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

Zhou Hanzhi's response verified my guess.

Although I had witnessed his preference for Lin Xixi early on, when I heard his personal answer now, I still broke my guard.

Just because Lin Xixi feels a little uncomfortable, do I have to leave early?

This is too unreasonable.

Normally, I would still be willing to give investors this little bit of face, but it was different today. The opportunity to attend the banquet was earned for me by Yan Dong with so much hard work. It cannot be justified for me to let go at this time.

I calmed down and said, "Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I can't do it."

Zhou Hanzhi's eyebrows knitted into knots when he heard this, and his tone was very unkind: "You know, I'm not discussing with you."

It seemed that he was determined to let me go.

I curled my fingers and said truthfully: "Mr. Zhou, if I am attending the banquet as a company representative tonight, of course I will be happy with the beauty of adulthood, but tonight I am attending the banquet as Professor Yan's female companion. Mr. Zhou should understand, right?" "

After all, I am the investor, and I cannot cause a situation where both parties cannot stand down.

Who would have thought that as soon as I finished speaking, Zhou Hanzhi actually let out a sneer: "Are you using the harsh winter to pressure me? Manager Meng, are you so generous that you can't tell how much you weigh?"

I looked at the aggressive Zhou Hanzhi and was choked to the point of being speechless for a moment.

I never wanted to provoke displeasure between Zhou Hanzhi and Yan Dong.

"Tell me, what do you want? Continue to invest more?"

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Zhou Hanzhi added another sentence.

He probably thought I was deliberately taking advantage of Joe so that I could get some benefits from him.

"No need." I refused simply, "I won't leave."

"Are you sure?" Zhou Hanzhi stared at me and sneered: "Is this banquet so important to Manager Meng? Why are you so eager to please Yan Dong?"

Zhou Hanzhi's word "please", coupled with the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, nailed me to the pillar of shame in an instant.

And his arrogant attitude was just because I made his Lin Xixi a little "uncomfortable".

Thinking of this, I reluctantly twitched the corner of my mouth and said distantly: "The banquet is about to begin, Mr. Zhou, please excuse me."

After saying this, I turned around and left. The next second, Zhou Hanzhi's voice sounded behind my ears again: "Manager Meng, are you sure you can bear the consequences for your company?"

I stopped immediately, my feet felt as heavy as lead.

I heard the threat from Zhou Hanzhi's words.

But I had made up my mind and said without looking back: "It's up to you."

I can be tolerant, but that doesn't mean I have no principles.

When I returned to the banquet hall, the harsh winter was looking for me.

"You don't look good. What happened?"

I rubbed my throbbing temples and looked for an excuse and said, "Maybe I drank too much."

"I've told you a long time ago, you just have to deal with the wine they hand you. If it doesn't work, what about me?"

There is still loyalty in the harsh winter.

Based on this alone, I don’t regret rejecting Zhou Hanzhi.

"Besides," Yan Dong continued when he saw that I was silent, "Have you seen the location arrangements for the reception?"

I really didn't pay attention to this.

Seeing my confusion, Yandong touched his nose and explained: "We are sitting in the main seats with Cold Capital, and Stack is also at the same table. Do you...do you have anything to do with it?"

Yan Dong always thinks things through.

He mentioned Zhou Hanzhi, indicating that Lin Xixi would also sit at the same table with us.

He might be afraid of embarrassing me.

I pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's okay, don't forget, I'm here to meet my idol tonight."

After the banquet started, the guests took their seats one after another. As Yan Dong said, we were arranged in the main seat.

Zhou Hanzhi and Lin Xixi were sitting directly opposite.

There were all big names present, and I, a little-known coder, acted as the backdrop.

Within a moment, Stack, whom I had longed for, appeared together with the person in charge. Their seats were arranged next to Feng Wenzhuo, very close to Zhou Hanzhi and Lin Xixi.

Lin Xixi probably recognized Stack's identity and took this opportunity to hand Stack his business card.

It's a very common behavior. After all, not everyone can see a world-class software engineer like Stack, but because Lin Xixi is too active, it seems a little hasty at this moment.

Fortunately, Stack is not a person without emotional intelligence. After taking the business card, he glanced at it politely and then handed the business card to the assistant.

It's not like she lost Lin Xixi's face.

Lin Xixi was very happy and started chatting with Stack in broken English. The content was related to the game we were developing.

Stack showed a hint of interest after listening, but then he changed the subject and asked: "I heard Mr. Feng mention this game. I heard that the engineer responsible for building the front and back ends is called Meng Nanxu?"

After he finished speaking, the expression on Lin Xixi's face visibly stiffened.

I also didn't expect Stack to mention me.

However, Yan Dong reacted quickly and took the initiative to greet Stack: "The Meng Nanxu you want to meet is here."

Stack gave me a searching look.

The opportunity was right in front of me, so I naturally wouldn't let it go easily. I proactively stepped forward and said hello: "Stack, I'm Meng Nanxu. Nice to meet you."

Stack looked me up and down several times, pondered for a moment and said, "It is indeed you Nan Xu. I didn't expect that we would meet on such an occasion two years later."

I was slightly surprised: "Stack, do you still remember me?"

We exchanged emails many times regarding admissions.

"Of course," the white man with thick eyebrows and big eyes said swornly, "I was sad for a long time when you gave up Cambridge. Nan Xu, you are really talented in software construction."

I was flattered, but his words also focused everyone's attention on me.

In fact, not many people knew about giving up going to Cambridge.

But after Stack mentioned it like this, everyone's eyes obviously changed when they looked at me, especially Zhou Hanzhi.

We had promised to go to Cambridge together.

I pretended not to care, quietly brought the topic to the new project, and had a great time chatting with Stack.

Lin Xixi seemed unwilling to give in. She took the initiative to intervene several times, but was blocked by Stack. In the end, she could only sit aside dryly.

At the end of the cocktail party, I got the business card Stack offered me.

At tonight's banquet, Stack handed out a total of two business cards, and the other one was given to a very famous Internet company in the industry.

I came back with a full load.

Downstairs in the young man's apartment, Yan Dong was drunk and blurred, and said: "Nan Xu, you know, I am really happy tonight."

"The class committee deserves a lot of credit tonight."

"But..." Yan Dong looked at me intently and said, "Nan Xu, why do you never call me by my name?"

I didn't expect Yan Dong to ask such a nonsensical question, so I said awkwardly: "I'm used to calling the class committee."

"Then, how about just calling me by my name?"

I was just about to answer when the cell phone in my bag rang.

It's Zhou Hanzhi's phone number.

Yan Dong glanced at me and said, "I'll take it as Nan Xu that you agreed."

After he finished speaking, he wisely entered the corridor.

Returning to the car, I glanced at my cell phone that was ringing, took a deep breath, and then pressed the answer button.

"Meng Nanxu, are you not at home?"

Zhou Hanzhi actually called me by my first name, and his tone seemed quite urgent.

But, how did he know that I was not at my residence?