Chapter 146: Lu Qiao Ge Did It On Purpose
Meanwhile, the atmosphere around Zhen Xi had become somewhat heavy.
Zhen Xi just sat there lazily, looking utterly uninterested, leaving the comrades from the Reception Office and Foreign Trade Section at a loss.
This social dance party was originally supposed to be held in a few days.
It just so happened that Chairman Zhen and his son came to Jiangcheng.
And they had several more days of itinerary.
Zhen Xi was also a young man, so the leaders above, to show our side’s enthusiastic attitude, decided to hold the dance party to welcome him.
But they hadn’t expected such an unpleasant incident to happen.
But actually, the unpleasantness had nothing to do with us at all.
Director Zhou from the Reception Office had already asked Zhen Xi several times if he wanted to invite a female comrade to dance.
But each time, Zhen Xi refused.
Director Zhou was also very annoyed. If you don’t want to dance or are uninterested, you could just say you’re leaving, and I’d send you off right away.
But he neither leaves nor dances. They couldn’t very well have a female comrade invite him, could they? Earlier, he did have that thought and wanted to call over a few female comrades, but it couldn’t be too obvious with so many people watching. He might end up being criticized and getting burned in the end. Besides, Zhen Xi was such a unique person—what if he didn’t give face to our female comrades?
These were all things that had to be considered.
That’s why they say serving people is tough work.
The comrades from the Reception Office had it really rough.
With no other method, Director Zhou signaled the female colleague beside him to invite Zhen Xi to dance. Otherwise, just sitting there dryly like that wasn’t awkward?
The female colleague didn’t say anything but smiled and invited Zhen Xi, only for Zhen Xi to wave his hand, indicating he didn’t want to dance.
The female colleague glanced at Director Zhou. There was no method—this wasn’t her fault.
Director Zhou told the female colleague to go about her business.
At this time, one song had already ended, and Lu Qiaoge brought her younger sister back to her seat.
She didn’t want to be the center of attention, but inevitably, she was still the most striking young woman in the whole venue.
Many people wanted to come invite Lu Qiaoge.
But Lu Qiaoge hadn’t been without a partner since starting to dance; there was always someone by her side.
Qin Hengzhi naturally wouldn’t give others this opportunity either. After saying a few words to Director Xu, he walked toward Lu Qiaoge.
But Lu Qiaoge didn’t want to dance anymore.
She glanced at Zhen Xi, who was lounging lazily over there, her eyes flickering slightly.
Obviously, this person’s mood was bad; he still hadn’t gone to dance up to now. Of course, it was also possible he just didn’t want to dance with the girls here.
Lu Qiaoge took a piece of paper out of her shoulder bag. It was a simple sketch she had drawn of a sunflower seed basket, drawn with a pencil.
Lu Qiaoge said to Qin Hengzhi, “I’m going over to Zhen Xi to discuss my idea about the sunflower seed basket with him. By the way, take a look first at how my design is?”
Qin Hengzhi took it, glanced at it, nodded with a smile, and said slowly, “Comrade Lu is indeed multi-talented. It’s very nice-looking and practical. It’s just that without a sample, it lacks a bit of persuasiveness.”
Lu Qiaoge took back the paper and said with a smile, “No problem. Zhen Xi is an interesting person. As long as it catches his eye, we can close the deal without a real item. Besides, look at him sitting there alone, neither leaving nor dancing, like a grand Buddha. Director Zhou is so anxious he’s wiping sweat nonstop. I’m just helping out Director Zhou—after all, my bonus still needs his approval.”
Qin Hengzhi also laughed. “I’ll go with you.”
Lu Qiaoge said to An Leilei, “Leilei, I’m going to talk to Mr. Zhen about something. Help me look after my younger sister.”
An Leilei glanced in Zhen Xi’s direction.
It was almost becoming a vacuum zone.
No one was going over there.
That night at the theater, she thought Mr. Zhen was a gentleman, since he was wearing a suit. It was said that people who wear suits are all gentlemen.
Then, when she and Regiment Leader Yan invited him to the dance party, the atmosphere was great, and he smilingly agreed. But when the gold watch went missing and she and Regiment Leader Yan were intercepted on the way back midway, the way he looked at her and the regiment leader was like looking at thieves, full of disdain. His tone was filled with loathing.
He really was someone who turned hostile faster than flipping a book.
Even Regiment Leader Yan had been angered to illness.
She had also been deeply struck. Originally, at tonight’s dance party, she was going to invite Zhen Xi to dance the first dance with her.
But now, she wanted to stay as far away as possible.
She felt Qiao Ge was a female hero.
An Leilei hurriedly said, “Qiao Ge, go ahead with your business. I’ll take Qiao Ling to play.”
So, Director Zhou, who was wiping sweat, saw Lu Qiaoge and Qin Hengzhi coming toward their side.
He didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt like a huge weight had lifted from his shoulders.
Sure enough, Lu Qiaoge came forward with a bright smile, greeting very naturally, “Hello, Mr. Zhen. I saw you were very busy over here earlier, so I thought I’d come later to talk to you about something. I just don’t know if you have time now?”
Without waiting for Zhen Xi to react, Lu Qiaoge took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhen Xi, saying slowly, “Mr. Zhen, this is the sunflower seed basket I designed. As the name implies, it’s a handicraft for holding sunflower seeds. Could you take a look?”
When Lu Qiaoge walked over, the lounging Zhen Xi involuntarily sat up straight.
He had been quite impatient before, but now his mood was much better.
Could it be that he had been waiting for Lu Qiaoge all along?
Zhen Xi secretly despised himself but still found an excuse for himself.
It was just that he always felt that note was related to Lu Qiaoge.
When Lu Qiaoge greeted him, he couldn’t help but politely say hello, then took the paper.
But the next moment, Zhen Xi’s pupils contracted, and the fingers holding the paper tightened slightly.
Lu Qiaoge also said, “This is the sketch I designed. Our workers are very skilled with their hands. I think the real item should be even better-looking and more practical than the sketch.”
At this time, Director Zhou let out a long breath.
It felt like someone had finally taken over the brat from some family.
He looked at Lu Qiaoge with a face full of smiles, then greeted Qin Hengzhi, who was walking over slowly.
Zhen Xi lowered his eyes to look at the paper in his hand. He had already ignored the sketch and such, but those three words “sunflower seed basket” stimulated his heart to thump thump thump.
He really wanted to take out that note right away, but after meeting Lu Qiaoge’s clear yet meaningful gaze, he dismissed the idea.
But it was undeniable that the handwriting was exactly the same.
Lu Qiaoge did it on purpose!
Zhen Xi was completely certain at this moment. Though he wasn’t brilliantly clever, he knew he needed to remain composed now.
After giving Zhen Xi a deep look, Lu Qiaoge smiled and introduced Qin Hengzhi and Zhen Xi to each other.
“Mr. Zhen, this is Qin Hengzhi, the supervisory representative sent by the military to “
Then she said to Qin Hengzhi, “This is Zhen Xi, Mr. Zhen, heir to the Zhen Group.”
Zhen Xi hadn’t seen Qin Hengzhi at the military factory; that day Qin Hengzhi had been out on a task.
But he could guess that this man had a deep relationship with Lu Qiaoge.
Although the dance hall seemed very noisy due to the crowd, a person like Qin Hengzhi came with his own aura.
Zhen Xi had seen countless people. He quickly stood up. If nothing else, those four words “military representative” meant he couldn’t treat him lightly.
The two shook hands, nodding politely with smiles.
There is one more chapter, thanking the treasures for the monthly passes cast yesterday and before.
