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.”

earlier? Why are you still

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

Nan Chen was explaining the situation to Erbao, but his

about the corporate world, but her mother used to operate

majored 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,

to either conduct their investigation or hire an external audit firm to review their company. Using the results of this

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

fully aware that this

point wasn't work, but the friend Nan Chen

was a “she,” so it was clearly a

were just

handle such matters. He

Chen had to handle minor details such as coordinating with the audit firm, he would be overwhelmed by the amount of

was a work matter, but Nan Chen took it seriously likely because

Ning Ran pondered over the matter, the more annoyed

Ran was silent, Nan Chen didn't bother starting

further phone calls from Zhiyi. Perhaps he had told her

that she had gone to bed. Despite working till the

However, Erbao felt uneasy as

and being in a relaxed environment, so the absence

at school today. Let me show you!” Erbao exclaimed as she jumped off her chair, ready to showcase her

lighten the mood by suggesting

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

and Daddy a performance. I'm sure you'll be delighted to watch me dance while you

not done eating yet but

Erbao started dancing.

his utensils down and

a simple dance, but

came to an end, Nan Chen clapped

I can do better after practicing more!”

is the best dancer at

talent for dancing. Should I get you a professional

going to be an actress just like Mommy. I won't dance,”

want. I'll order a dessert for you,”

one!” Erbao returned to her

though Erbao tried her best to interact with her, she seemed uninterested. They all went home after dinner

the study room

as she was in a foul

coffee to work, and he wouldn't have trouble falling

he had no choice but to come out to brew some

thoroughly dissatisfied, as he had noticed

following morning, Ning Ran woke up early as

awake. He had just

each other in the living room,

Soon, Dabao

lively once they woke

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

after school. I'll be busy,”

and Erbao

and Ning Ran sent the

after

taxi to Star Entertainment to meet up with Ou

you. What did you promise Ruan Anxi?

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

Anxi, Qiao Zhan wasn't around. She assumed Nan Chen had no idea of the incident. However, Nan Chen was smart

had to eat with

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

say it out loud

Nan Chen had brought up the topic, she wasn't sure if he had discovered something or was merely making

whether or not to tell

in her hesitance, and

Qiao Zhan had tried to intimidate Ruan Anxi, the latter had remained steadfast in his resolve to only communicate with Ning Ran. He had adamantly

changed and released Ning Ziqiang