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.”

still needed at work?”

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

to Erbao,

much about the corporate world, but her mother used

in economics and knew some basic

about Chinese 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

true,

firm to review their company. Using the results of this audit, they would be able to refute the claims made by the short-selling companies

resulting in a sense of unease among investors that could result in them all following suit. This would be a disastrous outcome for the firm, as it

that this was an issue of

work, but

“she,” so it was clearly

just colleagues, she wouldn't

matters. He didn't have to go through

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

Nan Chen took it seriously

over the matter, the more annoyed she

Nan Chen

told her he was in the middle of having dinner, so

gone to bed. Despite working till the wee

their dinner. However, Erbao felt uneasy as the atmosphere was

having a good time and being in a relaxed environment, so

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

lighten the

finished your meal,” Ning Ran

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, then

she's not done eating yet but wants

Erbao started dancing.

utensils down and watched

a simple dance, but Erbao made it

end, Nan Chen clapped his

it? I only started learning today. I can do better

Erbao is the best dancer at

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

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

order a dessert for

I want a large one!” Erbao returned

with her, she seemed uninterested. They all went home after dinner ended on

the study room

but as she was in a foul

wouldn't have trouble falling asleep even after

for a bit, he had no choice but to come out to brew

he

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

awake. He had just returned

bumping into each other in the living room, they

breakfast. Soon, Dabao and Erbao woke

house became lively once they woke

at the studio until the day after tomorrow. Someone else would have to take responsibility for getting the children to

will pick you kids up after school.

and

Ning Ran

Chen only drove away after the teacher led

a taxi to Star

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

the answer for a long time but only came around to

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

a simple condition. Ning Ran had to eat with Ruan Anxi twice a

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

say it out loud or

Nan Chen had brought up the topic, she wasn't sure if he had discovered

not to tell him

took in her hesitance,

harshly Qiao Zhan had tried to intimidate Ruan Anxi, the latter had remained steadfast in his resolve to

changed and released Ning Ziqiang and