Chapter 34 Pretending to be a Boyfriend
Hua Jingjing and I chose a high-end restaurant for lunch. She ordered seven or eight expensive dishes. Since I didn't have to spend a penny, I was happy to eat better.
Hua Jingjing seemed to be in a good mood and was no longer angry with me. Instead, she chattered on about some incomprehensible things, such as stock speculation, real estate, etc. I was not interested at all, so I just listened and buried my head in my food.
Not long after, Hua Jingjing's cell phone started playing a song. She took it out of her bag and looked at the number. Suddenly, she sneered and opened the cover: "Hello! What's the matter? ... Xiaoshu's birthday party? You want to go too? ... Humph! What's the big deal! I can go just as well... Is it true? Stop gossiping... Hey! I have never lost to you since I was a child, what qualifications do you have to say about me? ... Li Mingfan? Of course I remember, what's the matter? ... What!"
I saw Hua Jingjing's face suddenly change color, and she stood up: "How is it possible! Stop lying... Humph! Humph! Hearing is not believing, seeing is believing. If you have the ability, bring it to us on Xiaoshu's birthday! I don't believe it, just you? What kind of vision does Li Mingfan have?... Me? Of course I have! How could I lose to you? My girl is much better than your Li Mingfan... Don't believe it? Okay, I'll bring her then... Humph! Let's compete! Am I afraid of you?... Okay! See you next Monday!"
Hua Jingjing closed her phone and sat down angrily. She kept tapping the phone on the table, seeming very angry. I really wanted to ask her, "What's wrong?" But Hua Jingjing seemed to be in a bad mood, and it seemed to be related to some affair, so I didn't ask.
Hua Jingjing typed for a while, then threw her phone aside, propped her chin with both hands, leaned on the dining table, stared at me, lost in thought.
At first I didn't feel anything, but she kept that posture for quite a long time, and she really stared at me intently.
I felt uneasy when she looked at me, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? Is there something strange on my face?"
Hua Jingjing blushed slightly. She retracted her gaze and said, "Tang Qian, I want you to do something for me. If you agree, I can stop letting you be my secretary and arrange for you to formally study planning work. How about that?"
Is there such a good thing? I am really tempted to think that I can work under Hua Jingjing's watch without having to worry all the time. But is Hua Jingjing such a good person? There must be some trick behind this!
I thought carefully, but I didn't know what Hua Jingjing wanted me to do, so it was useless to think about it! So I slowly put down my chopsticks, took out a napkin and wiped my mouth carefully, pretending not to care and said, "What is it? Tell me."
Seeing that there was a way, Hua Jingjing hurriedly said, "It's actually very simple. I just want you to be my...boyfriend!"
I just picked up a cup of tea and spit it all over the plate. I almost thought I heard it wrong and asked in surprise, "What?"
Hua Jingjing's face flushed with embarrassment, and she shook her hands repeatedly, "No, no! I didn't make it clear. I meant to say it was fake, pretending to be my boyfriend!"
I put down my teacup and asked curiously, "Pretending to be your boyfriend? Why? Where is your real boyfriend?"
Hua Jingjing was a little embarrassed and said, "I had a boyfriend in the United States before, but we broke up a long time ago. It's too late to find a new boyfriend now, so I have to ask you to help me and take over temporarily to help me out."
I still didn't understand, so I asked jokingly, "If you don't have one, then don't have one. Why do you need to find a replacement? Can't you live without a boyfriend?"
Hua Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then she shouted at me in shame and anger: "Tang Qian! I'm talking to you seriously!"
I also said seriously: "Okay! I'm telling you seriously, don't look for me! I won't do it!"
Hua Jingjing was extremely surprised and asked curiously, "Why? I don't want you to really do it. You just need to pretend to be me temporarily next Monday night. Do you have any other conditions? It doesn't matter. Just tell me. As long as I can do it, I can agree to it!"
I still shook my head and refused her. Hua Jingjing was anxious and said, "Tang Qian! What do you want me to do to make you agree to me?" I smiled slightly, looked at her angry face, and said, "Do you think I'm really stupid? There are so many men in the world. With your status, you only need to beckon, and a lot of men will do anything for you without hesitation. Why do you have to choose me? Who knows what conspiracy you are up to? I won't be fooled!"
Hua Jingjing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Who is plotting this ? Let me tell you, next Monday a high school classmate of mine is having a birthday, and she invited me to her birthday party. The person who called me just now is a classmate of mine who has been in the same class since kindergarten. This stinky woman relied on her father being a senior official in the central government, and she has been against me since I was a child. I have been fighting with her since kindergarten, and it has been until I graduated from high school and went to the United States. Although she is shameless, she will lose to me no matter what, and she has never accepted it. The boy named Li Mingfan was my classmate in junior high school. He is handsome and plays the guitar well. That shameless woman... I have always liked him. Hehe! But the person Li Mingfan likes happens to be me, which made her so angry that she didn't sleep well for three months. Ha, it feels so good! Just now on the phone, she actually told me that her new boyfriend is Li Mingfan. How is this possible? How can this be? How can I lose to her? So she asked me if I had found a boyfriend yet? I got angry and said that I did, and he is even better than Li Mingfan! I just can't lose to her! I just want to piss her off to death! Tang Qian, you must help me with this, otherwise I will be pissed off to death by her. And you can rest assured, didn't I swear to you? If I have any intention of harming you again, let me, Hua Jingjing, be struck by lightning! I will not die a good death!"
I saw the sincerity in Hua Jingjing's eyes, and I believed her words a little. But I was still very curious, and said, "Why do you have to find me? I told you there are so many men in this world, it doesn't matter who you find? And I don't have an outstanding character, and I don't have a prominent family background. Wouldn't it be more embarrassing for you to find me to pretend to be your boyfriend?"
Hua Jingjing said: "You don't have to worry about these. Anyway, I'm going to find you. Do you agree or not?"
I shook my head and said, "I have no interest in getting involved in your boring fights. I advise you to find someone else!"
Seeing that I still refused after all the arguments, Hua Jingjing got angry and slammed the table, saying, "Tang Qian! You have to go whether you want to or not. As the deputy general manager of the company, I order you to accept it!"
I laughed and said, "This is not work, and it has nothing to do with the company. I refuse!"
"You!" Hua Jingjing was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time.
After a while, she stood up and shouted outside: "Waiter! Pay the bill!"
I said, "You're paying the bill? You haven't eaten much yet?"
Hua Jingjing said angrily: "I won't eat anymore! I'm full of anger!"
When I returned to the company in the afternoon, Hua Jingjing ignored me out of spite, and I didn't want to give in, so neither of us said a word. I sat at the secretary's desk, bored and surfing the Internet to read some news.
Inadvertently, I saw Cheng Jia walking by with a stack of documents in her hands, and I remembered that if she hadn't reminded me, I would have been the one lying in the hospital these two days. I must repay this great favor. So I left my seat and stopped her: "Cheng Jia, are you free tonight? I'll treat you to dinner."
Cheng Jia was stunned, looked around quickly, and then said with a slightly red face: "What? You want to date me?"
"No, I just wanted to find a chance to thank you properly. If it weren't for you, I would be miserable!"
Cheng Jia hurriedly shushed him and whispered, "Be gentle, I don't want others to know that I'm helping you!"
I smiled and said, "Unless you promise to have dinner with me tonight, otherwise..."
Cheng Jia also smiled and rolled her eyes at me, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll call you on your cell phone after get off work. Don't stop here. It would be embarrassing if others saw us."
Seeing that she had agreed, I stepped aside and whispered, "Don't forget!"
Cheng Jia didn't answer and just walked away with a red face.
We didn't notice that behind Hua Jingjing's office door, she was muttering to herself angrily: "What's wrong with this playboy? I'm not as good as a yellow-haired girl?"
After work, Cheng Jia called me, so I asked her to have dinner at Zuixianlou next door. But Cheng Jia said it was too close to the company and she was afraid of running into acquaintances. So I suggested a restaurant farther away, set a time, and went there first.
What I didn't expect was that my immediate boss, Mr. Hua Jingjing, actually followed me from a distance. I entered the restaurant and chose a seat, and Hua Jingjing sneaked in and sat down in the box next to my seat. I didn't expect it, so I didn't pay any attention.
Soon, Cheng Jia came. I smiled and asked her to sit down, saying, "To express my gratitude today, you can order whatever you want, no matter how expensive it is!"
Cheng Jia sat down and said with a smile: "You said that? Then I won't be polite!"
I waved my hand to the waiter and said, "Miss, please order."
Hua Jingjing, who was hiding in the corner, was extremely jealous. She gritted her teeth and thought to herself, "You are really good at picking up girls! Why haven't I seen you do this to me before?"
