A ton of honeyed words poured out of Ning Ran's mouth as she rambled endlessly. As she spoke, she observed Nan Chen's expression.

Then, she lamented inwardly. Poker Face will always have a poker face. No matter how much I try to flatter him, his face remains devoid of expression.

“Am I right, Sir Chen?” she asked, unwilling to give up.

“About?” Nan Chen asked in return.

Hearing that, Ning Ran almost burst a blood vessel.

I wasted so much saliva, yet he didn't even hear a single word? This is simply too much!

She stopped massaging the man. In truth, she wanted to punch him in the face, but she dared not do so.

“I was speaking about the matter regarding Frosty Warrior. You're not going to charge me for real, yes? You were merely joking with me, weren't you?” she questioned cautiously.

“We'll see,” Nan Chen answered noncommittally.

“What stage is the investigation at, then? Is that person a local? What's his occupation?” Ning Ran pressed.

“There's a lead, but they're still following up on it. The investigation is still ongoing. Be patient.”

“Okay, I'll remain patient. I believe that you'll undoubtedly be able to help me unearth his identity. Thank you,” Ning Ran murmured as politely as possible.

“You're not mad anymore?”

Without warning, Nan Chen exerted strength and wrapped his arm around her, sitting her on his lap.

“Yes, I'm still angry!” Ning Ran deliberately fibbed.

“I know you meant well, but the enmity between the Nan and Rong families has persisted for decades. It's not something you can resolve.”

between the two families?” Ning

it. He speaks to me about almost everything but not the matter with the Rong family.

so, what are you planning to do next? If Nanshi Corporation's share prices overseas were to continue plummeting tonight, those old geezers from the board

wouldn't be steep. Don't worry. I'm not that easily defeated. Right now, the trickiest problem is the company's accounting scandal. While we know it was a set-up by the Rong family, it's beyond difficult to put things right. Rong Yi is an incredibly steady person. A move from him won't be so easily resolved. Moreover, he won't give up so quickly after having sabotaged us. Thus, your mediation wouldn't have done any good due to the conflict of interest, much less when

was too presumptuous. This isn't something

interpreted as backing down by

it. I'll never again do

Nan Chen nodded. “Go and rest first. I've still got work

to stay up again tonight? Your body won't be able to take it.” Ning Ran was

this mess passes, we'll take another

morning, she found that Nan Chen was already back from his

he seemed to be in high spirits. Consequently, she reckoned that he

Corporation's share prices didn't continue taking a nosedive. Contrarily, it had stopped falling and rebounded, rising back to

such a good mood. It turns out that things have turned

took the initiative to

astronomical amount of funds to

financial fraud suddenly issued a statement that he was

core. “So, the tables have turned? Why did he change

by the outside world. Anyway, we didn't put pressure on him directly. In fact, we didn't even send anyone to

of guilty conscience?

in someone having a guilty conscience. I'll

for the better. “It's great that the matter has

beginning. Anyhow, let's not talk about the

MV with Shi Jie and the others today, but it's unsure yet how long exactly it'll take,”

invited you to collaborate with them on an MV? Won't you be

that point, Nan Chen trailed

Ran knew what he wanted to say. He was trying to hint that she was a bit too old compared

sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenager, whereas she was already the mother of two. The age gap between them was undeniably huge. Honestly, Ning

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