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

The breath of relief that I had just let out was lifted up again. I had gone through a harsh winter, but I still had to deal with the big trouble of Zhou Hanzhi.

I turned around slowly. Zhou Hanzhi's dark eyes were filled with resentment and dissatisfaction. He asked again, "Meng Nanxu, are you protecting Yan Dong?"

I understood where his dissatisfaction came from. It was Yan Dong who started it first. I did not stop him when Yan Dong punched Zhou Hanzhi, but when Zhou Hanzhi attacked Yan Dong, I stopped him, and taking the opportunity when Zhou Hanzhi let go, I urged Yan Dong to leave quickly.

This behavior seems like I am protecting the harsh winter.

Zhou Hanzhi was dissatisfied with this.

But in fact, I was not protecting Yan Dong. I just didn't want to make things worse and bring trouble to myself. But I was too lazy to explain. Let Zhou Hanzhi think whatever he wants. I don't care whether he misunderstands me or not.

If this misunderstanding can keep him away from me, so much the better.

I didn't reply to Zhou Hanzhi, but moved to make way for the door, and made a gesture of invitation to Zhou Hanzhi: "Boss Zhou, it's getting late, you should leave quickly. I will also pretend that what happened tonight never happened. As long as Boss Zhou doesn't tell anyone, I can guarantee that Manager Lin won't know what happened tonight."

It's really strange.

When I said this to Yan Dong just now, I didn't feel the slightest bit of emotion, and what I wanted to express was just the literal meaning.

But when Zhou Hanzhi said the same thing to me, my heart felt so blocked and sore.

I couldn't even look him in the eyes.

Zhou Hanzhi grabbed my hand and said, "I just solved a problem for you, but you didn't thank me and you're in a hurry to drive me away? Meng Nanxu, are you a little heartless?"

He was right, he did solve the problem for me. If he hadn't appeared in time and ridiculed and provoked Yan Dong, Yan Dong would probably still be kneeling on the floor of my house and refusing to get up. I don't know how much time and effort it would take to persuade him to leave.

Even if I have the ability to persuade Yan Dong to leave, Yan Dong may continue to look for me. If Feng Wenting knows about this, it will definitely affect the harmony between her and me, and also affect the progress of the project...

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for helping me out." I took a deep breath and turned to meet his dissatisfied eyes.

"Are you only expressing your gratitude with your mouth?" He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked again.

Ha, I knew it. How could Zhou Hanzhi be dealt with so easily?

He appeared at my doorstep at this time. Of course it couldn't be because he had the ability to predict the future and knew that Yan Dong would come to confess to me tonight, so he appeared in time to rescue me.

He came to me for something, and now he wants to take advantage of the opportunity of me thanking him to achieve his own goal.

He is really scheming, no wonder, if he wasn't so scheming, he wouldn't have misinterpreted Yan Dong's courtship of me like that, saying that he looked down on me by giving me a diamond necklace, and that he weighed the pros and cons and made a choice between me and Feng Wenting.

"What kind of thank-you gift would Mr. Zhou want?" I said with a sneer on my lips, "Please tell me clearly so that I can satisfy Mr. Zhou."

"Are you really willing to satisfy me?" The dissatisfaction in Zhou Hanzhi's eyes disappeared, and a smile appeared on his face, a smile of success.

The more I mocked him, the more I knew he would do this.

Next, he will definitely use what I said to satisfy his own goals and needs, such as asking me to break up with Yuan Tianye, asking me to wait for him, or asking me to continue to maintain that ambiguous underground relationship with him.

Zhou Hanzhi, it's rare that you didn't disappoint me...

"Well, I want you to promise to accept my apology gift and you can't refuse me." Zhou Hanzhi suddenly lowered his head, took something out of his trouser pocket, and put it on my wrist.

The slightly cool touch on my wrist startled me and I looked down.

The familiar Patek Philippe watch was buckled on my wrist. Zhou Hanzhi quickly fastened the buckle, still smiling as if he had succeeded in his evil plan: "Wife, you just promised to satisfy me, you have to keep your word."

Unexpected, surprising, unbelievable.

I recognized this watch. It was the one I had received from Zeng Zhi and returned to Zhou Hanzhi. It was a Patek Philippe 5268, exquisite and expensive.

I also didn't expect that Zhou Hanzhi's purpose in plotting against me was not to make me break up with Yuan Tianye, not to make me wait for him, not to make me continue to maintain an ambiguous underground relationship with him, but to make me accept his apology gift.

I came to my senses from my surprise and immediately went to get the watch: "No, this watch is too valuable, I can't..."

"What did you promise me just now? You said you would give me a thank-you gift, and that you wanted me to be satisfied. You can't go back on your word." Zhou Hanzhi held my hand, preventing me from taking off the watch, and frowned seriously.

"I didn't go back on my word. Mr. Zhou can make other requests, but this one is not acceptable." I indeed didn't go back on my word, but I cannot accept this Patek Philippe.

It's not because the watch is expensive, but because...

After accepting it, what's going on?

Does that mean I have forgiven him for what he did to me that night? Does that mean I have tacitly agreed that everything I said to him before has no meaning?

Will we continue to struggle and repeat the same mistakes in the future?

I don't want to, and I can't. I must stick to my decision, keep my distance from him, and have nothing to do with him anymore.

"Just consider it as me begging you, okay? Xuxu, accept my apology gift." Zhou Hanzhi's tone suddenly softened again, and he begged me softly in my ear.

I looked up and saw a hint of red in the corners of his eyes. He held my hand tightly and warmly: "It's my fault. I neglected your feelings. I'm sorry for making you so troubled and painful. Please accept it, even if it will make me feel better."

For a moment, I really suspected that the sun would rise from the west and the pigs would climb up the tree.

Zhou Hanzhi actually apologized and explained?

In order to get me to accept his apology gift, he is so humble?

This is not the Zhou Hanzhi of the past.

But I have to admit that something in my heart is slowly softening and melting, and my heart is soft and warm.

The air in the room was quiet and I could only hear our tense and rapid breathing.

"Then Mr. Zhou, besides expressing your apology to me, there won't be any other conditions for this apology gift, right?" I finally spoke to break the silence, "For example, do you want me to continue to silently endure Mr. Zhou's harassment and violation again and again as before, and also endure Mr. Zhou's possessiveness like a dog occupying territory?"

"If that's the case, I will never accept this apology gift. Please stay away from me in the future, Mr. Zhou, and maintain a normal working relationship with me."