Zhou Jinbei withdrew her smile but still lingered, refusing to leave.
Zhan Beijue finally lost his patience and stood up first.
They walked out one after the other, Zhou Jinbei trailing behind him with small, quick steps.
"Treat me to a meal, Second Brother. I haven't eaten all day, my stomach is so hungry."
Zhan Beijue was almost struck dead by her words.
"You don't even have money for a meal? Were you a pig at the Jiang family's?"
"...Don't speak so harshly. I do have some money, but, there's always tomorrow, I have to be careful with my spending."
"Anyway, you eat alone, or eat with two people, you don't eat much, I'll just eat what you leave."
Zhan Beijue regretted it.
He shouldn't have pitied this little brat.
She was more calculating than anyone, and if anyone could be tricked, it would be him.
He was suddenly curious about who Jiang Sicheng was.
To be able to outwit her, he must be quite a talent.
"Go home and have the chef cook for you. I don't want to see you, so I don't want to eat with you."
Zhou Jinbei's intentions were still strong; she really wanted to see where he lived.
Perhaps if she pestered him a bit more, they could move somewhere else.
She couldn't compromise so early.
They arrived at the underground garage together, and Zhou Jinbei, without a word, got into Zhan Beijue's passenger seat.
Seeing her shamelessly feigning pitifulness, Zhan Beijue was speechless for a moment and could only ignore her.
They arrived at a high-end residential complex.
Upon entering, Zhou Jinbei stood before the massive floor-to-ceiling windows, surveying the surroundings, and couldn't help but sigh.
"You really know how to take care of yourself, buying property here too. It's much closer than the Zhan family's place."
"The Zhan family villa is only suitable for staying during holidays. It's too troublesome to commute daily."
Zhan Beijue tossed his car keys down and loosened his tie.
"So I'm supposed to just give it up to you?"
"No need to give it up!" Zhou Jinbei said with a grin.
"If you don't mind, so many rooms are empty, just give me a place to sleep."
How could that be possible?
A 30-year-old man sharing a room with his 20-year-old cousin would be a laughingstock if word got out.
Moreover, she was so noisy, and it would be inconvenient for both genders. Zhan Beijue would absolutely never agree.
"You should go to sleep now. If you fall asleep, you can have anything you want in your dreams."
Zhou Jinbei looked across at the opposite building. As she looked, she suddenly exclaimed.
"Hey, isn't this location directly opposite your ex-wife's place?"
"I've been there before. Your ex-wife seems to be living in the complex opposite now."
Before Zhan Beijue could draw the curtains, she suddenly understood.
She turned back with a sly smile, "No wonder you wouldn't switch with me, you had ulterior motives after all."
"Second Brother, I'm truly impressed. Such a good man, doing so much for her silently, how could your ex-wife not see it?"
Zhan Beijue really wanted to slap her on the head.
"Stop talking nonsense, Zhou Jinbei. No one thinks you're mute if you don't speak."
"As my assistant, the first rule is not to be presumptuous and not to guess my thoughts. If I hear you speaking so disrespectfully again, you can get out immediately."
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more."
Anyway, it has nothing to do with me.
Zhou Jinbei muttered to herself, then rubbed her stomach and asked him.
"When do we eat? I'm really hungry, please save me."
"I must have owed you in a past life."
Zhan Beijue made a phone call and then went to wash up.
After tidying himself up and changing into clean loungewear, the restaurant that had been providing him with food recently delivered the meal to the door.
Zhou Jinbei walked to the opposite side and was about to sit down to eat when Zhan Beijue stopped her.
"I'm not eating at the same table as you. Get a bowl, I'll split it with you, and you can go over there."
How could there be such a person in the world?
So devoted to his ex-wife, yet so heartless to his own cousin.
No wonder she didn't want him even though he was so good to her.
Serves him right.
After eating their fill, Zhan Beijue wanted Zhou Jinbei to quickly take her things and leave.
However, Zhou Jinbei became drowsy after eating and was even less inclined to leave.
"Second Brother, let's talk."
"Don't push your luck. Say one more word, and I'll drag you out."
With no other choice, Zhou Jinbei began to cry.
At first, she cried silently.
Seeing that Zhan Beijue ignored her, she started to sob, crying harder and harder.
Zhan Beijue was looking at the first draft of the bid documents submitted by his subordinates.
Her crying disturbed him greatly.
"Is there an end to this? Aren't you annoying? What do you want?"
"Just let me stay, Second Brother. As a pregnant woman, commuting more than two hours every day is really inconvenient."
"You know it's inconvenient to be pregnant now? What were you doing when you were having fun?"
"..."
"I'll give you a clear path. You shouldn't be crying to me, you should go find the father of the child. You're such a capable person, how could you let him kick you out with nothing?"
Zhou Jinbei really didn't want to mention Jiang Sicheng.
"To correct you, I wasn't kicked out with nothing; I was the one who insisted on divorcing him, even if it meant getting nothing."
"That sissy, stingy guy, I feel sick just seeing him, I don't want to spend another second with him."
"Aren't you afraid your child will be a sissy and stingy like him?"
Zhou Jinbei glared, "With my powerful genes backing him up, how could that happen?"
"Besides, you're the child's uncle. Shouldn't you be speaking so meanly?"
Zhan Beijue snorted, "If I weren't the child's uncle, would you be eating here and talking so much nonsense?"
Zhou Jinbei pleaded with him again.
"I won't let you regret it. Keeping me here will definitely be of great use. Don't worry, leave any problems you can't handle to me, and I guarantee I'll complete them!"
As if she really had such capabilities.
Leaving the problems she couldn't handle to her?
To shut her up, Zhan Beijue turned the computer to show her.
"Look at what I'm doing now."
"Acquiring New Horizon Electronics Technology Company?"
"Do you know what needs to be done after acquiring this company?"
"Restructuring, hiring new staff?"
Not too foolish.
Zhan Beijue turned the computer back.
"That's right. After this company is acquired, I plan to develop a new department within the company."
"This is something the Zhan Corporation has never had before, so there are management vacancies. A headhunter recommended a very rare talent to me."
"Many companies are trying to poach him, but he has no intention of switching jobs. The headhunter can't do anything about him."
"If you can arrange a meeting with him for me, Zhou Jinbei, I'll let you stay."
Is it that difficult?
Just to stay in one of his rooms, he gives her such a difficult task?
Someone that so many people are vying for, someone that headhunters can't even reach, how is she supposed to contact him?
But after boasting, Zhou Jinbei didn't want to back down so quickly.
"You said it. Whether it succeeds or not, as long as I can arrange a meeting with him for you, you'll let me stay."
"Then I need to conserve my energy and get a good night's sleep."
Zhou Jinbei took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to wash up, then went to sleep.