Chapter 412: If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Please have a meal.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen was not harassed by Qu Xiaoxiao anymore. He guessed that there were two possibilities.
Either she has lost her patience, or she is busy fighting for the family property and taking care of the company.
But no matter which possibility it is, it is a good thing for him. After all, he is still counting on Qu Xiaoxiao to complete the task for her, so he cannot completely fall out.
This feeling of being constrained and unable to do whatever he wanted really made him very uncomfortable.
The system is indeed his biggest golden finger, but on the other hand, the tasks issued by the system force him to complete them, which is equivalent to giving him constraints.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight; if you want to hold a rose, you must bear its injuries.
Although Zhou Chen often cursed the system, he knew that if the system had not appeared, he would have been one of thousands of people hanging by a thread.
Without a system, even an ordinary woman would probably be able to make various demands, let alone marry so many wives.
In the end, it may just mean marrying a woman with no feelings, having children, and living a life of three days of small quarrels and five days of big quarrels.
Then, for the sake of the children, I had to lower my head, work hard to make money, live a difficult life, and live a busy but depressing life...
Therefore, even if the tasks issued by the system disgust him, he must work hard to complete them.
As for anything that goes against your true intentions, go to hell with it.
They are not teenagers in their teens or twenties, they are already adults. There are no people in the world who have everything going smoothly.
Opening a chat box on Weixin and seeing the latest news, Zhou Chen smiled slightly and started typing with both hands.
'You don't need to thank me. You can do it well because of your own efforts. I just gave you a little help.'
Guan Ju'er, one of the five girls in Ode to Joy, whom he exchanged messages with officially, did not do anything during this period, but he had already started to contact Guan Ju'er.
But for now, there is only an exchange of prestige between him and Guan Ju'er, and there has been no formal offline contact.
At the beginning, it was Zhou Chen who took the initiative and asked Guan Juer about his parents.
Guan Ju'er was an honest boy and had a good impression of Zhou Chen, so he naturally told Zhou Chen's questions everything he knew.
Slowly, the two of them started talking about other topics, such as work, study, life, etc.
After the two got to know each other, Guan Juer would occasionally complain, saying that he was too busy at work and under too much pressure.
Zhou Chen, on the other hand, gave some pointers in a timely manner. Guan Ju'er was doing securities work, so Zhou Chen was naturally familiar with this aspect, so giving guidance to Guan Ju'er was naturally a piece of cake.
After a while, Guan Ju'er replied to the message again, with some words of thanks.
Zhou Chen felt that the time was almost up, so he sent a message and asked Guan Ju'er to have dinner together on the weekend.
Guan Ju'er, who was working overtime, was surprised and happy when he saw the invitation message sent by Zhou Chen.
These days of communication made her understand Zhou Chen a little better, and her admiration for Zhou Chen also increased a lot.
Just thinking that Zhou Chen already had someone she liked made her feel particularly uncomfortable.
She also knew that she was not worthy of Zhou Chen, but she just couldn't stop thinking about it.
Now Zhou Chen sent her a message and invited her to have dinner together on the weekend, which made her heart beat fast.
Of course she wanted to agree, but she was a little scared. She felt that since Zhou Chen had someone he liked, she should not have any more entanglements with Zhou Chen.
But as she became more and more familiar with Zhou Chen, she became more and more attracted to him.
In the end, her emotions defeated her reason and agreed to Zhou Chen's invitation.
As soon as the message was sent, Guan Ju'er quickly threw the phone on the table, covered his blushing cheeks with both hands, and his heartbeat accelerated.
"How can I agree? What can I do? I, I..."
After agreeing, she regretted it because she had never had the experience of eating alone with a boy, let alone eating with a man she admired.
After Zhou Chen saw the message, he smiled slightly.
He can already be regarded as a veteran of flowers. He cannot say that he can capture a woman like Guan Ju'er who is not experienced in the world, but as long as he targets her with purpose, it shouldn't be a big problem to capture her.
Through these days of communication, he found that Guan Ju'er was indeed a very honest child, the kind of girl who was well-educated but was also strictly controlled.
She has a gentle and docile personality, but also has a little rebelliousness. This can be seen from the several times she complained about her life and work.
Although he planned to contact Guan Ju'er with purpose, Zhou Chen never thought of deceiving his feelings.
If they can really get along, it doesn't matter if they marry Guan Ju'er, but if they can't get along, he can only use other plans to complete the task.
Anyway, there is another way to guarantee the bottom line. The most important thing is to complete the task, arrange the rest of the things, and then leave this world.
The weekend came soon. This morning, Guan Juer got up early to dress up, but no matter how she dressed up, she felt dissatisfied.
Today is the first time she has dinner with a boy, and he is a man she admires, so she hopes to show her most beautiful side.
She originally didn't want to tell anyone about this, but after thinking about it again, she decided to ask Sister Fan for help.
Today is the weekend, and Fan Shengmei is not going to be idle. She is also dressing up because she has another blind date today.
As a thirty-year-old woman, blind dates have become the norm, especially for women like Fan Shengmei who are eager to change their lives through marriage, and regard blind dates as the best way to get promoted.
"Sister Fan."
Fan Shengmei was tracing her eyebrows. When she heard Guan Juer's voice, she raised her head and glanced, ready to continue, but the moment she turned her head, she turned back again.
"Guan Guan, what's going on with you?"
Even dropping the eyebrow pencil in her hand, Fan Shengmei stood up and looked at Guan Ju'er in disbelief.
Guan Ju'er looked embarrassed, "Sister Fan, I want to put on makeup, but I don't know what's going on. The more I do it, the worse it looks. Can you help me?"
It’s not that she doesn’t know how to put on makeup, it’s just that she always feels unsatisfied.
Fan Shengmei was greatly surprised: "Oh, this is strange. It's a big weekend. You got up early to put on makeup. Could it be that you have a date?"
She is also a woman, so she knows very well that there are not many things that can make women seriously put on makeup, and for a little girl like Guan Ju'er, if she can do this, it is most likely because of a man.
Guan Ju'er replied sheepishly: "Just having dinner with a friend."
Fan Shengmei joked: "Then this friend of yours must be a boy."
Guan Juer was even more embarrassed, but still nodded.
"Hey, our little Guan Guan is actually in love."
"No, Sister Fan, it's not about falling in love, it's just about having a meal with friends." Guan Ju'er waved her hands shyly.
Fan Shengmei smiled as if she had come before and said: "I know, I know, boyfriends and girlfriends start by eating. Tell me what this guy does, how old he is, and whether he is handsome or not."
The person who was having dinner with him was Zhou Chen. Guan Ju'er didn't have the nerve to say it, so he could only grab Fan Shengmei's hands with a shy look on his face.
"Sister Fan..."
Fan Shengmei was made to laugh by Guan Juer, but after teasing her for a while, she started to teach Guan Juer how to put on makeup.
"Guan Guan, you definitely can't eat with men like this. Look at your eyebrows and the uneven powder. Let me help you..."
Although Fan Shengmei is a money-worshiping and realistic person, she can barely be considered an expert in the area of stinking beauty, so it is easy to teach a newbie like Guan Ju'er.
While Fan Shengmei was helping Guan Juer with her makeup, she explained to her that she liked playing the role of a big sister, so she was very interested in teaching Guan Juer her makeup.
It was around ten o'clock when the two of them finished putting on their makeup, and at this time, Qiu Yingying had just gotten up.
When she yawned and walked out of the room and saw Fan Shengmei and Guan Ju'er, she screamed in fright.
"Ah, Sister Fan, look, what happened to Guan Guan?"
After putting on makeup, Guan Ju'er looked much better than before when she didn't wear much makeup, although her clothes didn't match well in Fan Shengmei's opinion.
Guan Ju'er is very tall, almost 1.7 meters tall, with a tall and slender figure. Under Fan Shengmei's guidance, she put on suitable clothes and her feeling suddenly changed.
Fan Shengmei laughed and said: "Little earthworm, you are not the only one who has Supervisor Bai. There are also people who like Guan Guan. She is going out to date a boy."
"Sister Fan, don't talk nonsense, I'm just going to have dinner with my friends." Guan Ju'er looked embarrassed.
Qiu Yingying exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Wow, Guan Guan, you have a boyfriend too?"
She has been very close to the company's manager Bai recently. She is the boss of the company all day long, but the manager Bai is the short guy. She is completely in love and can't extricate herself.
Guan Ju'er was really embarrassed to speak, and finally Fan Shengmei came to the rescue and said: "Guan Guan, I'm going out, will you come with me?"
Guan Guan said: "No, Sister Fan, I made an appointment with my friend. He will come to pick me up later."
"Okay, then I'll leave first."
With that said, she picked up her bag and walked out of the room.
Zhou Chen appeared on time at the underground parking lot of Ode to Joy at eleven o'clock. Not long after he arrived, he saw Guan Ju'er walking out of the elevator.
"here."
Zhou Chen waved to Guan Ju'er, and Guan Ju'er immediately walked over there.
Today's Guan Ju'er is different from the previous meetings. Although he still wears glasses, his whole person seems to be a completely new person.
"you look pretty today."
Zhou Chen sincerely admired that Guan Ju'er was not particularly beautiful, nor was her facial features particularly delicate. At least among the women he had passed, she was not necessarily even ranked in the middle of the pack.
But Guan Ju'er is very tall, her skin is very white, and she has a bookish air about her that is soft and frail, which gives her a lovable temperament.
Guan Ju'er, who was praised by Zhou Chen, suddenly turned red on his cheeks and whispered: "Thank you."
Knowing that Guan Ju'er couldn't let go and was very shy, Zhou Chen didn't say anything more.
"Get in the car first. I've already booked the hotel. We'll go directly there."
Zhou Chen opened the car door for Guan Ju'er, and Guan Ju'er carefully got into the passenger seat.
This was her third time riding in Zhou Chen's car, but it was her first time sitting in the passenger seat. The view was completely different between sitting in the front and sitting in the back.
The car quickly drove out of Ode to Joy. After a while, Guan Juer asked in a low voice: "Zhou Chen, where are we going?"
Zhou Chen turned to smile at her and said, "Just follow me. Don't worry, I won't sell you."
After hearing Zhou Chen's joke, Guan Ju'er's nervous mood slowly relaxed. It was her first time to have a meal alone with a boy, which made her both nervous and happy.
When she arrived at her destination, Guan Ju was immediately shocked because this was the very famous Shangri-La in Shanghai. It was relatively high-end. She had not been to this place for several years in Shanghai.
Especially when Zhou Chen took her to the Jade Restaurant on the 36th floor, she asked in a low voice: "Zhou Chen, this place is too expensive. Let's go somewhere else."
Looking at Guan Ju'er who looked nervous, Zhou Chen comforted him: "Don't worry, this place is not like the rumors. No matter how expensive it is, it is just a place to eat."
Jade Restaurant is a French-style Western restaurant with higher standards than ordinary restaurants. Ordinary working-class people rarely come to this kind of place.
But actually, as long as you don’t order anything too expensive, it’s not particularly scary.
These days, who among the people in Shanghai can’t afford two thousand yuan?
The only difference is whether you are willing to part with it or not. After all, not everyone is willing to spend so much money just for a meal.
Zhou Chen had already reserved a seat, so under the guidance of the waiter, he went directly to that seat.
"Look, you can order whatever you want to eat, you're welcome."
Zhou Chen handed the menu to Guan Ju'er. Guan Ju'er took it and looked at it for a few times, and was shocked. The price on it was really too expensive.
She didn't dare to order the expensive ones, so she randomly ordered two cheap ones and handed them to Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen didn't say anything after looking at it, and then quickly ordered a few more items.
"Want to drink?"
"No, no need."
"That's it."
Zhou Chen handed the menu to the clerk.
When there was no one else around, Guan Juer asked Zhou Chen in a low voice: "Zhou Chen, do you come here often?"
Zhou Chen said: "No, actually this is my first time here. I usually eat more Chinese food and rarely eat Western food. But today I want to invite you to dinner. Of course, I have to choose a place with a good environment. I think the environment here is good, so
I chose this place.”
"Actually, it's really not necessary. I'm not particular about food. Any small restaurant will do."
"How could I just find a small restaurant when I ask a girl out for dinner for the first time? That would make me look too stingy."
"Miss Guan, you really don't have to be too reserved."
Guan Ju'er said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, it's my first time to come to a place like this, and..., that's why I'm so nervous."
Zhou Chen comforted him: "It's okay, just relax, but you're quite cute like this."
Such sudden words made the already nervous Guan Ju'er's face suddenly turn red.
"He said I'm cute, he said I'm cute, this, this..."
Guan Ju'er's mind was in chaos and she completely lost her ability to think. This was the first time a boy praised her for being cute in person, which immediately turned her off.
Looking at Guan Ju'er who lowered his head, Zhou Chen felt doubly interested. He had never seen such a shy girl.
It's okay to say that he is a child, but Guan Ju'er is also twenty-two years old and has graduated from college. It is really rare for him to be so shy.
When Guan Ju'er was like this, Zhou Chen didn't take action anymore, but changed the topic and said: "How is your work lately? Are you still too busy?"
"It's okay, just..."
Speaking of work, Guan Ju'er is a little better and can talk to Zhou Chen normally.
The two chatted, and the food came quickly. Zhou Chen very considerately helped Guan Juer with the food.
Watching Zhou Chen cut the steak seriously, Guan Ju'er's eyes flashed with a strange light. The serious man is really handsome, not to mention that the man in front of her cut the steak for her.
Her heart was beating loudly. Guan Ju'er had never felt like this before. She didn't know what it felt like, but she knew that she was fascinated by Zhou Chen in front of her.
After placing the cut steak in front of Guan Ju'er and finishing the food, Zhou Chencai said softly: "Eat, this place is quite famous and the food should be quite good. You can try it."
The steak on the plate was cut neatly, and it was obvious that he had put great care into it. Guan Juer whispered: "Thank you."