Chapter 54: The Thief Who Failed to Steal a Chicken and Lost His Rice Instead

  The restaurant was silent, with everyone quietly eating. The general manager was young, beautiful, wealthy, capable and charismatic, a strong presence in the company that everyone knew about. Whoever stood before her felt a sense of oppression, even the chairman had to yield three points. As long as the general manager didn't leave, no one dared to make a loud noise.

  Why is this woman always so hard on herself? Can't she just let it go after being scolded once behind her back? Does she have to make everyone feel uncomfortable every time they eat together? Lin Zi said nothing, glancing at Qian Ligang and Li Yong who were quietly eating, those two are the ones causing trouble, what's the point of inviting them to dinner anyway.

  In short, Lin Zi felt unwell after eating this meal. He always had the feeling that there was a pair of cold eyes staring at him from behind his back. Originally, he had a great physique and enjoyed his food, but now everything tasted bland, and putting things in his mouth was no different from chewing on grass.

  He hastily stuffed something into his stomach, Lin Zi grabbed the big hat and put it on his head, and walked away with a steady pace.

  Qiao Yun picked up a grain of rice with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth, her eyes fixed on the food. She glanced at the fleeing figure, then continued eating, her appetite better than usual, and she ate a bit more than usual.

  Vice Minister Lin came out of the restaurant and went to the security department's monitoring room to inspect everyone's work. He found that his bicycle was still in the same place, unmoving, on the surveillance video, so he generously praised everyone's work attitude.

  Finally patted his half-full stomach, in order to reduce the body's energy consumption of food, returned to his own office and closed the door, went to sleep.

  The chairman's office, Ning Lan took the opportunity to report to Qiao An Tian while delivering documents, about the rumors of Lin Deputy Minister and General Manager being a driver. It wasn't about reporting small things, as an assistant to the chairman, it was also one of her responsibilities to report any unusual movements in the company at any time.

  Qiao An Tian was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the phone and dialed Qiao Yun's number, asking: "Xiao Yun, I heard that you made Deputy Director Lin your personal driver, is this true?"

  Ning Lan's ears also perked up, and she too was thinking of verifying the authenticity of this matter through Qiao An Tian's mouth.

  "Yes!" The opposite side is stingy with words.

  "Xiao Yun, how can you do this?" Qiao An Tian was also a bit angry. If you really don't want to use someone's help, that's fine, but there's no need to offend them like this.

  Qiao Yun thought, why can't it be done this way? Others ride bicycles as drivers every day, haven't you seen that. Paused for a moment and said: "It's his own wish." Slammed the phone down directly.

  Lin Zi Xian volunteered? Qiao An Tian was stunned and lost his voice.

  Ning Lan hesitated before leaving, biting her lip in extreme suspicion that Lin Zixian was willing to be Qiao Yu's driver, and wondered if he had taken a liking to Qiao Yu. Faced with Qiao Yu's appearance and status, she felt inferior and lost confidence, her heart extremely entangled.

  Lin Zi slept until he woke up naturally and lazily looked at the time, it was almost closing time. He got up, washed his face to wake himself up a bit, and then headed to the parking lot.

  The high-level parking lot was reserved for company executives, and Lin Zi's eyes scanned the area before finding Qiao Yun's car parked next to Qiao An Tian's.

  He came here to try the car first, but before he even got close to Qiao Yun's car, several burly men rushed out of the surrounding cars and blocked the front of Qiao Yun's car with a fierce gaze. One of the bodyguards suddenly exclaimed: "It's you!"

  Lin Zi couldn't help but smile as he took a closer look, and it turned out that this bodyguard was none other than the one who had fought side by side with him in the Qiao An Tian car all those years ago. They could be considered old acquaintances now.

  That person looked at Lin Zile with eyes that showed admiration for a master, hesitated for a moment, and actually walked over to extend his hand: "Mr. Lin, hello! My name is Hong Tao, I heard that Mr. Lin has become the exclusive driver of Director Qiao from today, so I specially applied to be transferred from Director Qiao's team to Director Qiao's team, hoping to partner with Mr. Lin again and learn from him."

  The other bodyguards were slightly surprised, as Hong Tao was originally the leader of Qiao An Tian's special protection team and had exceptional martial arts skills. No one expected him to voluntarily switch teams for this person.

  "Haha! Be polite, everyone learns from each other." Lin Zi swung the car key in his hand and said: "I'm here to test drive a car."

  Hong Tao nodded and turned around, making a hand gesture, and several bodyguards immediately stepped aside.

  Linzi drove the car around in a circle and found that it was the same model as Qiao An Tian's bulletproof car. As long as it didn't suffer an absolute heavy weapon attack, even ordinary rocket projectiles couldn't do anything to it. The safety performance should be reliable. The only drawback is that the body of the car is too heavy, which has a greater impact on the speed of the car. It is estimated that the maximum speed is only around 160 kilometers per hour.

  He opened the car door, got in and started it, driving alone in the parking lot, moving forward or reversing in circles, trying out the handling and listening carefully to the sound of the engine.

  After feeling that the car was in good condition, Lin Zilei drove it to his own bicycle and got out of the car to open the trunk. He lifted up the bicycle and stuffed it into the trunk. Hong Tao ran over and asked in confusion: "Mr. Lin, what are you doing?"

  "The bicycle was given to me by someone else, the gift is light but the thought is heavy. If it's taken away, that would be a pity... Oh no! This old-fashioned bicycle can't be folded and is too long, it won't fit in." Lin Zixian pressed on the trunk lid, but it couldn't close, and he felt a bit of a headache.

  Hong Tao and those bodyguards who had gathered around thought it was something else, but it turned out to be this, and they suddenly felt a bit dizzy.

  As soon as it was time to get off work, Liu Yanzhi hastily fled her workstation and arrived at the Security Department below, rushing straight into the Security Department office.

  As a result, he met Qian Ligang, who was patrolling with a majestic and heroic air. Qian Ligang was about to finish his patrol and go off duty when he encountered someone who had rashly entered the leader's office area. A new official on the job couldn't just stand by, so he immediately pulled out an electric baton and shouted: "Who are you? You can't barge in here!"

  Liu Yanzi was startled by the thing in his hand, and the electric baton of the Security Department was not ordinary within the company. She had been with the company for a short time, but many people had mentioned it to her before. With a smile all over her face, she said: "Hello! I'm a friend of Deputy Director Lin's. Excuse me, where is Deputy Director Lin?"

  Qian Ligang heard that she was a friend of Deputy Director Lin, and upon closer inspection, found her to be a beauty. As far as he knew, Deputy Director Lin had a special fondness for beauties. He didn't know what kind of relationship she had with Deputy Director Lin, so he quickly put away his things and said with a flattering face: "Deputy Director Lin is not in the office, it seems like he's at the parking lot now, I'll take you there!"

  The difference in treatment between the two people made Liu Yanzi feel pleased, she quickly waved her hand and said: "Thank you! I can go by myself." She walked away with a swaying waist.

  Knowing that Lin Zile was still at work, she felt relieved. She had missed the opportunity to ride with Deputy Minister Lin in the morning and couldn't afford to miss it again after work. As for whether wearing a super short skirt would lead to embarrassment, she couldn't worry about it for now; at worst, she could just start wearing long pants tomorrow.

  Thinking about taking Deputy Director Lin's car to work every day, I don't know how many female colleagues will envy me, it feels so cool! With Deputy Director Lin's big name backing me up, I estimate that no one in the company will dare to make things difficult for me in the future.

  After arriving at the parking lot, he looked around and found a group of people surrounding a car. Deputy Director Lin was among them, wearing a security uniform that made him stand out like a crane in a flock of chickens.

  Liu Yanzi quickly hid behind a pillar, took out her makeup box from her bag, touched up her makeup in front of the mirror, and then walked over with full confidence.

  "Vice Minister Lin!" Liu Yanzhi walked over with a smile and called out. Lin Zixian looked up, seemingly startled, and said: "Yanzi, how did you get here?"

  Liu Yanzi walked over and casually put her arm around Lin Zixian's, curiously asking: "What are you doing?"

  She deliberately showed off the ambiguous relationship between the two to everyone, and as expected, Hong Tao and the security guards around him were all sizing her up carefully. Even those employees who had started to get off work looked over, instantly satisfying her small vanity. She estimated that it wouldn't be long before this news would spread.

  Lin Zi looked around and asked: "What are you doing here? Are you looking for a ride?"

  Liu Yanzi was so angry that her teeth itched, but she smiled all over her face and said: "Aren't you off work? We live together, of course I'll ride with you back home."

  Lin Zi suddenly let go of his hand, feeling like there was a trap, and looked up and down: "Less coming, you still idle my bicycle in the morning, what conspiracy is there to say straight, I won't be fooled."

  "I didn't know we worked at the same company this morning! It's not that I didn't want to bother you!" She said awkwardly, which somehow explained things.

  Lin Zi pointed to the armored vehicle and shrugged, saying, "Sorry, I have to send the general manager home from work, can't go down with you." Suddenly, his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something, took out a bicycle from the trunk and handed it to Liu Yanzi, smiling and saying, "How could I forget that you need to go back? I just happen to have no way to take the car back, can you help me ride it back?"

  Liu Yanzhi was stunned as she leaned against her bicycle.

  Just then, the intercom on Hong Tao's body rang out: "The general manager is off work, make preparations below, the general manager is off work, make preparations below."

  Hong Tao called out to Lin Zixian, and ran towards the elevator entrance with a group of bodyguards. Lin Zixian spread his hands helplessly at Liu Yanzhi, got into the car, and drove it to wait by the elevator entrance.

  As soon as the elevator door opened, two bodyguards came out first, followed by Qiao An Tian and Qiao Yun together, and then several more bodyguards came out behind them.

  Liu Yanzi, leaning on her bicycle, personally saw the chairman and Lin Zixian warmly greeting each other, chatting and laughing, their relationship seemed to be extraordinary. As she watched, everyone got into the car, a convoy of cars whizzing past her, the momentum made Liu Yanzi want to cry without tears, feeling like a thief who failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice instead.

  As she watched the cars driving by, the people inside staring at her curiously, Liu Yanzi really wanted to abandon this broken car. If it were in the past and she didn't know Lin Zixian's identity, she would have done so, but now she didn't dare to.

  Let her ride this old-fashioned bike back alone in a miniskirt, she'd rather die than do that. She gritted her teeth and took out her phone, dialed the number, and yelled: "Old stingy, pick me up from work..."