Chapter 40: The Duan Rui Qi in Everyone's Heart

  "This time thank you" An Qi'er smiled and handed the menu to Duan Ruiqi, "What do you want to eat, I'll treat you"

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  Duan Ruiqi smiled without taking the menu, this smile had a hint of disdain. "I, Duan Ruiqi, have never spent a woman's money, so I'll pay the bill."

  An Qi'er's originally smiling face suddenly turned cold, "A perfect example of male chauvinism. This meal can be skipped." She just couldn't stand the air of superiority and arrogance that men showed.

  "There's actually nothing good to eat here, why don't I take you somewhere more interesting? If you want to thank me, it'd be better if you personally cook for me, that would show your sincerity" Duan Ruiqi said with a sly smile.

  "You might as well just say you want me to cook for you, it's more straightforward," An Qi'er said with her mouth, but in her heart she thought the suggestion wasn't bad.

  Watching the car drive out of the city, An Qi'er worried that it was too late to go back and asked: "Where are we going? Can we make it back before dark?"

  Duan Ruiqi focused on the road ahead, but a frivolous smile played on his lips. "What? Afraid I'll sell you off?"

  An Qi'er glared at him discontentedly, "You want to sell me out, you won't have enough good deeds for your next life"

  "Yes, you're even more formidable than the White Snake Spirit, I'm no match for you" Duan Ruiqi thought it was quite fun to engage in a war of words with An Qi'er.

  "You're the ugly thing, Black Snake Spirit!" An Qi'er was very dissatisfied with this title.

  Duan Ruiqi burst out laughing, "Then you're a fox spirit, the kind of beautiful white fox that's also very smelly."

  An Qi'er was furious at being ridiculed by Duan Ruiqi, but since they were in the car, she angrily shouted: "Hurry up and drive well, get off the car and deal with you"

  "Director Duan, haven't you come to the company this whole morning?"

  Looking at Letty's impatient tone, the little secretary was a bit afraid and didn't know what to say, really worried that if she said something wrong, she would offend Letty and get scolded or even fired.

  The little secretary hesitated and didn't dare to speak, so Lettie turned into a gentle smile and said kindly: "It's like this, I have an important document that needs President Duan's signature. I was in a hurry just now, but it wasn't intentional to be fierce with you. Little sister, don't be angry with big sister."

  "I don't dare" The little secretary hastily shook her head in defense

  "Sister, quickly tell me where Director Duan went?" Although Letty's tone was soft and gentle, it carried a strong sense of urgency and inquiry.

  The little secretary's face turned pale and she said hastily: "This morning, a Miss An called to find Director Duan. Director Duan left immediately and said that if there was anything, it would be reported to him tomorrow. He won't be in the company for the whole day today."

  "It must be that cheap woman An Qi'er!" Ledi slammed the file onto the small secretary's desk, scaring her into retreating backward. Seeing the secretary's cowardly appearance made Ledi even angrier, and she no longer pretended to be gentle, shouting at her: "Where is Director Zong now?"

  "I don't know anything" The little secretary was so scared that her head shook like a drum.

  "You useless trash, don't come to work tomorrow, get out of here quickly!" Letty vented all her dissatisfaction on the little secretary, and being able to drive one away from Duan Ruiqi's side was a gain.

  "Ah, this white plaid suit is quite suitable for modern professional women's wear." Marketing Director Wang looked at the design from top to bottom and was particularly drawn to the black hat with a gold-trimmed slant on the model's head. He liked it so much that he took off the hat to examine it closely, saying: "This hat design is the most striking point, and can be sold separately as a versatile series."

  "Haha, the designer of this hat is Miss Qiao Jiaxi, a sharp designer from our company." Vice President Liu also knew that Qiao Jiaxi was favored by Duan Ruiqi, and the trend shifted to strongly support her.

  Qiao Jiaxi's face turned red with embarrassment as he scratched his ear, "This was designed to match Luo Jie's outfit, and it's mainly thanks to her guidance" He quickly shifted the attention to the chief designer Luo Hongwei.

  Ke Luo Hongwei smiled humbly on the surface, saying: "Qiao Jiaxi is a rare talent" but in her heart, she was furious with Qiao Jiaxi, because last time, the original design of the red wedding dress was hers, but it was all changed to Qiao's design, causing herself to lose favor at the headquarters.

  "So you're the Jo Jia Xi that Duan personally endorsed. Your design is indeed very refreshing, I hope you can quickly come up with summer products. This time our main target customers are career women." Wang Zong Jian bluntly placed his hopes on Jo Jia Xi, making Luo Hong Wei so angry that she felt her face was aching from smiling.

  "Luojie, what can I do for you?" Qiao Jiaxi's heart was racing with a little fear as he faced Luo Hongwei.

  Lu Hongwei's face still had a smile on it, "Jia Xi, now everyone knows that your design is great"

  "Luojie, it's just that everyone favors you, my abilities are far inferior to yours." Qiao Jiaxi, who is more sensitive in her thinking, can feel Lu Hongwei's dissatisfaction with herself.

  Lu Hongwei listened to Qiao Jiaxi being humble and not daring to ride on her own head, thinking of finding an excuse to train her but couldn't find one, feeling a bit suffocated and unsure what to do. Just as she was thinking, she glanced at the design concept sent from headquarters yesterday, thought for a moment and had an idea, so she handed over last year's design concept to Qiao Jiaxi: "This is a proposal from headquarters, hoping we can refer to it more, and design something that meets market demand. Take it back and take a good look, you need to hurry up and design the work."

  Qiao Jiaxi stared at Luo Hongwei in a daze, not expecting her to treat him this way. He couldn't help but scold himself for being too narrow-minded and felt a twinge of guilt, becoming more polite towards Luo Hongwei. "Sister Luo, thank you for your kindness, I will definitely work hard and do my best."

  "Ah, that's great! Just add oil then!" Luo Hongwei smiled and sent Qiao Jiaxi off, thinking to herself "You're so good-looking"

  "It's almost done, and it's not bad at all. We can eat and have some tea." Duan Ruiqi covered her empty stomach, thinking that An Qi'er was so slow in cooking, it would be better to just order takeout instead.

  "Can't you see what I'm doing? If it's not cooked enough, how can we eat this half-raw stuff?" An Qi'er was struggling to roast the sliced meat and smoked meat, which had taken up a whole morning of hard work. She thought to herself, "You, Duan Ruiqi, have the nerve to rush me."

  Duan Ruiqi smelled the fragrant roasted meat and couldn't wait to run over and pick up a piece of meat that was just about to be eaten, but An Qi'er quickly snatched it away, only to drop it into the oven.

  "You taught me not to waste food, but you're still daring to waste it in front of me?" Duan Ruiqi smiled, thinking that she had finally caught the opportunity to say something about An Qi'er.

  An Qi'er held the roasting hook in front of Duan Ruiqi, scaring him into hastily retreating and trying to persuade her: "An Qi'er, you can't just because you can't outtalk me, want to harm me"

  An Qi'er didn't respond to his words, she just rolled her eyes at him and used the fire tongs to flip something in the oven. She deliberately dragged out her tone and said: "Someone says I'm wasteful, so to avoid being wasteful, I'd better hurry up and scoop out the meat, let someone eat it and save them from saying I'm wasteful."

  Duan Ruiqi suddenly understood, his face which was originally slightly red from the heat of the fire now turned a deep purple with rage. "An Qi'er, is this how you express your gratitude to people? You're not going to kill me with anger, are you?"

  "Is it because you're not being annoyed by me that it's uncomfortable?" An Qi'er immediately turned around and left.

  Duan Ruiqi said with a sigh, "An Qi'er, I think I understand now that you're the reincarnation of Iron Mouth. For every sentence I say, there are ten sentences waiting in your belly to refute me."

  "So you just eat your meat well, don't think about using words to annoy me" An Qi'er put a fully cooked steak on the plate, sprinkled some pepper salt and handed it to Duan Ruiqi, "If you think the taste is light, sprinkle some chili sauce"

  "But I like eating it three-quarters cooked, the kind that's still a bit red" Duanyuqi frowned in refusal of well-done.

  An Qi'er didn't get annoyed and directly took over that fully cooked one to eat by herself, without even looking at Duan Ruiqi.

  Duan Ruiqi watched as An Qi'er ate with relish, and his own hunger pangs worsened. He swallowed hard and exclaimed: "Hey, can't you see I'm still starving?"

  An Qi'er deliberately exaggeratedly devoured the roasted meat, looking very delicious, making Duan Ruiqi drool. "If you don't want to eat it yourself, think about what you want and go make it," he said lazily, not bothering to pay attention to him anymore, continuing to savor his food.

  "I want to eat it three minutes well done, hurry up and grill it out for me, otherwise I'll snatch this portion from your hand." Duan Ruiqi's eyes were green with hunger, but An Qi'er didn't care about his own stomach at all. In a rush, he reached out to grab the meat from An Qi'er's hand.

  Duan Ruiqi easily took the meat back and didn't mind that An Qi'er had eaten a few bites. Anyway, in his eyes, barbecue was the most delicious food in the world. It was all gone in just a few bites by Duan Ruiqi, but he still wasn't satisfied and continued to urge: "Hurry up and grill some more of the same kind as before."

  "Is this Master Da Shao?" An Qi'er said with a drawn-out tone, but her face was smiling, seeing that her purpose had been achieved was the most important thing.

  "Hmm, roasted to perfection. As a reward, I'll give you a piece of chicken wing." Duan Ruiqi covered her slightly swollen stomach, unable to swallow the delicious chicken wing.

  An Qi'er picked up the chicken wing, twitched her mouth and said: "I just realized that you're quite good at talking. You can't finish eating it yourself, so you give it to me as a reward. Luckily I wasn't born in ancient times, otherwise serving such a difficult master like you, I'd rather not have been born."

  "Haha, if you were my slave, I'd capture you and make you a concubine!" Duan Ruiqi even imitated the sinister look of an ancient evil master, making gestures as if he was about to pounce on her, scaring her by saying: "Little maid, quickly obey Master!"

  "Ah" An Qi'er dodged back, but before she could steady herself, she fell straight backwards. Duan Ruiqi saw this and hastily stretched out his arms to catch her, barely preventing An Qi'er from falling to the ground.

  An Qi'er felt Du Ruiqi's scorching breath at such a close distance, his strong arms making him feel very comfortable being held in his embrace. His heart was tense and racing, although he consciously wanted to push Du Ruiqi away, but his movements were slow and hesitant, instead, his inner self was expecting something...

  Duan Ruiqi's eyes were fixed intently on An Qi'er's beautiful and deep eyes, from which he could see his own reflection. She was aware of Duan Ruiqi's excitement as the two of them were so close, yearning for each other. He lowered his head, his face brushing against An Qi'er's cheek, before covering her entire face with gentle, delicate kisses.

  An Qi'er was stirred up by Duan Ruiqi's **ardor**, no longer content with just being kissed by Duan Ruiqi. She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, not daring to look at Duan Ruiqi. Just as she turned her head away, Duan Ruiqi didn't give her a chance to escape, forcefully kissing her lips that had been eagerly waiting.

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