, the wine in his mouth suddenly tasted bitter.

He didn’t know how to break it to everyone about himself and Ning Qingqing.

In the past two days, he had asked someone to help him investigate and confirmed that Gu Youchen was really married. It was a legitimate certificate that he obtained with Ning Qingqing when they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau, so they were protected by law.

The only thing he could do was wait for the two to divorce.

After chugging the beer from the glass, Shen Zhiqian said, “I will marry her.”

Hearing what he said, everyone felt relieved and joked with a smile, “Then I have to prepare red envelopes later!”

At this moment, Director Su and Ye Peicheng were almost done with their discussion, so they came over to have a drink with Shen Zhiqian.

The moment the bead curtain was lifted, Shen Zhiqian saw Gu Youchen sitting inside.

In the next second, he subconsciously looked at the people around Gu Youchen.

Looking around, Shen Zhiqian recognized most of them, they were Gu Youchen’s friends, but Ning Qingqing was not among them.

He couldn’t tell how he felt, he never thought that one day he would have to look for Ning Qingqing within Gu Youchen’s circle.

But he was also glad to see that Gu Youchen didn’t bring Ning Qingqing out.

Obviously, Gu Youchen didn’t take this marriage seriously, he might be preparing for a divorce someday in the future, so he didn’t take Ning Qingqing out to meet his friends on the weekend.

Shen Zhiqian poured himself another glass of beer and chatted with Director Su.

As the dusk faded, the moon rose.

The atmosphere at Ning Qingqing’s table was still invigorating, and Xiao Zhu suggested, “Just chatting is too boring, come come, let’s play something exciting!”

As soon as they heard about playing exciting, many of them being young people, they were instantly interested.

“I’m a basic dog, so I only know how to play truth or dare.” Xiao Zhu said, “Do you all mind playing this game?”

“Hey, a basic dog’s game is a classic game!” Old Zhao smiled, “Turn the beer bottle, the person facing the bottom of the bottle directs the question to the person facing the bottle’s top.”

“OK!”

No one objected, so they started immediately.

The first one picked was Xiao Zhu, with a depressed expression on his face: “I choose dare.”

Everyone laughed: “Looks like Xiao Zhu did something that no one knows about, so he doesn’t dare to share it with us!”

“Okay, Xiao Zhu, go to the private room next to us, find the girl you think is the most beautiful, tell her that you are a high-quality human male, and ask her if she wants to marry you.”

Hearing Old Zhao’s words, everyone laughed loudly: “It’s over, will Xiao Zhu get beaten to death?”

Xiao Zhu felt a headache coming on and patted his forehead as he walked to the opposite room.

Lifting the bead curtain, he found that there was only one woman in the room, who looked about forty years old.

Xiao Zhu bit the bullet and went over: “Older sister, I am a high-quality human male, do you want to marry me?”

The woman looked at the young man in front of her suspiciously and realized that she was still a flower at forty.

However, at this moment, her husband stood up suddenly, rolled up his sleeves, and rushed towards Xiao Zhu, “Trying to snatch my wife in front of me; do you think I’m dead?!”

Xiao Zhu came back frightened, and everyone rushed over to explain, resolving the misunderstanding.

After seeing this, several colleagues who got picked later chose truth.

At this moment, the bottle was aimed at Ning Qingqing.