My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 277: I think I just saw Brother Yan

Chapter 277: Chapter 277: I think I just saw Brother Yan

Zhou Shuyan looked at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, as if he had hit the mark with his words. He didn’t speak, just smiled faintly, quietly watching Lu Youxi.

Lu Youxi felt so guilty that she simply "hmphed" and turned her head away, no longer paying attention to Zhou Shuyan.

Now this man was even laughing at her.

Seeing that she was ignoring him, Zhou Shuyan wasn’t in a hurry. He just began to explain slowly, "You might not have paid close attention to your colleague that night, so you didn’t recognize him during the interview."

Indeed, Lu Youxi no longer cared about feeling embarrassed; she immediately turned her head back to look at Zhou Shuyan, "Someone from that night was there during the interview? Who?"

Lu Youxi thought for a moment, "Could it be Shen Yanqing?"

Seeing Zhou Shuyan nod, Lu Youxi suddenly realized, "No wonder I thought he looked familiar today, but I just couldn’t remember where I had seen him before. Plus, my focus was on the interview, and I was still a bit nervous, so I didn’t have the chance to think carefully."

"He saw you today and recognized you, and he came to tell me," Zhou Shuyan nodded as he spoke.

"It won’t have a negative impact on you, right?" Lu Youxi immediately asked, "Did he come to question you, or..."

"Don’t be nervous," Zhou Shuyan held Lu Youxi’s hand to reassure her, "Our company isn’t that heartless."

"Moreover..." Zhou Shuyan had meant to continue with Lu Youxi’s speculation and say that he was just an ordinary employee and that he wouldn’t reveal any valuable information.

But as the words reached his lips, he held back.

He had already deceived Lu Youxi a lot. Since he had decided to find a good opportunity to be honest with her, he didn’t want to lie to her anymore.

Then he couldn’t let the lies pile up deeper and deeper.

Zhou Shuyan then changed his words, "Moreover, we all get along well. He didn’t come to question me; he was just very happy and surprised to tell me that you had applied to our company’s support program."

"And we’re not in the same department, so I wasn’t involved in this matter," Zhou Shuyan thought, hoping that wouldn’t count as lying.

He was just interested in the final results; how Chengzhou Technology chose and discussed, which teams were finally selected, he didn’t intervene.

Even if the final decision was not to pass Lu Youxi’s team’s design, he wouldn’t interfere.

"It also won’t affect the selection process in any significant way," Zhou Shuyan said, "So even if the company knows about us two, it won’t affect me at all. Don’t worry."

"However, your concerns aren’t entirely unfounded," Zhou Shuyan added.

Lu Youxi thought, wasn’t there no impact on him?

Then she heard Zhou Shuyan continue, "It doesn’t affect me. Everyone at our company knows we handle things officially and wouldn’t give anyone special treatment. But outsiders might not be aware, especially the teams competing for the support program with you. Regardless of the outcome, knowing that you have connections at Chengzhou might lead them to think otherwise."

Lu Youxi’s mouth twitched.

Even though Zhou Shuyan did indeed work at Chengzhou.

But saying that she had connections at Chengzhou was an exaggeration.

"You were actually chosen based on your own merits, and the colleagues at Chengzhou handling this matter never sought personal favors. It would be hateful and regrettable if such suspicions arose," Zhou Shuyan continued.

Therefore, Lu Youxi had always kept a low profile about knowing someone at Chengzhou, which Zhou Shuyan actually agreed with.

He just didn’t expect that Youxi’s sole concern was the impact on his job, which was why she kept it a secret.

She never considered it for herself.

Zhou Shuyan believed that with Lu Youxi’s intelligence, she couldn’t have failed to consider this aspect.

It was just that because she was more worried about him, she overlooked the fact that, for her own sake, she should also keep it a secret.

The regard the young girl showed him without realizing, warmed Zhou Shuyan’s heart.

It was as if Lu Youxi had never given him anything outright, but this subtle support made Zhou Shuyan even more delightful.

"By the way, where are we going to eat?" Lu Youxi suddenly remembered to ask Zhou Shuyan.

However, now that Zhou Shuyan knew about Little Pink Book, she no longer needed to hide it, which eased Lu Youxi’s mind quite a bit.

It was as if a heavy stone had been lifted from her chest.

Indeed, one should not keep secrets from those close to oneself; otherwise, it always feels uncomfortable.

"I’ve reserved a place at Crab Restaurant," Zhou Shuyan said.

"Why choose such an expensive place?" Lu Youxi exclaimed in surprise, "Why go there to eat?"

As the name suggests, Crab Restaurant was famous for its crab dishes.

In the Imperial Capital, it wasn’t considered exceedingly expensive, it was upper-middle-class.

But for Zhou Shuyan, Lu Youxi thought it should be quite costly.

"I’ve been in the Imperial Capital for so long, and I haven’t taken you to a decent restaurant for a meal," Zhou Shuyan explained slowly, "We don’t always have to go, but once in a while, it’s fine."

"It still seems a bit expensive," Lu Youxi mumbled, feeling a pang of distress.

"You don’t have to take me to such expensive places."

"Today counts as our first formal date, right?" Zhou Shuyan suddenly said.

Lu Youxi opened her mouth, wanting to say that they had met frequently before.

At least once a week.

"Previous meetings always had various reasons, not specifically for a date," Zhou Shuyan said softly, "This time is different."

Lu Youxi’s face became hot, "Then indeed, this should be considered our first official date."

Zhou Shuyan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

He wanted to gradually get Lu Youxi accustomed to it.

He couldn’t keep pretending to be poor forever, could he?

Otherwise, there would be many things he wouldn’t be able to do conveniently.

The restaurant was carefully chosen by him.

Being upper-middle-class, it wouldn’t be an abrupt step up to a very expensive restaurant.

Starting with Crab Restaurant, he wanted Lu Youxi to get used to sometimes dining at better places with him.

Then gradually, he could move the standards higher.

Invisibly, he would gradually change Lu Youxi’s perception of him being very poor.

Even if he claimed he was wealthy, he feared Lu Youxi might not believe him.

This way, when the time came to reveal his true identity to Lu Youxi, hopefully, the shock wouldn’t be as great.

Zhou Shuyan mused without much confidence.

The taxi stopped in front of Crab Restaurant.

The two got out of the car and entered the restaurant.

Actually, Lu Youxi had visited in her former life as well, although not often.

Whenever she wanted to eat crab, she would come here.

But most of the time, she would go to even more upscale restaurants.

Zhou Shuyan said his name and the last few digits of his cell phone; the waiter then led them to the table that was reserved ahead of time.

Since it was just the two of them, the table was set in the middle of the main hall, at a window-side position.

"This is the perfect time for hairy crabs, the female crabs are full of rich roe, and the male crabs are also beginning to have more cream," the waiter recommended while Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxi were looking at the menu.