She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

I didn't expect that Zhou Pinzhi would suddenly ask such a question.

For a moment, my mind was confused. At this moment, I understood the meaning of Zhou Hanzhi's worried look when he left.

I was not mistaken, Zhou Hanzhi's eyes were indeed worried at that time.

However, what he was worried about was that Zhou Pinzhi would dig up gossip about me and find out that he was in the same room with me tonight.

He was worried that this matter would be dug up and reach Lin Xixi's ears, affecting their relationship.

My mind raced again and I quickly reacted.

How did Zhou Pinzhi know that Madam Zhang Si’s guest was me?

Did he see Madam Zhang Si escorting me out of the beauty salon? Or did he have doubts in his mind and happened to see me confronting Zhou Hanzhi just now, so he came up with a guess?

I thought of Zhou Pinzhi's previous abnormal behavior, and immediately became wary of him.

It didn't seem like Zhou Pinzhi's appearance at Madam Zhang Si's beauty salon tonight was accidental, but more like he followed Shen Hualan and Zhou Hanzhi there on purpose.

But...it's also possible that he followed me on purpose.

After all, I was also in the beauty salon tonight.

Although I can't think of the reason why Zhou Pinzhi would follow me, the Zhou family is deep and no one in the Zhou family can be underestimated. Although Zhou Pinzhi seems to be harmless and a wealthy and idle person on the surface, the edge he inadvertently revealed tonight is enough to make me alert and wary of him.

My plan cannot afford to leave any room for luck, and every risk must be taken into account.

"Mrs. Zhang Si? Is she also at the Qili Beauty Salon tonight?" I made up my mind, slowly raised my head, frowned, and looked at Zhou Pinzhi in confusion.

A trace of surprise flashed across Zhou Pinzhi's face, then he raised the corners of his lips and glanced at me with a half-smile: "Manager Meng, are you kidding me? Since you spend money at Qili Beauty Salon, don't you know that Qili Beauty Salon is owned by Madam Zhang Si?"

It was the first time I saw such a shrewd look in Zhou Pinzhi's eyes.

But I didn't show it on my face. I just widened my eyes slightly and said, "Really? Why didn't you tell me earlier, Manager Zhou? If I had known this, I would have gone to Madam Zhang Si and asked her to give me a discount."

As I was talking, I took out the card that Mrs. Zhang Si gave me before she left from my bag and waved it in front of Zhou Pinzhi's eyes. I looked annoyed and said, "You don't know, I spent 300,000 yuan here tonight, and there was no discount at all."

After hearing Zhou Pinzhi's rhetorical question, my heart felt at ease.

It seems that Zhou Pinzhi did not see my contact with Madam Zhang Si in the beauty salon.

If he had seen it, he would have brought it up and asked me about it right now. Since he didn't ask, it means he didn't see it.

He was cheating me.

The card is light pink. When Mrs. Zhang Si gave it to me, she did not tell me how much balance was on it. But I was observant and had read the brochure of Qili Beauty Salon when I was sitting in the room before. I knew that the light pink membership card was for basic membership and the recharge limit was between three hundred thousand and one million.

As a person who is short of money, even if I want to recharge my beauty card, I will only recharge the minimum amount.

Sure enough, when Zhou Pinzhi saw the beautiful membership card in my hand, he was stunned for a moment, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

I took the opportunity to ask him again: "Mrs. Zhang Si is also in Qili tonight? She has guests? I heard that she is a cold person who rarely wants to talk to people. What kind of person can be her distinguished guest? Is it Zhou Hanzhi?"

Zhou Pinzhi frowned and quickly glanced at me: "Miss Meng, aren't you the guest of Madam Zhang Si? Madam Zhang Si is aloof and cold, and doesn't want to talk to anyone at all. She has only been kind and smiling to you recently. How can she have other guests? Are you playing dumb with me?"

My heart skipped a beat again.

I forgot about this.

Mrs. Zhang Si's personality is indeed not the kind of person who can invite anyone to the beauty salon casually. She is unwilling to pay attention to Shen Hualan, let alone others.

She was really kind to me, even enthusiastic.

But I didn’t expect that Mrs. Zhang Si had only been smiling friendly towards me recently.

At this moment, I was almost unable to defend myself.

But I quickly remembered what Zhou Pinzhi had asked me just now. He asked me, was I the person who was in the same room with Zhou Hanzhi before?

I can't admit it. If I admit it, it would be equivalent to admitting that Zhou Hanzhi and I have an unclear relationship.

So I kept my face as usual and continued, "I have just met Madam Zhang Si and we really hit it off right away, but I don't know her very well, so I don't know who her distinguished guest is. But this person is definitely not me, Manager Zhou, you really misunderstood."

"Really?" Zhou Pinzhi's voice was very soft.

The carriage then fell into silence for a long time.

I looked out the window and saw that we had already reached the city, so I said softly, "Manager Zhou, thank you for giving me a ride this way. I can get off at the next intersection."

"Sister Nanxu, I've always thought that you and Hanzhi are a perfect match. It was such a pity that you separated like that. I've always thought that it would be great if you could reconcile and get back together." Zhou Pinzhi seemed not to hear what I said, and then suddenly said, "Have you really let go of Hanzhi?"

When he said the last sentence, he happened to stop at the intersection and wait for the red light. He turned to look at me with deep eyes.

Although it was already past ten o'clock, the nightlife of young people in the city had just begun. The lights on both sides of the street were bright, and I could clearly see Zhou Pinzhi's face.

And his complicated look.

There was sincerity, temptation, and subtle suspicion in those eyes.

I was even more suspicious and alert, but I laughed out loud: "Manager Zhou, you played too many jokes on me tonight, but this joke is not funny at all. Manager Zhou and Manager Lin are a perfect match made in heaven and they love each other very much. Why should I bother disturbing their happiness when I am alone? Besides, there are many outstanding men around me, Yan Dong, Yuan Tianye, Zhang Tingyuan, who is not likable? Wouldn't it be nice for me to come to them one by one? Why do you have to go back to your ex? Manager Zhou, don't mention jokes like this again in the future."

I thought my performance must have been very relaxed and natural, but there was obvious surprise and astonishment in Zhou Hanzhi's eyes.

I took the opportunity to make another request: "By the way, you can just stop at this intersection. I'll get off here. Thank you for your help, Manager Zhou. I'll treat you to a meal some other day."

"Don't you want me to take you home directly?" Zhou Pinzhi was well-mannered and quickly put away his surprise and surprise. He still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor and asked politely.

"No need. The Zhou family's old house is not in the same direction as where I live." I smiled, then opened the car door, got out, and waved goodbye to him.

Once you get to this area, transportation is much more convenient, but the subway is no longer available at this point, so I can only take a taxi.

However, when I just took out my cell phone, I unexpectedly discovered that my phone was on a call.

On the phone with Zhou Hanzhi.