Chapter 31

Zhao Louqin never expected in his lifetime to hear such words from Zheng Yixu.

Is it true that you can know someone’s face but not their heart? [Though it seems the usage isn’t quite right?] No matter, Zhao Louqin, being mixed-race, excuses his poor Chinese. The only thing he wants to express is his deep regret for not growing up with Zheng Yixu as childhood friends!

If Zheng Yixu hadn’t been heartbroken by that bastard Lin Ninghua back then, he would surely have been a cheerful and lovable youth adored by everyone!

See, even when it comes to flirting, Yixu can be so creative!

Yes, to Zhao Louqin, this was indeed a creative… courtship behavior.

It instantly made Zhao Louqin, who hadn’t had a real married life since his partner lost his memory, feel a bit excited!

As someone who hadn’t experienced marital life since his partner’s amnesia, hearing Zheng Yixu say these words truly made Zhao Louqin happy from head to toe!

Is there anything more exhilarating than your partner showing you affection?

If it weren’t for being at the company, Zhao Louqin really wanted to roll around with Zheng Yixu for three days and nights! ~\\（≧▽≦）/~ La la la!

Even with Zheng Yixu keeping his head down, he could still feel Zhao Louqin’s intense gaze, and his internal radar immediately picked up a danger signal.

“Ahem, we should get out of the elevator,” Zheng Yixu said to the door in front of him, deliberately avoiding looking at Zhao Louqin.

If Zhao Louqin hadn’t seen Zheng Yixu’s blushing ears, he might have laughed out loud by now. Unfortunately, he couldn’t; if he did, he might end up only having his right hand as a companion in the future. Indeed, it was quite a feat for Yixu to say such things!

This also proves that his advances were effective.

Let that bastard Lin Ninghua be envious!

“Yixu, your office is here.” Zhao Louqin, acting somewhat ingratiatingly, pulled a set of keys from his suit pocket and smoothly unlocked the office door in front of Zheng Yixu.

“During your recovery, I locked up the office,” Zhao Louqin said with a smile. “But I clean it myself every time I come to the company, so it should be manageable.”

At that moment, Zheng Yixu was completely ignoring Zhao Louqin’s thoughts.

Ahhhh, if it weren’t for being in this body, he would really want to set fire to the place and burn it down!

The villa was already quite eye-catching, but this grand office was something else entirely—it was large enough to accommodate a family of three! Also, the ceiling wasn’t a ceiling but a giant mirror or something… Zheng Yixu couldn’t help but think of some rather embarrassing scenarios. He really didn’t want to hear phrases like “Look how desperate you are in the mirror!”

Even more bizarre was the indoor balcony—what’s with all the vegetables? What does he take this office for? Why is there a greenhouse in an office? If you’re going to use the space, at least grow some rare flowers or something!

Growing vegetables—where are the prestige and value of those rare flowers going?

Wait, these vegetables look familiar!

“Yixu, do you remember? These are the vegetables you specially grew for me,” Zhao Louqin said with a sweet smile. “The vegetables I eat for my diet are all grown by you, which is why I’ve lost weight so quickly!”

I honestly didn’t know that the vegetables you eat have so much significance. Who would suspect that a vegetable could be so special?

If this were a game and someone discovered that the item to defeat the final boss was a vegetable, players would probably protest and demand the game be removed from the gaming world!

So, it turns out that to win over a beautiful person, all you need is to grow a basket of vegetables.

Love him? Then grow vegetables for him in the office!

With your status so low, how can you be sweet at all?

There are so many points to criticize, I need a break.

Zheng Yixu felt like he was being struck by thunder, fearing he might be overwhelmed by it.

He was truly foolish, really.

He used to think Zhao Louqin’s brain wasn’t great but that his appearance was enough to make up for it.

But the fact proves that this body’s shell isn’t exactly normal either.

It’s truly a blessing from the ancestors that such a smart and adorable child as Zhao Jiusi could be born in such a family.

Zheng Yixu wiped away nonexistent tears, further solidifying his determination to take Zhao Jiusi away once they divorced. If Zhao Jiusi were to follow his example in the future and be tricked away by a basket of vegetables, Zheng Yixu would definitely grab a knife and fight the person to the death, absolutely!

“…Pull it out,” Zheng Yixu said, feeling a toothache.

“No way!” Zhao Louqin, like a tiger whose whiskers had been touched, spread his arms wide like a mother hen, firmly protecting the vegetables in the greenhouse. “If the vegetables live, I live. If the vegetables die, I die!”

“This is all wrong,” Zheng Yixu thought, exasperated. “You and a bunch of vegetables clearly aren’t equivalent. You could shoot any random movie and easily buy a huge yard to grow vegetables, you know?”

Leaning weakly against his desk, Zheng Yixu sighed, “Do whatever you want.”

He had only been talking idly just now. These vegetables were probably a token of affection between the original owner and Zhao Louqin, so how could he dare pull them out? QAQ.

Zheng Yixu suddenly felt a bit sorry for Zhao Louqin.

No wonder you were abandoned by Lin Ninghua. Are you really that easy to deceive?

A partner obtained in exchange for a basket of vegetables lasting all these years—truly a profitless deal. If Lin Ninghua knew he had lost to a basket of vegetables, who knows what expression he would have?

Zheng Yixu felt a mix of very complicated emotions.

There was powerlessness, surprise, embarrassment, and even a bit of envy.

Yes, envy.

In the CEO’s office of Xucheng Group, the willingness to personally grow vegetables for Zhao Louqin was enough to show the original owner’s intentions.

“What are these documents?” Zheng Yixu wisely decided to change the subject. He casually pulled out a document from the desk, and Zhao Louqin’s name was already on it, indicating it had been dealt with.

“These are the decisions you made before. But I’ve signed my name on all of them, so if anything goes wrong, it’s my fault, not yours,” Zhao Louqin said calmly. “Yixu can also take a look and see if there’s anything unsuitable.”

Zheng Yixu remained silent. These documents were all in a foreign language, weren’t they? How could he manage this when he had returned all his English knowledge to his teachers after passing the university exams? Not to mention, these documents were filled with professional jargon.

For the first time, Zheng Yixu felt deeply that knowledge truly is power—and money!

“No need, I trust you,” Zheng Yixu said, closing the document and nodding.

Zhao Louqin smiled, showing his white teeth. “At eleven o’clock, some of the company’s management will come up to meet you. Just make small talk and recognize their faces. After that, I’ll give you their profiles.”

“And the board of directors?” Zheng Yixu asked tentatively.

In business novels and TV dramas, whenever a modern story involves finance, the final big villain is usually from the board of directors. This had once made Zheng Yixu think that everyone on the board was no good!

“You’ve already met the board members,” Zhao Louqin smiled. “Besides you, the second-largest shareholder on the board is Gu Yanqiu’s family, followed by the Zhang Jianxin brothers’ family, then there’s a share under my name. There are also some scattered shares, quite a few of whichh you’ve collected under Jiusi’s name. The rest are held by the company’s senior management, who each have a little.”

In other words, there was basically no one on the board who opposed Zheng Yixu.

It was precisely because the company worked together with such unity that it had developed so quickly. The Zhang, Gu, and Lou families were all wealthy. The former Zheng Yixu had carefully chosen these people to collaborate with after thorough consideration.

Otherwise, how could someone who started from scratch take a bite out of the lucrative real estate market so easily?

By the way, the floor that made Zheng Yixu feel the pain of the high property prices was also part of Xucheng Group’s assets.

As the saying goes, a bold life needs no explanation!

It’s truly unimaginable that such a formidable person ended up being possessed by me, Zheng Yixu thought with a touch of sadness.

When the slender, high-heeled girl Mary informed Zheng Yixu and Zhao Louqin that the company’s management was waiting outside, Zheng Yixu realized that this girl was his original personal assistant. There were also several other assistants who had been sent out to negotiate contracts.

During the days when Zheng Yixu hadn’t recovered, Zhao Louqin had increased the secretaries’ salaries, but had also doubled their workload. For the clients who had been getting along well with Zheng Yixu, if Zhao Louqin couldn’t meet them all in time, he had to rely on these secretaries, who were at least somewhat familiar with the clients, to handle them.

“Alright, let them in,” Zheng Yixu said, sitting in his chair.

The feeling he had when dealing with the reporters quickly came back.

Zheng Yixu thought, this must be what they call rising to the occasion.

Seeing this, Zhao Louqin smiled faintly and stood to Zheng Yixu’s right, like a knight guarding a precious treasure.

It had to be said that calling the original owner a superficial looks fanatic wasn’t an exaggeration. Typically, those who reach management level often have beer bellies and bald spots. But not these people. Each one was refined and handsome, dressed in suits, wearing ties and glasses, exuding an aura of elite professionalism. They were indeed very pleasing to the eye.

Moreover, among these elites, there were different types. Several of them were the kind of ruggedly handsome men who could make women cry.

Zheng Yixu didn’t know that, besides giving these managers some shares, the company also provided each of them with a gym membership. If they didn’t swipe their gym card at least once a month, they could forget about getting any bonuses.

Money can make the devil turn millstones, so what’s a little exercise?

Seeing Zheng Yixu’s reaction, Zhao Louqin snorted coldly.

“I am also the head of the finance department,” he said.

With that, Zhao Louqin dusted off his sleeves and strode confidently to stand among these elites.

Instantly, the once refined and upright elites looked like lackeys in comparison.

Under the comparison with Zhao Louqin, who seemed to be born with a background of flowers, and had carefully dressed up that morning, it was no problem at all for him to outshine these white-collar workers.

Zheng Yixu’s eye twitched. Still, he followed the plea of his eyes and shifted his gaze from the employees to Zhao Louqin.

Zhao Louqin proudly lifted his chin, clearly pleased.

“My partner, how could you look at other men?”