Three hours later.

The phone rang, and it was already the eighty-first.

Jiang Yao was nestled on the sofa and looked up at the screen of her phone weakly.

On the first day she paid the restaurant salary, she rented a house in a community, which was spacious and bright, and completely disagree with the place where she used to live.

Every day, she watches the sun shines in from the balcony here, and watches the moonlight shines on the wooden floor through the window. She occasionally misses the small space in the rental house, but it is different from before.

Life is too illusory, with the ultimate satisfaction of matter and body, but the spirit is always empty.

Finally, she moved.

Jiang Yao reached out to grab the phone, looked at the name "Zhou Zheng" flashing on the screen, took a deep breath and picked it up: "Hey?"

Zhou Zheng didn't seem to expect her to answer the phone. After being stunned for a few seconds, he breathed a sigh of relief and stuttered: "You, where are you? I thought... why did you leave suddenly just now?"

"My stomach feels a little uncomfortable." Jiang Yao casually tweeted a reason, squeezed out a smile, and tried to make her voice sound a little energetic. "I thought I had been working for so long, so I'd rather give myself a vacation, so I'm back. Now the store has enough staff and the branch has started to prepare. We don't have to be so nervous."

"Well...you're right."

All that remains is long-lasting silence.

"That cake..." Zhou Zheng suddenly had the courage to speak.

"Let's start shifting tomorrow?" Jiang Yao interrupted him.

Zhou Zheng's fingertips cooled, and his expression became sank.

Is this going to happen?

"Why? The new store needs to be prepared, and we have to meet before we can continue to discuss the preparations." Zhou Zheng said.

Jiang Yao smiled: "We can discuss it even on WeChat."

Zhou Zheng said something wrong - Yes, he is stupid, it's so convenient now... He was anxious and said the wrong thing just now.

"I think...I want to meet and discuss with you!" he said.

"I've been a little tired recently. I haven't had much rest until the restaurant has opened, so I suddenly feel uncomfortable today. It's probably because of my physical condition. Since I have improved, why don't you take a good rest for a while. The same is true for you. As long as one of us is in the store, you don't have to stare at it every day. I watched the chef and the waiter do our duty and we should not neglect others in terms of salary."

Zhou Zheng couldn't think of any reason to refuse. After holding it in for a long time, he said, "Do you really want to cut off contact with me?"

Jiang Yao felt a little nervous and smiled: "Where are we not partners? I feel relieved to have you as a partner, how could we cut off the contact?"

"Yaoyao, you know what I'm talking about."

"Of course I know, and you also know that I don't want to listen." Jiang Yao responded with a rare opportunity.

But in this way, Zhou Zheng's heart sank to the bottom of the valley every time he said it.

"Okay... If you don't want to listen, I won't say it. You have a good rest, I'll be in the store tomorrow."

Jiang Yao said "um" softly and hung up the phone.

As soon as the phone ran out, Jiang Yao looked at the ceiling alone and was in a daze.

On the other side.

Zhou Zheng reached out and grabbed his hair fiercely, poured it onto the bed, and sent a message to Jiang Zilin and Lin Jiayijian's group.

"I failed... Yaoyao said she wanted to take a shift with me. She should really want to match Ning Lan and I, and never want to see me again."

The news rang, but it was not the news in the group, but from Ning Lan.

Zhou Zheng took a look weakly.

"Ning Lan: Are you free tomorrow? Please give me a meal."

He was about to say no to refuse, but he thought of something, narrowed his eyes and went back: "Yes."

Some things need to be made clear. Even if it is not Jiang Yao, he doesn't want that person to be Ning Lan. So he should simply refuse Ning Lan, otherwise it will be bad for Ning Lan if it is delayed for a long time.

Ning Lan immediately smiled and said, "I thought you would reject me, haha..."

"See you tomorrow."

After confirming the time and place, Zhou Zheng covered himself with a blanket and slowly fell asleep in a state of worry.

the next day.

The agreed time was in the evening. Zhou Zheng arrived at the agreed location very early to wait. The location was a cruise ship. Tonight the cruise ship would cross the entire river and then drive back, so they had enough time to explain things clearly.

At the same time, Jiang Yao's family.

"Ding Dong--" The doorbell rang.

Jiang Yao walked towards the door in her little rabbit slippers. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lin Jiayi's smiling face.

"Jiayi?" Jiang Yao said in surprise.

"And I." Jiang Zilin also appeared.

"Why are you here?"

"I heard from Zhou Zheng that you are sick, so I come to see you. It seems that you are not really sick now, right?" Lin Jiayi went straight to the point: "Since it's not really sick, let's go out for a walk with us?"

"Now?"

"Of course it's now, it's only eight o'clock, it's just late. I haven't heard of a group of employee benefits recently. We got three cruise tickets tonight. How about we relax together?"

After Jiang Yao was silent, she nodded: "Okay." It's okay to go out, but she was almost suffocating when she was alone.

"Clean away?"

Jiang Yao turned around and went back to the room, cleaned up and left with the two of them.

Half an hour later, the car stopped on the cruise ship.

Lin Jiayi hurriedly got out of the car, pulled the two of them forward, and said while running: "It's good that I caught up..."

After the three of them entered the designated seat, Jiang Yao sat down on the chair panting and fanned her face with her hands, "Why are you so anxious... Forget it, we can go to another place to sit."

"I want to see the river view today." Lin Jiayi said.

Jiang Yao was helpless, "Jiayi, your personality has changed a lot recently, you have said too much, your face is chubby, and your physical strength is not as good as before. Have you not insisted on fitness?"

Lin Jiayi rolled her eyes, "Yes, Zuo Hao is almost spoiling me to a yellow-faced woman. But now there are many things in the company, and I can't miss any of them. I can only stick to it first, and I will go to the gym after a while."

"But there are fewer acne on your face." Jiang Zilin leaned closer and praised: "The skin is so good."

In the past, Lin Jiayi would rely more or less on makeup to cover up some of the acne because of her delicate facial features and no one cared about them. Now, her skin looks smooth, and even if she is a little fat, she is more beautiful than before.

"Yes, Jiayi is also lucky. Zuo Hao is so pampered, he will definitely be better in the future."

"It's great if the child doesn't have to give birth to himself." Lin Jiayi blinked like a show-off.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

It seems that Jiayi has really let go of the fact that she cannot have children. Xiaofangya is a good child, and she also recognizes Lin Jiayi's mother, which is no different from her own child.

Jiang Zilin thought, her eyes swayed at the table opposite her as if she was unintentionally.

After Jiang Yao got on the boat, she felt the atmosphere was a little strange. Jiayi and Zilin seemed to have been in a certain direction, so she turned her head...

Her body stiffened and her eyes widened a little.

Zhou Zheng? Why is Zhou Zheng here? The one next to him is...

Jiang Yao's fingertips became cold and his heart sank.

It's Ning Lan.
Chapter completed!