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.”

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

situation to

Ran didn't know much about the corporate world, but her mother used to operate a

economics and knew

spread false reports about Chinese companies that had gone into international markets. This malicious tactic involved the release of fabricated news stories,

true, while some

audit firm to review their company. Using

in question did not take any proactive measures, short-selling firms would likely be the ones to initiate action, resulting in a sense of unease among investors that could result in them all following suit. This would

was fully aware that this was an

wasn't work, but the friend Nan Chen

so it was clearly

wasn't just a colleague. If they were just colleagues, she wouldn't keep calling Nan Chen's

matters. He didn't have to go

handle minor details such as coordinating with the audit firm, he would be overwhelmed by

Nan Chen took it seriously likely

more Ning Ran pondered over the

was silent, Nan

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

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

family continued their dinner. However, Erbao felt uneasy as the

a good time and being in a relaxed environment, so

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

to lighten the mood by

your meal,” Ning Ran answered

Now, it's time for me to give you and Daddy a performance. I'm sure you'll be delighted to watch me dance while you enjoy your meal. If I do

eating yet but

Erbao started dancing.

placed his utensils

dance, but Erbao made it

dance came to an end, Nan Chen clapped

I can do better after practicing

Erbao is the best dancer at school!” Dabao

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

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

I'll order a dessert for you,” Nan Chen said

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

was 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 a tense

entered the study room and

but as she was in a foul mood that day, she didn't even bother making

and he wouldn't have trouble

he had no choice but to come out to brew some

was thoroughly dissatisfied, as he had

early as she

her surprise, Nan Chen was already awake. He

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

Ran started preparing breakfast. Soon,

lively once

day after tomorrow. Someone else

Qiao will pick you kids up after school. I'll

Dabao and Erbao

Nan Chen and Ning Ran

drove away after the

you don't have to drive me there. I can take a taxi to Star Entertainment to meet up with Ou and the rest,” Ning

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

been dying to know the answer for a long

around. She assumed Nan Chen had no idea of the incident. However,

simple condition. Ning Ran had to eat with Ruan

together wasn't a big deal, but Ning Ran felt that it was strange for her to eat with someone of the opposite

herself to say it out loud or

she wasn't sure if

whether or not to tell him

her hesitance, and his suspicions

how harshly 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 refused to speak with

him, Ruan Anxi changed