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So from then on, she refused to eat any more sweets.

The way Ning Xia ate seemed a little scary, but after she got used to it, she only felt a faint sense of happiness. Therefore, Yan Zirong was quite happy to watch Ning Xia eat.

"Don't keep staring at me, I'll be embarrassed." Since she really couldn't ignore Yan Zirong's burning gaze, Ning Xia had no choice but to remind her.

"Oh." With that, Yan Zirong immediately shifted her gaze to the bustling street outside the window.

"Why haven't you come for the past few days?" After Ning Xia took out a mousse, she picked up a napkin from the table and wiped her mouth.

"Do you think that Qiao Zi'an will meet me when I get here?" Yan Zirong asked instead of answering.

Perhaps it was because she realized that she had asked a stupid question, Ning Xia used her knife and fork to poke at the waffle on her plate, "So what you're saying is, you're confident that you can let him see you now?"

After she finished asking, Ning Xia stopped. She was curious as to how the person in front of her would answer. According to her understanding, Yan Zirong was hurt quite badly by Qiao Zi'an last time. There must be something amiss with her for her to come back to Qiao Zi'an after so many days.

Yan Zirong didn't reply, but smiled with a trace of pride.

Looking at Yan Zirong's confident expression, Ning Xia couldn't imagine what this person had done to Qiao Zi'an. Thinking about Qiao Zi'an's cold face, she couldn't help but shiver.

"Are you sure you can see Mr. Qiao now?" Ning Xia still had some doubts towards Yan Zirong's confidence. After all, the person he wanted to meet was Qiao Zi'an, that proud and aloof man.

"You don't believe it?" Yan Zirong found it funny when she saw Ning Xia's eyes bulging.

"I don't believe you." Ning Xia frankly admitted her views. What kind of joke was this? Who was Qiao Zi'an? He was a person that was determined not to help, so no matter what he did, it would be useless.

Yan Zirong shrugged helplessly. "Alright then. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Ning Xia's eyes rolled twice. "Did you do something?"

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Although I don't know Mr. Qiao very well, but I know one thing, it doesn't matter who stands up and speaks for the job."

Yan Zirong revealed a look of understanding. No wonder her teacher said something like that to her. So this person really had this kind of character.

"I have heard of this before." Yan Zirong very naturally followed up on Ning Xia's words.

"So what did you do?" Ning Xia was the one who couldn't stand being held in suspense the most, yet didn't say anything.

Yan Zirong smiled mysteriously before lifting a high-end gift bag from her hands and placing it on the table. In fact, Ning Xia had already seen this gift bag when she first saw Yan Zirong and roughly guessed what it was used for. She just didn't believe that Qiao Zi'an could agree to help Yan Zirong with just a gift.

"There's a present for Mr. Qiao inside, right?" The curiosity in Ning Xia's eyes gradually disappeared, and she wore a smile that could see through everything.

Yan Zirong nodded and frankly admitted, "That's right, it is indeed for Qiao Zi'an."

Seeing that Ning Xia had completely lost her interest, Yan Zirong was unwilling to accept it. "Don't you want to know what's inside?"

"Is that important?" Ning Xia said as she looked at Yan Zirong while stuffing a waffle into her mouth.

"Doesn't matter?" Yan Zirong stared at Ning Xia with a strange expression. She didn't quite understand what Ning Xia's completely different reaction meant.

Hearing Yan Zirong's rhetorical question, Ning Xia spread her hands, "Let me tell you this. If Mr. Qiao is someone who can be bought off by a gift, then he won't be Qiao Zi'an."

The expression on Yan Zirong's face gradually froze. She looked at the gift on the table with hesitation.

She had actually thought of what Ning Xia had said before, but this thing was specially made according to Qiao Zi'an's preferences. If she couldn't move Qiao Zi'an with this, then she really didn't know what to do.

"If that doesn't work, what other way can he have to agree to help me?" Yan Zirong placed all her remaining hope on Ning Xia. After all, the person in front of her was not Qiao Zi'an, at least in terms of work, the two of them had been in contact the most.

However, Ning Xia didn't seem to hear Yan Zirong at all as she just continued to eat her dessert without raising her head.

Yan Zirong waited for nearly half a minute, but Ning Xia still buried her head into the plate. Helpless, she could only extend her hand and pull the whole plate over.

Looking at the empty table in front of her, she could only raise her head and stare at Yan Zirong, "If I knew, I would have still helped you out in the end. If nothing else, I would have repaid you for the few meals you gave me. But Mr. Qiao is such a stubborn person, what else can I do?"

Ning Xia silently dragged the plate back from Yan Zirong's hand as she looked at Yan Zirong warily.

"Alright, since it's like this …" Yan Zirong smiled at Ning Xia. "You can pay for yourself today's bill." With that, Yan Zirong took the gift that she prepared for Qiao Zi'an and left.

Ning Xia, who was left alone, had an astonished expression on her face. What was going on? What was wrong with this person? Why did he just leave like that? So snobbish … While he was complaining in his heart, he was poking at the waffles on his plate with a twisted expression.

What Ning Xia said, Yan Zirong knew it from the beginning. The teacher had warned her that Qiao Zi'an was proud and aloof before she came here, and he also had his principles.

Looking at the object in her hand, Yan Zirong let out a long breath. I don't want to think about it. It took me so much effort to get this thing. No matter what, I still have to test it before I know.

Since she missed Qiao Zi'an this time, Yan Zirong didn't go to chase after him. Instead, she returned to the place where she stayed and organized the information she gathered these days.

The days of wandering the streets were more or less useful. At least, until now, Yan Zirong had already decided on the future of her company. According to the information she gathered, on the mainland, there were almost every type of company that was formed every day. Even if they were established, they might not be able to survive, and the reason for their failure was not necessarily because of the pressure from competition.