CH 53

Chapter 53: Pleasant Cooperation

People who are good-looking always have an advantage, such as Zhou Mushi. He looked at Jin Yang from head to toe with a light gaze, then pursed his lips and smiled, and walked out of the conference room in a charming way.

Even if Zhou Mushi did something to Jin Yang at that time, if someone came in from outside, they would not think that Zhou Mushi was the one who made the first move.

After all, with his looks, just a slight smile from him could attract plenty of women and men.

Jin Yang sat in the conference room for a while, then let out a muffled laugh from his throat.

Although he wasn’t sure what caused it, it was clear that in the past few days, Zhou Mushi’s attitude towards him had ulterior motives.

If his guess was right, then in the days to come, if Mushi didn’t achieve what he wanted, he would always be hanging attentively around him.

Jin Yang picked up the paper cup that had just been played with by Zhou Mushi and drank all the water inside. Then he threw the cup into the trash can.

Although Director Jin was confident, the reality was far beyond his expectations.

No one knows what’s on Zhou Mushi’s mind, whether he’s having a moment of madness or just a fleeting interest.

Despite having a good conversation at the Yucheng Group’s office, as soon as he gets home from work, he starts acting like he’s in his own world.

Zhou Mushi mostly ate outside, after coming home he would change his shoes at the entrance and then rush into his room, not coming out until the next morning when he quickly got up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and went to work.

He must have been the most trouble-free roommate in the shared house.

Jin Yang aimlessly walked out of his own room and into the living room for the sixth time, but still couldn’t catch a glimpse of Zhou Mushi’s shadow.

Then he tried to use food to tempt the person who was hiding in the room and not making a sound. He intentionally didn’t turn on the range hood while cooking, and the fragrant smells of sweet and sour spare ribs, scallion-flavored carp, hot and sour shredded potatoes, fish-flavored eggplants, and tomato and egg soup wafted into the living room, but the person in the room remained unmoved.

Jin Yang sat at the table and ate his four dishes and one soup, feeling somewhat annoyed.

Jin Yang couldn’t believe that everything was just coincidence. First, Zhou Mushi had strong rebellious tendencies, then he suddenly came back to live with him, tried to undermine him for no apparent reason, and then suddenly stopped. But Zhou Mushi didn’t make any other moves. Despite seeing him occasionally in the morning when they left the house, Zhou Mushi never did anything else, at most saying “Good morning” to him.

Jin Yang was feeling troubled, like a teenager who hasn’t experienced much and always feeling like he couldn’t keep his composure.

As the days passed, he started to believe that those few days were just a passing fancy for Zhou Mushi, but then suddenly the Chairman of Yucheng Group issued an order.

“The cooperation with Hehui Group this time will be jointly undertaken by our company and Zhou Group. Jin Yang, you are familiar with Zhou Group. Pack up and move there.”

Jin Yang: “Okay, Chairman.”

The employees below were discussing in low voices.

“Why do we have to share this project with the Zhou Group when our company can handle it alone?”

“Who knows what the higher-ups are thinking? Didn’t they decide before that only our company would handle it?”

“Forget it, we small employees have no say in this matter.”

Jin Yang was also full of doubts at the moment. He packed his things and moved to Zhou Group skillfully.

After noticing that the desk of Director Li Daqiang was no longer next to his own, The secretary led Director Jin through the original office area and directly into the President office.

Looking down, he saw a small gold plate engraved with “Director Jin Yang of Yucheng Group” was placed steadily on the newly placed desk next to the President’s desk. He had skillfully moved in and settled down.

“Director Jin, this is your position,” the secretary said.

Jin Yang thanked her vaguely and put away the things he had brought.

Throughout, wearing a white shirt and busy dealing with business, President Zhou didn’t even look up, his fingers constantly tapping on the keyboard as if he was extremely busy.

Finally, when it was close to noon, it was time for lunch, and it was only then that Zhou Mushi moved his gaze away from the computer screen.

Looking towards him, Zhou Mushi smiled and, from a distance of two meters, winked at Jin Yang with an electrically charged flirtatious look.

“Isn’t Director Jin going to have lunch?”

Jin Yang was momentarily stunned by that smile with a hint of flirtation.

Zhou Mushi walked around him, went to the door, pulled the curtains tightly closed, which allowed only a hint of light to penetrate from the outside, and then turned the door handle tightly.

Leaned against the door, pointing to the black leather sofa that he didn’t know when it was added, with meaningful words to Jin Yang: “Sit.”

For some reason, under the bright sun outside, the warm sunlight made Jin Yang shiver inexplicably.

The main reason was that Zhou Mushi’s attitude was too abnormal, which made him feel like he was going to be secretly manipulated by the company and deprived of his intergrity.

“Ahem,” he cleared his throat and tidied up the files in his hands. “I think I’ll pass. It’s not really appropriate to do it here in the middle of the morning, don’t you think?”

Zhou Mushi looked at him with interest, “Confidential documents discussion, where else but not here? In the cafeteria?”

Jin Yang : “…..”

He put on a serious work mode and sat on the black leather sofa with the stack of documents in his hand.

“As for the cooperation case with Hehui Group, these are the materials and suggestions I’ve organized. Take a look first and we’ll make adjustments together.”

Jin Yang handed over the documents in his hands, and without much thought, Zhou Mushi scanned through them.

He couldn’t tell the seriousness of the situation earlier, which Zhou Mushi going to such lengths to pull the curtains and lock the door, but Zhou Mushi took a quick look and said, “Okay, let’s follow the plan you’ve prepared.”

Jin Yang felt a bit speechless. This was a big project involving two companies, much bigger than the project that Yucheng Group and Zhou Group had cooperated on before.

Back then, Zhou Mushi had taken those two projects very seriously, but now he seemed so casual and uncommitted that it felt a bit childish.

“I think it’s better for President Zhou to review it carefully. After all, this cooperation involves a wide range and there can be no mistakes at all,” said Jin Yang.

The man in a dark pinstripe suit took a preserved plum from the drawer of the coffee table and tore it open, putting it in his mouth, his lips showing a rosy luster.

Two slender, straight legs crossed over each other, with one leg casually raised in a half-lotus position, swaying gently.

“I have full confidence in Director Jin’s abilities. After all, if anything goes wrong, it won’t just be a problem for our Zhou Group, but also for Yucheng Group. Rest assured, I will ensure that our company strictly adheres to your plan and that this cooperation will be a pleasant one.”