Thirsty Skin - Chapter 8

Chapter 8 -【Want to Touch】

That afternoon, the news that Zhu Chizhou and Director Lin had a big fight spread throughout the company.

Lin Wan went out at noon and didn’t return for the whole afternoon.

Zhu Chizhou sat at his workstation and accepted condolences from the entire company.

Brother Dong from the Risk Control Department brought a banana, Brother Tang from the Legal Department brought a box of yogurt, and Sister Zhou from the Finance Department brought a box of chocolates. They all said, “Chizhou, come on, have something delicious.”

Before long, Zhu Chizhou’s workstation was piled with comfort items. He lay on the table with a look of despair. No amount of food could save him from the suicidal desire he had at that moment.

Zhou Yuang and Nie Xiaolan heard the news and rushed back to watch the fun. Zhu Chizhou shared the snacks with them and made up his mind like a hero cutting off his arm. He said, “I’m going to find Lin Wan! Do you know where he is now?”

Zhou Yuang added fuel to the fire: “You are asking me where the boss went? Why didn’t you ask him where he was going when you quarreled with him?”

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

Nie Xiaolan asked: “What on earth did you quarrel about?”

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

“Don’t ask me anymore,” Zhu Chizhou said, already regretting his decision. “Anyway, it was me who made a mistake and caused eternal regret.”

Zhou Yuang was gossiping, and he whispered in Zhu Chizhou’s ear with his hands over his mouth: “They said you yelled at the boss and made him confused! Mr. Zhang never yelled at him, you are really amazing!”

Zhu Chizhou took the banana and rubbed it on his neck: “If you say that again, I will really die in front of you.”

Nie Xiaolan was the one who kept a clear mind at all times. He snatched the banana from Zhu Chizhou’s hand, peeled it, and ate it while saying, “I think you should stop worrying about it. Just finish the work quickly and apologize to him when he comes back. Although the boss looks cold and heartless, he is actually quite protective of his people. If you apologize to him sincerely, he will forgive you.”

Zhu Chizhou ignited hope: “What do you think? I’ll be working overtime today and leave later. Is it possible that I’ll run into him when he comes back?”

Nie Xiaolan nodded: “It’s possible.”

However, things went against his wishes. Zhu Chizhou worked overtime until after nine o’clock in the evening, and Lin Wan never came back.

It was already past ten o’clock when he got home, and he happened to meet Lei Zhengting who was also coming back from outside.

Lei Zhengting saw that he looked exhausted from being beaten by society, and he felt a rare pity for him. He asked him, “What difficulties have you encountered? Do you want me to say hello to your Mr. Zhang?”

Zhu Chizhou shook his head.

Lei Zhengting smiled and said, “Not enough money?”

Zhu Chizhou shook his head again.

Lei Zhengting left him behind and was about to go upstairs, but he called out, “Dad.”

Lei Zhengting stood on the stairs, turned around, and waited for him to speak.

Zhu Chizhou asked, “Is the Qiuge Industrial Company in Rong City owned by your half-brother?”

Lei Zhengting opened his eyes wide in surprise: “How did you know?”

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

It turns out that Pan Dawei, the founder of Qiuge Industrial, was Lei Zhengting’s comrade-in-arms. The two of them were on a mission together that year, and Pan Dawei saved Lei Zhengting’s life.

They changed their careers at about the same time, and Pan Dawei opened a clothing factory, which is now Qiuge Industrial.

Unfortunately, Pan Dawei passed away a few years ago, and the company was handed over to his son Pan Hao. Pan Hao was a prodigal son, and he didn’t know how to run a business. He blindly transformed and borrowed money everywhere, and suffered losses for several years. Now the hole was too big to fill, so he ran away.

Pan Hao has an older sister named Pan Min, who used to be a civil servant in Chengdu. Now she has no choice but to quit her job and come back to clean up the mess for her brother.

It was the elder sister, Pan Min, who came to Lei Zhengting for help.

Lin Wan rejected Qiuge Industrial’s investment, and Pan Min flew to Shenhai to visit Lei Zhengting the next day.

It is a coincidence that Pan Min actually didn’t know the relationship between Lei Zhengting and Gengyan Capital, but she found the right person by accident.

Then Lei Zhengting assigned the matter to General Manager Zhang, who in turn handed it over to Lin Wan, and so there was the project report that Zhu Chizhou saw.

During the entire process, Chen Liming didn’t even see Lin Wan.

Lei Zhengting and Zhu Chizhou sat in the small living room on the second floor of the villa and talked about this. Zhu Chizhou was quiet for a while, then asked: “How much money are you going to invest in them?”

“Sixty million, but we want equity, and we also want to revitalize their factory.” Lei Zhengting said lightly, “It would be best if it could be listed.”

Zhu Chizhou sounded like he was listening to a fairy tale. “How can they go public when they can’t even pay their workers’ wages?”

Lei Zhengting is old and a little tired from talking too much just now. He wanted to take a rest. He stood up and said, “Let Zhang Hengyan handle it. Lin Wan is a capable person. Let him figure it out himself.”

Zhu Chizhou suddenly got angry. He felt very angry. He was not so angry even when his father suppressed him and said he was not good at this or that. He stood up and yelled at his father: “Is Lin Wan’s ability Lin Wan’s original sin? Should he work like a slave for you? Do you think this can be done? Let Lin Wan figure it out! Lin Wan deserves it!”

Lei Zhengting was stunned by his son’s yelling. Before he could react, Zhu Chizhou strode back into the room and slammed the door.

Zhu Chizhou didn’t sleep well. He stayed in bed all night, replaying the scene of his quarrel with Lin Wan in his mind.

It is not accurate to say that they had a quarrel. It should be said that he launched an unreasonable attack on Lin Wan unilaterally. Lin Wan did not beat him up on the spot, which was very restrained.

He had to apologize, but he couldn’t tell Lin Wan the real reason for the quarrel. It was too dirty and he felt sorry for Lin Wan.

In the morning, he arrived at the company ten minutes early and Lin Wan was already sitting in the office.

‘Very good, the project data analysis I did last night can be shown to Lin Wan. It’s normal to report the progress of the project, and no one needs to be embarrassed.’

After Lin Wan finished reading it, he apologized sincerely. As long as it could make Lin Wan calm down, he would do whatever Lin Wan asked him to do without any complaints.

He sorted out the information, went over the wording of his apology in his mind again, stood up solemnly, and then saw Lin Wan coming out of the office. He didn’t even glance at him and just left.

He didn’t even give him a glimpse of his feelings.

Zhu Chizhou had no choice but to sit down with a heart attack and continue to lurk and wait for an opportunity.

Half an hour later, Lin Wan came back. Zhu Chizhou stood up nervously with the documents in his hand. Lin Wan didn’t even look at him and directly called Zhou Yuang: “Bring your laptop and come with me.”

Zhu Chizhou sat down again.

When noon came and they still hadn’t returned, Zhu Chizhou sent a message to Zhou Yu’ang: “Have you finished your work? When will you be back?”

Zhou Yuang took a photo for him: 【Picture】

Zhou Yuang: 【It’s done, the boss will treat me to a meal. grin.jpg】

Zhu Chizhou had a heart attack and was about to vomit blood. Lin Wan had never treated him to a steak! And he drank a cocktail. Who allowed you to drink alcohol at noon on a working day? Deduct money!

Disappointed, Zhu Chizhou went to the company cafeteria to have a tasteless lunch, then came back to wait.

After looking at the elevator entrance for the hundredth time, Zhu Chizhou couldn’t help but send another message to Zhou Yuang: 【Why haven’t you come back yet? It’s three o’clock and you haven’t finished eating yet?】

Zhou Yuang took another photo for him: 【Picture】

Zhou Yuang: 【Writing a report in a cafe.】

Zhu Chizhou was so upset: 【Why are you writing a report in a cafe? Where is the boss?】

Zhou Yuang: 【Picture】

Zhou Yuang: 【The boss is here too. He said the sun is good today, so he wanted to bask in the sun. What? ? ?】

Zhu Chizhou clicked on the second photo. Lin Wan was sitting lazily in an open-air booth, looking down at the tablet in his hand. The warm yellow sunlight poured in from behind, casting a fluffy halo around him. The bright lenses of his frameless glasses rested on his tall nose, making him look unapproachable.

Somehow, Zhu Chizhou felt a little stuffy in his chest, as if a stone was pressing on it, and he couldn’t breathe.

Is Lin Wan avoiding him?

Zhu Chizhou had this thought vaguely, but he also felt that he was too narcissistic. Was it really necessary for others to avoid him?

As a result, this continued for two days. When he arrived in the morning, Lin Wan left, and walked past him without even looking at him. During one of these times, Zhu Chizhou even heard Lin Wan say in his heart, 【Didn’t Zhu Chizhou report to go out? Why hasn’t he left yet?】

Zhu Chizhou was certain that Lin Wan was avoiding him.

On the morning of the third day, Zhu Chizhou ran into Lin Wan by surprise.

He came to work with some information, and after entering the company, he didn’t go to his workstation, but directly pushed open the door of the director’s office.

Lin Wan was obviously startled. Zhu Chizhou did not give him a chance to refuse him. He walked up to him and said, “Mr. Lin, I want to report the progress of the Ri’an Xinke project to you.”

“Um.”

Lin Wan regained his cold expression, and the hint of shock just now was quickly hidden behind his glasses.

Normally, when subordinates were reporting from paper, Lin Wan would interrupt them and ask them key questions directly.

But today, Lin Wan listened with his head tilted back with an expressionless face, his eyes fixed on Zhu Chizhou without a single moment’s movement, and no emotion could be seen in his eyes.

Zhu Chizhou lowered his head and held the papers in his hands. He felt more and more unsure as he spoke. He didn’t know if his analysis was not good or if Lin Wan wasn’t listening. He looked over and heard a sentence: 【His chest muscles are so big. I really want to touch them.】

Zhu Chizhou was stunned, and said out of inertia: “The growth potential of the target company…”

And then nothing happened.

Lin Wan waited for a few seconds, looked him straight in the eye and asked, “What is the growth potential?”

Zhu Chizhou could only hear the sound of his own heartbeat. He had no idea about his growth potential. He blinked, and his face and ears slowly started to burn. His mind went blank.

Lin Wan sighed softly and prompted: “What is the market demand? Is the product differentiated and innovative? What is the operational efficiency and profit model like? Is the team and leadership conducive to achieving long-term goals?”

Looking at Lin Wan’s emotionless eyes, Zhu Chizhou was a little dazed. ‘Why can you think about touching my chest muscles while talking about such a serious thing?’

“Forget it,” Lin Wan took down his left hand that was supporting his head and said, “Email when you’re done. You can go back first.”

Zhu Chizhou walked out of the office in a daze, sat down at his workstation, and looked down at himself.

He was wearing a gray-blue Windsor collar waterfall shirt today, which was cut to fit him perfectly. He had received some hazy glances when he took the elevator in the morning, and he also heard someone whisper that he was opening the double doors.

He thought someone was scolding him, so he looked up what double doors meant.

Zhou Yuang came over to show concern for him and patted his shoulder. “How is it? Has the boss forgiven you?”

Zhu Chizhou grabbed Zhou Yuang’s hand and asked seriously, “Brother Ang, do you want to touch my chest muscles?”

The author has something to say:

Zhu Chizhou’s logic: If other people also want to touch it, then that’s normal.