Chapter 11

Lin Lin hung up the phone and said to the two sisters next to her: “I feel a little sick after dinner. The beef was too fatty.”

Zhao Jia touched her stomach: “I feel a little sick too. I usually eat fatty meat and I felt that meat was too fatty.”

Lu Xiaoqiao glanced at the two of them: “I guess everyone at the venue went there to eat. There were too many people and the dishes were prepared in advance. They are a little cold. There is a small supermarket next to the hotel. Let’s see if there is any old Popsicle for sale. Eat a popsicle to relieve the greasiness.”

The three of them arrived at the supermarket and saw that there was indeed old Popsicle for sale. Each of them took one, and Lu Xiaoqiao rushed to scan the QR code when paying. 𝕎𝙒𝓦.𝕍🄾🄳🆃𝓦1.𝓒🄲When they came out of the supermarket, Lu Xiaoqiao pointed to the flowerbed under the green trees on both sides of the hotel entrance and said, “Let’s go there to eat before going up! We can’t eat in the elevator, so we have to wait until the room melts.”

When she came to the flowerbed, Lu Xiaoqiao gathered her skirt, looked around, and squatted on the flowerbed after she felt it was okay. Lin Lin was also wearing a skirt, and followed Lu Xiaoqiao’s example.

Several people tore open the packaging bag, squatted on the flowerbed, and ate old popsicles while looking at the distant scenery.

Lin Lin had never eaten this before. As soon as she put it in her mouth, she felt the taste was cool and refreshing: “I’ve never eaten this before! It’s delicious, really relieves greasiness, and it’s cheap, only two yuan.”

She saw Lu Xiaoqiao pay six yuan just now.

Lu Xiaoqiao took a bite of the Popsicle in her hand: “Isn’t it better than your ice cream that costs hundreds of dollars? This is still expensive. It only costs one dollar in a normal supermarket.”

“Ah? Did we pay too much? I’m so angry! I could have bought six sticks with the money, but now I can only buy three.”

Zhao Jia ignored the two people’s nagging, and his eyes were all on a figure in the distance: “Hey! Look at the man standing under the big tree over there. Does he look like Mr. Zhou?”

Lu Xiaoqiao and Lin Lin looked in the direction Zhao Jia pointed at the same time.

Under the big tree not far away, there stood a man with his back to them. The dim light of the street lamp slanted on him, outlining his slender and slightly lonely figure.

His left hand was casually inserted into his trouser pocket, and his right hand held a cigarette. The cigarette butt flickered in the darkness, and the smoke slowly dissipated under the weak light, blurring his face.

“Uncle!”

Lin Lin shouted softly in Zhou Qizhen’s direction. Although the voice was not loud, he still heard it.

Zhou Qizhen turned around and was stunned for a moment when his eyes met Lin Lin. He quickly came back to his senses.

Then he stepped forward with his slender legs and walked steadily towards the few people: “What are you doing here?”

Lin Lin raised her hand and raised the old Popsicle that she had not finished eating: “Dinner was a bit greasy, eating an old Popsicle to relieve the greasiness.”

Zhao Jia didn’t expect that the man he pointed at casually was really Mr. Zhou, so he stood up and greeted him: “Hello, Mr. Zhou.”

Lu Xiaoqiao didn’t stand up, and followed with a low greeting.

Zhou Qizhen nodded in response, and then stood beside Lin Lin, looking down at Lu Xiaoqiao who was squatting there.

His attention was not on the fact that she didn’t stand up to greet him, but focused on watching her bite the Popsicle one bite after another.

After each bite, he chewed it in his mouth, looking completely fearless of the cold, and his tender lips became more rosy and plump due to the cold stimulation…

Zhou Qizhen felt his throat suddenly tighten.

He wanted to take another puff of cigarette to relieve it, but suddenly felt that smoking in front of a lady was not a gentlemanly act.

“Xiao Qiao, why are you eating so fast?” Lin Lin looked at the half-remaining old Popsicle in her hand, and then looked at the remaining stick in Lu Xiaoqiao’s hand.

“Xiao Qiao is not afraid of ice, she always bites it like this.” Zhao Jia also admired Lu Xiaoqiao’s teeth.

“And she can eat several at a time.”

Lin Lin was surprised: “Ah? Then your teeth are not cold at all?”

Zhou Qizhen frowned slightly when he heard Zhao Jia say that Lu Xiaoqiao ate many popsicles at a time, and his tone was a little serious: “Girls should eat less ice.”

Because of the order of the words, Lu Xiaoqiao mistakenly thought that Zhou Qizhen disliked her for taking Lin Lin to eat popsicles. It was true that any elder hoped that the younger generation could learn something good from their friends. However, she still had to explain to avoid being misunderstood: “We only bought one each this time, and we didn’t let Lin Lin eat more popsicles.”

Zhou Qizhen raised his eyebrows unexpectedly after hearing this. This slightly angry expression, did he think that he was talking about her just now?

“I didn’t just mean Lin Lin, I was talking about all the girls.”

Seeing that she stopped talking and squatted there waiting for the sisters who hadn’t finished eating, Zhou Qizhen felt a little anxious. Did he mess up this hard-earned opportunity?

“Give it to me!”

“What?” Lu Xiaoqiao looked at the big hand that suddenly stretched out in front of her a little confused.

“Wooden stick, haven’t you finished eating? I’ll throw it away.”

After realizing what he meant, he was a little surprised and a little embarrassed: “Ah? No need…” 𝙬𝙬𝕎.🆅🅾🄳𝕋𝕎1.🅲𝓒

Before Lu Xiaoqiao could finish, Zhou Qizhen had already reached out and snatched the wooden stick from her hand.

Lu Xiaoqiao: “…”

“I just happened to throw this away.” Zhou Qizhen raised his hand and gestured to the cigarette in his hand.

“Oh, thank you, Mr. Zhou.”

Zhou Qizhen walked to the trash can, glanced at the wooden stick in his hand, and then pinched out the cigarette he had just taken a few puffs of before throwing it into the trash can.

When he reached out to take the wooden stick from Lu Xiaoqiao’s hand, his fingertips inadvertently touched her soft little hand. At that moment, it seemed as if a fine electric current quickly spread throughout his body.

He twisted his fingers lightly, and there seemed to be a faint touch there.

When they returned, Lin Lin and Zhao Jia finished eating and took the elevator upstairs. Zhou Qizhen sent the three of them to the door of the room before taking the elevator to his own room upstairs. …

The next morning.

Lu Xiaoqiao was worried about what to wear when she woke up in the morning. She didn’t meet any potential customers yesterday, but she received a potential customer at the end of the day.

Although the main purpose of this kind of activity is not to open for the order at that time, she still hopes to be lucky enough to receive an order.

The customer said that he would bring a colleague to see the sample clothes today. Later, the two of them only added WeChat and left. She still hoped to be able to negotiate the deal.

She was busy all day yesterday. Although the clothes were not dirty, she had worn them all day after all, so it was not suitable to wear them again.

So Lu Xiaoqiao wore the French dress. She was originally worried that the customer yesterday would not be impressed by her if she suddenly changed her clothes, but Lin Lin and Zhao Jia said that the customer would feel that they valued them more if they were dressed more formally, so she finally put her mind at ease.

After arriving at the venue, several people immediately got busy.

Yesterday, on the first day, there were not many people, and Lin Lin and Zhao Jia still had time to visit other brands’ designs. Today, there were suddenly more people, and the two of them also followed Lu Xiaoqiao to get busy.

When it was almost time to get off work, the potential customer from yesterday finally arrived. Lu Xiaoqiao, who had originally given up hope, successfully negotiated this big order. After seeing off the customer, Lu Xiaoqiao happily hugged the two friends who had just worked with him.

The three of them discussed going out for a good meal in the evening to celebrate.

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