After Ning Ziqiang departed the snooker bar in high spirits, Ning Ran walked behind the partition.
Nan Chen was bent over at the waist as he lined up his shot.
Admiring the curves of his bottom, she was tempted to say, “Nice ass.” Thankfully, she caught herself in time and mentally berated herself for being so uncouth.
“Why did you take over that mess of a company?” she asked instead.
“Because of you.”
His reply was simple and straight to the point. There was no room for misunderstanding his meaning.
Taken aback, she had to admit that sounded rather reasonable. Yet she could not help feeling like there was something wrong.
“You’re a brilliant businessman. Why would you do something that doesn’t profit you? You’re not trying to add this onto my debt, are you?”
“Thanks for the compliment.” He hit another ball and it flew into the pocket.
“When did I compliment you?” she questioned, flabbergasted.
“You said I was a brilliant businessman.”
“Err, okay... I guess that counts as praise?”
“It does.”
“Then could you tell me why you did it?”
“Because of you,” he repeated.
Ning Ran was beginning to get exasperated. Can’t he just talk like a normal person?
“But you’ve always made sure to keep your private matters separate from your official business. So why...”
no ‘why’ to
stick, he suggested,
for lunch. “As thanks for all that you’ve done for me,
his eyes. “Sure. What are
“McDonald’s.”
surprised look vanished and Nan Chen refused, “I’m not
pay off now. This is the best I can
to eat fast food,” Jiang Zhe piped up from
else in the world who knows what Mr. Chen likes best other than you, Assistant Jiang. Maybe
receive such a snarky reply from his helpful
idea,” Nan Chen
of you is a CEO while the other is a celebrity. I’m
interrupted the other man, “That’s what you get for talking too much. It’s settled. You’re
“Wait, no! I- “
going to book the restaurant or shall I?” Nan Chen
Sir Chen will pick if I let him decide. Since there’s no way out of this, I better choose the restaurant so I
end, he selected a
this was because Nan Chen had been training himself to eat spicy
particular restaurant had some mildly spicy dishes that were quite delicious, such
skill to save money while pleasing the boss and Young Mistress at the
clearly satisfied with Jiang Zhe’s decision, especially the pickled pepper fish
liked it personally but because he discovered that Ning Ran loved it. She could not seem
about Ning
talk about work,” Nan Chen stopped his assistant from
astonished. This had never
the time or place. He had never refused to talk about work during his
of work to ruin the mood? If that’s the case, that means I’m being a third wheel
back to his company
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