If Lin Yilan had hesitated to accept Chairman Chen’s church project before she came, she no longer had this idea at all.

Seeing that Pei Yanjia didn't respond, Lin Yilan poked the back of his hand.

Pei Yanjia was startled for a moment and nodded to her.

He took Lin Yilan's hand and stood up, looking at Chen Xiaomin, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to bother you this morning. I asked you to come to the resort just for the two of us."

"It's not too early for the two of us. I won’t delay your lunch. Mr. Chen, Yilan and I will take our leave first.”

Lin Yilan also nodded and bowed apologetically, “Chairman Chen, if you need to do some design in the future. You can contact me."

She said politely before leaving.

After saying that, the two walked towards the door of the tea room.

The process of walking out of the tea room was much smoother than either of them had imagined.

Pei Yan's family was also surprised. He turned around and looked at Lin Yilan and suddenly said thank you, "Thank you for pulling me out. Otherwise, I would definitely have to continue sitting in the teahouse with Mr. Chen alone. Maybe I would have to sit with him for a whole day."

Lin Yilan was stunned for a moment, scratched the back of her neck, "Why are you thanking me? And it was you who pulled me out just now."

"But if you hadn't reminded me, I probably wouldn't have had the courage." Pei Yan's family felt a little disappointed. .

The longer he spends time with Lin Yilan, the more he can see his shortcomings and weaknesses. He no longer feels like he can do anything and is OK as before.

In his opinion, Lin Yilan is too good, braver than him, smarter than him, and more powerful than him.

If he were swapped with Lin Yilan, he might not be able to achieve Lin Yilan's achievements in his lifetime.

Pei Yanjia considers himself to be a rational and sober person. He deeply knows that if he does not have the innate advantages of his birth, he may not be as good as many people in this world.

It was the Pei family that allowed him to receive a good education from an early age and gave him the courage to try, make mistakes, and even accept failure after he went to college.

Because he knows that even if he makes a wrong move, there is still a chance to get his life back on track.

Compared with people like Lin Yilan and Gary, he is really lucky.

Therefore, he has always been grateful to the Pei family and his grandfather. This is also the reason why he has been working conscientiously and conscientiously at Hengxin.

After meeting Lin Yilan, he had a deeper understanding of himself.

On the way to find the driver and Gary, the two strolled leisurely around the resort side by side.

"Why did you think of running away early? I have never done anything like this before." Pei Yanjia bent down and picked up a fallen leaf from the ground and handed it to Lin Yilan.

Lin Yilan turned the leaf stem in her hand and spread her hands, "Because what Chairman Chen said is really irritating. I'm really depressed. Where does he have the reason to boss us around?" "

Of course. , I admit that he is very rich." She lowered her voice quietly.

Pei Yanjia turned his head and looked at her. He was really curious about her. It's not like he hasn't come into contact with mainlanders. Especially after the mainland's reform policy, he has come into contact with dozens, if not hundreds, of mainlanders.

Of course, this number is very small compared to the population of the mainland.

But when most people in the mainland mentioned Hong Kong City, they spoke of envy and admiration. When it came to the wealthy businessmen and elders around him, they said they "worshiped a little too much."

Last year, when he went on a business trip to the mainland, he was introduced to other business people by local G members. Those businessmen were very attentive to him.

He met so many people from the mainland, and Lin Yilan was the only one who showed a polite and equal attitude when they first met.

When she came to Hong Kong City, he also discovered that not only did she not have a preconceived impression of the city just because of the city, but she even looked down upon the wealthy people in Hong Kong City who had "rich private lives."

The longer he spent with her, the more curious he became about her.

Lin Yilan had no idea that this man had so many strange ideas in his mind.

The reason why she was not so respectful towards Chairman Chen was simply because she lived her second life and was so frustrated working in her previous life, so she decided to treat herself better in this life.

Except for dealing with the Liao family, she has always acted as freely as possible.

After two lifetimes, she still can't be nice to herself?

The two walked quietly side by side across the boulevard.

Immediately afterwards, they saw an unexpected person standing at an intersection not far away.

Mr. Chen, Chairman Chen’s assistant?

The two of them thought of this person in their hearts.

The Pei Yan family pursed their lips and hurried forward to greet him, "Why are you here?"

Chairman Chen's assistant nodded to the Pei Yan family, then looked at Lin Yilan and nodded.

"Before you came here today, the chairman asked me to wait for you in the room behind you when you come out."

The assistant looked at the two young people in front of him and made an invitation gesture sideways, "The chairman guessed You will want to leave early, so let me wait for you here."

"You two, take a rest. The chairman will come to see you soon."

Lin Yilan was speechless. She turned and glanced at Pei Yan's house. Apparently he didn't agree with this. Very confused.

She took a step forward and said to the assistant: "Hello, we have already told Chairman Chen what we should say. Please tell us where are the two men who came with us?"

The assistant did not speak. Instead, he repeated the previous invitation gesture and motioned for them to enter the pavilion in front.

Lin Yilan laughed angrily and stared directly at the assistant, "Are you going to force us?"

The assistant shook his head and bent down slightly, "Mr. Pei, Miss Lin, I also follow the chairman's instructions. I hope you two won't be angry."

He raised his head and looked at the expressionless Pei Yanjia. "Mr. Pei, Chairman Chen said he has the news about the matter you have always wanted to know. When the chairman comes, he will I told you."

Then, he looked at Lin Yilan again, and the smile on his face became even bigger. I don't know if it was because Lin Yilan looked like he was covered in black smoke, "Ms. Lin, wait. When the chairman comes, you will know why he wants you to take on this project.

The chairman also said that to a certain extent, he is a friend of your grandparents."

Lin Yilan's face changed drastically when he said this last sentence. .

After arriving in Hong Kong City, she had never heard anyone mention her family from anyone other than the Liao family.

Even the Liao family did not know that the people they were looking for were her family members.

Even the insider of Pei Yan's family never mentioned it to her again after knowing the whole situation.

You know, whoever mentioned her family in Hong Kong City, she would explode in front of that person in seconds.

To say it was an explosion is an exaggeration.

But her mentality is really about to explode now.

Even if she knew that this assistant was just working for Chairman Chen, she could not help but become angry with him.

"Okay, I understand. I'm waiting for your chairman to come over. I want to see what he has to say."

Although she was angry, she did not lose her mind. Instead, she bypassed the assistant and walked into the pavilion.

The assistant quietly wiped the sweat from his temples. He knew that Miss Lin in front of him used a toy gun to scare Mr. Pei's eighth cousin.

Too fierce to mess with.

As for Mr. Pei, he didn't know what the chairman was going to say to him, so he looked completely confused.

The three of them sat quietly in the pavilion, each with their own thoughts.

There are roller blinds hanging on the windows of the pavilion and cattail mats placed. Coupled with the environment outside the pavilion, it looks very wild.

It's a pity that the people sitting in the pavilion are not in the mood to enjoy the scenery.

Lin Yilan was the first to calm down. She calculated the age of the chairman in her mind. If she guessed correctly, he should be the same generation as her grandparents.

As for her going to Hong Kong City, her grandparents also knew about it. If they really had any friends in Hong Kong City, there was no way they wouldn't tell her.

So Chairman Chen was probably bluffing her.

She raised her hand to open the straw curtain and looked at the trees, weeds and unknown flowers outside.

Although it looks good, this kind of artificially pruned grass is still not as viable as the grass that grows wildly and wantonly.

For some reason, I suddenly want to go back to the northeastern county where I lived with my parents and brothers and sisters when I was a child.

Looking out the window at the birds flying in the trees, she held her chin and fell into memories.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Hearing Chen Xiaomin's voice, the three people in the pavilion turned to look at the entrance.

Assistant and Pei Yanjia stood up first, while Lin Yilan was a step slower.

Before she stood up, she glanced at her watch.

Gee, who said such powerful people are broad-minded?

It took them almost twice as long for Chairman Chen to come from the tea room.

She and the Pei Yan family were already slow enough when they walked over...

Okay, seeing as he was like this, he felt that he had the initiative.

After Lin Yilan said hello to Chen Xiaomin without any real feelings, she sat back in her seat.

The assistant never sat down after Chen Xiaomin came in, but went to the small room in the pavilion to prepare things.

Pei Yanjia took a deep breath and almost wrote the words "I'm worried" on his face.

The three of them looked at each other in silence.

Lin Yilan didn't speak because she felt confident.

Pei Yanjia didn't seem to know what he was thinking, but he looked like he was deep in thought and didn't speak.

As for Chen Xiaomin, he even pretended to be sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai without saying a word.

The atmosphere also became a little weird because of the previous unhappiness.

But there was still silence, no one spoke.

This silence lasted until the assistant put the tray he was holding on the table.

Lin Yilan looked at the tea leaves in front of her and raised her eyebrows.

Chairman Chen really likes drinking tea.

"Yanjia, do you want to tell me now?" Chen Xiaomin didn't know if he smelled the tea, so he became a little more friendly, "Don't you always want to know what happened to your mother back then? You haven't given up looking for her these years. , I can tell you everything I know."

Lin Yilan stood up immediately after hearing this topic.

"Sorry, I think it's better if I avoid it."

Everyone has their own privacy, even parents and children, and couples all have their own privacy.

What's more, the relationship between Lin Yilan and the Pei Yan family is not yet time to listen to these things without any scruples.

It's not like she doesn't know the background of Pei Yan's family.

In a flash, many thoughts flashed through her mind. She nodded towards the two people sitting and walked around from the chair.

After walking out of the pavilion, she walked ten more steps to ensure that she would not accidentally overhear what they were chatting about.

Standing under the tree, looking at the thick trunk, she stretched.

This tree must be more than ten years old, and it was probably transplanted by Chairman Chen from somewhere.

Looking at the quiet environment around her, she felt a little bored.

After being dazed for a while, she squatted on the ground and picked up the fallen leaves on the ground.

After looking at the birds passing by in the sky, she made a flying bird out of leaves.

It's a pity that the model can't stay still as she asked. Fortunately, there are many birds. From time to time, she can look up and find a new model to imagine the original model's look.

She expected that the chat between Pei Yanjia and Chen Xiaomin would last longer than she imagined.

The birds are all done, but they don’t seem to have finished talking yet.

Looking back, Chairman Chen's assistant was smoking in the downwind not far away.

After the two looked at each other, they nodded to each other.

Turning around, she continued to squat down and modify her leaf puzzle.

"Did you fight for this?" The assistant walked up behind Lin Yilan at some point.

Lin Yilan turned around, and his face was facing the sun, which was a bit dazzling.

She raised her hands to cover her eyes, stood up and said hello, "It's me, I was a little bored just now."

The assistant walked up to her and stared at the paintings on the ground, "Now I finally understand why you were able to design the Aizhen Memorial Hall. Yes. You are really a very inspired designer."

Lin Yilan turned to look at him, "Have you seen the design of Aizhen Memorial Hall?"

The assistant nodded, still staring at the painting on the ground.

She was a little confused and speculated on how this person saw the design drawing of Aizhen Memorial Hall. "If I remember correctly, no one except the people from the project team has seen the design drawing of Aizhen Memorial Hall. And this The project is almost completed, so you saw the design drawings from Ms. Qiu?"

Apart from Qiu Xiuzhen, she didn't think of any other place where she could see the design drawings.

As for the initial newspaper, Qiu Xiuzhen only posted a design sketch, and the internal details were not disclosed to the public at all.

The assistant's words seemed to have seen all the design drawings of the Aizhen Memorial Hall.

The assistant turned around and looked at her, "You are right. I did see it from Ms. Qiu, but I saw it accidentally. I hope you won't have any objections to Ms. Qiu because of this matter."

Lin Yilan She curled her lips and said, "Of course not, this is her right."

After the design drawing is designed and the owner pays the money, the design drawing of the project belongs to the owner.

Although it does not mean that the owner can modify her design drawing at will, it is very normal for the owner to show it to others.

"You are very different from the mainlanders I have met." The assistant looked at her with interest.

Lin Yilan pretended to adjust the position of a leaf on the puzzle on the ground to put some distance between herself and him.

After she adjusted it, she walked to a distance to see the effect, and then answered the assistant's previous words.

"Many people have said this to me. Maybe for you people in Hong Kong, it is probably that you have seen too few mainlanders."

"Just like the Pei Yan family, he always told me that he would go to the mainland when he has time. "Look, I want to have a real and down-to-earth understanding of the customs and customs of the mainland and see how the people in the mainland live."

After saying this, she showed a very loving expression.

She mentioned Pei Yan's family deliberately. Chairman Chen's assistant was probably in his early thirties, and the age gap between her and her was either big or small. I don't have a wedding ring on my hand yet. Coupled with the current atmosphere in Hong Kong City... He

suddenly came so close just now, so she had to vaccinate this person in advance.

I have to say, she is really a narcissistic person.

After complaining about herself, Lin Yilan turned to look at the assistant and said politely, "When you have time in the future, if you want to take your family and children to travel to the mainland, I will definitely accommodate you."

The assistant raised his eyebrows and nodded with a polite smile. Nodding, "Okay, then you must entertain me."

"Of course." Lin Yilan didn't guess whether he understood what she meant.

Anyway, she just needs to be prepared in advance.

The assistant picked up the fallen leaves behind him and pinched them in his hands, "I heard what you just said, do you plan to return to the mainland in the future?"

Lin Yilan nodded without hesitation, "Of course, for me, coming to Hong Kong City is a business trip. "Then what are you and Mr. Pei going to do in the future? If you go back to the mainland, do you plan to break up with him? Or do you want Mr. Pei to go to the mainland for development? "

The assistant dropped the leaf in his hand and used his foot. Crush it hard.

He looked at Lin Yilan with a half-smile, "If you think that Mr. Pei can go back to the mainland with you if he doesn't inherit Hengxin, I'm afraid you will be disappointed from today on."

"When Mr. Pei and the chairman finish talking, I'm afraid he's about to start preparing to return to Hengxin."

Seeing that she didn't speak, the assistant thought she was sad because of what he just said. He curled up his lips and took a step towards her, "If you want Pei. He always wants to win over the person in charge of the Hengxin and Xingmin projects. Will you help him?

"Will you consider agreeing to Chairman Chen because of Mr. Pei?" The expression on his face was really curious.

From the day he met Lin Yilan, he was full of curiosity about her.

He asked while taking a step towards Lin Yilan's direction.

"If you want to be together forever, or even get married, would you consider staying in the mainland for Mr. Pei?"

"If Mr. Pei doesn't agree with you being together, do you think Pei will always fight for you? Even if he wants to completely lose Hengxin When you go back to the mainland to study, aren't you afraid that Mr. Pei will be with other girls?

..."

"Sneeze!" Lin Yilan pretended to rub her nose and looked at the person in front of her who was spit on by her. The man said, "I'm so sorry, I couldn't bear it anymore."

If she didn't stop him, she was afraid she would hit him.

She can ask questions better than a gossip reporter, and those who don’t know think this person is the chattering elders and ladies from the village next to her. What a gossip.

As for sneezing, who asked him to deliberately get in front of her.

The assistant's face instantly darkened, and he took out the handkerchief in his pocket and wiped his face.

The force was so strong that it almost wiped the skin off.

Looking at his red face, she felt no sympathy at all and was even happy.

But such counterattacks are not enough.

She clasped her hands on her chest, raised her head and straightened her back, and asked back in the same manner as this man had done before.

"Mr. Assistant, I'm curious about why you care so much about me and my relationship with the Pei Yan family?"

"Are you a family member of the Pei Yan family? A friend?"

After saying that, she shook her head, "No, If you were his friend, he wouldn't have this attitude towards you just now."

Lin Yilan touched her chin, pretending to think for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"Tell me! Do you like the Pei Yan family?!"

After saying this, she hugged her arms tightly and took a few steps back crazily.

"Sir... I don't discriminate against this, it's just..." She continued with a constipated and painful face: "It's just that I didn't expect that I would have a boy as my love rival. What the hell?!"

She looked up to the sky and sighed, He lowered his head depressedly and didn't want to speak.

Before she lowered her head, she glanced at the assistant's face. It looked like hairy miso, black and smelly, with a hint of green mold, and occasionally strange colors could be seen.

Lin Yilan almost laughed in her heart.

You must know that the current trend is far less open to love between same-sex people than in later generations.

She actually knew that the assistant was most likely not, but she did it on purpose.

Who makes him so annoying?

At this time, Pei Yan's family just walked out of the pavilion.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yilan quickly shouted and waved her hands, "Yanjia, let me tell you..."

The assistant rushed over and almost knelt in front of her, "Miss Lin, I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I'm sorry, Sorry, very sorry."

As he said this, he bowed to her.

Lin Yilan looked at the person in front of her and screamed loudly.

"It seems that you also know that your behavior just now is very offensive. I thought you really didn't know anything."

She took two steps back, looking down on him. "Since you know that it is annoying, why do you still do it?" You want to talk to me like this! With your qualities just now, I can hardly imagine that you are the assistant to the chairman of a well-known port city."

"To put it bluntly, the grandpa who sells seafood at the port every morning is better than you. Educated elites must be polite. "

She knows how to prick the heart. When facing such people, she knows exactly what to do to prick the heart.

Lin Yilan also understood why this person was so presumptuous towards her. He simply looked down upon her, both as a mainlander and as a girl.

She knew the feeling of being discriminated against all too well.

Oh, let me add another guess. The reason why he asked so many questions may be because his leader, that is, Chairman Chen, asked him to find out something from him.

It's just that this person didn't take her seriously, so he used such rubbish tactics.

Pei Yan's family came over, looked at the assistant unkindly, and looked at Lin Yilan worriedly.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Yilan waved her hand, "I'm okay, has Chairman Chen finished talking to you?"

Pei Yanjia nodded, "Yes, he asked me to call you in, so I won't go in and wait for you outside.

Lin Yilan gestured OK, "I'll go over then." Pei

Yanjia wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say, so he sighed and patted her shoulder.

"Don't be impulsive. When you come out, I have something to tell you."

At this time, the assistant glanced at Lin Yilan and showed an expression that said, "I'm right."

Lin Yilan rolled her eyes so hard that she almost rolled them to the back of her head.

Before leaving, she glanced at the assistant with disdain, then patted Pei Yanjia on the arm, "Be careful, don't talk too much to the garbage, or be careful of getting the smell of garbage."

Pei Yanjia looked up at the assistant, her eyes cold.

Then, as if he had learned to change his face, he softened and comforted Lin Yilan.

"Don't worry, I take everything you say to heart."

Lin Yilan hummed, waved her hand nonchalantly, and walked towards the pavilion.

When closing the door of the pavilion, she happened to turn around and saw what Pei Yanjia seemed to be saying to the assistant. The assistant bent down to wipe his sweat in fear.

It’s too obvious to watch people order dishes!

So what kind of subordinates will there be, what kind of leader will there be?

With this suspicion in mind, she sat in front of Chen Xiaomin and looked at him secretly.

"Chairman Chen, you said you are friends with your grandparents. I wonder how many years ago you were friends with them?"

After recalling the news about Chen Xiaomin, she asked tentatively: "Isn't it the old society period?"

Chen Xiaomin poured a cup of tea for Lin Yilan with a teapot and pushed it in front of her.

"Did you know that your grandma was once my fiancée?"