mutual benefit [gl]

Walking out of Zhiyu Square, Ji Cixi put on a scarf and rubbed her hands together.

As soon as the weather entered December, it was like being put on quick-freezing agent. The cold air trickled into people's cotton clothes, and the cold went straight into people's bones.As she walked towards the station, she took out her mobile phone and planned to call Chen Yuanzhen.

As a result, as soon as she took out her mobile phone, she received a text message from an unknown person. At first glance, the number of the sender was no different from an ordinary harassing advertisement.

And the content of the short message is an address.

She knew who the text message would be without even thinking about it, and immediately turned off the phone and put it in her pocket.

Just in case, she first took a bus to a vegetable market in the nearby downtown area to buy a bunch of vegetables. After she bought the vegetables, she began to look around for shops with special sales.

After detouring through countless trails covered with vegetable leaves, she finally found a stall selling fish.

The dragon fish at the stall is now on a special offer, so many customers have gathered.Ji Cixi blended into the crowd and squeezed forward, and when she looked back after she had strenuously passed through the crowd, she could only see the old men and women in colorful cotton padded clothes still pushing and shoving to buy fish.

Ji Cixi breathed a sigh of relief, she quickly left the vegetable market, took a taxi and left.

The address Chen Yuanzhen gave her was the address of her own studio. No one knew her studio except Liao Tezhu and Zhou Ming, and Ji Cixi was the third visitor here.

Carrying a bag of vegetables, Ji Cixi raised her hand and pressed the doorbell.

Squeezing around with those customers who were scrambling to buy fish just now made her feel as exhausted as if she had fought with someone. Waiting for Chen Yuanzhen to open the stall, she stood on the spot and stretched her muscles.

The moment Chen Yuanzhen opened the door, Ji Cixi was twisting her neck. When she saw Chen Yuanzhen standing in front of her in a bright yellow floral dress, she immediately felt her neck stiffen. She could even hear her bones "click".

Chen Yuanzhen was full of smiles, she welcomed Ji Cixi into the door, and when she closed the door, Ji Cixi turned around and said:

"You... Do you also dress like this at home?"

Chen Yuanzhen was taken aback, she lowered her eyes to look at herself, then looked up at Ji Cixi innocently.

"Otherwise? Doesn't this skirt look good?"

As she spoke, she turned around, and the hem of her skirt rippled beautifully.

"..." Ji Cixi was silent for a while, "Summer... attracts bugs."

She really has nothing to say, but if she doesn't say something, she will feel uncomfortable.

This was the first time she had the idea of ​​saying something anyway.

Chen Yuanzhen's dressing style is a bit far from Ji Cixi's image of a premeditated female elite who seized power.

It's too... too fancy.

Chen Yuanzhen didn't care about it, she saw a bag of vegetables in Ji Cixi's hand, she smiled and said:

"How do you know I want to eat hot pot?"

After she finished speaking, she directly took the bag of vegetables from Ji Cixi's hand.

"I said just now that everything is here except the vegetables, but you brought them for me." After she finished speaking, she winked at Ji Cixi.

"Tell me, do you know how to read minds?"

Chen Yuanzhen is very beautiful. If other people are looked at by her like this, they will probably be amazed, and then hesitate and be speechless.

But Ji Cixi is completely immune to this.

Ji Cixi ignored her, took off her jacket and put it aside, then she raised her eyes and asked, "Aren't you going to ask me about today's interview?"

Chen Yuanzhen just looked down at the vegetables in the bag, until she heard Ji Cixi talking to herself, she raised her head and said with a smile:

"The cabbage you bought looks a bit old."

She completely avoided Ji Cixi's topic.

Ji Cixi was really not sure about today's interview, so she was naturally a little impatient.She took a deep breath to suppress her displeasure, and was about to ask again, when Chen Yuanzhen closed the open plastic bag.

"If you have anything to say, say it during the meal." She said and pointed to the restaurant.

"The soup on the induction cooker has already boiled, don't overcook the soup." After she finished speaking, she smiled at Ji Cixi, turned around and walked straight to the restaurant.

She went to the kitchen to wash the vegetables first, and all kinds of food such as beef and mutton were already set on the table.

Ji Cixi looked at a table full of ingredients, but there were still a lot of ingredients in the kitchen that hadn't been brought.The corner of her mouth twitched.

This pile of things is enough for the two of them to eat hot pot ten times.

Chen Yuanzhen put the washed vegetables into a bamboo basket, and she walked to Ji Cixi with the bamboo basket and sat down. Seeing her staring at the ingredients on the table in a daze, Chen Yuanzhen asked a little embarrassedly:

"No, isn't it enough?"

Ji Cixi looked at her, but didn't speak.

"I...have never eaten hot pot. So, if you don't have enough, just tell me, and I'll buy it again."

Chen Yuanzhen's tone was very sincere, completely different from the cynical look just now, it didn't look like he was lying.

Ji Cixi looked at her in astonishment.

Has Chen Yuanzhen never eaten hot pot?

As if seeing Ji Cixi's doubts, Chen Yuanzhen smiled and lowered his eyes and said:

"The old man doesn't like fried food, so no one dares to eat it. And I think hot pot tastes better when there are more people, so I haven't tried it alone."

Ji Cixi pursed her lips when she heard the words, and after a while, she said in a low voice: "It's nothing new, and there's nothing wrong with not eating it." She rolled up her sleeves and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Chen Yuanzhen smiled, she pointed at the things on the table one by one, and Ji Cixi helped her wash them one by one.

After the whole meal, Ji Cixi didn't eat a few mouthfuls, but Chen Yuanzhen was full.

When Chen Yuanzhen was full, Ji Cixi put down his chopsticks.

"Well, should we get down to business now?"

Chen Yuanzhen picked up the glass in front of him, took a sip of water, wiped his mouth with a paper towel, and then leaned on the back of the chair and said with a smile:

"Have you seen Sun Yao? Did he make things difficult for you?"

"He's not trying to embarrass me. He's here for your special assistant."

Chen Yuanzhen raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a trace of astonishment in his eyes.However, in just a moment, she returned to her original appearance of being able to do a job with ease.

"So, have you resolved it?" she asked.

"I don't know." Ji Cixi replied, "If I guess wrong, if there is no bug installed by your father in that conference room, I will probably lose the election."

Approval appeared in Chen Yuanzhen's eyes.

"Why do you think there will be bugs in the conference room?"

"It's not just the conference room, I'm afraid Sun Yao's office also has it."

"So, why do you think so?"

"Although in the eyes of the outside world, Sun Yao is the hottest celebrity in front of your father. But in fact, your father has no intention of entrusting him with important responsibilities."

Chen Yuanzhen didn't speak, and signaled Ji Cixi to continue with his eyes.

"After seeing Sun Yao's resume, and poaching him with a strong purpose, how could he really trust him?"

While talking, Ji Cixi slowly picked up the chopsticks. She picked up a chopstick of cold kelp and put it into her mouth. Seeing this, Chen Yuanzhen handed her a plate of fresh mutton, and motioned her to eat it, but Ji Cixi just glanced at it. At a glance, he didn't pay attention.

"Now the outside world makes Sun Yao's legend so magical," she looked up at Chen Yuanzhen.

"It's your father's handwriting."

Chen Yuanzhen shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer, but it was actually an answer.

"Put people on public opinion, and then just wait quietly for him to make a mistake. How can there be less basic things like bugs."

Chen Yuanzhen nodded, and she smiled and said, "Your conclusion is correct, but in fact, the old man didn't think that much."

Ji Cixi was slightly taken aback.

"It wasn't the old man who put Sun Yao on fire, and he didn't need to do it. Anyway, as long as there is a slight disturbance in the upper level, the lower level will naturally respond. Putting bugs is just his habit. People of Sun Yao's level , and he doesn’t need to do it himself.”

"Then today I..."

"What did he say?"

Ji Cixi paused for a moment, then said: "He told me that opportunities might not be opportunities, and don't be opportunists."

Chen Yuanzhen's hands in the dark gradually clenched into fists, and she said with a normal expression: "Is this what he told you?"

Ji Cixi nodded.

"Others, besides Sun Yao, who else have you met?"

"Xu Gong."

"Xu Gong?" Chen Yuanzhen's expression froze, "Have you talked to him?"

Ji Cixi shook his head, "No, not only no, he also told Sun Yao that he would transfer people from the head office, and there was no need for recruitment."

Chen Yuanzhen had already figured it out in her mind, she took another sip of water from the cup and said with a smile, "It seems to be done."

"What?" Ji Cixi was taken aback.

"Since the old man knows everything about the meeting room well, he even sent Xu Gong to disrupt the situation during your interview. Isn't that obvious enough?"

"Then you mean..."

Chen Yuanzhen pursed his lips and said, "Now you have at least entered the sight of the old man. You should have paid attention to what was behind you when you came here just now?"

Ji Cixi nodded.

"Just wait, if my guess is correct, you will receive a call soon."

"Just... relying on today's interview?" Ji Cixi was a little uncertain.

"You can think so," Chen Yuanzhen smiled, but her eyes were as cold as ice.

"To be precise, this matter is best as you imagined."

Ji Cixi narrowed her eyes slightly, she could hear something in Chen Yuanzhen's words, but she didn't want to tell her, so she knew that Chen Yuanzhen was hiding something from her.

She felt a little dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn't ask any questions.

First, she felt that Chen Yuanzhen probably had her own plans, and second, she also felt that she had no position to ask questions.

After all, she and Chen Yuanzhen still had suspicions about each other, and it was impossible for Chen Yuanzhen to tell everything to herself.

After seeing off Ji Cixi, Chen Yuanzhen returned to the dining table, glanced at the remaining ingredients on the table, took out her mobile phone and called Zhou Ming.

"It's me, there are too many things left here, you come and deal with them, and there are more."

A cold light flashed in her eyes.

"My guess should be verifiable today."

Zhou Ming was driving on the road at that time, and when he heard Chen Yuanzhen's words, he slammed on the brakes in fright, and the car that was driving normally stopped suddenly, causing many other car owners to yell at him behind him.

And all of this was turned a deaf ear by Zhou Ming.

He was dumbfounded for a long time before asking: "Why..." He shook his head to regain his senses.

"No, what do you plan to do?"

"Just wait and see."