The next day.

Chen Cheng did indeed go to Company Name to connect with the team regarding the negotiations with the SEC.

They held a meeting all day.

The deals under the table had already been arranged before Chen Cheng returned to the country.

After two songs, Allison is now a hot rock singer in Europe and America.

But the remaining negotiations on the table and the materials cannot be allowed to fail.

Bobby needs to be able to provide a justification.

He cannot let Bobby be caught by his colleagues.

Otherwise, there would be no follow-up to this kind of thing.

It would completely sever that line with Bobby.

It would also make others think that Chen Cheng is not trustworthy and keep their distance from him.

At night, nearly Eleven o'clock, Chen Cheng said a few words to Zou Yu.

He greeted Meng Yanchen and Jiang Han.

He walked out of the conference room by himself.

He wandered around the offices of Company Name.

After a day of meetings, he needed to catch his breath.

Walking to the marketing department on the second floor, Chen Cheng was stunned when he saw the lights on at a workstation.

He raised his hand to check his watch; it was already ten-forty.

The fluorescent lights in the Company Name office are motion-sensored and will turn on if someone is there.

But the desk lamps on each person's desk are not automatic.

"Is the marketing department working this hard?"

Chen Cheng muttered to himself and walked toward the workstation where the desk lamp was lit.

He wanted to see if this person had gone to the restroom or simply forgotten to turn off the light.

It wasn't that Chen Cheng had some twisted hobby.

It was just that when Chen Cheng was still a corporate slave, he often encountered the big boss of the company wandering around like a patrol.

Later, when Chen Cheng became a boss himself, he understood that this was a means to increase control over the company.

Know your employees.

Don't ever think that the surveillance camera overhead is just for show.

Your boss might just be admiring your wild working state.

Chen Cheng walked to the lit workstation and took a look; there was a woman's bag on the table.

It looked like the person hadn't left.

Looking down, Chen Cheng saw the ID badge in the corner on the right side.

He was stunned for a moment. "It's her?"

Chen Cheng reached out to pick up the ID badge and smiled as he looked at the photo.

He took out his phone, took a picture, and sent it to Han Su.

After sending the message, Chen Cheng frowned and thought for a moment.

Qiao Xichen is here.

That means she must have just finished dealing with Hu Jingjing's funeral and returned from her hometown.

Besides Meng Yanchen, the only person in this company who could still interest Chen Cheng was Qiao Xichen, the "second life" of Han Su.

Or perhaps Han Su was the second life.

When Chen Cheng learned of Qiao Xichen's existence, he thought she was that girl.

After pondering for two seconds, Chen Cheng thought of where Qiao Xichen was at this moment.

He smiled, turned around, and walked toward the elevator lobby.

He went to the top floor of the building and then climbed the stairs to the roof.

After wandering around for a bit, he indeed saw Qiao Xichen.

This girl was lying on the platform formed by the beams of the building's glass curtain wall, drinking heavily.

She was crying while drinking.

She was weeping like a beauty in distress.

Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows.

It seems that the incident of Hu Jingjing's suicide had hit Qiao Xichen quite hard.

Scum Cheng stood at a distance, watching Qiao Xichen, who was drinking and shedding tears.

After pondering for two seconds, he stepped forward.

"Why haven't you finished work yet?"

Hearing the voice, Qiao Xichen sat up abruptly.

She looked at Chen Cheng with her red, teary eyes and found it was a man she didn't recognize.

Hmm... a man.

Heartbroken and with red, swollen eyes, Qiao Xichen had no mood to look at a handsome guy.

Whoever came, it was just... just a guy.

She snorted softly, "I'm off work."

"I'm drinking here."

Speaking, she smacked her lips at Chen Cheng, "Is there a rule that says... I can't drink and relax after work?"

"Will I be fired by the company?"

Chen Cheng chuckled. She had drunk too much and turned into a little chili.

She snapped at whoever she saw.

He walked over, squeezed in next to Qiao Xichen, and sat down beside her.

Qiao Xichen saw Handsome Chen sitting in front of her, but she had no intention of moving.

She remained immersed in her emotions, shedding tears profusely.

Chen Cheng glanced at the paper cup in her hand and reached out to take the large drink cup she was using to drink.

While saying: "I didn't provoke you, why are you so angry?"

After speaking, he tilted his head back and gulped down the beer in the cup.

Qiao Xichen was stunned by his actions. "No, buddy, that's my drink."

Chen Cheng scanned the ground, seeing seven or eight beer cans and a bottle of whiskey.

She was truly heartbroken.

"If you drink too much here, no one will carry you home," he said.

He took another sip and smiled, "I'll help you finish it off."

Qiao Xichen snorted, "My tolerance is very good."

"Uh..." Chen Cheng suddenly froze. He had forgotten that this woman had a very high alcohol tolerance.

In the plot, she went to negotiate a partnership with Jian Yifan and drank everyone at the table under the table, and she was still able to carry Jian Yifan into the car.

She was indeed a heroine among women.

"Then what? Should I go down and buy you a can?"

Qiao Xichen took a breath, shook her head, and didn't speak.

Chen Cheng continued, "What's wrong? Drinking heavily here in the middle of the night?"

Qiao Xichen rolled her eyes at this uninvited guest angrily.

Chen Cheng didn't care at all. "If you're tired from work, just give yourself a vacation and take a rest."

Qiao Xichen's tears kept falling, and she scoffed upon hearing Chen Cheng's words.

"Rest?"

Thinking for a moment, she turned her head to look at Chen Cheng. "Are you talking to me about rest?"

Speaking of rest, Qiao Xichen opened the floodgates.

"Let me tell you, I hadn't graduated from college yet... when I joined Company Name."

"At that time, my monthly salary was..."

"About three thousand yuan, and I've been working until now..."

"I work when I'm at work, I work after work."

"I even work when I'm working overtime."

"I'm working every single day."

Chen Cheng suppressed a smile. This corporate slave worker was simply in her comfort zone.

She had such a strong "workplace vibe" about her that whenever a workplace role appeared, directors would think of her.

"You ask the people in the company who are about my age."

"Which one of them isn't pushing themselves forward with all their might?"

"They are all afraid of being compared to others if they run two steps slower in the company."

"Who dares to rest?"

"I dare!"

"Hey~ I dare to rest."

As she said this, Qiao Xichen shrugged her shoulders, "Look, haven't I rested now?"

"I'm off work, I... I'm not doing the proposal, today..."

"I'm going home, I'm not working!"

"I'm just drinking here!"

Chen Cheng watched her vent quietly.

As she spoke, Qiao Xichen picked up the wine bottle on the ground and scoffed, "Look at what I'm drinking today?"

Chen Cheng remained unmoved, watching her perform.

"Whis...key," she said, and Qiao Xichen laughed at herself, "If Xu Yan knew that I, Qiao Xichen... drank whiskey today."

"She wouldn't even believe it."

"Do you know how much this whiskey costs?"

Speaking of money, Qiao Xichen was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Eight hundred!"

"More than eight hundred."

"I bought this bottle of whiskey, and I only have two hundred left."

When it came to money, Qiao Xichen was already sobbing uncontrollably.