Ye Zhi considered for a moment. All current projects were progressing smoothly with good reception; there was no need to gild the lily.
"Alright, there really isn't any need to leverage my own popularity right now," Ye Zhi nodded slightly. "It wouldn't be good if people thought I was deliberately showing off our affection."
Feng Jie was speechless. Ye Zhi's reasoning was truly peculiar.
"Speaking of which, President Ye, Ou Minghan contacted me earlier. He's also planning to launch a satellite," Feng Jie said.
Ye Zhi's expression flickered in surprise. Was he really trying to compete in this area too?
However, after hearing Feng Jie recount the entire situation, Ye Zhi was rendered speechless by Ou Minghan's tactic of repeatedly lowering the price.
"A five-million-yuan CubeSat..." Ye Zhi muttered in disbelief. "How could he even bring himself to offer that? Even if Cen Ya has wronged the entire world, she has never wronged him."
Feng Jie wholeheartedly agreed. He sighed with emotion, "This is truly the arrogance of the favored. In his eyes, perhaps Cen Ya isn't even worth a normal satellite."
Ye Zhi waved her hand dismissively. "Let them be. Let those two entangle themselves and pursue each other."
Afterward, Ye Zhi inquired about the progress of several other projects, and Feng Jie answered all her questions. Seeing that everything was proceeding smoothly, Ye Zhi was very satisfied.
In the afternoon, Ye Zhi received a call from the shop. The custom-made tie clips she had ordered were ready for pick-up.
After work, Ye Zhi first went to the jewelry store. The custom tie clips were all very well-made, and she was quite pleased. Seeing that no further modifications were needed, Ye Zhi took her items directly.
Then, she returned to her villa on the mountainside. She placed the tie clips together with the ties she had previously set aside into a larger gift box. Once packed, she carried the gift box to the house next door.
"Miss Ye, you're here~" the butler greeted her with a smile. However, as soon as he saw the gift box in Ye Zhi's hand, his smile turned to a hint of worry. "You didn't have to bring a gift when you came..."
"This is for Qi Xuan~" Ye Zhi said with a smile.
The butler didn't know whether to feel happy or concerned. Miss Ye finally seemed to realize the importance of giving Qi Xuan a gift specifically for him. However, judging by Ye Zhi's past history of gift-giving, he found it difficult to have much hope for this present.
Of course, these were just his thoughts.
"The young master will surely like whatever gift you give him," the butler said with a smile. "He's in his bedroom upstairs, and Zhaocai is there too. You can go right up."
"Okay," Ye Zhi nodded.
She went upstairs to the bedroom and knocked on the door.
"Come in," Qi Xuan's voice came from inside.
Ye Zhi pushed the door open and stepped in. Her gaze immediately fell upon Qi Xuan.
Qi Xuan was only wearing a shirt at the moment, with the second button undone, revealing a hint of his collarbone.
Ye Zhi's expression grew distant as she began to imagine Qi Xuan wearing the tie she had given him. Thinking about it, he would indeed look quite handsome.
"You're back?" Qi Xuan smiled gently. "Come in quickly."
Ye Zhi snapped back to reality and noticed that Qi Xuan was assembling a large cat tree.
Zhaocai was lying on his bed, as if supervising.
"You spoil it too much," Ye Zhi said with displeasure. "Why are you getting it such a big cat tree?"
"With this, it can expend its energy and won't scratch the sofa anymore," Qi Xuan smiled faintly.
"If it scratches the sofa and ruins it, just throw it away and buy a new one! I'll pay for it!" Ye Zhi said casually.
"The old sofa in here was also a gift from you," Qi Xuan said softly. "I don't want to throw it away."
Ye Zhi: Oh...
She had almost forgotten about that.
"Then, alright," Ye Zhi placed the gift bag aside casually and rolled up her sleeves. "Let's install it together."
"Okay," Qi Xuan agreed with a smile.
Both of them were very capable with their hands, but even so, assembling the entire cat tree took nearly an hour.
In the middle of the process, the butler came up to call them for dinner. Seeing them working together with such good coordination to assemble the cat tree, he decided not to disturb them.
Once assembled, Zhaocai gracefully leaped onto the cat tree, then extended its claws and began scratching enthusiastically. Clearly, it was very pleased with its new toy.
"Finally, it's done!" Ye Zhi sighed with relief. After washing her hands, she flopped onto one of the beanbag chairs.
"It was quite tiring," Qi Xuan said, sitting beside her.
Ye Zhi's gaze swept across the room, and she hit her forehead in annoyance. "How could I have forgotten this!"
Saying so, she picked up the gift box and presented it to Qi Xuan. "A gift for you! Hurry up and open it, see if you like it!"
Qi Xuan looked somewhat surprised, but when he opened the gift box and saw the numerous small boxes inside, he was rather speechless.
"What's with that expression?" Ye Zhi pouted softly. "I'm giving you a gift, and you're not happy?"
"No, not at all," Qi Xuan smiled faintly. "I just didn't expect President Ye to be so generous, giving so many gifts at once. If you gave them separately, it could last for a whole month."
"That's too much trouble... Wait!" Ye Zhi's expression turned slightly annoyed. "Are you going to open them or not?"
"I'll open them now," Qi Xuan chuckled, and he opened the gift boxes, revealing the ties and the various stylish tie clips.
He was first surprised, then delighted, and suddenly felt a sweetness in his heart.
"Do you like them?" Ye Zhi looked at him expectantly.
"I like them very much," Qi Xuan said sincerely.
"Then let me try tying one on for you!" Ye Zhi picked up a dark blue tie, looking eager.
"Okay," Qi Xuan said with anticipation.
He sat up straight, preparing to get up, but Ye Zhi pushed him back onto the sofa. "Just sit there. You're tired too, no need to get up!"
Qi Xuan chuckled. The next moment, the slightly cool tie circled his neck, sending a captivating and tingling sensation through him. His heart couldn't help but stir.
No, he had to control himself; he couldn't startle Ye Zhi.
His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and Qi Xuan's back straightened rigidly.
However, at this moment, Ye Zhi seemed even more nervous than he was.
Ye Zhi was a bit flustered now... no, extremely flustered.
As soon as she excitedly looped the tie around Qi Xuan's neck, she realized a very serious problem: she didn't seem to know how to tie a tie at all!
Ye Zhi rapidly scanned through various pieces of information in her mind, trying to find a method for tying a tie in her brain's search system. But after thinking about it, her brain clearly told her that it had no stored knowledge on the subject; she had reached a desert of ignorance.
What should she do now?
It would be so embarrassing to tell Qi Xuan now that she didn't know how to tie a tie!
Although she wasn't someone who cared excessively about appearances, she still didn't want to make such a basic mistake in front of her boyfriend.
Forget it, no more overthinking!
Ye Zhi gritted her teeth. She might not know how to tie a tie, but she certainly knew how to tie a knot, right?