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

I didn't expect that the person who appeared here with Jiang Yin was Zhou Hanzhi. My brain went blank for a moment.

How come they are together?

What is their relationship now? Why would Jiang Yin eat with Zhou Hanzhi in the restaurant on the boat?

Does Lin Xixi know Jiang Yin’s identity?

However, Zhou Hanzhi quickly woke me up from my shutdown state with just a few words.

His sarcasm did not surprise me at all. From the moment I saw him, I guessed how he would doubt the relationship between Zhou Pinzhi and me.

Because he has mocked me many times.

tryst……

He didn't even use the term date.

It was clearly implying that Zhou Pinzhi and I had an improper relationship between men and women and were meeting secretly here.

I couldn't help but sigh, when it comes to mocking and humiliating people, it has to be Zhou Hanzhi, he always knows how to hurt me the most.

I dug my nails deep into my palms, suppressed the surging emotions in my chest, and tried to pull up the corners of my lips to let myself smile: "Mr. Zhou..."

"Cousin, you misunderstood. Manager Meng and I are not in the relationship you think. Moreover, Manager Meng and I made an appointment for dinner today three days ago. Cousin, have you forgotten that we were at the racecourse that afternoon and I misunderstood the relationship between you and Manager Meng, which made Manager Meng very unhappy. I made an appointment tonight specifically to apologize." Before I could speak, Zhou Pinzhi, who was in front of me, rushed to explain.

Zhou Pinzhi was as gentleman as ever and helped me out. I looked at him with gratitude, but unexpectedly discovered that although Zhou Pinzhi was explaining to Zhou Hanzhi, his eyes were always on Jiang Yin.

I am very familiar with that look, it is warm, expectant, and a little cautious.

I immediately came to the conclusion: Zhou Pinzhi liked Jiang Yin. The reason why he explained was not because he was afraid of Zhou Hanzhi misunderstanding him, but because he was afraid of Jiang Yin misunderstanding him.

No wonder he called me Miss Meng just now, and now he changed to Manager Meng in a businesslike manner. He was trying to deliberately distance us and prove that we really had no special relationship.

Jiang Yin didn't look at Zhou Pinzhi at the moment. She was looking at Zhou Hanzhi with a reproachful look, her long brows furrowed. "Hanzhi, why do you say that about Xuxu? Even if you two broke up, you two are still friends now, right? How can you talk to your friends like that? Hanzhi, you're a little too harsh on Xuxu."

My heart felt warm again.

When we were in college, Jiang Yin and I were rivals in love. But I didn't expect that two years later, facing Zhou Hanzhi's ridicule of me, Jiang Yin, my former rival, would actually speak up for me.

The changes in the world are truly amazing.

Maybe it was because Zhou Pinzhi explained the whole reason clearly, or maybe it was because Jiang Yin spoke for me, the expression on Zhou Hanzhi's face eased a little. He frowned and was just about to speak.

"Jiang Yin, you misunderstood." I spoke first. I got off the boat and walked towards Jiang Yin on the shore. I gently held her hand and smiled softly, "I am not worthy of being Mr. Zhou's friend. The relationship between him and me is at most an investor and project leader. I had to work very hard to get the money from Mr. Zhou. Even if Mr. Zhou bullies me a few times, it's not too much. It doesn't matter. I don't mind."

Too much?

He just mocked me a few times, which was already a mercy from Mr. Zhou.

He's done worse things before, I should have gotten used to it by now.

As soon as I finished speaking, Zhou Hanzhi's expression in front of me changed. His handsome face became gloomy, and his dark eyes suddenly shrank. His gaze was like a sharp sword, trying to pierce my face and my heart.

I was fearless and met his sharp gaze calmly: "Right, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Hanzhi didn't say anything. I could see that he was gritting his teeth. There was a bulge on his cheek and he looked very angry.

What is he angry about?

He mocked and ridiculed me first, and now I'm following his words and humiliating myself, why is he still angry?

"Xuxu, don't be angry. You used to be a couple, but now you've become a pair of little enemies?" Jiang Yin didn't take my words seriously. She patted the back of my hand to comfort me. "Hanzhi just misunderstood the relationship between you and Zhou Pinzhi. He was jealous and that's why he said that. Didn't you hear that what he said just now was sour?"

"Jiang Yin, you are the one who misunderstood. Mr. Zhou will never be jealous of me. You must not say that." I quickly corrected Jiang Yin's view.

Jiang Yin raised her eyebrows, looked at Zhou Hanzhi, and then looked at me: "Did I misunderstand? But I saw your live broadcast on "Start" some time ago. Hanzhi risked his life to protect you and was injured like that. And you still say that you only have a work relationship with him?"

As soon as Jiang Yin finished speaking, I heard Zhou Pinzhi, who was following behind me, paused and focused his eyes eagerly on me.

I know that after Jiang Yin said this, Zhou Pinzhi must have misunderstood. After all, he has always felt that there is something between Zhou Hanzhi and me.

So I quickly said, "What I said is true. Mr. Zhou has a daughter..."

"Manager Meng is right. We are just working people. Jiang Yin, you really misunderstood." At this moment, Zhou Hanzhi, who had been gritting his teeth, suddenly spoke up. His tone was very calm. "Manager Meng is very capable. The launch of the story brought a lot of profit to Rongyu. Rather than saying that I was protecting her, it would be better to say that I was protecting a cash cow. If you have such a cash cow, you will definitely care more about it than I do."

I should have felt relieved since he was willing to explain, but for some reason, that sour feeling in my chest rose up again.

Everything is based on interests, nothing personal.

Zhou Hanzhi paused here, looked at Zhou Pinzhi, with a faint smile on his lips, and asked casually: "Right, Pinzhi?"

It's really strange. It was Jiang Yin who questioned our relationship, but Zhou Hanzhi threw the question to Zhou Pinzhi. It's really unbelievable.

Zhou Pinzhi obviously didn't expect Zhou Hanzhi to suddenly poke him. He was stunned at first, but then he came back to his senses and smiled warmly like a spring breeze: "Sure enough, nothing can escape your eyes... Manager Meng is a top talent. Isn't it like sitting under a cash cow to cooperate with her? I invited her to dinner to apologize for the last misunderstanding, and secondly, I really want to get closer to her and see if there is any opportunity for cooperation in the future. Otherwise, Manager Meng's cash cow will be monopolized by you alone, and my grandmother will scold me for not being as motivated as you all day long, and I will feel uncomfortable."

Zhou Pinzhi said this with a smile, but I could hear some dissatisfaction and sharpness in his words.

He called Zhou Hanzhi by his name and no longer called him cousin.

The competition between these two brothers has actually been made clear?