King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

Lin Yidan quickly changed the subject and asked, "Are you really a slowpoke? I didn't realize that."

"Me? I guess I'd say I have a rather short temper."

Zhang Wei couldn't help but begin to analyze himself.

"I'm not referring to your temper or work style; I'm asking if you're the type who's slow to warm up, like in relationships..."

After asking the question, Lin Yidan stared at Zhang Wei with a nervous expression.

Zhang Wei scratched his head: "Well, I'm not really sure either..."

Lin Yidan said dejectedly, "It's over. It seems not only is it slow to heat up, but it just won't heat up no matter how hard you try."

"Do you need my birth date and time? I'll write to my family another day and ask," Zhang Wei asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Lin Yidan shook his head seriously: "I have never been involved in that field. It's all nonsense and pure superstition."

"The system of combining zodiac sign and blood type is scientific and very rigorous."

Zhang Wei remarked with deep feeling, "After all this talking, the only thing I agree with you on is that one sentence..."

Which sentence?

"Talking to a brick wall."

Lin Yidan wasn't angry at all; instead, she laughed happily: "Haha, now we finally have something in common!"

"Now you finally understand that profound sense of powerlessness I felt when I talked to you, that feeling of wanting to bang my head against a wall and die, right?"

Just as Zhang Wei was about to pretend he wanted to smash his head against a wall, he heard Lin Yidan suddenly say, "Give me your hand."

Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, not understanding what was happening: "What?"

Just then, a few people happened to walk towards them from the opposite direction...

Lin Yidan immediately grabbed Zhang Wei's sleeve and hid behind a large pillar at the corner.

Zhang Wei's back was against the wall, and Lin Yidan's back was against a pillar.

In an instant, the two found themselves in a relatively enclosed, private, and somewhat ambiguous small space, facing each other less than five centimeters apart.

Still oblivious, Zhang Wei had no idea that the small step he took, being pulled behind the pillar by Lin Yidan, was actually a giant leap forward in their relationship…

Then, Lin Yidan repeated, "Give me your hand."

Seeing Zhang Wei's confused expression, she simply grabbed his left hand and pulled it in front of her eyes, giving him a disapproving look. "You stingy guy, is it really that hard to look at your palm?"

Lin Yidan grasped Zhang Wei's four fingers with her left hand and pried his thumb open with her right hand, carefully examining the open palm in front of her.

She gently stroked Zhang Wei's palm along the lines with her right index finger.

While talking to herself, she said, "Your life line is so deep and long, your vitality is really strong, no wonder you're a Taurus..."

"Wow, your heart lines are quite fine. You're actually a very sensitive person?"

Lin Yidan couldn't help but look up at Zhang Wei, "Oh my, I really didn't realize!"

"Also, I don't understand your marriage line. I've never seen one like it before, it's weird..."

"Wow, no way! So many wealth lines! You're going to be super rich..."

"Oh dear, your cleavage... why does it suddenly stop in the middle..."

...

Zhang Wei didn't listen at all, nor did he understand what Lin Yidan was saying.

His mind was in turmoil when he saw a delicate little hand wandering freely in his large hand.

It felt like an ant, constantly crawling in my palm.

A tingling, numbing sensation, like an electric shock, coursed through my entire body…

Moreover, the hot breath that Lin Yidan exhaled from his mouth and nose was keenly detected by his skin.

My palms were getting sweatier and sweatier.

He abruptly pulled his hand back.

Lin Yidan was startled by his action and said with dissatisfaction, "What are you doing? I haven't finished watching yet."

Zhang Wei ignored her and wiped his wet palms on the side of his pants.

Lin Yidan reached out again to grab Zhang Wei's right hand.

Zhang Wei then exerted all his strength to keep his body and arms stiff.

Lin Yidan felt like an ant trying to shake a tree…

His face was full of displeasure: "What a stingy person! I just looked at the left hand to see if it's congenital, but I haven't looked at the acquired hand yet. The acquired hand is the decisive one."

"What? Are you going to skip tomorrow's show and go straight to the day after tomorrow? You might as well just watch the day after that," Zhang Wei teased.

"How boring!"

Lin Yidan pouted, "Don't you understand that palmistry is the best way to understand a person?"

"It can also reveal information about your marriage, family, and partner."

Zhang Wei said with a smile, "That's why we can't just let anyone see it."

"Am I just anyone?"

Lin Yidan blushed as soon as she finished speaking, then turned to the side and said, "Give it or don't, I won't look at it even if you beg me in the future. Who cares?"

Zhang Wei couldn't help but raise his wrist to look at his watch; it was a Casio digital watch that Qin Shunan had given him…

Then, without saying a word, he walked around the pillar and headed down the corridor toward the hotel's conference room.

Lin Yidan caught up with him: "Hey, why are you leaving so suddenly? When are you coming back to Beijing?"

"Tomorrow." Zhang Wei stopped in his tracks.

"Are you busy tonight?"

"I originally planned to have dinner with a company here, but they weren't interested at all."

"Then you can treat me to dinner tonight."

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you treated me to a hamburger last time, so I should treat you back this time."

"Hey! You're a grown man, don't be so calculating, okay?"

"Oh! Sorry, I forgot, you're a Taurus."

Lin Yidan continued, "So, if I didn't treat you to McDonald's last time, you won't treat me this time, right?"

"But you did treat me to McDonald's last time. History cannot be rewritten."

"Why do you talk like that?"

"What did I do wrong? Just stating the facts!"

"How boring!" Lin Yidan pouted, then asked, "Where do you live?"

"A guesthouse inside Qingcheng Ocean University."

Lin Yidan waited for a while, then looked up at him with displeasure.

Zhang Wei glanced at her: "What is it now?"

Why didn't you ask me where I live?

"Oh, don't you live here? They invited you to the conference, so they should provide accommodation, right?"

"Don't even mention it. They probably thought the Haitan Hotel was too expensive, so they booked a hotel for me in the city."

"They said it's lively over there, right next to Zhongshan Road, and you can reach Zhanqiao Pier in just a few steps."

"I walked that way last night, and it was even farther than the walk we just took," Lin Yidan kept complaining.

Zhang Wei stopped in his tracks: "Then we're going the same way. Wait for me to go back to the business center to pick up something, and then we'll go to the city center together to find a restaurant."

...

Zhan Yiling originally planned to have dinner with her client, but the client had other plans for the evening.

She went back to the Haitian Hotel to prepare to have dinner with Zhang Wei.

The taxi stopped under the hotel corridor, and when I looked up, I saw Zhang Wei standing in front of me waiting for a taxi.

A girl was standing next to him, but his body blocked his view of her face.

Just as Zhan Yiling was about to step forward, the taxi arrived.

Seeing Zhang Wei let the girl behind him into the back seat, he then sat down himself.

Zhan Yiling was stunned!

Suddenly, in a daze, I felt that the girl's figure seemed familiar...