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.”

Why are you still needed at

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 to answer her calls, as I knew how much effort she was

was explaining the situation to Erbao, but his explanation was

know much about the corporate world, but her

economics and knew

companies that had gone into international markets. This malicious tactic involved the release of fabricated news stories, and then taking advantage of the resulting dip in share prices by short-selling the

reports were true,

that the reports were false, the victim would need to either conduct their investigation or hire an external audit firm to review their company. Using the results of this audit, they would be able to

likely be the ones to initiate action, resulting in a sense of unease among investors

Ran was fully aware that this

main point wasn't work, but the friend Nan Chen

so it

If they were just colleagues, she wouldn't keep calling Nan Chen's private

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

minor details such as coordinating with the audit

but Nan Chen took

over the matter, the

Nan Chen didn't

her he was in the middle of having dinner, so

to bed. Despite working till the wee hours of the morning, she still needed to

However, Erbao felt uneasy

loved having a good time and being in a relaxed environment, so the absence

learned a dance at school today. Let me show you!” Erbao exclaimed as

the mood by suggesting dancing during

can't go dancing until you've finished your meal,” Ning Ran answered with

dance while you enjoy your meal. If I do a good job, then order

she's not done eating

Erbao started dancing.

utensils

dance, but Erbao made it

to an end, Nan Chen clapped his

learning today. I can

is the best dancer at school!”

dancing. Should I get you a professional dance teacher to

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

you want. I'll order a dessert for you,”

Erbao returned to her seat happily,

Ran's mind. Even though Erbao tried her best to interact with her, she seemed uninterested. They all went

Chen entered the study room and

in a foul mood that day, she didn't even bother

Chen needed coffee to work, and he wouldn't have trouble

no choice but to come

as he had noticed Ning Ran's cold

up early as she had to participate

awake. He had just returned from his morning

bumping into each other in the living room, they didn't say a

started preparing breakfast. Soon, Dabao

lively once they

the studio until the day after tomorrow. Someone else would have to take

after school. I'll be busy,” Nan Chen

Dabao and

Chen and Ning Ran

after the teacher led

there. I can take a taxi to Star

promise Ruan Anxi? Why did

to know the answer for a long

had no idea of

condition. Ning Ran had to

felt that it was strange for her to eat with someone of the opposite sex periodically. It felt a

herself to say it out loud or tell

wasn't sure if he had discovered something or was merely

deliberated whether or not to tell

Chen took in her hesitance, and

remained steadfast in his resolve to only communicate with Ning Ran. He had adamantly refused to speak

him, Ruan Anxi changed and released Ning Ziqiang