“Why would I want to be here when I can spend the entire day at home?” Ning Ran asked rhetorically.
“We can drop by and pick up the kids together in the afternoon,” Nan Chen added.
“Is that what you have been up to all along? You should have told me earlier. Otherwise, I’m going to misperceive that you’re missing me,” Ning Ran blurted out the thing she had in mind.
Initially, it was an unintended joke, but the moment Ning Ran finished her sentence, she recalled that she was talking to Nan Chen.
She could fool around with others, but she should never behave in such a manner when she was around the man.
Similarly, Nan Chen was taken aback by Ning Ran’s unintended joke. He felt as though she had tried to hit on him.
As soon as Ning Ran caught a glimpse of Nan Chen’s gaze, she explained herself, “I-I didn’t mean it! I-It’s a joke!”
“Do you always pull others’ legs in a similar method?” Nan Chen probed callously.
“No! Who do you think I am? I’m trying to pull your leg because we’re close acquaintances!”
“Are you sure we’re closely acquainted with one another?”
Do I get to consider him a close acquaintance of mine?
She turned the idea in her mind and remarked, “I guess we’re halfway there?”
Frowning, Nan Chen asked, “What do you mean we’re halfway there? Are we heading somewhere?”
In return, Ning Ran chuckled, “I have no idea you’re such a funny guy! Is that an intended pun?”
As soon as she regained composure, she noticed she had gone overboard and embarrassed herself in front of him again.
Nan Chen couldn’t comprehend the reason Ning Ran laughed out loud in front of him.
Has she lost her mind? What’s so funny about an ordinary question?
“Please neglect my words and tend to the things you have on your plate. I’ll stay around until it’s time to pick them up.” Ning Ran waved at Nan Chen and beckoned him to leave her alone.
He felt irritated because she seemed to be delivering a command instead.
to pay no heed to her since she
sorting out the things he had on his
up every single item and ran her fingers across
his office, she would head
had headed out once more because he had to attend another conference
towards Nan Chen’s workstation and took
capable of influencing other regions’ economies. Countless people desired to
on the most influential man’s chair. She wasn’t interested in the fame and wealth associated with the position. In short, she was merely there to check if Nan
felt great as he had purchased himself
a pair of slender legs, but Ning Ran was relatively short as compared to him. Therefore, she couldn’t reach the
dared not adjust the chair to accommodate her height; she was afraid
she heard the sound
a call through his personal phone. The particular phone of his had only been
person on the other end of the call was an important figure. There must be some sort of emergency that required Nan
the phone and noticed it was a call from Nan
Nan Chen’s mother?
never once brought
call lasted for a few minutes before it was hung up. A few seconds later,
be an emergency? Why is Nan Chen’s mother trying to
after all, a parent of two. Therefore, she knew how anxious Nan Chen’s
up her mind and
son’s phone?” Bai Hua raised
Nan Chen’s mother sounded awfully familiar as
the middle of a conference. Do you want
What sort of
do you mean what sort of friend? How many types of
ordinary friends
a relationship
yourself?” Bai Hua had no intention to let Ning Ran off the hook
in the middle of a conference. I’ll get him to revert back to you once he’s back. Is that fine?”
allow his assistant to pick up the call
decision. If she didn’t poke her nose into other’s business, she wouldn’t be caught up in such
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