Thirsty Skin - Chapter 14

Chapter 14 -【Choose The Lesser Of Two Evils】

After lunch, it suddenly started raining heavily.

Zhu Chizhou invited the investment department to drink coffee from the newly opened coffee shop downstairs, and Nie Xiaolan went to ask Lin Wan what he wanted to drink.

Qin Huan from the Administration Department trotted over in seven-centimeter high heels and knocked on Lin Wan’s office door before Nie Xiaolan.

She didn’t close the door after she went in, and everyone heard her say to Lin Wan in a very apologetic tone, “I’m sorry, Mr. Lin. Xiao Wang’s car was hit by someone when he was returning to the company just now, and the other cars haven’t returned yet. I’m sorry to bother you to go out and get a taxi yourself.”

It’s inconvenient to take a taxi when it rains, and Lin Wan didn’t drive to work today.

But the accident wasn’t Qin Huan’s fault, so Lin Wan nodded, “Okay, it’s okay.”

After Qin Huan left, Nie Xiaolan leaned in half way and asked, “Boss, are you going out?”

Lin Wan packed his things: “Yes.”

“Have a cup of coffee before you leave?” Nie Xiaolan said, “Chizhou will treat you.”

Lin Wan shook her head: “No, you guys drink.”

A voice as clear as morning dew came from the director’s office. Zhu Chizhou opened the drawer, held the car keys in his hand, and hesitated for a long time without standing up.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, hitting the floor-to-ceiling glass to form a flowing curtain of water, and the dark clouds were connected into one.

Lin Wan packed up his things, stood up and walked to the door.

Zhu Chizhou slammed the drawer shut.

His heart was pounding.

Lin Wan went out and passed by Zhu Chizhou’s workstation. He walked forward while using his cell phone to call a taxi.

Zhu Chizhou transferred 2,000 yuan to Zhou Yuang on Alipay and said to him, “Brother Ang, please pay for me. I’m leaving now.”

Lin Wan had already walked to the elevator and pressed the down button.

Zhu Chizhou grabbed the car keys and chased after him.

“I’ll take you there.” When the elevator door opened, Zhu Chizhou walked in with Lin Wan.

He saw that Lin Wan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then Lin Wan said: “No need, I…”

Zhu Chizhou directly pressed the button for the underground garage and pointed at Lin Wan’s phone: “You can’t get a taxi now.”

The taxi-hailing interface on the phone only showed a map with rain emoji on it, and there was not a single available car nearby.

Lin Wan was silent for a moment.

【Choose the lesser of two evils. 】

Lin Wan said, “Okay, thank you.”

Zhu Chizhou seemed to have suffered a heavy blow.

‘I still remember a week ago, you wanted me to hug you, wanted me to touch you, acted coquettishly and asked me to give my clothes to you. You even made me hold you in my arms and refused to let go, and even touched my chest muscles!’

‘It’s only been a few days and I’ve become one of the two evils!’

The elevator went down to the basement floor, and Zhu Chizhou walked in front of Lin Wan with heavy steps.

His heart felt colder than the heavy rain outside.

After getting in the car, Zhu Chizhou asked Lin Wan: “Where are we going?”

Lin Wan was sitting in the passenger seat, fastening his seat belt with his head down, and told the place.

Zhu Chizhou saw Lin Wan’s drooping eyelashes trembling slightly, and the lenses reflected a faint light in the dim carriage.

【Too close to him again.】

【I really want to hug him.】

Zhu Chizhou almost stepped on the brake instead of the accelerator.

‘No, what do you want to do? Can you give me a definite answer?’,

No one spoke in the car along the way, and Zhu Chizhou didn’t turn on the music. The only sounds in the car were the roar of the car engine and the sound of rain hitting the roof.

The wipers swung quickly, but it was still difficult to completely clear the water marks on the windshield, and the vision was sometimes blurred and sometimes clear.

The ground was slippery, so Zhu Chizhou didn’t dare drive too fast. Half an hour later, when they were about to reach the destination building, Lin Wan’s cell phone rang.

On the other end of the phone, Zeng Xubai asked him if he had time tonight, and Lin Wan said, “Yes, what’s the matter?”

Lin Wan spoke in a relaxed tone, as if the depressing atmosphere in the car had not affected him at all. Only Zhu Chizhou was acting foolishly and awkwardly.

Zeng Xubai asked him to play cards tonight, and Lin Wan agreed immediately: “Want to play mahjong? Who will be there?”

Zeng Xubai said: “Lao Cao and Xu Pingchuan.”

Lao Cao is an old friend in the circle, but Lin Wan has no impression of the other name: “Who is Xu Pingchuan?”

Zeng Xubai: “You may not have met Wanshen’s vice president of investment yet. Do you mind?”

“Oh, I don’t mind,” Lin Wan said indifferently, “Just send me the address and I’ll come over after work.”

After driving into the underground garage of the building, Zhu Chizhou parked the car and asked Lin Wan: “Should I wait for you in the car?”

“No need,” Lin Wan unbuckled his seat belt, “I estimate it will take two or three hours to finish, you go first.”

It was still raining heavily outside, and in two or three hours it would be the rush hour, so it would be impossible to get a taxi.

Zhu Chizhou wanted to say that he could wait for him, but Lin Wan’s eyes fell on Zhu Chizhou’s collar again, and moved down along the collar.

Just now, Zhu Chizhou felt a little hot, so he unbuttoned a button, revealing a little bit of his chest muscle outline.

Lin Wan’s gaze was not concealed at all. Zhu Chizhou knew what he was thinking without even listening. He thought to himself, “Then I’ll leave?”

Lin Wan withdrew his gaze and said “OK”, looking a little disappointed when he lowered his eyes.

【I’m reluctant, but I…】

“Forget it,” Zhu Chizhou stroked his hair irritably and interrupted Lin Wan’s thoughts, “I have nothing to do anyway, I’ll go upstairs and find a cafe to wait for you.”

After saying this, he didn’t give Lin Wan time to refuse. He turned off the engine, got out of the car, and slammed the door shut.

The two of them walked towards the elevator together. Zhu Chizhou was tall and had long legs, and because he was inexplicably irritated, he walked faster and left Lin Wan behind in a few steps.

“Chizhou.” Lin Wan called him, and his cold voice echoed dimly in the empty garage.

Zhu Chizhou slowed down and looked back at Lin Wan.

Lin Wan walked up to him and stood shoulder to shoulder, saying, “Come with me. It’s about a private placement project. I have to meet the CEO of the company now. The investment bank and other investors will come for a meeting later. You can just listen.”

【I was going to ask you to come along, but I just don’t dare to talk to you these days…】

Lin Wan looked directly into Zhu Chizhou’s eyes with a very calm look, showing no sign of not daring to talk to Zhu Chizhou.

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

‘You don’t dare to talk to me. Why don’t you dare to talk to me?’

“Don’t you want to go?” Lin Wan asked him when he saw that he didn’t answer.

“No,” Zhu Chizhou came back to his senses, “Go ahead.”

“Yeah.” Lin Wan switched to work mode and began to explain to Zhu Chizhou the investment framework and equity arrangement of this project.

After discussing things and finishing the meeting, it was already time to get off work when they left the company, and their car was stuck at the intersection.

Lin Wan felt that he shouldn’t use Zhu Chizhou’s off work time to take him to do personal business, so he turned to look at Zhu Chizhou and said, “Please drop me off after this intersection. I’ll take a taxi myself.”

Zhu Chizhou was still in a bad mood. He didn’t know why he was just upset. He frowned slightly and looked at the road ahead. He said impatiently, “I said I’ll send you off.”

After saying that, he realized that his tone was not good, so he added: “Anyway, I have nothing to do today, so I might as well go for a drive.”

“Then…” Lin Wan was about to speak when his cell phone rang. It was Zeng Xubai who had asked him to play cards.

“On the way,” Lin Wan answered, “I’m stuck in traffic. It will take more than 40 minutes to get there.”

Zeng Xubai was giving Lin Wan a task: “Old Cao can’t come because of something. We are short of one person. Find someone else to come.”

Lin Wan responded reflexively: “Where can I find someone for you now?” He was stunned after saying that, and his eyes met with Zhu Chizhou who was holding the steering wheel.

Lin Wan covered the microphone of his phone and asked Zhu Chizhou in a low voice: “You said you were free tonight, right?”

Zhu Chizhou hasn’t reacted yet: “Hmm…”

Lin Wan took his hand away and said to Zeng Xubai, “Okay, I’ll bring someone over.”

“What?” Zhu Chizhou was nervous. “Playing cards? I don’t know how to do it.”

Lin Wan hung up the phone, coughed lightly, and said, “Then I can give you some training tonight, um… investment department business skills training.”