Chapter 503: Disappointed Zhu Suosuo

"Brother Yan, the food is here."

Zhu Suosuo blushed, seeing the waiter behind her dragging the tray to serve the food, she symbolically fiddled with the things on the table to make space, even though she didn't need to at all.

According to her past resume, she shouldn't have refused, and according to the frankness she showed in front of people, she wouldn't have been unable to give a direct answer like this. So she was hesitating, because her only bargaining chip was her body, and she didn't want to let Wang Yan succeed easily.

Wang Yan brought it up directly just because they had known each other for over a month, and whether they were friends or not, they were at least acquaintances. He had basically figured out what kind of person Zhu Suosuo was, and she had already tasted the small sweetness he gave, so the rest depended on whether she was sensible or not.

He wasn't afraid of being rejected, because it was impossible. If she rejected him, it meant they would be far apart in the future. As the richest person Zhu Suosuo had contact with and could talk to, she couldn't give up. After all, introducing a fund manager under him casually earned her over fifty thousand, what if she introduced more customers? What if he gave her money directly? And all of this was very simple for her to get—take off her clothes and lie on the bed.

Zhu Suosuo didn't have psychological barriers, after all, she didn't take herself seriously, it was just that she still wanted to be Wang Yan's official girlfriend. Her heart was quite big, and she didn't know her own worth.

Wang Yan nodded, didn't speak, drank the red wine, and ate and drank heartily.

"Brother Yan, try this, it tastes good."

It could be seen that Zhu Suosuo was trying her best to get rid of the direct words Wang Yan had just said, wanting to pretend it hadn't happened and muddle through.

"I said what I said, I'm not embarrassed, why are you?" Wang Yan shook his head: "You shouldn't be thinking about how to ease the embarrassment and how to retain some dignity, you should be thinking about how to choose. One is to put down the knife and fork and leave. Two is to consider whether to open a room in this hotel later, or go to my house."

Looking at the warm smile on Wang Yan's face, Zhu Suosuo felt very cold, because Wang Yan's lack of concealment showed that he didn't take her seriously at all. Although she had known it would be like this, she still couldn't accept it. After all, since she was a child, she had been the center of attention wherever she went, with a bunch of people drooling behind her. Now, Wang Yan's attitude made her feel lost.

She didn't speak, didn't look at Wang Yan, just lowered her head and ate, struggling and calculating in her heart.

Just like that, neither of them spoke until they finished the dinner.

"Brother Yan, if you're not full, shall we go eat some more?" After paying the bill and arriving at the parking lot, Zhu Suosuo said.

Wang Yan laughed, opened the back door: "A moment of spring is worth a thousand gold, get in the car."

Letting out a long breath, Zhu Suosuo got into the car, Wang Yan also got in, hugged Zhu Suosuo who leaned over, and the designated driver stepped on the gas pedal, heading toward Tomson Riviera opposite.

Zhu Suosuo had a choice, she just didn't want to give up the hope within reach. Of course, the key point was that she didn't take her body seriously. In her heart, it was hard to say who was taking advantage of whom.

Still the Shanghai with flowing cars and horses, still the magic city with neon in the sky, still the figure entangled in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window, just with a different heroine.

Zhu Suosuo felt the impact, looking at the city night view outside the window with blurred eyes.

The scenery was good, the person was even stronger.

She had to make this choice, but at this moment, she didn't regret it. As a woman, she felt Wang Yan was a very strong man. As a woman who liked money, she felt Wang Yan's wealth was enough to satisfy her past fantasies about the future. At this moment, she was truly physically and mentally happy, floating like an immortal.

In the middle of the night, Wang Yan skillfully cleaned up the battlefield, lying on the bed pulling the tablet to look at the US stock market, occasionally saying a few words to his subordinates. Zhu Suosuo looked at the phone screen with sleepy eyes, her hoarse throat struggling to make a sound: "What do you think of me?"

"Too thin, the feel isn't very good. You should be fatter, and exercise more to tighten your muscles, improve skin elasticity, and increase your stamina, it will feel much better."

... Zhu Suosuo tried hard to find something to say: "Do you only work at night?"

"Just paying attention to it, don't worry about me, you should sleep, aren't you going to work tomorrow?"

Zhu Suosuo closed her eyes. After a while, she said: "Will you be good to me?"

"I've already transferred fifty thousand to your WeChat."

She opened her eyes suddenly, looking at Wang Yan's face illuminated by the screen light: "So is everything between us just a transaction?"

"Isn't that what you thought?" Wang Yan reached out to play with her little treasure, it was indeed a bit small.

Looking at Wang Yan, Zhu Suosuo's tears came as soon as they were called. She wiped her tears, pushed away Wang Yan's mischievous hand, turned to the other side, leaving only her smooth back to Wang Yan, and set an alarm on her phone: "I'm going to sleep, I have to go play golf with our boss tomorrow."

Wang Yan shook his head and laughed, she was complaining about the money being too little. She must have wanted a house and a car, wanted to buy all kinds of high-end luxury goods, and wanted to be a rich wife at home. Actually, she knew it was impossible, it was just that she had reached this point, and taking advantage of the pleasure of the body not yet passing, she wanted to test it out. As for the two tears she shed, they were useless. Crying to solve problems was for when you were a child.

He looked at the stock market for a while longer, then lay on the bed, didn't care about Zhu Suosuo beside him, put his hands behind his head, and soon fell asleep...

The next morning, although they worked until late last night and didn't sleep for many hours, Wang Yan still got up early, went out for a run, practiced boxing, went for a swim, had breakfast, returned home to wash up, and sat in the living room drinking tea and reading.

Life is a practice, wine, sex, wealth, and anger—there are many temptations in this practice. He had walked this way for many years, and he just happened to touch sex. Although there are three thousand beauties, they are all pink skulls. But the skin is different, and the fleshly desire is endless. Some women send themselves to him, some women he has the heart to study. It's not that he must look for them, and it's not that he must look for many, it's just that he has this little hobby, and his body is good. Although he can hold back, there is no need to suppress it. Why not be comfortable?

And he is not an irresponsible person, just rarely takes the initiative and never refuses.

Zhu Suosuo is after his money, he is after her color—one has the heart, one has the erection, and they hit it off. What's more, in the distant past, in Wang Yan's life, she was still a silly girl who made people pity her. Now that she has changed her style, having a different experience, he is also reminiscing about the past—that was his lost past. Compared to his age, it was his lost youth...

After eight o'clock, the alarm on the bedside phone rang. Zhu Suosuo fumbled to turn off the alarm, stretched a big stretch, opened her eyes, and looked at the bright environment illuminated by the morning light coming through the thin white gauze curtains.

Although she had seen many different houses since joining Jingyan Real Estate sales, although she had seen it in the short videos shared by Jiang Nansun before, and although she had roughly looked at it when she came last night, when she carefully looked around the hundred-square-meter bedroom, her heart was still filled with mixed feelings.

Before, she lived in her uncle's house, where four people lived in a house of over sixty square meters, and the only thing that belonged to her was that tiny little piece. She moved to Jiang Nansun's house, and it was also in the attic of only a few dozen square meters on the top floor. Now, she was lying in a hundred-square-meter bedroom at Tomson Riviera, worth two hundred thousand per square meter...

Thinking of Wang Yan's indifference last night, she was dazed for a while. After a long time, she let out a long breath, rubbed her face to wake herself up, scratched her head and sat up, not caring at all about the coolness of the quilt falling.

Finding the underwear put away by Wang Yan on the side, she went to the bathroom to wash up, used a few cosmetics in her small bag to put on a light makeup, put on her clothes, pulled open the heavy bedroom door, and walked to the living room. Seeing Wang Yan just put down his phone—it should be the feedback from the transfer message—she walked to Wang Yan's side and sat down, and gave him a kiss first, then hugged his arm: "Morning, Brother Yan, do you get up so early every day?"

"Used to it." Wang Yan patted her hand: "Go, you should go to work, it's only ten minutes from here to the Center Building, I won't send you."

"Then we..."

"I'll look for you, go."

Looking at Wang Yan who was "pulling out and being heartless," Zhu Suosuo nodded obediently and got up to leave. Sure enough, she still overestimated herself. Although she didn't lose, what she got was indeed too little.

Arriving at the company feeling unhappy, she saw "Big Waves," who had changed into a new outfit, sitting there pulling at the computer. She greeted with a smile: "Morning, Apple."

"Morning, morning, morning, Suosuo, why did you run so fast yesterday? You opened a deal, and we were still saying we wanted to sponge a meal off you, who would have thought, in the blink of an eye, you were gone."

"This is not forgetting the digger of the well after drinking water. I went to thank Wang Yan, after all, he introduced the customer. Tonight, tonight I'll treat."

"Tonight won't work, I might have a client coming, you have to accompany me, let's talk about tomorrow. And don't talk about who treats and who doesn't, we're all working for others, although we look high-end every day, the money we earn is all blood and sweat. Let's go for team building, and then find the finance department for reimbursement, spend the group's money. It just so happens that Suosuo hasn't had team building since she came, right? Let's all get together and be lively, welcome you to join, and celebrate your first deal in life." Yang Ke's voice sounded abruptly, and he shook Zhu Suosuo's chair back with both hands.

Zhu Suosuo patted her chest and rolled her eyes at Yang Ke irritably: "You're really something, don't you know that scaring people can scare them to death? Annoying."

"You have some dark circles? Didn't rest well?"

"It's just that I sold my first house and earned money, so I was happy."

"Alright, the meal is settled." Yang Ke shook his head and smiled: "You prepare, wait a while and go play golf with me to accompany the client. Apple, how are your clients?"

"Big Waves" nodded with a smile: "No problem, it's expected that one will be successful in these two days, and two can be successful when Dongli opens."

"Good, now Zhou Qing and Tony don't have any movement, I can only count on you. If there's no performance on the opening day, my face as a sales director won't look good. The model room will be ready in a few days, take them to see it then, and pay a deposit first."

"Don't worry, boss, I have it all under control."

"Good, you prepare, don't know when, go anytime, don't let me not find you." Yang Ke patted Zhu Suosuo's shoulder and turned to flash away, coming and going like the wind.

Seeing Yang Ke leave, Zhu Suosuo stretched: "Apple, do you want to go downstairs and buy a cup of coffee? My treat. Didn't rest well yesterday, today I can only rely on coffee to continue my life."

"Let's go." "Big Waves" smiled and followed Zhu Suosuo downstairs.

She could guess with her feet that Zhu Suosuo must have spent the night at Wang Yan's place yesterday. Although she didn't ask, she knew Wang Yan was powerful, and there couldn't be so many coincidences.

And thinking of the absurd three days before, and seeing Zhu Suosuo coming over now, she was still a bit proud. The little girl just wasn't good enough, her attraction to the big animal was too poor, and she probably didn't get much money, otherwise Zhu Suosuo wouldn't be like this. Because she had experienced it personally, it was really too exciting.

Zhu Suosuo admitted that she had suspected "Big Waves" and Wang Yan had an affair before, but now she didn't suspect it. Because Wang Yan was too stingy, how could he be the one who always let "Big Waves" change into new big brands.

Actually, if there wasn't the comparison of "Big Waves," she could accept fifty thousand, after all, she couldn't earn it herself before, and the boyfriends she dated didn't have that much money. The only one, Mr. Ma, was embezzling public funds. But it was precisely because of the comparison of "Big Waves" that she wasn't very happy, not to mention wanting to be an official girlfriend and then becoming a wife.

Sure enough, the richer, the stingier, she was a bit disappointed...

In the evening, at the fast-food restaurant downstairs of the Center Building, Zhu Suosuo found Jiang Nansun, who had been pouting and waiting there: "What's going on? This is a matter between Zhang Anren and Wang Yongzheng, how did it make you and Zhang Anren unhappy? Besides, isn't it a good thing for you two that he can stay and teach?"

Jiang Nansun's mood wasn't good: "It feels a bit like unfair competition."

Although she was annoyed herself, Zhu Suosuo still opened up her good sister: "Most competition is unfair, for example, you asking your aunt to call Ye Ye Jin Yan to take care of me more, this is also unfair to others."

This was a previous matter, Jiang Nansun brought it up, and had already told her aunt Dai Qian, but she had been busy all day and Zhu Suosuo hadn't met Ye Ye Jin Yan yet.

"So you also think I'm being too serious?"

"It's not being serious, it's that you are too perfect. From childhood to adulthood, the people you meet and the things you deal with all follow the principles you saw when you were in school—right and wrong are clear, love and hate are clear, and everything must be right or wrong. But actually, most people haven't been protected so well, for example, me, for example, Zhang Anren, all have to face reality early."

"So it's still my problem?" Jiang Nansun sighed: "Zhang Anren is very good at protecting his own interests, but you want me to celebrate his staying to teach, I can't do it. The reason I didn't go back to eat with him is because I know that if I go back to eat, we will definitely talk about his plans after staying, and he will definitely say that everything sounds very good and smooth, I can't accept it. Because our good and smooth is based on exposing and reporting others."

Zhu Suosuo asked: "Then have you ever told him these words?"

"No, although he said he would consider it and handle it. But I know, those are all to fool me, he won't give up."

"Then you can't ruin his staying to teach, right?" Zhu Suosuo shook her head, her heart was very tired.

Then, Yang Ke appeared here, pulled Zhu Suosuo to accompany the client from Hong Kong to drink and sing, casually opened up Jiang Nansun a few words, and then sent Jiang Nansun to a small tavern, directly taking Zhu Suosuo away.

Jiang Nansun drank fruit wine by herself in the tavern, ignoring Zhang Anren's message after message, thinking alone about who was right and who was wrong.

Thinking and thinking, she couldn't think of anything. She boredly pulled her phone, looked around, and finally found Wang Mou, whom she had always asked for advice. She believed that Wang Yan was the wisest person she knew, his relationship between men and women might be a bit messy, but his character was guaranteed, and he was quite kind. So after thinking about it, she edited a message and sent it over. The reply today was very fast. After two sentences of dialogue, looking at the address sent over, she drank the fruit wine in the cup, paid the bill, went out, hailed a taxi, and left.

Before long, she arrived at a barbecue shop and found Wang Yan, who was wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt in the innermost part, drinking beer and eating skewers.

"Brother Yan, sorry, it's so late and I'm still disturbing you." Although Jiang Nansun's "white lotus" wasn't very good, she had no problems with politeness.

Of course, this was also based on the fact that Wang Yan knew the whole story. If he didn't know, no matter how accurate he was at looking at people, he would still need time to get along, so it was impossible for him to discover what Jiang Nansun was really like in a short time. Because only by looking at things can you look at people, and the triggering of events, whether good or bad, requires time to accumulate.

"No disturbance, I just happened to want to come out to eat something, it's good to have company when you come over." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, waving for the waiter to come over: "Order whatever you want to eat."

As he spoke, he opened another bottle of beer and placed it in front of her.

Jiang Nansun, of course, wasn't polite, after all, she ate half and threw away half when she ate by herself, and she wasn't a stranger to Wang Yan, so how could she be polite. After ordering a pile, she looked at Wang Yan and opened her mouth: "Brother Yan, the thing is like this, didn't I move next to Zhang Anren a few days ago? One night he told me..."

After telling the whole story, Jiang Nansun continued: "What he did was wrong in the first place, and he still doesn't admit he has a problem. I now feel that Zhang Anren is a petty person who harms others to benefit himself, I don't know how to face him. Brother Yan, what do you think I should do?"

Wang Yan laughed and ate skewers: "Why do you think what Zhang Anren did was wrong? Why do you think Wang Yongzheng must be innocent?"

"It is, Wang Yongzheng's family conditions are very good, his car is an X6, how could he care about the money for paint? He just wanted the actual decoration to match the design, without color difference, this is purely his pursuit of perfection. And in the end, the college didn't define Wang Yongzheng as embezzling, just said he didn't meet the regulations. In that case, isn't it Zhang Anren maliciously competing and deliberately reporting Wang Yongzheng for the sake of staying, this method is very despicable. And the most critical thing is, I told him this news, if I hadn't talked too much, this wouldn't have happened..."

"In this kind of thing, you can't use the result to push the process, and then deny Zhang Anren, this is wrong." Wang Yan shook his head: "No matter what Wang Yongzheng's starting point is, did he violate the regulations? Since he violated the regulations, why can't he be reported? If it's just because Wang Yongzheng's family conditions are good, it's determined that he won't embezzle and shouldn't be reported, then what are regulations for?"

"Brother Yan, you mean... I was wrong?"

"Of course, because the regulations are there, the procurement catalog is there, and the duty and responsibility to report are also there, what's wrong with Zhang Anren?"

"But he shouldn't..."

"There is no 'should' or 'shouldn't'. I know what you mean, it's nothing more than reporting others, just like children bickering and telling the teacher, right? You think Zhang Anren is a sore loser, is using unscrupulous means to stay, and thus feel his character is problematic. But the key to the problem is, Wang Yongzheng violated the regulations, why can't he be reported? Reporting through normal procedures, why is it unscrupulous?"

Wang Yan said: "Conversely, if Wang Yongzheng really embezzled, for your college and for the project owner, reporting is saving losses, avoiding greater losses, and ensuring project quality, there's nothing wrong with it. What's wrong is that Wang Yongzheng didn't follow normal procedures and privately decided to replace paint and coatings not in the procurement catalog. No matter whether Zhang Anren is fighting for staying, reporting is no problem. What's more, reporting is indeed beneficial to him, the competitor gives an opportunity, why not grasp it?"

"It's just that Zhang Anren might not have a good time in school in the future, it's the same principle as a child telling the teacher, being excluded is certain. This seems to be an unspoken rule that everyone accepts, regardless of right or wrong, as long as he makes a choice different from the public, then he will be isolated. People generally can't remember good things, but this kind of thing, especially since they all work together, probably won't be forgotten. So Zhang Anren is now enjoying the fruits of this victory, and greater challenges are waiting for him, this is what he has to bear."

He said it very clearly, but in fact, the root of this matter is that Jiang Nansun believes that the small mistakes made by Wang Yongzheng, who has good family conditions and pursues perfection, can be forgiven and don't need to be pursued. While Zhang Anren, because of some small schemes revealed recently, has become some malicious thing in her eyes, and she has begun to doubt Zhang Anren's intentions toward her. She didn't know whether she was firm about Zhang Anren before, but now she is definitely not firm.

So Zhang Anren, who has a weak family background, no connections, and only progress, made efforts and fought to stay, but in Jiang Nansun's mouth, it became unscrupulous means.

Words can always be said from two sides, and everything sounds reasonable. The main difference lies in what position you stand in and what kind of intentions you have.

Jiang Nansun ate skewers intermittently, occasionally drank two sips of beer, thinking about this matter from beginning to end. After a long time, she opened her mouth to speak: "But he told me before that only by doing this could he fight for the opportunity to stay, could he make my family look up to him, and believe that he has the ability to give me a good life. In the end, isn't it because of me?"

"What I told you is the right or wrong of the matter itself, as for what Zhang Anren's starting point is, that's something you have to think about." Wang Yan looked at her with a laugh, like a big bad wolf looking at Little Red Riding Hood: "What you have to think about is, without you, how would Zhang Anren do in the face of today's matter."

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they take root and cannot be pulled out. And based on some things Zhang Anren has done, he doesn't need to consider what he says to Jiang Nansun, he just says it.

Because Zhang Anren knows clearly what he wants, the opportunity for sudden wealth will not fall on him, so compared to leaving the campus to work for others, staying to teach, a decent job that is stable and not very busy, is the best way out for him, who comes from another city and relies on family help to take root in Shanghai—there is nothing better than this.

"I understand." Jiang Nansun let out a long breath, raised her glass: "Thank you, Brother Yan, a toast to you."

Wang Yan touched it with her, drank a cup, and asked: "What do you plan to do?"

"I'll go back and act as if nothing happened, and then I'll privately go to Wang Yongzheng to express my apologies. No matter what, it damaged his interests, and apologizing is what I should do. Saying sorry isn't that hard, I have a clear conscience myself."

So the key to the problem is still Jiang Nansun's attitude toward Wang Yongzheng. The struggle for the future, perhaps this future is indifferent to Wang Yongzheng, after all, he doesn't lack money, but for Zhang Anren, it is a major event related to his whole life. On the other hand, Zhang Anren might not have no reason for Jiang Nansun's attitude toward Wang Yongzheng, anyway, no matter what, he had to report it. For Zhang Anren, it was indeed a great thing with multiple benefits, he did nothing wrong.

Wang Yan nodded with a laugh: "You're right."

He, of course, wouldn't speak for Zhang Anren, he would be ruined sooner or later, let him be.

Jiang Nansun drank another cup with Wang Yan, she smiled sweetly: "Then Brother Yan, I won't disturb you anymore, I'll treat this meal, you eat and drink well. I live in Sanlin now, I have to go back quickly."

"Do you need me to find someone to send you?"

"No, I'll just hail a taxi. Leaving, Brother Yan, goodbye." Jiang Nansun got up very decisively, went to the bar to pay the bill, went out, hailed a taxi, and left.

Wang Yan shook his head, ate skewers and drank beer by himself, feeling comfortable... ===== CHAPTER 504 =====

"Do you need me to find someone to take you?"

"No need, I'll just hail a cab. I'm off, Brother Yan, see you." Jiang Nansun stood up very decisively, went to the bar to settle the bill, and left to hail a cab as soon as she stepped outside.

Wang Yan shook his head, eating skewers and drinking by himself, feeling perfectly content...