Chapter 13

After returning to Beijing, Xu Zhi has been staying in the company. Fortunately, there is nothing important to report to Fei Nanzhou. Normally, she was not qualified to interact with him directly.

He didn't take the initiative to contact her, and seemed to have forgotten about it.

This actually made her feel relieved.

Time passed day by day, and the events of that day seemed to have gradually faded into her memory. If she didn't recall it deliberately after get off work, it would be as if it had never happened at all.

She comforted herself that she was just confused for a moment and that she was an adult.

It's just that she didn't know Fei Nanzhou well enough at that time. He had to get what he wanted, but he was very patient and liked to take a long shot to catch big fish. He would not bombard him like a young man. Do some meaningless operations.

She thought she was safe because she didn't want to push too hard and force the prey to death.

The trial was scheduled to begin in a few days. Lawyer Zhong Ming contacted her and met at a teahouse in Houhai.

Xu Zhi happily agreed: "Thank you, Lawyer Zhong."

It was already afternoon when she arrived there. Xu Zhi went upstairs under the guidance of the waiter, and stopped suddenly when passing by a private room that was ajar.

In the crack of the door, several men in suits and leather shoes were chatting and laughing around a long table. Several cups of tea were steaming on the table. Fei Nanzhou sat on it, holding a cup in his hand, and casually glanced towards the door. .

Xu Zhi was so frightened that he quickly walked away, not sure if he saw her at the last moment.

My mind went back and forth, thinking that I shouldn't scare myself.

He probably didn't see her. And even if you see it, so what? She didn't owe him any money.

He probably wouldn't give up such an important negotiation for her.

It's okay, it's not a big problem.

She patted her chest comfortingly and quickly arrived at the box she had reserved earlier.

Attorney Zhong is in his thirties, nearly forty, with a thin appearance and slightly sparse hair, but his eyes behind the lenses are particularly clear, showing that he is an extremely shrewd person.

It is said that he used to work in the Procuratorate and was engaged in anti-corruption. Later he resigned and went on his own and became a well-known lawyer in Beijing.

If it wasn't for Fei Nanzhou's sake that day, he would have looked down on a case like Xu Zhi's.

With just one word from him, many things can be solved.

Xu Zhi once again realized how important interpersonal relationships and social status are in the adult world. The clearer they are, the less power they have.

She originally prepared some information, compiled it into a book and handed it to Lawyer Zhong, asking him if there was anything else he needed to prepare. Unexpectedly, the other party was well prepared. He took out a pen and paper and went through the whole story with her. His thinking was clear and serious, and even she, who did not understand the law, understood it.

"Thank you so much, Lawyer Zhong." Xu Zhi said gratefully, and hurriedly took out a small gift box from underneath, "This is a souvenir I brought back from Nande. Please accept your little thought."

"Where? "Miss Xu is so polite." As they were chatting, they accidentally mentioned Fei Nanzhou, saying that he had been favored by Director Fei and wanted to visit him.

Xu Zhi didn't think much about it at the time, and casually added: "His father usually works in Dong'anfu. He doesn't live in Xiangshan. He may not come back except for those few days during the New Year. You will definitely miss out if you go there."

Zhong Ming raised his eyebrows slightly. , looked at her one more time.

Xu Zhi also realized that he was talking nonsense. There were some things that he couldn't say.

She smiled awkwardly: "I heard what he said too, but I'm not sure."

Zhong Ming also smiled and said nothing more.

He was very professional and it was a small case with no suspense. They only chatted for two hours before going back.

Xu Zhi stood up and was about to say goodbye when someone came and knocked on the door.

Zhong Ming said "Please come in" and the other party pushed in.

With a smile on his face, Shen Qian kept closing his hands, and beside him was Fei Nanzhou, who was in a suit and leather shoes.

The string in Xu Zhi's mind suddenly tightened and was about to break.

"Mr. Fei, hey, what brought you here?" Zhong Ming changed his previous calm and calm attitude, greeted him enthusiastically, and personally opened the sliding door to make way for him.

"No, tea will be waived. Miss Xu and I will leave after a few words." Fei Nanzhou said with a smile.

Zhong Ming was a good person and understood immediately. He turned around and looked at Xu Zhi with a smile, and then said, "I happen to have something to do, so I'll go ahead and won't disturb you."

Shen Qian followed him out and raised his hand to close the door. Close the sliding door.

Fei Nanzhou walked around the table and sat down by the window in the southeast. He changed into a new tea set. After rinsing it twice, he poured himself a cup of tea: "Sit down, why are you standing?"

His tone was very calm. , can be regarded as pleasant.

Xu Zhi didn't feel relaxed at all and glanced at him secretly.

Although he was sitting there leisurely sipping tea, his aura did not diminish at all. The hand holding the cup was broad and slender, with well-defined muscles. A section of his snow-white shirt was exposed from the cuffs of his light gray suit, and he was meticulous.

He didn't force her, but after a while, Xu Zhi sat back in a sensible manner.

"Mr. Fei." Xu Zhi hesitated for a while but decided to speak first, taking the initiative and not being too embarrassed.

He nodded and motioned for her to continue.

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and forced a smile, then continued: "I'm really sorry about that day."

"I'm sorry for what?" He raised his hand to take a sip of tea and looked at her.

His eyes were calm and unruffled.

Xu Zhi was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether to continue talking. Logically speaking, adults should not be too explicit and speak too bluntly and harshly, let alone a person of his stature.

She didn't believe he didn't understand her.

Xu Zhi was a bit stuck: "I...I...I won't say anything anymore." She later said angrily, feeling that he was a bit aggressive.

"Stop talking?" Fei Nanzhou obviously didn't expect that she would start acting rogue.

Xu Zhi said with a bit of resentment: "Well, let's not talk anymore."

She felt that he did it on purpose and was bullying.

"Then I said it." He put the tea cup aside and made a slight "pop" sound, causing some tea to spill out.

The expression on his face seemed to become colder at that moment.

Xu Zhi became nervous and subconsciously sat up straight, looking at him intently.

"Xu Zhi." He called her name.

Xu Zhi sat up straighter again, as if he was a subordinate listening to instructions.

Fei Nanzhou narrowed his sharp eyes slightly, looked her up and down, and sneered: "As for that? Am I good at cannibalism or killing people? Or, do you think I'm here to hold a symposium with you? Are you so unwelcome?"

When he talked to people slowly and in a Beijing accent, he had a lazy tone, which was different from his usual serious appearance. It sounded like he was mocking people.

Xu Zhi's face tightened, she would rather he scolded her than this.

In just a few minutes, she was already on pins and needles, her head lowering again and again.

Fei Nanzhou glanced at her sideways and saw that her cheeks were burning red and she looked ashamed. He relaxed for a while, frowned and said clearly: "Stand up your chest! I'm not lecturing you."

Isn't this considered a disciplinary lesson? !

Xu Zhi suddenly felt aggrieved. He puffed up his chest and pouted.

"You're still not convinced, are you?" Fei Nanzhou smiled.

Xu Zhi didn't know if she had taken the wrong medicine or if he had pushed her into a panic. The clay figurine was still very angry.

She said stubbornly: "Why are you like this?"

"What's wrong with me?" He raised his eyebrows, with a calm and collected look on his face, which really embodied the four words "tyrannical and domineering" to the extreme.

Xu Zhi chewed the words "overbearing and arrogant" between his lips and teeth for a long time. After all, he was too timid and did not dare to say it out.

The words that came to my mouth turned into: "What do you mean? What do you want to do?"

These words were full of grievance, and inadvertently they were a bit coquettish.

Before he said anything, he just glanced at her calmly. She blushed and tried to make up for herself: "That's how we southerners talk. We didn't mean to be sarcastic."

He still smiled.

She emphasized again: "It's just like the Erhuayin you people from Beijing have. Do you understand? That's the one."

Seeing her eagerness to defend, he suddenly wanted to tease her: "But I've seen many There are not many southerners like you. You are very charming and sweet."

"Really?" She blinked, her face turned red, and she looked at him again.

It seemed that she also sensed that he had no intention of raising an issue, but was teasing her.

Fei Nanzhou nodded seriously, looked at her again, and smiled: "That's more than that. I'm an old man who's going to die just hearing two sentences."

"You...why are you like this?" Xu Zhi was dumbfounded.

He...he was actually teasing her?

Xu Zhi was really uncomfortable with it, but she was more accustomed to his serious look.

Her dumbfounded look was really funny. Fei Nanzhou laughed silently: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, let's get down to business."

His expression was a little serious, but Xu Zhi didn't dare to do it again, and he sat upright, as if He was all ears to listen to the instructions.

"What do you think, Xu Zhi?"

"Huh?" She already knew what he was referring to, and her face felt hot.

However, there is still a sense of luck in my heart.

Fei Nanzhou felt helpless towards her ostrich mentality, who would not shed tears until she saw the coffin. He didn't have the time to spare, so he got straight to the point: "Do you think I'm someone who sleeps with anyone casually?"

Xu Zhi's face turned red like a little tomato. , I didn’t expect him to be so direct.

But he has always been straightforward, especially when dealing with someone like her who doesn't need to beat around the bush at all.

He doesn't need to take care of the face of people like them. Of course, he can solve it simply and efficiently, as directly as possible.

Xu Zhi was so thin-skinned that his face was almost on fire when he looked at her, but it was difficult to answer this question.

She thought for a while and said, "Just think that I took advantage of you."

Fei Nanzhou raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then what do you want in return?"

Xu Zhi didn't expect to fall into his trap, and was speechless. .

In fact, if she didn't say that, it was because of him.

Xu Zhi realized belatedly that his gentleness, generosity, cheerfulness, and personable demeanor were all appearances. His love of controlling and manipulating others was the real thing.

He will instinctively want to control everything that is out of control.

That's why he has an indescribable external power that makes people feel fear unconsciously.

Fei Nanzhou drank the last tea in the cup, and then said quietly: "You naughty child, I will find a way to make her obey me. Do you believe it or not?"

Xu Zhi was pushed to the limit, but became rebellious: "Don't even think about it! I'm not your object!"

There was too much movement, and the door was opened from the outside. Shen Qian stood at the door with a smile on his face: "Miss Xu, Mr. Fei is attracted to you. Our ancestors have accumulated good deeds, so don’t drink wine as a penalty.”

Xu Zhi’s face turned pale and he was extremely humiliated.

Shen Qian wanted to say more, but Fei Nanzhou shouted back coldly: "Who let you in? Are there any rules?!"

Shen Qian lowered his eyes and fell silent, closed the door and went out.

Fei Nanzhou smiled as usual and gave her more tea: "Just kidding, don't take it too seriously. I don't have forced hobbies. These people under my command are becoming more and more disobedient. Each one of them has a big idea. I'll turn around." You must teach him, don't worry about it, Miss Xu. Come, drink tea, this tea is good."

Xu Zhi didn't appreciate it and said angrily: "He is your subordinate, doesn't he just follow your instructions? You're a red-faced person, don't you think I can't tell? I'm not a fool!"

But in the end, I didn't dare to challenge him directly, so I said this with my head down.

Fei Nanzhou was really impressed now and found that this little girl's mouth was actually quite powerful.

After playing with it for a while, it seems that I have lost my temper a little.

He clenched his hand into a fist and put it lightly against his chin, coughed, cleared his throat and said seriously: "Actually, I wanted to talk to you that day. I just had something to do temporarily. You left when I came back, and this is how the misunderstanding arose. "The previous offenses were all unintentional. Miss Xu doesn't remember the faults of others, so don't be like me."

He raised his teacup and looked at her with a smile.

Don't reach out to hit the smiling person, not to mention his smile is really handsome and handsome, like the bright moon and the gentle breeze blowing slowly over the hills, making people feel warm in their hearts.

Xu Zhi raised his glass and touched him uncomfortably, and his tone softened: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

In fact, Xu Zhi already understood this before asking. What else can we talk about? With his status, how could he talk to her, a clerk who had just graduated?

That was the only time they went off the rails.

She had already deeply repented, but he still refused to forgive her.

If you want to speak like this, you are not polite: "You don't think you have suffered a loss, do you? I don't have the money to compensate."

The eyes looking at him were full of vigilance.

When I thought about it again, I felt that I was overthinking it, and he shouldn't be.

But it was quite unusual for him to bring up old things with her.

Her mind turned heavy and she lowered her head to drink tea. She felt that she had spoken too much, a bit like bluffing and incompetent rage.

Fei Nanzhou kept looking at her and waited until she calmed down before saying, "Are you done?"

Xu Zhi blushed and said nothing more.

Fei Nanzhou also noticed that when she was nervous, she tended to talk too much and chattered like a little parrot, but it was not annoying.

"Go ahead." Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Xu Zhi felt uneasy again and secretly went to see him.

She decided to end the topic quickly.

"Do you want to listen to me?" He smiled lightly.

Xu Zhi's face turned redder and she nodded obediently.

Fei Nanzhou's expression was rarely so gentle, and his words were smooth and steady, but still so shocking: "Xu Zhi, can't you see that I am pursuing you?"

If she hadn't been drinking tea at the moment, she would have choked.

Sorry, she really didn't notice it at all.

From the very beginning, it was a combination of soft and hard tactics, coercion and intimidation. Who pursues people like this?

Xu Zhi looked at him and hesitated to speak.

"It doesn't matter, just say it." Fei Nanzhou raised his hand slightly and gave her the gold medal to avoid death.

Xu Zhi then said: "Actually, you want to sleep with me, right?"

Can you not say it so fresh and refined? We are all adults now, why don’t we all be more direct and sincere?

The conversation that day ended here. When he handed over a room card, she flatly refused, saying that she would not give up for five buckets of rice.

Of course, she wouldn't throw tea in his face. That was a plot in a novel and she wouldn't dare.

Her eyes glanced at his high-end suit, which cost hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Before going out, she timidly took back her little hand that was about to move from the teacup, and left proudly on her high heels.

Xu Zhi is white and tender, and her whole body looks soft and fragrant. She walks swayingly, her waist swinging gently, proudly like a little peacock.

Fei Nanzhou did not chase her, but watched her leave from the spot, with a smile in his eyes.

When I first met her, I felt that she was not only beautiful, but also had a unique aura that was rare among young girls.

Moreover, she had been looking at him the whole time they met in China, and he thought she was interested in him, but it didn't take long for her to find another boyfriend.

He poured himself another cup of tea, lowered his eyes and looked at the floating and stretching leaves. After a long while, he held the side of the cup with his thin lips and took a sip, then put it down into the saucer.