Chapter 17: The Scheming Money-Worshipping Substitute
It was getting late, and Lin Zhi was in a trance, immersed in her own world. Zhou Congli was worried that something might happen to her, so he arranged for her to stay in one of his apartments and asked Assistant Zhang to buy her dinner.

Then he told her to message him if she had any questions, glanced at the person sitting on the sofa, and turned around to leave.

Lin Zhi suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes and pursed her lips: "Can you please not leave..." Her little face looked up at him with helplessness and uneasiness in her eyes.

Zhou Congli was about to refuse, but he saw her slender white fingers turning white at the joints due to nervousness, and her body trembling slightly.

He fell silent. Lin Zhi thought he refused and her eyes turned red. “I, I’m scared.”

After experiencing such a big blow and being abandoned by her boyfriend, she is actually only 22 years old this year and has even just started working. It is normal for her to be afraid.

Zhou Congli thought that the culprit was his brother, so he could only agree: "Okay, I won't leave."

Lin Zhi immediately smiled with gratitude and let go of his clothes.

"You eat first," he said.

"Ok!"

After dinner, Lin Zhi went into the guest room.

Zhou Congli watched the door close and returned to the bedroom. He looked at his phone and wanted to call Zhou Ye, but when he thought about Lin Zhi's unwillingness to tell him, he had to give up for the time being.

I still feel a little irritated when I think about what happened today, so I just started working and quickly got into the state and forgot about the trivial things.

When he came to his senses, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening. The whole house was quiet and there was no movement in the guest room where Lin Zhi was. He rubbed his stiff neck, got up, washed up and rested.
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The next day, Zhou Congli woke up from bed, opened the door and was about to take care of his personal hygiene. When he opened the bathroom, he ran into a woman in a bathrobe, washing clothes with her hands. Her beautiful almond eyes were wide open, as if she was frightened by him.

Zhou Congli closed the door subconsciously and turned his back to it: "Sorry, I didn't know you were in there." He hurried back to the bedroom, feeling a little annoyed that he had forgotten there was one more person in the house.

Just a quick glance just now, he still saw Lin Zhi's overly smooth and fair skin, long hair tied behind her head, and slender neck.

She looks pure and charming, different from her usual sweetness and elegance.

As his apartment was originally designed only for its proximity to the company, the decoration was designed to meet his own habits. It has a lounge, a fitness area, and a study. Although there is a guest room, only one bathroom is installed.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Lin Zhi said in a thin voice: "President, can you help me see how to use this?"

Zhou Congli walked out and looked at her. Lin Zhi was a little embarrassed, still wearing the bathrobe. "I washed the clothes, but I don't know how to use your dryer. Can you help me take a look?"

Zhou Congli nodded, walked into the laundry room, asked her to put the clothes in, and then clicked a few times to operate the drying operation: "You can come and get it later."

Lin Zhi nodded, thanked him, and the two came out of the laundry room.

"I'm going to wash up first. The takeaway will call later. Please answer and open the door for him."

"Oh well."

Zhou Congli went to wash up. Linzhi sat on the sofa and yawned sleepily. She cried too much yesterday and felt a little tired after a night's rest.

At this time, the phone on the table rang. She picked it up and saw that it was "Li Ruoyao". She raised her eyebrows and hung up without hesitation.

But soon the phone rang again, as if showing its owner's disbelief. She curled her lips and didn't hang up, but she didn't answer it either. She kept letting the phone vibrate until she stopped. The screen lit up, and a message came from WeChat: Congli, are you busy?
Lin Zhi supported her chin with her hand, unable to understand Li Ruoyao's personality. She was Zhou Congli's fiancée, but she was unwilling to be lonely and hung out with Zhou Ye.

Although she was with Zhou Ye, she couldn't bear to leave Zhou Congli, and was wavering between the two men.

But she dared to hook up with Zhou Ye, and was not afraid that Zhou Ye would know that she still cared about Zhou Congli. But on the other hand, she would never dare to let Zhou Congli know that she had an affair with Zhou Ye.

She knew very well that with Zhou Congli's character, he would cancel the engagement without hesitation once he knew.

After a while, the phone vibrated again. Seeing it was a takeaway, Lin Zhi picked it up, went to open the door, got the takeaway, and placed it on the table one by one. Just as she put it down, Zhou Congli came out after washing up.

The two sat down to eat in the restaurant. Lin Zhi looked at him with an apologetic look on her face: "President, it seems that Miss Li called you just now, and I accidentally hung up. I'm sorry... Will there be any impact?"

Zhou Congli was stunned for a moment, then picked up the phone: "It's okay, I'll explain it to her."

Lin Zhi hesitated: "What are you going to tell her? Tell her I live with you? Girls will get angry when they hear that."

Zhou Congli paused and looked at her. Lin Zhi's eyes were pure: "You'd better not say that."

Zhou Congli nodded: "Got it."

Lin Zhi curled her lips and started to eat breakfast. Zhou Congli was helping her out of kindness and was open and honest, but she insisted on letting him know that he had a beautiful woman in a "golden house" and no one else could know about it.
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After dinner, Zhou Congli was ready to go to the company. He hesitated and looked towards Lin Zhi's room. The door of the guest room opened from the inside and Lin Zhi came out after changing into her own clothes. He was surprised: "Where are you going?"

Lin Zhi smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry for bothering you yesterday. I'd better go back today."

Zhou Congli did not object, but said: "Have you thought about what you are going to do? Do you want to keep... the child?" It was a bit difficult for him to say this, after all, aborting the baby would cause great harm to the body.

For some reason he felt inexplicably upset when thinking of the child, and he also felt uncomfortable seeing her in pain.

Lin Zhi lowered her eyes and looked at her lower abdomen: "I... haven't thought about it yet, let me think about it again."

She looked at Zhou Congli and smiled: "Thank you, President. You have been helping me from the beginning. I really don't know how to thank you."

Zhou Congli immediately said embarrassedly: "No need, after all, it was Zhou Ye who let you down. I am his brother, and it is my duty to do this." Recently, because of Zhou Ye, he felt really exhausted.

Lin Zhi shook her head: "It has nothing to do with him."

She added, "President, I'll trouble you to ask for leave for me later. I won't be going to the company today."

Zhou Congli thought that what she said, "It has nothing to do with Zhou Ye," meant that she was disappointed in Zhou Ye, and nodded: "Okay, I will help you tell him, you should be careful, and tell me if there is anything."

He felt that Lin Zhi was still very strong and calmed down in just one night.

However, he was still a little worried, afraid that she would do something stupid. It was not until he saw that she was admitted to A University that he felt at ease and went to the company.

He asked Assistant Zhang to ask for leave for Lin Zhi, and then he went to meet the partner according to the schedule and had lunch with the other party at noon. It was already afternoon when he finished the work. He sent a message to Lin Zhi to ask about her situation and learned that she was fine.

According to the address given by Assistant Zhang, I drove to the store where Li Ruoyao was trying on the wedding dress today.

(End of this chapter)

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