After getting on with the enemy

Chapter 57 57

The cold air from the air conditioner continued to invade in bursts. The whole room was comfortable and the temperature was appropriate.But that kind of coolness was not enough to cool down the rising heat, they still sweated, a thin layer, a little sticky and uncomfortable.

Zhou Xiyun couldn't hold back Qiao Yan, so he compromised and closed his eyes.

The sound of the clothes being rubbed against the sheets and quilts was faint, echoing the sound of the breeze blowing the trees outside, it seemed to be intermittent murmurs, coming on and off for a while.

Like a sudden hallucination, it is difficult to distinguish.

Qinghe Street in summer nights is more fireworks than usual. Antique style street lamps stand alone on the side of the road. The dim soft light illuminates the far-reaching trails, and outlines the long oblique shadows of some things on the gray and white ground.

The higher the greening rate, the easier it is to dew at night, and the humidity in the surrounding area is slightly heavier, which does not match the current turbulent weather.

The light in the room was turned on at some point, and suddenly it turned on, the light was very exciting and dazzling.

Qiao Yan grabbed Zhou Xiyun's hand, not letting him go anywhere, trying not to let him get away.Zhou Xiyun called her, softly, "Qiao Qiao..."

It took a few minutes for her to raise her head, move her head up, put her elbows on one side, and look up at Zhou Xiyun from a height.She leaned down and kissed Zhou Xiyun's face shamelessly, kissed him loudly, and called him by name.

Zhou Xiyun touched her rosy lips with his fingertips, and slowly touched them.She took the opportunity to tuck her chin into Zhou Xiyun's palm, and then she gave birth safely, rubbing it again and again like playing, as if she would not feel bored.

"Hey, your ears are so hot..." Qiao Yan lay down on the ground, said in a drawn out voice, leaned closer to sniff the other person's body, and even nuzzled her.

Zhou Xiyun turned his head, looked at her, and said, "Maybe the temperature of the air conditioner is turned on high."

Qiao Yan made a gesture to bite Zhou Xiyun's earlobe with his mouth, but he didn't. He just made a fake move against Zhou Xiyun, and said, "I'm lying to you, telling lies to fool me."

Zhou Xiyun pulled the quilt to cover her, for fear of catching a cold again from the cold wind.Feeling the heat, Qiao Yan pushed it away, "I'll cover it later, that's it for now." Zhou Xiyun refused, and pulled down her paw, "Lie down, and put your hands and feet in." Qiao Yan was reluctant , but in the end it was still tucked under the quilt.

It's time, and it's been so long since before. It's really time to rest. If you don't sleep, you won't be able to wake up tomorrow. Don't think about work, and you will probably have to ask for leave again.

Qiao Yan was full of energy and wanted to find something else to do, so Zhou Xiyun tucked him into the quilt so that it would not be too late to talk about it the next day.Qiao Yan almost twisted her body into twists, moved around, and scratched Zhou Xiyun a few times in different ways, but finally gave up and said, "Okay, I'm really asleep."

Zhou Xiyun said, "I'll turn off the lights later."

Qiao Yan rubbed the person, and said sullenly: "Let me go out to breathe, I'm almost suffocated." Zhou Xiyun pulled the quilt back and let her out.

A certain person was inherently untrustworthy and didn't follow the rules of what he said and what he would do. After being released, he made a fuss over and over again, playing tricks on Zhou Xiyun.

They rolled together, and Qiao Yan fought back, pretending to be a monster.The atmosphere is too gloomy, just being intimate is not enough, it will be better after a while, at least it is not so quiet and can be a little lively.

Zhou Xiyun was not Qiao Yan's opponent in this regard, and he was defeated in a short time, and he couldn't resist after that.

They tossed and tossed for another ten minutes, and Qiao Yan stamped Zhou Xiyun's lips and neck vigorously, one after another, doing it deliberately, insisting on motivating Zhou Xiyun to play.By the time it was time to go to bed, both of them were already quite tired, unable to lift up their energy, and their whole bodies were limp.Qiao Yan hugged Zhou Xiyun and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow night you will cook, and I will do the grocery shopping."

Zhou Xiyun replied: "Yes." "I want fried chicken wings." "Yes."

After expending a lot of physical strength, sleep became a relatively easy task, and it was no longer so difficult.Qiao Yan lay down and didn't move, as if he had fallen asleep, Zhou Xiyun closed his eyes and started to fall asleep.

When the silence in the room returned, the motionless Qiao Yan opened his eyes, and cautiously leaned towards Zhou Xiyun.There was not much time left in the second half of the night, and a few hours passed quickly.

Waking up again, everything is as it is, unchanged.

Zhou Xiyun went to work normally, went to Yifeng Group to work on time, and went out in neat clothes early in the morning.Qiao Yan arrived in Kaffa at eight o'clock, cooking the ingredients an hour in advance, and preparing the materials for the next day.

Kafa's business is still in a moderate state, the customer flow has stabilized, and the proportion of repeat customers is quite high, but the order volume has not increased, and it is still not as good as before.

The two bosses have a good attitude and are not anxious about it. After all, it is useless to be anxious, and there is nothing else they can do except work with peace of mind.Kafa's threat to them was only temporary, after a while it was like that, not to the extent that it could force Kafa to close the shop.

Probably because he was beaten up last time, and it caused dissatisfaction among colleagues around him, so many people secretly followed him

Over there, Kafa has restrained himself a little since then, doing activities less frequently and less vigorously.

The customer flow of its store has generally become dry and stable, and has reached the upper limit of a single store. If it is higher, it will only lead to the opposite. Unless it finds another place to open a branch, otherwise it will sooner or later expand its brand.

The boss of Kafa is still smart, and he understands the truth that too much is too much, and he understands that the more customers the better, so he didn't engage in any moths for a while.

All the less powerful colleagues breathed a sigh of relief, and began to focus on themselves again.

But even so, some of the small stores that were affected still failed to overcome this wave of shocks. They could neither manage chain brands nor compete with other businesses around them. There is already a faint tendency to close down.

Rong Yin was very emotional when he told Qiao Yan about this.

It’s really not easy to do business in this world now. It’s not the period in the past years when as long as you can bear hardships and stand hard work, you can earn a lot of money by selling things on the street. Now it’s very difficult to open a shop, the rent is expensive, and manpower and material resources are all expensive. If there is a slight mismanagement, you will lose money and lose money. Once you don't have enough working capital support, you can hold on to it for half a year.

The rent of commercial shops on Tiancheng Road is not cheap, the average price per square meter is more than a thousand, and what goes out every month is a lot of red notes.Some people invest desperately. They have start-up capital but not much working capital. If they are unlucky and encounter this situation, they will almost die and lose all their underwear.

Fortunately, the small building is Rong Yin's inherited property, so they don't have to pay high rents, otherwise the two of them would have stopped working in the early days of their business, and they might be drowned in some tide.

Qiao Yan listened silently, absent-mindedly, and didn't answer much.

For no reason, when she heard this, she thought of Zhou Xiyun and felt apprehensive.There are many investments under Zhou Xiyun's name. If one day the talks with Zhou Huiwen really collapsed and there is no room for discussion, will Zhou Huiwen cut off all the financial support from this person like he did in college? Can Zhou Xiyun persevere?

It's not impossible for this kind of thing to happen. Don't look at Zhou Huiwen's usual benevolence, in fact, he is very tough behind the scenes, and it is far from easy to handle on the surface.

Who is Zhou Huiwen, who has been immersed in the business circle for these years and has never come out. She can make the company to its current scale, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Qiao Yan thought about those days in college again. Zhou Xiyun was only so old at that time, two years away from turning 20. At that time, Zhou Huiwen didn't want to make a step back to a little girl, let alone Zhou Xiyun is at this age now.

Maybe, a few years ago, Zhou Huiwen might still be concerned that Zhou Xiyun was young and ignorant, so he wouldn't be too serious, but now he can't say for sure.

Qiao Yan wiped the bar with a cloth, always thinking about this.

But the idea is the idea, the reality is not so bleak, not to that point.

Xu Ziqing found out about Zhou Xiyun's move to Qinghe Street for a short time. She called in the afternoon and asked about it. She didn't object verbally, but told Qiao Yan to take good care of Zhou Xiyun, get along with him in harmony, and not to bully Zhou Xiyun.

Ms. Xu sighed, unable to bear the current situation of the Zhou family, she said something about Zhou Huiwen on the phone.

Zhou Huiwen refused to tell Xu Ziqing and her grandma the truth, and never mentioned it. It was useless to ask for a long time.Moreover, Zhou Huiwen's condition was a bit poor, she was really hurt by her daughter, and she became haggard a lot. It's only been two or three days, but she looks like she has aged several years.

When Xu Ziqing tried at home last week, Zhou Huiwen even secretly wiped away tears, not crying in front of outsiders, and turned around with red eyes.

Although she didn't know the details, Ms. Xu could understand the difficulties of being a mother, and guessed that Zhou Xiyun was at fault for this matter.

A mother can never harm her daughter, no matter what Zhou Huiwen has done for Zhou Xiyun's upbringing and devotion in the past 20 years.Compared to Zhou Huiwen, Xu Ziqing felt ashamed, and there was no comparison. It was obvious to all that Zhou Huiwen devoted so much energy and effort to Zhou Xiyun.

It’s not easy being a single parent, especially as a working woman with a lack of support and a child. It couldn’t be more difficult.

What Xu Ziqing meant was to ask Qiao Yan to do ideological work for Zhou Xiyun. No matter what difficulties Zhou Xiyun had, at least he could not leave his own mother behind. It would not be a responsible performance if he left. It would be enough to go out and calm down for a few days. He should bow his head or have to bow your head.

The family has no overnight feud, and it's not a huge hurdle, so how can they not get over it.As long as one of them is willing to step down, that's not a problem.

Xu Ziqing considered herself someone who had experienced it, and thought about the problem relatively simply. At that time, Zhou Xiyun didn't want to go on a blind date and get married, which caused the trouble. She said earnestly, "It's normal for Huiwen to be unable to change her mind for a while. Our environment at that time was different from what it is now. Everyone When you reach your age, you have to get married and have children. If you don’t find a partner and have no children, you are a different kind. Anyway, you have no choice but to come here. Your grandma and I will watch over Huiwen, and we will enlighten her. You and Xiyun are about the same age and have common topics , she’ll let you go and persuade her, and she’ll just yell back and give in. Admitting your mistakes won’t hurt you, don’t always be so cowardly, be careful when you get angry, and it’s too late to regret it.”

Qiao Yan didn't know how to respond, and wanted to defend Zhou Xiyun, but let it go before the words came out, she said "yes" verbally, hung up the phone and went back to the house, but she didn't reveal a word when she saw Zhou Xiyun.

The previous generation had the opinion of the previous generation, and thought that the minor grievance was fine, but Qiao Yan didn't want to do this, and he was unwilling to put pressure on Zhou Xiyun from the bottom of his heart.

Some things should still be divided into right and wrong or positions. If it is a matter of principle, there is no need to be filial or not.The elders are not necessarily right, and the young are not necessarily wrong.

Qiao Yan calmed down before entering the door, but after entering it was still the same as usual.She came back with coffee again, stepped forward and handed it to Zhou Xiyun.

Zhou Xiyun couldn't make a move and was working.

Qiao Yan fed the other person and said, "Today's is made by me, without milk."

Zhou Xiyun took a sip and asked, "What is this?"

Qiao Yan reported a name, and it was Kafa's new product.

After what happened last night, their relationship has taken a step closer.

Even though it wasn't the first time that kind of behavior was done, Zhou Xiyun did it to Qiao Yan before, and Qiao Yan didn't respond, but it was different this time.

Putting the coffee aside, Qiao Yan grabbed Zhou Xiyun's left shoulder and asked, "Go out for a walk tonight, go shopping and take a walk?"

Zhou Xiyun asked back, "Where are you going?"

"It's not far, it's nearby." Qiao Yan said, "I haven't been there for a long time, and you probably haven't been there either. There is a park on the other side, and the scenery is not bad. You can drive up the mountain to see the night view of the city."

Zhou Xiyun said: "Let's take a break first, and go out at eight o'clock."

The night view is actually not much to look at. It’s just going out and wandering around, which is convenient for you to lie down after taking a shower when you’re tired, so as not to think about things at night.Qiao Yan still spent the night with Zhou Xiyun, played a few poker games before the break, and agreed that the one who lost would go out to run errands for dinner tomorrow morning.Zhou Xiyun lost, Qiao Yan was the winner.

This day was not much different from the previous day. Both parties were hiding things, and they closed their eyes when they lay in bed.

It was the same for the next three days, there was nothing special, just getting along in a normal way.

Qiao Yan has never been so kind to Zhou Xiyun in his life. He doesn't quarrel, doesn't make trouble, doesn't tease people, and comes back on time after work. When he has time on the way, he buys something to bring to Zhou Xiyun, or prepares something casually.

Zhou Xiyun did the same to her, and one day he brought back a gift.

Within three days, Xing Yuan came over, and Wen Ruyu showed up twice, each time because of something.

It seems that Zhou Xiyun is liquidating and reorganizing the assets under his name, selling some stocks, and paying dividends from which studio, etc. Huiju has recovered part of the cash in case of emergencies.

They spoke very complicatedly, and Qiao Yan couldn't understand all of them, but only roughly understood the general meaning.

All in all, Zhou Xiyun didn't have enough liquidity on hand, so he needed to give up/sell part of his assets to continue, otherwise the money in his account alone would not be enough for turnover.

Both Wen Ruyu and Xing Yuan wanted to help Zhou Xiyun, saying that they could lend her money, and advised not to sell those stocks, saying that those stocks would still go up, and it would not be worthwhile to sell them now, and advised them to make a cautious decision.

But Zhou Xiyun insisted not to let friends get involved too much, and planned to solve it by himself.

Qiao Yan didn't know whether Zhou Huiwen had cut off the funding for Zhou Xiyun, but it could be seen that Zhou Xiyun was serious this time, and he probably wouldn't bow to Zhou Huiwen.

The conflict between the mother and daughter must be far deeper than outsiders can see, and it cannot be easily reconciled with a few words.

Besides, Zhou Xiyun is not the kind of white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with it. She seldom disobeys Zhou Huiwen. She has always respected and valued her mother since she was a child. Hand, she was just on guard.

It is impossible for Zhou Xiyun to deal with Zhou Huiwen in reverse, neither out of emotion nor moral bottom line.

After Xing Yuan and the others left, Qiao Yan glanced at Xiyun's computer screen next week and took a look secretly.

Zhou Xiyun didn't deliberately avoid her, and found that she was looking at her, so he didn't react too much.There is no important content information on the computer screen interface, which can be viewed by anyone.

Qiao Yan turned around and fiddled with the machine, wandering around the living room, walking up and down.She threw a bag of popcorn into the microwave oven, warmed it up, took it out and put it in her arms, sat down beside Zhou Xiyun, and stared at it.

Zhou Xiyun looked up, "What?" She sent the popcorn forward and asked, "Want to eat?" Zhou Xiyun said, "No." She said, "It tastes like chocolate, very fragrant." Zhou Xiyun continued to operate the computer, "I'll eat it later .”

Qiao Yan stuffed a handful of popcorn into his mouth, chewed it vigorously, and said casually, "I want to go back to the compound to see grandma, and I shouldn't be able to come the night after tomorrow."

Zhou Xiyun continued: "Morning or afternoon?"

Zhou Xiyun said calmly, "No, no need."

Qiao Yan moved over and stood side by side, blinking, "Clothes, pants, books, and others, don't you want any of them? I'll only go back this time. If I have nothing to do later this month, I should return to the compound in August. Think about it, you really don’t want to take it?”

Zhou Xiyun hummed.

The important things that are needed have already been brought, and there is no need to go back to the compound for the clothes, so Qiao Yan is really not needed.

Zhou Xiyun has always had a plan. Even if he decides to move out of Zhou's house temporarily, he has settled everything before leaving, so there is no need to worry.

Qiao Yan was just looking for an excuse, wondering if she could create an opportunity for the mother and daughter to have indirect contact, she hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Is there anything you want to bring back, and I can help."

Zhou Xiyun refused without raising his head.

He could hear the meaning in Qiao's words, but he was unwilling to cooperate.

Qiao Yan struggled for a long time, so he had to say: "Is there anything you want to eat? I'll let my grandma cook it when I get home. I'll bring it together in two days."

Zhou Xiyun's subordinates slowed down, and after a while, he suddenly said truthfully: "I contacted my family in the morning."

Qiao Yan asked, "What did Aunt Zhou say?"

"I didn't say anything, just chatted for a while." Zhou Xiyun replied, then paused, "She's going on a business trip abroad soon, starting on Friday, and returning to City A in half a month at the earliest."

Qiao Yan continued to listen without interrupting.

Zhou Xiyun said: "She gave me a half-month consideration period, and asked me to give a specific answer after the end."

Qiao Yan was stunned, "What answer?"

Zhou Xiyun put down the computer, looked at her, was silent for a moment, and calmly confessed: "I'm out."

Qiao Yan widened his eyes in surprise and opened his mouth.This was unexpected and quite unexpected.

Zhou Xiyun explained everything, and said slowly: "My mother asked me to get married within the next year, and if I don't get married, I will sever the relationship."