Chapter 45: Feigned Attack

  Wei Xing knocked on the door and came in, seeing two people sitting silently, their faces looking a bit unsightly. He felt that he had come at an inopportune time, but still walked in with a curious expression, "Are you guys fighting?"

  Ji Siyuan swept her gaze past him, "What business is it of yours?!"

  Wei Xin was startled and trembled, "I really have something important, Old Man Xu Bing asked me to come ask you if you've improved... updates are coming so fast."

  Qiao Yu quickly stood up and said, "You guys chat, I'll take my leave first."

  Qiao Yu walked to the door and turned back to take another look, the two people discussing the blueprint reminded him of himself, reminding him of his past self and Ji Si Xuan, reminding him of their past dreams.

  He suddenly felt annoyed and quickly walked out.

  Xu Bingjun was standing at the end of the corridor by the window 'smoking', saw Qiao Yu smiling and nodding as a greeting.

  。

  Qiao Yu walked over and said, "Can I have one?"

  Xu Bingjun had never seen Qiao Yu smoke before, but he didn't look surprised either. He handed over the cigarette and lighter instead.

  Qiao Yu put the cigarette to his lips, hesitated for a moment as he approached the flame, quickly extinguished it and took the cigarette away, pinching it in his hand.

  Xu Bingjun watched him, he had never seen a man who 'smoked' bring the cigarette to his mouth and then put it down.

  He suddenly spoke with great enthusiasm, "Why did Qiao Department switch careers in the first place?"

  Qiao Yu looked out of the window and said lightly, "Actually, it's not considered a career change, I didn't really enter the industry, I just majored in architecture in college."

  Xu Bingjun didn't ask again but suddenly said, "When Ji Sixuan and Wei Xing first joined the law firm, I was one of the interviewers."

  At that time, I was walking down the corridor and heard Ji Si Xiu speaking Chinese with Wei Xin among a group of people waiting for an interview. I slowed down my pace and listened to a few sentences. It was the final round of interviews, to be honest, the competition was fierce, and the atmosphere was tense and oppressive. However, the two of them were sitting there laughing and joking around, standing out especially among the serious-looking candidates. Wei Xin glanced at the paper with prepared materials next to her, turned her head, and pretended to look nervous, starting to act as if she was being interviewed. "If the interviewer asks me why I chose to be an architect, how should I answer?" She hadn't prepared for it. Perhaps afraid that the white person would detect a mocking tone, they were speaking in Chinese. Ji Si Xiu was very cooperative, bowing her head and thinking for a moment before suddenly accumulating a full smile in her beautiful eyes. At that time, I thought this "girl" was really pretty, with a bright and dazzling beauty. To exaggerate a bit, I felt like the entire corridor had lit up a lot at that moment.

  Qiao Yu couldn't help but laugh along with her, he could imagine it clearly, every time she played a prank, she had an innocent and mischievous look on her face.

  Xu Bingjun didn't wait for Qiao Yu to respond and quickly spoke up, "She said, you know, in the domestic architecture industry, people are generally referred to by their surname as 'x gong', you can tell the interviewer that you want more and more people to call you 'gong'! Let your 'gong' image sink deeply into people's hearts! Wei Xin's Chinese was terrible a few years ago, ask her what is 'gong'."

  Ji Siyuan explained to him in English, and Wei Xin was quite surprised. Later, when Wei Xin was called in for an interview before her, she shook her head and sighed as she looked at Wei Xin's back, thinking "Wei Xin, ah Wei Xin, what a pity, you have the same surname that is not very suitable for being an architect, even if you work hard, it's still 'fake'".

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  Xu Bingjun learned it perfectly, Qiao Yu haha laughed loudly. It can be imagined that in these years, the number of people who have been deceived by Ji Siyuan is countless.

  Qiao Yu asked, "What happened next?"

  Xu Bingjun took a last drag on his cigarette, extinguished the butt before answering, "Later during the interview, Wei Xin really answered like that, still in Chinese. At that time, another Frenchman who understood Chinese and was known for being elegant spat out water. Actually, I was quite curious why such a beautiful 'girl' would study architecture. Later when I saw her resume, I found out that her first choice of major in university was clinical medicine. It's much better for a 'girl' to be a doctor than an architect. So during the interview, I asked her how she thought of switching majors. She said, originally she studied clinical medicine, but the medical school..."

  Qiao Yu suddenly suppressed his smile and looked out of the window, continuing in a low voice, "The medical school exam is so difficult, I think I'll go take a look at the architecture department."

  Xu Bingjun was not surprised, "I asked her, isn't the architecture college exam easy?"

  "She said..." Xu Bingjun stopped this time and looked at Qiao Yu.

  Qiao Yu looked at himself in the glass, and from those eyes, he seemed to see that little girl again, her head bowed, her eyebrows flying as she wrote something on a piece of paper.

  Qiao Yu's eyebrows gradually showed a hint of a smile, he blinked his eyes and said, "Although the architecture exam is also very difficult, but there are many men in the architecture department."

  Xu Bingjun smiled with a deeper meaning, "You really know, I think there should be another sentence, Qiao Yu, what's the next sentence?"

  "What's next? Even if there were more guys in the architecture department," Qiao Yu turned his head to glance in the direction of the office, and through several layers of glass, that figure happened to look up as well. His eyes were firm and determined, "But I only like you."

  Ji Siyuan looked at his mouth opening and closing, her expression somewhat abnormal, a puzzled face looking at him, as if asking what he had said.

  Qiao Yu quickly shook his head with a smile.

  I don't know if Xu Bingjun understood what he was saying, but he didn't ask again and continued, "You know, most people in architecture are dull and uninteresting. These two were like exceptions, yet they successfully passed the final interview and entered the firm. Later on, they gradually became part of the company's best lineup for looks and talent, and every year the company attracted many interns to work as cheap labor thanks to them."

  Qiao Yu suddenly realized something and looked at Xu Bingjun with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes. "Why are you telling me all this?"

  Xu Bingjun's face relaxed, "It just suddenly occurred to me tonight, I wanted to find someone to talk to"

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  Qiao Yuwei smiled slightly, also with a carefree and airy tone, "And then?"

  "Then I thought," Xu Bingjun looked into Qiao Yu's eyes and said solemnly, "If Qiao Department had chosen to be an architect back then, we could have settled this once and for all."

  All along, Xu Bingjun has always referred to Ji Siyuan as "Xuan Huang", but tonight he has been referring to her as "Ji Siyuan" from start to finish.

  Qiao Yu suddenly enlightened, "You..."

  Xu Bing suddenly smiled, his index finger raised to his lips, a mysterious look on his face, "Shh..."

  After finishing speaking, he patted the cigarette ash off his body and said, "I'm going to continue working overtime."

  Qiao Yu stared at his back in a daze, it turned out that this man had such thoughts about Ji Siyuan.

  After revising it countless times, the final plan was finally settled. After the renderings came out, as an outsider, I felt at ease and handed over all the tedious procedures to Qiao Yu for coordination.

  Baoji Shi suggested going to the scene to take a look before making a decision. Xie Ningchun had been bored in the office all day and immediately became excited when he heard about going out to play, and went to make preparations.

  Construction is about to start, the resort is too far from the city, and it's inconvenient to run back and forth. After consulting with both parties, Qiao Yu rented two villas in a location midway between the construction site and the city, one for office use and one for accommodation.

  After renting it out, Yin and Chang were responsible for cleaning up and decorating. This time, they happened to move the tools and luggage together.

  Ji Siyun was worried about where to put the big cat after work, when she received a call from Shen Taihou saying they were back. She felt relieved and sent the big cat home that afternoon, simply packing her luggage and preparing to leave.

  She stood at the 'door' edge putting on her shoes and reporting, "Empress Shen, Lao Ji, I'm leaving, if there's anything call me."

  Who would have thought that turning around, Da Miao was following behind her. Ji Si Xuan frowned, "Why are you following me? Shen Tai Hou has returned, from now on you don't need to follow me."

  The big cat just looked at her like that.

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  Ji Siyun thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "You won't be thinking of going with me to see Qiao Yu, will you? Don't you remember that your surname is Ji, not Qiao?"

  Empress Shen's hand paused as she was collecting things and looked up to ask, "Who is Qiao Yu?"

  Ji Siyun suddenly realized her mistake and accompanied a smile to gloss over it, "No one, no one, just a business partner."

  Empress Shen was not so easily placated, "Is Big Miao very familiar with him?"

  Ji Siyun subconsciously distanced herself, "How could that be? Da Miao doesn't like getting close to people! Not familiar, not one bit!"

  Empress Shen called out loudly, but Big Miao didn't move as usual. "Then why does he always follow you?"

  Ji Siyun crouched down and pushed the big cat in the direction of Shen Taihou with all her might, "It's probably reluctant to part with me."

  Empress Shen pierced her with a single sentence, "But normally it can't even be bothered to look at you."

  Ji Siyuan was annoyed and pulled Ji Mo, who was about to quickly escape from the scene, "Dad, look at Mom!"

  Empress Shen had her hands clasped together in front of her chest and a menacing smile on her face, "Oh, so you're flaunting the fact that you have a father and I don't, is that it?"

  Ji Siyuan thought of her grandfather who had passed away, loosened the hand that was holding Ji Mo's and covered her mouth tightly, mumbling vaguely, "I didn't say anything... I'm leaving..."

  After finishing speaking, he opened the 'door' and escaped, leaving Ji Mo with an innocent face raising his hands to indicate that he had done nothing.

  Empress Shen looked at the unusual scene of one person and one cat, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

  The resort, except for a few people who hadn't been there before, everyone else had gone and the excitement was gone. When we set off, it was just lunch break time, and everyone in the car was quietly sleeping or playing with their phones.

  Just out of the city, Xie Ning suddenly shouted loudly in her seat, "Stop at the service area ahead, I want to go to the restroom!"

  The driver looked over from the rearview mirror, "Alright."

  Bo Qi looked at her and said, "Didn't you just go before we set off?"

  Xie Ningchun replied in a low voice, "I still want to go"

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  Who would have thought that Xie Ning had gone for half a day without returning, and the sleepy people who opened their eyes asked, "What's going on? Did we arrive so soon?"

  To avoid suspicion, Ji Siyuan didn't sit with Qiao Yu together. She sat at the back of the car, while Qiao Yu was separated from her by several rows and sat with Yin and Chang instead.

  The people on the bus got impatient later on.

  "Driver, why haven't we left yet?"

  "Will we make it back in time for dinner?"

  Qiao Yu bowed his head and ordered Yin Hechang to go take a look.

  Yin Hechang quickly returned, his face pale as he walked up to Bao Jishi and asked, "Mr. Bao, do you want to go down and take a look?"

  Baoji Shi seemed to have realized something and quickly nodded, putting away his computer and getting off the car.

  Qiao Yu asked Yin Hechang a few questions in a low voice, Yin Hechang frowned and said something, then Qiao Yu patted his shoulder.

  Qiao Yu subconsciously turned his head to glance at Ji Si Xuan, who was raising an eyebrow with a mocking expression and smiling at him with schadenfreude.

  Qiao Yu helplessly looked at her.

  Yin Hechang, who was sitting on the side, took a look and suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Qiao Department, actually Xuan Huangren is quite good. Although she is also a 'girl', but she never feels at ease just because she is a 'girl' to give people trouble."

  Qiao Yu Le said, "Didn't you dislike her?"

  Yin Hechang nodded honestly, somewhat difficult to speak out, "At first, I thought she was too showy, but after getting to know her for a while, I suddenly felt that her character is quite good, at least she won't... bully others with her power. And also..."

  "What else?"

  "And last time I also heard her defending you in front of many people..."

  Qiao Yu was taken aback.