After getting on with the enemy

Since he has nothing to do with Yifeng Group, and he took the time to rush over on the weekend, then this trip must be to solve a personal matter, most likely related to investment.

Qiao Yan knew in his heart that there was no need to ask.

After all, she is not from the same industry. She has no relevant experience, and she doesn't even understand the basics.

Zhou Xiyun was capable and measured. He didn't rush to leave by plane immediately after the incident. Presumably, he wasn't at the point of imminence, but he just wanted to go and have a look.

Zhou Xiyun also said to Qiao Yan: "Don't worry, I'll go back to City A on Monday."

Qiao Yan replied: "Be careful on the road, you can call back at any time. My mobile phone is on, and my mother and the others can also contact me. You can call anyone."

"I know." Zhou Xiyun said.Qiao Yan: "What time is the plane?" Zhou Xiyun: "Eight in the morning." "You can get there before eleven o'clock." "Arrive around 10:30." "Send a message when we arrive." Um."

Qiao Yan lowered his eyes, stroked Zhou Xiyun's ear with one hand, and pretended to be relaxed: "Come back early, let's have hot pot on Monday, and I will buy the ingredients, and you will cook the ingredients."

Zhou Xiyun agreed: "Yes, it's up to you."

"Forget it," Qiao Yan changed his words again, twirling the man's earlobe with his fingertips and kneading, "It's fine when you arrive, I know how to stir fry, so I don't need you to do the work." Zhou Xiyun also responded: "Yeah." Qiao Yan said : "Give you a day off."

The sticky and charming atmosphere was gone, and the mood gradually subsided.

Qiao Yan planned to pester Zhou Xiyun to make a fuss tonight, but he suppressed his thoughts so far, and instead discussed with him which dishes to buy for hot pot, discussing one or the other.

Zhou Xiyun didn't do anything to her either, he held her calmly, sometimes helped her straighten her collar, and sometimes leaned on her as a pillow for half a minute.

Not wanting to make Qiao Yan want to diverge, after going upstairs and entering the room, Zhou Xiyun still talked about this trip and briefly mentioned it.

I told the truth, but only mentioned a small part of the reasons, and just mentioned a few sentences lightly, so as not to describe the situation too seriously.

Zhou Xiyun's investment in S City is not worse than here. Before she went abroad to study abroad, she joined a game company of an acquaintance and friend. She invested a large amount of original capital in the friend's early stage of starting a business, and she gave her full support from the beginning. It is one of the main partners.

That game company has been going smoothly from its establishment to the first half of the year, without any major problems. After several years of brutal development, it has gained a little reputation in the industry, and it is expected to launch a long-prepared and huge investment at the end of the year His painstaking effort, ready to put his fists to good use.However, at this critical moment when the trial was about to be launched, the company's competitors were the first to launch a work that was extremely similar to that game, and they had no way to fight back.

Generally speaking, before the product is launched, the company's internal confidentiality tasks should be very strict and prudent. To the core members of the whole line.

City S has exploded since the competitors made some moves, and everyone in the company was thoroughly investigated, but it is a pity that they have not found out who did it until now. The table had to be smashed to fight, and the situation had already become a mess.

Zhou Xiyun went there this time to suppress the situation, help stabilize the situation, and work with others to find a way to remedy it.

The cost invested in the early stage is so high, it is impossible for the game company to abandon the project because of this, and it is not enough to force it to go online in advance to compete with the opponent. At this time, it is more reasonable and calm to find out where the loopholes are and make up for them, and use legal means At the same time, he also tried his best to find another way out, and his self-disordered situation would only become more and more miserable, and he was impulsively thrown into the pit.

The other partners and investors will also gather in S City tomorrow. Zhou Xiyun has already spoken to his acquaintances and friends to reassure the other party to stabilize and not to do stupid things recklessly.

It's not that the sky is falling, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome.

Qiao Yan listened quietly, turned over and moved her legs, rubbed Zhou Xiyun's calf with her ankle, and said in a low voice, "If we can find out who did it, what will we do next? Will there be compensation?"

Zhou Xiyun said: "It will be more troublesome to go to court."

"Is it because if he doesn't confess to the messenger behind the scenes, the matter will be settled?" "Not necessarily."

"Are you going to sue another company?"

"Maybe, it's not clear yet, I don't know the situation there." Qiao Yan said: "Those people must have taken countermeasures and have a way out." Zhou Xiyun rubbed the back of her head, "Smart."

What is the current situation in City S? The details are still unclear. Going to court is something to be said for later, because even if the internal spies are caught, they will not be able to find the other party to a large extent, and it is very likely that they will cause trouble. The protesters were dragged into the water.

There are so many dirty ways in the business field, there are only more disgusting and vicious methods, there is no most disgusting example, sometimes making money is walking a tightrope, if you don't pay attention, you will fall and fall miserably.

Zhou Xiyun didn't say that it was boring, and he didn't bother to ask for trouble.

Qiao Yan warned: "If it doesn't work, stop the loss in time and get out early." Zhou Xiyun said: "Understood, Boss Qiao, don't worry."

This matter must have nothing to do with Zhou Huiwen. The game was probably leaked a long time ago, and it took a year and a half. The mother and daughter just broke up this month. Not so ruthless.

The incident happened to be ignited in the near future. It happened at an inopportune time. It can only be said that Zhou Xiyun was unlucky and was suddenly attacked by two sides.

Qiao Yan was powerless about it, the only thing he could do was to drive Zhou Xiyun to the airport early on Friday morning, and stay in City A to wait for the news.

Two days is not long, nor is it short.

Zhou Xiyun left, and the small villa became deserted again. From morning to night, Qiao Yan was alone. He went to work in the store in the morning and came back at night.Obviously Zhou Xiyun didn't live here for long, but Qiao Yan suddenly wasn't used to it. When he entered the small villa in Wangjiang Jiayuan at night, he always felt that something was missing when he opened the door. He felt that the inside of the house was empty.

After Zhou Xiyun arrived in S City, he only sent a message to report that he was safe, and he didn't make any calls afterwards.It should be relatively busy, there are too many things to spare.

Qiao Yan didn't bother the other party, and played games to pass the time when he had nothing to do at night. Because of their chatter, he buried himself in drawing pictures when he was bored, so as to get the next update done early.

I stayed there until early in the morning and late at night, until my eyelids couldn't hold it anymore, and then I fell to bed and went to sleep. Before going to bed, I put my phone next to the pillow and turned off the silent mode.

Xu was so late that she was afraid of disturbing her rest, Zhou Xiyun remained silent and did not show up for the whole night.

Qiao Yan woke up once in the middle of the night, checked the pulse on his phone in a daze, and found that there was still no news, so he fell asleep completely, and didn't wake up until the alarm clock rang at dawn.

The distance is far away, the distance in the middle cannot be crossed, and the other party does not know what is going on in another city. I can't pass here for the time being. It seems that there is no other way of contact except communication tools.

Qiao Yan brushed his teeth in a daze after waking up, and his head was dizzy. After a while, he looked at the screen, and then clicked on the WeChat message interface to enter the chat dialog with Zhou Xiyun.She flicked her fingers while rinsing her mouth, and quickly typed out a line of words. She wanted to ask Zhou Xiyun if he was awake and if he was working again, but she deleted all the text before sending the message. After thinking for a while, she chose to send it later .

Maybe Zhou Xiyun was very tired last night, maybe he slept very late, maybe he had something else this morning.The other party should be quite busy, otherwise there wouldn't be no news.

After thinking about it, Qiao Yan put down his phone, turned on the tap and poured two handfuls on his face, then raised his hand and pulled a towel to wipe his face.After washing up, she went downstairs to make breakfast, and called home by the way, beating around the bush to find out what was going on in the compound, to see if she could hear Zhou Huiwen's movements.

Naturally, the result must be no.Grandma and the others haven't contacted Zhou Huiwen for the past two days, so they don't know about that.

Qiao Yan didn't mention that Zhou Xiyun went to City S, and when asked by his grandmother, he pretended that Zhou Xiyun didn't have time to answer the phone, saying that that person had a lot of work, and also asked the old man not to nag Zhou Xiyun.

Grandma called Qiao Yan to go home and asked Zhou Xiyun to take her with her.

Qiao Yan prevaricated: "Didn't I tell you just now, Zhou Xiyun and the others have heavy tasks in the company and can't go back. Next time, I don't have time these few days." Zhou Huiwen didn't go over, and said: "Huiwen is not here, she doesn't know you are coming, I won't tell her."

Qiao Yan was funny, and continued to fool the old man, using the excuse that Kafa was busy recently and he couldn't go back, so he told grandma not to think about it.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yan couldn't help but take a screenshot of a call log, and sent a WeChat message to Zhou Xiyun: "My grandma asked you, she misses you."

Of course, the news cannot be answered immediately, and it is like a stone sinking into the ocean when it is sent out.Qiao Yan didn't worry about when Zhou Xiyun would reply. After posting, she felt better and wiped off the moisturizer on her face, turned around and went downstairs to put on her shoes, and drove to the store at a leisurely pace.

It was almost noon when Zhou Xiyun made his appearance, and finally appeared. "Asked me what?"

Then there was another explanation: "Yesterday, I was wandering around. I attended a wine party at night. It was already one or two o'clock in the morning when I arrived at the place where I was staying. This morning, I was temporarily pulled out to attend the meeting, and I just retired."

Explain why you didn't look for Qiao Yan from yesterday to this morning. You have no free time during the day, and you are afraid of disturbing Qiao Yan's rest at night.

At that time, Qiao Yan was cleaning the machine, and when he heard the phone ringing, he quickly freed a hand, wiped the water on his apron carelessly, grabbed the phone to unlock the screen, clicked in and replied in seconds: [Ask what you have been doing lately, One day I can go back for dinner. 】

The two chatted briefly through the network cable, less than 5 minutes before and after.

It was time for a lunch break at noon, but Zhou Xiyun couldn't even take a breather. He had to go to another place soon, and had to meet some big boss in the industry.

Qiao Yan just started chatting, and originally planned to watch the other party through the video, but after seeing Zhou Xiyun's reply getting slower and slower, he knew that he must be out of time, so he stopped the conversation and said that he had a customer ordering.She typed: [I'll talk about it later. 】

Zhou Xiyun: [OK. 】

There was no time to say a few words of warmth, so she went offline in a hurry.

Qiao Yan stared at the phone for a few seconds, then put it down, turned sideways and resumed the work in hand.Rong Yin asked: "Who is looking for you?" Qiao Yan denied: "No, that's impossible." Rong Yin said: "I thought you had something to do." Qiao Yan said: "Just two messages."

Rong Yin didn't pay much attention to the subtle changes in her expression, he just asked casually, and believed everything when he heard the words, and said: "Remember to wash all the cups, and then dry and disinfect after washing."

"Okay, wait a minute."

The wait for the second half of the day was long, and although it said "later" at the end, it didn't matter which time it was.Qiao Yan still consciously doesn't nag Zhou Xiyun, checks WeChat when he has time, and occasionally clicks into the group chat to peek at what other friends are doing when he is too free.

She flipped through her phone so frequently that everyone else in the store noticed something was wrong with her.Later, Rongyin asked again, and told her that she could go back early today, and that she could stay alone in the shop.Even Yangyang and the others joked: "Sister Qiao, your eyeballs are about to fall off the screen."

Feeling a bit late, Qiao Yan forcibly took the phone away, trying not to look at it as much as possible.

There was no one waiting in the small villa, so there was not much to look forward to at night.Qiao Yan sticks to his post, rarely leaving until closing time, not only stays behind to help other employees clean up, but also drives Yang Yang and the others back at night.

She was in a hurry, holding back all her energy, and always wanted to find something to do, otherwise she would always want to find Zhou Xiyun when she was alone.

The employees live far away, and they have no money to rent a suitable house near Tiancheng Road. The one-way commute to and from get off work takes as long as five to six 10 minutes, and they are almost living in the old city.

Qiao Yan almost drove around the city for half a circle before sending all the employees home. From the east of the city to the west of the city, he turned back after delivering the last one. It's 11:30pm.

Enter the house, take a rest after tidying up, and it will be a new day in the blink of an eye.

She still couldn't wait for Zhou Xiyun's news, but received the concern of the president.

Knowing that she was short of money, the president found a private job for her to outsource the illustrations.

Compared to some of her peers who have signed dead contracts, painters like Qiao Yan are free agents. She has no problem accepting such orders, and she doesn't have to hide or violate any regulations.The president took this factor into consideration, plus she has passed the level of drawing skills, has this ability, and the style meets the requirements of that party, so he specifically asked her if she wanted to take it, and if she wanted to, she would start it right away, and if she didn't want to, she would find someone else.

Qiao Yan would definitely be willing to take it. She used to be lazy and unmotivated, and she was too tired to do these things after opening a store with Rong Yin, but now she can't wait to make two more orders.

Afraid that she would not pay attention to her body when she was on the top, the president was concerned: "It is enough to produce the picture within ten days, and stay up late, don't give up your life just to break the picture."

Qiao Yan turned a deaf ear to it: [Try to come out within a week. 】President: 【Death is not considered a work-related injury, and the company does not pay compensation. 】Qiao Yan:【Don't curse people, say something auspicious. 】President: 【Tomorrow will help you raise the price, ask for more. ] Qiao Yan: [Thank you. 】

Understanding her mentality of pressing for money, the president said again: [Your account has a lot of fans, you can try to accept advertisements. 】

Qiao Yan didn't accept these miscellaneous extra money in the past. He felt that accepting advertisements would affect the reader's reading experience. When he was the poorest, he was very virtuous and didn't touch this. He didn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice. : Tomorrow I will check private messages to see if there is any business looking for them. "

The president directly pushed the two accounts over, and attached a quotation form for reference.The other members of the agency took over the advertisements a long time ago, and the specific prices are all within a rough range. Qiao Yan doesn't need to talk to the merchants about these. All she has to do is to draw and change the pictures according to the requirements, and don't need to think about the rest.

There are more things to do in your hands, and your energy can be more dispersed.

Qiao Yan hadn't dozed off yet, so after receiving the request, he lay down on the bed to conceive, roughly allocate, and make plans and preparations.

Zhou Xiyun tried to send a message very late, asking if he was asleep.

At that time, she was so absorbed in painting that she didn't hear the sound when her mobile phone rang. She buried her head in her hard work and didn't remember what she was doing until two o'clock.

However, it had been almost an hour since Zhou Xiyun replied to the message, it was already too late.Qiao Yan quickly replied "I didn't sleep", but Zhou Xiyun in S City was too tired. After lying on the bed for a short time, he couldn't control his drowsiness. He thought she had rested and couldn't open his eyelids as soon as he closed them.

The two parties missed this chat, you waited for me, I waited for you, and they couldn't talk until the end.

Fortunately, Zhou Xiyun made a video call early the next morning, and hurried to talk to Qiao Yan while she was rinsing her mouth.

Qiao Yan has dark circles under his eyes, and the video does not turn on the beauty face, and the front camera photo is still a bit obvious.She yawned and brushed her teeth continuously, she was so sleepy that she had no energy to speak, as if she had stayed up all night.

Zhou Xiyun asked curiously: "What were you up to last night? You were still online so late."

"Drawing pictures..." Qiao Yan said, spitting out toothpaste froth on his lower body, thought for a while and then covered it up, "I'm in a hurry, I will update it in a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time."

I still didn't explain the matter of accepting illustrations and advertisements, and I didn't even think about it.

Zhou Xiyun said: "It's not finished, why do you want to paint again?"

"Changing the details, I'm not satisfied with the previous one." Qiao Yan seemed to be careless, trying to cover up and added, "I didn't plan to stay up late yesterday, I went to bed at ten o'clock, but I woke up in the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep, so I got up in the middle of the night to change the picture. I heard from you, so I returned."

The ability to lie is not diminished, and he flickers when he opens his mouth, and he fills in all the details in a daze.

Zhou Xiyun had no doubts.

Qiao Yan changed the subject and asked, "What time is your flight back today, noon or evening?"

Zhou Xiyun on the other side of the screen did not answer directly, but instead asked if he had bought groceries.

"No, I haven't gone yet." Qiao Yan said, "I can place orders on the app later and deliver the goods to my door. There is no rush now."

Zhou Xiyun responded, but still didn't answer the last question.

Qiao Yan glanced at the screen, then drank water and rinsed his mouth in front of the mirror, his cheeks were bulging.She was clear in her heart, she could see what was going on, she washed her face and hands silently, took a while, and said first: "Speak."

The other party finally confessed: "Maybe we can go back on Wednesday."

Qiao Yan looked at the phone, his moist lips moved, and he said for a long time: "...hot pot can be eaten in a few days."