Chapter 26

Finally, after much persuasion from Lin Lin, Zhao Yaqin agreed to let her go to work two days earlier, but she was required to wear flat shoes. On

the first day back to work, Lin Lin came back from work with two bags of hazelnuts given by Lu Xiaoqiao, saying that they were local specialties that she asked her roommate to bring back when she went home on November 1.

After dinner, Lin Lin and her grandparents sat in the living room to study how to eat this thing.

Lin Lin took out a pair of golden small clips, “Xiaoqiao said that it will open with a light pinch of this clip. She said that this hazelnut is wild, so it is so small, but it will taste better and have higher nutritional value.”

Zhao Yaqin said, “Xiaoqiao is thoughtful and brought us specialties.” She glanced at Zhou’s father and said, “Eat less. How much have you eaten now? I asked you to eat it all, and I had to leave a bag for Qi Zheng. Don’t eat it. Didn’t you just finish your meal?” After that, she snatched the hazelnuts that Zhou’s father had just picked up.

Father Zhou: “…”

Lin Lin looked at her grandparents and laughed: “Let my grandpa eat it. Xiao Qiao said she also left a bag for my uncle.” 🅆𝕎𝓦.🆅𝕆𝔻𝕋𝓦1.ℂ🄲

Zhao Yaqin immediately became excited after hearing this: “What else did Xiao Qiao say? Did she send the hazelnuts to your uncle?”

“She didn’t say anything. She said that she could call Secretary Ding and ask him to come down to pick it up. It’s so close anyway. But, my uncle is on a business trip recently.”

“That’s right. I don’t know when he will be back.”

Zhao Yaqin was a little anxious. No matter how much she liked the other person, she couldn’t see him because of work. How could she cultivate feelings?

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On the day of Chenxin team building, given that the company is not large and offline physical stores are not participating, the leaders unanimously decided that employees should arrange their own itinerary.

Because the hot spring is a consumption-first system, you only need to cancel the group purchase card given by the company when you come out.

Tianshui Hot Spring is simply the ceiling of Hangzhou Bathing Center, with a ticket price of more than 1,000 per person. Usually, it is just a sight to behold when watching short videos. Today, I can experience it in person. It is really a world of its own. The main reason is that the company has won several large orders in succession this year, and there is also a precedent of the high-end company next door. The boss, who is usually stingier than anyone else, also opened Tianen generously.

Lu Xiaoqiao and others came out of the bath, changed into the clothes provided by the hot spring, and went to the dressing table to blow their hair.

“I have too much hair, and I can’t blow it dry for a long time. You two blow it first.” Lu Xiaoqiao gave the only two idle hair dryers to Lin Lin and Zhao Jia to use first, and he took the toner and lotion on the dressing table to simply skin care.

“It’s a pity that Momo didn’t come today. The free cosmetics here are all from big brands, and I haven’t used them before.”

Zhao Jia had short hair, and she only blew her hair a few times before going to help Lu Xiaoqiao blow her hair. “Didn’t you say that you’re going to give compensation to offline sales? That’s fine. People who are not formal employees can still get it. However, giving her money will make her happier than letting her come here to play.”

Lin Lin also wanted to help Lu Xiaoqiao after eating, but she stopped her, “Lin Lin, you put on makeup first. We have to go there quickly. We will leave for breakfast in a while.”

“Oh, okay.”

Considering that she had to take a sauna for a while, Lin Lin only did a simple skin care job and didn’t put on makeup as usual. When she was done, Lu Xiaoqiao’s hair was not dry yet. She was really envious of her hair volume.

“Okay, let’s stop blow-drying. I guess we’ll have to wash it again later. By the way, Sister Jia, will my brother-in-law come over tonight?”

Zhao Jia handed the hair dryer to another colleague who had just come over: “Do we have to wait until night? He’s probably in the leisure area upstairs now.”

Zhao Jia’s guess turned out to be correct. When the three of them took the elevator to go upstairs to eat, when they passed by the leisure area, they saw Zhao Zhizhi sitting on the lazy sofa watching the football game on the screen on the wall.

“How worried are you about Sister Jia that you even came here?” Lu Xiaoqiao teased Zhao Zhizhi, and the others went to the dining area to have breakfast.

During the meal, Lin Lin received a call, and after hanging up, she said to the others, “My uncle and Li Yuxuan are nearby. They said they were worried about me and had to come over.”

“Ah? They’re both coming over? Then are you still going to play with us? You can’t stay here tonight, right?”

Lu Xiaoqiao was surprised to hear that Zhou Qizhen was coming over, but then she thought that Lin Lin’s family would not normally come to such a place, let alone stay here at night.

“My grandparents agreed, and my uncle doesn’t usually care about me. He just happened to be nearby and came to see me.”

“Oh, okay.”

After the others finished eating, Lin Lin said that Zhou Qizhen and Li Yuxuan came over and were in the VIP room in the lounge area. 🅆𝙬𝙬.🆅𝓞🅳🆃𝕎1.𝙘🅲Lu

Xiaoqiao knew where it was. Although the self-service ticket included some items, some items still required money, such as the private room that Lin Lin just mentioned. The ordinary leisure area also had tatami partitions or small tents, but it was difficult to occupy one because there were so many people.

“Xiaoqiao, please accompany me to say hello to my uncle. I don’t want to go alone.” Lin Lin hugged Lu Xiaoqiao’s arm and acted like a spoiled child.

Lu Xiaoqiao said helplessly, “What are you afraid of? Your uncle won’t eat you.”

Although she said this, she still walked with Lin Lin towards the VIP room. When she reached the door of the innermost room, she politely raised her hand and knocked on the door. After a while, the door of the room was opened from the inside.

“Hey! Sister Xiaoqiao is here too! Come in quickly.” Li Yuxuan hurriedly invited the two of them in.

“Hello, Brother Li. I’m here with Lin Lin.” Lu Xiaoqiao greeted him and followed him into the room.

The space in the private room was much wider than expected, about 40 square meters, with complete facilities, including a projector, leisure chairs, and a separate bathroom. There was a row of sofas on the left side of the door against the wall. At this time, Zhou Qi, wearing a gray shirt, was sitting on one of them and concentrating on his work. His shirt was neatly tucked into his black trousers, and his waist was smooth and flat even when he was sitting, without any trace of fat. He placed a tablet on his legs, and his fingers were operating on the keyboard skillfully and quickly.

He heard voices and looked up. When he saw someone coming in, he put down the computer in his hand and said to the two of them, “Have you had breakfast?”

“Yeah, just now. Uncle, aren’t you busy? How do you have time to come here?”

Before Zhou Qizhen could reply, Li Yuxuan, who was standing next to him, raised the corner of his mouth and rushed to tease, “Your uncle has been on a business trip for several days. I miss him very much after not seeing him for so long. I heard that you are going to play here for a day today and stay here at night. I am not worried about… you. We happened to pass by here, so we came to see you.”

He emphasized the word “you”, but his worry was real, but who he missed was only known to him and his friend.

After listening to him, Lin Lin frowned and said, “Then you can’t let me stay here at night? But our colleagues are here, Xiao Qiao is here too, we all know each other, what can go wrong?”

Zhou Qi turned his gaze to Lu Xiaoqiao who was sitting next to her. The girl’s fair cheeks were flushed because she had just taken a shower, and her eyes as clear as lake water were looking at him inquiringly.

He only took a glance and turned his eyes back, “She can’t stay here at night either.”

Facing his answer, Lu Xiaoqiao was surprised and said, “Ah? Why can’t I?”

“It’s okay to play during the day. Girls should seldom spend the night outside.”

This is not a frivolous place, Lu Xiaoqiao complained in her heart, but she didn’t dare to say it out loud, after all, they meant well.

“This is our company’s team building, everyone is here, now everyone is playing separately during the day, and we girls will get together at night, it’s okay.”