Thirsty Skin - Chapter 29

Chapter 29 – 【Why are you looking at me stupidly?】

The weather in Chengdu was relatively cool this month. After playing chess with Zhu Chizhou, Grandpa went out for a walk with Grandma and asked Lin Wan to take Zhu Chizhou to play nearby.

Lin Wan changed his clothes, ate a few bites of breakfast, and asked Zhu Chizhou: “What time is your flight?”

Zhu Chizhou seemed to have just remembered that he had to catch a flight today, so he took out his phone and checked: “11:10.”

Lin Wan: “…”

“Then what are we still going?” Lin Wan picked up the car keys on the coffee table, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the airport.”

Zhu Chizhou looked at Lin Wan’s face, which had become more delicate due to sufficient sleep, and felt heartbroken for a few seconds that the other party did not even ask him to stay.

‘So you can just use me and give me away, right?’

Of course, it was impossible to tell such a joke. Zhu Chizhou complained deliberately: “You said you would take me out to play and eat, but you just let me sleep and now you’re asking me to leave.”

Lin Wan went to the room and dragged out Zhu Chizhou’s suitcase. He had no intention of coaxing him and asked from the entrance, “Have you packed everything?”

Zhu Chizhou had no choice but to answer: “I have packed everything.”

“Well,” Lin Wan bent down to change his shoes, “let’s go.”

At 2:50 p.m., the plane landed and taxied in Shenhai.

Zhu Chizhou took off his eye mask and stood up from his seat. He didn’t sleep for a minute during the entire journey.

The phone was connected to the Internet, and before the cabin door was opened, the notification of new messages kept ringing.

He swiped the screen and took a look. There were a string of red dots on the WeChat chat list, but none of them was from Lin Wan.

He turned off the screen and held the phone in his hand. When he walked to the connecting bridge, the phone rang again. It was Ms. Zhu Ling.

“Are you there? The driver is waiting for you outside!” Zhu Ling just opened a restaurant and was very ambitious. She took time out of her busy schedule to care for her son and speak to him. “Come over to the restaurant in the evening and ask Ji Xun to come and try the food together.”

“Okay…” Zhu Chizhou responded in a dragging voice.

He started replying to messages slowly after getting in the car. After replying to one message and returning to the chat list, he couldn’t help but take a look at Lin Wan’s avatar.

After replying to one message, take a look.

Lin Wan’s avatar stayed quietly at the bottom of the screen. When someone sent a message, that “Chibi Maruko-chan” was squeezed out of the screen.

Zhu Chizhou suddenly felt a little unwilling, so he clicked on the avatar, then clicked on the three dots in the upper right corner to open the pinned chat. When he returned, he suddenly found that the top of the screen displayed “The other party is typing…”

He shuddered with fear and his phone fell on his lap. He quickly picked it up and turned off the screen, fearing that the other party would also show that he was typing.

After more than ten seconds, the new message alert sounded in his palm. He held the phone just like he held Lin Wan’s hand last night.

Today’s boarding time was too tight, so Lin Wan only had time to eat breakfast at home before hurriedly driving him to the airport. Along the way, no one mentioned what happened last night. He was afraid of hearing Lin Wan compare him to ice again, so he didn’t dare to look at Lin Wan.

After arriving at the airport terminal, Zhu Chizhou got off the bus at the place where he got on last night and said goodbye to Lin Wan through the car window.

When he was about to turn around, he heard Lin Wan say in his heart: 【I miss him so much…】 He didn’t hear the rest of the words because Lin Wan drove away quickly.

Zhu Chizhou guessed many possibilities, such as I really want him to stay, I really want him to hug me, I really want him to sleep with me for another night…

But it was difficult to guess what Director Lin was thinking. After all, Zhu Chizhou had no way of guessing that Lin Wan wanted to hug him like a Renaissance sculpture. There was probably no other person in the world who would use a metaphor like this.

Taking a deep breath and unlocking the screen, Zhu Chizhou saw a line of words sent by Lin Wan.

Chibi Maruko: 【Notify risk control, finance and legal affairs to hold a meeting at 10:30 am tomorrow to discuss the cooperative investment agreement.】

The little flame of expectation in his heart was extinguished in an instant, and he was so disappointed that he didn’t even want to reply.

At nine o’clock the next morning, Lin Wan walked out of the airport with his suitcase. He was wearing a finely crafted shirt and trousers, a tie, and a suit jacket draped over his arm. The company car came to pick him up and took him directly to work, fully demonstrating the spirit of an ox and a horse.

He drove Zhu Chizhou away the previous afternoon, and then went home and spent two hours explaining the chess rules that Zhu Chizhou had taught his grandfather.

Grandpa liked Zhu Chizhou very much and kept talking about him, asking Lin Wan to bring him back to play next time he went home.

Lin Wan was not surprised at all. No one would dislike Zhu Chizhou.

But whether he could take Zhu Chizhou back or not was another matter. After all, he was just a colleague. If the flight had not been cancelled due to heavy rain the day before yesterday, what reason would he have to keep Zhu Chizhou?

When he arrived at the company, he was actually a little nervous. He sat in the car for a few more minutes before he reluctantly moved to the elevator.

He secretly went to a hotel near his home and booked a room last night, just wanting to soak in ice water before going to bed or when he got up this morning, but it turned out to be completely useless.

Zhu Chizhou made him so comfortable that the effect had lasted until now.

And the effect was even better than the last time they slept together.

Lin Wan thought about it for a long time but couldn’t figure out why. He could only attribute it to the fact that he drank too much last time, but this time he was completely sober.

He should consult his doctor next time he goes for a checkup.

It was exactly 10:15 when Lin Wan entered the company. He went to the bathroom to tidy up his clothes and hair, and then immediately rushed to the meeting room.

When Lin Wan stepped into the door, Zhu Chizhou was distributing printed materials to the heads of various departments.

The boy wore a white shirt today, which he rarely wore, and a simple and low-key narrow tie. His chest muscles were slightly raised under the fabric. Although he didn’t stretch the fabric as tight as last time, the muscle outline was still clearly visible.

Lin Wan’s palm still had that firm and elastic touch. When their eyes met, Lin Wan thought, 【I wonder what it would feel like to touch him through his shirt.】

Zhu Chizhou accidentally knocked over a bottle of mineral water.

The general framework of this investment agreement had been finalized. Now they needed to review and improve the details of the agreement based on Gengyan Capital’s internal processes.

After the risk control, legal and financial departments had presented their opinions, Lin Wan casually mentioned something: “I heard from friends in other institutions in the industry that before our company decided to invest in Qiuge Industrial, their chairman’s secretary had offered a generous return of 5% to an investor, hoping to raise 80 million yuan.”

Zhu Chizhou raised his head suddenly. Isn’t this…

Lin Wan didn’t look at Zhu Chizhou and continued, “The fact that such a large amount of kickbacks could be accepted shows that Qiuge Industrial’s financial system and internal control have serious flaws. I think we need to ask them to improve their financial management and internal control, and we need to monitor the execution of the investment funds.”

“Well,” the CFO nodded, “we can send financial advisors to the company and adopt a phased investment strategy to gradually release funds based on the company’s improvement.”

“Yes,” Lin Wan agreed, “There are also breach of contract liability and repurchase clauses.”

Zhu Chizhou himself had almost forgotten about the incident. He thought that after he apologized and confessed to Lin Wan, the matter was over.

During their days in Chengdu, they had contact with Chen Liming many times, but Lin Wan never mentioned this matter to him once. Unexpectedly, Lin Wan saw the essence of the problem through this incident and tried to plug this loophole in the key link of signing the agreement.

The reason why he didn’t say it in Chengdu was to take into account the corporate image of Qiuge Industrial, and the reason why he lied that he heard it from other organizations in the industry was to protect Zhu Chizhou.

Zhu Chizhou had to admit that Lin Wan was rigorous, and… Lin Wan was so natural and convincing when he lied.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Lin Wan. Lin Wan felt his gaze and also turned to look at him.

Their eyes met. Lin Wan’s eyes behind the glasses were as calm as ice, and there was no expression on his face.

After staring at each other for two seconds, Lin Wan was the first to turn his eyes away and looked down at the paper in front of him.

The lines of his profile were smooth and clear, with a few strands of soft short hair falling on his forehead. A section of his fair and slender neck was exposed from the collar of his shirt, and he looked elegant and refreshing.

Zhu Chizhou couldn’t help but look at him a few more times. Before he turned his eyes away, he found that the corners of Lin Wan’s mouth were slightly raised, and he was clearly laughing.

【Why are you looking at me so stupidly?】

Zhu Chizhou couldn’t help but lower his head and laugh.

‘You are the stupid one.’

After the meeting, Lin Wan went out and didn’t come back until almost the end of the day.

Zhu Chizhou saw Lin Wan walking towards this side from the other end of the aisle. His steps were steady and calm, neither hurried nor slow, and he was completely calm and unhurried.

【Ah, I almost forgot to give him the thing!】

【But I’m too embarrassed to give it to him in front of so many people!】

【It’s almost time to get off work, what should I do? !】

Lin Wan walked past Zhu Chizhou’s workstation with a stern expression and just glanced at Zhu Chizhou indifferently.

【I’ll send him a message right away. 】

Zhu Chizhou saw Director Lin take out his cell phone and type.

Almost immediately, Zhu Chizhou received a new message from the top contact Xiaowanzi.

Chibi Maruko-chan: 【Wait a while after getting off work, I have something to talk to you about.】

Zhu Chizhou’s heart was moved, and he pursed his lips and replied: 【Got it.】

What did Lin Wan want to give him?

What is something that he is embarrassed to give in front of others?

‘Are you going to give me a gift???’

During the last long ten minutes, colleagues around him left one after another, and some workers who were working overtime were concentrating on their work and didn’t look over here.

Zhu Chizhou sorted the documents in his hand eighteen times, and Lin Wan finally came out carrying his black bag.

“Here you go.” Lin Wan handed Zhu Chizhou an exquisite small paper bag from above the partition of his workstation.

Judging from the size, it should be an accessory.

Zhu Chizhou took it modestly and said politely, “Thank you, Mr. Lin.”

“You’re welcome.” Lin Wan’s fair cheeks flushed. After handing over the things, he quickly said, “Then I’ll be leaving first. Goodbye, and have a nice weekend!”

“Have a good weekend!”

Zhu Chizhou felt that he should wait in the car to watch, but he couldn’t wait any longer.

The paper bag was light to hold, so it was probably not made of metal, and it didn’t feel like a particularly heavy gift box. He shook it, but there was no sound, and there was something soft inside. He was so curious.

He looked around and saw no one around, so he opened the bag and looked inside like a guilty thief.

Black, cotton.

After taking out half of it, Zhu Chizhou immediately understood what it was and quickly put it back with a tingling scalp.

‘Damn, it was the underwear I washed last night and hung on Lin Wan’s balcony that I forgot to take away!’