Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 991: Chapter 991: Your WeChat

Li Xiaoyun was struck by Zhao Dingli’s words, feeling as if her heart was electrocuted.

She uncomfortably rubbed her chest.

Her ears were burning.

"How come you called me at that very moment?" Li Xiaoyun asked.

Zhao Dingli tried hard not to show any unusual expression, calmly saying, "It’s a long story, but before I explain, I need to apologize to you first."

"Apologize?" Li Xiaoyun was very curious, for what would Zhao Dingli apologize to her?

Then she heard Zhao Dingli say, "Because of Zheng Xuelin and Vice President Lu’s issue, I was the one who personally decided that the collaboration shouldn’t be handled by them."

"But putting aside their issues, Ruizhi itself still meets our requirements, so we didn’t plan to look into other companies," Zhao Dingli said.

"So we decided to continue using Ruizhi. However, based on that, I had a bit of selfishness," Zhao Dingli said, giving a quick glance at Li Xiaoyun.

Then he continued, "I just thought, since the collaboration will be given to Ruizhi anyway, why can’t it be directly handled by you?"

"You are capable, and you don’t engage in underhanded tactics. Moreover, you are my friend," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun already found it strange how Rui Changhuai’s attitude towards her was so peculiar.

It turns out that even Zhao Dingli was involved in this matter.

"I... I didn’t expect you would..." Li Xiaoyun thought for a while and couldn’t come up with the right word, so she had to say, "Open the back door?"

"You don’t like this?" Zhao Dingli murmured to himself, wondering if his attempt to get closer had backfired.

Li Xiaoyun hurriedly waved her hands to explain, "No, no, I am not that rigid and unaware."

"I just didn’t expect that you would also open the back door for someone," Li Xiaoyun said awkwardly, "I thought you were someone who would never bend principles for personal interests in official matters."

"It depends on the situation," Zhao Dingli said, "I’m not that rigid either."

"If you weren’t competent, even if you were my friend, I would weigh the importance of helping out. But in reality, you are capable, and I believe you can handle it well. Since the collaboration can be entrusted to you, why favor others?"

"However, this collaboration ultimately became a bit sensitive because Zheng Xuelin was previously involved. So, I was worried that giving it to you might cause you trouble," Zhao Dingli said.

"Although in my view, giving it to you is a benefit that outweighs the drawbacks," and it was considerably more beneficial.

"But I still had Rui Changhuai talk about it, and he told me at noon that the cooperation was indeed given to you. I was then worried that Zheng Xuelin might trouble you, so I called to check on you," Zhao Dingli sighed.

"Luckily, I made that call to ask," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun didn’t ask how Zhao Dingli knew her phone number.

She still remembered giving her business card to Rui Changhuai.

She assumed Zhao Dingli dialed from the number on the card.

"By the way, is the number on your business card your work number?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"Hmm." Li Xiaoyun nodded, "Because I distribute the card widely, the number’s exposed heavily. When it comes to binding to platforms, bank cards, or so, that work number isn’t very secure, so I have a private number."

"I figured you might have a personal number and just wanted to keep it separate from the company," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun just smiled and said, "Not really, I’m in the sales department, after all. With the nature of this job, there’s no such thing as personal time, right."

"Even on holidays, if a client calls, you still have to answer," Li Xiaoyun explained.

In saying this, Zhao Dingli took the opportunity to unlock his phone and handed it to Li Xiaoyun.

"Then enter your private number into my phone," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun hadn’t reacted yet, just subconsciously took Zhao Dingli’s phone.

She never thought about rejecting Zhao Dingli’s request, nor could she refuse.

She didn’t even know why she was so obediently compliant.

She just didn’t think much and entered her number, even writing down her name.

"Done." Li Xiaoyun returned the phone to Zhao Dingli.

But Zhao Dingli didn’t take it, instead said, "Add yourself on WeChat using my phone too."

Since he was now driving, he couldn’t free up his hands.

What he said made total sense.

It conveniently allowed Li Xiaoyun to add herself with his phone and then approve later.

It was Li Xiaoyun’s first time adding herself with someone else’s phone and approving.

Not to mention, this someone else was Zhao Dingli.

However, Li Xiaoyun forgot one thing.

Her phone was broken and couldn’t power on.

So, after sending herself a friend request on WeChat using Zhao Dingli’s phone—

Li Xiaoyun instinctively took out her phone from her bag to approve the request.

However, after taking it out and seeing the shattered, unrecognizable screen, she remembered her phone was broken.

But, with the broken screen, it was uncertain whether it would affect use.

Li Xiaoyun still tried to power it on.

Turns out, it couldn’t turn on.

Li Xiaoyun could only awkwardly tell Zhao Dingli, "My phone is broken and won’t start. I’ll approve your request after I get a new one."

Li Xiaoyun was in sales and couldn’t let people be unreachable for long.

She definitely needed to replace it soon.

"Okay," Zhao Dingli agreed and said no more.

But after driving for a while, he suddenly parked the car by the side of the road.

Li Xiaoyun was bewildered.

However, the place where the car stopped was by a mall’s roadside.

The area was bustling, filled with people; it looked lively.

Then she heard Zhao Dingli say, "Wait for me here."

Li Xiaoyun thought Zhao Dingli had something to do, so she said, "Alright."

Then she saw Zhao Dingli undo his seatbelt and get out of the car.

He took long strides, jogging along the way.

As Li Xiaoyun’s gaze followed Zhao Dingli, she noticed that his appearance indeed drew many eyes.

Despite it being work hours, many men and women were still engaged in leisure.

Especially in areas near such shopping centers, most people were young.

The uncles and aunts were indeed too lazy to travel that far to play here from home.

In fact, Li Xiaoyun had always been curious.

Even during work hours, so many people were out enjoying themselves. Don’t they need to work?

Even if they were freelancers, like Ye Fei, who could control their work hours.

But are there really that many freelancers?

Li Xiaoyun was very envious.

Because even at this time, it was still very crowded.

Despite Zhao Dingli being a 37-year-old man, his appearance didn’t really show it.

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