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

Before, I only knew that Aunt Xu was a gossipy and loud-mouthed woman, but now I have a deeper understanding of her: she is also a person who likes to stir up trouble and watch the fun.

She clearly knew that there was a grudge between Lin Xixi and me, and had already guessed that the grudge between us was caused by a man, but she still tried to add fuel to the fire and deepen our conflict.

I don't know what good this will do for her.

I was furious and hurriedly stopped her: "It's not like that, Aunt Xu, don't talk nonsense!"

"Aunt Xu, you misunderstood." Lin Xixi's voice sounded at the same time as mine. She quickly denied Aunt Xu's guess, then looked at me with a deep gaze, "You may not know yet, she is my half-sister, we are sisters and a family, she can't have anything to do with my man."

"Ah? Xixi, you and Miss Meng actually have this kind of relationship? Really, I can't tell. I've never heard you talk about it before." Aunt Xu was very surprised. She opened her eyes wide and looked back and forth between my face and Lin Xixi's. "You don't look alike..."

Of course not! How can Lin Xixi and I be considered sisters? I have never admitted it!

"My sister is prettier than me. I can't compare with her, but we are indeed biological sisters. We didn't know each other before and only recognized each other some time ago." Lin Xixi explained with a smile.

Her voice was soft, her smile was sweet, and the look she gave me was full of intimacy, as if she had never had any conflict with me before.

"We are all family. Hanzhi came out of sister's room because he couldn't find me upstairs and came downstairs to ask sister." She slowly looked at Zhou Hanzhi again, with a smile on her face that became even more intense and sweet. She walked over, hugged Zhou Hanzhi's arm, and looked up at him, "Is that right, Hanzhi?"

Good excuse.

I have to admit that Lin Xixi's ability to control her emotions is better than mine, and she is more open-minded towards men than I am. She watched her boyfriend walk out of another woman's room, but not only was she not angry, she also tried to smooth things over for Zhou Hanzhi.

With such abilities, it is no wonder that Zhou Hanzhi loves her so much, cares for her, and cherishes her like his own baby.

Lin Xixi has already laid the steps here, Zhou Hanzhi will definitely walk down the steps, and this storm will be settled quietly like before.

However, Zhou Hanzhi did not respond to Lin Xixi's question.

He didn't say anything, nor did he even look at Lin Xixi. Instead, he looked at me deeply, with red at the corners of his eyes, just like when we were in the room.

Fragile, aggrieved, sad.

I wanted to scold him again. He was obviously the bastard. Why was he feeling wronged and sad? He was looking at me with such eyes, as if I had done something wrong to him. Why?

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye, unless they are blind or stupid, can see that this is not the normal look a brother-in-law gives his sister-in-law.

Zhou Hanzhi, he is really crazy.

Aunt Xu's eyes moved back and forth between our faces. The suspicion in her eyes had just faded away, but now it quickly rose again, and her gossipy mind was about to burst out.

"That's right. Mr. Zhou just came to me to ask about Manager Lin's whereabouts. He couldn't find Manager Lin and thought that Manager Lin was with me, so he came here." Lin Xixi gave Zhou Hanzhi a way out, but he couldn't get out, so I helped him.

To make the lie sound more convincing, I smiled and said, "Boss Zhou is really good to Manager Lin and cares about him. He asked me to help Manager Lin at work, fearing that I would embarrass Manager Lin. But how could I embarrass Manager Lin? So I got anxious and started arguing with him and kicked him out. I didn't expect to meet Manager Lin and Aunt Xu by chance, and Aunt Xu almost misunderstood the relationship between Boss Zhou and me."

"No, no, no, I didn't misunderstand. I was just joking. Xixi also said that Mr. Zhou is a very serious person and it is impossible for him to mess around." Aunt Xu seemed to believe what I said and quickly waved her hands to explain that she was just joking.

Zhou Hanzhi suddenly spoke up at this time: "Do you like to joke?"

The smile on Aunt Xu's face suddenly froze. She was visibly panicked and didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.

When Zhou Hanzhi didn't speak just now, he looked fragile and sad, as if he had suffered a great injustice from me, but now he suddenly spoke, his eyebrows suddenly became sharp, his dark eyes grabbed Aunt Xu's face, his aura was intimidating and oppressive.

Aunt Xu no longer had the excitement she had just now, and she stammered in panic: "No, no, I don't like to joke..."

"It's good that you don't like to joke around." Zhou Hanzhi's tone was cold, with a hint of threat and intimidation. His eyes slowly swept across Aunt Xu's face, and the look in his eyes was like a knife.

Aunt Xu didn't even dare to look at him, and said hurriedly, "Mr. Zhou, Xixi, Miss Meng, I still have some work to do, so I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave first."

After saying that, she hurriedly ran away under Zhou Hanzhi's cold and fierce gaze as if she was running for her life.

When she left, I wanted to leave too, so I immediately said, "Boss Zhou, Manager Lin has been found. You guys should go back together. I have to go to the company as well. I won't disturb you anymore."

Zhou Hanzhi and I have said everything that needed to be said. The slap I gave Zhou Hanzhi was just to make my attitude clear to him. Now I have successfully returned Zhou Hanzhi to Lin Xixi. Lin Xixi herself has found a reasonable reason to explain what happened today. She will have no reason to trouble me in the future. I am finally debt-free.

You can leave freely.

I closed my door and walked towards the elevator.

However, at this moment, someone called me: "Meng Nanxu."

I stopped and turned to look in surprise.

The person who called me was not Lin Xixi, but Zhou Hanzhi.

"Mr. Zhou, I have explained everything clearly. Do you have any questions?" I asked in a deep voice, my face serious, pinching the strap of my bag.

Zhou Hanzhi, what else is he going to do?

"Do you like to joke?" Zhou Hanzhi looked at me steadily and asked this question.

I was stunned when I heard that.

Lin Xixi, who was holding Zhou Hanzhi's arm, was also stunned. She looked at me and then at Zhou Hanzhi in confusion.

Obviously, Lin Xixi didn't understand why Zhou Hanzhi asked this question.

But I know what Zhou Hanzhi meant.

He was confirming with me whether what I said to him in the room just now was true or not, or whether it was a joke.

He didn't believe that I really wanted to end it all with him forever and have nothing to do with him anymore.