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Chapter 780 - Zhou Zhuoyang, a person cannot stay the same forever.
Chapter 780 - Zhou Zhuoyang, a person cannot stay the same forever.
Chapter 780: Zhou Zhuoyang, a person cannot stay the same forever.
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Apologies. We got stuck in traffic, so we are slightly late.”
Pei Ge graciously explained to those seated in the private room.
“No worries; no worries! Just drink a glass of alcohol as a forfeit.”
Hearing their responses, she nodded and walked toward the table. Without any hesitation, she offered the glass for the waiter to pour liquor in and raised it.
“I’ll make a toast to everyone first!”
Having said that, she downed the liquor at one go.
Almost immediately, a burning sensation spread from her tongue to her throat and made her feel uncomfortable.
Although she could handle it, she seldom drank alcohol. For those important meetings previously, there was always Li Xueman, who had strong alcohol tolerance, to drink on her behalf.
However today, this meeting was exceptionally important, so... she had no choice but to drink.
“CFO Pei is quite alacritous! No wonder Jiaheng got revived by you!”
“Yes! You’re meant to do great things!”
She merely smiled at their comments. While she did not enjoy interacting with these people, she was still giving it her best in order to return to the capital and be with her dearest boyfriend.
Taking a seat, she was approached by several bosses to propose their toasts.
She drank several liquor on an empty stomach, and this gave rise to a burning sensation in the pit of it.
“CEO Wang, CEO Wang, you can’t just always drink with my lady boss! I’m feeling quite neglected here since you’re not drinking with me!” Her subordinate made use of her looks to charm the man and helped Pei Ge out of a tight spot.
“Ha ha! How is that possible? Of course, I’ll give big beauty Li face!”
Several rounds of toasts were accepted by Li Xueman on behalf of her.
Pei Ge rested for a little while and ate a few dishes.
Sigh... Does attending such meetings ensure that the deal will be clinched?
She wanted to shirk her responsibility of dining and chatting with these bigwigs, big shots, and whatnot.
With a heart filled with resentment, she reached out for the dishes in front of her.
Out of the blue, she felt a fervent gaze from beside her and turned her head over to see.
Zhou Zhuoyang?
She furrowed her brows at the sight of the man clad in a dark-grey suit.
The person sitting next to me isn’t him! Since when did this man start sitting beside me?
“Pei Ge, what are you doing here?!”
Before she could open her mouth, the man, who had appeared beside her suddenly, spoke first.
“Why can’t I be here when you’re here?” she countered, feeling peeved at his probing.
“I-I didn’t mean it that way.” His brows knitted together and looked at her with confusion.
“They’re calling you CFO. Don’t tell me... Are you that new CFO from Jiaheng?”
The moment he arrived in Tianjin, he looked into his competitor for this project.
However, he had never expected that female CFO to be this woman whom he knew.
How could this not surprise him?!
Hence, he only recovered from his shock after seeing several people approach her to propose a toast.
When the person left the seat next to her, he jumped at the chance to sidle to her side quietly.
“That’s right! CEO Zhou, how are you? Let’s get to know each other again,” said the woman. She then held out her hand to him.
“I’m Pei Ge, the CFO of Jiaheng and your competitor for this resort project.”
He was once more stunned by her formality.
“How could you be that CFO? Aren’t you Ji Ziming’s assistant in Chenguang?”
Despite her self-introduction, he looked at her askance and automatically refuted her.
He heard that the female CFO, who had come out of nowhere, possessed great means and exceptional capabilities.
Jiaheng Real Estate, which was almost bankrupt, was revived by this CFO. Not only was the company no longer going to fold, it was in fact developing rapidly.
The feats made it impossible for him to believe that they were achieved by her! He could not believe that his ex-girlfriend was actually this capable.
“CEO Zhou, are you deaf or blind? If I’m not the CFO you’re talking about, do you think I’ll be sitting here, having a meal with all these top brasses, and letting them call me in that title?”
Pei Ge mocked coolly, “Haven’t you heard of the saying, ‘a scholar who has been away three days must be looked at with new eyes’? Everybody is making improvements every day. Before, I may not have any abilities and can only be a lowly assistant.”
As she spoke, she lifted her chin and smirked coldly. “However, a person can’t stay the same forever. I’m now indeed a CFO.”
He was completely dumbfounded by her words.
He had previously been so familiar and intimate with this woman right before his eyes.
She still looked the same as before, but all of a sudden, this woman sitting beside him felt so foreign.
It was so foreign that he did not know how he should face her.
The man looked distracted, but Pei Ge could not be bothered to mind him. With nobody proposing a toast on her, she took this chance to eat more in order not to get drunk easily.
“Aye? Young master Zhou, why are you sitting there? Perhaps, you’ve taken a liking to our lady CFO?”
“He he! That’s right; that’s right! Are you attracted to our famous heroine?”
He felt uneasy when he heard these men’s teasing and crude gazes and abruptly got up off his seat.
“Come with me!”
Without waiting for her answer, he dragged her outside by the hand.
“Ahhhh!” The woman, whose focus was on eating, could not react in time and was dragged out by him.
“Zhou Zhuoyang, what are you doing?! Let go of my hand now!”