Can't help feeling for you: can't live without you

Chapter 20
Until dawn, I can't be sure what chapter the night has reached.

It was already late at night when the banquet was over.

After going upstairs, Yuan Jingrui asked Director Qiao to come to his room. Director Qiao drank a little too much tonight, and he was a little shaky when he walked. After drinking a pot of strong tea, I wanted to turn around and go out, but the boss spoke again.

"Secretary Dong, you stay too."

No matter how drunk, at this point, Director Qiao finally felt the pressure, and regardless of whether the tea was still hot, he took a few gulps from the cup and straightened his curled tongue.

Yuan Jingrui held the notebook, looked at the screen with his eyes, put his fingers on the touch screen, and said slowly, "Old Qiao, do you understand the other competitors in this bidding?"

Director Qiao nodded while talking, "I understand, several of them are local real estate developers, and their strength is incomparable to ours. I have already listed their situation, and it is in the report."

"It's our first time to visit S Province. In some places, what we need to look at is not the strength of the company, but their influence in the local area. Old Qiao, this is not the first time for you to look across provinces. Why are you so sloppy?"

"I know, but you see, this time the deputy mayor contacted us personally, I think..."

"What do you think? Do you think this matter is foolproof just by relying on a few words from the deputy mayor? Do you think you can understand our competitors just by relying on a few company reports you read on the Internet?"

These words were very serious, and the sweat on Director Qiao's face suddenly came down, and he said "enhhh" twice, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

Yuan Jingrui raised his eyes and stared at him for a while, the room was eerily quiet.

The hotel suite is spacious, they are sitting in the living room, Dong Zhiwei is a gold-medal handyman, Yuan Jingrui didn't say that she can leave, she can't hide in her room like everyone else, and there is no other space to retreat, so she has to stand at the corner tea bar side, pretending not to exist.

After a while, Director Qiao said, "Well, then I'll check it out right now."

"Think about how to check. For some things, you can't just rely on the report." Yuan Jingrui's last sentence.

With the sound of closing the door, the room became quiet again. Dong Zhiwei let out a breath, and was about to ask to leave when Yuan Jingrui's voice rang again.

"Secretary Dong, are you still there?"

"I'm here." The room is Chinese style, the tea bar and the living room are separated by a flower wall, she turned out and saw that he was still sitting on the sofa in the living room, the computer had been left beside him, and one hand was resting on the back of the sofa , put the other hand on the neckline, the neckline has been loosened.

Before the banquet in the evening, Yuan Jingrui had already changed his clothes. When he entered the banquet, he was dressed formally, but he never liked to wear a tie, maybe because he thought it was too restrictive. , I don't know where all the gentleness flew to, and the ruthlessness that was usually hidden under the suit and leather shoes was exposed, and the whole person looked dangerous.

Dong Zhiwei's footsteps were a pause.

She was afraid again.

Yuan Jingrui glanced at the secretary who was three steps away from him, and couldn't help but sigh.

When she told him what she had heard about the vandalism of the city government car, he looked carefully into her eyes, and even then, there was no such flinching in her eyes.

"Tired?" he asked her.

"It's okay, is there anything else Mr. Yuan needs?" She stopped, but she didn't back away either. It was one thing to be loyal to her duty, and another was the tiredness she saw on his face.

Since she is his chosen secretary, how she treats him is how she treats her work, and she has never been careless about her work.

"What do you think of this project?" He didn't tell her to leave, he spoke slowly, as if he wanted to chat with her.

Dong Zhiwei was still standing there, before he could speak, he said, "Sit down, I'm not a tiger, I don't know how to eat people." Then he sat up straight, and even poured her a cup of tea.

She hesitated for a moment, then sat down, sat on the single seat on the side, and said softly, "The location of the project is very good, and the supporting facilities are also very good. If it can be done, it should be very profitable, but... "The words she heard tonight are still lingering in her ears. As for that Ah Chang, after taking the money, he also personally confirmed that someone damaged a certain car of the city government. She didn't find out who did it, but she felt that Yuan Jingrui should understand that this incident was not just a coincidence.

He smiled and didn't let her finish her sentence, "A friend said before that although this place has a good development prospect, but the local power is too strong, even if the government invites public tenders, the king of Hades will be so hard on you, let me be careful. Don't run over, the bamboo basket will be empty."

Dong Zhiwei nodded. It's not that she has never seen the dangers of doing business. The more profitable a place is, the more competition there is, and this kind of competition often turns into violence at times. She has also seen someone block Yuan Jingrui's car and smash it. What about the car?

He raised his eyebrows, "Did you see the expression on Deputy Mayor Ji's face after answering the phone?"

Dong Zhiwei nodded.

"I'm really not familiar with the place of life in J City, but I still have some friends in this province. When I asked just now, some news came over immediately, saying that one of the few developers is really a local snake. sharp."

She listened to him, very quietly, Yuan Jingrui was born in an ordinary family, but he has worked hard all the way to make a fortune. The shopping malls are like rivers and lakes, and most of the time it is all about brotherhood. Dong Zhiwei has always been deeply impressed by this.

He said a few more words to her, but she listened quietly, occasionally opening her mouth, and had to think about it before saying that what she thought was right was not just Nuonuo.

"The company has no business in province S before. It's normal to encounter some difficulties when it's new here. But if those developers are indeed threatening the government, they should be resolved by the police. What do you think?"

In fact, he already had a plan in his heart, and he didn't intend to ask her to give advice, but it happened suddenly and he was agitated, so he wanted to see her sitting beside him.

If a person has too much desire, the most direct reaction is a pair of eyes. He has seen too many women's eyes tortured by desire. Only Dong Zhiwei's eyes, when facing him, are as calm as water, even if he doesn't speak, just look at her Sitting there made him calm.

"If the developer dares to threaten the government, then ordinary police cannot handle it." He snorted softly, "But I won't just be so afraid."

She raised her head, and saw a sudden flash of light in the eyes of the man beside her, that kind of eyes that suddenly became interested and eager to try, she had seen before.

The last time she saw him look like this was after he got into a fight.

The sudden sense of crisis made Dong Zhiwei clasp her hands unconsciously. It's over, why did she feel that this business trip would bring her a very scary experience.

According to the itinerary, the next day was the day when Cheng Fang and his party participated in the public bidding conference.

There was a driver and a car waiting at the entrance of the hotel early in the morning, but Secretary Li didn't come. He only made a phone call, saying that he had suddenly received news that his superiors had come to inspect him. He had to prepare materials all day, so he was really embarrassed.

After answering the phone, Director Qiao said to Yuan Jingrui.

"Mr. Yuan, I think it's better to delay the plan this time, for the sake of safety."

"For the sake of safety?" Yuan Jingrui glanced at him with a half-smile, and the sweat on Director Qiao's forehead came out again.

Fortunately, Yuan Jingrui didn't continue this topic in front of everyone. He just asked everyone to get ready, get on the bus and set off on time, some of them went back to Shanghai first, and it was enough for Director Qiao to attend the bidding conference alone.

Everyone was surprised, but after Yuan Jingrui finished speaking, he turned and left, took a step and then turned back, calling Dong Zhiwei, "Come with me."

Dong Zhiwei followed, feeling that his back was going to be burnt by stares.

He talked to her as he walked, "Change the tickets for them, and yours too. Change the ticket to the nearest flight back to Shanghai."

"What about you?" she asked.

"I want to see that field."

When they said this, they met an employee of Cheng Fang in the corridor. He might have gotten up late and had just finished breakfast. He was running towards the gate in a hurry. Seeing that Yuan Jingrui was too late to brake, he barely stopped, bowed his head and yelled. Voice, "Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Jingrui only nodded, and the employee looked at Dong Zhiwei with questioning eyes, Dong Zhiwei had no choice but to say, "Everyone has gone back to their rooms to pack their luggage, you should go up too, and we will gather at the gate for the hour to go back to Shanghai."

The man was stunned, but Yuan Jingrui had already passed by, and Dong Zhiwei naturally followed, and there was no time to explain to him.

"I have a car, just ask their driver to take you to the airport. After I have seen the land, I will go back to Shanghai by myself."

"I'll go with you." Dong Zhiwei said suddenly.

He was taking out his phone to dial, when he heard this, he turned to look at her, his eyes were gentle.He often looked at her like this recently, always as if he was patient with her, but she always didn't understand that what he did required him to be patient with her.

"No, you go back. When you arrive at the company, you inform the EMT (executive team) to get ready for a meeting tomorrow night. If I can't make it back, I will make a video conference." He paused and said, "Remember to call me. "

For a moment, she wanted to ask him, she can do these things over the phone, why must she rush back to Shanghai?In fact, what she wanted to ask more was why did he let everyone else go and leave himself and Director Qiao alone? Could it be because he felt that today's schedule would be dangerous?As Director Joe said, for safety reasons.

If this is the case, then they should leave together. He is a big boss, so it is possible that he still wants to challenge the danger and seek excitement in unknown unsafe factors?

She really didn't want to think like this, but based on what she knew about this man, she really had to guess like this.

Men are kids a lot of the time, no, a lot of them never grow up and never will.

She looked at him, and there were words in her mouth that she wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

It's capricious.

But she spoke again immediately, her voice was very soft, but very serious.

"I'll call the EMT."

This time it was his turn to look at her, raised his eyebrows, and slowly smiled, which made her suddenly lose the courage she had just now, and wanted to take a step back.

But then he smiled and sighed, and said, "Secretary Dong, you are so stubborn, well, you can come too."

Just like yesterday, there were two cars from the city government. Director Qiao got into the black car, and the rest of them got into another van, ready to leave for the airport.

When Director Qiao got into the car, his face was very ugly, and he kept looking at them. It was really pitiful. Others didn't know the inside story, and some people secretly laughed, saying that you look at Director Qiao, isn't it just an order? , No one accompanied him to the press conference to be so unhappy, how interesting to see his expression.

After the two cars had left, the other car arrived at the entrance of the hotel. The strange driver jumped out of the car and pulled the door to invite Yuan Jingrui into the car. He was a young man with a crew cut, and he was taken aback when he saw Dong Zhiwei.

Yuan Jingrui said, "This is my secretary."

Dong Zhiwei pretended not to see the expression in that person's eyes. As a secretary, she felt that she had done the best she could. As for other things, she really couldn't control other people's thoughts.

But she is really strange, if she is as beautiful as a flower and has a graceful figure, that's fine, but with her ordinary appearance, no matter when she stands next to a man like Yuan Jingrui, no one will be misunderstood That's right.

These people really don't have eyesight, with Yuan Jingrui's net worth, what kind of woman do they want?Huanfeiyanshou, Baimeiqianjiao, he would choose her as a company, an ordinary woman who is not worth mentioning, that would be strange.

When Dong Zhiwei and Yuan Jingrui got into the car, the van that had already taken the colleagues to the airport came back. Some colleagues hurriedly jumped down and ran to the hotel. They probably forgot something. Seeing that they were unable to brake in time, they stopped He called out, "Mr. Yuan."

The van was parked right behind their car, and the young driver with the crew cut closed the door for them, and when he got into the car, he muttered something, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

The car started, and the speed increased. She looked back at the last second. The van was still in place, and she didn't know how many pairs of eyes were looking in this direction.

It was a black off-road vehicle that came to pick up Yuan Jingrui. The driver could tell that he was not very talkative. After the vehicle started, he only said, "My name is Zhang Cheng. Mr. Yin asked me to come."

Yuan Jingrui asked him, "Do you know the way?"

He nodded, "I know, the roads leading to the new area are all newly built, but there is a section that has not been completed, so I have to go around."

Yuan Jingrui nodded and said, "Thank you."

It was still raining continuously outside the car window, and the road was wet and slippery. Zhang Cheng's driving skills were very good, and the car was very stable on the road.

Dong Zhiwei was on the phone all the time, notifying the EMTs in Shanghai to prepare for the evening meeting, and Yuan Jingrui was the same, but they were all called by others, and he always listened for a long time before answering in a low voice, not knowing what was being said on the other end. something.

After the car drove on the road to the new area, there were very few front and rear passenger cars, only various heavy construction vehicles were running on the road, most of them were huge concrete mixer trucks and earthmoving trucks, and there were steel bars loaded on them. Some drivers drive wildly on the extended trucks of cement slabs. Such a big car roars past them. The ground is muddy. When heavy vehicles pass by, they will inevitably splash sewage. In the end, even their front windshields The glass was not spared. Although the wiper was turned on, it was still mottled.

Dong Zhiwei was also used to seeing earthmoving trucks when he was in Shanghai, but in a strange place, there was another tension in his heart, and he always felt nervous. After putting down the phone, he couldn't help but look at Yuan Jingrui. He was sitting next to her, still listening. When she saw her on the phone, he raised his eyebrows at her. After a while, the call ended and he asked her directly.

"Afraid?"

Dong Zhiwei shook his head.

She is sitting here for work, and it is a matter of being loyal to the emperor. Even if her boss has some whims, even if she sometimes disagrees with a certain decision of his, she will still follow him faithfully.

He just laughed.

Yuan Jingrui has always been a good-looking man, and he is so beautiful when he smiles at any time. Many young girls in the company blush every time they see it from a distance. Although she has seen it a lot, she can't always develop immunity , I had to bow my head every time.

He added, "I'm just going to take a look and we'll go back after we're done."

She lowered her head and couldn't see his expression when he spoke, but such a gentle voice made her not want to raise her head even more.

The road is just as Zhang Cheng said, there is still a section under construction, the traffic on the road gradually decreases, and finally saw yellow warning signs and roadblocks cutting off the road, Zhang Cheng stopped the car, turned his head and said, "Mr. Yuan, we I have to take a detour, take the national road, the road is a bit narrow, and many of them are village roads, but the road conditions are okay."

Yuan Jingrui was looking at the blueprints spread out on his lap, and raised his head when he heard the words, "There should be a mountain road to go there, it's closer than the national highway."

Zhang Cheng nodded, "There is a road, but several sections of the mountain road were washed away by mudslides a few days ago. Now it is being repaired urgently, and I don't know if it has been passed."

"Well, then you can take the national road, safety first."

Zhang Cheng then turned the steering wheel in another direction, and the car turned onto the national highway, which was said to be a national highway, but in fact it was more like a simple country road, with only two lanes for coming and going, and when the two vehicles crossed, they could barely pass each other. There are only simple safety fences, and some places are broken. At first, there were some villages, but later it was a large section of desolation, with few people on both sides.

By this time, Dong Zhiwei had already made all the phone calls that should be made, she had nothing to do, and she was sitting next to Yuan Jingrui again, she always felt a little unsure of how to deal with herself.Yuan Jingrui also seemed to have noticed something, and turned to look at her.

She thought he was going to say something to her, but he quickly looked away and only spoke to Zhang Cheng in the driver's seat.

"How long has this national road been built? Why is it still so narrow?"

"It's not a bad road. You haven't seen those mountain roads that have been repaired or destroyed. The road in Shu is difficult. There is no way. People here are more troublesome than other places if they want to go out."

Just as he was talking, the horn suddenly sounded from behind the car, as if a car was about to overtake him recklessly. Zhang Cheng frowned, and slightly increased the speed, showing no intention of giving way.

Dong Zhiwei glanced back, there were indeed cars coming up behind him, more than one, the closest one was a black Santana, honking its horn desperately, and pulling the front of the car obliquely, as if it would crash into it at any moment.

Both sides of the road were deserted, and even a single village could not be seen. An earth-moving truck came from the front and honked its horn. Santana was forced to back into his own lane. Zhang Cheng suddenly accelerated when the earth-moving truck passed by. After making a turn, Dong Zhiwei was unprepared, leaned forward, and was about to hit the car door hard, but Yuan Jingrui pulled her over with a tight wrist.

Still in shock, she sat up straight before she was about to speak, when Zhang Cheng in front of her yelled, "Be careful!"

The car body shook violently. It turned out that the car behind rushed up and collided with their car, making a muffled sound.

Rear end, car accident!
This was the first thought that popped into Dong Zhiwei's mind, but his body had already been pushed down, and he was forced to bend between the back seat and the front seat.She also heard Yuan Jingrui's voice above her head, not loud but very clear.

"Don't stop, keep driving."

The car accelerated in response, and the roar of the engine reached Dong Zhiwei's ears louder than ever before. The car was speeding along the muddy mountain road. She wanted to sit up and know what was going on, but the hand holding her was strong and firm. Firm, there was no room for her to resist.

Zhang Cheng's cry suddenly sounded, the voice was short and sharp, "There is a car coming ahead."

(End of this chapter)