Celebrity Girl Is My Wife

Ning Ran tried her best to keep a composed exterior, pretending to be deaf. Nevertheless, she was actually seething inside.

After the call ended, Nan Chen returned to his tasks at hand. He stayed focused and worked diligently until he could finish his tasks and clock out for the day.

He had reserved a table for them at a Ferropenian restaurant.

Ning Ran preferred hotpot, but since Nan Chen had already made the reservation for their dinner, she chose not to say anything and decided to go along with his decision.

Nan Chen had previously suggested that they should take the children to higher-class restaurants more frequently to help widen their worldviews and develop their characters.

Being a part of the Nan family meant that the children could no longer simply frequent kids' cafes and hotpot restaurants.

Nan Chen thought that Ning Ran should go to hotpot restaurants on her own if she had a craving for it. There was no need for her to expose the kids to rowdy environments.

He preferred if Erbao could broaden her horizons. Money should never be a constraint when it comes to educating a girl. He was determined to ensure she did not remain unrefined and uncultured.

Nan Chen ordered four set meals, two for the children and two for the adults. He also ordered a bottle of wine to accompany the meal.

Their dishes were being served when Nan Chen's phone rang.

He retrieved it and walked aside to answer the call.

Ning Ran paid attention to his conversation and seemed to hear the name “Zhiyi” again.

However, she remained calm. Zhiyi is something else, huh? She must have a special connection with Nan Chen to be able to call his private number, one that is typically only used by family members.

Nan Chen soon returned to his seat and placed his phone aside. He then left to wash his hands and sat down. Right when he was about to enjoy his meal, his phone rang again.

It was Zhiyi again.

Nan Chen grabbed his phone and went aside to answer the call.

After the call ended, he went to wash his hands again. He had already begun to cut into his steak when his phone suddenly rang again.

Ning Ran could no longer contain her thoughts and spoke out. “Perhaps you should take care of your business first before eating. It's going to get cold.”

Nan Chen's hand froze midair before he could reach for his phone. An awkward expression crossed his face.

Both Dabao and Erbao stopped eating, their gazes darting between Ning Ran and Nan Chen.

“It's about work,” Nan Chen said sheepishly.

“I know it's work. That was why I said you should take care of your business.” Ning Ran softened her voice as it occurred to her that she had spoken impulsively.

“Forget it. I'm not taking any more calls. Let's eat!”

To Ning Ran's surprise, Nan Chen didn't lose his temper. He was playing along with her as the kids were present.

“Mommy, don't be mad,” Erbao said timidly.

The children were fearful at the prospect of their parents getting into a fight, as they would feel completely powerless in the situation.

“I'm not mad. I just feel guilty that Daddy has to take out time to have dinner with us despite his hectic schedule,” Ning Ran explained.

Her words were obviously a lie. Nan Chen frowned but didn't say anything.

Erbao was oblivious, but Dabao could sense that his mother was unhappy.

He knew it was related to the calls his father had answered.

After Nan Chen took a few bites, his phone rang again.

This time, he hesitated visibly.

“You should answer it since it's about work. I'm fine with it,” Ning Ran said.

She wasn't saying that to spite him. Instead, she regretted her impulsive words from earlier and wanted him to answer the call.

“Okay. Let me take this.”

Nan Chen took his phone and walked away. The call lasted for around ten minutes.

After the call ended, he slowly turned around and shot his family an apologetic look. “It was something related to work, I swear.”

you still needed at work?”

was an overseas call. Our company has recently been listed overseas and has become the target of short-selling companies that released false information in an attempt to damage our reputation. To combat this and to restore our investors' faith in our company, we decided to invite a third-party audit firm to investigate our finances and other relevant aspects of our business. The person in charge of this project is an old friend of mine, and I knew she had put in a lot of hard work by staying up till the early hours every day. I feel obliged

seemed that Nan Chen was explaining the situation to Erbao, but his explanation was actually meant for

world,

in economics and knew some basic

gone into international markets. This malicious tactic involved the release of fabricated news stories, and then taking advantage of

true, while some were

or hire an external audit firm to review their company. Using the results of this audit, they would be able to refute the claims made by

unease among investors that could result in them all following suit. This would

that this

work,

was a “she,” so it was clearly a

lady wasn't just a colleague. If they were just

Chen's subordinates would usually handle such matters. He didn't

minor details such as coordinating with the audit firm, he

took it seriously likely because of the woman

pondered over the

silent, Nan Chen didn't bother

from Zhiyi. Perhaps he had told her he was in the middle of having dinner, so she felt embarrassed and stopped calling

that she had gone to bed. Despite working till the wee hours

felt uneasy as the atmosphere

in a relaxed environment, so the absence of sound

dance at school today. Let me show you!” Erbao exclaimed as she jumped

trying to lighten the mood by suggesting dancing during

go dancing until you've finished your meal,” Ning Ran

be delighted to watch me dance while you

done eating yet

Erbao started dancing.

placed his utensils down and watched her

simple dance, but

the dance came to an end, Nan Chen

started learning today. I can do better after practicing more!” Erbao responded

Erbao is the best dancer at

like my daughter has a talent for dancing. Should I get you a professional dance

an actress just like Mommy. I won't dance,” Erbao rejected

You can do whatever you want. I'll order

want a large one!” Erbao returned to her seat happily, as

weighing on Ning Ran's mind. Even though Erbao tried her best to interact with her, she seemed uninterested. They all went home after dinner ended on

the study room and

Ning Ran would brew some coffee for him, but as she was in

work, and he wouldn't have

he had no choice but to come out to

was thoroughly dissatisfied, as he had

morning, Ning Ran woke up early as she had to participate

Nan Chen was already awake. He had just returned from

other in the living

preparing breakfast. Soon, Dabao and Erbao woke

lively once they woke

she would have to remain at the studio until the day after tomorrow.

after

and Erbao replied

breakfast, Nan Chen and Ning

away after

I can take a taxi to Star Entertainment

question for you. What did you promise Ruan Anxi? Why did he agree

know the answer for a long time but only came around to ask the question

to Ruan Anxi, Qiao Zhan wasn't around. She assumed Nan Chen had no idea of the incident.

condition. Ning Ran had to eat with Ruan Anxi

big deal, but Ning Ran felt that it was strange for her to eat with someone of the opposite sex periodically. It felt

to say it out loud or tell

wasn't sure if he had discovered something

or not to tell

Chen took in her hesitance, and

had remained steadfast in his resolve to only communicate with Ning Ran.

changed and released Ning