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 needed at

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

know much about the corporate world, but her mother used to operate a

Ran also majored in economics and knew some basic

tactic involved the release

were true,

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 refute the claims

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.

aware that this was an issue of great

her main point wasn't work, but the

so

colleague. If they were just

such matters. He didn't have

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

Nan Chen took it

over the matter, the

silent, Nan Chen didn't bother starting a

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

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

However, Erbao felt uneasy as the atmosphere was

a relaxed environment,

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

trying to lighten the mood by

you've finished your meal,”

eating. 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 a good job,

done eating yet but

Erbao started dancing.

placed his utensils

a simple dance, but

dance came to an end,

today. I can do better after practicing more!”

best dancer at school!”

for dancing. Should I get you a professional dance teacher

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

whatever you want. I'll order a dessert

one!” Erbao returned

weighing on Ning Ran's mind. Even though Erbao tried her best to interact with her, she

room and continued clearing his

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

work, and he wouldn't have trouble falling asleep even after taking caffeine

a bit, he had no choice but to

thoroughly dissatisfied, as he had noticed

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

awake. He had just

bumping into each other in the

breakfast. Soon, Dabao and

lively once they woke

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

you kids up after school. I'll be busy,” Nan

Dabao and Erbao replied

breakfast, Nan Chen and Ning Ran sent the

drove away after

there. I can take a taxi to Star Entertainment

promise Ruan Anxi? Why did he agree to release Ning

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

Chen had no idea of the incident. However, Nan Chen was smart

had to eat with

Ning Ran felt that it was strange for her to eat with someone of the opposite

bring herself to say it out loud or

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

deliberated whether or not to

Chen took in her hesitance, and

remained steadfast in his resolve to only

Ran met him, Ruan Anxi changed and released