I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 223

After Zhou Zheng finished his meeting at Xinhuang, he headed to the parking lot and saw two people standing beside his car. One was Guan Jing and the other Su Su. He played with his keys while he stared curiously at the two women. “What are the two of you doing next to my car?”

“Mr. Zhou!” Guan Jing and Su Su both recognized Zhou Zheng. After all, he was such an important person to Fu Chengyan, so they naturally would know.

Zhou Zheng raised an eyebrow, “You’re looking for me?”

“Mr. Zhou, could we have a word with you please?” Guan Jing knew how to conduct herself, and after looking around her, she got right to the point. “It’s regarding Shengyuan’s annual meeting. I’d like to discuss some things with you, Mr. Zhou.”

“Shengyuan’s annual meeting? Ms. Guan sure knows a lot of things!” Zhou Zheng gave a small smile while playing with his keys. “How did you know about it?”

“I naturally have my ways. I was just hoping to hear whether the attendance list has been confirmed?” Guan Jing offered a red packet to Zhou Zheng while saying this. Zhou Zheng smiled but didn’t reach for the red packet. Instead, he looked at Su Su, who was standing beside Guan Jing. “Aren’t you the one who’s always around Ms. Shi?”

“Mr. Zhou, my name is Su Su. I’m now working as her assistant,” explained Su Su.

“Assistant?” wondered Zhou Zheng. “With such good traits, isn’t it a shame for you to be just an assistant?”

Su Su was actually quite pretty and even on the same level as Shi Wei. The only difference was Su Su kept a low profile and didn’t style herself as flashily as Shi Wei, so naturally wasn’t as eye-catching as her.

Su Su’s eyes darted when she heard what Zhou Zheng said, but quickly answered, “Mr. Zhou is exaggerating. As for Shengyuan’s annual meeting…”

“How about this. It’s nearly lunch hour, and this isn’t a great place to have a discussion.” Zhou Zheng looked at his watch and continued, “I have a two-hour break, so I’ll see what the two of you have to offer to persuade me.”

Zhou Zheng opened his car door and asked, “Will the two of you be taking my car or…?”

“That won’t be necessary, we have our own ride.” Su Su pointed to the car. Zhou Zheng looked to where she was pointing, narrowed his eyes, and asked, “Ms. Shi is here as well?”

“Yes, Mr. Zhou.”

Zhou Zheng grinned lightly. “Might as well. I know of a nice restaurant nearby. If we’re going to talk, then we should have a proper conversation,” said Zhou Zheng, before getting in his car.

Su Su and Guan Jing looked at each other, then headed towards their own car.

Shi Wei had been observing from inside the car, and upon seeing Su Su and Guan Jing, hurriedly asked, “What did Zhou Zheng say?”

“Zhou Zheng agreed to have a conversation, but let us have lunch first. Are you joining us?” Su Su asked. Though Shi Wei doesn’t always listen to Guan Jing, she listened well to Su Su. The two of them had been discussing about ways to break the news to Shi Wei while they were walking toward the car.

Shi Wei frowned, “Have lunch with him?” To be honest, Shi Wei wasn’t too willing to dine with Zhou Zheng. Even though he was Fu Chengyan’s assistant, at the end of the day, he was still just an assistant, and Shi Wei couldn’t bear to lower herself to dine with him.

Su Su and Guan Jing looked at each other before Guan Jing suggested, “If that’s the case, Su Su and I will go and check things out first and see what Zhou Zheng’s thoughts are. If he agrees then that’ll be best; and if he doesn’t, then we’ll just think of another way.”

“Guan Jing is right. We definitely have to go to this lunch today since we’re the ones asking for a favor. Wei, if you can’t go, Guan Jing and I will head there first.”

“Alright,” nodded Shi Wei. She grabbed Su Su’s hand and said, “As expected, you know me well. I still need to head to Xicheng’s office later, so I won’t join the two of you. You can just drop me off at the intersection up ahead.”

“Sure!”

Shi Wei put on sunglasses and disguised herself before getting off the car, and only then did Su Su stop smiling and quietly sat back.

Guan Jing noticed Su Su’s change in demeanor and asked, “Aren’t you good friends with Shi Wei?”

Su Su turned around, “Yes, we’re good friends! Don’t you know, we’ve always been really good friends!” But the expression on Su Su’s face didn’t match her words at all.

Guan Jing raised an eyebrow and guessed that Su Su was hiding something, but it wasn’t something of her concern. “I’m not concerned with what goes on between you and Shi Wei as long as it doesn’t affect me.”

“Don’t you worry, I won’t get into any conflicts with her. After all, I’m Wei’s good friend. All that I do is in her best interest!”

Guan Jing looked at Su Su with a mixed expression and slightly shook her head, but didn’t say anything further.

Their car tailed behind Zhou Zheng’s the whole way, and after arriving at the restaurant, both got off the car.

Zhou Zheng was leaning against his car when he noticed that only Su Su and Guan Jing were there, but he didn’t seem too surprised.

Both saw that Zhou Zheng wasn’t too concerned, so they wisely didn’t say anything regarding Shi Wei and hurried after him.

“Mr. Zhou, you’re here?”