Chapter 168: Rotten wood cannot be carved!

  Coming out of the chairman's office, Wang Xue came to the design department with a fierce momentum. As soon as she saw Zhang Ziheng, she pointed at his nose and was about to scold him loudly. Zhang Ziheng took one look at her and knew that she must have found out and didn't agree. Thinking of this, he quickly stood up and hugged Wang Xue into his arms.

  Zhang Ziheng's actions made Wang Xue stunned, what is he going to do? Just as Wang Xue was puzzled, Zhang Ziheng hurriedly whispered in her ear: "I know you're very angry now, but can't we not quarrel in the company? There are so many people, just give me some face, okay? Wait until we get home, after we get home, you can do whatever you want."

  Wang Xue glanced down and found that the people in the design department were looking at them. After thinking for a moment, Wang Xue pouted her small mouth and hummed, "Fine, I'll give you this face, but I won't wait until I get home. I'll wait for you downstairs in the company building, hurry up and come down." After finishing speaking, Wang Xue glared at him fiercely and turned to leave.

  Zhang Ziheng finally let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that fortunately this girl still had some sense of propriety. He tidied up and then left the design department.

  Downstairs in the company building, Wang Xue deliberately found a deserted place, which was also considered to be giving Zhang Ziheng face. "I find that you are getting more and more capable of enduring humiliation, actually daring to film an advertisement with her, who do you think you are?"

  "It's not... Xue Er, things aren't what you think they are, you've completely misunderstood. It wasn't me who wanted to shoot an ad with her, it was she who wanted to shoot an ad with me." Zhang Ziheng explained.

  "What's the difference? Aren't you two still together?"

  "Of course there's a difference, she was the active one and I was the passive one. The condition of taking an ad together was actually proposed by her, but I rejected it on the spot." Zhang Ziheng said.

  "Huh? Really? You'd refuse such a good thing? Who would believe it if I told them?" Wang Xue asked with furrowed brows.

  "Really, Xue Er, I didn't deceive you, I really did refuse on the spot. But General Xu said that this business is very important to our company and asked me to do a good job, so I'm in a dilemma. In any case, I had no choice but to come back and ask for the leader's opinion, so this really has nothing to do with me." Zhang Ziheng said.

  Wang Xue furrowed her brow and looked at him, saying: "You... are you telling the truth?"

  "Oh no, Xue Er, how could I deceive you? You don't think about it, where would I get the nerve to do that?"

  "Hmph, you don't dare think about it either." Wang Xue snorted and said.

  Wang Xue's anger seemed to have dissipated, and Zhang Ziheng finally let out a sigh of relief, smiling: "By the way, Snow, how did you know? Did the chairman find you?"

  "Yes, my dad is really something. He actually let me agree to you shooting an ad with that fox spirit. I have no idea what he was thinking. My husband shooting an ad with another woman? How is that possible? Even if he does shoot one, it should be with me." Wang Xue said.

  Zhang Ziheng shook his head and smiled, saying: "Yes, yes, yes, if you want to take a photo, take it with our Xue'er together. Look at our Xue'er, how beautiful she is, how lovely she is, how..."

  "Hmm? What are you trying to do? Your mouth has suddenly become so sweet, what's your intention? I'm telling you, it's impossible to change my mind." Wang Xue laughed.

  "What are you thinking, how could I have any ulterior motives? However, Xue Er, I heard from Director Xu that several other companies are also after Bai Yujie, which means that being able to get Bai Yujie to shoot an ad is a stroke of luck. Our company finally managed to secure this opportunity, if we give it up easily, wouldn't that be a waste? So..."

  "So you want to agree with her, right? Alright, the fox's tail is finally exposed. You're a heartless person, saying no on the surface but actually being more than willing in your heart, aren't you?" Wang Xue said with a glare.

  "No... it's not that, Xue Er, I didn't mean it like that. I was just saying this thing. I never thought of shooting an ad with Yu Jie together, you misunderstood." Zhang Zi Heng said unjustly.

  "Did I misunderstand? You've made it so clear, how could I possibly misunderstand? You... you're killing me! See how I'll deal with you today. Ah, you dare to run, stop right there..."

  Wang Dongcheng lit a cigarette and then said into the microphone: "Things are like this, take a look at your daughter, how did she become like this?"

  "Oh, so she's not your daughter? She only blames me and never sees you care about her." Chen Xue said discontentedly on the other end of the phone.

  "Alright, alright, it's all my fault. Let's not fight about this anymore and think of a solution quickly. You said it wasn't easy to negotiate with them, if we give up now, wouldn't that be a waste?" Wang Dongcheng sighed and said.

  "What are you talking about? Oh, is making money that important? This time, it's for your daughter, so what if you make a little less money? You're so greedy." Chen Xue'er said.

  Wang Dongcheng slightly furrowed his brow and said, "Not... are you helping your daughter teach me a lesson? I called you to ask for your help in persuading Xue'er, to think of a solution. What's going on here? In short, will you help me or not?"

  "What if I don't help you?"

  "You... are good, you and your mother teamed up to deal with me? Then there's no need to say anything." Wang Dongcheng was so angry that he hung up the phone, thinking to himself that one person opposing him was enough, but unexpectedly both of them opposed him. He didn't even know what he had done wrong to the mother-daughter duo.

  Chen Xuerong looked at the phone with some inexplicable confusion, thinking to herself that her husband was really angry this time, and wondered if Snow had gone too far. Shaking her head, Chen Xuerong called back again.

  "Hey, who's there." Wang Dongcheng said in a bad mood.

  "What's wrong? Are you really angry?" Chen Xue asked.

  "What's your opinion? Xue Er is angry with me, and now you're also angry with me... "

  "Alright, alright, I know. Don't get so angry, it's not good for your health. Let me think... how about this: tonight I'll call Xue'er back home and we can have a good talk with her together. Maybe she'll change her mind." Chen Xuerong said.

  Wang Dongcheng sighed and said, "Well, it's just like this."

  After getting off work in the evening, Zhang Ziheng called out Li Wencheng and Xiao Tian. Seeing the finger marks on Zhang Ziheng's neck, Li Wencheng smiled and said: "What's wrong? Was Wang Xue scratching you again? What happened? She has been treating you pretty well lately, hasn't she?"

  Zhang Ziheng sighed and said, "It's hard to put into words." Then he recounted the events of the day. "What do you think I can do? On one hand, there's the pressure from the company, on the other hand, there's the emotional threat. If it were you, what would you do?"

  Xiao Tian chuckled and said, "What else can be done? If it were me, of course, I would prioritize my career. Zi Heng, think about it, you're still young, this is the time to strive for success, how can you ruin your own future for a romantic relationship?"

  "So?" Zhang Ziheng asked.

  "So you should just ignore all that, sign the contract first and talk about it later. Women are all like that, they have long hair but short sight, no grand ideals at all, they don't understand us men at all. Since they don't understand us, why do we need to cater to them? Xiaoheng, let's just do it, who knows, after this commercial is done, you might become a big star!" Xiao Tian laughed and said.

  "Hey, don't forget about us brothers at that time." Li Wencheng said with a smile.

  Zhang Ziheng slightly frowned and said, "I'm talking seriously with you guys, stop messing around."

  "I'm telling you seriously. Ziheng, you should know that this opportunity isn't always available, once missed, it's uncertain when success will come." Little Tian handed him a cigarette and said.

  Zhang Ziheng took a puff of the cigarette and thought for a moment before saying, "But... but this matter is not something I can control now. Even the chairman couldn't persuade Xue Er, what can I..."

  "Hey, that's not right! You know Wang Xue is your girlfriend. Women are like this, once they fall in love, sometimes they even forget their own father's surname. The only ones who can control them are us men. Your only problem is that you can't control Wang Xue. If you could make her obedient and submissive, there wouldn't be so many problems." said Xiao Tian.

  Li Wencheng nodded and said: "That's right, Ziheng. Your only shortcoming is that you're too weak-willed. Sometimes you don't even seem like a man."

  "What? I don't look like a man? Tell me, what doesn't make me look like a man?" Zhang Ziheng asked discontentedly.

  "That's good, you dare say you're not afraid of Wang Xue, don't you take her seriously at all?" Li Wen Cheng said.

  "This... isn't this... forcing someone to do something difficult? Besides, if saying that could solve the problem, I would have said it a long time ago." Zhang Ziheng said with a glance.

  "Hey, as the saying goes, 'all things are difficult at the beginning', you don't even dare to say such words, and yet you claim to be a man? Ziheng, if I may say so, it's better for you to just be a woman." Li Wencheng said with a smile.

  He's really unhappy now, frowning at him and saying: "Say it then, what's the big deal? I'm not afraid of Wang Xue, I don't even take her seriously, how about that? Didn't I tell you?"

  "Oh no, Wang Xue, how did you get here?" At this time, Xiao Tian looked at Zhang Ziheng's back with a terrified face and said in surprise.

  "Ah? Xue, Xuer, don't misunderstand, this isn't true..." Zhang Ziheng hastily stood up and said, but when he turned his head around, he only then discovered that he had been deceived.

  Xiao Tian and Li Wen Cheng's happy mouths couldn't close at the same time, "Haha haha haha, Zi Heng ah, just talking is useless, you have to do it!" Xiao Tian laughed.

  Zhang Ziheng gave them a cold glance, sat down and said: "I don't believe it, just a woman, can she really restrict me? Forget about all that, I've agreed to shoot the commercial with Yu Jie, no one can stop me."

  "Alright, now that's more like it. Zi Heng, you go home right now and repeat what you just said to Wang Xue. From now on, you'll be the one in charge." Little Tian nodded and said.

  "Hmm... Xue'er took my keys away, and she's going back to her parents' place after work. I guess she won't be coming back tonight, so I might not be able to go home today. How about we talk about it tomorrow?" Zhang Ziheng said.

  Xiao Tian stared blankly at him for a while, then said to Li Wencheng: "I finally understand what 'rotten wood can't be carved' means now."

  Li Wencheng nodded and raised his wine glass, saying: "Sigh, let's just forget about it and drink."