full-time lovers

Chapter 166 Never Left

On the way back, Lu Ran told Ji Zebei that he was about to be reinstated. Ji Zebei pursed his lips slightly, "Congratulations."

"Congratulate me after I get rid of the bastard on my face. I'm going back to go through the reinstatement procedures tomorrow. Look at my face, just one word, ugly."

Ji Zebei still smiled, "It's not just ugly, it's simply too ugly."

Lu Ran stopped and squinted at him fiercely, "What are you talking about?"

Ji Zebei turned his eyes, stretched out his hand to stop a taxi, and while dragging her into the car, changed the subject: "Taxi is faster."

After returning home, Lu Ran ran into the room immediately to open the makeup bag, and Ji Zebei followed, leaning against the door and watching her with interest.

She applied a few thick layers of foundation on her face, barely able to cover up the blemishes on her face, but the foundation was too thick, and her whole face looked pale and stiff, and powder scum fell off when she smiled.

Ji Zebei helped his forehead helplessly, and kindly reminded: "Don't laugh when you go through the reinstatement procedures tomorrow."

"It must be exciting to see some old colleagues, and I can't help but want to laugh."

"Hold on!"

"..."

After using half a bottle of makeup remover, Lu Ran finally cleaned off the thick foundation on his face.

After having dinner at Ji Zebei's house in the evening, she remembered the agreement with Liang Man, and said to Ji Zebei with a smile, "I have an appointment tonight."

The man gave a faint 'hmm'. He heard Lu Ran and Liang Man offer to celebrate at the bar at night in the park.

"Do you need me to take you?"

Lu Ran chuckled, "If it's not too troublesome."

"trouble."

Although he said so, when Lu Ran was about to leave, Ji Zebei got up, took the car keys, and went out with her.

As long as he thinks about Lu Ran's experience in the bar street, he won't worry about her being a girl in a bar. Fortunately, the Xiaojing bar he met this time is not in that chaotic bar street.

After sending Lu Ran to the destination and watching Lu Ran walk into the bar, he thought carefully, turned off the car decisively, and sat in the car to wait for her.

Just in case, it's better for him to stay here and guard, lest some ignorant gangsters covet Lu Ran's beauty.

When Lu Ran walked into the bar, Liang Man had already arrived. She was sitting in an inconspicuous corner, waving at her.

She walked over quickly and sat down opposite Liang Man.

Liang Man had already ordered a cocktail for her. For someone like Lu Ran who is not very good at drinking and has poor wine quality, this arrangement couldn't be more suitable.

"The gourmet variety show will almost start airing in March." Liang Man said.

Lu Ran nodded. She is a food columnist for a magazine and doesn't know much about variety shows, but the company decided to add such a show in line with the times, which is a good development.

"The name of the gourmet show is Taste of the World. In addition, it is linked to the magazine society. In the future, more or less articles about this show will be added to each issue of the magazine."

"Very good." Lu Ran said.

She was still wearing a mask, and she pulled it down a little while drinking cocktails. Liang Man couldn't help but struggle for her just by looking at her.

"Why do you think I chose such a corner position?"

Lu Ran froze for a moment, and took off the mask decisively.

Liang Man laughed, "That's right, the light here is dark, and it's a corner location. As long as we don't make any noise, no one will notice us."

Lu Ran ordered two snacks, and chatted happily with Liang Man while eating and drinking.

Liang Man told her that Cheng Yuan was fired a few days before the annual leave, and the company explicitly prohibited employees from dating, so those female employees who had improper relationships with Cheng Yuan were basically fired. Most of the employees below are male employees.

"The personnel department has started to recruit new people, and the company will welcome a batch of fresh blood in the near future." Liang Man said.

Lu Ran made a 'hmm' sound and asked her, "My job content hasn't changed, I'm still in charge of the food column, right?"

"In general, it hasn't changed, but you may have to trouble you to write articles about that variety show, but it's only temporary. Now that there is a shortage of column writers, and you haven't recruited suitable people, you should do me a favor. It was discussed at the meeting that before recruiting a columnist for the program, you will write it on your behalf, and your salary will increase by 20.00%."

Lu Ran couldn't help laughing, her reinstatement was already great news for her, she didn't expect to give her a salary increase.

"After recruiting newcomers, your salary will be reduced by another [-]%, which means that you will no longer be in charge of articles for variety show columns, but your salary will be reduced a little, but on the basis of your previous salary, It actually went up.”

Lu Ran grinned and waved his hands, "It's all trivial."

She is happy as long as her salary is raised, no matter how much it is.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they had a very happy chat, and they couldn't help but drink a little too much.

Even if the cocktail was not too strong, Lu Ran still felt dizzy after several drinks.

Near nine o'clock, the two decided to break up.

Liang Man got up and went to the bar to pay the bill. Lu Ran went to the bathroom. After she came out, Liang Man was already waiting for her at the door.

Knowing that she was going to drink some wine tonight, Liang Man deliberately didn't drive. She was about to go to the side of the road to hail a taxi and decided to send Lu Ran home first, but Lu Ran stared at a white Audi across the road without taking his eyes off it.

"What are you looking at?"

Lu Ran scratched his head, narrowed his eyes and said, "That seems to be Mr. Ji's car."

She didn't seem to call Ji Zebei to ask him to pick her up.

Because the distance was a bit far, although the car model was the same, Lu Ran couldn't see the license plate number clearly, so there was no way to determine whether the car belonged to Ji Zebei.

"Mr. Ji?" Liang Man was surprised.

Lu Ran smiled and said, "Ji Zebei, I am a god."

Liang Man's eyes widened, "Your male god is Ji Zebei?"

Back then, she was the editor in charge of reviewing the typesetting of Lu Ran's exclusive interview with Ji Zebei. She had seen a photo of Ji Zebei before, and he was quite handsome and seductive.

She only knew that Lu Ran was busy chasing after the male god, and never thought that the male god was Ji Zebei.

"That is to say, Ji Zebei lives next door to you?"

Lu Ran nodded heavily.

At this time, the white Audi parked across the road turned around and drove directly in front of them.

Ji Zebei lowered the car window and looked at the two of them.

Seeing that Lu Ran was slightly drunk, he threw two words at her - get in the car.

The tone is usually cold, but very powerful, making it hard to refuse.

Lu Ran was very pleasantly surprised, "Old Ji, is it really you?"

"Where do you live? I can drop you off if you drop by." Ji Zebei asked Liang Man.

Liang Man reported his home address, and he really dropped by.

She wanted to be polite, but Lu Ran dragged her into the car before she could speak.

"Old Ji, have you been waiting for me outside?" Lu Ran tilted his head to look at the man in the driver's seat who was concentrating on driving.

She didn't think Ji Zebei could guess when she left the bar. The only explanation was that he never left the bar.

(End of this chapter)