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’

his cut stick, he

lunch.

eyes. “Sure. What are

“McDonald’s.”

vanished and Nan

exactly cheap. Don’t forget I have a huge debt to pay off now. This is the best I

fast food,” Jiang Zhe piped

lips. “Oh, how could I have forgotten! There’s probably nobody else in the world who knows what Mr. Chen likes best other than you, Assistant Jiang. Maybe you should be the one to treat this meal? Since you know what Mr. Chen wants to eat, it would be easy for you

to receive such a

Nan Chen

CEO while the other is a celebrity.

what you get for talking too much. It’s settled. You’re

“Wait, no! I- “

or shall I?”

pick if I let him decide. Since there’s no way

a restaurant

because Nan Chen had been training himself to eat spicy food

spicy dishes that were quite delicious, such as their specialty

takes skill to save money while pleasing the boss and Young Mistress at the same

Chen was clearly satisfied with Jiang Zhe’s decision, especially the

discovered that

about

Nan Chen

This had never happened

or place. He had never refused to talk about work during his

his time with Young Mistress and doesn’t want the mention of work to ruin the mood? If that’s the case, that means I’m being a third wheel right now! Should I walk away quietly and leave them alone? But I’m paying for this meal! It doesn’t make

was over, Nan Chen headed back to his company while Jiang Zhe sent Ning Ran

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